Roland KR7/5 Creating and Editing Songs, Multitrack Recording with 16 Parts 16-Track Sequencer

Chapter 6 Creating and Editing Songs

Multitrack Recording with 16 Parts (16-Track Sequencer)

Multitrack recording always you to listen to previously recorded material while continuing to add performances of other parts.

The KR-7/5 is capable of multitrack recording of up to sixteen parts. Since each part’s performance is recorded using one tone, you can layer performances, using up to sixteen tones for the data in one song. The function used to layer these sixteen parts, one at a time, is called the “16-Track Sequencer.”

fig.16track.e

16-Track Sequencer

You can record performances for up to 16 parts, overlaying them part by part, to create a single song.

	Part 1
Flute Part	2
Bass Part	3
Piano Part (left hand)	4
Piano Part (right hand)

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16-Track Sequencer and Track Buttons

In addition to the “16-Track Sequencer” function, the “Track Buttons” (p. 86) are another of the unit’s playing/recording functions.

These five “Track buttons” are used for organizing the 16- Track Sequencer’s sixteen parts. This allows you to use the 16-Track Sequencer to add more sounds to performances recorded with the Track buttons, and make even more detailed edits of the songs.

You can easily play back the original song data with the 16- Track Sequencer, mute parts by pressing the Track buttons, and more.

The Track buttons correspond to 16-track sequencer parts as shown below.

Track button	Part
[R/Rhythm]	D (10), S (11)
[1/Whole]	1
[2/Bass Accomp]	2, 5–9, 12–16
[3/Lower]	3
[4/Upper]	4

Since the 16-Track Sequencer records one tone to one part, you cannot use Layer performance (p. 28), Split performance (p. 29), or other such functions to record two or more tones simultaneously. Also, you can’t record the performance with Automatic Accompaniment.

When you want to record with Automatic Accompaniment, then you should use the Track buttons for recording. (Refer to “Recording With Accompaniment” (p. 98))

Commercially Available Music Files

Commercially available song file recorded in Roland’s SMF format is also composed of sixteen parts.

By loading the song file from the floppy disk and using the 16-Track Sequencer, you can then also edit the song file.

→Although with commercially available Roland SMF music data, Part 11 is included in the [2/Bass Accomp] track button, other tracks match to the corresponding Track buttons.

*With some commercially available music files, you cannot edit the data.

■The 16-Track Sequencer Screen

When recording with 16-track Sequencer, display the 16-

track Sequencer screen.

1.Press the [Menu] button. The Menu screen appears.

2.Touch <16trk Sequencer>.

A “16-track Sequencer screen” like the one shown below

appears.

fig.d-16tr.eps_50

		Chapter6
<1>-	Touch to select the part to be recorded, or the
Icon	Description
<16>	part whose settings are to be changed. The
	Part you choose appears is highlighted.
	This Part to be played back
	The Part not to be played back (Muted Part)
	Parts that do not have performance data re-
	corded to them.
Solo	Only the selected Part is played back.
Mute	This allows you to prevent the sound for the
	selected part from playing.
Clear	The performance data for the selected part is
	deleted.
Options	This displays the Part Settings screen, in
	which you can make detailed settings for each
	part. For details refer to p. 118.

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