Roland Fantom-G FGWS11 Manual page 8

Sequencing, Recording, the Project, and Songs
Getting Your Project Ready
When you're sequencing or recording tracks, you'll either be working with:
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a project you've already created in which you're:
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sequencing/recording a track in an already existing song.
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sequencing/recording the first track of a new song
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a new project—in which you're sequencing/recording the first track of
a new song.
To load an existing project if it's not already loaded:
Press MENU, and click F1 (Project).
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Click F1 (Load).
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Click F1 or F2 to choose the project's memory location.
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Select the project you want, and then click F8 (Load).
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ClickF7 (OK) to complete the process.
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To create a new project:
Press MENU, and click F4 (Create).
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Click F1 (Load).
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Click F1 or F2 to select the memory location for the new project.
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Since internal memory contains a single project at a time, creating a
new one there clears the current internal project, permanently deleting
its contents. Before creating a new project in internal memory, be sure
there's nothing there you want to preserve. To preserve your current
internal project, back it up on your computer, or use Save as Project to
make a copy of it on a USB stick before creating your new project.
Click F8 (Create).
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If the new project is on a USB stick, name it, and then click F8 (Create)
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when you're done. (Internal projects always use the same name.)
ClickF7 (OK) to confirm that you want to create the new project.
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Getting a Song Ready for Sequencing/Recording
A project can hold up to 50 songs, one of which can be loaded at a time.
When a song's loaded, you can play it, add and edit tracks, and mix it.
New Project, New Song
After you create a new project, the first available empty new song is loaded
for you, and you're ready to begin work without doing anything else.
Loading an Existing Song for Sequencing/Recording
Before you can add tracks to an existing song, the song has to be loaded.
Here's how:
Press the LIST/EDIT SONG button to display the Song Play screen.
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If you're on the Song Edit screen, you can press F8 (Song Play).
Press F1 (Song List) to display the Song List screen.
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If you've already been working on a song, be sure
to save it using the WRITE button before selecting
a new one. When a song's been saved, a document
icon appears in the File column of the Song List
screen. If there's a checkmark next to it, the song
contains changes that haven't yet been saved.
The song's
been saved.
The song has
unsaved changes.
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