User manual ROLAND BE-5M

[. . . ] No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Roland Web Site: http://www. roland. co. jp/ 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. * Material damage refers other adverse effects respect to the home furnishings, as well animals or pets. to damage or caused with and all its to domestic The symbol alerts the user to important instructions or warnings. The specific meaning of the symbol is determined by the design contained within the triangle. [. . . ] If markers exist after the deleted marker, they will be renumbered downward by one. 129 Recording/playing back a performance Changing the location of a marker 1. The Menu are displayed as icon. fig. 42-14 2. Press CURSOR [ Edit icon. ] to select the Marker 3. Press [YES/ENTER]. fig. 42-15 The Marker Edit screen appears. 4. Make sure that the cursor is located at the "NO. " 5. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to specify the number of the marker that you wish to edit. Press CURSOR [ ] to move the cursor to "LOC. " 7. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to specify the desired location for the marker. Press [DISPLAY] to return to the Basic screen. Naming a marker 1. The Menu are displayed as icon. fig. 42-14 A marker can be assigned a name of up to 8 characters. 2. Press [YES/ENTER]. fig. 42-15 ] to select the Marker The Marker Edit screen appears. 4. Make sure that the cursor is located at the "NO. " line. For details on the parameters, refer to "Mixer effect parameter functions" (p. Press [DISPLAY] to return to the Basic screen. Adjusting the overall volume balance--Master Balance Here's how to adjust the overall volume balance. Press MASTER TRK [EDIT]. fig. 43-03 The Master Balance Setting screen appears. 2. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to adjust the overall balance. Press [DISPLAY] to return to the Basic screen. 132 Editing a recorded performance to create an audio CD Mixing down After listening to repeated playbacks and adjusting the pan, equalizer, loop effects, and volume balance settings of each audio track to the desired settings, you are ready to mixdown. 1. [MIX DOWN] will light, and you will be in mixdown-ready mode. * If the pad/sequence contained in the BE-5M's internal memory, a message of "Save PAD/SEQ Data?" appears, [MIX DOWN] will blink. If you wish to save the pad/sequence on a CD-RW disc, press [YES/ENTER]. If you press [NO/EXIT], a message of "You'll lose PAD/SEQ data. If you wish to go mixdown mode, press [YES/ENTER]. If you wish to cancel, press [NO/EXIT]. Once you carry out mixdown, pad/sequence held in internal memory of BE-5M will be lost. 2. For audio tracks that you wish to include in the mixdown, press [STATUS] to make the button light in green. * Make sure that master track [STATUS] light in red. If you wish to cancel MIXDOWN MODE ([MIX DONW] is lit), press [MIX DONW] once again. 3. [. . . ] This parameter sets the time until when the limiter stops working after the input level drops below the threshold level. OUT (Output): Provides settings concerning overall output. Level (Level) Soft Clip (Soft Clip) Dither (Dither) -80­ +6 dB OFF, ON OFF, 8­24 bit This parameter sets the overall volume after passing through the limiter. By turning this ON, suppresses conspicuous distortion that may occur when the effect of compressor/limiter has been applied excessively. This parameter smooths the transition where the sound disappears. *1 If "Low Type" or "High Type" is set to "SHELV" (Shelving Type), the setting for "Lo Q "or "High Q" is invalid. *2 With Compressor (COMP), the level is automatically adjusted to the optimal with the settings for "Threshold" and "Ratio". [. . . ]