Roland Piano Inserting a Blank Measure Insert Measure, Transpose the Key Transpose, Editing Songs

Inserting a Blank Measure (Insert Measure)

This function inserts blank measures into a specified song position. As you can set the time signature of the blank measures, this is convenient when inserting a phrase having a different time signature in the middle of a song.

1.Access the Song Edit screen, and then load the song you want to edit (p. 136).

2.Press [8 (Track Edit)].

The Track Edit window appears.

3.Press or to select “Insert Measure,” and then press [8 (Select)].

A message of “INSERT MEASURE: Select target point.” appears.

4.Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the first measure of the track or pattern into which you want to insert blank measures. If you want to specify all tracks, press [7 (TrkAll)].

5.Hold down [SHIFT] and press to move the cursor to the last measure of the track or pattern into which you want to

insert blank measures, and press [8 (Select)] to specify it.

The Track Edit (Insert Measure) window appears.

6.Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the desired parameter, and turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to make the setting. First check the region that is to be affected by the operation, and correct it if necessary.

Track

Check/modify the track(s) or pattern into which blank measures will be inserted.

Value

ALL: Phrase tracks 1–16, the beat track, and the tempo track

TRK 1–TRK 16: The specified phrase track

TEMPO: Tempo track

PTN001–PTN100:The specified pattern

Measure, for (Edit Range)

Check/modify the range of measures into which blank measures will be inserted. If you set “for” to “ALL,” all measures will be specified.

Beat

In general, the time signature of the measure immediately before insertion will be used for the blank measures. To change the time signature of the blank measures to be inserted, use the Beat parameter.

Beat can be specified only when you have set the Track parameter to “ALL.”

Editing Songs

7.When you have finished making settings, press [8 (Execute)] to execute the operation.

Transpose the Key (Transpose)

This transposes the pitch of notes within a specified area, over a +/- 99 semitone range. Use this function to modulate from one key to another in a song, or to transpose the entire song.

1.Access the Song Edit screen, and then load the song you want to edit (p. 136).

2.Press [8 (Track Edit)].

The Track Edit window appears.

3.Press or to select “Transpose,” and then press [8 (Select)].

A message of “TRANSPOSE: Select target point.” appears.

4.Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the first measure of the track or pattern that you want to transpose. If you want to specify all tracks, press [7 (TrkAll)].

5.Hold down [SHIFT] and press to move the cursor to the last measure of the track or pattern that you want to

transpose, and press [8 (Select)] to specify it.

The Track Edit (Transpose) window appears.

6.		Songs
	Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the desired parameter,
	and turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to make the	Editing
	setting. First check the region that is to be affected by the

operation, and correct it if necessary.

Track

Check/modify the phrase track(s) or pattern that is to be transposed.

Value

ALL: Phrase Tracks 1–16

TRK 1–TRK 16: The specified phrase track

PTN001–PTN100:The specified pattern

Measure, for (Edit Range)

Check/modify the range of measures that are to be transposed. If you set “for” to “ALL,” all measures will be specified.

Range

Specifies the range of note numbers to be transposed. For instance if you wish to transpose all notes within the C3 to C4 range, set this parameter to “C3–C4.” You can also specify the key range by pressing keys on the keyboard.

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