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Roland PMA-5 Owner's Manual (145 pages)

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Brand: Roland | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 9 MB

Using the Unit Safely
2
Starting out
4
Main Features
4
Important Notes
5
Placement
5
Memory Backup
5
Using the Touch Panel Correctly
5
About Markings in the Text
6
Removing the Cover
6
Regarding the Demo Song
6
Regarding the Included Preset Styles
6
Contents
7
Panel Descriptions
9
The Touch Panel
11
Display Area - Upper Section
11
Display Area - Center Section
12
Display Area - Lower Section
13
Preparing the Power Supply
14
Loading the Batteries
14
Connecting the AC Adaptor
14
Making Connections
15
Connecting to a Computer
16
How to Use the Computer Switch
16
Some Notes on Using the Touch Panel
17
Removing the Touch Pen
17
Basic Operation
18
Switching Screens
18
Mode Selection Buttons
18
Page Buttons
18
Setting Values
19
Turning the Switch Display on and off
19
Using Dragging to Change Values
19
Switching Tracks
20
About the Song Number and Measure Displays
20
Song Tracks
20
Chord Track, Style Track
20
How the PMA-5 Is Organized
21
Basic Organization
21
About Sound Sources
21
Sequencer Section
21
About the Sequencer
22
Songs
22
Styles
22
Tracks
22
Divisions
23
Styles and Arranger
23
How to Use Fill-Ins
23
The PMA-5'S Parameter Organization
24
User Styles
24
Some Notes on Creating User Styles
24
Guide to Operations
25
Performing with the Touch Keyboard
26
Selecting Tracks
26
Selecting Tones
26
About Drum Track Tones
26
Changing the Octave
27
Holding a Note
27
Changing the Touch Keyboard Volume
27
Adding Modulation and Pitch Bend
27
Performing Songs
28
Selecting Songs
28
Performing a Song
28
Displaying Chords During Performance
28
Song Settings
30
Changing the Tempo
30
Setting a Song's Initial Tempo
30
Storing Tone Settings
30
Muting Tracks
31
Changing Track Volume, Pan, and Other Mixer Settings
31
Setting Reverb and Chorus
32
Pan
32
Reverb Send Level
32
Chorus Send Level
32
Inputting Style Tracks
33
Making a Song
33
Style Track Write Procedure
33
Deleting an Entered Style
34
Changing an Entered Style
34
Moving to the Style to be Switched to Next
34
Moving the Grid Display to the Right or Left
34
Inputting Chord Tracks
35
The Write Screen for the Chord Track
35
How to Make Entries in the Chord Track
35
How to Enter a Chord
35
Entering a Chord Not Shown on the Touch Keyboard
36
Assigning a Frequently Used Chord Type
36
Making the Setting for Anticipation
36
How to Enter an On-Boss Chord
36
Changing the Chord Inversion Format
37
Deleting a Chord that Has Been Entered
37
Changing a Chord
37
What's Inversion?
37
Recording Sequence Tracks
38
Real-Time Recording
38
Sequence Tracks
38
Settings of the Recording Standby Screen
38
Recording Mode Settings
39
Count in Setting
39
Setting the Time for Recording
39
Playing a Click
39
Step Write
41
Jumping to a Selected Bar for Starting Recording
41
Recording with an External Keyboard
41
About the Step Write Screen
41
MIDI Event Display
42
About the Grid Display
42
Duration
42
Velocity
42
How to Do Step Write
43
About Notes Input to Grid Marks
43
Searching for Notes in a Grid
43
Inputting Ties and Rests
44
Inputting a Note with a Change in Velocity
44
Inputting a Rest
44
Auto Step and Manual Step
45
Settings on the Step Standby Screen
45
Setting the Time for a Newly Recorded Measure
45
Using Triplets as the Grid Interval
45
Deleting an Incorrect Note
46
Displaying the Next Event
46
Inputting Overlaid Notes with Identical Timing
46
Displaying the Grid Screen for the Fifth Beat and after
46
Examples of Step Write Procedures
47
Modifying Performance Data
48
About Measure, Beat and Clock
48
Changing a Note
48
Changing Duration and Velocity
48
Displaying Only Needed MIDI Events
49
View Switch
49
Performing a Style
50
Choosing a Style
50
How to Play a Style
50
Creating User Styles
51
Style Settings
51
Arrange Mode Settings
51
Assigning a Style Name
51
Storing Tone Settings for a Style
52
Making the Settings
52
Changing Style Track Volume, Pan and Other Mixer Settings
53
Cleaning up Fluctuations in Timing
54
Deleting Incorrect Performance Data
55
Setting the Time for a Style
55
Deleting Notes One at a Time
55
Deleting Notes by Grid
55
Inputting Overload Notes with Identical Timing
59
Editing Song and Style Data
62
Calling up an Edit Menu
62
Song Edit Menu
62
Editing a Song
62
Erasing a Section of a Song
63
Deleting a Section of a Song
63
Inserting Blank Measures
64
Transposing a Specified Area of Song Data
64
Adjusting Note Timing
65
Quantize Measure
65
Combining Data of Two Tracks into One
65
Merge Track
65
Copying a Song to Another Song
66
Clearing All Song Data
66
Clear Song
66
Editing Styles
67
Style Edit
67
Copying a Section of a Style
68
Erasing a Section of a Style
68
Erasure Measure
68
Transposing a Specified Area of Style Data
69
Adjusting the Timing of Notes
69
Editing MIDI Events
72
Shifting Note Timing
72
Move Event
72
Copying a Section of Data
73
Erasing a Section of Data
73
Changing Tone During a Song
74
Inserting a MIDI Event
74
Insert Event
74
Improvising Using the Ad Lib Bar
75
Changing Tempo During a Song
75
Insert Tempo
75
Using the Ad Lib Bar
75
Using the PMA-5 as a GM/GS Sound Module
76
Normal Mode and GM/GS Sound Module Mode
76
To Enter the GM/GS Mode
77
To Exit the GM/GS Mode
77
Operation in the GM/GS Mode
77
Basic Screen
77
Part Inst
78
Level
78
Instrument Group
78
Part Pan
78
Saving PMA-5 Data to a Computer
80
Bulk Dump
80
Using the Computer Connector
80
Conditions for Bulk-Loading
80
Adjusting the Touch Panel
81
Calibration
81
Initializing All Settings
81
System Initalize
81
Functions Categorized by the Screen
83
Song Mode
84
Inst Select
84
Song Select
84
Initial Tempo
85
Key Transpose
85
Song Title
85
Keyboard Control
85
Style Mode
86
Style Select
86
Utility Mode
87
Style Length
87
Style Name
87
Arrange Mode
87
Battery
88
Clear All
88
Chain Play
88
Master Tune
88
MIDI Mode
89
System Initialize
89
Tx Channel
89
Device ID
89
Sync Mode
90
MIDI Update
90
Mixer
91
Sound Module Mode
91
Volume
91
Effects
92
Mute
92
Locator/Repeat
92
Edit
93
Locator Recstart
93
Repeat
93
Tempo
94
Click Mode/Click Interval
94
Supplementary Information
95
Troubleshooting
96
Error Messages
99
Operation Map
100
Style/Utility/MIDI Modes
100
Realtime Recording
101
Step Write (Sequencer Tracks)
101
Chord Track and Style Track
101
Instrument Lists
102
Drum Set Lists
104
Preset Style Lists
106
Chord Type Chart
108
Computer Cable Wiring Diagram
109
About MIDI
110
MIDI Connectors
110
Computer Connector
110
MIDI Channels and Multitimbral Sound Modules
110
MIDI Messages Handled by the PMA-5
111
MIDI Messages to be Received
111
Program Change
111
Pitch Bend Control
111
Control Change Messages
112
Bank Select
112
Modulation
112
Portamento Time
112
MIDI Messages to be Transmitted
113
Aftertouch
113
All Notes off
113
Reset All Controllers
113
Note Messages
114
Control Chane Messages
114
System Exclusive Messages
114
MIDI Implementation
115
Receive Data
115
Transmit Data
117
Control Change
118
Part Parameters
129
Supplementary Material
133
Decimal and Hexadecimal Table
133
Examples of Actual MIDI Messages
133
About Tuning
134
The Scale Tune Feature
135
Equal Temperament
135
Just Temperament
135
Arabian Scale
135
Index
138
Specifications
141

Roland PMA-5 Quick Start Manual (45 pages)

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