Roland AIRA SYSTEM-8 PLUG-OUT Synthesizer - Manual

Owner’s Manual (this document)
Read this first. It explains the basic things you need to know in order
to use the SYSTEM-8.
PDF Manual (download from the Web)
5 Reference Manual
This explains all functions of the SYSTEM-8.
To obtain the PDF manual
1. Enter the following URL in your computer.
http://www.roland.com/manuals/
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2. Choose “SYSTEM-8” as the product name.
Contents
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Placing the SYSTEM-8 on a Stand (KS-18Z) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
An Overview of the SYSTEM-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Turning On/Off the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Selecting Sounds (Patches/Performances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Editing the Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Editing a Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Editing a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving a Sound (WRITE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Playing Arpeggios or Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing Arpeggios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using Chord Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Entering a Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Step Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing the Step Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recording on the Step Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Saving Step Sequencer Data (PATTERN WRITE) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Other Functions of the Step Sequencer (MENU) . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the SYSTEM-8 as a MIDI Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting an Analog Synthesizer via the CV/GATE
Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Inputting an External Audio Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting a Computer via USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Overall Settings for the SYSTEM-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Accessing the MENU Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making System Settings (SYSTEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Convenient Functions (UTILITY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time
(Auto Off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Main Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and
“IMPORTANT NOTES” (leaflet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and Owner’s
Manual p. 23–p. 24). After reading, keep the document(s)
including those sections where it will be available for immediate
reference.
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Owner’s Manual