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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Contents
Patch/Sample Mode.................................85
Editing patches (Patch Edit) ................................................................86
How a patch is organized........................................................................................................................ 86
How a tone is organized .............................................................................................................. 86
Selecting a patch ....................................................................................................................................... 87
Types of patch................................................................................................................................ 87
Selecting a patch............................................................................................................................ 87
Selecting patches by category (Category Lock) ........................................................................ 88
Patch editing procedure .......................................................................................................................... 89
Tips for editing patches................................................................................................................ 89
Selecting the tones that will sound (TONE SWITCH)............................................................. 89
Using the motorized faders to edit a patch ............................................................................... 89
Saving a patch ........................................................................................................................................... 91
Editing rhythm sounds (Rhythm Edit) ................................................92
How percussion instruments are organized ........................................................................................92
Rhythm editing procedure...................................................................................................................... 92
Selecting a rhythm set................................................................................................................... 92
Selecting the wave(s) that will sound ........................................................................................ 93
Using the faders to edit ................................................................................................................ 93
Saving a rhythm set.................................................................................................................................. 95
Editing samples (Sample Edit) ............................................................96
Selecting a sample patch.......................................................................................................................... 96
Types of sample patch.................................................................................................................. 96
Selecting a sample patch .............................................................................................................. 96
Setting the start/end points of the sample ........................................................................................... 97
Removing unwanted portions of a sample (Truncate) ....................................................................... 97
Sample settings (SAMPLE PARAM) ..................................................................................................... 97
Specifying how a sample will play (Loop Mode)..................................................................... 98
Calculating the BPM of a sample (BPM Calculator) ................................................................ 98
Loading a sample (LOAD)...................................................................................................................... 99
Unloading a sample (UNLOAD) ........................................................................................................... 99
Deleting a sample (DELETE) .................................................................................................................. 99
Deleting all samples (DELETE ALL) ..................................................................................................... 99
Importing WAV/AIFF data (IMPORT) .............................................................................................. 100
Loading all samples (LOAD ALL)....................................................................................................... 100
Erasing all samples (UNLOAD ALL).................................................................................................. 101
Saving all samples (SAVE ALL)........................................................................................................... 101
Saving a sample..................................................................................102
Regarding the locations where samples are stored........................................................................... 103
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