User manual ROLAND MKS-70

[. . . ] Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner's manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. Copyright © 2003 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. 2 USING THE UNIT SAFELY Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of death or severe injury should the unit be used improperly. Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used improperly. [. . . ] (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. ). Insert a floppy disk containing commercially available SMF music files into the floppy disk drive. fig. 03-13 Indicator Eject button Floppy Disk 40 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. 41 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. "Formatting" is the process of erasing any data which may have been on the disk and making the format of the floppy disk match the format of the device. The MKS-70 cannot use a floppy disk that has a format differing from its own format. fig. 08-11 NOTE Formatting a disk will erase any data that may have been stored on it. Carefully check any previously used disk to be sure it doesn't contain any valuable data. 3 1. 4, 6 5, 7, 8 Make sure that the write protect tab of the floppy disk is in the "Write" (permit) position. fig. 08-12 Write Protect Tab Write (can write new data onto disk) Protect (prevents writing to disk) 2. 3. With the label of the floppy disk facing upward, insert it into the disk drive until it clicks into position. Press the [Utility] button. 48 Record and Playback Your Performance 4. Press the Menu [ Utility. " fig. 08-13 ] and [ ] buttons to select "Disk 5. Press the Menu [ Disk. " ] and [ ] buttons to select "Format 7. Press the [Rec] button. The following message, asking you to confirm, will be displayed. fig. 08-14 To cancel the procedure, press the [Reset] button. 8. Press the [Rec] button again to perform the Format. While formatting is in progress, the following display appears. fig. 08-15 NOTE Never attempt to remove the floppy disk until formatting is complete. When disk formatting is completed the following screen appears, then basic screen reappears. 49 Record and Playback Your Performance Changing the Name of a Performance Song (Rename) A name is automatically assigned to a performance song that you record. However, at some point you may wish to change the name to something more meaningful. fig. 08-16 2 1. 2. 2 1, 3 Press the Track Mute [Load] and [Save] buttons simultaneously. Press the Select [-] and [+] buttons to move the cursor, and press the Value [-] and [+] buttons to select a character. The following characters can be selected when changing a name: NOTE space !^ _ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P QRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz012 3456789 To delete a character, press the [Reset] button. A space can be inserted by pressing the [Rec] button. It is not possible to save during the Rename procedure. 3. To confirm the new name, simultaneously press the Track Mute [Lower] and [Save] buttons once again. The new name is now inserted. fig. 08-17 NOTE You cannot directly change the name of performance data saved to floppy disks. [. . . ] (GUANGZHOU OFFICE) 2/F. , No. 30 Si You Nan Er Jie Yi Xiang, Wu Yang Xin Cheng, Guangzhou 510600, CHINA Tel: (020) 8736-0428 SWEDEN Roland Scandinavia A/S SWEDISH SALES OFFICE Danvik Center 28, 2 tr. S-131 30 Nacka SWEDEN TEL: (0)8 702 00 20 TURKEY Barkat muzik aletleri ithalat ve ihracat Ltd Sti Siraselviler Caddesi Siraselviler Pasaji No:74/20 Taksim - Istanbul, TURKEY TEL: (0212) 2499324 NEW ZEALAND Roland Corporation Ltd. 32 Shaddock Street, Mount Eden, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND TEL: (09) 3098 715 DENMARK Roland Scandinavia A/S Nordhavnsvej 7, Postbox 880, DK-2100 Copenhagen DENMARK TEL: 3916 6200 SWITZERLAND Roland (Switzerland) AG Landstrasse 5, Postfach, CH-4452 Itingen, SWITZERLAND TEL: (061) 927-8383 HONG KONG Tom Lee Music Co. , Ltd. 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