Roland TR-8S, User Manual

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Import

Backup/Restore

PATTERN No. 8-16

PATTERN No. 1-3

PATTERN No. 1-2

PATTERN No. 1-1

A

B

H

KIT No. 128

KIT No. 3

KIT No. 2

KIT No. 1

INST

INST 

parameter

INST 

tone

INST 

EFFECT

BD

INST 

parameter

INST 

tone

INST 

EFFECT

SD

INST 

parameter

INST 

tone

INST 

EFFECT

RC

MASTER 

FX

REVERB

DELAY

EFFECT 

setting

KIT 

parameter

128 KITs

128 patterns

(16 x 8 banks)

KIT

PATTERN

STEP data

MOTION data

LAST STEP setting

STEP data

MOTION data

LAST STEP setting

STEP data

MOTION data

LAST STEP setting

VARIATION

Pattern 

setting

KIT

number

FILL IN

FILL IN 1

FILL IN 2

ACB tone

SAMPLE tone

PRESET

PRESET

USER

SAMPLE 

parameter

SYSTEM 

setting

INST tone

TR-8S

BACKUP data

Sample

files

SD card

Overview of the TR-8S

What Is a “PATTERN”?

The performance data that you 

record using TR-REC or INST-REC is 

called a 

“pattern.”

The TR-8S has 128 patterns (16 

patterns x 8 banks); each pattern 

has eight variations (A–H) and 

two fill-in patterns.

What Is a “KIT”?

The 11 instruments are collectively 

called a 

“kit.”

 The TR-8S has 128 kits.

The pattern plays the instruments 

of the currently selected kit.

Variation

Pattern 1-1–8-16

A

C

B

D

E

G

F

H

Fill in 1

Fill in 2

Kit 1–128

Instrument x 11

BASS 

DRUM

A pattern plays the 

inst of the kit.

Variation

Pattern 1-1–8-16

A

C

B

D

E

G

F

H

Fill in 1

Fill in 2

About saving the pattern and kit

Parameters of the pattern or kit that you’re editing are remembered until you turn off the power. Even if you 

select a different pattern or kit, and then re-select the one you had been editing, it is recalled in the edited 

state; however, if you turn the power off and on again, it returns to the unedited state. 

If you want to keep 

the edits that you made to a pattern or kit, you must save that pattern or kit.

Saving the pattern and kit simultaneously 

(OVERWRITE)

By holding down the 

[SHIFT]

 button and pressing the 

[WRITE]

 button, you can overwrite-save the selected 

pattern and kit.

For details on how to save other settings, refer to 

“Saving the Pattern, Kit, or System Settings (WRITE)”

(p. 18).

*  If you want to make a backup, save the data 

(patterns, kits, system settings) before you proceed. 

The backup will not include the pattern or kit that 

you’re currently editing (shown by an 

“*”

 indication) 

or system settings that you have not saved.