Roland VERSELAB MV1 Music Production Workstation - Manual (Page 14)

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Project Operations
The data used for creating songs is managed as a “project.” Here’s how to create and save projects for each song.
NOTE
If you turn off the power without saving the data, any data you edited is lost. To keep your edited data, make sure to save the projects to an SD card.
Loading a Project
Load the project from the SD card and then edit the song.
NOTE
When you load a new project, any unsaved content of the currently open
project is lost.
1 .
Press the [LOAD] button.
The PROJECT screen appears.
2 .
Use the [VALUE] dial to select “LOAD,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
The PROJECT LOAD screen appears.
3 .
Use the [VALUE] dial to select the project you want to edit,
and then press the [VALUE] dial.
A confirmation message appears.
* To cancel the operation, press the [EXIT] button.
4 .
Use the [VALUE] dial to select “OK,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
This loads the project.
* If you have edited the project, a confirmation message appears asking
whether you want to save the current project. Select “SAVE” to save the
current project, or select “LOAD” if you don’t want to save it.
Creating a New Project
To make a new song, you’ll need to create a project.
1 .
Press the [LOAD] button.
The PROJECT screen appears.
2 .
Use the [VALUE] dial to select “NEW,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
A confirmation message appears.
* To cancel the operation, press the [EXIT] button.
3 .
Use the [VALUE] dial to select “OK,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
This creates the new project.
* If you have edited the project, a confirmation message appears asking
whether you want to save the current project. Select “SAVE” to save the
current project, or select “NEW” if you don’t want to save it.
Saving a Project
Here’s how to save the project to the SD card.
1 .
Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [LOAD] button.
The project name edit screen appears.
Cursor (blinking)
2 .
Edit the project name.
You can change the character shown at the cursor position.
Operation Explanation
MEASURE [<] [>] Selects the character to edit.
[VALUE] Edits the character.
[SHIFT] + MEASURE [>] Inserts a space.
[SHIFT] + MEASURE [<] Deletes the character.
[CLEAR] Deletes the character and replaces it with a space.
3 .
Press the [VALUE] dial.
A confirmation message appears.
* To cancel the operation, press the [EXIT] button.
4 .
Use the [VALUE] dial to select “OK,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
This saves the project.
NOTE
Never turn off the power or remove the SD card while the screen indicates
“ Now Writing. ”
* If there is already a project with the same name, a confirmation message
appears, asking you whether to overwrite it and save the new project. Select
“OK” to overwrite and save, or “Cancel” to stop.
* A locked project (p. 15) cannot be overwritten.