Roland G-70 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Additional Arranger/Style functions
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G-70 Music Workstation
Note: If no Styles were found, the following message appears,
and no file names are displayed (in which case you need to
press the [STYLE¥NAME], [COUNTRY], [GENRE] or [TEMPO] field
to display all songs again):
Press the field of the Style you need and do your
thing.
If the G-70 did find one or several matches, the
“FOUND” number will be smaller than the “GLOBAL”
number.
Editing the Style Finder information
The Finder information is based on search criteria that
needs to be added to Style files. Normal Style files do
not contain them. Adding information to a file is a pro-
cess we call “editing”.
As you know, after pressing the FINDER [STYLE] but-
ton, the display looks as follows:
The [OPTIONS] field in the lower left corner provides
access to a display page where you can add database
information. This also works for Styles that already
contain entries you wish to modify.
(1) First select the Style whose database information
you wish to change or edit by pressing its field.
(2) Press the [OPTIONS] field.
(3) Now do one of the following:
Rename
This function allows you to change (or supply) the
STYLE NAME, COUNTRY, and/or GENRE information
of the selected Style (the TEMPO value is fixed, but
could be changed using a STYLE COMPOSER function,
p. 190).
Press the [STYLE≈NAME], [COUNTRY], or [GENRE] field
and enter the desired characters (see p. 49).
You can also rename all three of them.
Note: If you select a Style on floppy disk, only the SONG NAME
and FILE NAME can be edited.
Press the [EXECUTE] field.
Delete
This function allows you to delete the selected Style
from the internal memory area, memory card, or
floppy disk. You should use this as sparsely as possi-
ble – and probably never for the internal memory.
Once a Style is gone, there is indeed no way to
restore it. So please be careful and try to forget this
function even exists.
Press the [DELETE] field. Deleting a Style cannot be
undone, which is why the following question is now
displayed:
[YES] deletes the Style file.
[NO] leaves the file intact and takes you back to the
initial Style Finder page with the song list.
[Back] leaves the file intact and takes you back to the
STYLE LIST page.
Copy
This function allows you to copy the selected Style to
another memory area.
Note: It is perfectly possible to use “older” Music Styles with
the G-70. They will be converted automatically to the new
VARIATION [1]~[4] system.
Even though you can select the files you wish to copy
on this page, there is no need to select a Style prior
to pressing the [OPTIONS] field on the STYLE LIST
page. Be aware, however, that the COPY page only
lists the Music Styles that match the last search crite-
ria you used for the STYLE FINDER.
On the other hand, if you only need to copy certain
Styles on memory card or in the internal memory
area, using the FINDER would be a good idea: it helps
you to avoid too many presses of the PAGE [ø] or [˚]
field. You can also use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial and the
[DEC]/[INC] buttons.
Options