Roland TR-727 - 5 Track

5
TRACK
WRITING
AND
PLAYING
a.
Track
Writing
A
track
is a
complete
sequence
of rhythm
Patterns
or
Bars
arranged
in any
order to
form a
complete
piece.
There
are
4
Tracks
retaining 998
bars in
all.
Entering
rhythm
Patterns
of an
entire
Track
will
replace
the
patterns
previously
written, so
you may
save
it. (See
31
and
36.)
1
)
Writing
single
Patterns to a Track
®
Press
the
Shift
Key
©
,
and still
holding it
down,
push
the
Track
Mode
Button
®
to
turn
the
com-
poser to
the
Track
Writing
mode.
You
will
notice
that the Display
shows
TRACK
WRITE.
(D
If
you enter the wrong
pattern
in any
bar,
you
can
go
back and do it
again.
Push
the Back
But-
ton
@
once or
more
to
step
back to
the bar.
(D
When you
have completed
the Track,
push
the
Stop
Key
@
,
which
will close off the
Track.
(D
Still
holding
the
Shift Key
down, press
any
Track
Selector
Button
(I
to
IV)
which
will
be
shown
in
number
in
the
Display.
(D
If there
is
any
data
written in that
Track,
clear it
by
holding
the Track
Clear
Button and
the
Track
Selector
Button you
have selected
in the
step
(2)
above.
When
the composer is
in the Track
Writing
mode,
writing or editing
(see Editing
on
page
24)
can
be done
even while
rhythm is not
running.
(=
skipping the
procedure
®
),
during
which
the
indicators
can considerably
help you.
2)
Writing
Chained
Patterns
to
a Track
Remember
that
the
above
operation WILL
ERASE
YOUR
EXISTING
TRACK. If you
wish
to
preserve it,
save
it as
described
in Saving
on
page
31 and
36.
®
Push
the
Start Key
®
to
start
rhythm.
You
will
now
hear
whichever
pattern
happens
to
be
selected.
(D
Change
to
the
Pattern
you
want
for
Bar 1 by
using a
Pattern
Group
Button
©
(A, B, C
or D)
and
a
Main
Key
(1
to
16).
The indicators
of the
pressed button and
key are
now
lighted. Also,
the Display shows
the
rhythm
pattern,
(D
Press
the
Enter
Key
#
,
which writes
your
Pat-
tern
into
Bar 1
of the
Track and moves
on to
Bar
2.
Two
or more Patterns may
be
chained so
that
they
play
as
one.
This takes
care of
Rhythms
which
need
more than
16 steps
per bar,
such
as
32nd
notes
within
4/4 time, or
semi-quavers
within odd
times
such as 5/4
or 7/8.
You may
need to
change
the
Scale before writing
the
Rhythm
patterns
if you
intend
to
Chain them,
so
that
they
all
play
with
the
same time
value.
To write Chained
patterns into a
Track:
Instead of taking
the procedure
(D
in
1)
Writing
single
Patterns
to
a
Track,
simultaneously
press
the
Main Keys
belonging
to
the first
and last
numbers
of
the
Chained Patterns, (e.g.
key
1
and
key
3.)
NOTE
*
Do
not turn
off
the Composer
while in
the Track
Write mode, or
the
Track
data
may
be
lost.
®
Repeat
the
procedure
(5)
and
(6)
for Bar
2,
and
so
on.
Naturally,
there
will be
many
bars where
the
sample
pattern
is
repeated.
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