Customizing The Opening Screen; Preparing An Opening Image; Saving An Opening Image To A Project - Roland SP-404MK2 Reference Manual

Customizing This Unit

Customizing the Opening Screen

You can use your own custom images for the opening screen.
Two opening images can be registered per project.
Steps for setting your custom image data as the opening image
You must perform the following operations (summarized) to use your custom image data as the opening image.
1. Create your custom image (
2. Export the project to an SD card (
3. Save your custom images to the SD card (
4. Load the project from the SD card (

Preparing an Opening Image

Create your custom image in the format shown below.
Format
Image file format BMP
Size 128 (x) × 64 (y) pixels
1-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit, 24-bit
Color depth
●
Note that only monochromatic images can be displayed. Intermediate colors cannot be displayed.
startup_*.bmp
Filename and
Substitute a number (1–2) for the asterisk. The unit does not recognize filenames in any other format. If
extension
the filename is not recognized, the default opening screen is shown.

Saving an Opening Image to a Project

Here's how to save your custom image to a project. As an example, the following shows how to change the opening image of
project 01 to your own custom image.
1. Export the project for which you want to change the opening image (project 01 in this example) to an
SD card ("
Exporting a Project (EXPORT PROJECT)
2. Remove the SD card from this unit, and open the contents on your computer.
3. Copy the opening image that's saved in the SD card to the "EXPORT/PROJECT/PROJECT_01/PICTURE"
folder. Change the filename to "startup_*.bmp", replacing the asterisk with a number from 1 to 2.
For details on the "/EXPORT/PROJECT/PROJECT_01/PICTURE" folder, see the folder structure diagram shown in
"Importing/Exporting (Using the SD
4. Remove the SD card from your computer, and insert it into this unit.
5. Import the project in which the opening image is registered ("
(P.103)").
PROJECT)
Your custom opening image is displayed from the next time the unit starts up.
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Preparing a Screen Saver Image
Exporting a Project (EXPORT PROJECT)
Saving the Screen Saver Image to a Project
Importing a Project (IMPORT PROJECT)
Specifications
(P.104)").
Card)(P.99)".
(P.89)).
(P.104)).
(P.103)).
Importing a Project (IMPORT
(P.90)).