Owner's Manual - Roland

Chapter 6. Creating an Original Pattern
Inputting notes one by one
(Step Recording)
1. Press [PATTERN] to enter Pattern mode.
2. Turn [VALUE] to select the number of the pattern that
you wish to create, and press [ENTER].
3. Press [PART SELECT].
4. Press a part button [R] or [1]–[7] to make the current
part the part that you wish to record.
The part to be recorded can also be switched while
recording.
5. Press [ ].
[ ] will light, and the D2 will be in REC STANDBY
mode.
6. Make pattern settings.
Press [ENTER] to select the desired parameter, and turn
[VALUE] to change its setting. Refer to the “List of
pattern settings” (p. 60).
7. Press [ ] to begin step recording.
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Input notes. Refer to “Inputting notes.”
8. To stop recording, press [ ].
If you wish to connect an external keyboard and record, turn
Auto Channel (p. 77) to “ON.”
The display during step recording
The CURRENT display will indicate the measure and beat
being recorded. The NEXT display will indicate the note
number (pitch), velocity (strength), and duration (length) of
the note (event) at the note input location (grid line).
(Example) Measure 2 beat 3, note pitch C4
* If the location of the event is between that grid line and the
next, a dot will be displayed after the beat.
* If the grid line has no event, the NEXT display will indicate
“—”.
When you press and hold [HOLD], the CURRENT display
will indicate the location (tick) in 1/96th of a beat.
(Example) 7th tick of beat 3, note pitch E5
The grid line is also indicated by the beat scan indicator that
is blinking.
fig.BeatScan.j
Blink
How the note length is displayed
For notes that have already been input, both [NOTE TYPE]
and [GATE TIME] will indicate the length (duration) of the
sound.
The first digit of the NEXT display indicates the number of
beats, and the second and third digits indicate the number of
ticks that the sound will continue.
(Example) The first beat of the first measure is two beats and
35 ticks long
If the duration is longer than 9 beats and 95 ticks, the
CURRENT display will also be used to indicate the duration.
(Example) 13 beats and 58 ticks
Only notes specified by the REC FUNCTION [NOTE
NUMBER] will be displayed.