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    This document explains the functions that have been added in version 2.0. Please read this along with the Prelude Owner’s Manual. Version 2 Supplementary 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. Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 1 ...

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    2 Contents New functions in Prelude Version 2.0 . 3 Playing back songs with Lyrics data........................ 3 Creating a User Style ............................................. 3 Recording or editing a song ................................... 3 Other added functions............................................ 3 Playing back songs with Lyrics d ...

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    3 New functions in Prelude Version 2.0 • 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. • You can easily edit a new Style by accessing the STYL ...

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    4 Playing back songs with Lyrics data The Prelude allows you to follow the lyrics of the songs you play back in its display (provided the songs you select contain lyrics data). This function is available for songs that reside in the Prelude’s internal memory. You may therefore have to import songs from a USB storage device to take advantage of th ...

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    5 Before you compose a Style For each of the three principal chords (Major, minor, and 7th), each Style contains four variations each for intro, main, fill-in, and ending, giving a total of 48 accompaniment patterns. Each accompaniment pattern is called a “division.” In the STYLE COMPOSER screen you can check whether or not a division exists. 1 ...

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    6 Before you compose a 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 c ...

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    7 Editing an existing Style You can change the Tone used by each part of a Style, and adjust the volume and effect balance between parts. The STYLE MAKEUP settings are applied to all divisions of a Part for which the same Tone is assigned. 1. Select a Style (p. 25 in the owner’s manual). 2. Press [PART VIEW] a number of times to access the STYLE ...

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    8 Editing an existing Style STYLE MFX SETTING screen From the STYLE MFX screen, press [ ] to access this screen. Here’s how a Style you’ve edited can be saved as a User Style. 1. Press [WRITE]. The WRITE MENU screen or the STYLE NAME screen will appear. 2. If the WRITE MENU screen appears, use [ ] [ ] to select “Style” and press [ENTER]. Th ...

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    9 Creating a new Style Here’s how to delete the performance data from the Style, and initialize it to the specified values. 1. Press [MENU] so the button is lit. 2. Use [ ] [ ] to select “Style Composer,” and press [ENTER]. The STYLE COMPOSER screen will appear. 3. Press [1] (STYLE INIT). The Style Initialize window will appear. 4. Use [ ] [ ...

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    10 Creating a new Style You can assign the following Tones to each style part. Drums (ADrum): rhythm sets Bass (ABass): tones other than rhythm sets Accompaniment (Acc 1–6): any tone 6. Press [ ] to start recording. If the Count In setting is WAIT NOTE, recording will start the moment you play a key. 7. Play the keyboard. 8. Press [ ] to stop rec ...

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    11 Creating a new Style You can assign the following Tones to each style part. Drums (ADrum): rhythm sets Bass (ABass): tones other than rhythm sets Accompaniment (Acc 1–6): any tone 7. Press [ ] to start recording. The STYLE STEP REC screen will appear. 8. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to select a parameter, and specify the note value that you want to inp ...

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    12 Creating a new Style I A Style you’ve recorded can be saved as a User Style. The following content is saved. • Recording data for each Division •S tyle MFX settings (MFX Type, MFX Chorus/Reverb Send, MFX Sw) • STYLE MAKEUP settings • One Touch settings (you can select whether these will be saved) 1. Press [WRITE]. The STYLE NAME screen ...

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    13 Creating a new Style 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 iden ...

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    14 Creating a new Style This function corrects the timing of the performance data in the specified region. 1. In the “Style Edit Menu,” select “1. Quantize” and press [ENTER]. The STYLE EDIT QUANTIZE screen will appear. 2. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the parameter you want to change, and use the VALUE dial to make the desired ...

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    15 Creating a new Style 3. Select “EXECUTE” and then press [ENTER]. It is not possible to restore the data to its original state after executing this operation. This function deletes the performance data of the specified region. Performance data that follows the deleted region will be moved forward to fill the gap. The performance data will be ...

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    16 Creating a new Style 3. In the STYLE EDIT COPY =SOURCE= screen, select “DESTINATION” and press [ENTER]. The STYLE EDIT COPY =DESTINATION= screen will appear. 4. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the parameter you want to change, and use the VALUE dial to make the desired setting. 5. Select “EXECUTE” and then press [ENTER]. If you ...

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    17 Creating a new Style This function inserts blank space at the specified location. Performance data that follows this location will be moved back to make room for the inserted blank space. The performance data will be lengthened by the inserted amount. 1. In the “Style Edit Menu,” select “5. Insert” and press [ENTER]. The STYLE EDIT INSER ...

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    18 Creating a new Style This function modifies the dynamics of the specified region. 1. In the “Style Edit Menu,” select “7. Change Velocity” and press [ENTER]. The STYLE EDIT CHANGE VELOCITY screen will appear. 2. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the parameter you want to change, and use the VALUE dial to make the desired setting. ...

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    19 Creating a new Style 3. Select “EXECUTE” and then press [ENTER]. It is not possible to restore the data to its original state after executing this operation. This function replaces the specified MSB, LSB, and PC values with different MSB, LSB, and PC values. You can also apply a relative adjustment to the control values (Expression, Panpot, ...

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    20 Creating a new Style By using this function, events of the specified data type in the specified region and specified range of pitches can be shifted forward or backward. 1. In the “Style Edit Menu,” select “10. Shift Clock” and press [ENTER]. The STYLE EDIT SHIFT CLOCK screen will appear. 2. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the ...

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    21 Creating a new Style This function specifies the time signature of the Style. 1. In the “Style Edit Menu,” select “12. Time Signature” and press [ENTER]. The STYLE EDIT TIME SIGNATURE screen will appear. 2. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the parameter you want to change, and use the VALUE dial to make the desired setting. 3. S ...

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    22 Creating a new Style 1. Measure: Beat: Tick 2. Bank select MSB/value Bank select LSB/value Program change number/value 3. Controller number/value 4. Pitch bend/value 5. Note: Note number/Velocity/Gate time (Beat: Tick) 6. Use the VALUE dial or [ ] [ ] to select the event that you want to edit. 7. Use [ ] [ ] to select the data that you want to c ...

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    23 Creating a new Style Using the Style data of a chord, you can automatically generate Style data for a different chord. This is called the “EZ Convert” function. For example, you could create performance data for each of the Major divisions, and then use the EZ Convert function to automatically generate data for the minor and 7th divisions. 1 ...

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    24 Creating a song You can use the Prelude’s 16-track recorder to create songs. You can record your keyboard performance while listening to an accompaniment, and then listen to the playback of your recorded performance. If you want to record the Style playback as well, turn [STYLE] on. Recording will start/stop simultaneously when you start/stop ...

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    25 Creating a song Upper/Lower MFX (p. 40 in the owner’s manual) will apply only to the realtime performance of the Part (Upper Part or Lower Part) you play by hand. Be aware that Upper/Lower MFX will not apply to the recorded Song data. You can specify whether the metronome will sound during recording. See “Using the Metronome” (Owner’s Ma ...

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    26 Editing an existing song You can change the Tone used by each part of the song, and adjust the volume or effect balance of the parts. The settings in SONG MAKEUP are not applied to the data recorded in the song; rather, they are applied when the song is played back. 1. Select a song (p. 29 in the owner’s manual). 2. Press [PART VIEW] a number ...

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    27 Editing an existing song SONG MFX screen You can access this screen from the SONG TRACK screen by moving the cursor to “MFX” and pressing [ENTER], or from the SONG MFX SETTING screen by pressing [ ]. SONG MFX SETTING screen You can access this screen from the SONG MFX screen by pressing [ ]. If part 4 and part 11 were recorded as manually pl ...

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    28 Creating a new song Here’s how to erase the performance data from a song, and initialize it to the specified values. 1. Press [SONG]. 2. Press [PART VIEW] a number of times until the SONG TRACK screen appears. 3. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to “INIT” and press [ENTER]. The Song Initialize window will appear. 4. Use [ ] [ ] to se ...

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    29 Creating a new song 4. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to select a parameter, and turn the VALUE dial to edit the value. You can use [OCTAVE] to change the octave setting during recording. If “PUNCH IN/OUT” is set for Pedal Assign (p. 45 in the owner’s manual). • Set Punch Sw to “OFF.” If this is “ON,” you won’t be able to use the pedal to ...

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    30 Creating a new song 4. Press [SONG REC] to change REC TYPE to “STEP REC.” Pressing [SONG REC] will switch between REALTIME and STEP REC. You can also switch between REALTIME and STEP REC by moving the cursor to REC TYPE and turning the VALUE dial. 5. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to select a parameter, and turn the VALUE dial to edit the value. 6. Pre ...

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    31 Creating a new song Here’s how to save a song you’ve recorded. The following content will be saved. • The song’s performance data • Song MFX settings (MFX Type, MFX Chorus/Reverb Send, MFX Sw) • Song Makeup settings 1. Press [WRITE]. The SONG NAME screen will appear. Naming the Song 2. Use [ ] [ ] to move the cursor, and use the VALU ...

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    32 Creating a new song If you’ve assigned the same name as an existing song, a screen will ask you to confirm that you want to overwrite the existing song. The Prelude is able to display both uppercase and lowercase letters, but these are not distinguished internally. For example, suppose that a song named “SONG1” has been saved. If you now r ...

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    33 Creating a new song This function corrects the timing of performance data in the specified region. 1. In the “Song Edit Menu,” select “1. Quantize” and [ENTER]. The SONG EDIT QUANTIZE screen will appear. 2. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the parameter that you want to change, and use the VALUE dial to make the desired settings ...

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    34 Creating a new song 3. Select “EXECUTE” and then press [ENTER]. It is not possible to restore the data to its original state after executing this operation. This function deletes the performance data of the specified region. Performance data that follows the deleted region will be moved forward to fill the gap. The performance data will be s ...

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    35 Creating a new song 3. In the SONG EDIT COPY =SOURCE= screen, select “DESTINATION” and press [ENTER]. The SONG EDIT COPY =DESTINATION= screen will appear. 4. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the parameter that you want to change, and use the VALUE dial to make the desired settings. 5. Select “EXECUTE” and then press [ENTER]. It ...

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    36 Creating a new song This function transposes the pitches of the specified region. 1. In the “Song Edit Menu,” select “6. Transpose” and press [ENTER]. The SONG EDIT TRANSPOSE screen will appear. 2. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the parameter that you want to change, and use the VALUE dial to make the desired settings. 3. Sele ...

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    37 Creating a new song It is not possible to restore the data to its original state after executing this operation. This function modifies the durations of the notes in the specified region. 1. In the “Song Edit Menu,” select “8. Change Gate Time” and press [ENTER]. The SONG EDIT CHANGE GATE TIME screen will appear. 2. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] t ...

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    38 Creating a new song 3. Select “EXECUTE” and then press [ENTER]. It is not possible to restore the data to its original state after executing this operation. By using this function, events of the specified data type in the specified region and specified range of pitches can be shifted forward or backward. 1. In the “Song Edit Menu,” selec ...

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    39 Creating a new song The performance data of the selected Source part will be lost. Data such as Program Changes will also be merged, so if the Source Part and Destination Part are using different Tones, the data resulting from the merge might not be played by the Tone you intend. 3. Select “EXECUTE” and then press [ENTER]. It is not possible ...

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    40 Creating a new song 5. Use [ ] [ ] to select the data that you want to edit, and use the VALUE dial to edit the value. You can use the [0]–[4] buttons to perform the following operations. Viewing only the performance data you want to see Because many events are shown in the SONG MICROSCOPE screen, it can be difficult to find what you’re look ...

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    41 Creating a new song You can edit individual MIDI events of the data that applies to the entire song (i.e., System Exclusive, Tempo, and Beat data). 1. Select the Song that you want to edit (p. 29 in the owner’s manual). 2. Press [SONG]. 3. Press [PART VIEW]. The SONG TRACK screen will appear. 4. Use [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to “MAS ...

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    42 Creating a new song System Exclusive messages, which serve in storing MFX and other settings for the Prelude, will be recorded at the beginning of the song. For this reason, please do not edit any System Exclusive messages other than those listed in the MIDI Implementation. The Prelude’s MIDI Implementation can be downloaded from the Roland we ...

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    43 Other added functions The “STYLE FINDER” screen lets you sort the listed Styles in order of number, name, or tempo. This lets you quickly find the desired one of a large number of Styles. 1. Press [STYLE]. Start playback and press [STYLE] so it’s lit if you want to hear the chordal accompaniment, or turn it off (unlit) if you want only the ...

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    44 Other added functions You can receive program change messages to switch divisions of the Style, or cause program change messages to be transmitted when you switch divisions of the Style. You can also receive chord input from an external MIDI keyboard. 1. Press [MENU]. 2. Press [ENTER]. 3. Use [ ] [ ] to select the SYSTEM STYLE MIDI screen, and u ...

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    45 Other added functions (Owner’s manual p. 37) A new “Chord Zone” parameter has been added to the performance settings, allowing you to specify the key range for chord detection. 1. Press [MENU]. 2. Use [ ] [ ] to select “Perform Edit” then press [ENTER]. 3. Use [ ] [ ] to select the PERFORM GENERAL screen (if it is not already selected) ...

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    46 Error messages related to creating Styles and Songs Message Meaning Action Edit Error! Failed to edit the Style/Song data. Make sure that the edit-related settings are correct. EZ Convert Error! EZ Convert failed. Make sure that division data exists for the chord you’ve specified as the source. Make sure that you haven’t specified the same c ...

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    47 Index B BEND MODE ............................................................. 43 Bias .............................................................. 18, 36–37 C Change Gate Time ............................................... 18, 37 Change Velocity ................................................... 18, 36 Chord Zone ........................ ...

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    R® 602.00.0388 RES 735-09 Owner’ s Manual V2 (E) Prelude Prelude_OM_Ver2.book Page 48 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:38 PM ...

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