Playing Rhythms and Songs (Player Functions)

The VR-700 contains 51 rhythm patterns.

It can also play back SMF music data or audio data stored on USB memory.

Playing Internal Rhythms

1.Press the PLAYER [RHYTHM/SONG] button.

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Button operations for the Player function

You can use the following buttons to perform operations such as Play and Stop for the internal rhythms, or for SMF music data or audio filea stored on USB memory.

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The display will indicate

.

If the display does not indicate , try pressing the [RHYTHM/SONG] button once again.

Each time you press the [RHYTHM/SONG] button, you’ll alternate between selecting internal rhythms and selecting songs from USB memory (p. 49).

2.Use the [+] button or [–] button to select the rhythm that you want to play.

 

“Internal Rhythm Pattern List” (p. 71)

3.

Press the [

 

] (Play/Stop) button; the rhythm

 

 

will play.

 

 

 

4.

To stop, press the [

 

 

] (Play/Stop) button once

 

 

 

again.

 

 

 

5.To stop rhythm playback and return to the previous display, press the [DISPLAY/EXIT] button.

*No data for the music that is played will be output from MIDI OUT and USB MIDI.

Action

Operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play

Press the [

 

 

 

] (Play/

 

 

 

Stop) button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop

Press the [

 

] (Play/

 

 

 

Stop) button during playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to the beginning of the

Press the [–] button

 

song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold down the [–] button for

Rewind

several seconds during

 

playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold down the [+] button for

Fast-forward

several seconds during

 

playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advance to the beginning of

Press the [+] button

 

the next song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting the rhythm or song to play

Each time you press the PLAYER [RHYTHM/SONG] button, you’ll switch between selecting internal rhythms or songs from USB memory.

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Internal rhythm

Song from USB memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music data

Audio file

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Roland VR-700 Playing Rhythms and Songs Player Functions, Playing Internal Rhythms, Selecting the rhythm or song to play