User manual ROLAND MC-09 MANUAL 2

[. . . ] Owner's Manual 201a Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (p. These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner's manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. Listening to the demo performance The MC-09 contains a demo performance. [. . . ] Lit: the part will play Blinking:the part will not play (Muted) Dark: no sound is recorded 2 To defeat muting, press the [STATUS] button once again. Adjusting the pan You can adjust the pan (stereo position) of the loop playback. 1 2 3 4 Press the [PAN] button so its indicator lights. Use the [INC] and [DEC] buttons to adjust the pan. You can adjust the pan in a range of L64 (left)­cnt (center)­R63(right). The captured loop will always be monaural. When you are finished adjusting the pan, press the [PAN] or [EXIT] button. Applying effects Refer to (p. When you change the tempo of a loop, the pitch will change correspondingly. Speeding up the tempo will raise the pitch, and slowing down the tempo will lower the pitch. This is the same as what happens when you change the speed of a tape recorder. However, if a pattern and loop are being played simultaneously, the pitch of the pattern will not change. * If you change the tempo of a loop so that it is less than half or more than double the tempo at which it was captured, the transition between repeats may not occur smoothly. To check the tempo at which the loop was captured, press the [DISPLAY] button so the BPM indicator lights, and then simultaneously press the [SHIFT] button together with the [STATUS] button of the desired part. 36 Creating and playing a loop Changing the settings of part 1 You can change the playback pitch and playback region of the sound that you captured in part 1. C1 knob Playback pitch C2 knob Location at which the sound will begin (Position) C3 knob Length at which the sound will begin (Length) The position of the sliders may differ from the actual setting. In this case, slide the sliders slightly, and then make the setting again. Playback pitch:This changes the pitch of the loop. Raising the pitch will speed up the playback tempo of the loop, resulting in a silent portion. Lowering the pitch will slow down the playback tempo of the loop, so that the loop will not play all the way to the end. fig. 3-2b PLAYING PITCH (C1knob) Level Area in which the loop will actually sound Level Raise the pitch POSITION (C2 knob) Measure (Time) LENGTH (C3 knob) Measure (Time) Level Lower the pitch Measure (Time) 1 2 3 4 5 To begin loop playback, press the [ Press the [EDIT1] button. Now you can adjust the settings of part 1. ](PLAY) button. Turn the C1­C3 knobs to adjust the settings while listening the loop. Press the [EDIT1] button or the [EXIT] button to return to the normal playing mode. To stop loop playback, press the [ ](STOP) button. Once you change the settings of part 1, it is not possible to return them to their original state. You can lock these settings so that they cannot be accidentally rewritten. To lock the settings, press the [ENTER] button so the [EDIT1] button's indicator is blinking. To unlock the settings so that they can be adjusted, press the [ENTER] button once again so the [EDIT1] button's indicator lights solidly. 37 Creating and playing a loop Combining several parts into one (Loop Merge) You can free up additional parts by combining several previously recorded parts into a single part. This is called loop merge. fig. 3-3_75 Part 1 Bass Drum Part 2 Snare Drum Part 3 Hi-hat Part 4 Loop Merge Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Capture the guitar Bass Drum and bass Part 4 Snare Drum Hi-hat Part 1 Part 2 Bass Part 3 Guitar Part 4 Bass Drum Snare Drum Hi-hat Loop Merge Part 1 Bass Drum Snare Drum Hi-hat Bass Guitar Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 * You must have an empty part in order to perform Loop Merge. It is not possible to readjust the volume balance once you've performed Loop Merge. * If you execute Loop Merge with the effect turned on, the effect will be applied to the sound you hear during loop merge, but will not be reflected by the part after loop merge. 1 Press the [LOOP MERGE] button. The FROM indicator will light, and the indicators of [SEL] buttons for which a capture has been carried out will blink. 2 Press two or more [SEL] buttons to select the parts that you want to combine into one. The [SEL] button indicators of the selected parts will light. 3 Press the [LOOP MERGE] button. The To indicator will light, and the [SEL] buttons of the parts you did not select in step 2 will blink. 38 Creating and playing a loop 4 Press a [SEL] button to choose the part into which the other parts will be combined. The [SEL] button of the selected part will light, and the [LOOP MERGE] button indicator will blink. * Be aware that if you select an already-captured part, the existing content will be erased and overwritten by the loop-merged content. 5 Press the [LOOP MERGE] button to begin the Loop Merge operation. While loop merge is occurring, the [LOOP MERGE] button indicator will light. When the indicator goes dark, loop merge has been completed. Erasing the contents of a part Here's how you can erase a captured part that you no longer want. 1 Simultaneously hold down the [SEL] button and [STATUS] button of the part whose contents you want to erase. Saving the steps by which you created a loop (Process Patch) You can save the steps by which you created a loop or made pattern settings. When you play back a process patch, the operations you performed when creating the loop will be performed once again, reproducing the loop. 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