Roland PMA-5 Owner's Manual

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Using the Unit Safely
Starting out
Main Features
Important Notes
Placement
Memory Backup
Using the Touch Panel Correctly
About Markings in the Text
Removing the Cover
Regarding the Demo Song
Regarding the Included Preset Styles
Contents
Panel Descriptions
The Touch Panel
Display Area - Upper Section
Display Area - Center Section
Display Area - Lower Section
Preparing the Power Supply
Loading the Batteries
Connecting the AC Adaptor
Making Connections
Connecting to a Computer
How to Use the Computer Switch
Some Notes on Using the Touch Panel
Removing the Touch Pen
Basic Operation
Switching Screens
Mode Selection Buttons
Page Buttons
Setting Values
Turning the Switch Display on and off
Using Dragging to Change Values
Switching Tracks
About the Song Number and Measure Displays
Song Tracks
Chord Track, Style Track
How the PMA-5 Is Organized
Basic Organization
About Sound Sources
Sequencer Section
About the Sequencer
Songs
Styles
Tracks
Divisions
Styles and Arranger
How to Use Fill-Ins
The PMA-5'S Parameter Organization
User Styles
Some Notes on Creating User Styles
Guide to Operations
Performing with the Touch Keyboard
Selecting Tracks
Selecting Tones
About Drum Track Tones
Changing the Octave
Holding a Note
Changing the Touch Keyboard Volume
Adding Modulation and Pitch Bend
Performing Songs
Selecting Songs
Performing a Song
Displaying Chords During Performance
Song Settings
Changing the Tempo
Setting a Song's Initial Tempo
Storing Tone Settings
Muting Tracks
Changing Track Volume, Pan, and Other Mixer Settings
Setting Reverb and Chorus
Pan
Reverb Send Level
Chorus Send Level
Inputting Style Tracks
Making a Song
Style Track Write Procedure
Deleting an Entered Style
Changing an Entered Style
Moving to the Style to be Switched to Next
Moving the Grid Display to the Right or Left
Inputting Chord Tracks
The Write Screen for the Chord Track
How to Make Entries in the Chord Track
How to Enter a Chord
Entering a Chord Not Shown on the Touch Keyboard
Assigning a Frequently Used Chord Type
Making the Setting for Anticipation
How to Enter an On-Boss Chord
Changing the Chord Inversion Format
Deleting a Chord that Has Been Entered
Changing a Chord
What's Inversion?
Recording Sequence Tracks
Real-Time Recording
Sequence Tracks
Settings of the Recording Standby Screen
Recording Mode Settings
Count in Setting
Setting the Time for Recording
Playing a Click
Step Write
Jumping to a Selected Bar for Starting Recording
Recording with an External Keyboard
About the Step Write Screen
MIDI Event Display
About the Grid Display
Duration
Velocity
How to Do Step Write
About Notes Input to Grid Marks
Searching for Notes in a Grid
Inputting Ties and Rests
Inputting a Note with a Change in Velocity
Inputting a Rest
Auto Step and Manual Step
Settings on the Step Standby Screen
Setting the Time for a Newly Recorded Measure
Using Triplets as the Grid Interval
Deleting an Incorrect Note
Displaying the Next Event
Inputting Overlaid Notes with Identical Timing
Displaying the Grid Screen for the Fifth Beat and after
Examples of Step Write Procedures
Modifying Performance Data
About Measure, Beat and Clock
Changing a Note
Changing Duration and Velocity
Displaying Only Needed MIDI Events
View Switch
Performing a Style
Choosing a Style
How to Play a Style
Creating User Styles
Style Settings
Arrange Mode Settings
Assigning a Style Name
Storing Tone Settings for a Style
Making the Settings
Changing Style Track Volume, Pan and Other Mixer Settings
Cleaning up Fluctuations in Timing
Deleting Incorrect Performance Data
Setting the Time for a Style
Deleting Notes One at a Time
Deleting Notes by Grid
Inputting Overload Notes with Identical Timing
Editing Song and Style Data
Calling up an Edit Menu
Song Edit Menu
Editing a Song
Erasing a Section of a Song
Deleting a Section of a Song
Inserting Blank Measures
Transposing a Specified Area of Song Data
Adjusting Note Timing
Quantize Measure
Combining Data of Two Tracks into One
Merge Track
Copying a Song to Another Song
Clearing All Song Data
Clear Song
Editing Styles
Style Edit
Copying a Section of a Style
Erasing a Section of a Style
Erasure Measure
Transposing a Specified Area of Style Data
Adjusting the Timing of Notes
Editing MIDI Events
Shifting Note Timing
Move Event
Copying a Section of Data
Erasing a Section of Data
Changing Tone During a Song
Inserting a MIDI Event
Insert Event
Improvising Using the Ad Lib Bar
Changing Tempo During a Song
Insert Tempo
Using the Ad Lib Bar
Using the PMA-5 as a GM/GS Sound Module
Normal Mode and GM/GS Sound Module Mode
To Enter the GM/GS Mode
To Exit the GM/GS Mode
Operation in the GM/GS Mode
Basic Screen
Part Inst
Level
Instrument Group
Part Pan
Saving PMA-5 Data to a Computer
Bulk Dump
Using the Computer Connector
Conditions for Bulk-Loading
Adjusting the Touch Panel
Calibration
Initializing All Settings
System Initalize
Functions Categorized by the Screen
Song Mode
Inst Select
Song Select
Initial Tempo
Key Transpose
Song Title
Keyboard Control
Style Mode
Style Select
Utility Mode
Style Length
Style Name
Arrange Mode
Battery
Clear All
Chain Play
Master Tune
MIDI Mode
System Initialize
Tx Channel
Device ID
Sync Mode
MIDI Update
Mixer
Sound Module Mode
Volume
Effects
Mute
Locator/Repeat
Edit
Locator Recstart
Repeat
Tempo
Click Mode/Click Interval
Supplementary Information
Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Operation Map
Style/Utility/MIDI Modes
Realtime Recording
Step Write (Sequencer Tracks)
Chord Track and Style Track
Instrument Lists
Drum Set Lists
Preset Style Lists
Chord Type Chart
Computer Cable Wiring Diagram
About MIDI
MIDI Connectors
Computer Connector
MIDI Channels and Multitimbral Sound Modules
MIDI Messages Handled by the PMA-5
MIDI Messages to be Received
Program Change
Pitch Bend Control
Control Change Messages
Bank Select
Modulation
Portamento Time
MIDI Messages to be Transmitted
Aftertouch
All Notes off
Reset All Controllers
Note Messages
Control Chane Messages
System Exclusive Messages
MIDI Implementation
Receive Data
Transmit Data
Control Change
Part Parameters
Supplementary Material
Decimal and Hexadecimal Table
Examples of Actual MIDI Messages
About Tuning
The Scale Tune Feature
Equal Temperament
Just Temperament
Arabian Scale
Index
Specifications

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