Roland System-8 User Manual

11
Editing the Sounds
Saving a Sound (WRITE)
In patch mode
1. Press the [WRITE] button.
The WRITE screen appears.
<WRITE> [Ent]
PATCH* À
When you edit a patch, the display indicates “PATCH*.”
2. Press the [ENTER] button.
The PATCH NAME screen appears.
PATCH NAME [Ent]
User_Patch_Name
3. Use the cursor [
K
] [
J
] buttons and the [VALUE] knob
to change the character.
4. Press the [ENTER] button.
A screen allows you to select the save-destination.
To:SYS8 A-1[Ent]
[Initial_Patch ]
5. Use the [VALUE] knob to select the save-destination.
6. Press the [ENTER] button.
A conrmation message appears.
Patch write?
[Exit]:N [Ent]:Y
7. To save, press the [ENTER] button.
If you decide to cancel, press the [EXIT] button.
When saving is completed, the display indicates “Completed!”
Completed!
MEMO
Arpeggio, chord memory, and step sequencer settings/data
are also saved within the patch data.
In performance mode
1. Press the [WRITE] button.
The WRITE screen appears.
<WRITE> [Ent]
PERFORMANCE* À
2. Use the cursor [
K
] [
J
] buttons to select what you
want to save.
When you edit performance settings or patches (upper, lower), an
“*” appears at the right of the name of the object you’re saving.
Also when you’re editing a patch (upper, lower) in performance
mode, you should rst save the edited patch before saving the
performance.
Selecting a performance
<WRITE> [Ent]
PERFORMANCE* À
Selecting the patch of the upper part
<WRITE> [Ent]
ÄPATCH:Upper* À
Selecting the patch of the lower part
<WRITE> [Ent]
ÄPATCH:Lower* À
NOTE
If you’ve edited a patch (upper, lower) in performance mode
(an “*” is displayed), you must rst save the patch before
saving the performance in order to reproduce the sound of
the performance.
If you rst save the performance, or if you don’t save the
edited patch, the sound of the performance will not be
reproduced.
3. Press the [ENTER] button.
The PERF NAME screen or PATCH NAME screen appears.
In the case of the PATCH NAME screen
PATCH NAME [Ent]
User_Patch_Name
In the case of the PERF NAME screen
PERF NAME [Ent]
User_Perf_Name
4. Use the cursor [
K
] [
J
] buttons and the [VALUE] knob
to edit the characters.
5. Press the [ENTER] button.
A screen allows you to select the save-destination.
In the case of the PATCH WRITE screen
To:SYS8 A-1[Ent]
[Initial_Patch ]
In the case of the PERF WRITE screen
To: A-1[Ent]
[Initial_Perf ]
6. Use the [VALUE] knob to select the save-destination.
7. Press the [ENTER] button.

Roland System-8 Specifications

General

Product type	Digital synthesizer
Product color	Black
Keyboard number of keys	49
Maximum polyphony (notes)	8
Display type	LCD
Built-in display	Yes
Display number of characters	16
USB ports quantity	1
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC
Power source type	DC

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	364 mm
Width	881 mm
Height	109 mm
Weight	5900 g