Roland MC-09 Manual De Usuario

Since each pattern carries its own tempo setting, it will play according to this 
tempo.

Select a pattern.

Press the [DISPLAY] button so the BPM indicator lights.

The display will show the tempo of the current pattern.

Use the [INC] and [DEC] buttons to set the tempo.

The tempo can be set to anything from 

 = 40 to 

 = 240.

Normally, it is not possible to apply effects to the pattern playback.

Instead, the preset patterns of the LEAD group already include either a 
overdrive, distortion, phaser, or slicer + ring modulator effect. To see which 
effect is included, hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the step [16] 
button (p. 21).

The display will appear as follows.

: Overdrive 1

: Overdrive 2 (without filter envelope keyfollow)

: Distortion 1

: Distortion 2 (without filter envelope keyfollow)

: Phaser 1 (A light phaser effect is obtained.)

: Phaser 2 (A light phaser effect is obtained. tempo sync)

: Phaser 3 (A deep phaser effect is obtained.)

: Phaser 4 (A deep phaser effect is obtained. tempo sync)

: Slicer + Ring Modulator 1

: Slicer + Ring Modulator 2 (tempo sync)

: No effect applied

When you are finished and want to return to the previous screen, press the 
[EXIT] button.

If you want to use only the 
ring modulator with SL1, 
turn the C1 knob to the far 
left.

If you switch to another 
pattern while the previous 
pattern is still playing, the 
tempo of the previous 
pattern will be maintained.

You can have your patterns 
play in sync with the tempo 
of an external MIDI device 
(p. 64).

As an alternative to using 
the [INC] or [DEC] buttons, 
you can set the tempo by 
pressing the [TAP] button 
at the desired timing
 (p. 57).