User manual ROLAND CM-500

[. . . ] [EFFECT] [PATTERN] EFFECT button PATTERN button · Reference such as (p. **) indicate pages in this manual to which you can refer. Copyright © 2004 BOSS CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of BOSS CORPORATION. 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. [. . . ] Move the cursor to "Loop End, " and use the VALUE dial to specify the measure number at which loop playback is to end. Range: -12­+12 You can change the key in semitone steps over a range of ±1 octave. * After a short while, you will automatically return from the key shift setting screen to the previous screen. 6. The song will start playing, and will loop over the specified region of measures. To stop loop playback, press [LOOP] to make the button go dark (Loop off). 10. To stop playback, press [ ]. Looping the playback in a specified region You can make the playback loop (continue repeating) in the region of measures you specify. The song edit menu screen appears. fig. 03-030d 11. If you want to save the loop playback setting, carry out the "Writing your song" (p. 79) procedure. When you delete unwanted patterns from a song, causing the number of measures in the song to become less than the Loop End measure number you specified, the Loop End setting will remain unchanged. In this case, loop playback won't occur even though you've pressed [LOOP] and illuminated the button; you will need to change the Loop End setting. 3. The song information screen appears. 82 Playing a song Switching the display You can switch the song play screen between the "chord progression display" (four measures x 3/ two measures x 3/one measure x 3) and the "playback pattern display. " 1. Press the button repeatedly to cycle through the available choices for the display, as follows: fig. 03-171 (8) Current chord Next chord The current chord and next chord will be displayed in greater detail. (9) Chord progression The cursor will move with the playback, indicating the currently playing measure. The effect patch write screen appears. fig. 04-090d If you re-select an effect patch or turn off the power before executing the Write procedure, your patch data will be lost. Naming an effect patch You can assign a name (Patch Name) of up to twelve characters to each user patch. In the guitar effects edit screen, move the cursor to "NAME" and press [ENTER]. The message "Now writing. . . " will appear, and the effect patch will be written. When the effect patch have been written, the message will disappear. 2. Move the cursor to the location at which you want to input a character, and use the VALUE dial to select the desired character. Button operations [CURSOR] [CURSOR] [CURSOR] [CURSOR] [SHIFT]+ [CURSOR] [SHIFT]+ [CURSOR] Move the cursor. Delete the character at the cursor location, and shift subsequent characters to the left. * Do not turn off the power while the message is displayed. Then continue to "Writing an effect patch. " 88 Saving/Copying an Effect patch Copying an effect patch 1. In the guitar effects edit screen, move the cursor to "COPY" and press [ENTER]. The effect patch copy screen appears. fig. 04-100d Copy source Copy destination 2. Move the cursor to the copy-source patch number, and use the VALUE dial to select the patch number you want to copy from. Move the cursor to the copy-destination patch number, and use the VALUE dial to select the patch number you want to copy to. [. . . ] 13, 90 tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 T-WAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 TYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 134, 137­139, 141­142 USB MIDI Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]