Owner's manual

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Finishing Up the Song as an Audio File (Mixdown)
This feature lets you apply eects for mastering and adjust the sound of the songs you create, and generate an audio le of the entire song (SONG
+ vocal takes).
Applying Eects to an Entire Song
(Mastering)
The process of “mastering” involves nalizing a song by applying
eects to make nal adjustments to its loudness and tonal character.
This unit features three kinds of mastering eects: a multiband
compressor, a ve-band equalizer and a limiter.
1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [MIXDOWN]
button.
The MASTERING MENU screen appears.
2. Select the eect (MULTI COMP, 5 BAND EQ, LIMITER) with the [VALUE]
dial, and then press the [VALUE] dial.
Eect Explanation
Multiband compressor
Smooths out variances in volume while boosting the
loudness.
5-band equalizer Adjusts the overall tonal character.
Limiter Prevents excessive input signal, which could cause distortion.
3. Use the [VALUE] dial to select a parameter, and edit the value.
&For details, refer to the “Parameter Guide” (PDF).
Creating an Audio File
(Mixdown)
Here’s how to mix down your complete song and output it to an
audio le (WAV le). You can select the sound sources for mixdown by
omitting the vocal takes and so forth.
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5 Audio les are saved in the “ROLAND/MV/MIXDOWN” folder on the SD card.
5 Mixing a song down takes the same amount of time as playing it back.
5 Audio input from the mic and external devices are also saved to the WAV le
during mixdown.
1. Press the [MIXDOWN] button.
The MIXDOWN screen appears.
2. Use the [VALUE] dial to select the sound source for mixdown.
Sound source Explanation
FULL MIX SONG + vocal takes
INSTRUMENTS SONG only
VOCAL ONLY Vocal takes only
3. Press the [VALUE] dial.
Mixdown begins and playback starts.
The mixdown ends automatically when song nishes playing back.
* Press the [EXIT] button to end the mixdown while in progress.
4. Press the [EXIT] button to close the MIXDOWN screen.
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Checking the resulting mixdown
Select “PREVIEW” on the MIXDOWN screen and press the [VALUE] dial to play
back the audio le that was created.