Recording A Track - Roland JUNO-Gi Workshop

Set your input level by
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playing or singing—and turning the GUITAR/MIC
jack's rear-panel LEVEL knob as high as you can
without causing the AUDIO INPUT PEAK indicator
on the JUNO-Gi's front panel to light red.
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pressing PLAY on your external device—and
turning the LINE L and R jacks' rear-panel LEVEL
knob up as high as possible without causing the
AUDIO INPUT PEAK indicator on the JUNO-Gi's
front panel to light red.
If your instrument or external device is still too loud after turning
down the LEVEL knob, adjust the instrument or device's output level.
Turn the Value dial to adjust the onscreen Input Level value—your
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recording level—until the screen's meters show as loud a level as
possible without causing "CLIP" to appear.
Press 6 (CLOSE) to return to the RECORDER VIEW screen.
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One of the best features of the JUNO-Gi is that its digital recorder
contains acclaimed BOSS GT effects such as those in the GT-10. These
are applied as "insert effects" to audio as it's being recorded. (They
can also be applied to recorded tracks or an entire mix later on.)
When audio is diverted into an effect on its way to a track, the effect
is called an "insert effect" because it's inserted into the audio's signal
path. What's recorded is the audio after it's gone through the effect.
Press 6 (EFFECT) to display the INSERT FX screen.
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The digital recorder's insert effect patches are organized into "banks"
according to how you're most likely to use them. There's a
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GUITAR bank—full of patches designed for electric guitar and
bass, in a range of styles.
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MIC bank—with effect patches designed for singers of all types.
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LINE bank—that contains patches intended for mastering a final
mix.
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Though patches are grouped according to their typical use, you can—of
course—be creative and use any bank's patches any way you like.
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A GUITAR-bank effect patch is selected by default, so if you're going to
be recording guitar or bass, play a little to try it out.
To select a patch, you start by choosing the desired bank, and then
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selecting the specific patch you want. There are factory-programmed
Preset effect patches in each bank, and you can build your own.
As you select each patch, you can play or sing, etc. to hear what the
patch does to your sound.
As you can see onscreen, each patch is really a chain of effects that
work together. We don't have room to go into the digital recorder's
effects in detail here, but we recommend you have a look at the
Owner's Manual, where you'll learn such things as how to
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turn individual patch components on and off
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edit each component's settings
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add reverb to the insert effect
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record without any effect, or "dry"
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record with reverb only
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change the signal-path location at which the effect's applied.
For our tutorial, select an effect patch you'd like to use for recording.
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Press EXIT to return to the RECORDING VIEW screen.
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Recording a Track

In the upper right corner of the screen, make sure that neither
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BOUNCE
repeatedly until they're gone and you're in NORMAL mode, where
recording takes place.
or MASTERING are visible. If they are, press 1 (MODE)
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