Roland GR-50 Manuals

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Roland GR-50 Owner's Manual (185 pages)

Guitar synthesizer

Brand: Roland | Category: Music Pedal | Size: 12.66 MB

Safety Instructions
4
Panel Description
5
Patch Setting Chart
7
Features
12
Contents
14
Important Notes
16
Basic Course Contents
19
Outline of the GR-50
20
Guitar Controller and GR-50
20
Tone
21
Patches
21
Multi Timbral
22
Connections
23
To Connect the GK-2
24
To Connect the GK-1 or G-Series Guitar Controller
24
Preparing to Play
25
Power-Up
25
Output Adjustment of the Guitar Controller
25
ROM Play
25
Adjusting the Sensitivity
26
When Using the GK-1 or G-Series Guitar Controller
27
Adjusting the Divided Pickup
27
Adjusting the Output Level
27
Tuning
29
Tuning the Guitar to the Pitch of the Internal Sound Source
29
Tuning the Guitar to Another Musical Instrument
30
Playing
31
Patch Selection
31
Patch Selection Using the Patch Chain Function
32
Patch Selection on the GR-50
33
Patch Selection from a Guitar Controller
33
Number of Partials and Voices
35
Patch and Timbre Displays
35
Function Assignment to Guitar's Switches
36
Switches Accepting Function Assignment
36
Assignable Controls
37
Control Assignment Procedure
38
Switch Mode
38
Advanced Course Contents
41
Functions of the GR-50
42
Three Ways of Using the GR-50
42
Playing the Internal Sound Source Via an External Guitar
42
Playing an External MIDI Sound Module
43
MIDI Channel and Mode
43
Advantages of Mono Mode
44
When the GR-50 Is Set to MIDI Poly Mode
44
When the GR-50 Is Set to MIDI Mono Mode
44
Branch
45
Examples
46
Transmitting Control Messages from External Units
46
Using the GR-50 as a Multi Timbral Sound Module
47
MIDI
47
Synthesizer Part
48
Rhythm Part
49
The Operation Modes and Basic Procedure
50
Functions of Buttons
52
Functions of String, Param A/B and Value Buttons
54
Functions of the Guitar Switches During the Editing Mode
55
Memory
56
Data Which Can be Written in the Internal Memory or on a Memory Card
56
Each Data Unit
57
Patch
58
Timbre
59
Part Setting
60
Rhythm Setup
60
Patch Chain
60
System Setup
60
Temporary Memory
61
When You Take a Editing or Writing Procedure
61
Editing Tones Assigned to Strings
62
Editing Tones Assigned to Parts
62
Editing Timbres Assigned to Parts
62
Patch Editing
63
Patch Parameters
63
Editing Procedure
64
Patch Common Edit Mode
64
Patch Internal Edit Mode
65
Patch External Edit Mode
66
Patch and String Copy
67
Patch Common
69
Patch Internal
70
Mode Group
70
Tone Mode
70
Tone Mode Sensitivity
71
Tone Select
71
Output Level
72
Pan
72
Key Shift
73
Fine Tune
73
Chromatic Switch
73
Patch External
74
General Group
74
Reverb Switch
74
MIDI Channel
74
MIDI Mode
75
Bender Range
75
Individual Group
77
Program Change Number
77
Transpose
77
String Select
77
Patch Writing
79
Patch Chain Setting
81
Overwrite Function
82
Insert Function
83
Delete Function
83
End Function
84
Patch Chain Writing
85
Tone Editing
87
Basic Concept of a Tone
87
Partial and Structure
87
Functions of the Structure
88
How to Use each Partial
88
How to Combine Two Partials
88
Ring Modulator
89
Partials
89
Editing with the PG-10
90
Timbre Editing
90
Selecting a Tone to be Edited
92
Editing a Tone
92
Tone and Partial Copying
94
Tone Copy
94
Partial Copy
95
Tone Parameters
96
Common
96
Partial Mute
97
Partial
98
WG Group
98
PCM Wave Bank/Number
100
Pitch ENV Group
102
LFO Group
104
TVF Group
104
TVF ENV Group
106
TVA Group
108
TVA ENV Group
109
Tone Writing
111
Multi Timbre Setting
113
Part Display
113
Procedure
114
Part Parameters
115
Timbre Parameters
118
Timbre Writing
120
Rhythm Setup Parameters
123
System Setup Parameters
125
Control Assign Group
125
System Group
125
Control Channel
126
Exclusive Unit Number
127
Display Mode
127
MIDI Control Group
129
Control Assign
130
Assignable Controllers
130
Signal Flowchart
131
Assignable Functions
132
Controller Assignment Procedure
134
Data Transfer
135
Data Bloock for Data Transfer
135
Data Transfer Functions
137
Data Transfer Using a Memory Card
137
Data Transfer with a Memory Card for Other than the GR-50
139
Data Transfer Via MIDI
141
Reference Contents
143
LA Synthesis
144
Three Elements of a Sound
144
Key Point of Sound Creation
145
Trouble Shooting
149
Before Calling for Service
149
Error Messages
152
Appendix Tables
155
Parameter Tables
155
PCM Sound Tables
158
Blank Chart
160
Roland Exclusive Messages
165
Data Format for Exclusive Messages
165
Address - Mapped Data Transfer
165
One-Way Transfer Procedure
165
Handshake - Transfer Procedure
166
MIDI Implementation Chart
169
MIDI Implementation
170
Transmitted Data
170
Recognized Receive Data
171
Exclusive Communication
172
Specifications
178
Index
179

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