Create New Song Screen - Roland MV-8000 Owner's Manual

SONG SETUP

CREATE NEW SONG screen

Here you can create a new song within the current
project.
Explanation of each area
1. Song No. (Song number)
This is the song number. The MV-8000 can have up to
sixteen songs in a project, and these are numbered
1~16. When you access this screen, the lowest unused
song number will be assigned automatically.
2. Song Name
This is the song name. When you access this screen,
an initial name of "Init Song ##" will be assigned as a
provisional name. (## will be a number that does not
conflict with an existing filename.)
Press [F1 (Name)] if you want to input a Song Name
and Comment immediately. The EDIT NAME
popup (p. 199) will appear.
3. Comment
This is a comment you can add to the song. You can
add a comment of up to fifty characters to each song.
To input the Song Name, press [F1 (Name)] to
access the EDIT NAME popup (p. 199). To input the
Comment, press [F2 (Comment)] to access the EDIT
COMMENT popup (p. 258).
4. Sequence Memory
Indicates the amount of
sequence data stored in the
DIMM, both numerically and as
a graph.
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To access this screen
5. BPM (Song tempo)
6. Time Signature
7. Track Layout
used free
➜ (move the cursor to the upper row of
•
icons) ➜
Specifies the tempo of the song in units of BPM (the
number of quarter-note beats in one minute).
Range: 5.00~100.00~300.00
Specifies the time signature of the song, in terms of
the number of notes in a measure and their note
value.
Value Explanation
Number 1~4~32
2 (half notes), 4 (quarter notes), 8
Type
(eighth notes), 16 (sixteenth notes)
Several basic track configurations are provided for
your convenience. You can use these to create a new
song.
Value Explanation
Create a song with the
same track configuration
00 Current Song
as the current song.
Create a song with one
01 Very Simple MIDI track and one audio
track.
Create a song with six-
02 MIDI Sequencer
teen MIDI tracks.
Create a song with eight
03 Audio Recorder
audio tracks.
Create a song with six-
04 Basic teen MIDI tracks and
eight audio tracks.