Roland G-70 - Manual (Page 41)

Playing back songs (Standard MIDI Files)
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Using the Song Cover function
The COVER function provides “masks” that change the
instrumentation of the selected song (or Music Style).
Simply by selecting another preset, you can cause a
Viennese waltz to be played back by a heavy metal
band, etc. Even though the arrangement (rhythm, riffs)
does not change, the songs’ character can be modified
beyond recognition.
(1) Press the [COVER] button once or twice to select
the display page shown below.
(2) Select the parts whose instrumentation you want
to change:
Press the [ALL] field if all instruments should be
replaced.
Press the [DRUM] field if only the drum and percus-
sion instruments should change.
Press the [BASS] field if you’re happy with everything
but the bass line’s sound.
(3) Press one of the six fields in the lower half of the
display to select another preset.
After selecting a preset, you can press [ORIGINAL]
(page 1) to return to the original orchestration.
(4) If none of the displayed presets appeal to you, use
the PAGE [ø][˚] fields at the right to jump to
another page with more presets.
(5) Try out various presets to see how (fast) this con-
cept works.
(6) If you like the new version better than the original
one, you can press the [SAVE] field to save the song
to the internal memory, a memory card or floppy
disk with this information (page 130).
Note: The COVER information is part of the data only the G-70
understands. You can still play back the newly saved version of
this song on another sequencer or SMF player, but the COVER
information will be ignored.
Note: You can also modify the COVER settings yourself (see
p. 125).
Minus One
“Minus One” means that (at least) one part of a song is
not played back. There are at least two applications for
this function:
• it allows you to play the muted parts yourself, on the
keyboard;
• it allows you to sing without doubling by the song
(which may sound odd).
(1) Press and hold the [MINUS≈ONE] button.
The button light and the melody part (track 4) is
muted. If you want to mute other parts (or use
another preset), proceed as follows:
(2) Press and hold the [MINUS≈ONE] button.
The display changes to:
(3) Press one of the three “preset” fields to mute the
corresponding song parts:
Press [MELODY] to mute the melody (you will notice
that the [4] button icon also lights).
Press the [ACCOMP] field to mute everything except
the bass, and drums.
Press the [DRUM&BASS] field to mute the bass and
drum parts ([2] and [10]).
Note: Even the “preset” fields can be used simultaneously. And
the part fields [1]~[16] can be added, too.
(4) To mute other parts “ad lib” (i.e. without taking
advantage of the presets):
• Press the [USER] field. This mutes only [4] (the mel-
ody).
• Switch off all parts you don’t want to hear by press-
ing the [1]~[3] and [5]~[16] fields. Indicator icons of
parts you need must light (the others must be dark).
By pressing one of these fields, you switch off the
active preset.
• To save this customized “Minus” setting in the G-70’s
internal memory, press [CUSTOMIZE].
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