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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an CAUTION equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the DO NOT OPEN product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is DO NOT REMOVE COVER
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r Owner’s Manual Thank you for choosing a Roland DisCover 5 Realtime Orchestrator, the perfect Standard MIDI File player for per- forming musicians with a professional Vocal Harmonizer function. The DisCover 5 allows you to play back Standard MIDI Files on SmartMedia™ card or floppy disk, and to change their orchestration in realtime, while you also have the flexibility to jump to four locations within every song, which allows you, for instance, to repeat any part of a song time and agai
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Features Features This implies, of course, that you can connect an The ease of Standard MIDI Files Based on a thorough analysis of how most perform- optional (Roland DR-10 or DR-20) microphone to the ing musicians work, Roland found that Standard DisCover 5. Other signal sources (synthesizers, etc.) MIDI Files were the most popular accompaniment can also be connected. (even on arranger-based keyboards), and so decided The signals generated by your singing and/or the
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Owner’s Manual 128 User Programs …and so much more User Programs are memories where you can save Listing all of the DisCover 5’s advantages and func- your own panel settings. These include the currently tions would take another ten pages, while you must selected song, Tones (sounds), tempo, as well as a lot be dying to put it through its paces. That is why we of other parameters. At the press of a maximum of would like to ask you to read this manual from cover three buttons, you can th
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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. Used for instructions inten
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Owner’s Manual • Before using the DisCover 5 in a foreign country, consult with your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as listed on the “Infor- mation” page. .................................................................................................................................... • The DisCover 5 should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation. .................
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Important notes 1. Important notes In addition to the items listed under “Using the unit safely” (p. 4), please read and observe the following: • To avoid disturbing your neighbors, try to keep the instrument’s Power supply volume at reasonable levels. You may prefer to use headphones, so • Do not use this instrument on the same power circuit with any you do not need to be concerned about those around you (espe- device that will generate line noise (such as an electric
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Owner’s Manual • Floppy disks have a “WRITE” tab which can protect the disk from Liability and copyright accidental erasure. It is recommended that the tab be kept in • Should data contained and stored on the SmartMedia card be lost, the PROTECT position, and moved to the WRITE position only it is unfortunately impossible to restore them. Roland Europe when you wish to write new data onto the disk. S.p.A. assumes no liability concerning such loss of data. Rear side of the disk • Un
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Contents Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Editing the Vocal Harmonizer parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Procedure for selecting these pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 1. Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Singer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Voice-FX settings. . . . . . . . . . .
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I N R C J O T U D K P E B S L Q F G H M V W X A Y Owner’s Manual 2. Panel descriptions A BENDER/MODULATION lever By performing left/right movements, you can bend your solo notes down (left) or up (right). Press this lever towards the rear of the DisCover 5 to add modu- lation (usually vibrato) to the notes you are playing. B MASTER section [VOLUME] knob: Use this knob to set the global vol- ume of your DisCover 5. [BALANCE] knob: This knob allows you to set the vol- ume balance betwee
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Panel descriptions G MARK JUMP buttons [1], [2], [3], [4] R VALUE dial These buttons allow you to jump to one of four This dial can be used to set the tempo or the value in stored locations inside the currently selected song. the parameter field that is currently highlighted. The 132 songs on the supplied SmartMedia™ card S PREV & NEXT buttons already contain such locations for the verse ([1]), cho- The [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons are used to select the rus ([2]), bridge ([3]) and ending ([4])
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Owner’s Manual r AB C D E F G H I J K L A HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket G Vocal Harmonizer OUTPUT R & L sockets An optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch If connected to a mixing console, amplifier, etc., these connected to this socket can be used for holding the sockets transmit the signal received via the MIC Upper-part notes. This function is also referred to as INPUT socket and processed with the DisCover 5’s “Sustain” or “Damper”. Vocal Harmonizer facility. If no jacks are connected he
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Touring your DisCover 5 3. Touring your DisCover 5 You must be dying to try out your new DisCover 5 to see what it is capable of. We’ll get to that in a minute. But first we need to connect it. Connections The DisCover 5 does not contain internal speakers. You therefore have to connect it to an external amplifier (Roland’s KC series, for example), or use optional headphones (Roland RH-25 or RH-50, for example). Be sure to switch off both the DisCover 5 and the external devices you want to con
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Owner’s Manual Vocal Harmonizer OUTPUT R, L/MONO OUTPUT R, L Switching the DisCover 5 on/off After connecting the DisCover 5 to the other devices, proceed as follows: Switching on the DisCover 5 (1) Insert the included power cable into the AC inlet and then plug it into an electrical outlet. (2) Press the DisCover 5’s [POWER≈ON] button located on the rear panel to switch it on. (3) If you connected the DisCover 5 to a mixing console, switch it on now. (4) Switch on the amplifier, your active s
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Touring your DisCover 5 Setting the display contrast The information in the LCD display may be difficult to view after turning on your DisCover 5 or after extended use. Your viewing angle or the current lighting conditions can also affect the appearance of the display. In such cases, use the [LCD≈CONTRAST] knob located on the rear panel to adjust the contrast of the display. Switching off the DisCover 5 (6) Switch off all external devices. (7) Use the DisCover 5’s [POWER≈ON] button to swit
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Owner’s Manual Interactive demo of the DisCover 5 Your DisCover 5 contains an interactive demo that introduces all of its highlights. It might be a good idea to try it out now. The demo is self-explanatory, so we’ll just show you how to start and stop it. (1) Simultaneously press the [CHAIN] and (2) Press the field that provides access to the [NEXT≈SONG] buttons. desired demo function. There are 5 demo songs that are played back in a loop. If necessary, you can jump to the pre- ceding or foll
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Touring your DisCover 5 Playing back songs Your DisCover 5 is a novel Standard MIDI File player with all kinds of functions for “customizing” the songs you play back via easy-to-use routines. Let us first look at the playback functions proper. (1) Connect the DisCover 5 to your sound sys- The display changes to: tem. If you prefer to use headphones, connect them to the PHONES socket to the left of the key- board. (2) Insert the supplied SmartMedia™ card into the card slot. (3) Switch on the
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Owner’s Manual • Press the [Play&Search] field. • To enter the entire line again, press [∫≈Reset] to erase the previously entered notes, then play the phrase again. • After entering the melody, press the [SEARCH] field. The display now returns to step (4) on page 16 and shows the names of the songs that contain the melody you played. If no songs were found, the following message appears, and all songs are once again displayed: • As indicated in the display, play the main theme on the key
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Touring your DisCover 5 Such changes occur at the end of the current Player (GS Reset Send and Quick Start) measure, which makes more musical sense than (1) Press the [MENU] button. jumping when you’re halfway into a measure. The labels (VERSE, CHORUS, BRIDGE, ENDING) refer to the locations you jump to by pressing The display changes to: the corresponding button. Obviously, these labels may be meaningless for markers you pro- grammed or edited yourself. There are four such MARK memories. T
