i=Roland: Owner’s ManualAUTON: Fo REDUCE THE RIB OF ELECTRIC SHOOK DORGT REMEVE-COVER cA BAB, NOUSEA SERVICERBLE PARTE MSE, aren Ser\OHOTD GUALRED Senjcz PERSON. “The lgnesn Yash i aronnaed sya. witinenequietes ‘range, Is ante o lt he use oie presance ou Toute “dengeroesvctape” win to rosa cose ‘hat ay te ot sufcien! maprtude 9 conse 8 Ho ace sec operons “Tessctoraten pit win an esulaeaianglsisenced (Cal ho ner tothe presence ef pat opering 2 Imgienarcs(severg) neater Inne Weratute Beer farheg fe pod [ INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A AISK OF Fi, ELECTRIC SHOGK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS, del WARRING —¥inen using elects pres, asic fiSceutons shout! ava po folowed inc te 6 1. Read ale Ingrucicris etore using the product.“ ° 2. Do not use tis produ near water — for exemple, near & bath, waisheow, Kichen sink, pa wet basemen, or near swimming poe, or the Le 4. This proce should be Used ony wiv cto tana tnt recommenced by 1 rhanviaciuter. 7 4 This product ether alone ori sambination vith Bh amp” {ahd headphones or speakers, may be capable of producing ‘ound levels Wat coulé cause permanant hearing (96s: Do fot pera for = long period of time at 2 high volume jews! Of ata level that Ip uncomiortable, It you experienceajy heanng loss oF ringing In tne ears, you should consclt an audioiaist “The product snoUid be loeted 86 thet ts lsaionor postion does not intrtere-wih tS proper vention, “The product shia locates away rom nstisources suchas ‘adiators, heat repsiers,oF other products tnt produce neat, 17. The product sould ave. using in where may be efecied by.cust 18 The ptodyt anoulé be connected to & polar cunply only {ha typertescrbed in the operating structions. as marked on the product - SAVE THESE INS’ BUCHIONS {WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED. © 2, The powerdijply cos ofthe prosut shoulébe unpluggae ‘rom tie outabwten it Unused tor long perod o ime. iB. Do net tread on the owerisuppy ed FF bo hot pul eco ok eu wen ena 12,/When setiag up ith en ther insets be srocedure ‘should be folowed in accordance with itructon manda 15. Care should bstaken eo thal jects. do net el ani quis ‘are no sled ima the entigsure through oBerings. 14 Toe prod! shoul Bnav. cunifegterce par somal wnen: * Ac-Tip powers core ugha been cameo Soja nave ie ats ben soe he proctct of “The product has Geen exposed Ao rain oF ‘The procuct d63b,t0! appear to operate noraly or ceeriots a marked chargeln-pertormance; or ‘The produnt has bean droppis,oF tre enciasue dar- aged 15:-Bawatariemat to series th procuct beyond hal describes in the usermaiienance insicions. “All oner-werV6H9 Should De referred to puaited service personne! 8 «. C z IMPORTANT: THE WiRES INTHE MAING LEAD ARE COLOURED lt ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE GAEEN-AND-YELLOW: EARTH, "BLUE: NEUTRAL): BROWN: LVE ‘Ast lg of WE wiresin te main load ofthis axparets hay not Sragpendudn the colours markings iantiyng ‘the tominalé your plug proceadas follows: |. te wire wich is oloures GREEN-AND-YELLOW musi be coAneze ng lear or by the safety ear symbol Go esloured GREE! the ISrmnaln he plug whichis med by, LOW. 9: GREEN-AND” FPS hainire wnichiscoloured SLUE rust be Connected oche terminal which s markeo Wh theleterN oFcoloures BLACK, “Then whichis coloured BROWN musibecannectodo he arama whichis marked arin eer ereowowes ED." eS “The pret whichis emioped with iné# safle GROUNDING TYPEAG PLUG mus be grounds : * “=copylight’© 1989 by ROLAND CORPORATION. |All rights reserved, No pert of this publitation may be reproduced in eny §fotm without the Written permission of ROLAND,CORPORATION,Roland W-30 Mode Chart for FD Performance. Mode Sequencer Mode ioe OST Toe (sess Feed) i Sawn Ba | Sound Mode — 2ooza7e1 "ao-8-02-148Ano TOW, 3 Aten wea) “eouanbes a exe eournying tow TS Bip 98 XU Ja 8) Tams Bene nt @N[EG] tovewion | MPO PUNOS HEUD MOL ICI (FE -/\/\ pugoy=)WVV-3300 sound chart Bigic ae pomco~ vanes, 2m aBW/-300 sound chart stewar, eu rents renee || coeebroay! rs se aor 2a see. spree tsar 6 iat finan chaseee sevueskmee [er loessyscecacsuciaes, tee "hod erect seer noes | Be HL7~ TEA ORT 9479-49 a SSS Racer rts See anlteere sosenee | sata [ee fu sik 3 ene a AE a WA Sa a SS eee noe orate ae a oc rm peta er, lenfeteseamanns es tors 4 feUeveonagig coast 272‘Thank you, and congratulations on your purchase of the Roland W-30 Music Works ion, ‘The W-30 is ¢ comprehensive package combining sequencer, sampler, and keyboard controller. ‘Taken individually, each module hes been designed to be of @ quality equivalent to that of upperrange models. By having full use over such @ combination, you are assured @ greater range of freedom, and @ higher quality of sound with the creations thet you make, FEATURES Superior Operational Ease ‘A new level of operating ease has boen achieved ‘with the W-30 through employment of a terge LCD display. end en onereting system that provides for the quick, easy call up of date, and ‘smooth editing changes. High Class MIDI Sequencer ‘The W-30 incorporates # high clase multi-track MIDI sequencer that provides @ wesith of editing functions. It elo featues 16 track multi- recording, and can store up to 20 songs or epprox. T5.O0D notes in its internal memory DI Process Digital Sampler “The W-30 is also eauipped with @ high quality Roland Di Process digitat samaler. It festures sn expanded range of sound parameters, supported by efficient editing functions. You are thus sble 20 sample most eny sound, your own voige or any dasiced sound Large Memory Capacity ‘The intemal memory of the W-30 is stocked with @ oreat volume of Roland's hich quality wave dete, already widely employed by many reeorcing stugios ; and has 128 different preset tenes that Use such wave data. You cen select up to 64 of these preset tones, and then can add up to 32 oriinal ‘optione! making © totsl of 86 tones thet sounds 0° tones provided on sound tbrarie you are able Sound ‘creation can be done while playing back the sequencer The W-30 not only allows you to program @ song while having independent, dcect control over ley of the sound module, but you can algo have the soquencer play-back while performing adits on 2 sound, Many other ways of working can be accommodated, such as playing the same note repestedly in ordar 10 edit © sound, 61-key Keyboard ‘The W-30's 81-key keyboard is. provided with velocity and aftertouth sensitivity, So changes in tone oF volume ean be obtained depending on the force of a keypress, or the amount of pressure maintained after playing a kev. S and MC Series data can be used ‘The W-30 can read and use sound date trom the $-550, $+390, or S-50. and sequence date created with SYS-§53, SYS.353, .SYS-503. MAG-800, MRC~300 and SUPER-MRC, Hard Disk and CD-5 can be connected Through connection of & herd dick sreater volume of song and sound date can be stored, and retrieves ene higher spteds. The Roland CD-5 CDROM Plavar provides access to any desved sound from the enormous selection available on CD-ROM discs (L-CO1 suppind with CD:5, USV-1 Compact Dise for CD-ROM by Optica! Media) herd disk of CO-5, you wil nese the otional eW-30 (W 30 Unorece Kit 8 much Weneterced at muchCONTENTS FEATURES --:+--++ - PANEL DESCRIPTION IMPORTANT NOTES ‘About This Menual (Chapedr OneSrirst StepesPlaying the W530] (GhaStecORSERa Sie Eaing the W30] ~ CONNECTIONS . DISKS: SUPPLIED - 3, POWER-UP AND BOOTING UP- |. BACKING UP THE SYSTEM DISK PERFORMANCE PLAY +. SEQUENCER PLAY [Grater iwatvan “Overview| 1. W-30's Three Functions 2. Sequencer: 3. About Sound Data « 4. Interrelation of Functions ~ 5. About tho System « 6. Memory (Chapter “Three tOpersting the W-30) 1, The W-30's Operation Modes: 2, Basic Procedures Sarena 27S chanse Outove Sockets Sta cranes or tea pa aaa Swan oor catal 48 5 52 34 55 Baas 70 a n a 82 94 95 a 8. Saving Date onto 2 Disk 9. Pedal Control (Pedal Assignment) 10. Using date created ‘on other models on the W-30 11, Converting W-+80 data for other models -- 12, Using External MIDI Devices: 18 To play an externel sound module ‘connected to-the -MIDI OUT -socket be Using « MI Controller connected to MIL IN . Syne to External MID! Device 6, Recording while Synchronized to an External MID! Sequencer 18, Other Functions ‘8, Saving System Configuration Data Formatting 2 Floppy Disk «Copying a Floppy Disk (Ghapter Five Sei Functions) TT BERFORMANCE” MODE 2 seouencen ode & SOUND MODE 7, Table of Dsta saved onto disks 2. Error and Other Messages 2. Troubleshooting Roland Exculusive Messages About W-0 Exclusive Messages MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI implementa: ‘SPECIFICATIONS Index. 98 100 +101 102 +102 103 104 108 108 108 108 107 no ns 148 198 187 168 192 196 188 200 202PANEL DESCRIPTIONIMPORTANT NOTES In addon to the items istad under Soeny Precautions (2 Bape 2, ste requist trot you please ress and echere 12 the tolowns [Concerning the power supply) (© wherever you make eny connections with otner evict. avays tus off the power 12 all eqipmant frst. Thi wil help in pleventng malfunction, and (© bo ot force the unit to share the same power extet = one used for aetorten producing devces (such ‘motors. varable ighing devices). Be swe to vse [Concerning lacement! (© Plocing the unit near power amottiars or other ‘ecuiomont containing bre trenatormers may induce hum. (© Should the unit bs operatic naaiby television or radio cavers. TV pictures may show sins of imerference, and staie might be heard om radon. In sush eases ‘ove the unit out ef sroximity with such devices, (© Most everyone hae noteed the moisture that forms fon the windows of fwated rooms in winter. ‘This moisture, or condensation can form in your ik drive Jn sustions such at the follwing (© Wren 2 room has Been peated uP eucdery, (© Whan lot in 2 olce where humic ie oh. When moved to 2 wane ploce ater having being sroee in 8 cole pace Jn such siustions, not only may operation be tunrelble, but the dive 9¢ well az dete on eke may be emaped. You shoud wait for about an nour betore ucing (© Pisce the unit 20 thet fis lvel wall supcered, ard Uunatfoces by externa vibrations, I paose ato ate fngle. the operation of the Wisk tive may be avorsely atoctae. (Tota angles: uoware, © degrees, downward 20 desees) (© For everyday cleaning. wise the unit with a soft dry loth, © ove that ie campened lt, To remove dirs th is mote stubborn, wipe using @ mind, maul etergen, Aftrwatas, make ure to wipe thoroughly veh 6 eof cath Dover solv bensene, thinners, slchol or any tke bpents, 10 avoid the reh of deletion and rtermaven, (Other Precautions} (© Frotect she unit tom strong inset (© A conan email amount of Mast e* ound may be fadiated or heard rom the unt and the should not be considered abnormal (© Betoce using tha unit in & torign county, check test ity your local Roland Service Staton (© Never remove & dak while the disk chive is operating (hie ae Indistor Is th), Othewice, the ek t mesnetic surface ean be damesed, riding 1 unfit for further use (© Femove sny disks trom the sak ower to the unit off or on Handling of disks| (© Diske consist of a film-tke substance ante wich + magnetic coating hat been sppled. Since the surface ie ealeg upon 12 store dna with pression at 9 very high density. lease foliow the following precautions (O Revar touen the maanate surface © Never store dks where exposed te crest suniaht for in evisty confined anvionments. sven 82 the irteror of an automobile, (Allonable temperate range: 5 10 50°C) © De et stow disks fo come neat strong mapnstic fils, such as thet generated by sceaters when waning (© Disks are proviens with = protect tab whieh can be Used to ovorect data ftom accidental erase, fk recommendes that you kagp tha wb the protct Botiion. and move it erly when you need to write date 10 the dik (@-A imoorart data should bs backed up onto copoe 10 protect from the advent of unforaasabis los, (© Lick Icbols should be etixad procary, If thay come loose within the dive he disk may be very aicutAbout This Manual This manuel is organized as shown below. Each chapter should be referred to 8s necessary. Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter One Two Three Four Five Six First Steps — Playing the W-30 Preparation and slay of the keyboard and sequencer. An Overview Getting @ good understanding of how the W-30 is organized, Operating the W-30 Lesrning mode and scresn orgenizetion. A Functional Guide The sequences of steps you should perform, arranged according 10 what you have in mind for sound and song creation. Screen Functions ‘A soreen by screen explanation of functions. Reference Parameter Classification Chart, Troubleshooting, MIDI Implementation, Index. A hard disk (Apple Computer: Inc,, CMS Inc.), or the CD-5 (optionally available) can be connected for use with the W-30. To accomplish this you will need the optional KW-30 (W-30 Upgrade Kit) Contact the retailer where you purchased the W-30 for information on purchase of this kit. When using @ hard disk or the CD-5 refer first to the “W-30 Owner's Manual for FO, CD, & HD". supplied with the KW-30.he keyboard and sequencer. ee)1. CONNECTIONS As @ start, you will most likely want to listen to the W-30. You first need to connect an amplifier such as @ keyboard amplifier. or headphones. Bafore meking any connections, make sure thet all units are switched off. Amplifier Setup Keyboard Amplifier ete Setup Using Radio Cassette Recorder, etc. Radio Cassete Recorder © smu | jSemaapeanae ©, Bue | SONG ta) J} ue Rim fel Sikeen the volume fw a Fiat then tae 1 to tho appropriate volume, Other wise, there is 9 risk thot may be damaged, Headphone Connection ‘ S PHONE Haaneaanseceanneaaeneae Headphones Mixer Setup Power Ampifer, Speaker ‘To output sounds separately from the 8 Multi Output Sockets. set the “Outout Mods’ in {32. Part Set) to “Mult”. (See page 53.) Pat — = L Pood Fin Plug Standard (Phone! Plug 02. DISKS SUPPLIED ‘The W-80 is supplied with four disks; = system disk and three date disks containing sounds and song demo samples. System Disk BE Sec Sound & Song3.POWER-UP_AND BOOTING UP To acti te the W-30, it is necessary to boot it up with the supplied system disk which contains the programs necessary for operating it . DBefore ewitehing on the W-30, check the following @Have all the necessary connections been proverly made? @is the disk crive empty? @is the volume of the amplifier turned dawn @Set the power awiteh on the rear of the unit to ON, me JT { tl @insert the aystem dak into the Disk Drive, It should click into place After the system programs needed to operate the W-30 heve completed losding, the display responds as shown below KOT, Pertopmance patch BMT Bhuns Pec Level 127 | Bd Deums/Perc 5 Fretless Bst Pp P2Sla Bass P & Fretless Bs2 PB S$ Slar Bass 2 2 EingeredBass @Switeh on the amplifier ‘The internal sounds of the W-30 cen now be slaved tom the keyboote. ‘When you switch off the units, fret awiteh the amplifier off, thea the wea0.4. BACKING UP_THE SYSTEM DISK Now that you've heard some of the sounds avsilable with your keyboard. before going any further, let us remind you to be sure to make a backup of your system program, Any flopsy disk will tend to wear out eventually through continued use Since the system program is highly important, you should put it away for eafekeaping, and use copies ineteed. ‘Please use Roland MF2-DD iska (double-sided, double-dansity, double: track 35° microfloppy sicks) ‘Do not remove the system disk until the message “Insert New Disk Caution: 1 you have sound or song data akeady loaded in the Unit, and then make 2 backup, you will loxe the memory, since it is erased in order to make backups. (D Press (SEQUENEER) to select @Prove[FE}t0 select @ Prose [B] chon ENYER to (2, Sequencer Manu) [20. Sequencer Disk]. (28. FO. a SS Shh : @ Press [Fi]ond we © Pross[EQJand weit When the messep8 “insert New Disk” Whan the copy has bosn completed opeers, remove the oyetum cick the messepe “Compete™” aopeas. Set the Protect Tab on a naw disk to the WRITE positon, than insert it into the cisk drive Any of the other W-30's disks can be backed-up ar well, using the sbove procedure. (see page 107)You're now ready to play the W-30 Koi, Pertopnance ~ 5 alc ‘Druns/Perc Level 127 P 1 DrunssPerc P 5 Fretless Bs P2 Slap Bass 1 P 8 Fretless Bs2 BS Siar Bass 20 P 7 FinderedBass F1F the above display ie not visible, press [PERFORMANCE], Play the keyboerd ‘Shown on the second line in the disolay is the note (Patch) currently bing played The W-30 hes 16 Patches, P1 to P16, The cisplay wil fst show the Patch List for PI through PO. Changing Patches Rotating the VALUE dial wil call patches up Jn sequence, chanaina the. sounds | & Ss a5 rhumbered key (a), then [ENTER)). For instance, to select patch 15, prass [1], [8], then [ENTER] When patches are changed using the Value dial or the keypad, the Aisplayed listing chonges as wellVelocity Aftertouch Using the Bender Modulation Lever 5. PERFORMANCE PLAY ‘The volume or tone of @ sound can be changed depending on how herd vou play the keyboard (velocity). How to change the tone by velocity ch Patch or Tone. (See page 52.59.148,161.163) LO 90s YK = } an REY ‘Aftertouch is the effect caused on the volume, pitch or tone by value ie set for o pressing ® key down hardar after the normal pleying stroke. The aftertouch assignment end ite volue is set for eacn patcn. (See page 180) Aftertouch Playing the keyboard, if you shift the Bender Modulation Lever to the lett, the pitch will be lowered, and if you shift it to the sant the pitch will rise, Since the pitch change is smooth, it can be used tor ‘expressing subtle pitch changes such as the sliding effect on @ string ‘ype instrument ‘The maximum pitch change caused by fully bending the lever is set for each Patch, (See. pege 16,110,148) Pushing the Bender Meduiation Lover forward will give you a vibrato effect The vibrato depth caused by pushing the lever is set for System Configuration. (See-peae 87,111) You can obtain the above two effects at the seme time end thus richer ‘expression, by pushing the lever forward while bending to the raht or let. Gee Bend down| [—=S=—] AX eend up i i5. PERFORMANCE PLAY Bend Range Allows for adjustment of the Bend Range (amount of pitch change ‘occurring when the Bender Laver is moved to its extreme), Settings ote ‘made in semitone units: ranging trom 0 (no eHect) up t0 12 (1 octave) (OPress[FZ}t0 open the eub-window. ise the CURSOR dial to | ‘seloct Bond Renge. aE we o=Sco eee Soasocom ooo ri GRotete the VALUE diel to change settings for the Bend ©Prese [EKIF]te close the subwindaw. Range. Master Tuning ‘This function controls the overall tuning of the W-20. From ~ 64 to +63 are valid as settings. (At 2510, the pitch set in the tone parameters, i obtained. ) DPress(ET]to open the subwindow. @ Set the Master Tunir the VALUE di { Sc —_ SSS t © Press [EWiT}e close the eub- window.6. SEQUENCER PLAY Now. let's play the W-30 with the sequencer. Three data disks ere supplied to play the W-80. Each disk contains song data and the sound deta (the W-30's sounds) needed to play the song, Choose one of the three dete disks for loading into the W320, Loading Song Data and Sound Data @insert @ data dlak into the disk drive, © Press [SEOUENCEH to select © Press FB] to select (20. Sequencer (2 Sequencer Menu] isk) i ——) onc ® Press [ET}ond wait until] L@ Press [EZ}(+ Sound) to start leadine. 21, # Losd Sonal appears, When loading has completed, the message “Complete’ appears With this, the necessary sound deta and song date has been losdes trom the data dive5. SEQUENCER PLAY any ‘Try playing the song you have loaded. (© Press [SEGUENEER] to aslact @ Pross(EE}t0 select [4, Recorder) 12 Sater ea come whe eee S65 SS5 O j | = BSS © Pret [STARTZSTOP) te ply the one To stop playing, press [START STOP] again. Iowa gee eV Taternsts ‘wn CABEDER GH? ddsolay indcstes that 0 «| 2076 is not loving, = the sone is pleving shows that = song ie be recorded at the upper right comer other acrasns as well means that 2 song ie ready to be played. Changing the Tempo ‘The tempo of the song currently playing cen be chances. 56564 P SoS T (TEMPO) down to change the Indicator lights in red at the first beot, and green for Playing along with The W-30 allows you to play the keyboard along with songs: played by the sequencer, the Song O Press ‘0 the keyboard, (Gee Performance Piay on pa ‘The maximum number of voiess that the W-20 can play simultaneously Js 16. In the [1, Pertormancs) mat used by sequencing, plus thote ol If the total number of the voices fad on tha keyboard exconds 16, the keyboard will be given prlerty, Plesse be thet in such cases founds may be left out,Com)1. W-30's Three Functions ‘The W-3O incorporates three sections, keyboard, sequencer and sound module, Three Functions @xevBOARD This section can be used for playing the sound module or for recording sequences. @sEQUENCER ‘his section is used for recording signals racsived from the Koyboar, or for playing the sound modula @soUND MODULE This section produces the sounds ; when played from the keyboard, or by the sequencer. | Recording —- MIDI All three sections can be considered as connected via MIDI. MIDI is an international interface standard that allows instruments to communicate with each other, To tamilierize yourself further with the W-30, you should gat some Please read understanding of whet MIDI bookiet, “Guide book for MIDI’ 1 seper2. Sequencer Data programmed in the sequencer section is called SONG DATA. Difference between a 4 seuencer and » multitrack recorder can be thought of as being used Sequencer and a in similor ways, Both heve © number of tracks which you can record Multi-track Recorder lonte separately, and can layer sounds onto by dubbing over what is recorded, You can cre 2 performance part by part. For instance, you might rxord 8 drum performanes, then record bass t0 go with the drum ata, then fin ly piano, to create & piano tio. Microphone ae Multitrack Recorder MIDI Cable Sequencer However, 8 sequencer is in other ways quite different from @ multi track recorder. A tape recorder uses & microphone to record “sounds played during performance", while @ sequencer records ‘events occurring during performance” (euch as which nots, when, how strong, for how Jon; or when and how the bender modulation lever was moved, ote.) in the form of digital dete, or MIDI massages. When MIDI data recorded fon sequencer is played back, it then plays the musical instrument (s) without you having to do 90, Feature of a A Sequencer has the following features : Sequencer (Mistakes you have made on the keyboard can be easily corrected. Even Individual notes of » chord can be corrected. @chonsing tempos does not affect the pitch of the sound @Any sound ean be freely chenged. For exemple, when you have recorded using @ plane sound, It can be played back a= an organ GThere is no eros ity hard). Ik (sound on other tracks being @There I no deterioration in sound quality. aHow to use a sequencer Tracks 2 Normally, @ song is created in the following order. @RECORDING [A song is recorded from the keyboard. or by playing ® MIO! device connected to the MIDI IN socket @EDITING You can rerecord portions of the recorded data, make changes in al the dats, of conte @ ateo at a time @PLAYING Recorded, and edited song data is played back @SAVING Gomplated song data sheuld be saved onto floppy disk. If not saved, ‘any data contained in internal memory wi ed when the unit is switched off @LOADING Data saved on s floppy disk can be loadad back to the W-30 for playing or editna The W-30 allows you to make songs with 16 Phrase Tracks and one Tempo Track. Recorcing Track tm “Track 2 ea Track 4 >} “Track 5~ | i Track 6 | Track 7~ | Ag aa Be ‘The Tempo Track gorems changes In tempo, and the beat of each2 Secuencer Phrase Tracks Phrase Tracks store information on performance date, such as which (Tracks 1 to 16) inetrument (MIDI channel) is played, when, which note, how strona. its duration, ete If you use each Phrase Track for recording information for # particular Instrument (MIDI channel), the data for a certain instrument slone can loter be edited, or can be listened to in sole. Since o Phrate Track is also capable of recording the data of channt 1 t0 18 98 one congruent whole, after making edits for each instrument you can marge (mix) the data for al the instruments onto one track (soe pace 121). 1 Piano (Gh) Tack 1 Fiano (ICH) Trask 7 Blane (en) Base (26h) Bass. (2h) Trock 2 Bess (cn) [J Merve Merce Brums (ch) Treek 3 Drums (OCH) “Freck 8 Drums (16Ch) Tempo Track The Tempo Treck governs changes in tempo, end the beet of each ete concerning changes in tempo is stored in terms of “how test how slow compared to standard tompo", in the Micro Edit screen. (s00 page $4,118) Tempo chenge dete cannot be put in memory during recording. Standard Tempo The standard tempo is the basic tempo tor 2 song. You can quicken or slow down the ‘song by changing the stancerd tempo, vet there will be no change in the pitch. Memory Capacity The W-30's memory can store up to 20 different songs, for Song Data ‘The memory capacity of the W-30 is approx. 15,000 steps (ebout 15: (000 single notes). ne song can store up to 998 measures. (see pape 40) 41 step is equal to 1 line in the [5. Micro Edit) screen. (Except for Exclusive data) a2 Sequencer Getting a better Let's see how a song is displayed in the sequence: look at the data © Press (SEQUENGER) 0 select @ Press[FS]to select [5. Mieco Edit) [2 Sequencer Menu] Data in Track I is diepleved, The display shows the content of data stared in the selected track In the sequencer, performance information is converted and stored es MIDI data such es this, Location of Events ‘The position of each item of MIDI dats (event) ie identified by measure umber, beat number and clock pulse 2Event Indication Each MIDI message written in 2 song is termed as an event. There 6 rumercus types of events, as shown in the following TH Ge Te Tai te Note ‘MIO! Channe Datermine volume [Derermine gate time t 6 1127, 1 — 6558: (cua er Tete He Take pat i rae Folphonie Aftertouch Mt Grrl | SeScrunouth : Sect iis ier WCET aria (mar er Te Value c. cng i Sealy wih toniel Gravee cre [rr [SSR Se Sot van [CUTEST a a ta ncaa a tar & | vabue oe ne values Prom Chance HOt crore] Sty fewer iis Chi | AF (CAR ae a Channa Aftereuch 10 eae a iSie on on aas oH Vive ender (Bend) Pitch Bender MD) camel Ty ns #58 aiaes 0 Bid ‘The sub-window can be opaned to perform edits, but you are limited vo = ‘masimum of 500 bytes. (FO means start and FY means and) Move the cursor fo the Manufacturers1D to open’ the subnindow, Exclusive (EX) [Sytem Exclusive [Tune Request 3. About Soune Date Understanding Parts You should take 2 look at what Parts A to H contain, © Press[SSUNB}t0 select @ Press BI. Sound Menu} te select [32 Port Set] ‘The screen shows the data of Ports A to D. RSS QO == O S55 55 : Out Level lellow Piano (1) 12% Druns/Perc 612 122 FingeredPass (1) 127 Mellow Piano (1) | 1274. Interrelation of Functions ‘RNY. Employing MIDI OUT and MIDI IN to these three applications, the use of external the" MIDI IN and MIDI OUT sockets makes possible re wide-rangins use of the W-30. MIDI OUT = IMipi IN HUTT) soon oa MiDT Controler Cor FEAT ed el (tek 2 on T [Tempe Track =) ‘Since the paths for the above signels are provided with switches, certain Sion! paths can be blocked, i required Keyboard and ‘There ere two ways that the W-30's sound module ie olayed from the keyboard, Sound Module 244. rerrelation of Functions @The keyboard can directly play Patches on the sound module With tha modes shown below, the Keyboard takes priority in contcolling the sound source. Meanwhile, the sequencer can also be slaved. When the keyboard plays e patch itis termed Patch Play, and when it plays 8 tone it is referred to as Tone Play. (Keys located ‘more than 2 octaves above the Orig. Key will not produce any sound.) Serean Sound produced by kaybcard Ti Betornanced 35 Peich Eat Hamad (36. Pateh Peometed [ear Pureh soigy___] Pateh Play ors 36. Petch Pace Mopd (Ga. Dewie Pend [Tao Tene a Wenal (Tene Paremater) {a2 Looe) 143 FO [a4 TF Pape 12) [Tae TVA Pose 12) Tone Play (tone sveced in the screon) [EB] With Type (1): Tone Play (The tone indented by the cursor) [EB] WithType (P) : Patch Play (The eaten sslected ia the Patch Pay secon) 48 Tene Parom Mo} TSB Wiowe Eat Monel 158 Copy tow) | (ST Tones) id (sexe) [58 Combined [EE Ma —__l tone Play (The tone sslact in the screen) Les osha (60. Dical Fite [Ter Wave Loop) [ise Seroinet ‘+The settings in effect for Tone Play correspond to those for Out Level (volume), Bend Range, AT Assign, AT Sonae (eftertoueh), Oct Shift (octave shift). and Out Assign (outout Jc) dialayed in the (36, Paten Parameter] sereen. = 0 | t use 000000 f 2 384. Mterrettion of Functions @The Keyboard plays the Part on the same MIDI channel as the keyboard In other eoreons, only ths Pert that matches the MIDI transmit channel set on the Keyboard wil be played. (coe page 110,117.148,) = oisour nes = (x I] — owen [Fea 8 ome} CTE oo [mee ae) | 3 ~-[=e te 3| 'O 0 ° ° °o i The {5: Micro Edit) seroon is an excaption, being as follows serean| Sound produced by the keyboard 15. Mero cgia | ES) Select is Ch = ALL (Pays the Patch atcignod to the Part on the same channel a5 the Keyboard Channel) (sae oye 110) (FS) Select is ch=1-16 (Phys tha Petch assioned to the Pert on the ema channel as the selected channal) j On the W-30 the maximum umber of simuitaneously produsible voices a 18, Whenever this limit on preducible voices is exonedad, as a result of messages received from the keyboard, sequencer, and MIDI IN, a aystem of priorities takes affect. This occurs in accord with the setting for Voice Mode made in the [32 Part Set] sereen. (P.54) However fll screens where the keyboard has pririty, it maintaine that priority in preducing sounds For a detailed ilustration of the MIDI flow chart.5. About the System Data that determines how the W-30 will function is called SYSTEM DATA, and is stored on the System Disk. Rewritable system data forms what is called a SYSTEM CONFIGURATION and can be written Jand[F4]). (see page 106,110) @ SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS KB Oh Keyboard Channel KB Octave Octave shitting over the keyboard KB INT MIDI switch : Keyboard “internal sound module (ose! on/off) kB EXT MIDI switch : Keyboerd—-MIOl QUT MIDI INT MIDI switeh : MIDI in-tInternal_ sound module MIDI EXT MIDI switeh : MIDI IN—=MiD) OUT (MIDI Set Thru TX Syne. Switch conttolling transmission of clock. start, stop, continue, song position pointer, and song select data TX Sens. Active sensing date transmission switch Modulation Depth Value of modulation data transmitted when modulation lever is oushed. Pedal SW [DP-2} DP-2 assianment EXP pedal (EV-5) EV-5 assignment Breath Controller Breath controller data assignment Assignment of screens to funetion keys.(see page 47.) ‘The patch number layed by the keyboard when in the Performance screen, ‘The volume of sound played by the keyboard when in the Performance screen, a&. Memory W-30 before being — Th W-30's memory stores of Wave data which ie retained even white Booted Up the unit is switched off However, no sounds can be played simply by switching the unit on W-80's Internal Memory Booted Up W-30 after being After. booting up the W-30 with the system dick, you ean play the Wave date stored in the intemal memory Ei system Disk Memory (Pe Se EERE