Roland MC-505 : Owner`s manual : Page 172

board to Ò2Ó since the receive channel of part 2 is Ò2.Ó

☞ ÒUsing the an External MIDI Keyboard in

Place of the Keyboard Pads (Remote Keyboard

Switch)Ó (p. 168)

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Selecting patches from an external MIDI

device

By transmitting control change Bank Select messages

(CC#0, CC#32) and Program Change messages (PC)

from an external MIDI device to the MC-505, you can

change the patch (rhythm set) of each part. At this

time, the Receive Program Change Switch and the

Receive Bank Select Switch must be turned ON (p.

170). For details on how bank select and program

change messages are transmitted from your external

MIDI device, refer to the ownerÕs manual for your

device.

If you would like to know how the incoming

bank select and program change messages cor-

respond to each patch (rhythm set), refer to:

☞ ÒPreset Patch ListÓ (p. 192)

☞ ÒPreset Rhythm Set ListÓ (p. 196)

☞ ÒMIDI ImplementationÓ (p. 234)

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Using an External MIDI

Keyboard to Play RPS or

Arpeggios

Playing RPS

1. Set the MC-505Õs Remote Keyboard

Switch to ÒOFFÓ (p. 168).

2. Set the MC-505Õs RPS Control Channel to

match the transmit channel of the external

MIDI keyboard (p. 169).

It is a good idea to set the RPS Control Channel to a

channel that will not conflict with the transmit/receive

channels of each of the MC-505Õs part.

3. Press [RPS] to make the indicator light.

4. Press a note on the external MIDI key-

board, and an RPS will play.

The notes B1ÐD3 will play the RPS for keyboard pads

[1]Ð[16] respectively.

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Playing arpeggios

If the Remote Keyboard Switch is ÒON,Ó you can sim-

ply turn the arpeggiator on and play the external MIDI

keyboard to produce arpeggios.

If the MC-505Õs Remote Keyboard Switch is set ÒOFF,Ó

1. Set the MC-505Õs Arpeggio Control

Channel to match the transmit channel of

the external MIDI keyboard (p. 169).

It is a good idea to set the Arpeggio Control Channel

so it does not conflict with the transmit/receive chan-

nels of each of the MC-505Õs parts.

2. Press ARPEGGIO [ON] to turn the arpeggia-

tor on.

3. When you play the external MIDI key-

board, arpeggios will sound on the current

part.

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If the external MIDI keyboard that you are using has a

ÒsplitÓ function (so separate sounds can be played in

the left and right zones of the keyboard), you can play

both arpeggios and RPS from your external MIDI key-

board. The following example shows how you can

play arpeggios from the upper zone of the external

MIDI keyboard and play RPS from the lower zone.

Set the split point of the external MIDI keyboard to

ÒD#3.Ó

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Playing the MC-505 from a

Workstation

(or Personal Computer)

If you wish to use a workstation or an external MIDI

sequencer to play the MC-505 (instead of using the

MC-505Õs internal sequencer), or to connect the MC-

505 to a personal computer that is running sequencer

software, make connections as follows.

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