Song Player/Recorder
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E
Press the
[PLAY¥®]
button to start playback
(the button lights).
F
Press the
[STOP¥ª]
button to stop playback.
Recording your first piece
As stated earlier, the MR-200 is a MIDI
sequencer that records MIDI messages. MIDI is
a communication standard for digital musical
instruments that can transmit and receive mes-
sages on 16 channels simultaneously.
You can also record complete arrangements by
playing all parts in consecutive passes. Rodgers
organs (and keyboard instruments with two or
more “zones”) use several MIDI channels at
once. A Rodgers organ, for example uses sepa-
rate MIDI channels for each manual and for
registration settings.
This also allows you, for instance, to record the
notes you play on the GREAT manual first, fol-
lowed by the SWELL notes, and finally the
PEDAL notes. Of course, you can also play the
SWELL and GREAT parts simultaneously, add-
ing just the PEDAL part at a later stage. (And
you can also record all three parts simulta-
neously.)
It is important to remember that MIDI only
works as expected if the receiving instrument
“watches” the MIDI channel the sender is
transmitting on.
The MR-200 handles MIDI channels almost
automatically, so that you do not really have to
worry about that. What you
need
to remember
however, is this: if you also wish to use a drum
or percussion part, it should be recorded onto
track 10. We’ll come back to that later. For now,
just remember that the
track numbers corre-
spond to the MIDI channel numbers
(so track 1=
MIDI channel 1, track 2= MIDI channel 2,
etc.).
Recording using a Rodgers organ
If you are using another type of keyboard
instrument, skip to “Recording using a synthe-
sizer, digital piano, etc.” on page 20.
A
Connect the Rodgers organ to the MR-200’s
MIDI sockets (see page 15).
B
Switch on the MR-200 and your organ.
C
Activate the MIDI mode of your Rodgers
organ. See its owner’s manual for details.
When you switch on the MR-200, its “play-
back song memory” (computer buffs would
call it “RAM”) is therefore empty. Before
proceeding, ask yourself whether you have
changed the previous song since loading it
and whether you wish to preserve the new
version. If you do, save the song now (see
page 22).
D
Press the
[REC≈∏]
button.
It starts flashing and the display looks as fol-
lows:
At a later stage (to redo the organ parts),
you can press the TRACK
[OTHER]
button so
that it stops flashing if you only want to
record to tracks 12~16 (without changing
what’s on tracks 1~11).
There are two things you can do now:
• Perform the following step, then set the time
signature and tempo –OR–
To create a new song, you must select the
“
All
” setting (if it is not yet selected).
Rec:NEW SONG
001
All®
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