Roland MV8800 Manual

Combining a song / pattern into two tracks (Mixdown)

To perform a mixdown, you’ll switch to Mixdown mode and record the mixdown on the hard disk.

1.

Press [MASTERING].

The MIXDOWN / MASTERING MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 196) will appear.

2.

Press [F1](Mixdown) or use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the MIXDOWN MODE icon then press [ENTER].

If Mixdown mode is off, the display will ask “Enter Mixdown Mode. Are you sure?”

F-button

[F1](No)

[F5](Yes)

Action

Cancels the procedure, and returns to the MIXDOWN / MASTERING MENU screen.

Turns Mixdown mode on. You will go to the SONG screen, which will indicate “** Mixdown Mode **.”

Continue to step 3.

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If Mixdown mode is on, the display will ask “Exit Mixdown Mode. Are you sure?” If you then press [F5](Yes),

Mixdown mode will switch from on to off.

3.

Move the current time to the location at which you want to start mixdown.

4.

Turn the MASTER knob to MAX.

If you mix down without setting the MASTER knob to MAX, the volume will be lower. You should leave this knob at MAX unless you are creating a fade-in or fade-out.

5.

Press [REC ( )].

The EDIT MIXDOWN FILE NAME popup (Screen Guide; p. 3) will appear.

6.

Specify a filename.

A default filename is assigned automatically. You can change this if desired.

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If you press [EXIT] in step 6, the EDIT MIXDOWN FILE NAME popup will close without entering standby mode.

7.

Press [F5](OK).

The REC indicator (red) will blink, and the MV-8800 will be in mixdown-standby.

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If you specified mixdown filename is onto a MIXDOWNTR folder that already contains setting, “That name already exists. Overwrite?” message will appear.

If you press [F1](No), you can edit filename again. If you press [F5](Yes), the previous data will be overwritten.

8.

Press [PLAY ( )].

Mixdown will begin. REC indicator (red) and PLAY indicator (green) will lit.

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If you operate the mixer or effects during mixdown, your changes will be reflected in the mixdown data.

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During the mixdown, sounds received at the analog inputs, will also be recorded. If the MV-8800’s sequencer is playing an external MIDI sound module, you can connect the audio output of your MIDI sound module to the

MV-8800’s inputs so that the sound from your MIDI sound module will be recorded as part of the mixdown.

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9.

To stop the mixdown, press [STOP ( )].

Mixdown will end, and the mixdown file will be saved in the MIXDOWNTR folder (REC and PLAY indicator will be dark).

“Mixdown finished. Go to Mastering?” message will appear.

F-button

[F1](No)

[F3](Exit Mixdown)

[F5](Yes)

Action

The message will close. (You will not exit Mixdown mode.)

The Mixdown Mode will turn off.

You will go to the MASTERING screen.

Select this if you want to immediately master the WAV file created by the mixdown.

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