Playing Back Songs - Roland RP301R Owner's Manual

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Playing back songs

Let's try listening to the internal songs and the songs recorded
in internal memory. For the titles of the internal songs, refer to
"Internal Song list" (p. 33).
Memo
If you want to connect a CD drive (sold separately: CD-01A)
and play back songs from a CD, refer to the CD drive's owner's
manual.
Playing back a song
1.
Press the [Song] button once or twice so the display will
indicate song name and song number.
2.
Use the [–] [+] buttons to select the song you want to
listen to.
The RP301R's internal memory already contains a number of songs
when it leaves the factory. These songs reside in three banks (a,
b and c). There is also a "U" bank where you can save your own
recordings (p. 26). (And if you connect a USB memory, you will also
be able to play back songs of the "S" bank. "S" refers to the USB
memory. See "Playing back Songs or Rhythms on a USB memory"
(p. 20).)
3.
To quickly jump to the next bank, hold down the [+]
button and press [–].
To jump to the fi rst song of the previous bank, hold down
[–] and press [+].
Depending on the bank you select, the display now looks as
follows:
• Categories beginning with "A", "B", "C" are
Polonais
ä001 • "U" and a number refers to songs you've
• "S" and a number refers to songs on a
Note
* If the name of the selected song does not fi t in the top line, it
will scroll through the display.
* The songs in internal memory (Ü01~Ü10) will not be shown if
they have not been recorded.
* For the titles of the internal songs, refer to "Internal Song list"
(p. 33).
4.
Press the [ ] button to start playback.
The song will begin playing. When the song has fi nished playing to
the end, it will stop.
internal songs.
recorded in internal memory.
connected USB memory.
Note
The RP301R can also play back songs directly from a USB
memory. This includes audio song fi les (.WAV). See "Playing back
Songs or Rhythms on a USB memory" (p. 20) for details.
Viewing the measure number/selecting a
diff erent measure
1.
To see the measure numbers while the RP301R plays back
the selected song, press the [Song] button once or twice.
The display then changes to:
Polonais
M: 3
In the case of an audio fi le, the display shows the elapsed playing
time.
Amazing
0‚01
2.
You can now press [–] to rewind (jump to an earlier
measure) or [+] to fast-forward.
The measure indication in the display will increase or decrease each
time you press the button.
By holding down a button, you can rapidly increase or decrease the
measure number.
Stopping the song
1.
Press the [ ] button to stop playback.
The song will stop.
Song navigation functions
The RP301R also allows you to quickly return to the beginning of
the current song, to jump to the beginning of the previous song,
and to select subsequent songs.
Button Explanation
Press this button to return to the beginning of the
current song.
[ ]
Press it again to jump to the beginning of the
preceding song.
This button allows you to jump to the beginning of
[ ]
the next song in the list.
Changing the tempo of the current song
Each song contains a default tempo setting that is used each time
you select a song and start playback. You can, however, slow it
down or speed it up by proceeding as follows:
1.
After selecting the desired song, press the [Song] button
several times until the display looks as follows:
Tempo ¯=
112
(for an SMF song)
2.
Use the [–] [+] buttons to set the desired tempo.
To return to the song's default tempo, simultaneously press the [–]
and [+] buttons.
Song name
Measure number
Tempo %=
100
(for an audio song)
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