Roland g-70 Manual De Propietario

 Editing 16-track songs

G-70 Music Workstation 

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You need to give your song two names: a SONG 
NAME and a FILE NAME. The FILE NAME is the one 
that allows the G-70 to recognize your song.

(3) Press the [SONG¥NAME] button icon.

(4) Enter the name:

• Move the cursor to the desired position using [ø] and 

[˚].

• Enter the character for that position using the alpha-

numeric keypad. In many instances, you will have to 
press the desired field several times to select the 
desired character.

• Use the [A/a] field to alternate between capitals and 

small letters.

• Press the [Delete] field to delete the character indi-

cated by the cursor. Press and hold it to clear all 
characters.

• Press [Space] to insert a space. 
• Press [Insert] to insert a character at the current posi-

tion. All characters behind this position move one 
position further to the right.

(5) Press the [FILE¥NAME] field and enter the file name.

See p. 86 for details. Here, you can enter 18 charac-
ters. All characters will be capitals.

(6) If you want to add more Finder information, press 

the [ARTIST] and [GENRE] fields and enter the 
desired characters.
See “Working with the Song Finder” on p. 140 for 
details about the Song Finder.

Note: These two indications are not available for files you save 
to floppy disk.

(7) Press the [EXECUTE] field to save your song.

The display tells you that the data are being saved, 
after which it returns to the “SAVE SONG” page.

(8) Press the [EXIT] or the RECORDER 

[16-TRACK¥SEQUENCER] button to return to the 
main page.

After recording a few tracks, you may want to do some 
touching up. Here are some easy things you can do. See 
“Editing one or several tracks (TRACK EDIT)” on p. 159 
for more elaborate functions. 

■Muting tracks

When recording rhythmically intricate parts, it may 
be necessary to mute already recorded parts that 
might distract you. To do so, return to the 16-track 
Sequencer’s main page, press the [MUTE] field and 
then the tracks you don’t want to hear. Such tracks 
are flagged with an “M”.

This setting is not saved. Press the [MUTE] field again 
to switch off the function.

Note: The MUTE function is not available while the SOLO func-
tion is switched on.

■Solo

If you need to listen to a track in isolation, press the 
[SOLO] field and the field of the track you want to 
solo and start playback. This mutes all other tracks, 
while the selected track is flagged with an “S”. You 
can also select the track to be soloed using the [ß][†] 
buttons. 

Press the [SOLO] field again to switch off the func-
tion of the same name.

■Song Cover and Song Makeup Tools

The 16-track Sequencer does not recognize changes 
made to a song using the Cover and SONG MAKEUP 
TOOLS functions. It only “sees” the original song data.

The TRACK EDIT environment of the 16-track Sequencer 
provides 12 functions: Quantize, Erase, Delete, Copy, 
Insert, Transpose, Change Velo, Change Gate Time, 
Merge, Global Change, Shift Clock and Track XChange. 
There is also a MICRO EDIT environment that allows you 
to add, delete or change individual events. See 
page 174 for details.

Here’s some information that may help you decide 
whether to use a TRACK EDIT or the MICRO EDIT func-
tion: if you don’t need to see the events you want to 
change, choose a TRACK EDIT function. If the TRACK 
EDIT level does not provide the function you need or if 
you want to see the notes, MIDI messages, etc., choose 
the MICRO EDIT environment.

Here is how to select functions: