Rodgers MR-200 Owner's Manual

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Song Player/Recorder10IntroductionThank you for choosing a MR-200 Song Player/Recorder. This easy-to-use MIDI recorder allows you to supplement your R

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual11Quick tourWhat is the MR-200?Before explaining how to work with your MR-200, let us briefly look at what it is and does. The M

Song Player/Recorder12• You can rearrange your own and someone else’s recordings by selecting different sounds for the recorded parts and by adding mo

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual13E [TRANSPOSE] buttonPress this button to transpose the recorded parts to another key. This setting only affects the melodic p

Song Player/Recorder14Rear panelA MIDI OUT B, OUT A & IN socketsConnect the MIDI OUT sockets to the MIDI IN sockets of two external instru-ments.

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual15First stepsMIDI connectionsIn order to use the MR-200’s full potential, you need to connect its MIDI sockets as follows:A MID

Song Player/Recorder16Power connections & switching the MR-200 on and offAfter establishing the above connections, you need to connect the supplie

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual17Listening to a songListening to a song on diskTo listen to a piece on floppy disk (or a disk you bought), proceed as follows:A

Song Player/Recorder18E Press the [PLAY¥®] button to start playback (the button lights).F Press the [STOP¥ª] button to stop playback.Recording your fir

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual19• Switch off the metronome.Here are the pros and cons of these two approaches:Recording without the metronome– This is perfec

The IMPORTANT: THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE.BLUE: BROWN: As the colours of the wires in the mains l

Song Player/Recorder20I At the end of your piece, press the [STOP¥ª] button.Congratulations! You have just recorded your first piece with your MR-200.

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual21C If you need the metronome, switch on the [METRONOME] button.D Press the [REC≈∏] button.It starts flashing and the display lo

Song Player/Recorder22that some tracks (or the track whose num-ber is displayed) now contain data. See page 20 for how to listen to your piece.Saving

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual23More advanced functionsMetronome functionsSetting the metronome’s tempo and time signatureYou can also use the metronome for

Song Player/Recorder24Playback functionsChanging the playback tempoTo increase (or decrease) the tempo of the song you are listening to, proceed as fo

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual25Loop playback (Repeat)Another clever feature of the MR-200 is that you can program playback loops. You can do so during playb

Song Player/Recorder26done for your own good: otherwise, it would have been possible to record new parts in “C”, while the song data were still in “E”

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual27You can also work “the other way round”: suppose you want to mute tracks 1~3 and 5~16, to hear the melody (track 4) in isola-

Song Player/Recorder28C Press the [REC≈∏] button.It starts flashing and the display looks as fol-lows:D Press [TRACK] below the display. If a “®” symbo

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual29Finding out which MIDI channel the external instrument is usingIf you want to find out on which channel(s) your keyboard is tr

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual3FCC noticeRadio and Television InterferenceNotice to usersRodgers products use and generate small amounts of radio-frequency (

Song Player/Recorder30Ensuring that your parts sound the same every timeThe recording procedures described on pages 18 and 20 did not mention anything

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual31H Press the [VALUE] knob (“PUSH”) when the desired additional track is displayed.The “„” symbol means that the selected track

Song Player/Recorder32Q Use PAGE [√][®] to select the other parame-ters that are available here.The other parameters are:R Press [BEAT] or [TEMPO] to

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual33W At the end of your piece, press the [STOP¥ª] button.Recording data to the Master trackThe Master track of a song typically

Song Player/Recorder34MIDI functionsThe MR-200 also provides a number of func-tions that allow you to specify how it should send MIDI data and which M

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual35Start/Stop TXOptions: On, OffThis parameter allows you to specify whether or not the MR-200 should transmit Start/Stop signal

Song Player/Recorder36Track 1~16 MIDI Out AssignOptions: A, B, OffThese parameters (one per track) allow you to assign the selected track to the desir

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual37File managementDisk functionsSaving a song to floppy diskSongs you record with the MR-200 can either be saved to an internal m

Song Player/Recorder38Possible error messagesIn certain cases, an error message may be displayed instead of the confirmation. Here is what they mean an

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual39E Press the [TRACK] button to delete the file, or [TEMPO] to cancel this function.If you press [TRACK], a confirmation tells yo

Song Player/Recorder4001• Before using this unit, make sure to read the instructions below, and the Owner’s Manual...

Song Player/Recorder40All subsequent internal memories are renumbered. Example: if you delete song “5”, song “6” becomes “5”, song “7” becomes “6”, et

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual41Internal and song namesThe MR-200 provides a function that allows you to display the internal name and the file name of the la

Song Player/Recorder42Function flow chartHere is a list of all of the MR-200’s functions, which may help you locate the desired parameter more quickly:

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual43SpecificationsDisplay type & controls– 16 x 2 LCD back-lightPanel controls– Alpha knob with push switch, 21 panel switches

Song Player/Recorder44MIDI Implementation chart[Song Player/Recorder] Date: November 2003Model: MR-200 Version: 1.00Function... Transmitted Recognized

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual5014• Protect the unit from strong impact.(Do not drop it!)...

Song Player/Recorder6Important notesIn addition to the items listed under “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” and “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” on pages 2, 4 an

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual7Before using floppy disks (handling the floppy disk drive) • Install the unit on a solid, level surface in an area free from vib

Song Player/Recorder8Liability and copyright• Should data contained and stored on a floppy disk be lost, it is unfortunately impossible to restore the

MR-200 – Owner’s Manual9ContentsFCC notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .