Roland R-44 Owner's Manual page 76

Troubleshooting
Pan (stereo image) is not stored correctly
If the limiter is turned on, it will respond to the levels of each channel, meaning that when the level of a
sound located toward the right (or left) side increases, the limiter for that channel will limit the volume. If
you're recording in stereo, the result will be that the left and right volume difference will diminish, causing
the pan (stereo image) to move toward the center.
• Panning can be correctly recorded by linking the limiters of the channels being recorded in stereo
using the Limiter Link.
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If using the Comp&DeEsser effect with channel linking (LINK) set separately for CH1, CH2, CH3, and
CH4, and the compressor begins to operate on CH1 (left), this will eliminate the level difference with CH2
(right), causing the pan (stereo image) to move toward the center.
• In this case, set the LINK setting to CH1+2 or CH3+4 so that whenever compression starts being
applied to CH1 (left), it will be applied to CH2 (right) at the same time.
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Also, the stereo image will not be recorded correctly if the input level knob settings differ significantly
between L and R, so that the levels are not balanced correctly.
Even though the recording levels are set, the sound is distorted
when an effect is turned on
Since some effects work by emphasizing a portion of the sound, this may increase the volume of the overall
song, thereby causing clipping (distortion). You may take either of the following two actions.
• Lower the level (LEV) values for each effect parameter
The overall volume will decrease, but the character of the effect will be maintained.
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• Lower the input level to decrease the volume before applying the effect
This adjustment is easy to make, but may change the resulting character of the effect.
The SD Card Slow! message is shown
• Writing access to the SD memory card has slowed down.
As you repeatedly write and delete project files, the files on the SD memory card become fragmented,
and this slows down the processing speed.
If making important recordings, you should consistently delete all projects together when finished
with them. Repeated deletion of smaller pieces of data causes the SD memory card to become
fragmented, possibly causing recording to fail.
• The write speed for the SD memory card is specified to be slow.
The write speed may be slow depending on the model number of the SD memory card.
The Roland website provides the most recent information regarding operation. Please use only SD
memory cards with model numbers for which operations have been confirmed.
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"1 Recording Setup" (p. 66)
"Setting the Color of Sound (Effects Settings)" (p. 55)
"Setting the Color of Sound (Effects Settings)" (p. 55)