User manual ROLAND FANTOM XA

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland Fantom-Xa. 201a Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (p. These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. 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. Listening to the Demo Song fig. Cover. e 2. [. . . ] Move the cursor to the right of "Destination" (load destination), and select the load-destination track (TRK 1­ 16) or pattern (PTN001­100). 2. Press [F2 (LOCATE)]. The Locate screen appears. fig. Locate 4. Press [F6 (EXEC)] to execute the operation. * To cancel, press [F5 (CANCEL)]. Silencing the Playback of a Track (Track Mute) If you wish to silence specific track during playback, you can mute the appropriate Phrase track containing that sequencer data. 3. Press [F5 (SET)] to add a check mark (); then press [F1 (SET1)]­[F4 (SET4)] to assign the current location of the song as a locate position. You can assign a locate position in this way even while listening to the song play back. * You can also adjust the locate position by moving the cursor to the "measure" or "beat" value of the locate number and using the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to set each value. 1. Press [SONG EDIT <-> LIST] to access the SNG EDIT (TRK) screen. 2. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor for the track that you want to silence. fig. TrackMute Moving to a Locate Position Use the following procedure to change the song location to a Locate Position. 1. Access the Locate screen. * Tracks in which no sequencer data has been recorded are displayed as "- - - -. " 2. If a check mark () is displayed above [F5 (SET)], press it to remove the mark. 3. Turn the VALUE dial or press [DEC] to select "MUTE. " * You can also mute Phrase tracks by pressing [MUTE] so the button is blinking and pressing PART/TRACK [1]­[8] and [9-16]. 3. Press [F1 (JUMP1)]­[F4 (JUMP4)]. You will move to the specified locate position. Note that if you save a song with a Phrase track muted in the Standard MIDI File format, that Phrase track's data will not be saved. If you save a song that has a muted Phrase track in the · Hold down [SHIFT] and press [BWD] to jump to the preceding locate position. · Hold down [SHIFT] and press [FWD] to jump to the next locate position. 132 Editing Songs Specifying the Area of a Song that will Repeat (Loop Points) When using Loop Play or Loop Recording, you can use the loop points you specify here to specify the repeated area, as an alternative to repeating the specified number of measures. * It is not possible to assign a loop point to a pattern. Editing Sequencer Data Over the Specified Range (Track Edit) Track Edit lets you edit areas of sequencer data that you specify. 1. Press [SONG EDIT <-> LIST] to access the SONG EDIT screen. Basic Operation for Track Editing 1. Access the SONG LIST screen, and then load the song you want to edit (p. Press [F1 (LOOP)]. The Loop Play window appears. fig. LoopPlay 2. Press [SONG EDIT <-> LIST] to access the SNG EDIT (TRK) screen. 3. Press [F5 (EDIT)]. The Track Edit window appears. fig. TrackEdit 3. Move the cursor to the desired parameter, and use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to make the setting. Parameter Repeat Times Explanation Number of repeats Value: INF, 1­99 If you want repetition to continue until you press [STOP], set this to "INF. " Location at which repetition is to begin If you press [F3 (START)], the current location of the song will be set as the starting location. [. . . ] 8th Floor, Railway Plaza, 39 Chatham Road South, T. S. T, Kowloon, HONG KONG TEL: 2333 1863 CENTRAL/LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA Instrumentos Musicales S. A. Av. Santa Fe 2055 (1123) Buenos Aires ARGENTINA TEL: (011) 4508-2700 UKRAINE TIC-TAC Mira Str. Box 180 295400 Munkachevo, UKRAINE TEL: (03131) 414-40 MEXICO Casa Veerkamp, s. a. MEXICO TEL: (55) 5668-6699 U. A. E. Zak Electronics & Musical Instruments Co. [. . . ]