Roland U-20 Owner's Manual page 50

3.
Sound
Creating Procedure
3.
Sound
Creating
Procedure
Here
we
will
explain
how
to create
your
own
Sound
Patches,
Tnnbres, and
Rhythm
Sets.
Creating a
Sound
Patch
A
Sound Patch
consists of
6 Parts
and
a
Rhythm
Part,
but playing the keyboard
will
not necessarily
sound
all
of
the
Parts.
Settings
of
the
Keyboard
Patch and
Soimd
Patch will
determine which
Parts are
played
by
the
keyboard.
The
factory
settings include
Sound
Patches
for
which
the
keyboard
will
play only Part
1,
and
also
Sound
Patches
which use
two
or
more
Parts (Timbres) to create a sound.
A
musically appropriate
effect
such
as reverb or
chorus
is
assigned to each
Soimd
Patch.
In this
way,
a
Sound
Patch consists of settings
which
determine the
overall
sound
;
the
Timbre
used
by
each
Part,
and
the
effect
applied
to
the sound.
By
specifying a
Keyboard Patch performance function
appropriate for the
corresponding
Sound
Patch,
Link Play
mode
can be used even
more
effectively.
Creating a
Timbre
* To
create
sounds
using
two
or
more
Parts, refer
to section
HI.
A
Timbre
determines
how
sound
is
produced. Internal
memory
contains 128 Timbres.
If
you want
to
change
certain aspects
of
the sound,
such
as
deepening the vibrato
or
making
a
faster attack,
you must
"edit"
the
Timbre.
Editing a U-20
Timbre
is
much
simpler than
editing a
synthesizer soimd,
and
creating
your
own
sounds
is
quick
and
easy.
Sounds can be
created using
Tones from
a
PCM
card
(optional) in
addition
to internal
Tones,
for
even greater
possibilities.
Creating a Rliythm Set
The
U-20
lets
you
create
and
store
4
Rhythm
Sets.
As you
learned
when
you played
the
keyboard
in
Rhythm
Play
mode, each
Rhythm
Set consists of a
rhythm sound
assigned to each of the keys.
Rhythm
Set settings
allow
you
to
change
the
sound
assigned
to
each
key,
and adjust
its
pan
or
level to
an
appropriate balance.
As
with
Timbres,
you
can also create the
sound
that
will
be
used.
Make
these settmgs
when
using
the U-20 to play
rhythms
under the
control of a
external
rhythm machine
or
sequencer.
* A
separately sold
RAM
card (M-256E)
can be used
to
increase
the
number
of
available
Patches and Timbres.
To
use a
RAM
card,
see "Using a
RAM
Card" (crpage
128.).
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