Play A Piano Track And Add Markers & Locators - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Application Manual

Play A Piano Track And Add Markers & Locators
Once a single musical track has been recorded, it is very helpful to place markers throughout the song to
make it easy to quickly find different sections. For example, you might want to put a marker at the
beginning of each verse, a marker before and after the solo sections, and maybe another marker before the
ending.
During playback of your song, you can place markers 'on the fly' at all the appropriate places in your
song. 'On the fly' means that you place the markers during the actual playback of the song, in real time.
You can always adjust the exact location of the marker later if it is not in precisely the correct place.
Marker Points
The VS-880 provides up to 1000 potential marker points that can be entered using the [TAP] button and
located by two methods outlined below.
Locator Points
The VS-880 also provides 32 Locator points. These are identical to Marker Points except that they can be
directly accessed from buttons on the front panel. These do not use a marker # position since they have
corresponding panel buttons.
ACTION: Play A Piano Track And Add Markers & Locators
Marker Points
Setting a Marker Point
1. While playing the piano track you just recorded, press the [TAP] button (in the LOCATOR
section) at every location you want to place a mark.
Moving to a Marker Point
1. To move to a marker point after the current location, press the [NEXT] button. Notice the
Marker number currently cued shows up in the LCD display under Marker #.
2. To move to a marker point before the current location, press the [PREVIOUS] button.
Directly Specifying a Marker Point
1. Use the [CURSOR] buttons to select the MARKER # field in the LCD display. (it will blink
when selected)
2. Use the [TIME/VALUE] dial to select what marker # you would like to locate to. The VS-880
will automatically locate to the marker # you select in the Marker # window.
Alternate Method to Specify a Marker Point
You can directly specify the marker point by pressing the [NUMERICS] button (When the
NUMERICS button is lit, the ten LOCATOR buttons 0-9 act as numeric keys to specify
numbers).
1. Use the [CURSOR] buttons to select the MARKER # field in the LCD display. (it will blink
when selected)
2. Press the [NUMERICS] button so the LED above remains lit.
3. Enter the number of the marker point.
4. Press [YES] to locate to the chosen marker point.
Notice the [NUMERICS] LED goes off after each use. To locate using NUMERICS, you must press this
button each time.
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