Roland JUNO-Gi

Overview Appendix

USB Memory

Song Player

Digital Recorder

Synthesizer

Selecting Sounds Perform. Functions Editing/Eects Other Settings Rec/Play/Edit Eects Rhythm Pattern

Overview

Contents

Main Contents Fe at ur es ............................................. Overview Ov er vi ew .o f. the .J UN O- Gi. ............................ Pa ne l. De sc ri pt ion s.................................. Synthesizer 4 (Other Settings) Ut i li ty . (U TI L IT Y) . . .................................... System.Settings.(SYSTEM).... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital Recorder 1 (Recording/Playing/Editing) Displaying.the.Digital.Recorder.Screen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pl a yi n g .a . So n g. ..................................... Re c or d i ng . .......................................... Putting.Multiple.Tracks.Together.(BOUNCE.Mode). .. . . Digital Recorder 3 (Rhythm Pattern) USB Memory Song Player Appendix Page About the Synthesizer Live Sets and Tones Whats a Live Set? Song.Player What are Layers and Tones? Overview of the JUNO-Gi USB.Memory Song.Player Synthesizer Digital.Recorder Synthesizer Digital.Recorder About the Digital Recorder Tracks and V-tracks Insert.USB.Memory V-Track 7 V-Track 6 Panel Descriptions Front Panel 10 6 5 7 8 9 10 Rear Panel Connections MIDI connectors PEDAL jacks HOLD jack CONTROL jack AUDIO INPUT jacks PHONES jack SONG/CLICK OUT jack OUTPUT jacks USB COMPUTER connector USB COMPUTER connector About Batteries About rechargeable batteries Installing Batteries 3. Insert.the.batteries.into.the.battery.compartment. 4. Replace.the.battery.compartment.cover. About SD Cards SD card capacity and recording time Turning the Power On Turning the Power O If you dont want the power to turn o automatically, turn o the Auto Power O setting About the Display Adjusting the Display Contrast ( [LCD CONTRAST] Knob) Turning the Display Backlight On/O 1. Hold.down.the.[SHIFT].button.and.press.the.[EXIT].button. Turning the display backlight on Basic Operation of the JUNO-Gi About the Function Buttons The [SHIFT] Button Functions Editing a Value Moving the Cursor Entering a Value ([NUMERIC] Button) The [MENU] Button Function Assigning a Name Listening to the Demo Song 1. Press.the.[ ].(PLAY).button. 2. Press.the.[n].(STOP).button.to.stop. Demo song list Page Synthesizer 1 (Selecting Sounds) Selecting Live Sets About the LIVE SET PLAY Screen Selecting Live Sets from the List 2. Press.the.[ENTER].(LIST).button. Using the VALUE Dial to Select a Live Set Selecting live sets by category ( category lock) Selecting Live Sets by Number ( [NUMERIC] Button) Selecting Special Live Sets ( [SPECIAL LIVE SET] Button) Auditioning a Live Set ( [PREVIEW] Button) Registering and Calling Up Favorite Live Sets (FAVORITE) Registering a Favorite Live Set Calling Up a Favorite Sound Registering, Calling Up, or Editing Favorites in a List Selecting Tones (LAYER/SPLIT) Selecting Tones or Rhythm Sets a o S Changing the Tone or Volume in the LAYER/SPLIT Screen Changing the Split Point 1. Hold.down.the.[SPLIT].button.and.press.the.key.that.you. want.to.specify.as.the.split.point. Synthesizer 2 (Performance Functions) Changing the Keyboard Settings Changing the Pitch in One- octave Steps ( OCTAVE [DOWN] [UP] Button) Transposing the Pitch in Semitone Steps ( [TRANSPOSE] Button) Adjusting the Keyboard Touch Controlling Your Performance D Beam Controller The usable range of the D Beam controller D Beam Controller Settings [S1] [S2] buttons Pitch Bend/ Modulation Lever [SOUND MODIFY] Knob Modifying the Tonal Character ([CUTOFF]/[RESONANCE] Knobs) Adding Reverberation ([REVERB] Knob) Adjusting the Level of the Low, Middle and High Frequency Ranges (EQ [LOW]/[MID]/[HIGH] Knobs) Using Pedals Holding Notes ( HOLD Pedal) Adding Expression to Your Performance ( CONTROL Pedal) CONTROL Pedal Settings Performing with a Microphone ( Vocoder) Using the Chord Memory Function About the Chord Memory Function Performing with the Chord Memory Function 1. Press.the..[CHORD.MEMORY].button.to.turn.it.on. 2. Play.the.keyboard. Playing Arpeggios (ARPEGGIO) About Arpeggio Playing by Using Arpeggios Turning Arpeggio On and O Holding an Arpeggio Importing SMF on Your Computer to an Arpeggio Style You can create your own original Arpeggio Style (USER 0164) by importing SMF on your computer. Youll need a commercially available SD card reader in order to perform this procedure. The ARPEGGIO STYLE screen will appear. For details on how to enter a name, refer to Assigning a Name (p. 19). Synthesizer 3 (Editing/E ects) Editing a Live Set (LIVE SET EDIT) Basic Operations in the LIVE SET EDIT Screen Displaying the LIVE SET EDIT screen Moving within the LIVE SET EDIT screen Saving a Live Set (WRITE) What the saved Live Set data contains Initializing a Live Set Copying/Exchanging Layers LIVE SET EDIT Parameter LIVE SET EDIT 1 Screen [1] (TONE) Key Fade Lower Key Fade Upper Key Range Lower Key Range Upper LIVE SET EDIT 2 Screen [1] (OFFSET) Velocity Fade Lower Velocity Fade Upper Velocity Range Lower Velocity Range Upper [2] (VIBRATO) LIVE SET EDIT 3 Screen [1] (COMMON) * Valid.only.if.the.System.setting.Preview.Mode.(p.. 80).is.set.to.PHRASE. [2] (CONTROL) * If.Split.is.on,.the.Upper.layer. will.be.played.by.the.arpeggio. PRO EDIT Screen Basic operations in the Pro Edit screen 1. GENERAL 2. PITCH ENV 3. TVF PARAMETER * If.you.set.LPF2.the.setting.for.the. Resonance.parameter.will.be.ignored. * If.you.set.LPF3,.the.setting.for.the. Resonance.parameter.will.be.ignored. LPF BPF HPF PKG Cuto Keyfollow 4. TVF ENVELOPE 5. TVA PARAMETER LWR UPR Bias Position Bias Position L&U ALL 6. TVA ENVELOPE 7. LFO1/8. LFO2 Applying E ects ( EFFECT EDIT ) Turning E ects On/O (E ect Switch) Making E ect Settings Saving your e ect settings Signal Flow and Parameters ( EFFECT ROUTING) Multi-E ect Settings ( MFX1, 2) Controlling a Multi-E ect via MIDI ( MFX1, 2 CTRL) Multi-E ect Control Specifying How Multi-E ects are Combined ( MFX STRUCTURE) Chorus Settings (CHORUS) Reverb Settings (REVERB) Eects Parameters Multi-Eects Parameters (MFX1, 2) About Note note: When Using 3D E ects About the STEP RESET function 01: EQUALIZER 02: SPECTRUM 03: ISOLATOR 04: LOW BOOST 05: SUPER FILTER Super Filter Super Filter SAW1 SAW2 06: STEP FILTER Step Filter Step Filter 08: AUTO WAH Auto Wah 09: HUMANIZER Formant 2-Band Overdrive 11: PHASER Phaser Phaser 2-Band 12: STEP PHASER Step Phaser 14: INFINITE PHASER 15: RING MODULATOR 16: STEP RING MODULATOR 17: TREMOLO 18: AUTO PAN Auto Pan L Auto Pan SAW1 SAW2 L 21: ROTARY Rotary 22: VK ROTARY Rotary 23: CHORUS 24: FLANGER Flanger 25: STEP FLANGER Step Flanger Step Flanger 26: HEXA-CHORUS Hexa Chorus Tremolo Chorus 27: TREMOLO CHORUS 28: SPACE-D 29: 3D CHORUS 3D Chorus 3D Step Flanger 3D Flanger 30: 3D FLANGER 32: 2 BAND CHORUS 33: 2 BAND FLANGER High Band Flanger Low Band Flanger High Band Flanger Low Band Flanger 34: 2 BAND STEP FLANGER High Band Step Flanger 35: OVERDRIVE 36: DISTORTION 37: VS OVERDRIVE 38: VS DISTORTION 39: GUITAR AMP SIMULATOR Pre Amp Speaker Specications for each Speaker Type 40: COMPRESSOR 41: LIMITER Limiter 42: GATE Gate Gate 43: DELAY 44: LONG DELAY Long Delay 45: SERIAL DELAY Delay 1 Delay 2 47: 3TAP PAN DELAY 48: 4TAP PAN DELAY 1 Quadruple Tap Delay 2 3 4 50: REVERSE DELAY Rev. Delay 3D Delay C 51: SHUFFLE DELAY A B 53: TIME CTRL DELAY Time Ctrl Delay Time Ctrl Delay 54: LONG TIME CTRL DELAY Time Control Delay 55: TAPE ECHO Tape Echo Noise Gen. 56: LOFI NOISE 57: LOFI COMPRESS 58: LOFI RADIO Radio 59: TELEPHONE Telephone Telephone 61: PITCH SHIFTER Pitch Shifter Pitch Shifter 2Voice Pitch Shifter 62: 2VOICE PITCH SHIFTER 63: STEP PITCH SHIFTER 64: REVERB Reverb Overdrive 65: GATED REVERB Reverb 67: OVERDRIVE g FLANGER 68: OVERDRIVE g DELAY 69: DISTORTION g CHORUS 70: DISTORTION g FLANGER 71: DISTORTION g DELAY 72: ENHANCER g CHORUS 73: ENHANCER g FLANGER 74: ENHANCER g DELAY 75: CHORUS g DELAY 76: FLANGER g DELAY 77: CHORUS g FLANGER 78: SYMPATHETIC RESONANCE Sym. Resonance 3-Band 79: VOCODER MIC INPUT Chorus Parameters note: Reverb Parameters Synthesizer 4 (Other Settings) Utility (UTILITY) Displaying the UTILITY MENU Backing Up JUNO-Gi Settings to SD Card ( User Backup) Types of Data that can be backed up Formatting USB Memory ( USB Memory Format) Formatting SD Card ( SD Card Format) Backing Up SD Card Data to Your Computer Restoring Backed Up Data to an SD Card System Settings (SYSTEM) Making System Settings The System Menu screen will appear. 3. Press.one.of.the.function.buttons.to.select.the.setting.that. If necessary, press a function button again to access the desired setting screen. Example: Tonic of C [3] ( MST EQ) System Menu [2] ( KBD/CTRL) [1] ( KBD) [2] ( PEDAL) [3] ( CTRL) System Menu [3] ( MIDI/SYNC) [1] ( GENERL) Using the Local Switch Connecting the JUNO-Gi to an external sequencer [2] ( TX) [4] (SYNC) System Menu [4] (CLICK/PLAYER) [1] (CLICKOUT) [2] (PLAYER) System Menu [5] (D BEAM) [1] (GENERL) [2] (SYNTH) [3] ( EXP) [4] ( ASSIGN) System Menu [6] ( INFORMATION) Page Digital Recorder 1 (Recording/Playing/Editing) Displaying the Digital Recorder Screen Displaying the RECORDER Screen 1. Press.the..[RECORDER.VIE W].button.so.its.lit. About the RECORDER Screen Playing a Song Digital Recorder 1 (Recording/Playing/Editing) Selecting and Playing a Song ( Song Select) 3. Use.the.cursor.[ ].[ ].buttons.to.select.Song.Select,.and. press.the.[ENTER].button. Changing the Current Position Muting Tracks Track button operations Muting tracks 18 Turning the Rhythm Pattern on/o Adjusting the Volume of the Tracks Adjusting the Pan, Reverb, and EQ ( TRACK SETTING) 1. In.the.RECORDER.screen,.press.the.[4].(TRK.SET).button. 4. Press.the.[EXIT].button.to.return.to.the.RECORDER.screen. Equalizer setting screen ( EQ SETTING) Switching V-tracks ( V-Track) Playing Back Repeatedly ( REPEAT) Specifying the AB Region Using the AB SETTING Screen To Specify the Repeat Region 3. Hold.down.the.[SHIFT].button.and.press.the.[REPEAT].(A. . . B).button. Function button Recording Song Production Flow Creating a New Song (Create New Song) Connecting the Equipment to Record and Adjusting the Input Level Selecting an Instrument to Record ( REC SOURCE SELECT) Selecting the Sound of the Synthesizer (KEYBOARD) Selecting the Sound of the External Audio Input (AUDIO INPUT) Recording Entering normal mode 1. In.the.RECORDER.screen,.press.the.[1].(.MODE).button.a. number.of.times.to.select.Normal.mode. Selecting the track to record 2. Press.the.[l].(REC).button. Re-Recording Over a Mistake ( Punch- In/Out) Manual Punch-In/Out Auto Punch-In/Out Repeatedly Recording the Same Region ( Loop Recording) Canceling a Recording/Editing ( Undo/Redo) Reverting to the Previous State (Undo) Canceling the Undo (Redo) Putting Multiple Tracks Together ( BOUNCE Mode) Bounce-Recording Listening the Result of the Bounce- Recording Editing Selecting the RECORDER MENU 1. In.the.RECORDER.screen,.press.the.[3].(MENU).button. 2. Use.the.VALUE.dial.or.the.cursor.buttons.to.select.the.menu,. and.press.the.[ENTER].button. 3. Use.the.VALUE.dial.or.the.cursor.buttons.to.select.the.item,. and.press.the.[ENTER].button. Track Move (Moving Data) Example 1: Moving within the same track Example 2: Moving to a di erent track Track Erase (Erasing Data) Track Exchange (Exchanging Data) Example: Exchanging the entire contents of tracks 1 and 2 Track Import (Importing an Audio File) S z n t h Track Export (Exporting Track Data to an Audio File) Exported audio les About the le name SONG EDIT Menu Song Select Create New Song Information Song Name Edit Saving the Current Settings to the Song ( Song Write) 1. In.the.RECORDER.screen.(p..86),.press.the.[WRITE].button. 2. Press.the.[5].(EXEC).button.to.execute. Digital Recorder 2 (Eects) Eects in the Recorder Section Insert Eects Reverb Mastering Tool Kit Using Insert E ects Displaying the Recorders E ec ts Screen Turning each E ect On/O (SWITCH) Selecting an Inser t E ect Turning the Insert E ect Algorithms On/O Editing the Insert Eects Settings (EDIT) Entering a value When youve nished editing Saving Insert Eects Settings (WRITE) Changing the Location of the Insert Eects (LOCATION) 1. In.the.recorders.eects.screen,.press.the.[1].(INS.FX).button. The INSERT FX screen will appear. 2. Press.the.[4].(LOC).button. The INSERT FX LOCATION screen will appear. Insert Eects Parameters Algorithm GUITAR Bank -[AMP]-[EQ]-[NS]-[FX]-[DLY]=[CHO]=[REV]= * The.order.may.dier.depending.on.the.patch. AMP EQUALIZER NOISE SUPPRESSOR FX OD/DS WAH COMPRESSOR LIMITER OCTAVE AC.PRO PHASER FLANGER TREMOLO ROTARY UNI-V DELAY CHORUS REVERB COMPRESSOR ENHANCER LIMITER Using Reverb E ect Selecting the Reverb E ect 1. In.the.RECORDER.screen,.press.the.[6].(EFFECT).button. 2. Press.the.[2].(REVERB).button. Choosing the reverb type Mastering ( MASTERING Mode) What is Mastering Tool Kit? Mastering Procedure Exported audio les Editing the Mastering Tool Kit Settings (EDIT) Entering values When youre nished editing Saving the Mastering Tool Kit Settings (WRITE) Mastering Tool K it Parameters Algorithm INPUT 3BAND COMP MIXER Digital Recorder 3 (Rhythm Pattern) Playing a Rhythm Pattern Displaying the RHYTHM PATTERN screen About the RHYTHM PATTERN screen Setting the Recorder Tempo About the tempo Caution when changing the recorder tempo Placing Patterns to Create an Arrangement (ARRANGE EDIT) Displaying the ARRANGE EDIT screen 1. In.the.RHYTHM.PATTERN.screen,.press.the.[1].(ARG.EDIT). About the ARRANGE EDIT screen Switching Patterns Editing a Pattern (PATTERN EDIT ) Displaying the PATTERN EDIT screen 1. In.the.RHYTHM.PATTERN.screen,.press.the.[2].(PTN.EDIT). About the PATTERN EDIT screen Other controllers Entering Notes Deleting a Note WRITE (Saving a Pattern) Importing SMF on Your Computer to a Rhythm Pattern (IMPORT) Page Playing Song Files from USB Memory Copying Song Files from Your Computer to Usb Memory Copy.to.a.USB.drive Song les that can be played GM Center Cancel/ Minus-One Detailed Settings for Center Cancel Detailed Settings for Minus-One Using the Included USB Memory Protector Page Connecting to Your Computer via USB What is the USB driver? USB audio Settings for JUNO-Gi g computer Settings for computer g JUNO-Gi Connecting an External MIDI Device About MIDI About MIDI Connectors 3. To.save.your.settings,.press.the.[WRITE].button. MIDI IN connector Playing the JUNO-Gi from an External MIDI Device Setting the Receive Channel Setting the Program Change Receive Switch Synchronizing with an External MIDI Device Transmitting Synchronization Data Using the Keyboard to Control Images (V-LINK) What is V-LINK? Turning the V-LINK ON/OFF 1. Press.the.[V-LINK].button.so.its.lit. Operations on the JUNO-Gi Chord Memory List 01: Pop 1 10: Pop Min 1 05: Jazz 3 02: Pop 2 11: Pop Min 2 12: Jazz Min 1 15: 4th Stack 13: Jazz Min 2 14: Oct Stack Error Message List Page Troubleshooting Page Page Specications JUNO-Gi: Synthesizer Keyboard (Conforms to General MIDI 2 System) MIDI Implementation Chart Model JUNO-Gi Date : June 1, 2010 Version : 1.00 Index A B C D R S T U V USING THE UNIT SAFELY WARNING WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT NOTES Power Supply Placement Maintenance Repairs and Data Page NOTICE AVIS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT WARNING DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Compliance Information Statement