Roland ME-70, G6037008-01 Saving/Calling Up and Using Tones Memory Mode, Saving Tones Patch Write

Saving/Calling Up and Using Tones (Memory Mode)

The ME-70 has two primary operating modes: Manual mode and Memory mode. In Manual mode, the tones are produced by the actual positions of the front-panel knobs for the various effects. In contrast, Memory mode allows you to save tone settings and recall them for later use.

Patches and Banks

In Memory mode, a combination (or set) of effects together with a group of parameter settings is called a “patch.”

A group of four patches is called a “bank,” and the respective patches in a bank correspond to the number pedals.

The banks are organized into nine “user banks” that you can freely read from or write to, and nine read-only “preset banks.”

In total, the ME-70 has 72 patches.

User Bank 9

User Bank 3

	User Bank 2		Patch	Patch
	Patch	Patch
User Bank 1
Patch	Patch	Patch	Patch

Patch Patch Patch Patch

Patch Patch Patch Patch

You can read from and write to these without restriction.

Preset Bank 9

Preset Bank 3

Preset Bank 2

Patch Patch Patch Patch

Preset Bank 1

Patch Patch Patch Patch

Patch Patch Patch Patch

Patch Patch Patch Patch

These are read-only. (Writing to them is not possible.)

Number Pedals

Changing Between the Manual and Memory Modes

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1.Press number pedals 3 and 4 at the same time.

2.Each press switches the ME-70 between Manual mode and Memory mode.

When the unit is in Manual mode, the dot at the bottom right of the display lights up. When the unit is in Memory mode, the currently selected bank number is displayed.

Manual Mode	Memory Mode	Memory Mode
	(User Bank 1)	(Preset Bank 2)

Saving Tones (Patch Write)

This saves the control settings in a patch.

ŒYou can perform patch-write operations either in Manual mode or in Memory mode.

ŒPerforming a patch-write operation switches the unit into Memory mode.

ŒUntil you perform a patch-write operation, switching off the power or changing patches will cause any tones you've created to be lost.

ŒCarrying out a write operation causes any tone already saved at the destination patch to be lost.

1.Press [WRITE].

The pedal indicators flash.

2.Choose the user bank and patch number where you'd like to save the patch.

ŒChoose the user bank number by pressing BANK [ ] and [ ].

ŒChoose the patch number by pressing a number pedal (1 through 4).

To stop the Write procedure, press [EDIT/EXIT].

3.Press [WRITE] again.

Pedal	1, 3	2	2
Indicators

The tone is saved.

To copy a patch, call up the patch you want to copy (p. E-11), then simply carry out a write operation. You can copy the patch by choosing a different patch number and saving it there.

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