Roland AT20s User Manual
Owner’s manual
AT-20S Owner’s Manual
02780045 ’03-11-3N
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Owner’s Manual
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.
Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled:
“IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (p. 2), “USING THE UNIT
SAFELY” (p. 3, 4), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 5, 6). 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.
Document Outline
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- Important Notes
- Main Features
- Contents
- Panel Descriptions
- Before You Start Playing
- Selecting and Playing Sounds
- Using the Rhythm Performance
- Selecting a Rhythm
- Playing Rhythms (Starting and Stopping the Rhythm)
- Adding Variety to the Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment
- Playing the Count Sound at the End of the Intro
- Playing Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment
- Changing the Tempo
- A Simple Way to Make Automatic Accompaniment Settings (One Touch Program)
- Using a Rhythm from a Disk
- Adding Various Effects to a Voice
- Using the Play Functions
- Using the Registration Buttons
- Record and Playback Your Performance
- Playing Back Performance Songs Stored on Floppy Disk
- Recording a Performance
- Recording Each Part Separately
- Playing Back a Performance Song
- Silencing a Specific Track (Track Mute)
- Re-Recording
- Erasing a Performance Song
- Formatting Disks
- Changing the Name of a Performance Song (Rename)
- Saving Performance Songs onto Floppy Disk
- Loading Performance Songs Into the AT-20S
- Deleting Performance Songs Stored on Disk
- Re-Recording Part of Your Performance (Punch-in Recording)
- Recording and Layering Drum Parts (Loop Recording)
- Using Song with a Different Tempo Than That of the Performance Song
- Settings for the Composer
- Changing the Key When Playing Back Songs
- Count-in Recording
- Changing the Metronome Setting
- Adjusting the Metronome Volume
- Changing the Sound of the Metronome
- Setting the Beat
- Changing the Function of the Expression Pedal (Exp. Source)
- Muting Individual Channels of Performance Data
- Switching the Display of Lyrics On or Off
- Edit Menu (Editing Song Files)
- Adjusting the Effects
- Various Other Settings
- Turning Initial Touch On/Off (Initial Touch)
- Changing the Function of the Foot Switch
- Using the Foot Switch to to Switch Registrations (Regist Shift)
- Changing the Sound of the Count Down (Count Down Sound)
- Changing the Pedalboard Polyphony (Pedal Bass Mode)
- Changing How the Solo Voice Responds (Solo Mode)
- Damper Pedal Assignment
- Glide Destination
- Drums/SFX Set
- Harmony Intelligence Type
- Turning Chord Intelligence On/Off (Chord Intelligence)
- Turning Chord Hold On/Off (Chord Hold)
- Registration Arranger Update (Arranger Settings Recall Timing)
- Registration Transpose Update (Transpose Setting Recall Timing)
- Adjust the Standard Pitch (Master Tune)
- Adjust the LCD Contrast (LCD Contrast)
- Selecting the MIDI Transmit Channel (Tx MIDI Channel)
- MIDI IN Mode
- Specifying Transmission of PC Numbers (Send PC Switch)
- Setting PC Numbers (PC Number)
- Connecting with External Devices
- Troubleshooting
- Display Messages
- Voice List
- Drum Set List
- Rhythm List
- Chord List
- Settings That Are Stored After the Power Is Turned Off
- Glossary
- Main Specifications
- Demo Song List
- Index