Roland G-800 Supplemental Notes

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September 22, 1997
The G-800 Arranger Workstation is one of the most innovative instruments offered by Roland. It incorporates an
extensive range of preset styles and sounds that you can use to create music. The G-800 also allows you to
create your own custom accompaniments, known as User Styles. This document covers the steps necessary to
record a User Style. It is a supplement to the Owner's Manuals for the G-800. In order to take full advantage of
the G-800, be sure to read the Owner's Manuals.
A User Style is a collection of short sequences that you can select in realtime. A Style is made up of divisions
(a total of 36 divisions per style). Some of these divisions are selected from the front panel - Intro, Ending, Basic,
Original, Variation, Advanced, and Fills. Other divisions are selected on the basis of the chords you play on the
keyboard- major, minor, and seventh. There are two ways to create a User Style. The first is to edit an existing
Style. This requires that you copy some or all elements from a Preset to a User Style, then alter that Style to suit
your particular needs. The second method is to create a User Style from scratch.
In this document we will discuss how to setup the G-800 for recording a User Style. Next, we will examine the
sound and effects settings for your User Style. Then, we will go through the process of recording a User Style
from the G-800 as well as an external MIDI device. Next, we will discuss the steps for modifying an existing
preset Style. Finally, we will save the User Style to disk so it will be available for future use.
I. Basic User Style Setup
Selecting the User Style Mode
U se the following procedure to select the User Style mode:
1) From the Master page (in the Arranger mode), press [F4] UsrSt. This will activate the User Style mode.
2) Press [F1] Rec and use the PAGE UP button to select Page #1.
T ack - Selects the track to record (drums [ADR], bass r
[ABS], and accompaniment [AC1-AC6]).
Page - Used to
select the display
screens available in
the current mode.
Mode - Selects the specific pattern to record
(M=Major, m=minor, and 7=seventh).
3 ) Use the corresponding knobs to select the desired Track, Mode, Type, and Division (see FIG.1 above).
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A different pattern can be recorded for each chord type played on the keyboard (major, minor, seventh). If
your accompaniment does not require specific changes in the pattern for each chord type, you will only need to
record the major version of the part and set the Mode to "M=m=7." If the Type is set to "B=A," the pattern will be
the same for the Basic and the Advanced pattern.
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arranger Workstation
Recording User Styles on the G-800
Division - Selects the division to record (Or=Original), Va=Variation, Fo=Fill
to Original, Fv=Fill to Variation, In=Intro, Ed=Ending).
Recording User Styles on the G-800
Type - Selects which aspect of the division you
will record (B=Basic, A=Advanced).
Supplemental
Notes
Style - Selects the User
Style to record.
FIG.1
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