Europa User Guide

Terminology and symbols

2.Terminology and symbols

This section documents the terminology and symbols used throughout this manual:

BOLD

- Indicates a hyperlink, Jupiter 6 front panel button or button group

Flash

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The Europa chip’s on chip nonvolatile flash memory. Used for storing patches/presets.

LED

- Light Emitting Diode – refers to the various red indicator lights on the Jupiter 6’s front

 

 

panel

Macintosh

- Apple Computer Corporation’s MacOS based personal computers

NVRAM

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Nonvolatile RAM. Refers to the Jupiter 6’s controller board nonvolatile battery backed

 

 

RAM that holds patches/presets, and with Europa, board settings

Power cycle

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Turning power off and then on again

Presets

- Roland’s user guide calls these “Patch presets” – simplified for ease of understanding

Roland code

- Original Jupiter 6 operating system prior to Europa

Roland mode

- Booting Europa to Roland code (TAPE + powerup)

TAPE

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Roland’s user guide refers to it as the TAPE MEMORY button

User interface

- The Jupiter 6’s buttons, LEDs, knobs, and sliders

Windows

- Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 98SE, Millennium Edition, NT 4.x, XP, and 2000

Wink

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An LED being shut off and turned on quickly

- An unlit (off) LED.

- A lit (steady on) LED.

- A blinking LED.

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