Keyboard Part Functions; Selecting Sounds For The Main, Split And Dual Parts; Selecting Any Of The Available Sounds; Using The User Tones Buttons - Roland Interactive Arranger EXR-46 OR Owner's Manual

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10. Keyboard part functions

Selecting sounds for the Main, Split and
Dual parts
The EXR-46 OR contains about 524 melodic sounds you can use
for playing melodies (others are more like sound effects). Those
sounds need to be assigned to a Keyboard part, of which there
are three: Main, Split and Dual (see also p. 13).

Selecting any of the available sounds

Unlike previous arranger-type instruments, the EXR-46 OR no
longer works with banks, numbers and variations: all available
sounds can be selected via the same streamlined procedure.
(1) Press the DATA ENTRY [TONE] button (it must light).
TONE
(2) To assign another sound to the Split or Dual part, hold
down the [SPLIT] or [DUAL] button while performing the
following steps.
Note: Now skip to step (5) if you prefer to enter the Tone num-
ber using the numeric key pad ([0]~[9]). That is indeed the only
way to select any available Tone.
(3) Use FAMILY [√][®] to select the desired Tone family.
FAMILY
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See below for the available families. By selecting another
family, you immediately jump to the first sound of that
group.
• PIANO (001~011) • WIND (288~301)
• E.PIANO (012~026) • AC BRASS (302~329)
• KEYBOARD (027~033) • SYNBRASS (330~343)
• CHR PERC (034~063) • SYNLEAD (344~380)
• ORGAN (064~097) • POLY SYN (381~391)
• ACCORDN (098~111) • PAD (392~426)
• A.GUITAR (112~129) • ETHNIC1 (427~499)
• E.GUITAR (130~163) • ETHNIC2 (500~550)
• BASS (164~217) • PERCUSSION (551~575)
• STRINGS (218~263) • SFX (576~617)
• VOCAL (264~275) • DRUM KIT (618~650)
• SAX (276~287)
Note: See page 118 for a list of the available sounds.
(4) Use SELECT [√][®] to specify a sound within the selected
family.
The first press of SELECT [®] (or [√]) shows the name of the
first Tone within the selected group. It is already selected, so
if you need the first sound, there is actually no need to press
SELECT [®]. You must use SELECT [√] or [®], however, to select
another Tone within the same group.
(5) Use the numeric buttons [0]~[9] to select other sounds
within the current family that are skipped by the SELECT
buttons.
Note: This setting can be saved to a User Program (see p. 45).
You can also use the numeric buttons. See also "Working
with the FAMILY, SELECT and numeric buttons" (p. 20) and
replace "song" with "sound" in the explanations.

Using the USER TONES buttons

The USER TONES buttons allow you to select 8 melodic sounds
or Drum Kits directly (without using [TONE], the FAMILY, SELECT
and/or numeric buttons). At first, these buttons recall sounds
assigned to them at the factory (but you can change that).
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GUITAR/ SAX/
PIANO ORGAN BASS STRINGS VOCAL BRASS
These buttons are assigned to our "favorite" sounds for the indi-
cated categories, thus allowing you to quickly select "a piano",
"a string sound", etc. The assignments to these buttons can be
changed.
Note: The TONE [DRUMS] button is only available for the Main part.

Assigning another Tone to a USER TONES button

To assign another sound to one of the 8 USER TONES buttons:
(1) Select the sound you want to assign using the procedure
described above.
(2) Press and hold the desired USER TONES button. The dis-
play briefly shows the message "Memrized".
You can assign whichever sound (or Drum Kit) you like to
any of the USER TONES buttons and select it by pressing that
button once.
Note: The assignments can be saved to a User Program (see
p. 45). This allows to work with up to 1600 different assign-
ments (because there are 200 User Programs).
To select the sound, which has been assigned to a USER
TONES button at the factory, press the corresponding button
twice in rapid succession ("double-click").
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SYNTH/
ETHNIC DRUMS