Roland g-70 Manuel Du Propriétaire

 About the sequencer’s main page

G-70 Music Workstation 

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When you press the RECORDER 
[16-TRACK¥SEQUENCER] button, the display changes 
to:

• If you use the 16-track sequencer to edit a song that 

already contains Cover modifications, the Cover set-
tings are ignored and erased when you save the 
edited version of your song. We therefore recom-
mend saving songs you edit with the 16-track 
Sequencer under a different name.

• While in this mode, the [BALANCE] knob does not 

allow you to set the balance between the Song and 
Keyboard parts (it only affects the volume of the 
Song parts).

Let us first look at the information shown on this page:

The [SOLO] button icon allows you to listen to the 
selected track in isolation (it mutes all other tracks). The 
selected track is displayed in yellow. To select another 
track, simply press its row in the left column of the dis-
play. (You can also use the [ß][†] buttons to select a 
track.)

The [MUTE] button icon allows you to temporarily 
switch off the selected track, which may be useful 
when you want to record or edit additional parts with-
out being distracted by already existing parts.

SOLO and MUTE need to be set as follows: First press 
the [SOLO] or [MUTE] field, then press the fields of the 
track you want to solo or mute (you can mute several 
tracks).

Note: The MUTE function is not available while the SOLO func-
tion is on. You can, however, select another track at that time, 
which is then played back in isolation. The SOLO function, on the 
other hand, can be activated while the MUTE function is on.

Soloed tracks are flagged with an “S”, while muted 
tracks use the letter “M”. The remaining indications in 
the second column from the left are: 
“

q” (note symbol): The track is currently playing. If you 

look at the example above, you will notice a vertical line 
on top of several horizontal bars. The vertical line refers 
to the current position within the song (which is also 
indicated in the “MEAS” field). The horizontal bars indi-
cate that a track contains musical data in that position. 
Now look again at the illustration: only the tracks that 
contain note data at the current position and that are 
not muted have the “

q” symbol.

If, while the page above is displayed, you press the 
RECORDER [REC¥∏] button, track “1” (which is currently 
selected) will be flagged with an “R” (for “Record”). You 
can only record one track at any one time.

The button icons in the right-most column are:

The 16-track sequencer can be used to record sequen-
tially onto 16 tracks (one track after the other). Since 
the 16-track sequencer and the Recorder share the 
same RAM memory (they are, in fact, different incarna-
tions of the same concept), you can lay down your first 
tracks using the Recorder (with or without Arranger) 
and then select the 16-track sequencer to add new 
tracks or change existing ones. The Recorder allows for 
simultaneous multitrack recording, which is not possi-
ble with the 16-track Sequencer. While you are working 
with the 16-track Sequencer, the Arranger is not avail-
able.

Tracks are assigned to MIDI channels on a 1:1 basis (i.e. 
Track 1= MIDI channel 1,… Track 12= MIDI channel 12, 
etc.). Since the Keyboard parts have been assigned to 
the MIDI channels in such a way as to allow for easy 
Minus-One playback using the Recorder (page 38), you 
should take a minute to study the table below. 

TRACK EDIT

MICRO EDIT

MASTER TRACK

INITIALIZE SONG