Roland AT20s manual

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Upper

Solo

Composer

Organ

Orchestral

Demo

Select

Load

Function

Save

Registration

Level

Level

Level

Full

Jazz

Strings

Piano

Brass

Trumpet

Sax

Rename

Clear

Track

Rhythm

Accomp

Bass

Lower

Upper

Solo

Control

	Pipe	Choir	Guitar	Flute
1	2	3	4	Harmony Intelligence	Reset	Stop	Play	Rec	Bwd	Fwd
1	2	3	4	Harmony Intelligence

14Composer

[Demo] button ( → p. 19, p. 59)

Select [-] [+] buttons

[Load] button ( → p. 55, p. 56, p. 72) [Function] button ( → p. 79-p. 87) [Save] button ( → p. 54, p. 70) [Registration] button ( → p. 51-p. 57) Track buttons ( → p. 58, p. 64)

[Reset] button

[Stop] button

[Play] button ( → p. 63, p. 59) [Rec] button ( → p. 59, p. 62, p. 65)

[Bwd] button [Fwd] button

15Disk Drive ( → p. 37)

16Lower [Drums/SFX] button ( → p. 28)

17Rotary Sound ( → p. 42)

[On/Off] button [Fast/Slow] button

18Sustain [Pedal] button ( → p. 44)

19Rhythm select buttons ( → p. 30)

Arranger [On/Off] button ( → p. 35) Style Orchestrator buttons ( → p. 33)

Tempo [ ][ ] button ( → p. 35) Fill In [To Variation] button ( → p. 33) Fill In [To Original] button ( → p. 33) [Intro/Ending] button ( → p. 31) [Count Down] button ( → p. 34)

[One Touch Program] button ( → p. 36) [Sync Start] button ( → p. 31) [Start/Stop] button ( → p. 31)

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Roland AT20s owner manual Disk Drive → p Lower Drums/SFX button → p Rotary Sound → p

Contents

Page Important Safety Instructions 001 002a Using the Unit Safely Important Notes Before Using Floppy Disks Handling Floppy DisksHandling the Floppy Disk Drive Basic concepts of the Atelier series Main Features Conventions Used in This Manual Main Features Contents Adding Various Effects to a Voice ContentsUsing the Play Functions Using the Registration Buttons Edit Menu Editing Song Files Contents Settings for the ComposerAdjusting the Effects Various Other Settings Appendixes Contents Connecting with External Devices Memo Pedal Lower Panel Descriptions Disk Drive → p Lower Drums/SFX button → p Rotary Sound → p Before You Start Playing Setting Up the Music StandConnecting the Power Cord Tuning On the Power Some Notes on Using a Microphone Connecting a MicrophoneUsing Headphones Turning Off the Power Composer Screen Restoring All the Factory Default SettingsDisplaying Basic Screens Rhythm Screen Listening to the Demo Songs Selecting and Playing Sounds Selecting and Playing Sounds If the following screen appears About the Voices and Parts Selecting Voices Selecting the Upper and Lower Voices Functions of the Upper/Lower/Pedal Bass Sound Select Buttons Selecting Pedal Bass Voice Press the Pedal Organ button indicator lights Selecting Solo Voice Press the Solo Trumpet button indicator lights 10 P.29 Selecting a Voice Using the Others Button Pedal Lower Adjust the Volume Balance Transpose the Pitch in Octave Units Octave Shift Use the Value and + buttons to set the amount of shiftPress the Utility button Press the Drums/SFX button indicator lights Playing Drum Sound or Sound Effects on the KeyboardPlaying Drums from the Entire Lower Keyboard Drums/SFX Press the Drums/SFX button once again Changing the Drum/SFX Set Press a Rhythm button to select a Rhythm group Using the Rhythm PerformanceUsing the Rhythms of the Disk Button Selecting a Rhythm Starting without an Intro Press the Start/Stop button Starting at the Press of a ButtonStarting with an Intro Press the Intro/Ending button Press the Start/Stop button Stopping with an Ending Press the Intro/Ending button Using the Rhythm Performance Press the Intro/Ending buttonStopping the Rhythm Play either the Lower keyboard or the Pedalboard Adding Variety to the Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment What is a Fill In? Playing the Count Sound at the End of the Intro Press the Arranger On/Off button indicator lights Playing Rhythm and Automatic AccompanimentChanging the Tempo Press the Intro/Ending or Stop button to stop the Rhythm Select a Rhythm p Press the One Touch Program button Press the Eject button Using a Rhythm from a DiskInserting and Ejecting a Floppy Disk Reviewing the Styles on a Music Style Disk Rhythm Loading Disk Rhythms Into Internal Memory To cancel the procedure, press the Display/Exit button Once again, press the Harmony Intelligence button Press the Harmony Intelligence button indicator lightsAdding Various Effects to a Voice Changing the Type of Harmony Intelligence Traditional LED lit Fast Adding Modulation to the Sound Rotary Effect Reverb Effect Press the Sustain Pedal button to turn off the indicator When Adding Sustain to the Upper or Lower PartWhen Adding Sustain to the Pedal Bass Part Press the Sustain Pedal indicator lights Using the Play Functions Press the Transpose and + buttons Transposing to a Different Key Transpose Buttons Adding Decay to the Sound Damper Pedal Adjusting the Overall Volume Using an Expression Pedal Press the foot switch toward the left Using the Foot Switch Storing Registrations Using the Registration Buttons How to Recall a Registration Recalling a RegistrationChanging the Timing of Recalling Registrations Assigning a Name to a Registration Set Automatically Registering When You Switch Panel SettingsPage Copying Only the Name of a Registration Saving Registration Sets to a Floppy Disk Loading Previously Saved Registration Sets Into the AT-20S Loading a Set of RegistrationsPress the Load button to execute loading Page Deleting a Set of Registrations from a Floppy Disk Expression Pedal Operations What is a Track? SMF Music Files Playing Back Performance Songs Stored on Floppy Disk Eject button Enter the recording standby mode by pressing the Rec button Recording a PerformancePress the Play button to start recording Page To stop playback at any point, press the Stop button Playing Back a Performance SongAdd a Count Sound to Match the Timing Count Press the Play button to start playback Example Muting the sound for Upper Part Press the track button once again indicator lightsTrack Assignments When Playing Commercial SMF Music Files Silencing a Specific Track Track Mute Re-Recording Press the Stop button when your recording is completed Press the Function and Save buttons simultaneously Erasing a Performance Song Press the Function button Formatting Disks Press the Rec button again to perform the Format Changing the Name of a Performance Song Rename It is not possible to save during the Rename procedure SMF Saving Performance Songs onto Floppy Disk 27-2 If the following screen will appear Loading Performance Songs Into the AT-20S Layering a New Recording onto SMF Music Files Press the Play button to begin recordingPress the Stop button to stop recording To delete the performance song, press the Rec button again Deleting Performance Songs Stored on Disk To use Punch-in Recording, you can Re-Recording Part of Your Performance Punch-in Recording Press the Stop button to stop the song Recording and Layering Drum Parts Loop Recording Number of Measures for Loop Recording Count-in Recording Settings for the ComposerChanging the Key When Playing Back Songs Changing the Metronome Setting Adjusting the Metronome Volume Setting the BeatChanging the Sound of the Metronome Function During Playback Function During Recording Muting Individual Channels of Performance Data Switching the Display of Lyrics On or Off Delete a Specific Measure Delete Measure Edit Menu Editing Song Files Delete the Recording from a Track Delete Track What is a Track? 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Erase Recording Erase Event Copy Measures Copy 26fig.10-27 Correct Timing Inaccuracies Quantize Adjusting the Effects Changing the Reverb TypeChanging the Depth of the Reverb Changing the Wall Type Sustain EffectChanging the Sustain Length Various Other Settings Changing the Function of the Foot SwitchTurning Initial Touch On/Off Initial Touch Changing the Sound Count Down Count Down Changing the Pedalboard Polyphony Pedal Bass Mode Changing How the Solo Voice Responds Solo Mode Damper Pedal AssignmentGlide Destination Drums/SFX Set Harmony Intelligence TypeTurning Chord Intelligence On/Off Chord Intelligence Registration Arranger Update Arranger Settings Recall TimingTurning Chord Hold On/Off Chord Hold Registration Transpose Update Adjust the Standard Pitch Master TuneAdjust the LCD Contrast LCD Contrast Selecting the Midi Transmit Channel Tx Midi Channel Midi in Mode Specifying Transmission of PC Numbers Send PC Switch Setting PC Numbers PC Number Making the Connections Connecting with External DevicesNames and Functions of Jacks and Connectors Connecting Audio Equipment Connection with an Apple Macintosh computer Connecting a Computer If You’re Using Midi Connecting the AT-20S to a Midi Instrument100 101 Troubleshooting 102 Troubleshooting 103 Display Messages 104 Display Messages 105 Voice List 106 Drum Set List 107 Drum Set List Rhythm List 109 Chord List 110 Chord List 111 Settings That Are Stored After the Power Is Turned Off 112 Glossary SMF with Lyrics About Atelier Series Sound GeneratorGeneral Midi GS format 114 Midi Implementation Chart Main Specifications Dimensions Main Specifications ConnectorsPower Supply Power Consumption Finish Demo Song List AT-20SProfile 118 Jonas NordwallRic Iannone Rosemary Bailey 119 Index 120 Index 121 122 Information Avis 02780045 ’03-11-3N