Roland TR-8 Definition

(note definitions apply to the 7x7 expansion)

9:SHUFFLE
12:EXTERNAL IN LEVEL
13:EXTERNAL IN SIDE CHAIN
16:DELAY LEVEL
17:DELAY TIME
18:DELAY FEEDBACK
20:BD TUNE
21:BD ATTACK
22:BD COMP
23:BD DECAY
24:BD LEVEL
25:SD TUNE
26:SD SNAPPY
27:SD COMP
28:SD DECAY
29:SD LEVEL
46:LT TUNE
47:LT DECAY
48:LT LEVEL
49:MT TUNE
50:MT DECAY
51:MT LEVEL
52:HT TUNE
53:HT DECAY
54:HT LEVEL
55:RS TUNE
56:RS DECAY
57:RS LEVEL
58:HC TUNE
59:HC DECAY
60:HC LEVEL
61:CH TUNE
62:CH DECAY
63:CH LEVEL
68:SCATTER TYPE
69:SCATTER DEPTH
70:SCATTER SW
71:ACCENT
80:OH TUNE
81:OH DECAY
82:OH LEVEL
83:CC TUNE
84:CC DECAY
85:CC LEVEL
86:RC TUNE
87:RC DECAY
88:RC LEVEL
89:REVERB TIME
90:REVERB GATE
91:REVERB LEVEL

N35:BASS DRUM 2
N36:BASS DRUM
N37:RIM SHOT
N38:SNARE DRUM
N39:HAND CLAP
N40:SNARE DRUM 2
N42:CLOSED HI-HAT
N43:LOW TOM
N46:OPEN HI-HAT
N47:MID TOM
N49:CRASH CYMBAL
N50:HIGH TOM
N51:RIDE CYMBAL
N54:TAMBOURINE
N56:COW BELL

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You’ll want to trim those names quite a bit - while there’s no limit to the CC or note name length in the file, the Pyramid only shows the first 8 characters of CC names and with note names, only the first 4 characters. For example CC’s 12 and 13 would show up as “EXTERNAL” on the device. Note names are tough because of the length limit.

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Yes definitely. I just went with the data sheet labels to see how they would look ok the pyramid. They get truncated but usually you can tell what parameter it is. Great thing is that you can rename them however you want

Note numbers for accent reverb and delay triggers. Although implementation can be a bit tricky…

N12:ACCENT
N14:REVERB
N16:DELAY

Here’s all of the above merged and shortened for better readability on the Pyramid:

NAME:TR-8
OUT:A
CHANNEL:10
9:SHUFFLE
12:EXT LVL
13:EXT SIDE
16:DLY LVL
17:DLY TIME
18:DLY FDBK
20:BD TUNE
21:BD ATK
22:BD CMP
23:BD DECAY
24:BD LVL
25:SD TUNE
26:SD SNPPY
27:SD CMP
28:SD DECAY
29:SD LVL
46:LT TUNE
47:LT DECAY
48:LT LVL
49:MT TUNE
50:MT DECAY
51:MT LVL
52:HT TUNE
53:HT DECAY
54:HT LVL
55:RS TUNE
56:RS DECAY
57:RS LVL
58:HC TUNE
59:HC DECAY
60:HC LVL
61:CH TUNE
62:CH DECAY
63:CH LVL
68:SCTR TYP
69:SCTR DPT
70:SCTR SW
71:ACCENT
80:OH TUNE
81:OH DECAY
82:OH LVL
83:CC TUNE
84:CC DECAY
85:CC LVL
86:RC TUNE
87:RC DECAY
88:RC LVL
89:REV TIME
90:REV GATE
91:REV LVL

N12:ACCT
N14:RVRB
N16:DLY
N35:BD2
N36:BD
N37:RS
N38:SD
N39:CLAP
N40:SD2
N42:CH
N43:LT
N46:OH
N47:MT
N49:CRSH
N50:HT
N51:CYMB
N54:TAMB
N56:CB
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