Roland AT15 specification

Selecting and Playing Sounds

■Functions of the Upper/Lower/Pedal Bass Sound Select Buttons

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Each time you press a voice button, its indicator will switch between being

lit and being turned off. Voices that have their button indicator lit can be

played.

Two voices are assigned to both of the Pedal Part and Solo Part button

groups.

The [Alternate] button switches between these two voices.

	The [Alternate] button	Voice that will be selected


	The [Alternate] button is not lit.	The voice indicated on the button
	The [Alternate] button is not lit.	is selected.
		is selected.

		Another voice of the same family
	The [Alternate] button is lit.	or the voice indicated on the
	The [Alternate] button is lit.	bottom half of the button is
		bottom half of the button is
		selected.

NOTE

If none of the voice buttons

are lit, playing the

keyboard will not produce

a sound.

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Roland AT15 owner manual Functions of the Upper/Lower/Pedal Bass Sound Select Buttons

Contents

Page Important Safety Instructions 001 002a Using the Unit Safely Maintenance Power SupplyPlacement Additional Precautions Handling Floppy Disks Before Using Floppy DisksHandling the Floppy Disk Drive Main Features Basic Concepts of the Atelier Series Main Features Conventions Used in This Manual Contents Using the Registration Buttons ContentsUsing the Play Functions Adding Various Effects to a Voice Various Other Settings Contents Settings for the ComposerAdjusting the Effects Connecting with External Devices Contents Appendices Memo Panel Descriptions Rhythm select buttons → p Tuning On the Power Setting Up the Music StandConnecting the Power Cord Turning Off the Power Restoring All the Factory Default Settings Using HeadphonesSome Notes on Using Headphones Rhythm Screen Adjusting the Contrast of the ScreenDisplaying Basic Screens Composer Screen Selecting and Playing Sounds Listening to the Demo Songs Selecting and Playing Sounds If the following screen appears Selecting Voices About the Voices and Parts Functions of the Upper/Lower/Pedal Bass Sound Select Buttons Selecting the Upper and Lower Voices Press the Upper Organ Jazz button indicator lightsPress the Pedal Organ button indicator lights Selecting Pedal Bass Voice Press the Solo Trumpet button indicator lights Selecting Solo Voice Selecting a Voice Using the Others Button Voice name appears in the display Rhythm performance Drums/SFX Adjust the Volume BalancePedal Voice Bass part of Automatic Accompaniment Use the Value and + buttons to set the amount of shift Transpose the Pitch in Octave Units Octave ShiftPress the Utility button Sustaining Notes Played on the Lower Keyboard Press the Pedal To Lower button so its indicator goes outPress the Drums/SFX button indicator lights Playing Drum Sound or Sound Effects on the Keyboard Changing the Drum/SFX Set Press the Drums/SFX button once again Selecting a Rhythm Using the Rhythm PerformanceUsing the Rhythms of the Disk Button Press a Rhythm button to select a Rhythm group Starting with an Intro Starting at the Press of a ButtonMaking the Intro Short and Simple Stopping with an Ending Using the Rhythm Performance Starting without an IntroStopping the Rhythm Making the Ending Short and Simple Adding Variety to the Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment What is a Fill In?Changing the Tempo Press the Intro/Ending or Start/Stop button to stop Rhythm Select a Rhythm p Press the One Touch Program buttonRhythm and Automatic Accompaniment stops Inserting and Ejecting a Floppy Disk Using a Rhythm from a DiskIndicator Eject button Floppy Disk Reviewing the Styles on a Music Style Disk Loading Disk Rhythms Into Internal Memory If the following screen appears Copying a Rhythm Saved to the Rhythm Disk Button Using the Rhythm Performance If the following screen appears Deleting a Rhythm Saved to the Rhythm Disk Button Following screen will be displayed Adding Various Effects to a Voice Press the Harmony Intelligence button indicator lightsAdding Harmony to a Melody Harmony Intelligence Changing the Type of Harmony Intelligence Once again, press the Harmony Intelligence button Being rapidly rotated Adding Modulation to the Sound Rotary EffectEffect obtained is equivalent to speakers Effect simulating the slow rotation of speakers Reverb Effect Part Upper, Lower, Pedal Sustain EffectBasic screen reappear Using the Play Functions Lower keyboard Solo voice Transposing to a Different Key Transpose Buttons Press the Transpose and + buttons Adjusting the Overall Volume Using an Expression Pedal Adding Decay to the Sound Damper Pedal Press the right Foot Switch toward the right Using the Foot SwitchPress the left Foot Switch toward the left Using the Registration Buttons Storing Registrations Recalling a Registration How to Recall a RegistrationRecalling Voices and Other Panel Settings Changing the Timing of Recalling Registrations Settings by pressing the Manual button Automatically Registering When You Switch Panel SettingsAssigning a Name to a Registration Set Using the Registration Buttons Copying Only the Name of a Registration Only the name of the Registration will be recalled Press the Save button to execute the save operation Rewriting of the Registration will be canceled If you wish to update the contents of the Registration detaPress the Reset button to cancel the procedure Registration will be rewritten Loading a Set of Registrations Loading Previously Saved Registration Sets Into the AT-15Press the Load button to execute loading Loading an Individual Registration To cancel the operation, press the Utility buttonPress the Rec button once again Deleting a Set of Registrations from a Floppy Disk Record and Playback Your Performance Playing Back Performance Songs Stored on Floppy Disk SMF Music Files Playback of the performance data begins Track whose indicator was turned off will be muted silenced Press the Track Mute button once again indicator lightsSilencing a Specific Track Track Mute Recording a Performance Enter the recording standby mode by pressing the Rec ButtonPress the Play/Stop button to start recording If you wish to erase the performance song If you wish to save the performance song on a floppy disk To stop playback at any point, press the Play/Stop button Press the Reset buttonPlaying Back a Performance Song Rewinding and Fast Forwarding Through Songs Rerecording Performance Data Recorded on the AT-15 Press the Play/Stop button when your recording is CompletedRec button and the Play/Stop button indicators will go dark You can record over recorded performance data Erasing a Performance Song Press the Registration and Save buttons simultaneously Formatting Disks Press the Rec button again to perform the Format Changing the Name of a Performance Song Rename New name is now inserted Save data in Atelier format Saving Performance Songs onto Floppy DiskYou can select either Original or SMF format Saving in SMF Format for Atelier Sound Modules Press the Save button to confirm the format If you wish to update the contents of the performance dataIf the following screen will appear Deleting Performance Songs Stored on Disk When erasing is completed, the basic screen reappearsTo delete the performance song, press the Rec button again Layering a New Recording onto SMF Music Files Press the Rec button to enter record-ready modePress the Play/Stop button to stop recording Re-recording a Performance Saved on Floppy Disk Selected performance data will be loaded Changing the Key When Playing Back Songs Settings for the ComposerChanging the Metronome Setting Adjusting the Metronome Volume Changing the Sound of the Metronome Setting the Beat Silencing a Specific Track Muting Individual Channels of Performance Data Expression Pedal Operations Re-recording the Pedalboard Performance Function During Recording Switching the Display of Lyrics On or Off Function During Playback Sustain Effect Adjusting the EffectsChanging the Sustain Length Changing the Reverb Type Changing the Wall Type Changing the Depth of the Reverb Using the Foot Switch to Switch Registrations Regist Shift Various Other SettingsTurning Initial Touch On/Off Initial Touch Turning Chord Intelligence On/Off Chord Intelli Glide Using the Leading Bass Function Leading Bass Changing How the Solo Voice Responds Solo Mode Layering the Solo Voice Lower Voice Solo To Lower Mode Changing the Solo Split Point Solo Split Point Playing a Count Sound When the Intro Ends Intro Count Down Changing the Sound Count Down Count Down Sound Registration Arranger Update Arranger Settings Recall Timing Adjust the Standard Pitch Master Tune Selecting the Midi Transmit Channel Tx Midi Channel Midi in Mode Specifying Transmission of PC Numbers Send PC Switch Setting PC Numbers Connecting with External Devices Making the Connections If You’re Using Midi Connecting the AT-15 to a Midi Instrument Troubleshooting No sound is heard Troubleshooting Bass note of the Automatic Accompaniment does not sound Display Messages 100 Display Messages 101 Voice List 102 Drum Set List 103 Drum Set List 104 Rhythm List Chord List 106 Chord List 107 Settings That Are Stored After the Power Is Turned Off 108 Glossary 109 GS format About Atelier Series Sound GeneratorGeneral Midi SMF with Lyrics Midi Implementation Chart 111 Main Specifications Power Consumption Main Specifications ConnectorsPower Supply Dimensions Hal Vincent Demo Song ListProfile Jonas Nordwall Rosemary Bailey Ric Iannone115 Index 116 Index 117 Information 118 Avis 03238612 ’05-2-4TP