Roland MV-8000 ERRATA User Manual

Owner’s Manual

This manual explains how to use an MV-8000 in which “System Program Version 3.50 is installed.

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 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.

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An overview of version 3.5

Added functionality

● Mixer automation (p. 3)

Operations on the MIXER screen can now be recorded and recalled.

● Track mute automation (p. 5)

Operations on the TRACK MUTE screen can now be recorded and recalled.

● C-knob automation (p. 10)

Operations of the C-knob can now be recorded and recalled.

● Transmit Program Changes to an external sound module (p. 12)

MIDI Program Changes can now be transmitted at the beginning of a Song or Pattern.

● Pencil tool added (p. 13)

You can now enter note events on the VGA PIANO ROLL EDIT screen.

● Continuous data generation and modification capability (p. 14)

You can now enter and edit data that has continuous values. This can be used to enter automation data into MIDI tracks.

● Three-band equalizer added (p. 16)

You can now use the equalizer to adjust the tone.

● Import Patch Preview function added (p. 18)

You can now preview and audition before importing Patches.

Screens that have been added

●MUTE CONTROL TRACK screen (p. 8)

●TRACK SELECT popup (p. 9)

●CREATE CONTINUOUS DATA popup (p. 14)

●CHANGE CONTINUOUS DATA popup (p. 15)

●MIXER (AUDIO TRACK EQ), MIXER (INSTRUMENTS PART 1-8 EQ), MIXER (INSTRUMENTS PART 9-16 EQ) screen (p. 16)

Automating mixing operations (Automation)

Automating operations of Mixer Channel

The operations of the mixer parameter on the MIXER screens can be recorded on the sequencer (MIDI track).

Mixer parameters that can be recorded and played back

Mixer operation data is recorded on a MIDI track as MIDI Control Change data. The following table shows the data that can be recorded and played back, and the MIDI Control Change numbers used for each type of data.

Parameters	MIDI Control Change Number

Level	7 (Volume)
Pan	10	(Pan)
Reverb Send	91	(Reverb: Effect 1 Depth)
DlyCho Send	93	(Chorus: Effect 3 Depth)

Recording mixer operations for a Mixer Channel

1.Access the SEQUENCE screen or the PATTERN screen.

2.Move the current time to the location at which you want to start recording mixer operations.

3.Use to select the MIDI track on which you want to record the Mixer Channel operations (movements).

4.Press (Track Param).

The TRACK PARAMETER popup will appear.

You can’t record mixer operations for multiple Mixer Channels at the same time.

You can’t record operations of the Output parameter, Mute parameter, and EQ parameters on the MIXER screens.

You can use the SEQUENCE EDIT screen, the PATTERN EDIT screen, or the EVENT LIST screen to edit a MIDI track on which you recorded mixer operations.

Automating mixing operations (Automation)

5.Use the Output Assign parameter to select the Mixer Channel for which you want to record/playback mixer operations.

The following table shows the Mixer Channel that can be recorded and played back.

Mixer Channel	Value

AUX1	Mixer AUX1
AUX2	Mixer AUX2
AUX3	Mixer AUX3
AUX4	Mixer AUX4
Delay/Chorus	Mixer DlyCho
Reverb	Mixer Reverb
Audio Phrase	Mixer A.Phrs
Input	Mixer Input
Audio track 1-8	AMix *: (Audio track name)
	“*” shows Track Number.

Select the “AMix” for which you want to record mixer operation of Audio track.

6.Press and select the MIXER screen for which you want to record the Mixer Channel.

7.Press .

[REC] (red) indicator will blink, and the RECORDING PARAMETER (MIDI) popup will appear. Make recording settings as necessary.

8.Press .

[REC] (red) and [PLAY] (green) will light, and the RECORDING PARAMETER (MIDI) popup will close. Use the sliders or VALUE dial to adjust the mixer parameter values for the Mixer Channel you selected in step 5. The value changes will be recorded on the MIDI track.

9.Press to stop recording.

[REC] and [PLAY] will go dark, and recording will stop.

Playback mixer movements

1.Move the current time to the location at which the mixer operations were recorded.

2.Press .

[PLAY] (green) will light. The Mixer parameters will change according to the data recorded on the MIDI track.

3.Press to stop playback.

[PLAY] will go dark, and playback will stop.

When you delete an Audio track, the Output Assign parameter will be switched Off for the MIDI track on which you recorded the mixer automation operations for that track.

By changing the Output Assign parameter setting for the MIDI track on which you recorded the mixer operations to other Mixer Channel, you can playback those same mixer operations on a different Mixer Channel.

Automating mixing operations (Automation)

Automating mute operations for each track

Mute settings for each track can be recorded on the Mute Control Track and played-back.

Recording mute operations

1.	Hold down	, and press	.
	The TRACK MUTE screen will appear.
2.	Move the current time to the location at which you want to start recording
	mute operations.
3.	Press	.
	[REC] (red) indicator will blink, and the RECORDING PARAMETER (MUTE
	CONTROL) popup will appear. Make recording settings as necessary.

•Count In

Specifies how recording will begin.

Value	Explanation

Off	Recording will begin the moment you press [PLAY].

When you press [PLAY], a count-in will sound from one measure 1 Meas earlier than the record-start location, and recording will begin at

the record-start location.

When you press [PLAY], a count-in will sound from two measures 2 Meas earlier than the record-start location, and recording will begin at

the record-start location.

Wait Note

Recording will begin the moment you press [PLAY].

•Auto Punch

Recording will begin (punch-in) and end (punch-out) automatically at the time locations you specify beforehand.

Parameter	Value

In	0001-01-000 – 9999--*
Out	0001-01-000 – 9999--*

•Metronome Mode

Specifies when the metronome signal will be output.

Value	Explanation

Off	The metronome will not sound.
Rec Only	The metronome will sound only during recording.
Play&Rec	The metronome will sound during playback and recording.
Always	The metronome will always sound.

Automating mixing operations (Automation)

•Input Quantize

You can record into the sequencer while applying quantization.

Value:		Off, (60), (80), (120), (160), (240), (320), (480)

4.Press .

[REC] (red) and [PLAY] (green) will light, and the RECORDING PARAMETER (MUTE CONTROL) popup will close. Strike the velocity pads to perform track mute operations. Mute operations will be recorded on the Mute Control Track.

5.Press to stop recording.

[REC] and [PLAY] will go dark, and recording will stop.

Playback mute operations

1.Access the SEQUENCE screen or the PATTERN screen.

2.Use to select the track on which you want to playback the mute operations.

3.Press (Track Param).

The TRACK PARAMETER popup will appear.

4.Use the Mute Control parameter to specify whether mute operations are to be played-back or not.

•Mute Control

Tracks will be muted/unmuted according to the track mute data recorded on the Mute Control Track.

	Value	Explanation

	Off	The recorded mute data will be disabled. Mute operations will not be
	Off	played back.
		played back.
	On	The recorded mute data will be enabled.
		The recorded mute data will be enabled. With this setting, mute will
	On (Default=Off)	automatically be disabled when you move the time location to the
		beginning of the track.
		The recorded mute data will be enabled. With this setting, mute will
	On (Default=On)	automatically be applied when you move the time location to the
		beginning of the track.

5.Press (Close).

The TRACK PARAMETER popup will close. If you want to enable/disable mute

Recording will end automatically if you access any screen other than the TRACK MUTE screen (for example by pressing [EXIT]) while recording.

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