Panel descriptions, Top panel – Roland AIRA SYSTEM-8 PLUG-OUT Synthesizer User Manual

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Panel Descriptions

Top Panel

Common section

Here you can make the following settings for the SYSTEM-8.

Controller

Explanation

[VOLUME] knob

Adjusts the volume.

[INPUT] knob

Adjusts the volume level of the INPUT R

and L/MONO jacks.

PEAK indicator

Indicates the analog input level of the rear

panel INPUT R, L/MONO jacks.
The PEAK indicator lights if the input level

is excessive.
Adjust the volume of your connected

equipment so that this indicator lights

occasionally.

[VOCODER] button

Switches the vocoder on/off.

[ARPEGGIO] button

Switches the arpeggiator on/off (p. 13).

[ARP TYPE] knob

Selects the arpeggio type.

[ARP STEP] knob

Selects the note value for each step of the

arpeggio.

[KEY HOLD] button

Turns the key hold function on/off.

[CHORD MEMORY]

button

Turns the chord memory function on/off

(p. 13).

[VELOCITY OFF]

button

Notes sound at the same volume even if

your playing dynamics vary.

[TRANSPOSE]

button

Turns the transpose function on/off.

OCTAVE [DOWN]

[UP] buttons

Octave shift

These buttons let you shift the pitch range

of the keyboard in one-octave units. The

button is lit if the pitch is shifted by one

octave, and blinking if the pitch is shifted

by two or three octaves.

Key transpose

By pressing a [DOWN] [UP] button while

holding down the [TRANSPOSE] button,

you can transpose (shift the pitch of) the

keyboard in semitone units.

MODE [PATCH]

button

Switches to Patch mode (p. 9 , p. 10).

Controller

Explanation

MODE

[PERFORMANCE]

button

Switches to Performance mode (p. 9, p . 10).

PART ON/OFF

[LOWER] [UPPER]

buttons

In performance mode, switch the lower

part or upper part on/off.

PANEL SELECT

[LOWER] [UPPER]

button

In performance mode, select the part

(lower or upper) that is the target of panel

operations.

[MANUAL] button

Makes the sound reflect the current

settings of the knobs and sliders.

[PORTAMENTO]

knob

Adjusts the time over which pitch change

occurs when portamento is applied.
Portamento is an effect that smoothly

changes the pitch between one key and

the next-played key.

[LEGATO] button

Applies portamento only when you play

legato (i.e., when you press the next key

before releasing the previous key).

[TEMPO] knob

Specifies the tempo of the step sequencer

and arpeggiator. The indicator blinks at the

specified tempo.

[TEMPO SYNC]

button

The modulation speed (RATE) of the

LFO

section and the delay time (TIME) of

the

EFFECTS

section are synchronized

to the tempo.

[MONO] button

If this is on (lit), the synth will play

monophonically (single notes).
If this is blinking, the synth will play all

sounds in unison (UNISON mode).

MODEL [SYSTEM-8]

[PLUG-OUT 1]–

[PLUG-OUT 3]

buttons

When the [SYSTEM-8] button is on, this

instrument operates as the SYSTEM-8

synthesizer. When one of the [PLUG-

OUT 1–3] buttons is on, this instrument

operates as a plug-out synthesizer.

“About Plug-Out” (p. 3)

[WRITE] button

Saves sounds and step sequencer settings

(p. 11, p . 17, p . 19).