Roland AIRA SYSTEM-8 PLUG-OUT Synthesizer - Manual (Page 16)

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Step Sequencer
MEMO
5 The note you play is recorded in step 1; you then
automatically advance to step 2, and the [2] button blinks.
5 By selecting multiple notes without releasing, you can record
a chord.
Keyboard recording screen
REC: STEP 1
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Step number
Note number
5 You can use the [GATE] knob to specify the gate time. While
holding down the key, operate the [GATE] knob.
REC: STEP 1
GATE Time: 50%
5 You can record knob operations. While holding down a key,
operate a knob. You can record up to four knob operations.
Knob recording screen
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Name of parameter
Knob operations
are recorded
Currently-input value
No recorded data
4. Repeat step 3 to record onto each step.
MEMO
5 To specify a step as a rest, press the [REST] button.
5 To erase the data from a step, press the [EDIT/DISP] + [REST
(ERASE)] buttons, and in the ERASE screen choose “STEP” to
execute.
5 To enter a tie, hold down a key and press the [TIE (LENGTH)]
button. The tie is entered, and you advance to the next step.
5 If you want to change the step that you’re recording, press
one of the [01]–[16] buttons.
5 When the [EDIT/DISP] button is lit, you can hold down the
[SHIFT] button and press one of the STEP [1]–[4] buttons to
change the area of steps from which to select (p. 14).
5. Press the [STEP REC] button to stop recording.
When you input the last step, step recording ends automatically.
As necessary, save the step sequencer data.
& “Saving Step Sequencer Data (PATTERN WRITE)” (p. 17)
Realtime Recording (REAL TIME REC)
Here’s how you can create step sequencer data by recording your
keyboard performance in real time. The recorded data is layered
onto the step sequencer data that’s selected.
MEMO
Step sequencer data is saved within the patch data.
1. Press the [EDIT/DISP] button to make it light.
2. In performance mode, use the PART SELECT [UPPER]
[LOWER] buttons to select the part that you want to
record.
3. Press the [REAL TIME REC] button.
4. Press the [START] button to start recording.
You can also start recording by pressing the [REAL TIME REC]
button during playback.
5. Play the keyboard.
You can also record chords.
Knob operations are also recorded.
6. Press the [REAL TIME REC] button to stop recording.
As necessary, save the step sequencer data.
& “Saving Step Sequencer Data (PATTERN WRITE)” (p. 17)
Recording a Specific Step
1. Press the [EDIT/DISP] button to make it light.
2. Hold down the [1]–[16] button that you want to
record, and press the key (or operate the knob) that
you want to record.
3. Release the [1]–[16] button.
The key or knob operation is recorded.
MEMO
You can also record while the step sequencer is playing back.
If recorded data exists in the step that you record, the new
data is added to the existing data.
Editing a Specific Step
1. Press the [EDIT/DISP] button to make it light.
2. Hold down the [EDIT/DISP] button and press the [1]–
[16] button that you want to edit.
The screen shows the note(s) recorded in that step.
EDIT: STEP 1
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3. Press the key (or operate the knob) that you want to
edit.
When you press a key, it overwrites and replaces the note(s) that
had been recorded.
If you operate a knob, its data is added.
4. Use the cursor [ K ] [ J ] buttons to select the
parameter that you want to edit, and operate a
knob.
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You can also newly record knob operations.
5. Press the [EDIT/DISP] button.
Editing ends.