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The Digital Recorder—Getting Serious

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JUNOGiWS05

JUNO-Gi

Mobile Synthesizer

and Digital Recorder

Summary of Contents for JUNO-Gi

Page 1: ...ghts reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Corporation U S iTunes is a trademark of Apple Inc Apple Inc is not associated or affiliated with Roland in any manner JUNOGiWS05 JUNO Gi Mobile Synthesizer and Digital Recorder ...

Page 2: ...ible damage to your equipment your data or yourself About SD Cards You Use for Recording The JUNO Gi s digital recorder records directly to an SD memory card installed in your JUNO Gi You can use standard SD or SDHC format cards Included with your JUNO Gi is a 2 GB gigabyte SD card You ll want to purchase additional cards if you plan to get into the digital recorder For simplicity s sake we ll ref...

Page 3: ...Start by using a small Phillips head screwdriver to remove the two screws holding in the SD card protector that covers the SD card slot Remove the two screws This protector keeps the card in place during shipping you may want to use the protector to keep a card safely installed onstage and or when you move your JUNO Gi 2 Press the edge of the installed card all the way into its slot until you hear...

Page 4: ...r Formatting an SD card completely erases the card If there s anything you want to preserve on your card copy it to your computer after inserting the card in your computer s SD slot or a compatible memory card reader connected to the computer STOP NOW AND DEAL 6 If you want to proceed with the formatting operation press 5 EXEC If you don t press 6 CANCEL Backing Up Your Recordings You can copy a c...

Page 5: ...ings before recording begins 4 Press the PLAY button to start playback 5 When you get to a location just before the spot at which you want to start re recording press REC to punch in 6 Play or sing what you want to fix 2 Locate the ROLAND folder on your computer that you want to copy to the card 3 Drag the folder onto the JUNO Gi device s icon 4 When the computer tells you the device already conta...

Page 6: ...ORDER VIEW to go to the RECORDER screen and then press the REPEAT A3 4B button once Clear A B appears momentarily onscreen 7 As soon as you re done press REC again to punch out 8 Press STOP and go back to listen to your punch If it s not good enough repeat Steps 3 7 to try again You can attempt a punch as many times as you need to A connected foot switch like a Roland DP 2 DP 10 or FS 5U makes man...

Page 7: ...r SD card it creates a folder for the song inside the RECORDER folder which is itself inside the card s ROLAND folder All of the files required for the song including your recordings are placed in this folder Saving a Song as You Work While the JUNO Gi automatically saves your song each time you record something new there will be times when you want to store changes you ve made to the song between...

Page 8: ...ess 5 EXEC Each copy you make of a song takes up the same amount of space on the SD card in essence doubling the space taken up by the song Information The SONG INFORMATION screen provides information regarding the current song s status on your SD card Folder Name tells you the name of the song s folder on your SD card Each song s folder is assigned a number instead of using the song s title as di...

Page 9: ...ong on your SD card If you d like to do some practice work on it playing along or experimenting with its mix and or effects You won t be able to record anything new and you won t be able save anything you do while the song is protected Protecting a song can also be useful when a song s completed and you want to make sure nothing happens to it When you select Song Protect on the SONG EDIT MENU scre...

Page 10: ... B in the TRACK ERASE screen The target track and V Track are where your copy will go 4 Set the desired Target Track and Target V Track 5 Set the time location within the target track V Track at which you want the copy placed 6 You can place multiple copies of the source material end to end on the target track Set Repeat setting to the number of copies you want to make 7 Press 6 EXEC to initiate t...

Page 11: ...art in bars and beats or in time Track Exchange Track Exchange allows you to swap the location of a pair of V Tracks You might want to do this for organizational purposes To use it 1 Set Source Track and Source V Track to the first V Track 2 Set Target Track and Target V Track to the second V Track 3 Press 6 EXEC and when the JUNO Gi asks if you re sure press 5 EXEC to proceed with the swap or pre...

Page 12: ...bining everything in a new V Track or a stereo pair of V Tracks You can bounce only specific sections of a song or the entire song Take care not to place the imported audio onto a track and V track that already contains a recording you want to use in your song 3 Press 6 EXEC 4 When the JUNO Gi asks if you re sure you want to proceed press 5 EXEC to complete the importing process or 6 CANCEL Track ...

Page 13: ...he track and then customize the effect by pressing 6 EFFECT on the RECORDER screen and adjusting the effect s settings as desired 2 If you re comping find the bits you want to use and play the song a few times to rehearse switching between source tracks using the digital recorder s faders There are a few reasons you might want to bounce You can free up V Tracks for more recording When you bounce t...

Page 14: ...ounce 1 On the RECORDER screen press 1 MODE until neither BOUNCE or MASTERING appear in the upper right corner This means you re back in Normal mode In Normal mode there s nothing here like this 3 If you re addingliveaudio usetheInputLevelsettingsontheKEYBOARD INPUT or AUDIO INPUT SELECT screens to set your input level relative to your source tracks bouncing the rhythm pattern sound use its fader ...

Page 15: ...of the screen 2 Press the button beneath each bounced source track s fader so it s not lit in order to mute that track 3 Press 9 to return to the top of the song or use and or to navigate to just before the bounced section of the song 4 Press PLAY to listen to your bounce Once you re done bouncing you can set the source tracks so that they play new empty V Tracks instead of the ones containing the...

Page 16: ... a stereo 16 bit 44 1 kHz WAV file that can be burned onto a CD converted for use on a personal music player uploaded or emailed Editing a Mastering Effect Patch 1 After selecting a mastering effect patch to start with press 6 and then 3 and or 4 to highlight an effect module whose settings you want to change 3 Use the 3 4 5 and or 6 buttons to highlight the Target Track value as shown on the next...

Page 17: ...ch respectively 7 Select a memory location for the effect 8 Press 6 WRITE followed by 5 EXEC to store the effect 9 Return to Step 10 of Mastering Your Mix above to continue the mastering process Listening to Your Mastered Tracks To listen to your mastered mix properly you ll want to hear it as it really is alone without listening to your now mastered tracks and effects alongside it To do this 1 On...

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