Roland MC-505 Advanced Programming Manual

the MC-505 Groove Box exploded on the scene and added a whole new dimension to the word "Groove." With over 500 sounds, 64-voice polyphony, a large sequencer capacity, extensive MIDI implementation, and an infrared D-Beam* controller, the MC-505 is all you need to make professional sounding grooves. The ...

MC-505 Advanced Programming Effects can significantly change a sound or a whole groove. The same pattern can be made to sound very different when an effect is applied. The MC-505 has 3 separate effects processors that can be assigned to any Part or rhythm instrument. These effects are an impor- tant part of creati ...

MC-505 Advanced Sequencing You may have already mastered the concept of muting individual Parts of a pattern. But what if you need to mute out several Parts (or all Parts) of a pattern at the same time? Use the following procedure (called “All Mute”) to mute all the Parts simultaneously: 1) Select Pattern ...

MC-505 Advanced Programming Many performing DJs don’t compose a song ahead of time. Instead, they improvise various grooves and pat- terns on the fly. This can be accomplished by using the MC-505’s Pattern Call feature, which lets you have a specific collection of patterns assigned to the KEY PAD buttons. ...

®ÂØÒňΠSupplemental Notes MC-505 Advanced Programming Now let’s assign a footswitch to cycle through the Pattern Set we’ve created: 1) Connect a Roland DP-2 or BOSS FS-5U footswitch to the PEDAL input on the rear of the MC-505. 2) Hold SHIFT and press KEY PAD 10. 3) Use the PAGE < / > buttons to select "Pdl Assign =HOLD." 4 ...

®ÂØÒňΠSupplemental Notes MC-505 Advanced Programming In most recording studios and many live performance setups, it is preferable to use individual outputs to send specific Parts or instruments to a mixer for processing or to give more control to the engineer. The MC-505 is normally set to use the LEFT/RIGHT MIX outputs. How ...

®ÂØÒňΠSupplemental Notes MC-505 Advanced Programming This technique will require practice to be used convincingly, and only applies to the Rhythm Part. Moving the sliders for Parts 1-7 will sim- ply change the pitch. Tip Because slider movements can be recorded into a pattern, you can record th ...

®ÂØÒňΠSupplemental Notes MC-505 Advanced Programming The MC-505 contains 60 RPS sets covering a wide vari- ety of styles. Each RPS set contains up to 16 RPS phrases. Perhaps you have found an RPS key that con- tains a part you might want to include in one of your own patterns. RPS phrases do not actually co ...

Use the following procedure to assign the D-Beam con- troller to any of the 28 available control types: 1) Hold the D-BEAM CONTROLLER SELECT button and use the VALUE dial to select one of the 28 D-Beam control types. 2) Press the D-BEAM CONTROLLER ON/OFF button so it is lit to activate the D-Beam. Using the Adlib Function The D-Beam can ...

®ÂØÒňΠSupplemental Notes MC-505 Advanced Programming 9) Use the VALUE dial to set the bend down range to "-48." 10) If desired, press WRITE and save the edited Patch to an empty USER Patch location. Now, the D-Beam will smoothly change the pitch of Part 1 over a range of five octaves. Using the D-Beam to Trigger External De ...