Playback - Roland SH-201 Owner's Manual

Playing sounds

Playback

Selecting the phrase you want to play
1
Press and hold the REC button.
While you hold down the REC button, the NUMBER buttons (1–
8) function as phrase selection buttons.
The indicator of the NUMBER button for the currently selected
phrase number blinks in green, while the indicators of the other
seven NUMBER buttons light in green.
2
Continue holding down the REC button, and press the NUMBER button for the phrase that you want to play.
The indicator of the NUMBER button you pressed starts blinking in green, while the indicator that was previously
blinking changes to steadily lit green.
3
Release the REC button.
You have now selected a phrase.
The NUMBER buttons will return to their usual function of selecting patches.
Starting/stopping playback
4
Press the PLAY/STOP button.
Phrase playback begins.
The phrase will continue playing repeatedly until you press
PLAY/STOP once again.
5
Press the PLAY/STOP button once again to stop phrase
playback.
Changing the tempo of the phrase
• TEMPO buttons
Use these to specify the tempo of the recorder/arpeggiator.
Press the upper (▲) button to make the tempo faster, or press the
lower (▼) button to make the tempo slower.
• TAP button
You can set the tempo by pressing this button three or more
times at quarter-note intervals of the desired tempo.
* The TAP button's indicator will always be blinking at quarter-note
intervals of the recorder and arpeggio tempo (p. 22).
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