User manual ROLAND ME-X

[. . . ] 57) Allows you to save some of your most memorable performances and your favorite performance settings to a USB memory. You will also be able to have backing music be played while you perform, whether it be songs stored on USB memory, or songs from music CDs that you play using a CD drive. * USB memory, CD drive, and music CDs are sold separately. Easy to read display makes it easy to use A variety of information, such as the name of sounds, is shown in the LCD screen, making operation of the instrument a lot easier. Conventions in this Manual · Text enclosed in square brackets [ ] indicates the name of a button or a knob, such as the [DISPLAY] button. · Lines that begin with an asterisk * are cautionary statements that you must be sure to read. [. . . ] Select the number of the destination for the save using the [-] or [+] button. MEMO · Whenever there is a ". " (period) at the left of the number (for example, Int. 01), it means that there already is a song stored at that number. When saving a song, it's best to select a number that doesn't have a ". " shown in front of it. · If you select a number where a song has already been stored (a period appears to the left of the number), and then press the [PIANO] button, you'll be prompted with the message "SURE?" If you press the TEMPO [+] button, the existing, previously stored song will be overwritten. To cancel the procedure, press TEMPO [-]. 45 Recording Your Performance 4. Press the [PIANO] button. The screen in which changes in the song name are made will appear. 5. Change the name using the following buttons. Operation Change character that's blinking Shift location that's blinking Button Press the [-] or [+] button. Press the TEMPO [-] or [+] button. 6. Press the [PIANO] button. The song will be stored. * Never turn off the power while the display is blinking. MEMO Anytime from step 3 onwards you can press the [DISPLAY] button to cancel the procedure. 46 Recording Your Performance Deleting a Saved Song (SONG DEL) Here's how to delete a song that you saved in internal memory. MEMO You can also delete songs that were saved on USB memory (sold separately). 1. Hold down the [REVERB] button and press the [EQUALIZER] button. You'll enter function mode (p. This is the closest to the touch of an acoustic piano. You have to finger the keyboard more forcefully than usual in order to play fortissimo (ff ), so the keyboard touch feels heavier. Dynamic fingering adds even more feeling to what you play. This setting produces the heaviest keyboard touch. Adjusting the Tuning (TEMPRMNT) You can play classical music such as baroque pieces using their original tuning. Most modern songs are composed and played with the assumption that equal temperament (the most common tuning in use today) will be used, but when classical music was composed, there were a wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. Playing a composition with its original tuning lets you enjoy the sonorities of the chords that the composer originally intended. Setting EQU (Equal) MAJ (Just(Major)) MIN (Just(Minor)) ARB (Arabic) KIRN (Kirnberger) MEAN (Meantone) PYTH (Pythagorean) WERC (Werckmeister) Explanation In this tuning, each octave is divided into twelve equal steps. Every interval produces about the same amount of slight dissonance. This tuning eliminates ambiguities in the fifths and thirds. It is unsuited to playing melodies and cannot be transposed, but is capable of beautiful sonorities. The Just tunings differ from major and minor keys. You can get the same effect with the minor scale as with the major scale. [. . . ] Francisco Acuna de Figueroa 1771 C. P. : 11. 800 Montevideo, URUGUAY TEL: (02) 924-2335 KUWAIT EASA HUSAIN AL-YOUSIFI & SONS CO. Al-Yousi Service Center P. O. Box 126 (Safat) 13002, KUWAIT TEL: 00 965 802929 MALAYSIA/ SINGAPORE Roland Asia Paci c Sdn. 45-1, Block C2, Jalan PJU 1/39, Dataran Prima, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA TEL: (03) 7805-3263 CURACAO Zeelandia Music Center Inc. Orionweg 30 Curacao, Netherland Antilles TEL: (305) 5926866 PORTUGAL Roland Systems Group EMEA, S. L. [. . . ]