Roland Piano owner manual Specify the Time Signature, Recording Songs

Recording Songs

Specify the Time Signature

Before you record a new song, you must specify the time signature. However, a time signature of 4/4 is automatically specified when you perform the Song Initialize operation or when the power is turned on, so you will need to make this setting only if you want to record a new song in a different time signature.

1.Access the Song Edit screen (p. 136).

2.Press [7 (Micro Edit)].

The Microscope window appears.

3.Move the cursor to “Track,” and select “BEAT” (beat track).

The Microscope window for the beat track appears.

4.Move the cursor to “Beat Change,” and specify the time signature.

If you want to change time signatures midway through the song, refer to “Changing the Time Signature Midway Through the Song” (p. 158).

When you are recording a pattern and want the pattern to have a time signature other than 4/4, you will need to set the time signature of the pattern separately from the time signature of the song. Refer to “Specifying the time signature of a pattern,” below.

Specifying the Time Signature of a Pattern

Each pattern has a Pattern Beat setting that manages the time signature of that pattern. The pattern beat acts as a guide when the pattern is played or recorded, and is handled independently of the time signature of the song (i.e., the time signature recorded in the beat track).

The pattern beat is normally set to a time signature of 4/4, but you can change this setting when the song has a time signature other than 4/4, or when you want to record a pattern with a time signature different than that of the song.

Only one pattern beat setting can be specified at the beginning of each pattern. This means that it is not possible to change time signatures midway through a pattern. Nor is it possible to delete the pattern beat, or move or copy it.

1.Press [MENU] to access the Menu window.

2.Use or to select “Pattern Edit,” and then press [8 (Select)].

The Pattern Edit screen appears.

3.Press [7 (Micro Edit)].

The Microscope window appears.

4.Move the cursor to “Track,” and select the pattern whose time signature you want to specify.

5.Move the cursor to “Pattern Beat,” and set the time signature.

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