Roland U-20 Owner's Manual page 17

INTRODUCING THE
U-20
The
Modes
of the
U-20
The
U-20
operates
in
Play
mode,
Edit
mode,
in
which you modify
or edit various
settings,
and
Data mode,
in
which you can
store
the
results of your
editing,
and
transfer data.
tPlay
Mode
The
U-20
has 6 play modes.
In
Link Play mode, Keyboard Patch mode,
and Sound
Patch
mode, you
can
select Patches from
the front
panel.
In Part Play mode,
you can
select
one
of the six Parts,
and
play
it
from
the keyboard.
In
Rhythm
Play mode,
you can use
the
Rhythm
Part
to
play
rhythm
sounds from
the keyboard.
In
ROM
Play
mode
you
can
listen
to
the
U-20's
demonstration
songs.
Play
mode
Part played by
the keyboard
Selected by
the
BANK
and
NUMBER
buttons
Link Play
mode
Parts
specified by
the
Keyboard
Patch
Keyboard
Patch and Sound
Patch
Keyboard Patch
mode
Keyboard
Patch
Sound
Patch
mode
Sound
Patch
Part Play
mode
Part selected from
Parts
1—
-6
(use the panel buttons)
Timbre
Rhythm
Play
mode
Rhythm
Part Rhythm
Set
ROM
Play
mode
Keyboard
Is
inactive
ROM
Play
song
»Edit
Mode
In this
mode
you
can
edit
(change
or
modify)
various
control settings and
tone
settings.
With
a
few
exceptions,
edited settings are
temporary.
K
you want
to
keep your
edited
settings, use data
mode
operations
to store
them
into internal
memory
or a separately sold
RAM
card.
(Data
Mode
In
this
mode
you
can
store edited settings
into internal
memory
or a separately
sold
RAM
card, or transmit data
via
MIDL
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