Roland RS-5 - Making Settings Prior to Recording, Recording, and Listening to the Recorded Performance; Using the RS-5;9 as a GM;GM2 System-Compatible Sound Module; Playing Back GM;GM2 Music Data; Set the GM System On Receive Switch or GM2 System On Receive Switch to ON

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Chapter 11. Recording Performances on the RS-5/9 to an External Device
Making Settings Prior to Recording,
Recording, and Listening to the
Recorded Performance
You can record and listen to performances using the same
procedures used with an external sequencer connected. Refer
to (p. 124–126).
* When reading this portion, just replace “sequencer” with
“sequencer software” or “computer” whenever it appears in
the text.
Using the RS-5/9 as a GM/GM2
System-Compatible Sound Module
You can play back music data designed for GM and GM2
sound generators by connecting an external sequencer and
using the RS-5/9 as a sound module.
* For instructions on connecting the external sequencer, refer to
(p. 124).
* When the RS-5/9 receives a GS Reset message, the RS-5/9 is
enabled for the GS format (a shared set of specifications
proposed by Roland for standardization of multi-timbral sound
modules). This permits playback of music data bearing the GS
logo (GS music data). However, Roland’s Sound Canvas
Series (including the SC-8850 and SC-8820 models) feature a
different sound module format and expanded tone map, so data
created exclusively for the Sound Canvas Series may not play
back properly on the RS-5/9.
Playing Back GM/GM2 Music
Data
Be sure to note the following when playing back GM or GM2
music data.
Set the System Exclusive Receive Switch to ON
(p. 116).
When set to OFF, GM System On and GM2 System On MIDI
messages cannot be received. With the factory settings, this
will be “ON.”
Make Sure to Play Back from the Beginning of
the Song
When playback of a song is started at any point other than
the beginning, the sound generator settings are not reset to
the GM and GM2 initial settings values, and the song is not
played back correctly.
* If you want to play back a song in which a message resetting
the sound generator to the initial settings values (GM Setup
message or GM2 Setup message) was not recorded, you must
first restore the RS-5/9’s sound generator to the GM/GM2
basic settings (p. 117).
Set the GM System On Receive Switch or GM2
System On Receive Switch to ON
When set to OFF, GM System On and GM2 System On MIDI
messages cannot be received. When shipped from the
factory, both of these are set to “ON.”
The GM System On Receive Switch and GM2 System On
Receive Switch settings affect the RS-5/9 as a whole (i.e., are
system settings). This setting remains stored in memory even
while the power is off.
1. Press [EDIT], getting the indicator to light.
2. Use VALUE [-]/[+] to select “System Setup.”
3. Press [ENTER].
4. Press [4] a number of times to select “GM SYSTEM.” or
“GM2 SYSTEM.”
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* If you hold down [SHIFT] and press [4], you will return to the
previous item.
5. Use VALUE [-]/[+] to set “ON.”
6. Press [EDIT].
The [EDIT] indicator goes out, and you are returned to
the previous screen.