Roland 2 manual Muting and Soloing Style Tracks, Mixing Styles in Version

4Press ENTER to display the STYLE MICROSCOPE screen.

This screen shows you a list of all of the MIDI events—including note events—on the track.

If you find the list a bit overwhelming, you can filter out things you don’t want to see. Press the MENU button to open the VIEW SELECT window in which you can uncheck anything you’d like the GW-8 to hide. Press EXIT to leave the window.

On the STYLE MICROSCOPE screen:

•The left-hand column shows time locations of events in the track.

•The next column shows the event at each of the displayed time locations.

•The next column shows an event’s value. In the case of a note, for example, the note’s velocity is shown here.

•For note events, the right-hand column shows the length of each note.

Time Event Event value (Note length)

To edit an event’s value use 3, 4, 5, and/or 6 to highlight the value, and turn the VALUE dial to set the value as desired.

To change or undo an edit you make on this screen, just repeat the editing process to fix the problem.

In addition, the GW-8’s tone buttons provide some additional tools. To

• create a new event—press the PIANO•0 button to open the Create Event window in which you can select the type of event you want to create and the location at which you want it. Once you’ve created the event, you can edit it as you would any other event.

• erase an event—select the event and press KBD/ORGAN•1.

• move an event—select it and press GUITAR/BASS•2. This opens the MOVE EVENT window in which you can set the event’s new location.

• copy an event—select the event and press STRINGS/SCAT•3.

•paste a copied event—press SAX/STRINGS•4 and select the

location at which you’d like the copied event placed.

Press EXIT to leave the STYLE MICROSCOPE screen and listen to your edits.

Muting and Soloing Style Tracks

You can

•mute any style track—to silence it without erasing the track, or

•solo any style track—to isolate it by temporarily silencing all of the other tracks.

To do this:

1Hold down the STYLE button for a couple of seconds to display the STYLE COMPOSER screen.

2Press the ENTER button to display the STYLE COMPOSER ZOOM screen.

3Then, to

• mute a style track—cursor to the track’s MUTE switch and turn the VALUE dial to turn the switch on.

• solo a style track—cursor to the track’s SOLO switch and turn the VALUE dial to turn the switch on.

Mixing Styles in Version 2

Two Version 2 screens allow you to mix your style’s tracks by setting up the parts they use. The

•STYLE MAKEUP screen—allows you to set each style part’s behavior, including its panning.

•PERFORM MIXER screen—allows you to directly balance the parts’ levels. (This screen also provides handy MUTE and SOLO switches.)

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