Owner`s manual

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About the Sequencer

The sequencer records your performance and con-

troller operations as musical data. Playing back the

sequencer will cause this recorded musical data to be

sent to the sound generator, making it produce sound.

In other words, the sequencer plays the instrument

instead of the musician.

In the sense that it records and plays back a perfor-

mance, a sequencer is similar to a tape recorder.

However, it has unique advantages: the tempo can be

modified without affecting the pitch, there is no

decrease in sound quality no matter how many times

you play something back, and extremely detailed edits

can be made at will.

Patterns

Patterns are musical data of various genres for the

sequencer to play back, and can be selected even while

they play back. The data within each pattern is divid-

ed into parts, and you can record or play back each

part separately, or modify the musical data inside each

part. For each pattern, you can also specify things such

as the patch and volume that will be used by each

part.

fig.1-7

There are two types of patterns: ÒPreset PatternsÓ

which are already built into the MC-505, and ÒUser

PatternsÓ which can contain patterns that you create.

Songs

A sequential arrangement of two or more patterns is

called a Òsong.Ó When you play back a song, the pat-

terns in the song will play back in succession. A song

can contain up to 50 patterns.

fig.1-8

About Memory

ÒMemoryÓ refers to the place where patch settings and

musical data for patterns and other things are kept.

The memory of the MC-505 is divided into three areas:

System Memory, User Memory, and Preset Memory.

There is also a Òtemporary areaÓ within memory, into

which data is placed when you select a patch or pat-

tern, and the data in the temporary area is what you

are actually playing and editing.

System Memory

System Memory contains settings for the system para-

meters that configure the MC-505. These include para-

meters that determine the overall operation of the

sound generator or sequencer, and MIDI-related set-

tings.

User Memory

The contents of User Memory can be overwritten, and

are used to store settings or musical data that you cre-

ate. User Memory stores 256 patches, 200 patterns, 50

songs, 60 RPS sets, and 30 pattern sets.

* At the factory settings, the User Patches have the same

contents as Preset Memory. The User Patterns are empty.

Preset Memory

The contents of Preset Memory cannot be rewritten.

Preset Memory contains 512 patches and 714 patterns.

USER

PRESET

CARD

....

1234 50

P:001

P:014 U:007 P:012 C:003 P:029

U:001 C:001

PTN P:001

R Part

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

R Part data

Part 1 data

Part 2 data

Part 3 data

Part 4 data

Part 5 data

Part 6 data

Part 7 data

R Part data

Part 1 data

Part 2 data

Part 3 data

Part 4 data

Part 5 data

Part 6 data

Part 7 data

PTN P:003

Sound source

section

Parts for pattern

playback

Currentry

playing Pattern

Parts settings

(Patch selection and

setup parameters)

Sequencer

section

Play-

back

Switch

patterns

Chapter 1. an Overview of the MC-505