User manual ROLAND AT-5

[. . . ] 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. [. . . ] 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. In the Utility menu's Track Mute you can mute the Rhythm track, accompaniment track, the bass track, and the control track (expression pedal and panel operations) (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 [Lower] [Upper] 3 1, 4 42 Record and Playback Your Performance Recording a Performance You can record the performance that you play. You can also record your performance while playing rhythms or automatic accompaniment. fig. 08-02 4, 5 1. 4. 3 Select the panel settings needed for recording the performance. Make sure that a floppy disk is not inserted in the disk drive. If a floppy disk is in the disk drive, press the Eject button (p. 41) and remove the floppy disk. Press the Select [-] and [+] buttons to select "NEW SONG. " Enter the recording standby mode by pressing the [Rec] button. The [Rec] button's indicator will light. The [Play/Stop] button indicators will blink. When you press the [Intro/ Ending] button (or [Start/ Stop] button) while recording a Rhythm performance or Automatic Accompaniment, the Rhythm performance and Automatic Accompaniment will stop. However, the recording itself will continue. Press the [Play/ Stop] button to stop recording. 5. Press the [Play/Stop] button to start recording. When you press the [Play/Stop] button, the metronome will play two measures (bars) of count-in before recording begins. If you wish to use Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment as you record, press the [Start/Stop] button instead of the [Play/Stop] button to begin recording. 6. Press the [Play/Stop] button when you have completed your recording. 43 Record and Playback Your Performance If you press the [Rec] button when a song has been selected from the floppy disk, the selected song will be completely loaded into the AT-5 and the Composer will enter into the recording standby mode. If you wish to record a new song, press the Select [-] and [+] buttons to first select "NEW SONG" before pressing the [Rec] button. Alternatively, eject the disk from the floppy disk drive before pressing the [Rec] button. fig. 08-03 If the following screen appears The following message appears when the AT-5 contains performance data that has not been saved to a floppy disk. fig. 08-10 If you wish to erase the performance song 1. 2. Press the [Rec] button. If you wish to save the performance song on a floppy disk Press the [Reset] button to cancel the procedure. 51). If the following screen appears fig. 08-05 When recording was automatically canceled because the memory limit was reached. fig. 08-04 When the instrument's memory is nearing capacity. 44 Record and Playback Your Performance Playing Back a Performance Song Play back the performance recorded on the AT-5. fig. 08-06 1 1. 3. 2, 3 If you press the [Play/Stop] button while holding down the [Reset] button, the metronome will play two measures (bars) of count-in before playback starts. Press the [Reset] button. The location at which playback will start will return to the beginning of the first measure (bar). You can specify whether or not the Expression Pedal will affect the playback and what you play while Atelier music data is being played back (p. 61). Press the [Play/Stop] button to start playback. After playback reaches the end of the performance, it will stop automatically. To stop playback at any point, press the [Play/Stop] button. NOTE If you use the Rhythm or Automatic Accompaniment immediately after having loaded and played back a song other than an Atelier performance song, such as SMF's, etc. , the playback may not sound right (the voices may have changed, etc. ) To prevent this from happening, press the [Reset] button before playback. 45 Record and Playback Your Performance Rerecording Performance Data Recorded on the AT-5 You can record over recorded performance data. fig. 08-08 NOTE If you wish to re-record with different settings for voices, tempo, part balance, erase the recorded song (p. If the Control track still contains data from before you re-recorded, the volume or sounds may change during playback. 2, 3 1. 1 Press the [Rec] button to enter into the recording standby mode. The [Rec] button indicator will light, and the [Play/Stop] button indicator will blink. The point at which recording begins is returned to the beginning of the song. You can re-record the bass performance. For details refer to "Re-recording the Bass Performance" (p. 60). 2. Press the [Play/Stop] button to start recording. When you press the [Play/Stop] button, the metronome will play two measures (bars) of count-in before recording begins. During recording, the performance data is played back, and the data for the performances on the upper part and lower part is recorded over again. 3. NOTE Press the [Play/Stop] button when your recording is completed. The [Rec] button and the [Play/Stop] button indicators will go dark. If you wish to keep the existing Expression Pedal data, and record only the panel operations, you can make settings to prevent the operation of the Expression Pedal from being recorded (p. [. . . ] L. L. C. Zabeel Road, Al Sherooq Bldg. , No. TEL: (04) 3360715 UKRAINE TIC-TAC Mira Str. Box 180 295400 Munkachevo, UKRAINE TEL: (03131) 414-40 Parsons Music Ltd. 8th Floor, Railway Plaza, 39 Chatham Road South, T. S. 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