Roland Piano Assigning a Pattern to a Phrase Track, Recording Songs Inputting a Chord, 134

Recording Songs

Inputting a Chord

Press the chord. A chord will be input when you release all keys simultaneously. The chord will not be input as long as even one key remains pressed, so you can change the keys being pressed to correct the chord.

Inputting a Tie

After specifying the Step Time parameter for the note that you want to tie, press [7 (Tie)]. For example, if you want to tie a quarter note after a half note, input the half note, and then set the Step Time parameter to “ ” and press [7 (Tie)].

Inputting a Rest

Set the Step Time parameter to the length of the desired rest, and press [8 (Rest)].

Assigning a Pattern to a Phrase Track

You can create a song by combining previously recorded patterns. This is done using step recording to assign patterns to a phrase track. However, please be aware that the patterns themselves are not placed in the phrase track. Rather, Pattern Call messages are placed in the phrase track to specify which pattern should be played back. This means that if you later modify the contents of a pattern, the song playback will also be affected.

When you assign a pattern to a phrase track, its pattern beat will be ignored, and the pattern will use the time signature of the beat track. If the pattern beat and the beat track have different settings, the length of the measures will not match, and the playback may become incorrectly aligned. If this occurs, re- specify the time signature of the beat track (p. 128).

1.Follow the procedure for “Inputting Notes and Rests” (p. 132) up through step 5.

2.Press [4 (Pattern)].

The following window appears.

3.Turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to select the pattern number (1–100) that you want to assign to the phrase track.

The pattern name of the selected pattern is displayed in “Name.” “Beat” indicates the pattern beat, and “Length” shows the number of measures in the pattern.

4.Press [8 (Put Pattern)].

A Pattern Call message for the pattern selected by the Pattern parameter will be recorded. You will advance by the length of the measures in that pattern, and will be ready to input the next pattern.

If you input the wrong pattern, you can press [BWD] or [6 (Step Back)] to delete the previously input Pattern Call message.

5.Repeat the above steps to assign additional patterns.

6.When you are finished with step recording, press [EXIT] or [STOP/PLAY].

The [REC] indicator will go dark.

If you are not satisfied with the step recording that you just performed, press [MENU], and from the Menu window that appears, select “Undo Step Recording” to return to the state prior to recording (Undo).

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