User manual ROLAND FANTOM

[. . . ] OWNER'S MANUAL Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland (FA-76). Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS" (Owner's Manual 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, Quick Start, Owner's Manual, Sound/ Parameter List, and Q&A should be read in its entirety. [. . . ] MIDI: The track will be sounded by an external sound generator connected to the MIDI OUT connector. BOTH: The track will be sounded by both the internal and external sound generators. Overall Settings for the Song Here you can assign a song name, make Locate Position settings, and make other settings that affect the entire song. These settings are saved when you save the song to disk. Basic Procedure 1. Access the Song Edit screen, and then load the song for which you are going to make settings (p. Press [5 (Setup)]. This setting will be ignored for tracks whose "Status" is set to "MUTE. " The Song Setup window appears. fig. 11-05_50 Silencing the Playback of a Track (Mute) If you wish to silence specific instruments during playback, you can mute the appropriate Phrase track containing that sequencer data. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to "Status" for the track that you want to silence. fig. 11-04 3. Use or to select the parameter that you want to set, and then press [8 (Select)]. For details on settings for the RPS function, refer to "Settings for the RPS Function" (p. When you have finished making settings, press [EXIT] to return to the Song Edit screen. If you want to save the settings you made, press [2 (Save)] to save the song to disk (p. 135). Assigning a Name to a Song (Song Name) Tracks in which no sequencer data has been recorded are displayed as "EMPTY. " 3. Turn the VALUE dial or press [DEC] to select "MUTE. " You can assign a song name to a song, or edit the song name. This song name is independent of the file name assigned when saving a song to disk. Although you are not required to assign a song name, you can assign one using up to 15 characters, and you may find it a convenient way to store a title or memo that will help you organize your songs. 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 MRC Pro song format, the mute status of the track will also be saved. Some commercially available Standard MIDI Files contain copyright data. Access the Song Edit screen, and then load the song whose song name you want to assign (p. Use or (Select)]. fig. 11-06_50 If you set the tempo track (Tempo) "Status" to "MUTE, " the tempo track will be muted. If tempo changes have been recorded in a song, but you want to play the song at a fixed tempo, you can mute the tempo track. to select "Song Name, " and then press [8 The Song Name window appears. 137 Editing Songs Editing Songs 4. Press or to move the cursor to the location where you want to input a character. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to assign a song name. Assigning Markers (Locate Positions) to a Song Markers can be assigned to any location in a song. Normally, locations in a song are indicated as "measure-beat-clock, " but a locate position is also displayed as an absolute time of "hours:minutes:seconds:frames. " You can press [8 (Name)] and use the Name window to assign a song name (p. 30). Assigning a Locate Position Up to four locate positions can be assigned in each song. Assigning a Name to a Pattern (Pattern Name) You can assign or modify the pattern name of each pattern. [. . . ] (Toronto Office) Unit 2, 109 Woodbine Downs Blvd, Etobicoke, ON M9W 6Y1 CANADA TEL: (0416) 213 9707 MALAYSIA BENTLEY MUSIC SDN BHD 140 & 142, Jalan Bukit Bintang 55100 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA TEL: (03) 2144-3333 EL SALVADOR OMNI MUSIC 75 Avenida Norte y Final Alameda Juan Pablo , Edificio No. 4010 San Salvador, EL SALVADOR TEL: 262-0788 U. TEL: (323) 890 3700 HUNGARY Intermusica Ltd. Warehouse Area `DEPO' Pf. 83 H-2046 Torokbalint, HUNGARY TEL: (23) 511011 CYPRUS Radex Sound Equipment Ltd. 17, Diagorou Street, Nicosia, CYPRUS TEL: (02) 66-9426 PHILIPPINES G. A. Puyat Avenue Makati, Metro Manila 1200, PHILIPPINES TEL: (02) 899 9801 MEXICO Casa Veerkamp, s. a. MEXICO TEL: 668-0480 IRELAND Roland Ireland Audio House, Belmont Court, Donnybrook, Dublin 4. [. . . ]