User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Main features
- Contents
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- Panel descriptions
- Getting ready
- An overview of the MC-808
- Basic operation of the MC-808
- Quick Start
- 1. Listening to patterns
- 2. Creating an original pattern
- 2-0 Preparing an empty pattern
- 2-1 Selecting a sound (patch)
- 2-2 Using the MC-808’s sounds to create a pattern
- 2-3 Making effect settings for each part
- 2-4 Adjusting the volume balance and pan of the parts
- 2-5 Adding a final polish to the pattern (Mastering)
- 2-6 Connecting patterns to create a song
- Other: Using audio phrases to create patterns
- Other: Creating original sounds
- 3. Playing patterns
- Pattern Mode
- Playing patterns
- Selecting and playing a pattern
- Muting a pattern
- Using the motorized faders to edit the pattern settings
- Transposing during playback (Realtime Transpose)
- Using the keyboard pads to play sounds
- Various ways to use the keyboard pads
- Mix In
- Moving your hand above the D Beam to change the tone (D Beam controller)
- Synchronizing the tempo of a sample with the pattern tempo (Auto Sync)
- Applying effects
- Creating an original pattern
- Editing patterns (Pattern Edit)
- Basic procedure for pattern editing
- Copying a portion of a pattern (COPY)
- Erasing unwanted performance data (ERASE)
- Deleting unwanted measures (DELETE)
- Inserting blank measures (INSERT)
- Transposing the pitch (TRANSPOSE)
- Modifying the velocity of notes (VELOCITY)
- Modifying the note length (DURATION)
- Making slight shifts in the timing (SHIFT CLOCK)
- Thinning out unneeded data (DATA THIN)
- Correcting the timing of a pattern (QUANTIZE)
- Converting the Note Timing of a Pattern (RECLOCK)
- Moving data of a specific note number to another part (EXTRACT RHY)
- Setting the part parameters (PART PARAM)
- Initializing a pattern (INITIALIZE)
- Editing a pattern in detail (Microscope)
- Microscope Utilities
- Basic procedure for pattern editing
- Saving a pattern
- Playing patterns
- Patch/Sample Mode
- Editing patches (Patch Edit)
- Editing rhythm sounds (Rhythm Edit)
- Editing samples (Sample Edit)
- Selecting a sample patch
- Setting the start/end points of the sample
- Removing unwanted portions of a sample (Truncate)
- Sample settings (SAMPLE PARAM)
- Loading a sample (LOAD)
- Unloading a sample (UNLOAD)
- Deleting a sample (DELETE)
- Deleting all samples (DELETE ALL)
- Importing WAV/AIFF data (IMPORT)
- Loading all samples (LOAD ALL)
- Erasing all samples (UNLOAD ALL)
- Saving all samples (SAVE ALL)
- Saving a sample
- Song Mode
- Sampling
- System Mode
- System mode
- How to make the system function settings
- Settings for the panel controllers and the screen (PANEL)
- Settings related to sequencer operation (SEQUENCER)
- Settings related to MIDI transmission (Tx MIDI)
- Settings related to MIDI reception (Rx MIDI)
- Settings related to tuning and how the sound is produced (SOUND)
- Settings related to sampling (SAMPLING)
- Settings related to the input source (INPUT SETTING)
- Settings related to USB mode (USB)
- Settings related to V-LINK (V-LINK)
- Viewing the system information (INFO)
- Settings related to the CompactFlash card (CARD)
- Performing a factory reset (UTILITY)
- Protecting individual patch banks (UTILITY)
- How to make the system function settings
- System mode
- V-LINK
- Connecting the MC-808 to a computer
- Appendices
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Panel descriptions
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D BEAM
VOLUME
SAMPLING
MODE
GROUP
Top panel
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43
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2
5
6
7
8
10
9
11
13
14
15
D BEAM
(D Beam Control-
lers)
Switches the D BEAM on/off.
You can modify the patterns or sounds by
passing your hand over these (p. 58).
[SOLO SYNTH]
Play the MC-808 as a monophonic synthe-
sizer (p. 59).
* Hold down [SHIFT] and press one of the
corresponding buttons to access the D
BEAM setting screen.
[TURNTABLE]
Use the D Beam to control the pitch (p.
59).
[FILTER]
You can assign a variety of parameters
and functions to D Beam to modify the
sound in realtime (p. 59).
OUTPUT knob
Adjusts the overall volume from the MIX
OUTPUT jacks and the PHONES jack.
INPUT knob
Adjusts the volume of the input from the
INPUT jacks.
[START/STOP]
Starts/stops sampling (p. 112).
[MIX IN]
Switches the external input on/off (p. 57).
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2
3
[SYSTEM]
Switches the MC-808 to System mode (p.
118).
[SONG]
Switches the MC-808 to Song mode (p.
105).
[PATTERN]
Switches the MC-808 to Pattern mode (p.
41).
[PATCH/SAMPLE]
Switches the MC-808 to Patch/Sample
mode (p. 85).
[USER]
Press this to select patches or rhythm sets
from the User group (p. 87).
[CARD]
Press this to select patches or rhythm sets
from the Card group (p. 87).
[PART LEVEL]
After pressing this button, you can use the
motorized faders to adjust the level of the
parts (p. 46).
[PART PAN]
After pressing this button, you can use the
motorized faders to adjust the pan setting
of the parts (p. 46).
[SYNTHESIZER 1]
[SYNTHESIZER 2]
After pressing these buttons, you can use
the motorized faders to adjust patch pa-
rameters (p. 89).
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5
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