Selecting Patches With An External Midi Foot Controller - Roland GR-30 Manual

Selecting Patches with an
External MIDI Foot Controller
While the base module's four pedals are being used
as designated pedals (p. 24) for such effects as hold
and wah, you may also wish to switch patches using
your foot.
In such cases, you should hook up an external MIDI
foot controller (e.g. FC-200, Boss FC-50, and so on).
1. Connect equipment as shown in the figure below.
<<fig. 2-11>>
MIDI OUT
MIDI Foot Controller
2. The patch number display corresponds to the dis-
play on the MIDI foot controller, but with num-
bers 1 to 256 instead of the alphanumeric symbols
in patch numbers used by the GR-30.
With pedal 4 held down, when you turn on the
power to the GR-30, "G.b.n." (Group/bank/num-
ber) appears in the display; press the [+] button to
change to "dci" (decimal).
3. Press [EDIT/PLAY] to start up the GR-30. (The
patch number displayed will be 001, rather than
A11.)
4. Set the PARAMETER SELECT dial to PATCH
INC/DEC BY S1/S2.
5. Set the MIDI send channel of the MIDI foot con-
troller to match the channel of the GR-30 (p. 71; the
factory setting is channel 11).
6. Use the MIDI foot controller to switch patches
externally, operating the controller according to
the instructions in the user's manual.
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MIDI IN
The patch number using the numeral-only format that
was set in step 2 is stored in memory even after the
power is turned off. If necessary, return the patch num-
ber display to the Group/bank/number format. (Turn on
the power while pressing down on pedal 4, press the [-]
button in the "dci" display to return to G.b.n. format,
then press [EDIT/PLAY] to engage.)
Additionally, user patches (001 to 128, or A11 to d84)
can usually be selected when MIDI program change data
is sent from the MIDI foot controller immediately after
the power is turned on.
MIDI program change numbers received by the GR-30
have a fixed one-to-one correspondence with the patches
(001 to 128, or A11 to d84) they represent; this cannot
be changed. (On the other hand, when patches are
selected using the GR-30, you have the freedom to
change and save the MIDI program change numbers
that send the data to outside equipment. → p. 72)