Playing/Selecting/Controlling
a Pattern
What
is
a
"PATTERN"?
The performance data
that
you record using
TR-REC
or
INST-REC
is
called
a · pattern
..
The
TR-8
has 16 patterns, with
two
variations
(NB)
for each pattern.
Playing a
pattern
Pattern
1-16
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1.
Press
the
[START/STOP]
button
(0
).
2.
Use
scatter
(
6)
)
or
INST
edit
(
CD
)
to
modify
the
sound.
Selecting a
pattern
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1.
Press
the
[PTN
SELECT]
button
(0 ).
2.
Use
the
pads
(
~
)
to
select a
pattern.
The selected pad blinks.
It
remains
lit
during playback.
If
you select
the
next pattern during playback,
the
pad blinks.
You
can have a range selection
by
pushing
two
pads simultaneously. The selected patterns play sequentially.
3. Use
the
variation
buttons
(8 )
to
select A
or
B.
If
you make
both
buttons
[Al and
[B)
light,
Aand
then
B are played successively.
Generating
a
random
pattern
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You
can automatically
generate
a random pattern. This modifies
the
selected pattern.
1. Hold
down
the
[PTN
SELECT]
button
(0 )
and
press
the
SCATTER
[ON]
button
(
6)
).
2.
To
save, press
the
[TR
-
REC]
button
(blinks).
Copying
a
pattern
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1. Press
the
[PTN
SELECT]
button
(0 ).
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If
a pattern
is
playing,
stop
it
.
2.
Hold
down
the
[PTN
SELECT]
button
(0 )
and
use
the
pads
(
~
)
to
specify
the
pattern
that
you
want
to
copy.
3. Press
the
pad
to
which
you
want
to
paste
the
pattern.
Copying
a
pattern
for
an
individual
instrument
1.
Switch
patterns
by pressing
the
pad
forthe
pattern
that
you
want
to
copy.
2.
Hold
down
the
[PTN
SELECT]
button
(0 )
and
press
the
INST
select
button(s) (CD)
ofthe
instrument(s)
that
you
want
to
copy. (Multiple selections
are
allowed.)
3. When you've specified
the
instrument(s),
press
the
[PTN
SELECT]
button(
O
).
4.
Press
the
pad
(
~
)
to
which
you
want
to
paste
the
pattern.
Deleting
a
pattern
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1.
Press
the
[PTN
SELECT]
button
(0
).
2. Hold
down
the
[CLEAR]
button
(8 )
and
use
the
pads
(
~
)
to
specify
the
pattern
that
you
want
to
delete.