Roland KR-17, KR-15 owner manual Undoing Edits Undo, Copying Measures Copy, 136, Editing

Chapter 7 Creating and Editing Songs

Chapter 7

→”PC” stands for “Program Change,” which is a command that tells an instrument to change the sound it’s using. With songs that rely on the use of a variety of sounds, a “PC” needs to be located at every point within the song where the Tone is to be changed

*Some edits can’t be undone, not even by choosing “Undo.” We recommend saving songs to floppy disks or to user memory before editing. For more on how to save songs, refer to “Saving Songs” (p. 116).

Editing

4.Touch the item to be edited.

The background of the item being set turns orange.

5.Set the value with the [-] [+] buttons or the dial. To cancel the operation once it is underway, touch <Exit>.

6.When you’re done making all the settings, touch <Execute>.

When you are finished editing the setting, return to the “Song Edit screen.”

Touch <Exit> to return to the Menu screen.

→You can play back edited songs by pressing the [ (Play/ Stop)] button in the “Song Edit screen.” However, you cannot

play back songs while editing in each editing screen.

■Undoing Edits (Undo)

You can cancel an editing operation that you’ve just carried out. This is handy when you want to undo an edit and restore data to the way it was before.

* There are some edits that can’t be restored.

At Step 3 of “Selecting the editing function” (p. 135), select <Undo>.

Editing functions that can be undone appear on screen.

If you touch <Cancel>, the undo is cancelled, and you’re returned to the Song Edit screen.

If you touch <OK>, the confirmation message appears on screen. Touch <OK> to undone the most recent edit.

■Copying Measures (Copy)

You can copy a portion of a performance to a different bar in the same Part or to a measure in another Part. This is handy when you’re composing a song that repeats a similar phrase.

Ex. To copy measures 5-7 to measure 8.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

At Step 3 of “Selecting the editing function” (p. 135), select

<Copy>.

A screen like the one shown below appears.

Item	Content
From	Measure number of the first measure of the
	segment to be copied
For	Number of measures to be copied
	Copy-source Track button or part number
	Choosing “All” copies all Parts. “- - -” appears
	in the <Dst> column.
	Choosing “R.Pattern” copies the KR’s built-in
Src	Rhythm Patterns. For more information, take a
	look at “Copying Rhythm Patterns to Create
	Rhythm Parts” (p. 137).
	If you choose a Track button, you can only copy
	to the selected Track button. You cannot copy
	to the other Track buttons.
	Copy-destination measure number
To	When “End” is selected, the data is copied to
	the end of the song.
Times	Number of times the data is to be copied
Dst	Copy-destination part number

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