Roland VC-1 D-50 owner manual Transferring Patches from the VC-1 to the D-50/550, Touch System

Transferring Patches To and From the D-50/550

Transferring Patches from the VC-1 to the D-50/550

Using the D-50

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1.Use a MIDI cable to connect the V-Synth XT’s MIDI OUT connector to the D-50’s MIDI IN connector.

2.Set the D-50 and V-Synth XT to the same MIDI channel (the basic channel; p. 73).

3.Turn the Memory Protect of the D-50 to OFF.

3-1.Press the [TUNE/FUNCTION] button.

3-2.Select “Protect” with the Selector button and turn it OFF with the joystick.

4.Enable reception of bulk load data on the D-50.

4-1.Press the D-50’s [DATA TRANSFER] button.

4-2.While pressing the D-50’s [DATA TRANSFER] button, specify (B.Load) with the Selector button.

4-3.Press the D-50’s ENTER] button.

5.Turn the Exclusive Sw of the V-Synth XT to On.

5-1.Press [MODE].

5-2.Touch <SYSTEM>.

5-3.Select “Exclusive Sw,” then turn the V-Synth XT’s VALUE dial to specify On.

6.Press [MODE] on the V-Synth XT. The MODE MENU window appears.

7. Touch <DATA TRANSFER>. The DATA TRANSFER screen appears.

8.Touch <B.Dump> in the left of the screen. The MIDI Bulk Dump screen appears.

9.Modify the value by either turning the VALUE dial or pressing

[INC/+] or [DEC/-].

Source Bank

Selects the Patch Bank in the VC-1 with the patch data to transfer to the D-50.

Value: I1 – I8, P1 – P6

10.Touch <OK>. The bulk dump starts. If you want to cancel without executing, touch <Cancel>.

11.When the data transfer is completed, the D-50’s display shows “Complete.”

12.Press the [EXIT] button on the D-50 to return to the play mode.

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