Roland AR-200 Settings, Selecting the Control Input Mode, Assigning Phrases to the Terminals

Controlling the AR-200 from an External Device (Control Input Connectors)

Connectors Used for Direct Play (Control I/O Connector)

“1–9”: Inputting a control signal directly to the terminal with the number corresponding to the phrase starts playback of the phrase.

“10 (Stop)”: This stops phrase playback.

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Port NO. 1

Port NO. 2

AUDIO OUTPUT

0002 0001

0002 Interrupted

In addition to the connectors just described, shorting “11/12 (GND)” (ground) connectors enables “On.”

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STOP	Select a Phrase
10 9	1

12 11

GND

"Important Notes on Making Connections and Switching

the Power On and Off" (p. 9)

Basic Operation of Direct Playback (Normal Playback)

*If a control signal has a lower priority than that of the phrase currently being played back, the specified phrase is not played back.

Playback is repeated while the control signal is continuously input.

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Port NO. 1

0001 0001 0001

AUDIO OUTPUT

AR-200 Settings

Selecting the Control Input Mode

Set the MODE switches on the AR-200’s bottom panel to select “PLAYBACK BY CARD DATA” from the control input modes (PLAYBACK BY CARD DATA/DIRECT

Applications

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Port NO. 1

Port NO. 2

STOP Port

AUDIO OUTPUT

Playback:

0002 0001

0001 Interrupted

PLAYBACK/BINARY PLAYBACK/INTERVAL PLAYBACK).

*You cannot achieve control input playback merely by connecting a device to the port. Be sure to set the control input mode and match the method used for connecting to the connectors.

Procedure for Setting the Control Input Mode

1. Turn off the power of the AR-200.

Input a control signal to a Port, 1–9.

→The phrase assigned to the Port is played back. stopping:

Input a control signal to Port 10 (STOP).

→Playback of the phrase is stopped.

Order of Priority

The control input pins have a priority order.

The priority order is as follows:

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HIGH		LOW
0001 > 0002 > 0003	> 0009

When a new high-priority control signal is input during phrase playback, playback of the current phrase is stopped, and playback of the specified phrase begins.

2. Set the MODE switches on the AR-200’s bottom panel as

shown below.

SW1: OFF

SW2: OFF

3.Turn on the power of the AR-200.

*Use a pointed object to change the ON/OFF settings of the MODE switches.

Assigning Phrases to the Terminals

Assign phrases 1 through 9 to Port Nos. 1 through 9.

Settings in Effect When a Card Is Formatted

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Port No.	1	2	3	4	5	9
Phrase	0001	0002	0003	0004	0005	0009

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