User manual ROLAND AT-15

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS" (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. Copyright © 2003 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. [. . . ] Press the Value [-] and [+] buttons to specify the storagedestination Registration. fig. 07-15 8. Press the [Rec] button. The following display appears. fig. 07-16 To cancel the procedure, press the [Reset] button. 9. Press the [Rec] button once again. 59 Using the Registration Buttons Deleting a Set of Registrations from a Floppy Disk Here's how to delete a Registration set that was saved to a floppy disk. 1. 3. Insert the floppy disk containing the Registration into the disk drive. Press the Select [-] and [+] buttons to select the Registration set that you wish to delete. fig. 07-13 4. Simultaneously press the [Save] button and the [Registration] button. The following display appears. fig. 07-17 To cancel the operation, press the [Reset] button. 5. If you are sure that you wish to delete the data, press the [Rec] button. When a Registration set has been deleted, the indication of "USE" will change back to "- - -. " If you had assigned a name to the Registration set you deleted, the name will revert back to "REGIST-XX. " fig. 07-18 60 Record and Playback Your Performance You can use the AT-15'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 AT-15. 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. "Record a performance along with SMF music files" While playing back SMF music files, you can add your own performance and record it. 61 Record and Playback Your Performance Playing Back Performance Songs Stored on Floppy Disk In addition to playing back the music you recorded on the instrument and saved to a floppy disk. AT-15 also lets you enjoy a wide variety of commercially available SMF music files. SMF Music Files The Standard MIDI File (SMF) format was designed to provide a means for exchanging performance data among a wide variety of devices. In addition to the song files described earlier, the AT-15 is also capable of playing back any Standard MIDI File compatible with the General MIDI 2 or GS formats. If you wish to purchase SMF music files, please contact the dealer where you purchased the AT-15. fig. 08-26 NOTE 2 1. 3, 4 Insert a floppy disk containing commercially available SMF music files into the floppy disk drive. fig. 03-13 Indicator Eject button Floppy Disk Never eject a disk while reading or writing is in progress, since that can damage the magnetic surface of the disk, rendering it unusable. (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. ). 62 Record and Playback Your Performance When the performance song loaded from a disk is a Standard MIDI File, " fig. 08-27 " will be displayed after the file name. 2. 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. 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. 63 Record and Playback Your Performance 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. fig. 08-07 You can also change the Track Mute Settings in the Utility menu. You can individually mute the rhythm track and accompaniment track as well as the Upper Track and Solo Track. You can also mute the Control Track (for the expression pedal and panel controls) (p. 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