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1. E 2 e a gt Master page F3 MIDI gt F1 RTime F2 Arrng or F3 Sng PAGE A F select the RX page Seeing that these three pages feature the same parameters we will discuss them together J ust remember to press F1 to select the Realtime RTime level F2 to select the Arranger Arrng level or F3 to select the Song level E Part This parameter allows you to select the part whose MIDI RX settings you wish to change The selectable parts are Function key Selectable parts F1 RTime UP1 UP2 LOW MBS MDR F2 Arrng ADR ABS AC1 AC6 F3 Song Sng B1 Sng 816 The character and number next to the part name indicate the factory MIDI receive transmit channel assignment MH Channel A1 B16 Allows you to assign a MIDI receive channel i e the channel number used to receive MIDI data coming from external instruments sequencers or computers to the selected part The letter A or B denotes the MIDI INput the transmitter must be connected to MIDI IN A or MIDI IN B to control the part in question By default all Realtime and Arranger parts are set to receive and transmit MIDI messages via the MIDI A connectors The Song parts on the other hand are set to receive and transmit via the MIDI B connectors Note As long as the Arranger does not play you may have to set the Style Sync parameter see page 91 so that the Arranger does not start playi
2. Start Stop ever you start or stop Arranger playback In this case no Clock messages are sent Clock This option means that the Arranger sends both Start Stop and Clock messages usual synchronization method Again do not forget to select the right MIDI OUTput to be used for sending these messages m Song Sync TX Again there are several option for sending MIDI realtime messages whenever you play back a Song using the G 800 s Recorder Option Meaning If you select this option the G 800 s Recorder sends only Start Stop and Start Stop Continue continue messages Continue by the way is a message used to signal that playback is not started from the beginning of a Song Clock This option means that the Recorder sends both Start Stop and Clock oF messages usual synchronization method In this case the Recorder sends all above MIDI realtime messages as weil as Song Position Pointer SPP messages These messages are used Song Position Pointer to signal the current play back position so that the slaved synchronized drum machine sequencer etc automatically jumps to the correct position upon receiving a Song Position Pointer message In this case the Recorder sends Start Stop Continue and Clock messages Song Select as well as Song Select messages Song Select messages specify which song memory to select een nn eS aaee a aaau Note See your sequencer s etc manual to see whether it acc
3. E Disk 1 8 AID Use this parameter to select a specific MIDI Set from the MIDI Set Set on disk or select all to load all eight MIDI Sets E To Int 1 8 AID l This parameter allows you to specify the internal MIDI Set number the selected data are to be copied to If you select All for Ii sk All is the only option here Furthermore All cannot be selected when you selected a specific disk MIDI Set E Execute Press Part Select UPPER1 Execute to confirm your settings and load the data Load Chord Sequence Chord Sequence c H R E a D Master page F5 Disk F1 Load PAGE A V select CHR SEQ This function allows you to load a Chord Sequence from disk thereby overwriting the Chord Sequence in the internal memory Note The last Chord Sequence you record or load will be retained in memory when you power off your G 800 S 95 G 800 Reference Manual aa Disk Save saving data to disk In the Player s Guide and while designing the G 800 we tried to make a clear distinction between saving and writing data The term write is only used to describe actions that cause certain settings to be saved to an internal memory Save on the other hand refers to the act of copying internal memory settings to a floppy disk Save User Style O 96 T y 5 R 5 T L y Master page F5 Disk F2 Save PAGE A select USR STL Use this function to save a newly programmed or edited Use
4. Perf Mem Hold Group A B C Bank Number 1 8 Down Up Style Tones Kbd Mode Seen meee LT DO DO DO OO 117 G 800 Reference Manual E aa xK _ _ OOOO Transpose On Off Tone Group A B C D Bank Number 1 8 Variation Down Variation Up Tempo Auto Lock Rit Acc One Touch Keyboard Mode MDrums MBass Lower Upper2 Upper 1 Roll Lower Mbass Hold Whole Left Whole Right Split Up2 Split GM GS mode Pitch Bender Modulation lever With exrtra Range Control PAGE A V Alpha Dial x5 Function keys IF1 F5 Tone select Volume select Shift Write Dispiay controls Key Tempo Dial Part Select MDrums MBass Lower Up2 Up1 7 MIDI A In Out Thru MIDI B In Out Thru Output L Mono R Sustain Switch socket Foot Rear Panel Switch socket Exp Ped Socket Multi Foot switch socket FC7 LCD Contrast Metronome Out Metronome Voiume AC In socket Phones Power On Off Switch dh resi Specifications and appearance subject to change without prior notice 118 i Index a 0 Index A Abort 104 Absolute 90 Acc Wrap 29 Active Sensing 82 ALL 26 All 30 54 teratn 28 Always 43 Amplitude 37 Arr 12 Attack 11 Auto 91 Autoload 99 B Bank Select 16 79 Basic Channel 87 Cc Cacophony avoiding it 67 Chain Songs 103 Change 51 70 Character 17 Cho Delay 19 Depth 20 Dly 20 Feedback 19
5. ARRANGER WORKSTATION Reference Manual 2 CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS QUVRIR CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the product INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY TO PERSONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS WARNING When using electric products basic precautions should always be followed including the following ies Na gt o Read all the instructions before using the product Do not use this product near water for example near a bathtub washbowl kitchen sink in a wet basement or near a swimming pool or the like This product should be used only with a cart or stand that is recommended by the manufacturer This product either alone or in combination with an
6. Chorus 0 127 This parameter sets the Chorus send level for the selected track 0 means that the part in question is not processed by the Chorus effect while 127 represents the maximum effect depth Tone Drum Set Depending on the track you selected the message between the track name and the Tone or Drum Set address will read Tone or frum Set By now you know that you can only select Drum Sets for the 1ADR track part For all other tracks the Toris message will be displayed Y ou can select Tones and Drum Sets using either the TONE selection keys on the front panel or the UPPER VARIATION knob General remark The default settings for these parameters are as follows Parameter 2ABS 3AC1 Expression Reverb Chorus Cone o E ee ee eee O a Tone Drum Set A11 A11 All A11 A11 A11 All A11 These values will be automatically recorded the first time you select a track for recording Note that you can select other Tones Drum Sets on almost any UsrStl Rec page but only with the TONE buttons Selecting the right Tone or Drum Set before you start will help you get in the mood Leave the other settings for later when you have a clearer idea about the sound image 46 User Style mode UsrStI Rec 5 page UsrSti Rec 5 page Drum Set Mate Fitch CeZ 27 Side Stick i 9 9 D Master page F4 UsrStl gt F1 Rec PAGE A V select page 5 This page is
7. Direct to disk Built in effects HD floppy disk drive 4 Digital Reverb Chorus Delay Realtime parts Equalizer SMF playback without loading User Style User Style Set Performance Memories MIDI Ser Chord Sequences Load Save Alpha Dials 6 dials for Reai Time editing 5 kbobs 1 Tempo dial Display Graphic 240 x 64 pixels backlit LCD with software window management MIDI A In Out Thru MIDI B In Out Thru Output L Mono R Sustain Switch socket Foot Rear Panel Switch socket Exp Ped Socket Multi Foot switch socket FC7 LCD Contrast Metronome Out Metronome Volume AC In socket Phones Power On Off Switch Dimensions 1267 W 407 D 150 H mm 49 88 W x 16 02 D x 5 91 H Weight 18kg 39 68ibs PANEL CONTROLS Recorder Play Demo Stop Rec FF Rew Reset Metronome On Off Count in Marker A B lt gt C Song Chord Sequencer Select Prev Next Stop Play Rec Music Style Pue A Group B Bank Number 1 8 Drum Variation 1 4 User MIDI Set Fade In Out Fill Fill to Variation Fill to Original Half Bar Rit Break Mute Dynamic Arranger On Off Synchro Ea Stop R Basic Advanced Original Variation Intro Start Stop Ending Reset Tap Tempo Melody eal Time control oa Intelligence Arranger Chord Standard Piano Style Intelligent Chord Inversion Hold Assign Left Right H Perfomance Memories
8. Extra Bender Controller Realtime parts gt Master page F2 Param gt F3 Cntrl PAGE A V select page 5 Part UP1 UP2 LWR MBS MDR This parameter allows you to select the Realtime part whose Extra Bender settings you wish to edit Parameter The Extra Bender has the same effect when turned fully to the left or to the right It does not work like the Bender lever that raises the pitch when turned to the right and lowers it when turned to the left That is why in the introduction of the Player s Guide the Extra Bender function was described as a kind of aftertouch effect Aftertouch as you may know also only works in one direction Parameter Meaning E A IA AA A A A RN ANA This parameter has the same effect as the pitch bend feature In other words it PChng MER allows you to bend the notes you play using the selected part even beyond the 24 24 e o pitch bend range value see page 34 Setting a positive or negative value for this parameter means that the cutoff fre quency of the Tone assigned to the selected part can be increased or decreased TVF Cutoff Note Depending on the value you set for TVF Cutoff 63 63 on page 11 64 63 high positive or negative settings may have no audibie effect That is also the case of Tones whose cutoff frequency is already preset to the maximum value Setting a positive or negative value for this parameter allows you to increase or Amplitu
9. Level 19 Pre LPF 19 Rate 19 Reverb 20 Chord Family Assign 28 Sequencer 27 Chord Sequence Load 95 Save 98 Chorus 19 Send 15 46 Chrus 55 Clones 47 Cntrl 32 Coarse 31 Continue 92 Control Change 71 Copy 51 75 Microscope 75 Mode 53 Song 104 Style 93 Count In 27 CPT 50 Curve 33 Cutoff 11 D Damper 85 Data 73 SSS O O O O OO 119 Data Type 56 Delay 20 Send 15 Delete 57 76 101 Depth 20 Destination pattern 53 Disk mode 93 Diy Fback 21 Pre LPF 21 Time 21 TRatioL R 21 Dly To Rev 20 Drum Set 46 Pitch 47 Dynamic Arranger 33 E Edit Tone 10 Effect 17 Env Attack 11 Decay 12 Release 12 Equalizer 15 21 Erase 55 72 Expre 54 Express 45 Expression 36 80 EXT 26 Extra Bender Controller 36 F Factory Setup 111 Fade Out 35 Family 28 Feedback 19 File name 99 Fill Rit 25 Filter 85 86 88 89 Fine 31 Footswitch 35 For 60 Format 106 From 52 Full 29 G Gain 22 Gate Time 67 74 Global Volume 9 GM 78 GM System On 82 GM GS mode 6 GS Reset 83 H H Freq 22 H Gain 22 High 33 85 Hold 71 80 I Initialize 111 Initialize disk 106 Insert 59 72 Int 30 90 Int Mid 90 Internal 91 Into 54 74 75 Inversion 35 K Kbd Rec 35 Scale 31 Key 43 L Length 48 LFO1 Pitch 37 Rate 37 TVA 37 TVF 37 L Freq 21 L Gain 22 Limit 85 87 Link 16 Listen 52 Load Chord Sequence 95 MIDI Set
10. Select Manual if you wish to be in control of when the next Song is played back EH Pause 0 99 seconds The Pause value specifies the blanks between two Songs of a Song Chain Note that the Pause value is only used when you set Mode to Auta 9aQ G 800 Reference Manual Param Tune 1 page Piode E Y TRANSPOSE r G a gt Master page F2 Param gt F2 Tune PAGE A V select page 1 Master Tune 415 3Hz 466 2Hz Global parameter The Master Tune setting affects the pitch of the entire G 800 Use this parameter to tune your G 800 to acoustic instruments that cannot be tuned In all other cases set this parameter to 440 0Hz which is the standard pitch for most electronic instruments The Master Tune setting can be saved to a Performance Memory which means that you could use 192 different tunings with your G 800 at least in theory Transpose Mode Global parameter The Transpose Mode parameter allows you to select which sections of your G 800 will be transposed when you press the TRANSPOSE button indicator lights on the front panel Transpose mode Explanation If the TRANSPOSE indicator lights only the Realtime and Arranger parts will be transposed Int Only the Recorder song parts will be transposed lf the TRANSPOSE indicator lights only the notes received via MIDI IN A B MIDI will be transposed In a way this is the same as the Rx Sh
11. Standard MIDI Files using the Recorder that can be played back on any GM or GS compatible instrument like your G 800 You may think that is nothing special but before the advent of GS and GM there was no way of predicting what a sequence would sound like when played back on another module or synthesizer because memory 1 on instrument A contained a synth pad sound while the same memory on instrument B contained a grand piano sound Standard MIDI Files In fact there used to be a time when you could not even load your sequences into a sequencer of another brand because there were as many formats i e ways of data encoding as there were sequencer manufacturers That is why several manufacturers decided to develop a for mat that could be read by all sequencers Think of the Standard MIDI File format as the TXT format of popular personal computers the level that all programs can understand Contrary to TXT format however the Standard MIDI File SMF for short format is amaz ingly elaborate even System exclusive SysEx messages the most intricate kind of MIDI data travel well so that the format comparable to the lay out of printed text remains intact when a sequence is converted to SMF A In fact the SMF format is so elaborate that some sequencers no longer rely on their manufac turers system for recording and playing back data which is the case of the G 800 s Record er The Standard MIDI File format i e the fact
12. UP1 UP2 LWR MBS MDR This parameter allows you to select the Realtime part whose settings you wish to change Sensitivity Low Medium High Hish Le the strongest velocity sensitivity is the preset value Hedi um is an intermediary value that still leaves room for volume and timbre changes according to the force with which you strike the keys while L m represents the minimum velocity sensitivity Though selecting Lew does not mean that the part in question does not respond to your velocity this is probably the setting you need for organ Tones although that is not always a good solution Quite a few organ Tones are indeed velocity switched Tones that require a rather high veloc ity value to sound the Tone with a fast rotary effect while smaller velocity values trigger the same sound with a slow rotary effect Since the timbre and volume of such organ Tones hardly change at all there is no need to set Sensitivity to Lim Min and Max 1 127 Miri is used to set the smallest velocity value with which the Realtime in question can be trig gered Except in cases where the part is used to complement another one usually Upper2 or Upperl1 you should leave this value at 1 The value 0 by the way cannot be selected since that value is taken by most MIDI instruments to signal the end of a note note off The Min value cannot be higher than the Max value Mex on the other hand represents the highest velocity v
13. When Soft Off is received the previous sound will return Note This function can be assigned to the optional footswitch see page 35 E Reverb Send Level control change number 91 This message adds a reverb effect to the part m Chorus Send Level control change number 93 This message adds a chorus effect to the part A APA A EN SS SE SSP IAP NCAA 80 MIDI mode MIDI messages used by the G 800 LLL O E Delay Send Level control change number 94 This message adds a delay effect to the part Delay is not available for the Drums ADR and MDR parts E Portamento control change number 65 Portamento Time control change number 5 Portamento Control control change number 84 Portamento is an effect that creates a smooth change in pitch between the previously played note and the new played note When a Portamento message is received the Portamento effect will be turned on or off Portamento Time controls the speed of the pitch change Portamento Control specifies the source note number the previously played note E RPN LSB MSB control change number 100 101 Data Entry control change number 6 38 Since the function of RPN Registered Parameter Number messages is defined in the MIDI specification this message can be used between devices of different types The RPN MSB and LSB messages specify the parameter which is to be modified and then Data Entry mes sages can be used to modify the value of that parameter RPN can
14. from preset Music Styles in ROM or other User Styles only on disk Choose whichever is more convenient for your application When programming User Styles bear in mind that you are only recording the accompani ment If you also record the melody or an accompaniment line that characterizes a particular song the User Style in question will not work for other songs In other words try to think in terms of style when programming User Styles house rave samba polka etc if you want a Style to be universally usable for a given type of music Furthermore though possible programming chord changes for the Basic Original Basic Variation Advanced Original and Advanced Variation patterns is not a very good idea After all the chord changes can be performed in realtime by playing them in the chord rec ognition area of the keyboard Though this warning may sound obvious you will find that working on a pattern basis rather than along song part lines requires a lot of thinking and dis cipline But then again the User Style functions are so easy to use that programming Styles on a song by song basis is not as time consuming as it may at first look Note Let us agree to use the word pattern to refer to any possible Mode Type Division combi nation Example Basic Original M is one possible accompaniment pattern as is Advanced Fill In to Original Note The User Style mode can only be selected in the G 800 s A
15. quantization func tion mM Track Mode Type Division Style Execute See page 64 for an explanation of these parameters Edit Quant 2 page ESA ee AFEEF D Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt SHIFT F2 Quant PAGE A V select page 2 E From To Bar Beat CPT Execute See page 64 for an explanation of these parameters 66 User Style mode Track Gate Time Change Track Gate Time Change E Value This parameter sets the resolution of the Quantize function The available values are Eighth note quaver Thirty second note 1 8t Eighth note tripiet 1 12 Thirty second note triplet 1 48 1 16 Sixteenth note semiquaver 1 64 Sixty fourth note 1 116t Sixteenth note triplet 1 24 Note Be sure to always select the value that equals the shortest note you recorded Otherwise your part no longer sounds the way you played it Edit GateT 1 page TRACK GATE TI TEATE HODE 3AC1 ias velo oe 1 I 1 i Quant SEXit m S Jh a 2GateT A F Shift D Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt SHIFT F3 GateT PAGE A V select page 1 The Gate Time Change function allows you to modify the duration of the notes in the selected time From To range We recommend you use this function exclusively to shorten notes that are being perceived as too long due to the Tone you assigned to the track in question On th
16. 1 and G9 You may have to add an octave to the value you see on the screen of your computer or external sequencer 85 G 800 Reference Manual MIDARTime TX MIDMMrrng TX and MIDNSong TX pages Part Channel Shift Filter Local MIDI DHIE EE Me ES EN i 1 5 i e E 2 Master page F3 MIDI gt F1 RTime F2 Arrng or F3 Sng PAGE A V select the TX page MH Part Channel Shift Filter Except for the fact that these parameters apply to the transmission of MIDI messages i e messages sent whenever you play on the G 800 select Tones etc these parameters are iden tical to the RX parameters See page 84 Note Unless you have a very good reason to do otherwise we su ggest you always select the same TX transmit and receive RX channel numbers for a part That will help you spot the problem whenever the part in question does not receive MIDI messages or whenever it sends MIDI data on the wrong channel Note On the RTime RX page you will also find the three RX Parts See the Player s Guide for details m Local On Off Set Local to On default setting whenever you want the G 800 respond to the notes you play on the keyboard Setting Local to Off on the other hand means that the part in question no longer controls the internal tone generator When working with a sequencer equipped with a Soft Thru MIDI echo function and only if i you connect the G 800
17. 89 Fill in To Original Basic 90 Fill in To Original Advanced 97 Fill in To Variation Basic 98 Fill in To Original Basic 113 Break Mute MIDI Implementation Charts 12 MIDI Implementation Charts ARRANGER WORKSTATION Arranger Date 2 May 1995 Model G 800 Version 1 00 Function Transmitted Remarks 1 Acc1 2 A Bass 3 Acc2 4 Uppert Basic Default 1 12 14 16 1 16 Sige eee Channel Changed 1 16 Off 1 16 Off 12 Man Bass 13 Rx1 Basic MIDI ch 14 Rx2 NTA1 15 Rx 3 NTA2 16 M Drum Default Mode 3 Mode 3 Mode Message Mode 3 4 M 1 Mode 3 4 M 1 2 Altered bite Note 0 127 0 127 Number True Voice eee 0 127 Note ON O 21 O 1 Velocity Note OFF x x After Key s xX O 1 Touch Ch s Xx O 1 0 32 O 1 O 4 Bank Select 1 O 1 O 1 Modulation 5 0 O Portamento Time 6 38 O O sil Data Entry 7 O 1 O 5 Volume 10 O gt O 4 Panpot 11 O 1 o 4 Expression 64 O 1 O 1 Hold 1 65 O 0 1 Portamento unos 66 O lo 1 Sostenuto 67 O O 1 Soft 84 O O Portamento Control 91 O 4 O Reverb Effect 1 Depth 93 O si O Chorus Effect 3 Depth 94 O 4 O Delay 5 Effect 4 Depth 98 99 O 4 O sd NRPN LSB MSB 100 101 O 1 e sl RPN LSB MSB 120 X O All Sound Off 121 X O Reset All Controllers Program X 1 10 4 Change True ia 0 127 Program Number 1 128 System Exclusive O O Song Pos X X REUNA Song Sel Xx Xx Tune X X System Clock O 1 O a Real Time Commands o 3 O 24 M
18. 95 Performance Set 94 Style Set 94 User Style 93 Local 86 Low 33 85 Low pass 21 Low pass filter 18 Lyrics 6 M Macro 17 19 20 Mark 49 Master page 5 Master Tune 30 Max 33 MDR 26 Medium 33 Melody Intelligence 34 Memory Protect 24 Merge 53 Metronome Mode 43 Output 26 Microscope 70 Microscope Edit 70 MIDI Filter 85 Messages 79 Mode 78 Parameters 89 Set 92 Set Load 95 Set Save 97 Style Select 89 Sync 91 Transpose option 30 Min 33 Minus One 16 Mix 53 75 Mixer 14 Mode 41 Copy 53 Modes 7 Modul 54 Modulation 80 Mono 32 Move 74 Multiple 57 Mute 8 14 N Name 76 Natural 29 New 16 Note 54 Note On Off 79 Note to Arranger 86 NRPN 55 81 NTA 86 Oo Octave 57 90 Old 16 On Off 14 VrxCh 87 Pch Limit 87 Pp Pan 80 Delay 20 Panpot 15 45 PanPt 54 Param 89 Parameters MIDI 89 Part Parameters 10 Select buttons 7 Part Switch 90 PartSwtc 88 90 Pause 29 PBend 55 PChng 37 55 Performance Memory Load 94 Performance Memory Prog Chng 88 G 800 Reference Manual E PA LLL a SS eServices Performance Memory Set 97 Pitch 47 Pitch Bend 34 Play Stop 35 Poly 32 Portamento 32 81 Pre delay 18 Pre LPF 18 Prf 12 Up 35 PrfMemPC 88 Proceed 70 Program Change 79 Program change Style 89 Q Quantize 44 66 R Range 34 Rate 19 Ratio 21 Rec amp Ply 43 REC PLAY 45 Receive channel 84 Rec
19. Allows you to select the mode of the pattern to be edited Maj major min minor or 7 sev enth E Type Allows you to select the pattern type to be edited Bsc Basic or Adv Advanced E Division This parameter is used to select the Division of the pattern Or Original or Var Variation M Style U1 U8 Use this parameter to select the Style that contains the pattern to be edited The name of that Style either the default setting USERSTL X or the name you or someone else programmed is displayed in the second line 59 G 800 Reference Manual Track Insert LT A SS Sree A RE 60 m Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to edit the data right away The following parameters allow you to narrow down the scope of the edit operation If you wish to edit the entire pattern there is no need to fine tune your settings Just confirm the command by pressing Part Select M DRUMS Edit insrt 2 page Er cra For gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt F3 Insrt PAGE A F select page 2 m From For Use the DRUMS PART encoder to select either the From or the To level The From level allows you to specify the position where the selected number of bars beats and clocks is to be inserted For on the other hand specifies how many bars beats and CPTs are to be inserted In other words this function does not follow the From To rule of the other User Style Edit functions Track Insert works more or les
20. Save MIDI Set MIDI SET NAME Q Master page F5 Disk F2 Save PAGE A V select MDI SET This function allows you to save all 8 MIDI Sets as a set The Size value indicates the capacity required to save the MIDI Set Set to disk while Free Disk tells you something about the remaining disk capacity Note Saving a MIDI Set means that the contents of all eight MIDI Sets will be saved to disk E Cursor Character See page 96 for details MH Execute Press Part Select M BASS to confirm your settings and save the data to disk 97 G 800 Reference Manual Save Chord Sequence Chord Sequence Cursor Charactr Size 10 Dee FREE DISK i400 1 a gt Master page F5 Disk F2 Save PAGE A V select CHR SEQ This function allows you to save the Chord Sequence in the internal memory to disk The Size value indicates the capacity required to save the Chord Sequence to disk while Free Disk tells you something about the remaining disk capacity Cursor Character See page 96 for details Execute Press Part Select M BASS to confirm your settings and save the data to disk Rename The Rename functions allow you to modify the name of a file on the disk you inserted into the G 800 s disk drive Please be aware that the selected file cannot be assigned the same name as that of another file on the same disk If you try to assign an already existing name to another file on the same di
21. Tone via MIDI you must transmit control change CCO 16 CC32 2 and progra change 99 in that order to the G 800 either via MIDI or from a Standard MIDI File These values will also be transmitted or recorded whenever you select a Tone on the G 800 See the Player s Guide for details about Tone selection and the pages that are displayed Tone Edit Part parameters In the Tone mode pressing F4 Edit selects the Part edit page where you can set the values of the G 800 s Part parameters All Part parameters are NRPN able meaning that you can assign them to a control change number and edit them using other control change messages See page 81 for details about NRPN messages The values of these parameters can be positive or negative because they are relative parameters that change the preset values of the Tone assigned to the currently active part Note Selecting another Tone after editig the Part parameters does not reset the Part parameters 10 Tone pages and Tone mode Tone Edit Part parameters MESS gt Choral bells 9 PARAMETER Vibrato E Vibrato Rate 64 63 This parameter adjusts the speed of the pitch modulation Positive settings make the preset pitch modulation faster and negative settings make it slower E Vibrato Depth 64 63 This parameter adjusts the intensity of the pitch modulation Positive settings mean that the wobble
22. a specific group of functions The Function keys F1 F5 allow you to switch between different modes F1 Mixer see page 14 F2 Param see page 24 F3 Midi see page 78 TFA UserSti see page 40 or Lyrics see page 8 F5 Disk see page 93 There are two other modes that can be selected using dedicated buttons Volume and Tone The Volume mode see page 8 allows you to set the volume of all G 800 parts while Tone see page 10 is a useful mode when you wish to assign other Tones to a part without having a clear cut idea about the kind of Tone you need or to assign other Tones to the Arranger parts which may be necessary for GM GS compatibility reasons G 800 Reference Manual Volume pages and Volume mode gt Master page VOLUME Or rotate one of the five knobs On the Master page the 5 knobs are assigned to the volume of the Real Time parts Upp 1 Upp 2 Lower M Bass M Drum Whenever you rotate a knob the Volume page will be selected and the VOLUME indicator starts flashing A FAA MDR ADR RL nes abs En MPa Jri VOLUME Rotate the knob one more time to change the volume of the part assigned to that knob The Volume page will disappear after a few seconds of inaction If however you press the VOL UME button indicator lights steadily the Volume page will be displayed until you press the VOLUME button once more On this page the Part Select buttons can be used to mute lowercase
23. also means however that settings you do not really wish to keep will be processed so be careful with what you do in the Micro scope mode Erase Lchrise 2Erase ziInsrt weYeM ici Ewit execute Exit Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F2 Micro Part Select M DRUMS Proceed gt F2 Erase The Erase function allows you to dispose of unwanted events Erasing an event on this page mode does not mean that all subsequent events will be shifted to the left to fill up the gap As a matter of fact spaces between events are not considered as gaps by the Microscope function Event selection Bar Beat CPT DRUMS PART See page 71 for details Use this function to choose the event you wish to delete PLAY Part Select M BASS The Play function allows you to sound the selected event if it is a note You could use this function to check the new velocity Velo value and change it again if necessary until the note sounds right Execute Part Select UPPER1 5 The Erase command needs to be confirmed If you are sure you selected the right event press this button now to get rid of it Insert STATUS VELO GATETIME DD Erik MICRO Brik gt gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F2 Micro Part Select M DRUMS Proceed gt F3 Insrt This Insert function is used to add events to an existing track or to program a part in step time See the Player s Guide for an example of
24. and go on to the next page Song Name 14 The girl from Ipanema Cee ed OOM READING SONG FILE saasaa The G 800 now starts copying the selected Song file to its internal memory Press Part Select UPPER 1 Abort if you change your mind about copying the Song Once the first part of the Song data or the entire Song has been copied the display will prompt you to insert the disk you wish to copy the Song to the Destination Disk 104 Disk mode Copy functions Insert DESTINATION Disk and press EXECUTE Press Part Select LOWER after inserting the disk Just to inform you that everything is going well the display responds with Song Mame LS A DISK Iu The girl from Tranema eroticas aor Song Cory WRITING SONG FILE fh AA A If the G 800 was unable to load the entire Song the first time around it will now prompt you to insert the Source disk i e the disk containing the Song you are copying once again into the drive Insert SOURCE FROTECTED DISK and Press EXECLTE A P Follow the on screen instructions until the following message appears to tell you that the file has been successfully copied OK FUNCTION COMPLETE Disk Copy Master page F5 Disk gt SHIFT F3 Copy PAGE A select DISK The Disk Copy function is similar to the Song Copy function This time however you are given the opportunity to copy an entire disk possibly
25. and right R Delay Time Center sets the Delay time of the Delay located at the center c DlyTRatioL R 4 500 This parameter sets the Delay time of the Delay located at the left or right as a percentage of the central Delay The value 100 means that the left or right Delay repeats at the same speed as the center Delay d Dly Level C L R 0 127 These parameters set the volume of the central left and right Delays Higher values result in a louder Delay e Dly Level 0 127 This parameter sets the overall volume of the three Delays center left and right Higher val ues result in a louder overall Delay Dly Fback 64 0 63 This parameter specifies the number of times the Delay will repeat With a value of 0 the Delay will not repeat With higher values there will be more repeats With negative values the center Delay will be fed back with inverted phase Negative values are effective with short Delay times g Dly Rev 0 127 This parameter sets the amount of Delay sound that is sent to the Reverb Higher values mean that the Reverb portion will be more prominent in the Delay signal Be careful not to overdo this effect because it tends to blur the sound image Equalizer page gt Master page F1 Mixer F4 Effet Effect PAGE A W select page 4 This Effect page contains the EQ settings that will be applied to all parts whose EQ switch see page 15 is set to On Just like f
26. are two types of Aftertouch message Polyphonic Key Pressure which is transmitted separately for each note and Channel Key Pressure which is transmitted as one value that affects all notes on the specified MIDI channel E All Sound Off This message turns off all currently sounding notes E All Note Off message This message causes a note off message to be sent to each note of the specified channel that is currently on However if Hold 1 or Sostenuto are on the sound will continue until these are turned off TS ODO SNES 81 G 800 Reference Manual 82 Reset All Controllers This message returns controller values modulation pitch bend etc to their initial settings The following controller values for the specified channel will be reset to their initial values Controller Initial value Pitch Bend O center Polyphonic Key Pressure Aftertouch 0 minimum Channel Pressure Aftertouch 0 minimum Modulation 0 minimum Expression Tiz maximum Hold O off Portamento lo off pe Soft 0 off Sostenuto o off RPN number unset NRPN number unset Note Parameter values that were modified using RPN or NRPN will not change even when a Reset All Controller message is received Active Sensing This message is used to check for broken MIDI connections such as MIDI cables that have been disconnected or MIDI cables that have been broken The G 800 transmits A
27. are playing back When set to Sng the program Sng change switch is set to respond to program change messages on disk Note that as far as the Realtime parts are concerned there is littie difference between Prf anc Sng as long as you don t play back a Standard MIDI File In this case the Arranger Tone assignments are affected by program change messages Arr 3 included in the Music Style you are playing back Tone Edit Source switch D Master page TONE SHIFT F4 The Tone Edit switch on this page allows you to protect your settings from modifications due to settings included in the Standard MIDI File you are playing back for the Realtime parts 12 Tone pages and Tone mode Tone Edit Source switch Select the part using the PAGE A buttons and select Prf or Sng The Part parameter settings remain in effect until you select another Performance Memory or until you change them In this case the Realtime Part Parameters are affected by NRPN messages included in the Standard MIDI File you are playing back In other words when set to Sng Part Parameter settings will change if the Standard MIDI File contains other settings Note that there is little difference between Prf and Sng as long as you don t play back a Standard MIDI File Sng 13 G 800 Reference Manual 4 Mixer mode While on the Master page you can access to the Mixer mode by pressing F1 Doing so w
28. aspect of an other wise perfect User Style or copied ROM Style In this chapter we will use the word event for any kind of message identical to MIDI mes sages that cause the Arranger to play or set something An event is thus a command or instruction for the Arranger As the name of the first display page Track Microscope Edit implies you can only view and edit one track at a time In other words do not forget to select the right track and pattern before you select a Micro function Track Microscope Edit TRACE MICROSCOPE EDIT TEA Sri DIISI Ur mas E SERSTLA Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F2 Micro This page again contains the familiar selection criteria that help you choose the track and pat tern As stated above you first need to choose a pattern before you can edit it There is no way to view all data of a given pattern in Microscope mode This is also the page you will return to after leaving the selected Micro Edit function Track Mode Type Division Style a See page 64 for an explanation of these parameters Proceed Press Part Select M DRUMS to jump to the Microscope Edit page Listen The Listen function allows you to audition the track of the selected pattern 53995 01 001 B995 01 001 cect 2A gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F2 Micro Part Select M DRUMS Proceed gt F1 Chnge The Microscope Change function is used to modify existing events whi
29. be used to adjust Pitch Bend Sensitivity Master Coarse Tune and Master Fine Tune Note The values modified using RPN messages will not be initialized even if program change messages etc are received to select other sounds E NRPN LSB MSB control change number 98 99 Data Entry control change number 6 38 NRPN Non registered Parameter Number messages can be used to modify the values of sound parameters unique to a particular device The NRPN MSB and LSB messages specify the parameter which is to be modified and then Data Entry messages can be used to modify the value of that parameter Since the GS format defines the function of several NRPN messages GS compatible appli cation programs can use NRPN messages to modify sound data parameters for Vibrato Cut off Frequency Resonance and Envelope values Note The values modified using NRPN messages will not be initialized even if program change messages etc are received to select other sounds Note With the factory settings the G 800 will ignore NRPN messages After a GS Reset message is received or when you press the GM GS MODE button NRPN messages will be received You can also manually turn on Rx NRPN NRPN Receive Switch so that NRPN messages will be received E Aftertouch Channel Pressure only Aftertouch is a message that conveys the pressure applied to the keyboard after playing a note so that this information can be used to control various aspects of the sound There
30. becomes more prominent while negative settings make it shallower E Vibrato Delay 64 63 This parameter adjusts the time required for the vibrato effect to begin Positive settings increase the time before vibrato will begin and negative settings shorten the time TVF mM TVE Cutoff 63 63 Positive Cutoff settings mean that more overtones will be allowed to pass so that the sound becomes brighter The further this value is set in the negative direction the fewer overtones will be allowed to pass and the sound will become softer darker Note For some sounds positive Cutoff settings will cause no noticeable change because the Cutoff is already set to its maximum value m TVF Resonance 64 63 This is a parameter one invariably associates with a synthesizer When the Resonance value is increased the overtones in the area of the cutoff frequency will be emphasized creating a sound with a strong character Tip The Resonance parameter can be used to reduce the volume of a sound s low frequency con tent effectively duplicating the Bass control of an amplifier This only works however when the Cutoff Freq is relatively high to avoid an unnatural boost of middle frequencies and for values between 1 and 15 Higher values lead to a noticeable Resonance effect Note For some sounds negative settings of Resonance will cause no noticeable change in the sound Env elope E Env Attack 64 63 This par
31. click sound is produced by the Rim Shot of the Manual Drums part which means that it will be output from the STEREO OUTPUT R L MONO jacks EXT The click sound is sent to the dedicated Metronome Output on the rear panel 1 i ALL The click sound is sent both to Metronome Output and to the current Drum Set 26 Parameter mode Parameter Global 3 page Count In MDR EXT ALL Arranger parameter This parameter specifies the output the count in clicks are sent to Count ins can be used in Song mode to count in one bar before song playback start and are always used in User Style record mode MDR The count in sound is produced by the Rim Shot of the Manual Drums part which means that it will be output from the STEREO OUTPUT R L MONO jacks EXT The count in sound is sent to the dedicated Metronome Output on the rear panel ALL The count in sound is sent to both Metronome Output and the current Drum Set Roll Resolution Manual Drums part This parameter specifies the resolution of the Roll function It can be set to 1 16 Sixteenth 1 32 Thirty second f f 1 16t Sixteenth triplet 1 32t Thirty second triplet 1 16s Sixteenth swing 1 32s Thirty second swing The default value is 1 16 As stated in the Player s Guide selecting 1 32 or even shorter val ues may result in machine gun type rolls at high tempo values Always specify the resolution after setting the Style or Song playback
32. copy E Division Allows you to select which pattern called Division of the selected ROM or User Style to load All all patterns Int Intro End Ending Fo Fill In To Original Fv Fill In To Var lation Bsc Basic Adv Advanced Or Original Var Variation or other possible com binations E To User 1 8 Use this parameter to select the destination User Style memory i e the memory the selected Style pattern s should be copied to E Execute Press Part Select UPPER1 Execute to confirm your settings and load the data 93 G 800 Reference Manual Load Style Set Source Pusit Style size Division tollzer u AS CONTEMF1i so ALL 3 ASS CONTEMPS 0 1 E A41 SEEAT 3 3 a R42 SBEATS rE SExit FREE AREA 320 E gt R 3 F L kd Master page F5 Disk gt F1 Load PAGE A V select STL SET As explained in the Player s Guide User Style Sets help you save a lot of time because they allow you to load eight User Styles in one pass User Style Sets can only be saved to disk and may only contain User Styles of that disk m Select Allows you to position the cursor on the User Style Set you wish to load E Destination This is an information window that tells you which User Style memories will be overwritten when you load the selected User Style Set A dash means that the corresponding User Style memory will not be overwritten E Execute Press Pa
33. deactivate unlock the Memory Protect func tion At power on the G 800 always turns on its Memory protection to avoid accidental eras ure of data Note that is next to impossible to accidentally overwrite a Performance Memory or MIDI Set because you have to keep the WRITE button depressed while specifying the memory number Furthermore you are give the opportunity to turn off Memory protection before writing data to one of the G 800 s memories Resume Performance Memory parameter The Resume function allows you to specify which settings of the Performance Memory 00 are to be loaded Performance Memory 00 FreePan contains a number of default settings and more importantly Source switch settings that allow a Standard MIDI File or Music Style to change the affected parameters in accordance with the settings it contains 24 Parameter mode Parameter Global 2 page You do not need to load all settings of Performance Memory 00 if there are parameter values you do not wish to overwrite Settings to be loaded Meaning Tone Only Tone selection of Performance Memory 00 will be loaded Mixer Only the Mixer settings of Performance Memory 00 will be loaded Dynamic Arranger Only the Dynamic Arranger settings will be loaded Param Only the settings of the Parameter level will be loaded All All settings of Performance Memory 00 will be loaded Cursor Character Performance Memory parameter These t
34. entirely devoted to the ADR Accompaniment Drums track It allows you to modify the pitch of certain drum and percussion sounds see below Note The UsrSti Rec 5 display page only appears if you selected the 1ADR track before calling up this function Note name number sound name Use the DRUMS PART knob to select the drum or percussion sound whose pitch you wish to change Note Sound C 2 37 Side Stick D2 38 Snare Drum 1 E2 40 1 Snare Drum 2 F2 41 Low Tom 2 E3 52 Chinese Cymbal G 3 56 Cowbell A3 57 Crash Cymbal 2 F4 65 High Timbale Pitch 64 64 This parameter allows you to set the pitch of the selected drum or percussion sound Select 0 if you need original pitch of the sound in question Positive values raise the pitch while negative values lower it Cloning and edit functions and possible warnings Shared When re recording or editing just one pattern of aclone group the following warning may be displayed The TRACK is SHARED NETEN by other Patterns MERO mezcla Press SINGLE to individually modify it M AdY Or M Aduda ALL to globally modify them MAI 47 G 800 Reference Manual It means that you are about to do something that will disrupt the uniformity of the patterns you have chosen to be identical by cloning them Note that this page only appears if after cloning several patterns you decide to only redo or edit the M Etscr or Or M Bsc pattern for exampl
35. generated on the instrument itself e g your G 800 When you set Soft Thru to On all notes received on the NTA channel beyond the NTA s High and Low Limits are re transmitted to the NTA s MIDI OUTput Use the Soft Thru feature for a digital piano or other keyboard instrument without split function LLL eee 90 MIDI mode MIDI on your G 800 When you set Soft Thru to On The G 800 sends a Local message CC122 with a value 0 to the digital piano so that the piano s sound source no longer responds to the notes you play on its keyboard Seeing that the G 800 echoes back all notes that are not used to trigger the Arranger you hear what you play on the piano except in the zone set apart for the Arranger When you set Soft Thru back to Off the G 800 sends a Local message with a value 127 thereby switching the piano s Local function back on MIDI Sync RX TX Style Song MIDI Basic t 1 3tule 3Param LAN MIDI 1Basic 5tyle 3Par am a je gt Master page F3 MIDI gt SHIFT F4 Sync PAGE A V select the RX or TX page E Style Sync RX Song Sync RX The Style Sync and Song Sync parameters on the RX pages are used to specify whether and how the Arranger or Recorder should be synchronized to external sequencers or drum machines The available options are Option Meaning The Arranger or Song will neither start stop nor follow the tempo of the external MIDI clock source sequencer dru
36. instructions regarding the newly inserted event Status ACCOMP GROUP Use the ACCOMP GROUP knob to select the Status of the new event note control change etc see the table on page 71 To insert a note event you can also press the corresponding key on the G 800 s keyboard That will also assign a velocity value to that event If the velo city value is not the one you need either press the same key again pressing it harder or softer or use the BASS BANK knob to set it Note You can only program one note at a time Playing a chord will only enter the last note you played Data 1 BASS BANK This knob can only be used to set the note name note number e g C 2 37 of note events If you select another event using the Status knob see above the BASS BANK knob cannot be used 73 G 800 Reference Manual Tene WE Velo Data 2 LOWER NUMBER As stated above the Velo value does not necessarily refer to a velocity value It is also used to indicate and on this page set the value assigned to the control change etc in question which is why the function of the LOWER NUMBER knob is called Data 2 rather than Velo E Gate Time Data 3 tUPPER VARIATION The Gate Time value can only be set for note events Use it to specify the duration of the new note Remember that Gate Time value 1 is enough for 1ADR note events Note Press F3 to jump back to the first insert page if you need to change someth
37. level is assigned to the LOWER NUMBER knob You can set a different value for each part Delay 0 127 The Delay send level can only be set for Realtime parts Arranger parts cannot be processed by the Delay effect Equalizer On Off Use the Part Select UPPER1 button to switch the equalizer On or Off for the selected part Select Off if you do not want the selected part to be processed by the two band equalizer Mixer Song page While in the Mixer mode press F3 to call up the following page 5ng Part Link Volume ToneChng Status MIXER Ei BE on or rt Here you can set different parameters for the Song parts played by the Recorder Note that these parameters supplement or modify the settings contained in the Standard MIDI File Unlike on the RTime and Armg pages these parameters are control parameters rather than absolute settings Sng Part 1 16 Start by selecting the desired Song part with the DRUMS PART knob before modifying the other parameters on this page 15 G 800 Reference Manual Link On Off The Link parameter is only available for Song parts assigned to Realtime parts These assign ments are preset and in no way selectable Standard MIDI File part MIDI channel G 800 Realtime part Manual Drums Manual Bass Lower 4 Upper1 pees ve Sng2 Chord Backing Sng4 Solo melody Upper2 Counter melody When Link is set to On you can
38. on operations such as how to record Songs write your settings to a Performance Memory use the Chord Sequencer etc As its name implies the present manual is only for your reference it explains the available parameters and their setting ranges and gives you some hints about the way certain parame ters are related to one another That is why it may seem far more technical than the Player s Guide The Reference Manual manual is typically a document you turn to whenever you come across a parameter you d like to know more about or to discover what else the G 800 can do for you One final thing we chose to indicate the addresses of the various display pages using back Slashes You probably know that symbol is used by computer users to indicate the hierar chy of various directories or folders The lefmost entry is always the most important one and in the case of your G 800 designates the mode Copyright 1995 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Corporation G 800 Reference Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Before you start oo ccccccscccscccccsssssesessssssssecesecssevsesessessssssssavsesssessesansvecseee 5 MAS page A E EEE E EEE toon aaa unas aneateve Teac 5 ONGS mods Master page airada 6 Part Select Dutton via ida 7 ODIOS ed 7 Chapter 2 Volume pages and Volume mode ocioso 8 Volume control fader assign
39. play a Realtime part on the keyboard and let the correspond ing linked song part select Tones for you This is a useful feature for Minus One performance see Status below where you mute the melody usually Song part 4 to play it yourself If you are happy with the Tone selection contained in the Standard MIDI File set Link to On If not set Link to Off and select the desired Tone for the melody part you are playing in real time Tone selection for the Song parts can be saved to a Performance Memory Volume 127 127 The BASS BANK knob allows you to modify the volume of the selected part by adding or subtracting the value you set here to the volume value contained in the Standard MIDI File This is what we call a relative setting because it does not replace the original volume setting it corrects it Tone Change Old New The LOWER NUMBER knob is used to select Old or New Tones You may remember see page 31 in the Player s Guide that the G 800 provides two Tone levels New i e the new G 800 Tones and Old the SCC 55 Tone level Note that the setting you specify here is only taken into account if the value for CC32 Bank Select contained in the Standard MIDI File equals 0 or is missing If you also own an SC 88 Sound Canvas this concept is easy to grasp CC32 0 means do not leave the current level which may be either A B New or C D Old Status On Off Minus One The Status parameter allows to
40. select the ROM Style that contains the source pattern The name of that Style is displayed in the second line E Listen Press Part Select UPPER1 to listen to the pattern you have selected for copying Listen always plays back the entire pattern User StNCopyl From 2 page To 9999 0 1 1 1 eee mes a a BEAT gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F1 Copy S PAGE A V select From 2 I E From To Use the DRUMS PART encoder to select the To or From level From refers to the position where the edit operation is to begin That position is specified in a Bar Beat CPT format From designates the position where the edit operation is to end Bar Beat CPT value Always check whether you have selected the right level From or To before setting the fol lowing parameters E Bar 1 9999 This is where you specify the bar position By default the From and To values are set to the pp beginning and end of the selected track s Note that the To value always refers to the end of the longest track E Beat 1 number of beats per bar This is where you specify the beat position The number of selectable beats obviously depends on the time signature of the selected pattern User Style mode Track Copy A q TT A a CPT This is where you specify the CPT position of the beginning and end of the pattern to be cop ied Unless you do not need all notes within the last bar you should leave
41. servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel For the USA This product may be equipped with a polarized line plug one blade wider than the other This is a safety feature If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet contact an electrician to replace your obsolete outlet Do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug For Polarized Line Plug CAUTION For Canada TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT FULLY INSERT ATTENTION pour VITER Les CHOCS LECTRIQUES INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE LA FICHE DANS LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA PRISE ET POUSSER JUSQU AU FOND For the U K IMPORTANT THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED About the Reference Manual Welcome to the Reference Manual of your G 800 Before telling you what to expect from this manual here are a few points that are not covered Tone Performance Memory MIDI Set Music Style and User Style selection See the Player s Guide for hands
42. set the current track status Mute or On When set to Mute the selected Song part no longer sounds Selecting Mute is tantamount to activating the Minus One playback feature on other instruments Set Status to On for all Song parts that should be played back Solo On Off Use the Part Select UPPER1 button to activate Solo On or deactivate Solo Off the Solo mode for the selected part Solo On means that only the part whose name currently appears in the scroll bar will be audible You can solo several parts but bear in mind that only the part whose name appears in the page scroll bar on the Mixer Song page will be soloed when you leave the Mixer mode 16 Mixer mode Mixer Effect pages Mixer Effect pages The Effect level has four pages 1 Reverb 2 Chorus 3 Delay and 4 Equalizer that can be selected using the PAGE A F buttons There is one Reverb one Chorus one Delay and one Equalizer whose settings apply to all parts assigned to them using the Reverb Send Chorus Send and Delay Send if available parameters or the Equalizer On Off switches see page 15 Reverb page Macro WW Parameter Value MIXER 4 Ha112 MR ietin Li 1 4 J farra e a et ee ty A gt Master page F1 Mixer gt F4 Effct Effect PAGE A V select page 1 Only one parameter can be set at a time That doesn t mean however that the invisible parameter values are no longer valid when you select another parameter
43. settings 37 C 4 are only examples The correct note name for note number 37 is of course C 2 m To Note C 1 G9 This parameter allows you to select the upper limit of the note range you wish to edit Select the correct value if not all notes are to be edited See also the two notes under From Note C 1 G9 mM Octave Multiple Single If the selected note range should be edited in all octaves select Multiple If the edit operation must only bear on the notes within the selected range set this parameter to Single E Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to confirm your settings and edit the data Edit Quant 1 page E TRACK UANTIZE mpeg DIVISIGH STYLE Wi MOR EA gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt SHIFT F2 Quant PAGE A select page 1 The Track Quantize function can be used after recording a partif you don t feel comfortable with the timing of what you played If only certain notes in a given time range need to be quantized you should narrow down the edit range using the From To parameters on the sec ond page As stated in the Player s Guide you should use quantization as sparingly as possi ble to program natural Styles Using this function after recording a part has the advantage that you don t ruin the musicality of what you played If however you prefer to quantize your parts while recording use Quantize Value see page 44 to select the resolution of the automatic
44. step time programming using the Microscope Insert function 72 User Style Microscope mode Track Microscope Edit The Insert function consists of two pages the first page is used to add an event at the selected position using Bar Beat and CPT while the second page allows you to define the Status note control change etc and values of that event Note It is perfectly possible to insert an event at a position that already contains one This allows you to add the missing note of a chord for example Be sure however not to assign two control changes of the same number e g Pan CC10 and with different values to the same position Bar 1 9999 DRUMS PART Allows you to specify the bar where the event should be inserted Beat 1 number of beats per bar ACCOMP GROUP Allows you to specify the beat within the selected bar see above CPT BANK This parameter sets the CPT value of the new event Here is a table of the most commonly used notes and their CPT values Proceed Part Select UPPER1 After specifying the position of the new event press Part Select UPPER1 to select the sec ond Insert page where you can assign a function Status and value s to the new event EVECUTE STATUS z DAT Ace Look at the above display illustration this time the Status Value and Gate Time dashes are inverted while on the previous page only the position is inverted to signal that the G 800 is now waiting for
45. tend to forget at times a pe Improper use of copy infringes Copyright FOR PERSONAL BACK UP USE ONLY 5 22 UZER STYLES will be ERASED and ARRANGER wil STOP Copying Songs from commercially available Standard MIDI Files is ok as long as you keep the copy as safeguard against possible disk errors Under no circumstances however may you give copies of copyright protected material to your friends Another important message on this page tells you that the Song Copy function needs the available RAM memory i e the memory set aside for the User Styles Be aware that really selecting the Song Copy function which you haven t done so far erases all User Style in the internal memory Save them to disk before proceeding see page 96 Press Part Select UPPER2 to proceed Song Name 11 Lullabaa of Birdland 12 A misht in Tunisia 13 Take five The girl from Ipanema SELECT ECU DISK sona Cory GY COP EExXit MH Song Name Select This function allows you to select the Song on disk that you wish to copy to another disk If you do not find the Song you wish to copy check whether you have inserted the right disk Note In order allow to you to locate the Song you are after the names are displayed in the Song Name rather than in the File Name format See pages 99 and 100 for the difference between these two formats m Execute Press Part Select LOWER to confirm your choice
46. 1 1 1 11 Global parameter eooccoconnoncnnonanecannnaconannonacononenoncrnaranno 30 Param Tunel PAA sas o E E star Ra EATE Ea ASTERA EESIN SEEE 31 Coarse 24 24 Realtime PAL A ia 31 Fine 99 99 Realtime part iia a adds 31 A RE ae 31 Parama T tne 3 page iii id Ad doi ri 32 Portamento and Mode Realtime parts s ccccssssececcecesseeseveeceeseceaceeesecsceseenecsesseesesnseneenaeness 32 ParamiCntrMl page Realtime parts c cceccsssesesscecescesessescecenevsereencacestserseseeacseseneesesaeaeeseeasaceaes 32 Sensitivity Low Medium High oo tirerian rna ia iiaiai 33 Pararmn Gntth 2 pages ida ii AE 33 Dynamic Arranger Arranger parameters sccssscssetsesestsessesosessesessesensesseseaseaseasaeceeeeties 33 Melody Intell Voices 1 2 Arranger parameter esccscssececessescenseseesessecesecaeeseceesseeeaseaees 34 Param Catr 3 page acia ie ina anio 34 Pitch Bender Realtime parts 0 sssseccsccssesscececcssassesosneqduceesasseaccusenseneensaceseacscavsneeaeenananes 34 Foot Switch Parameter Realtime parts Arranger parameter e sesssserseressssnsesenereeresnssroorerereervrae 35 Param Cntrl 4 page Expression pedal mocicioninoninncarionioncnnininonorcnnarincinnranancroncananonor coronarios 36 Param Cntrl 5 page Extra Bender Controller Realtime parts c c cccsssssssesseeescsereeeseesenes 36 SOUNDS PASE a did 38 A RN 39 Chapter 6 User Style mode oooinccconcionncionnccnnn
47. Be sure to select the right page using the PAGE A Y buttons FEF PEM Performance Sets HDI SET MIDI Set or CHE SER Chord Sequence Use this page to rename one of these file types on disk m Select Allows you to select the file you wish to rename E Cursor Character See page 96 for details m Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to save the new name to disk Rename Song Song Mame 11 Lullabas of Birdland 12 A night in Tunisia 13 Take five 14 The girl from Ipanema SELECT FROCEED D Master page F5 Disk F3 Rname PAGE A V select SONG The following two pages allow you to assign a different name to a Song on disk m Select Allows you to select the file you wish to rename E Proceed After selecting the file you wish to rename you must press Part Select UPPER2 to jump to the second page 100 Disk mode Delete Song Mare mme File acu The sir ice LF Shen of E C Cursor Charactr Cursor Ch aractr Song Renane UR SEXit Again you can set two names See page 98 for details about the difference Contrary to the File Name of User Style a Song s File Name does appear on the display Song File Name ALL Factory 83 4 4 STRATG alfa Ss Piana 1 nec UPZ AlS luz Riss FMA EP EF Beco w LHR ATS Warn Strinss SONG 04 AStraiaht to my heart IM er ePar am 2 Midi Larz EDisk 55 HODE Song Name E Curs
48. Beware of selecting Macros after tailoring the parameters to your needs because selecting another Macro means that all Parameter values will be reset to their default values E Macro Room1 Room2 These Reverbs simulate the Reverberation of a room They provide a well Room3 defined spacious Reverberation Hall Hall2 These Reverbs simulate the Reverberation of a concert hall They provide a deeper Reverberation than the Room Reverbs Plate This effect type simulates a plate Reverb a studio device using a metal plate to simulate natural Reverb Delay This is a conventional Delay that produces echo effects This is a special Delay in which the Delayed sounds move left and right It is Pannin j ingi g Delay effective when you are listening in stereo Macro allows you to select one of the effects called Character of the above table as well as suitable but preset values for all Reverb parameters Pre LPF RevPreDlyT The difference between Macro and Character see below is that the former does what its name implies it calls up a program Macro that includes Character selection and Parameter settings for the selected Character or type Note Seeing that Delay usually only works for one part use the dedicated Delay for echo effects That way the Reverb effect can be used to deepen the sound field E Reverb parameters a Character 0 7 This parameter allows you to select a Reverb effe
49. Controllers Program O 4 10 4 Change True kak 0 127 Program Number 1 128 System Exclusive O O Sustem Song Pos O 1 e 1 ee Song Sel O 4 O 4 Tune x x System Clock 6 1 O 4 Real Time Commands O 1 O 1 MIDI File Record Play Local On Off O 1 oO Aux All Notes Off Xx O 123 125 Messages Active Sense O O Reset X X Not 1 O Xis selectable 189 2 Recognize as M 1 even if M 1 Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO O Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO X No gg O DO DO 114 13 Chord Intelligence Sea nn sus4 Dsus Ebsus4 Esus 7sus4 Ci7sus4 D7susg4 Eb7sus4 E7sus4 F7sus EEE RE O CO e EE F di F sus4 Gsus4 Absus4 Asus4 7sus4 116 Specifications O iene sums 4 Specifications Arranger Worksiation G 800 Keyboard 76 keys velocity sensitive synthesizer type action Sound Source Maximum polyphony Newly developed sound source with TVF GM GS format 64 voices Tones 689 enhanced variation Tones 25 Drum Sets Macro Editing Vib Rate Vib Depth Vib Delay Cutoff Freq Resonance Attack Time Decay Time Release Time Built in Music Styles 128 at high definition 120 cpt including Pitch Bender Control Changes etc 8 polyphonic tracks for each division User Styles 8 completely programmable 8 tracks per Style Performance Memories MIDI Sets 192 8 Recorder
50. Division This parameter is used to select the Division of the pattern Or Original or Var Variation m Style U1 U8 Use this parameter to select the Style that contains the pattern to be edited The name of that Style either the default setting USERSTL X or the name you or someone else programmed is displayed in the second line mM Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to edit the data right away The following parameters allow you to narrow down the scope of the edit operation If you wish to edit the entire pattern there is no need to fine tune your settings Just confirm the command by pressing Part Select M DRUMS Edit Dlete 2 page mer or To gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit F2 Dlete PAGE A V select page 2 mM From To Use the DRUMS PART encoder to select the To or From level From refers to the position where the edit operation is to begin That position is specified in a Bar Beat CPT format From designates the position where the edit operation is to end Bar Beat CPT value Always check whether you have selected the right level From or To before setting the fol lowing parameters E Bar 1 9999 This is where you specify the bar position By default the From and To values are set to the beginning and end of the selected track s Note that the To value always refers to the end of the longest track User Style mode Track insert E Beat 1 number of beats per bar This is where
51. Expression messages control change 11 If a value of 0 is received for either of these messages the part volume will be O and will not rise even if the other message is sent with a higher value Be aware of this Pan pot control change number 10 This message controls the stereo position of a part mM Hold 1 control change number 64 This message conveys the up down movements of the Damper Sustain Hold pedal causing the currently sounding notes to be sustained When a Hold On message is received notes will be sustained In the case of decay type instruments such as a piano the sound will decay grad ually until a Hold Off message is received In the case of sustain type instruments such as an organ the sound will continue sustaining until a Hold Off message is received MH Sostenuto control change number 66 The Sostenuto pedal on a piano sustains only the notes which were already sounding at the moment the pedal was pressed The Sostenuto message conveys the movement of this pedal When Sostenuto On is received only the notes which were already on at that moment will be sustained Note This function can be assigned to the optional footswitch see page 35 m Soft control change number 67 The Soft pedal on a piano softens the tone during the time the pedal is pressed The Soft mes sage conveys the movement of this pedal When Soft On is received the cutoff frequency will be lowered causing a softer sound
52. IDI File Record Play Local On Off O 4 o Aux All Notes Off Xx O 123 125 Messages Active Sense O o Reset X X Not 1 O X is selectable ne 2 Recognize as M 1 even if M 1 Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO O Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO X No 113 G 800 Reference Manual a A DO OOO DI ARRANGER WORKSTATION Sound Module Keyboard Section SMF Player Date 2 May 1995 Model G 800 Version 1 00 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default 4 6 11 12 16 Channel Changed 1 16 Off 1 16 4 Upper1 6 Upper2 1 16 Off 11 Lower 12 Man Bass 16 Man Drums Default Mode 3 Mode 3 Mode Message Mode 3 4 M 1 Mode 3 4 M 1 2 Altered pe Note 0 127 4 0 127 eee Number True Voice 0 127 Sie eee tre E RS Velocity Note ON O 1 o gt gt o g sz lt p oo oj e 7 m xj x x lt are O Touch Ch s Xx O O O O 0 Bank Select O A O 1 Modulation 5 O O 4 Portamento Time 6 38 O O 1 Data Entry 7 O 4 O 1 Volume 10 O 1 O 1 Panpot 11 O 1 0 1 Expression 64 O 4 O 1 Hold 1 Control 65 O O 1 Portamento Change 66 O 1 O 4 Sostenuto g 67 O 4 10 1 Soft 84 O O Portamento Contro 91 O 2i O Reverb 1 Effect 1 Depth 93 O 4 O Chorus 1 Effect 3 Depth 94 O 1 O Delay Effect 4 Depth 98 99 O 1 O 1 NRPN LSB MSB 100 101 O mal O 1 RPN LSB MSB 120 O 0 All Sound Off 121 0 O Reset All
53. IR Parameter mode Param Gibal 5 page Param Glbal 5 page gt Master page F2 Param gt F1 Glbal PAGE A V select page 5 Acc Wrap Part and Range As explained in the Player s Guide the Wrap parameter is used to change playback of the selected music Style so that all notes of a given bass line etc sound in a natural range In Natural mode the Arranger transposes all notes that are too low or too high for the usually automatically selected sound one octave up or down Though useful in most situations that may result in accompaniment patterns that suddenly jump to another octave when you go from G to F7 for example E Part ABS AC1 AC6 Arranger parameter Use the Part parameter to select the part whose Range setting you wish to change NW Range Range Meaning The Arranger sounds all notes of the part in question in a range that is natural Natural for the Tone assigned to that part Notes that are too high or too low are trans posed down or up In this case the notes of the accompaniment track are played the way they Full were programmed That may be useful when you use the User Style function for sequencing purposes Song Set Play The Song Set Play functions allow you to specify how the selected Song Set see page 103 should be played back E Mode Auto Manual Select Auto if playback of the next Song in line is to start automatically after the Pause time has elapsed see below
54. OUT put assigned to the Style channel See the Style chart at the end of this manual for a complete list of all available Styles and their addresses E Channel A1 B16 Allows you to assign a MIDI channel to the Style select feature transmit channel on the TX page and receive channel on the RX page If you don t want the Style Channel messages to be received or transmitted use the ACCOMP GROUP button to select Off m Filter only on the RX page As stated above you can filter two types of messages Style Filter Meaning Volume messages relating to the Music Styles Select Off if the G 800 must not IVi Stivolura receive them i Program change and bank select messages for Style selection Select Off if the StylePC G 800 must not select other Styles or patterns in response to these incoming messages MIDI parameters Param meee ok OT q Pm tx Octave rielo tevelo PartSwre SoftThru gt Master page F3 MIDI gt SHIFT F3 Param This page contains several parameters that are not related to each other contrary to the other MIDI pages that always concentrate on one aspect 89 G 800 Reference Manual LS Les Sa O O O OS O DD OO DO XxX ante m Tx Octave Absolute Relative Setting Meaning Absolute The parts send the MIDI note numbers corresponding to the keys you pressed The internal and automatic transposition related to the assignment of certain Tones t
55. Part parameters see page 10 the Extra Bender settings apply to the Realtime part in question so that selecting another Tone for such a part does not mean that the Value settings see below will be reset to 0 G 800 Reference Manual Value This is where you set the value of the currently displayed parameter As explained above you can set the Value of all available but currently invisible parameters Source Tune page Tune Scale UPIPort UP2Port EChitr 1 Le mee mem ee PERFORMANCE MEM SONG SELECTION EEXit p D Master page F2 Param gt SHIFT F2 Tune As explained in the Player s Guide the Source switches allow you to protect your Param set tings from data coming from the Standard MIDI File you are playing back using the G 800 s Recorder The fact that only Fr and 5112 are selectable is a clear indication that all Source switches except the MTune switch apply only to the Realtime parts Source switches Seeing that all Source switches on this page work the same we will discuss them together Select Fr f if the respective parameters must not change in response to MIDI messages of that type contained in the Standard MIDI File you are playing back with the internal Record er Prf means that either your own settings or the settings of the selected Performance Mem ory will be used Zrna means that the respective MIDI messages contained in the Standard MIDI File may change the parameter s in questio
56. SPOSE TRACE Hove TYRE DIVISION STYLE U1 CES USERSTL1 gt 1 Transpose D Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt F4 Trnsp PAGE A V select page 1 Track Transpose is used to transpose the notes of the selected pattern the other non note data obviously cannot be transposed Use this function with great caution because the Key value see page 43 is not updated even if you transpose entire track s We therefore suggest you only use it for parts of an Intro or Ending pattern for example a difficult phrase you have recorded only once and then copied using Track Copy see page 51 In other words never transpose an entire pattern as that will invariably lead to a lot of confusion in the Arranger mode E Track 1ADR 8AC6 All Allows you to select the track you wish to edit Do not forget to select the right User Style memory if it isn t already selected see below You can also select All here in which case the operation applies to all tracks of the selected pattern When combined with From Note and To Note see below Track Transpose is also useful for the 1ADR track It allows you to select another snare or kick sound for example Most Drum Sets provide two snares one assigned to note number 38 D2 and a second assigned to note number 40 E2 By selecting From Note 38 D2 To Note 38 D2 and setting the transpose Value 2 you can change your D2 snare to the E2 snare E Mode Allows you to sel
57. V select page 1 Track Erase allows you to selectively delete data either within a specified range of the pat tern s or from the entire track s In All mode Erase will substitute the required number of rests for the data you delete so that you end up with the equivalent number of blank measures If you also want to eliminate the measures themselves use Track Delete see page 57 Track LADR 8AC6 All Allows you to select the track you wish to edit Do not forget to select the right User Style memory if it isn t already selected see below You can also select All here in which case the operation applies to all tracks of the selected pattern Mode Allows you to select the mode of the pattern to be edited Maj major min minor or 7 sev enth Type Allows you to select the pattern type to be edited Bsc Basic or Adv Advanced Division This parameter is used to select the Division of the pattern Or Original or Var Variation Style U1 U8 Use this parameter to select the Style that contains the pattern to be edited The name of that Style either the default setting USERSTL X or the name you or someone else programmed is displayed in the second line Execute Press Part Select M DRUMIS to edit the data right away The following parameters allow you to narrow down the scope of the edit operation If you wish to edit the entire pattern there is no need to fine tune your settings Just confirm the command
58. age on the function menu Like on the second Move page this message is used to signal that copying the selected events will not erase events that may already exist at the selected position meea 75 G 800 Reference Manual Style Name gt Style Mame User Style pee Ho icors i 1 E AOS Te e Ga cd sae Cursor Character Master page F4 UsrStl gt F3 Name After editing a User Style you may want to name it That is what the Style name page allows you to do First select the User Style memory that contains the Style whose name you wish to change or program As always select the cursor position using the ACCOMP GROUP knob and enter the desired character with the BASS BANK knob After entering the name do take advantage of the Save jump function to save your User Style to disk Saving your Style is the only safeguard against losing a precious accompaniment Remember that all User Styles are erased when you power off your G 800 Pressing Part Select M DRUMS will take you right to the Save Disk page that allows you to save User Styles In other words you won t have to push your way to the desired Disk menu page User Style Delete gt User STYLE DELETE I USERSTLA Aa Se ISERSTLE E TLA Exit Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Dlete Contrary to Track Delete on page 57 the User Style Delete function is used to clear the selected User Style memory or memories As poin
59. ains more elaborate accompaniments unless programmed otherwise You may remem 41 G 800 Reference Manual ber from the Player s Guide that there are two looped versions per Type Original and varia tion Display function Options Explanation Record only the Basic division Record only the Advanced division Type Record the Basic division and copy it to the Advanced divi sion Other options A B Division A Division is a specific accompaniment type such as the Intro a Fill the Ending of the cur rent accompaniment pattern Display function Options Explanation Record only the Origina division Record oniy the Variation division Fo Record only the Fill in To Original Division Record only the Fill In to Variation Record on y the Intro Recerd only the Ending Other options Or Va Va Or Fo Fv Fv Fo in Ed Ed n Note The order in which you select the Mode Type and Division is of no importance It is also possible to clone other patterns after recording the first one To do so select the required options for the Mode Type and Division and start recording Wait until the count in is finished and stop recording after the first or second beat by pressing either Recorder STOP M or START STOP Don t play anything on the keyboard The rest of the original pattern will automatically be copied to the se
60. ake will not be recorded Thus the values of the corresponding parameters will jump back to their recorded positions Select REL whenever one of the parameters on this page is to be assigned another value per manently The corresponding parameter value is then displayed white on blue In FLA mode it is displayed blue on white Express 0 127 Use the Expres sion parameter to change the volume of the track whose name appears in the right hand corner The track has to be selected on the UsrSt Rec page This track is currently selected As stated in the Player s Guide setting this parameter is only meaningful after recording a few tracks It allows you to establish the right balance between tracks Panpot Rnd 0 64 127 Use the Panpot parameter to position the selected track in the stereo sound field Values between 0 and 63 shift the part further to the left while values between 65 and 127 shift it further to the right 64 is the dead center default value You could also select Frid to obtain random jumps between the left and right channels Since the jumps are not predict able Rnd is probably only useful for gimmick kind of counter melodies 45 G 800 Reference Manual Reverb 0 127 This parameter sets the Reverb send level for the selected track 0 means that the part in question is not processed by the Reverb effect while 127 represents the maximum effect depth
61. alue with which you can trigger the part in question See Velocity switching Min and Max on page 95 in the Player s Guide for an example of a useful velocity switching pair Again the Max setting cannot be smaller than the Min setting Param Cnirl 2 page fa Far alje Yoices ADR 2 l wwe DYNAMIC ARRANGER MELODY INTELL gt Master page F2 Param gt F3 Cntrl PAGE A F select page 2 Dynamic Arranger Arranger parameters E Part ADR ABS AC1 AC6 This parameter allows you to select the Arranger part whose velocity sensitivity you wish to change As explained in the Player s Guide you can use this parameter to alternate between two accompaniment parts by varying the force witch which you strike the keys in the chord recognition area of the keyboard 33 G 800 Reference Manual O a el Value 127 127 Set this value to O if the Arranger part in question must not respond to the force with which you strike the keys in the chord recognition area The higher the positive value you set here the more force is required to have the part in question sound at its maximum value Negative settings on the other hand mean that the volume decreases as your velocity increases Note The velocity Value you specify here will only be used when you press the KBD SCALE button on the front panel indicator must light Melody Intell Voices 1 2 Arranger parameter Though played by the Upper pa
62. always refers to the end of the longest track Beat 1 number of beats per bar This is where you specify the beat position The number of selectable beats obviously depends on the time signature of the selected pattern CPT This is where you specify the CPT position of the beginning and end Unless you do not need to edit all the selected data within the last bar you should keep the default setting Note that the Micro mode allows you to edit the data on an event basis which is more precise because there you see the events to be edited which is not the case here If you only wish to edit one event or message you should definitely do so in the Microscope mode see page 70 Value 24 24 This parameter is used to set the transposition interval in semi tone steps If you wish to trans pose a C pattern to D enter the Value 2 Note Be careful when applying Track Transpose to the 1ADR part After all transposing all notes of this track would mean that the drum part changes dramatically Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to confirm your settings and edit the data or go to the next page if you do not wish to transpose all notes User Style mode Track Velocity Change Edit Trnsp 3 page Al From Mote To Mote Cetave E E Ea E ER 5 2 3 2 gt Master page F4 UsrSti F4 Edit F4 Trnsp PAGE A select page 3 M From Note C 1 G9 This parameter allows you to set the lower limit
63. ameter adjusts the onset of the sound Negative values speed up the attack so that the sound becomes more aggressive 11 G 800 Reference Manual E Env Decay 64 63 This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will fall from the highest point of the attack down to the sustain level Note Percussive sounds usually have a sustain level of 0 Piano and guitar sounds are in this category Holding the keys for a long time will thus have little effect on the duration of the notes your are playing m Env Release 64 63 This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will decay after the note is released until it is no longer heard The cutoff frequency will also fall according to this setting Tone Change Tone Charge SOURCE LR Time PERFORMANCE MEM SONG SELECTION The Tone Change switch on this page allows you to specify which program change and bank select messages should be executed There is one page for the Realtime part Tone Change switches press SHIFT F1 and another one for the Arranger part Tone Change switches press SHIFT F2 or just F2 Select the part using the PAGE A F buttons and select Prf or Sng for Realtime parts or Prf or Arr for Arranger parts Prf Tone selection remains in effect until you select another Tone or Performance Memory In this case the Realtime Tone assignments are affected by program change messages included in the Standard MIDI File you
64. amplifier and headphones or speakers may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears you should consult an audiologist The product should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation The product should be located away from heat sources such as radiators heat registers or other products that produce heat The product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the product 8 The power supply cord of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time 9 Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings 10 The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged or B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled onto the product or C The product has been exposed to rain o D The product does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance or E The product has been dropped or the enclosure damaged 11 Do not attempt to service the product beyond that described in the user maintenance instructions All other
65. an even wider variety of memory locations can be selected Control change messages were added when it became clear that the maximum number of sounds selectable usin g program change messages 128 was no longer sufficient to access all sounds of a given instrument Note Do not forget to send a Program Change message after a Bank Select message because sending only Bank Select messages does nothing whatsoever The ri ght order for sending these messages is pay attention to the CPT values 1 1 0 Bank Select CCO value 1 1 1 Bank Select CC32 value 0 1 or 2 1 1 2 Program Change 79 G 800 Reference Manual Note On the G 800 CC32 messages are used to select the Tone mode 0 don t leave current Tone mode 1 Old e g SC 55 mode Groups C and D and 2 New e g G 800 Tone mode Groups A and B Control change messages These messages control parameters such as modulation and pan The function of a message is determined by its control change e g ID number E Modulation control change number 1 This message controls vibrato mM Volume control change number 7 This message controls the volume of a part When this message is received the volume of the part receiving on that MIDI channel will change E Expression control change number 11 This message conveys volume changes It can be used to add expression The volume of a Part will be affected both by Volume messages control change 7 and
66. ance 11 2 rxCh 87 2 ch Limit 87 TX Channel 86 Octave 90 Velo 90 Type 42 U Universal System Exclusive 82 Up Down 36 UP1 2 31 UP2Split 25 User Style Copy 93 Delete 76 Edit 54 Microscope 70 Mode 40 Rename 98 Save 96 Set 94 102 Set Rename 99 vV Value 62 69 Velocity 79 Change 63 Receive transmit 90 Sensitivity 33 Vibrato 37 Delay 11 Depth 11 Rate 11 View 51 Voices 34 Volume 8 14 80 Arranger 9 Global 9 RTime 9 song 9 Song parts 16 W Wah wah 37 Wrap 29 Z Zone 87 For Nordic Countries Apparatus containing Lithium batteries ADVARSEL VARNING Lithiumbatteri Eksplosionsfare ved Explosionsfara vid felaktigt batteribyte fejlagtig handtering Anvand samma batterityp eller en Udskiftning ma kun ske med batteri af ekvivalent typ som rekommenderas av samme fabrikat og type apparattillverkaren Lev r det brugte batteri tilbage til Kassera anv nt batteri enligt leverandgren fabrikantens instruktion ADVARSEL Lithiumbatteri Eksplosjonsfare Ved utskifting benyttes kun batteri som anbefalt av apparatfabrikanten Brukt batteri returneres apparatleverandgren VAROITUS Paristo voi r j ht jos se on virheellisesti asennettu Vaihda paristo ainoastaan laitevalmistajan suosittelemaan tyyppiin H vit k ytetty paristo valmistajan ohjeiden mukaisesti For E C Countries This product com
67. arameter This probably only works for a few factory Styles But then again the G 800 allows you to program your own Styles that could take advantage of the Kbd Scale function Besides you can also load MSD User Styles programmed on an E 86 WE Note C B Global parameter This is not really a settable parameter Note allows you to select the note whose tuning you want to change Every note from C C D D etc to B can be selected only once so that the Value setting applies to all notes of the same name which makes sense of course 21 G 800 Reference Manual E Value 128 128 Global parameter This is where you set the tuning of the selected Note Since this is a relative parameter i e a parameter that specifies a deviation from the preset equal temperament the Value can be either positive or negative Selecting 0 means that the Note s pitch corresponds to the equal temperament value Seeing that 100 cent equal one semitone you have considerable freedom for programming scales Param Tune 3 page gt Master page F2 Param gt F2 Tune PAGE A V select page 3 Portamento and Mode Realtime parts MH Mode UPI and UP2 Poly Mono The Mode parameters are used to set the corresponding Upper part to Poly polyphonic or Mono monophonic F 1 means that the Upper part in question can play several notes at a time so that you can play chords or two voices Horw on the other hand means that only o
68. aster AUX Return signal if you are used to thinking in mixing console terms Higher values result in louder Reverberation d Rev Time 0 127 This parameter sets the time over which the Reverberation will continue Higher values result in longer Reverberation e Rev Delay Fb 0 127 This parameter is only available when you select Rev Charac 6 Delay or 7 Panning Delay It sets the way in which Delays repeat Higher values result in more repeats RevPreDlyT 0ms 127ms This parameter sets the time interval between the original dry signal and the onset of the selected Reverb effect Higher values result in a longer pre Delay time simulating a larger Reverberant space Value Use the UPPER VARIATION knob to specify a value for the selected Parameter For clar ity s sake we put the parameter range next to the respective parameters see above Mixer mode Mixer Effect pages Chorus page Macro Parameter Value Pre LPF i CHORUS gt Master page F1 Mixer gt F4 Effct Effect PAGE A F select page 2 E Macro Chorus broadens the spatial image of the sound adding richness You can choose from 8 types of Chorus Chorus1 Chorus2 These are conventional Chorus effects that add spaciousness and depth to the Chorus3 sound Chorus4 Feedback ao eo a ae Chorus This is a Chorus with a flanger like effect and a soft sound E 4 e Flanger This is an ef
69. at are used by both devices will actually be conveyed The MIDI specification requires that the owner s manual for each MIDI device include a MIDI Implementation Chart that shows the types of MIDI messages which are actually transmitted and received by a device Put the Transmitted column of the transmitting device s implementation chart side by side with the Received column of the receiving device s imple mentation chart Messages which are marked as 0 in both charts can be conveyed success fully If either chart shows a X for a certain type of message that message cannot be con veyed MIDI on your G 800 Your G 800 features an impressive number of MIDI parameters some of which are used to set the MIDI receive RX or MIDI transmit TX channels while most of them are related to enabling or disabling reception or transmission of certain MIDI messages As stated in the Player s Guide do not change the MIDI parameter settings unless you know what you are doing in order to maintain the highest possible degree of compatibility with other MIDI devices After setting your MIDI parameters you may wish to save them to a MIDI Set so that they can be recalled when required Selecting another MIDI Set may have a drastic effect on the way your G 800 behaves in a MIDI setup 83 G 800 Reference Manual MIDARTime RX MIDNArrng RX and MIDNSong RX pages Fart Channel Shift Filter Limit cs2 9 1 i 1 i e e e
70. ation Since the Style Name is part of the User Style parameters you can also use lowercase letters So do take the time to enter both names Note Though possible you should never assign different names to the Style Name and File Name parameters because that may cause confusion Cursor Character See page 96 for details Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to save the new names to disk Rename Music Style Set Music Style Set Cursor Charactr S3TLSETO1 ISTLSETOA STLSETAZ a 1 STLSETOZ 3TLSETO SELECT NEWNAME ZEXit 2 Master page F5 Disk F3 Rname PAGE A V select STL SET Use this page to rename a User Style Set on disk If you want the Style Set to be loaded auto matically at power up call it AL TOLOARE If that disk is in the drive when you switch on your G 800 the Autoload Style Set will be loaded automatically Select Allows you to select the file you wish to rename 99 G 800 Reference Manual te eae neeeneneae nanan ESSAS EOR E Cursor Character See page 96 for details m Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to save the new name to disk Rename Performance Set MIDI Set Chord Sequence Cursor Charactr PRESETO4 1 ae gee NEW NAME gt Master page F5 Disk gt F3 Rname PAGE A V Save for the fact that the following functions apply to different file types they are identical which is why we shall deal with all three of them
71. by pressing Part Select M DRUMS 55 G 800 Reference Manual Track Erase 56 Edit Erase 2 page Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit F1 Erase PAGE A V select page 2 From To Use the DRUMS PART encoder to select the To or From level Frar refers to the position where the edit operation is to begin That position is specified in a Bar Beat CPT format From designates the position where the edit operation is to end Bar Beat CPT value Always check whether you have selected the right level From or To before setting the fol lowing parameters Bar 1 9999 This is where you specify the bar position By default the From and To values are set to the beginning and end of the selected track s Note that the To value always refers to the end of the longest track Beat 1 number of beats per bar This is where you specify the beat position The number of selectable beats obviously depends on the time signature of the selected pattern CPT This is where you specify the CPT position of the beginning and end Unless you do not need to edit all the selected data within the last bar you should keep the default setting Note that the Micro mode allows you to edit the data on an event basis which is more precise because there you see the events to be edited which is not the case here If you only wish to edit one event or message you should definitely do so in the Microscope mode see page 70 Data Type Allows
72. ch may be anything from transforming a C 2 into a D2 velocity value 35 into 70 or control change CC1 into control change CC10 70 User Style Microscope mode Track Microscope Edit E Event selection Bar Beat CPT Allows you to scroll through the events You can only select Bar Beat CPT positions that already contain data Note that using the PAGE A W buttons also allows you to scroll through the events It has the advantage of being more precise because it works on a step by step basis and that every note event is sounded Status column This column contains all the message types you can assign to an event Status Meaning Status Meaning CCI Modulation data PC Program changes usually found at the beginning of a pattern cce Data entry required for NRPN PB Pitch Bend messag messages CC10 Pan message CC91 Effect 1 Send depth Reverb CC11 Expression message volume CC93 Effect Send 2 Chorus cco Bank select MSB CC98 39 NRPN CC32 Bank select to select the Oid or New level Note Don t look for CC64 Hold or Sustain events because you won t find any As explained in the Player s Guide the use of the pedal connected to the SUSTAIN FOOTSWITCH jack is con verted into the equivalent Gate Time values To change such converted Hold messages you thus have to modify the Gate Time values of the affected notes Velo Don t let the name of this colum
73. containing User Styles Performance Memory Sets etc The introductory copyright warning is the same as for Song Copy see page 104 and again the internal RAM memory will be erased to function as buffer mem ory Insert SOURCE PROTECTED DISE and Press EXECUTE A Except for the fact that copying an entire disk takes a little longer than copying just one Song the operations are the same as for Song Copy see page 104 105 G 800 Reference Manual Disk Format ALL DISK CONTENTS WILL BE ERASED Fress EXECUTE Format gt Master page F5 Disk gt SHIFT F4 Formt 106 This function allows you to format the disk that is currently in the G 800 s disk drive Note that you hardly ever need this function because whenever you insert a disk the drive cannot read the display tells you so and suggests formatting it or else remove the disk from the drive Formatting new disks while taking a break however may be useful for those moments where your creative juices suddenly start flowing and you want to start recording right away without first formatting a disk Here is how to prepare a bunch of disks for those special moments first select the Format function then look at the above message it means that all data that may be on the disk you are about to format will be erased in this process have a look at the floppy to make sure it doesn t contain valuable data and finally press Part Select LOWER D
74. ct Confused Character only specifies the Reverb type you need It does not load preset values for the Pre LPF RevPreDlyT parame ters As a matter of fact Character i e the choice of the Reverb type is itself a Macro param eter That explains why you can select the Room 2 Macro and set Delay for Character Select ing another Character thus does not reset the other Parameter values to their factory settings A Macro on the other hand calls up a Reverb type and suitable settings for that effect A EEE EEE E ASES EENET PTO SESE EEEE _ E E RFP G 800 Reference Manual GH ENE RET ER TE I NR NN II 18 A Macro includes an effect Character type and preset values for the other parameters Character only specifies the Reverb type you need All other parameters can be set separately and do not change when you select another Character Pre LPF 0 7 Level 02127 0 285 Time 0 127 oi DelayFb 04127 iei PreDlyT 0 127 b Pre LPF 0 7 A low pass filter can be applied to the Tone signal sent to the Reverb to cut the high frequency range Higher values will cut more of the high frequencies resulting in a more mellow Rever beration Note that this parameter only applies to the signal that is sent to the Reverb effect If you want to cut high frequencies of the direct Tone signals use the Equalizer instead see page 21 c Rev Level 0 127 This parameter sets the volume of the Reverb effect or the M
75. ctive Sens ing messages from both MIDI OUTs at set intervals Once an Active Sensing message is received via a MIDI INput Active Sensing monitoring will begin and if an Active Sensing message fails to arrive for more than 420ms it is assumed that the cable has been disconnect ed If this happens all currently sounding notes will be turned off the same procedure will be executed as if a Reset All Controller message was received and Active Sensing monitor ing will stop System Exclusive messages Exclusive messages are used to control functions which are unique to specific devices Although Universal System Exclusive messages can be used even between devices of differ ent manufacturers most exclusive messages only apply to one type of instrument In order to recognize the device for which the data is intended Roland exclusive messages contain a manufacturer ID device ID and model ID Note The G 800 s exclusive messages use two model IDs 42H for GS format and 45H for SC 88 The two numbers are used depending on the parameter you wish to modify Be aware that if the appropriate ID number is not used data will not be transferred The G 800 also receives and transmits SysEx data with ID number 41H for Lyrics data a GM System On Universal System Exclusive When a GM System On message is received the G 800 will be set to the basic GM settings Also NRPN and Bank Select messages will no longer be received once GM System On is recei
76. de Track Microscope Edit ae ee E Bar Beat CPT DRUMS PART ACCOMP GROUP BASS BANK Use these controls to set the position the selected event s is are to be moved to Just for your information the Move function is automatically set to Mix which means that the act of moving events does not overwrite events that may be present at the selected destination M Execute Part Select UPPERI Press Part Select UPPER 1 to confirm your settings and move the selected events to the new position You could now press F3 to jump to the Copy function or F4 to return to the opening Microscope page Copy EAR EES GFT 2993 01 000 cc an gt MICRO i 2Coru 8998 01 001 PB SII 01 001 C 2 27 E PROCEED SExit gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F2 Micro Part Select M DRUMS Proceed gt SHIFT F2 Copy The Copy function allows you to copy the selected events to another position In a way it is like moving events without erasing the events at their original position M From To See page 74 for details After selecting the events to be copied press Part Select UPPER 1 Proceed to jump to the second Copy page lt SS 5 EXECUTE By now you probably know that the Into position is the Bar Beat CPT the first event of the selected range will be copied to Set the desired position using the DRUMS PART ACCOMP GROUP and BASS BANK knobs Also note the Cars Mis mess
77. de decrease the voiume of the selected part using the Extra Bender feature 64 63 Note Again the volume cannot be increased or decreased beyond 127 or 0 If the volume of the part is question is already set to 127 or 0 using the Extra Bender will produce no audible effect This parameter allows you to increase or decrease the modulation speed of LFO1 Rate LFO1 Use this function in combination with the Modulation axis of the Bender 64 63 Modulation lever or to change the modulation speed of the preset automatic modulation LFO1 Pitch This parameter allows you to add pitch modulation using the Extra Bender fea 0 127 ture Pitch modulation is usually referred to as vibrato LFO1 TVF This parameter allows you to add cutoff frequency modulation using the Extra 0 127 Bender function This is also known as wah wah LFO1 TVA This parameter allows you to add amplitude modulation using the Extra Bender 0 127 function This is also known as tremolo E E Same setting range and meaning as the equivalent LFO1 parameters Note that LFO2 TVF not all Tones use a second LFO which is why these settings do not always yield LEQ TVA the desired effect Note Except for Rate the LFO parameters are absolute settings i e settings that do not influence existing settings which explains why their setting range is 0 127 rather than 64 63 Use these parameters Pitch TVA to add a new aspect to the selected Tone Note Like the
78. destination disk during Song or Disk Copy is not the one you inserted the first time Insert the proper disk WRONG destination Disk The disk you inserted after removing the source disk during Song or Disk Copy is not the one you inserted at the first Insert Destination Disk prompt Insert the proper disk 109 G 800 Reference Manual Messages relating to the User Style function CAN T LOAD ILLEGAL User Style The User Style you are trying to load is not an MSA MSD or MSE User Style and therefore cannot be loaded User Style NOT LOADED at position By Meca err The Performance Memory you selected did not to find the User Style whose name appears in the upper line in the indicated User Style memory Press Part Select M DRUMS to load the Style in question now If you do not need that User Style press Part Select UPPER2 Exit If you pressed Part Select M DRUMS Load the following message may appear to signal that the current disk in the disk drive does not contain that User Style File NOT FOUND INSERT proper Disk please This message appears whenever you select an empty User Style memory Wait for the mes sage to disappear and continue A Disk FILE ee reading The User Style file you are trying to load is damaged Try again using your backup disk and save the User Style to another disk to avoid using your backup disk CAN T EXECUTE User Style is ru
79. e C 1 G9 This parameter allows you to select the upper limit of the note range you wish to edit Select the correct value if not all notes are to be edited See also the two notes under From Note C 1 G9 M Octave Multiple Single If the selected note range should be edited in all octaves select Multiple If the edit operation must only bear on the notes within the selected range set this parameter to Single E Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to confirm your settings and edit the data Edit Dlete 1 page Track Delete i CKD i gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit F2 Dlete PAGE A Y select page 1 Contrary to the Erase function Track Delete also erases the measures so that all measures that lie behind the To position will be shifted towards the beginning of the track s Since Delete also disposes of the measures you cannot choose the data type to be erased 57 G 800 Reference Manual Track Delete 58 E Track 1ADR 8AC6 All Allows you to select the track you wish to edit Do not forget to select the right User Style memory if it isn t already selected see below You can also select All here in which case the operation applies to all tracks of the selected pattern m Mode Allows you to select the mode of the pattern to be edited Maj major min minor or 7 sev enth m Type Allows you to select the pattern type to be edited Bsc Basic or Adv Advanced
80. e Since the G 800 knows which tracks are clones it will warn you that you are about to record or edit a version without cop ying it to the shared patterns For your reference the names of the shared patterns appear in two windows one for Original and one for Variation patterns The TRACK is SHARED hy other Patterns H M Bec eir Bs ca Fress T Bsc Or SINGLE to individually modify it M Adv Or M Aciu Lla ALL to globally modify them MAI T AdY Or These patterns are being shared because they are clones That should allow you to make up your mind whether to modify the selected pattern without changing the clones or apply the changes to all clones or shared patterns Press Part Select M DRUMS Single to edit the selected pattern without changing the clones Press Part Select M BASS AID if the clones or shared patterns are to change accord ing to the modifications of the pattern you are re recording or editing Press Part Select LOWER to leave this page without changing anything Length pages D OR bar econ H E m aca y M H H o mA Een LITE T Master page F4 UsrStl gt F2 Lengt PAGE A V select Or Va In Ed or Fo Fv pages The Length function allows you to modify the length number of bars beats and clocks both before or after recording If used after recording the data that lie beyond the specified end will be discarded Note There is no way to
81. e the Low Limit equals the High Limit setting a higher Low value will also increase the High value Note Some instruments start at C 2 and end at G8 instead of C 1 and G9 You may have to add an octave to the value you see on the screen of your computer or external sequencer Basic Channe RX and TX pages Channel Filter MIDI Part5wtc 183510 1 I zStule 2Par am Yan sExit Channel Filter Par tsutc i i g A e D Master page F3 MIDI gt SHIFT F1 Basic PAGE A V select RX or TX page The Basic Channel is used for several things to receive and transmit program change and bank select messages for selecting Performance Memories as well as for the reception and transmission of other kinds of messages that are not directly related to a specific MIDI chan nel but may affect the G 800 s parts such as the Part Switch function for example That doesn t mean that the MIDI channel assigned to the Basic Channel function is of no impor 87 G 800 Reference Manual aaa tance Only the messages received on that channel may also apply to other aspects of your G 800 f E Channel A1 B16 Use this parameter to assign an RX receive or transmit TX channel to the Basic Channel function If you do not want the Basic Channel messages to be received or transmitted use the ACCOMP GROUP button to select Off E Filter This parameter allows you to select three functions and specify whether O
82. e part selected using PAGE A is to use your own the Performance Memory settings or the settings of the Music Style or Stand ard MIDI File you are playing back Selecting Prf means that the G 800 will use the settings you have just made or the ones con tained in the Performance Memory you selected last Arr and Sng on the other hand mean that the selected part will change in response to the data contained in the Music Style or Song you are playing back Note You cannot select Arr for Realtime parts or effect parameters That setting is only available for Arranger parts Likewise you cannot select Sng for Arranger parts as there is no internal link between the G 800 s Recorder and Arranger gt Master page F1 Mixer gt SHIFT F1 RTime F2 Arrng or F4 Effct 22 E Volume Fanpot Reverb Chorus Delay 00000 PERFORMANCE MEM SONG SELECTION Panpot Fiewerb honie PERFORMANCE MEM ARANG SELECTION RievType Chr Type DlyT na pal a E En PERFORMANCE MEM F SONG ELECTION Mixer mode Source pages E AA The available switches vary according to the Source page you select Not all parameters can be protected from being modified by the Music Style or Song you are playing back Seeing that the parameters are pretty self explanatory we will not discuss them in great detail here Save for the effect Source switches they are all covered in the Player s Guide There are a few thin
83. ect the mode of the pattern to be edited Maj major min minor or 7 sev enth mM Type Allows you to select the pattern type to be edited Bsc Basic or Adv Advanced M Division This parameter is used to select the Division of the pattern Or Original or Var Variation W Style U1 U8 Use this parameter to select the Style that contains the pattern to be edited The name of that Style either the default setting USERSTL X or the name you or someone else programmed is displayed in the second line E Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to edit the data right away Chances are however that you will not obtain the desired transposition Just ignore this parameter and go on to the next dis play page nse ODO 61 G 800 Reference Manual Track Transpose 62 Edit Trnsp 2 page Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit F4 Trnsp PAGE A V select page 2 From To Use the DRUMS PART encoder to select the To or From level From refers to the position where the edit operation is to begin That position is specified in a Bar Beat CPT format From designates the position where the edit operation is to end Bar Beat CPT value Always check whether you have selected the right level From or To before setting the fol lowing parameters Bar 1 9999 This is where you specify the bar position By default the From and To values are set to the beginning and end of the selected track s Note that the To value
84. ed from disk or created and selected and used in the same way as the ROM Styles While in Arranger mode you can scroll through different pages by pressing the Function keys located to the right of the display The Master page is the page that appears after powering on your G 800 While this page is displayed you can select Music Style using the STYLE Select buttons on the front panel Current Performance Memory a tempo Currently selected Music Style y Function menu Realtime Part tf a Tones Graphic chord display a N Recognized chord Currently selected MIDI Set Music Style division Style number and name The number and name of the currently selected Style or song appear in the top line of the dis play The G 800 contains 128 Styles that are divided into 2 Groups A B Each group con tains 8 Banks 1 8 and each bank has 8 Styles 1 8 Use the Style selection buttons to choose the desired Style See Selecting Music Styles on page 47 of the Player s Guide for details about selecting Styles Performance Memories A11 C88 The number and name in the upper left hand corner show the currently selected Performance Memory Number and name The G 800 provides 192 Performance Memories A Perfor mance Memory contains all panel settings and Part parameter values that were active at the time you saved them Using these Performance Memories you can easily store and recall a complete registration with the dedicated Perf
85. ed in uppercase e g 2HL 1 because it already contains the number of rests equivalent to the Length you set User Style memory and name This is where the number of the selected User Style memory and the User Style s name appear If you haven t yet specified a name it will be EER TL followed by the number of the selected memory Tempo The same window also displays the current playback and recording tempo Feel free to change the tempo with the TEMPO dial but remember that the current tempo value will be recorded next time around and regarded as preset tempo for your User Style Style pattern selection E Mode Use this parameter to select the major minor and or seventh level All settings involving one or two symbols mean that the first white on blue pattern you record will be automati cally copied to the other blue on white Mode s This is what we called cloning in the Play er s Guide The available option are Display function Options Explanation i i Record only the major pattern Record the major pattern and copy it to the minor pattern Mode Record the major pattern and copy it to the minor and sev enth pattern Other options m m M m 7 m M 7 7 7 M 7 m 7 M m m Type Use this parameter to select the Type as it is called here Think of a Type as the degree of complexity of a Style whereby Basic represents the easy level while Advanced usually cont
86. either be used to entertain the audience while you are taking a break or to assist you while performing with Standard MIDI File backing SngSet Position Disk Sang 12 A hight in Tuni Master page F5 Disk gt SHIFT F2 SngSt m Sng Set This parameter allows you to select an existing Song Set for editing e g to add Songs change their order or shorten the Song Set E New Press Part Select M DRUMS to create a new Song Set E Position Use this parameter to select the place in the chain you wish to assign a Song to For new Song Sets you cannot select the Position Instead assign a Song to the first Position E Disk Song Allows you to assign one of the Songs on disk to the inverted Position When you assign a Song to a Position the Ernghe event automatically jumps to the next Position in line i e a new Position is inserted Again assign a Song to the End event etc To shorten an existing Sonng Set select End instead of the Song name for the Position following the Song that is to become the last one of your Song Set M Save Press Part Select UPPER1 to save the Song Set to disk Note You cannot name Song Sets so be sure to remember their numbers 103 G 800 Reference Manual aaRS Copy functions Song Copy D Master page F5 Disk SHIFT F3 Copy PAGE A select SONG Whenever you select the Copy function the G 800 tells you something you already know but may
87. epts Song Position Pointer or Song Select messages pa After setting all these parameters you may wish to save them to a MIDI Set See the Player s Guide for details 92 Disk mode Disk Load loading data from disk 9 Disk mode The Disk mode contains all functions and parameters relating to saving loading deleting files and to formatting new disks or disks previously used on other instruments or devices The G 800 allows you to use both 2DD double density and 2HD high density disks The capacity of the latter is twice that of the former Note Though your G 800 has no problem reading MS DOS formatted disks we recommend you format all your G 800 disks on the instrument itself because that will speed up the disk oper ations 3 Disk Load loading data from disk Load User Style Copy ROM Style Source Music Style A JAS CONTEMP 1 J 23 COMTEMPS AZ Adi SEEAT Y EELEGT EXECUTE Master page F5 Disk gt F1 Load PAGE A V select USR STL The first Load page allows you to load User Styles from disk or to copy a ROM Style to a User Style Memory NW Source Int Dsk Allows you to select the internal memory ROM Styles or the floppy Dsk inserted into the disk drive Select Irit when you want to copy a ROM Style i e one of the 128 factory Styles to a User Style memory Select sk to load a Style from disk Mm Select Allows you to position the cursor on the Style you wish to load or
88. ese two pages there is indeed no way to view the duration of the notes which makes editing the data en bloc a little bit hazardous Use the Change function see page 70 to modify the duration of specific notes After selecting a Tone with a slow release i e a sound that lingers on after all notes have been released however Track Gate Time Shift will help you cutting the notes down to size and thus avoid overlaps and possible dissonance also known as cacophony Even though your release timing may have been right for the original Tone you should use Track Gate Time Shift to shorten all notes to such a degree that they no longer overlap Track Mode Type Division Style Execute See page 64 for an explanation of these parameters Edit GateT 2 page hee 3508 Za Value 3999 J2 23 5999 i 1 0 6 6 AR BEAT CPT Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt SHIFT F3 GateT PAGE A V select page 2 From To Bar Beat CPT Execute See page 64 for an explanation of these parameters 67 G 800 Reference Manual Track Shift TL LL a LL a EAA Track Shift gt 1 2 68 Value 9999 49999 This parameter sets the amount by which the duration or gate time of the selected notes is to be changed The shortest possible Gate Time value is 1 used for all notes of the LADR track so that selecting 1000 for notes with a Gate Time of 1 in the specified time ra
89. eviously set tempo value e g 100 will be recalled Tempo Change 0 100 Arranger parameter This parameter defines the tempo change ratio during normal Style playback This is the val ue that will reached at the end of the CPT period see below The Tempo Change applies to both the RIT gradual slow down and the ACC gradual tempo increase functions and requires that either button be pressed corresponding indicator must light Tempo Change CPT 15 3825CPT caran ger parameter The CPT value specifies the time it takes before the Tempo Change value is reached See ing that one crotchet quarter note equals 120CPT we strongly advise you to select multiples of 120CPT e g 240 one 2 4 bar 360 one 3 4 bar 480 one 4 4 bar etc Parameter Global 3 page Output Roll Stl Change 1 1 1 PEMET ROM COUNT IN MIDE 3EDREC 3 gt Master page F2 Param gt F1 Glbal PAGE A V select page 3 Metronome Output MDR EXT ALL Global parameter This parameter allows you to select the output assigned to the general metronome i e the one that sounds during Style and Song playback The metronome may help you practise difficult parts yet the most obvious use for the Global metronome is to supply a click for a drummer or other musician you play with The User Style metronome see page 43 can be programmed separately A A A ______ ___ _ ______ ___ _ z MDR The
90. fect sounding somewhat like a jet aeroplane taking off and landing Snort Delay This is a Delay with a short Delay time Short Delay FB This is a short Delay with many repeats Note Seeing that Delay usually only works for one part use the dedicated Delay for echo effects That way the Chorus effect can be used to fatten the stereo image NH Chorus parameters a Cho Pre LPF 0 7 A low pass filter can be applied to the sound sent to the Chorus to cut the high frequency range Higher values will cut more of the high frequencies resulting in a more mellow Chorus sound b Cho Level 0 127 This parameter sets the overall volume of the Chorus effect If only one Tone contains too much Chorus reduce its Chorus Send value see page 15 rather than the Cho Level value c ChoFeedback 0 127 This parameter sets the level at which the Chorus sound is re input fed back into the Chorus By using feedback a denser Chorus sound can be created Higher values result in a greater feedback level d Cho Delay 0 127 This parameter sets the Delay time of the Chorus effect Higher values will cause greater deviation in pitch of the Chorus sound e Cho Rate 0 127 This parameter sets the speed frequency at which the Chorus sound is modulated Higher values result in faster modulation 19 G 800 Reference Manual f Cho Depth 0 127 This parameter sets the depth at which the Chorus sound is modulated Higher values re
91. gs to bear in mind though 1 Reverb Chorus and Delay refer to the respective send levels of the selected part They are no effect on off switches but rather switches allowing you to specify whether or not the effect send level is to change in response to Arranger or Song data 2 Since the Arranger parts cannot be processed by the Delay at least not in a direct way there is no Delay Send Source switch on the Arrng Source page 3 The TF settings on the effects Source page refer to the Macros 4 The Source switch settings can be saved to a Performance Memory 23 G 800 Reference Manual 5 Parameter mode As stated in the Player s Guide the parameter mode contains parameters that apply to differ ent aspects of your G 800 1 Global parameters Master Tune Metronome functions Memory Protect etc 2 Arranger parameters Chord Family Assign Part Range etc 3 Realtime parts Upper 2 Tune Upper amp 2 Portamento etc 4 Controller parameters Expression Pedal assignment Extra Bender settings etc 5 Performance Memory parameters Resume Performance name 6 Source switches for some of these parameters Parameter Glbal 1 page Memory Resume Cursor Charactr jaen m FrEe Pri 1 t i ki a EE PERFORMANCE MAME D Master page F2 Param F1 Glbal PAGE A Y select page 1 Memory locked unlocked cioval parameter This parameter allows you to activate lock or
92. he UsrStl Rec level see page 40 F5 Exit Press this button to return to the Master page Select The Select function assigned to the ACCOMP GROUP knob allows you to position the cursor on the pattern whose length you wish to change 49 G 800 Reference Manual Bar The BASS BANK knob allows you to set the length of the selected pattern s in steps of one bar Note that it is perfectly possible to make an existing track longer by specifying a Bar value that lies beyond the last notes or current end CPT All This is another length value that allows you to fine tune the length In most cases you will probably work with multiples of J notes i e 120CPT because 120CPT represent one beat of an X 4 bar 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 etc All intermediary steps are selectable though the musi cal functionality of x bars and a bit patterns is questionable to say the least Use the All function UPPER VARIATION knob to select all patterns on the current dis play page i e all Original Variation Intro Ending or Fill In To Original To Variation pat terns Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to apply the new length value to all selected patterns on this page TSign page time signature Time Se Change l m METEN DUE ALUE Division Master page F4 UsrStl gt F3 TSign F1 View or F2 Chnge The TSign page allows you to check and set the time signature of certain pattern
93. idth to a sound by adding a short Delay to the original sound a technique often used for rock n roll songs and in Karaoke bars You can choose among 10 types of Delay a Delay2 These are conventional Delays 1 2 and 3 have progressively longer Delay times EA e e e Delay4 This is a Delay with a rather short Delay time kind of slap back effect IES SE Ed a The Delay sound moves between left and right This is effective when listening in Pan Delay3 stereo 1 2 and 3 have progressively longer Delay times Pan Delav4 This is a rather short Delay with the Delayed sound moving between left and Y right It is effective when listening in stereo kind of stereo slap back effect Reverb is added to the Delay sound which moves between left and right It is Dly To Rev 5 ars effective when listening in stereo PanRepeat The Delay sound moves between left and right channels but the pan position is R different from the effects listed above It is effective when listening in stereo Mixer mode Mixer Effect pages m Delay parameters a Dly Pre LPF 0 7 A low pass filter can be applied to the sound coming into the Delay to cut the high frequency range Higher values will cut more of the high frequencies resulting in a more mellow Delay sound b Dly Time C 0 1ms 1 0s The Delay effect of the G 800 allows you to set three Delay times that are only useful when listening in stereo center C left L
94. ift parameter in the MIDI mode If the TRANSPOSE indicator lights the Realtime and Arranger parts as well int Song fe as the Recorder song parts will be transposed If the TRANSPOSE indicator lights the Recorder song parts as well as all Int MIDI f ES notes received via MIDI will be transposed Song MIDI If the TRANSPOSE indicator lights the Recorder song parts as well as all 9 notes received via MIDI will be transposed an ae All All parts and received notes will be transposed Transpose Value 11 1 1 11 Gioval parameter Use this parameter to specify the transposition interval to be used whenever the indicator of the TRANSPOSE button lights Note that you cannot set the value O because that would effectively turn off the transpose function Since that can be achieved by pressing the TRANSPOSE button indicator must go off there is little point in providing a 0 setting 30 Parameter mode Param Tune 2 page Param Tune 2 page gt Master page F2 Param F2 Tune PAGE A V select page 2 Coarse 24 24 Realtime part The Coarse parameter allows you to tune the Upper2 part in semitone steps which comes down to transposing the Upper2 part relative to the Upper part As explained in the Player s Guide Upper2 Coarse and also Fine see below are only useful in situations where both the Upperl and Upper parts are active Set this value to 12 to tran
95. iles and press PLAY A Disk ERROR The disk you insert into the drive cannot be read or does not allow to save data Remove it from the drive and insert another one 107 G 800 Reference Manual Disk NOT READY INSERT Disk please You are trying to use the Recorder or a Disk function while the disk drive is empty Insert a disk into the drive Disk PROTECTED INSERT Unprotected Disk please ll You are trying to save data to or format a disk whose protection tab is set to the PROTECT position Remove the disk from the drive disable its write protection and press Part Select M DRUMS Retry If you don t want to save data to this disk press Part Select UPPER2 Abort Disk PROTECTED INSERT Unprotected Disk please Il This message means the same as the previous one Only this time it will disappear automat ically That is why there is no Retry or Abort function source Disk UNPROTECED INSERT Protected Source Disk please The disk you are about to copy data from is not write protected Remove the disk from the drive enable its write protection and press Part Select M DRUMS Retry If you don t want to load data from this disk press Part Select UPPER2 Abort A UNFORMATTED Disk The disk you have inserted into the drive is not formatted If you want to format it now press Part Select M DRUMS Format Otherwise press Part Select UPPER2 Exit A UNKNOWN Disk Forma
96. ill call up a page similar to the following z volume Panpot Fi e z y ner es olume Panpot Riewerk A Time lji tf you press F2 Ms 6 6 Seeing that the G 800 is equipped with a page memory function it may jump to another page when you select the Mixer mode The function keys F1 F2 and F3 allow you to select the section of parts to be edited After selecting the section RTime Arrng or Song choose the part you want to edit using the PAGE A W buttons Using the knobs below the desired parameter you can easily change the values of the selected part Selectable parts Realtime parts Upper 1 Upper 2 Lower M Bass M Drum Arranger parts A Drum A Bass Acc1 Acc6 Song parts Sng1 Sng16 Mixer RTime and Mixer Arrng pages gt Master page F1 Mixer gt F1 RTime or F2 Arrng Part selection PAGE A V Volume 0 127 Use the DRUMS PART knob to set the volume of the selected part The value 0 means that the part in question will not be audible while 127 is the maximum volume Note Though polyphony is no problem on the G 800 bear in mind that the value 0 does not mean that the part does not use the required number of voices If you do not need a part in a given situation mute it using the ON OFF switch On Off part mute Use the Part Select M DRUMS button to activate On or mute Off the selected part This mute switch works similar to the Local swi
97. indow always reflects your actions on the front panel or using a footswitch or an optional FC 7 and the values assigned to the newly selected division GM GS mode Master page In the GM GS mode the Master page looks slightly different The fourth option F4 UsrStl is replaced by the Lyrics function Note also the G MODE message in the lower right hand E Oe All Fiano UPZ A152 FM 5A EP Aves Warm Strings SOHG 04 Bie Aaa Padi Set 1 ma heart agi HOE Lyrics function only available in GM GS mode Press F4 Lyrics whenever you wish to follow the on screen karaoke type of lyrics display This function is only available for Standard MIDI Files containing lyrics data If you press F4 during playback of a Standard MIDI File containing Lyrics data the display will look similar to the following illustration TO AOL ALL LL SAVE TWO OF EVERY ANIMAL MO MATTER HOW SMALLS BUT I LL NEED SOME ASSISTANTS TO LOOK AFTER THE zoo i Eros tes gt Press F5 Exit to return to the GM GS mode Master page Before you start Part Select buttons Part Select buttons These buttons are used to select the Realtime part you want to assign another Tone to Remember that using the PAGE A F buttons may place a part on the top line without acti vating it for Tone selection G 800 modes The G 800 interface is provided with different environments each one related to
98. ing m Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to confirm your settings and assign them to the event Move MELO GATETIHE CC 00 Brik gt Ms Brie gt AS 3993 0 1 001 AIS Dla OLCH 37 Ei RES 10 1 ice Froceen EEXi 5 gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F2 Micro Part Select M DRUMS Proceed gt SHIFT F1 Move The Move function allows you move the selected event or events to another position This is the same as using the Track Shift function see page 68 but it applies only to one or a few events at a time E From DRUMS PART Use the DRUMS PART knob to select to first event to be moved If you only wish to move one event press PROCEED Otherwise set the last event to be moved mM To ACCOMP GROUP Allows you to select the last event to be moved While rotating the ACCOMP GROUP knob you will notice that all events you scroll through are inverted Stop at the last event you wish to move mM Proceed Part Select UPPER f Now that the range of events to be moved is selected press Part Select UPPER 1 to go to the second Move page MICRO Move Mix Beebo uti cr EEXiL The parameters on this page are used to specify the new position Into of the first event you selected on the previous display page All subsequent events will be positioned relative to the first event i e the distance between the moved events remains the same 74 User Style Microscope mo
99. ing to play back using the G 800 s Record er G 800 Reference Manual 3 Tone pages and Tone mode Tone selection O Master page TONE buttons Or TONE knobs The Tone mode is similar to the Volume mode in that the selecting a Tone for a Realtime part automatically calls up a Tone mode page The indicator of the TONE button starts flashing and the Tone page disappears after a few seconds of inaction Pressing the TONE button on the other hand activates the Tone mode indicator lights which you then have to leave manually by pressing TONE again Whenever you press a TONE GROUP A B C D button if you select this page by pressing F1 after selecting the Tone mode or if you rotate the ACCOMP GROUP knob while the Tone mode page is displayed the display responds with a list of the Banks that can be selected in that Group mle m Ce o 15 UNo Choral Bells iecs 22 1 REED SYMT SFR PIPE ETHNIC MISC SYHTH LEAD PERCUSSIVE 4 SYMTH PAD SF You could now check the contents of the banks of the other groups by pressing PAGE Y or PAGE A Doing so does not activate the Group whose name appears in the scroll bar for selection which is indicated by a positive Group name display f y 5 BASS This Group is E CUS ORCHESTRA not selected B 3 ORGAN ENSEMBLE me GUITAR amp BRASS Also note the MIDI address of the currently active Tone or Variation B5310 Choral Bells To select the above
100. l be used for all notes received via MIDI RX or sent to a MIDI OUT put TX but only when the corresponding velocity filter is set to Off PartSwtc The Part Switch parameter on this display page allows you determine what happens when you mute a part on the first Realtime or Arranger Mixer page see On Off part mute on page 14 One thing you know will happen is that the part in question no longer sounds when you play on the keyboard even though its Keyboard Mode indicator lights or even though the Arranger is playing What you do not see however is whether a muted part still sends MIDI data PartSwtc allows you to specify whether or not a muted part should go on sending MIDI messages to MIDI OUT A or B Part Switch Meaning A muted part can no longer be played via the G 800 s keyboard or Arranger but He continues to send MIDI messages to the MIDI OUT put it is assigned to A muted part can no longer be played via the G 800 s keyboard or Arranger and no hee longer sends MIDI messages Selecting Irt and muting a part thus has the same effect as selecting Local Off see page 86 Choose whichever is more convenient in a given situation part mute can be saved to a Per formance Memory while Local and Part Switch can only be saved to a MIDI Set E Soft Thru On Off This function actually overrides the MIDI specifications according to which the MIDI OUT put of an instrument only sends messages
101. lad3 A74 Blues A75 BlueBeat A76 R amp B A77 BigBand A78 Shuffle A81 SiSwingl A82 SiSwing2 A83 SISwing3 A84 MedSwing A85 Swing A86 Swing2 A87 CoolJazz A88 SwCombo 112 cco WWNNNNNY NW Dee eee ee Ww NW WIA NH 20 Un N 00 3 Un CN OO DH La 0 Ly La A U WD O m oN Music Style B11 Bossal B12 Bossa2 B13 LatinRk B14 Latin B15 SambaRio B16 MdnSamba B17 DscSamba B18 Calypso B21 Mambo B22 Mambo2 B23 Mereng1 B24 Mereng2 B25 Salsal B26 Salsa2 B27 ChaChal B28 ChaCha2 B31 Reggael B32 Reggae2 B33 PopRock B34 Rhumbal B35 Rhumba2 B36 Beguine B37 Dixie B38 Charlest B41 S Waltz1 B42 SlWaltz2 B43 Jazz Witz B44 Waltz B45 Musette B46 FrWaltz B47 Mazurka B48 Baroque B51 ArgTango B52 EurTango B53 Polka B54 Quadrgl B55 Tarantel B56 SIFoxtrt B57 Foxtrot B58 March B61 DiscoFox B62 Schlagrl B63 Schlagr2 B64 Schlagr3 B65 DWalzer B66 DMarschl B67 DMarsch2 B68 VikMusik B71 Sevilla B72 SpRhumba B73 Cumbia B74 PDoble B75 SCountry B76 S 8Beat B77 S Foursh B78 S Boogie B81 Gospel B82 C Ballad B83 C Westrn B84 C Swing B85 C Boogie B86 Country B87 Cajun B88 B Grass CC32 UNAUNURAARARUUNUVm mORUNNYOO O m 0o BRWOHDEAN YO NN MN o 00D 00 m2 OR NNW mnt un o Un Oe Ea t e Program Change numbers 01 Basic Original 09 Basic Variation 02 Advanced Original 10 Advanced Variation 65 Basic Intro 66 Advanced Intro 73 Basic Ending 74 Advanced Ending
102. le PAGE A V select RX or TX page The Style Channel is a MIDI channel used for receiving and transmitting program change and bank select messages allowing you to select Styles via MIDI and volume messages that change the volume of a Style Note that these two message types can only be filtered on the RX page i e you can select whether or not to receive them 88 MIDI mode MIDI on your G 800 MH Style selection via MIDI Before delving into this matter there is something we have to tell about the way Music Styles can be selected via MIDI The following illustration will help you understand what this is all about MIDI address of the selected Style A33 House fee 1 ROCHE 16 BEAT 2 DISCO S s amp Bats COMTEMPORAR EVER GREEN a amp BEAT SWING As you see the MIDI address of a Music Style consists of three elements a program change number 1 here a CCO number 6 and a CC32 number 11 CCO and CC32 are bank select messages The values assigned to CCO and CC32 define the Style whereas the program change number defines the pattern Intro Ending etc In other words sending only a pro gram change number will select another pattern of the currently active Style Only when the program change number is preceded by two values for CCO and CC32 will the G 800 select another Music Style Note Every time you select another Style on your G 800 it will send a CCO CC32 PC cluster to the MIDI
103. lected clone patterns Note The clone function always operates in Erase mode even though you may have selected Merge for the original pattern Thus before cloning other patterns make sure the clone desti nations contain no data you wish to keep Note Since the clone function automatically transforms major chords and scales into minor and or seventh equivalents to meet the requirements of the minor and seventh modes nothing should stop you from using it That is also true of automatic transformations of major patterns that are being cloned during the recording of a seventh pattern for example Style 1 8 The knob assigned to the Style parameter UPPER VARIATION allows you to select the User Style Memory you wish to program User Style mode UsrStl Rec 2 page UsrStl Rec 2 page gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F1 Rec PAGE A select page 2 a Mode Key Mode Value oll Er ase Em EA PO AA rec 2 Lernst z ae 3T5sian T Egit m RECORD METRON GUANTIZE MOA IEExit Record Mode Erase Merge This is where you select the record mode i e what is going to happen to the data of the cur rently selected pattern In Erase mode all data of the selected track see page 41 are replaced by the new data you record Erase is automatically selected for empty tracks M r3e means that the new data you record will be added to the existing data on that track Select Merge to add a few no
104. light delay e g 5 CPT If that is not acceptable use Track Shift to push all notes to the left select 5 That allows you to tidy up the timing and still keep any irregularities music the original may contain because it was not quantized Note Before selecting a Shift value you should have a look at one track in the Microscope mode see page 70 to determine which negative value to use If the first note of a track starts on 1 1 6 for example set Track Shift to 6 Be sure to apply the same Shift to all tracks to maintain the timing of the original User Style mode Track Shift E Track Mode Type Division Style Execute See page 64 for an explanation of these parameters Edit Shift 2 page Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit SHIFT F4 Shift PAGE A select page 2 E From To Bar Beat CPT Execute See page 64 for an explanation of these parameters E Value 9999 9999 This parameter sets the amount by which the notes are shifted The Value refers to CPT units one CPT 1 120 J Note Notes on the first beat of the first bar cannot be shifted further to the left that would mean shifting them to the 0 measure which doesn t exist A 69 G 800 Reference Manual 7 User Style Microscope mode Change 4 The User Style Microscope mode is similar to the Microscope mode found on Roland MC series sequencers Select this mode whenever you need to change just one
105. m machine etc Internal As long as the Arranger or Recorder does not receive MIDI Start Stop and clock commands it will follow its own tempo and start stop whenever you press the AO START STOP or PLAY gt ISTOP Ill buttons or use a footswitch etc to Start Stop Arranger or Song playback The Arranger or Song can only be started or stopped with MIDI realtime mes MIDI sages Start Stop Clock coming from an external clock source Be aware that you cannot start Arranger or Song playback on your G 800 when this mode is selected A a BA The Arranger or Recorder waits for a start message to start playback at its own tempo As soon as it receives a stop message playback will stop Remote m A On Off B On Off Use these switches to select the MIDI INput s or OUTput s for receiving or transmitting MIDI data A Off B Off obviously means that the G 800 does not send or receive MIDI Sync data m Style Sync TX The Style Sync parameter on the TX page allows you to specify whether or not the G 800 should send MIDI realtime messages whenever you start the Arranger Sending MIDI real 91 G 800 Reference Manual LLL LL TL See SSeS SSE SSS suv STi ilies see time start stop clock messages has the advantage that you can synchronize external instru ments or computers with your G 800 Option Meaning If you select this option the G 800 will only send start or stop messages when
106. ments cscssssssssssscsesescscsescssesscscscussssvssscsuseeveesscecstatesavacanenas 8 Global VOLUN ni ad 9 Volume pages in Song mode oi esccssssssscecsssescsessscsscsescssscsssesesesesessuessavansvarsesucesseaeaeesens 9 Chapter 3 Tone pages and Tone mode l ran 10 Tone SCL A O aceasta tease tee Metered 10 Tone Edit Part paramet rs tad A as 10 MIDPAtOe A O 11 ANP a aaa aah codos des 11 EMV ClOPE E EE E Raabe 11 Tone Ai da 12 Tone Edit Source SWItCh ccccseccsssesssesssssesscsesescseessesssssesssssesscauseavscasessesesacavscasassseusecaees 12 Chapter 4 Mixer mode o 0 ccccccccccccsccscssscssssesesseesssssssssunssssisssevesesesussnvmnsstesnaseeseeess 14 Mixer RTime and MIXENATTDE pages inn ba a 14 RONSON DADO nas as O A 15 MizenEffect pages iria 17 Reverb pap A TN 17 ReVerb Parameters riada 17 E atos ai a Tt AE S ET A bielas 19 MOTO a a A r i a a E E 19 CAOS PETRA A a a l 19 Delay pape ii E 20 MATO A fas adacas EOAR 20 Delay PAT Meters a 21 Equalizer PAS 21 SOUTCE PA a dias 22 Chapter 5 Parameter mode 1101 11siri 24 Parameter GIbal l Paro ani 24 Memory locked unlocked Global parameter cscsscsscssessessscecessesessacenescsecaseceacscatseavenses 24 Resume Performance Memory parameter scsssscssssssecesescescsscaccaveesecsesssacacscaceacacsacsssesacsceuees 24 PatrameternGlobal DAR art sania ARR ia 25 Split C3 C6 Realtime parts Arranger parameter s
107. n Source Meaning MTune The Master Tune setting see page 30 UP2Tune The Coarse and Fine settings of the Upper2 part see page 31 f f Scale Tuning values of the Kod Scale function see page 31 UP1Port The Portamento Time value for the Upper1 part see page 32 i UP2Port The Portamento Time value for the Upper2 part see page 32 no Parameter mode Source Cntrl page Source Cntrl page The Source switches on this page only apply to the Realtime parts Use PAGE A V to select the part whose source setting you wish to modify its name appears in the scroll bar fe Extra Bender Pitch Bender Range D ll PERFORMANCE MEM i SONG SELECTION nem sarc meee AR TA NAAA TTD TREINTA CRIT TS gt Master page F2 Param gt SHIFT F3 Cntrl See Source switches on page 38 for an explanation of the Source switch options Source Meaning Extra Bender The Extra Bender settings of the currently selected part see page 36 Pitch Bender Range The pitch bend Range setting of the currently selected part see page 34 j 39 G 800 Reference Manual 6 User Style mode The User Style mode is used to program your own accompaniments called User Styles Pro gramming User Styles does not necessarily mean that you record everything from scratch because the G 800 also allows you to copy tracks or even entire chunks
108. n or not Off the corresponding MIDI messages should be received or transmitted a l a a Filter Meaning a a AA E E E E A ee Whenever you mute or un mute a part on the Volume pages your G 800 sends an NRPN message that describes your action The G 800 allows you to keep it from sending that message or to respond to it whenever it is received from an PartSwte external instrument Especially filtering these messages on the TX page may be useful to keep your external sequencer from recording them or the receiving GS module from muting the part assigned to that channel 1 PriMemPC This parameter is used to filter the transmission or reception of program change and bank select messages relative to Performance Memory selection This parameter allows you to enable or disable the reception of Master Volume MstVolum messages see page 83 that would change the volume of the entire G 800 A O NN pn SE The Lyrics function of your G 800 is in fact a new kind of MIDI message used to transmit the words or lyrics contained in a Standard MIDI File as meta text Lyrics events Playing back Standard MIDI Files that contain lyrics data causes the G 800 to send these data on the Basic Channel unless you set the correspond ing filter to Off Only on the Basic Channel RX page Only on the Basic Channel TX page Style Channel RX and TX pages Filter StTWoT UM gt Master page F3 MIDI SHIFT F2 Sty
109. n fool you It does indeed display the velocity value of notes but it also contains the values assigned to a control change number a program change or pitch bend event Use the LOWER NUMBER knob to change the value of the selected event Gate Time The values in this column on the other hand always represent the duration or Gate Time of note events That is why all other events have no Gate Time values consider the PC 33 event in the above illustration for example Note The Gate Time value of drum note events is always 1 The sounds being triggered are indeed one shot samples that stop automatically Setting a longer Gate Time value for drum notes LADR track does not make them longer PLAY Part Select M BASS The Play function allows you to sound the selected event ifitis a note You could use this function to check the new velocity Velo value and change it again if necessary until the note sounds right You can now select another function on the menu erase or Insert or press F4 to return to the opening Microscope page in order to select another track or pattern for editing or further G 800 Reference Manual exit to the Master page As soon as you do the display will tell you that the new settings are being processed EXECUTING please Wait In other words there is no need to confirm your settings all modifications will take effect as soon as you return to the opening Microscope page That
110. nd copy is placed immediately after the first etc m Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to copy the selected source data User Style Edit mode Most display pages of the User Style Edit mode feature a function that allows you to jump back to the first User StylelRec page Use it after editing a track or all tracks to record new material straight away Before discussing the various User Style Edit functions we would like you to remember the following certain functions allow you to select the data type to be edited Whenever that is the case you can select one of the following messages Let us call these the Data types _ a Parameter Meaning All All editable parameters listed below Note Only note messages Modul Only modulation messages CC1 in MiDlese PanPt Only pan or Panpot messages CC10 Expre Only Expression messages CC11 54 Track Erase User Style mode Track Erase a errr a Parameter Meaning 5 PA A E E A A AA Revrb Only Reverb send messages CC91 Chrus Only Chorus send messages CC93 PChng Program change messages PBend The pitch bend range i e the pitch change that can be obtained by turning the Bender lever fully to the left or right i Non registered parameter number see page 81 for more information about WARN NRPN Edit Erase 1 page O Master page F4 UsrSti F4 Edit gt F1 Erase PAGE A
111. ne note can sound at any one time The G 800 s Mono modes work according the last note priority principle which means that whenever you play two or more notes only the one you whose key you pressed last sounds Select Mono for instrument sounds that cannot play chords woodwind solo brass instruments etc E Time 0 127 Time specifies the Portamento speed You may remember from the Player s Guide that the Portamento effect produces smoother transitions between the notes you play Setting high values is effective for synthesizer sounds especially when you play large intervals e g C1 and then C6 The value 0 means that the Portamento effect is not active The Portamento footswitch function see page 35 allows you to switch the Portamento on and off while you are playing so that there is no need to set the Time value to 0 at all times If you select the Portamento footswitch function the Portamento effect will only be active when you press the optional DP 2 DP 6 or Boss FS 5U ParamiCntrN1 page ceatime pars Fart Sensitivity Plin doc mM E 1 i e 4 e de KEYBOARD VELOCITY 77 This page is entirely devoted to the velocity sensitivity settings of the Realtime parts See the Param Cntrl 2 page for the velocity sensitivity settings of the Arranger parts an Parameter mode Param Cntrl 2 page D Master page F2 Param F3 Cntrl PAGE A F select page 1 Part
112. ng in response to a Start message you can use the Arranger parts the way you would use the parts of a multitimbral tone generator Press the Part Select M BASS button to prevent the selected part Off from receiving any MIDI messages at all Otherwise choose On E Shift 48 48 This parameter allows you to transpose the received note messages before sending them to the G 800 s tone generator You could change the pitch of the received MIDI note messages which may be useful if you are used to playing a song that is being received via MIDI in another key than the one the data were programmed in The maximum possible transposition is four octaves up 48 or down 48 each step representing a semitone Use the Part Select LOWER button to specify whether the Shift interval should be applied On or not Off 84 MIDI mode MIDI on your G 800 Sees sss O OO OOO YO E Filter This parameter allows you to select several MIDI messages and to specify for each of them i e for each selectable parameter whether On or not Off the selected message should be received Use the Part Select UPPER2 button to select On or Off The MIDI messages you can filter are MIDI message Meaning aaa PChng Program change messages including Bank Select PBend Pitch Bend messages Modul Modulation messages CC1 Volum Volume messages CC7 PanPt hi Pan pot messages CC10 Expre Expressi
113. nge still leaves you with the same value Allowing the value 0 would effectively erase the notes which can only be achieved with Track Erase see page 55 In other words you cannot use Track Change Gate Time to erase notes Edit Shift 1 page Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt SHIFT F4 Shift PAGE A F select page 1 Track Shift allows you to shift the the notes within the selected From To range second page It can be used for two things To correct slow notes due to a slow er attack You may want to use Track Shift after assigning a Tone to a track that has a considerably slower attack than the Tone you used for recording the part in question This technique is fre quently used in pop music to time 1 16 note string arpeggios played with a slow pad sound Rather than have the notes begin at the mathematically correct time e g 2 1 0 you could shift them to the left e g to 1 4 110 of the previous measure so that the peak volume of the attack is reached on the next downbeat Attack of the Tone used for recording Timing is ok 2 1 0 2 1 0 Attack of the newly selected Tone Position after shifting the notes Example Value 10 Timing is off Timing is ok again Correct the timing of notes recorded via MIDI without quantizing them As explained in the Player s Guide you could use sequences etc as raw material for your User Styles Recording such excerpts via MIDI may cause a s
114. nning You are trying to load a User Style to the above memory while the Style in that memory is being used That is impossible 110 Display messages General messages O A General messages Original FACTORY SETUP has been LOADED This message appears whenever you initialize your G 800 hold down the WRITE button while powering on your G 800 Note Doing so will clear all Performance Memories and MIDI Sets as well as the Chord Sequence You may lose your Data ll A Internal BATTERY WEAK Contact your nearest Roland Service please The lithium battery that powers the unit s memory circuits Performance Memories MIDI Sets and Chord Sequence is almost depleted Have it replaced by your Roland dealer 111 G 800 Reference Manual 11 Music Style chart Music Style A11 HardRock A12 HardEdge A13 BritRock A14 Rock A15 Metal A16 BalRock1 A17 BalRock2 A18 BalRock3 A21 PopRap A22 Rap A23 Housel A24 House2 A25 Technol A26 Techno2 A27 Dancel A28 Dance2 A31 Funkl A32 Funk2 A33 Fusion A34 Fusion2 A35 ElJazz1 A36 ElJazz2 A37 Contemp A38 Contemp2 A4 8Beatl A42 8Beat2 A43 8Beat3 A44 8Beat4Rk A45 8Beat5Rb A46 8Beat6 A47 8Beat7Sw A48 8Beat8Sw A51 l6Beatl A52 16Beat2 A53 16Beat3 A54 16Beat4 A55 16Beat5 A56 16Beat6 A57 16Beat7S A58 16Beat8 A61 Boogie A62 Rock N1 A63 Rock N2 A64 Twist A65 SIRock1 A66 SiRock2 A67 SlRock3 A68 SlRock4 A71 Ballad1 A72 Ballad2 A73 Bal
115. nssssesssuunssecenssnuessessannaeesssase 78 SMF General MIDI and General Standard ooiocncnonicacicononcnnnnononaninnnnnnnar cono rnonnc nana nnenancno 78 MIDI messages used by the G 800 cds 79 MIDE on YOU BO dais 83 MIDI RTime RX MIDNArrng RX and MIDI Song RX pages cemcmncncinininininnonianiinniaso 84 UA A a tE 85 MIDNRTime TX MIDNArrng TX and MIDNSong TX pages a src 86 MIDINTA page Note to Arranger receive channels o ccccccesscsessscsssssessssscsesseeeenes 86 Basic Channel RX and TX pages w s eccccssccsscssesssessscesscssseensesaesseeessenseeseseevsveaeesssesees 87 Style Channel RX and TX Pag s minita caida de 88 Filter only on the RX Page scsccsssesesessssesesssssesevevesecencessesscenesesssesseesceesnsseseueceanenens 89 MIDI parameters Param ai AA AO Rt 89 MODESTAS A ea a BE ces 91 Chapter 9 Disk mode l ere aeaee rarae arrere ranno annn 93 Disk Load loading data from disk aio 93 Load User Style Copy ROM Styl reiih tiii 93 Load SEE Seb las 94 Load Performance 94 Load MIDI Set 2h toc pecan shes a ea a a a E E 95 Load Chord Seguente ida 95 Disk Save saving data to disk esceeecsssseesesesesesesesesesesessseseseseessesesesesssescsssssessesetstacavaces 96 Save USET Style ii A til 96 Save Performance Memory Set o c s scescscsessssseesessesessecsesesesnsssessrsesesesescssscssscstsvscacasacs 97 Save MIDESEL sisi ia 97 Save Chord Sequence Muir aeiia ei a 98 FRE MAING os nea n a teectoe
116. nt so that you can no longer select the next Performance Memory i e A13 by foot Fade Out Starts the Fade Out Same function as FADE OUT on the front panel Portamento Switches the Portamento function see page 32 on and off E ee In this case the footswitch functions as Soft pedal la pedal found on grand and Soft digital pianos that reduces the volume Note This function only works for the Realtime parts In this case the footswitch functions as Sostenuto pedal another pedal found on grand and digital pianos that allows you to sustain only those notes you played at Sostenuto the time you pressed the pedal Note This function only works for the Realtime parts Hold The footswitch has the same function as a DP 2 DP 6 or Boss FS 5U connected to the SUSTAIN FOOTSWITCH jack 35 G 800 Reference Manual Param Cnitrl 4 page Expression pedal a Far Status Down Up PARAM 1 r a a r s 0 0 0 x a EXPRESSION PEDAL i gt Master page F2 Param gt F3 Cntr PAGE A V select page 4 Part i The first parameter on this page is used to select the Realtime UP1 UP2 LWR MBD or MDR or Arranger part ADR ABS AC1 AC6 whose Expression settings you wish to edit j Note There is no need to set these parameters if you don t have an EV 5 or EV 10 Expression pedal connected to the EXPRESSION PEDAL jack Status Realtime part amp Arranger paramete
117. o certain parts is translated into note numbers so that playing a C4 note Relative number 60 may actually result in note number 36 being played and sent to the corresponding MID OUT port This of course depends on the Tone you assign to a part See the Player s Guide for an example aaaeaii q _ __ _ eee a a rxVelo txVelo On Off switches Your G 800 is equipped with a velocity sensitive keyboard and a tone generator capable of responding to velocity messages Velocity messages are an important element for musical expression because the way you strike a key results in a loud bright or soft round note telling the listener something about your feelings In some cases however it may be wiser not to convey the velocity aspect of music making to emulate instruments that are not velocity sensitive such as organs for example The G 800 allows you to activate or deactivate the transmission and or reception of velocity mes sages Use the Part Select M BASS and Part Select LOWER buttons to switch the recep tion RX or transmission TX of velocity messages on or off If you select the Off position you have to tell your G 800 which velocity value to use instead of the continuous flux normally received in this case the word receive applies to both incom ing MIDI data and the messages received from the G 800 s keyboard That is what rele and tlc are for The value you set using the ACCOMP GROUP or BASS BANK knob wil
118. of the note range to be modified within the specified From To time range see the second display page If you only wish to edit one note set the same value for From Note and To Note Note If you select Octave Multiple you only need to set the correct From Note To Note range without having to worry about the octave you can set the C 1 G 1 range for example to edit these notes in all octaves m To Note C 1 G9 This parameter allows you to select the upper limit of the note range you wish to edit Select the correct value if not all notes are to be edited MH Octave Multiple Single If the selected note range should be edited in all octaves select Multiple If the edit operation must only bear on the notes within the selected range set this parameter to Single Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to confirm your settings and edit the data Edit Velo 1 page Track Velocity Change TRACK YELOCT TY CHANGE TRACE Hope TYEE DAH I i Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit SHIFT F1 Velo PAGE A select page 1 The Velocity Change function allows you to modify the dynamics called velocity of a track or excerpt Increasing the velocity values means that the notes in question will be louder and brighter than before while reducing the velocity values means the opposite Use this function when you are happy with the timing of the notes but would like the sound to be brighter loud er or rounder sof
119. on messages CC11 Hold Hold Sustain Damper messages CC64 Sostn Sostenuto messages CC66 Soft Soft messages CC67 Revrb Reverb Send messages CC91 ere Chrus Chorus Send messages CC93 Delay Delay Send messages CC94 Assignable control Registered parameter number CC100 101 Non registered parameter number CC98 99 SysEx messages system exclusive What to do when the received CC32 messages equals O or is missing Note For this parameter you can only select Old or New i e you cannot filter this Bank Select message This filter only applies to reception tt nee tee cere Note See MIDI messages used by the G 800 on page 79 for details about these MIDI messag es E Limit High Low C 1 G9 These parameters High and Low allow you to set the note range to be received If not all note messages on the selected MIDI channel should be received by the selected part set the range to the desired values To set the upper limit High first press Part Select UPPER 1 until the message below the on screen knob reads Hi Sh To set the lower limit press Part Select UPPER1 to select Low before setting the value with the UPPER VARIATION knob Note The Low Limit cannot be set to a higher value than the High Limit and vice versa Once the Low Limit equals the High Limit setting a higher Low value will also increase the High value Note Some instruments start at C 2 and end at G8 instead of C
120. oononornnnornnncorensorenneneasnenrronarrraraneoos 40 UstStRECL Par s iris a ia 40 USARE page ii A ads arcas 43 UsTS MRE page anti ito 44 WSTSUNREC 4 PA iii aia 45 UsrSt Ree 5 page aeiia nidad e a aia o iita 47 Cloning and edit functions and possible warnings Shared ccocconnnnonicnanononaninnoncananaronconanonos 47 Length pages nd a ta oia VASO 48 TSign page ime Signature tii A a aa aar ais 50 O O 51 User Sd Copy From 1 page vengrai eaaa A A E a 51 User StiCopyi From 2 page npinins o ia eea aE R aE 52 User St Copy 20 1 page unida ti cta ioirik aE aa EEES a 53 User SthCopy TO 2 page cnica ii a 54 User Style Edit mode susci aie i 54 A O vestlecs sect Seog AN aes 55 Track Delete adiStar ieia a eai EEEE E a aE N AEAEE NEER a 57 Track Istria il cia 59 MI scscencesdascdesdensss ee TA saeae shee tansy AAAA Aeir Sri a a EENAA TiS 61 Track Velocity Changes cicle a 63 Track QUIZA Sc 66 Track Gate Time Changed 67 Track dara ea ata ci 68 Chapter 7 User Style Microscope Mode u 0 0 0 cccccccccccssssssssseesssescssesessessessesssecssessens 70 Track Microscope Edit tm did 70 COME aos 70 FASC sake ta ssh eh adecstia vans r bores cutee asad cles PuatsteabvioagenaBen sat tusaztaath son TE E AE 72 MISC sce ii A Gras adi 72 MOVE 2d a Aia 74 COPY A ee eee A ret tn ate ate 75 G 800 Reference Manual Style Name 2 ce nus A A Ad 76 User Style Delete dd 76 Chapter 8 MIDI mode ooo ccc cccesssssseseesssutsessss
121. or Character See page 96 for details E Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to save the new name to disk Delete Ferformance Set 11 PRFMEM 1 12 PREMEMDZ 13 FEFMEMENZ 164 PREFMEMO SELECT gt Master page F5 Disk gt F4 Dlete PAGE A V The Delete function allows you to erase the selected file from the disk you inserted into the drive Be careful to select the right file type using PAGE A V and file before pressing BASS BANK Execute File Type Explanation STYLE User Style STL SET User Style Set PRF MEM Performance Memory Set 192 Performance Memories MDI SET MIDI Set eight MIDI Sets CHRD SEQ Chord Sequence g SONG Recorder Song Standard MIDI File SNG SET Song Set 101 G 800 Reference Manual 102 Style Set o The Style Set function is used to compile Sets consisting of eight Styles that can be loaded in one pass Style Set as such is only a file containing a number of User Style names to be loaded In other words a User Style Set does not contain the Styles it will copy to the internal memory when you load it User Style Sets can only access Styles on the same disk Itis not possible to assign User Styles of other disks to a Style Set Style Seto Position Disk Style 3TLSTOD1 g ROCKS STLETORS mee FRR ok STLSTOAAZ BEATZ ENE be 3 PES Master page F5 Disk SHIFT F1 StlSt Style Set Allows
122. or the other effects Reverb Chorus and Delay there is only one equalizer whose settings are shared by all G 800 parts Mm L Freq 200Hz 400Hz L Freq sets the low frequency range that can be cut or boosted using the L Gain parameter This is a shelving type filter that will also affect frequencies lower than the one you set here 21 G 800 Reference Manual mM L Gain 12 0 12dB This parameter allows you to boost positive or cut negative values the L frequency and all frequencies below the L Freq value Set L Gain to 0 if you do not want to change the lower frequencies Note Reducing the low frequency content may sometimes affect the volume of the Tones being processed by the equalizer Always check the balance after setting the L Gain value and correct it if necessary see Volume control fader assignments on page 8 m H Freq 3kHz 6kHz H Freq sets the high frequency range that can be cut or seda using the H Gain parameter This is a shelving type filter that will also affect frequencies higher than the value you set here Mm H Gain 12 0 12dB This parameter allows you to boost positive or cut negative values the H frequency and all frequencies above the H Freq value Set H Gain to 0 if you do not want to change the higher frequencies Source pages The Source pages of the Realtime Arranger and Song parts contain a number of parameter value switches that allow you to specify whether th
123. ord Mode 43 Registered parameter number 81 Relative 90 Release 12 Remote 91 Rename Music Style Set 99 Song 100 User Style 98 Replace 53 Resume 24 Rev Delay 18 PreDlyT 18 Reverb 17 Level 18 Send 15 46 Time 18 Revrb 55 Ritardando 25 Rnd 15 45 Roll Resolution 27 RPN 81 RX Channel 84 87 Velo 90 S Save Chord Sequence 98 MIDI Set 97 Performance Memory Set 97 User Style 96 SC 88 83 Select 49 Sensitivity 33 Share 49 Shared 47 Shift 68 86 87 A A 0 E DO OOO OO DO 120 Singl 49 Single 48 SMF 78 Sng 12 Part 15 Soft 35 80 Soft Thru 86 90 Solo 16 Song 30 Copy 104 Position Pointer 92 Rename 100 Select 92 Set 103 Set Play 29 Volume 9 Sostenuto 35 80 Source 12 22 38 Source pattern 52 Split 25 Standard MIDI File 78 Start Stop 35 Status 16 36 44 71 Stl Change 27 SdVolum 89 Style Channel 88 Name vs File name 99 Set 102 Sync 91 Style Name 76 StylePC 89 Styles MIDI 89 Synchronization 91 System Exclusive 82 T Tempo Change 26 Change CPT 26 Time 32 Signature 50 Time Shift 68 To 52 Tone 46 Change 12 16 Edit 10 Edit Source 12 Mode 10 Track Copy 51 Delete 57 Erase 55 Gate Time Change 67 Insert 59 Length 48 Microscope Edit 70 Quantize 66 Shift 68 Transpose 61 Velocity Change 63 Transmit channel 86 Transpose 61 Mode 30 Tremolo 37 TSign 50 Tune 30 TVF Cutoff 11 37 Reson
124. ormance Memory buttons Tempo 40 250 Using the TEMPO dial you can easily set the right tempo for the Style accompaniments The value can be set from 40 to 250 The display always indicates the currently set and thus active tempo Realtime Parts Tones The fields located in this part of the display show the tones assigned to each one of the Real Time Parts See What are Parts on page 23 and Selecting Tones for the Realtime parts on page 28 in the Player s Guide for details The available Realtime parts are Upper Upper2 Lower M Bass and M Drums G 800 Reference Manual Graphic Chord Display Recognised Chord These areas of the display show a graphic representation of the keys pressed in the chord rec ognition area The field next to the Graphic Chord display shows the name of the recognized chord If the Chord Inversion function see page 41 in the Player s Guide is active the chord names are shown with the leftmost note played indicated after a slash e g C Maj G This means C major chord with G as leftmost note MIDI Set 1 8 This field shows the MIDI set currently selected As you know the G 800 s memory can hold 8 MIDI Sets MIDI Sets contain all the MIDI settings because the MIDI parameter settings are not saved to a Performance Memory Current division time signature This window indicates the currently selected Style division and time signature of the current style The information in this w
125. ot patterns Intros can only be copied to Intros Endings only to Endings and Fill Ins only to Fill Ins If the destination track or pattern Division is set to a forbidden value the G 800 auto matically selects the corresponding source value For example if you selected a 1ADR track as source and the 3AC1 track as destination the G 800 automatically selects 3AC1 as source track Track Mode Type Division See page 52 for details Style Selects the destination User Style memory Only User Style memories can be selected here 53 G 800 Reference Manual A LAL AE LL AT Te PS ESB SI ST SE SP EE SR SSE As E Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to copy the selected source data if you only wish to make one copy Otherwise go on to the next display page mM Listen Press Part Select UPPER1 to listen to the destination pattern you are about to overwrite Lis ten always plays back the entire pattern User Sti Copy To 2 page Into Timez EEEE z EE I i 1 r k as a BAR BEAT CPT D Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F1 Copy PAGE A V select To 2 This page allows You to set the Into position i e the bar beat and CPT value the first data of the source pattern will be copied to E Bar Beat CPT See page 52 for details E Times 1 99 Sets the number of copies you wish to make Note that the value 3 means that you will end up with 3 contiguous copies whereby the seco
126. ou expected What it comes down to is this there are several levels of MIDI compati bility and not all MIDI compatible instruments understand i e receive all existing MIDI messages Note MIDI messages for which reception capability is required by the GM system level 1 are marked by a sign Note messages These messages convey notes played on the keyboard They include the following informa tion Note number A number describing the note corresponding to the key you pressed or released Note on A messages signalling that you pressed a key i e start playing now Note off A message signalling that a key was released Velocity A value describing how strongly you pressed a key Note On many instruments such as your G 800 a note on message with the velocity value 0 is used to signal the end of a note i e velocity value 0 effectively functions as note off mes sage M y y Note name C 1 gt AO C 7 mC 2 mn C 3 A Cif c5 6 ee OPA CB GO MIDI note number Q 21 24 nn 3G a 4 8 nt 60 A 7 2 ern 8 ert 9 G gt 1 ame 127 Pitch bend This message conveys the position of the Bender lever or pitch bend wheel The pitch will change when this message is received i Bank Select Control Change numbers 0 and 32 Program Change On the G 800 these messages will select Tones Styles and Performance Memories By using Bank Select messages which are a type of control change message
127. ou to view the settings F4 Rec Pressing this button will take you back to the UsrStl Rec level see page 40 Execute Press Part Select UPPER1 to confirm the new time signature and resize the selected pat tern s Track Copy User StNCopyl From 1 page TRACK C reel nace TYRE DIVISI N d 9 E E gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F1 Copy PAGE A V select From 1 The Track Copy function allows you to copy tracks of a ROM Style pattern A11 B88 to the selected User Style pattern You can only copy one track at a time hence the name Track Copy See Load User Style Copy ROM Style on page 93 for how to copy entire Style pat terns from disk or the internal ROM Style memory 51 G 800 Reference Manual paca ornare ELL LL E Track 1ADR 8AC6 Allows you to select the track whose data you wish to copy the source pattern Do not forget to select the right ROM Style if it isn t already selected Again we would like to point out that you can only select one track at a time E Mode Allows you to specify one third of the source pattern s address Maj major min minor or 7 seventh m Type Allows you to specify the type of the source pattern Bsc Basic or Adv Advanced E Division i This parameter is used to select the Division of the source pattern you wish to copy Or Orig inal or Var Variation m Style A11 B88 Use this parameter to
128. part names or activate uppercase parts Volume control fader assignments The knob located below each section allows you to control the level of the corresponding part When you press F1 certain faders are grouped which means that they control two sections MDR amp ADR MBS amp ABS UP1 amp UP2 Using the function keys F1 F4 you can change the knob part assignments thereby ena bling individual control of the Volume parameters a F2 Only the right faders 00 00 b F3 Only the left faders MDR ADA Jeca MBS abs Twr Volume pages and Volume mode Volume control fader assignments Global Volume Press F4 to select the Global Volume page This page allows you to set the balance between the Arranger parts Accl Acc2 Acc3 Acc4 Acc5 Acc6 Acc Drum Acc Bass and the Realtime parts Upp1 Upp2 Lower MBass MDrum In other words this is a master vol ume i e balance page eee ey A ef ee res MDR ADRPACC MES abs iwryurz Upi pens reap 24 64 ME KE I Ca arranger Me Volume pages in Song mode If you select the Volume mode while the GM GS MODE indicator is lit which means that the G 800 is in GM GS mode the volume pages look as follows The setting range and group features are the same as in Arranger mode but the ADR ABS etc parameters are replaced by a SNG parameter that allows you to set the overall volume of the Standard MIDI File you are playing back or go
129. plies with EC directives Questo prodotto conforme alle seguenti direttive CEE LOW VOLTAGE 73 23 BASSA TENSIONE 73 23 EMC 89 336 EMC 89 336 Dieses instrument entspricht folgenden EG Verordnungen Dit instrument beantwoordt aan de volgende EG richtlijnen NIEDRIGE SPANNUNG 73 23 LAGE SPANNING 73 23 EMC 89 336 EMC 89 336 Cet instrument est conforme aux directives CE suivantes Este producto cumple con las siguientes directrices de la CE BASSE TENSION 73 23 BAJO VOLTAJE 73 23 EMC 89 336 EMC 89 336 For the USA FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable Protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the
130. r Select ri if you wish to control the selected part s volume by foot or OPF if you don t want the selected part s volume to change whenever you use the Expression pedal Up 0 127 The value you set here is the Expression volume CC1 1 value that the selected part will have whenever the Expression pedal is closed minimum setting In fact this parameter duplicates the function of the knob at the left side of an EV 5 for example Down 0 127 The value you set here represents the maximum volume you can achieve for that part by fully depressing the Expression pedal maximum setting Note It is perfectly possible to set the Up value to 127 and the Down value to 0 so that the corresponding part will only sound when the Expression pedal is up closed Param CntrN 5 page Extra Bender Controller reaime pans This display page is entirely devoted to the Extra Bender settings Before explaining the parameters we d like to draw your attention to the fact that you can set the Value of several available parameters so that the Extra Bender allows you to control several parameters simul taneously Therefore do not forget to scroll through all the options and set their Value to zero to turn off the Extra Bender function for the selected Realtime part Fat Parameter Value EZIAN 1 i I E a E scntrl 4 ee nae mee EXTRA BENDER CONTROLLER EEXit Parameter mode Param Cntrl 5 page
131. r Style to disk As explained all along in the Player s Guide you should do so as frequently as possible In fact we decided to include a jump function on the User Style pages allowing you to call up the present page whenever you feel it is time to save your User Style data That explains the presence of the jump User function here it allows you to return to the User Style mode without first leaving the Disk mode then select the User Style mode etc lt Number gt 1 8 Allows you to select the internal User Style memory whose data you wish to save to disk Cursor Character Use these two knobs to select a character position Cursor and to assign a character to that position respectively The available characters are ABCDEFGH HOPGRSTUUHRYS BhLuleuw y 2 Execute Press Part Select M BASS to confirm your settings and save the data to disk Disk mode Disk Save saving data to disk Save Performance Memory Set Performance Set Size esusen ez PERFORM SET NAME D Master page F5 Disk F2 Save PAGE A select PRF MEM This function allows you to save all 192 Performance Memories as a set The Size value indi cates the capacity required to save the Performance Set to disk while Free Disk tells you something about the remaining disk capacity Cursor Character See page 96 for details E Execute Press Part Select M BASS to confirm your settings and save the data to disk
132. r data used to control the accompaniment on two channels such as organs with bass pedals for example Note You cannot assign the same MIDI channel to 1 rxCh and 2 rxCh Note The letter A or B refers to the MIDI INput the transmitting instruments should be con nected to m Shift 48 48 This parameter allows you to transpose the received note messages before sending them to the G 800 s tone generator You could change the pitch of the received MIDI note messages which may be useful if you are used to playing a song that is being received via MIDI in another key than the one the data were programmed in The maximum possible transposition is four octaves up 48 or down 48 each step representing a semitone The Shift parameter applies to both NTA channels Use the Part Select LOWER button to specify whether the Shift interval should be applied On or not Off E 1 ch Limit 2 ch Limit C 1 G9 High and Low allow you to set the note range to be received If not all note messages on the selected MIDI channel should be received by the NTA part set the range to the desired val ues To set the upper limit High first press Part Select UPPER1 until the message below the on screen knob reads Hi 3h To set the lower limit press Part Select UPPER1 to select Low before setting the value with the UPPER VARIATION knob Note The Low Limit cannot be set to a higher value than the High Limit and vice versa Onc
133. rder PLAY Selects the Intro of the current Style Type during Arranger playback Same func tion as INTRO Endin Selects the Ending of the current Style Type Basic or Advanced Same function g as ENDING Triggers either the To Original or To Variation fill depending on whether the Origi Fo Fv nal or Variation Division is currently active Upon completion of the Fill the Arranger will play the Division selected by the Fill Intro Selects either the Basic Bsc or Advanced Adv Type depending on which one is Bsc Adv active at the time you press the footswitcn Same function as BASIC and ADVANCED Selects either the Original or Variation Division of the currently active Type Org Var depending on which one is active at the time you press the footswitch Same function as ORIGINAL and VARIATION Inversion Switches the Inversion function on and off Allows you to switch the keyboard recognition on and off When off the notes you play in the chord recognition area of the keyboard no longer cause the Arranger to play another chord Works well for long arpeggios when the Arranger and Realtime zones partially overlap Kbd Rec Selects the next Performance Memory i e A12 if A11 is currently active Note Seeing that the footswitch function can also be saved to a Performance Prf Up Memory the memory you select using the footswitch in Prf Up mode may contain another footswitch assignme
134. recall the desired data so think twice before executing the length func tion User Style mode Length pages Let us briefly look at the information that appears on these pages Modes of the Basic and Advanced levels Intro Ending column Select only one pattern Set length bars CPTs Select all patterns Track 1ADR 8AC6 All Allows you to select the track whose length setting you wish to change If the length does not have to be the same for all tracks which goes unnoticed for looped divisions see Looped divisions on page 104 in the Player s Guide try to use only integer muitiples or fractions for longer or shorter tracks i e 4 bars for one track while the others are 8 bars in length 3 bar patterns don t loop well over 4 or 8 bar tracks F1 Share Press F1 to be able to select all shared patterns in one pass Doing so ensures that clones are always identical to the original F2 Singl Press F2 if you to select only one pattern of a clone group Changing the length of a shared pattern needs to be confirmed see Cloning and edit functions and possible warn ings Shared on page 47 F3 Mark The Mark function allows you to select several patterns that are not connected to each other To select a pattern use the ACCOMP GROUP knob then press F3 Select another pattern on this page and press F3 again F4 Rec Pressing this button will take you back to t
135. right Since there is only one Range parameter it applies to both upward and downward bends Note The Range value you set here will only be effective when you tun the Bender lever fully to the left downward bends or to the right upward bends Intermediary positions of the lever pro duce the resulting intermediary bend value Parameter mode Param Cntrl 3 page E a S Foot Switch Parameter Realtime parts Arranger parameter This parameter allows you to specify the function of the optional DP 2 DP 6 or Boss FS 5U connected to the FOOT SWITCH jack on the rear panel The default setting is Start Lor which allows you to start and stop Arranger playback Note also the Saft and Sos tert options as well as the possibility to select Ho d Though there is a dedicated SUSTAIN FOOTSWITCH jack that serves the same purpose you may want to select Hold for certain Performance Memories as doing so allows you to save money by buying only one DP 2 DP 6 or Boss FS 5U The trade off is however that selecting Hold means that you cannot assign another option to the optional footswitch Remember that the Footswitch assignment can be saved to a Performance Memory Here are the functions the optional DP 2 DP 6 or Boss FS 5U connected to the FOOT SWITCH jack can perform Parameter Explanation Start Stop tarts and stops Arranger playback Same function as START STOP Play Stop Starts and stops Recorder playback Same function as the Reco
136. rranger i e normal mode If the function assigned to F4 reads Lyrics press the GS GM MODE button indicator must go off UsrStl Rec 1 pages gt 4n Master page F4 UsrStl gt F1 Rec PAGE A F select page 1 BIE is displayed if the selected User Style memory doesn t T USERSTL1I 4 120 HOLE TYPE DIMISIGH STYLE v t contain data ie EA ea E enat I a a a Tian Le e E gt Edit u m om m m aed 3 e e p Is displayed when you SE ES 4 12 press RECO after select TY GUSH STYLE TST ing a track that doesn t yet 2 f contain data or if you selected Erase see page 53 Is displayed when you USERSTLi 4 i128 press REC after select BUSISISH TALE ing a track that already contains data or if you selected Merge see page 53 User Style mode UsrSti Rec 1 pages 5 TI 7 ts displayed when you PLA USERSTLI 4 120 press START STOP or fk HODE TYPE ar F STYLE Recorder PLAY p gt to lis gen Eel Le f 3 ten to your pattern in the User Style mode Track 1ADR 2ABS 3AC1 4AC2 5AC3 6AC4 7AC5 8AC6 Use this parameter to select a track of the currently active pattern see Mode Type and Divi sion If the name of that track is displayed in lowercase characters e g 240 1 that track is still empty Note that a track whose Length has been specified see page 48 is no longer con sidered empty and therefore display
137. rt the intelligent melody is controlled by the Arranger Using it requires that you press the MELODY INTELLIGENCE button on the front panel indicator must light If at that time the Upper2 part is activated the indicator of the Key board Mode UPPER2 goes dark to signal that the Upper2 part is now being controlled by the Arranger Tone selection for the Upper2 part however is still possible The Melody Intelligence function adds a second and third voice to the melody you play using the Upper part As you know the intelligent melody is based on the chords you play in the chord recognition area of the keyboard Use the ice parameter to select either 1 or 2 intelligent harmonies Param Cntrl 3 page Part Range Parameter Start Stor i g scritr i m D fz PITCH BENDER SEXiL E o IO a AS gt Master page F2 Param gt F3 Cntr PAGE A V select page 3 Pitch Bender Realtime parts 34 Part UP1 UP2 LWR MBS MDR This parameter allows you to select the Realtime part whose pitch bend range you wish to set Surprising though it may be you can also specify a pitch bend range for the Manual Drums part Selecting values between 2 and 7 allows you to achieve interesting effects that work well for timpani sounds for example Range 0 24 This parameter is used to specify the maximum pitch shift that can be achieved by turning the Bender lever fully to the left or
138. rt Select UPPER1 Execute to confirm your settings and load the data Load Performance Set Performance Set Disk tolrt 11 PRFSETAL a I 0 6 EXECUTE D Master page F5 Disk gt F1 Load PAGE A V select PRF MEM Loading Performance Memory Sets from disk can be selective i e feel free to load only one Performance Memory or comprehensive the contents of all 192 Performance Memories m Select Allows you to position the cursor on the Performance Memory Set you wish to load Disk 1 192 All Use this parameter to select a specific Performance Memory from the Performance Memory Set on disk or select all to load all Performance Memories MH To Int 1 192 All This parameter allows you to specify the Performance Memory number the selected data are to be copied to If you select All for isk All is the only option here Furthermore All can not be selected when you selected a specific disk Performance Memory 94 Disk mode Disk Load loading data from disk ee aa E Execute Press Part Select UPPER1 Execute to confirm your settings and load the data Load MIDI Set Midi Set 11 MDISETS1 wSELEGT gt Master page F5 Disk F1 Load PAGE A W select MDI SET Loading MIDI Sets from disk can be selective i e feel free to load only one MIDI Set of a MIDI Set Set consisting of eight MIDI Sets E Select Allows you to position the cursor on the MIDI Set you wish to load
139. ry 1 can you select memory 2 etc and also 1 by going backwards E Chord Indicates the number of the selected Chord memory Play a chord in the chord recognition area whose name is then displayed to the right of the memory number E Family After specifying the chord you must use the Family parameter to assign it to one of the three Modes select Maj major min minor or 7th seventh Whenever you play the newly assigned chord in the chord recognition area of the keyboard the accompaniment pattern cor responding to the mode you select here will be triggered Use this parameter to assign 6 7 11 etc chords to a particular Mode You may remember that Modes are in fact invisible divisions that cannot be selected on the front panel while others such as Basic Original Advanced Variation etc are selectable either manually or via an optional FC 7 MH Alteratn The Alteration parameter allows you to specify whether your elaborate chords should be played during playback of an Intro Tr or Ending Ex In On mode playing a complex chord at the onset of an Intro or Ending may change the chord sequence of the entire Intro or Ending pattern to a degree that you may have your doubts about the sanity of your G 800 In most cases you will probably select Off so that your favorite G7 5 etc chord only takes effect after the Intro is finished or does not influence the chord sequence of the Ending pat tern
140. s As you will discover on the View page see below the time signature of the major M minor m and seventh 7 patterns must always be the same This security system helps you avoid switching to another time signature simply by playing a major minor or seventh chord in the chord rec ognition area of the keyboard Value time signature 50 Use this parameter to specify the time signature of the selected pattern Division see below The most commonly used time signatures are 2 4 3 4 4 4 6 8 and 12 8 Other values such as 7 4 13 8 etc are also possible Note When you change the time signature of an already recorded pattern its notes and events are reshuffled according to the new time signature so that you may end up with incomplete meas ures However none of your data are deleted User Style mode Track Copy Division Basc Adv Basic Advanced Or Var The ACCOMP GROUP and BASS BANK knobs allow you to select the pattern s you wish to edit Whatever your choice it will always bear on the major minor and seventh modes Style This parameter is used to select the User Style whose time signature you wish to change F1 View Press F1 to have a look at the time signature values of the various patterns Ina Edad Or Adu Us Ad1 Fo Adu POREN F2 Chnge Press F2 to select the page that allows you to modify the time signature settings The first page see above only allows y
141. s MIDI IN and OUT connectors to the external sequencer or computer and ii use the G 800 as MIDI master key board for sequencing you may have to set this parameter to Off to avoid that each note is sounded twice producing an unpleasant sound called MIDI loop In all other cases select On Note A setting tantamount to Local Off can be achieved by muting a part see page 14 and set ting Part Switch see page 90 to Int MIDINNTA page Note to Arranger receive channels D Master page F3 MIDI F4 NTA As explained in the Player s Guide there is only one NTA page because the NTA notes are only meaningful to the G 800 when received from an external MIDI instrument Whatever you play in the chord recognition area of the keyboard to feed the Arranger is automatically converted to the corresponding MIDI note numbers Contrary to similar instruments of other manufacturers your G 800 is blessed with the capability of sending the note numbers of all Arranger parts so that you could use the internal or your own Styles to quickly record a Song using an external sequencer Consequently there is no need to transmit the note messages used to feed the Arranger the NTA notes 86 MIDI mode MIDI on your G 800 E 1 rx Ch 2 re Ch A1 B16 The NTA notes can be sent on two MIDI channels so that you could control the G 800 s Arranger using a MIDIfied accordion or any other instrument capable of sending accompa niment data o
142. s like Length see page 48 when it comes to making a pattern longer There is one major difference though Track Insert allows you to make room at the beginning or in the middle of a pattern while Length can only add blank measures beats and CPTs at the end of a pattern Apart from Length also allows you to shorten a pattern of course Note The Microscope mode also features an Insert function see page 72 that allows you to add events without shifting the subsequent events towards the end If you need to make room for new data Edit Track Insert is thus the only option you have m Bar 1 9999 This is where you specify the bar position By default the From and To values are set to the beginning and end of the selected track s Note that the To value always refers to the end of the longest track MW Beat 1 number of beats per bar This is where you specify the beat position The number of selectable beats obviously depends on the time signature of the selected pattern m CPT This is where you specify the CPT value of the insert position To or the length of the insert For In most cases you will probably work with entire bars because doing otherwise is high ly confusing and probably not very musical E Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to confirm your settings and insert the requested number of bars beats and CPTs User Style mode Track Transpose ee SS e sons Track Edit Irnsp 1 page TRACK TRAN
143. scssssscssessescessstsssscessvsecsevstsusestersacseacens 25 UP2Split C 3 C H6 Realtime parts cccccsssssssssssscscseseecsssescssssessssessucsssvencecsnstencansusacaeseaes 25 Fill Rit 15 90 Arranger A IN 25 Tempo Change 0 100 Arranger parameter ssscssssssessssessssesssesescesesecsesassesnsanes 26 Tempo Change CPT 15 3825CPT Arranger parameter cccccsscssseseseseccescsesesssceescsceeses 26 FarameteA Global PAYO arriva tddi 26 Metronome Output MDR EXT ALL Global parameter cccccsscsscscsssccssecsecesesvessesseces 26 Count In MDR EXT ALL Arranger parameter c cccccscsssssesesssesesesscersescccsesssssessersetesece 27 Roll Resolution Realtime part cc ccsssscssscssssessssssssssssesssssescsssesencsessssasacsecsesssasaesssevssseseeees 27 Stl Change Chord Sequencer parameter sssssecsssssssecessscsussssssseccussesesescseseserscacaussussvasaeseses 27 FAUNIA page her Sane ts AA a i a Aa 28 Chord Family Assign Arranger parameter cccssssssssssessssesssssssecesassvsesecseserseneacacsssavareaunene 28 Table of Contents Parate Glbal 5 page iii die a dea dd 29 ACC Wrap Partand Range tecni aee eie a Ea raia a EEE Ei ANTAS 29 Song Set Play ci ad 29 Farane pages A AAA A i ean eee 30 Master Tune 415 3Hz 466 2HZ Global parameter cccccscssessessesesseeseesessesecsecestneeaveres 30 Transpose Mode Global parameter moncorncncaninonccananenarinnnnos AR 30 Transpose Value 1
144. seful for velocity switched sounds most organ Tones for example slightly reducing or increasing the overall velocity allows you to shift all notes to the other sound Note Even the highest positive or negative Value doesn t allow you to go beyond 1 or 127 There is a reason why 0 is impossible that value is used to indicate the end of a note note off 127 on the other hand is the highest velocity value the MIDI standard can muster Selecting a high positive velocity value may thus lead to all notes being played at 127 which may be what you had in mind in the first place E Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to confirm your settings and edit the data or go to the next page if you do not wish to change all notes Edit Velo 3 page From Mote To Mate Octave 1 gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt SHIFT F1 Velo PAGE A V select page 3 E From Note C 1 G9 This parameter allows you to set the lower limit of the note range to be modified within the specified From To time range see the second display page If you only wish to edit one note set the same value for From Note and To Note Note If you select Octave Multiple you only need to set the correct From Note To Note range without having to worry about the octave you can set the C 1 G 1 range for example to edit these notes in all octaves 65 G 800 Reference Manual Track Quantize Note The above
145. separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help rr Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the users authority to operate this equipment This equipment requires shielded interface cables in order to meet FCC class B Limit For Canada NOTICE CLASS B This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions set out in the Radio interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications CLASSE B AVIS Cet appareil num rique ne d passe pas les limites de la classe B au niveau des missions de bruits radio lectriques fix s dans le R glement des signaux parasites par le minist re canadien des Communications Roland K6018187 O
146. sition where the edit operation is to begin That position is specified in a Bar Beat CPT format From designates the position where the edit operation is to end Bar Beat CPT value Always check whether you have selected the right level From or To before setting the fol lowing parameters 64 User Style mode Track Velocity Change E Bar 1 9999 This is where you specify the bar position By default the From and To values are set to the beginning and end of the selected track s Note that the To value always refers to the end of the longest track Beat 1 number of beats per bar This is where you specify the beat position The number of selectable beats obviously depends on the time signature of the selected pattern E CPT This is where you specify the CPT position of the beginning and end Unless you do not need to edit all the selected data within the last bar you should keep the default setting Note that the Micro mode allows you to edit the data on an event basis which is more precise because there you see the events to be edited which is not the case here If you only wish to edit one event or message you should definitely do so in the Microscope mode see page 70 W Value 99 99 The Value parameter allows you to set the velocity change level Select a positive value to increase the velocity of the selected track s or a negative value to decrease the velocity val ues This Value parameter can be particularly u
147. sk the display will respond with a message telling you that is impossible A SAME NAME on Disk Press Part Select M DRUMS to overwrite the other file or Part Select UPPER2 Exit if you wish to assign another name to the currently selected file Rename User Style Music Style 11 Rocki lz Rockz 13 SBeati CEE SELECT FROCEED 2 Master page F5 Disk gt F3 Rname PAGE A V select STYLE The first Rename User Style page is used to select the disk User Style you wish to rename After selecting it press Part Select UPPER2 Proceed to jump to the second page 98 Disk mode Rename A Mame File Name DISK 3 Sts Rename bere Cursor Charactr Cursor Charactr sExit E Style Name vs File Name The Style Name is the name used internally by the G 800 Itis not the official name of the Style in question i e not the one that will be used to identify the files on disk The Style Name is actually just another User Style parameter located on this display page On any dis play page with a Style name window the name you set here Style name will appear e g Style Name upper and lowercase letters ALL Factors LBL Biden Fiano Ora Bsc 44 Ube ALS FM SA Ep LHR ATZ Warm StrinasiMidiser 1 ET Di What s the difference The File Name is an MS DOS parameter which means that you can only use uppercase letters That however may be difficult to read in a given situ
148. spose the Upper part one octave down and to 7 to tune it up one fifth Quite a few users like to assign piano Tones to both Upper parts and then transpose Upper2 one octave up 12 The maximum range of this parameter is two octaves down 24 or two octaves up 24 Fine 99 99 Realtime part The Fine parameter is used to detune the Upper part relative to the Upper part Since 100 cent equal one semitone this parameter effectively allows you to program a semitone interval between Upper and Upper2 More realistic settings would be 10 or 10 though Kbd Scale Use the Kbd Scale parameters whenever you need other tunings than equal temperament Equal temperament means that the intervals between any two semitones are the same which is not the case in oriental music for example or in baroque music To untrained ears tunings that provide varying intervals between semitones may sound flat But then again equal tem perament sounds strange to other musicians E Assign Off UP 1 2 All Global parameter This parameter allows you to specify which parts should be assigned a different tuning DF means that the Value settings see below have no effect on the equal temperament of the G 800 s parts If you select IIF 1 2 only the two Upper parts will be processed by your Value settings Selecting A11 means that all Realtime Song and Arranger parts will be tuned the way you specify with the Value p
149. staat R Oui a 98 Rename ser Style iia ba srieads 98 R name Musi Style Set ici ads 99 Rename Performance Set MIDI Set Chord Sequence ccccccccsscsescseecesssreveveveeees 100 Rename Song sis cs secicak a cena tias 100 Del tao 101 Style Sii lata dt ai 102 A AN 103 Me A a a tia 103 Copy CS ds 104 A AA 104 TUSK COPY tit illa 105 Disk LOA A A tE 106 Chapter 10 Display messages A EIN 107 Messages relating to the Recorder or Disk functions ooooniconinincnonnnnnaonencnrnanncrarininenoncnnns 107 Messages relating to the User Style function 0 0 eeceecsecesssessssseesessseseeseecessecscsssessescseanaees 110 General Message Sm r AS 111 Chapter 11 Music Style chart 2 00 cccccccccccccsssssssccssessssseccssscsessesecssssecsessereesssececsssesess 112 Chapter 12 MIDI Implementation Charts coccion 113 Chapter 13 Chord Intelligence rernu 115 Chapter 14 Specifications r rannan 117 Chapter 10 Index 119 Before you start Master page 1 Before you start Master page The main mode of your G 800 is the Arranger Mode The G 800 automatically selects this mode each time you power on the instrument When the Arranger mode is selected you can play melody and accompaniment parts in real time while controlling a backing section with the chords played in the chord recognition area The G 800 contains 128 internal Music Styles Up to 8 User Styles can be load
150. sult in deeper modulation g Cho gt Reverb 0 127 This parameter sets the amount of Chorus sound that will be sent to the Reverb Higher values result in more sound being sent The value 127 effectively allows you to connect the Chorus and Reverb effects in series Chorus before Reverb If you do not wish the Chorus signal to be processed by the Reverb effect set this value to 0 h Cho Dly 0 127 This parameter sets the amount of Chorus sound that will be sent to the Delay Higher values result in more sound being sent The value 127 effectively allows you to connect the Chorus and Delay effects in series Chorus before Delay If you do not wish the Chorus signal to be processed by the Delay effect set this value to 0 Tip Use this parameter whenever you want to process an Arranger part using the Delay effect see below Ifall you are interested in is Delay set the Chor Delay Cho Rate and Cho Depth param eters to 0 Bear in mind though that doing so means that a proper Chorus effect is no longer available m Value Use the UPPER VARIATION knob to specify a value for the selected Parameter For clar ity s sake we put the parameter range next to the respective parameters see above Delay page Macro Parameter Value O Master page F1 Mixer gt F4 Effct Effect PAGE A V select page 3 E Macro 20 Delay creates echoes Itis also possible to give depth and w
151. t The disk you have inserted into the drive is formatted yet the G 800 cannot read this format Press Part Select UPPER2 Exit and remove the disk from the drive If you are positive that you no longer need the data on this disk format it using the Format function see page 106 108 Display messages Messages relating to the Recorder or Disk functions Disk BUSY can t execute You are trying to execute a Disk function while the Recorder is playing back or vice versa That is impossible Disk FULL No more SPACE 1 Disk FULL Mo more FILES Both messages mean that you can t save data to this disk The first message means that the remaining disk capacity is not enough to hold the file you are about to save while the second tells you that the maximum number of files accepted by the MS DOS and G 800 disk operating system would be exceeded by saving the current file to this disk In either case press Part Select UPPER2 Exit A SAME NAME on Disk SAME NAME on Disk can t execute The name you have assigned to the file you are about to save or rename already exists on that disk If possible first display message press Part Select M DRUMIS to overwrite the file of the same name or Part Select UPPER2 Exit to assign another name to the current file In the second case the message will disappear after a few seconds WRONG source Disk H The disk you inserted after removing the
152. tch see page 86 in the MIDI mode because the On setting means that the part in question does not sound but still sends MIDI messages to the selected MIDI OUT put if the Part Switch parameter see page 90 is set to Int The Mute setting of a part can be saved to a Performance Memory When a part is on its name shown in the scroll bar appears in uppercase letters e g UP1 If the part is Off its name is displayed in lowercase letters e g up1 Note The MIDI Param Part Switch parameter see page 90 allows you to specify whether mut ing a part also means that it no longer sends MIDI data LLL A SSSR SSS Sass NUNS 14 Mixer mode Mixer Song page Panpot 0 64 127 Rnd Allows you to set the stereo position pan of the selected part The value 0 means that the part will be panned hard left 64 is the center position same volume for the left and right channels while 127 means that the part will be panned hard right Select Rnd if the part in question is to jump around the stereo image in a random unpredictable way Reverb 0 127 The Reverb send level is assigned to the BASS BANK knob You can set a different value for each part The value 0 means that the part in question will not be processed by the Reverb effect while the value 127 represents the maximum Reverb level This parameter has the same function as an AUX Send control on a mixing desk Chorus 0 127 The Chorus send
153. ted out in the Player s Guide it would be wiser to forget that this function even exists because on the one hand all User Styles are erased anyway when you power off your G 800 and on the other hand whenever you load or copy another Style to a User Style memory the previous Style is erased without warning But if you are sure you no longer need a given Style delete it using this function Select All Mark 76 Use the ACCOMP GROUP knob to place the cursor on the User Style you wish to delete or the UPPER VARIATION knob to select the first four Styles 1 4 the next four 5 8 or all Styles You can also select Styles 1 5 and 8 for example to be deleted To do so select them and press F3 Mark to mark them After selecting the Styles to be deleted press Part Select M DRUMS Execute to delete the Style s User Style Microscope mode User Style Delete ee NN A The display will respond with EXECUTING please Wait The Styles will be deleted after which the display tells you OK I FUNCTION COMPLETE The display now returns to the first User Style Rec page 77 G 800 Reference Manual g MIDI mode SMF General MIDI and General Standard Before exploring the MIDI parameters of your G 800 there is something you need to know Your G 800 is GM General MIDI and GS General Standard compatible the most impor tant advantage being that it allows you to playback and record
154. tempo or change it to a more usable value if your setting turns out to be too optimistic to produce natural rolls Stl Change Chord Sequencer pirimeten This parameter allows you to specify what should be recorded by the Chord Sequencer see page 62 in the Player s Guide Select On if you want the Chord Sequencer to record all set tings relating to the Arranger Style changes Arranger part volume changes tempo changes etc and Off if the Chord Sequencer is to record only the NTA notes What is recorded Chord changes Style Changes Division Changes Fills Intro Ending Variation Original Basic Advanced Volume Changes for all Accomp Parts Off Only chord changes NTA notes Note See Style Change on page 63 Player s Guide for full details about NTA 27 G 800 Reference Manual Param Glbal 4 page Chord Family In Ed re Ee EX mmm e EANCEL FAMILY ASSIGN ALTERMTNIIEERLL PARAM gt Master page F2 Param gt F1 Glbal PAGE A V select page 4 Chord Family Assign Arranger parameter The fourth ParamiGlbal page is entirely devoted to the assignment of more elaborate chords to one of the three modes major minor seventh of the G 800 s Arranger If the cur rent Performance Memory or the currently active registration does not contain any assign ment you can only assign Chord memory 1 Only after assigning a chord to Chord memo
155. ter Executing this function means that the velocity values will change pro portionally 63 G 800 Reference Manual Track Velocity Change Hit dE Original C3 D3 3 C3 C3 D3 E3 C3 Velocity C3 03 E3 C3 C3 03 E3 C3 Velocity 127 70 89 48 87 30 87 96 20 127 90 109 68 107 50 107 116 L__Does not change 127 is maximum E Track 1ADR SAC6 All Allows you to select the track you wish to edit Do not forget to select the right User Style memory if it isn t already selected see below You can also select All here in which case the operation applies to all tracks of the selected pattern E Mode Allows you to select the mode of the pattern to be edited Maj major min minor or 7 sev enth m Type Allows you to select the pattern type to be edited Bsc Basic or Adv Advanced E Division This parameter is used to select the Division of the pattern Or Original or Var Variation m Style U1 U8 Use this parameter to select the Style that contains the pattern to be edited The name of that Style either the default setting USERSTL X or the name you or someone else programmed is displayed in the second line M Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to edit the data right away Edii Velo 2 page Ta gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F4 Edit gt SHIFT F1 Velo PAGE A V select page 2 E From To Use the DRUMS PART encoder to select the To or From level From refers to the po
156. tes here and there to memorize the address of another Tone or Drum Set or to modify the settings on page 4 see below Key C C D Eb F F G Ab A Bb B This parameter allows you to tell your G 800 what key you are going to record the track in Specifying the right key before recording is crucial for realtime use of that track or pattern The chord recognition system of the Arranger is indeed based on the assumption that all pat terns are in the key of C Thus whenever you play a C in Arranger Intelligent mode or C chord in the chord recogni tion area the Arranger will use the original notes of the pattern you recorded no realtime transposition If you recorded that pattern in F without telling the G 800 F is what you will hear when you play a C or C chord in the Arranger mode Therefore if you wish to record in D select Failure to do so may go unnoticed in the User Style mode but once you are back in the Arranger mode you will soon notice there is a problem Unlike the E 86 the G 800 no longer requires you to record all User Style patterns in C which is of course very convenient Remember though that the transposition required to meet the Arranger s C assumption can only be correct if you tell the G 800 what key you record in Note There is no need to specify the key for 1ADR tracks Metron Mode The default setting of this parameter is Recorra so that the User Style metronome is onl
157. that any sequencer can read the data is a prereq uisite for the following two formats i e the fact that sound selection amongst other things remains the same GENERAL GM System Mil The GM General MIDI system is a set of recommendations which seek to provide a way to go beyond the limitations of proprietary designs and standardize the MIDI capabilities of sound generating devices Sound generating devices and sound data that meet the GM stand ard bear the GM logo Song data bearing the GM logo can be played back using any GM sound generating unit to produce essentially the same musical performance GS format G The GS format is Roland s unified set of specifications to standardize the MIDI capabilities of sound generating devices Song data bearing the GS logo can be played back using any GS sound generating unit The G 800 supports both GM and GS and can be used to playback song data carrying either of these logos Note See Compatibility on page 155 of the Player s Guide for aspects to consider in order to keep your G 800 Recorder songs GM GS compatible 78 MIDI mode MIDI messages used by the G 800 MIDI messages used by the G 800 The way a device responds when it receives MIDI messages i e how it produces sound etc depends on the specifications of that device This means that if the receiving device is not able to perform the function specified by the incoming message the musical result will not be what y
158. the default setting Mode Replace Merge Selects the Copy mode Copy mode Explanation ne The data in the selected range will be copied to the destination track and over write all data of the destination track in the selected source track range The data in the selected range will be added to any existing data on the desti nation track Replace Mix In either case the length of the destination track may change to include all data of the source track In other words you may find that the destination track is longer after executing the copy function Therefore Note If the User Style memory you wish to copy to already contains data save it to disk before copying The G 800 has no Undo function Saving a Style to disk before copying will allow you to load the previous version in case something goes wrong User Stl Copy To 1 page a 2 3 4 5 6 COPY j HubE I 1 Da G ka 3 Ca e e ki i Master page F4 UsrStl gt SHIFT F1 Copy PAGE A V select To 1 This page allows you to select the address the selected source pattern is to be copied to the destination pattern Please be aware of the following restrictions 1ADR patterns can only be copied to 1ADR tracks 2ABS patterns can only be copied to 2ABS tracks AC track e g 3AC1 8AC6 can be copied to any AC track but never to a IADR or 2ABS track Looped patterns cannot be copied to one sh
159. uring the Format operation the following message will be displayed FORMATTING DISE Format EExMit When your disk is ready for use the display briefly tells you the Format operation is complet ed OK FORMAT COMPLETE Display messages Messages relating to the Recorder or Disk functions 10 Display messages Sometimes you may come across a display message you do not understand For your refer ence here are all the messages you are likely to see at certain points Messages relating to the Recorder or Disk functions Sang Mame ENE 1 1 Cursor Charactr This display page appears as soon as you press the STOP J button after recording a Record er Song If you wish to keep what you have just recorded assign a name to your Song and press Part Select M DRUMS Save to save it to disk Otherwise press Part Select UPPER2 Exit SMF Format 1 with more than 17 tracks A CAN T PLAY The Standard MIDI File contains more than 17 tracks which is not acceptable for Format 1 Standard MIDI Files The Recorder cannot play it back NO Song on Disk INSERT another Disk please ll The disk you inserted into the drive does not contain Song files Remove it and insert a disk that does contain Recorder Song files Insert SONG Disk and press PLAY You are trying to start Recorder playback without having inserted a disk into the drive Insert a disk containing Song f
160. ved The beginning of song data bearing the GM logo contains a GM System On mes sage This means that if you playback the data from the beginning the sound generator will be automatically initialized to the basic settings MIDI mode MIDI on your G 800 b GS Reset GS Format System Exclusive When GS Reset is received the G 800 will be set to the basic GS settings The beginning of song data bearing the GS logo contains a GS System Reset message This means that if you play back the data from the beginning the sound generator device will be automatically ini tialized to the basic settings c Master Volume Universal System Exclusive This is an exclusive message common to all newer MIDI devices that controls the master vol ume of the entire G 800 d Other System exclusive SysEx messages The G 800 can receive GS format exclusive messages model ID 42H that are common to all GS sound generators The G 800 can also use exclusive messages model ID 45H that are especially for the SC 88 About MIDI implementation charts MIDI allows many different types of instruments to be connected but in some cases there will be types of message which cannot be conveyed meaningfully For example if you wish to use keyboard Aftertouch of an external instrument to control the sound while the sound generator connected to the keyboard does not receive Aftertouch messages you will not get the musical result you intend In this way only messages th
161. w you to mute the tracks you do not want to hear while recording Muting User Style tracks is only necessary for tracks that already contain data Note This mute function only applies to the User Style mode Tracks you mute here still sound in the Arranger mode If you do not need a certain part delete it see page 57 Track 1ADR 8AC6 Use this parameter to select the track to be muted Status 44 Select f for the tracks you wish to mute To turn them back on again select Ort User Style mode UsrStl Rec 4 page UsrSiNRecM page THE S319 1 ra p gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F1 Rec PAGE A V select page 4 User Style patterns not only contain note and pitch bend modulation data but also a number of other settings such as the volume the stereo position pan the Reverb and Chorus send values The parameters on this page allow you to set and modify those non note data The first time you record something on a track the default values of these parameters are recorded along with the notes you play REC PLAY switches The switches below each parameter are used to specify whether or not the corresponding Expression Panpot etc value should be recorded The first time you select a track for record ing all these switches are automatically set to REC The second and all subsequent times you record to this track in Merge mode all switches will be set to FLA meaning that the changes you m
162. wo parameters are used to name or rename the currently selected Performance Memory The available characters are tou ABCOEFGHIJELMHOPGRSTUUMRY aboder2ahidk EA ea hou yw r Parameter Global 2 page Salk UPzSplit CPT Ip an ES 486 I i THF na a Snte 1 FILLAM TEMPO CHANGE EEXit gt Master page F2 Param gt F1 Glbal PAGE A V select page 2 Split C3 C6 Realtime parts Arranger parameter This parameter specifies the split point between the Right and Left sections of the Arranger and the Split Keyboard Mode It can be set from C3 to C6 Default value is C4 UP2Split C 3 C 6 Realtime parts This parameter specifies the split point between the Upper and Upper sections It only takes effect when the indicator of the UPPER2 SPLIT button lights The Upper2 split point can be set anywhere between C 3 and C 6 Default value is G5 Fill Rit 15 90 Arranger parameter This parameter defines the intensity of the ritardando achieved during playback of a fill To Original or To Variation Note that Fill In Rit only applies to fills and that the FILL RIT indicator must light for the ritardando to be executed aaa 25 G 800 Reference Manual Here is an example if the current Style tempo is set to 100 while Fill Rit is set to 10 selecting a Fill In with the FILL RIT function On will progressively slow down the play back tempo to 90 At the end of the fill however the pr
163. y audible whenever you record a new track During playback of that track the metronome remains silent Here are the other metronome modes Record The metronome only sounds during User Style recording Play The metronome only sounds during User Style playback in User Style mode Rec amp Ply The metronome sounds both during recording and playback Always The metronome even sounds while the User Style is not playing 42 G 800 Reference Manual Quantize Value This parameter allows you to set the Quantize value to be used during User Style recording As explained in the Player s Guide you may set this parameter to Off and only quantize those tracks whose timing is definitely too loose using the Track Quantize function see page 66 In any case the available values for automatic quantization during recording are Eighth note quaver 1 32 Thirty second note 1 8t Eighth note triplet 1 12 1 32t Thirty second note triplet 1 48 116 Sixteenth note semiquaver 1 64 Sixty fourth note 1 16t Sixteenth note triplet 1 24 Off No quantization Note Be sure to always select the value that equals the shortest note you are going to record Oth erwise your recording no longer sounds the way you played it UsrSti Rec 3 page gt Master page F4 UsrStl gt F1 Rec PAGE A select page 3 The parameters on this page are in fact playback parameters that allo
164. you specify the beat position The number of selectable beats obviously depends on the time signature of the selected pattern E CPT This is where you specify the CPT position of the beginning and end Unless you do not need to edit all the selected data within the last bar you should keep the default setting Note that the Micro mode allows you to edit the data on an event basis which is more precise because there you see the events to be edited which is not the case here If you only wish to edit one event or message you should definitely do so in the Microscope mode see page 70 E Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to confirm your settings and edit the data Edit Insri 1 page Track Insert TRACK INSERT TRACK Hope DIGISIOH E CEN i r r A i D Master page F4 UsrStl F4 Edit gt F3 Insrt PAGE A V select page 1 The Insert function allows you to insert space in an existing pattern That means that all data lying behind the position calculated by the For parameter see the second page are shifted further towards the end of the pattern effectively making the pattern longer You can only insert blank measures here E Track 1ADR 8SAC6 All Allows you to select the track you wish to edit Do not forget to select the right User Style memory if it isn t already selected see below You can also select All here in which case the operation applies to all tracks of the selected pattern mM Mode
165. you to select an existing Style Set that can then be edited by assigning other Styles to a given Position see below New Press Part Select M DRUMS New to create a new Style Set It will be temporarily called deere but you can change the name on the second page Position 1 8 The Position refers to the User Style memory the Style in question will be copied to when you load this User Style Set In other words Position 1 User Style Memory 1 2 2 etc Disk Style only Styles on the current disk Allows you to assign a User Style to the currently selected Position If you do not wish to overwrite a User Style memory when loading this User Style Set select toke no assignment to that Position Save Press Part Select UPPER1 to jump to the Style Set Save page STYLE SET NAME Cursor Character See page 96 for details If you want the Style Set to be loaded automatically at power up call it ALITOLOAL If that disk is in the drive when you switch on your G 800 the Autoload Style Set will be loaded automatically Execute Press Part Select M BASS to save the style Set to disk Disk mode Song Set LL LL a aS Se SSS SSS SSS SRS SSG ss AD Song Set Songs Sets are similar to User Style Sets in that they too only consist of references to Songs on the same disk Song Sets allow you to program the playback sequence of a programmable number of Songs Combined with Song Set Play on page 29 Song Sets can
166. you to select the data to be edited See the table on page 54 for a list of the editable data types Execute Press Part Select M DRUMS to edit the data right away The following parameters allow you to narrow down the scope of the edit operation If you wish to edit the entire pattern there is no need to fine tune your settings Just confirm the command by pressing Part Select M DRUMS User Style mode Track Delete SSS AA Edit Erase 3 page From Mote To Mote 1 D Master page F4 UsrStl F4 Edit F1 Erase PAGE A select page 3 You only need to set the parameters on this page if the selected Data Type see above is Hot In all other cases there is little point in setting the values on this page because you can only set a range From To for notes That is why this page is only displayed when the select ed Data Type is Hete From Note C 1 G9 This parameter allows you to set the lower limit of the note range to be modified within the specified From To time range see the second display page If you only wish to edit one note set the same value for From Note and To Note Note If you select Octave Multiple you only need to set the correct From Note To Note range without having to worry about the octave you can set the C 1 G range for example to edit these notes in all octaves Note The above settings 37 C 4 are only examples The correct note name for note number 37 is of course C 2 m To Not

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