P. 110, Enjoying karaoke with a music cd (center cancel), Using a song’s melody as a guide (guide) – Roland ATELIER Combo AT-350C User Manual
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Enjoying Karaoke with a Music CD
(Center Cancel)
You can minimize the vocal sounds of a commercially available music
CD, and sing the vocal part yourself. This is a convenient way to enjoy
karaoke or practice soloing with a favorite music CD.
* For some songs, the vocal sound may not be eliminated completely.
1. Connect a commercially available CD drive to the USB
Memory connector.
2. Insert a music CD in the CD drive, and select the song that
you want to sing (p. 109).
3. Press the [Utility] button.
4. Press the Menu [
] [
] buttons to select “VIMA TUNES.”
5. Press the [Utility] button.
6. Press the Menu [
] [
] button to select “Melody.”
7. Press the Value [-] [+] buttons to select “MUTE/C.CANCEL.“
The Center Cancel function is active.
8. Press the [Play/Stop] button to start playing back the song.
When you play back the song, the sound of the melody or vocal will be
minimized.
This lets you perform the melody portion yourself.
Using a Song’s Melody as a Guide (Guide)
You can reduce the playback volume of the melody within SMF music
files.
Until you’ve learned the melody, you can sing along using this
reduced-volume melody as a guide.
* This does not work for songs on a music CD.
1. Prepare the song that you want to sing.
To play back SMF music files from a CD-ROM, connect your CD drive
and insert the CD-ROM.
To play back SMF music files from USB memory, connect your USB
memory.
2. Select the song that you want to sing (p. 88, p. 109).
3. Press the [Utility] button.
4. Press the Menu [
] [
] buttons to select “VIMA TUNES.”
5. Press the [Utility] button.
6. Press the Menu [
] [
] buttons to select “Melody.”
7. Press the Value [-] [+] buttons to select “GUIDE.“
The Guide function is active.
8. Press the [Play/Stop] button to start playing back the song.
When you play back the song, the volume of the melody channel will
be temporarily lowered.
Sing the melody while listening to the song. Since the melody will play
at a reduced volume, you’ll be able to use it as a guide for your singing.