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