Setting Transpose And "H-Style - Roland GR-30 Manual

4. Use [+] and [-] to select the desired interval, turn
the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE
PATCH?", and press [+] and [-] simultaneously to
write the patch.
The setting "diM" stands for "diminished," and pro-
duces a harmony that is always a diminished third (three
semitones) from the melody, regardless of the "h-key"
setting. This is effective when playing in a diminished
scale.

Setting Transpose and "h-style"

Transpose settings include the TONE MIX "TRANS
1st" and "TRANS 2ND" items, as well as MIDI
"TRANSPOSE." Each of these is separate from "h-
style," the Harmonist setting for the interval, and
each produces an independent effect.
This means that when using Harmonist, Transpose
for the tone (or external sound generator) to be used
as the harmony should normally be set to "0."
However, it is probably no problem to use Transpose
to shift the melody or harmony for Harmonist by
octaves.
Key = C
h-style
tonic b2nd 2nd b3rd 3rd 4th b5th 5th #5th 6th b7th 7th
dim 3 3 3 3 3
+ 7th 11 10 10 9 10
+ 6th 9 9 9 8 8
+ 5th 7 6 7 6 7
+ 4th 5 5 5 5 5
+ 3rd 4 3 3 3 3
+ 2nd 2 2 2 2 2
- 2nd -1 -2 -2 -3 -2
- 3rd -3 -3 -3 -4 -4
- 4th
-5 -6 -5 -6 -5
- 5th -7 -7 -7 -7 -7
- 6th -8 -9 -9 -9 -9
- 7th -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
* minor
3 3 3 4 3
+ 3rd
* When h-style is "+3," and h-key is set to "minor,"
the harmony is made in a minor scale.
To save to another patch number, then before step 4,
turn the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE
TO...", and use the [+] and [-] buttons to designate a
patch number as the destination.
The various setting produce the following intervals
between the melody and the harmony.
<<fig. 9-2>>
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
11 10 10 9 10 9 10
9 8 9 8 8 8 8
7 6 7 6 7 6 6
6 5 5 5 5 5 5
4 3 4 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
-1 -2 -2 -3 -2 -3 -2
-3 -4 -3 -4 -4 -4 -4
-5 -6 -5 -6 -5 -6 -6
-7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7
-8 -9 -8 -9 -9 -9 -9
-10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
3 3 4 4 3 4 3
(Unit: semitone)
<An Example: Transposing the Melody Down
an Octave>
1. Set "ARPEGGIO/harmony SEL" so that both the
first and second tones become the harmony (p. 66).
2. Of the first and second tones, set "TRANS 1ST
(2ND)" for the tone that serves as the melodic line
to "-12".
3. Set the GK-2A selector switch to "MIX" to combine
the guitar's sounds.
This produces a fat sound that sandwiches the guitar
sound with a synth sound transposed down an octave
and a synth harmony one third higher.
The values for Transpose (TONE MIX "TRANS 1st"
and "TRANS 2ND" and MIDI "TRANSPOSE" — -
36 to 0 to 24) are displayed in semitones (one octave =
12). In contrast to this, however, the Harmonist "h-
style" values (-7 to 0 to 7, and diM) are displayed in
intervals (third, fifth, and so on). Take care not to get
these mixed up.
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