Table Of Contents - Roland G-600 Owner's Manual

Table of Contents

Important Safety Instructions2
Main Features Of Your G-6004
Unpacking Your G-6005
Useful Options6
Compatibility With Other Instruments/Formats6
Precautions7
Contents9
Reference Guide11
Setting Up14
Connections14
Demo Songs14
Panel Descriptions16
Front Panel16
Rear Panel19
User Interface21
Exit21
Master Page21
Navigating Through The Display Pages23
Function Keys And [Shift] Button23
Other Buttons24
Reversed/Positive Value Display24
Realtime Display26
Realtime Parts27
What Are Parts?27
Selecting Realtime Parts For Playing28
Layering And Selecting Upper228
Selecting The Lower And M.bass Parts28
Split And Split Point29
Setting The Split Point On The Keyboard29
Upper2 Split29
Setting The Split Points With The Display Function30
Selecting The Manual Drums Part31
Keyboard Mode Hold31
Roll31
Selecting Tones For The Realtime Parts32
Selecting Tones Using The Tone Buttons32
Tone Selection For Other Parts33
Selecting Drum Sets For The M.drums Part34
Selecting Tones Using The Up/Down Buttons34
Display Symbols34
Who Selects The Tones? - Tone Change35
General Notes36
Realtime Performance Functions37
Pitch Bend And Modulation37
Transpose And Octave Up/Down37
Octave Up/Down38
Sustain Pedal (Hold)39
Expression Pedal39
Master Tune39
Playing With Accompaniment - Arranger40
Arranger And Music Styles40
Arranger Parts41
Selecting The Chord Recognition Area42
Selecting The Arranger Chord Mode43
Standard43
Piano Style43
Bass Inversion And Arr Hold44
Intelligent44
Music Style Functions45
Starting A Music Style45
Stopping A Music Style45
Selecting Another Style Division45
Basic And Advanced46
Major, Minor, Seventh46
Fills: To Original And To Variation46
Fill In Half Bar47
Intro And Ending47
Realtime Changes Of The Drum Accompaniment48
Other Useful Style Playback Functions49
One Touch49
Melody Intelligence49
Fade Out49
Selecting Music Styles50
Dynamic Arranger50
Using External (User) Styles51
Loading User Styles51
Selecting User Styles52
Style Tempo53
Tempo Buttons And Indicators53
Tap Tempo53
Customizing Music Styles54
Assigning Other Tones To The Arranger Parts54
Tone Change54
Working With User Style Sets55
Compiling And Saving Your Own Style Sets55
Saving A User Style Set56
Loading User Style Sets57
Registrations - Performance Memories58
Writing Your Settings To A Performance Memory58
Memory Protect59
Performance Name59
Writing A Performance Memory60
Selecting A Performance Memory61
Selecting 00 Freepanl61
Resume61
Selecting A Performance Memory (Group, Bank, Number)62
Automated User Style Access62
Selecting A Performance Memory Using The Down/Up Buttons63
Selectively Loading Performance Memory Settings (Performance Memory Hold)63
Chord Sequencer65
Recording The Accompaniment Of An Entire Song65
Two Chord Sequencer Modes65
Nta (Note To Arranger)65
Style Change66
"Realtime" Chord Sequencing67
Playing Back A Chord Sequence67
Recorder (Gm/Gs Mode)68
How To Record A Song68
Formatting A Disk68
Before Recording69
You're On69
Song Playback70
All Song Playback71
Playback Of A Specific Song On Disk71
Useful Recorder Playback Functions72
Lyrics Function72
Fast Forward, Rewind, And Reset72
Live Performance With Standard Midi File Backing (Minus One)73
Markers And Playback Loops73
Changing The Song Tempo74
Soloing And Muting Parts On Disk74
Overriding Song Settings75
Muting Song Parts (Status)75
Song Part Volume75
Song Volume76
Tone Change: Old And New76
Easy Editing77
Part Balance (Volume)77
Grouped And Bus Faders77
Section Balance79
Mixer Mode: Modifying The Volume Of The Bus Members79
Muting Parts80
Panpot (Stereo Position)80
Effects And Equalizer81
Applying Reverb, Chorus Or Delay To A Part81
Effect Settings82
Equalizer83
Source: Your Settings Or Those Of The Arranger/Song?84
Realtime (Rtime) Source84
Arranger (Arrng) Source85
Effect Source85
Part Editing86
Editing The Part Parameters86
Modulation (Vibrato)86
Timbre (Filter)87
Another Source Switch: Tone Edit88
Envelope88
Upper2 Settings89
Tuning Upper2: Coarse And Fine89
Upper2 Tune Source90
Intelligent Melodies Played By Upper291
Advanced Features92
Settings Relating To The Arranger92
Musical Style Playback: Wrap93
Setting Relating To The Realtime Parts94
Dynamic Arranger: Velocity Sensitivity Of The Arranger Parts94
Velocity Sensitivity And Velocity Switching94
Velocity Switching95
Roll Resolution For The M.drums Part96
Monophonic/Polyphonic, With Or Without Portamento96
Pitch Bender Range97
Expression Pedal: Blending Effects Or Just Plain Volume98
Playing In Other Scales: Keyboard Scale98
Source Switches99
Song Sets100
Compiling A Song Set100
Playing Back A Song Set101
Programming User Styles102
Concept102
Patterns102
Tracks102
Looped Vs One-Shot103
Looped Divisions103
One-Shot Divisions104
Recording User Style From Scratch105
Selecting The User Style Mode105
Selecting The Track, The Mode, The Type And The Division105
Working With Clones106
Record Mode107
Specifying The Key107
Quantize107
Tone Selection108
Time Signature108
Length: Specifying The Pattern Length109
Tempo110
Recording110
Playback, And Then Keep Or Redo?110
Saving Your Style To Disk111
Programming Other Parts And Divisions111
Muting Parts While Recording Others (Status)112
Remarks112
Metronome112
Empty Tracks112
Copying Existing Styles113
Playback In Arranger Mode113
Copying Entire Style Divisions Using Load113
Copying Individual User Style Tracks114
Editing User Styles116
Editing On The Fly By Recording116
Adding Notes In Realtime116
Adding Controller Data In Realtime116
Programming User Styles Via Midi118
Setting The Preset Tempo118
Data That Can Be Recorded118
Connection And Synchronization119
Preparation Of Your Sequence119
Preparation On The G-600119
Midi Channels119
Recording Using External Controllers120
Where To Go From Here - Editing User Styles121
User Style Edit Mode121
Track Erase122
Track Delete122
Track Insert122
Track Transpose122
Editing In Micro Mode123
Track Shift123
Example: Recording In Step Time124
Specifying The Pattern Length124
Step Time Record124
Deleting A User Style From A User Style Memory126
Midi127
Midi In General127
Midi Connectors127
Midi Data127
Midi Connections128
Midi On Your G-600128
Midi Channels & Rx Parts128
Receiving Midi Data From External Instruments128
Receiving Midi Data129
Sending Midi Data To External Instruments Or Computers129
Receive Channels (Rx)129
Nta Channel129
Basic Channel130
Style Select Channel130
Transmit (Tx) Channels And Transmit Switches131
Other Midi Settings131
Switching Off Midi Reception/Transmission131
Midi Receive/Transmit Filters131
Shift And Tx Octave132
Zones (Low/High Limits)132
Yet Other Midi Settings133
Local Function133
Rx Velo, Tx Velo133
Midi Synchronization134
Soft Thru134
Midi Sets135
Writing A Midi Set135
Selecting A Midi Set135
Saving Midi Sets To Disk135
Loading A Midi Set From Disk136
Housekeeping137
General Remarks137
Disk Copy (Backups)137
Renaming Files On Disk138
Deleting Files On Disk139
Initializing Your G-600 (Load Factory Setup)139
Compatibility140
Creating Gm/Gs-Compatible Standard Midi Files140
User Styles That Can Be Loaded140
G-600 Style Format140
Before You Start142
Gm/Gs Mode Master Page143
Part Select Buttons143
Volume Pages And Volume Mode144
Volume Control (Fader Aassignments)144
Global Volume144
Volume Pages In Song Mode144
Tone Pages And Tone Mode145
Tone Edit (Part Parameters)145
Tone Edit (Source Switch)146
Mixer Mode147
Mixer/Rtime And Mixer/Arrng Pages147
Mixer/Song Page148
Mixer/Effect Pages148
Reverb Page148
Reverb Parameters149
Macro149
Chorus Page150
Chorus Parameters150
Delay Page151
Delay Parameters151
Equalizer Page151
Source Pages152
Parameter Mode153
Parameter/Glbal/1 Page153
Memory Locked/Unlocked153
Cursor Character (Performance Memory Parameter)153
Parameter/Global/2 Page154
Split (C3-C6)154
Roll (Resolution)154
Param/Glbal/3 Page154
Param/Glbal/4 Page155
Song Set Play155
Chord Family Assign155
Param/Tune/1 Page156
Transpose Mode156
Param/Tune/2 Page156
Param\Tune Page157
Kbd Scale157
Param\Cntrl Page158
Param\Cntrl Page158
Sensitivity158
Min And Max (1-127)158
Param\Cntrl Page159
Melody Intell Voices159
Pitch Bender159
Param\Cntrl Page: Expression Pedal160
Source\Tune Page160
Source\Cntrl Page161
User Style Mode162
Usrstl\Rec Pages162
Track162
User Style Memory And Name162
Usrstl\Rec Page163
Style Pattern Selection163
Usrstl\Rec Page164
Key164
(Metron) Mode164
(Quantize) Value164
Usrstl\Rec Page165
Rec\Play Switches165
Panpot165
Tone/Drum Set165
Usrstl\Rec Page166
Cloning And Edit Functions And Possible Warnings (Shared)166
Length Pages167
Track (1Adr-8Ac6, All)167
Tsign Page (Time Signature)168
Cpt168
Division (Basc/Adv, Basic, Advanced; Or, Var)168
Track Copy169
User Stl\Copy\To 1 Page170
User Stl\Copy\To 2 Page170
Edit\Erase Page171
Edit\Erase Page172
Edit\Erase Page172
Edit\Dlete Page173
Edit\Dlete Page173
Edit\Insrt Page173
Edit\Insrt Page174
Edit\Trnsp Page174
Edit\Transp Page175
Edit\Transp Page175
Edit\Velo Page176
Edit\Velo Page176
Edit\Velo Page177
Edit\Quant Page177
Edit\Quant Page178
Edit\Gatet Page178
Edit\Gatet Page178
Edit\Shift Page179
Edit\Shift Page179
User Style Microscope Mode180
Track Microscope Edit180
Style Name184
User Style Delete184
Midi Mode185
Smf, General Midi, And General Standard185
Midi Messages Used By The G-600185
Bank Select & Program Change186
Control Change Messages186
Midi/Rtime Rx, Midi/Arrng Rx, And Midi/Song Rx Pages189
Midi/Rtime Tx And Midi/Arrng Tx Pages191
Midi/Nta Page191
Basic Channel Rx And Tx Pages192
Style Channel Rx And Tx Pages193
Midi Sync Rx/Tx194
Rxvelo, Txvelo, On/Off Switches194
Partswtc194
Disk Mode197
Disk Load (Loading Data From Disk)197
Load User Style/Copy Rom Style197
Load Style Set197
Load Performance Set198
Load Midi Set198
Load Chord Sequence198
Disk Save (Saving Data To Disk)199
Save User Style199
Save Performance Memory Set199
Save Midi Set199
Rename200
Save Chord Sequence200
Rename User Style200
Style Name Vs. File Name200
Rename Music Style Set201
Rename Performance Set, Midi Set, Chord Sequence201
Rename Song201
Delete202
Style Set202
Song Set203
Copy Functions203
Disk Copy204
Disk Format205
Display Messages206
Messages Relating To The Recorder Or Disk Functions206
Messages Relating To The User Style Function208
General Messages208
Music Style Chart209
Midi Implementation Charts210
Tone Lists212
G-600 Tone Map (Banks A & B)212
Sc-55 Tone Map (Banks C & D)214
Sc-55 Map (Cm-64 Tones)215
Gm Tones216
Specifications218
Index219