Roland Fantom-G FGWS11 Manual page 24

A Note About MIDI Channels and MIDI Tracks
When you select a part and play, the MIDI data you generate uses a specific
MIDI channel. By default, Parts 1-16 in Studio mode use MIDI Channels 1-16,
respectively. (You can change this on a studio set's Level/Pan Part View
screen, but there's rarely a reason to do so.)
With the Fantom-G's Sequencer Auto Track parameter, each part's data—and
therefore each channel's data as well—goes by default to the same-
numbered track, as we noted on Page 7. Really, though, a MIDI channel's
data isn't tied to its same-numbered track, or to any other track. The most
extreme proof of this is that by sequencing onto the same track in Mix mode
using all 16 Internal parts one-by-one, you can record data for all 16 MIDI
channels onto the same track!
When you generate a Type 0 SMF, this is in fact
what you wind up with: All of the data for all of your
MIDI tracks is combined into a single track. SMF playback devices have no
problem playing this type of file, and most any DAW into which you'd import
the SMF is capable of splitting out each channel's data onto its own track for
your convenience as you further develop a song, if you wish it to do so.
A Type 1 SMF, though, puts each MIDI channel's data on its own track.
Trk 1 MIDI Channel 1 Trk 5 MIDI Channel 5
Trk 2 MIDI Channel 2 Trk 6 MIDI Channel 6
Trk 3 MIDI Channel 3 Trk 7 MIDI Channel 7
Trk 4 MIDI Channel 4 Trk 8 MIDI Channel 8
A Type 1 SMF will look much the same in your DAW as it does on the
Fantom-G.
Trk 1 MIDI Channels 1-16
Trk 9 MIDI Channel 9 Trk 13 MIDI Channel 13
Trk 10 MIDI Channel 10 Trk 14 MIDI Channel 14
Trk 11 MIDI Channel 11 Trk 15 MIDI Channel 15
Trk 12 MIDI Channel 12 Trk 16 MIDI Channel 16
Global Metronome Settings
To set the global behavior of the metronome for the current project:
Press the MENU button, and then click F2 (System).
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Click F2 (Group/Down) to display the Metronome tab.
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To determine when the metronome plays, set Metronome Mode to:
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OFF—so the metronome is turned off altogether.
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PLAY-ONLY—so the metronome is heard only as you play back
a song.
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REC-ONLY—so the metronome is heard only as you sequence or
record a track.
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PLAY&REC—so the metronome is heard during recording and
playback of a song and its tracks.
Set the metronome's volume using the Metronome Level parameter.
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Select the type of sound you want as a metronome by setting
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Metronome Sound to:
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TYPE1—to make the metronome sound like an old-fashioned
wood-based metronome.
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TYPE2—to have the metronome use a computer-type low-
pitched tick.
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TYPE3—so the metronome uses a clave-like, high-pitched
sound.
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TYPE4—to make the metronome use a cowbell sound.
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