Roland Micro Composer MC-50 Manuals

Manuals and User Guides for Roland Micro Composer MC-50. We have 3 Roland Micro Composer MC-50 manuals available for free PDF download: Owner's Manual, Service Notes

Roland Micro Composer MC-50 Owner's Manual (99 pages)

Brand: Roland | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 6.24 MB

Contents
3
Features
5
Front and Rear Panels
6
Precautions
7
Power Supply
7
Location
7
Floppy Disk Handling
7
How to Use this Manual
8
Product Overview
9
Internal Memory and Floppy Disks
9
How the Device Is Organized
10
Internal Memory
10
Disk Drive
10
System Area (Rom)/User Area (RAM)
10
System Programs and Internal Memory
11
About Tracks
11
Phrase Track
12
Rhythm Track
12
Tempo Track
12
About Songs
13
MIDI Channels
13
MIDI Output Assign
14
Sequencers and Mtrs - Multitrack Recorders
15
Connections
17
The MIDI Connectors of the Device
17
Basic MIDI Connectors
18
MIDI Devices that Can be Connected
19
MIDI Keyboard
19
Sound Modules
19
MIDI Controllers
20
MIDI Thru Boxes
20
MIDI - Equipped Effect Devices
20
Connecting a MIDI Keyboard - Electronic Piano or Synthesizer
21
The Unit's Settings
22
Connecting an Electronic Piano and Sound Module
23
Pianos Which Can be Set to Local off
23
Pianos Which Cannot be Set to Local off
23
Example Connections Using a Keyboard Controller
24
Example Connections for a Synchronized Recording System
24
Local On/Off Function and the Soft Thru On/Off Function
25
Cable Hook
26
Turning the Power on
27
Starting Super-MRC
27
Starting Super-MRP
27
Starting from a System Disk
27
Turning the Power off
28
Hardware
29
The Display
29
Input Section
30
Playback/Recording Section
30
Edit Select Section
31
Modes of Operation
32
How to Move between Displays
33
Initializing a Disk
34
The Floppy Disk Protect Tab
34
Disk Initialization Procedure
35
Basic Operation
37
Recording with a MIDI Keyboard and the Unit
37
Record the Accompaniment
37
Record the Melody While Listening to the Accompaniment
39
Playback the Song Data You Recorded
40
Save Song Data to Disk
41
Inputting Characters from the Numeric Keys
42
Load Song Data from Disk
44
Loading a Single Song File
44
Multitrack Recording
45
Phrase Tracks
45
Before You Begin Recording
47
Rhythm Part
49
Recording Rhythm Pattern 1
51
Recording Patterns 2 and 4
54
Recording Pattern 3
55
Creating the Rhythm Track
57
Recording the Rhythm Track
57
The Bass Part
59
Step Recording Using a MIDI Keyboard
59
Some Convenient Functions
64
The Melody Part and Backing Part
65
Data Editing
67
Erase - Use an "Eraser"
67
Delete - Use "Scissors"
69
Quantize - Correct Timing Inaccuracies
71
Auto Punch in Recording
74
Various Useful Procedures
76
Microscope
76
Set/Select a Sound on the Connected Sound Module
76
Set/Select the Volume or Pan of each Part
76
Disk
77
Display the Remaining Amount of Memory
77
Make a Copy of a Floppy Disc/Delet Song Files from a Floppy Disc
77
Combine Song Files from Two Disc into One Disc
77
Rhythm
78
Use D MIDI Keyboard to Create a Rhythm Pattern
78
Set the MC-50 Instruments to the Key Numbers You Wish to Play
78
Modify Resolution in the Middle of a Pattern for a Single Instrument
79
Copy a Rhythm Pattern
79
Song Data
80
Extract Song Data
80
Copy Song Data
80
Exhange Data between Phrase Tracks/Assing a Song Title
80
Combine Two Phrase Tracks into One Phrase Track
81
Slide the Timing of Phrase Track Data Behing/Ahead of the Beat
81
Transpose the Note Messages in a Phrase Track
81
Modify the MIDI Channel of a Desired Part in the Phrase Track
82
Insert Blank Measures into Song Data
82
Rewrite Program Numbers
82
MIDI
83
Play
83
Sync Clock
83
Synchronized Playback with a Rhythm Machine
83
Set the Metronome
84
Restart the System
84
View the Data Contents of each Track
84
Use Microscope Mode to Change the Note Display
84
Successive Playback of Two or more Songs
85
Application Guide
86
Record a Composition with more Parts than You Have MIDI Sound Modules
86
Recording Program Change Message or Bender/Modulation Messages
86
Record Sound Module Settings at the Beginning of a Song
87
Transfer Musical Data from Another Sequencer
88
Store Synthesizer Sound Dat on an MC-50 Floppy Disk
89
Create "Effects" Using Only the MC-50 and Sound Modules
90
Add Sound Effects During Video Editing
91
About MIDI Status
92
Note Messages - Note
92
Program Change Messages - PG
92
Pitch Bend Messages - Pb/Aftertouch Messages - Caf/Paf
92
Control Charge Messages - CC
93
Exclusive Messages - EX
93
Tune Request Message - TU
93
Reading Music
94
Various Symbols Used in Printed Music
94

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