Roland BR-600 User Manual download pdf (Page 12)

Controlling Arrangement Playback

Starting and Stopping an Arrangement

Like pattern playback, arrangement playback is controlled using the BR-600’s

transport controls.

To start and stop the arrangement—

• use the

PLAY and STOP buttons.

To jump to the start of the arrangement—

• press the ZERO

button.

To move to a specific point in the arrangement—

• use

the REW and FF buttons. (Alternately, you can use

the CURSOR buttons and TIME/VALUE dial on the Play screen.)

Temporarily Adjusting the Tempo

Unlike patterns, each arrangement has its own tempo setting. (In fact, an

arrangement can contain multiple tempos.) When you select an arrangement,

it’ll play at its stored tempo.

If you wish to temporarily override the arrangement’s tempo, you can adjust

the tempo on the Play screen or tap in the desired tempo with the TAP

TEMPO button. If you want to make a permanent tempo adjustment, you’ll

need to create or edit a song arrangement, as discussed next.

Creating Your Own Arrangement

When you create a song arrangement, you’re actually creating a series of

“steps.” Each step contains:

a pattern number—

• This is the pattern that plays at the selected step.

a starting measure—

• This is the measure that the step’s pattern begins

playing at. Once it starts, the pattern will play continuously until the next

step’s starting measure. If the step is the last step in the arrangement,

the step’s pattern will play continuously until the arrangement is

stopped.

a tempo—

• This is the tempo that the step’s pattern plays at. Normally,

you’d leave this at the same setting throughout a song. However, if you

wish to introduce tempo changes in your song, you can do it here.

If you wish to create a song arrangement with tempo changes, you

need to create it before recording any audio tracks. That way, you can

record your audio tracks while following the arrangement’s tempo

changes.

Each song arrangement can contain up to 50 steps. During playback, the

steps play in sequential order, with the last step repeating until playback is

stopped.

To give you an illustration of how steps are organized in a song arrangement,

let’s take a look at the steps in Preset Arrangement P01:ROCK1.

Step # Pattern #/Name Starting

Measure

Tempo

1 P001:ROCK1—IN 1 130

2 P002:ROCK1—V1 2 130

3 P003:ROCK1—F1 4 130

4 P004:ROCK1—V2 6 130

5 P005:ROCK1—F2 8 130

6 P004:ROCK1—V2 10 130

7 P006:ROCK1-E 12 130

8 P327:BREAK 16 130

9 P002:ROCK1-V1 19 130

As you can see, there are nine separate steps in this arrangement, and most

play the different ROCK1 pattern variations. The tempo at each step is 130

BPM, so the arrangement will play at a consistent tempo throughout.

Now, let’s create a song arrangement from scratch.

With playback stopped, press PAD so its indicator isn’t lit.

Press RHYTHM ON/OFF so its indicator lights, and then press ARRANGE 2

so its indicator lights.

Press RHYTHM EDIT.

Use the CURSOR buttons and TIME/VALUE dial to select an empty 4

song arrangement.

1 2 ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Comments to this Manuals

No comments

Roland BR-600 User Manual Page 12

Comments to this Manuals

Related products and manuals for Digital Video Recorders (DVR) Roland BR-600