Adding Various Effects to a Voice | Roland AT20s manual

Adding Various Effects to a Voice

The AT-20S allows you to add a variety of effects to each voice, and to use various play- ing techniques to make your performance more expressive.

Adding Harmony to a Melody (Harmony Intelligence)

Harmony Intelligence is a function that adds harmony to a single note being played on the Upper keyboard, the harmony being dependent on the chord played on the Lower keyboard. In addition it automatically selects the appropriate voices according to the harmony type.

1. Press the [Harmony Intelligence] button (indicator lights).

Each time you press a [Harmony Intelligence] button, the indicator will alternate be- tween ON (lit) and OFF.

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Harmony Intelligence

Changing the Type of Harmony Intelligence

There are 4 different Harmony Intelligence.

When you press the [Harmony Intelligence] button, the most appropriate voice(s) will be automatically set.

The manner in which notes will sound also depends on the Harmony type.

1. Press the [Harmony Intelligence] button (indicator lights).

2. While the voice name is shown in the display screen, use the Value [-] [+] buttons to select the Harmony Intelligence.

The indicator of the [Harmony Intelligence] button will blink.

3. Once again, press the [Harmony Intelligence] button.

The indicator of the [Harmony Intelligence] button will light, and the Harmony Intelli- gence is confirmed.

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Roland AT20s owner manual Adding Various Effects to a Voice, Changing the Type of Harmony Intelligence

Contents

Page Important Safety Instructions 001 002a Using the Unit Safely Important Notes 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 Contents Using the Play FunctionsUsing the Registration Buttons Adding Various Effects to a Voice Contents Settings for the Composer Adjusting the EffectsVarious Other Settings Edit Menu Editing Song Files Contents Connecting with External Devices Appendixes Memo Panel Descriptions Pedal Lower Disk Drive → p Lower Drums/SFX button → p Rotary Sound → p Setting Up the Music Stand Connecting the Power CordTuning On the Power Before You Start Playing Connecting a Microphone Using HeadphonesTurning Off the Power Some Notes on Using a Microphone Restoring All the Factory Default Settings Displaying Basic ScreensRhythm Screen 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 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 10 P.29 Adjust the Volume Balance Pedal Lower Use the Value and + buttons to set the amount of shift Transpose the Pitch in Octave Units Octave ShiftPress the Utility button Playing Drum Sound or Sound Effects on the Keyboard Press the Drums/SFX button indicator lightsPlaying Drums from the Entire Lower Keyboard Drums/SFX Changing the Drum/SFX Set Press the Drums/SFX button once again Using the Rhythm Performance Using the Rhythms of the Disk ButtonSelecting a Rhythm Press a Rhythm button to select a Rhythm group Starting at the Press of a Button Starting with an Intro Press the Intro/Ending buttonPress the Start/Stop button Starting without an Intro Press the Start/Stop button Using the Rhythm Performance Press the Intro/Ending button Stopping the RhythmPlay either the Lower keyboard or the Pedalboard Stopping with an Ending Press the Intro/Ending button What is a Fill In? Adding Variety to the Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment Playing the Count Sound at the End of the Intro Playing Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment Press the Arranger On/Off button indicator lightsChanging the Tempo Select a Rhythm p Press the One Touch Program button Press the Intro/Ending or Stop button to stop the Rhythm Using a Rhythm from a Disk Inserting and Ejecting a Floppy DiskReviewing the Styles on a Music Style Disk Press the Eject button Loading Disk Rhythms Into Internal Memory Rhythm To cancel the procedure, press the Display/Exit button Press the Harmony Intelligence button indicator lights Adding Various Effects to a VoiceChanging the Type of Harmony Intelligence Once again, press the Harmony Intelligence button Traditional Adding Modulation to the Sound Rotary Effect LED lit Fast Reverb Effect When Adding Sustain to the Upper or Lower Part When Adding Sustain to the Pedal Bass PartPress the Sustain Pedal indicator lights Press the Sustain Pedal button to turn off the indicator Using the Play Functions 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 Using the Foot Switch Press the foot switch toward the left Using the Registration Buttons Storing Registrations Recalling a Registration How to Recall a RegistrationChanging the Timing of Recalling Registrations Automatically Registering When You Switch Panel Settings Assigning a Name to a Registration SetPage Copying Only the Name of a Registration Saving Registration Sets to a Floppy Disk Loading a Set of Registrations Loading Previously Saved Registration Sets Into the AT-20SPress the Load button to execute loading Page Deleting a Set of Registrations from a Floppy Disk What is a Track? Expression Pedal Operations Playing Back Performance Songs Stored on Floppy Disk SMF Music Files Eject button Recording a Performance Enter the recording standby mode by pressing the Rec buttonPress the Play button to start recording Page Playing Back a Performance Song Add a Count Sound to Match the Timing CountPress the Play button to start playback To stop playback at any point, press the Stop button Press the track button once again indicator lights Track Assignments When Playing Commercial SMF Music FilesSilencing a Specific Track Track Mute Example Muting the sound for Upper Part Press the Stop button when your recording is completed Re-Recording Erasing a Performance Song Press the Function and Save buttons simultaneously Formatting Disks Press the Function button Press the Rec button again to perform the Format It is not possible to save during the Rename procedure Changing the Name of a Performance Song Rename Saving Performance Songs onto Floppy Disk SMF If the following screen will appear 27-2 Loading Performance Songs Into the AT-20S Press the Play button to begin recording Layering a New Recording onto SMF Music FilesPress the Stop button to stop recording Deleting Performance Songs Stored on Disk To delete the performance song, press the Rec button again Re-Recording Part of Your Performance Punch-in Recording To use Punch-in Recording, you can Press the Stop button to stop the song Recording and Layering Drum Parts Loop Recording Number of Measures for Loop Recording Settings for the Composer Changing the Key When Playing Back SongsChanging the Metronome Setting Count-in Recording Setting the Beat Adjusting the Metronome VolumeChanging the Sound of the Metronome Function During Recording Function During Playback Switching the Display of Lyrics On or Off Muting Individual Channels of Performance Data Edit Menu Editing Song Files Delete a Specific Measure Delete Measure What is a Track? Delete the Recording from a Track Delete Track Erase Recording Erase Event 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Copy Measures Copy Correct Timing Inaccuracies Quantize 26fig.10-27 Changing the Reverb Type Adjusting the EffectsChanging the Depth of the Reverb Sustain Effect Changing the Wall TypeChanging the Sustain Length Changing the Function of the Foot Switch Various Other SettingsTurning Initial Touch On/Off Initial Touch Changing the Pedalboard Polyphony Pedal Bass Mode Changing the Sound Count Down Count Down Damper Pedal Assignment Changing How the Solo Voice Responds Solo ModeGlide Destination Harmony Intelligence Type Drums/SFX SetTurning Chord Intelligence On/Off Chord Intelligence Arranger Settings Recall Timing Registration Arranger UpdateTurning Chord Hold On/Off Chord Hold Adjust the Standard Pitch Master Tune Registration Transpose UpdateAdjust the LCD Contrast LCD Contrast Midi in Mode Selecting the Midi Transmit Channel Tx Midi Channel Setting PC Numbers PC Number Specifying Transmission of PC Numbers Send PC Switch Connecting with External Devices Names and Functions of Jacks and ConnectorsConnecting Audio Equipment Making the Connections Connecting a Computer Connection with an Apple Macintosh computer Connecting the AT-20S to a Midi Instrument If You’re Using Midi100 Troubleshooting 101 Troubleshooting 102 Display Messages 103 Display Messages 104 Voice List 105 Drum Set List 106 Drum Set List 107 Rhythm List Chord List 109 Chord List 110 Settings That Are Stored After the Power Is Turned Off 111 Glossary 112 About Atelier Series Sound Generator General MidiGS format SMF with Lyrics Midi Implementation Chart 114 Main Specifications Main Specifications Connectors Power SupplyPower Consumption Finish Dimensions AT-20S Demo Song ListProfile Jonas Nordwall Ric IannoneRosemary Bailey 118 Index 119 Index 120 121 Information 122 Avis 02780045 ’03-11-3N