Roland PAINO DISCOVER5 User Manual

r ® Owner’s Manual

r 8 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Editing Lyrics98r‘Utility’ functions for Edit LyricsThere are three functions you may want to use for managing Lyrics files, or songs with associated

Owner’s Manual99MIDI is short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The word refers to many things, the most obvious being a connector type that i

MIDI100r(5) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page.Working with MacrosThe opening “MIDI” page contains three big fields with preset setti

Owner’s Manual101Editing MIDI parametersEditing Keyboard and Song parametersThe Keyboard and Song parts have the same and “Receive” and “Transmit” par

MIDI102r●Transmit parameters❑ TX MonitorThese indicator icons (1~16) light whenever the DisCover 5 (Keyboard, Song parts) transmits MIDI data on the

Owner’s Manual103●Global parameters❑ TransmitSys Exclusive—(On/Off) Use this parameter to spec-ify whether (ON) or not (OFF) the DisCover 5 should sen

MIDI104rSelecting a MIDI Set(1) Press the [MENU] button.The display changes to:(2) Press the [MIDI] field.(3) Press the [1]~[8] field that correspond

Owner’s Manual105The DisCover 5’s Disk/Media functions allow you to save edited songs to disk or SmartMedia card, to save and load your User Programs,

Disk/Media functions106rLoad (from disk or SmartMedia)The Load functions allow you to load User Program or MIDI Sets. Songs and Song Chains can be lo

Owner’s Manual107The “File Size” value indicates the capacity required to save the User Program Set to disk or SmartMedia card, while “Free Disk Area”

Owner’s Manual 9 A BENDER/MODULATION lever By performing left/right movements, you can bend your solo notes down (left) or up (right). Press this le

Disk/Media functions108rDeleteUse these functions to delete the selected User Program set, MIDI Set “set” or song from SmartMedia card or floppy disk

Owner’s Manual109This obviously depends on whether you inserted a floppy disk or a SmartMedia card.(5) Press the field that corresponds to the type of

Disk/Media functions110rcomputer (rather than first transfer them to floppy, and then from floppy to your SmartMe-dia card). If you then insert the c

Owner’s Manual111Note: Copying from SmartMedia card to floppy disk often leads to the following error message and should therefore be avoided. Remembe

Disk/Media functions112rWhen all files are copied, the following message appears:Note: Never remove the floppy disk or SmartMedia unless the DisCover

Owner’s Manual113This time, the data in the DisCover 5’s RAM memory are copied (saved) to the destination disk. If all data were copied in one go, the

Specifications114rDisCover 5 Realtime OrchestratorNote: Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.14. SpecificationsKeyboard61 keys, t

Owner’s Manual115[Realtime Orchestrator] Date: September 2002Model: DisCover 5 Version: 1.00MIDI Implementation ChartFunction... Transmitted Recognize

Index116rAAccomp Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Aftertouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101All.

Owner’s Manual117KKaraoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30KeyboardMixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Panel descriptions10rGMARK JUMP buttons [1], [2], [3], [4]These buttons allow you to jump to one of four stored locations inside the currently select

Index118rSound Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Keyboard parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Sound EF

InformationWhen you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Roland distributor in your country as shown below.As of

This product complies with the requirements of European Directives EMC 89/336/EEC and LVD 73/23/EEC.For EU CountriesFor CanadaThis Class B digital app

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Owner’s Manual11AHOLD FOOTSWITCH socketAn optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch connected to this socket can be used for holding the Upper-par

Touring your DisCover 512rYou 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

Owner’s Manual13Switching the DisCover 5 on/offAfter connecting the DisCover 5 to the other devices, proceed as follows:Switching on the DisCover 5(1)

Touring your DisCover 514rSetting the display contrastThe information in the LCD display may be difficult to view after turning on your DisCover 5 or

Owner’s Manual15Interactive demo of the DisCover 5Your DisCover 5 contains an interactive demo that introduces all of its highlights. It might be a go

Touring your DisCover 516rPlaying back songsYour DisCover 5 is a novel Standard MIDI File player with all kinds of functions for “customizing” the so

Owner’s Manual17• Press the [Play&Search] field.• As indicated in the display, play the main theme on the keyboard. You can play in any key, and t

CAUTIONRISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCKDO NOT OPENATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIRCAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,DO NOT REM

Touring your DisCover 518rSuch changes occur at the end of the current measure, which makes more musical sense than jumping when you’re halfway into

Owner’s Manual19Modifying songs in realtimeLet us now look at some functions for customizing the songs you play back.Using the Cover functionThe COVER

Touring your DisCover 520r• To save this customized “Minus” setting in the DisCover 5’s internal memory, press [Customize]. The display now respond w

Owner’s Manual21Vocal Harmonizer functionThe Vocal Harmonizer is another major highlight of your DisCover 5. In fact, it doesn’t just produce harmonie

Touring your DisCover 522rThe display changes to:(11) Press the [Vocal≈Effect] field.Note: Since you pressed the [SINGER] button in step (6) above, t

Owner’s Manual23This also changes the available preset options in the center of the display. If, on the above page, you press [Mix] for example, the d

Touring your DisCover 524rNot convinced so far?Just in case you are a little bit disappointed by the Vocal Harmonizer function, here are some tips (a

Owner’s Manual25Voice-FXEver wondered what your voice would sound like if you were a woman (for men), man (for women), robot or something else…? You’r

Touring your DisCover 526r(7) Use the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit, and set the desired value with the [VALUE]

Owner’s Manual27The 8 fields in the middle (e.g. [Opera], [My≈Voice], etc.) specify the voice character. These presets are based on the parameters you

r Owner’s Manual Thank you for choosing a Roland DisCover 5 Realtime Orchestrator, the perfect Standard MIDI File player for per-forming musicians w

Touring your DisCover 528r(5) Use the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons to select the Music Mute field and set the desired value with the [VALUE] dial.The sm

Owner’s Manual29The display briefly confirms that your settings have been stored:(12) Press the [Back≈to≈SingerK] field to return to the page of the s

Touring your DisCover 530rThe display changes to:The chord information appears at the bottom of the screen.Note: The chord information is calculated

Owner’s Manual31Using the Keyboard partsYour DisCover 5 provides three “parts” that allow you to play different sounds on the keyboard. That is why th

Touring your DisCover 532rSplitting the keyboardHere’s what you need to do to play separate sounds with your left and right hands:(1) Press the [SPLI

Owner’s Manual33Choosing other Tones (or Drum Sets)The DisCover 5 contains 1,422 Tones (or sounds) that can be assigned to the Upper and Lower parts.

Touring your DisCover 534rThe following is a more traditional approach, which may nevertheless be practical for experi-enced users. The display track

Owner’s Manual35This Variation system is used to provide access to all Tones you can select. After all, 2 Groups × 8 families × 8 memories add up to 1

Touring your DisCover 536r(2) Press the [UTILITY] field. If the [Global] field in the left column is not displayed in white, press it.(3) Press the [

Owner’s Manual37After specifying the family by pressing one of the eight big fields, press the [Set] field. The dis-play changes to:Use the arrow fiel

Features 2 r The ease of Standard MIDI Files Based on a thorough analysis of how most perform-ing musicians work, Roland found that Standard MIDI Fi

Using the performance functions38rLet us now have a look at the DisCover 5’s performance functions. Also called controllers, they allow you to add ex

Owner’s Manual39Setting the transposition interval via the displayIf you prefer to set the transposition interval via the touch screen with a nice gra

Using the performance functions40rchanges. The trade-off is, however, that you have to strike the keys forcefully to achieve the maximum volume. (4)

Owner’s Manual41D Beam functionsWe still owe you an explanation or two about how to assign the desired function to the D Beam controller and what they

Using the performance functions42rAll options marked with a “º” apply to the Upper part only. Play/Stop: Depending on the current condition of song

Owner’s Manual43Using optional footswitchesSustain/damper footswitch (Hold)The HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket on the DisCover 5’s rear panel allows you to con

Using the performance functions44r(4) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page.Expression (Foot Pedal)An optional EV-5, EV-7 or BOSS FV-300

Owner’s Manual45Scale TuningAnother useful function is called Scale Tuning. It allows you to use oriental, Asian, and other scales in much the same wa

Using the performance functions46rYou can also select the desired value field with the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons.(6) Repeat steps (4) and (5) for the

Owner’s Manual47The DisCover 5 provides a number of “hidden” functions you may only need every so often. Certain functions, though “on the menu”, can

Owner’s Manual 3 128 User Programs User Programs are memories where you can save your own panel settings. These include the currently selected song,

Before you start editing (Menu)48r• [D≈BEAM]: Allows you to assign the desired function to the D Beam controller. . . . . . . .p. 41 • [FOOTSWITCH]:

Owner’s Manual49The MIXER environment does what its name suggests: it allows you to balance the various Keyboard parts of your DisCover 5. See page 87

Working with the Mixer & using effects50rMore refined Mixer settings“Mixing”, as you may know, entails a lot more than just getting the balances

Owner’s Manual51(3) Use the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit, and set the desired value with the [VALUE] dial. Param

Working with the Mixer & using effects52rUsing the multi-effects processor (Multi-FX)Your DisCover 5 contains a multi-effects processor that can

Owner’s Manual53StDelay: Delay is an effect that allows you repeat the input signal, thus creating echoes (repetition).Mod Delay: This effect adds mod

Working with the Mixer & using effects54rLinking Multi-FX type selection to the Upper part (Upper M-FX)If you like, the DisCover 5 can automatica

Owner’s Manual55Now look at the front panel:Only one button in each row can be on at any one time. It therefore makes sense to use one set of effects

Working with the Mixer & using effects56r(1) Press the [MENU] button.(2) Press the [UTILITY] field.If the above page is not displayed, press the

Owner’s Manual57• Use the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons to select the parameter (knob icons) you wish to edit, and set the desired value with the [VALUE]

Using the unit safely 4 r Using the unit safely • Before using this instrument, make sure to read the instructions below, and the Owner’s Manual.

Working with the Mixer & using effects58rNote: The choice of the preset also affects the settings of the parameters below. Always start by select

Owner’s Manual59Editing the Keyboard parts (Sound Edit)After selecting the desired Tones (or Drum Set) for the Keyboard parts –and probably before set

Editing the Keyboard & Vocal Harmonizer parts60rThe envelope parameters affect both the volume (or amplitude) and the filter. Attack: This param

Owner’s Manual61Editing the Vocal Harmonizer partsApart from the effects settings discussed earlier, there are also other VOCAL HARMONIZER settings th

Editing the Keyboard & Vocal Harmonizer parts62rVoice-FX settingsWhen the [VOICE-FX] button lights, your original voice will not be output by the

Owner’s Manual63Auto Tune settingsWhen the [AUTO≈TUNE] button lights, only the words you say will be used. The melody for these words is gener-ated by

Editing the Keyboard & Vocal Harmonizer parts64rVocoder settingsThe Vocoder page is the first page that is related to voices that are added to yo

Owner’s Manual65• Press [EXIT] or [Back≈to≈Vocoder] to leave this page, or [Part≈1–4] for even more control over the Vocoder effect.●If you press the

Editing the Keyboard & Vocal Harmonizer parts66r Gender: Allows you to change the timbre of the part. Negative values produce a “masculine” effe

Owner’s Manual67Ensemble settingsWhen the [ENSEMBLE] button lights, four-part har-monies are added to your singing. This page allows you to specify wh

Owner’s Manual 5 • Before using the DisCover 5 in a foreign country, consult with your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized

More refined song functions68rLet us now take a look at additional and more refined functions you can use for song playback.Using the Fade-In/Out func

Owner’s Manual69Programming MARK JUMP locationsAll songs on the supplied SmartMedia card come with four locations already memorized that can be select

More refined song functions70r(8) Press the [SMART≈MEDIA] or [FLOPPY] field to select the Save destination.(9) Press the [EXECUTE] field.If you select

Owner’s Manual71The “Rhythm” index provides access to 32 “drum songs”, which reside on the supplied SmartMedia card. These SMF songs can assume the ro

More refined song functions72rThe order depends on whether you entered the name in the [Song≈Name], [Author], or [Genre] field.• Press the [Find≈Only]

Owner’s Manual73(1) First select the song whose database informa-tion you wish to change or edit by pressing its field.(2) Press the [Options] field.T

More refined song functions74r(5) Press the [EXECUTE] field to save this informa-tion to SmartMedia card.Songs for which there is Play & Search in

Owner’s Manual75• Use the [Finder], [Song≈Name], [Author], and [Genre] fields to locate the desired file. See page 71.• Press the fields of all songs

More refined song functions76rSong Chain functionThe Chain function allows you to prepare play lists of all the songs you want to use during a perform

Owner’s Manual77(10) After compiling your chain, press the [Save] field.(11) Enter a name (up to 12 characters).See p. 29 for how to enter names.(12)

Important notes 6 r In addition to the items listed under “Using the unit safely” (p. 4), please read and observe the following: Power supply • Do n

More refined song functions78rUsing Song ChainsHere’s how songs chains can be used for your performances:(1) Insert the SmartMedia™ card that contains

Owner’s Manual79Managing Song ChainsSong Chains can be renamed and deleted.(1) Insert the SmartMedia™ card that contains the chain you wish to rename

Working with User Programs80rThe DisCover 5 is equipped with 128 User Program memories that allow you to store almost all settings (or regis-trations

Owner’s Manual81Use a name that somehow summarizes the memory’s contents. The name of the song you will use these settings for is probably the most ex

Working with User Programs82reffect. Only when you specify the User Program number will the corresponding settings be loaded.Sometimes, an asterisk (

Owner’s Manual83To quickly locate the desired User Program…(5) Press the [Finder] field.(6) Enter only as many characters as you think are necessary t

Working with User Programs84rAutomatic functions for User ProgramsSong LinkThis function means that, by recalling a User Pro-gram, you also prepare t

Owner’s Manual85Linking a MIDI Set to a User ProgramMIDI Sets are “User Programs for MIDI parameters”. There are eight such memories (page 103). If yo

Song Makeup Tools86rYou already know how the Cover function works (page 19). It relies on presets for the following, more detailed, parameters with w

Owner’s Manual87• Use the TONE/USER PROGRAM buttons and the display to select a different sound, or press the [Tone≈Finder] field and use the Tone Fin

Owner’s Manual 7 • Floppy disks have a “WRITE” tab which can protect the disk from accidental erasure. It is recommended that the tab be kept in the P

Song Makeup Tools88r(5) Use the [MUTE] fields to switch off instru-ments you do not want to hear, and switch on those you do want to hear.Please bear

Owner’s Manual89If the [MUTE] indicator “lights” ( ), that pas-sage is indicated as on the INSTRUMENT page. Note: Most tracks only use one Tone/Drum

Song Makeup Tools90rPalette: in-depth song editingNow we are closing in on the “inner workings” of the instruments, with an overview of parameters al

Owner’s Manual91(1) Press the [PALETTE] button.The display changes to:All modifications on this page and the related pages are SysEx data that alter t

Song Makeup Tools92rIf the uppermost field to the right of the Tone/Drum Set field reads [Tone≈Finder], you have selected a Tone page.In that case, p

Owner’s Manual93(3) Use the [Percussion≈MUTE] field to suppress (or add) the percussion sounds. (4) Press the [Back≈to≈Palette] field to return to the

Song Makeup Tools94rAfter pressing the [Common] field on the Pal-ette page, the display looks as follows. The parameters on this page apply to the en

Owner’s Manual95(2) Press the [Back≈to≈Palette] field to return to the Palette page.If necessary, press the [SAVE] field to save your settings. See pa

Editing Lyrics96rYour DisCover 5 contains functions that allow you to add Lyrics to a Standard MIDI File that does not contain them. It is also possi

Owner’s Manual97(11) Press the [Lyrics≈Synchro] field.This display page should contain the first line of the text you imported. (This function can als