User manual ROLAND AT-15

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS" (p. 2), "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" (p. 3, 4), and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (p. These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. [. . . ] "Record your own performances" You can record the music that you play. You can also record your performances while playing rhythms or automatic accompaniment. "Play back recorded performances" You can play back recorded performance data and check out how you sound. "Save recorded performances on floppy disk" Any music you record will be discarded as soon as you turn off the power on the AT-15. However, by saving your performance data on a floppy disk, you can go ahead and switch off the power, and you'll still be able to load the performance data from floppy disk afterwards and enjoy hearing it again. "Record a performance along with SMF music files" While playing back SMF music files, you can add your own performance and record it. 61 Record and Playback Your Performance Playing Back Performance Songs Stored on Floppy Disk In addition to playing back the music you recorded on the instrument and saved to a floppy disk. AT-15 also lets you enjoy a wide variety of commercially available SMF music files. SMF Music Files The Standard MIDI File (SMF) format was designed to provide a means for exchanging performance data among a wide variety of devices. In addition to the song files described earlier, the AT-15 is also capable of playing back any Standard MIDI File compatible with the General MIDI 2 or GS formats. If you wish to purchase SMF music files, please contact the dealer where you purchased the AT-15. fig. 08-26 NOTE 2 1. 3, 4 Insert a floppy disk containing commercially available SMF music files into the floppy disk drive. fig. 03-13 Indicator Eject button Floppy Disk Never eject a disk while reading or writing is in progress, since that can damage the magnetic surface of the disk, rendering it unusable. (The disk drive's indicator will light up at full brightness when the drive is busy reading or writing data. Ordinarily, the indicator will be less brightly lit, or be extinguished. ). 62 Record and Playback Your Performance When the performance song loaded from a disk is a Standard MIDI File, " fig. 08-27 " will be displayed after the file name. 2. 5. Press the Select [-] and [+] buttons to select the song. Press the [Play/Stop] button to start playback. Playback of the performance data begins. When you wish to play back all the performance songs in order, press the Select [-] [+] buttons simultaneously. The performance data will begin playing. When the last song ends, you will return to the first song. To stop playback, press the [Play/Stop] button. To stop playback, press the [Play/Stop] button. Press the eject button. Eject button The floppy disk is ejected a little out of the slot. Gently grasp the end of the floppy disk and pull it out. 63 Record and Playback Your Performance Silencing a Specific Track (Track Mute) The indicators for Track Mute button in which performances were recorded will be lit. By turning off these Track Mute button indicators, you can temporarily silence the sound. This is referred to as "Track Mute. " You can practice with the melody muted. fig. 08-07 You can also change the Track Mute Settings in the Utility menu. You can individually mute the rhythm track and accompaniment track as well as the Upper Track and Solo Track. You can also mute the Control Track (for the expression pedal and panel controls) (p. 2. Press the [Track Mute] button whose indicator is lit to turn the light off. The track whose indicator was turned off will be muted (silenced). Press the [Track Mute] button once again (indicator lights). The part that had been muted will return to normal and will be heard. Assignments to the [Track Mute] Button When Playing Back Commercial SMF Music Files Button Channel [Rhythm/Accomp] [Bass] [Lower] [Solo/Upper] 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 2 3 1, 4 64 Record and Playback Your Performance Recording a Performance You can record the performance that you play. [. . . ] DE PANAMA TEL: 315-0101 HUNGARY Roland East Europe Ltd. Warehouse Area `DEPO' Pf. 83 H-2046 Torokbalint, HUNGARY TEL: (23) 511011 INDONESIA PT Citra IntiRama J1. 15J-150 Jakarta Pusat INDONESIA TEL: (021) 6324170 CYPRUS Radex Sound Equipment Ltd. 17, Diagorou Street, Nicosia, CYPRUS TEL: (022) 66-9426 CHILE Comercial Fancy II S. A. [. . . ]