Roland SP-404MK - Editing Effects

UsingtheEffects
EditingtheEffects
Whenyoupressaneffectbutton(suchasthe[FILTER+DRIVE]button)toturntheeffecton,theeffecteditscreen
appears.
Turnthe[CTRL1]‒[CTRL3]knobswhiletheeffecteditscreenisdisplayedtoeditthemainparametersoftheeffect.
Youmaybeabletoaccessthesub-parametersbyholdingdownthe[VALUE]knob,dependingontheeffect.Turnthe
[CTRL1]‒[CTRL3]knobstoeditthesub-parametersoftheeffect.
Lockingtheeffecteditscreen
Althoughtheeffecteditscreendisplayswhenyoupressaneffectbutton,thescreennormallyreturnstotheprevious
screenifyoudonʼtoperateanycontrolsforseveralseconds.
Youcanusethefollowingoperationifyouwanttomaketheeffecteditscreenkeepdisplaying.
Abouttheeffectparametersavespecificationsandsharing
ThemainparametersoftheeffectsassignedtoBUS1andBUS2arerestoredtotheirdefaultvalueswhenyouturnoff
thepower(inotherwords,anychangesarenotsaved).
Parametersthatareretainedevenafteryouturnoffthepowerofthisunitareshownbelow.
Bustowhicheffectsareassigned Mainparameters Sub-parameters
INPUT(INPUTFX) µ µ
BUS1 (Notsaved)
BUS2
BUS3 µ µ
BUS4
Theeffectparametersonthisunitaresharedincommonwithsomebusestowhicheffectsareassigned.
Forinstance,thesub-parametersofeffectsassignedtoINPUT,BUS1andBUS2aresharedincommon.Forthis
reason,whenyouassignthesameeffecttoINPUTandBUS1andthenchangetheINPUTFXsub-parameters,theBUS
1sub-parametersbecomethesamevalues.
TheeffectparametersarelikewisesharedbetweenBUS3andBUS4aswell.
Whileholdingdownthe[REMAIN]button,pressaneffectbutton(suchasthe[FILTER+DRIVE]button).
Theeffecteditscreenappears.Evenifyoudonʼtoperatetheunitforawhileafterthis,theunitdoesnot
returntothepreviousscreen.
Thedisplayswitchesbetweenmainparametersandsub-parameterseachtimeyoupressthe[VALUE]
knob,dependingontheeffect.
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Tofinishmakingsetting,pressthe[EXIT]buttonorthe[REMAIN]button.
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