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. [. . . ] When you turn on the power, the MC-09 automatically begins remembering the button operations you perform. A process patch can record up to eleven operations. If you perform more than eleven button operations, the oldest operations will be successively discarded, and the newly performed operations will be remembered. If you want to create a new process patch, hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [PROCESS PATCH] button to erase all recorded button operations. By creating a loop skillfully, you can create an effective process patch that will produce loops with greater repeatability. You can also store loops on a memory card (p. However, this saves only the performance (audio data) recorded in each part, and does not save pattern settings or pan settings you made when creating the loop. 39 Creating and playing a loop Contents that are saved in a process patch · · · · · · · Eleven most recent button operations Settings of the pattern when you captured it Capture volume Settings of part 1 Loop merge From and To parts Pattern settings when you saved the process patch Pan settings when you saved the process patch One process patch can be saved in the internal memory of the MC-09. You can also store patches on an external MIDI device (p. 65). Contents that are not saved in a process patch · Audio data · Realtime operations of the knobs Only the last setting will be saved. · Performances of an external MIDI device · Part volume settings when you saved the process patch · Mute data for each part Saving a process patch * Process patch settings are temporary. If you want to keep a process patch, you must save it. A process patch that has not been saved cannot be played. 1 2 3 Press the [PROCESS PATCH] button. The indicator will light, and the display will indicate "Prc. " * If you decide to abort the Save process, press the [EXIT] button or the [PROCESS PATCH] button. Press the [WRITE] button. The display will ask you if you really want to save the settings (Sur). Press the [WRITE] button to save the settings. While the settings are being saved, the display will indicate "bsy. " When saving has been completed, you will return to the screen in which you were before beginning the Save operation. * If you want to abort the Save operation, press the [EXIT] button. To check the content of the process patch before you save it, press the [PROCESS PATCH] button so its indicator lights, then press the [ENTER] button. When you do this, a loop will be created according to the current process patch contents. This will not affect the process patches that are already saved. Playing back a process patch 1 2 Press the [PROCESS PATCH] button. The indicator will light, and the display will indicate "Prc. " Press the [ ](PLAY) button. The contents that were saved in the process patch will be played back consecutively. When the entire contents have been played back, the process patch will automatically stop playing. If you want to stop playback of the process patch before it has finished, press the [ ](STOP) button. * When you play back a process patch, the loop you are currently creating, and any unsaved process patch will be lost. 40 Applying an effect The MC-09 offers four effects: filter, isolator, phaser, and slicer. You can select one of these and apply it to the external input or a loop. Specifying the effect routing fig. 4-1**_80 [SHIFT] + [LINE IN] OUTPUT AUDIO LOOPER INPUT 1 2 3 4 It is not possible to apply an effect if you've selected a pattern from the LEAD, BASS, or RHYTHM groups. To obtain the same result, you can capture the pattern playback and then apply an effect. [SHIFT] + [SEL4] [SHIFT] + [SEL3] [SHIFT] + [SEL2] [SHIFT] + [SEL1] The effect routing will be remembered until you turn off the power. EFFECTS 1 2 Press the [EFFECTS] button. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [LINE IN] button to specify whether the effect will be applied to the external input. [LINE IN] button indicator lit: The effect will be applied to the external input [LINE IN] button indicator blinking: The effect will not be applied to the external input When you press the [EFFECTS] button for the first time after turning on the power, the effect will be applied to the external input and to all parts. 3 Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [SEL] button of a part to specify whether the effect will be applied to that part. [SEL] button indicator lit: Apply the effect to the part [SEL] button indicator blinking: Don't apply the effect to the part 41 Applying an effect Turning the effect on/off 1 2 Press the [EFFECTS] button so its indicator lights. The effect will be turned on. The effect on/off setting will be remembered until you turn off the power. To turn off the effect, press the [EFFECTS] button to make the indicator blink. Rapidly switching the effect on/off You can use the effect grab function to rapidly switch the effect on/off, as is sometimes done in a DJ performance. 1 2 3 Make sure that the [EFFECTS] button's indicator is lit or blinking. If it is not lit or blinking, press the [EFFECTS] button. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [EFFECTS] button. The effect will be on while you hold down both buttons. Continue to hold down the [SHIFT] button, and release the [EFFECT] button to turn the effect off. If you release the [SHIFT] button and then release the [EFFECT] button, the effect will remain on. Selecting an effect pattern When using an effect, you can have the effect settings change along with the performance. Such a group of effect settings are called an effect pattern. The MC-09 contains 30 effect patterns for immediate use. 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