Roland SBX-1000 - Manual (Page 11)

ITempo Program TEMPO
This is a program for controlling the tempo of a connected
sequencer or rhythm machine, and it is created with the
tempo controller of the SBX-1000.
This method allows you to enter a large amount of tempo
data and use the editing functions to change it.
Programmed tempo control can be made to start
automatically if the sequencer start event has been
registered in the cue sheet.
The samé tempo program cannot be used twice in a single
cue sheet. Also, it is not possible to use different tempo
programs at the same time. In this case, the tempo program
which has most been registered recently has priority.
ITrack EM
The sequencer section contains sixteen tracks which can be
used simultaneously. The type of each track is selectable:
Standard-type or Pattern-type. A tempo track is also
provided for controlling tempo changes.
■ Track Type
Sequencer tracks 1—16 can be used either as
Standard-type, in which the performance data is recorded
directly, or Pattern-type, in which created patterns are called
up in the specified order by Pattern Call events recorded in
the track.
Unrecorded tracks can be set to Standard or Pattern-type
from the [Realtime REC] screen.
If you create a Pattern in the track, the track will
automatically become a Pattern-type track. Pattern-type
tracks can be converted into the Standard-type by using the
“Pattern Conversion” function. ( o- P.46, “Manual II for the
sequencer”)
I Note On Data
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This data is transmitted when a key is pressed on a MIDI
keyboard. The data includes messages indicating which key
is pressed (note number) and how strongly the key is struck
(note on velocity).
I Note Off Data IBiliül
This data is transmitted when a key on a MIDI keyboard is
released. The data Includes messages indicating which key
is pressed (note number) and how quickly the key is
released (note off velocity).
A velocity value of zero in the note on message is
interpreted by some devices as “note off."
I Note Event fEM
This event consists of a note on message and the time that
elapses until a note off message is received.
The time from note on to note off is called “duration" in the
cue sheet, and it is expressed as a time code value. The
same information is called "gate time" in the sequencer and
it is expressed in clocks (1 quarter note = 96 clocks).
I Pattern E5SI
The sequencer section of the SBX-1000 lets you create
songs in sections of several measures, save them as
Patterns, and “paste" them into the track. In this way, you
can speed up the process of song creation and also save
memory.
Patterns are a specified number of measures in length, and
can be called from a Pattern-type track by a Pattern Call
event.
Patterns can also be created in Standard-type tracks, but
cannot be called by Pattern Call events in these tracks.
[Pattern Call Event jgggi
A Pattern Call event in a track calls and plays back a
specified pattern. Pattern Call events can only be entered
into Pattern-type tracks, and they can only be used to call
Patterns available for the selected track. In order to call the
Pattern made in another track, copy the pattern by using the
"CopyP P” function. ( a- P.106, "Manual II for the
sequencer”)
■ Pattern-type Tracks E§3
These tracks allow you to use Pattern Call events to call
and play back Patterns that were previously created in that
track.
It is not possible to record standard musical data in a
Pattern- type track.
If you create a Pattern in an empty track, the track type will
automatically be set to Pattern. If a track already contains
musical data, you will have to erase all the data before that
track can become a Pattern-type track. (It is not possible to
mix musical data and Pattern Call events in the same track.)
The Pattern Conversion operation can be used to convert a
Pattern-type track into a Standard-type track.