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Using the USB Memory Song Player/Recorder
The USB Memory Song Player/Recorder lets you
play back audio les (WAV, MP3, AIFF) that you’ve
copied from your computer to a USB ash drive,
or to record your keyboard performance to a USB
ash drive.
NOTE
• Never insert or remove a USB ash drive while this unit’s power
is on. Doing so may corrupt the unit’s data or the data on the
USB ash drive.
• Carefully insert the USB ash drive all the way in-until it is rmly
in place.
• Use USB ash drive available from Roland. Proper operation
cannot be guaranteed if other USB device is used.
• Don’t connect anything other than a USB ash drive to the USB
MEMORY connector.
MEMO
If the USB ash drive contains a large number of song les, it
may take some time for them to be read.
Basic Operations in the SONG Screen
When you press the [SONG] button, the SONG LIST screen or the
SONG SETUP screen will appear.
Use the [F1] (LIST) button and [F2] (SETUP) button to switch
between screens.
In the SONG LIST screen you can select an audio le to playback.
In the SONG SETUP screen you can make settings for playback.
Audio les are listed
here.
Indicates the current time
of the audio le.
Adjust the volume
of the song player.
Set the playback
speed (p. 65).
Set the playback
pitch (p. 65).
Turn chain play on/
o (p. 66).
Assign the cur-
rently playing (or
stopped) location
as the start of loop
playback.
Turn loop play on/
o (p. 65).
Assign the cur-
rently playing (or
stopped) location
as the end of loop
playback.
MEMO
Copy your audio les (WAV, MP3, AIFF) to the root folder (the top
level) of your USB ash drive, or create a folder on your USB ash
drive and copy the les into it. For more about folders in USB
ash drive, refer to “USB Flash Drive” (p. 25).
Playback
Here’s how to play back audio les saved on the USB ash drive.
1. Press the [SONG] button.
The SONG LIST screen will appear. A list of the audio les on the
USB ash drive will appear.
If the SONG SETUP screen is displayed, press the [F1] (LIST) button
to access the SONG LIST screen.
MEMO
If the le name or folder name contains double-byte characters
(e.g., Japanese), they will not be shown correctly in the display.
2. Use the value dial or the [DEC] [INC] buttons to select an
audio le.
MEMO
• To view les that are inside a folder, select that folder and press
the [
] (cursor) or [ENTER] button.
• The folder you’re currently viewing is shown at the top of the
list. To return to the next higher level folder, press the [
]
(cursor) button.
Currently shown folder
Folder
3. Press the [ ] (PLAY) button.
The selected audio le will play.
• Press the [
] (STOP) button to stop playback.
When you press the [ ] (PLAY) button once again, playback
will resume from where it was stopped.
• Press the [
] button to return to the beginning of the audio
le.
• Rewinds the audio le while you hold down the [
] button.
• Fast-forwards the audio le while you hold down the [
]
button.