Roland Piano - Manuel (Page 134)

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Recording Songs
Inputting a Chord
Press the chord. A chord will be input when you release all keys
simultaneously. The chord will not be input as long as even one key
remains pressed, so you can change the keys being pressed to correct
the chord.
Inputting a Tie
After specifying the Step Time parameter for the note that you want
to tie, press [7 (Tie)]. For example, if you want to tie a quarter note
after a half note, input the half note, and then set the Step Time
parameter to “ ” and press [7 (Tie)].
Inputting a Rest
Set the Step Time parameter to the length of the desired rest, and
press [8 (Rest)].
Assigning a Pattern to a Phrase
Track
You can create a song by combining previously recorded patterns.
This is done using step recording to assign patterns to a phrase track.
However, please be aware that the patterns themselves are not
placed in the phrase track. Rather,
Pattern Call messages are
placed in the phrase track to specify which pattern should be played
back. This means that if you later modify the contents of a pattern,
the song playback will also be affected.
When you assign a pattern to a phrase track, its pattern beat will
be ignored, and the pattern will use the time signature of the
beat track. If the pattern beat and the beat track have different
settings, the length of the measures will not match, and the
playback may become incorrectly aligned. If this occurs, re-
specify the time signature of the beat track (p. 128).
1. Follow the procedure for “Inputting Notes and Rests” (p.
132) up through step 5.
2. Press [4 (Pattern)].
The following window appears.
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3. Turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to select the
pattern number (1–100) that you want to assign to the
phrase track.
The pattern name of the selected pattern is displayed in “Name.”
“Beat” indicates the pattern beat, and “Length” shows the
number of measures in the pattern.
4. Press [8 (Put Pattern)].
A Pattern Call message for the pattern selected by the Pattern
parameter will be recorded. You will advance by the length of
the measures in that pattern, and will be ready to input the next
pattern.
If you input the wrong pattern, you can press [BWD] or [6 (Step
Back)] to delete the previously input Pattern Call message.
5. Repeat the above steps to assign additional patterns.
6. When you are finished with step recording, press [EXIT] or
[STOP/PLAY].
The [REC] indicator will go dark.
If you are not satisfied with the step recording that you just
performed, press [MENU], and from the Menu window that
appears, select “Undo Step Recording” to return to the state
prior to recording (Undo).