Roland MV 8000 Service Manual

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Version 2.0

Owner’s Manual

This manual explains how to use an MV-8000 in which “System Program Version 2.00” (included with the MV8-VGA) is installed.

The main contents of this manual are:

• Items shown in the external display

• Operations using the mouse

• New functionality and changes added to the MV-8000 owner's manual

Please read this manual in conjunction with the original MV-8000 owner's manual.

About the Symbols and icons in this manual

• Text in square brackets [ ] refers to buttons on the panel of the MV-8000.

Buttons indicated as [F1 (Sample)] refer to the F1 (function 1) button when the F1 function shown in the LCD is “Sample.”

• Where a range of values is shown, the default value is printed in bold type.

For example, an indication of Range: 60 , 67, 72, 75 (Hz) means that 60 Hz is the default value.

Indicates information that you should be aware of when using the MV-8000.

Indicates a convenient operation or useful music production technique.

Indicates supplementary information about an operation.

Indicates a reference page.

Indicates an explanation of a term.

Indicates operation from the MV-8000’s top panel.

Indicates operation from the Mouse and the external VGA display.

• Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (Owner’s Manual p. 2), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (Owner’s Manual p. 3), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (Owner’s Manual p. 5). These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Quick Start and Owner’s Manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference.

• The explanations in this manual include illustrations that depict what should typically

be shown by the display. Note, however, that your unit may incorporate a newer, enhanced version of the system (e.g., includes newer sounds), so what you actually see in the display may not always match what appears in the manual.

2004 Roland Corporation

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Contents

Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8000 ..........4

The newly added VGA/MOUSE screen................................................................................................. 4

Using the two operating modes, the display, and the mouse.............................................................. 5

Switching between the two operating modes............................................................................. 5

Mouse........................................................................................................................................................... 6

About the mouse ............................................................................................................................. 6

Basic operation ................................................................................................................................ 6

Mouse operations............................................................................................................................ 8

Screen Section............................................................................................................................................ 10

SEQUENCE screen........................................................................................................................ 10

Operation section...................................................................................................................................... 22

Quick Tour .....................................................................................................................................22

Using the mouse to edit sequence data...................................................................................... 25

Using the mouse to edit a MIDI track (PIANO ROLL EDIT screen)..................................... 26

Step Recording............................................................................................................................... 28

Changes in Sampling and Importing ..................................................29

Sampling .................................................................................................................................................... 29

Importing................................................................................................................................................... 32

Importing the WAV or AIFF files ............................................................................................... 32

Importing the Standard MIDI Files ............................................................................................ 37

Importing from various CD-ROM libraries ..............................................................................38

Check multiple samples you have captured............................................................................. 40

Quick Assign ............................................................................................................................................. 41

Assigning a sampled sound a patch (partial) ........................................................................... 41

Assigning a sampled sound an audio phrase ........................................................................... 41

Assigning a patch (partial) by chopping a sample................................................................... 42

Assign multiple samples as partials........................................................................................... 43

Assign multiple samples as audio phrases ............................................................................... 44

Changes in Sample Edit .......................................................................45

Truncating ................................................................................................................................................. 45

Truncating a sample used by a partial’s SMT........................................................................... 45

Truncating a sample used by an audio phrase......................................................................... 46

Added the AUDIO PHRASE SAMPLE EDIT screen ..........................................................................49

Deleting the sample along with the partial (Delete Partial)............................................................... 50

Deleting the sample along with the audio phrase (Delete Audio Phrase)....................................... 51

Deleting the sample along with the patch (Delete Patch) .................................................................. 52

Assigning a partial to pads in a pitched scale (Set Chromatic) .........................................................53

Changes in recording and editing sequences ...................................55

Selecting a region quickly (Quick Region)............................................................................................ 55

The selected region in the SEQUENCE EDIT screen............................................................... 55

the selected region in the PIANO ROLL EDIT screen............................................................. 55

Initiate recording when a note message is received............................................................................ 56

Step-recording for the length of an audio phrase................................................................................56

Combining multiple MIDI tracks into one (Merge Tracks)................................................................ 57

Extracting specific note events (Split Notes) ........................................................................................ 58

Inserting blank measures at the specified time (Insert Measure)...................................................... 60

Using shortcuts to execute editing commands ....................................................................................61

Using shortcuts to switch the step time ................................................................................................61

Changes in Mixdown and Mastering...................................................62

Mixdown.................................................................................................................................................... 62

Mastering................................................................................................................................................... 63

Using the MV-8000 with external devices...........................................65

Using the MV-8000 in Multitimbre Sampler Mode............................................................................. 65

Playing the MV-8000 from an externally-connected sequencer............................................. 65

Recording your velocity pad performance on an externally-connected sequencer .......................66

Synchronized operation with external devices (Slave)....................................................................... 69

Additional parameters in the SYNC screen .............................................................................. 69

Added the R-BUS screen.............................................................................................................. 70

Receive and synchronize to MIDI Clock ................................................................................... 71

Receive and synchronize to MTC ............................................................................................... 72

Use the MIDI IN connector of the DIF-AT24 .......................................................................................73

Changes in the others ..........................................................................74

Directly selecting a pad bank ([PAD BANKS]+Pad 1–16).................................................................. 74

Using the velocity pads to switch Track Mute and Solo .................................................................... 74

Starting a new song with your favorite settings (User Track Template) ......................................... 75

Saving a User Track Template..................................................................................................... 75

Using a user track template to create a song............................................................................. 76

Saving a song in SMF format (Save As SMF) .......................................................................................76

Note regarding saving to SMF ....................................................................................................77

Viewing the PATCH LIBRARY popup in the INSTRUMENTS screen............................................ 77

Copy or move entire folders ................................................................................................................... 77

Changes in MIDI Filter parameter......................................................................................................... 78

Changes in GLOBAL screen ...................................................................................................................78

Prevent the hard disk from being formatted (HD Format Protect parameter).................... 78

Adjusting the volume of the entire sampler ............................................................................. 78

Memo......................................................................................................79

Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8000

If the MV8-VGA is installed in the MV-8000, you can connect an external display (VGA) and the included mouse, and perform operations from the external display.

Even when you are using an external display to operate the MV-8000, you can also view information on the MV-8000’s built-in LCD screen.

The newly added VGA/MOUSE screen

This screen lets you make settings for the external display and mouse if the MV8-VGA (sold separately) is installed.

fig.vga-mouse-screen

In order to operate the MV-

8000 using an external display,

the MV-8000’s system program

version must be 2.00 or higher.

Color Theme

You can select the combination of colors used in the external display. Select your favorite color scheme from the following choices.

Range

Default

Mint Slate Moss Green Purple Orchid Copper Grass Tan Violet Gray

Refresh Rate

Sets the rate at which the monitor re-draws it image. Range: 60 , 67, 72, 75 (Hz)

H Position and V Position

Adjust the H Position (Horizontal Position) and the V Position (Vertical Position) parameters if you’d like to shift the image on your VGA monitor.

Refresh Rate

60 67 -5– 0 –5 -21– 0 –22 72 -5– 0 –5 -18– 0 –19 75 -5– 0 –5 -8– 0 –9

Pointer Speed

Sets how fast the mouse’s cursor moves. Range: 1 (Slow)–5–9 (Quick)

Chocolate

Magenta

H Position V Position

-3– 0 –4 -14– 0 –14

If you select a value the

monitor doesn’t support,

image quality may be poor,

and damage to the monitor

may result.

Depending on the H Position

or V Position settings, the

image shown in the external

display may be distorted. If the

external display you're using

has settings for adjusting the

image position, make

adjustments first on the

external display.

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Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8000

Using the two operating modes, the display, and the mouse

Here’s how to tell whether the current screen for operations is the external display or the built-in LCD.

When the external display shows the “MV-8000 logo”

In this state you use the MV-8000’s panel and its own built-in LCD to perform operations. The external display and mouse cannot be used for operations.

When the MV-8000’s LCD indicates “VGA MODE”

A 640 x 480 pixel color screen will appear on the external display, and you can operate the MV-8000 from the external display (VGA mode). You can use the front panel to perform the same operations as before, and also operate the MV-8000 using the included mouse. The MV-8000’s LCD will indicate the status of the tracks and the samples assigned to the velocity pads.

Switching between the two operating modes

Here’s how to select either the external display or the built-in LCD as the screen in which you will operate the MV-8000.

Press

The SYSTEM MENU screen will appear.

With the cursor located in the lower row of icons, press (VGA/Mouse). Alternatively, you can select the VGA/MOUSE icon and press .

The VGA/MOUSE screen will appear.

Press (VGA-LCD).

From the menu bar, click “SYSTEM” ➔ “VGA/Mouse.”

The VGA/MOUSE screen will appear.

You can press the [SHIFT] +

[EXIT] buttons to switch the

operating mode from the

external display to the internal

LCD. You can’t use this

method to switch from the

internal LCD to the external

display.

Click .

You will be able to operate in the built-in LCD.

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Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8000

Mouse

You can use the included mouse to operate the on-screen knobs and buttons, or the sequence data in the play list.

When you move the mouse, the mouse pointer (the arrow symbol) will move in the screen. By placing the mouse pointer on a button or knob and pressing (clicking) the mouse button you can perform various operations depending on the selected item.

About the mouse

The included mouse is a wheel mouse.

Wheel

Left-button

Right-button

In order to use the mouse, the

MV-8000’s system program

must be version 2.00 or higher.

Mouse operations can be used

only in the external display.

The included mouse is an

optical mouse. It may not

function correctly on some

surfaces, so be sure to use it on

the included mouse pad.

Basic operation

Basic mouse operations are:

• Use the mouse pointer to indicate a button or knob in the screen (“point”)

• Press the mouse button (“click”)

• Turn the mouse wheel

Point

Move the tip of the mouse pointer to a button or knob shown in the screen. This is called “pointing” at the button or knob.

Click

Point to a button or knob in the screen; then press and release the mouse button once.

In some cases you will be specifically told to “right-click,” which means to click using the right mouse button.

Double-click

Point to an on-screen button or knob, and rapidly press the mouse button twice.

The wheel can also be clicked

Operating the wheel

Turn the wheel toward or away from yourself. After clicking on a numerical parameter, you can turn the wheel to

raise or lower the value. The wheel can be used only for numerical parameters; it cannot be used to operate buttons or knobs.

ust like the left or right

uttons, but the MV-8000 does

not use this action.

Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8000

Drag

Move the mouse while holding down the mouse button.

For example by dragging an event shown in a play list, you can change the starting time or the track of that event. By dragging a knob you can change its setting.

Drag&Drop

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Press

Move while holding down

Drag, and then release the mouse button at the desired location.

The sequence data or knob you dragged will move to the position at which you released the button.

Release your finger from the button

Press

Move while holding down

Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8000

Mouse operations

Here’s how to operate the buttons and knobs shown in the screen.

Menu Bar

Click an item in the menu bar, and a list showing the contents of that item will appear. In the list, click the desired item.

Buttons

You can click on “buttons” shown in the screen to execute various operations or to select parameters.

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Sliders

Sliders are used to continuously vary a value. Point to the knob of a slider, and drag it up or down.

Knobs

Knobs are used to continuously vary a value. Point to a knob, and drag it horizontally.

Numerical boxes

Numerical boxes are used to make detailed changes in the value of a parameter. Click a numerical value to highlight it, and turn the wheel forward or backward to change the value.

Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8000

Name editor

This is a popup window used to input names in various screens. Input the desired name by using the mouse to click the buttons.

Name

Insert button

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Capital Lock button

Shift button

Name Keyboard Use these buttons to select the characters you want to input.

Insert button

Capital Lock button

Shift button

Cursor button

Keyboard

Cursor button

Explanation

This is the area in which you will input the name.

This button switches between Insert input mode and Overwrite input mode. Insert input mode is selected when the button is in the inward position; the characters you select will be input at the cursor position, and any subsequent characters will be moved toward the right. In Overwrite input mode, any previously-input characters will be overwritten by the characters you input.

This button switches between uppercase (Caps) and lowercase characters. Uppercase (Caps) input is selected when the button is in the inward position; only uppercase characters will be input from the keyboard.

This button temporarily switches the type of characters that will be input from the keyboard. Clicking the keyboard when the Shift button is in the inward position will defeat the Shift button.

These buttons change the position at which characters from the keyboard will be input.

Screen Section

SEQUENCE screen

Launcher Block

Tr acklist Area

Tr ansport Block

Tools Area

Menu Bar

Ruler Area

Playlist Area

Inspector Area

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Transport Block

fig.transport-block1

Step Time

Marker button

Locator button

Step button (Rewind/Forward)

Marker button (Previous/Next)

Preview button (To/From)

Event button (Previous/Next)

Top button

Meas button (Rewind/Forward)

Stop button

Play button

REC button

Step REC button

Function Button Block

Explanation

This indicates the range of movement that will occur when you press the step buttons (Rewind/Forward). You can click this area to see a list of the available movement ranges.

The MARKER popup will appear.

The LOCATOR popup will appear.

These buttons return or advance the current time location by the range specified in Step Time.

These buttons move the current time location to the next or previous recorded marker.

These buttons audition a several-second portion (specified by Preview Length) before or after the current time location.

These buttons move the current time location to the next or previous recorded event.

Return to the start of the current song (0001-01-000).

These buttons move the current time location forward or backward in one-measure steps.

To stop the sequencer.

To play the sequencer.

The RECORD PARAMETER popup will appear. Here you can make preparations for recording data into the sequencer.

The STEP REC popup will appear. Starts the step recording.

REC Parameter button

Song Position Bar

fig.transport-block2

Mixdown Mode button

Sync Mode button

Current Time Location

Explanation

The RECORD PARAMETER popup will appear.

The entire length of this bar corresponds to the length of the current song, and the scrollbar handle indicates the current time location. You can move the current time location by dragging or clicking the scrollbar handle.

Explanation

This switches the mixdown mode. If you record while this is on, the current song will be mixed down.

Here you can switch the synchronization mode.

This area indicates the current time location in “measures - beats - ticks.” You can click a numerical field and change the time.

This area indicates the current time location in “hours : minutes : seconds . frames.”

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fig.transport-block3

BPM (Tempo)

Tempo Track Switch

Time Signature

Auto Punch button

Auto Punch In/Out

Loop button

Loop Start/End

Metronome Mode

Loop Quick Set button

Loop Quick Set Length

Launcher Block

fig.launcher-block1

Explanation

This indicates the tempo at the current time location. If the tempo track is off, you can click this value and change the tempo.

You can click this area to switch the Tempo Track On ( )/Off ( ).

Display the time signature of the current song.

This button switch the Auto Punch function On/Off.

This area indicates the auto punch-in time (at left) and auto punch-out time (at right). You can click a numerical field and change the time.

This button switch the Loop function On/Off.

This area indicates the loop-start time (at left) and loop-end time (at right). You can click a numerical field and change the time.

Specifies when the metronome signal will be output.

This button makes the playback loop from the beginning of the current beat for the length specified by the Loop Quick Set Length setting.

This indicates the loop length that will be used when you press the Loop Quick Set button. You can click this to see a list of the available loop lengths.

Sampling button

Import button

Instruments button

Audio Phrases button

Quick Edit button

Pad Banks button

Explanation

The SAMPLING popup will appear. Here you can make settings and execute sampling.

The IMPORT popup will appear. Here you can import data from the hard disk or a CD.

The INSTRUMENTS popup will appear. Here you can edit or make settings for instruments.

The AUDIO PHRASES popup will appear. Here you can edit or make settings for audio phrases.

Here you can edit the audio phrases or the partials of the current track.

The PAD BANKS popup will appear. Here you can switch the pad bank of the velocity pads.

Pad Bank Number/Name

fig.launcher-block2

Effects button

Effect Section Selector

Mixer button

Mixer Section Selector

Region In/Out button

Region In/Out point

Explanation

Display the current pad bank and pad name. If the tempo track is off, you can click this value and change the tempo.

Explanation

The EFFECTS popup will appear. Here you can make settings for the built-in MFX, Delay/Chorus and Reverb.

This selects the effect module (MFX, delay/chorus, reverb) that will be controlled by the C1–C3 knobs.

The MIXER popup will appear. Here you can adjust the volume and panning of the audio tracks and instrument parts.

This displays mixer sections which can be controlled by the eight sliders on the MV-8000’s panel. A list of the available mixer sections will appear when you click this.

The available mixer sections are:

• Audio Track 1–8

• Instrument Part 1–8

• Instrument Part 9–16

• AUX1–4/Effect Return/Audio Phrase/Input

• Assignable sliders

This button specifies the current time location as region-in (beginning of the selected region) or regionout (end of the selected region).

This area indicates the region-in time (at left) and region-out time (at right). You can click a numerical field and change the time.

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Playlist Block

Inspector Area (When the current track is MIDI track)

Quantize Type=

Off

Grid

Shuffle

Template

Explanation

Current Track Number/Name

Output Assign (Instrument)

Output Assign (MIDI)

Quantize Type

Strength

Resolution

Rate

Template

Velocity

Display the current track number and current track name.

This indicates the instrument part played by the current track. If you click this area, show the list of the instrument part.

Specifies the MIDI connector and channel used for MIDI output of the data from the MIDI track.

Display the setting of quantization of the current track.

Display the strength of quantization. You can click the numerical value to edit the strength. (This is displayed when the Quantize Type is set to Grid or Shuffle.)

Display the quantization timing. You can click the numerical value to edit the resolution. (This is displayed when the Quantize Type is set to Grid or Shuffle.)

This indicates the amount of “swing” that will be applied when the Quantize Type is set to Shuffle. You can click the numerical value to edit the rate.

This indicates the template name that will be applied when the Quantize Type is set to Template. You can click the template name to show the template list and select the other template.

This indicates the strength of the velocity correction that will be applied when the Quantize Type is set to Template. You can click the numerical value to edit the velocity.

Inspector Area (When the current track is Audio Track)

Explanation

Current Track Number/Name

Output Assign

Display the current track number and current track name.

Specifies the output connector from which the audio recorded on the track will be output.

Tools Area

Explanation

This indicates the type of events that will be displayed in the SEQUENCE screen or in the EVENT LIST

View Filter

popup window. By clicking an icon you can specify whether that type of event will be displayed (white) or will be hidden (black).

Expand Track List

Area button

Piano Roll button

Event List button

Snap button

Grid Resolution

Arrow button

Range button

Eraser button

Undo/Redo button

Ruler Area

fig.ruler-

This expands the track list area display.

The PIANO ROLL EDIT popup will appear. This is available when the current track is a MIDI track.

The EVENT LIST popup will appear. This is available when the current track is a MIDI track.

If this is on, clicking in the play list or ruler will automatically select a suitable location (such as the beginning of a measure). Since the interval of this division is specified by the Grid Resolution setting, you can use this feature to “snap” your selection to precise units of beats or measures.

This indicates the unit (the level of detail) that can be selected with the mouse pointer when using the Snap function. By clicking the numerical value you can specify whether that list of resolution will be displayed.

This switches the mouse pointer to Arrow mode. Use this when you want to select a range of events in the play list. All events included in the mouse selection will be selected even if they extend beyond the range.

This switches the mouse pointer to Range mode. Use this when you want to select a range of events in the play list. The range selected by the mouse will be the actual selected range.

This switches the mouse pointer to Eraser mode. In Eraser mode, you can click an event in the play list to delete it.

You can click this button to cancel (UNDO) the results of an editing command in sequencer section. If you then click the button again, you can cancel the UNDO (i.e., REDO).

Tempo Change

Event

Current Time

Region of Auto Punch In/Out

Locator

Marker

Selected Region

Region of Loop

Explanation

This indicates the location of a change in tempo and time signature.

The current time is indicated by a red line.

This indicates the region (red) in which Record mode will be enabled automatically.

These are locators placed in the song. You can place up to 10 locators in a song. The desired time location can be stored in any Locator number.

These are markers placed in the song. You can place up to 99 markers in a song. Markers are automatically numbered in ascending order according to their time location.

This indicates the region of time you selected by dragging the mouse, etc.

The enclosed region (blue) will loop.

Right-click on the Ruler Area

fig.ruler-area2

Tracklist Area

1 Locator

The LOCATOR popup will appear. You can specify a locator number and register a time locationi for it.

2 Tempo Track

The TEMPO TRACK popup will appear. The tempo track lets you specify the tempo and time signature.

3 Add Marker

This adds a marker at the current time location.

4 Add Tempo Change Event...

The ADD TEMPO CHANGE EVENT popup will appear. Here you can input or edit tempo events.

5 Clear Marker

Erase Marker in place which carried out the right-click.

6 Clear Locator

Erase Locator in place which carried out the right-click.

7 Clear Tempo Change Event

Erase Tempo Change Event in place which carried out the right-click.

8 Set Selected Region to Loop

This sets the selected region as the Loop region.

9 Set Selected Region to Auto Punch

This sets the selected region as the Auto Punch region.

Track Number

Track Type Icon

Track Name

Track Move Up/

Down button

All Track Select but-

ton

Output Assign

(Instrument)

Output Assign

(MIDI)

Output Assign (Au-

dio)

Mute button

Solo button

Record button

All Track Mute Off button

All Track Solo Off button

Track Parameter button

Explanation

Display the Track number. You can click here to make that number the current track.

This indicates the type of track. You can click here to select or de-select that track.

Display the name of the track. When you double-click here, the EDIT TRACK NAME popup window will appear, allowing you to edit the name of the track.

You can click these to move the current track upward or downward (i.e., change their order).

Click this to select or de-select all tracks.

This indicates the instrument part played by the current track.

Specifies the MIDI connector and channel used for MIDI output of the data from the MIDI track.

Specifies the output connector from which the audio recorded on the track will be output.

Click this to turn Mute on (yellow) or off.

Click this to turn Solo on (light blue) or off.

Click this to switch the current track.

Click this to defeat Mute for all tracks.

Click this to defeat Solo for all tracks.

Click this to display the TRACK PARAMETER popup window for the corresponding track.

Right-click on the Tracklist Area

fig.tracklist-area2

Playlist Area

1 Add MIDI Tracks...

The ADD MIDI TRACKS popup will appear. Add one or more MIDI tracks for recording data in your current song.

2 Add Audio Tracks...

The ADD AUDIO TRACKS popup will appear. Add one or more Audio tracks for recording data in your current song.

3 Delete Tracks...

The DELETE TRACKS popup will appear. Here you can delete the tracks.

4 Merge Tracks...

The MERGE TRACKS popup will appear. Here you can combine multiple MIDI tracks into a single track.

5 Insert Measure...

The INSERT MEASURE popup will appear. Here you can insert blank measures at the specified measure location.

6 Erase All Events

Deletes the all events of current track. A confirmation message will appear before the data is erased.

7 Track Name...

The EDIT TRACK NAME popup will appear. You can change the name of the track.

8 Track Parameter

The TRACK PARAMETER popup will appear.

9 Select All Tracks

Select or de-select all tracks.

10 All Mute Off

Defeat Mute for all tracks.

11 All Solo Off

Defeat Solo for all tracks.

MIDI Event

Audio Event

Zoom button

Scroll button/bar

Explanation

These boxes indicate MIDI events. They are color-coded according to the assigned instrument part. When you double-click a MIDI event, the PIANO ROLL EDIT popup window will appear.

When you holding down [JUMP] and double-click a MIDI event, the EVENT LIST popup will

appear. These boxes indicate audio events. When you double-click an audio event, the AUDIO EVENT PA-

RAMETER popup window will appear.

These buttons expand (+) or shrink (-) the time axis of the playlist.

Here you can move the displayed portion of the play list along the time axis. Click to move to-

ward the beginning of the song, or click to move toward the end of the song. You can drag the scroll bar to move the current time location accordingly.

Right-click on the Playlist Area

1 Move...

The MOVE popup will appear. Moves the data of the selected region to the specified location.

2 Copy&Paste...

The COPY&PASTE popup will appear. Copies the data of the selected region to the specified location.

3 Copy&Insert...

The COPY&INSERT popup will appear. Inserts the data of the selected region to the specified location.

4 Erase

Deletes the data. The deleted region will be blank.

5 Cut

Deletes the data. Subsequent data will be moved forward.

6 Quantize...

The QUANTIZE popup will appear. Adjust the timing of MIDI note events in the way you specify.

7 Change Velocity...

The CHANGE VELOCITY popup will appear. Changes the velocity of MIDI note events.

8 Change Duration...

The CHANGE DURATION popup will appear. Changes the duration (note length) of MIDI note events.

9 Shift Timing...

The SHIFT TIMING popup will appear. Moves the events of the selected region forward or backward in units of one tick (1/480th of a quarter note).

10 Data Thin...

The DATA THIN popup will appear. Thins-out events of the selected region to reduce the amount of data.

11 Transpose...

The TRANSPOSE popup will appear. Tr ansposes the pitch of note events in the selected region, in units of a semitone.

12 Split notes...

The SPLIT NOTE popup will appear. This lets you extract only specific note events from a track, and move them to a specified other track.

13 Copy As MIDI Clip...

The COPY AS MIDI CLIP popup will appear. Add the specified data to the MIDI clip library.

14 Paste MIDI Clip...

The PASTE MIDI CLIP popup will appear. Paste the MIDI clip from the MIDI clip library into the current song.

15 Copy As Audio Phrase...

The COPY AS AUDIO PHRASE popup will appear. Here you can copy the selected data to the velocity pads.

16 Audio Event Parameter

The COPY AS MIDI CLIP popup will appear. Adjust the parameters of the event of an selected audio track.

● Function Block

Function buttons

Wave Memory meter

Sequence Memory meter

Explanation

The [F1]–[F5] buttons correspond to functions displayed at the bottom of the LCD.

If it is in the state which can do the direct recording, the remaining recordable time and the remaining amount of memory are displayed.

In the state which can do the sequence recording, green meter is displayed. This indicates the amount of sequence data that has been recorded. The numerical value shows the proportion of free area available for recording events into the sequencer.

● Menu Bar

PROJECT

Manage the project and make project setting.

1 Rename Project...

The EDIT PROJECT NAME popup will appear. Assign a name to the project.

2 Set Project Protection...

The SET PROJECT PROTECTION popup will appear. Protect a project saved on disk from being overwritten or deleted.

3 Load Project...

The LOAD PROJECT popup will appear. Load a project, making it the current project.

4 Save Project

"Save Current Project?" message will appear. Save the current project.

5 Save As New Project...

The SAVE AS NEW PROJECT popup will appear. Here you can save the current project under a different name, and then make it the current project.

6 Create New Project...

The CREATE NEW PROJECT popup will appear. Create a new project.

7 Delete Project...

The DELETE PROJECT popup will appear. Delete an unwanted project.

8 Optimize Project

"Optimize Project?" message will appear. This will reorganize the samples used by the current project in order to make the most efficient use of memory.

9 Backup To CD...

The BACKUP PROJECT TO CD popup will appear. Backup the current project to a CD-R/RW disc.

10 Recover From CD...

The RECOVER PROJECT FROM CD popup will appear. Recover (restore) a backed-up project from CD into the MV-8000 with the name you specify.

11 Shutdown

"SHUTDOWN Are you sure?" message will appear. You must execute this operation before powering-off the MV-8000.

SONG

Manage the song and make various settings for the current song.

1 Song Name...

The EDIT SONG NAME popup will appear. You can change the name of the current song.

2 Song Parameter

The SONG PARAMETER popup will appear. Make settings for the current song.

3 Sync

The SYNC popup will appear. Make synchronization settings.

4 Create New Song...

The CREATE NEW SONG popup will appear. Create a new song within the current project.

5 Select Song...

The SELECT SONG popup will appear. Change the current song by recalling the desired song.

6 Delete Song...

The DELETE SONG popup will appear. Delete an unwanted song.

7 Copy As New Song...

The COPY AS NEW SONG popup will appear. Copy the current song, and switch the current song to be the resulting copy.

8 Save As User Template

Save a track structure or loop settings to a song template.

9 Save As SMF...

Save the current song in SMF (Standard MIDI File) format 1.

SEQUENCE

Perform sequencer-related operations.

1 Tempo Track

The TEMPO TRACK popup will appear. The tempo track lets you specify the tempo and time signature.

2 Add MIDI Track...

The ADD MIDI TRACKS popup will appear. Add one or more MIDI tracks for recording data in your current song.

3 Add Audio Track...

The ADD AUDIO TRACKS popup will appear. Add one or more Audio tracks for recording data in your current song.

4 Delete Tracks...

The DELETE TRACKS popup will appear. Here you can delete the tracks.

5 Merge Tracks...

The MERGE TRACKS popup will appear. Here you can combine multiple MIDI tracks into a single track.

6 Current Track Edit >

1 Name...

2 Erase All Events

7 Insert Measure...

The INSERT MEASURE popup will appear. Here you can insert blank measures at the specified measure location.

8 Marker

The MARKER popup will appear. Here you can add or delete markers.

9 View Filter

The VIEW FILTER popup will appear. Here you can select the MIDI events that can be viewed and edited in the SEQUENCE screen and EVENT LIST screen.

10 Step Time

The STEP TIME popup will appear. Here you can specify the interval by which the STEP buttons will change the time location.

11 Metronome

The METRONOME popup will appear. Here you can make metronome settings.

12 Loop

The LOOP popup will appear. Here you can make loop settings for loop play.

13 MIDI Clip Library

The MIDI CLIP LIBRARY popup will appear. Here you can rename or delete items in the MIDI clip library.

The EDIT TRACK NAME popup will appear. Here you can change the name of the track.

Deletes the all events of current track. A confirmation message will appear before the data is erased.

EDIT

You can edit the track.

1 Move...

The MOVE popup will appear. Moves the data of the selected region to the specified location.

2 Copy&Paste...

The COPY&PASTE popup will appear. Copies the data of the selected region to the specified location.

3 Copy&Insert...

The COPY&INSERT popup will appear. Inserts the data of the selected region to the specified location.

4 Erase

Deletes the data. The deleted region will be blank.

5 Cut

Deletes the data. Subsequent data will be moved forward.

6 Quantize...

The QUANTIZE popup will appear. Adjust the timing of MIDI note events in the way you specify.

7 Change Velocity...

The CHANGE VELOCITY popup will appear. Changes the velocity of MIDI note events.

8 Change Duration...

The CHANGE DURATION popup will appear. Changes the duration (note length) of MIDI note events.

9 Shift Timing...

The SHIFT TIMING popup will appear. Moves the events of the selected region forward or backward in units of one tick (1/480th of a quarter note).

10 Data Thin...

The DATA THIN popup will appear. Thins-out events of the selected region to reduce the amount of data.

11 Transpose...

The TRANSPOSE popup will appear. Tr ansposes the pitch of note events in the selected region, in units of a semitone.

12 Split notes...

The SPLIT NOTE popup will appear. This lets you extract only specific note events from a track, and move them to a specified other track.

13 Copy As MIDI Clip...

The COPY AS MIDI CLIP popup will appear. Add the specified data to the MIDI clip library.

14 Paste MIDI Clip...

The PASTE MIDI CLIP popup will appear. Paste the MIDI clip from the MIDI clip library into the current song.

15 Copy As Audio Phrase...

The COPY AS AUDIO PHRASE popup will appear. Here you can copy the selected data to the velocity pads.

16 Audio Event Parameter

The AUDIO EVENT PARAMETER popup will appear. Adjust the parameters of the event of an selected audio track.

17 Select All Tracks

Select or de-select all tracks.

SAMPLER

Here you can sample or import of audio sources, and make sampler setting.

1 Sampling

The SAMPLING popup will appear. Here you can make sampling setting and perform sampling.

2 Import

The IMPORT popup will appear. Here you can import of music data from hard disk or CD.

3 Audio Phrases

The AUDIO PHRASES popup will appear. Here you can edit the audio phrases.

4 Instruments

The INSTRUMENTS popup will appear. Here you can edit the instruments.

5 Pad Banks

The PAD BANKS popup will appear. The PAD BANKS popup will appear. Here you can switch the pad bank of the velocity pads.

6 Quick Edit >

This lets you edit an audio phrase or partial assigned to a velocity pad. Use the sub-menu to select the number of the velocity pad.

MIXER/EFFECTS

Here you can make mixer or effect setting.

1 Mixer

The MIXER popup will appear. Here you can adjust the volume and panning of the audio tracks and instrument parts.

2 Effects

The EFFECTS popup will appear. Here you can make settings for the built-in MFX, Delay/Chorus and Reverb.

SYSTEM

Here you can make system setting for the MV-8000.

1 Global

The GLOBAL popup will appear. Here you can make settings for the overall system of the MV-8000.

2 Pad/Panel

The SYSTEM PAD popup will appear. Here you can make settings for the velocity pads, top panel buttons, knobs, and sliders.

3 MIDI

The MIDI popup will appear. Here you can make MIDI settings.

4 V-Link

The V-LINK popup will appear. Here you can make V-LINK settings.

5 System Info

The SYSTEM INFORMATION popup will appear. Here you can view information about memory usage and the status of the installed options.

6 Slider

The SYSTEM ASSIGNABLE SLIDER popup will appear. Here you can specify the functions assigned to the sliders.

7 R-BUS

The R-BUS popup will appear. Here you can make R-BUS settings.

8 VGA/Mouse

The VGA/MOUSE popup will appear. Here you can specify the signal that will be sent to the external display, and adjust the sensitivity of the mouse.

DISK/USB

Here you can make settings for the MV-8000’s disk and for USB.

1 File Utility

The FILE UTILITY popup will appear. Here you can manage files by copying, moving, or deleting them.

2 Disk Utility

The DISK UTILITY popup will appear. Here you can check the disk and perform maintenance.

3 USB

The USB popup will appear. This switch the MV-8000 to USB-connection mode, which lets you transfer data between the internal hard disk and your computer.

4 CD Player

The CD PLAYER popup will appear. Here you can play back an audio CD.

MASTERING

Here you can mixdown your completed song to a two-track master, and create an audio CD.

1 Mixdown Mode

A confirmation message will appear. Turns mixdown mode on/off.

2 Mastering

The MASTERING popup will appear. Here you can use the mastering tool kit to master an audio file.

3 Create Audio CD...

The CUE SHEET popup will appear. Here you can specify the song order in which the audio files will be written to the CD-R/RW disc.

4 Audio File List

The AUDIO FILE LIST popup will appear. Here you can audition or delete mixdown data or mastering data.

All Popup Close button

This button closes all popup windows that are currently open in the screen.

Song Number/Song Name

This shows the number and name of the currently-loaded song

Operation section

Quick Tour

The following pages explain the most important operations in VGA mode. Please take this quick tour in order to get a feel for using VGA mode to operate the MV-8000.

Preparations

Load a project that contains data, such as “MVDEMO_SONG”.

● Playback and changing the time location

Click the Play button.

The song will begin playing.

Click a desired point on the song position bar.

The song playback position will move to the location on which you clicked.

In the current time display area, click the measure, beat, or tick field.

This quick tour explains

mainly MIDI tracks and

instruments, but the same

explanations also apply to

audio tracks and audio

phrases.

Loading a project – In the

menu bar, click “PROJECT”; in

the list that appears, click

“Load Project...”

You can also drag the knob

(handle) of the bar.

The numerical display will turn blue; now you can edit the value. The song playback position will change when you move the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the value.

● Loop playback

Click the Loop Quick Set Length indicator.

A list will appear; click the number of measures you want to use (e.g., 2Meas).

Click the Loop Quick Set button

Loop playback will be enabled.

● Solo Play

Playback will loop for the

number of measures you

specified in step 1.

Click the Solo button.

The Solo button will turn light blue. Only the light blue tracks will play. When you click once again, solo will be defeated (the button will go dark).

Click the All Track Solo Off button.

All solo settings will be defeated.

● Display-related functions

Click the zoom button.

The dimension of the play list’s horizontal axis (time axis) will change.

In the same way, you can click

Click the note event icon in the View Filter icons.

Of the events displayed in the play list, this switches MIDI note events between displayed and hidden.

● Selecting and adding tracks

Click the Track Name of the MIDI Track.

The color of the track will change, and it will become the current track.

When you strike a pad, the patch will sound according to the Output Assign parameter of the current track.

Right-click the Track Name of the current Track.

A list will appear; click “Add MIDI Tracks... .” The ADD MIDI TRACKS popup will

appear, and click .

A MIDI track will be added, and will become the current track.

● Recording and Undo

Preparations

• If looping is turned off, click the Loop button.

• If the sequencer is stopped, click the Play button.

Strike the pads to rehearse your recording.

It’s a good idea to practice before you begin recording.

to switch audio events

etween displayed and

hidden.

Current Track – This refers to

the track that is currently

selected as the target of your

operations.

If there’s no sound, try clicking

the pad bank button to change

the pad bank. Alternatively,

try a different track.

Loading a project – In the

menu bar, click “PROJECT”; in

the list that appears, click

“Load Project...”

Click the Record button.

Recording will begin. Strike the pads to perform.

The loop region will be

recorded repeatedly.

Click the Undo button

Cancel the results of an recording (Undo). The Undo button will blink.

Click the Undo button again.

The content you erased by Undo will be recovered (Redo). The Undo button will lit (light blue). Undo and Redo will alternate each time you click.

When you execute Undo, the

recording state will be

defeated, and you will return

to playback.

● Play Quantize

Click the display of the Quantize Type.

The list will appear. The result will depend on the Quantize Type. The parameters at right let you specify the effect in greater detail.

● Editing the name of a track

Double-click The Track Name of current track.

The EDIT TRACK NAME popup will appear. Click a key on the keyboard to edit the

name of the track. Then click .

● Editing an event

Click the Stop button.

Recording/playback will stop.

Drag and drop an event.

The event will move.

This operation only modifies

the way in which the data is

played back. This means that

you can always defeat the

effect simply by turning this

“Off”.

Click the Snap button.

Snap mode will be switched on/off. In Snap mode, the mouse pointer will always be located at fixed intervals. When dragging and dropping an event, this lets you ensure that the event will always be aligned to the beginning of a measure (or whatever interval you specify).

Double-click an event.

A popup window will appear, allowing you to edit the selected event in greater detail.

Specify the parameters, then click .

The popup will close.

● Edit the sound

Click “Sampler” on the menu bar.

A list will appear.

Move the mouse cursor (i.e., point) to “Quick Edit.”

Another list will appear.

To edit a value, move the

mouse pointer to it and use the

left button to drag it upward

or downward.

Click the partial name you want to edit.

The PARTIAL EDIT popup or AUDIO PHRASE EDIT popup will appear.

Drag the knob whose value you want to edit.

The knob will turn, and the parameter value will change according to the distance to which you drag.

Click the switch.

The switch indication will change, and the parameter value will change accordingly.

Click the All Popup Close button.

All of the popups will close.

This completes the Quick Tour.

Functions we didn’t discuss here can also be controlled in the same way.

Using the mouse to edit sequence data

● Selecting a region that you want to edit, and executing Move

Here’s how to select a region of data recorded in a track, and move it to another time location or another track.

Click the Arrow button

Now you can use Arrow mode to make a selection.

Drag over the region you want to select.

When you drag to specify a region like this

all data falling within the specified region will be selected.

In the menu bar, click “EDIT” (or right-click) to display a popup menu.

Click the “Move... .”

The MOVE popup will appear. Use the To parameter to specify the move-destination.

Click the .

The Move operation will be executed.

● Using drag & drop to execute the Move operation

1. Click the Arrow button or Range button.

2. Drag the region you want to edit.

3. Point the selected region.

4. Drag and drop the region at the desired destination.

While dragging, the mouse pointer will change to . When you drop the data you were dragging, it will be moved to the location of the mouse pointer. The

mouse pointer will return to .

● Using the Range Tool to select a region

When you click the Range button, the mouse pointer will change to . When using the Range tool, only the portion included in the region will be selected for

the operation.

When you enclose a region like this

the enclosed data will be selected.

● Using the Eraser Tool to delete a data

When you click the Eraser button, the mouse pointer will change to . You can delete data by clicking it with the Eraser tool.

Using the mouse to edit a MIDI track (PIANO ROLL EDIT screen)

● Select the region you want to edit, and execute the move operation

Here’s how to select a region of recorded note events in the piano roll display, and move them to another time location or to other note numbers.

Click the Arrow button.

Now you can use Arrow mode to make a selection.

Drag over the region you want to select.

When you drag to specify a region like this

all data falling within the specified region will be selected.

Click the .

The popup menu will appear.

Double-click the “Move... .”

The MOVE popup will appear. Use the To parameter to specify the move-destination.

Click the .

The Move operation will be executed.

● Using drag & drop to execute the Move operation

1. Click the Arrow button or Range button.

2. Drag the region you want to edit.

3. Point the selected region.

4. Drag and drop the region at the desired destination.

While dragging, the mouse pointer will change to . When you drop the data you were dragging, it will be moved to the location of the mouse pointer. The

mouse pointer will return to .

● Using the Range Tool to select a region

When you click the Range button, the mouse pointer will change to . When using the Range tool, only the portion included in the region will be selected for

the operation.

When you enclose a region like this

the enclosed data will be selected.

● Using the Eraser Tool to delete a data

When you click the Eraser button, the mouse pointer will change to . You can delete data by clicking it with the Eraser tool.

You can Copy data by holding

down [SHIFT] while you drag

and drop the data.

Step Recording

● Step recording a MIDI track (STEP REC screen)

Explanation

Step Time

Step Time button

Duration

Velocity

Note number (Keyboard)

Piano Roll

Velocity View

Specifies the note value of the notes you will input.

Click this button you specify the note value of the notes you will input.

Specifies the actual length of the note, as a percentage of the note value you specified for Step Time.

Specifies the strength of the note.

The note numbers (keys) are shown from bottom to top. Since the actual pitches correspond to the note numbers, the displayed location of the note tells you the pitch.

This shows the note events. The horizontal axis is time, and the vertical axis is note number (pitch). you can change the note number or time location by moving the displayed note event.

Indicate the velocity of the note event. The velocity is shown as a pair with the note event; a longer bar indicates a stronger velocity.

Explanation

Reverts the preceding input.

Connects (extends) the event at the current time to the next step.

Inputs a rest (silence).

● Step recording an Audio track (AUDIO PHRASE STEP REC screen)

Explanation

Step Time

Step Time button

Duration

Velocity

Specifies the length of the audio events you will input.

Click this button you specify the length of the audio events you will input.

Specifies the actual length of the audio event, as a percentage of the length you specified for Step Time.

Specifies the strength of the audio event.

Explanation

Reverts the preceding input.

Connects (extends) the event at the current time to the next step.

Inputs a rest (silence).

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Sampling

The sampling procedure and specifications have been changed. The changes are as follows.

• The SAMPLING screen will appear immediately when you press [SAMPLING].

The SAMPLING screen will appear without the SAMPLING MENU screen being displayed first. This allows you to begin recording immediately. Check the sample assignments in the RESULT screen before you make settings.

• The number of samples divided by the Auto Divide function has changed from 16 to

96.

• You can now choose the sample preview (audition) method in the RESULT screen.

Press .

The SAMPLING screen will appear.

fig.sampling-screen

Set the parameters for sampling.

• Sample Type

Specifies the number of channels that will be sampled.

Range Explanation

Mono Monaural (one channel)

Stereo Stereo (two channels)

• Input Select

Selects the input source for sampling or recording.

Range Explanation Analog Analog input from the PHONO connectors or MIC/LINE connectors.

Coaxial Coaxial digital input Optical Optical digital input R-BUS Digital input from R-BUS (channels 1 and 2)

• Start Trigger

Specifies how sampling will begin.

Range Explanation Manual Sampling will be started manually.

Level Sampling will be triggered by the input level. Pad Sampling will begin when you strike a pad. Play Sampling will begin when you play back the sequencer.

• Level

Specifies the response level when using the input level to start sampling. Range: -36, -24, -18, -12, -8, -4 dB

Changes in Sampling and Importing

• Pre Sample Time

This specifies the duration of sound from before the sampling start time that will be included in the recorded sample.

Range: 0, 20 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1000 ms

• Stop Trigger

Specifies how sampling will stop.

Range Explanation Manual Sampling will be stopped manually.

Beat

Time Sampling will stop after the time specified by the Length parameter.

• Beat/Time

Specifies the time after which sampling will stop when Stop Trigger parameter is Beat or Time.

Range: Beat 1–8–20000

• Auto Divide

The Auto Divide function detects regions of silence within the sample, and divides the sample into several samples at these points.

Range: Off, On

• Gap Time

Silences of a duration longer than the specified time will be considered as silence. The Gap Time parameter is valid if Auto Divide parameter is on.

Range: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 sec

• Auto Emphasis

Automatically pre-emphasis processes after sampling. Range: Off, On

• Auto Normalize

Automatically normalizes the level after sampling. Range: Off, On

Sampling will stop after the number of beats specified by the Length parameter.

Time 000:01–000:02–100:00 (minutes : seconds)

A maximum of 96 samples can

e divided.

Press (Start).

“Now Sampling..” message will appear, and starts sampling.

Press (Stop).

Stops sampling. The RESULT screen will then appear.

Set the parameters for adjusting.

• Start Point / End Point

Specify the points at which the sample will start playing and stop playing. The Start Point - End Point region is highlighted.

Range: 000000000.000–The end of sample

RESULT (MULTIPLE) popup

will appear when Auto Divide

parameter is on.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

• BPM Base Note

Draws measure and beat lines on the displayed sample.

Range: , , (initial value), , / x 1–x 4–x 65535

• Original Key

Specifies the basic pitch. When you play this key, the sample will sound at its original pitch (the pitch at which it was sampled).

Range: 0 (C -)–60 (C 4)–127 (G 9)

• Truncate

Deletes the portions of the sample before the Start Point and after the End Point. Range: Off, On

• Normalize

Raises the overall level of the sample without allowing the maximum level to be exceeded.

Range: Off, On

• Loop

Specifies how [F4 (Preview)] will operate. You can also make setting of loop playback when you assign the sample to pad as a Partial or an Audio Phrase.

Value Explanation Off The sample will audition once from the Start Point to the End Point.

On The sample will repeatedly audition from the Start Point to the End Point.

The BPM is displayed below

the BPM Base Note. The

displayed BPM value is

calculated from the BPM Base

Note setting and the playback

length of the sample.

•F buttons

F button Explanation

Discards the displayed sample will be discarded, and retries the

(Retry)

(Name)

(Quick Assign)

(Preview)

(OK)

sampling operation. The SAMPLING / RE-SAMPLING screen will appear.

Displays the EDIT SAMPLE NAME popup, where you can edit the sample name.

Displays the SELECT QUICK ASSIGN popup.

Auditions the currently-highlighted sample. To hear auditioning, hold down [F4 (Preview)].

The RESULT popup will close. If Truncate or Normalize are turned on, these operations will be performed before closing.

You can use the [PREVIEW FROM] and [PREVIEW TO] buttons to audition the region (the side at which the cursor is located) near the Start Point or End Point.

Preview Explanation

Playback sample from a point slightly earlier (Preview Length) than the

(To)

(From)

current editing point.

Playback sample for a short time (Preview Length) from the current editing point.

Press (OK).

The RESULT popup will close.

If you want to use the sampled

data as an audio phrase or

patch, press

[F3 (Quick Assign)] to get the

SELECT QUICK ASSIGN

popup window.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Importing

The import procedure has been improved, allowing you to collect samples more quickly. The changes are described below.

• Press [IMPORT], then IMPORT screen will appear.

The IMPORT screen will appear without the IMPORT MENU screen being displayed first. This allows you to import files immediately.

• More types of files can now be imported.

Akai MPC2000/2000XL and S1000/S3000 program files and sound files can be loaded.

• Multiple files can now be imported at once.

This allows you to collect audio material more quickly.

The RESULT (MULTIPLE) popup screen does not appear when multiple files of below are

imported.

• SMF (Standard MIDI File)

Screen returns to IMPORT screen after when import process is completed.

• Roland S-700 series Patch

• Akai MPC2000/2000XL Program

• Akai S1000 Program

• Akai S3000 Program

The ASSIGN TO PART/LIBRARY popup will appear.

• Roland S-700 series Partial

The ASSIGN TO PARTIAL popup will appear.

• You can now choose the sample preview (audition) method in the RESULT popup.

•A BPM display has been added to the RESULT popup window.

You can specify the BPM (tempo) of the imported sample.

Importing the WAV or AIFF files

Insert the disk (floppy disk or CD-ROM) containing the file you want to import into the drive.

Press .

The IMPORT popup will appear.

fig.import-result-popup

You cannot create a patch

simply by loading Akai

MPC2000/2000XL program

files (.PGM) alone. The sound

files (.SND or .WAV) must also

e present in the same folder

as the program file.

Akai program files are

analogous to the MV-8000’s

patches.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Press (Select Drive).

The SELECT DRIVE popup will appear.

Use to select the disk containing the WAV/AIFF file you want to import,

and press (Select).

The contents of the disk will be displayed.

Use to select the WAV/AIFF file you want to import.

•F buttons

F button Explanation

Displays the SELECT DRIVE popup, letting you switch the drive

(Select Drive)

(View)

(Mark On/Off)

(Preview)

(Import)

form which to select files.

Here you can limit the type of the file that will appear in the IMPORT screen.

Turns the check mark on/off for a file.

Auditions the currently-highlighted file. To hear auditioning, press [F4 (Preview)].

Imports the selected or check marked file(s).

By using [F3 (Mark On/Off)]

to assign a mark to files you

want to import, you can

import multiple files in a single

operation.

By pressing [MENU] and

selecting “All Mark” you can

select or de-select all files on

the list.

Press (Import).

The data will be imported, and the RESULT popup window will appear.

fig.sample-result-screen

Specify the parameters.

• Start Point / End Point

Specify the points at which the sample will start playing and stop playing. The Start Point - End Point region is highlighted.

Range: 000000000.000–The end of sample

• BPM Base Note

Draws measure and beat lines on the displayed sample.

Range: , , (initial value), , / x 1–x 4–x 65535

• Truncate

Deletes the portions of the sample before the Start Point and after the End Point. Range: Off, On

When you import from an

audio CD, the SETUP TIME

popup window will appear.

For details, refer to “Importing

an audio from an audio CD

(The SET TIME popup)” (p.

36).

The BPM is displayed below

the BPM Base Note. The

displayed BPM value is

calculated from the BPM Base

Note setting and the playback

length of the sample.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

• Normalize

Raises the overall level of the sample without allowing the maximum level to be exceeded.

Range: Off, On

• Original Key

Specifies the basic pitch. When you play this key, the sample will sound at its original pitch (the pitch at which it was sampled).

Range: 0 (C -)–60 (C 4)–127 (G 9)

• Loop

Specifies how [F4 (Preview)] will operate. You can also make setting of loop playback when you assign the sample to pad as a Partial or an Audio Phrase.

Value Explanation Off The sample will audition once from the Start Point to the End Point.

On The sample will repeatedly audition from the Start Point to the End Point.

•F buttons

F button Explanation

Discards the displayed sample will be discarded, and retries the

(Retry)

(Name)

(Quick Assign)

(Preview)

(OK)

sampling operation. The SAMPLING / RE-SAMPLING screen will appear.

Displays the EDIT SAMPLE NAME popup, where you can edit the sample name.

Displays the SELECT QUICK ASSIGN popup.

Auditions the currently-highlighted sample. To hear auditioning, hold down [F4 (Preview)].

The RESULT popup will close. If Truncate or Normalize are turned on, these operations will be performed before closing.

If you want to use the

imported data as an audio

phrase or patch, press

[F3 (Quick Assign)] to get the

SELECT QUICK ASSIGN

popup window.

You can use the [PREVIEW FROM] and [PREVIEW TO] buttons to audition the region (the side at which the cursor is located) near the Start Point or End Point.

Preview Explanation

Playback sample from a point slightly earlier (Preview Length) than the

(To)

(From)

current editing point.

Playback sample for a short time (Preview Length) from the current editing point.

Press (OK).

The RESULT popup will close.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

b b

If you press [MENU] ➜ select “Import Options” in step 5, the IMPORT OPTIONS popup window will appear.

The amount of time required

to execute the emphasis.

• Pre Emphasis

Specify whether emphasis processing will be applied when you import a music data file.

Range Explanation

Off Emphasis processing will not be applied to the imported data. On Emphasis processing will be applied to the imported data.

• Auto Divide

The Auto Divide function detects regions of silence during sampling, and divides the sample into several samples at these points.

Range: Off, On

• Gap Time

When Auto Divide is On, this parameter specifies the length of the silent regions that will be detected.

Range: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 sec

The high frequency range of

the inputted sample will be

oosted when Pre Emphasis is

on.

If you are importing multiple

files, the Auto Divide settings

are not used.

A maximum of 96 samples can

e divided.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

● Importing an audio from an audio CD (The SET TIME popup)

When you import audio from an audio CD, the SET TIME popup window will appear following step 6 of “Importing” (p. 32).

fig.set-time-popup

Current playback time

of CD track

Current playback

location to the

entire track

• In Time/Out Time

Specify the start time and end time within the track you selected.

Parameter Explanation

In Time

Out Time

Operation buttons Explanation

(Set In Time)

(Set Out Time)

(Play)

Specify the start time within the track you selected. (Units are minutes:seconds)

Specify the end time within the track you selected. (units are minutes:seconds)

While auditioning the CD, sets the In Time to the current location.

While auditioning the CD, sets the Out Time to the current location.

Auditions the region between the In Time and Out Time.

The SET TIME popup window

will appear if one CD track is

eing imported.

(Stop)

(Execute)

(PREVIEW TO)

(PREVIEW FROM)

Stops auditioning.

Imports (loads) the region between the In Time and the Out Time, and displays the RESULT screen. Continue to step 7 of “Importing” (p. 32).

Auditions five seconds of sound ending at the parameter where the cursor is located (In Time or Out time).

Auditions five seconds of sound starting at the parameter where the cursor is located (In Time or Out time).

Importing the Standard MIDI Files

Insert the disk into the drive which you want to import the SMF(s) from a disk (floppy disk or CD-ROM).

Press .

The IMPORT screen will appear.

Press (Select Drive).

The SELECT DRIVE popup will appear.

Use to select the disk containing the SMF you want to import, and

press (Select).

The selected folder will show the contents of the disk.

Use to select the SMF you want to import.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

•F buttons

F button Explanation

Displays the SELECT DRIVE popup, letting you switch the drive

(Select Drive)

(View)

(Mark On/Off)

(Preview)

(Import)

form which to select files.

Here you can limit the type of the file that will appear in the IMPORT screen.

Turns the check mark on/off for a file.

Auditions the currently-highlighted file. To hear auditioning, press [F4 (Preview)].

Imports the selected or check marked file(s).

Press (Import).

The SMF will be imported in the current project as a New Song. The Song name will automatically be the first twelve characters of the SMF file name.

By using [F3 (Mark On/Off)]

to assign a mark to files you

want to import, you can

import multiple files in a single

operation.

By pressing [MENU] and

selecting “All Mark” you can

select or de-select all files.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Importing from various CD-ROM libraries

You can import data from sound libraries created for devices other than the MV-8000.

Format Filename extension

Roland S-700 series patch file Akai MPC2000/2000XL program file .PGM Akai MPC2000/2000XL sound file .SND Akai S1000 program file .A1P Akai S1000 sound file .A1S Akai S3000 program file .A3P Akai S3000 sound file .A3S Wave file .WAV AIFF file .AIF Audio CD -

● Importing a Patch

Press (Import) in “Importing” (p. 32) step 6.

The ASSIGN TO PART/LIBRARY popup will appear.

fig.assign-to-lib

Some imported data may not

e reproduced correctly.

In addition to importing the

sound library data listed in the

table at left, you can also

import Standard MIDI Files

(SMF extension .MID) and

convert them to MV-8000

songs.

You cannot create a patch

simply by loading Akai

MPC2000/2000XL program

files (.PGM) alone. The sound

files (.SND or .WAV) must also

e present in the same folder

as the program file.

Specify the parameters.

Akai program files are

analogous to the MV-8000’s

patches.

•To

Specify the type of MV-8000 data into which the imported patch will be converted.

Value Type of resulting data Part Use to a patch for an instrument part.

Library Convert to a patch library sound, and save.

• Part

If the To parameter is set to “Part,” specify the part number in which the new patch will be created.

Range: 1–16

The data on an Akai

MPC2000/2000XL or S1000/

S3000 CD-ROM is organized

into proprietary units called

“partitions.” On the MV-8000,

these will appear as folders

named PARTITION A,

PARTITION B, and so on.

• Library

If the To parameter is set to “Library,” specify the library number in which the new patch will be created.

Range: 1–128

•F buttons

F buttons Explanation

(With Delete)

Deletes the samples used by the specified part or library patch (Delete Patch), and then imports the data.

When Akai MPC2000/2000XL

or S1000/S3000 program files

or sound files are converted,

the category name will be

“AK” and the patch name will

e the first twelve characters of

the program file name.

(Execute)

Imports the patch to the specified location.

Press (Execute).

Imported data will be converted.

● Importing multiple files at once

When selecting files, you can assign marks to the files you want to import, and then import all of these files in a single operation.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

You cannot import different

types of files simultaneously.

1. Use to move the cursor which you want to import the file.

2. Press (Mark On/Off).

A check mark will be assigned or removed each time you press this.

3. Press (Execute).

The files with a check mark will be imported.

● Viewing only specific types of file

Press [F2 (View)] in “Importing the WAV or AIFF files” (p. 32) step 5, the VIEW FILE TYPE popup will appear. You can select the kind of files that will be shown in the list.

By pressing [MENU] and

selecting “All Mark” you can

select or de-select all files.

Roland S-700 series data

(samples, partials, patches)

will all be displayed,

regardless of how the Type

parameter is set.

If you change the Type setting

when check marks have

already been assigned to files,

all check marks will be cleared.

• Type

Select the kind of files that will be shown in the list.

Range Explanation All All files will be shown.

• Windows Wave file

• AIFF file

Sample

Patch

Song

• Akai MPC2000/2000XL sound file (.SND)

• Akai S1000 sound file (.A1S)

• Akai S3000 sound file (.A3S)

will appear.

• Akai MPC2000/2000XL program file (.PGM)

• Akai S1000 program file (.A1P)

• Akai S3000 program file (.A3P)

• MV-8000 patch (.MV0)

will appear.

• Standard MIDI File (.MID)

will appear

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Check multiple samples you have captured

The RESULT (MULTIPLE) popup appears when multiple samples are captured as a result of sampling or import process. On the RESULT (MULTIPLE) popup, following operations can be done.

• Edit sample name

• Preview samples

• Assign multiple samples to pads at one time

• Delete multiple samples at one time

1. Wave Display

Display waveform of the sample selected on sample list.

2. Sample List

Display captured samples as list. Below the list, number and total size of captured samples are displayed.

•F buttons

F button Explanation

“Retry sure?” message will appear. Press [F5 (YES)] to delete

(Retry)

(Name)

(Quick Assign)

(Preview)

(OK)

captured sample.

The EDIT SAMPLE NAME popup will appear. You can edit the name of sample selected on sample list.

The SELECT QUICK ASSIGN popup will appear. Assign captured multiple samples to pads at one time.

Auditions the currently-highlighted file in the sample list.

The RESULT (MULTIPLE) popup will close.

Press [F5 (OK)] when you complete to edit sample name or preview the sample. The RESULT (MULTIPLE) popup will be closed.

If you like to assign captured samples to pads as partials or audio phrases, press [F3 (Quick Assign)]. The SELECT QUICK ASSIGN message will appear.

F buttons Explanation

The AUDIO PHRASE QUICK ASSIGN (MULTIPLE) popup

(AssignToAphrs)

(AssignToPatch)

will appear. The multiple samples will assign to the specified pads as audio phrase.

The PATCH QUICK ASSIGN popup (MULTIPLE) will appear. The multiple samples will assign to the specified pads as patch.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Quick Assign

Assigning a sampled sound a patch (partial)

You can assign the sampled data to specified a partial of a patch.

Press (Quick Assign) in “Sampling” (p. 29) step 6 or “Importing” (p. 32) step 8.

The SELECT QUICK ASSIGN popup will appear.

Press (AsgnToPatch).

The PATCH QUICK ASSIGN popup will appear.

fig.quick-assign-chop

If the Make Keyboard setting is

checked, you can make key

follow (pitch) assignments. In

this case, you also need to

specify the assignment range.

Specify the Part (part number) which you want to assign a sample.

Specify the Assign To parameter which you want to assign a sample.

Press (Execute).

A sample will assign to the specified velocity pad as a partial.

Assigning a sampled sound an audio phrase

You can assign the sampled data to specified an audio phrase.

Press (Quick Assign) in “Sampling” (p. 29) step 6 or “Importing” (p. 32) step 8.

The SELECT QUICK ASSIGN popup will appear.

Press (AsgnToAPhrs).

The AUDIO PHRASE QUICK ASSIGN popup will appear.

fig.quick-assign-chop

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Strikes the which you want to assign a sample.

Press (Execute).

A sample will assign to the specified velocity pad as an Audio Phrase.

Assigning a patch (partial) by chopping a sample

Here’s how you can divide a sample at the desired points and assign them to partials.

You can assign up to 95 points

(i.e., divide the sample into 96

pieces).

Press (Quick Assign) in “Sampling” (p. 29) step 6 or “Importing” (p. 32) step 8.

The SELECT QUICK ASSIGN popup will appear.

Press (Chop).

The CHOP popup will appear.

fig.quick-assign-chop

Specify the Current Address parameter.

The sample will be divided at the Current Address you specify.

Press (Add Point).

A new dividing point with current address will be created. If you want to assign additional dividing points, repeat step 4.

If you attempt to overwrite the

pads that has partial,

“Overwrite sure?” message

appears. If you want to

overwrite, press [F5 (YES)]. Or

press [F1 (No)] to cancel

assignment.

If you want the dividing points

to be determined

automatically according to

certain conditions, press

[F3 (Auto Chop)]. The AUTO

CHOP popup will appear. For

details on the parameters

(conditions) you can set, refer

to the AUTO CHOP popup.

The divided samples assigned

to the partial in the key follow

zero (no pitch).

Press (AsgnToPatch).

The sample will be divide at the time location(s) you specified. CHOP QUICK ASSIGN popup will appear.

fig.patch-quick-asgn-chop

Specify the Part parameter (part number) and the Assign To parameter (velocity pads) which you want to assign the divided sample(s).

Press (Execute).

The divided sample(s) will assign to the specified pads as partials of the part.

Assign multiple samples as partials

Assign multiple samples you have captured on sampling or import process to the pads as partials.

Press (AsgnToAPatch) when the SELECT QUICK ASSIGN popup is displayed.

The PATCH QUICK ASSIGN (MULTIPLE) popup will appear.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Specify the Part parameter which you want to assign the part number of the instrument.

Specify the Assign To parameter which you want to assign the pad bank number and pad number.

Press (Execute).

The sample will assign to the specified pads as audio phrase.

If you attempt to overwrite the

pads that has partial,

“Overwrite sure?” message

appears. If you want to

overwrite, press [F5 (YES)]. Or

press [F1 (No)] to cancel

assignment.

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Assign multiple samples as audio phrases

Assign multiple samples you have captured on sampling or import process to the pads as audio phrases.

Press (AsgnToAPhrs) when the SELECT QUICK ASSIGN popup is displayed.

The AUDIO PHRASE QUICK ASSIGN (MULTIPLE) popup will appear.

Specify the Assign To parameter which you want to assign the pad bank number and pad number.

Press (Execute).

The sample will assign to the specified pads as audio phrase.

If you attempt to overwrite the

pads that has audio phrase,

“Overwrite sure?” message

appears. If you want to

overwrite, press [F5 (YES)]. Or

press [F1 (No)] to cancel

assignment.

Changes in Sample Edit

Truncating

fig.truncate-popup

Use the Truncate operation to delete unwanted portions of a sample.

By deleting unnecessary portions (e.g., regions of silence at the beginning and end) of the sample data used by a partial or audio phrase, you can reduce the amount of space occupied by the data, and use memory more efficiently.

Start Point Loop Point End Point

Truncating a sample used by a partial’s SMT

INSTRU-

MENTS

Press .

The INSTRUMENTS screen will appear.

Move the cursor to the part number whose sample you want to edit.

The part number will be highlighted.

Press (Patch Edit).

The PATCH EDIT screen will appear.

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

truncated sample.

SMT=Sample Mix Table

Strike of a partial that you want to truncate.

Press (Partial Edit).

The SAMPLE EDIT screen will appear.

Press (Sample).

The SAMPLE EDIT screen will appear.

Specify the SMT parameter to select the SMT (1–4) you want to truncate.

Set the Start Point parameter and End Point parameter.

The Truncate operation will apply to the region between the beginning of the sample and Start Point, End Point and end of the sample.

Press (Command).

The SELECT SAMPLE EDIT COMMAND popup will appear.

you can use [SHIFT]+cursor

utton to zoom-in or zoom-out

the waveform display.

You can use [PREVIEW TO]

and [PREVIEW FROM] to

audition the sound

immediately before and after

the current point. This lets you

verify that you’ve set the start

and end points correctly.

Changes in Sample Edit

Move the cursor to Truncate and press .

The TRUNCATE popup will appear.

fig.truncate-popup

Set the Type parameter to specify how truncate will be executed.

You can choose one of the following two types.

Type Explanation Replace The sample being edited will be modified directly.

Duplicate

A new truncated sample will be created, and exchanged for the current sample of the partial.

Press (Execute).

The Truncate operation will be executed.

Executing Truncate with Type

set to “Replace” may affect

how another partial, audio

phrase, or audio event sound.

Refer to “If a message like the

following appears.”

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

truncated sample.

Truncating a sample used by an audio phrase

Press .

The AUDIO PHRASES screen will appear.

Strike of an audio phrase that you want to truncate.

Press (Edit).

The AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen will appear.

Set the Start Point parameter and End Point parameter.

The Truncate operation will apply to the region between the beginning of the sample and Start Point, End Point and end of the sample.

Press (Command).

The SELECT SAMPLE EDIT COMMAND popup will appear.

you can use [SHIFT]+cursor

utton to zoom-in or zoom-out

the waveform display.

You can use [PREVIEW TO]

and [PREVIEW FROM] to

audition the sound

immediately before and after

the current point. This lets you

verify that you’ve set the start

and end points correctly.

Move the cursor to Truncate and press .

The TRUNCATE popup will appear.

fig.truncate-popup

Changes in Sample Edit

Set the Type parameter to specify how truncate will be executed.

You can choose one of the following two types.

Type Explanation

Replace The sample being edited will be modified directly.

Duplicate

A new truncated sample will be created, and exchanged for the current sample of the audio phrase.

Press (Execute).

The Truncate operation will be executed.

Executing Truncate with Type

set to “Replace” may affect

how another partial, audio

phrase, or audio event sound.

Refer to “If a message like the

following appears.”

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

truncated sample.

Changes in Sample Edit

● If a message like the following appears

fig.truncate-confirm

This message is displayed when all of the following conditions apply.

• The Truncate Type is set to “Replace.”

• The Sample to be truncated is being used by other data (i.e., other partials, audio phrases, or audio events).

• The portion to be deleted by the Truncate function is used by other data.

In this case, you can take one of the following actions.

• Execute the Truncate operation anyway.

Press (Yes).

• Truncate the sample for only the target data.

Press (No) to cancel the operation, change the truncate Type parameter setting to “Duplicate,” and execute the Truncate operation once again.

• To cancel the truncate procedure.

Press (No).

This message is displayed for the following reason.

(The explanation here uses the example of executing Truncate on a sample used in common by partials A, B, and C, with the Truncate Type set to “Replace.”)

fig.truncate-example

partial A

partial B

partial C

If you truncate the sample of partial A as shown in the diagram, a portion of the sample used by partial C will be deleted. (Partial B is not affected.)

This means that partial C will no longer sound as it did before truncation.

When you execute a Truncate operation that would affect the sound of a partial (or other data) in this way, the MV-8000 is designed to delete the data that is affected (partial C will be deleted).

The message displayed above is warning you that “the data whose sound is affected by this operation will be deleted.”

If you want to truncate partial A but preserve the state of partial C, execute Truncate with the Type set to “Duplicate.”

If you execute Truncate with

the Type set to “Duplicate,” a

new sample will be created.

This will consume more

memory.

Changes in Sample Edit

Added the AUDIO PHRASE SAMPLE EDIT screen

You can now move from the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen to the AUDIO PHRASE SAMPLE EDIT screen. This lets you adjust the playback point while watching a large waveform display.

Press .

The AUDIO PHRASES screen will appear.

Strike of an audio phrase that you want to edit.

Press (Edit).

The AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen will appear.

Press (Sample Edit).

The AUDIO PHRASE SAMPLE EDIT screen will appear.

Specify the Start Point, Loop Point and End Point parameters.

Changes in Sample Edit

Deleting the sample along with the partial (Delete Partial)

You can delete a sample at the same time that you delete a partial.

INSTRU-

MENTS

Press .

The INSTRUMENTS screen will appear.

Use to select the part of the partial that you want to delete.

The selected part number (the current part) will be highlighted.

Hold down , and strike the for the partial you want to delete.

A confirmation message of “Delete partial on Pad ##-##. Are You Sure?” will appear. (##-## are the pad bank number and pad number.)

F button Explanation

(No)

(Assign Only)

(Yes)

● Deleting a sample that’s used by more than one partial / audio phrase / audio event

When press [F5 (Yes)] in step3, the sample you are about to delete is used by another partial, audio phrase, and/or audio event, the following message will appear.

fig.delete-sample-confirm

Cancels the operation (The partials and sample will remain).

Deletes the partial (the sample will remain).

Deletes the partials and sample used by that partial.

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

deleted partial or sample.

(One or more other partials, audio phrases, and/or audio events will be lost if you delete this sample. Are you sure you want to delete?)

F button Explanation

(No)

(Yes)

Cancels the operation (the partials and the sample will remain).

Deletes the partials and the sample used by that partial.

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

deleted sample.

Changes in Sample Edit

Deleting the sample along with the audio phrase (Delete Audio Phrase)

You can delete a sample at the same time that you delete a audio phrase.

Press .

The AUDIO PHRASES screen will appear.

Hold down , and strike the for the audio phrase you want to delete.

A confirmation message of “Delete Audio Phrase on Pad ##-##. Are You Sure?” will appear.

(##-## are the pad bank number and pad number.)

F button Explanation

Cancels the operation (The audio phrase and sample will

(No)

(Assign Only)

(Yes)

remain).

Deletes the audio phrase (the sample will remain).

Deletes the audio phrase and sample used by that audio phrase.

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

deleted audio phrase or

sample.

● Deleting a sample that’s used by more than one partial / audio phrase / audio event

When press [F5 (Yes)] in step2, the sample you are about to delete is used by another partial, audio phrase, and/or audio event, the following message will appear.

fig.delete-sample-confirm

(One or more other partials, audio phrases, and/or audio events will be lost if you delete this sample. Are you sure you want to delete?)

F button Explanation

(No)

(Yes)

Cancels the operation (the audio phrase and the sample will remain).

Deletes the audio phrase and the sample used by that audio phrase.

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

deleted sample.

Changes in Sample Edit

Deleting the sample along with the patch (Delete Patch)

You can delete a sample at the same time that you delete a patch.

INSTRU-

MENTS

Press .

The INSTRUMENTS screen will appear.

Use to select the part of the patch that you want to delete.

The selected part number (the current part) will be highlighted.

Press .

The MENU popup will appear.

Use to select the “Delete Patch” then press .

A confirmation message of “Delete Patch on Part ##. Are You Sure?” will appear. (## is a part number.)

fig.delete-patch-confirm

F button Explanation

Cancels the operation

(No)

(Assign Only)

(Yes)

(The patch and sample will remain).

Deletes the patch (the sample will remain).

Deletes the patch and sample used by that patch.

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

deleted patch or sample.

● Deleting a sample that’s used by more than one partial / audio phrase / audio event

When press [F5 (Yes)] in step4, the sample you are about to delete is used by another partial, audio phrase, and/or audio event, the following message will appear.

fig.delete-sample-confirm

(One or more other partials, audio phrases, and/or audio events will be lost if you delete this sample. Are you sure you want to delete?)

F button Explanation

Cancels the operation (the

(No)

(Yes)

patch and the sample will remain).

Deletes the patch and the sample used by that patch.

You can’t use the Undo

function to bring back a

deleted sample.

● Differences between Optimizing and Deleting Samples

Deleting samples by optimizing

The Optimize operation automatically finds samples that are not used by any song in the current project, and deletes them.

This makes it a quick way to reduce the amount of memory being used. However, since you cannot choose the samples that are deleted, samples that are

not assigned to any materials will be deleted unconditionally. For example, this means that samples you might be intending to use later will also

be deleted.

Deleting samples together with material (partials, audio phrases, patches)

If you use the Delete Partial, Delete Audio Phrase, or Delete Patch operations to delete samples at the same time, only the samples used by those materials will be deleted.

This means that samples not assigned to any material will not be deleted. In addition, the MV-8000 will check whether the samples you are attempting to

delete are being used by any other song in the current project, and will display a warning if such a sample is found.

Changes in Sample Edit

Assigning a partial to pads in a pitched scale (Set Chromatic)

You can set scales to a partial assigned on pads. Just like performance on keyboard, you can perform partials on pads with scales.

INSTRU-

MENTS

Press .

The INSTRUMENTS screen will appear.

Use to select the part that you want to set scales to a partial.

The selected part number (the current part) will be highlighted.

Press (Patch Edit).

The PATCH EDIT screen will appear.

Press (Split).

The PATCH EDIT (SPLIT) screen will appear. On this screen, you can assign currently selected partial to the pad within specified

instruments part.

fig.delete-sample-confirm

Changes in Sample Edit

Select pad bank No. and pad No. where the partial (the partial you like to set scale) is assigned under Pad parameter.

You will see the area of partial assignment to pads in Current Lower Point and Upper Point.

Set the area of pads where you like to set partials with scales under New Lower Point and Upper Point parameter.

Press (Set Chroma).

Within the area specified under New Lower Point and Upper Point parameter, partials with chromatic scale will be assigned.

Partials assinged between Current Lower Point and Upper Point will be re-assigned to the

area between New Lower Point and Upper Point (So, those will be deleted from original

area).

Patials will be assigned to pads

in the pad bank that is

specified under New Lower

Point and Upper Point

parameter.

[F3 (Set Chroma)] is an additional function to [F5(Set)]. With this function, you can set partial

to pad with chromatic scale. If you set different scales on a partial on pad and set other pads

sequentially, you can perform like a keyboard.

F button Explanation

Change Pitch KF (Partial Edit SMT screen) parameter of partials to

(Set Chroma)

(Set)

[Norm (chromatic scale)] and assign partials to pads.

Not change Pitch KF (Partial Edit SMT screen) parameter of partials, and assign partials to pads.

Press [F5 (Set)] if you like to

assign with current scale

(without setting chromatic

scale).

You can adjust the scales of

assigned partials under Coarse

and Fine parameters in the

PARTIAL EDIT screen.

You can change Pitch KF of

partials in the PARTIAL EDIT

(SMT) screen.

If you try to assign new partial

to the pad where another

partial is already assigned, the

pad assignment will be

overwritten with the new

Changes in recording and editing sequences

Selecting a region quickly (Quick Region)

The Quick Region function lets you quickly select an editing region for the current track (SEQUENCE EDIT screen) or current note (PIANO ROLL EDIT screen).

Press .

The SEQUENCE screen will appear.

Press (Seq Edit) or (PianoRoll).

When you press (Seq Edit), the SEQUENCE EDIT screen will appear. When you

press (PianoRoll), the PIANO ROLL EDIT screen will appear.

Move the cursor to a track (or note) that contains the events you want to regionselect, making it the current track (current note).

You can’t execute Quick region

on more than one track (note).

However, after using Quick

Region to select a region, then

press [F2 (All Track Sel)] or [F2

(All Note Sel)], you can select

that region across all tracks

(notes).

Move the time so that the current time intersects the events you want to regionselect.

This determines the events that will be edited.

Press (Quick Rgn).

The events will be highlighted and selected.

fig.quick-region

Now

Current track Current note

Selects a data that the current track (note) intersects the current time.

The selected region in the SEQUENCE EDIT screen

● When the current track is a MIDI track

From the beginning to the end of the current measure of the current track will be selected (i.e., one measure).

Now

● When the current track is an Audio track

If there is an audio event at the current time in the current track, that single audio event will be selected. The length selected will be the single audio event located at the current time. If there is no audio events at the current time in the current track, from the beginning to the end of the current measure will be selected.

the selected region in the PIANO ROLL EDIT screen

If there is a note event at the current time in the current note (Target), a length corresponding to the duration of the note event will be selected.

If there is not a note event at the current time in the current note (target), a length corresponding to the STEP TIME will be selected.

Changes in recording and editing sequences

Initiate recording when a note message is received

In the RECORDING PARAMETER screen, you can now choose “Wait Note” as the Count In setting.

If you set Count In to “Wait Note,” the MV-8000 will begin recording as soon as any of the following actions occur.

• Receive a note message

(i.e., play a note on a keyboard or other device connected to MIDI IN)

• Strike .

• Press .

If you use Wait Note in the

audio track, you should set the

Rec Mode parameter is Event.

Step-recording for the length of an audio phrase

In the AUDIO PHRASE STEP REC screen, “Phrase” has been added as a choice for the Step Time parameter.

If you set the Step Time to “Phrase,” the length of the recorded audio event will be the length of the audio phrase.

Changes in recording and editing sequences

Combining multiple MIDI tracks into one (Merge Tracks)

This command combines the performance data from multiple adjoining MIDI tracks into one track. This is convenient when you have run out of MIDI tracks, or if you recorded several drum tracks separately and want to combine them into a single track.

Press .

The SEQUENCE screen will appear.

Press .

SEQUENCE MENU popup will appear.

Use to move the cursor to “Merge Tracks” then press .

The MERGE TRACKS popup will appear.

fig.quick-region

Audio track data cannot be

merged.

Specify the parameters.

• Source From

Specify the track number of the first track you want to merge. Range: 1–Current track–136

• Source To

Specify the track number of the end track you want to merge. Range: 1–Current track–136

• Merge To

Specify the destination in which the merged data will be placed.

Range Explanation New A new track will be created, and the merged data will be placed in it.

1–136 The merged data will be placed in the track whose number you specify.

• Keep Source Tracks

This specifies whether the tracks specified by Source From/To will be kept.

Range Explanation

Off

On Remain the performance data.

Delete the performance data specified from Source From track to Source To track.

Press (Execute).

The Merge Track operation will be executed. The performance data of the MIDI tracks between Source From and Source To will be combined and placed in the Merge To track.

Changes in recording and editing sequences

Extracting specific note events (Split Notes)

This lets you extract only specific note events from a track, and move them to a specified other track.

For example, if you have an entire drum performance recorded in a single track, you can use this command to extract just the snare drum notes and place them on a different track.

You cannot extract data from

audio tracks.

Press .

The SEQUENCE screen will appear.

Press (Seq Edit).

The SEQUENCE EDIT screen will appear.

Use (Track Sel) or (All Track Sel) to select the track(s) from which you want to extract note events.

A selection symbol is displayed for the selected tracks.

Use (Rgn In/Out) or (Quick Rgn) to select the region of time from which you want to extract note events.

Press (Command).

The SELECT SEQUENCE EDIT COMMAND popup will appear.

Use to move the cursor to “Split Notes” then press .

The SPLIT NOTES popup will appear.

fig.quick-region

This is a convenient way to

apply Play Quantize to only

the hi-hat.

Specify the parameters.

• Note Range

This specifies the range of note numbers that will be extracted. Range: 0 (C -)–127 (G 9)

• Type

This specifies what will happen after the note events are extracted from the original track.

Range Explanation

The notes specified by Note Range will be moved from the original track to

Move

Copy

the destination track. The corresponding note events will be deleted from the original track.

The notes specified by Note Range will be copied from the original track to the destination track. The notes of the original track will remain unchanged.

If you set the larger value at

the left-hand cursor than the

value at the right-hand cursor,

the SPLIT NOTES operation

will be executed for the note

number other than you set at

the Range parameter.

Changes in recording and editing sequences

• Send To

This specifies how the extracted note events will be recorded.

Range Explanation Separate

Tracks by Note

One Track

One New Track The extracted note events will be placed in a newly created track.

A separate track will be created for each note.

The extracted note events will be placed in the copy-destination track you specify at the Track parameter.

• Track

In case of the Send To is “One Track,” this specifies the track number in which the extracted note events will be placed.

Range: 1–Current Track–136

Press (Execute).

The Split Notes operation will be executed.

If you use the Send To “One

Track” setting to place the

extracted data in a track that

already contains data, the

extracted data will be

combined with the existing

data in the destination track.

If you want to separate drum

notes into individual tracks,

use the Send To “Separate

Tracks By Note” setting.

Changes in recording and editing sequences

Inserting blank measures at the specified time (Insert Measure)

Here’s how to insert blank measures at the specified measure location.

You can specify the time

Press .

The SEQUENCE screen will appear.

signature of the inserted

measures.

Press (Seq Edit).

The SEQUENCE EDIT screen will appear.

Use or to move the current time you want to insert blank measures.

Press .

SEQUENCE MENU popup will appear.

Use to move the cursor to “Insert Measure” then press .

The INSERT MEASURE popup will appear.

fig.quick-region

When you insert measures, the

settings of the tempo track will

change correspondingly

Specify the parameters.

•To

Specify the insert-destination measure number. Range: 0001–measure number of the current time location–9999

• For

Specify the number of blank measures you want to insert. Range: 1–9999

• Time Signature

Specify the time signature of the measures you want to insert. Range: Same time signature as the preceding measure, 1–32 / 2, 4, 8, 16

Press (Execute).

The Insert Measure operation will be executed.

Changes in recording and editing sequences

Using shortcuts to execute editing commands

Shortcut Function

Editing command shortcuts

Deletes the selected event (Erase).

are valid in the SEQUENCE

EDIT screen and the PIANO

ROLL EDIT screen.

Moves the selected event to the current time location (Move).

Copies the selected event to the current time location (Copy&Paste).

If an audio event exists at the current time location, displays the AUDIO EVENT PARAMETER popup (valid only in the SEQUENCE EDIT screen.

Using shortcuts to switch the step time

Function Step Time Function Step Time

(30)

(60)

(80)

(120)

(240)

(320)

(480)

(960)

[SHIFT]+a numeric key

function is valid in the STEP

REC screen, the AUDIO

PHRASE STEP REC screen, the

SEQUENCE screen and the

SEQUENCE EDIT screen.

(160)

Changes in Mixdown and Mastering

Mixdown

Press .

The MASTERING MENU screen will appear.

Press (Mixdown) or use to select the “MIXDOWN MODE” icon

then press .

If Mixdown mode is off, the display will ask “Enter Mixdown Mode. Are you sure?”

F-button Action

Cancels the procedure, and returns to the MASTERING MENU

(No)

(Yes)

screen.

Turns Mixdown mode on. You will go to the SEQUENCE screen, which will indicate “** Mixdown Mode **.” Continue to step 3.

Turn to MAX.

This lets you mixdown without reducing the volume.

Press .

You can start the mixdown

from any time location. Simply

move the current time to that

point, and then start the

mixdown.

If Mixdown mode is on, the

display will ask “Exit

Mixdown Mode. Are you

sure?”

If you mix down without

setting the MASTER knob to

MAX, the volume will be

lower. You should leave this

knob at MAX unless you are

creating a fade-in or fade-out.

The EDIT MIXDOWN FILE NAME popup will appear.

Specify a filename.

A default filename is assigned automatically. You can change this if desired.

Press (OK).

The REC indicator (red) will blink, and the MV-8000 will be in mixdown-standby.

Press .

Mixdown will begin. REC indicator (red) and PLAY indicator (green) will lit.

If you operate the mixer or

effects during mixdown, your

changes will be reflected in the

mixdown data.

If you press [EXIT] in step 6,

the EDIT MIXDOWN FILE

NAME popup window will

close without entering standby

mode.

If you specified mixdown

filename is onto a

MIXDOWNTR folder that

already contains setting, “That

name already exists.

Overwrite?” message will

appear.

If you press [F1 (No)], you can

edit filename again.

If you press [F5 (Yes)], the

previous data will be

overwritten.

Changes in Mixdown and Mastering

To stop the mixdown, press .

Mixdown will end, and the mixdown file will be saved in the MIXDOWNTR folder ([REC] and [PLAY] indicator will be dark).

“Mixdown finished. Go to Mastering?” message will appear.

F-button Action

(No)

(Exit Mixdown)

(Yes)

Mastering

Press .

The MASTERING MENU screen will appear.

Press (Mastering). Alternatively, select the MASTERING icon and press

The SELECT AUDIO FILE / SELECT MASTERING SOURCE popup will appear.

Move the cursor to the file that you want to master, and press (Execute).

The MASTERING screen will appear.

You will return to the SEQUENCE screen.

The Mixdown Mode will turn off, the SEQUENCE screen will appear.

You will go to the MASTERING screen.

If you mastering without

setting the MASTER knob to

MAX, the volume will be

lower. You should leave this

knob at MAX unless you are

creating a fade-in or fade-out.

Turn to MAX.

This lets you mastering without reducing the volume.

Changes in Mixdown and Mastering

Press .

The EDIT MASTERING FILE NAME popup will appear.

Specify a filename.

A default filename is assigned automatically. You can change this if desired.

Press (OK).

The REC indicator (red) will blink, and the MV-8000 will be in mastering-standby.

If you press [EXIT] in step 7,

the EDIT MASTERING FILE

NAME popup window will

close without entering standby

mode.

If you specified mixdown

filename is onto a MASTERTR

folder that already contains

setting, “That name already

exists. Overwrite?” message

will appear.

If you press [F1 (No)], you can

edit filename again.

If you press [F5 (Yes)], the

previous data will be

overwritten.

Press .

Mastering will begin you selected file in step 3. REC indicator (red) and PLAY indicator (green) will lit.

To stop the mastering, press .

Mastering will end, and the mastering file will be saved in the MASTERTR folder ([REC] and [PLAY] indicator will be dark).

“Mixdown finished. Go to CD Burning?” message will appear.

F-button Action

(No)

(Yes)

You will return to the MASTERING screen.

You will go to the CUE SHEET screen.

If you operate the mastering

effects during mastering, your

changes will reflected in the

mastering data.

If playing reaches to the end of

selected file in step3, mastering

will stop automatically.

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

Using the MV-8000 in Multitimbre Sampler Mode

In Multi Timbre Sampler mode, the MV-8000’s instruments function as a multi-timbral sound module. And the performance data from the velocity pads is transmitted as MIDI messages (MIDI OUT A/B, R-BUS).

Playing the MV-8000 from an externallyconnected sequencer

Here’s how the MV-8000 can function as a multi-timbral sound module receiving multiple channels of MIDI performance data from an externally-connected MIDI sequencer.

Connect the MV-8000’s MIDI IN connector to your MIDI sequencer’s MIDI OUT.

fig.mv8000-midi-909

MIDI Cable

MIDI OUTMIDI IN

Certain limitations apply when

Multi Timbre Sampler mode is

on. For details, refer to

“Performance Data Flow and

Limitations in Multi Timbre

Sampler Mode” (p. 68).

Sequencer

MV-8000

Press .

The SYSTEM MENU screen will appear.

With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press (MIDI). Alternatively, you can select the MIDI icon and press .

The MIDI screen will appear.

fig.midi-screen

Turn the Multi Timbre Sampler Mode parameter On in the MIDI screen.

This setting lets the MV-8000 receive performance data from your external MIDI sequencer, so that the MV-8000’s instruments will play.

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

Press .

The SEQUENCE screen will appear.

Start playback on your external sequencer.

The MV-8000’s instruments will play the performance data being sent from your external MIDI sequencer.

Multi Timbre Sampler Mode is

available only while the

following screens are

displayed.

• SEQUENCE screen

• INSTRUMENTS screen

• EFFECTS screen

• MIXER screen

Recording your velocity pad performance on an externally-connected sequencer

If you turn Multi Timbre Sampler Mode on, your playing on the MV-8000’s velocity pads will be transmitted as MIDI messages. This means you can record your performance on an externally-connected sequencer.

Connect the MV-8000’s MIDI OUT connector to your MIDI sequencer’s MIDI IN.

fig.mv8000-midiin-909

MIDI Cable

You can’t record performance

data on the MV-8000’s own

internal sequencer while Multi

Timbre Sampler Mode is on.

MIDI INMIDI OUT

MV-8000

Press .

SYSTEM screen will appear.

With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press (MIDI). Alternatively, you can select the MIDI icon and press .

The MIDI screen will appear.

fig.midi-screen

Sequencer

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

Turn the Multi Timbre Sampler Mode parameter On in the MIDI screen.

With this setting, your playing on the velocity pads will be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector.

Set the Pad Tx Channel parameter.

This specifies the MIDI OUT connector and channel used to transmit your playing on the velocity pads.

Range Explanation A- 1 Transmit a MIDI data from MIDI OUT A, channel 1.

: : A-16 Transmit a MIDI data from MIDI OUT A, channel 16. B- 1 Transmit a MIDI data from MIDI OUT B, channel 1. : : B-16 Transmit a MIDI data from MIDI OUT B, channel 16. R- 1 Transmit a MIDI data from R-BUS, channel 1. : : R-16 Transmit a MIDI data from R-BUS, channel 16.

Press .

SEQUENCE screen will appear.

Start recording on your external sequencer, and play the velocity pads.

Your velocity pad performance will be recorded on the external sequencer.

You can set the Pad Tx

Channel parameter only if

Multi Timbre Sampler Mode is

on.

Value R- 1–R-16 is displayed

when MV8-OP1 is installed.

Your playing on the velocity

pads can be transmitted as

MIDI data while the following

screens are displayed.

• SEQUENCE screen

• EFFECTS screen

• MIXER screen

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

● Performance Data Flow and Limitations in Multi Timbre Sampler Mode

As shown below, the performance data flow differs depending on the Multi Timbre Sampler Mode setting in the MIDI screen.

When Off (normal)

fig.multitimbre-off

MIDI OUT A/B/R-BUS

MV-8000

Velocity Pads

MIDI IN

Sequencer Instr uments

Performance data received at MIDI IN or from the velocity pads is sent to MIDI OUT and/or plays the MV-8000’s instruments according to the Output Assign parameter and Output Assign MIDI parameter of the current track.

When On

The MV-8000 will operate in the following way.

fig.multitimbre-on

MIDI IN

MV-8000

MIDI Ch. 1

MIDI Ch. 16

Velocity Pads

Sequencer Instr uments

• Operate as a multi-timbral sound module

Performance data received at MIDI IN is sent to the instruments. Instrument part 1 receives MIDI channel 1, instrument part 2 receives MIDI channel 2, etc., ... and instrument part 16 receives MIDI channel 16.

MIDI OUT A/B/R-BUS

(1~16)

• Transmit performance data from the velocity pads as MIDI messages

The performance data from the velocity pads is transmitted from the MIDI output (MIDI OUT A/B connector, R-BUS connector) and channel specified by the Pad Tx Channel parameter in the MIDI screen.

● Limitations when Multi Timbre Sampler Mode is On

• Performance data from the velocity pads cannot be sent to the internal sound

The correspoindence between

the incoming MIDI channels

and the instrument part played

y each channel is fixed. You

cannot change this

correspondence.

generator.

• Performance data cannot be recorded on the MV-8000’s internal sequencer.

• Multi Timbre Sampler Mode is available only while the following screens are displayed.

•SEQUENCE screen

•INSTRUMENTS screen (performance data from the velocity pads is not transmitted)

•EFFECTS screen

•MIXER screen

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

Synchronized operation with external devices (Slave)

Additional parameters in the SYNC screen

Sync Mode parameter and Error Level parameter have been added to the SYNC screen.

fig.sync-screen

1. Sync Mode

This specifies the mode of operation when synchronizing an external device and the MV-8000.

Range Explanation

Master The MV-8000 will operate using its internal clock (Master).

Slave-MIDI (MIDI)

Slave-MIDI (R-BUS)

Slave-MTC (MIDI)

Slave-MTC (R-BUS)

Remote (MIDI)

Remote (R-BUS)

The MV-8000 will receive MIDI Clock messages via its MIDI IN connector, and operate as a slave.

The MV-8000 will receive MIDI Clock messages via its R-BUS connector, and operate as a slave.

The MV-8000 will receive MTC messages via its MIDI IN connector, and operate as a slave.

The MV-8000 will receive MTC messages via its R-BUS connector, and operate as a slave.

The MV-8000 will receive Start, Stop, and Continue messages via its MIDI IN connector for remote control.

The MV-8000 will receive Start, Stop, and Continue messages via its R-BUS connector for remote control.

2. Error Level

Range: 0–5–10 (the checking interval will be longer for larger values) This specifies the interval at which the MTC reception status is checked when Sync

Mode is set to Slave-MTC (MIDI) or Slave-MTC (R-BUS).

The MV-8000 monitors the

reception status, and will halt

synchronized operation if it

detects that a communication

problem has occurred. Higher

values make the MV-8000

Added the R-BUS screen.

This screen lets you make R-BUS settings when the MV8-OP1 (sold separately) is installed.

fig.sync-screen.eps

The screen contains the following parameters.

1. Word Clock

This setting specifies the word clock that the MV-8000 will use when digital audio is being transferred over an R-BUS connection between an external device and the MV-8000.

Setting Explanation

Internal The MV-8000 will use its own internal clock. External The MV-8000 will use the clock from the external device connected via R-BUS.

The Word Clock parameter

was located in the GLOBAL

screen.

2. Message Type

This specifies the type of messages that will be used for communication between R-BUS devices when the MV-8000 is connected to an external device via R-BUS.

R-BUS device connected to the MV8-OP1

VS-series unit (or similar) with an R-BUS connector

MV-8000 DIF-AT24

Setting Explanation

Use this setting for transferring digital audio via

R-BUS

MIDI

R-BUS, or when using MMC or MTC synchronization between R-BUS devices.

Use this setting if the DIF-AT24 (sold separately) is connected to the MV8-OP1 and you’re using the MIDI IN/OUT connectors of the DIF-AT24, or when you’re connecting two MV-8000 units.

If the DIF-AT24 is connected

and you’re using the MIDI

OUT connector of the

DIF-AT24, set Message Type to

“MIDI.” With a setting other

than “MIDI,” the MIDI device

connected to the DIF-AT24’s

MIDI OUT connector will not

operate correctly.

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

Receive and synchronize to MIDI Clock

MIDI Clock messages from an externally connected sequencer or recorder (“master device”) can be received by the MV-8000, causing the MV-8000 to operate in synchronization as a slave device.

The example given below is a setup in which a sequencer is the master device, and the MV-8000 receives MIDI Clock messages at its MIDI IN.

Connect your sequencer to the MV-8000.

fig.MV-MIDI-909.e

MIDI Cable

MIDI Clock

MIDI OUTMIDI IN

When the MV-8000 is

operating as a synchronization

slave, the synchronization

signals can be received

through either the MV-8000’s

MIDI IN connector or the

MIDI IN connector of the

DIF-AT24. However, you must

set the Sync Mode (p. 69) to

specify the connector through

which the synchronization

signals are to be received.

Sequencer

MV-8000

Press .

The SONG SETUP MENU screen will appear.

With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press. Alternatively, select the SYNC icon and press.

The SYNC screen will appear.

fig.sync-screen.eps

Set the synchronization parameters.

Here you will set parameters to specify how MIDI Clock synchronization will occur. Refer to the table below, and make the appropriate settings on the MV-8000 and on the externally connected master device (the sequencer or recorder that is transmitting the synchronization signals). For details on how to make settings on your master device, refer to its owner’s manual.

For an explanation of the other

parameters, refer to the

MV-8000 Owner’s Manual

SYNC screen.

Parameter Setting Settings on the externally connected master

device

Sync Mode Slave-MIDI (MIDI)

Set the device so that it will transmit MIDI Clock messages (Master).

When synchronized as a MIDI

Clock slave, “Wait Note” of the

Count In setting is not

available.

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

Play back the master device.

Press the PLAY button on the master device; the MV-8000 will begin running in synchronization.

Receive and synchronize to MTC

MTC messages from an externally connected sequencer or recorder (“master device”) can be received by the MV-8000, causing the MV-8000 to operate in synchronization as a slave device.

The example given below is a setup in which a recorder is the master device, and the MV-8000 receives MTC messages at its MIDI IN.

Connect your sequencer or recorder to the MV-8000.

fig.MV-clock-2400CD.e

MIDI Cable

MTC/MMC

MIDI OUTMIDI IN

MV-8000

Recorder

Press .

The SONG SETUP MENU screen will appear.

With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press. Alternatively, select the SYNC icon and press.

The SYNC screen will appear.

fig.sync-screen.eps

The example here also shows

how to make settings to use

MMC remote control from the

externally connected device.

MTC=MIDI Time Code

MMC=MIDI Machine Control

When the MV-8000 is

operating as a synchronization

slave, the synchronization

signals can be received

through either the MV-8000’s

MIDI IN connector or the

MIDI IN connector of the DIF-

AT24. However, you must set

the Sync Mode (p. 69) to

specify the connector through

which the synchronization

signals are to be received.

During synchronized playback

as an MTC slave, there may be

cases in which a track

containing a long audio event

drifts out of playback

synchronization with other

tracks. This occurs because

MTC synchronization is not

able to adjust the playback

speed of an audio event, and is

not a malfunction.

When synchronized as a MTC

slave, loop playback and

count-in recording are not

available.

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

Set the synchronization parameters.

Here you will set parameters to specify how MTC synchronization will occur. Refer to the table below, and make the appropriate settings on the MV-8000 and on the externally connected master device (the sequencer or recorder that is transmitting the synchronization signals). For details on how to make settings on your master device, refer to its owner’s manual.

Parameter Setting Settings on the externally connected master

device

Sync Mode Slave-MTC (MIDI)

MTC Frame Rate

Same as the frame rate setting of the master device.

Set the device so that it will transmit MTC messages (Master).

For details on how to make settings on your master device, refer to its owner’s manual.

Set the MMC parameters.

Here you will make settings to allow MMC remote control from the externally connected device.

Refer to the table below, and make the appropriate settings on the MV-8000 and on the externally connected master device (the sequencer or recorder that is transmitting the synchronization signals). For details on how to make settings on your master device, refer to its owner’s manual.

Parameter Setting Settings on the externally connected master device

MMC Mode Slave (MIDI)

Set the device so that it will transmit MMC messages (Master).

Play back the master device.

Press the PLAY button on the master device; MMC messages will be transmitted to the MV-8000, and the MV-8000 will begin running. Then MTC messages will be transmitted from the master device, causing the MV-8000 to synchronize with the MTC data.

Use the MIDI IN connector of the DIF-AT24

You can now use the MIDI IN connector of the DIF-AT24 (sold separately) to input MIDI data into the MV-8000.

You can add an additional MIDI IN/OUT connector by connecting the DIF-AT24.

fig.MV-clock-2400CD.e

MIDI keyboard

MIDI OUT

MV8-OP1

MIDI IN

(Audio I/O Expansion)

MIDI OUT

MIDI

MIDI IN

DIF-AT24

R-BUS

MV-8000

R-BUS

Changes in the others

Directly selecting a pad bank ([PAD BANKS]+Pad 1–16)

You can switch pad banks by directly specifying a number.

Hold down , and strike (1–16) that corresponds to the desired pad bank.

The pad bank will switch. You can switch between pad banks 1–6 for instruments, or between pad banks 1–16 for audio phrases.

Using the velocity pads to switch Track Mute and Solo

Here’s how to use the velocity pads to switch Mute (silenced) and Solo settings on/off for a track.

Hold down , and press .

The TRACK MUTE screen will appear.

fig.trackmute-screen.eps

You can’t use this method to

switch to audio phrase pad

anks 17–32. Press [PAD

BANKS] and use the VALUE

dial or the numeric keys to

specify the bank number.

Press (Mute) to switch the mute setting of a track, or press (Solo) to switch the solo setting.

The TRACK MUTE screen will appear if you press [F1 (Mute)]. The TRACK SOLO screen will appear if you press [F2 (Solo)].

Use value dial or / to set the Track Bank parameter.

Track Banks divide tracks 1–136 into groups of sixteen tracks. Select the track bank containing the tracks you want to mute or solo.

Strike .

The track corresponding to the velocity pad you struck will be muted or soloed. Muted tracks are indicated by the “MUTE” icon, and the pad will be displayed in dark gray. Soloed tracks are indicated by the “SOLO” icon, and the pad is displayed in white.

fig.trackmute-screen.eps

MUTE Icon SOLO Icon Normal

The velocity pads of pad banks

1–9 are displayed in miniature

at the right of the Track Bank

parameter to indicate the

current mute and solo settings.

Changes in the others

Press EXIT to exit the TRACK MUTE screen or TRACK SOLO screen.

The SEQUENCE screen will appear.

You cannot record the

operation of muting and

soloing tracks to the sequencer.

Starting a new song with your favorite settings (User Track Template)

Your favorite settings such as the track structure or loop settings of a song can be stored on the hard disk as a “template” for recall any time you want to start creating a song with that structure.

Only one user track template

can be stored.

Saving a User Track Template

For the current song, create the structure that you want to save as a user track template.

Press .

The SEQUENCE screen will appear.

Press .

The SEQUENCE MENU popup will appear.

Use to select to “Save As User Template” then press .

“Save Song setting as User Track Template?” message will appear.

fig.track-mute-screen

Since the user track template is

stored on the hard disk, it will

e lost if you initialize (format)

the hard disk.

F button Explanation

The user track template will not be saved. The SEQUENCE screen will

(No)

(Yes)

appear.

Things such as the track settings for the current song will be saved on the hard disk as a user track template.

Changes in the others

Using a user track template to create a song

Press .

The SONG SETUP MENU screen will appear.

With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press (Create New). Alternatively, you can select the CREATE NEW SONG icon and press .

The CREATE NEW SONG screen will appear.

Set the Track Layout parameter to “User Template.”

Press (Execute).

A new song will be created according to the settings saved in the user track template.

Saving a song in SMF format (Save As SMF)

Here’s how to save the current song in SMF (Standard MIDI File) format 1. This allows a song created on the MV-8000 to be played or edited by sequencer or other

software on a computer.

SMF=Standard MIDI File

Make the current song the song you want to convert to SMF format.

Select the Song you want to convert to SMF format, as the current song.

Press .

The SONG SETUP MENU screen will appear.

With the cursor located in the lower row of icons, press (SaveAsSMF). Alternatively, you can select the SAVE AS SMF icon and press .

The SAVE SONG AS SMF screen will appear.

fig.savesmf-screen.eps

Use to select a folder you want to save the SMF.

A folder will be highlighted.

Press (Execute).

The SMF will be saved to specified folder and filename.

If you press [F4 (Make

Folder)], the EDIT FOLDER

NAME popup will appear.

Where you can create a new

folder inside the current folder.

If you press [F1 (Name)], the

EDIT SMF FILE NAME popup

will appear. Where you can

edit the name of the saved as

SMF.

Note regarding saving to SMF

Several limitations apply when you save a song in SMF format.

• Only the current song can be converted

If you want to convert another song to SMF, you will have to switch the current song.

• The save destination is limited to the hard disk.

You cannot save the resulting SMF data directly to floppy disk or CD-R/RW disc.

• The data is saved in SMF Format 1.

You cannot save data in SMF Format 0.

• Audio track data cannot be converted to SMF.

• MIDI channels assigned to the SMF-converted data are determined by the Output

Assign parameter and MIDI parameter for each track of the song.

MIDI channels are assigned as follows.

Output Assign (MIDI) Assigned MIDI channel

Off Off 1 1 A- 1, B- 1, R- 1 1 : : : 16 A- 16, B-16, R-16 16

Changes in the others

You can copy the saved SMF

from the hard disk to floppy

disk in the FILE UTILITY

screen. Also, you can transfer

the saved SMF to the computer

in the USB screen.

The Output Assign parameter value takes priority when assigning MIDI channels. For example, if Output Assign is 2 and MIDI Output is A-5, channel 2 will be assigned.

However, if Output Assign is Off and MIDI Output is A-5, channel 5 will be assigned.

Viewing the PATCH LIBRARY popup in the INSTRUMENTS screen

In the INSTRUMENTS screen, simply moving the cursor to the Patch column will display the PATCH LIBRARY popup window.

INSTRU-

MENTS

Press .

The INSTRUMENTS screen will appear.

Use to select a part you want to select the patch.

A part will be highlighted and switch the current part.

Use to move the cursor to the Patch column.

The PATCH LIBRARY popup will appear.

Copy or move entire folders

When using the following commands in the FILE UTILITY screen, you can now perform operations on entire folders.

The procedure is the same as when performing the operation on an individual file.

• Copy

• Move

Changes in the others

Changes in MIDI Filter parameter

Parameter Before After

PC On Off Bank On Off

Changes in GLOBAL screen

Prevent the hard disk from being formatted (HD Format Protect parameter)

The HD Format Protect parameter lets you allow or prevent formatting of the hard disk. When you turn on the power of MV-8000, this will automatically be turned On.

If the HD Format Protect parameter is On, it will not be possible to format the hard disk. If you want to format the hard disk, turn HD Format Protect to the “Off” setting.

Press .

The SYSTEM MENU screen will appear.

Press (Global).

The GLOBAL screen will appear.

Sets the HD Format Protect parameters.

HD Format Protect

Off

If you attempt to format the hard disk when the HD Format Protect parameter is On, a message of “Can’t Format the Hard Disk. HD Format Protect is On.” will appear.

Explanation

You will be able to format the hard disk. If you want to format the hard disk, select the “Off” setting.

You will not be able to format the hard disk. Normally, you should leave this at the “On” setting.

Adjusting the volume of the entire sampler

You can adjust the playback volume of the entire sampler at the “Sampler Output Gain” parameter. Adjust the parameter when you feel that the playback volume of sampler is insufficient in spite of having adjust the level of partials and audio phrases.

Press .

The SYSTEM MENU screen will appear.

Press (Global).

The GLOBAL screen will appear.

Sets the Sampler Output Gain parameter.

Range: -12, -9, -6, -3, 0 (dB)

The playback volume of the

sampler is set lower than the

listening volume of sampling

on the MV-8000, beforehand,

to prevent the sound causing

distortion by the polyphony

and the setting of the filter on

the sampler.

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Roland MV 8000 Service Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8000

The newly added VGA/MOUSE screen

Using the two operating modes, the display, and the mouse

Switching between the two operating modes

Mouse

About the mouse

Basic operation

Mouse operations

Screen Section

SEQUENCE screen

Operation section

Quick Tour

Using the mouse to edit sequence data

Using the mouse to edit a MIDI track (PIANO ROLL EDIT screen)

Step Recording

Changes in Sampling and Importing

Sampling

Importing

Importing the WAV or AIFF files

Importing the Standard MIDI Files

Importing from various CD-ROM libraries

Check multiple samples you have captured

Quick Assign

Assigning a sampled sound a patch (partial)

Assigning a sampled sound an audio phrase

Assigning a patch (partial) by chopping a sample

Assign multiple samples as partials

Assign multiple samples as audio phrases

Changes in Sample Edit

Truncating

Truncating a sample used by a partial’s SMT

Truncating a sample used by an audio phrase

Added the AUDIO PHRASE SAMPLE EDIT screen

Deleting the sample along with the partial (Delete Partial)

Deleting the sample along with the audio phrase (Delete Audio Phrase)

Deleting the sample along with the patch (Delete Patch)

Assigning a partial to pads in a pitched scale (Set Chromatic)

Changes in recording and editing sequences

Selecting a region quickly (Quick Region)

The selected region in the SEQUENCE EDIT screen

the selected region in the PIANO ROLL EDIT screen

Initiate recording when a note message is received

Step-recording for the length of an audio phrase

Combining multiple MIDI tracks into one (Merge Tracks)

Extracting specific note events (Split Notes)

Inserting blank measures at the specified time (Insert Measure)

Using shortcuts to execute editing commands

Using shortcuts to switch the step time

Changes in Mixdown and Mastering

Mixdown

Mastering

Using the MV-8000 with external devices

Using the MV-8000 in Multitimbre Sampler Mode

Recording your velocity pad performance on an externally-connected sequencer

Synchronized operation with external devices (Slave)

Additional parameters in the SYNC screen

Added the R-BUS screen.

Receive and synchronize to MIDI Clock

Receive and synchronize to MTC

Use the MIDI IN connector of the DIF-AT24

Changes in the others

Directly selecting a pad bank ([PAD BANKS]+Pad 1–16)

Using the velocity pads to switch Track Mute and Solo

Starting a new song with your favorite settings (User Track Template)

Saving a User Track Template

Using a user track template to create a song

Saving a song in SMF format (Save As SMF)

Note regarding saving to SMF

Viewing the PATCH LIBRARY popup in the INSTRUMENTS screen

Copy or move entire folders

Changes in MIDI Filter parameter

Changes in GLOBAL screen

Prevent the hard disk from being formatted (HD Format Protect parameter)

Adjusting the volume of the entire sampler

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