Roland G-70 User Manual

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This document contains all information about additions and changes introduced with system versions 2 and 3. Depending on the system version you are currently using, you may only need to read part of this document.
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OS Version 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Playing realistic guitar parts (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . .3
Style Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Recording Harmonist and Guitar parts (16-track
Sequencer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Melody Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Linking MELODY INTELL type selection to the Styles
(Style Melody Intell Link) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Style Cover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Freeze Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Volume and status of the Style parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Editing song data using Microscope Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Song and Style Makeup Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Before saving your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recording Styles from scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Getting ready for the first track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Style Track Edit functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Editing individual Style events (Style Micro Edit) . . . . . .15
General notes about STYLE MICRO EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Editing events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Other edit operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Disk/Media functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Copying User Program sets to floppy disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Delete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Measure indication in the display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Break Mute function for the ASSIGN SW buttons . . . . . . . . 17
Scale Tuning for Style parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Song/Arranger Start Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
OS Version 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
About the G-70’s effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Equalizers for the Keyboard parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Using the Makeup Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
One Touch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Patches of SRX-series expansion boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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OS version 2.0 of the G-70 introduces the following enhancements and additions. Some explanations in this document need to be supplemented with the information in the Version 1.x owner’s manual.
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Playing realistic guitar parts (Guitar mode)
Your G-70 provides a Guitar mode that allows you to play extremely realistic guitar parts via the keyboard. As you will see, this mode relies on a special approach, which is nevertheless very musical and surprisingly log­ical once you have come to grips with the underlying principle.
When you activate the Guitar mode, the UP1 part acts as main guitar, while the UP2 part is used as additional guitar that doubles the notes of the main guitar part. This means that, while the Guitar mode is active, UP1 and UP2 cannot be used for other melodic purposes. Though, with a little practice, you can also use it in realtime, the Guitar mode will prove invaluable for song and Style recording.
(1) Simultaneously press the EASY SETTING
[PIANO]
buttons.
ARR ORGAN PIANO
[ARR]
and
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The UPPER1 field below “GUITAR MODE” shows the name of the currently selected guitar sound. You cannot select other guitar sound for UPPER 1 simply by pressing this field: press the “GUITAR MODE” field to jump to the page shown above, then change the settings you don’t like. (UPPER2’s guitar sound is assigned automatically and can never be changed.)
A
Pressing the A field on the main page takes you to the GUITAR MODE page. Note that this field can either contain an electric guitar or an acoustic one to indicate the kind of instrument you selected.
This field duplicates the function of the EASY SET­TING
[ARR]
+
[PIANO]
buttons. (See also below.)
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Note:
You can also select this page by pressing
→ [GUITAR¥MODE]
Guitar mode on using the
. In that case, you may need to switch the
[Off/On]
switch icon (see below).
[MENU]
button
The indicators of these two buttons light and the dis­play changes to:
The
[Off÷On]
switch icon allows you switch the Guitar mode on or off. If you selected this page by pressing EASY SETTING
[ARR]
+
[PIANO]
, it is already set to on.
If you now return to the main page by pressing the
[EXIT]
button, the display changes:
First steps
(2) Press the
specify whether you need an electric or an acoustic guitar.
Your choice is reflected by the big guitar picture in the upper right part of the display.
(3) Play a chord in the keyboard area called “CHORD”
in the display.
(You can release those keys right away if you like.)
Note:
“ARPEGGIO” and “STRUMM” areas, see below) also trigger other Keyboard parts you may have switched on. Depending on the Keyboard parts you switch on, those keys may play the MBS, LW2, LW1 (left half) and the UP3 part (right side, in the Upper3 Split area). Even the Arranger’s chord recognition remains active.
The notes you play in the “CHORD” area are not played by the G-70’s Guitar section. They only specify what you will hear when you…
(4) Press the first “C” key to the right of the “CHORD”
area.
[ELECTRIC]
Play chords here
The keys in the “CHORD” area (unlike the ones of the
or
[ACOUSTIC]
switch icon to
Low E string A string
D string
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High E string B string
G string
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This sounds the note a guitarist would play on the low E string. The key you are pressing now belongs to the “ARPEGGIO” section.
(5) Now press the “D” to the right of the “C” you used
above.
This sounds the note a guitarist would play on the A string.
(6) Continue with the “E”, “F”, “G” and “A” keys to
sound the remaining guitar notes for the chord you specified.
Let us summarize all this: the six keys you have pressed so far are assigned to the virtual guitar strings. This allows you to play guitar arpeggios that use the chord information you supplied in the “CHORD” area. The exact phrasing of your arpeggios depends on the order in which you press the keys.
If you start pressing these “string” keys right after switching on the G-70 (and before specifying a chord), the Guitar mode sounds the basic pitches of the six strings (i.e. E-A-D-G-B-E). As soon as you play a chord in the “CHORD” area, however, the G-70 memorizes and uses it until you play a different chord.
(7) Play a different chord in the “CHORD” area and
again use the “string” keys (in the “ARPEGGIO” area) to sound the constituent notes.
Additional ARPEGGIO functions
The keys indicated in the previous illustration corre­spond to the natural behavior of a guitar. But there are other things you can do in the “ARPEGGIO” area (most of these functions involve the black keys of the “ARPEGGIO” area):
Lowest chord note Strum down slow (6 strings) Strum down slow (4 strings)
Fifth of the chord (Ab4)—
last chord you specified (the G of a “C” chord, for exam­ple). Consider combining it with the next function for popular guitar licks based on the alternation between the root and the fifth. (You can also play them together, of course.)
Root of the chord (Bb4)—
key always sounds the root note of the last chord you specified, i.e. a C for a “C” chord, an E for an “E” chord, etc.
This key plays the fifth of the
Unlike the B3 or the F#4, this
Leaving the G-70’s Guitar mode
To leave the Guitar mode, press any EASY SETTING (
[ARR], [ORGAN]
(
[SPLIT]
or
or
[WHOLE]
[PIANO]
) or KBD MODE button
), or the
[Off÷On]
switch icon on the
GUITAR MODE page (to select “Off”). Alternatively, you can select a User Program that
doesn’t use the Guitar mode.
Selecting guitar sounds
Now that you know how to use some of the Guitar functions, let’s try these techniques with different sounds. Additional playing techniques are discussed under “Using the available STRUMM techniques” on p. 5.
(1) Simultaneously press the EASY SETTING
[PIANO]
buttons.
Note:
You can also select this page by pressing
→ [GUITAR¥MODE]
Guitar mode on using the
. In that case, you may need to switch the
[Off/On]
switch icon (see below).
The indicators of these two buttons light and the dis­play changes to:
[ARR]
[MENU]
and
button
Root of the chord Fifth of the chord Lowest chord note
(1) Play a chord in the keyboard area called “CHORD”
in the display.
(2) Press one of the following keys to use the “effect”
assigned to it:
Lowest chord note (B3 & F#4)—
sound the lowest note of the chords you play in the “CHORD” area. Here’s an example: if you play a “C” chord using the C-E-G keys, this function sounds a C. If you play that same chord using G-C-E, this function sounds a G.
Strum down slow (6 strings) (C#4)—
six strings to sound more or less at the same time. Later on, you will discover there is also a “fast” variety where all strings are hit almost simultaneously. “Down”, by the way, means that the simulated plectrum (or thumb/fin­ger) moves from the upper part of the guitar (the low E string) towards the floor.
Strum down slow (4 strings) (Eb4)—
the above, except that only four notes are played.
These keys allow you to
This key causes all
This is similar to
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The
[Off÷On]
switch icon allows you switch the Guitar mode on or off. If you selected this page by pressing EASY SETTING
(2) Press the
[ARR]
[ELECTRIC]
+
[PIANO]
or
[ACOUSTIC]
, it is already set to on.
switch icon to specify whether you need an electric or an acoustic guitar.
This is an important choice to make, because it deter­mines which guitar sounds can be selected (electric or acoustic ones).
(3) Select the desired sound (see the upper left corner)
with the
[DATA÷ENTRY]
dial or the
[DEC]/[INC]
but-
tons.
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The possibilities are:
ELECTRIC
01: Jazz Man 02: Open Hard 03: O.H. DstFX 04: Open Hard2 05: O.H.2 OvdFX 06: V Jazz Gtr 07: V Cln Half 08: V Dist. 3 09: V Warm Drv 10: V Power 3 11 Dist Guitar
ACOUSTIC
01: V Nylon 02: V Steel 2 03: V Steel 3 04: V Steel 4 05: V Steel 5 06: V 2 Guitars 07: V Nyl+Steel 08: V Nyl+Stee2
About the chord indications
The GUITAR MODE page contains a “window” that shows you how the chords you play on the keyboard are transformed into guitar chords. The small numbers refer to the lowest fret being used. An “x” means that the string in question doesn’t sound (guitarists sometimes use only four or three strings for their chords). And finally: the strings are shown from high E (top) to low E (bottom) – that’s how guitar tablatures are usually printed. The guitar neck has therefore been turned upside down.
Using the available STRUMM techniques
While the “ARPEGGIO” area essentially provides func­tions that allow you to “compose” your own guitar parts in realtime, the “STRUMM” area contains a series of presets for various strumming techniques. “Strum­ming”, as you may know, means that all guitar strings are played more or less simultaneously using a plec­trum or one’s fingers.
All functions discussed below use the chords you spec­ify in the “CHORD” area (see above). Here are the keys that make up the “STRUMM” section:
C5 F6
Play chords here Select strumming patterns
The keys to the right of the “STRUMM” area can be used to play the UP3 part. This allows you to alternate between a guitar part and another instrument. (The LW1, LW2, and MBS parts can always be played via the “CHORD” area. The only thing you need to do is to switch them on.)
Note:
As stated earlier, UP1 and UP2 are not available in Guitar
mode, because they are used as guitar parts.
Note:
The G-70’s Arranger can also be used and controlled while Guitar mode is active, so that the chords you play with your left hand are used both by the G-70’s Arranger and its Guitar mode functionality.
(1) Select the required guitar type (ELECTRIC or
ACOUSTIC) and the desired sound.
See “Selecting guitar sounds”.
(2) Play a chord in the keyboard area called “CHORD”
in the display.
(3) Press one of the following keys to specify how your
virtual guitar should be played.
here
The lowest “STRUMM” key is called “C5”, the black key next to it “C#5”, etc.
Some of the keys mentioned below produce two effects: one when you press (“e”) them, another when you release (“a”) them. Entries without those symbols are “one-way” and therefore only trigger an effect when you press them.
Down fast (C5)—This key causes all six strings to sound at the same time. This is the fast version of the strum­ming pattern mentioned earlier. (The slow version can also be played using the F#5 key.)
e Down fast/a up fast (C#5)—Pressing this key trig- gers a fast downward strum. “Down” means that the simulated plectrum (or thumb/finger) moves from the lowest to the highest string (i.e. towards the lower part of the guitar). Releasing this key will trigger an upward strum (in the opposite direction).
Up fast (D5)—This key causes all six strings to sound at the same time, this time from the highest to the lowest string.
e Down fast mute/a up fast (Eb5)—Here is another downward strum that is muted almost instantly when you press this key. Guitarists achieve this effect by put­ting their hand on all strings. When you release this key, your virtual guitar plays an upward strum, which is not muted.
e Down fast/a up fast mute (E5)—This is the oppo- site of the previous pattern: the upward strum is muted, while the downward is not.
Down fast mute (F5)—This key triggers a downward strum that is muted almost instantly.
Down slow (F#5)—This key yields the same effect as the C#4 (in the “ARPEGGIO” area).
Down fast mute + knock (G5)—Here is a more elabo- rate technique, especially suited for acoustic guitars: a downward strum that is muted almost instantly and accompanied by a “knocking” sound.
Up slow (Ab5)—This is a slow upward strum.
Down slow mute (A5)—Here’s a slightly slower down-
ward strum that is muted.
e Down fast 4/a up fast mute 4 (Bb5)—Here again is a two-way technique. This one, however, only uses the highest 4 strings.
Power chords 3 (B5)—This pattern is intended for elec- tric guitar sounds, usually also with some distortion. Only the lowest 3 strings are “played”.
Down fast 4 (C6)—Here’s another downward strum that only uses the highest 4 strings.
e Down fast 4/a up fast 4 (C#6)—Again a combined strumming pattern. Here, too, only the highest 4 strings are used.
Up fast 4 (D6)—An upward strum based on 4 strings.
e Down fast mute 4/a up fast 4 (Eb6)—Again 4 sim-
ulated strings that are strummed in two directions. The downward strum is muted.
e Down fast 4/a up fast mute 4 (E6)—This is the opposite of the previous pattern: here, the fast upward strum is muted.
Down fast mute (F6)—And finally a “one-way” pattern that produces a fast downward strum, which is muted.
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Playing question and answer phrases
It is also possible to temporarily “remove” the Guitar function from the keyboard and to play the UP3 in the entire right half (i.e. to temporarily deactivate the ARPEGGIO and STRUMM areas). After some practice, this should allow you to alternate between a guitar and another melodic instrument part.
(1) Use the PART ON/OFF buttons to switch on the
part you want to play instead of the Guitar section.
UP3 would be an obvious choice.
(2) While the Guitar mode is active, switch off the
PART ON/OFF [UP1] button.
KEYBOARD PART
TONE ASSIGN
MBS LW 2 LW 1
The EASY SETTING [ARR] and [PIANO] indicators flash to signal that the Guitar mode is being bypassed.
(3) Play on the keyboard.
Now, the UP3 part sounds (UP1 and UP2 are not available).
(4) Switch on the PART ON/OFF [UP1] button to restore
the G-70’s Guitar mode and play the next guitar bit.
To leave the Guitar mode, press any EASY SETTING ([ARR], [ORGAN] or [PIANO]) or KBD MODE button ([SPLIT] or ([WHOLE]), or the [Off÷On] switch icon on the GUITAR MODE page (to select “Off”).
Alternatively, you can select a User Program that doesn’t use the Guitar mode.
UP 3 UP 2 UP 1
PART ON/OFF
Guitar Mode Options
There are additional functions you can set to fine-tune your virtual guitar’s behavior. Using the DOUBLING sec­tion, you can even add a second guitar sound.
(1) On the “GUITAR MODE” page, press the [OPTIONS]
field.
The display changes to:
(2) Press the switch icon of the parameter you want to
switch on or off. Use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial (or [DEC]/[INC] buttons) to set the STEREO WIDTH parameter.
Here is what the parameters mean and do:
RETRIGGER—This parameter allows you to specify whether the arpeggio notes of the key(s) you are press­ing in the “ARPEGGIO” or “STRUMM” area are replayed again when you play another chord in the “CHORD” area. This function is on by default.
CHORD OFF MUTING—Switch this function on when you want to mute the virtual guitar strings by releasing all keys in the “CHORD” area. That way, your left hand can be used for occasional “mute” instances whose effect is similar to the one obtained with any of the “mute” patterns in the “STRUMM” area.
“V” NOISES—Guitar parts usually also contain gentle squeaking and sliding noises. Use this function to add such noises to your virtual guitar parts (or to switch them off if you don’t like them).
ADAPT CHORD—Switch this parameter on if your virtual guitar should adapt its chord voicings to the inversions you play in the “CHORD” area. As you know, each chord can be played in a variety of ways on a keyboard and a guitar. Though the Guitar mode always voices its chord in a typical guitar fashion (even when this parameter is off), you may need even more flexibility than this basic system can provide. In that case, switch on this parame­ter and try out different inversions to discover how that affects your guitar.
AUTO SUSTAIN—When this function is on (default set- ting), all guitar notes you trigger using the “ARPEGGIO” keys have a longer decay. If you switch it off, the notes are a lot shorter.
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HOLD PEDAL—This function only works if you connect an optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch to the HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket. The pedal’s behavior depends on whether [AUTO¥SUSTAIN] is on or off. When [AUTO¥SUSTAIN] is on, while [HOLD¥PEDAL] is also on, pressing the Hold pedal temporarily bypasses the [AUTO¥SUSTAIN] setting, and thus causes the guitar notes to have a short decay. If [AUTO¥SUSTAIN] is off, while [HOLD¥PEDAL] is on, pressing the Hold pedal temporarily produces a normal Hold/damper effect.
Note: This Hold function is added to the one that allows you to hold notes played by the active Keyboard parts (MBS, LW2, LW1 and/or UP3), if they have been assigned to that footswitch.
DOUBLING—This section allows you to add a second guitar to the main guitar part. That added guitar uses the same sound as your main guitar. The purpose of this added guitar is to create the impression that the guitar part is played by two musicians.
STEREO WIDTH—(0~50) This parameter allows you to specify the distance between the two guitars in the ste­reo sound field. The higher the value, the further they are panned to the left and right sides respectively.
(3) Press the [Back] field to return to the “GUITAR
MODE” page, or the [EXIT] button to return to the main page.
Note: All GUITAR MODE settings can be written to a User Pro­gram and recalled at a later stage.
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Style Converter
The G-70’s Style Converter is an easy and intuitive tool for creating your own Music Styles based on one of your own songs or a Standard MIDI File created by someone else. In either case, it is enough to play back the Standard MIDI File once to transfer its data into the G-70’s song RAM memory where you can use the Style Converter. You may want to edit the song before con­verting parts of it into a Music Style.
General considerations
Here are a few guidelines for converting song parts to a Music Style:
• The Music Style created using the Style Converter can be used in Arranger mode (not in 16-track Sequencer mode).
• Music Styles are accompaniment patterns. If the new Style should be generally usable (i.e. for any song of a given genre), try avoid chord changes in the “basic” patterns (MAIN [1]~[4]). Remember that you can transpose your Styles in realtime by playing different chords in the chord recognition area. Also, it is usu­ally wiser not to include the melody in your conver­sion.
• Try to isolate the passages and parts that are really typical of the song.
• Transitions, rolls, etc., should be converted to Fill-Ins. The intro should be converted to an Intro pattern.
• For a really professional result, you will also have to take advantage of the G-70’s Style Composer to ensure that your new Style also “works” for minor and seventh chords.
• Though pattern length (and memory capacity) is no issue, try to work in small but meaningful units. Here’s an example: most songs rely on a structure based on 4-measure blocks. Converting 6 measures is thus a bit odd (though perfectly possible).
• Prepare a simple pattern for MAIN [1] and increas­ingly complex accompaniments for the remaining patterns.
• Always set the correct KEY (page 9). Only then will the Style really work as expected when used with the G-70’s Arranger.
• Your new Style resides in the G-70 Style RAM mem­ory. Do not forget to save it before selecting another Style (in Arranger mode) or switching off the G-70.
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Commercially available Standard MIDI Files are pro­tected by a copyright. Please note that the Style Converter should only be used to create Music Styles for private use. Roland assumes no responsibility for copyright infringements that may result from the use of the Style Converter.
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Using the Style Converter
(1) Select and load a (different) song.
This is not necessary if you want to use the song you have just recorded or played back.
In any case, you should listen to it and try to isolate the eight tracks whose parts should be included in your new Music Style.
(2) Press the RECORDER [16-TRACK¥SEQUENCER] but-
ton.
16-TRACK
SEQUENCER
The display changes to:
Note: If you assign several song tracks to the same Style track, a bullet (“”) appears next to the Style track name in the table to indicate that the Style track in question is already assigned to another song track. (Though this is perfectly possible, the result is usually not convincing.)
If necessary, press the [INIT¥VALUE] field to return to the default assignments if that produces the best result after all.
Auditioning the tracks
Press the [Jump≈to≈1st≈note] field to jump to the first note of the selected song track (the one that appears on a blue background). Playback starts automatically from that point and you will hear all song tracks. Press the RECORDER [PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª] button to stop playback (or to start it again).
Note: If the selected track contains no data at all, playback is started from the very first song measure.
Muting tracks
Sometimes, it may be necessary to mute certain parts so as to concentrate on what the other tracks do, and to decide which tracks should be converted into a Music Style. To do so, press the [MUTE] field and then the lines of the song tracks you don’t want to hear. Such tracks are flagged with an “M”.
Press the [MUTE] field again to switch off the func­tion of the same name.
(3) Press the [STYLE¥CONVERTER] field in the right col-
umn.
(4) You may also have to press the [SETUP] button icon
to select the page shown above (if “CONVERT” is currently active).
This page allows you to select the song tracks that should become Style tracks. Remember that a song may contain up to 16 tracks, while a Music Style “only” provides eight.
The default assignments of song tracks to the Style tracks (see the illustration above, last column in the list) are made automatically. Though based on com­mon sense, they may not yield the desired accompa­niment pattern. As a rule, you should always listen carefully.
(5) To correct one or several of the default assign-
ments, proceed as follows:
• Press one of the green fields to select the Style track. Those are the tracks that make up your Music style to be.
• Next, use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC] buttons to select a song track in the list to the left.
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To listen to one track in isolation, press the [SOLO] field and the field of the track you want to solo, then start playback. This mutes all other tracks, while the selected track is flagged with an “S”.
Press the [SOLO] field again to switch off the func­tion of the same name.
(6) Press the [CONVERT] field to jump to the following
page.
Here, you can listen to the selected tracks, specify which excerpt should be extracted and set the pat­terns that should contain the selected data. The most logical order for proceeding is as follows:
(7) Press the RECORDER [TOP¥|√] button, followed by
[PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª] to start song playback. [FWD] and [BWD] are also available for rewinding and
fast-forwarding.
(8) While listening to the song, press the [MARK¥A]
field at the beginning of first measure to be con­verted, and [MARK¥B] when the G-70 reaches the last measure you need.
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