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Roland MS-1 Owner's Manual

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Service notes (12 pages)

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Table of Contents

Information
Contents
Main Features
Precautions
Front and Rear Panels
Installing Batteries
Connections
How to Play Sounds
Sounds that Repeat (Loops)
The Hold Function
Listen to the Demo Performance
Procedure for Playing the Demo Performance
Sample some Sounds
Sampling Sound from a CD (Line Recording)
Bank Protect (Prevent Accidental Erasure)
Various Settings Related to Sample Recording
Settings Related to Sample Recoding
Explanation of each Settable Item in the Sampling Display
Remain (Remaining Time)
Sampling Sound from a MIC
How Banks Are Organized
How Banks and Samples Are Related
How to Select a Bank
About Sampling Time Length
Waves and Samples
Sample Settings Can be Freely Changes
The Wave Modification
Various Ways to Change the Sound (Sample Editing)
Common Procedure for Sample Parameter Editing
Store Volume Settings to Create a Balance between Sounds
"Fast-Forwarding" Setting Values and Parameter Displays
Turning Loop On/Off, and Setting the Start, Loop and End Points
Setting the Pad Response (Gate and Trigger)
Samples that You Don't Want to Sound Simultaneously (Mute Group)
Procedure for Setting Mute Group
Ways to Use the Mute Group
Various Editing Functions
Erasing a Sample (Delete)
Cut Away Unwanted Parts at the Beginning or End of a Wave (Truncate)
Sections Removed by the Truncate Function
Divide a Sample (Wave) and Assign It to Two Pads
Using the Sequencer Function
Recording and Playback
Saving to a Card
How to Format and Use a Memory Card
Before Using a New Card (Formatting)
What Is a "BUF"?
Loading Procedure
Using the MIDI Functions
Playing the Unit from an External Keyboard
Setting the MIDI Channel
Assigning Keyboard Notes to Pads
Using the Unit with an External Sequencer
Inputting and Playing Performance Data on an External MIDI Sequencer
About MIDI Local off
Setting the Sampling Grade
Changing the Overall Playback Pitch
Transmitting and Receiving Wave and Parameter Data
Procedure for Adjusting Master Pitch
Storing Output Data on an External MIDI Sequencer
Returning the Data from the MIDI Sequencer Back to the Unit
Transmitting Data from One Unit to Another
Erasing All Data from the Entire System (All Clear)
Setting the Footswitch Function
Selecting the Footswitch Input
Protecting Bank or Sequence Data
Adjusting the Contrast of the Display
Operations Prohibited When a Bank Is Protected
Procedure for Turning Protect On/Off for a Bank or Sequence
Explanation of the Error Messages
Troubleshooting
Specifications
Index
MIDI Implementation Chart
Index of Screen Displays

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