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Roland GR-1 Owner's Manual page 172

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SE 1).
you
ait for a Number" method (CHAN
m settings.
ch it now" method is called CHANGE 2. Here's how to switch methods while making Sy
> CHANGE 1
y be switched to the displayed
When you change the Group and/or Bank number, you will nor a
Patch number at that point. Instead, the Group or Bank number will
h until you press one of the
Number pedals [1 io [3]. Then and only then will the Patch ac
Prog
LOU
1f you press PATCH GROU pfu] [GR
e return to the bank you started from, the fl
itching mode and back into the Play mode
ally be changed. (This applies to the
jack as well when a Patch is switched. i
m Change message that is output from the
stops to show you're out of the Patch
when
* This is the way the GR - 1 is set up when you first take it out of the box. The idea
you're switching Patches while playing, you want to go straight to the new sound (not
through
several
others).
Same
with
recording
a performance
on
an
external
MIDI
sequencer,
this method
is better
because
it generates
only one
Program
Change
message, not three (i.e., switch Group, then switch Bank, then Number).
CHANGE
2
Here, the
Patch is switched as soon as you change the Group or Bank, without waiting for a Number.
e, a Program Change message
i s sent out 10 external devices (via the MIDI QUT jack) each
iLikew
time.)
* With this mode, there won't be any flashing numbers to indicate stored Patch numbers, so
you will always know exactly what the current Patch is just by looking at the display. Also,
suppose you assign your solo Patch to 111 and backup Patch to 121, a Patch with reverb
to 112 and one without to 122, and so. That makes it possible to switch between variations
of the same basic sound just by using the BANK [UP Jand [DOWN |pedals.
111
112
113
TH
t
t
1
Can switch directly between these using BANK [UP] and DOWNI
Y pedals
121
122
123
124
How
to:
Change
the
Patch
Switch
Method
®© Press the EDIT | SYSTEM
[button while in the Play mode.
You'll see the following.
The " []" only will be flashing
P= 20

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