Roland JUNO-G - Page 17

Intro
17
Equip- ment
Prepa- ration
Rhythm Piano Bass Vocal Mixing CD Spec
Check the recording level
S
etting the level is the most important thing when recording. I
f
the level is too low, you’ll lose dynamic range, and the audio qual-
it
y
will su

er. I
f
the level is too high,
y
ou’ll get distortion (crackling
o
r grin
d
ing noise)
.
T
o
b
egin, set t
h
e
AU
DI
O
I
N
sl
i
de
r
l
ocate
d
on t
h
e JUNO-G’s
p
ane
l
to
the maximum position (all the way
up). T
h
en, w
h
i
l
e p
l
a
y
ing
y
our gui
-
tar, use the
LEVEL
knob on the rear
panel to adjust the recording level
.
Use the LEVEL knob to
adjust the recording
level.
A
d
just t
h
e
l
eve
l
so t
h
at w
h
en
y
ou p
l
a
y
y
our guitar t
h
e
l
ou
d
est,
t
h
e JUNO-G’s
l
eve
l
meter
d
oes not quite reac
h
a
ll
t
h
e way to t
h
e
maximum point. You should also make sure that the level is not
too
lo
w
.
Ideally, the loudest pas-
sages should make the
level meter reach almost all
the way to the right. If the
level reaches all the way to
the right edge, however,
the sound will be distorted.
Start recording!
First
y
ou’
ll
nee
d
to return to t
h
e
b
eginning
o
f
the son
g
(
[
STOP
]
+
[
BWD
]
button
)
. Press
t
he
[
REC
]
button to enter standb
y
mode.
T
h
is time
y
ou’
ll
b
e recor
d
ing on
ly
t
h
e soun
d
f
rom an external audio source, so set
A
udio
R
ec
M
ode
to
“SO
L
O
.
”
Turn the dial to select
“SOLO.”
Next,
p
ress the
[
PLAY
]
butto
n
to
sta
r
t
r
e-
cor
d
ing. Go a
h
ea
d
an
d
p
l
ay your guitar
l
i
k
e
a
rock star! When you’ve

nished recording,
p
ress t
h
e
[
STOP
]
butto
n
.
Take a look at the AUDIO TRACK screen at this time, and you’ll
notice t
h
at t
h
ere’s a
bl
in
k
ing grap
h
ic in
d
icating t
h
e region
y
ou
recorded
.
Press “ASSIGN” if you’re sat-
is ed, or press “UNLOAD”
if you’re not satis ed.
When you press the [STOP]
button, the recorded region
will blink.
I
f
you
’
re
h
appy wit
h
your per
f
ormance,
p
ress the
[
ASSIGN
]
button. If
y
ou’re unsatis
-
 ed,
p
ress the [UNLOAD]
butto
n
.
Y
ou
’
ll
be
a
sked whether you really want to discard
y
our performance; press the
[
EXEC
]
butto
n
t
o discard it
.
For more about audio recording, refer to “Recording a Song
(Audio Track)” (p. 104) in the owner’s manual.
☞
Totally cool! You can change the tempo of the recording!
If
y
ou’re not con dent of being able to pla
y
at the necessar
y
tempo,
y
ou can drop the song tempo a little (see
p
age 10 o
f
this booklet) when you record. I
f
you think this will make you look uncool, you’re wrong — you can
change the tempo back when
y
ou’re

nished recording! This is an absolutel
y
great
f
eature that most other
ha
r
d
-
d
i
sk
r
eco
r
de
r
s
do
n’
t
ha
v
e!
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Set the AUDIO IN
slider to the maximum
position.
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