Turning On/Off The Arpeggiator And Harmonist Functions - Roland GR-30 Manual

Turning On/Off the Arpeggiator and Harmonist Functions

The GR-30 comes with Arpeggiator and Synth
Harmonist (hereafter referred to as "Harmonist")
functions, which can be turned on and off using the
pedals.
(For details about both functions, see p.51 and p. 64.)
<Switching On and Off>
1. Switch to Pedal Effect mode (p. 22). Alternatively,
set the PARAMETER SELECT dial to PATCH
INC/DEC BY S1/S2.
2. Pressing pedal 4 (CTRL ARP/HAR) turns
Arpeggiator (or Harmonist) on and off; the
ARP/HAR at the center of the five-light indicator
turns on and off as well.
The ARP/HAR indicator shows whether the function
is on or off as follows:
Green Light On .....Arpeggiator On
Red Light On .........Harmonist On
No Light................Off
Make sure that the sound actually changes by turning
on and off a factory preset patch while playing.
Arpeggiator (p. 51) is a function that automatically cre-
ates arpeggios (chords whose notes are played in
sequence, rather than simultaneously) when a chord is
played. The Harmonist function (p. 64) creates har-
monies in designated keys using either guitar and syn-
thesizer sounds, or two synthesizer sounds together.
For each patch, either function may be selected. Even if
a patch is turned off, since Arpeggiator and Harmonist
are selected in the GR-30, when the patch is turned on,
the color of the light on the ARP/HAR indicator shows
which function is currently selected.
When you want to switch Arpeggiator in a certain patch
to Harmonist (or vice versa), you'll change the ARPEG-
GIO/harmony SEL setting (p. 55, 66).
<Some Notes About the Display>
When Arpeggiator is turned on, "ArP" appears in the
three-digit display.
When Harmonist is turned on, "HAr" is shown.
When the effect is turned off, "oFF" appears.
Furthermore, when turning these functions on and
off, the red EDIT indicator light flashes, but as this is
due to the On/Off data having been written directly
to the patch with the pedal, you can ignore this light.
(If at this point you write the patch (p. 30), the On/Off
status at that particular moment will be saved to the
patch.)
Additionally, if the Harmonist function is turned on
in Pedal Effect mode, then while PdL is flashing, the
key that has been set for that harmony (h-key) is
shown in the display.
<<fig. 3-2>>
Even when in the Play mode if PATCH INC/DEC BY
S1/S2 is selected (p. 18), when Harmonist is turned
on, the key, as shown above, instead of "PdL", is dis-
played at intervals between patch numbers.
However, when the "h-style" "dim" (diminish) set-
ting is selected, then "diM," and not the key, will be
displayed.
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