Roland G-600 User Manual

Features 128 styles, including new ones like Intro, Verse, Bridge, etc.

Allows saving 8 User Styles in RAM, with power backup.

Allows saving 192 Performance Memories for quick recall.

Describes the G-600's ability to adapt to user playing with intelligent harmony.

Offers sophisticated chord recognition for playing.

Explains the three trigger modes for playing.

Details the Piano Mode for performing.

Describes the Dynamic Arranger mode for changing tempo and volume.

Features high-resolution music styles with 120 CPT/resolution.

Offers 689 sounds and 35 GM/GS variations from Roland synthesizers.

Explains the FC-7 Foot Controller for style selection and MIDI messages.

Describes the EV-5/FV-300 Expression Pedal for volume control.

Mentions DP-2, DP-6, or FS-5U Foot Switches for sustain or style control.

Details MSA, MSD, MSE MIDI Style disks and their compatibility.

Discusses amplification for the G-600, recommending dealers.

Safety advice regarding power supply and connection.

Guidelines for placing the G-600 to avoid interference and heat.

Instructions for cleaning and maintaining the unit.

General safety advice, including avoiding strong pressure.

Information about battery backup for memory circuits and potential data loss.

Illustrates and describes how to connect the G-600 to other components.

Explains how to play the demo songs provided with the G-600.

Details the controls and functions on the G-600's front panel.

Describes the connectors and functions on the G-600's rear panel.

Explains the use of the [F5] Exit function.

Describes the Master page display and its elements.

Explains how to navigate through the G-600's display pages using function keys.

Describes how to use other buttons like [PAGE], [DRUMS/PART], [TONE], [ARR CHORD], [VOLUME].

Describes the Realtime display and how it reflects control changes.

Explains what realtime parts are and their types.

Details how to select and layer realtime parts for playing.

Explains splitting the keyboard and setting the split point.

Explains the Keyboard Mode Hold function.

Details how to select the Manual Drums part.

Explains the Roll function for drum rolls.

Details selecting Tones using the dedicated TONE buttons.

Details tone selection for other parts.

Explains how to select Drum Sets for the M.Drums part.

Explains automatic tone selection.

Details the Tone Change parameter.

General remarks regarding realtime performance functions.

Explains Pitch Bend and Modulation functions.

Details Transpose and Octave Up/Down functions.

Explains Arranger and Music Styles.

Explains how to tell the G-600 about keyboard halves.

Describes the Standard chord recognition mode.

Explains the Piano Style chord recognition mode.

Describes the Intelligent chord recognition mode.

Details the Bass Inversion function.

Explains the Arr Hold function.

Explains how to start a Music Style.

Details how to stop a Music Style.

Explains selecting different style divisions.

Explains the Basic and Advanced style modes.

Explains realtime variations for drum accompaniment.

Details One Touch, Melody Intelligence, Fade Out, and Reset.

Explains the G-600's style grouping.

Explains how to use external User Styles.

Details how to load User Styles from disk.

Explains tempo buttons and indicators.

Details the Tap Tempo function.

Explains assigning tones to Arranger parts.

Details the Tone Change parameter.

Explains compiling and saving User Style Sets.

Details saving User Styles to disk.

Explains loading User Style Sets from disk.

Explains writing settings to a Performance Memory.

Explains the Memory Protect function.

Details how to name performance memories.

Explains the process of writing a Performance Memory.

Explains selecting the 00 FreePnl Performance Memory.

Details the Resume function.

Explains selecting Performance Memories by group, bank, and number.

Details selectively loading settings with Performance Memory Hold.

Explains recording accompaniment for a song.

Details the two Chord Sequencer modes.

Explains the NTA (Note To Arranger) feature.

Details the Style Change function.

Explains realtime chord sequencing.

Details playing back a Chord Sequence.

Explains how to record a song.

Details formatting a disk.

Discusses steps before recording.

Explains the recording process.

Details naming the song.

Explains song playback.

Explains all song playback.

Details playing back a specific song from disk.

Explains useful recorder playback functions.

Describes the lyrics function.

Explains fast forward, rewind, and reset functions.

Details live performance with MIDI backing.

Explains how to change song tempo.

Details soloing and muting parts.

Explains how to solo parts.

Explains muting parts and their status.

Details overriding song settings.

Explains song volume part.

Explains Tone Change Old and New.

Details Tone Edit (Source switch).

Explains adjusting part balance (volume).

Details grouped and bus faders.

Explains section balance.

Explains the Mixer mode.

Details Mixer/Realtime mixer pages.

Explains volume adjustment in mixer.

Details muting parts.

Explains panpot settings.

Covers effects and equalizer functions.

Explains applying effects to a part.

Explains effect settings.

Explains equalizer parameters.

Details selecting parts for equalizer processing.

Explains source settings.

Explains realtime source settings.

Details arranger source settings.

Explains effect source settings.

Explains editing part parameters.

Details modulation (vibrato) settings.

Details timbre (filter) settings.

Explains envelope parameters.

Details another source switch for Tone Edit.

Details Upper2 settings for coarse and fine tuning.

Explains intelligent melodies played by Upper2.

Details settings related to the Arranger.

Explains Musical Style playback Wrap function.

Details velocity sensitivity of Arranger parts.

Covers settings related to realtime parts.

Explains velocity sensitivity and switching.

Explains roll resolution for M.Drums.

Details mono/polyphonic and portamento.

Details pitch bender range.

Explains expression pedal for effects or volume.

Details playing in other scales.

Explains source switches.

Explains Song Sets.

Explains the concept of User Styles.

Details patterns in User Styles.

Explains looped vs one-shot patterns.

Explains looped divisions.

Details one-shot divisions.

Explains selecting the User Style mode.

Details selecting track, mode, type, and division.

Explains working with clones.

Explains the Record mode.

Details the Quantize function.

Explains tone selection.

Explains length pages.

Details tempo settings.

Explains the recording process.

Details saving your style.

Explains muting parts during recording.

Details the metronome function.

Explains empty tracks.

Explains how to create existing Styles.

Details copying entire styles to memory.

Explains copying individual User Style tracks.

Explains the User Style Edit mode.

Details the Edit\Erase1 page.

Explains the Edit\Quantize page.

Details track, mode, type, division, style settings.

Explains the Edit\GateV1 page.

Details the Edit\GateV2 page.

Explains Edit\Shift.

Details the Edit\Delete page.

Explains the Edit\Insert page.

Details the Edit\Move page.

Explains the Edit\Copy page.

Details the Edit\Quantize page.

Details the User Style Microscope Mode.

Details Track Microscope Edit.

Explains event selection.

Details the status column.

Explains Velo settings.

Details Gate Time settings.

Explains Bar, Beat, CPT settings.

Details selecting, all, and mark functions.

Explains SMF, General MIDI, and General Sound.

Details the GM System.

Explains the GS format.

Explains note messages.

Details control change messages.

Explains Modulation (CC7).

Details Volume (CC07).

Explains Expression (CC11).

Details Pan/pot (CC 10).

Explains Hold (CC64).

Details Sostenuto (CC66).

Explains RPN and Data Entry.

Details Aftertouch.

Explains All Sound Off.

Explains resetting all controllers.

Details GM System On.

Explains GS Reset.

Details Master Volume.

Explains other SysEx messages.

Explains MIDI on the G-600.

Details MIDI pages.

Explains Part settings.

Details Channel settings.

Explains Shift settings.

Details Filter settings.

Explains NTA page.

Details 1'rx CH, 2'rx CH.

Explains Shift.

Details Local On/Off.

Explains Basic RX and TX pages.

Details Style Channel RX pages.

Explains style selection via MIDI.

Details rxVelo and Tone/Off switches.

Explains PartSwitch.

Details MIDI Sync RX/TX.

Explains On/Off settings.

Details Style (Sync) TX.

Explains Song (Sync) TX.

Explains loading data from disk.

Details loading/copying styles.

Explains loading performance sets.

Details loading MIDI sets.

Explains saving data to disk.

Details saving User Styles.

Details saving sets.

Explains renaming User Styles.

Details style file renaming.

Explains deletion.

Explains Style Set function.

Details Song Copy.

Details disk copy.

Explains disk formatting.

Lists recorder/disk messages.

Lists user style messages.

Lists general messages.