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Roland MC-50 Owner's Manual

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Contents
Features
Front and Rear Panels
Precautions
Power Supply
Location
Floppy Disk Handling
How to Use this Manual
Product Overview
Internal Memory and Floppy Disks
How the Device Is Organized
Internal Memory
Disk Drive
System Area (Rom)/User Area (RAM)
System Programs and Internal Memory
About Tracks
Phrase Track
Rhythm Track
Tempo Track
About Songs
MIDI Channels
MIDI Output Assign
Sequencers and Mtrs - Multitrack Recorders
Connections
The MIDI Connectors of the Device
Basic MIDI Connectors
MIDI Devices that Can be Connected
MIDI Keyboard
Sound Modules
MIDI Controllers
MIDI Thru Boxes
MIDI - Equipped Effect Devices
Connecting a MIDI Keyboard - Electronic Piano or Synthesizer
The Unit's Settings
Connecting an Electronic Piano and Sound Module
Pianos Which Can be Set to Local off
Pianos Which Cannot be Set to Local off
Example Connections Using a Keyboard Controller
Example Connections for a Synchronized Recording System
Local On/Off Function and the Soft Thru On/Off Function
Cable Hook
Turning the Power on
Starting Super-MRC
Starting Super-MRP
Starting from a System Disk
Turning the Power off
Hardware
The Display
Input Section
Playback/Recording Section
Edit Select Section
Modes of Operation
How to Move between Displays
Initializing a Disk
The Floppy Disk Protect Tab
Disk Initialization Procedure
Basic Operation
Recording with a MIDI Keyboard and the Unit
Record the Accompaniment
Record the Melody While Listening to the Accompaniment
Playback the Song Data You Recorded
Save Song Data to Disk
Inputting Characters from the Numeric Keys
Load Song Data from Disk
Loading a Single Song File
Multitrack Recording
Phrase Tracks
Before You Begin Recording
Rhythm Part
Recording Rhythm Pattern 1
Recording Patterns 2 and 4
Recording Pattern 3
Creating the Rhythm Track
Recording the Rhythm Track
The Bass Part
Step Recording Using a MIDI Keyboard
Some Convenient Functions
The Melody Part and Backing Part
Data Editing
Erase - Use an "Eraser"
Delete - Use "Scissors"
Quantize - Correct Timing Inaccuracies
Auto Punch in Recording
Various Useful Procedures
Microscope
Set/Select a Sound on the Connected Sound Module
Set/Select the Volume or Pan of each Part
Disk
Display the Remaining Amount of Memory
Make a Copy of a Floppy Disc/Delet Song Files from a Floppy Disc
Combine Song Files from Two Disc into One Disc
Rhythm
Use D MIDI Keyboard to Create a Rhythm Pattern
Set the MC-50 Instruments to the Key Numbers You Wish to Play
Modify Resolution in the Middle of a Pattern for a Single Instrument
Copy a Rhythm Pattern
Song Data
Extract Song Data
Copy Song Data
Exhange Data between Phrase Tracks/Assing a Song Title
Combine Two Phrase Tracks into One Phrase Track
Slide the Timing of Phrase Track Data Behing/Ahead of the Beat
Transpose the Note Messages in a Phrase Track
Modify the MIDI Channel of a Desired Part in the Phrase Track
Insert Blank Measures into Song Data
Rewrite Program Numbers
MIDI
Play
Sync Clock
Synchronized Playback with a Rhythm Machine
Set the Metronome
Restart the System
View the Data Contents of each Track
Use Microscope Mode to Change the Note Display
Successive Playback of Two or more Songs
Application Guide
Record a Composition with more Parts than You Have MIDI Sound Modules
Recording Program Change Message or Bender/Modulation Messages
Record Sound Module Settings at the Beginning of a Song
Transfer Musical Data from Another Sequencer
Store Synthesizer Sound Dat on an MC-50 Floppy Disk
Create "Effects" Using Only the MC-50 and Sound Modules
Add Sound Effects During Video Editing
About MIDI Status
Note Messages - Note
Program Change Messages - PG
Pitch Bend Messages - Pb/Aftertouch Messages - Caf/Paf
Control Charge Messages - CC
Exclusive Messages - EX
Tune Request Message - TU
Reading Music
Various Symbols Used in Printed Music

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