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

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Other recording functions
The EXR-46 OR’s 16-track Recorder can be used in several ways.
Let us therefore have a look at the other recording modes.
About the recording modes
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Modes
The EXR-46 OR provides two modes for recording new
music, and two for adding parts or correcting passages of
existing music:
Note: Each time you select ALL or Keyboard mode, the data in
the
USERSONG
memory are erased.
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Recorder memory
The EXR-46 OR provides one “live” song memory, which can
contain one song at a time. After completing a song, you
should save it (see p. 54).
To keep you from accidentally erasing the song in the
EXR-46 OR’s internal memory, the EXR-46 OR automatically
selects
Single
after your first recording. Bear in mind
that selecting “ALL” or “Keyboard” will erase the song in
the
USERSONG
memory. Do not select “ALL” or “Key-
board” for adding parts to an existing song – use “Single” or
“Punch I/O” instead.
Conversely, you cannot select “Single” or “Punch I/O” if the
USERSONG
memory doesn’t yet contain data.
And finally: playing back a Standard MIDI File erases the
song in the EXR-46 OR’s memory. In return, the SMF data
will be available (and can be supplemented with your own
renditions in “Single” or “Punch I/O” mode).
More about ALL mode
In addition to what you learned on p. 23, here are a few consid-
erations:
After pressing the
[REC¥∏]
button, the 16 track and
[RECORD∏]
icons start flashing, signalling that all 16 tracks are available for
recording.
Here is what the tracks correspond to (after recording a song
with Arranger backing):
For your convenience, the Keyboard parts are flagged with a
“
k ” symbol in the above graphic.
Parts you do not hear during recording are not recorded. The
track icons
[1]
~
[16]
thus do not show you what will be
recorded, but rather what can be recorded.
Keyboard recording mode
In Keyboard mode, you can record the Keyboard parts. The
Arranger is not available. Essentially, this mode allows you to
record either one layered part using up to two sounds (Main +
Dual) or two parts (Split to the left, Main to the right). If you
select a Drum Kit for the Main part, you can only record a drum
part.
Note: When you select the Keyboard mode, song data in the
EXR-46 OR’s internal memory will be overwritten by your new
recording.
(1) Press the
[REC¥∏]
button.
(2) Press FAMILY
[√][®]
to make the display look as follows:
The and track icons flash.
(3) To create a split, press the
[SPLIT]
button.
(4) Activate the metronome (if necessary), and set the desired
tempo with the
[TAP¥TEMPO]
button or
[–][+]
.
You can also record without metronome if you like.
Note: If you assign a Drum Kit to the Main part, your drum per-
formance is recorded onto track 16.
Single recording mode
This mode is only available if the EXR-46 OR’s song memory
already contains data. When you press
[REC¥∏]
, the
icon and the icon of the first empty track flash. You could
therefore record a new part straight away. (If all tracks already
contain data, Track 1 will be selected.)
You can, however, also substitute an already recorded part with
a new version.
(1) Press the
[REC¥∏]
button.
(2) Press FAMILY
[√][®]
to select “
Single
”.
(3) Use the SELECT
[√][®]
or numeric buttons to select the
track you wish to record to.
You can only select one track at a time (hence the name
“Single”). If you select a track that already contains data,
your new version will overwrite the existing one.
(4) If necessary, assign the desired Tone to the part you are
about to record (see p. 30).
Recording a new song
ALL In this mode, you can record everything you
and the EXR-46 OR can play simultaneously:
• Arranger (accompaniment).
• Keyboard parts (Main and Split or Dual).
Keyboard In this mode, you can record using the Key-
board parts. The track can be freely selected.
• Main and Split or Dual
Adding parts to an existing song
Single In this mode you can record onto one track at a
time. The track can be freely selected.
Punch I/O This mode allows you to re-record a short sec-
tion of an otherwise perfect part.
INTRO
FULL
BAND
=
1
9 2
10
3
11
4
12
5
13
6
14
7
15
8
16
ORCHESTRATOR BEAT
ALL
120 001
1 9
2 10
3 11
4 12
5 13
6 14
7 15
8 16
Accomp 1
Arranger bass
Accomp 2
k
Main
Accomp 3
k
Dual*
Accomp 4
Accomp 5
Accomp 6
Arranger drums
k
Split*
k
Auto Bass* (see p. 41)
Melody Intell. (see p. 27)
(
k
Main**)
(*) Only one of these can be used alongside the Main part.
(**) If you assign a Drum Kit to the Main part. In that case, track 4 is
not used.
INTRO
FULL
BAND
=
1
9 2
10
3
11
4
12
5
13
6
14
7
15
8
16
ORCHESTRATOR BEAT
Keyboard
120 001
RECORD
RECORD