Roland Piano Editing Individual Items of Sequencer Data Micro Edit, Editing Songs, Track

Deleting Blank Measures (Truncate)

Copying or merging may sometimes create blank measures at the beginning of a phrase track or pattern. Truncate deletes silent portions from the beginning of the specified phrase track to the first note-on.

If other sequencer data (such as program changes or control changes) is recorded between the beginning and the first note-on of the specified phrase track, only the last data event of each type will be placed before the note-on.

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 “Truncate,” and then press [8 (Select)].

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

4.Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the track or pattern from which blank measures will be deleted, and press [8 (Select)] to specify it.

The Track Edit (Truncate) window appears.

5.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 phrase track or pattern from which blank measures will be deleted.

Value

TRK 1–TRK 16: The specified phrase track

PTN001–PTN100:The specified pattern

Below the Track parameter is displayed the location of the beginning of the specified track, and the position of the first note-on.

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

Editing Songs

Editing Individual Items of Sequencer Data (Micro Edit)

Micro Edit lets you edit individual items of sequencer data recorded in a song, such as MIDI messages and tempo data.

Viewing Sequencer Data (in the Microscope Window)

Access the Microscope window when you want to view the sequencer data recorded in a song. Each line indicates the location (measure-beat-clock) at which the sequencer data is recorded, and the data recorded at that location.

1.Access the Song Edit screen or the Pattern Edit screen, and then load the song that contains the sequencer data you want to view/edit (p. 136).

2.Press [7 (Micro Edit)].

The Microscope window appears.

Select the track or pattern.

Displays the parameter data at the cursor location.

			Songs
Location			Editing
	of the sequencer data (measure-beat-clock)
	MIDI channel	Sequencer data

3.Move the cursor to “Track,” and select the track or pattern whose sequencer data you want to view/edit.

TRK 1–TRK 16: The specified phrase track

TEMPO: Tempo track

BEAT: Beat track

PTN001–PTN100:The specified pattern

In order to make efficient use of screen space, display is normally omitted for locations in which no sequencer data is recorded.

For an explanation of each type of sequencer data, refer to

“Sequencer Data Handled by a Phrase Track/Pattern,”

below.

4. Use or to move “ ” upward or downward, and view each data item.

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