Roland AR-200 Recording and Playing Midi Data Midi Phrase, What is a Midi Phrase?, Phrases

Recording and Playing MIDI Data (MIDI Phrase)

What is a MIDI Phrase?
You can use the AR-200 for recording and playback of MIDI		This automatically changes to MIDI THRU during recording
data. MIDI data recorded with the AR-200 are called “MIDI		and in recording standby.
phrases.”
MIDI phrases and audio phrases are treated identically as		"Important Notes on Making Connections and Switching
phrases.
		the Power On and Off"(P.9)
You can take MIDI data recorded with a MIDI sequencer and
record this to the AR-200 as MIDI phrases, using them as		Procedure for Recording MIDI
“MIDI data playback sent to sound generating modules for
		Phrases
broadcast within buildings.”
MIDI data is saved by the AR-200 as Format 0 SMFs		Make the correct connections, then turn on the power switch.
(Standard MIDI Files). The MIDI Time Base is fixed at 192.
* Audio phrases and MIDI phrases cannot be recorded or played		"Important Notes on Making Connections and Switching
	back simultaneously.
		the Power On and Off"(P.9)
* The capacity of cards used for MIDI phrases is affected not		1. Insert a formatted card into one of the slots.
	only by recording time, but by the size of the MIDI data in the
	MIDI phrases themselves. Please be aware that when you	2. Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select the number of the
	record MIDI phrases, the possible recording time for a single		phrase to be recorded.
	card varies according to the size of the MIDI data.	* The non-recording phrase number in display is flashed.
		* If you are re-recording over a previously recorded phrase, you
Control of the unit by using MIDI signals is described in			should delete the phrase (p. 25).
another chapter.		* You cannot change the phrase number after recording, so be
Please refer to "Controlling the AR-200 with MIDI Signals			sure to select the phrase number you want to record.
(MIDI control)"(P.42).		3. Hold down the STOP button and press the PLAY button
Connecting External Devices			to go into recording standby.
		The PLAY indicator is flashed while the recording standby
fig.mid-01		mode.
		fig.mid-02

blink

MIDI IN

MIDI OUT

MIDI OUT

	4.	Hold down the [ ] button for at least five seconds to
		switch to MIDI mode. The MIDI/CLIP indicator is lit.
	MIDI Sequencer
	*	Recording will begin when a System Real time message
		“Start” (FAH) is received from the connected MIDI device.
	5.	After you press the PLAY button, recording begins when
MIDI IN		MIDI signals are input from the connected MIDI device.
	While recording is in progress, the PLAY indicator lights,
	and a dot flashes in the display.
MIDI Sound Source	fig.mid-03
	Powerd Speaker	lit
	(For Monitor)

* When the card becomes full, recording will stop automatically.

26