Roland CDX-1 User Manual
Owner’s manual, Cdx-1 owner’s manual, Copyright

CDX-1 Owner’s Manual
02678356 ’01-10-A3-31N
Owner’s Manual
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Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “USING THE UNIT
SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (Owner’s manual p. 2, 3, 9, 10). These
sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of
the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good
grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner’s manual should be
read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a
convenient reference.
Copyright © 2001 ROLAND CORPORATION
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the
written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.
Roland Web Site: http://www.roland.co.jp/
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Copyright
• Unauthorized recording, distribution, sale, lending, public performance, broadcasting, or the like, in whole or
in part, of a work (musical composition, video, broadcast, public performance, or the like) whose copyright is
held by a third party is prohibited by law.
• When exchanging audio signals through a digital connection with an external instrument, this unit can
perform recording without being subject to the restrictions of the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS).
This is because the unit is intended solely for musical production, and is designed not to be subject to restric-
tions as long as it is used to record works (such as your own compositions) that do not infringe on the
copyrights of others. (SCMS is a feature that prohibits second-generation and later copying through a digital
connection. It is built into MD recorders and other consumer digital-audio equipment as a copyright-
protection feature.)
• Do not use this unit for purposes that could infringe on a copyright held by a third party. Roland assumes no
responsibility whatsoever with regard to any infringements of third-party copyrights arising through your
use of this unit.
About the License Agreement
• The CDX-1 and its CD-R capability are designed to allow you to reproduce material to which you have
copyright, or material which the copyright owner has granted you permission to copy. Accordingly,
reproduction of Music CD or other copyrighted material without permission of the copyright owner avoiding
technical prohibiting features of second-generation and later copying like SCMS or others constitutes
copyright infringement and may incur penalties even in case such reproduction is for your own personal use
and enjoyment (private use). Consult a copyright specialist or special publications for more detailed
information on obtaining such permission from copyright holders.
Document Outline
- Contents
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- Introduction
- Before you begin
- Expanding the memory
- Learning about CD-R/RW discs
- Panel Descriptions
- Top Panel
- INPUT section
- INSERT EFFECTS section
- PHONES Section
- LOOP EFFECTS section
- AUDIO TRACK section
- TRACK EDIT section
- RHYTHM GUIDE section
- DISPLAY, UTILITY and UNDO/REDO Button
- SAMPLE PADS/SEQUENCING Section
- AUDIO CD Section
- AUDIO TRACK RECORD Section
- Power Switch
- Transport section
- AUTO PUNCH section
- PREVIEW section
- Control section
- CD-RW/CD-R/AUDIO CD indicator section
- Eject button
- MASTER Section
- Display Section
- Front Panel
- Rear Panel
- Top Panel
- Basic operation of the CDX-1
- What you need to do to create your own CD
- Playing an audio CD
- Collecting audio material
- Recording a sound to a pad—Sampling
- What is sampling?
- Pads and banks
- Sampling to a pad
- Making settings in the Sampling screen
- Sampling from a pad to another pad —Resampling
- If the display indicates “Memory Full.”
- Increasing the Remaining Memory —Optimize Sample
- Deleting a sample—Delete Sample
- Preventing accidental erasure of pads —Bank Protect
- Saving Pad/Sequence on a CD-RW disc
- Loading Pad/Sequence from a CD-RW disc
- Playing the pad samples
- Basic ways to play samples
- Changing how a pad starts and stops sounding—Pad Play
- Crossfading the pad samples you play —Pad Crossfade
- Making the sound continue even after you release the pad—Hold
- Playing repeatedly—Loop mode
- Preventing specific samples from sounding simultaneously—Mute Groups
- Playing a sample from a connected foot switch
- Editing the sample of a pad
- Adjusting the volume of a sample— Sample Level
- Displaying the correct tempo of a sample
- Adjusting the start/end points of the sound—Trim Sample
- Expanding and Compressing a sample to modify the length or tempo
- Copying a sample to another pad— Clipboard
- Splitting a sample among several pads—Divide Sample
- Creating a “reverse tape” style sample—Create Reversal
- Boosting the sample level as high as possible—Normalize
- Arranging audio samples to create a song—Sequence
- What is a sequence?
- About the sequence tracks
- Recording pad operations as you play pads—Realtime Recording
- Recording pad operations at the specified interval—Step Recording
- Playing a sequence track
- Playing sequence tracks and audio tracks simultaneously
- Editing a sequence track
- Moving a phrase—Move
- Pasting a phrase at a different location—Paste
- Cutting a phrase—Cut
- Erasing Phrases—Erase
- Inserting a phrase in another location—Insert
- Dividing the phrase at the current location—Split
- Finely Adjusting the Timing of Each Phrase—Adjust Timing
- Adjusting the volume setting for each phrase
- Edit on Sequence Play List screen—Quick Edit
- Deleting a sequence track
- Recording the sequence playback sound on audio track
- Recording a sound to a pad—Sampling
- Creating an audio CD
- Prepare for recording—Multitrack recording
- Recording/playing back a performance
- Recording a Performance
- Re-recording only a mistake —Punch-in/out
- Recording an additional performance while listening to an existing performance —Overdubbing
- Combining the performances of multiple audio tracks—Bounce Recording
- Playing back and stopping a recorded performance
- Saving Song settings on a CD-RW disc
- Increasing the free space on a CD-RW disc —Optimize Disc
- Repeatedly playing a specified region —the Repeat function
- Assigning markers within a song—Marker
- Stopping the song automatically— Marker Stop
- Editing a recorded performance to create an audio CD
- Taking full advantage of the CDX-1
- More functions for the CDX-1
- Using the CDX-1 with other MIDI devices
- CD direct recording
- Appendices
- CDX-1_AddFunc150_e2.pdf
- CONTENTS
- Sample Pad
- Sequence Track
- Multitrack Recorder
- Effect
- Others