Roland G-70 - Manual (Page 177)

Editing song data using Microscope Edit
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Editing events
■Editing Pitch Bend messages
Pitch Bend messages can be positive or negative (the
range is –128~128). The value “0” means that the
pitch of notes being played in that area is not altered.
If a Pitch Bend occurrence is not reset to “0” at some
stage, all notes will keep sounding flat when you no
longer want them to.
■Editing control changes and aftertouch messages
These messages (CC, Poly Aftertouch and Channel
Aftertouch) can be set to the desired value (0~127)
when the corresponding effect is needed – but they
also need to be reset to “0” to avoid unpleasant sur-
prises.
The G-70’s keyboard does not generate Poly After-
touch messages, but its sound source understands
them. Poly Aftertouch messages are always related to
a given note, which is why you first need to tell the
sequencer which note the event applies to: “0 (C–)”~
“127 (G9)”. Next, specify the desired Aftertouch value
(0~127).
■About the “Note” messages
As stated above, note messages comprise a note
number, a velocity value and a Gate Time value.
Note numbers can be entered the usual way
([DATA÷ENTRY] dial or [DEC]/[INC]) or by pressing the
corresponding key on the keyboard. This is also true
of velocity values.
The range for note messages is “0 (C–)”~“127 (G9)”.
Velocity messages can be set anywhere between “1”
(extremely soft) and “127”. The value “0” cannot be
entered, because it would effectively switch off the
note.
After selecting the Gate Time entry, pressing the
[DATA÷ENTRY] dial calls up the following pop-up:
The maximum duration a note event can have is
65,535 clocks.
Drum parts usually use the Gate Time value “1” for all
notes. Increasing it to “20”, for example, has no audi-
ble effect on the sounds.
Other edit operations
The buttons in the right half of the MICRO EDIT page
allow you to reduce or expand the number of events of
the track you selected.
■CREATE EVENT
Press this button icon to add a new event to the
selected track. The following pop-up appears:
• Press the button icon that corresponds to the kind of
event you want to add to the list.
Here are the default values that are assigned to
events you create:
• Specify the position where your new event should be
inserted by pressing the [BAR], [BEAt] and [CPT] fields
and entering the desired value for each unit using
the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC] buttons.
• Press the [EXECUTE] field to confirm your settings
and add the new event.
Press [CLOSE] to close the pop-up window without
applying your changes.
If the position for which you create a new event already
contains other events, the new event is added at the
end of that group.
Note: Note Number: 60 C4
On Velocity: 100
Gate Time: 60
Control Change: CC01 Modulation, value “0”
Program Change*:
[*] “Control Change” also allows you to insert Bank Select mes-
sages (CC00 and CC32). Such messages must be located BEFORE
the program change to which they apply. The correct order is
therefore: CC00
→ CC32→ PC. Also, it is usually wiser to assign
each of these three values to consecutive CPT positions.
Program Change Number “1”
Pitch Bend: “0”
Poly Aftertouch: Note Number: 60 C4
Poly Aftertouch Value: “0”
Channel After-
touch:
“0”