Listening To The Demo Song - Roland MV-8000 Quick Start Manual

Listening to the demo song

● Preparations
Perform the following steps.
• "Preparing your equipment and making connections" (p.4)
• "Connecting the power" (p.5)
• "Turning on the power" (p.5)
The project and song will be loaded
automatically. Please wait until the
SEQUENCE screen appears.
Do not strike the pads or otherwise subject
the MV-8000 to physical shock while the
DISK indicator (red) is lit. Doing so will
cause malfunctions.
Start playback the demo song
The demo song included with the MV-8000 may not be used for any purpose
other than your own personal enjoyment without permission from the
copyright holder. You may not create copies or derivative works of this data
without permission from the copyright holder.
About the demo song
● "TRIBE of THREE"
Written & Composed by HUSTON SINGLETARY
Copyright 2003 Huston Music, BMI
Guitar: Peter Vogle
Vocals: Tara Amedure
● "REALITY CHECK"
Written & Composed by Hans-Joerg Scheffler
Copyright 2003 Roland Corporation
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Start playback
Press . The sequencer will start
playing a demo song.
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Adjust the volume
Turn toward the right to increase
the volume to an appropriate level.
When the MV-8000 is shipped
from the factory, the internal
hard disk contains a demo
song.
A project is a collection of data
that manages songs
(performance data) and
samples (audio materials).
A song is a collection of data
that includes sequence data
(playback "events" located on
a time axis), patches
(instrument settings), and
various libraries (effect
settings). Playback data
specifies "the time" at which
"what sound" will be played
for "what duration" and "how
strongly." By pressing [PLAY],
you can reproduce this data in
h
Using the demo song and
samples for any purpose
other than personal
enjoyment without
permission of the copyright
owner is prohibited by law.
A sequencer is somewhat like
a tape recorder that reads
sequence data ("song" =
performance data) at a
specified tempo. The sequence
data that is read can be used to
play the MV-8000's sound
generator (sampler section) or
transmitted as MIDI messages
to an external device.
If you are monitoring through
headphones connected to the
PHONES jack, use the
PHONES knob to adjust the
volume.
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