Roland Fantom Xa Features Manual page 12

• For—Set this to ALL.
• Status—Set this parameter to ALL.
• Range Min Range Max—These parameters are inactive
when Status is set to ALL.
6. Press F6 (EXEC).
7. When the Fantom-Xa asks if you're sure you want to
proceed, press F6 (EXEC) to complete the operation.
The erased track's part still uses the sound it played before. You can select
the part using its PART/TRACK button and play along with the sequencer.
Getting Sticky
The same magic that allows an SMF to grab the right sounds
and such as soon as you hit Play is the same stuff that prevents
changes you make from sticking. Here's what's going on.
At the start of every SMF, each track contains a string of MIDI
messages that instantly set up the track for you before the
music starts. MIDI Bank Select and Program Change messages
select the track's sound, a Volume message sets its level, a Pan
message its stereo positioning, and so on.
Each time you play the song from the beginning, the SMF
sends out these messages again, and all of its settings revert
to their original state. Therefore, changes you've made to the
song as it was playing may be immediately wiped away as
soon as you play the song again from the top.
If you want to change a sound in an SMF or tweak a part's
settings, you'll need to erase any MIDI messages that undo
your changes. The procedure's similar to the one we presented
in the previous section.
Once again, we recommend performing this procedure with a Type 1 SMF,
or with a Type 0 SMF whose data has already been extracted to separate
tracks. If you do choose to perform this procedure on a Type 0 SMF, though,
we'll tell you what to do.
1. On the SONG EDIT (TRK) screen, select the track whose
settings you want to change.
2. Press F5 (EDIT) to display the Track Edit window.
3. Press 6 or turn the VALUE dial to select Erase, and press F6
(SELECT) to display the Erase parameters.
4. Set the Erase parameters as follows:
• Track/Pattern—Select the track whose settings you
want to change.
If you're working with a Type 0 SMF, set Track/Pattern to TRK 1.
• Ch/Part—Set this to ALL (Ch1-Ch16).
If you're working with a Type 0 SMF, set Ch/Part to the MIDI channel with
the same number as the part whose settings you want to change.
• Measure—Set this to 0001.
• For—Set this to ALL.
• Status, Range Min, Range Max—Set these parameters
for the type of MIDI message you want to clear out.
See the chart on the next page to learn how to set the
parameters in situations that commonly arise.
5. Press F6 (EXEC).
6. When the Fantom-Xa asks if you're sure you want to
proceed, press F6 (EXEC).
7. For each type of MIDI message you need to remove, set
the Status, Range Min, and Range Max parameters and
repeat Steps 5 and 6.
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