Roland Fantom-Xa Owner's Manual page 121

Using a Controller to Change the Playback
Tempo
Since tempo control is assigned to the realtime control knob of
the Fantom-Xa, it's easy to change the playback tempo of the
song.
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Tempo
1.
Press the REALTIME CONTROL button so the ARP/
RHY indicator lights.
2.
Play back the song, and turn the realtime control knob.
Playing a Song Back at a Fixed
Tempo (Muting the Tempo Track)
If the tempo changes while a song is being played back, this is
because those tempo changes have been recorded in the Tempo
track. If you want to override these tempo changes and play back at
a fixed tempo, you can mute the Tempo track.
For details on this operation, refer to Silencing the Playback of
a Track (Track Mute) (p. 132).
Playing Back a S-MRC Format
Song
The Fantom-Xa is able to play back S-MRC format songs created on
the MC-50 in the same way as MRC Pro songs or Standard MIDI
Files. However, S-MRC format songs cannot be Quick Played. You
must first load them into Temporary Area and convert them to MRC
Pro song format before playing them.
For details on the procedure, refer to Loading a song (Load
Song) (p. 153).
Playing Back a Song Repeatedly
(Loop Play)
Use the Loop function when you want to repeatedly play back an
entire song or just a specified portion of a song.
1.
In the PATCH PLAY screen, PERFORM LAYER screen, or
PERFORM MIXER screen, press [LOOP PLAY] to make it
light.
Now playback will loop according to the region and the
number of times specified in the Loop Play window.
2.
To turn off the Loop switch, press [LOOP PLAY] once
again.
For details on making settings in the Loop window, refer to
Specifying the Area of a Song that will Repeat (Loop
Points) (p. 133).
Using the D Beam Controller to
Start/Stop Song Playback
You can start/stop song playback by passing your hand over the D
Beam controller.
1.
Select the song that you want to play back.
2.
Hold down [SHIFT] and press D BEAM [ASSIGNABLE].
A screen like the following appears.
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3.
Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to "Type."
4.
Use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to set this to "START/
STOP."
5.
Press [EXIT] to return to the previous screen.
6.
Press D BEAM [ASSIGNABLE] to turn on the D Beam
controller.
7.
When you pass your hand across the D Beam controller,
song playback will start. When you pass your hand across
it once again, playback will stop.
* You can also start/stop song playback by using a pedal connected to
the PEDAL CONTROL jack (p. 195).
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