Chapter 7 Recording/Playing Back What You Play; Play/Stop] Button - Roland Music Atelier AT-45 Owner's Manual

Chapter 7 Recording/Playing Back What You Play

The internal composer can record performances and play
back commercial SMF music files.
The composer can be used in the following two ways.
Using the Panel Composer Buttons
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Button
Reset Returns you to the beginning of the song.
Starts and stops playback of the song.
After the [Rec] button has been pressed,
Play/Stop
putting the composer in record standby
mode, recording then starts when the [Play/
Stop] is pressed.
The unit switches to record standby mode.
* In record standby, the [Rec] button is lit,
Rec
and the [Play/Stop] button flashes.
The Song Select screen appears in the
Song
display.
When you press the [Demo] button while a
floppy disk is in the disk drive, all of the
songs on the floppy disk are played back one
Demo
after another.
(When no floppy disk is in the disk drive)
The Demo screen opens.
The indicator alternately switches on and off
each time the button is pressed.
You can mute the voices on a particular
Track
track by turning off the track button's light.
→ For more about the track buttons, refer to
p. 129.
The "Bass," "Lower," "Upper," and "Solo" track buttons on
the panel function in the same way as the track buttons in the
Rec/Play screen.
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Description
Touching <Rec/Play> in the Main Screen to
Open the Rec/Play Screen and Using the Rec/
Play Screen's Composer Buttons
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Button
Buttons for tracks to which
Track
performances are recorded light up.
Rhythm
A lighted button can be toggled
Accmp
between lighted and unlit by pressing it.
Bass
Tracks are muted when the button's
Lower
light is off.
Upper
→ For more about the track buttons,
Solo
Control
refer to p. 129.
Returns you to the beginning of the
Reset
song.
Stops playback of the song.
Stop
Starts playback of the song.
After <Rec> has been touched to put the
Play
composer in record standby mode,
recording then starts when you touch
<Play>.
The unit switches to record standby
mode.
Rec
* In record standby, <Rec> is lit, and
<Play> flashes.
Bwd Rewinds the song.
Fwd Fast forwards the song.
You can toggle between display of the
track buttons, the bouncing ball, or track
mute buttons by touching the button.
The Notation screen appears in the
display.
The Utility screen for the Composer is
displayed.
Description