Roland Interactive Arranger EXR-46 OR, Owner'S Manual

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L [ONE¥TOUCH]
button
Press this button to select the desired One Touch settings.
One Touch memories contain a number of settings that
complement the currently selected Music Style. There are
two One Touch memories per Music Style. See p. 26.
M [V-LINK]
button
Press this button to take advantage of the EXR-46 OR’s
V-LINK functionality for controlling video material via cer-
tain performance functions and the right-most keys on the
EXR-46 OR’s keyboard. By using V-LINK-compatible video
equipment, visual effects can be easily linked to, and made
part of the expressive elements of a performance. By con-
necting the EXR-46 OR to an optional Edirol DV-7PR or V-4,
you can switch images in synchronization with music, or use
the EXR-46 OR’s performance functions or right-most keys
to switch clips, control playback speed, etc.
During song and Music Style playback, this button flashes to
indicate the tempo and beats (BEAT function).
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KEYBOARD CONTROL section
Press the
[SPLIT]
button to play different sounds with your
left and right hands. Press the
[DUAL]
button to play two
sounds simultaneously. Press
[SPLIT]
and
[DUAL]
simulta-
neously to activate the EXR-46 OR‘s Drum Pad mode
(page 32).
Use the
[TRANSPOSE]
button to transpose the keyboard (see
p. 32).
O
BAND ORCHESTRATOR section
Press one of these buttons to choose the desired orchestra-
tion for the selected Music Style. See page 17.
P
ARRANGER & SONG -CONTROLS section
[TAP¥TEMPO]
button: Press this button at least twice to set
the Arranger’s or Recorder’s playback tempo.
[SYNC¥START/STOP]
button: This button performs two func-
tions: In Arranger mode (while using the automatic accom-
paniment), it allows you to switch the SYNC START and SYNC
STOP function on and off.
In Song mode, it can be used to specify the beginning (“A”)
and end (“B”) of the passage that should be repeated.
The remaining buttons in this section allow you to control
Arranger or Recorder playback. See pages 15 and 19.
Q
LOCK section
The buttons in this section allow you to filter (ignore) certain
settings that are usually recalled when you select a User Pro-
gram. This allows for a more flexible use of your registra-
tions. See page 46.
When the Minus One function is on, these buttons allow you
to quickly mute several Standard MIDI File parts (these mute
functions are not available while you are using the Arranger
function).
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KEYBOARD MODE section
These two buttons allow you to quickly configure the
EXR-46 OR for use with (
[ARRANGER¥BAND]
) or without
(
[PIANO÷SOLO]
) automatic accompaniment. At power-on,
the EXR-46 OR selects the PIANO SOLO mode.
Press them simultaneously to activate the PIANO MODE,
which allows you to use the EXR-46 OR’s Arranger (auto-
matic accompaniment) without splitting the keyboard (see
p. 27).
S [MUSIC¥ASSISTANT]
button
This button allows you to work with pre-programmed regis-
trations (additional User Programs). See p. 26.
T [SONG]
button
This button allows you to select the EXR-46 OR’s Song mode
and to specify that the
[INTRO]
,
[ORIGINAL]
, etc., buttons
should be used to operate the on-board Recorder.
U [STYLE]
button
Press this button if you want to select Music Styles. By acti-
vating this button, you also specify that the
[INTRO]
,
[ORIGINAL]
, etc., buttons are used for selecting a Style Divi-
sion, while the numeric buttons can be used to select the
desired Style memory.
V [TONE]
button
Press this button if you want to use the
[FAMILY]
and
numeric buttons for assigning a sound (“Tone”) or Drum Kit
to the Main, Split or Dual part. See p. 30.
W
DATA ENTRY buttons
FAMILY and SELECT
[√][®]
buttons: The FAMILY and SELECT
[√][®]
buttons are used to select Tones, Styles, Music Assis-
tant registrations, Songs, and Function parameters. The
FAMILY
[√][®]
buttons allow you to select a group. You can
press them, hold them, or press one while holding the other
to change the scrolling speed.
The SELECT
[√][®]
buttons allow you to choose items within
the selected group or family. You can press them, hold them,
or press one while holding the other to change the scrolling
speed. After selecting the last item of the currently selected
group, pressing
[®]
again takes you to the first entry of the
following group. Conversely, pressing
[√]
again after select-
ing the first entry of a group takes you to the last entry of
the preceding group.
Numeric key pad : These buttons allow you to enter num-
bers (for Tone, Style, Music Assistant memory, song, track
selection), values and characters (for entering names).
The TEMPO/DATA
[–][+]
buttons allow you to set the arranger
or Song tempo and the value of the selected FUNCTION
parameter.
X [FUNCTION]
button
This button provides access to the FUNCTION menu. You can
use the FAMILY and SELECT
[√][®]
buttons to select the
desired function.
Y [DISK]
button
Press this button to access the Disk functions. They are used
for loading data from floppy, saving data to disk, and man-
aging floppy disks. See p. 53.
Note: You can also save and load data via USB.
Z [USER¥PROGRAM÷WRITE]
button
Press this button whenever you want to select a User Pro-
gram (a set of registrations). Press and hold it to save the
current panel and parameter settings to a User Program. See
page 45.
a
USER TONES section
These buttons allow you to select the “best” sound of the
indicated family (i.e. the “best” piano, organ, guitar/bass, etc.
sound). After pressing one of these buttons, you can use
FAMILY
[√][®]
and SELECT
[√][®]
to select other families and
other Tones within the active family. (At a later stage, these
can be recalled by “double-clicking” these buttons.) You can
also assign your favorite sounds to these buttons. See “Using
the USER TONES buttons” (p. 30) for details.
b
Disk drive, in the middle below the keyboard (not pictured)
This is where you insert floppy disks with Standard MIDI Files
or Music Styles you may already own. The drive accepts 2DD
(720k) and 2HD (1.44MB) floppy disks.