Changing The Key From External Pedal Or Other Device With Midi Note Messages (H-Remote); Switching Between Major And Minor During A Performance - Roland GR-30 Manual

Changing the Key from External
Pedal or Other Device with MIDI
Note Messages (h-remote)
The Harmonist key (h-key) can be changed at any
time during a performance by sending MIDI note
message to the GR-30 from an external MIDI device
(such as optional FC-200 MIDI foot controller or PK-5
MIDI pedal keyboard).
The setting item that determines whether this func-
tion is on or off for each of the patches is ARPEG-
GIO/harmony "h-remote" (harmony key remote).
<Changing the Harmonist Key with an External
MIDI Pedal>
1. Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT con-
nector on a MIDI keyboard, FC-200, or the like to
the GR-30's MIDI IN connector.
2. Set the MIDI send channel on the external device
to the same MIDI channel as the GR-30 (p. 71).
3. Call up the patch for which you wish to use the
remote key function, and press [EDIT/PLAY] to
enter the Edit mode.
4. Set the EDIT TARGET dial to "ARPEGGIO/har-
mony" and the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "D"
(h-remote).
5. The display shows the current setting: "on"
means the remote function is on, and "oFF" means
it is off.
6. Press [+] to switch on the function, then turn the
PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE PATCH?",
and press [+] and [-] simultaneously to write the
patch.
7. Refer to the owner's manual for the external
device, and sent MIDI note message to the GR-30.
(If you're using the FC-200, press the "MODE"
button on the pedal to switch to the Note mode.)
No matter what mode the GR-30 may be in, it
receives this information and switches "h-key" to
the note specified by the Note message (C#, b,
G...).
When "PATCH INC/DEC BY S1/S2" has been
selected while in the Play mode, or when in the
Pedal Effect mode, the change in key can be con-
firmed by checking the display.
The Harmonist remote function has no effect with a
patch for which Harmonist has not been selected by
ARPEGGIO/harmony, even if "h-remote" is on.
When "h-remote" is on, the GR-30's internal sound
generator does not produce sounds according to MIDI
Note message. (Such Note message is interpreted as
instructions for changing key, not for playing sounds.)
For this reason, "h-remote" should be left off when not
needed.
Switching Between Major and
Minor During a Performance
In the Pedal Effect mode (p. 22), pressing the "Up"
side of an external BANK SHIFT pedal changes the
patch's "h-key" setting (p. 68) from major to minor or
vice versa (for example, C# → C#m → C# → C#m...).
<<fig. 9-4>>
C#
C#m
C#
On some patches, the selected "h-style" setting may
be "diM" (diminished: harmony is fixed at a dimin-
ished third above the melody, regardless of the "h-
key" setting). In such cases, the operation just
described doesn't toggle "h-key" between major and
minor key, but instead toggles "h-style" between
"diM" and "3." As a result, this toggles between
diminished and major (or minor) key.
(Example: diM → F → diM → F..., or diM → Gm →
diM → Gm..., and so on)
<<fig. 9-5>>
dim
C
dim
To ensure reproducibility of a performance when the
GR-30 and a sequencer are combined, especially when
using a loop connection as shown on p. 78, the state of
toggling between major and minor is sent to the external
device from MIDI OUT. (This is done using MIDI
message called a MIDI System Exclusive (SysEx) mes-
sage which can be interpreted only by equipment speci-
fied by the data itself.)
BANK
SHIFT
White
(Red)
BANK UP
BANK
SHIFT
White
(Red)
BANK UP
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