Roland SH-32 - Manual (Page 47)

47
Chapter 1. An Overview of the SH-32
Chapter 1
About Memory
Patch and Performance settings are stored in what is referred to as
memory . There are three kind of memory: temporary, rewritable,
and non-rewritable.
fig.01-05.e
Temporary Memory
Temporary Area
This is the area that holds the data for the Patch, Rhythm Set, or
Performance that you’ve selected using the panel buttons.
When you play the keyboard or play back a sequence, sound is
produced based on data in the temporary area. When you edit a
Patch, Rhythm Set, or Performance, you do not directly modify the
data in memory; rather, you call up the data into the temporary area,
and edit it there.
Settings in the temporary area are temporary, and will be lost when
the power is turned off or when you select another Patch/Rhythm
Set/Performance. To keep the settings you have modified, you must
write them into rewritable memory.
Separate “Patch temporary areas” are maintained independently
for the Patch mode and Performance mode. If you have switched
between these two modes during the process of editing one and
the same Patch, and then you save your changes while in one of
these modes, the content of the temporary area for the other
mode will not be revised.
Rewritable Memory
System Memory
System memory stores system parameter settings that determine
how the SH-32 functions.
User Memory
User memory is where you normally store the data you need. User
memory contains 128 patches, 2 rhythm sets, 64 performances, 64
arpeggio styles, 64 rhythm styles, and 64 chord forms.
Arpeggio Styles, Rhythm Styles, and Chord Forms are saved as
separate settings, independent of Patches and Performances.
When these are overwritten or changed, it affects how sounds of
Patches (including the Preset Patches) and Performances that use
the Arpeggiator and Chord Memory functions are played.
Non-Rewritable Memory
Preset Memory
The contents of preset memory cannot be rewritten. However, you
can call up settings from preset memory into the temporary area,
modify them and then store the modified data in rewritable
memory.
SH-32
Preset
Temporary Area
Patch
128
Rhythm Set
2
User
System
Patch
128
Rhythm Set
2
Performance
64
Arpeggio Style
64
Rhythm Style
64
Chord Form
64
Select Select Write