Roland FP-50 - Setting the Save Destination and Song Name

Recording Your Performances
Starting and stopping recording
1. Press the [ ] button.
Recording starts and the [REC] and [ ] buttons light.
2. Press the [ ] button.
Recording stops, and the save conrmation screen appears.
MEMO
• When an ending is playing and the rhythm stops, or when
performing until the end of a song, recording continues so that
the nal sustained sound is recorded, and therefore recording
does not stop automatically.
• If you want to check your performance, press the [
]
button in the save conrmation screen to start playback.
Saving a recorded performance
1. Press the [ ] (FAST) button.
The recording is saved on the USB ash drive.
By default, the recorded song is given the name “AUDIO.”
NOTE
Do NOT turn o the power or disconnect the USB ash drive
while “Working.” is displayed.
MEMO
You can select the save location and song name for your
recording (p. 26).
Erasing a recorded performance
1. Press the [ ] (SLOW) button.
A conrmation message appears.
If you decide not to erase the performance, press the [ ] (SLOW)
button once again.
2. Press the [ ] (FAST) button.
The recording is erased.
Listening to a recorded performance
1. Press the [ ] button.
Playback starts from the beginning of the recorded performance.
Setting the Save Destination and
Song Name
You can select the save destination and song name for your
recording.
1. Conrm that the save conrmation screen is displayed,
and press the [METRONOME] button.
2. Press the [–] [+] buttons to select the desired storage
location.
Display Storage location
U (User) Internal memory
S (USB) USB ash drive
* Audio data cannot be saved in internal memory.
* “S (USB)” is available only if a USB ash drive (sold separately) is
connected to the USB MEMORY port.
3. Press the [ ] (FAST) button.
The selection screen appears, so that you can set the destination-
side song number for the recording.
4. Press the [–] [+] buttons to select the song number at the
save destination.
If a song name is displayed when you select a song number, a song
has already been saved in that number. If you select a song number
that already contains a song, the recorded song will be overwritten.
If you do not want to overwrite the previously recorded song, select
a song number that displays “(Empty)” as the song name.
5. Press the [ ] (FAST) button.
The Entry screen appears, where you can enter the desired song
name.
6. Change the song name.
Button Operation
[–] [+] buttons Change the character.
[
] [ ] (SLOW/FAST)
buttons
Select the character to change.
* Note that character availability varies according to whether you
are saving an SMF le or an audio le.
If you decide not to save the song, press the [REC] button.
7. Press the [METRONOME] button.
The song is saved.
NOTE
Do NOT turn o the power or disconnect the USB ash drive
while “Working.” is displayed.
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