Roland GR-20 Workshop Manual page 6

Once you're in Switch Mode 2, you can press the GLIDE and HOLD foot
switches to select patches.
Press to select the
next-lowest patch.
To return the GLIDE and HOLD foot switches to their original settings,
repeat the above steps, selecting Switch Mode 1 in Step 2.
About The Two Switch Modes
In Switch Mode 1, the default switch mode, the:
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GLIDE foot switch—causes each currently playing note to glide to
another note when the switch is depressed.
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HOLD foot switch—causes currently playing notes to keep playing as
long as the foot switch is held down.
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DOWN/S1 and UP/S2 GK-3 switches—move downward and upward,
respectively, through the GR-20's patches.
In Switch Mode 2, the:
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GLIDE foot switch—selects the next-lowest patch when it's pressed.
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HOLD foot switch—selects the next-highest patch when it's pressed.
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DOWN/S1—toggles the GLIDE and HOLD foot switches between:
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raising the current note's pitch downward or upward, respectively,
in octave steps
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selecting patches.
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UP/S2—toggles the GLIDE and HOLD foot switches between:
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acting as they do in Switch Mode 1
•
selecting patches.
Press to select the
next-highest patch.
Selecting Patches Using the GK-
In the default switch mode—Switch Mode 1—the GK-3's DOWN/S1 and
UP/S2 switches allow you to change GR-20 patches. Press the:
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DOWN/S1 switch—to select the next-lower-numbered patch.
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UP/S2—to select the next patch.
To jump back to the steps for changing switch modes, click this
button.
A Quick Tour of the GR-0 Patches
Strings
Let's start with a patch that plays easily from a guitar:
Strings.
Turn the BANK knob until the STRINGS/ORCH

indicator lights. Since we're checking out the first
patch in this category, that's all we have to do.
Try some clean, simple lead lines first. Since you're actually playing

a string instrument—your guitar—your usual playing technique
translates easily to this patch.
Play a chord and let it ring to hear the fullness of your new string

section.