Owner`s manual

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Contents
Playing and Recording Songs.................................................................................................................84
Playing Back a Song......................................................................................................................84
Return to the beginning of the song and play it back..............................................................84
Recording a Song ..........................................................................................................................85
Editing Songs (Song Edit)........................................................................................................................86
Clearing All Steps (Clear All Steps)............................................................................................86
Deleting Unwanted Steps(Step Delete)......................................................................................86
Copying a Song (Song Copy)......................................................................................................86
Saving the Song.............................................................................................................................87
Chapter 6 Making Original Patches.....................................................88
Editing Patches .........................................................................................................................................88
Changing the Basic Waveform of the Sound (WAVE/FXM).................................................88
Changing the Pitch (PITCH and ENVELOPE).........................................................................89
Changing the Brightness of Sounds (FILTER and ENVELOPE)............................................91
Changing the Volume Level and Localization (AMP and ENVELOPE)..............................95
Applying Cyclic Changes to the Sound (LFO 1/2)..................................................................97
Defining Parameters Affecting the Entire Patch(COMMON/SOLO, PORTA)...................99
Setting up Controllers (CONTROL MOD, BEND and AFT)................................................102
Saving a Patch..............................................................................................................................104
Editing Rhythm Sets ..............................................................................................................................105
Selecting the Basic Tone of the rhythm (WAVE and KEY)...................................................105
Changing the Pitch (PITCH and ENVELOPE).......................................................................106
Changing the Brightness of Sounds (FILTER and ENVELOPE)..........................................107
Changing the Volume Level and Localization (AMP and ENVELOPE)............................110
Changing the Rate of the Pitch Change (BEND)....................................................................111
Adjusting the Effects for Each Rhythm Tone (SEND LEVEL) .............................................112
Saving a Rhythm Set...................................................................................................................113
Copying and Initializing Settings ........................................................................................................113
Copying a Patch or Rhythm Set................................................................................................113
Copying a Patch Tone or a Rhythm Tone................................................................................113
Initializing a Patch or a Rhythm Tone .....................................................................................113
Chapter 7 Environment Configuration and Application with MIDI.114
Saving system settings...........................................................................................................................114
Configuration (System) .........................................................................................................................114
Tuning and Sound Generator Related Settings......................................................................114
Settings Concerning the Display and Controllers..................................................................117
Sequencer-Related Settings........................................................................................................119
MIDI-Related Settings................................................................................................................123
Arpeggiator Settings...................................................................................................................127
Settings for RPS Sets...................................................................................................................127
Setting for Play Quantize...........................................................................................................127
Useful Functions (Utilities)...................................................................................................................128
Initializing Patches, Rhythm Tones and Patterns (INITIALIZE).........................................128
Initializing rhythm tones............................................................................................................128
Copying Patch Tones and Rhythm Tone (COPY)..................................................................128
Saving Data on an External Sequencer (BULK DUMP) ........................................................129
Recording the data of all MC-307 data on an external sequencer........................................130
Restoring data for all MC-307 data from a MIDI sequencer back to the MC-307..............130
Checking the amount of unused internal memory(MEMORY INFORMATION)............130
Restoring the Factory Settings (FACTORY RESET)...............................................................131
Writing Patches and Patterns in the Memory (WRITE)....................................................................131
Canceling Execution of Editing and Recording (Undo/Redo)........................................................131
Advanced Operation Using MIDI........................................................................................................132
About MIDI..................................................................................................................................132
Using with an External MIDI Device.......................................................................................133