User manual ROLAND MKS-70

[. . . ] No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. 2 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. [. . . ] Different functions are assigned to each of these two foot switches. fig. 06-07 You can also change the function assigned to the Foot Switches. Please refer to "Changing the Function of the Foot Switch (Left Foot Sw, Right Foot Sw)" (p. 63). With the factory settings, the following functions are assigned to the left and right Foot Switches. Right Foot Switch Switch the Rotary effect between Fast/Slow. Glide (an effect by which the pitch is lowered by a semitone while the foot switch is pressed, and is returned to what is originally was when you release your foot). Left Foot Switch Press the right Foot Switch toward the right. The Rotary effect will switch between "Fast" and "Slow" each time you press the Right Foot Switch. Press the left Foot Switch toward the left. While you are pressing the Foot Switch, the pitch will be temporarily lowered. When you release the Left Foot Switch, the pitch will return to normal. 38 Record and Playback Your Performance You can use the MKS-70's internal Composer feature to record performances and to play back commercial SMF format music files. fig. 08-01 What you can do "Play back SMF music files" You can use the floppy disk drive to play back commercially available music files, and enjoy a wide variety of songs. "Preventing the Sounds on a Specific Track from Playing" You can temporarily mute the sounds on specific tracks. "Record your own performances" You can record the music that you play. You can also record your performances while playing rhythms or automatic accompaniment. "Play back recorded performances" You can play back recorded performance data and check out how you sound. "Save recorded performances on floppy disk" Any music you record will be discarded as soon as you turn off the power on the MKS-70. However, by saving your performance data on a floppy disk, you can go ahead and switch off the power, and you'll still be able to load the performance data from floppy disk afterwards and enjoy hearing it again. 51). If the following screen appears fig. 08-05 When recording was automatically canceled because the memory limit was reached. fig. 08-04 When the instrument's memory is nearing capacity. 44 Record and Playback Your Performance Playing Back a Performance Song Play back the performance recorded on the MKS-70. fig. 08-06 1 1. 3. 2, 3 If you press the [Play/Stop] button while holding down the [Reset] button, the metronome will play two measures (bars) of count-in before playback starts. Press the [Reset] button. The location at which playback will start will return to the beginning of the first measure (bar). You can specify whether or not the Expression Pedal will affect the playback and what you play while Atelier music data is being played back (p. 61). Press the [Play/Stop] button to start playback. After playback reaches the end of the performance, it will stop automatically. To stop playback at any point, press the [Play/Stop] button. NOTE If you use the Rhythm or Automatic Accompaniment immediately after having loaded and played back a song other than an Atelier performance song, such as SMF's, etc. , the playback may not sound right (the voices may have changed, etc. ) To prevent this from happening, press the [Reset] button before playback. 45 Record and Playback Your Performance Rerecording Performance Data Recorded on the MKS-70 You can record over recorded performance data. fig. 08-08 NOTE If you wish to re-record with different settings for voices, tempo, part balance, erase the recorded song (p. If the Control track still contains data from before you re-recorded, the volume or sounds may change during playback. 2, 3 1. 1 Press the [Rec] button to enter into the recording standby mode. The [Rec] button indicator will light, and the [Play/Stop] button indicator will blink. The point at which recording begins is returned to the beginning of the song. You can re-record the bass performance. For details refer to "Re-recording the Bass Performance" (p. 60). 2. Press the [Play/Stop] button to start recording. When you press the [Play/Stop] button, the metronome will play two measures (bars) of count-in before recording begins. During recording, the performance data is played back, and the data for the performances on the upper part and lower part is recorded over again. 3. NOTE Press the [Play/Stop] button when your recording is completed. The [Rec] button and the [Play/Stop] button indicators will go dark. If you wish to keep the existing Expression Pedal data, and record only the panel operations, you can make settings to prevent the operation of the Expression Pedal from being recorded (p. 60). 46 Record and Playback Your Performance Erasing a Performance Song If you wish to discard your recording and re-record from the beginning, or if you wish to record a new performance, you must erase the previouslyrecorded data. fig. 08-09 1 2 1. Press the Track Mute [Lower] and Track Mute [Upper] buttons simultaneously. The following message, asking you to confirm your choice, will be displayed. fig. 08-10 To cancel the procedure, press the [Reset] button. 2. If you are sure that you wish to erase the song, press the [Rec] button. 47 Record and Playback Your Performance Formatting Disks Floppy disks must first be "formatted" (initialized) before they can be used by the MKS-70 to store data. "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. fig. 08-11 NOTE Formatting a disk will erase any data that may have been stored on it. [. . . ] 1. k. l 107 564 Moscow, RUSSIA TEL: (095) 169 5043 EUROPE AUSTRIA Roland Austria GES. M. B. H. Siemensstrasse 4, P. O. Box 74, A-6063 RUM, AUSTRIA TEL: (0512) 26 44 260 Roland Shanghai Electronics Co. , Ltd. No. 18 Anhuaxili Chaoyang District, Beijing 100011 CHINA TEL: (010) 6426-5050 AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA Roland Corporation Australia Pty. , Ltd. 38 Campbell Avenue Dee Why West. NSW 2099 AUSTRALIA TEL: (02) 9982 8266 SPAIN Roland Electronics de España, S. [. . . ]