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1. 70 Rise Time 24 Voice FX naua 61 62 ROOM 50 56 94 Rotary Slow Fast 43 RX Monitor 101 IAA E 102 S Save AA AA E AE AA 77 MIDI Set 107 10 ee ee ee ene meee 1 VA BUTI 107 User Program Set 106 Without Lyrics 98 Scale Tuning 45 SCO IIIA 41 SHIGE ia EE 101 102 ShortEcho 57 UA aa EEEE PETE tues see 61 UA AA IAA 28 Voicetype 24 SIOW 57 Aa aka 65 SmartMedia 110 Format 108 Ee o P EA Paes Ka 106 ee STET ETT EEEE AA 71 User Programs 82 SMF see Song SIMOOUNG IIIA 58 wa AULA E EEE KU MWAO 43 II aa 87 88 DONG aon IA ASIA 39 Balance 87 Category 16 PEGS oics estuwezichosapeescase 88 94 INGO 2s o acies an eee a dea ee so Re 71 Link to User Program 84 WA AA KA AE 96 Makeup Tools 86 Octave 91 ODLIONG aa 72 Position Pointer 102 DAV tie aah neon ELA EBU UTAMU EKA 107 AAA 102 Tone Finder 87 VU us caauureedenee edema te 91 93 Sostenuto 43 117
2. 42 Chord Intell 66 Chorus Druminstrument 93 Harmony Effects 57 Parameters 51 SONG WA 50 55 58 Song Makeup Tools 88 Vocal Harmonizer 55 Chr Level 94 WA ee ee ee aa 94 CMU EA MAANA AKINUNUA 56 Clear ALL Steps aa 77 Coarse 62 Common 94 Compressor 21 Concert 56 Connections 12 CONT AA a Ena 102 Contrast 11 14 Control Change 101 102 COMO pesgsecatedeeracreceesceesedse 42 116 Copy FUnctions 109 WOOK AA 75 II IA 19 Current Measure 69 CUNOM Ia 59 60 92 RULING AA EA 41 D D Bemaco IA Aa 37 41 DAM IAA siaaa Ka 43 Database 72 110 Decay 60 92 DU A 50 51 57 94 IWE 55 57 IL au asennad cavekwde D Time Vibrato 24 61 62 Delete 108 Last Note 73 MarkJump 69 Song Aa 79 Song Finder 73 Depth 24 61 62 DEMING AA 58 Disk see Floppy Disk Media 105 DiskCopy
3. 90 11 Editing Lyrics 96 Adding LyricstoaSsong 96 Utility functions for Edit Lyrics 98 12D ii IIIA E 99 IIIA kaa 99 Editing MIDI parameterSs 101 Editing CEs oy iem Danae Vl AA 102 WWD SE e aE doused wer ve ne eh camane die cede 103 13 Disk Media functions 105 Ihehow to S 105 Load from disk or SmartMedia 106 Save to disk or SmartMedia 106 D a E E E 108 Disk Media Utility functions 108 EOLA E AAA AA AA 108 COPY FUNCIONS WWW awa 109 14 Specifications 114 MIDI Implementation Chart 115 MUCK ats ace erage dae aa ane erate we ate aaa 116 Owner s Manual 2 Panel descriptions 1 BENDER MODULATION lever By performing left right movements you can bend your solo notes down left or up right Press this lever towards the rear of the DisCover 5 to add modu lation usually vibrato to the notes you are playing 2 MASTER section knob Use this knob to set the global vol ume of your DisCover 5 knob This knob allows you to set the vol ume balance between the notes you play on the key board KEYBOARD and the song parts SONG Turn it towards the right if you think your solo is too soft 3 D Beam controller This controller allows you to
4. p 40 Use this parameter when you wish to accom pany other instruments or play to a CD cas sette etc Master Tune 431 6 HZ e SCALE TUNE Allows you to use and or pro gram different tuning systems for oriental music and thelike p 45 Scale Tune 50 50 50 50 50 o a a Go Go Ga Cc qaBackto Memorize 7 Menu Hem Ga To ll e SPLIT 8 TOUCH Provides access to two parameters related to the Keyboard parts Split pOint p 32 Touch sensitivity dynamics p 39 Split Point Aei Keyboard Touch e TRANSPOSE Allows you to set the transposi tion interval via the display and to specify which sections should be transposed p 38 Transpose 1 T ran K Back t e n gt IT e VIDEO LYRICS Allows you to make settings related to an optional TV screen or monitor eT ka ee ee p 30 Video Lyrics e FADE IN OUT Allows you to specify how fast fades triggered via the button should be caed OU ra Suceeutens veces daar eran p 68 Fade In Out Time IN Time OUT 8 sec 14 sec eat lll Time HOLD Z SEC DISCOVER 5 Before you start editing Menu e D BEAM Allows you to assign the desired function to the D Beam controller p 41 1 0 Beam DJ Gear Sound EFX Play Stop Modulation Arpeggio Oct 3 Tempo Up Filter Up Chord Oct1
5. TE amil FADE OST If you don t want any MIDI Set to be recalled select Off 5 Press the button to return to the main page 104 Owner s Manual fis Disk Media functions The DisCover 5 s Disk Media functions allow you to save edited songs to disk or SmartMedia card to save and load your User Programs MIDI Sets and Song Chains to format floppy disks and SmartMedia cards to delete files and to copy disks and SmartMedia cards As a rule it is wiser to work with a SmartMedia card The DisCover 5 supports 4 8 16 32 64 and 128MB SmartMe dia cards You can also use 2DD or 2HD floppies but the most helpful functions Song Finder User Program Finder Chain function automatic song links to User Programs are only available for files on SmartMedia card 2HD disks have twice the capacity of 2DD disks so use 2HDs whenever you can The how to s 1 Press the button If you press the field the TYPE options and page layout change Format disk or SmartMedia card Copy one or several files DiskCopy Copy an entire floppy disk 5 Do one of the following if necessary o For operations press the field that con tains the name of the file you wish to load Use the fields if the desired file is not cur UserPrgo0002 UserPrg rently displayed UserPrgt0009 o For operations enter a name for the file UserPrgt0004 VserPrg00010 you are about to save UserPrgo0005 UserPrg00011 e For operat
6. 100 WI EA Ia 103 Set Ker o IIIA 106 Set Save 107 NA IA 102 User Programlink 85 MIDI Set Automatic selection 104 Link to User Program 85 MinusOne 19 43 E EE TETEE EEEE ESET edn as 64 65 MRE IA IA 49 Vocal Harmonizer 54 MI II IIIA 54 Modulation 38 Monitor 30 101 102 Multi FX WWW IA oY Music Mute 28 55 VI E E UA 93 N Name 29 NeXt SONG IAA 18 Nore 111 Normal 14 NoteWrap 64 NRPN 101 0 Oa IIIA 33 42 63 Drum Sets 37 wA eerren maa A 65 Song parts 91 Vocoder 64 ODUONS ses AA ALALA 72 Oriental Scales 45 Biro Ti EPR E 94 P P8SInput 73 Pi IIIA 90 PanDelay 3 PanPot 64 91 93 Harmonizer 66 Keyboard parts 50 aa Ea EA UTE TU NAA AYA 84 EU PAUNI KUTUUA WAUA 101 102 WA EE E E WAA 64 PE PTEE EEEE EE ENT 101 102 a E EEE E E TA E 101 102 Pedal ih nt Sates hu ned cee entien 44 Percussion 32
7. 44 WA 43 Format 108 FreeDiskArea 107 Frequency HZ 62 65 66 67 FLOM caacneantaeeeusdaseadeneieees 110 PUM IIIA 109 FWD 18 G UA ai 21 62 65 66 67 Ghee IA WA eRe ied eee keene 21 Gender 62 63 64 66 VoiceInput 24 Genrfe 16 70 Ia aa 36 59 MIDA 103 WII wa WI a aera ann ae 56 GS ResetSend 18 H IGM Wa 56 Harmonizer Effect 56 Harmony ASSON ia 23 27 ROD i322 AI II 22 ONO ion cs andy pinin nrn sues 43 High 101 Key TUI 39 Hold Fade In Out 68 Footswitch 43 Lower 43 User Program 83 III UE eat ond hee oe nen eet 16 71 BA III WA 74 Initialize 108 Instrument 41 86 Internal 102 Interval transposition 39 AVEN AA Pd nee kai 14 J Jump to Istnote 87 88 K Karaoke 30 Keyboard Miker 59 SoundEdit 59 ORIG USE whee tp UKUNGA 39 WANS OSG EIA 39 L large Hallicccoaseewey aan bee doesn attend 56 LAV UA ta eee dene shee ode 31 LCD Contrast 11
8. 112 Display Contrast 11 DJGear 41 DOWN UA WA KWA KUAD LAUA AA 82 Drum amp Bass Mute 42 Instrument 93 Mute 93 SEL Wa IAA res 36 Drumming on the keyboard 32 Dynamics ERIE OS E 21 Keyboard 39 E Edit e e AA E EEEE TEETE 74 MIDl EA 100 sleli e PPR 59 INC e IIIA 49 Keyboard parts 50 SONI IA itiska 88 User Program settings inSMF 94 User Program settings insong 94 Ensemble 67 Envelope 59 92 Egualizer 61 62 65 66 67 Expression pedal 44 External Sequencer 100 F Fade IM OUt Ia 68 IA 33 Fast forward 18 FavouriteTone 36 Feedback 57 Female 64 65 File CODY IA EEE ae 109 IIIA ki 107 FU IA 42 59 60 92 MIDI 101 102 Find Only aa 72 83 Finder SON ereina IA 16 71 User Program 82 FING erteni rir eonia ri rrena NEERA 62 Flanger 51 94 Floppy Aa E oes eee 112 Format 108 Into SmartMedia 109 Load 106 Foot Pedal
9. DISCOVER 5 REALTIME ORCHESTRATOR CAUTION The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons ATTENTION risque DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK intended to alert the user to the presence of important NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the li i REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL Hees ecole angie Pecurt INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY TO PERSONS DO oe ONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS WARNING When using electric products basic precautions should always be followed including the following Read these instructions 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched Keep these instructions particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the Heed all warnings point where they exit from the apparatus Follow all instructions 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the Do not use this apparatus near water manufacturer Clean only with a dry cloth 12 Never use with a cart stand tripod bracket Do n
10. MIDI can simultaneously transmit and receive mes sages on 16 channels so that up to 16 instruments can be controlled Nowadays most instruments like your DisCover 5 are multitimbral which means that they can play several musical parts with different sounds Note All DisCover 5 parts are set to receive MIDI messages If they do not seem to respond to the messages you send from the external controller you should check the MIDI connec tions and the channel settings on the DisCover 5 The how to s Accessing the MIDI functions Do the following to gain access to the MIDI func tions 1 Press the button The display changes to I MASTER TUNE GoTo Ya SCALE TUNE GoTo lc SPLIT amp TOUCH H TRANSPOSE a MA LJ video LYRICS FADE IN OUT wall The DisCover 5 transmits data The transmit and receive channels of the Keyboard parts are set as follows Upper MIDI channel 4 Lower MIDI channel 11 M Drums MIDI channel 16 Note The VOCAL HARMONIZER parts are not MIDI compati ble and can therefore neither transmit nor receive MIDI data 2 Press the field MIDI AA AAA 7 Macro Settings ALL Parts Keyboard Song atant quBack to Memorize 2 GoTo 3 Do one of the following e Press a 1 8 field to select a MIDI Set e Press one or several Macro Settings fields to recall the corresponding presets called mac ros e Press the field to gain access to
11. 61 SINGE scLUNUS iii 61 Wa ua IA AA uu 62 Auto TUNE SOULINGS ia 63 Vocoder settings 64 Se EES aa IIIA 65 Ensemble settings 67 8 More refined song functions 68 Using the Fade In Out function 68 Programming MARK JUMP locations 69 Working with the Song Finder 70 Locating files with the Song Finder 71 Editing the Song Finder information 72 Song Chain function 76 Programming Song Chains 76 ECIMMGACHONNS AAA 77 WA AA ANANIA 78 Managing Song Ch 79 9 Working with User Programs 80 Writing your settings to a User Program 80 Selecting User Programs 81 Using the numeric buttons and or the display 81 Selecting User Programs with DOWN UP 82 Finder selecting User Programs on SmartMedia card 82 Selectively loading User Program settings User Programi HOI IA 83 Automatic functions for User Programs 84 Linking a MIDI Set toa User Programs IA 85 Startup User Program 85 10 Song Makeup Tools 86 Instrument selecting different sounds 86 Volume part balance 87 Reverb and Chorus effect balance 88 Palette in depth song editing
12. Press the big field in the middle The display now responds with Disk Copy Foo 1 T ele Insert SOURCE PROTECTED FLOPPY DISK and press EXECUTE Slide the protect tab of the disk you wish to copy in the Protect position and insert the floppy into the disk drive Note It will be impossible to copy the desired floppy disk if you do not write protect it In that case the mes sage Source Disk unprotected appears and the display returns to the above page Press the field to start the copy operation Press the field if you do not want to copy the floppy disk after all The display now shows a message to signal that some or all data are being copied to the DisCover 5 s RAM memory Writing Once the first data chunk has been loaded fol lowing message appears Disk Copy Ell Insert DESTINATION FLOPPY DISK and press EXECUTE Remove the original floppy the SOURCE disk from the drive and insert the one DESTINA TION you wish to copy the data to Note Be careful to set the PROTECT tab of the Destina tion disk to the WRITE or OFF position Note You need to use the same disk type as the one of the Source disk If that was a 2DD disk insert a 2DD disk If the Source disk is a 2HD disk use a 2HD disk 9 Press again Owner s Manual This time the data in the DisCover 5 s RAM memory are copied saved to the destination disk If all data were copied in one go the Funct
13. 19 If you made a mistake somewhere you can return to that measure using and start anew from that position In that case you will have to keep synchroniz ing the remaining text until the end of the song 20 Press the field and save your song with the synchronized lyrics to disk or SmartMedia card File Name File Size E 104E A Kif d Of Magic Free Disk Area 1400E e Enter the name page 29 e Press the or field to select the destination e Press the field DISCOVER 5 Editing Lyrics Utility functions for Edit Lyrics 98 Exporting the Lyrics data as text file Here s what you need to do to export the Lyrics data contained in a Standard MIDI File as text data This may be useful for editing or printing the lyrics using your computer Note This only works if the Standard MIDI File in the DisCover 5 s RAM memory contains lyrics data 1 On the Lyrics Edit page press the field TXT Export E F qaback to ES 2 Name the text file This is only necessary if you do not agree with the preset name i e the one of the song in question See page 29 for how to enter the desired name 3 Press the field to save the file to disk There are three functions you may want to use for managing Lyrics files or songs with associated lyrics All of them can be accessed via the Lyrics Edit menu see page 96 for how to get there Save without Lyrics This function allows you to save the song i
14. About the touch screen Wipe off stains on the touch screen using ethanol but do not allow the ethanol to soak into the joint of the upper fume and the bottom glass for it may otherwise cause peeling or malfunction Do not use organic solvents or detergents other than ethyl alcohol ethanol Before using floppy disks handling the floppy disk drive Install the unit on a solid level surface in an area free from vibra tion If the unit must be installed at an angle be sure the installa tion does not exceed the permissible range upward 2 down ward 18 Avoid using the DisCover 5 immediately after it has been moved to a location with a level of humidity that is greatly different than its former location Rapid changes in the environment can cause con densation to form inside the drive which will adversely affect the operation of the drive and or damage floppy disks When the unit has been moved allow it to become accustomed to the new envi ronment allow a few hours before operating it To insert a disk push it gently but firmly into the drive it will click into place To remove a disk press the EJECT button firmly Do not use excessive force to remove a disk which is lodged in the drive Never attempt to remove a floppy disk from the drive while the drive is operating the indicator is lit damage could result to both the disk and the drive Remove any disk from the drive before powering up or down To preven
15. DISCOVER 5 Index Sound BA EEKAN EEN 92 Keyboard parts 59 SoundEFK 41 UA IA AA waa 57 58 Specifications 114 SA Geary sodas ULALE sabe ae NA 32 Stall arrir bP eee daneeourantae ones 102 SGU IA 85 104 Stereo placement 50 91 93 LLE o 2c EE EE IA 102 UA Aa 56 eoi wa E EEEE Kia 43 Synchro Lyrics 97 Synchronization 102 Synthesizer 21 Sys Erclusive 103 ai cee des AAA 102 T UA UWA oe E oauss 27 43 ROVEND bevwunt E deanees 56 TEMPO nx so2 seuss cates Gea ckia swan eade 17 Song Common 06 94 Synchronization 102 UPIDO WA asisas aa 42 MIA Kaa 68 WA IIIA EEE 110 Tone NI 40 Select Mode 35 Tone Finder 33 Song Pparts 87 Ua oo ase LENU UBE UNA NUSU TUTA anes 18 WANS Os IA 102 Transpose 38 Automatic 28 COMMON IAA 94 AA E EET 103 ELMO 05 ores hae eed cane rebensens 41 TUNG IIIA NIA RAE RRS 40 TVscreen 30 WY AL WAUAWA he thoes 59 60 92 TK Monitor 102 Type ChOrUS 94 R cans eeu noe E 94 U WINGO Ia 9 WO EEEE E EEE 82 Update the Database 72 110 DD GT PAA E EEE EEEE E EEE 3
16. User Program Sets then proceed with step 4 Note The DisCover 5 does not support User Programs or Performance Memory data of other Roland instru ments Press this field to copy one or several songs then proceed with step 4 Press this field to copy one or several MIDI Set sets then proceed with step 4 Note The DisCover 5 does not support MIDI Sets of other Roland instruments Press this field to copy one or several Song Chain files then proceed with step 4 This only copies Chain files not the songs they refer to Note The DisCover 5 does not support Song Chains of other Roland instruments The display now changes to reflect your choice It works the same for all four file types so we ll discuss the following only once Select _ Dh n Lis NOH UserPrgto001 UserPrg UserPrgto004 UserPrg lUserPrgi0005 UserPrgi0016 qaback to Se LP AGE FileCopy J HE 1 4 Select the source From and the destination To Copy from to Press Card disk From To Disk card From To SMART MEDIA From SMART MEDIA To SMART MEDIA From FLOPPY To FLOPPY Card card Disk disk These two operations require that you change media during the copy operation so please prepare a second card or disk 5 6 Note Copying from SmartMedia card to floppy disk often leads to the following error message and should therefore be avoided Rem
17. Wedding Cerenony i qa Back to Rename gt Long list GoTo GoTo GoTo 5 Select the edit function you need by pressing its field Rename This function allows you to change the name of the selected Index e Press the field Index Rename e Enter the new name 16 characters See Entering characters p 71 e Press the field to confirm the new name FUNCTION COMPLETE Edit This function allows you to assign the desired songs to the selected Index or to remove exist ing song assignments e After performing step 4 above press the field Ball Foon Index Edit JA Eind Of Magic Queen dAfter Midnight gt 16 Beat dBirdland Zawinul Standard JBlade Runner Vangelis Sndtrack Brunderburg S Classic JDindi Jobim A Swing Ta EES Index 1000 of 1000 e Use the Finder Song Name Author and fields to locate the desired file See page 1 e Press the fields of all songs you wish to assign to the selected Index category Ball Room in the above example Selected songs are displayed on a white back ground To remove a song from the selected category press its white field so that it turns white ous or subsequent list pages Press Back to Index to confirm your changes and return to the previous page Press to return to the master page and to cancel your changes which means that the assignments you have just changed will be lost No
18. is too loud touch the corresponding field and turn it down It doesn t get any easier than that 1 Press the button Volume uil Jazz Organ 2 HUTE verdriveGt Vibraphone 0 r JI AB MUTE Tenor Sax 2 Press the field that corresponds to the Tone Drum Set whose volume you wish to change or use the buttons to select it Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Note If the name of the desired Tone Drum Set is not currently displayed use the fields in the lower right corner to change pages 3 Use the dial to set the volume The volume settings of all instruments are dis played by means of a value 4 Use the following fields to check your set tings Press the field to jump to the first note of that instrument Playback starts automatically from that point You can also change the volume while the song Is playing To return to that position press again If you can barely hear the instrument press the field indicator icon must be displayed in white then use Jump to 1st note To listen to all instruments again press again to switch this function off 87 DISCOVER 5 Song Makeup Tools 5 Use the fields to switch off instru ments you do not want to hear and switch on those you do want to hear Please bear in mind that these fields apply to the instruments Tones Drum Set not to the entire track they belong to If the indicator lights sound is in
19. 2 3 4 _ PALETTE Au mill ggg 000 olume d all Se PanPot non ors 000 00 iE TE PP PA Octave ihe Yelocity j All modifications on this page and the related pages are SysEx data that alter the actual song data without replacing them Only the DisCover 5 can read these data To other SMF players the song will still be the original song i e they will ignore these newly added SysEx data Most fields MUTE Volume Reverb Chorus Jump to 1st Note SOLO SAVE should look familiar See the previous pages for details Here s what s new on this page Use the fields in the lower right corner to select the instrument you wish to edit Each page indeed only displays the name of one Tone Drum Set If you select a Drum Set the display changes to Chorus PP oS AF Velocity ong ssi Drum Instrument b oTo kam i m T The field is replaced by a field See below for details Press the big Tone Drum Set field and use the TONE USER PROGRAM buttons or the facility to select another Tone or Drum Set You can also use the buttons to select this field Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Owner s Manual 5 Press to reset the parameter of the currently selected field to its saved set ting Example If you change the Reverb parameter set to 40 within the Standard MIDI File to 94 pressing
20. 6 FADE OUT IN button This button allows you to start playback with an auto matic fade in of the music If you press it during play back the volume will gradually decrease fade out YAZINOWYVH TVIOA L2 c 411035 4 FNS O ZRN DISCOVER 5 Panel descriptions 7 MARK JUMP buttons 1 2 3 These buttons allow you to jump to one of four Stored locations inside the currently selected song The 132 songs on the supplied SmartMedia card already contain such locations for the verse 1 cho rus 2 bridge 3 and ending 4 You can edit these and also program the desired locations for songs that do not yet contain them 8 USER PROGRAM buttons These buttons allow you to select the previous IDO WN or next UP User Program User Programs are registration memories By pressing these buttons simultaneously you revert to the settings that were in effect before recalling the current User Program Cancel 9 SONG RHYTHM FINDER button Press this button to quickly locate the desired Stan dard MIDI File on the inserted SmartMedia card or floppy disk See page 70 LYRICS amp CHORD button Press this button if you want the lyrics contained in the songs to appear in the display At the same time the chords of the notes played by the song parts will also be displayed This however is information that Is extracted derived in realtime by the DisCover 5 AD SINGER KEY This button provides acc
21. Tempo Down Filter Down E Oct 2 PitchBender Up Arpegaio Oct Chord Oct 3 PitchBender Dw Arpeggio Oct 2 Melody Hute o e FOOTSWITCH Allows you to assign the desired function to an optional DP 2 DP 6 or BOSS FS 5U footswiteh p 43 Footswitch GLOBAL PARAMETERS Lower Hold Be Harmony On Off Sostenuto Fade In Out Soft User Program Up E Favourite Tone Up JJ SEY e VOCAL HARMONIZER Provides access to set tings with which you can fine tune the Vocal Harmonizer s behavior for your own voice transformed voice signals and harmonies You can also set the equalizer by pressing the field Use the fields at the right edge of the display to select the part mode whose settings you wish LO CHANG E eresi nes ee eens RETES ERER od p 61 Vocal Harmonizer Male Simple Duet Pop s Singer Female Romantic ardM amp ver aa pix M amp Unisonr AutoTune Rio Duet UnisonM amp F Down amp Up Dance EQ Small r Harmony Assign Octave A a o m O aaa e MARK JUMP Allows you to program the desired locations that can be recalled using the MARK JUMP 1 lt 4 buttons p 69 Mark Jump Edit 3 1 2 4 Bar 23 Bari 42 Bar 72 Bar EE Do le Dio lea quBack to SAWE Menu da Te Lama e MIDI Provides access to the DisCover 5 s MIDI parae le e serer enat ede eee eda ee p 99 AID Sep co 7 Macro Settings mi
22. oje oje Q oje Q o ALL D Parts Frequency Hz Gain Do C quback to YocalH This page contains a simple equalizer for the four ENSEMBLE parts as well as an EQ band that applies to all four voices simultaneously for added flexibility e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Press this field to switch all equalizers on this page on or off The equalizer can be used for two things a emphasizing a specific frequency range to create a special effect or make the part more distin guishable b to reduce the level of frequencies that mask other sounds or produce a boomy sound WE Frequency Hz Use this parameter to select the frequency whose level you wish to change with the Gain parameter The smaller the value the lower the frequency that will be boosted or cut W Gain This parameter sets the level of the selected frequency 0 means that the frequency s level does not change no difference between equalizer on and off for that particular part or the overall EO band e Press or Back to VocalH to leave this page Note When one of the Vocal Equalizers is on page 62 the Vocoder Small and Ensemble parts lose one voice so that 3 voices are available for Vocoder and Ensem ble and 1 for Small G7 DISCOVER 5 More refined song functions Is More refined song funct
23. 120 474 1 f JAZZ DRUMS t KUJELJULIKULILUA al Cm a i Pmp a i to E ROCK ORCHESTRA DANCE ETHNIC f ELECTRONIC s ror _ za The field should look familiar it allows you to specify what kind of Drum Set you need There are no Groups on this page Owner s Manual After specifying the family by pressing one of OCTAVE therefore doesn t change the pitch of the eight big fields press the field The dis the sounds it assigns other sounds to the keys play changes to Here s an ekample Family i 4 4 POP 1 IPopKik36 IPopCStk37st opsn3 st PopGstS39st PopSn40st PopTomLFI41 PopHat1_42 PopTomL43 PopHat2_44 IPopTomM47 IPopTomHFI48 IPopCyml2_52 IPopTomH50 Tu AAA Standard 1 F kv gt MALLA 2 716 Standard 2 TE C2 G3 Standard WA gt OCTAVE 0 fa c Q Tl A a AHAAA iwa MEJA HERE Use the arrow fields to change the OCTAVE of the selected Drum Set i i C2 c3 This is only necessary if you do not have access OCTAVE 1 to the desired drum percussion sounds Some o sounds while the keyboard only has 61 keys GRAM buttons works exactly like Tone selec tion But also in that case there is no need to select the group there are no Drum Set groups Using the D Beam Controller The D Beam Controller allows you to control various aspects of your performance or to add something to the music by moving your hand head etc in th
24. 14 LCD Mode 14 Level CROS IAEA 51 Reverb 5l See also Volume UU E E aa 101 E rein oc IA AE T EE 21 WK AA towne ELA chee bed 84 85 A cecies E E E 83 live 56 UA II IIIA 106 MIDISet 106 User Program Set 106 Local ON Off 100 POW ce itu AA AA aaa 101 Key TOU AAA 39 Pass Filter 58 LoWer 31 HOlGinc 2420 retdnecied cotnoeteeecaes 43 LY FCS EEEE EEEE A arena 29 WA ation bass Geeteecees ieee cee 96 Mark 73 M M Drums 32 Footswitch 43 Macro Settings 100 Makeup Tools 86 Male 64 65 Manual 54 56 MarkJump 69 Master Tune 40 MD player 21 Melody Mute 42 Memorize 46 MIDISet 103 User Program 80 Menu 47 KUITWAA UTALALA ewdas 21 Microphone 21 Aie OE EE EERS PEE 39 MIDIA 99 Channel 101 102 IA EE 101 102 Global 103 Macro
25. 94 gt If you press on the Palette page 1 After pressing the field on the Pal ette page the display looks as follows The parameters on this page apply to the entire song and do therefore not depend on whether you selected a Tone or Drum Set Common cca spdjz Be millll i Original Rev Level 0000 A o alll beh o0 forth Fast 4120 Transpose Tempo Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them This parameter allows you to specify what kind of Reverb effect you need The avail able Reverb types are Room1 These types simulate the Reverb charac Room2 teristics of a room The higher the num Room3 ber 1 2 or 3 the bigger the room becomes Hall1 These types simulate the Reverb of a Hall2 small 1 or large 2 concert hall and thus sound much bigger than the Room types above Plate Digital simulation of a metal plate that is sometimes used for creating Reverb effects Works well for percussive sounds Delay A Delay effect no Reverb Works a lot like an echo effect and thus repeats the sounds Pan Delay This is a stereo version of the above Delay effect It creates repetitions that alternate between the left and right channels Note Selecting one of the above also means that the Keyboard parts will use this new effect type see p 50 The Or
26. Genre Continue with step 5 to select the song you want to listen to e Press the field in the upper left corner Index ALL Party HewYear sEve Wedding Cerenony cae Press one of ie field names to nar row down your search to songs that belong to the selected category Index Note Press the field to display all songs on the SmartMedia card 16 The display now returns to the page shown under step 4 above This time however only the songs belonging to the selected Index are displayed Continue with step 5 to select the song you want to listen to e f you only know the melody of the desired song press the field under step 4 sl Finder A Alphabetic andes A ole Cong Name Erinn Standard qaback to Songlist e Press the field Play and Search gt JI Pelle e e As indicated in the rane play the main theme on the keyboard You can play in any key and the rhythm doesn t have to be perfect either this function just looks for intervals e f you played a wrong note press Delete LastNote Starting playback 8 To return to the main page press EXIT SONGE September aza d 2O MEASURE 1 P i T A72 lt 05 gt aC st Slow Str j P 0 tre wth 0 wie al The main page is the DisCover 5 s display page that provides a maximum of relevant informa tion and allows you to select and change items you may need during n
27. Mute 93 Performance Memory see User Program PICs dente th ba dor a eee ee he eee ec 62 Bend 38 42 101 102 Drum Instrument 93 EA 50 94 Play amp Search 17 73 Play Stop 43 wA AAA 18 Program Change 101 102 Put New Songs Here 110 Q Ouartertone 45 Quick format 109 Quick Start 18 R Random Tuning 64 66 Rate 24 61 62 Vibrato 60 92 Receive 101 Reflections 56 58 Registrations 80 Release 60 92 Owner s Manual REMOLG IA IA 102 Remove 71 Rename Indek 74 SONG CHAIN ANI 79 SONG Finder 73 Reset 73 Resonance 59 60 92 Rev Level 94 Ui yapar WA aa 94 Reverb Drum instrument 93 Parameters 50 56 SONG sx fone ctute E a 50 55 57 Song Makeup 88 Time 57 Vocal Harmonizer 55 Rewind 18 Rhythm
28. Park __ SMALL Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Joe Ie Gain G oe oja ALL Parts Frequency Hz Gain Po C quback to YocalH This page contains a simple equalizer for either SMALL part as well as an EO band that applies to both voices simultaneously for additional flexibility Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Press this field to switch all equalizers on this page on or off The equalizer can be used for two things a emphasizing a specific frequency range to create a special effect or make the part more distin guishable b to reduce the level of frequencies that mask other sounds or produce a boomy sound W Frequency Hz Use this parameter to select the frequency whose level you wish to change with the Gain parameter The smaller the value the lower the frequency that will be boosted or cut W Gain This parameter sets the level of the selected frequency 0 means that the frequency s level does not change no difference between equalizer on and off Press or Back to VocalH to leave this page Note When one of the Vocal Equalizers is on page 62 the Vocoder Small and Ensemble parts lose one voice so that 3 voices are available for Vocoder and Ensem ble and 1 for Small Ensemble settings When the button lights four part har monies are added to y
29. Quite a few Standard ily appear allow you to jump to other instances MIDI Files use fewer tracks but the following where a Tone Drum Set SHange ai are almost always present thatis part of the Note that the Tone Drum Set field graphics are standard displayed in chronological order within a track but not in time The St Slow Str change track 2 Bass line uses a Tone 3 may therefore be located way behind the 4 Melody uses a Tone Flugel Horn track 7 change for example see 10 Drums uses a Drum Set the illustration of step 1 3 To switch a track on or off press its field 4 To select a different Tone tracks 1 9 11 16 or Drum Set track 10 Press the field of the Tone Drum Set you wish to replace In the example of step 1 the St AcPiano 1 sound can be changed e Use the TONE USER PROGRAM buttons and the display to select a different sound or press the field and use the Tone Finder function page 33 Note If you work via the TONE USER PROGRAM pad on the front panel and forget to look at the display be sure to also read the part about the field in the next or subsequent sections To keep your changes you must indeed save them to SmartMedia card or disk gt Tone Finder for song parts After pressing the field the display looks as follows Tone Finder ACCORDION 14 36 TAB 4b Accordion Fr Hard Accord TA 36s 1 gt 15 6s 5 gt Jump to Soft Accord F Is
30. Updating Oo hae Tle ea It may take a New files will while not be on line It means that the DisCover 5 found files for which no Song Finder information is available Press to make the new files DisCover 5 savvy This only adds the Song Name the rest must be entered manually see below Note Depending on the number of songs you copied to the SmartMedia card this update may take some time But it s worth it so please be patient Press the field if you do not wish to update the database now In that case however such new PC songs are invisible to the Finder If the following message appears the DisCover 5 was unable to locate any files that match the search criteria NO MATCH FOUND In that case all song names are listed the xx of yy entry lists twice the same number of files If the DisCover 5 did find one or several matches the xx number will be smaller than the yy number e Press the field of the song you need and do your thing Song Options As you know after pressing the button next to the display followed by the field the display looks as fol lows song Options Cong Name ii rdland LYRICS MARK Do ke Ch Ik a Aa lt Back to Misna list E The field in the lower left corner provides access to a display page where you can add database information to known files see above This also works for songs that already contain entri
31. Use this parameter to specify the speed at which the glides are carried out The higher the value the slower the transitions W Random Tuning This parameter allows you to introduce subtle or not so subtle pitch inaccuracies usually associated with analog synthesizers Irrespec tive of the choice you make here Low Middle High Back to C vocoder This page also appears when you press the field on the Common page see below The note icons next to the Part 1 4 entries indicate the Vocoder parts that are currently playing This may help you to decide which part needs to be corrected As a rule the Vocoder works as follows the lowest note played by the selected song part or yourself is assigned to Part 1 while the high est is assigned to Part 4 So always start edit ing from bottom to top e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial the effect will be noticeable but never overly dra matic Select Off if you do not need this effect This is not the same as a vibrato effect because it only affects the onset of the notes There is thus no periodic modulation of the pitch And Random means that the exact detuning is unpredictable and therefore changes with every chord the Vocoder pro cesses W Note Wrap Activate this field if the Vocoder notes should remain within a natural range If it is off some notes may sound too high
32. drum songs which reside on the supplied SmartMedia card These SMF songs can assume the role of a simple rhythm box They only contain a drum part which may come In handy when you wish to play the accompaniment yourself or when you are play ing with a bassist e Press the field of the rhythm accompaniment you need Locating files with the Song Finder Owner s Manual e Use the MARK JUMP buttons see p 69 for stepping through the various patterns intro verse chorus ending 4 After the above press the field to return to all songs on the SmartMedia card 5 If available press the field of the song you need If the name is not displayed use or gt to go to a different page In the case of a SmartMedia card you can also use the following Allow us to once again remind you that the following is only available for SmartMedia cards a Choose a category Index The highest hierarchical level of the Song Finder database Is called Index All search operations apply to the selected Index and therefore not necessarily to all files on card Press the field in the top left corner Index ALLE Party HewYear sEve Wedding Cerenony quack to Rename Copy Songlist GoTo GoTo GoTo Either press the field that corresponds to the desired song category or if you re not sure which category the song belongs to press ALL This may be a safer bet Now return to the prev
33. for all keys on the front panel and use key only when referring to the DisCover 5 s keyboard To save space and time let us agree to use the word song when referring to Standard MIDI Files Before using this instrument carefully read the sections entitled Important Safety Instructions and Important notes They provide important information concerning the proper operation of the DisCover 5 Be sure to keep this manual in a safe place for future reference Copyright 2002 ROLAND EUROPE All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Europe s p a DISCOVER 5 Features Features The ease of Standard MIDI Files This implies of course that you can connect an Based on a thorough analysis of how most perform ing musicians work Roland found that Standard MIDI Files were the most popular accompaniment even on arranger based keyboards and so decided to design an instrument that takes mere playback one giant leap further The DisCover 5 is not just another Standard MIDI File player with a keyboard it s a MIDI File wizard that allows you to do all kinds of things to song material you purchase or download from the Internet The DisCover 5 accepts 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB and 128MB SmartMedia cards You should there fore be able to build yourself a vast repertoire in no time Flexible song playback Simply by selecting another Cover preset
34. of which there are 72 you can change the orchestration of the songs you are playing back so as to transform say the original country version into a Viennese ball room rendition It is also possible to just change the character of the drum or bass parts if you feel your songs will sound better that way Of course you can also program everything yourself so as to add your hallmark to pre recorded material The good news is that all changes can be carried out on the DisCover 5 itself You do not need to resort to an external sequencer or software program Song Chain function and quick location of the songs you need Thanks to the DisCover 5 s Chain function you can program play lists for your performances The advan tage of such song chains Is that you won t have to look for the desired songs on stage But make no mistake in the DisCover 5 s case not having to look for the next song to be played back Is only designed to help you avoid choosing the wrong song which can happen quite easily as you may know Realtime selection of Standard MIDI Files is indeed lightning fast courtesy of the Song Finder and convenient Play amp Search function Furthermore you can already prepare the next song while the current one is still running NEXT SONG function And finally you can also link one song to each User Program so that the desired song will be loaded sim ply by recalling that User Program Professional Vocal Harmo
35. screen even if the button does not light in which case the lyrics and chords no longer appear in the DisCover 5 s display Note The signal format PAL or NTSC can be set via a MENU function 9 OUTPUT R amp L MONO sockets These sockets need to be connected to an external amplifier mixing consoles etc Depending on whether you are also using the Vocal Harmonizer OUTPUT sockets see above the present sockets either transmit only the music generated by Song and Keyboard parts or both the tone generator s and Vocal Harmonizer s signals Note If you can want to use only one channel on your exter nal amplifier connect the L MONO socket to its input For opti mum sound quality we recommend working in stereo though LCD CONTRAST knob Use this knob to set the contrast when you are hav ing problems reading what Is written on the display The LCD may take some time to warm up That is why you may have to change the contrast several times after powering on AD POWER ON button Press this button to switch the DisCover 5 on and off 2 AC socket This is where you need to connect the supplied power cord 11 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 f3 Touring your DisCover 5 You must be dying to try out your new DisCover 5 to see what it is capable of We ll get to that in a minute But first we need to connect it Connections The DisCover 5 does not contain internal speakers You therefore have to connect it to an external
36. that contains the original version of the file you are about to save the following message Is dis played 106 If you pressed the field the message reads SAME NAME ON DISK e Press the field to overwrite the old version Or e Press the button on the DisCover 5 s front panel if you do not want to overwrite this file and return to the Save page Then enter a dif ferent name or select a different media Save User Prg set File Name re EE Free Disk Area 1400 E This function allows you to save all 128 User Programs as a set 1 2 The File Size value indicates the capacity required to save the User Program Set to disk or SmartMedia card while Free Disk Area tells you something about the remaining disk capac ity Select the disk drive or SmartMedia card Enter the name for the file Use the and fields to select the position for which you wish to enter a new character Use the alphanumeric keypad in the right cor ner to enter the desired characters This keypad works exactly like the keypad of a cellphone you may have to press an alphanumeric field several times to select the desired character or number e The field allows you to switch between uppercase and lowercase characters e The field allows you to delete the 3 inverted character Press to insert a blank or the number O If you forgot to insert a character use or to select the position
37. this adds producing to the mere mixing discussed earlier 1 Press the button If you press or Lower the display looks like the page shown above If you press M Drums the display looks slightly different See below 5 The field allows you to select the default value usually O for the currently selected parameter 6 Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them W Cutoff This filter parameter allows you to make the selected sound darker or brighter Positive Cutoff settings mean that more overtones are allowed to pass so that the sound becomes brighter The fur ther this value is set in the negative direction the fewer overtones will be allowed to pass and the se sound will become softer darker If it does not you may have to press the Low pass filter LPF if available and or Level field at the bottom of the dis play If a page with a field is displayed right away you can skip steps 2 and 3 A Cutoff value 2 Press the Keyboard Effect field Frequency Note For some sounds positive Cutoff settings may IM DRUMS LOWER UPPER cause no noticeable change because the pre pro Reverb Send Reverb Send Reverb Send grammed Cutoff parameter is already set to its maxi 40 BET BET mum value Chorus Send Chorus Send Chorus Send ji f o
38. 12 semitones 1 octave up or down This value will be written to the song data and used every time you play back this song Working with the SINGER KEY facility page 28 or the TRANS POSER buttons page 38 yields a similar result so choose whichever is more convenient Rev Level amp These parameters are not available if or Chr Typel is set to User Prg When they are available they allow you to modify the output level of the Reverb or Cho rus processor Allows you to change the song s tempo J 20 250 if you do not agree with the preset song tempo 2 Press the field to return to the Palette page If necessary press the field to save your settings See page 89 Owner s Manual 95 DISCOVER 5 Editing Lyrics E 1 Editing Lyrics Your DisCover 5 contains functions that allow you to add Lyrics to a Standard MIDI File that does not contain them It is also possible to edit the Lyrics data of Standard MIDI Files that conform to the Tune 1000 format other for mats cannot be edited on the DisCover 5 This may come in handy when you keep forgetting the words of a song you wish to use for your performances and want them to be included in the song file Note The DisCover 5 only allows you to link synchronize Lyrics data to the note messages of the loaded Standard MIDI File The text data proper must be entered on a Windows compatible PC or a Mac and saved as TXT data for Windows See right for the supp
39. 28 Displaying Lyrics and chord information 29 Using the Keyboard parts 31 Splitting the keyboard 32 Drumming on the keyboard 32 Choosing other Tones or Drum Sets 39 Using the D Beam Controller 37 4 Using the performance functions 38 Pitch Bend and Modulation 0 38 ARS OS MO Mion s eae oie waa Raed AAA 38 Setting the transposition interval via the display 39 Keyboard Touch velocity sensitivity 39 Master IIIA 40 D Beam TUNCUONS AA yee adsew eae eee 41 Using optional footswitches 43 Dede TUNINI AA Wa EIA 45 5 Before you start editing Menu 47 6 Working with the Mixer amp using effects 49 Mixing Keyboard parts 49 More refined Miker SetliNg WI 50 Editing the Keyboard and song effects processors 50 Using the multi effects processor Multi FX 52 Selecting another Multi FX type 52 Linking Multi FX type selection to the Upper part Uppe M A II Ya 54 Voice and Vocal Harmonizer part mixing 54 Reverb Delay and Chorus effects 55 7 Editing the Keyboard amp Vocal Harmonizer parts 59 Editing the Keyboard parts Sound Edit 59 Editing the Vocal Harmonizer parts 61 Procedure for selecting these pages
40. Down Select one of these options if you want to increase Up or decrease Down the current song tempo By moving your hand outside the D Beam s range you return to the previous tempo value W Pitch Bender Up By moving your hand over the D Beam you can generate a value between 64 no Pitch Bend and 127 maximum upward bend As soon as you move your hand outside the D Beam s reach higher than 40cm above the eyes or fur ther to the left or right the value returns to 64 no Pitch Bend WE Pitch Bender Dw By moving your hand over the D Beam you can generate a value between 64 no Pitch Bend and 0 maximum downward bend As soon as you move your hand outside the D Beam s reach the value returns to 64 no Pitch Bend W Modulation Select this function if you want the D Beam to duplicate the modulation function of the Bender Modulation lever W Filter Upo By moving your hand over the D Beam you can vary the brightness of the Upper part This allows you to create some nifty filter effects that are particularly useful for Dance Techno music When you move your hand outside the D Beam s range the sound returns to its normal value W Filter Dw By moving your hand over the D Beam you can vary the brightness of the Upper part This is the opposite of the above you can make the sounds mellower W Arpeggio Oct 1 2 3 By moving your hand over the D Beam you cause the Lower part to play arpeg gios broken c
41. Drum Set Finder you have selected a Drum Set page In that case pressing the field takes you to the following page where you can make more refined changes for certain instruments of the selected Drum Set Drum Instrument 2 2et IPopSn3 st D2 38 Co lu HUTE y Pitch ibd Reverb a etl Yolume wis oo ull kahi 0 Chorus PanPot PPI oo Back to Palette Velocity The eligible instruments and corresponding note numbers are C 2 37 Side Stick E2 40 Snare 2 D2 38 Snare 1 F2 41 Low Tom 2 E3 52 Chinese Cymbal G 3 56 Cowbell A3 57 Crash Cymbal 2 F4 65 High Timbale Note The names of the drum percussion sounds depend on the currently selected Drum Set The sounds are usually similar in nature however Use the fields to select the drum instru ment you want to edit Press the field to switch the instru ment in question on off To select a different sound e Press the Drum Instr Finder field e Press and select an instrument family snare drums cymbals etc Owner s Manual e Press the field and use the and 4 5 big fields to make your selection Drum Inst Finder amily SNARE BD 14 NewRkCStkhn 855 tSnare2B DHO 15 MEJI 15 85Rm narelB Jump to 1st note Newlz5n2 laid En 16 GO 20 85RA mS nare2b New z5n1 F SOLO FO 17 7 AQ 21 85545nare1B Hewh B5n pee Back to Drum ins 2 Note Please be aware that you can only sel
42. If you do not want to receive them select OFF Transpose On Off Use this parameter to specify whether note messages received via MIDI should be transposed according to the Transpose interval that is currently in effect manual setting Singer Key Glo Such messages may slow down playback on external bal MIDI instruments or yield no effect at all which is why you have the option to stop them from being transmitted in the first place MIDI Sets MIDI Sets are memories for the settings you make in MIDI mode The DisCover 5 has eight MIDI Set memories that you can use to change your MIDI configuration You can link a MIDI Set to a User Program page 85 and specify which MIDI Set should be loaded each time you switch on the DisCover 5 see below If you need to reset some or all MIDI parameters to their default values loading the Macro Settings page 100 may be a wiser choice than selecting a MIDI Set Writing a MIDI Set 1 If you are still on one of the MIDI Edit pages press the field If not press the button and the field on the Menu display page 2 Press the field Memorize MIDI Set MIDI Set 7 MIDI Set C4 7 Macro Settings ALL Parts mi l midi midl Keyboard Song gente qa Eck to 3 Press the field that corresponds to the MIDI Set where you wish to save your MIDI set tings 1 8 4 Press the field The display confirms that the settings have been written
43. ME BD o o ME W Resonance This is a parameter one invariably _ Pan Pot _ Pan Pot _ Pan Pot associates with a synthesizer When the Resonance ol Duaa hao value is increased the overtones in the area of the g une Pl ume cutoff frequency will be emphasized creating a 100 iE EJ i sound with a strong character i Note For some sounds negative Resonance settings Back to Type d ticeable change b the R are Type paa Ww may produce no noticeable change because the Reso nance is already set to the minimum value 3 Press the Sound Edit field TM Edit 7 The following parameters allow you to set the Tone s envelope The volume of an instrument changes with time from the moment the note begins to sound to when it disappears The envelope shape is unique to each instrument and is an important ele ment in how we distinguish the sounds we hear The envelopes of musical instrument sounds can change depending on how the instrument is played 00 iaa o kina 900 For example if a trumpet is played sharply and Vibrato Delay f f EN strongly the attack will be quick and the sound will be sharp But if a trumpet is played lightly and softly the attack will be softer waa ni oug Cutott 0 Release TU g fuck 00 iis 100 Depth Resonance esoience 000 e 000 Rate 4 Press the field that corresponds to the Key board part you wish to edit Upper Lower M Drums upper right 59 DISCOVER 5 Editing
44. Note The Multi FX is only available for the Upper part Use the knob to set the DisCover 5 s output volume If you are playing to a song use the knob to set the balance between the song and your live playing Turn it towards KEYBOARD to make your playing louder Turn it towards SONG if your playing is too loud with respect to the song 6 7 8 9 Owner s Manual Note See page 49 for how to set the balance between the Keyboard parts The Lower part can be used in the following ways as a quick way of alternating between two dif ferent Tones whereby one Is assigned to the Upper part and the other to the Lower part as additional sound for the Upper part in which case Upper and Lower sound together this is called a Layer as separate sound for the left half of the key board while the Upper part is assigned to the right half This is called Split see below Press the button to switch off the Upper part Press the button to switch on the Lower part Play a few notes on the keyboard The Lower part s Tone is assigned to all keys You can therefore play this part with your left and right hands To create a layer Upper Lower press the button so that it lights This also works the other way round you can add the Lower part button originally dark but then switched on to the Upper part button lights DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 Splitting the keyboard Here
45. Others Power Supply 100V 117V 230V 240V Dimensions mm 1184 W x 371 D x 127 H mm Weight 12 5 kg Supplied accessories Owner s Manual power cord SmartMedia card 64MB with data Options DR 10 DR 20 Microphones DP 2 DP 6 FS 5U Footswitches RH 25 RG 50 Headphones EV 5 EV 7 Expression pedals KC 500 300 100 Keyboard amplifiers KS 12 Keyboard stand Note Specifications are subject to change without prior notice Owner s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart Realtime Orchestrator Date September 2002 Model DisCover 5 Version 1 00 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default kaa MI 16 pene 16 i nay aca Channel Changed 1 16 Off 1 16 Off Drums 1 logiealigank Default Mode 3 Mode 3 Message Mode 3 4 M 1 Mode 3 4 M 1 2 Altered WA Note 0 127 0 127 Number True Voice 0 127 Velocit NOIE OR y Note OFF After Key s X Touch Ch s Xx O O Bank Select Modulation Data Entry Volume Panpot Expression Hold 1 Sostenuto Soft Filter Resonance Release Time Attack Time Cutoff Decay Time Vibrato Rate Vibrato Depth Vibrato Delay Effect 1 Depth Effect 3 Depth NRPN LSB MSB RPN LSB MSB Program Number 1 128 Control Change Program Change True System Exclusive Song Position Pointer oO oooo0oo0oo0oo0oo0o0000000000000O DO oooo0oo0o0000000000000000 O KKKK O O X X X X O 4 O 1 System Cannon Song Sel Tune System Clock Real
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47. SOURCE message appears again return to the explanations under step 6 above 117 DisCover 5 Disk Media functions 112 1 2 3 4 When all files are copied the following message appears OK S FUNCTION COMPLETE Note Never remove the floppy disk or SmartMedia unless the DisCover 5 tells you to do so Always wait for the above message to appear before returning to busi ness as usual Copying floppy disks DiskCopy You can also copy the entire contents of one floppy disk to another disk without specifying the files manually This function is not avail able for SmartMedia cards WARNING Copying files from a disk means that the DisCover 5 s RAM memory is erased If you haven t yet saved your last song to disk or card you should do so before proceeding Press the button Press the field followed by the field The display now responds with a warning regarding copyright legislation Disk Copy FOC Foo S S Improper use of copy infringes copyright FOR PERSONAL BACK UP USE ONLY THE SONG IN RAM WILL BE ERASED PROCEED Dio Ik It means that you are not allowed to make cop les of copyrighted material for friends col leagues or anyone else Press the field to signal your agreement Press if you do not want to copy the inserted floppy disk s data after all On the page that appears now press the field To FOO FOO S S Diskov 5 6 7 8
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49. Time Commands All Sounds Off X O 120 126 127 Reset All Controllers X O 121 Aux Local On Off O 4 O Messages All Notes Off X O 123 125 Active Sense O O Reset X X 2 Recognized as M 1 even if Mz1 Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO O Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO X No DISCOVER 5 Index f index A Accomp Mute 42 Aftertouch 101 Aaa aa 111 Alphabetic Order 71 83 Arpeggio 42 a AAA 23 27 Asterisk 82 100 Attack 60 92 AURO WA 16 70 Auto MA ii ka aa 23 Harmony Assign 23 21 Multi FX 54 DVN on ak e bib puns kone 102 Tune 63 Vocal Harmonizer 56 B Balance 31 Keyboard parts 49 Song Makeup Tools 87 Bank Select 101 102 Bubble 57 PWD IIIA IA 18 C UA II meets 81 CONG ai ESEE ocho aud he uated 110 CMEA kaaa Eaka 16 71 UA ied gaa Gin b ways KA sean 101 102 OD DAV OR accent neu ca Ge tudee nde asses 21 Celeste 58 CIA 76 Channel 101 102 Aftertouch 101 User Program 103 Chord Ba AA ed eee enh oan hoe 29 Oct
50. UPPER button and the i i i i corresponding part because Upper and M Drums cannot be used simultaneously 3 Play a few notes on the keyboard IPopHat3 46 IPopTomM47 IPopTomHFI48 IPopCyml2 52 IPopTomH50 IPopKik36 x IPopCstk37st IPopSn38st C2 C3 If necessary you can also press the but ton In that case the M Drums part will be assigned to the right half of the keyboard while you can add chords with the Lower part which is assigned to the left half 32 Choosing other Tones or Drum Sets The DisCover 5 contains 1 422 Tones or sounds that can be assigned to the Upper and Lower parts There are three methods for assigning Tones to the Upper part two for the Lower part gt TONE FINDER function 1 2 3 4 5 If one of the buttons in the SONG MAKEUP TOOLS section below the display lights press to switch it off Press the button OVERS _ AC PIANO facpiano JI UPPER EL PIANO mm Erevaonnns JI peu di KEYBOARDS ACCORDION forsan p hanmonca BELL HARMONICA 1 Take a look at the part name below the mea sure indication right side If it does not correspond to the part you wish to assign another Tone to which can only hap pen in Split mode press and hold the button until the UPPER or M DRUMS mes sage changes to LOWER The Lower part Is indeed the only additional part that can be active alongside the Upper
51. UserPrg 6 UserPrg00012 aa EXECUTE Do lt The Delete function allows you to erase the selected file which may be necessary if the Disk Full or SmartMedia Full message is displayed when you try to save a file Carefully check whether you selected the right file type using the fields in the left column and the right file via the fields in the middle Also note that User Program and MIDI Sets contain 128 or 8 different settings which means that you may lose a lot more than originally intended And if you delete a song that is used in a Song Chain that Disk Media Utility functions 108 1 Press the button The display changes to Disk Media l UserPrgdd00i UserPrg UserPrg UserPrg UserPrgQO003 UserPrgtdo04 UserPrg WserPrgtt010 UserPrgtd005 UserPrgd0011 User Pro MIJI Set E 2 UserFrg Format HIDISet00001 HIDTSetOo0o003 MIDTSetoood4 MIDTSet 00005 Use these functions to delete the selected User Program set MIDI Set set or song from SmartMedia card or floppy disk 2_TAKEFI 1_TILLEN 6_ONEVIS S_MONEY e 2 2 chain changes loses one step while a User Pro gram whose Link function you activated no longer finds the required song 1 Select the disk drive or SmartMedia card 2 Select the file type to be deleted 3 Press the field of the file you want to delete If the desired name is not displayed use the fie
52. YOCODER Reverb Send Reverb Send Sustain Level Threshold _ OE SETE EOE SE Music Piute Chorus Send Output Leyel REOSE SEOSE SE MIC INPUT Delay Send Delay Send MEISSE E ue Global GoTo oTo About the VOICE amp HARMONY columns For the VOICE amp HARMONY columns marked Q and in the above illustration you will notice a striking analogy with the button layout in the VOCAL HARMONIZER pad The part names that can appear in the VOICE column are TALK SINGER VOICE FX or AUTO TUNE Processors Reverb Delay 3 4 Now look at the front panel TALK SINGER VOICE FK AUTO TUNE an ee M VOICE o CI Only one button in each row can be on at any one time It therefore makes sense to use one set of effects processors for the upper row VOICE column and a second for the lower row HARMONY column The part names that can appear in the HAR MONY column are VOCODER SMALL or ENSEMBLE Processors Reverb Chorus Delay The smaller names in the VOICE and HARMONY columns reflect the current settings of the VOCAL HARMONIZER section On the display page TALK appears below VOICE If you look at the button illustration left currently lights The same is true of the VOCODER message in the display and the button on the front panel Press the VOCAL HARMONIZER button of the part whose settings you wish to change Use the and buttons to select the param
53. advan tage of the User Program Finder function page 82 tre th i mel 3 _ ton Use a name that somehow summarizes the memory s contents The name of the song you will use these settings for is probably the most explicit name you can think of It is perfectly possible to program several User Programs for one song Selecting a User Pro gram is a lot faster than calling up one of the DisCover 5 s functions modifying the settings etc while playing You could program one User Selecting User Programs Cancel For song playback or whenever you want to start anew you should select the Cancel User Program This allows you to leave the User Program mode i e no longer work with the settings of the last User Program you may have loaded These settings can be recalled any time i e even after selecting a regular User Program Simultaneously press User Program DOWN and UPI Using the numeric buttons and or the display Selecting User Programs works exactly like selecting Tones you can work with the TONE USER PROGRAM sec tion after pressing USER PROGRAM via the display or both The display tracks your actions on the TONE USER PROGRAM pad so that you could start by pressing one of those buttons and finish off via the display 1 Press the field on the main page tm th mel Alternatively press the but ton USER PROGRAM Te
54. amplifier Roland s KC series for example or use optional headphones Roland RH 25 or RH 50 for example Be sure to switch off both the DisCover 5 and the external devices you want to connect before making or break ing audio and or MIDI connections If you do not have access to the sound system of the venue where you are performing ask the local engineer to set the volume to the minimum level s Dynamic microphone select MIC Other signal source select LINE OO 00000000 Eg OO 00000000 Eg Microphone DR 10 or DR 20 Connect the microphone using an unbal anced mono 1 4 jack Keyboard amplifier Keyboard amplifier active speakers active speakers etc 2 OPTIONAL E A Expression pedal Connect to suitable wall outlet EV 5 EV 7 y Vocal Harmonizer AC OUTPUT R L MONO OUTPUT R L Roland Ja Footswitch DP 2 DP 6 or BOSS FS 5U Stereo headphones Footswitch RH 25 or RH 50 DP 2 DP 6 or BOSS FS 5U Note Try to use dynamic microphones whenever possible You can also connect a condenser microphone however provided you use a DI box with power supply Connect the microphone using an unbalanced mono 1 4 jack Not
55. an a a 2 UAUA Synthesizer CD MD player etc 4 Set the knob on the front panel to MIN Y MIC GAIN T Note If you like you can connect the Vocal Harmonizer OUTPUT sockets to another amp or additional mixer channels 5 _ Switch on the DisCover 5 and your amp in that order 6 Press the S R button it must ae and switch off the VOCODER Sa SMALL ENSEMBLE button 7 Sing into the microphone and gradually increase the setting Set it to the highest possible value taking care to avoid that the OVER indicator lights It would be best to sing at the level you will be using during your performances 8 If your singing is inaudible in the speakers connected to the amp or the headphones turn the knob towards the right towards MAX Note If a howling sound a k a feedback is produced your microphone may be pointed at a speaker Try to orient it differently or slightly reduce the set ting 9 Use the knob to set the balance between your original singing and the effects that are added to your voice Note You can start song playback and sing to it See Playing back songs p 16 and Minus One p 19 for details gt Compressor Gate and effects Your DisCover 5 provides a Compressor effect you might want to set up now The Compressor reduces volume peaks and thus levels out dif ferences in the
56. and all its carried out The specific thing that must be done is furnishings as well to domestic indicated by the design contained within the circle In animals or pets the case of the symbol at left it means that the power cord plug must be unplugged from the outlet es ALWAYS OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING e Before using this instrument make sure to read the f e Do not excessively twist or bend the power cord nor improperly instructions below and the Owner s Manual place heavy objects on it Doing so can damage the cord producing severed elements and short circuits Damaged cords are fire and shock hazards e Do not open or perform any internal modifications OO AN AA the unit D e This instrument either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers may be capable of S producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss Do not operate for a long period of time at a e Do not attempt to repair the DisCover 5 or replace parts high vol level eee fortable If within it except when this manual provides specific De OE O el Nets een Ne instructions directing you to do so Refer all servicing to aa MA WA hearing loss or UNAIMBA the ears your retailer the nearest Roland Service Center or an you should immediately stop using the unit and consult authorized Roland distributor as listed on the Informa an audiologist tion page MM TITTLE UWT UT C
57. be terribly long when you re in front of an audience As soon as the DisCover 5 reaches the first note the tempo returns to the programmed value Modifying songs in realtime Owner s Manual Let us now look at some functions for customizing the songs you play back Using the Cover function The COVER function provides masks that change the instrumentation of the selected song Simply by selecting another preset you can cause a Viennese waltz to be played back by a heavy metal band etc Even though the arrangement rhythm riffs does not change the songs character can be modified beyond recognition 1 Press the button H TECHNO ORIENT ALI e 4 La 2 Select the parts whose instrumentation you want to change Press the field ifall instruments should be replaced Minus One 6 Press the field if only the drum and percussion instruments should change Press the field if you re happy with everything but the bass line s sound 3 Press one of the six fields in the lower half of the display to select another preset After selecting a preset you can press page 1 to return to the origi nal orchestration 4 If none of the displayed presets appeal to you use the PAGE 1 5 fields at the right to jump to another page with more presets 5 Try out various presets to see how fast this concept works If you like the new version better than the original one you can press
58. by the Auto Tune That is what you specify via the Auto Tune Assign fields 4 Set the Track value to select a song part The 4 setting usually corresponds to the mel ody part and is thus the most likely candidate but feel free to select 1 3 or 5 16 to use another part as melody Though they are not linked to their namesakes on the Voice FX Edit page most parameters on this page will look familiar Therefore please see above for the explanations of Gender and Vibrato Rate Depth Rise Time and Delay Time 25 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 26 7 8 Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Press the field to switch on this effect Portamento means that the pitch doesn t change in clearly defined steps it produces glides from one note to the next Using the Vocoder A Vocoder Is an effect that combines spoken words with sounds thus creating the impression that the instru ment that produces the sounds can talk As this relies on complex filtering effects the character of the sound used as carrier can change dramatically 1 3 Press the button it must light This switches off the or button if it was on because the Vocoder cannot be used simultaneously with the Harmonizer function proper Stop song playback if it is running The Vocoder can also us
59. cannot be recalled deletes the chain file out not the Stan dard MIDI Files it refers to leaves the chain intact and takes you back to the main page leaves the chain intact and takes you back to the Song Chain page where you could select another chain to be deleted Note Even if you delete the selected chain this only disposes of the play list The Standard MIDI Files assigned to the chain are not deleted and can thus be used in isolation or assigned to new other chains 79 DISCOVER 5 Working with User Programs Jd Working with User Programs The DisCover 5 is equipped with 128 User Program memories that allow you to store almost all settings or regis trations you make on the front panel and the various display pages Additional registrations can be loaded directly from SmartMedia card and used right away Before taking a closer look at these User Programs MIDI settings are not saved to a User Program The there is one thing we have to point out all settings reason for this is simple You probably need a lot related to MIDI must be written to a MIDI Set more memories for your songs than you do for your page 103 MIDI gear Writing the MIDI settings to a User Pro gram would slow down the loading process Note It is perfectly possible to link a MIDI Set to a User Pro gram so that the User Program in question also recalls the linked MIDI Set page 85 Writing your settings to a User Program 80 It is
60. coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED Under no circumstances must either of the above wires be connected to the earth terminal of a three pin plug Roland DISCOVER 3 7 REALTIME ORCHESTRATOR Owner s Manual Thank you for choosing a Roland DisCover 5 Realtime Orchestrator the perfect Standard MIDI File player for per forming musicians with a professional Vocal Harmonizer function The DisCover 5 allows you to play back Standard MIDI Files on SmartMedia card or floppy disk and to change their orchestration in realtime while you also have the flexibility to jump to four locations within every song which allows you for instance to repeat any part of a song time and again The DisCover 5 s Vocal Harmonizer is equally flexible it can add harmonies to your singing based on the chords used by the songs you are playing back You can also use it for gender transformations of your voice for correcting not so perfect singing and for a number of professional effects To get the most out of the DisCover 5 and to ensure many years of trouble free service we urge you to read through this Owner s Manual thoroughly To avoid confusion let s agree to use the word button
61. compiling your chain press the field song Chain ave 11 Enter a name up to 12 characters See p 29 for how to enter names Editing Chains Owner s Manual 12 Press the field to save your chain to SmartMedia card The display now shows a confirmation message and then returns to the Song Chain page j Hake H Song Chain Dance Disco Latin Samba Slow Folk e 2 If while programming or using a chain you notice that one song is missing from your play list or if you decide not to use a given song after all you need to edit your Song Chain Steps 1 3 below are only necessary if you want to edit a different chain than the one you have just programmed 1 Press the button until the Song Chain page appears 2 Press the field of the chain you wish to edit Depending on the number of chains already present on your SmartMedia card you may have to use the fields for changing pages j Hake Hew Song Chain Disco Latin Slow Folk ee ee GoTo GoTo GoTo 2 3 Press the field 4 Proceed as follows for editing your chain Samba inserting Chain steps To add a step and assign a song to it select the step that should follow your new step then press the field Example to insert a step before step 04 press the 04 field This takes you to the following display page GoTo Song Name E IJA Kind Of Magic Queen 8 Beat JAfter Midnig
62. deter mines which 8 preset settings are available There are thus 24 Vocoder presets 8 for Male 8 for Female and 8 for Mix Menu Go To GoTo Eifectt t The 8 fields in the middle e g Operal My Voice etc specify the voice character These presets are based on the parameters you can change on the Edit Part 1 4 page which you don t need if you are happy with one of the presets 5 Set the desired Track value with the dial The Vocoder Assign section s current default setting is Auto This means that song files indicated as With MIDI Harmony for Your Vocal Harmony Processor with harmony note information on track 5 automatically switch on the Vocoder If you like you can still add addi tional chord information by playing on the key board In Small or Ensemble mode the pitch of your singing also influences the voicing of the harmony notes This is not the case when you use the Vocoder Talk Owner s Manual If you stop song playback and then play a chord on the keyboard the note information thus generated is used Set the Track value to select a song part 1 16 As the melody is usually monophonic 1 note at a time 4 may not be the best possible setting Try to select a track with several notes If you want to play the melody yourself press the or field or both and play the desired notes while you speak or sing into the microphone Note See page 64 for the parameters Note To
63. for the Voice FX part See therefore page 62 This time however they apply to the Auto Tune part Note The Vibrato indicator icon must be white for the Vibrato effect to be noticeable e Press EXIT or Back to A Tune to leave this page f you press the field the Vocal Equalizer page appears It contains a simple equalizer for the Voice FX Auto Tune and Singer parts See above 63 DISCOVER 5 Editing the Keyboard 8 Vocal Harmonizer parts Vocoder settings The Vocoder page is the first page that is related to voices that are added to your or the DisCover 5 s singing Voice FX Auto Tune or Singer When the button lights synthetic har monies are added to your singing whereby the words you say are used to change the timbre of the sound used as carrier Unlike the Auto Tune func tion the Vocoder is polyphonic and can generate up to four harmony voices Vocal Harmonizer Male Open Vintage Light E Women Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them E Gender Allows you to change the timbre of the part Negative values produce a masculine effect positive values add feminine qualities WE PanPot Allows you to set the placement of the corresponding part in the stereo sound image This is only meaningful if you connect the DisCover 5 to a stereo amplifier 64 corresponds to the center the values 0 63 to the left side O being far left and 65 127
64. from an outlet or this W unit e fyou need to move the instrument take note of the pre cautions listed below Make sure to have a firm grip to Q protect yourself from injury and the instrument from damage e Disconnect the power cord e Disconnect all cords coming from external devices e Remove the music stand e Before cleaning the unit turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the outlet e Whenever you suspect the possibility of lightning in your area disconnect the power cord from the outlet e Should you remove screws make sure to put them ina safe place out of children s reach so there is no chance of them being swallowed accidentally DISCOVER 5 Important notes 1 Important notes In addition to the items listed under Using the unit safely p 4 please read and observe the following Power supply Do not use this instrument on the same power circuit with any device that will generate line noise such as an electric motor or variable lighting system Before connecting the DisCover 5 to other devices turn off the power to all units This will help prevent malfunctions and or dam age to speakers or other devices Placement Using the DisCover 5 near power amplifiers or other equipment containing large power transformers may induce hum To allevi ate the problem change the orientation of this instrument or move it further away from the source of interference This instrument may
65. general settings Select what you want to edit for Keyboard and Song MIDI data transmission Receive If you press the field see step 7 the MODE options change MIDI data reception Synchronization with other devices Overall MIDI settings Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them 10 Press the button to return to the main page Owner s Manual Editing MIDI parameters Editing Keyboard and Song parameters The Keyboard and Song parts have the same and Receive and Transmit parameters so we will discuss them only once Receive parameters Note The Low Limit cannot be set to a higher value MIDI Edit J Keyboard ie Part Shi PES e BUpper W BPC KU Channel Limit Low cc 4 ic Lon Limit High PB ics Ln Receive RX MOHITOR Back to Wa Idi L RX Monitor These indicator icons 1 16 light whenever the DisCover 5 receives MIDI data on the corresponding channel This may help you decide which channel you need to assign to a given part Q Part Use this parameter to select the part you want to edit If you press MIDI Keyboard the options are Upper Lower M Drums If you press MIDI Song the options are Track 1 Track 16 Always select the Part before changing the remaining parameters on this page Q Channel Off 1 16 Off Allo
66. influence the timbre of the notes you play to control song playback and to create some unique effects All you need to do is move your hand up down or left right above the two eyes The buttons allow you to assign the desired function to the D Beam Controller See p 37 4 PLAYER section button Press this button to access the Chain display where you can select a song chain to be played back edit existing chains program new ones etc When this button lights I lt gt are used to control playback of the current song button Press this button to select the next song you want to use while the current one Is still running If the button lights this button allows you to select the next song of the selected chain button Press this button to switch off the part you want to play or sing yourself The part to be muted is selectable page 19 I lt lt 4 gt gt gt m These buttons allow you to return to the beginning of the current song rewind or fast foward in one measure steps and to start and stop playback of the selected song BEAT indicator this indicator flashes at the speed of the currently set tempo the tempo value also appears in the display 5 TRANSPOSE section These buttons allow you to transpose the DisCover 5 up or down b in semitone steps You can also specify which parts are to be transposed page 38 If neither button lights no manual transposition IS used
67. interfere with radio and television reception Do not use it in the vicinity of such receivers Observe the following when using the unit s floppy disk drive For further details refer to Before using floppy disks handling the floppy disk drive e Do not place the unit near devices that produce a strong mag netic field e g loudspeakers e Install the DisCover 5 on a solid level surface e Do not move the unit or subject it to vibration while the drive is operating Do not expose the DisCover 5 to direct sunlight place it near devices that radiate heat leave it inside an enclosed vehicle or otherwise subject it to temperature extremes Excessive heat can deform or discolor the instrument To avoid possible breakdown do not use the unit in a wet area such as an area exposed to rain or other moisture Do not allow objects to remain on top of the keyboard This can be the cause of malfunction such as keys ceasing to produce sound Maintenance For everyday cleaning wipe the DisCover 5 with a soft dry cloth or one that has been slightly dampened with water To remove stub born dirt use a mild non abrasive detergent Afterwards be sure to wipe the instrument thoroughly with a soft dry cloth Never use benzene thinner alcohol or solvents of any kind to avoid the possibility of discoloration and or deformation Repairs and data Please be aware that all data contained in the instrument s mem ory may be lost
68. mes sages has the advantage that you can synchronize external instruments or computers with your DisCover 5 Start Stop Cont On Off If you activate this option the DisCover 5 will only send start or stop messages whenever you start or stop song play back In this case no Clock messages are sent Clock On Off This option means that the Song player sends Clock messages usual synchronization method Song Pos Pointer On Off If you select ON the Song player sends Song Position Pointer SPP mes sages These messages are used to signal the current Note Unless you have a very good reason to do other wise we suggest you always select the same Transmit and Receive channel numbers for a part Note Assigning the same channel to two or more parts is usually not a very good idea Q Shift 48 48 This parameter allows you to transpose the note messages before they are transmitted to an external MIDI instrument or computer The maximum possible transposition is four octaves up 48 or down 48 Each step represents a semitone Q Data filters The remaining three fields allow you to specify whether the messages in question should be trans mitted ON or not OFF PC Program Change and Bank Select CC00 CC32 messages These messages are used to select Tones and Drum Sets as well as User Programs see below See also the explanation for the Receive parameter of the same name CC These messages control p
69. number 0 7 8 Owner s Manual If you forgot to insert a character use or to select the position where the missing char acter should be inserted Then press Insert fol lowed by the character you wish to insert Decide how the Finder should look for the files Press the field to search for all entries that start with the characters you entered BEA for example Names that match the specified criteria will be displayed at the top of the list Press the field to have the DisCover 5 search for names that contain the supplied information This would allow you to also locate a file called Raggabeat if you entered BEA If the following message appears the DisCover 5 was unable to locate User Programs that match the search criteria NO MATCH FOUND Press the field of the User Program you need and start playing If you want all files to be displayed again press the field Selectively loading User Program settings User Program Hold Your DisCover 5 can keep certain settings of the previous User Program while selecting another User Program That way you can go on playing with the last Tones you selected and or Harmonizer settings you made 1 2 3 Press the button or the field of the same name in the display If you need a different User Program whose settings should be used select it otherwise Press the USER PROGRAM HOLD or button depending on which setting
70. s what you need to do to play separate sounds with your left and right hands 1 Press the button To use a different split point The keyboard is now split into a left Lower part and a right half Upper part The Split point is located at the C4 white key below the button Lower Upper or M Drums You could also press the button to assign the M Drums part to the right half This would allow you to play chords with your left hand Lower part and to drum to it with your right See below for details about the M Drums part 2 Press and hold the button The display changes to Split Point AA K gt Keyboard Touch Henu 3 Use the fields below the displayed key 4 board to select the new split point You can also hold down the button while pressing the desired key on the keyboard Note This setting can be written to a User Program and recalled at a later stage page 80 Press the button to return to the main page Drumming on the keyboard The DisCover 5 also provides a Keyboard part that allows you to play drums and percussion This is the M Drums part 1 Switch off the button if it lights 2 Press the button Every key is assigned to a different drum per cussion sound Press the leftmost white key C2 to sound a bass drum kick and the white key to its right D2 to play a snare sound Then try out the other keys a a a This will switch off the
71. the Keyboard 8 Vocal Harmonizer parts 60 7 The envelope parameters affect both the volume or amplitude and the filter Volume Sound ends Sustain sa gt we Time Attack Decay Release This is where that note is released This is where a note is played W Attack This parameter adjusts the onset of the sound Negative values speed up the attack so that the sound becomes more aggressive W Decay This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will fall from the highest point of the attack down to the sustain level Note Percussive sounds usually have a Sustain level of 0 Piano and guitar sounds are in this category Hold ing the notes for a long time will thus have little effect on their duration W Release This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will decay after the note is released until it is no longer heard The cutoff frequency also falls according to this setting Vibrato is an effect created by modulating the pitch It makes the sound more expressive Use the follow ing three parameters if you think the part in question has too much or could use a little more vibrato Note Some V Tones contain natural sampled vibrato whose depth or speed cannot be changed W Vibrato Rate This parameter adjusts the speed of the pitch modulation Positive settings make the preset pitch modulation faster and negative set tings make it slower W Vibrato Dept
72. the pitches of the harmony notes Auto Harmony Note If the song you are playing back contains a Har mony track the harmonies will be based on those notes In all other cases the harmonies are generated in realtime If you stop song playback and play chords on the keyboard the note information thus gener ated is used for the harmony pitches Owner s Manual The display changes to Vocal Harmonizer Soul JJ Blues Alleluja MEARS Manhattan wides Musical Luis amp 2Girts improvvisat Children Harmony Assign mE aw ol You already know what the Male Female and fields are for The 10 preset fields in the middle allow you to select different voicings and voice characters for your choir Ensembl GoTo Effect tT GoTo 10 To sing again without automatic harmonies press the or button again so that neither of them lights Note Obviously you do not have to use a song as back ing you can also play the accompaniment yourself See page 31 and below Use the dial to select another setting The possibilities are Keyboard Only notes played on the keyboard will all be used for specifying harmony pitches Keyboard Only notes played to the left of the split Left point page 32 will be used for specify ing harmony pitches Keyboard Only notes played to the right of the Right split point page 32 will be used for specifying harmony pitches Song The note
73. using the previous Tone or Drum Set until you have selected the Tone Drum Set memory here is what you need to do 1 Press the button 35 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 2 Press the field If the field in the left column is not displayed in white press It Utility Tone UserProgram Select Mode 1 Bank from switches Humber from Touch Screen 2 Bank amp Number from switches Harmonizer Effect Auto LCD Mode Mormal 3 Press the 1 or 2 field 4 means that the TONE USER PROGRAM but tons are used for selecting the GROUP A or B and the family The DisCover 5 immediately switches memories To select a different mem ory Number within the active bank you need to work via the display means that pressing a TONE USER PRO GRAM button once selects the GM GS family but does not yet change Tones User Programs Press the same or a different numeric button 1 8 to specify the memory and to recall that Tone Furthermore no sound switch can be triggered simply by selecting another Group Press the button to return to the main page gt Working with Tone Favorites 1 2 36 The DisCover 5 allows you to memorize the 16 Tones you need most often Let us have a look at how to assign your favorite Tones to those memories and how to select them Note There are 16 memories in all 8 for Group A and 8 for Group B These assignments are not written to a User P
74. when it is sent for repairs In certain cases such as when circuitry related to memory itself is out of order we regret that it may not be possible to restore the data Roland assumes no liability concerning such loss of data Additional precautions Please be aware that the memory contents can be irretrievably lost as a result of a malfunction or the improper operation of the instrument Use a reasonable amount of care when using the instrument s but tons other controls and jacks connectors Rough handling can lead to malfunctions Never strike or apply strong pressure to the display When connecting disconnecting cables grasp the connector itself never pull on the cable This way you will avoid causing Shorts or damage to the cable s internal elements A small amount of heat will radiate from the instrument during normal operation This is perfectly normal To avoid disturbing your neighbors try to keep the instrument s volume at reasonable levels You may prefer to use headphones so you do not need to be concerned about those around you espe cially late at night When you need to transport the instrument package it in the box including padding that it came in Otherwise you will need to use equivalent packaging materials or a flightcase Use only the specified expression pedal EV 5 EV 7 sold sepa rately By connecting any other expression pedals you risk caus ing malfunction and or damage to the DisCover 5
75. where the missing char acter should be inserted Then press Insert fol lowed by the character you wish to insert Note The DisCover 5 supports both upper and lower case letters for file names So choose whichever is more convenient or clear Note The DisCover 5 allows you to use long file names but some windows are relatively short so that only part of the names can be displayed We therefore suggest using short file names maximum 16 characters when ever possible Press the field to save the data Note Saving User Program Sets may take in excess of 10 minutes especially if the card already contains sev eral sets This is due to the fact that the Database infor mation needs to be updated for User Program Finder use Do not switch off the DisCover 5 while this opera tion is in progress Save MIDI Set File Name MA FD TS t 00003 Free Disk Area 1400 E After programming 8 MIDI Sets you may find that you need a few more and that you have to make room for the new MIDI Sets To do so without losing the previously saved MIDI Sets you must save the old set to SmartMedia card or disk Even if you do not program more than 8 1 2 3 1 2 3 Owner s Manual MIDI Sets it is a good idea to make a backup copy of your MIDI Sets in case someone else starts fiddling around with your settings This function allows you to save all 8 MIDI Sets as a set Select the disk drive or Smart
76. 0 so so 50 5a 50 50 50 50 5o 50 J Aaa o Memorize 7 Henu Hem Mem3 a 3 Press a Mem 1 Mem 3 field to select a Scale Tuning memory This will change the pitch of the following notes 50 means that the note in question is tuned a quarter tone down Mem 1 Mem 2 Mem 3 E 50 E 50 C 50 B 50 A 50 F 50 The pitch of the other notes is left unchanged The keys corresponding to the notes whose pitch is changed are displayed in white for easy identification You will notice that every note can be selected only once That is because the value you specify applies to all notes of the same name If you change the tuning of the C that value will be added to or subtracted from all Cs C1 C2 C3 etc The on screen keys are used as on off switches asa d 120 MEASURE 1 SONGE antember 472 05b LOWER St Slow Str MORUMS Pop Us PROGRAM Rainbow 0 But let us not return to the main page just yet Changing the pitch of other notes Changing the pitch of other notes than the ones already highlighted is a matter of pressing the desired on screen keys in question And defeating the pitch change of a key displayed in white is as easy as pressing that key again it will once again be displayed in white Press all white on screen keys or the field that is displayed in white to switch the Scale Tuning function off again Cust
77. 1 MFX AWA 54 Ud ae ere eee eee er Tees eres 94 106 118 UserProgram 80 Channel 103 Effect settings inSMF 94 Effect settings insong 94 Footswitch 43 HOO au AA 83 WA EIA 106 POs AAA 103 IIIA 81 Select Mode 35 Set save 106 SmartMedia 82 Song MIDI Set Link 84 85 Startu e esac aaka e aae daa Eea 85 Transpose 39 Write IIIA 80 AA Ka 56 Disk Media 108 V Variation 34 Velocity Sensitivity 39 SONG PA IIIA gia Vibrato 25 60 92 AutoTune 25 63 Ee e AAA 24 61 VOice FK 62 Video Output aaa 30 VInyIRPM 41 Vocal Harmonizer Automatic effects settings 56 GM tue pmtenoeveisheheaesnesesedes 61 Vocal Miker 54 Vocoder 26 64 MONG Ors east AA 54 EA 25 62 WG AA AAA 24 Volume 64 66 Druminstrument 93 Keyboard parts 50 Knob 13 17 31 Peal ce2huxecieweataret cameos pene 44 Song Makeup 87 W Wall WI 57 Wordi ssc deed deune cones Goare
78. 1 octave 24 to 2 octaves W Pitch Fine Allows you to change the tuning of the processed voice in very small cent steps For the following the indicator icon must be white for the effect to be noticeable W Vibrato Rate Sets the speed of the vibrato effect W Vibrato Depth Allows you to set the vibrato intensity Vibrato is an effect that changes modu lates the pitch The higher the Depth value the more outspoken these periodic pitch changes will be W Rise Time Allows you to set a swell for the vibrato effect This parameter specifies how long it takes before the Depth value is reached once the Delay Time is up WE Delay Time Allows you to set a delay between the moment you start singing and the moment the vibrato effect kicks in Press to leave this page or if you want to select another preset Note If you select another preset the Pitch and Vibrato parameters on the Edit page are reset to their factory values f you press the field the display looks as follows ocal Equalizer Singer Kai _ Auto Tune _ Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Frequency Hz EEE EEIE so Gain Gain qa Eak to YocalH This page contains a simple equalizer for the Voice FX Auto Tune and Singer parts e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Press this field to switch t
79. 2 if A11 is currently active W Favourite Tone Up The footswitch allows you to select the next FAVOURITE TONE memory Example If memory 7 of GROUP A is currently selected press ing the footswitch takes you to memory 8 You can also change GROUPS with this function So after selecting A8 pressing the footswitch again takes you to B1 Note See page 36 for details about the TONE FAVOU RITE function Footswitch GLOBAL PARAMETERS Henu W M Drums The footswitch can be used to activate and switch off the M Drums part If the button lights the M Drums part replaces the Upper part Otherwise the M Drums part is assigned to all keys W Minus One The footswitch allows you to switch the Minus One function on and off See page 19 for how to select the option that will be used when the Minus On function is on 43 DISCOVER 5 Using the performance functions 4 Press the button to return to the main page Expression Foot Pedal An optional EV 5 EV 7 or BOSS FV 300L expression pedal connected to the FOOT PEDAL socket allows you to control the volume of the Keyboard parts You can also specify to which Keyboard part s this function should apply and how the pedal works 1 Press the button I MASTER TUNE GoTo Ya SCALE TUNE Bo To WLL SPLIT amp TOUCH WA WOCAL GoTo H TRANSPOSE LJ vipeo Lenes O Gae GoTo con FADE IN OUT G T l Go To TALAKA KARANI 2 Press the f
80. 3 Press the User Program Finder field User Program List T Demasisd 7 7 RidingRk dJamesTrop Wi Boehnen WAT Carpente Es LeDuenos Heel DanubeBl Back toll io Capea ser Pra GoTo 1000 of 1000 4 If available press the field of the User Pro gram you need If the name is not displayed use or to go to a different page then press the field of the settings you are interested in WRT Beautifl This page lists the names of all individual User Programs contained in the various sets on the inserted SmartMedia card To guickly locate the desired User Program 5 Press the field User Program Finder Alphabetic Order A Z Cho Ik a qaback to User Pra 6 Enter only as many characters as you think are necessary to find the User Program you are after The character string you enter can be used in two ways see below e Use the and fields to select the position for which you wish to enter a new character e Use the alohanumeric keypad in the right cor ner to enter the desired characters This keypad works exactly like the keypad of a cellphone you may have to press an alphanumeric field several times to select the desired character or number Note There s is no field here because the Finder makes no distinction between upper and lower case letters e The field allows you to delete the inverted character e Press to insert a blank or the
81. 5 2 3 4 _ Owner s Manual Program for the first part of a song another one for the bridge and a third one for the clos ing section Doing so allows you to play with the effect settings of the Keyboard parts for example Press the field The display confirms that the settings have been written to the selected memory and returns to the page of step 1 above Note The Cancel memory is read only You cannot write data to it Note Unless you specified a User Program for the Star tup function page 85 you can also load the original Cancel settings by powering off your DisCover 5 and turning it back on again The display changes to N fB rer Cancel User Frogramy iF Go To Find der There are two Groups with 8 banks each Press the button once or twice so that the A or B indicator lights You can also press the A or B field in the dis play Press a TONE USER PROGRAM 1 lt 8 button to select a bank within this Group You can also press a 1 8 field in the display Press the field of the User Program you need If you selected Tone User Program Select Mode 4 page 35 you can also press a TONE USER PROGRAM 1 lt 8 button to select a memory within this bank In that case you can select the group A or B and the bank 1 8 a little ahead of the song part where you want the new settings to take 81 DISCOVER 5 Working with User Programs 82 e
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83. Cover Macros 30 ALL 18 Drum 24 Bass Lyrics Text Import Export Text to lyrics sync Lyrics in display Chord dis play Minus One Programmable User Programs 128 plus User Program Finder realtime access to User Programs on SmartMedia User Program Hold Tone Harmonizer Data storage SmartMedia card 4 8 16 32 64 128MB Floppy disk FDD 3 5 2HD 2DD File types managed SMF User Programs MIDI Sets Song Chain txt files Vocal Harmonizer 4 presets Talk Voice FX 12 presets Auto Tune Singer programmable Small 30 macros Ensemble 30 macros Vocoder 24 macros Voice Effects Noise Gate Compressor Reverb 9 types Delay 9 types pro grammable Reverb 9 types Delay 9 types Chorus 9 types programmable 2 harmony modes Harmony Effects 114 Other functions Interactive DEMO Cover Tones Harmonizer Tone Finder 34 families categories Favorite Tone 16 programmable Song Finder Up to 99 000 songs managed via database Next Song Reserve Yes Keyboard parts Upper Lower MDrums Fade OUT IN Programmable Octave 4 4 separate for Upper Lower MDrums Singer Key Automatic song transposition 6 5 Connections MIDI In Out Thru Outputs L mono Right Phones Pedals Hold Footswitch Footswitch programmable Foot Pedal expression Input Harmonizer Microphone Harmonizer Outputs Separate L R or mixed to main outputs Video Output Composite independent Lyrics transmission
84. EYBOARD PART section This section contains all buttons that are related to the music you can play on the DisCover 5 s keyboard i e the Keyboard parts Press the button to separate the keyboard into two halves The left half is then assigned to the Lower part and the right to the Upper part page 32 The button is used to activate a part that allows you play drum and percussion solos via the keyboard page 32 The and buttons are used to switch the Keyboards parts of the same name on and off Though you can play them simultaneously if the button doesn t light these parts cannot be combined with the M DRUMS part 1 VOCAL HARMONIZER section The buttons and knobs in this section are used to set the Vocal Harmonizer function the microphone level and the effects applied to the signals received via the Vocal Harmonizer MIC INPUT socket 22 TONE USER PROGRAM section These buttons allow you to select sounds Tones for the Keyboard parts or to recall the desired User Pro gram registration memory 23 USER PROGRAM HOLD buttons These buttons are used for ignoring the TONE and or VOCAL HARMONIZER settings of subsequently loaded User Programs If a button lights the DisCover 5 will recall all User Program settings except the ones fil tered by the active button 24 SmartMedia slot This is where you need to insert the supplied or other SmartMedia cards The DisCover 5 comes with a 64MB card packed with Standard MIDI Fi
85. Media card Enter the name for the file See page 107 Note The DisCover 5 supports both upper and lower case letters for file names So choose whichever Is more convenient or clear Press the field to save the data Save Song File Name File Size 7 104E A Kif d Of Magic Free Disk Area 1400E This page allows you to save the song that is currently in the DisCover 5 s RAM memory to SmartMedia card or floppy disk Though you cannot record new songs there are four reasons why you may want to use this function to save the changes you made using the SONG MAKEUP TOOLS buttons see page 87 and fol lowing to save the newly programmed MARK JUMP locations see page 69 to save a song under a different name to prepare songs for use with the Singer Key function automatic transposition See the note on p 29 Note The SONG MAKEUP and MARK JUMP settings can only be read by the DisCover 5 and are thus of no use to other sequencers or SMF players Select the disk drive or SmartMedia card Select if you wish to take advantage of the User Program Finder function page 82 and work with User Programs to which song files have been linked page 85 Enter the name for the file See page 107 Note The DisCover 5 supports both upper and lower case letters for file names So choose whichever Is more convenient or clear Press the field to save the data 107 DisCover 5 Disk Media functions Delete
86. NATIONS category will contain more assignments than before Your command is briefly confirmed by the dis play OK FUNCTION COMPLETE Note No song files are copied during this operation Press the field to return to the Index page The message Executing appears Note Press the button to return to the master page and cancel your changes 75 DISCOVER 5 More refined song functions Song Chain function The Chain function allows you to prepare play lists of all the songs you want to use during a performance The advantage of working with song chains is that you do not need to select files between songs 76 Programming Song Chains 1 Insert the SmartMedia card that contains 2 3 the desired songs into the slot Note The Chain function is only available for songs on SmartMedia card and only for one such card at a time You may therefore have to copy all desired songs to that card before proceeding See page 109 for details Press the button Song Chain Dance Disco Latin Samba Slow Folk o 2 The long fields refer to the names of the Song Chains already available on the inserted Smart Media card Press the field in the upper right corner Song Ghain Edit End Song List GoTo You have just created a new Chain Chains con sist of steps up to 99 to which you can assign one song each To assign a song to the first step which is alr
87. Parts Local On Local Off These settings allow you to establish or remove the connec tion between the DisCover 5 s keyboard Song Player and the internal tone generator When set to default playing on the DisCover 5 s keyboard or playing back a song will cause the corresponding notes to sound If you select Local Off the corresponding MIDI messages are no longer sent to the internal tone generator but they are still transmitted to the MIDI OUT port and hence to external MIDI instruments Sound source Sound source ai QQ MIDI OUT MIDLOUT ene LOCAL OFF re As soon as you press one of these fields the number of the currently selected MIDI Set is indicated with an asterisk to signal that the current settings no longer correspond to the written settings See p 103 for details about the MIDI Sets Editing procedure 6 7 8 9 After performing step 6 below you will see a display page that works as follows In fact it uses the same system as the Vocal Harmonizer Menu and the Disk Media environment Press the field on the first MIDI page MI Ge 7 Macro Settings ALL Parts midi ma ma CF External Keyboard Song Sequencer Back to Memorize Menu GoTo On the page that appears now select the sec tion whose parameters you wish to edit left side kertoa Refers to the Keyboard parts Refers to the parts of the Song Player Synchronization
88. Press the field if you do not wish to update the database now In that case however such new PC songs are invisible to the Finder Note See your computer dealer for details about adapters that can be used for SmartMedia cards Notes about copying files to a SmartMedia card on your computer The above procedure only works as expected If the following conditions are met e You will need a SmartMedia reader writer to use a SmartMedia card on your PC e SmartMedia cards must be formatted by the DisCover 5 so that all the required directories are created for smooth operation e All song files with the extension MID or KAR must be copied to the Put New Songs Here folder on the card Do not copy them to any other folder you may see on the card e All User Programs files with extension UPG must be copied to the Put New User Pro grams Here folder on the card Do not copy them to any other folder you may see on the card e Never copy several files by simply dragging the folder they reside in to the card icon open the folder in question on your computer and use Select All to select all files if necessary e Never ever erase any file from the SmartMedia card as this may damage the database file WARNING Copying files from a disk means that the DisCover 5 s RAM memory is erased If you haven t yet saved your last song to disk or card you should do so before proceeding Press this field to copy one or several
89. R asi 7 WINI Ful Organ 6 1 Organ 101 3 7 Ful Organ 6 F Trem Organ 5 Ful Organ 5 2 Ful Organ 1 3 Ful Organ 4 Ful Organ 3 gt z z t 3 Organ o Customize 8 Press a field on this page to select a Tone Variation This Variation system is used to provide access to all Tones you can select After all 2 Groups x 8 families x 8 memories add up to 128 possibil ities which is only a fraction of the Tones you can select Hence the Variation system which adds a sub category to the Tone memories The number of Variations varies from Tone to Tone it can be anything between 1 and 50 See the included Tone amp Drum Set Lists 9 Press the field of the desired Variation 10 If you are still not happy with the Tone use the J fields right side to select the cor responding page and its 10 Variations if available If you now return to the Tone memory page it may look as follows UPPER Family MALAMALA ORGAN 5 Reed Organ ZI Jazz Organ 2 xD Rotary Org x5 B Harp Basic 15 Bandoneon GoTo The EE symbol means that the selected Varia tion is being used see also its address in the upper right corner but that your choice will not be remembered So next time you select that Tone memory A31 the DisCover 5 will once again use the Organ 1 Tone To ensure that the Full Organ 6 Tone is assigned to the number position 1 in th
90. REE TERETE CCE CELE ET OCTET CTE ELET ECC LU CTE RETR EET e ECCT EEE RECEP Creer er Cr AA esa eee eee NAKAMA MAUA AA AUWA AAA e Do not allow any objects e g flammable material coins e Never use or store the DisCover 5 in places that are pins or liquids of any kind water soft drinks etc to l l SD penetrate the unit e Subject to temperature extremes e g direct sunlight NS in an enclosed vehicle near a heating duct on top of Ng heat generating equipment or are NI 5 Damp eg baths washrooms on wet floors or are NEN e Humid or are e n households with small children an adult should pro e Exposed to rain or are vide supervision until the child is capable of following all e Dusty or are rules essential for the safe operation of the DisCover 5 e Subject to high levels of vibration susnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnNNNNSNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSNNNNNNSNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSNNNNNNNNNNNNNNENNNNNNNENNNNNNNNEN seco EET E NE A EN S EAEE E E ENL S EE TE WA e Protect the unit from strong impact Do not drop it e This unit should be used only with a rack or stand that is recommended by Roland WEE recep ce paso eats dace patent ow vaste see eeadee MAANA MATAI ANASA WAR eee ee e Do not force the DisCover 5 s power cord to share an Bae oe ee gee E ae aceon E ee outlet with an unreasonable number of other devices Be especially careful when using extension cords the total power used by all devices you have connected t
91. RUMENT VOLUME REVERB CHORUS PALETTE Before you begin 1 Insert the SmartMedia card or floppy disk 2 Press the button again after a few mea with the desired song into the slot or drive sures select the song and press the button Though you can also edit the following settings This will load the first chunk of song data into while playback is running selecting Tones Drum the DisCover 5 s buffer Only then will you be Sets may become a bit confusing able to edit the following settings Instrument selecting different sounds If you do not agree with the instrumentation of a Standard MIDI File use the INSTRUMENT parameters allow to select different sounds 1 Press the INSTRUMENT button 2 If the track you are interested in 9 16 is not instrument J PD listed press the Trk9 16 field if pelt Let ee d PO 8G 1 Ee 1 BU ore i manii Bos mene Sie Sesolls aT This page lists some sounds that are used by tracks 1 8 Tracks are in fact MIDI channels Note The MUTE messages within a Tone Drum Set field and usually used to differentiate between the mean that the passage in question using that Tone Drum Set is not played This needs to be set on one of the other SONG MAKEUP TOOLS pages see below The fields that may but do not necessar various parts of a song drums bass guitar line piano part etc Standard MIDI Files can contain data for up to 16 tracks MIDI channels
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93. UME REVERB and CHORUS pages while new parameters are added For even more control you can actu ally really edit the selected Tones or Drum Set specify how the Reverb and Chorus effects should sound and MOFe As the Palette environment is a little bit more complex let s start with a general overview 90 a call Yolume Je dall PanPot Octave sound Edit Bandoneon_____ 435 R F in oom a 000 Release Cutoff m P i ae 000 tO Resonance 00 k ae ow Delay saul Yolume Je dall PanPot PPS oF Velocity boo a cat Yolume Reverb le a a PanPot Chorus PP tof 0 Palette aa Tone Finder ACCORDION 7436 Asia 4 gt Accordion Fr 7 Hard Accord A36 1 gt ASB 5 gt TAT Accordion It gt Soft Accord gt Ist note d44 bed tA3B lt B gt Tt Huset 7436 Bandoneon F z att RevType pean RevLevel ov chorus 1 Zslll goon ype Chr Level Back to Palette Drum Set Finder J 120 Family 4 4 POP 1 j meee Standard 1 gt i V R amp B 7 j 212 216 Jump to gt Standard 2 7 Fiesta 7 ist note 444 bod 13 Standard L R Palette Drum Inst Finder Family SHARE DO 14 iF HO 18 NewRKCStkMn pf 65S5tonarezB DH 15 GO 19 85Rm narelB gt VHewlz5n2 EQ 16 GHO 20 85Rm nare2B 7 ft ANewlzoni FD 17 7A 21 855t5narelB 7 NewR amp bSn Back to Drumins d 170 4 4 1 FUNDO Changes 1 Press the button
94. W Delay Send Allows you to specify how strongly the currently selected VOICE part should be pro cessed by Delay 1 of the VOCAL HARMONIZER sec tion HARMONY column 5 6 7 W Reverb Send Allows you to specify how strongly the currently selected HARMONY part should be pro cessed by Reverb 2 of the VOCAL HARMONIZER sec tion W Chorus Send Allows you to specify how strongly the currently selected HARMONY part should be pro cessed by the Chorus effect of the VOCAL HARMO NIZER section The VOICE section doesn t have a Chorus effect WE Delay Send Allows you to specify how strongly the currently selected HARMONY part should be pro cessed by Delay 2 of the VOCAL HARMONIZER sec tion Repeat the above for the remaining combi nations All settings for all VOCAL HARMONIZER buttons are written to a User Program page 80 Set the MIC INPUT parameters as desired As explained under Compressor Gate and effects p 21 the Compressor and Gate apply to the MIC INPUT signal before it reaches the VOCAL HARMONIZER section Press the button to return to the main page or continue with the next section to program the effects processors gt Extremely important remark Before you even consider spending some time with the Vocal Harmonizer effects you need to change the following parameter If you don t your changes will be lost as soon as you press another VOCAL HARMONIZER button Do not change this
95. You may have to add an octave to the value you see on the screen of your com puter or external sequencer Q Data filters The remaining three fields allow you to specify whether the messages in question should be received ON or not OFF PC Program Change and Bank Select CC00 CC32 messages These messages are used to select Tones and Drum Sets as well as User Programs see below Bank Select messages are in fact Control Change messages which were added when it became clear that the maximum number of sounds selectable using Program Change messages 128 was no longer sufficient to access all sounds of a given instrument The DisCover 5 boasts 1 422 sounds Do not forget to send a Program Change message after a Bank Select message because sending only Bank Select messages does nothing whatsoever The correct order for sending these messages is pay attention to the CPT values 1 1 0 Bank Select CCOO value 1 1 1 Bank Select CC32 value 1 1 2 Program Change CC These messages control parameters such as modulation and pan The function of a message is determined by its control change e g ID number Here are some frequently used Control Changes that can be filtered using this parameter Modulation CCO1 Volume CCO7 Expression CC11 Pan pot CC10 Hold 1 CC64 Reverb Send Level CC91 Chorus Send Level CC93 RPN LSB MSB CC100 101 Data Entry CC06 38 NRPN LSB MSB CC98 99 Note Though the DisCo
96. a good idea to memorize your settings frequently even if you still need to do some touching up afterwards Those intermediary saves allow you to return to the The display changes to previous stage whenever you do not like your last USER PROGRAM Cance modifications Try to use the User Programs as Al B recall buffers to be able to return to the previously edited settings discarding only the latest modifica tions Save your settings after e editing the Vocal Harmonizer parameters e selecting Tones for the Keyboard parts e editing the Mixer settings including the effects e defining the D Beam and Footswitch func tions Memorize User Program That way subsequent modifications can be undone by loading the provisional User Pro gram settings you do not want to lose 1 Press the field on the main page SONG 2 September aza d WD 1 hakiwa EXECUTE io User Pra r i f The field Cancel next to the A and B fields i refers to the name of the last settings you loaded Use the A B and the numeric fields to select the Group the bank and the memory number where you wish to write your settings 4 Enter a name for your new User Program See page 29 You only have to do this the first time you write or memorize new settings to a User Program You can also name your User Program at a later stage and then write it again under the same address This name is very important for taking
97. adio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the users authority to operate this equipment This equipment requires shielded interface cables in order to meet FCC class B Limit For Canada NOTICE This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations AVIS Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R gle
98. age appears next to the memory number Mark Jump Edit d FF Bal Do ka Cm ka Eea to en Eea en 4 Press the field to confirm your set ting The message disappears Current MEASURE fi 5 6 7 Repeat steps 2 4 to program new locations for the remaining MARK JUMP buttons Press the field to clear the measure indication of the selected MARK JUMP but ton MARK JUMP buttons for which a location has been programmed light Pressing a MARK JUMP button for which no measure location has been entered in which case the indicator does not light has no effect Want to save time Here s the quickest way to pro gram MARK JUMP locations e Select the song you want to program MARK loca tions for Select the Mark Jump Edit page see above Press I lt to return to the beginning of the song then to start playback Press the 1 field to select it Press the field where you want the first marker to be This position is memorized Press the button below the dial to select memory 2 Press the field where you want the sec ond marker to be Repeat the previous two steps for memories and 4 Continue with step 6 Press the field File Name File Size 7 7 104E A Kif d Of Magic Free Disk Area 1400E The MARK JUMP locations are additional infor mation for song files that need to be saved to floppy disk or SmartMedia card If necessary change the song s name You only nee
99. al mai a r Keyboard Song kamaa aBack to Memorize 27 Menu GoTo ei 48 e UTILITY Allows you to specify the following Which MIDI Set and or User Program to load when the DisCover 5 is switched on ee E eee p 85 and 104 Startup Mil Set Startup User Program AGE How the TONE USER PROGRAM buttons should WONMGe cu davecceuuyewed Aa coe p05 Whether the Multi FX should be linked to the Tone selected for the Upper part p 54 Whether the pre programmed effect settings Should be loaded each time you press a button in the VOCAL HARMONIZER section p 55 Utility Tone UserProgram Select Mode 1 Bank itches Humber from Touch Screen 2 Bank amp Number from switches Upper H FX Manual Harmonizer Effect Suto LCD Mode Normal To set playback specific parameters Player ee AA ee ee p 18 To select the Keyboard parts that should be affected by an optional expression pedal and how this should be done FootPedal p 44 3 Press the button to return to the main page Owner s Manual ic Working with the Mixer amp using effects The MIXER environment does what its name suggests it allows you to balance the various Keyboard parts of your DisCover 5 See page 87 and following for how to mix the song parts Your singing and the generated Vocal Harmonizer parts can be mixed using the and knobs About the DisCover 5 s effects The DisCover 5 contains t
100. ally decreases until it reaches zero button might produce highly unprofessional level lights steadily This is called a Fade Out jumps Fade Outs are extremely popular in pop music 3 Use the dial to set the desired value and the DisCover 5 allows you to end a song 4 Press the button to return to the main just like the original page or to return to the menu 68 Programming MARK JUMP locations Owner s Manual All songs on the supplied SmartMedia card come with four locations already memorized that can be selected by pressing MARK JUMP 1 4 page 17 Editing and programming MARK JUMP locations can be carried out as follows 1 Press and hold a MARK JUMP button 1 4 Press whichever button you like The display changes to Mark Jump Edit d 120 FFF ol 2 ED bo Do Tk Chm ka a one to en one Gate en 2 Press the field that corresponds to the MARK JUMP button for which you wish to program a different location 1 4 The following can be done both during play back and while it is stopped 3 Do one of the following Press the field This inserts the number of the current measure in the white field Use the numeric keypad to enter the desired measure number Press to dispose of the last number you entered Example if you wanted to enter 14 and then notice that you pressed the 4 field twice 144 press to get rid of the second 4 As soon as you enter a new value an mess
101. ameter to specify how fast the compressor stops working once the microphone level drops below the Com pressor s threshold This should be set in such a way as to avoid unpleasant level jumps between notes Set it in combination with the following parameter to obtain the best possible result Output Level The Compressor reduces the dynamics level differences of your singing This parameter serves two purposes it allows you to specify how strongly your voice should be compressed and as you increase the value it raises the compressor s output volume to make up for the lower resulting level Note The value 0 means that the Compressor is not working Threshold This parameter allows you to set the level the microphone signal must have in order to be audible Softer signals will be muted suppressed by the Gate 15 Press the field to jump to a page where you can select different pre sets etc see below 16 Press the button to return to the main page T Wanna 0S C O Now that your microphone is up and running let s look at the Harmonizer effect proper The DisCover 5 provides two harmony types Small 1 or 2 additional voices and Ensemble 3 or 4 additional voices 1 Connect your microphone press the button set the desired level and 2 press the button it must light 3 Sing a few notes and listen to the harmonies produced 4 If the harmonies are too soft turn the
102. an Overdrive and a Delay in series DS Chors This effect connects distortion and a Chorus in series DS Figer This effect connects distortion and a Flanger in series DS Delay This effect connects distortion and a Delay in series EH Chors This effect connects an Enhancer and a Chorus in series EH Figer This effect connects an Enhancer and a Flanger in series EH Delay This effect connects an Enhancer and a Delay in series Cho Dly This effect connects a Chorus and a Delay in series FL Delay This effect connects a Flanger and a Delay in series Cho Flger This effect connects a Chorus and a Flanger in series Cho Delay This effect connects a Chorus and a Delay in parallel Parallel means that the input sig nal is processed by two effects that do not interact FL Delay This effect connects a Flanger and a Delay in parallel Cho Flger This effect connects a Chorus and a Flanger in parallel If you want to change other Mixer parame ters of the Upper part press the or field If you don t press the button to return to the main page 53 DISCOVER 5 Working with the Mixer 8 using effects Linking Multi FX type selection to the Upper part Upper M FX If you like the DisCover 5 can automatically load the Multi FX type that Is suited for the Tone you assign to the Upper part A good example of this is the selection of the Rotary type for organ Tones The status of the Multi FX on or of
103. and with the touch screen D Beam controller The DisCover 5 has the acclaimed D Beam Controller for intuitive song playback control and additional DJ like effects via movements over an invisible beam of infrared light And of course the BENDER MODULA TION lever is also there as are sockets for optional footswitches and an expression pedal D Beam technology licensed from Interactive Light Inc Excellent sound source The DisCover 5 comes with a 64 voice polyphonic sound source with 1 422 instrument sounds and 44 Drum Sets that cover everything from incredibly realistic acoustic instruments to cooking Techno sounds Never before has an electronic instrument produced such true to life instrument and drum sounds that include subtle tonal changes and all the noises associated with acoustic instruments scrap ing for guitar sounds resonance for drum sounds etc The DisCover 5 supports GS General MIDI2 and XG format MIDI files 128 User Programs User Programs are memories where you can save your own panel settings These include the currently selected song Tones sounds tempo as well asa lot of other parameters At the press of a maximum of three buttons you can thus completely reconfigure your Instrument For even more flexibility User Program settings stored on SmartMedia card can be loaded directly so that the number of pre sets available on stage is almost unlimited Owner s Manual and s
104. arameters such as modulation and pan The function of a message is determined by its control change e g ID number PB Allows you to specify whether or not Pitch Bend messages should be transmitted playback position so that the slaved synchronized drum machine sequencer etc automatically jumps to the correct position Note See your sequencer s etc manual to find out whether it accepts Song Position Pointer messages LI Receive RX Syne The RX Sync parameter allows you to specify whether and how the Song player should be syn chronized to external sequencers or drum machines The available options are Internal The Song player will follow its own inter nal tempo Auto lhis is a function for remote control of song playback using a PK 5 dynamic MIDI pedal board for example If the DisCover 5 receives a MIDI Start message FA it waits for Clock messages If those Clock messages are not received a PK 5 for instance doesn t send them the DisCover 5 starts playback using its internal tempo If however Clock messages F8 follow after the Start message the DisCover 5 uses the external tempo You can never theless go on using the Song player without MIDI Start Clock messages which is not possible when you select MIDI MIDI Song playback can be started or stopped with MIDI realtime messages Start Stop Clock coming from an external clock source Remote The Song player waits for a start message to sta
105. arance of the display In such cases use the LCD CONTRAST knob located on the rear panel to adjust the contrast of the display Switching off the DisCover 5 6 Switch off all external devices 7 Use the DisCover 5 s button to switch it off LCD Mode You can decide to have the information displayed white on blue Normal or blue on white Invert Choose whichever is more convenient for you 1 Press the button 2 On the display page that appears now press the Utility field Tone UserProgram Select Mode 3 Press the field in the left corner 4 Press the field zi E tock Screen 5 Use the dial to select Invert blue on A A white or Normal white on blue Upper M FX Manual 6 Press the button to return to the main page Harmonizer Effect Auto Back to Menu Interactive demo of the DisCover 5 Owner s Manual Your DisCover 5 contains an interactive demo that introduces all of its highlights It might be a good idea to try it out now The demo is self explanatory so we ll just show you how to start and stop it 1 Simultaneously press the and buttons a NI _ see s pi athe SING WITH THE TOUCH COVER TO VOCAL HARMONIZER RE ORCHESTRATE Overview 2 Press the field that provides access to the desired demo function There are 5 demo songs that are played back in a loop If necessary you can jump to the pre ceding or following demo song by pressing th
106. at presets are available The choice of the preset sets the number of voices 1 or 2 that will be added Note For an optimum effect be sure to set the GEN DER VOICE INPUT parameter to match your voice type See page 61 2 Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Owner s Manual Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Press this field to switch all equalizers on this page on or off The equalizer can be used for two things a emphasizing a specific frequency range to create a special effect or make the part more distin guishable b to reduce the level of frequencies that mask other sounds or produce a boomy sound W Frequency Hz Use this parameter to select the frequency whose level you wish to change with the Gain parameter The smaller the value the lower the frequency that will be boosted or cut W Gain This parameter sets the level of the selected frequency O means that the frequency s level does not change no difference between equalizer on and off e Press or Back to VocalH to leave this page Note When one of the Vocal Equalizers is on page 62 the Vocoder Small and Ensemble parts lose one voice so that 3 voices are available for Vocoder and Ensemble and 1 for Small WE Harmony Voice Assign See Who specifies the harmonies p 23 WE O
107. by pressing the field use If after pressing the button the The options are page with the faders is displayed press the left Room1 Room2 These types simulate field the one with the keyboard icon the Reverb characteristics of a room The higher the number 1 2 or 3 the bigger the room becomes Reverb for Keyboard parts Hall 1 These types simulate the Reverb of a 1 Press the field in the upper left cor small 1 or large 2 concert hall and thus sound ner to gain access to the Reverb parameters much bigger than the Room types above The display changes to Digital simulation of a metal plate that is sometimes used for creating Reverb effects Works well for percussive sounds A Delay effect no Reverb Works a lot like an echo effect and thus repeats the sounds This is a stereo version of the above Delay effect It creates repetitions that alternate LOWER UPPER et between the left and right channels elo o i oar t mr ttt AG le Delay 7 Pan Delay 3 Hall 1 M DRUMS Reverb Send BET Global If necessary you can correct the Send levels after selecting a different Reverb type BDO 3 4 Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them allows you to set the output level of the Reverb processor Setting this parameter to 0 means that your no longe
108. ce between the Keyboard parts 3 After setting these levels you can use the knob to establish the correct bal ance between the Keyboard parts and the song Dis SOVER S seral Pe oard t t m tT ee ttt 49 DISCOVER 5 Working with the Mixer 8 using effects More refined Mixer settings Mixing as you may know entails a lot more than just getting the balances right It also involves specifying the stereo placement of sounds and the amount of effect that should be applied So here we go 1 On the above display page press the field The display changes to Reverb Send 10 Chorus Send o PanPot Volume 190 Back to Global LOWER Reverb Send BEG Chorus Send mz PanPot DP BED Volume 7 Effect fas Type PA GoTo Reverb Send 10 Chorus Send o PanPot ra Volume The Chorus Send parameter of the Upper part is not available when the button lights In that case the page above looks as fol lows Reverb Send 40 Chorus Send SAI _ Pan Fot r Volume d 100 LOWER Reverb Send 10 Chorus Send o PanPot Lo Volume 7 Reverb Send MULTI He Fx au Fo Volume 2 Note There are no Keyboard Mixer parameters for the D Beam part Moreover this part is never processed by any of the DisCover 5 s effects Use the and buttons to s
109. ctave 1 1 This parameter allows you to transpose the harmony voices one octave up or down Use it if you think the arrangement becomes a bit cluttered or to achieve a spe cial effect f you press the field Small Edit Pat1_ Pat Gender __ Gender __ Olu 6 anFot FPanPot Qs Volume Volume 27 7 Common GoTo You can also select this page by pressing the field on the Common page see below As a rule the SMALL harmony system works as follows the lowest note played by the selected song part or yourself is assigned to Part 1 while the second is assigned to Part 2 e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them 65 DISCOVER 5 Editing the Keyboard 8 Vocal Harmonizer parts 66 E Gender Allows you to change the timbre of the part Negative values produce a masculine effect positive values add feminine qualities WE PanPot Allows you to set the placement of the corresponding part in the stereo sound image This is only meaningful if you connect the DisCover 5 to a stereo amplifier 64 corresponds to the center the values 0 63 to the left side O being far left and 65 127 to the right side 127 being far right WE Volume Allows you to set the level of the corre sponding part Be aware that even the highest value p
110. ctly load any User Program from SmartMedia card which is just as fast as working with internal User Programs The supplied card already contains 128 such User Programs The User Program Finder function is also available for your own User Programs but only after you saved them to SmartMedia card See page 106 By doing that you actually save a User Program set that contains the settings of all 128 internal User Program memories You cannot save Individual User Programs to SmartMedia card or floppy disk But you can load just one User Program from such a set provided that set resides on SmartMedia card Such a User Program then resides in the Cancel memory a buffer and will be overwritten as soon as you select another internal or external User Pro gram You could however decide to write it to an internal memory This function can also be used for creating best of compilations from various User Program sets 1 Press the field on the main page or the button in the TONE USER PROGRAM section The display changes to A fB EE Cancel Song E bias User Frogramy ay gana U Finders 2 Insert the SmartMedia card with the settings you need into the slot Note This function is not available for floppy disks You may thus have to copy your User Program sets from floppy to your SmartMedia card See page 109 for details Note The DisCover 5 does not support User Programs of the Roland VA E KR or EM series
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112. d to do this if you want to preserve the original version The MARK JUMP informa tion can only be read by the DisCover 5 and so is of little use to other sequencers or SMF play ers they simply ignore it So you might as well save the song under its original name Besides you can also save the song to a different card or disk See page 29 for how to enter a different name 69 DISCOVER 5 More refined song functions 8 Press the or field to select the Save destination 9 Press the field If you selected the drive that contains the orig inal version the following message is displayed If you pressed the field the message reads SAME NAME ON DISK Working with the Song Finder You already know the main aspects of the Song Finder so let s have a more detailed look at it The Song Finder is used for quickly locating the songs you want to play back You will see in a minute that it is far more powerful when you work with SmartMedia cards than when you work with floppy disks 1 2 70O Press the SONG RHYTHM FINDERI button You can also press the field in the upper left corner of the display if available to select songs Press the SMART MEDIA or FLOPPY field in the upper right corner If you press FLOPPY the display looks as follows When I Was Young Uptown San Franciscan Exodus sid Sa ranciscan Jammin E Remember stoned Soul Pic
113. de In Out Lower Hold User Program Up Favourite Tone Up 1 3 Press the field that corresponds to the desired footswitch function If necessary press or on the second page to change pages Menu Owner s Manual FOOT PEDAL W Play Stop Starts and stops song playback Same function as the button W Lower Hold The footswitch allows you to hold the Lower part W Sostenuto In this case the footswitch functions as Sostenuto pedal a pedal found on grand and dig ital pianos that allows you to sustain only those notes you played at the time you pressed the pedal W Soft In this case the footswitch functions as Soft pedal a pedal found on grand and digital pianos that reduces the volume W Rotary S F Allows you to select the slow or fast speeds of the Rotary effect This only works if the Rotary effect is currently assigned to the Multi FX W Talk The footswitch performs the same function as the button in the VOCAL HARMONIZER sec tion W Harmony On Off The footswitch allows you to switch the currently selected HARMONY function VOCODER or ENSEMBLE on and off Select this function if you want to be able to switch the harmonies on for the choruses and off for the verses for example while playing on the keyboard W Fade In Out The footswitch performs the same function as the button on the front panel See also page 68 W User Program Up Selects the next User Program i e A1
114. dicated as mur on the INSTRUMENT page Note Most tracks only use one Tone Drum Set so that activating means that the track in question never sounds Reverb and Chorus effect balance 6 If you are happy with your changes and wish to preserve them press the field The display changes to File Name File Size 7 i 104E A Kif d Of Magic Free Disk Area 1400E See step 7 and following on page 69 for how to save your song Note If you also want to change other song settings there is no need to save the song just yet The other SONG MAKEUP TOOLS pages also provide but tons On the following two pages you can specify how strongly the instruments should be processed by the Reverb and or Chorus effects The effects parameters kind of Reverb and Chorus etc can be set on the Common page see p 94 1 Press the or button Reverb 24 Jazz Organ 2 OverdiveGt Vibraphone 0 ate ae CI t he HUTE Tenor Sax Ol Chorus 2 Jazz Organ o A A LaBA A verdriveGt f a ke Tenor Sax Press the field that corresponds to the effect for which you wish to set the send level 83 2 3 4 5 Press the field that corresponds to the instru ment Tone Drum Set whose send level you wish to change or use the but tons to select it The send level refers to the amount of the sig nal transmitted to the Reverb or Chorus effect and hence to the strength
115. e File not found is displayed during playback of that Chain and playback stops at that step So be careful Lyrics Mark The and fields allow you to add an icon Insert to song files that contain Lyrics data for easy identification or to delete Remove that icon again Here is an example of what the icon looks like Index gt ALL Standard JBlade Runner Vangelis Sndtrack JErunderburg Bach J S Classic JDindi Jobim A i Swing e 2 Options Golo me 132 of 132 P amp S Input 1 3 4 You can also add a musical phrase to your songs if you wish to take advantage of the Play amp Search facility See page 16 for how to use that facility in a real life situation Here s how to program the phrase Press the field Press the field Play amp Search Input Play the melody on the keyboard to be assigned as Play amp Search signature 2 UOUO00000000000 Back to Delete 412 Last Note Play the notes of the most characteristic theme the one you ll be most likely to play when using Play amp Search for locating this song The key and rhythm are of little importance You must get the intervals right though The note boxes will display a quarter note for every note you played Five note boxes thus mean that you played five notes If you make a mistake proceed as follows to correct It Press the field if you only wish to correct the
116. e Except for the power cable all other items shown above are optional See your Roland dealer for details Note There is no absolute need to connect the Vocal Harmonizer OUTPUT sockets If you don t your singing and the Harmonizer effects will be transmitted via the main OUTPUT sockets Only if you don t connect anything to the Vocal Harmonizer OUTPUT sock ets If you use these connectors the Vocal Harmonizer signals are no longer transmitted to the headphones You can also connect the DisCover 5 to a mixing console of course see below 12 Owner s Manual Vocal Harmonizer OUTPUT R L DISCOVERS an Switching the DisCover 5 on off After connecting the DisCover 5 to the other devices proceed as follows Switching on the DisCover 5 1 Insert the included power cable into the AC inlet and then plug it into an electrical outlet gt EEE DORS 2 Press the DisCover 5 s button located on the rear panel to switch it on 3 If you connected the DisCover 5 to a mixing console switch it on now 4 Switch on the amplifier your active speakers or the keyboard amplifier s 5 Use the knob to set the DisCover 5 s out put volume 13 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 14 Setting the display contrast The information in the LCD display may be difficult to view after turning on your DisCover 5 or after extended use Your viewing angle or the current lighting conditions can also affect the appe
117. e or button 3 To stop the demo and leave the DisCover 5 s Demo function press the button 4 If you can barely hear the music set the knob far left MASTER section to a higher level Your DisCover 5 is a very user friendly instrument indeed but it is also extremely powerful As we have to start somewhere which may not be what you want to do first here s an overview of where to find what for your first exploration of the DisCover 5 What do you want to do first e Playing back songs p 16 e Modifying songs in realtime p 19 e Vocal Harmonizer function gt p 21 e Automatic transposition Singer Key gt p 28 e Displaying Lyrics and chord information p 29 e Using the Keyboard parts p 31 e Using the D Beam Controller gt p 37 Other aspects will be covered later in this manual 15 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 Playing back songs Your DisCover 5 is a novel Standard MIDI File player with all kinds of functions for customizing the songs you play back via easy to use routines Let us first look at the playback functions proper 1 Connect the DisCover 5 to your sound sys tem If you prefer to use headphones connect them to the PHONES socket to the left of the key board 2 Insert the supplied SmartMedia card into the card slot 3 Switch on the amp if available and the DisCover 5 You can press at this stage to start play back of the first song on th
118. e 82 Save to disk or SmartMedia 3 Press the field to load the data Load MIDI Set Disk Media MIDISet MIDISet 00003 UDA MIDISetoooo4 MIDISet00010 MIDIS MIDISet 00012 e 2 This is where you can load MIDI Set Sets These are groups of 8 MIDI Sets that overwrite the contents of all 8 internal MIDI Set memories 1 Select the disk drive or SmartMedia card 2 Press the field of the MIDI Set whose data you wish to load If the desired name is not displayed use the fields to scroll through the list Note This function always replaces the contents of all 8 internal MIDI Set memories 3 Press the field to load the data In this manual and while designing the DisCover 5 we tried to make a clear distinction between saving and writ ing memorizing data The terms write memorize are used to describe actions that cause certain settings to be saved to an internal memory Save on the other hand refers to the act of copying internal memory settings to disk or card Note When saving files to floppy disk whose AVAIL AREA size is smaller than the file s you wish to save the DisCover 5 will stop operation and display DISK ERROR Note that this message does not necessarily mean that the disk is damaged In any case please check the AVAIL AREA and FILE SIZE values before saving files to disk important remark If you select the floppy disk or SmartMedia card
119. e Rise Time Dis L5 Depth Delay Time Oo O54 qaback to Singer e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them For the following the indicator icon must be white for the effect to be noticeable W Vibrato Rate Sets the speed of the vibrato effect W Vibrato Depth Allows you to set the vibrato intensity Vibrato is an effect that changes modu lates the pitch The higher the Depth value the more outspoken these periodic pitch changes will be W Rise Time Allows you to set a swell for the vibrato effect This parameter specifies how long it takes before the Depth value is reached once the Delay Time is up WE Delay Time Allows you to set a delay between the moment you start singing and the moment the vibrato effect kicks in e Press EXIT or Back to Singer to leave this page f you press the field the Vocal Equalizer page appears It contains a Simple equalizer for the Voice FX Auto Tune and Singer parts See above 61 DISCOVER 5 Editing the Keyboard 8 Vocal Harmonizer parts 62 Voice FX settings When the button lights your original voice will not be output by the Vocal Harmonizer Instead it will be changed transformed according to the preset you select here 1 2 3 Yocal Harmonizer Sailor Han WomanTalk DJ Sing voice Fr Alien S
120. e a song part but for this demonstration we ll use the keyboard because doing so will make you understand how the Vocoder works Play a chord on the keyboard hold those notes and talk into the microphone For obvious reasons the Vocoder only works if you a talk or sing and b if there is a musical sound that can be processed Play various chords and listen to how that affects the signal generated by the Vocoder Note The Vocoder can produce four voices at once Playing more than four notes simultaneously is thus unnecessary Note The Vocoder can be used alongside SINGER VOICE FX or AUTO TUNE 9 4 Portamento Time 0 Rough pitch changes in semitone steps normal Portamento Time 1 127 Pitch glides from one note to the next Use the Portamento Time parameter to specify the speed at which those glides are carried out 0 127 The higher the value the slower the transitions Note To keep your settings you must write them to a User Program Press to leave this page or to modify other Auto Tune settings Again there are several parameters for custom izing the Vocoder s behavior Press and hold the button The display changes to Vocal Harmonizer pee My Yoice Vintage Celestial Classic Children Amen Yocoder Assign Gender Allows you to change the timbre of the effect so as to create a masculine feminine or mixed character The Gender choice
121. e air You only need to make sure that you do so over the two eyes and within a 40cm 16 range Your movements are translated into musical expression 1 Press the D BEAM CONTROLLER but 4 Move your hand towards and away from the ton it must light D Beam s eyes aaa Let s first try out the DJ GEAR functions What you hear now is the VinyIRPM effect 2 Press the button next to the Now let s do some scratching button until the DJ GEAR indicator 5 Press the field lights 6 Again move your hand towards and away ASSIGN from the D Beam DJ GEAR 0 SNS TRUMENT Now you should hear a scratch sound SOUND EFX O CONTROLS Try out some other effects by pressing the Sound FX and fields and selecting one of the available options D Beam J 120 You can also press the button to C select D Beam modes Sound EFE Controls Note See p 41 for full details about the D Beam Con The display changes to troller 7 Press the button to return to the main page Menu 3 Start playback of a song page 16 DISCOVER 5 Using the performance functions a Using the performance functions Let us now have a look at the DisCover 5 s performance functions Also called controllers they allow you to add expression to your playing which is a very important aspect for simulating glissando s bendings and other changes that will make your melodies even more convincing Pitch Bend and Modulat
122. e at a time These buttons are available both during play back and while playback is stopped Next Song While the current song is still running you can already select the next one to be played back e Press the button e Select the desired song using the Song Finder page 16 e As soon as the current song finishes the next one starts You can now select another song e Press the button again to switch off this function Note Your DisCover 5 also provides a Chain function for programming play lists of several songs page 76 Player GS Reset Send and Quick Start 1 Press the button a wlia FAR Blo a ess 5 oe 2822 a eeasssss SO I MASTER TUNE GoTo Ya SCALE TUNE GoTo KN SPLIT TOUCH oTo j 44 TRANSPOSE LJ vipeo LYRICS 4 FADE IN OUT wall 2 Press the field If the field in the left corner is not displayed in white press it Utility GS RESET SEND 3 Switch the field to specify whether on or not off SysEx messages contained in the song you play back are updated while you fast forward rewind or use the MARK JUMP buttons 4 Use the field to quickly jump to the first note of the selected song This function temporarily sets the tempo to J 250 to race through empty measures at the beginning of the song file which may contain important settings thus avoiding that the newly selected song begins with two measures of nothing which can
123. e card If no card is inserted while a floppy disk is in the drive the DisCover 5 selects the first song on disk To select the song yourself proceed as follows 4 Press the SONG RHYTHM FINDER button You can also press the field in the upper left corner of the display if available to select songs september asa d 120 1 Quick location of the song you need The display changes to GoTo IJA Kind Of Magic Queen JAfter Midnight Crean dBirdland Zawinul Standard JBlade Runner Vangelis Sndtrack JErunderburg Bach J S Classic Dindi Jobim A Swing med 5 If it isn t already highlighted press the field in the upper right cor ner The display shows a list of 6 songs Standard MIDI Files on the SmartMedia card If you prefer to listen to one of your own songs on floppy disk insert it into the drive and press the field 6 If the name of the song you want to listen to is already displayed press its line In our example Birdland has been selected 7 To display the next 6 songs press the field in the lower right corner You can press this field as many times as neces sary or until it is no longer displayed To return to a previous group of 6 songs press e There are several ways to quickly locate the song you are after e Press the or field under step 4 to sort the song files according to artist names Author or kind of music
124. e lower right corner of the display The display now looks as follows Memorize Scale Tune qaback to ScaleT 9 Press a Mem 1 Mem 3 field to save your settings in the corresponding Scale Tuning memory The display now responds with the following message and then returns to the Scale Tune page OK N FUNCTION COMPLETE 10 Press the button to return to the main page Owner s Manual Bs Before you start editing Menu The DisCover 5 provides a number of hidden functions you may only need every so often Certain functions though on the menu can also be selected by pressing and holding the assigned button The following is only pro vided for your orientation as all functions on this menu are covered elsewhere where it makes sense to mention them Yet other functions can be recalled via dedicated buttons and therefore do not appear on the Menu page Here s what s part of the Menu environment and where to find details about those parameters Note Except for the MASTER TUNE MIDI and UTILITY set tings all parameter values and assignments can be written to a User Program page 80 1 Press the button I MASTER TUNE GoTo EE ya SCALE TUNE Ba SPLIT amp TOUCH h TRANSPOSE LJ vipeo LYRICS op 4 a FADE IN OUT To AL L 2 Press the field that provides access to the function you are interested in e MASTER TUNE Allows you to tune the DisCover 5 asa whole
125. e settings Shorten it Press the field to return to the Palette page If necessary press the field to save your settings gt Sound Edit for Drum Sets 1 2 If the uppermost field to the right of the Tone Drum Set field reads Drum Set Finder you have selected a Drum Set page In that case pressing the field takes you to the following page where you can edit the Drum Set as a whole J 120 4 4 1 FUNDO Changes Jump to oug Resonance SAVE GoTo E el gt Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them W Cutoff Allows you to make the Drum Set all instruments brighter positive values or darker negative values The further this value is set in the negative direction the fewer overtones will be allowed to pass and the sound will become softer darker W Resonance This parameter allows you to add a synthetic character to your Drum Sets choose a positive value or to make it sound more natural Use the field to suppress or add the drum sounds 3 4 Use the field to suppress or add the percussion sounds Press the field to return to the Palette page If necessary press the field to save your settings gt If you press on the Palette 1 2 3 page If the uppermost field to the right of the Tone Drum Set field reads
126. eady selected 4 Press the field Index gt ALL GoTo IJA Kind Of Magic i Queen Cream JAfter Midnight Birdland Zawinul Standard JBlade Runner Vangelis Sndtrack JErunderburg Bach J S Classic Swing C FAGE 132 of 132 1 gt JDindi Jobim A 5 Locate the song you wish to assign to step 01 e f it is already displayed continue with step 6 below e f it is not yet displayed use the fields in the lower right of the display to change pages e You can also use the following fields for nar 6 7 8 9 rowing down your search if you are over whelmed by the number of songs and pages you need to scroll Index Song Namel Author Genre and Finder See page 71 Select the song you wish to assign by press ing its field so that it is displayed in white Press the field This takes you back to the following page The song is assigned to step 01 and step 02 becomes the last one of your chain End Song Chain Edit DE End Clear ALL GoTo Chain tep The field is selected automatically so you can assign a song to it right away Repeat steps 4 7 above to assign a song to this step After assigning a song to step 06 the End message automatically jumps to the first field on the next page step 07 Continue assigning songs to new steps until your chain is complete 10 After
127. ect sounds from the currently active Drum Set Press Back to Druminst to return to the Drum Instrument page Use the and buttons to select the remaining parameters and set the desired values with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them W Volume Use this parameter to set the volume of the selected drum instrument W PanPot Use this parameter to set the stereo placement of the selected drum instrument 0 means no change negative values shift the instru ment towards the left and positive values shift it towards the right W Pitch Use this parameter to tune the selected drum instrument higher or lower The main reason for doing so would be to create a special effect or to make a snare sound etc slightly snappier 0 means that the pitch Is left unchanged W Reverb amp Chorus Use these parameters to set the Reverb or Chorus send level The effects themselves can be edited via the Common page see below W Velocity This parameter allows you to modify the velocity range of the drum instrument in question O means that the recorded values are left untouched a negative setting reduces all velocity values by the same amount leaving variations intact while a positive setting shifts all velocity values in a positive direction SAWE 1 Press the field to return to the Palette page If necessary press the field to save your settings 93 DISCOVER 5 Song Makeup Tools
128. elect the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them W Reverb Send amp Chorus Send Use these parame ters to set the Reverb or Chorus send level how much effect should be applied to the part in ques tion The effects themselves can be edited on the Effect page see below Note The M Drums parameters on this page apply to the entire Drum Set and cannot be set for each drum percussion instrument individually unlike the send parameter of the song drum part W PanPot Use this parameter to set the stereo placement of the selected part L63 corresponds to hard left O to dead center and R63 to hard right Rnd means that the stereo position of each note changes W Volume Use this parameter to set the volume of the selected part This parameter duplicates the slid ers on the Global page Back to Global Press this field to return to the Global page the one with the on screen slid ers See page 59 Press this field if you want to edit the effects settings themselves Effect ME Back to z Type PA Global ete Editing the Keyboard and song effects processors After setting the above parameters you may find that even sensible Reverb Chorus Send values for the Key board parts do not yield the expected result In that case you should edit the Reverb and Chorus 2 Press the field of the effect type you wish to settings
129. ember that the DisCover 5 is far more powerful when used with SmartMedia cards A DISK FULL No more files 1 Press the fields of all files you wish to copy Selected fields are displayed on a white back ground If the desired name is not displayed use the fields to scroll through the list Press the Select field to select all files of the selected type User Programs Songs MIDI Sets or Song Chains Press the Select field to cancel your file selections This then means that no files will be copied Note When copying files from media SmartMedia floppy disk to media if the AVAIL AREA size is smaller than the files you wish to copy the DisCover 5 auto matically stops the operation without displaying a mes sage as soon as the media is full Therefore please check the available disk capacity before proceeding And be sure to check the contents of the destination media immediately after the copy operation Press the field to start the copy operation For card gt card and disk gt disk copies see the table the DisCover 5 now asks you to insert the source From media File Copy Insert SOURCE FLOPPY DISK and press EXECUTE There is a similar message for SmartMedia cards Note If the display tells you Can t execute song is running you need to stop song playback This message means that the function cannot be executed because that RAM memory is being used for song playback wh
130. es you wish to modify 1 First select the song whose database informa tion you wish to change or edit by pressing its field 2 Press the field song Options Song Name Author Zawinul Standard LYRICS MARK Dis ke Cho ke qa Eck to Songlist The name of the selected song as well as the Author and Genre information if available are displayed below the three options Rename Delete P amp S Input 3 Now do one of the following Rename This function allows you to change the Song Name Author and or Genre entry of the selected song e Press the Song Name Author or field and enter the desired characters You can also rename all three of them e Press the field The display responds with OK FUNCTION COMPLETE O Delete This function allows you to delete the selected song from the SmartMedia card e Check the name of the song If you selected the wrong song press Back toSongList and correct your selection e Press the field Deleting a song cannot be undone which is why the following question is now displayed Birdland Song willbe DELETED from Smart Media ARE YOU SURE deletes the song file Owner s Manual leaves the file intact and takes you back to the initial Song Finder page with the song list leaves the file intact and takes you back to the Song Options page Note If a song you delete here is assigned to a Chain step an error messag
131. ess to a page where you can set and or select the range to which the tonality of the songs should be adapted page 28 42 DISK MEDIA button Press this button if you wish to save load data from a floppy disk or SmartMedia card You will also find data management functions here like deleting files formatting floppies or cards etc page 105 43 SONG MAKEUP TOOLS buttons These buttons allow you to modify the settings of the current song See page 86 The button is especially interesting because it provides access to pre programmed templates that allow you to quickly modify a song s character See page 19 4 TONE FINDER button Press this button to search for a suitable sound Tone for your live playing using the Upper and or Lower Keyboard parts 45 MIXER EFFECT button This button provides access to the display pages where you can set the volume balance and effects of the DisCover 5 parts 6 MENU button Press this button to call up a menu that provides access to more In depth DisCover 5 functions you may wish to set from time to time 7 EXIT button Press this button to return to the previously selected display page or the DisCover 5 s main page 10 8 VALUE dial This dial can be used to set the tempo or the value in the parameter field that is currently highlighted PREV amp NEXT buttons The and buttons are used to select the previous or next value field on the current display page if available 0 K
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133. eter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them SMALL ENSEMBLE HARMONY VOICE column W Reverb Send Allows you to specify how strongly the currently selected VOICE part should be pro cessed by Reverb 1 of the VOCAL HARMONIZER sec tion Reverb Delay and Chorus effects For the following it is very important that you read and understand the explanations under About the VOICE amp HARMONY columns p 54 Each Vocal Harmonizer part can have its own effects settings These settings change automati cally as you press TALK VOICE FX AUTO TUNE or SINGER on the one hand and VOCODER SMALL or on the other can therefore use a short Reverb Room for example while can be processed with the Church algorithm and so on Thus by pressing VOICE FX you not only select that part and its voice transformations but also the Reverb and Delay settings you will maybe edit in a minute In fact the Roland engineers already programmed the effects parameters for you so that you only need to read on if you want to edit those presets yourself Owner s Manual W Music Mute only for TALK Allows you to set the balance between the music and your announce ments The smaller the value the softer the song s and Keyboard parts volume will be Select 0 if you do not want the music to be any softer than it already Is
134. even without any changes Only then will the Highest and Lowest notes be recognized the way they should See page 107 for how to save songs 1 Select a song page 16 2 Press the button m Bein YA mes KO Cra SS 2020 1 3 Start song playback 29 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 30 The display changes to Lyrics amp Chord d PQ MEAS 1 DO YOU REMEMBER THE TWENTY FIRST NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER LOVE WAS CHANGIN THE MIND S PRETENDER Emin The chord information appears at the bottom of the screen Note The chord information is calculated in real time and may not always be accurate Also with chords where the third has been omitted no information will be displayed because it is impossible to tell whether those are minor or major chords Note You can also add Lyrics data to songs that do not yet contain them See page 96 for details gt Using an external monitor 1 2 3 Your DisCover 5 also provides a VIDEO OUTPUT socket you can connect to the video input of a TV screen or monitor That monitor or screen always displays the Lyrics if available and chords even if you or the DisCover 5 select s other display pages Connect the VIDEO OUTPUT socket to the video input of the TV set or monitor VIDEO OUTPUT LCD OUTPUT R L MONO CONTRAST P e Switch on your TV set or monitor and start playback of a song with Lyrics If the l
135. f is also memorized and may thus change There may be times when you wish to remain in control yourself In that case proceed as follows 1 Press the button GoTo Ya SCALE TUNE WINA SPLIT amp TOUCH ok Voice and Vocal Harmonizer part mixing 2 Press the field Utility Tone User Program Select Mode 1 Bank from switches Humber from Touch Screen 2 Bank amp Number from switches Upper M FX Harmonizer Effect Auto LCD Mode Normal 3 Press the field in the upper left cor ner 4 Press the field or select it with the buttons 5 Use the dial to toggle between Auto and Manual Select Auto if the DisCover 5 should choose a Suitable Multi FX type for each Tone you assign to the Upper part Select Manual if you do not want the Multi FX to change automatically 6 Press the button to return to the main page Your DisCover 5 provides three knobs VOICE HARMONY and that you can use without even bother ing about the MIXER environment That is why there are fewer MIXER functions for this section but a lot more effects Note For the following it would be a good idea to set the knob at least to W to hear what you are doing 1 Press the button 60858008 OG C 64 100 EJ pecol aboard t t m tT ee ttt If it doesn t press the button until you see this page 54 2 Press the field WOICE HARMONY TALK
136. ffect Only when you specify the User Program number will the corresponding settings be loaded Sometimes an asterisk is displayed This happens when you change a parameter setting after recalling a User Program to alert you to Selecting User Programs with the fact that the current settings no longer cor respond to the ones you recalled If you like them better than the original settings you must write them again See page 80 The following method is especially useful if you programmed two or more User Programs for a song or if the User Program sequence corresponds exactly to the song sequence you are about to play i e settings of the first song or song part in memory A11 settings of the second song or song part in A12 etc Pressing or immediately selects the preceding or following User Program Selects the following User Program for example A13 if you selected A12 before press ing this button Finder selecting User Programs on SmartMedia card Selects the preceding User Program for example A11 if you selected A12 before pressing this button Note If you press after selecting A88 your DisCover 5 will call up B11 Likewise if you press after selecting B11 your DisCover 5 will call up A88 and so on Note User Programs can also be selected using an optional footswitch connected to the FOOT SWITCH socket on the rear panel See User Program Up p 43 Your DisCover 5 also allows you to dire
137. floppy disk that contains the text file you wish to associate with the Standard MIDI File in the DisCover 5 s RAM memory Press the field TXT Import Such A Night Stayin Alive Delta Dawn Soul Deep Dream Police All Toman I Started A Joke Change Country Road Montego Bay Fire And Rain e 2 Press the field that contains the name of the desired file If you don t see the desired file name use to select another group of 14 files If you still can t find the desired file it may not end in TXT or not be a text ASCII file Press the field to load the desired text file Words VA EXECUTE EEy 10 Press to return to the Edit Lyrics page see above Now you re all set for the synchronization work 11 Press the field Lyrics Synchro Do you remember the twenty first night of qaback to SAVE Lyr Edit Golo This display page should contain the first line of the text you imported This function can also be used to correct the synchronization of Lyrics data contained in a Tune 1000 format song you loaded Here s what we re going to do every line of the text we imported can be associated with a given quarter note of the song We ll do this while the song Is playing back Synchronizing text lines is a matter of pressing the but ton on the beats where they should appear dur ing normal playback of the Standard MIDI File Each press of the button will a
138. h Sets the intensity of the pitch modulation Positive settings mean that the wobble becomes more prominent while negative settings make it shallower W Vibrato Delay This parameter adjusts the time required for the vibrato effect to begin Positive settings increase the delay and negative settings shorten it Press the field to return to the Keyboard Mixer page Note It would be a good idea to save these settings to a User Program page 80 gt If you press M Drums you can edit the Drum Set assigned to the M Drums part as a whole D00 Resonance Back to Kbd Eff The field allows you to select the default value usually O for the currently selected parameter W Cutoff Allows you to make the Drum Set all instruments brighter positive values or darker negative values The further this value is set in the negative direction the fewer overtones will be allowed to pass and the sound will become softer darker W Resonance This parameter allows you to add a synthetic character to your Drum Sets choose a positive value or to make it sound more natural Note It would be a good idea to save these settings to a User Program page 80 Editing the Vocal Harmonizer parts Apart from the effects settings discussed earlier there are also other VOCAL HARMONIZER settings that can be cus tomized There are additional parameters for all Vocal Harmonizer Parts except the TALK o
139. he equalizer of the corresponding part on or off The parameter set tings of that column are only used if the indicator icon lights The equalizer can be used for two things a empha sizing a specific frequency range to create a special effect or make the part more distinguishable b to reduce the level of frequencies that mask other sounds or produce a boomy sound W Frequency Hz Use this parameter to select the frequency whose level you wish to change with the Gain parameter The smaller the value the lower the frequency that will be boosted or cut W Gain This parameter sets the level of the selected frequency 0 means that the frequency s level does not change no difference between equalizer on and off e Press EXIT or Back to VocalH to leave this page Auto Tune settings When the button lights only the words you say will be used The melody for these words is gener ated by the Vocal Harmonizer This is similar to the Vocoder part except that Auto Tune is monophonic and thus meant as solo voice 1 2 3 Vocal Harmonizer ftot Auto Tune Assign Track Ep JEES Yocal Press the field to add an automatic Vibrato effect to the generated voice The Vibrato parameters can be set on the Edit page WE OCTAVE If you are not happy with the register of the generated voice you can transpose it up or down by up to 2 octaves Set the desired Track value with the dial W T
140. he following effects pro cessors not all of which are available for all sec tions So please carefully study the following table The reason why we are talking about processors IS that most of them can be used in various ways by selecting a Type The Multi FX is of course the most versatile processor because it can use one of 47 types while other processors provide 8 or 9 pos sibilities Only the Compressor and Gate processors are dedicated effects they can only function as Compressor or Gate Note See page 62 for how to set the VOCAL HARMONIZER Section Effects processors Remarks Song Reverb Chorus Same as Keyboard parts Keyboard parts Reverb Chorus Same as song section Upper part Multi FX same as above Multi FX only for Upper and then no Chorus VOICE Reverb Delay Compres Talk Singer Auto Tune equalizers sor Gate Voice FX HARMONY Reverb Delay Chorus Vocoder Small Ensemble Mixing Keyboard parts Here s how to set the balance and other mix related parameters of the Keyboard parts 1 Press the button 2 Move the on screen sliders to set the desired volume for the various Keyboard parts The D BEAM part refers to the sounds that are generated when you use the D Beam controller after selecting the DJ GEAR SOUND EFX or INSTRUMENT mode scratches sound effects other noises See page 41 for details Use these sliders as sub mixer to establish the correct balan
141. he song s name You only need to do this if you want to preserve the original version The edits you have just per formed can only be read by the DisCover 5 and so are of little use to other sequencers or SMF players they simply ignore it So you might as well save the song under its original name Besides you can also save the song to a differ ent card or disk See page 29 for how to enter a different name Press the SMART MEDIA I or FLOPPY field to select the Save destination Press the field Owner s Manual If you selected the drive that contains the orig inal version the following message is displayed If you pressed the field the message reads SAME NAME ON DISK e Press the field to overwrite the old version Press the button on the DisCover 5 s front panel if you do not want to overwrite this song and return to the previous page Then enter a different name or select a different media If the song doesn t yet exist on the selected SmartMedia card or floppy disk the data are saved and the following message appears OK FUNCTION COMPLETE Note If you also want to change other song settings there is no need to save the song just yet The other SONG MAKEUP TOOLS pages also provide but tons 89 DISCOVER 5 Song Makeup Tools Palette in depth song editing Now we are closing in on the inner workings of the instruments with an overview of parameters also present on the VOL
142. hird party Roland assumes no responsibility what soever with regard to any infringements of third party copyrights arising through your use of this unit e SmartMedia is a trademark of Toshiba Corp e All product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners e DisCover 5 IT PAT PEND DISCOVER 5 i Contents aC Se oo bar aren teeters E AANIKA 2 1 mporn ant NOLES 2c 0a eevee een beesen se aenes 6 2 Panel descriptions 9 3 Touring your DisCover 5 12 COMME CHC iloicnn enenceachecousencaawenentences 12 Switching the DisCover 5 onf off 13 Interactive demo of the DisCover 5 15 oi e sauncuteegecetevedonscce ex ease abun 15 Playing bani IIIA 16 Quick location of the song you need 16 SM DIAVOACK treet toancaneeumaniineas 17 Other practical playback functions 17 Modifying songs In realtime 19 Using the Cover TUNGU waa yiia 19 WIS Ces bos as fgg eee eee eens 19 Vocal Harmonizer function 21 Adding harmonies to your singing 22 Who specifies the harmonies 23 Not convinced So far 24 VOICED UKA 25 AutoTune 25 SWING NE WOCOO CE IA 26 re Tre eee ess ever eee ee eer ee 27 Automatic transposition Singer Key
143. hords based on the notes extracted from the current song Depending on the setting you select here the notes will be arpeggiated over 1 2 or 3 octaves Note Do not forget to assign a suitable Tone to the Lower part W Chord Oct 1 2 3 By holding your hand inside the D Beam s range you cause the Lower part to sound the notes extracted from the current song You could use this function to add syncopated brass or guitar hits to your melody The velocity value used for playing these notes is 100 The number 1 2 or 3 bears on the octave of this added chord 1 A 3 G4 2 A 4 G5 and 3 A 5 G6 Move your hand outside the D Beam s range to stop the Lower part from sounding the chord WE Melody Mute By holding your hand inside the D Beam s range you switch off the melody part track 4 of the song you are playing back A second move ment will switch the melody on again This function corresponds to one of the Minus One options page 19 MEAS 1 0 Beam Cc Cc Sound EFX Accomp Mute Drum Bass Mute Rotary S F W Accomp Mute By holding your hand inside the D Beam s range you mute all parts of the song you are playing back except the melody bass and drums A second movement will switch the accompaniment on again This function corresponds to one of the Minus One options page 19 WE Drum amp Bass Mute By holding your hand inside the D Beam s range you mute the bass and drums of the so
144. ht Cream 16 Beat Birdland Zawinul Standard JBlade Runner Vangelis Sndtrack JErunderburg Bach J S Classic Jobin Swing wazua See steps 5 and 6 above for how to assign a song to the newly Inserted step Deleting steps On the Song Chain Edit page see left select the step you wish to delete and press the field All subsequent steps now move up one entry Example if you delete step 04 of a chain that contains 10 steps step 05 becomes 04 step 06 becomes 05 etc 5 Press the field to save your edited chain song Ghain Save Note By pressing the field or the button you not only leave this page but you also delete any changes you have made up to that point Clear ALL Steps The Song Chain Edit page has a field you can use to remove all steps of the currently selected Chain In effect this means that only the name is pre served while the Chain can must be pro grammed again 77 DISCOVER 5 More refined song functions Using Song Chains Here s how songs chains can be used for your performances 1 Insert the SmartMedia card that contains the chain and songs you need into the slot 2 Press the button DISCOVERS Fee OFT RATOR You can release it as soon as the display looks more or less as follows GoTo Chain Song Chain Disco Latin Slow Folk GoTo GoTo GoTo 2 3 Press the field that corresponds to the chain yo
145. ic plays backwards and at high speed gt Sound EFX Here you can select various noises to be added to your music simply by moving your hand over the D Beam We will not try to describe them just try them out D Te d 120 EA Finger Snaps _ Snaps CarEngine Car Engine oice One One Applause TrainHom Train Horn T Voice Aou Laughing Explosion Gun Shot Shot Bid O If necessary press the gt field to go to the second page D Beam d 120 Cc oO Press to return to the previous page gt Instruments In this case the D Beam will play musical notes The pitch and chords of those patterns depend on the notes you play on the keyboard Please try out the options on offer It s the quickest way to find out how they sound and work aen Bell Bass Drum Lo Fi Rave Sweep Back to Menu DISCOVER 5 Using the performance functions 42 gt Controls All options marked with a apply to the Upper part only MEAS 1 D Beam l DJ Gear Sound EFE Play Stop Modulation Arpeggio Oct 3 Filter Up Chord Dct1 FilterDown Chord Oct 2 ApeggioOct1 Chord Oct 3 AmpeggioOct2 Melody Mute 1 W Play Stop Depending on the current condition of song playback running or stopped one move inside the D Beam s range stops or starts it A second movement will start or stop it again E Tempo Up
146. ich effects processor you wish to edit To edit a VOICE effect press the R or Delay field below VOICE EFFECT To edit a HARMONY effect press Reverb Chorus or below HARMONY EFFECT Only the HARMONY parts Vocoder Small Ensemble have a Chorus processor The param eters and presets for the Reverb and Delay pro cessors differ between the VOICE EFFECTS and HARMONY EFFECTS sections Press the VOCAL HARMONIZER button for which you want to program the effect and talk sing into the microphone while setting the following parameters SINGER VOICE FX AUTO TUNE Sooo Vo ICE _ VOCODER SMALL ENSEMBLE HARMONY If necessary you can use the or knob to temporarily set the vol ume of the part you don t want to hear to 0 Reverb Reverb for VOICE EFFECTS studio CAM ive Large Hall Room Concert Church Wall Type Rewerb Marble amp Fo Few erb Send Send Back to Global Press the field of the Reverb type you wish to USE Note The choice of the preset also affects the settings of the parameters below Always start by selecting the type and then set the programmable parameters The names of these types Studio Church are probably self explanatory You may notice that the Reverb character changes as you select dif ferent types e Use the and buttons to select the parameter knob icons you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Paramete
147. ich is why it is impossible to copy files Enable the disk s card s write protection and press the field Press if you do not want to proceed To enable the write protection of a floppy disk open the little window see p 6 7 Owner s Manual You are asked whether it is OK to overwrite all files on the destination media To that have the same file names as the files you are about to copy Do all files with same names HAVE TO BE REPLAGED Press the field if it is OK to overwrite files with the same names on the destination media Press the field if files on the source From media that have the same name as existing files on the destination To media should not be copied only files with original names will be copied in that case The data are copied and a Complete message confirms the end of the operation If you copy from card card or disk disk see the table above the DisCover 5 copies the first chunk of data to its RAM memory and may then ask you to insert the destination media File Copy Insert DESTINATION SMART MEDIA and press EXECUTE There is a similar message for floppy disks Remove the original card or floppy from the Slot or drive and insert the one you wish to copy the data to Press again or to halt the copy operation The file s is are now transferred from the DisCover 5 s internal memory to the destination media If the Insert
148. ield If the field in the left corner is not displayed in white press It Utility UPPER ON LOWER REV M DRUMS _ OFF Back to Menu 3 Press the field of the Keyboard part whose expression assignment you want to change 44 4 Use the dial to select one of the fol lowing options W ON The expression pedal is assigned to the selected Keyboard part W REV The expression pedal is assigned to the selected Keyboard part but works the other way around when the pedal is pressed toe down the Keyboard part is inaudible When the pedal is up heel down the Keyboard part uses its maximum volume You can use this for blending effetcs between the Upper ON and Lower REV parts for example W OFF The expression pedal is not assigned to the selected Keyboard part Owner s Manual Scale Tuning Another useful function is called Scale Tuning It allows you to use oriental Asian and other scales in much the same way as on an oriental keyboard EM 55 OR etc The DisCover 5 contains three memories where you can store your favorite tunings These are three glo bal memories that apply to all User Programs 1 Press the button If you now returned to the main page you would notice that the DisCover 5 alerts you to the fact that the Scale Tuning function has been switched on I MASTER TUNE GoTo Ya SCALE TUNE des SPLIT amp TOUCH h TRANSPOSE EG LJ IDEO LYRICS y adi scale Tune s
149. ields allow you to specify which parts Should be affected by the Transpose setting Keyboard The Upper and or Lower parts will be transposed Note The M Drums part is never transposed Keyboard Touch velocity sensitivity Song Only the song parts will be transposed Though it is perfectly possible to switch on both options at least one of them must be on Key board could be useful for transposing only the Keyboard parts so that you can play to a song in your key but sound in the song s key Note If you also want note messages received via MIDI to be transposed you must set Transpose p 103 to ON 4 If necessary set the GLOBAL TRANSPOSE value using the fields This value is in fact a master transpose control for all sections of the DisCover 5 Its value is added to the current transposition interval and the Singer Key as well as User Program transpo sition until you reset it to O or until you switch off your DisCover 5 5 Press the button to return to the main page ta da aaisa ie amp DISCOYE Of course the DisCover 5 s keyboard is also velocity sensitive This allows you to control the timbre and volume of the Keyboard parts by varying the force with which you strike the keys 1 Press the button 2 Press the field Split Point MAALAALA AALA K gt Keyboard Touch 3 Press a field in the lower part to set the desired velocity sens
150. iginal setting means that the song uses its own programmed Reverb settings You can also select User Prg in which case the display changes as follows COMMON cea d 120 AAA 1 FUNDO Changes be h 000 Slow iy E Fast 120 Transpose Tempo Selecting User Prg means that you want the song to use the effect settings contained in the last User Program you recalled page 81 in which case there is obviously no need to change the level setting Chorus broadens the spatial image of the sound and creates a stereo Impression You can choose from 8 types of Chorus Chorus These are conventional Chorus effects 1 4 that add spaciousness and depth to the sound Fo Chorus This type produces a Flanger like effect and has a soft sound Fanger This is an effect that sounds somewhat like a jet airplane taking off and landing Delay This is a Delay echo effect with a short Delay time Pan Delay This is a short Delay with many repeats that alternate between the left and right channels Note Selecting one of the above also means that the Keyboard parts will use this new effect type see p 50 Original means that the song uses Its own programmed Chorus settings You can also select User Prg in which case the display changes because you chose to work with the Chorus settings currently in effect for the last User Program you selected This parameter allows you to trans pose all song parts except the drums up to
151. information contained in the song you are playing back is used 23 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 24 Not convinced so far Just in case you are a little bit disappointed by the Vocal Harmonizer function here are some tips and a bonus Use it with song backing The Harmonizer sounds most convincing when used during song playback Please bear in mind that transforming your voice in realtime requires quite a few calculations and that the human voice is one of the most difficult signal sources to recreate with varying pitches The Vocal Harmonizer was fine tuned to blend in with Standard MIDI File playback and that s when it sounds most real Try it out it works Check the following Gender Voice Input 1 2 3 Press and hold the button The display changes to Yocal Harmonizer Gender oice Input Back to Menu Press the field if you re a man or the field if you re a woman This is an important clue for the Vocal Harmo nizer After selecting the correct setting you may find that the harmonies sound better And just in case you wanted to sound like a somewhat worn out opera singev Press the field indicator icon must light Sing a few notes and note the vibrato If the effect is not strong enough 4 5 6 Press the field Singer Edit Yibrato Rate Rise Time Dis L5 Depth Delay Time Oo O54 lt gt to Singer Use the and b
152. intensity with which the instrument is processed Note If the name of the instrument Tone Drum Set name is not currently displayed use the fields in the lower right corner to change pages Use the dial to set the send level The send level settings of all instruments are displayed by means of a value Use the following fields to check your set tings Press the field to jump to the first note of that instrument Playback starts automatically You can also change the setting while the song Is playing To return to that posi tion press again If you can barely hear the instrument press the field indicator icon must be displayed in white then use Jump to 1st note To return to all instruments press again to switch this function off Use the fields to switch off instru ments you do not want to hear and switch on those you do want to hear Please bear in mind that these fields apply to the instruments indicated by the Tone Drum Set names not to the entire track they belong to 6 7 8 9 If the indicator lights aA that pas sage is indicated as on the INSTRUMENT page Note Most tracks only use one Tone Drum Set so that activating means that the track in question never sounds If you are happy with your changes and wish to preserve them press the field The display changes to File Name File Size Ss r 104E A Kif d Of Magic Free Disk Area 1400 E If necessary change t
153. ion The BENDER MODULATION lever to the left of the DisCover 5 s keyboard can be used to add two kinds of effects to the Keyboard part notes Upper Lower M Drums You can even use these effects simultaneously if you like 2 1 Press the lever towards the rear of the DisCover 5 to add a vibrato effect wobble to the notes you are playing MODULATION 3 Raises the pitch Lowers the pitch BENDER gt The Modulation axis can also be used for switching between the slow and fast Rotary speeds if the Rotary effect is assigned to the Multi FX Transposition Turn the lever to the left to temporarily lower the pitch of the notes you are playing Turn it to the right to raise the pitch of your notes The Pitch Bend interval range is preset to 2 semi tones Release the lever if you no longer need the effect If you are used to playing a song in a particular key the Transpose function will help you go on playing in that key while sounding in another one That way you can accompany a singer or instrument without changing your fin gering 1 Press the TRANSPOSE button to trans pose the DisCover 5 down by up to 6 semi tones 2 Press the TRANSPOSE button to trans pose the DisCover 5 up by up to 5 semi tones Transposition never applies to M Drums part or the drum part of a song To transpose from the key of C to E press four times To transpose from C to G press five times Be sure to
154. ion complete message appears and you re done If only part of the data was loaded from the source disk the Insert SOURCE Protected Floppy Disk message appears again In that case go back to step 6 and continue until the message OK Function Complete is displayed 10 Press the button to return to the main page There is no function for copying entire Smart Media cards Use the field to select all files of a given type and copy them to your Smart Media card See also page 109 for tips about copying files from your computer s hard disk to SmartMedia What you could do is a copy the contents of the original SmartMedia card to your hard disk and then b to another Smart Media card 113 DISCOVER 5 Specifications i 14 Specifications DisCover 5 Realtime Orchestrator Keyboard 61 keys touch sensitive Sound source PCM samples Max polyphony 64 voices Tones 1422 20 Mbytes Drum Sets 44 incl ORIENTAL Drum Set Multitimbral parts 19 Compatibility GM2 GS Effects Reverb 8 types Chorus 8 types Multi FX 47 types Display type amp controls 1 4 VGA touch screen backlit LCD Contrast knob Panel controls Alpha Dial Data Tempo wheel D Beam with macro settings Bender Modulation lever Mas ter Volume Keyboard Song Bal ance knob MIC Gain knob Voice Level Harmony Level Effect Level Song playback Realtime Song player Mark Jump 4 programmable locations Song Makeup Tools 2 modes Manual and
155. ions Let us now take a look at additional and more refined functions you can use for song playback Using the Fade In Out function The button can be used for two things If you think the Fade In or Fade Out takes too depending on whether you press it before or during much time here s how to change it song playback 1 Press and hold the button The display changes to o EE es D Se SSS e ssp os LI Fade In Out Time IN UA Time OUT l a sec 14 sec sant HHL liiin if pressed while playback is stopped T The button flashes until you press the em roe 4 ii tit button and the Fade In starts Fading in means that the volume of both the song and Keyboard parts but neither the Vocal Harmonizer signal nor your voice gradually 2 Press the field that provides access to the increases giving the impression that you have parameter you wish to change been playing for a long time before the music Press to change the Fade In time 0 becomes audible The volume is automatically 20 seconds set to zero and then gradually increased to the p Ba ress to change the Fade Out time value specified with the knob When 0 20 seconds f the Fade In is completed the FADE button ed P Press to set how long it takes for 9 the volume to return to the setting if pressed while playback is running 0 10 seconds after completing the fade out The button flashes and the volume grad Do not select too short a value because that u
156. ions select the file you wish UserPrg00006 JserPrg00012 to dispose of e For operations see page 108 wano 6 If available press the field 2 Insert a SmartMedia card into the slot or a 7 tee oe SHEN Wa suse floppy disk into the drive 3 Select the disk drive or SmartMedia card Floppy disk SmartMedia card 4 Select the function you need Load data from disk SmartMedia Save data to disk SmartMedia Delete files Select another Type menu 105 DisCover 5 Disk Media functions Load from disk or SmartMedia The Load functions allow you to load User Program or MIDI Sets Songs and Song Chains can be loaded via dedicated functions which are explained else where page 70 76 Load User Prg Disk Media lUserPrgttd01 UserPrg UserPrg UserPrg UserPrgQO003 UserPrg lUserPrgt0004 UserPrgttdi0 User Pro i ssrero00005 NUserPro00011 Mil Set UserPrg UserPro00012 PAGE e m This is where you can load User Program sets These are groups of 128 User Programs that are always saved as a group 1 Select the disk drive or SmartMedia card 2 Press the field of the User Program Set whose data you wish to load If the desired name is not displayed use the fields to scroll through the list Note This function always replaces the contents of all 128 internal User Program memories Use the Finder function if you only want to load one User Program from a set file pag
157. ious page by pressing Back to SongListi b Select the Finder The powerful part starts as soon as you press the field Alphabetic Order Dio Ik Cong Name o Genre zawinul Standard qaback to Songlist c Decide what you want to look for e Press the field if you want the DisCover 5 to look for song names then enter the name or part of it e Press the field if you want to look for an artist s name then enter the name or part of it e Press the field to locate a specific genre Rock n Roll 16 Beat etc then enter the desired characters Entering characters Enter only as many characters as you think are necessary to find the song you are after The character string you enter can be used in two ways see below e Use the and fields to select the position for which you wish to enter a new character e Use the alohanumeric keypad in the right cor ner to enter the desired characters This keypad works exactly like the keypad of a cellphone you may have to press an alphanumeric field several times to select the desired character or number Note There is no field here because the Finder makes no distinction between upper and lower case letters The field allows you to delete the inverted character Press to insert a blank or the number 0 If you forgot to insert a character use e or to select the position where the missing char acter should be inserted Then p
158. is case thus replacing the Organ 1 Tone you need to proceed as follows 11 Press the field If you re still on the Variation page see step 7 above this step is unnecessary 12 Press the field to store your Varia tion assignment The display briefly responds with the following message and then returns to the Tone memory page Church Org 2 OK S PREFERRED TONE CUSTOMIZED Owner s Manual 13 Press the button to return to the main page O 6855a565 95 O at Next time you select the ORGAN family page because you want to choose an organ Tone the display will look as follows UPPER Family MALAMALA AFE Fr ORGAN Ful Organ 6 T Ful Organ 6 m E Reed Organ gt xD B Harp Basic 2 Jazz Organ 2 3 Rotary Org 15 Bandoneon GoTo The first memory no longer recalls the Organ 1 Tone but the Full Organ 6 variation Church Org 2 Choosing the Tone Drum Set switching system Your DisCover 5 uses a new system for Tone and Drum Set selection at least as far as Roland aficionados are concerned when you press the button or when you select a GM GS family formerly called a bank the DisCover 5 immediately recalls the Tone of the same memory and family of the new group Example if you are currently working with Tone A41 selecting Group B will activate Tone B41 which may not be at all what you need If you prefer the DisCover 5 to go on
159. itivity Low Select this setting if you are used to playing on an electronic organ or if you do not want velocity changes to bring about major volume changes Mid Medium velocity sensitivity The keyboard responds to velocity changes but the maximum volume can be obtained more easily than with High This is the default setting High Select this setting for maximum expres Siveness Even small variations of the force with which you strike a key produce audible 39 DISCOVER 5 Using the performance functions 4 changes The trade off is however that you have to strike the keys forcefully to achieve the maximum volume Press the button to return to the main page About the DisCover 5 s Tones All Tones of your DisCover 5 are fantastic of course but some of them are truly amazing In the supplied Tone amp Drum Set Lists document and on the display pages look out for Tones that start with a V for virtual Master Tune This is not really a performance function but it allows you to tune your DisCover 5 to acoustic instruments that cannot be tuned 1 40 Press the button DISCOVERS ARI a eee ee GoTo p Ya SCALE TUNE Mh SPLIT amp TOUCH ok FADE IN OUT al Select them and try playing at different veloci ties strengths to find out the rich nuances that can be obtained There is a trumpet Tone for example V Trumpet A81 Variation 13
160. keep your settings you must write them to a User Program 6 Press or to leave this page The Talk function is meant for announcements between songs it switches off any other Vocal Harmonizer effect Voice FX Auto Tune Singer Vocoder Small Ensemble that may be on Furthermore it mutes the Vocal Harmo nizer s effects processors Reverb Chorus Delay etc That way your voice has its normal sound when you wish or need to address your audience And here too the professionalism of your DisCover 5 shows because the Talk function can be set in such a way that the music song is turned softer but not muted altogether HINT You could combine this with the Chain function page 76 and insert a short announcement tune between the actual songs so that your announcements are easily rec ognizable Of course you could also play the tune yourself 1 Press the button and speak into the microphone All Vocal Harmonizer transformations are now muted This includes the VOCODER SMALL and buttons 2 After your announcement press the button again to return to the previous singer settings and sing to the next song Here s what you need to do to change the level of the background music and the amount of Reverb and or Delay that is added to your speaking voice Note See page 54 for an in depth discussion of the effects settings or adds a pinch of Reverb and or Delay if you like 3 Press the butto
161. knob towards the right towards MAX 22 5 To try out different harmonizations press and hold the button The display changes to Yocal Harmonizer 40 s amp 50 s Pop 8veUp ard Up Unison Soul Duet Rock Duet Bhup Pop Duet Solo Harmony Assign Ockaye o Er BL Back Yocal 6 Press the Male or field to change the GENDER voice type of the har monies produced adds both a male and a female voice 7 8 9 This also changes the available preset options in the center of the display If on the above page you press for example the display changes to Vocal Harmonizer Simple Duet Pop s Romantic 3rd H tive F M amp UnisonF Rio Duet UnisonW amp F Down Up Dance EQ Harmony Assign Oeobaye 9 Back to Yocal Equalizer ai Press one of the preset fields Walkin Vox for example to select a different harmony type Now press the button and sing again This sounds more like a choir don t you agree Press and hold the button Who specifies the harmonies Now that you know what the Vocal Harmonizer does let us briefly look at how it does that You may have noticed the field in the lower left corner of the above dis play pages Harmony Assign Ensembl Its current default setting is Auto This means that during song playback the note information contained in the song data will be used for specifying
162. last note you entered Press to erase all notes you have played so far Then play the notes again 73 DISCOVER 5 More refined song functions 5 Press the field to save this informa tion to SmartMedia card OK FUNCTION COMPLETE Songs for which there is Play amp Search informa tion are flagged with a note symbol J to the left of their names Note The Play amp Search function is Database informa tion that is not part of the songs themselves It resides in a different area on the SmartMedia card Editing an Index All songs on the supplied SmartMedia card are already assigned to one of the eight categories You can change those assignments and even edit the Index names Furthermore you can copy an Index entry along with all its song assignments to a different entry 1 Press the button You can also press the field in the upper left corner of the display if available to select songs 2 Press the field in the upper right corner 3 Press the field in the top left corner If the field is currently selected the dis play looks as follows Index ALL Bali Room A 1 1 E DDN Concert HewYear sky re S Wedding Ceremony Rhythm gt Songlist The Index Edit functions are only available for real Index categories So Piano Bar 74 4 Press the field of the Index category you wish to edit Index ALL Party HewYear sEve
163. lds to scroll through the list 4 Check again whether you really selected the file you wanted to delete then press to delete the file Note The Delete operation cannot be undone 5 HEAVEN l6 THRILL The Utility functions allow you to format floppy disks or SmartMedia cards and to copy files or entire disks 2 Press the field followed by the Format or field This function allows you to format the inserted floppy disk or SmartMedia card It would be a good idea to also format floppy disks formatted for MS DOS because that speeds up data access SmartMedia cards must always be for matted on the DisCover 5 during formatting the DisCover 5 indeed also creates a number of folders where your various files will be stored An MS DOS formatted card might create problems The DisCover 5 provides two formatting options Note Do not format the SmartMedia card supplied with your DisCover 5 It would be a pity to lose all the precious material it contains 1 Defeat the disk s or SmartMedia card s write protection Floppy disk Close the little window page 6 SmartMedia Remove the sticker page 7 2 Insert the floppy disk into the drive or the SmartMedia card into the slot 3 Select the page see above 4 On the display page that appears now press the or field This obviously depends on whether you inserted a floppy disk or a SmartMedia card Format a 5 Press the field that corresponds t
164. les and other useful settings You can however also use 4 8 16 32 64 and 128MB cards 25 Disk drive This is where you insert floppy disks with Standard MIDI Files you may already own The drive accepts 2DD 720k and 2HD 1 44MB floppy disks For your convenience and to take advantage of the DisCover 5 s powerful FINDER functions we recom mend copying all Standard MIDI Files to SmartMedia card Owner s Manual Roland AAA DISCOVER 5 0o 4 QO 0 1 HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket An optional DP 2 DP 6 or BOSS FS 5U footswitch connected to this socket can be used for holding the Upper part notes This function is also referred to as Sustain or Damper 2 FOOT SWITCH socket An optional DP 2 DP 6 or BOSS FS 5U footswitch connected to this socket can be used for various pur poses its function is programmable page 43 3 FOOT PEDAL socket An optional EV 5 or EV 7 expression pedal connected to this jack can be used for controlling the volume of the DisCover 5 s Keyboard parts 4 MIDI THRU OUT IN sockets These sockets allow you to connect the DisCover 5 to external MIDI devices for a variety of applications receiving song data in realtime from an external sequencer transmitting your playing and the data of the song you are playing back to an external sequencer using the DisCover 5 as master keyboard in your MIDI setup etc Note The MIDI functions can be accessed via the DisCover 5 s Menu page 99 F
165. lue with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them The three knob icons allow you to alter the selected Chorus type WE Low Pass Filter A low pass filter can be applied to the sound sent to the Chorus to cut the high fre quency range Higher values will cut more of the high frequencies resulting ina more mellow Chorus sound W Chorus Send This parameter reflects the setting on the Vocal Mixer page It was provided so that you do not need to switch pages while editing the Chorus processor E Chom Rev Send This parameter sets the amount of Chorus sound that will be sent to the Reverb Higher values result in more Chorus sound being sent The value 90 effectively allows you to connect the Chorus and Reverb effects in series Chorus before Reverb If you do not wish the Chorus signal to be processed by the Reverb effect set this value to o 6 Press the button to return to the main page Note The first thing to do now is probably to write your settings to a User Program page 80 Note For certain parts there is also an equalizer See pages 62 and 65 for how to set them Owner s Manual J7 Editing the Keyboard amp Vocal Harmonizer parts Editing the Keyboard parts Sound Edit After selecting the desired Tones or Drum Set for the Keyboard parts and probably before setting the Mixer parameters proper you may want to change certain aspects so as to adapt them to your music In fact
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167. microphone signal The Gate effect on the other hand can be used to avoid that background noises cause the Vocal Harmonizer etc to start working even though you are not singing These two effects are located immediately behind the MIC INPUT socket and thus applied to the microphone signal before itis processed by the Vocal Harmonizer section 10 Press the button DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 The display changes to WOKE TAT SINGER E YOCODER Reverb Send Reverb Send Ustain Level Thresholk gt Be SEC Chorus Send Output Level ee SE Delay Send Delay Send ee ee MIC INPUT pmi Note Since you pressed the button in step 6 above the left most column is called SINGER here It may also be called TALK VOICE FX or AUTO TUNE Though that is of little importance for what we are about to do it proves that your DisCover 5 is in fact a very clever instrument helps you save time 12 If you need the Compressor press the field so that its indicator icon is highlighted 13 If you also want to use the Gate press the field its indicator icon must be high lighted 14 Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Adding harmonies to your singing Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them It is very important that you keep singing while setting the following parameters Sustain Level Use this par
168. n 4 Press the field VOCE ORT TALK YOCODER Reverb Send Reverb Send Sustain Level Threshold l0 Lo Music Mute Chorus Send Output Leyel eR SEOS 2E MIC INPUT Delay Send Delay Send T Effect MA Note Press the Vocal HARMONIZER field to jump to a page where you can select different presets ete see p 22 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 5 Use the and buttons to select the Music Mute field and set the desired value with the dial The smaller the value the softer the song s and Keyboard parts volume will be Select 0 if you do not want the music to be any softer than it already Is Automatic transposition Singer Key 28 1 For the sake of clarity first select a song see p 16 and press to start playback Pay attention to the song s key 2 Press again to stop playback and la to return to the beginning 3 Press the button to switch on this function singer Key amp AUTOMATIC TRANSPOSITION FOR TOUR OICE RANGE r FACTORY PRESET USER PRESET User 1 User 2 nee User 3 User 4 This page contains three presets means that the songs are not transposed while and adapt the song s key to the typical range of a male or female voice 4 Press the or field depending on whether you re a man or a woman 5 Press the button to start playback The song may now be playing in a different key If it is not the melody falls withi
169. n page or the button in the TONE USER PROGRAM field The display changes to N B USES PROGRAM Cancel User Program me Finders 2 On the display page that appears now press the field The display changes to song amp MIDI Link Song Name Birdland MIDI Set Link Ct T qEack to User Pra Delete Son peng Cho Ik 3 Insert the SmartMedia card with the song you need into the slot 4 Press the field to jump to the dis play page where you can select a song GoTo IJA Kind Of Magic Queen Jaf ter Midnight Crean dBirdland Zawinul Standard JBlade Runner i Vangelis JErunderburg Bach J Si Classic Jobin Swing See Locating files with the Song Finder p 71 Bear in mind that the song data are not loaded into the User Program memory You will have to insert the SmartMedia in question into the slot before recalling this User Program otherwise an error message Is displayed and the song is not loaded If you are planning to save your User Programs to SmartMedia card and to use the User Pro gram Finder function the song must either already reside on the correct SmartMedia card or you must copy it to that card at later stage Links of User Programs selected via the Finder function will not work if the song is on one SmartMedia card while the User Program is on another 5 Press the field to establish the link to the song whose name a
170. n the typical range you have just selected Note This automatic transposition only works if track MIDI channel 4 of the songs you play back contains the melody part 6 Press again to stop playback and I lt to return to the beginning That may still have been too high or too low for comfort So here comes the best part The Reverb Send and Delay Send fields allow you to add some Reverb and or Delay to your voice While some Reverb values between 10 and 40 for example could be useful Delay Should probably only be used as effect because it tends to blur your announcements Here s yet another revolutionary function of your DisCover 5 based on information you select or input it can change the key of all songs you play back in realtime thus allowing you or a guest singer to sing all songs in a comfortable range his function is called Singer Key 7 Press one of the USER PRESET fields and then Edit singer Key amp AUTOMATIC TRANSPOSITION FOR TOUR OICE RANGE FACTORY PRESET c_ USER PRESET User 2 User 4 il GoTo GoTo singer Key Edit User 1 Sing or Play the HIGHEST note of your voice tA Ad Back to Customize Note The Edit field only appears after pressing one of the USER PRESET fields The latter are four memories where you can store your own range settings 8 Press the field if it is not already selected 9 Sing the highest note you can muste
171. n the DisCover 5 s RAM to disk without the Lyrics data 1 On the Lyrics Edit page press the field Aa All Lyrics contained in the Song In the Internal Memory will be ERASED Are you sure Dis ha Dio hk 2 Press the field to erase all Lyrics data still present in the DisCover 5 s RAM This takes you to the SAVE Song page where you can save the MIDI data without lyrics Press to return to the Edit Lyrics page without erasing the Lyrics Owner s Manual J12 MIDI MIDI is short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface The word refers to many things the most obvious being a connector type that is used by musical instruments and other devices to exchange messages relating to the act of making music Each time you play on the DisCover 5 s keyboard or start song playback your instrument transmits MIDI data to its MIDI OUT socket If you connect this socket to the MIDI IN socket of another instrument that instrument may play the same notes as one of the DisCover 5 s parts select sounds etc Transmits MIDI IN data MIDI is a universal standard which means that musical data can be sent to and received by instru ments of different types and manufacturers Fur thermore MIDI allows you to connect your DisCover 5 to a computer or hardware sequencer Connect your DisCover 5 as shown below The DisCover 5 receives data External MIDI instrument computer External MIDI instrument DisCover 5
172. ng parameters allow you to set the Tone s envelope See page 60 for details W Attack This parameter adjusts the onset of the sound Negative values speed up the attack so that the sound becomes more aggressive W Decay This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will fall from the highest point of the attack down to the sustain level Note Percussive sounds usually have a Sustain level of 0 Piano and guitar sounds are in this category Hold ing the notes for a long time will thus have little effect on their duration 2 W Release This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will decay after the note Is released until it is no longer heard The cutoff frequency also falls according to this setting Use the following three parameters if you think the part in question has too much or could use a little more vibrato Note Some V Tones contain natural sampled vibrato whose depth or speed cannot be changed W Vibrato Rate This parameter adjusts the speed of the pitch modulation Positive settings make the preset pitch modulation faster and negative set tings make it slower W Vibrato Depth Sets the intensity of the pitch modulation Positive settings mean that the wobble becomes more prominent while negative settings make it shallower W Vibrato Delay This parameter adjusts the time required for the vibrato effect to begin Positive settings increase the delay and negativ
173. ng you are playing back A second movement will switch these parts on again This function corre sponds to one of the Minus One options page 19 W Rotary S F Allows you to select the slow or fast Speeds of the Rotary effect This only works if the Rotary effect is currently assigned to the Multi FX Using optional footswitches HOLD FOOT FOOTSWITCH SWITCH Sustain damper footswitch Hold The HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket on the DisCover 5 s rear panel allows you to connect an optional DP 2 DP 6 or BOSS FS 5U footswitch The Hold function can be used for the Upper and Lower parts on con dition that the button does not light In SPLIT mode the Hold function only applies to the Upper part Note Do not forget to connect an optional DP 2 DP 6 or BOSS FS 5U footswitch to the HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket Foot Switch An optional DP 2 DP 6 or BOSS FS 5U footswitch connected to the FOOT SWITCH socket can be used to perform various functions If you do not change the factory setting this footswitch allows you to Start and stop song playback Here s how to select another footswitch function 1 Press the button airia NL ee a n ge 5 00s 1 UAE 0S O M U MASTER TUNE GoTo Ya SCALE TUNE E diay SPLIT amp TOUCH h TRANSPOSE E LJ vipeo LYRICS y adi 2 Press the field Footswitch GLOBAL PARAMETERS Play Stop SS Talk axe Harmony On Off Fa
174. nic Ho Woman No Cry a The and fields allow you to select between a list of readily under Standable song names and slightly more cryptic file names limited to 18 characters Choose whichever is more convenient e Press the field to overwrite the old 3 version Press the button on the DisCover 5 s front panel if you do not want to overwrite this song and return to the previous page Then enter a different name or select a different media If the song doesn t yet exist on the selected SmartMedia card or floppy disk the data are saved and the following message appears OK FUNCTION COMPLETE If you press SMART MEDIAJ the display changes to JA Kind Of Magic JAfter Midnight Birdland Zawinul dJBlade Runner Vangelis a Soe JDindi Jobim A Options ay Gia 132 of 132 Swing xx found entries 2 Hu M yy total number of songs on the card Note If no song list is displayed please select All in order to display all song file names The Song Namel Author and fields allow you to sort songs on the SmartMedia card in alphabetical order This alphabetical sorting is determined by the selected category In the above example is selected Press the field to select drum pat terns Drum 16 Beat ROLAND Drum 16Pop ROLAND ROLAND Drum ROLAND Drum ROLAND ROLAND Drum The Rhythm index provides access to 32
175. nizer Another highlight of the DisCover 5 Is its Vocal Har monizer that adds automatic harmonies to your Singing while there are also several modes for trans forming your or someone else s voice optional Roland DR 10 or DR 20 microphone to the DisCover 5 Other signal sources synthesizers etc can also be connected The signals generated by your singing and or the Vocal Harmonizer can either be added to the signals of the OUTPUT sockets or transmitted directly to one or two mixer channels or additional amplifiers via the dedicated VOCAL HARMONIZER OUTPUT sockets Dedicated effects sections The DisCover 5 has dedicated and completely sepa rate effects processors for the song and Keyboard parts on the one hand and the microphone and Vocal Harmonizer signals on the other These include Reverb Chorus Delay Compressor Gate and 2 band parametric equalizer Three Keyboard parts Of course you can also play on the DisCover 5 s key board To this end your Realtime Orchestrator con tain an Upper Lower and M Drums part Upper and Lower can be played together layered or via sepa rate keyboard areas Split whose split point is adjustable Intuitive user interface The large touch screen keeps you posted about the DisCover 5 s status and allows you to set almost all functions by touching the on screen fields The DisCover 5 s panel layout is just as intuitive and very cooperative indeed it works hand in h
176. nt performance data for this instru ment should always be locked have their write protect tab slid to the PROTECT position before you insert them into the drive of another instrument e The identification label should be firmly affixed to the disk If the label comes loose while the disk is in the drive it may be difficult to remove the disk e Put the disk back into its case for storage Before using a SmartMedia card Only SmartMedia cards formatted on the DisCover 5 can be used Be sure to insert the memory card all the way into the slot Do not touch the contacts of the memory card or allow them to become soiled Never remove the memory card or turn off the power while an operation such as reading or writing data or formatting is being performed on the memory card Never remove or connect the card while the DisCover 5 is on Doing so can destroy the data on the memory card and or render the memory card itself unusable If you affix the write protect label to the write protect area of the memory card you will not be able to format the card or write data to it If you wish to format the card or write data to it do so with out the label affixed For details on the write protect sticker refer to the owner s manual for your memory card If you attempt to format a card or write data to it when the write protect label is affixed an error message will appear In that case either insert another card or remove the write pr
177. nverted phase Negative values are mainly effective with short Delay times Delay for HARMONY EFFECTS Mono 1 Stereo Pan 1 Mono Echo Reverb Mono 2 amp Fy Stereo Echo Delay Mono 3 StereoPan3 Space Oly F Rew Send i E SI Marble Delay Send Oly b Cho Send l Delay Time Dly Feedback EA Efect The presets on this page are different while there is also one more parameter you can set see above for the others E Delay gt Cho Send Sets the amount of Delay sound that is sent to the Chorus Higher values mean that the Delay portion will be more prominent in the Chorus signal HARHOH EFFECT Chorus HARMONY EFFECTS Smooth Detuned Reflection 2 Reverb Light Space Reflection 3 Delay Medium Reflection 1 Celeste w Pass Filter Cho k Rey Send Thu Thu amp 0 Chorus Send zz HARMOHS EFFECT e Press the field of the Chorus type you wish to use 57 DISCOVER 5 Working with the Mixer 8 using effects 58 Note The choice of the preset also affects the settings of the parameters below Always start by selecting the type and then set the programmable parameters The names of these types Smooth Celeste are probably self explanatory You may notice that the Chorus character changes as you Select different types Use the and buttons to select the parameter knob icons you wish to edit and set the desired va
178. o feel free to use them see Bu 17 Press again to continue with the next step To switch off the Song Chain function press the button and the field upper left the button goes dark Selecting another single song via the Song Finder will also deactivate the Chain function Managing Song Chains Song Chains can be renamed and deleted 1 2 3 Insert the SmartMedia card that contains the chain you wish to rename or delete into the slot Press the button The display looks more or less as follows Song Chain Disco Hake Hew GoTo Chain Latin Slow Folk GoTo GoTo GoTo 2 Press the field that corresponds to the chain you need Use the fields to move to the previous or next page of song chains if available and nec essary Samba Renaming a chain To change the name of the selected chain press the field song Ghain Rename Enter the desired characters page 29 and press the field After a brief confirma tion the display returns to the Song Chain page Note You do not need to save a chain after renaming it this change applies to the file on SmartMedia card Owner s Manual Deleting a chain from SmartMedia card See steps 1 3 above then press the field As this may ruin your work you need to confirm this command db Song Chain willbe DELETED from Smart Media ARE YOU SURE You have three options here Be aware that a deleted chain
179. o impression of modulation but produces a transparent Chorus effect the perfect stereo maker StDelay Delay is an effect that allows you repeat the input signal thus creating echoes repetition Mod Delay This effect adds modulation to the delayed sound producing an effect similar to a Flanger 3Tap Dly The Triple Tap Delay produces three delay sounds center left and right 4Tap Dly Delay with four repetition lines TmCtrDly This effect controls the delay time and pitch in realtime Lengthening the delay time will lower the pitch and shortening it will raise the pitch Reverb A nice Reverb effect GteRevNr Gate Reverb is a special type of Reverb in which the reverberant sound is suddenly cut off and does not gradually decrease GteRevRv A gated Reverb effect that sounds back wards GteRevS1 The reverberant sound moves from right to left GteRevS2 The reverberant sound moves from left to right 2PtchShf A Pitch Shifter changes the pitch of the original sound This 2 voice effect contains two pitch shifters and adds two transposed copies to the origi nal sound FoPtchShf Pitch Shifter with several echoes OD Chors This effect connects an Overdrive and a Chorus in series Series means that the output sig nal of the first effect is also processed by the second OD Flger This effect connects an Overdrive and a Flanger in series 4 Owner s Manual OD Delay This effect connects
180. o much more Listing all of the DisCover 5 s advantages and func tions would take another ten pages while you must be dying to put it through its paces That is why we would like to ask you to read this manual from cover to cover You ll find that the DisCover 5 Is quite unlike any other instrument you know Have fun DISCOVER 5 Using the unit safely USING THE UNIT SAFELY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF FIRE ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY TO PERSONS About WARNING and CAUTION Notices About the Symbols Used for instructions intended to alert The A symbol alerts the user to important instructions the user to the risk of death or severe or warnings The specific meaning of the symbol is N WARNING injury should the unit be used determined by the design contained within the triangle In the case of the symbol at left it is used for general cautions warnings or alerts to danger improperly Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used The symbol alerts the user to items that must never be carried out are forbidden The specific thing that must not be done is indicated by the design contained A CAUTION within the circle In the case of the symbol at left it Material damage refers to damage or means that the unit must never be disassembled other adverse effects caused with The symbol alerts the user to things that must be respect to the home
181. o the extension cord s outlet must never exceed the power rat ing watts amperes for the extension cord Excessive See esses een AE E loads can cause the insulation on the cord to heat up and e The instrument should only be connected to a power eventually melt through supply of the type described in the operating instruc tions or as marked on the DisCover 5 e Make sure you always have the unit placed in such a way that it is level and sure to remain stable Never place it on stands that could wobble or on inclined surfaces Owner s Manual AN WARNING e Before using the DisCover 5 in a foreign country consult with your retailer the nearest Roland Service Center or an authorized Roland distributor as listed on the Infor mation page A CAUTION e The DisCover 5 should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation e This unit for use only with Roland keyboard stand KS 12 Use with other stands is capable of resulting in instability causing possible injury e Always grasp only the plug on the power supply cord when plugging into or unplugging from an outlet or this unit e Try to prevent cords and cables from becoming entan gled Also all cords and cables should be placed out of the reach of children e Never climb on top of nor place heavy objects on the S unit e Never handle the power cord or its plugs with wet hands t when plugging into or unplugging
182. o the type of formatting you want to use only for floppy disks Choose this option to initialize new usually MS DOS formatted disks This is a lot quicker than the Full option Full Format This option is only necessary for disksyou used on platforms with a different data and formatting structure SmartMedia cards can only be formatted in Full mode That s why the display looks as follows Copy functions Owner s Manual The display now responds with A The whole SMART MEDIA content will be ERASED II Are you sure In the case of a floppy disk the SMART MEDIA will read FLOPPY of course Press the field to format your disk card Press to return to the previous display page without formatting If you press YES the clock icon of the selected field Quick or Full indicates that the disk or card is being formatted Wait for the Complete message to appear then select another Disk Media function or press the button to return to the main page The DisCover 5 provides several copy functions that allow you to copy one or several files or even entire disks Copying from disk to disk requires some disk jockeying As a rule we recommend copying all files you need for your performances to a SmartMedia card Cards are not only smaller but they also hold a lot more data than floppy disks Copying files FileCopy 1 Press the button 2 Press the field followed by
183. omizing the pitch changes 4 5 At first pressing an on screen key so that it is displayed in white means that Its pitch is low ered by 50 cents 1 4 tone or 50 There may be situations where you actually want to raise the pitch of a note or select a different tuning Press the on screen key of the note key whose pitch you want to change scale Tune sa 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 i i Memorize 7 Hem Hem3 a That field is displayed in white As stated earlier the pitch of all notes is at first set to 50 one quarter tone down You can however select any value between 64 slightly lower than a quarter tone down and 63 slightly higher than a quarter tone up Use the dial to set the desired pitch If you selected a field an asterisk is displayed to indicate that the stored settings have changed 45 DISCOVER 5 Using the performance functions 46 6 You can also select the desired value field with the and buttons Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the other notes whose pitch you want to change Note This pitch is only used when the corresponding on screen key is displayed in white Do not forget to switch it on Storing your new scale 7 8 If you think you ll need that scale in the future you should write or Memorize It Program the scale you wish to save by switching the desired notes on or off see above Press the field in th
184. ons Note This switching function can also be assigned to an optional footswitch see p 43 The Rotary effect that is assigned to the Multi FX by default is wonderful for organ and other sounds For a guitar sound however working with distor tion can be more effective In fact the DisCover 5 provides 47 different Multi FX types some of which are combinations of two effects for added flexibility Here is how to select another Multi FX type 1 Press and hold the button until the display looks as follows or re iEnhancer 7Diston ovaa sDiston3 sOverdv2 Mbioni 4O0verdr 3 10Phaser sOverdry4 11Auto ah Keyboard You can also select this page by pressing the button Keyboard Effect field field But the above method is a lot faster 2 Press one of the 12 fields in the upper part of the display to select another Multi FX type 3 If none of the types on this page appeal to you use the PAGE 1 4 fields at the right to jump to another page with different types Note Selecting Thru means that the Multi FX is off yet the Chorus effect will not be available for the Upper part Also note that you only hear the Multi FX if the button lights Note Multi FX type selection can be linked to Tone selection for the Upper part See page 54 The available types are Enhancer An Enhancer controls the overtone struc ture of the high frequencies adding sparkle and tightness to
185. oprano Bogeyman Child Robot Ogre Sing Radio Mouse Menu GoTo GoTo Effect tT GoTo Press one of the 12 fields in the middle to select the kind of transformation you want Press the field to add an automatic Vibrato effect to the transformed voice The Vibrato parameters can be set on the Edit page When you are done either press the button to return to the main page or one of the other fields in the right column to set those parameters as well Note The and fields allow you to jump to the effects or tone controls f you press the field the display looks as follows Voice FX Edit Pitch _ Yibrato Gender __ Coarse Rate Rise Time Olu OL Sle Os Depth Delay Time Fine pth Time 100 Bio 54 Note Be sure to select the desired preset before press ing the field and modifying the following parame ters Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Here s what the parameters mean E Gender Allows you to change the timbre of the part Negative values produce a masculine effect positive values add feminine qualities This parameter should be set in relation to the Coarse parameter if you want to achieve a realistic effect W Pitch Coarse Allows you to transpose the pro cessed voice signal in semitone steps 12 corre sponds to
186. or M Drums part If the indicator icon is not high lighted press it The eight big fields contain the names of the first eight Tone families Press the field that corresponds to the kind of Tone you need if it is already displayed in the above example has been selected Use the or field lower right to select another group of up to eight Tone names There are 34 families in all that are divided over five display pages 6 7 8 9 Owner s Manual The display now lists eight Tones of the selected family Tone Finder gt Family ACCORDION TA 36 Accordion Fr wA 362 1 gt Accordion It if J J 2 gt Dist Accord if 4 J36 a gt s 7A 30 Cho Accord ae Bandoneon 0 E gt Press the field of the Tone you are interested in If you don t like it press another field If none of the Tones available on this page fit the bill use or to jump to another page The number of Tone pages depends on the fam ily you select If the gt field is not displayed in the bottom right corner you have reached the last Tone page of the selected family Use the two arrow fields to change the OCTAVE transposition of the selected Tone This is only necessary if you feel the Tone is right for what you want to play but too high or too low Press the button to return to the main page 33 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 34 gt Using the numeric bu
187. or too low W Octave This parameter allows you to transpose the Vocoder in octave steps e Press IEXIT or Back to Vocoder to leave this page or Part 1 4 for even more control over the Vocoder effect f you press the field the display looks as follows Harmony Equalizer O Pati Pat Pat3 Pat4__ Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Frequency Hz gt iso ETE E Bl soo ain Gain ain Gi Gain Gi oja YI oj olan JI oja ALL Parts Frequency Hz Gain liso _ olae ec to This page contains a simple equalizer for each Separate Vocoder part as well as an EQ band that applies to all four voices simultaneously for added flexibility These are connected in series e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Small settings When the button lights two part harmo nies are added to your singing This page allows you to specify what kinds of voices will be used for these harmonies Vocal Harmonizer 40 s amp 50 s Pop amp veUp 3rd Up een Soul Duet Rock Duet Bhup Pop Duet Solo Harmony Assign Octave la BL Back to Yocal voiteet ES 1 In the GENDER column left press the field that corresponds to the kind of choir you want to add to your singing Press for a man s choir or for female voices Press to create a mixed choir The field you press here determines wh
188. ormal operation It also displays the name of the selected song the tempo and the current measure Note The player can muster up to 76 000 events If the message Too many events is displayed the selected song contains more than that number and cannot be played back Note When playing back large SMFs at a very high tempo playback may suddenly stop and the message Song Scanning may appear This can be solved by reducing the playback tempo so that the DisCover 5 has enough time to process all MIDI data contained in the song Other practical playback functions MARK JUMP Songs on the supplied SmartMedia card con tain four locations markers you can jump to right away For songs that do not yet contain them you can program these markers yourself You can also edit the locations of existing markers page 69 Owner s Manual e To enter the entire line again press to erase the previously entered notes then play the phrase again e After entering the melody press the field The display now returns to step 4 on page 16 and shows the names of the songs that contain the melody you played If no songs were found the following message appears and all songs are once again displayed NO MATCH FOUND e Press the field of the song you want to play back 9 Press the button Playback of the selected song starts 10 If necessary use the dial to change the tempo To reset the song tempo p
189. orted characters oe ZY AA w tuvwxyz e A A I 5 amp 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrs f unet tS S lt Z NA AA r enyls o KOT O42 3 Ps 1LOHYYHRE Anna 2A AA 4A se AN Adding Lyrics to a song Here s a step by step tour of how to add Lyrics data to a Standard MIDI File 1 2 3 Prepare the text file with the lyrics you wish to associate with a given song Use a word processor program on your com puter taking care to type a return after every line or word you wish to synchronize separately The synchronization function see below always works with entire lines of text i e until the following return In any case no line should contain more than 28 characters Export the file as IXI file and save it to a floppy Load the song you wish to add Lyrics to See page 16 Press the button ce ma Roland w Gnin A The display changes to Lyrics amp Chord If the song already contains Lyrics data that can be edited the first few lines are displayed 4 Press the field 96G 5 6 7 8 9 This is only possible while song playback is Stopped So be sure to stop playback before pressing Edit Otherwise a CAN T EXECUTE error message is displayed Lyrics Edit THT Export L E Import eii Now we re going to import the text file you created earlier Insert the
190. ot block any of the ventilation openings Install in or table except as specified by the accordance with the manufacturers instructions manufacturer or sold with the apparatus A Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators When a cart is used use caution when heat registers stoves or other apparatus including moving the cart apparatus combination to MORe amplifiers that produce heat avoid injury from tip over Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or 13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with unused for long periods of time one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any third prong are provided for your safety When the provided way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus replacement of the obsolete outlet the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped For the U K IMPORTANT THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the
191. otect label At power on do not remove insert a SmartMedia card while the DisCover 5 is updating its internal data wait until the messages Song database checking and User Program database checking have disappeared Make sure that the memory card is oriented correctly and push it all the way into the slot The gold contacts must face downward Never turn on the power when a memory card is inserted partway into the slot Doing so will damage the data in internal memory Memory cards usable with the DisCover 5 The DisCover 5 can use commercially available Smart Media mem ory cards You can purchase such cards at a computer shop or dig ital camera dealer Memory cards you purchase must meet the following conditions e Power supply voltage 3 3 V e Capacity 4 8 16 32 64 128MB The DisCover 5 cannot use SmartMedia of types other than the above Owner s Manual Liability and copyright e Should data contained and stored on the SmartMedia card be lost it is unfortunately impossible to restore them Roland Europe S p A assumes no liability concerning such loss of data Unauthorized recording distribution sale lending public perfor mance broadcasting or the like in whole or in part of a work musical composition video broadcast public performance or the like whose copyright is held by a third party is prohibited by law Do not use this unit for purposes that could infringe on a copy right held by a t
192. our singing This page allows you to specify what kinds of voices will be used for these harmonies Yocal Harmonizer Soul tee Alleluja UU Manhattan Wide 4 Musical Luis amp 2Girls improvvisat Children Harmony Assign Octave Bato BL Ensemble ack to Yocal With the exception of the fact that up to four voices are generated the parameters and fields on this page work exactly like for Small so please see above Note The and fields allow you to jump to the effects or tone controls f you press the field Ensemble Edit Pati _ Pat _ Patt3__ Pat4__ Gender ider wder Gender __ Gen Gender __ O40 9 0 L 8 L sf PanPot PanPot PanPot i sc iss 64 Volume Bi ai 127 Ease See page 64 This page can also be selected via the field on the Common page f you press the field the display looks as follows Ensemble Edit Fortamento Time Random Tuning AK Lo ec to Ensembl See the explanations under Small settings e Press EXIT or Back to Ensembl to leave this page or Part 1 4 for even more control over the Ensemble effect e Press the field to return to the previ ous page Owner s Manual f you press the field the display looks as follows Harmony Equalizer Pat1__ _ Pant _ Part3__ _ Partt4__ Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Frequency Hz ee Se ee A ain ain G Gain Gi E
193. out the field DISCOVER 5 Song Makeup Tools 92 gt Sound Edit for Tones 1 If the uppermost field to the right of the Tone Drum Set field reads Tone Finder you have selected a Tone page Palette d In that case pressing the field takes you to the following page where you can make more refined changes to the selected Tone Sound Edit Bandoneon_____ 438 a Pak ween kA Cutoff Release _ _ Vibrato Rate Vibrato Depth Vibrato Delay Back to Palette Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them W Cutoff This filter parameter allows you to make the selected sound darker or brighter Positive Cutoff settings mean that more overtones are allowed to pass so that the sound becomes brighter On page 59 you will find a graphic Note For some sounds positive Cutoff settings may cause no noticeable change because the pre pro grammed Cutoff parameter is already set to its maxi mum value W Resonance This is a parameter one invariably associates with a synthesizer When the Resonance value is increased the overtones in the area of the cutoff frequency will be emphasized creating a sound with a strong character Note For some sounds negative Resonance settings may produce no noticeable change because the Reso nance is already set to the minimum value The followi
194. ppears on a white background This takes you back to the Song amp MIDI Link page The name of the song appears in the Song Name field with a paper clip icon to its left 6 Press the field to break the link if you no longer need it 7 Continue with the section below MIDI Set Link or press to return to the page where you came from Note Do not forget to write your User Program after changing these settings page 80 Linking a MIDI Set to a User Program Owner s Manual MIDI Sets are User Programs for MIDI parameters There are eight such memories page 103 If you regularly use the DisCover 5 in different MIDI environments studio live band preparing three MIDI Sets and linking them to the User Programs you usually use in the studio on stage etc can be a time saver In other situations such a link could be dangerous because it would reconfigure the DisCover 5 s MIDI parameters without you actually knowing It 1 Press the field on the main page or the button in the TONE USER PROGRAM field If you are still on the Song amp MIDI Link page skip to step 3 below 2 On the display page that appears now press the field Startup User Program The display changes to song amp MIDI Link Song Name Birdland MIDI Set Link Co T Back to Delete Song Link User Pra TIFT 3 Press a MIDI Set 1 8 field to select the desired MIDI Set To break the link to thi
195. preset fields in the center of the display to try out other possibil ities Auto Tune Here s another interesting effect that can either be used as gimmick or to ensure that even the flattest of rendi tions suddenly sounds in tune Of course the voice will sound somewhat artificial because the emphasis is on tuning here However even if you just speak the words of a song it will be sung just the same 1 Press the button If you want to play the melody yourself press the or field or both and play the desired notes while you speak or sing into the microphone Note Selecting Left and or Right will set the Track parameter to Off Use the Octave parameter to shift the pitch of 2 Start song playback and say something into the Auto Tune notes up to 2 octaves up or the microphone don t sing down Sounds like a very popular effect doesn t it 5 Press the field to add some wobble 3 Press and hold the button to the Auto Tune sound This vibrato effect is not linked to the Voice FX i vibrato and can thus be set separately see Yocal Harmonizer below 6 For more refined control over the Auto Tune voice press the field Auto Tune Edit Yibrato The display changes to Gender __ Portamento Time Rate Rise Time Olu l27 Os Os Depth Delay Time o MESE 54 rack Menu GoTo GoTo Effect tT GoTo Let us begin with the most important parame ter the notes that will be used
196. ption Procedure for selecting these pages 1 2 Press the button On the MENU page that appears now press the field Singer settings When the button lights your solo singing is output 1 2 3 Vocal Harmonizer Gender oice Input Press the or field This is an important indication for the HAR MONY processor Vocoder Small or Ensemble It does not change the character of your live singing though Press the field that corresponds to your voice type That way the added harmony voices will sound even more convincing Press the field to add an automatic Vibrato effect to your singing Note that this is probably only useful as gim mick your natural vibrato no doubt sounds far more natural The Vibrato parameters can be set on the Edit page When you are done either press the button to return to the main page or one of the other fields in the right column to set those parameters as well Note The and fields allow you to jump to the effects or tone controls Owner s Manual 3 In the right column press the field that cor responds to the VOCAL HARMONIZER part you wish to edit You could also press and hold the correspond ing button on the front panel It might be a good Idea to connect a micro phone and to sing talk while making the fol lowing settings f you press the field the display looks as follows singer Edit Vibrato Rat
197. r effort lessly you can sing it several times If you connected a microphone a field appears Press this field to confirm the note you want the DisCover 5 to recognize This field does not appear if you enter the pitch via the keyboard The DisCover 5 recognizes the pitch and dis plays the name of the corresponding note If you have no microphone handy you can also play this note on the keyboard 10 Press the field and repeat step 9 taking care to sing your lowest possible note 11 Press to store these settings if you wish to use them at a later stage The display briefly confirms that your settings have been stored OK S FUNCTION COMPLETE 12 Press the field to return to the page of the same name 13 Press the field to assign a name to your settings singer Key Rename gt Entering names 14 Use the and fields to select the position for which you wish to enter a new character 15 Use the alphanumeric keypad in the right corner to enter the desired characters This keypad works exactly like the keypad of a cellohone you may have to press an alphanu meric field several times to select the desired character or number Displaying Lyrics and chord information Your DisCover 5 also allows you to view the lyrics of the songs if available in the display The Lyrics function was provided to allow you to read the words of the songs being played back in a karaoke fashion
198. r fields can also be selected by press ing them The three knob icons allow you to alter the selected Reverb type W Wall Type Allows you to specify the surface of the walls in the simulated location This parameter determines the brightness and liveness of the effect Carpet Wood Brick Concrete Marble W Reverb Send This parameter reflects the setting on the Vocal Mixer page It was provided so that you do not need to switch pages while editing the Reverb processor W Reverb Time Allows you to set the length dura tion of the Reverb effect if you do not agree with the pre setting Reverb for HARMONY EFFECTS Studio Room Arena Reverb Garage Hall Theater Delay Box Jazz Club Cathedral Wall Ture Rewerb Time SEI Mawie _ Reverb Send BET Yocal iiet t ee for the presets this processor works exactly like its VOICE namesake Delay Delay for VOICE EFFECTS JI Short Echo Pan Delay 1 Delay 1 Medium Dne Echo Pan Delay 2 Fast Bubble Space Wall Type Oly k Rey Send ALE SE Delay Send o Delay Time Oly Feedback 0 o at 5 Global saii f e Press the field of the Delay type you wish to USE Note The choice of the preset also affects the settings of the parameters below Always start by selecting the type and then set the programmable parameters The names of these types Slow lt Space are probably self explanator
199. r hear the effect in question By contrast setting on the Key board Mixer page to 0 means that the selected Keyboard part is no longer processed by the effect while the remaining Keyboard parts are Press the Keyboard Effect field to return to the page of the same name Press to return to the display page with the sliders Chorus for Keyboard parts 1 2 Press the field in the upper left cor ner to gain access to the Chorus parameters The display changes to lo Chorus 1 4 Fb Chorus E Chorus 2 E Flanger eSDelay E Chorus 4 7 SDelayFb M DRUMS Chorus Send YA el fm Keyboard Press the field of the effect type you wish to use Chorus broadens the spatial image of the sound and creates a stereo impression You can choose from 8 types of Chorus Chorus1 lt Chorus4 These are conventional Cho rus effects that add spaciousness and depth to the sound This type produces a Flanger like effect and has a soft sound This is an effect that sounds somewhat like a jet airplane taking off and landing This is a Delay echo effect with a short Delay time This is a short Delay with many repeats that alternate between the left and right channels LOW ER Chorus Send SI UPPER Chorus Send 3 4 Owner s Manual If necessary you can correct the Send levels after selecting a different Chorus type Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edi
200. rack This is where you select the track that should supply the note information for the melody to be generated In most instances 4 is a good choice because that track usually contains the mel ody Note Use the Minus One function to mute the selected track if it should not be played alongside the generated vocal part See page 19 for details Press the and or field if you want to use the melody you play on the keyboard The divide between Left and Right follows the Split point set ting see p 32 When you are done either press the button to return to the main page or one of the other fields in the right column to set those parameters as well Note The and fields allow you to jump to the effects or tone controls f you press the field the display looks as follows Auto Tune Edit Yibrato Gender Portamento Time Rate Rise Time AA b27 Ole O15 Depth Delay Time o qa Eck to 4 Tune e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Owner s Manual Here s what the parameters mean E Gender Allows you to change the timbre of the part Negative values produce a masculine effect positive values add feminine qualities E Portamento Time amp Portamento See page 25 W Vibrato Rate Depth Rise Time Delay Time These are the same parameters as
201. recalls the value 40 Note The saved setting referred to above can mean two things the original value contained in the Standard MIDI File if you haven t yet used the field or the last setting you saved yourself via the field Parameters Use this parameter to set the stereo placement of the selected instrument Negative values shift the instrument towards the left 0 means no change Positive values shift the instrument towards the right Note In the case of Drum Sets this setting applies to all drum percussion instruments There is also a param eter that can be set for certain drum instruments See page 93 Only for Tones Use this parameter to transpose the selected instrument up or down by up to 4 octaves if you think it is too high or too low This parameter allows you to modify the velocity range of the instrument in ques tion 0 means that the recorded values are left untouched negative values reduce all velocity values by the same amount leaving differences between notes intact while positive settings shift all velocity values in a positive direction Only for Drums Sets Calls up the display page of the same name This is a field you need to press it cannot be activated or selected with the buttons See page 93 for details Note All fields in the DisCover 5 s display labelled Go To Do It and Back to need to be pressed is part of those fields Note See page 94 for details ab
202. requently used MIDI settings can be written and recalled as MIDI Sets 5 GAIN switch If you connect a microphone to the MIC INPUT socket set this switch to MIC If you wish to try out the Vocal Harmonizer function for other signals gui tar external synthesizers amp modules CDs MDs etc set this switch to LINE Note For the LINE setting to work with electric guitars or basses you need to connect such instruments to an effects pedal or rack effect in bypass mode and connect the effect s output to the MIC INPUT socket 6 MIC INPUT socket This is where you need to connect an optional micro phone like a Roland DR 10 or DR 20 or other exter nal signal source you wish to process using the DisCover 5 s Vocal Harmonizer facility See also GAIN switch above for setting the input sensitivity Note The MIC INPUT socket is mono W D 42 7 Vocal Harmonizer OUTPUT R amp L sockets If connected to a mixing console amplifier etc these sockets transmit the signal received via the MIC INPUT socket and processed with the DisCover 5 s Vocal Harmonizer facility If no jacks are connected here the Vocal Harmonizer signals will be transmit ted via the OUTPUT sockets see below 8 VIDEO OUTPUT socket Connect this socket to the appropriate socket of your TV or monitor In that case the lyrics of songs that contain such information and the note information extracted in realtime page 29 will be displayed on
203. ress Insert fol lowed by the character you wish to insert d Search the database The next step is to decide how the Song Finder should look for the files Press the field to search for all entries that start with the characters you entered BEA for example Files that match the specified criteria will be displayed at the top of the list 71 DISCOVER 5 More refined song functions 72 The order depends on whether you entered the name in the Song Namel Author or field e Press the field to have the DisCover 5 search the selected column for files that contain the supplied information This would allow you to also locate a file called Raggabeat if you entered BEA Note See p 16 for how to use the Play amp Search func tion Editing the Song Finder information The Finder information is based on search criteria that are added to plain and simple Standard MIDI Files The information is therefore not contained in the files themselves and needs to be added for new files you copy to your SmartMedia card That is a process we call editing The database which is a separate file must be managed and maintained on the DisCover 5 You can copy files to a SmartMedia card on your PC provided you have the appropriate device for that but if you then insert the card into the DisCover 5 s slot the following mes Sage appears SMART MEDIA CONTAINS NEW FILES Update the Skip the DATABASE DATABASE
204. ress the tempo field in the display 11 Use the knob to set the DisCover 5 s output volume You can also play to the music If necessary use the knob to set the desired balance Use the MARK JUMP 1 4 buttons below the button to select the position you want to jump to without stopping or delaying playback 17 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 18 Such changes occur at the end of the current measure which makes more musical sense than jumping when you re halfway into a measure MARK JUMP VERSE CHORUS BRIDGE ENDING The labels VERSE CHORUS BRIDGE ENDING refer to the locations you jump to by pressing the corresponding button Obviously these labels may be meaningless for markers you pro grammed or edited yourself There are four such MARK memories The advantage of these markers is that you can return to the chorus for example if you notice that the audience wants the song to last a little longer than originally planned Markers also allow you to change the song structure in real time by starting with the bridge for example Note These buttons may also come in handy for the songs of the index See page 70 Reset rewind fast forward You can also use the following buttons to jump to different song locations la TOP Allows you to return to the beginning of the current song BWD allows you to rewind one measure at a time FWD allows you to fast forward one mea sur
205. return to the original setting no transposition by simultaneously pressing and gt As long as the interval is different from 0 one of these buttons lights to signal that the Trans pose function Is active 38 The transposition interval is indicated on the main page ara d 120 MEASURE 1 2 eae g 0 d8 September AY lt 05 gt St Slow Str TEB MORUNS Ypap Rainbow The C actually refers to a semitone increase of the pitch so that you hear a C sharp every time you play a C It also means that rather than the A you press you will hear A sharp or B flat The above setting corresponds to pressing once Note Any interval you set here automatically resets and thus overrides the Singer Key transposition see p 28 In fact the latter is reset to ORIGINAL after which the new transposition value is used Owner s Manual Setting the transposition interval via the display If you prefer to set the transposition interval via the touch screen with a nice graphic here is how to 1 Press and hold the TRANSPOSE or button Transpose b 4 GLOBAL Transpose fens gt 0 LIJLILI 2 In the display press the key that corresponds to the note you would like to hear every time you play a C Note Selecting 0 means that the transposition is off Your setting can however be written to a User Program page 80 3 Press the and or field to switch it on These f
206. rform There are 4 groups DJ GEAR SOUND EFX INSTRUMENTS and CONTROLS This means that you may have to press the button several times in order to select the desired function To assign another function to the D Beam Con troller 3 Press the button D Beam d 120 C Co Back to Menu 4 _ Press the field that corresponds to the desired function see below Use the DJ Gear Sound EFX and fields to select the remaining groups and assign the desired function as well The assignments of all four groups DJ GEAR SOUND FX INSTRUMENT CONTROLS will be written to a User Program one per group so that you can also alternate between these groups while playing and still use your favor ite settings 5 _ gt DJ Gear Vinyl RPM allows you to simulate the sound you hear when manually turning a vinyl record to locate cue the position where you wish to start playback Cutting this is a very powerful filter effect that allows you to suppress the high frequencies in a rhythmic way like a DJ does sometimes TT Motor simulates the effect you hear when you suddenly stop a turntable the playback speed decreases while the pitch drops and the sound becomes muffled Scratch the D Beam Controller can be used for add ing scratch noises You know what that is don t you Tape Rewind allows you add the sound you hear when you rewind a cassette tape without stopping playback the mus
207. roduces no audible effect if the knob is set all the way to MIN Press the field to jump to the fol lowing page small Edit Fortamento Time Random Tuning ui AA Back a al e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them Press the field to switch this effect on Portamento means that the pitch doesn t change in clearly defined steps it produces glides from one note to the next W Portamento Time Use this parameter to specify the speed at which the glides are carried out The higher the value the slower the transitions W Random Tuning This parameter allows you to introduce subtle or not so subtle pitch inaccuracies usually associated with analog synthesizers Irrespec tive of the choice you make here Low Middle High the effect will be noticeable but never overly dra matic Select Off if you do not need this effect WE Chord Intell The Vocal Harmonizer usually orga nizes the added voices in a musically logical way making them suitable for jazz ballads etc Switch this parameter on if you wish to obtain natural voic ings for the harmony parts added to your voice Press EXIT or Back to Small to leave this page or Part 1 2 for even more control over the Small effect f you press the field the display looks as follows Harmony Equalizer Pat1_
208. rogram and only apply to the Upper Tone Select the Tone you want to define as favor ite see above Press and hold the button The display changes to UPPER FAVOURITE TONE Press and Hold 1 8 Tone buttons to memorize Group A Group B 7 StAcPiano 7 Y Romante Tp 2 DynoRhodes tiD St Brass Ff FIZI Super Tenor L Organ tD AcGuitar 1 5 DistortionGt tim HeavenKey 6 St Slow Str 6 Clavi Pad 7 Jazz Scat FITI Harpyox Silent Night tim Echo Drops 3 To select a Tone from this list first press the 4 5 button and then briefly press a field You could also use the and 1 8 but tons Note Press and hold the TONE USER PROGRAM 1 8 button you wish to assign the selected Tone to until the following confirmation appears OK S FAVOURITE TONE CUSTOMIZED Press to leave this page Press the FAVOURITE TONE button again or the TONE or USER PROGRAM button to switch off this function gt Selecting Drum Sets As stated earlier the M Drums part doesn t use Tones but Drum Sets Drum Sets are collec tions of up to 128 different drum and percus sion sounds each assigned to a different key The DisCover 5 contains 44 Drum Sets Drum Set selection is similar to Tone selection and you can use both the Tone Finder routine which is then called Drum Set Finder and the TONE USER PROGRAM buttons Here s what the Drum Set Finder page looks like ah J
209. rt playback at its own tempo When it receives a stop message playback will stop Global parameters MIDI Edit Transmit Receive _ Sys Exclusive ys Exclusive Sys Exclusive Sys Esclusive O DERES IE System User Pra PC Channel UserPra PC Channel ior TEE Transpose Bia c Syn Global _ Back to HIDI Q Transmit Sys Exclusive On Off Use this parameter to spec ify whether ON or not OFF the DisCover 5 should send SysEx messages Such messages are not stan dardized so that each manufacturer can use them ad lio for temporary or permanent changes to the way a part behaves Changes to the effect processor set tings for instance are only possible via SysEx mes sages Owner s Manual User Prg PC Channel 1 16 OFF This parameter allows you to specify the MIDI channel 1 16 on which the DisCover 5 should send Program Change messages whenever you Select a User Program If you select a channel 1 16 such messages will be trans mitted on that channel Select OFF if no Program Changes should be transmitted LI Receive Sys Exclusive On Off Use this parameter to spec ify whether ON or not OFF the DisCover 5 should receive SysEx messages from other devices See also the explanation above User Prg PC Channel 1 16 OFF This parameter allows you to specify the MIDI channel 1 16 whose Program Change messages will be used for switching User Programs on the DisCover 5
210. s MIDI Set press its field again all indicator icons must be dark Note Do not forget to write your User Program after changing these settings page 80 4 Press to return to the User Program selection page or the button to return to the main page Whenever you switch on the DisCover 5 it automatically selects the Cancel User Program page 81 But maybe you prefer to be operational right away In that case tell the DisCover 5 which User Program it should recall whenever you switch it on 1 Press the button GoTo Ya SCALE TUNE MMM SPLIT amp TOUCH 6 VOCAL gt HARMONIZER otk 2 Press the field If the field in the left corner is not displayed in white press it Utility Startup MIJI Set Startup User Program ABE 3 Press the field so that it is displayed in white 4 Use the dial to select the User Pro gram to be recalled If you don t want any User Program to be recalled select Off Note You can only select internal User Programs A11 B88 here 5 Press the button to return to the main page 85 DISCOVER 5 Song Makeup Tools Bio Song Makeup Tools You already know how the Cover function works page 19 It relies on presets for the following more detailed parameters with which you can customize playback of the currently selected song Changes you perform here must be saved to disk or SmartMedia card if you want them to be permanent SONG MAKEUP TOOLS INST
211. s customized Minus setting in the DisCover 5 s internal memory press Customize The display now respond with DK FUNCTION COMPLETE 4 Press the button to return to the main page Your last preset selection MELODY USER will be used until you select another preset or until you switch off your DisCover 5 5 Press again to switch this func tion off Note You can also switch the Minus One function on off using an optional footswitch page 43 20 Vocal Harmonizer function Owner s Manual The Vocal Harmonizer is another major highlight of your DisCover 5 In fact it doesn t just produce harmonies it can also transform your voice in various ways More importantly its sound quality surpasses by far anything you may already have tried Setting up Here s what you need to do to take advantage of the Vocal Harmonizer function 1 Switch off your amp and the DisCover 5 in that order 2 Connect a dynamic microphone to the MIC INPUT jack on the DisCover 5 s rear panel GAIN _ VOCAL HARMONIZER MIC OUTPUT INPUT MIC LINE Set to MIC Examples Roland DR 10 or DR 20 3 Set the switch to MIC You can also connect the mono output of other instruments a CD player etc In that case you need to set to LINE GAIN VOCAL HARMONIZER OUTPUT MIC INPUT R L MIC LINE I Set to LINE Oba n a a a
212. s you do not want to recall Press to ignore Tone selection for the Keyboard parts when a different User Program is recalled Press to ignore the various VOICE FX AUTO TUNE etc settings you have made See Editing the Vocal Harmonizer parts p 61 Note You can also switch on or off both buttons if you like Pressing one of these buttons without selecting a User Program afterwards has no effect Only when you select another User Program will the selected filter because that is what the User Program Hold buttons are start working To once again load all settings of the new User Program switch off the USER PROGRAM HOLD button that lights 83 DISCOVER 5 Working with User Programs Automatic functions for User Programs Song Link This function means that by recalling a User Pro gram you also prepare the song in guestion Such songs reside on SmartMedia card which means that it must be inserted otherwise this system won t work All you need to do then is hit the button to start playback of that song Your DisCover 5 only memorizes the song name If at the time you recall such a User Program that song is not available the display will respond with A SONG NOT AVAILABLE Remove the SmartMedia card and insert the proper card and select that User Program again If you don t the DisCover 5 will start playback of the pre viously loaded song when you press again 1 Press the field on the mai
213. setting if you are happy with the way the effects sound and therefore have no intention to delve into this matter The following setting is remembered even after you switch off your DisCover 5 55 DISCOVER 5 Working with the Mixer 8 using effects 1 Press the button Utility Tone UserProgram Select Mode 1 Bank from switches Humber from Touch Screen 2 Bank amp Number from switches Harmonizer Effect Auto Back to CIS Henu If the above page is not displayed press the field in the upper left corner 3 Press the field 4 Use the dial to toggle between Auto and Manual Select Auto to use the most suitable effects presets for each preset Select Manual to leave the last effect settings you made intact and change them if neces sary then write them to a User Program page 80 gt And now the Vocal Harmonizer effects 1 Press the button The display changes to Vocal i 2 Press the field VOICE HARMONY TALK YOCODER Reverb Send Reverb Send is as MIC INPUT Sustain Level Bee SEC Music Piute Chorus Send Output Lewel DEORE BEES SE Delay Send O 0 E Global BoT Threshold Delay Send 56 3 4 5 Press the field Studio Hall o Live Reverb MABE KAA Hali Delay Room Concert Church Wall Type Reverb Time Mabie Lo Reverb Send BET HARMOH EFFECT ice Decide wh
214. ssociate the text line below the arrows gt a with the quarter note where the button was pressed The preceding line automatically scrolls above the gt lt section while the following line will appear below the arrows 12 Press la to return to the beginning of the song or use or gt to jump to a measure that lies a little ahead of the place where the first line should be displayed during normal operation 13 Press Lyrics Sync Lyrics Synchro gt Do you remember the twenty first night of Press the NEXT button to Back to synchronize the lyrics line i Edit with the internal memory song 14 Press the button Playback and Lyric synchronization recording starts Owner s Manual 15 On the beat where the first text line should be displayed press the button front panel Lyrics Synchro gt Do you remember the twenty first night of Press the HEST button to Back to synchronize the lyrics line ie Edit with the internal memory song 16 Repeat this at the quarter note where the second line should be displayed Lyrics Synchro J 120 4rd 14 Do you remember the twenty first night of september Love was changin the mind s Press the NEXT button to synchronize the lyrics line with the internal memory song 17 Keep pressing on all beats where the subsequent text lines should appear 18 Press the button when all Lyrics data have been synchronized
215. t and set the desired value with the dial Note UPPER Chorus Send is only available if the button does not light If it lights the Upper part is not processed by the Chorus allows you to set the output level of the Chorus processor Setting this parameter to 0 means that your no longer hear the effect in question By contrast setting on the Key board Mixer page to 0 means that the selected Keyboard part is no longer processed by the effect while the remaining Keyboard parts are You may have noticed the field That s up next But first Press the button to return to the main page 51 DISCOVER 5 Working with the Mixer 8 using effects Using the multi effects processor Multi FK Your DisCover 5 contains a multi effects processor that can be used for processing the Upper part If you switch it 52 on the Upper part is no longer processed by the Chorus effect 1 Press the button it must light 3 2 Select the A32 Jazz Organ Tone Press TONE to select Group A B field 2 The button lights 4 The Upper part is now processed by the effect type currently assigned to the Multi FX proces sor Rotary Selecting another Multi FX type Play a few notes on the keyboard and switch the button on off to hear the dif ference Press the BENDER MODULATION lever towards the back of the DisCover 5 The speed of the Rotary effect now changes either slow or fast undulati
216. t damage to the disk drive s heads always try to hold the floppy disk in a level position not tilted in any direction while inserting it into the drive Push it in firmly but gently Never use excessive force To avoid the risk of malfunction and or damage insert only floppy disks into the disk drive Never insert any other type of disk Avoid getting paper clips coins or any other foreign objects inside the drive Handling floppy disks Floppy disks contain a plastic disk with a thin magnetic coating Microscopic precision is required to enable storage of large amounts of data on such a small surface area To preserve their integrity please observe the following when handling floppy disks e Never touch the magnetic medium inside the disk e Do not use or store floppy disks in dirty or dusty areas e Do not subject floppy disks to temperature extremes e g direct sunlight in an enclosed vehicle Recommended temperature range 10 50 C 50 122 F e Do not expose floppy disks to strong magnetic fields such as those generated by loudspeakers e Floppy disks have a WRITE tab which can protect the disk from accidental erasure It is recommended that the tab be kept in the PROTECT position and moved to the WRITE position only when you wish to write new data onto the disk Rear side of the disk WRITE you can save data to the disk Protect tab J PROTECT you cannot save data e Disks containing importa
217. t note Accordion It lanl 1A J6 25 Dist Accord TETEE Cho Accord F Bandoneon F Palette The main routine of selecting Tones or Drum Sets is identical to what you learned on page 33 first select a family and then specify a Tone or Drum Set within that family Let s have a look at the new elements on this page Volume part balance Owner s Manual Press the field to jump to the location where the Tone you are about to change is used Playback starts automatically from that point You can select another Tone or Drum Set while the song is playing To return to that position press again If you can barely hear the Tone Drum Set press the field indicator icon must be dis played in white then use to jump to the first note of that instrument Then press again to switch this function off If you are happy with your new song instru mentation and wish to preserve it press the field The display changes to File Name File Size 7 7 104E A Kif d Of Magic Free Disk Area 1400E See step 7 and following on page 69 for how to save your song Note If you also want to change the volume and other song settings see below there is no need to save the song just yet The other SONG MAKEUP TOOLS pages also provide fields From this point onward there are no more tracks just instruments Here you work on a Tone Drum Set level some tracks may indeed use two or more sounds if you think the bass
218. te After 50 modifications established defeated assignments the DisCover 5 performs an automatic confirmation like when you press the field Copy This function allows you to copy one Index cat egory along with all the song assignments to a another category You could take advantage of this for merging two categories so as to free up one category for new assignments Note There are eight Index categories in all You cannot create additional categories After performing step 4 above press the field Index Copy SOURCE Ball Foom Party DESTINATION Ball Room Party Wedding Fiano Bar Wedding Piano Bar Concert Concert NewYear sEve NewYear sEve Ceremony Ceremony In the left column SOURCE press the field whose assignments you wish to copy to another Index category In the right column DESTINATIONS press the field of the index category you wish to copy the assignments to Note For safety reasons the category cannot be edited here Now select the method used for copying the song assignments Press the field if the assignments of the DESTINATIONS Index should be erased and replaced by the entries of the selected SOURCE field If necessary use the fields to go to previ 6 Owner s Manual Press if the song assignments of the SOURCE category should be added to the assignments of the DESTINATIONS Index This means that the DESTI
219. that allows you to alternate between a closed and open muted trumpet simply by hitting the keys softer or harder Various guitar Tones provide hammering on bending sounds when you strike the keys as hard as you can On top of that transposing the keyboard to the lowest octave using the OCTAVE parameter on various pages sometimes provides access to some typical noises scraping over the strings hitting the body of an acoustic guitar etc Such realism could be achieved in SPLIT mode assign the same Tone to the Upper and Lower parts but select the lowest octave 4 for the Lower part That way you can play the noises with your left hand Press the field Master Tune gt ina A31 6 Hz Use the dial to set the desired tuning The default value is 440 0 You can return to this value by pressing the field Press the button to return to the main page D Beam functions Owner s Manual We still owe you an explanation or two about how to assign the desired function to the D Beam controller and what they mean Let s have a look at how to do that The D Beam Controller has two sensors that detect motion such as your hand or body movements in front of it These sensed positions are translated into MIDI messages that can be assigned to a variety of parameters 1 Press the D BEAM CONTROLLER ON OFF button it must light 2 Use the button to select the func tion the D Beam Controller should pe
220. the field GoTo 3 Press the field that corresponds to the file type you wish to copy Before pressing this field please read the following the copy process starts as soon as you press this field and no further actions are required This option allows you to copy all song files ending in MID from the currently inserted floppy disk to the currently inserted Smart Media card This is a quick way of transferring songs you may have collected on floppy disks over the years to your concert SmartMedia card If your songs currently reside on your com puter s hard disk and if you have a device pos sibly with a PCM CIA or a floppy disk adapter that allows you to save data to a SmartMedia card you can also copy your songs using your 109 DisCover 5 Disk Media functions 110 computer rather than first transfer them to floppy and then from floppy to your SmartMe dia card If you then insert the card into the DisCover 5 s Slot the following message appears SMART MEDIA CONTAINS NEW FILES Update the Skip the DATABASE DATABASE Updating De Tete De tk It may take a New files will while not be on line It means that the DisCover 5 found files for which no Song Finder information is available e Press to make the new files DisCover 5 savvy Note Depending on the number of songs you copied to the SmartMedia card this update may take some time But it s worth it so please be patient e
221. the MIDI parameters 4 If you changed certain MIDI parameter set tings press the field to write them to a MIDI Set page 103 99 DISCOVER 5 MIDI 100 5 Press the button to return to the main page Working with Macros The opening MIDI page contains three big fields with preset settings All you need to do Is press them to restore the default settings for the sections or aspects In question Keyboard This field recalls the factory MIDI settings for the Keyboard parts Upper Lower M Drums The most important and practical use for this field is to set the MIDI transmit receive channels of the Keyboard parts and to switch off MIDI transmission reception of the song parts Note This field applies to both reception RX and transmission TX The DisCover 5 indeed allows you to set separate IX and RX channels for each part Song This field restores the factory settings for the DisCover 5 s song parts It also switches off the MIDI transmission and reception of the Keyboard parts You may not have noticed It so far but these are separate parts Your DisCover 5 is indeed 20 part multitimbral External Sequencer Prepares your DisCover 5 for use and synchronization with an external sequencer The MIDI transmission of the Key board parts is switched on they do not receive MIDI data while the MIDI reception of the song parts is also activated they do not trans mit MIDI messages All
222. the field to save the song to SmartMedia card or floppy with this information page 107 Note The COVER information is part of the data only the DisCover 5 understands You can still play back the newly saved version of this song on another sequencer or SMF player but the COVER information will be ignored _ Minus One means that at least one part of a song is not played back There are at least two applications for this function e jt allows you to play the muted parts yourself on the keyboard e jt allows you to sing without doubling by the song which may sound odd 1 Press and hold the button Minus One m ACCOMP USER _ Customize JF Dis ka 2 Press one of the three preset fields to mute the corresponding song parts Press to mute the melody you will notice that the 4 field also lights Press the field to mute everything but the melody bass and drums Press the field to mute the bass and drum parts Note Even the preset fields can be used simulta neously And the part fields 1 16 can be added too 3 To mute other parts ad lib i e without tak ing advantage of the presets Press the field This mutes all parts except 4 the melody Switch on all parts you want to hear by press ing the 1 3 and 5 16 fields Indicator icons of parts you need must be white the others blue 19 DISCOVER 5 Touring your DisCover 5 e To save thi
223. the sound Overdrv1 4 Overdrive creates a soft distortion sim ilar to that produced by tube amplifiers Several types of overdrive are available 1 Small combo amp 2 large combo amp 3 Large double stack amp 2 cabinets 4 Large double stack amp 3 cabi nets Distort1 4 This effect produces a more intense dis tortion than Overdrive The numbers refer to differ ent kinds of distortion Phaser Adds a phase shifted sound to the original sound producing a twisting modulation that creates Spaciousness and depth AutoWah The Auto Wah cyclically controls a filter to create cyclic change in timbre Rotary Simulates the sound of a classic rotary speaker This effect is most suitable for electric organ StFlangr This is a stereo Flanger It produces a metallic resonance that rises and falls like a jet air plane taking off or landing SpFlangr A Step Flanger is a Flanger effect with clearly noticeable steps rather than continuous pitch changes Compress A compressor reduces signal peaks and boosts low levels smoothing out unevenness in vol ume Limiter A limiter prevents the volume from exceed ing a certain level without boosting low levels HexaCho Hexa Chorus uses six layers of chorused sound to give richness and spatial spread to the sound Trem Cho Tremolo Chorus is a Chorus effect with added Tremolo cyclic modulation of the volume StChorus This is a stereo Chorus Space D A multiple Chorus that gives n
224. the words to sing are highlighted at the right time Note that this function is only available for Standard MIDI Files that contain Lyrics data Ask your dealer for details Apart from the Lyrics the DisCover 5 also displays the chords which may come in handy for a guitarist or bassist with whom you are playing The chord information is usually not contained in a song as such but that s no problem the DisCover 5 can calculate it in realtime and even display it a little ahead of the changes Owner s Manual e The field allows you to switch between uppercase and lowercase characters e The field allows you to delete the inverted character e Press to insert a blank or the number o e f you forgot to insert a character use e or to select the position where the missing char acter should be inserted Then press Insert fol lowed by the character you wish to insert 16 If you re happy with the name for your Singer Key settings press EXECUTE The display briefly confirms that your name has been stored OK N FUNCTION COMPLETE 17 Press the button to start playback The song may now be playing in a different key If it is not the melody falls within the range you set Note At first the Singer Key function only works with the songs on the supplied SmartMedia card Other songs you yourself copied to the SmartMedia card need to be selected played back for a few measures and then saved to card again
225. to the right side 127 being far right Broadway Girls a an WE Volume Allows you to set the level of the corre Angel Pad Church sponding part Be aware that even the makimum value produces no audible effect if the knob is set all the way to MIN Press the field to jump to the fol lowing page Yocoder Assign 1 In the GENDER column left press the field that corresponds to the kind of synthesizer choir you want to add to your singing Press for a darker character or if the Vocoder signals should be reminiscent of female voices Press to create a mixed choir The field you press here determines what pre sets are available See also page 26 Note The and fields allow you to jump to the effects or tone controls f you press the field Vocoder Edit Fortamento Time Random Tuning AEE A Low VWocoder eon e Use the and buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired the display looks as follows value with the dial vocoder Edit Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them O Pati Pat3 Pat 5 e Press the field to switch this effect Gender G ider ender __ Gen Gender __ O40 9 0 L 8 L sf PanPot PanPot PanPot PanPot Ole ls Ble ANI on Portamento means that the pitch doesn t change in clearly defined steps it produces glides from one note to the next ii27 ih27 lz7 127 W Portamento Time
226. to the selected memory and returns to the MIDI page Back to Memorize cy 103 DISCOVER 5 MIDI Selecting a MIDI Set 1 Press the button 3 Press the 1 8 field that corresponds to the The display changes to MIDI Set you need You can also select a Macro and work with those settings in which case all eight MIDI Set iji lite p aw indicator icons go dark Sh scale TUNE La 4 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page XS VOCAL HM SPLIT amp TOUCH eS ABMONIZER LJ yideo LYRICS GoTo FADE IN OUT To AL 2 Press the field The main page looks as follows when you work with a MIDI Set SONGE September MI Ge 7 Macro Settings ALL Parts mi l Mil midl Keyboard Song kaakaa 4 amp 2 lt 05 gt LOWER St Slow Str MDRUMS pop Rainbow ya back to Memorize Menu GoTo ui MIDI Set selection at power on Whenever you switch on the DisCover 5 it automatically selects the appropriate Macro settings But maybe you prefer to be operational right away In that case tell the DisCover 5 which MIDI Set it should recall whenever you switch it on 1 Press the button 2 Press the field If the field in li i the left corner is not displayed in white press it Utility Startup MIJI Set Startup User Program AGE 25 ARMONIZER 3 Press the field so that it is displayed in white 4 Use the dial to select the MIDI Set to be recalled 1 8
227. ttons and or the 1 2 3 _ _ display The following is a more traditional approach which may nevertheless be practical for experi enced users The display tracks your actions on the TONE USER PROGRAM pad so that you could start by pressing one of those buttons and finish off via the display The following refers to Tone User Program Select Mode 2 see p 36 On the main page press the row of the part you wish to assign a different Tone to SUNG E september If the button does not light this step is unnecessary because Tone selection automati cally applies to the active Keyboard part whose KEYBOARD PART button lights Press the button if it doesn t light The TONE USER PROGRAM 1 8 buttons allow you to select sounds and registrations User Programs You therefore need to specify what you want these buttons to do Take a look at the numeric buttons in the TONE USER PROGRAM section If the name of the Tone family GM GS family mapping is printed above a number button that family belongs to Group A Names printed below the number buttons belong to group B PIANO CHRPERC ORGAN Guitar Bass ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE BRASS o 0 aooe REED Pipe SYNLEAD SYNPAD SYyNsFXx ETHNIC PERCUSSIVE SFX GROUP OA OB PIANO CHRPERC ORGAN GUTAR BASS ORCHESTRAENSEMBLE BRASS Ca sia o 0o 8 REED Pipe SYNLEAD SYNPAD SYNSFX ETHNIC PERCUSSIVE SFX GROUP OA There are two Gro
228. u want to use Use the fields to move to the previous or next page of song chains if available and nec Samba essary 4 Press the button to return to the main page The button now lights to indicate that the Song Chain function Is active Press the button to start playback of your chain 5 _ DISCOVERS PREPARES VES 78 At the end of the first song step the next song is selected automatically if the button lights If you stop playback halfway into the song then start it again the next step Is played back If the button does not light play back stops at the end of the current step the next step is loaded but playback needs to be started using the button If you stop play back halfway into the song then start it again playback continues from the place where you stopped it The two fields that appear on the main page during chain playback allow you to navigate your chain While the button lights there are indeed two more fields Gc 4 4 iis 120 1 CHAIN Dance 7 OCTAVE p Oo A r2 lt 05 gt 3 OCTAVE LOWER St Slow Str MORUMS pop USERPROGRAM 2 oi Use the laa field to select the previous step and gt gt I to select the next step If you do so while playback is running the previous or next song will be played back as soon as the current song is finished Note The MARK JUMP buttons are also available dur ing Song Chain playback s
229. ups with 8 banks each 4 Press the button once or twice so that the A or B indicator lights You can also press the A or B field in the dis play 5 The Tone changes to correspond to the family and number of the newly selected group The display changes to UPPER beh Ton A Group B Piano 3 CHROM PERCUS ORGAN REED_ J t SYNTH LEAD SYNTH PAD SYNTH SFX GUITAR ORCHESTRA ETHNIC MISC ENSEMBLE PERCUSSIVE BRASS SPX Note That Tone may not be what you need at all See Choosing the Tone Drum Set switching system p 35 for how to change that Press a TONE USER PROGRAM 1 lt 8 button to select a family within this Group You can also press a field in the display and thus switch to the other Group if necessary The display now responds with a list of Tones available in that family UPPER Family MAMAN ORGAN Organ 1 2 Jazz Organ 2 5 Reed Organ xD Rotary Org xD B Harp Basic 15 Bandoneon Variations GoTo Church Org 2 6 Press the field of the Tone you are interested in If you don t like it press another field Note If you picked the wrong family you can press the field to return to the previous display page Variations If you think the Tone you selected is close but not entirely what you need you can refine your selection as follows 7 On the above display page press the field UPPE
230. uttons to select the parameter you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them The indicator icon must be blue for the effect to be noticeable Here s what the parameters mean Rate Sets the speed of the vibrato effect Depth Allows you to set the vibrato intensity Vibrato is an effect that changes modulates the pitch The higher the Depth value the more outspoken these periodic pitch changes will be Rise Time Allows you to set a swell for the vibrato effect This parameter specifies how long it takes before the Depth value is reached once the Delay Time is up Delay Time Allows you to set a delay between the moment you start singing and the moment the vibrato effect kicks in Press to leave this page or to try out the other Gender settings Owner s Manual Voice FX Ever wondered what your voice would sound like if you were a woman for men man for women robot or something else You re about to find out 1 Press the button 3 Press and hold the button The dis play now looks as follows Vocal Harmonizer Sailor han wWomanTalk DJ Sing Alien Soprano Bogeyman Child 2 Sing into the microphone and listen to your Robot Ogre Sing self You may have to switch off the Radio Mouse or button if it lights to hear how this function works 4 Press one of the twelve
231. ver 5 s keyboard does not gen erate Channel Aftertouch messages the sound source receives them but they cannot be filtered PB Allows you to specify whether or not Pitch Bend messages should be received 101 DISCOVER 5 MIDI 102 OGTransmit parameters MIDI Edit Po Lon LL FBE Lon Back to bi Q TX Monitor These indicator icons 1 16 light whenever the DisCover 5 Keyboard Song parts transmits MIDI data on the corresponding channel Q Part Use this parameter to select the part you want to edit If you press MIDI Keyboard the options are Upper Lower M Drums If you press MIDI Song the options are Track 1 Track 16 Always select the Part before changing the remaining parameters on this page Q Channel Off 1 16 Off Allows you to assign MIDI transmit channel to the selected part The default settings usually work best but you are most welcome to change them Select Off for a part that shouldn t transmit MIDI data Editing the System parameters The following parameters apply to the DisCover 5 as a whole Sync parameters MIDI Edit Transmit _ Starti StopiCont Lon Clock Lon Song Pos Pointer iei Receive _ Ra Syne JETE Q Transmit The Transmit Sync parameters allow you to specify whether or not the DisCover 5 should send MIDI realtime messages whenever you start the song play back Sending MIDI realtime start stop clock
232. ws you to assign a MIDI receive channel to the selected part The default settings usually work best but you are most welcome to change them Select Off for a part that shouldn t receive MIDI data Note Unless you have a very good reason to do other wise we Suggest you always select the same Transmit and Receive channel numbers for a part Note Assigning the same channel to two or more parts is usually not a very good idea Note For Song SMF parts this also affects playback of the Standard MIDI Files LY Shift 48 48 This parameter allows you to transpose the received note messages before sending them to the DisCover 5 s tone generator You could change the pitch of the received MIDI note messages if you are used to playing a song that is being received via MIDI in another key than the one the data were pro grammed in The maximum possible transposition is four octaves up 48 or down 48 Each step repre sents a semitone Q Limit High Limit Low C G9 Limit High and Limit Low allow you to set the note range to be received If not all note mes sages on the selected MIDI channel should be received by the selected part set the range to the desired values This may be necessary when control ling the DisCover 5 from a MIDI accordion that sends the chord and bass notes on the same channel than the High Limit and vice versa Note Some instruments start at C 2 and end at G8 instead of C 1 and G9
233. y You may notice that the Delay character changes as you select dif ferent types Also note that some Delays are stereo and are special effects you probably only need every so often e Use the and buttons to select the parameter knob icons you wish to edit and set the desired value with the dial HARHOH EFFECT Owner s Manual Parameter fields can also be selected by press ing them The four knob icons allow you to alter the selected Delay type W Wall Type This parameter determines the bright ness and liveness of the effect Carpet Wood Brick Concrete Marble W Delay Send This parameter reflects the setting on the Vocal Mixer page It was provided so that you do not need to switch pages while editing the Delay processor WE Delay Time Allows you to set the time lag between the original and the effect signal Combined with the Dly Feedback parameter it sets the speed of the repetitions echoes WE Delay Rev Send This parameter sets the amount of Delay sound that is sent to the Reverb Higher values mean that the Delay portion will be more prominent in the Reverb signal Be careful not to overdo this effect because it tends to blur the sound image WE Diy Feedback This parameter specifies the num ber of times the Delay will repeat With a value of 0 the Delay will not repeat while higher values increase the number of repeats With negative values the Delay will be fed back with i
234. yrics and chords do not appear correctly on the external screen proceed as follows Press the button The display changes to U MASTER TUNE GoTo Ya SCALE TUNE a SPLIT amp TOUCH be H TRANSPOSE GoTo fe YOCAL HARMONIZER a LJ yideo LYRICS Video Lyrics Television Standard Menu 5 Press the or field to select the 6 desired setting or the one that works Note If you work with a TV set do not forget to select the correct channel AV or something to that effect see the manual that came with your set Press the button to return to the main page a ariii Oe OO Using the Keyboard parts Your DisCover 5 provides three parts that allow you to play different sounds on the keyboard That is why these parts are called Keyboard parts They are available during song playback and while playback is stopped Playing with the Upper and or Lower part At power on the Upper part is automatically switched on and assigned to the entire keyboard so let us start with that part 1 Switch off the button if it lights 2 Press the button if it does not light 3 4 5 Play a few notes on the keyboard The Upper part s sound Tone is assigned to all keys You can therefore play this part with your left and right hands You could also press the button to the right of UPPER to add an appropriate effect to the Upper part See page 52 for details

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