User manual ROLAND MKS-70
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Manual abstract: user guide ROLAND MKS-70
Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] 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.
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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.
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Indicator
Eject button
Floppy Disk
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Record and Playback Your Performance
When the performance song loaded from a disk is a Standard MIDI File, "
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" will be displayed after the file name.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Make sure that the write protect tab of the floppy disk is in the "Write" (permit) position.
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Write Protect Tab
Write (can write new data onto disk) Protect (prevents writing to disk)
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With the label of the floppy disk facing upward, insert it into the disk drive until it clicks into position. Press the [Utility] button.
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Press the Menu [ Utility. "
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] and [
] buttons to select "Disk
5. Press the Menu [ Disk. " ] and [ ] buttons to select "Format
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Press the [Rec] button.
The following message, asking you to confirm, will be displayed.
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To cancel the procedure, press the [Reset] button.
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Press the [Rec] button again to perform the Format.
While formatting is in progress, the following display appears.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To confirm the new name, simultaneously press the Track Mute [Lower] and [Save] buttons once again.
The new name is now inserted.
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NOTE
You cannot directly change the name of performance data saved to floppy disks. [. . . ] (GUANGZHOU OFFICE)
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