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Roland AR-2000 Quick Application Guide

PHRASE - The smallest recorded unit of sound. A single, continuous message. A single phrase could be:

Audio
A Standard Midi File (SMF)
A Pattern of other phrases

PATTERN - One single phrase which is set up to be a pattern or sequence of other phrases. The Pattern Phrase in itself does not contain any audio, it simply provides pointers to other phrases, with information on what order to play them. Upon starting a Pattern, the AR-2000 or 100 will play through the entire sequence without stopping.

PROGRAM PLAY - A single program is a list of up to 100 phrases. In Program Play, once a program is started, the first phrase will play and then stop. Upon a contact closure at the START pin, the next Phrase of that program will play. When it is done playing, it will stop. This will continue until all phrases (up to 100) have been played. At any time, a closure to the EXCH pin will advance to the next Program. Up to 5 Programs can be set up per card. The Program information stays as a part of the card information.

Direct Play - With Direct Play, dry contacts on the barrier strip will fire off up to 16 discrete phrases. You can program which pin fires which phrase. For example, you can program the AR-2000 so a closure at pin 14 starts phrase number 182.

II. Phrase Editing

1.1		Volume 10% - 100%
1.2		Delay Time - 00.0 sec to 60 seconds
1.3		Control Out OFF or ON Offset 0:00 minutes/seconds to 60:00 minutes/seconds
1.4		Repeat Play OFF or ON
1.5		Phrase Name - 11 position alpha/numeric labeling
1.6		Pattern Mode - Random or Sequence (only applies to a phrase which was already set up as a Pattern)
1.7		SMF Tempo - 5 to 260 (only applies to a phrase which was recorded as a Standard Midi File, not an audio phrase)

III. Edit

Editing controls which are available on each phrase

2.1		Delete Phrase	Delete a single phrase, or a range of phrases [A001 - A024]
2.2		Copy Phrase	[A003-******->A027]
2.3		Truncate	Trims the silence from the front of a phrase or a range of phrases
2.4		Pattern	Create a pattern here. Select: Phrase No: In what phrase position you want the pattern to be Sequence: Which phrase you want to be played first, second, third, etc Interval: The amount of time after each phrase is played on a phrase by phrase basis from 00:0 seconds to 60:0 seconds.

IV. CRD

Card Maintenance

3.1		Delete Card	Erases the entire card, deletes all phrases
3.2		Format	Format an entire card
		Options:	Card A or B Maximum # of Phrases: 250 or 500 Linear Recording Enable: ON or OFF
3.3		Rename Card	Eight Digit Alpha/Numeric Label
3.4		Copy Card	Clones an entire card's contents from Slot A to Slot B

V. CNT

Control Setup

4.1		Program Play	Set up 5 unique "programs" Each program can consist up to 100 phrases.
4.2		Direct Play	Use this to determine which phrases will play when one of the 16 dry contact points on the barrier strip are shorted to ground. (You can assign a phrase to any pin)
4.3		Control In	This is where you determine what the barrier strip is "listening" to. Choices: Direct Normal Direct Last-In Direct Sequence Program Play Binary Play
4.4		Binary Trigger	Level or Edge

VI. SYS

System Setup

5.1		Line In - ON, MUTE, or OFF
5.2		Baud Rate - For Data at RS-232, RS-422 port Choices: 9600, 19200, 38400
5.3		Channel Play - OFF or ON
5.4		System Copy - Copy System settings from one card to another
5.5		REC Protect - ON or OFF Prevents a card from being put into record mode.

VII. MID

MIDI Setup

6.1		MIDI REC - OFF or ON Disables or Enables MIDI SMF Recording
6.2		MIDI Note Map - Allows you to assign specific phrases to each MIDI note
6.3		MIDI Channel - OFF, 1ch, 2ch, ALL
6.4		MIDI OUT - Sets the MIDI out port to send either OUT or THRU
6.5		Note Trigger - Trigger or Gate
6.6		Device ID - Set to 1 through 32

VIII. ETC

Etcetera

7.1

Contrast - Display screen contrast Set to (+/- 30, where 0 is ideal)