Roland TR-909 - External Instrument Mode

5. External Instrument Mode
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This mode is provided for potential
control of external sound source through
MIDI.
MIDI
in
External Sound
Sources
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Rhythm Pattern of
Internal Sound Source
Normal
Volume
Rhythm Pattern
of External Sound
Source (through
MIDI Out)
When using external sound sources, the Main Keys ( (1:~{18) select the 16 kinds of
musical instruments. (Flam is not available.)
When using a synthesizer featuring MIDI (JP-6, JX-3P, HP-300/400, etc.), Main keys
correspond to the keyboard as shown below.
Middle C
[Operation]
Turn the TR-909 into the Pattern Write
mode (be sure that Rhythm is not run-
ning). Then while holding the Shift
Button down, press the External Instru-
ment Key. Each time you press it, the
mode will alternately change between
Internal and External. (When the Indica-
tor lights, external. sound source is
selected.) Writing procedures to follow
are exactly the same as the case of
internal sound source.
* Here, even if you have cleared Rhythm
Pattern, Scale, Last Step Shuffle or
Flam data will remain in memory.
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