Saving Patches; Assigning Patches Before Saving (Write To; Cautions When Saving - Roland GR-30 Manual

Saving Patches

Generally, when you use the dials to select settings
parameters in the Edit mode, you can modify patches
by using the [+] and [-] buttons to set values.
However, if at that point you switch to another patch,
the effect of those changes or modifications will
immediately end, and you will revert to previous con-
ditions. (In the Play mode, the red [EDIT] light flash-
es to warn you of this.) To save any changes you
have made, use the following steps to perform the
PATCH WRITE procedure.
<Performing a Patch Write>
1. Press [EDIT/PLAY] to go into the Edit mode. (The
green EDIT indicator light will turn on.)
2. Select each settings parameter. (Choose from posi-
tions A through D on the PARAMETER SELECT
dial.)
3. Use the [+] and [-] buttons to modify or change
settings. (The green EDIT indicator light now
flashes.)
4. Turn the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE
PATCH?", and each part of the patch number dis-
played, including periods, begins to flash.
5. After pressing the [+] and [-] buttons simultane-
ously to enter "YES," "don." (done) appears in the
display.
6. The GR-30 will automatically return to the Play
mode, completing the patch write procedure.
By following these steps, even if you switch to anoth-
er patch or turn the power off, the changes you have
made to the patch will be recalled when that patch is
selected.
If you write without designating a location where the
patch is to be saved (explained next), you will overwrite
the patch, and the contents of the patch before the
changes were made will be lost.
As patch groups E through H are read-only, there are no
such locations in which you can write, so you cannot
write to these patches. (If you try to write a patch to E
through H, a notice ("E-H") appears alerting you to the
fact that the E through H groups of patches reside there,
preventing you from carrying out the procedure.
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Assigning Patches Before
Saving (WRITE TO...)
To save your changes to a patch with a number differ-
ent than that of the original, use the following instruc-
tions to write while designating a save location.
1. After making changes to the patch settings, while
staying in the Edit mode, turn the PARAMETER
SELECT dial to "WRITE TO...."
2. Locations that may be written to are indicated by
periods in the lower right corners of each of the
three places of their displays (example: A.2.1.).
3. Press the [+] and [-] buttons until the patch num-
ber you want to write to is shown.
4. Turn the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE
PATCH?."
5. After pressing the [+] and [-] buttons, "don."
(done) appears in the display, and the GR-30 auto-
matically revert to the Play mode.

Cautions When Saving

With Patch Write, the patch is written the way it
actually sounds at the time you write it, and this
includes whether the Arpeggiator or Harmonist
functions are turned on or off. However, tempo-
rary tone changes made with the base module
pedals, such as wah and pitch glide, or those from
external expression pedals, will not be saved. This
also applies to temporary switching off of internal
effects (effect bypass function/ p. 44).
The following are items (system settings) that
apply to the entire system by storing only one set-
ting, making it unnecessary to write them to each
patch. Changes made to these settings are saved
automatically, and are stored even after the power
is turned off.
• Setting sensitivity for each string (p. 14)
• Guitar Select (p. 82)
• Master Tune (p. 15)
• MIDI Send and Receive channels (p. 71)
• MIDI Pitch Bend Range (p. 71)
• MIDI Bank Select Send On/Off (p. 73)
• MIDI Pitch Bend Range Data Send On/Off (p. 84)
• MIDI Control Change Number 7 Send On/Off
(p. 83)