Roland PCR-1 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Use MIDI functionality
Table of operating modes
You can switch modes at any time, as shown below.
You are returned to Play mode once a setting or a process has been completed within the other
modes. If you want to return to Play mode without completing a setting or operation, press the
button for the current mode (i.e., the button that is lit). Alternatively, press the
[CANCEL]
button. The setting you were in the process of making will be discarded.
Mode Switching modes Explanation
PLAY mode
(p. 51)
When you turn on the power, the PCR-1 will
start up in PLAY mode.
Transmit MIDI messages
by playing the keyboard
or operating the control-
lers.
MIDI Channel mode
(MIDI CH)
(p. 53)
Press the
[MIDI CH]
.
Set the transmit channel
(
current channel
p. 53)
for the keyboard and
bender lever.
Program Change mode
(PROGRAM CHANGE)
(p. 56)
Press the
[SHIFT]
so
it is lit, and then
press the
[PGM
CHANGE]
.
Transmit program change
messages on the
current
channel
(p. 53).
Bank mode
(BANK)
(p. 57)
Press the
[SHIFT]
so
it is lit, and then
press the
[BANK
SEL]
.
Transmit bank select mes-
sages (MSB, LSB) on the
current channel
(p. 53).
Panic mode
(PANIC)
(p. 58)
Simultaneously,
Press the
[MIDI CH]
and the
[EDIT]
.
Stop “stuck” notes or oth-
er problems with the
sound on a connected
MIDI sound module.
Memory mode
(MEMORY)
(p. 59)
Press the
[MEMORY
]
.
Recall a memory set from
internal memory into the
current memory
(p. 88).
Snapshot mode
(SNAPSHOT)
(p. 60)
Simultaneously,
Press the
[MEMO-
RY]
and the
[MIDI
CH]
Transmit the current val-
ues of controllers (
[R1–
R8]
or
[S1–S8]
) at once.
Edit mode
(EDIT)
(p. 61)
Press the
[EDIT]
.
Assign MIDI messages to
the controllers, transmit/
receive bulk data, or make
system settings.