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Editing with surgical precision (p.12-19 manual)
Tip: the display is your biggest friend during the EDIT modes.
The audio feedback of the pitches can sometimes be very confusing.
EDIT mode during STOP state:
When in any of the 3 Edit modes (pitch, step, gate), the following buttons can always be used:| Buttons | Action |
Hold SHIFT |
 holding down [SHIFT] shows the current Bar number(here: Bar number 4) To switch to another Bar number: - keep holding SHIFT, press the Bar number [1..0] + [ENTER] |
| Press CHANNEL | Toggle channel 1 or 2 |
| STEP FWD | The note (or step) that was shown on the display will now sound and the next note will be displayed. If you added portamento you will hear it. Display shows "----" after the last note. |
| STEP BACK | The note (or step) that will be shown on the display will sound. So pressing FWD and BACK in succession, the same pitch will sound. Portamento will not be played. After pressing BACK on the very first note in a Channel again, nothing will happen. If you cross the point to the previous Measure, two beeps will sound first before the note sounds, which will be the last note of the previous Measure. |
| MEAS FWD/BACK | Jump to the first note of a Measure. You can check the total STEP length of a Measure in Play Mode. |
EDIT PITCH
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1 = channel number (1 or 2) - = octave transpose (here: normal) 3 = octave d = note - = indicates white or black key (here: black key) |
| Possibilities | Take these steps |
| Entering Notes |  Enter the notes one by one using the keyboard or an external keyboard. Use the TRANSPOSE buttons to shift the internal keyboard. - The internal keyboard ranges from 1F..6C - An external keyboard can reach 1C..6C (higher notes are automatically corrected to 6C) There are 2 possibilities when entering notes: 1. If the display shows "----" (=beyond last step, no more notes): - a new note is added using STEP=24 (  ) and GATE=12 (non leg).2. If you already have entered notes and the display shows the 'current' note: - "overwrite mode" is standard "on", so the note will be overwritten (to switch to "insert mode" - see "Inserting notes" below), - the existing STEP and GATE times do not change, - when you release the key, the next note shows (beware: all the notes with GATE=0 will be skipped!). |
| Inserting Measures | Press [BAR] on the note where you want a new Measure to begin. - the new Measure number is shown to the right side of the display until you release the key. - pressing [BAR] again will not erase the marker, it is not an on/off switch. What this button actually does, is finish the previous Measure by setting the "End of Measure" property to the previous note. - the "End of Measure" property can only be erased by deleting the last one of the notes in a Measure - this note can easily be found, when you press [STEP BACK]. The double beep marks the note with an "End of Measure" property. Erase that note to get rid of the "End of Measure" property. - pressing [BAR] on the very first note of a Channel gives 3 error beeps, because there is no previous note. You can have totaly different Measure points in both of the Channels. Copying/deleting Measures in one Channel will have no effect on the notes or on the Measures of the other Channel. |
| Copying Measures | Press [SHIFT] + [MEAS COPY] to copy the remainder of the current Measure to the end of the sequence (including the current note). So make sure you're looking at the first note of a Measure. When you haven't set any Measures yet, the whole sequence, starting from the current note, will be copied. An "End of Measure" marker is automatically added to the end of both the original Measure and the copied Measure. |
| Deleting/Inserting Notes |
Delete the note displayed: - hold [SHIFT] and press [DEL STEP] + [ENTER] - when the Note contains an "End of Measure" marker, the marker is also lost. Insert notes (the currently displayed note shifts to the right): - press [SHIFT] + [INS STEP] (insert mode is now "on"), - press the notes one by one (STEP=24, GATE=12), - press [ENTER] to leave the "insert note" mode |
| Deleting Measures | To delete all remaining notes of a Measure, including the currently displayed Note: - hold [SHIFT], press [DEL MEAS] + [ENTER] - to delete remaining Measures to the right: keep pressing [ENTER] - to stop deleting, release [SHIFT] |
| STEP FWD | Beware: rest notes (gate=0) are skipped, because the pitch of these notes have no meaning. |
| STEP BACK | The pitches of rest notes are shown AND played and can be edited. |
EDIT STEP
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1 = channel number (1 or 2) 2 = currenly selected default GATE time (here: 2 NON LEG) space 24 = current note STEP time (here: 24) PORTA and ACCENT on (shown only in EDIT STEP) |
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| GATE key [0..4] |  Sets the default GATE time for a note, which will be used when you are going to edit the STEP TIME of that note. GATE times work as follows:
For the exact GATE times per STEP, see the page Step & gate length. The display does not show the current note GATE time, because you can fine-tune the GATE time much more precise, than just one of the 5 fast GATE settings [0..4]. In that case, for instance "2" would never show the right amount of GATE time. See "Edit Gate" below. |
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| PORTA / ACC |  Toggle Portamento-from-previous-note on/off Toggle Accent on/off - see "play mode" for system settings for Accent |
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| STEP key + [ENTER] or [BAR] |
 Enter course STEP and GATE time. - [ENTER] enters the selected STEP, the selected GATE above and proceeds to the next note. - [BAR] enters a dotted note (STEP and GATE length x 1,5) and proceeds to the next note. - you can not use a dotted  (it will result in the settings for triplet  )- for the exact dotted times, again see the page Step & gate length. 1 Bar in 4/4 containing four 48 STEP notes ( ) = 192 STEPS (p.42).Syncing to other Roland x0x DIN-sync gear
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| Number key [1..0] + [ENTER] |
 Enter fine STEP time. - minimum 1, maximum 239 - 0 gives four beeps (error) - any number above 239 gives 239 - [ENTER] also moves to the next note |
EDIT GATE
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1 = channel number (1 or 2) - = has no meaning here space 12 = shows the exact GATE time of the note (here: 12) |
| Buttons | Action |
| Number key [1..0] + [ENTER] |
Enter fine GATE time. - minimum 1, maximum 239 - 0 gives four beeps (error) - any number above 239 gives 239 - any number above the current note STEP time will be corrected to the current STEP time minus 1. - [ENTER] also moves to the next note - when you change the STEP time to a lower number, the GATE time also changes to the same number minus 1. |
Measures
Bar markers can be set just anywhere in the song. You don't really have to use Measures, but when you do, there are some benefits:
- quick navigation through a Channel
- copy and delete whole Measures
- check the STEP-length of each Measure
There is also a drawback:
- Bar markers can be set, but not "unset", like PORTA and ACC can. It is not a toggle key.
- to delete a Bar marker, you actually have to delete the note that carries the Bar marker, and then re-insert the same note.
In reality, the Bar marker is an "End of Measure" Marker and it is the property of a note (=the last note) in a Measure.
Note properties:| NOTE PITCH | "End of Measure" marker |
| STEP length GATE time ACCENT PORTA (from) |
So that means, to delete an "End of Measure" marker:
- first, write down the properties of the last note in a Measure
- delete the Note, then the marker is also lost
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re-insert the same note
Starting the song from a Bar
- go to PLAY mode
- hold [SHIFT] down
- press the Measure number and [ENTER] - don't forget the [ENTER]
- release [SHIFT]
- press the blue CONT button (the START button always starts from Bar 1)
