Roland GR-30 - Setting Tempo and Synching Tempo to the External Device (A-TEMPO)

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A.-E

This “E” stands for “External,” and means that

only the external MIDI sound generator is arpeg-

giated.

A.1E

The first tone and the external MIDI sound genera-

tor are arpeggiated.

A.2E

The second tone and the external MIDI sound gen-

erator are arpeggiated.

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Settings can also be made for the values that follow these

(hAr, h.-1, h.-2,..., h.2E), but choosing one of these caus-

es Arpeggiator to stop and selects Harmonist (p. 64).

Please note that if Harmonist is chosen here, it becomes

impossible to select the setting items “A-RHYTHM,”

“A-DURATION,” or “A-TEMPO.”

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<Overwriting the Settings for a Desired

Patch>

Call up the patch you wish to change, and while still

in the Edit mode, set the PARAMETER SELECT dial

to “WRITE PATCH?”, and press [+] and [-] simulta-

neously to write the patch.

If the patch you’re changing is a preset patch from

E11 to H84, or if you wish to leave the original

unchanged, first set the PARAMETER SELECT dial to

“WRITE TO...”, then use [+] and [-] to specify the des-

tination patch number for the write operation.

Setting Tempo and Synching

Tempo to the External Device

(A-TEMPO)

You can freely vary the tempo of the arpeggios, and

save the tempo to the patch.

The setting for this is “A-TEMPO” (arpeggio tempo),

which can be set to the desired tempo, and when set

to “Syn.”, arpeggios can be synchronized to the

tempo of an external MIDI device, such as a

sequencer. Let’s try making some actual changes to

preset patch settings and listening to how the tempo

changes.

1. Choose patch E21 (acoustic guitar arpeggios).

2. Press [EDIT/PLAY] to enter the Edit mode, then

set the EDIT TARGET dial to “ARPEGGIO/har-

mony” and the PARAMETER SELECT dial to “D”

(A-TEMPO).

3. The current value of 78 is displayed. (This value is

in bpm, or beats per minute). The [+] and [-] keys

can be used to change the display range of “Syn.”,

50, 51, 52,..., 250, so play the guitar and listen to

how the arpeggio tempo changes.

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By setting A-TEMPO to “Syn.” and connecting the

MIDI OUT connector on an external MIDI sequencer

(such as the Roland MC-303) to MIDI IN on the GR-

30, you can synchronize the arpeggios to the perfor-

mance temperature of the external device.

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If you don’t get synchronized arpeggios, check whether

the external device is set up to send MIDI clock message.

If set to “Syn.”, no arpeggios are played on just the GR-

30.