Roland MC-202 Manual - Step & Gate Length

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Step and Gate lengths (for notes and rests)

Not in the manual, and also not very interesting, but nonetheless I was curious about the values corresponding with the buttons.
So I tried them one by one.

Notes
- when entering notes using the  [ENTER]  button in STEP mode.
-  Bold+Grey  is the default setting.

note length: 1 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/16 1/32 triplets  
note symbol:








 
panel buttons
rest symbol:








 
(not present on the panel)
STEP value: 192 96 48 24 12 6 32 16 8 > press [ENTER]
GATE value for:                    
- 0 REST (0%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 1 STACC (25%) 48 24 12 6 3 1 8 4 2
- 2 NON LEG (50%) 96 48 24 12 6 3 16 8 4
- 3 LEGATO (75%) 144 72 36 18 9 4 24 12 6
- 4 TIE (100%) 192 96 48 24 12 6 32 16 8

 

Dotted notes
- when entering notes using the  [BAR]  button in STEP mode.
- the table shows the values the 202 creates when pushing the corresponding button.
-  Red  shows that note length "1 1/2" is not possible. It should have been STEP value '288'.

note length: 1 1/2 3/4 3/8 3/16 3/32 3/64 triplets  
note symbol :








 
panel buttons
rest symbol:








 
(not present on the panel)
STEP value for: 32 144 72 36 18 9 48 24 12 > press [BAR]
GATE value:                    
- 0 REST (0%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 1 STACC (25%) 8 36 18 9 4 2 12 6 3
- 2 NON LEG (50%) 16 72 36 18 9 4 24 12 6
- 3 LEGATO (75%) 24 108 54 27 13 6 36 18 9
- 4 TIE (100%) 32 144 72 36 18 9 48 24 12

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