Roland E-A7 Reference Manual

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User Program Edit Parameters
If you want to save it as a One Touch memory parameters, execute
the save operation in the following procedure.
1. Call the One Touch you want to change the Pad setting
by One Touch [1]–[4] button.
2. Change the Pad Setting.
3. When nished making changes, enter the One Touch
Setting screen.
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“Editing and Saving the One Touch Settings of a Style”
(Owner’s Manual: p. 26)
Edit mark is attached to the One Touch that is currently selected.
4. Press the [Option] button.
5. Use the direct buttons to select “Save Style.”
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“Editing and Saving the One Touch Settings of a Style”
(Owner’s Manual: p. 26)
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“Step 7” (Owner’s Manual: p. 27)
Note
5 If you want to save the Pad setting in One Touch, rst call the One
Touch you want to change. If you recall a dierent One Touch
memory while editing a One Touch memory, the state of your
editing is lost.
5 If a phrase or tone is assigned in the pad settings, the UPG or One
Touch remembers only the link to that phrase or le.
This means that if the link-destination le cannot be found, for
example because you renamed, deleted, or moved the user
phrase, or disconnected the external storage, no sound is heard.
Creating a Phrase to Play from a Pad (Phrase
Recording)
You can create your own original phrases.
To create an original phrase, use the Phrase Recording function.
Here’s how to use the Phrase Recording function.
1. Press the Setting button.
The Pad Setting screen appears.
Select the Pad (Pad Number) to which you want to assign the
recorded phrase.
If Pad Type is not set to “Phrase,” select “Phrase.”
2. Press the [Rec] button.
Phrase Recording Standby screen appears.
If you decide to cancel, press the [Rec] button once again.
3. Use the direct buttons to make settings.
Parameter Value Explanation
Phrase Type
Drum, Bass,
Accomp
Species the type of phrase that will be
recorded. In the case of Drum, you can’t
select the “Key” parameter.
Rec Mode
New New recording
Mix Mix recording
Tempo 20–250
Species the tempo at which the phrase is
recorded.
Octave –4–+4
Species the octave of the recorded part,
shifting it to the region in which you want
to perform.
Key
C, C#, D, Eb, E,
F, F#, G, Ab, A,
Bb, B
Sets the KEY in which the phrase is per-
formed while recording. The key of Drum
Kit parts cannot be set.
Tone Tone Name Tone name
Time Signature 1/16, 1/4–4/4...
Sets the time signature. (selectable only if
Rec Mode is set to New)
Measure
Length
O, 1–16
Species the number of measures in the
phrase.
If this is O, the measure length is set
automatically according to the length that
you record, up to 16 measures.
Count In
O, 1Meas,
2Meas, Wait
Note
Species how long the count-in should be
before recording starts.
Wait Note: Recording starts as soon as you
play a note on the keyboard. (There will be
no count-in.)
Parameter Value Explanation
Input Quantize
O, 1/4, 1/8,
1/8T, 1/16,
1/16T, 1/32,
1/32T, 1/64
Corrects minor timing problems.
It shifts the notes whose timing is not
exactly right to the nearest “correct” unit.
Always select a resolution value that is ne
enough to accept all note values you play.
Selecting a Tone
When you select a tone, the Tone List screen of the part selected for
the pad is shown in the right display.
Use the Tone [0]–[9] buttons and the direct buttons of the right
display to select a tone.
4. Press the [Start/Stop] button to start recording.
5. Perform a phrase.
6. Press the [Start/Stop] button once again to stop
recording.
The phrase save screen appears.
MEMO
If Measure Length is specied, recording stops automatically at
the measure length that you specied.
If you use Mix recording, loop recording occurs.
7. Use the [R1] (Int/Ext) button to switch the copy-
destination between Internal Storage and External
Storage.
MEMO
The Phrase le is placed in the “My Phrases” folder. If this folder
does not exist, it is created automatically. The “My Phrases”
folder exists in both internal storage and external storage.
8. Press the [Enter] button.
Assign a name.
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For details on assigning a name, refer to “Assigning Names”
(Owner’s Manual: p. 16).
If you decide to cancel, press the [Exit] button.
9. Press the [F5] (Exec) button.
The phrase is saved.
MEMO
If there is already a le with the same name as the name you
entered, a screen asks you to conrm the overwrite.
If you want to save, select “YES” to replace it with the le you
renamed.
If you decide to rename the le, select “NO” and return to the
page where you can rename the le.
NOTE
The phrase does not play if the Arranger Switch is O, nor if
Arranger Hold is O.
Assignable Setting Parameters
This parameter can be selected using [MENU]
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“User Program
Edit”
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“Assignable Setting.”
Here you can specify the parameters that are assigned to the
assignable switches and the control pedal.

Roland E-A7 Specifications

General

Equalizer	Yes
Product type	Digital synthesizer
Product color	Black
Sound effects	Chorus, Equalization, Reverberation
RMS rated power	24 W
Number of speakers	2
Keyboard number of keys	61
Maximum polyphony (notes)	128
Power source type	DC
Display type	LCD

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	318 mm
Width	1045 mm
Height	136 mm
Weight	7900 g