Roland Piano Saving Rhythm Sets You’ve Created Write, Cautions When Using a Loop Waveform

Creating a Rhythm Set

Cautions When Using a One-shot Waveform

It is not possible to use the envelope to modify a one-shot waveform to create a decay that is longer than the original waveform, or to turn it into a sustaining sound. If you were to program such an envelope, you would be attempting to shape a portion of the sound that simply doesn’t exist, and the envelope would have no effect.

Cautions When Using a Loop

Waveform

With many acoustic instruments such as piano and sax, extreme timbral changes occur during the first few moments of each note. This initial attack is what defines much of the instrument’s character. For such waveforms, it is best to use the complex tonal changes of the attack portion of the waveform just as they are, and to use the envelope only to modify the decay portion. If you attempt to use the envelope to modify the attack portion as well, the characteristics of the original waveform may prevent you from getting the sound that you intend.

Level

Looped portion

Tone change stored with the wave

Time

Envelope for the TVF filter

Resulting tone change

Saving Rhythm Sets You’ve Created (Write)

Changes you make to sound settings are temporary, and will be lost if you turn off the power or select another sound. If you want to keep the modified sound, you must save it in the internal USER group (user memory)

When you modify the settings of a rhythm set, the PATCH PLAY screen will indicate “EDITED.” Once you save the rhythm set into internal memory (user memory), the “EDITED” indication goes away.

When you perform the save procedure, the data that previously occupied the save destination will be lost. However, the factory setting data can be recovered by performing the Initialization procedure (p. 69).

1.Make sure that the Rhythm Set you wish to save is selected.

2.Press [MENU].

The Menu window appears.

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

The Rhythm Edit window appears.

4.Press [6 (Write)].

The Rhythm Write window appears.

Save-destination rhythm set

5.Press or to specify the save-destination rhythm set.

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