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Version 2 Supplementary Manual
This document explains the functions that have been added in version 2.0.
Please read this along with the Prelude Owner’s Manual.
Copyright © 2009 ROLAND EUROPE
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced
in any form without the written permission of ROLAND EUROPE.
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 2 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Contents New functions in Prelude Version 2.0 .3 Editing an existing song................... 26 Playing back songs with Lyrics data........................3 Changing the song’s sounds (SONG MAKEUP)......26 Creating a User Style .............................................3 Changing the song’s MFX settings (SONG MFX) ....26 Recording or editing a song ...................................3 Saving
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 3 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM New functions in Prelude Version 2.0 Playing back songs with Lyrics data • You can now play back songs stored in the Prelude’s internal memory and follow their lyrics in the display in true karaoke fashion. • For your convenience, the Prelude allows you to specify whether you want to see 4 or 6 lines of lyrics at once. Creatingd and editing a User Style • You can easily edit a new Style by accessing the STYLE MAKEUP scree
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 4 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Playing back songs with Lyrics data The Prelude allows you to follow the lyrics of the songs you 8. Follow the procedure described under “Loading User Data play back in its display (provided the songs you select contain Saved on USB Memory (Import)” on page 48 in the lyrics data). owner’s manual to import the desired songs. This function is available for songs that reside in the Prelude’s Now you are
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 5 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Before you compose a Style Checking the settings for each part of How a Style is constructed a Division For each of the three principal chords (Major, minor, and 7th), each Style contains four variations each for intro, main, fill-in, In the STYLE COMPOSER screen, press [ENTER] to access the and ending, giving a total of 48 accompaniment patterns. STYLE COMPOSER ZOOM screen. Each accompa
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 6 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Before you compose a Style Creating a User Style Broadly speaking, you can create a user style in either of the following two ways. Editing an existing style You can create a new User Style by changing the Tones used in a previously saved Style, adjusting the volume balance between parts, or adjusting the settings of dedicated Style effects. Creating a new style You can initialize a new Style and then use realtime
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 7 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Editing an existing Style Changing the Style’s sounds Changing the Style’s MFX (STYLE MAKEUP) settings (STYLE MFX) You can change the Tone used by each part of a Style, and Here’s how to change the effect settings or the amount of adjust the volume and effect balance between parts. chorus or reverb applied to the Style. The STYLE MAKEUP settings are applied to all divisions of a Part for
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 8 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Editing an existing Style STYLE MFX SETTING screen Button Explanation From the STYLE MFX screen, press [ ] to access this screen. Selects the type of character. Each time you press this, you will alternately select the first [0] (TYPE) character of a character set: uppercase (A), lowercase (a), or numerals and symbols (0). [1] (DELETE) Deletes the character at the cursor location. Parameter V
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 9 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Initializing the style Recording a Style (STYLE INITIALIZE) You can use either of two recording methods: realtime recording or step recording. Select the method that’s suitable Here’s how to delete the performance data from the Style, and for your situation. initialize it to the specified values. Realtime recording 1. Press [MENU] so the button is lit. 2. Use [ ] [ ] to sele
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 10 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Parameter Value Explanation Step recording New material is recorded as REPLACE previously recorded material 1. If you want to create a new Style from scratch, initialize is erased. Rec Mode (p. 9) the Style and then proceed to step 4. New notes are recorded on If you want to record using an existing Style, select the MIX top of notes previously recorded. desired Style (p. 25 in the owner’s manual).
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 11 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Parameter Value Explanation Parameter Value Explanation New material is recorded as Specifies the volume of the REPLACE previously recorded material note to be input. is erased. Select “REAL” if you want the Rec Mode velocity to reflect the force New notes are recorded on REAL, with which you play the key. MIX top of notes previously VELOCITY 1–127 Otherwise, select the desired recorded. value: appr
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 12 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style I Saving the Style you recorded The Relation between Note Value Length and Gate Time A Style you’ve recorded can be saved as a User Style. The relation between the length of the note value and the The following content is saved. gate time is shown below. Since the Prelude’s song recorder uses a TPQN (Ticks Per Quarter Note; i.e., • Recording data for each Division resolution) of 120, a quarter note gate
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 13 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style The STYLE COMPOSER ZOOM screen will appear. The Prelude is able to display both uppercase and lowercase letters, but these are not distinguished internally. For example, suppose that a Style named “ROCK” has been saved. If you then record a different Style, assign it the name “rock” and then attempt to save it, “ROCK” and “rock” will be considered identically named styles, so a screen will ask you 5. U
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 14 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Parameter Value Explanation Correcting the note timing (Quantize) C– (Note Specifies the lowest pitch Note Range Max This function corrects the timing of the performance data in the Range Min to be quantized. value) specified region. (Note Range Specifies the highest pitch Note Range Max Min value)–G9 to be quantized. 1. In the “Style Edit Menu,” select “1. Quantize” and press [ENTER]. 3. Select “EX
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 15 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Parameter Value Explanation Parameter Value Explanation ALL, NOTE, From Specifies the beginning of MODULATION, (MEAS: 0001: 01: 000– the region to be deleted. PANPOT, BEAT: TICK) Specifies the type of data Data Type EXPRESSION, to be erased. Specifies the end of the To (MEAS: REVERB, 0001: 01: 000– BEAT: TICK) region to be deleted. CHORUS, PC, PITCH BEND 3. Select “EXECUTE” and then press [ENTER]. S
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 16 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Parameter Value Explanation Parameter Value Explanation Specifies the beginning Selects the division. of the region to be If the SOURCE setting copied. DIVISION is set to From INT1–4, (MEAS: 0001: 01: 000– If you’ve selected ALL as “xxxALL,” this setting will MAIN1–4, BEAT: TICK) the SOURCE part setting, DIVISION be fixed at “xxxALL” and FILL1–4, this is shown as “- - -” and cannot be changed. END
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 17 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Inserting blank space (Insert) Shifting the pitch (Transpose) This function inserts blank space at the specified location. This function transposes the pitches of the specified region. Performance data that follows this location will be moved back to make room for the inserted blank space. The performance 1. In the “Style Edit Menu,” select “6. Transpose” and press data will be lengthened by the inserted
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 18 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Parameter Value Explanation Modifying the note dynamics C–(Note Specifies the lowest pitch whose Note (Change Velocity) Range Range Min velocity is to be modified. Max value) This function modifies the dynamics of the specified region. (Note Specifies the highest pitch Note Range Min Range Max whose velocity is to be modified. 1. In the “Style Edit Menu,” select “7. Change Velocity” and value)–G9
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 19 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Parameter Value Explanation Parameter Value Explanation Specifies the amount by Specifies the MSB value that -1920–1920 which the gate times are is to be changed. Bias (TICK) OFF, 0–127, MSB (TICK) to be modified, in units of By choosing ALL, you can set (FROM) ALL a tick. more than one Style part to the same value. Specifies the ratio by Magnify 0–200% which the gate times will Specifies the new MSB
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Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 20 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM Creating a new Style Making fine adjustments to the timing It is not possible to restore the data to its original state after executing this operation. (Shift Clock) By using this function, events of the specified data type in the Changing the length of each part specified region and specified range of pitches can be shifted (Style Part Length) forward or backward. This function changes the length of a Style part. 1. In th
