Roland TR-8S, User Manual

11

TR-REC 

(Step Recording)

In this method of recording, you create a pattern by specifying the 

steps at which each track will sound. You can even play back the 

pattern while you’re creating it.

*  If you want to keep the edits that you made to a pattern or kit, you 

must save that pattern or kit (

p. 18

).

1. 

Press the 

[TR-REC]

 button.

2. 

Use the variation buttons to select A–H.

3. 

Press the 

[START/STOP]

 button to start recording.

4. 

Press one of the INST select buttons to select the 

track that you want to record.

5. 

Press pads 

[1]

–

[16]

 to input the steps at which you 

want sound to play.

6. 

Repeat steps 4–5.

MEMO

You can change the scale. For details, refer to 

“Editing the 

Pattern Settings (Pattern Setting)”

 (p. 13).

Inputting Sub Steps

You can sub-divide a step and input sub steps within it.

1. 

Press the 

[SUB]

 button.

2. 

Press a pad 

[1]

–

[16]

.

By holding down the 

[SUB]

 button and turning the 

[VALUE]

 knob 

you can choose 1/2, 1/3, or 1/4 as the number of step divisions.

Sub Step

Pad

1

Pad

2

Pad

3

Pad

4

Pad

5

Step 

1

Step 

2

Step 

3

Step 

4

Step 

5

no Sub Step
Sub Step 1/2
Sub Step 1/3
Sub Step 1/4

MEMO

You can also input a sub step by holding down the 

[SUB]

button and pressing a pad 

[1]

–

[16]

.

Specifying a Flam

1. 

Hold down the 

[SHIFT]

 button and press the 

[SUB]

button to set SUB STEP to FLAM.

SUB STEP and FLAM alternate each time you press the button.

2. 

Press a pad 

[1]

–

[16]

.

Inputting Weak Beats

1. 

While holding down the 

[SHIFT]

 button, press a 

pad 

[1]

–

[16]

.

Inputting Alternate Sounds 

(ALT INST)

For sounds whose name includes a 

“/”

 character, such as 707Bass1/2, 

you can input alternate sounds.

1. 

While holding down an instrument select button 

[BD]

–

[RC]

, press a pad 

[1]

–

[16]

.

Alternate sounds

Although one sound is assigned to each pad, sounds (instrument’s 

tones) whose name includes a 

“/”

 character, such as 707Bass1/2, 

are also assigned a second sound (alternate sound).
You can switch between normal sounds and alternate sounds for 

performance.

Specifying Accents

1. 

Press the ACCENT 

[STEP]

 button.

2. 

Press pads 

[1]

–

[16]

 to select the steps at which you 

want to add an accent.

3. 

Use the ACCENT 

[LEVEL]

 knob to adjust the volume 

of the accent.

Deleting a Recorded Step from the Track

Deleting only a portion

If you press the 

[CLEAR]

 button during playback, the step of 

the track selected by the INST select buttons is deleted from the 

pattern only while you’re holding down the 

[CLEAR]

 button.

Deleting all

While holding down the 

track

 select button of the instrument 

that you want to delete, press the 

[CLEAR]

 button.

Recording/Playing MOTION

While the MOTION 

[REC]

 button is lit, movements of the instrument 

[TUNE]

 knobs, 

[DECAY]

 knobs, and 

[CTRL]

 knobs are recorded in the 

steps.

While the MOTION 

[ON]

 button is lit, recorded movements of the 

instrument 

[TUNE]

, 

[DECAY]

, and 

[CTRL]

 knobs are played back.

*  REVERB LEVEL, DELAY LEVEL/TIME/FEEDBACK, MASTER FX CTRL, and 

MASTER FX ON are also recorded and played back according to the 

state of the buttons described above.

Another operating method

1. 

While a pattern plays, hold down the MOTION 

[REC]

button and operate a knob.

This lets you record a motion only while you’re holding down the 

button.

Entering a value at a specified step

While the 

[TR-REC]

 button is lit, you can specify a step and enter a 

value for a knob.

1. 

Operate a knob while holding down a pad 

[1]

–

[16]

.