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Owner’s Manual
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WARNING – To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this device to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral tri- CAUTION angle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of DO NOT OPEN sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to per- ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR sons. CAUTION: TO
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH r Owner’s Manual Thank you for purchasing the Roland G-70 Music Workstation. The G-70 is Roland’s most complete arranger keyboard yet, a collection of all major advantages a Roland instrument can offer: perfect accompaniments, high-class sounds, the possibility to expand the number of sounds via an optional expansion board (SRX series), a D Beam controller, vir- tual organ drawbars, professional effects, a Vocal Harmonist, the Cover functions first introduce
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G-70 Music Workstation Features Features part with its own effect section is also provided, allow- Roland’s most comprehensive arranger instru- ing you to add external lne-level signals (of a sound ment ever module, CD player, etc.) to your playing. The G-70 is quite simply a superlative instrument with the most advanced and best sound generation technol- The signals generated by your singing and/or the Vocal ogy Roland has to offer. It combines Rooland’s Virtual
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G-70 Music Workstation r Features …and so much more Listing all of the G-70’s advantages and functions would take another ten pages, while you must be dying to put it through its paces. That is why we would like to ask you to read this manual from cover to cover. You’ll find that the G-70 is quite unlike any other instrument you know. Have fun! 5
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G-70 Music Workstation Using the unit safely Using the unit safely The symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should the unit be used triangle. In the case of the symbol at left, it is used for improperly. general cautions, warnings, or alerts to danger. Us
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G-70 Music Workstation r Using the unit safely • Before using the G-70 in a foreign country, consult with your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as listed on the “Informa- tion” page. ................................................................................................. • The G-70 should be located so that its location or posi- tion does not interfere with its proper ventilation. ...........................
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G-70 Music Workstation Contents Contents Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Recording your music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Recording with Arranger backing from start to finish . .52 Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Listening to your song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Recording without accompaniment. . .
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G-70 Music Workstation r Contents Style Finder: quickly locating Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Saving your modified song or Style . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Quick location of the Style you need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 11. Editing the Vocal Harmonist parts . . . . . . . . . . .131 Editing the Style Finder information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Singer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 7. Advanced Keyboard pa
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G-70 Music Workstation Contents Editing individual Style events (Style Micro Edit) . 198 General notes about STYLE MICRO EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . .198 Editing events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 Other edit operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 16. Disk/Media functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 The how-to’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Loading data . . . .
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G-70 Music Workstation r Important notes In addition to the items listed under “Using the unit safely” on p. 6, please read and observe the following: • Never strike or apply strong pressure to the display. Power supply • When connecting/disconnecting cables, grasp the connector • Do not use this instrument on the same power circuit with any itself—never pull on the cable. This way you will avoid causing device that will generate line noise (such as an electric motor or shorts, or damage to
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G-70 Music Workstation Important notes • Do not subject floppy disks to temperature extremes (e.g., direct • Do not allow cards to become wet. sunlight in an enclosed vehicle). Recommended temperature • Do not disassemble or modify the cards. range: 10°~50°C (50°~122°F). • Never remove the memory card or turn off the power while an • Do not expose floppy disks to strong magnetic fields, such as operation –such as reading or writing data, or formatting– is being those generated by loudspeake
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G-70 Music Workstation r Front panel 1. Panel descriptions Front panel Note: You can press and hold most buttons to jump to an associated display page. MASTER RECORDER D PLAY NEXT MINUS 16 TRACKS VOLUME LIST SONG ONE SEQUENCER F A D BEAM DEMO TOP BWD FWD PLAY/STOP REC DJ GEAR SFX INST CTRL MIN MAX BALANCE / B STYLE E LIVE DISCO ACCOMP KEYBOARD 8 BEAT 16 BEAT BAND ROCK DANCE CONTEMP G MARK & JUMP EXT SOURCE BALL JAZZ BOSSA 12 3 4 ROOM BLUES 50's & 60's SAMBA LATIN WORLD C MIN MAX A MASTER VOLUME
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G-70 Music Workstation Panel descriptions HI J ASSIGN SW STYLE CONTROL USER PROGRAM BASS SYNC INTRO MAIN END/RIT INVERSION START STOP SET LIST HOLD DOWN UP 1 2 CANCEL VARIATION AUTO 12 34 FILL IN START/STOP 1 2 3 4 56 78 FADE FADE IN OUT H ASSIGN SW section J USER PROGRAM section [ASSIGN¥SW¥1] and [ASSIGN¥SW¥2] are assignable These buttons allow you to select the desired User buttons. You can use them to directly access fre- Program (registration memory). You can also select quently used func
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G-70 Music Workstation r Front panel R MENU button S EXIT button Press this button to call up a menu that provides Press this button to return to the previously selected access to more in-depth G-70 functions you may display page, or the G-70’s main page. only wish to set from time to time. TU TYPE 16' 5-1/3' 8' 4' 2-2/3' 2' 1-3/5' 1-1/3' 1' MODE TEMPO HARMONIC METRO CHORUS BAR SONG NOME TAP REVERB PAGE SLOW FAST PANPOT PART STYLE VOLUME DEFAULT PAGE EFFECT DBEAM M.INT MBS LW 2 LW 1 UP 3 UP 2
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G-70 Music Workstation Panel descriptions Press the [WHOLE] button to assign one or several The [SRX¥EXPANSION] button is only available after sounds to the entire keyboard (without a split). See you install an optional wave expansion board into the page 56. G-70. Note: SRX sounds can be assigned to the following Keyboard Z VOCAL HARMONIST section parts: UP1/2/3, LW1/2, and MBS. The buttons and knobs in this section are used to set the Vocal Harmonist function, the microphone level Press th
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G-70 Music Workstation r Front panel g h i g BENDER/MODULATION lever h Floppy disk drive When pushed towards the back of the G-70, this This is where you can insert 2DD or 2HD floppy disks lever will add modulation to the notes of the Key- for external storage of your Music Styles, User Pro- board parts you are playing at that time. Move it to grams, Recorder songs, and MIDI Sets. Press the eject the left or right to temporarily lower or increase the button to remove the disk from the drive. p
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G-70 Music Workstation Panel descriptions Rear panel (left side) ABCD E F G H I FC7 PEDAL HOLD FOOT FOOT MIDI PCMCIA VIDEO FOOTSWITCH SWITCH PEDAL THRU OUT IN OUTPUT INTERNAL MEMORY PROTECT Note: The MIDI functions can be accessed via the G-70’s Menu A FC7 PEDAL socket (page 214). Frequently used MIDI settings can be written and This is where you connect an optional FC-7 foot- recalled as “MIDI Sets”. switch unit that allows you to start, stop, and select Style divisions by foot. The functio
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G-70 Music Workstation r Front panel L VOCAL HARMONIST section M OUTPUT section INPUT switch: If you connect a microphone to the DIRECT R/L sockets: When you first switch on the INPUT socket, set this switch to “MIC”. To try out the G-70, these audio outputs are not used (all signals Vocal Harmonist function for other signals (guitar, are sent to the MAIN R & L/MONO sockets). You can, external synthesizers & modules, CDs, MDs, etc.), set however, assign any desired signal to these sockets th
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G-70 Music Workstation Setting up and demo songs 2. Setting up and demo songs You must be dying to try out your new G-70 to see what it is capable of. We’ll get to that in a minute. But first we need to connect it. Connections The G-70 does not contain internal speakers. You therefore need to connect it to an external amplifier (Roland’s KC series, for example), or use optional headphones (Roland RH-25, RH-50, or RH-200, for example). Be sure to switch off both the G-70 and the external devic
