Standard MIDI Files made flexible
Unlike keyboards with an arranger function, the DisCover 5 uses Standard MIDI Files on floppy disk or Smart Mediatm as accompaniments for your solo playing and/or singing. But these MIDI files are much more flexible, thanks to new technology invented by Roland that permits realtime manipulation of pre-recorded material in ways never before imagined. Cover How flexible? Thanks to the pre-programmed Cover templates, you simply press a field on the touch-sensitive display to change the orchestration of the selected Standard MIDI File. There are 72 templates you can use straight away (30 ALL, 18 Drums, 24 Bass; Drums and Bass only affect the percussion or bass line). Those templates have a dramatic impact on the songs character. Changing the orchestration in this way takes less than a split second and can turn a heavy rock song into a Pop classic rendition, to name but one example. Mark and Jump If the audience gets carried away by one of your songs, there are four Mark/Jump buttons that let you repeat the verse, chorus, bridge, etc, of a song as often as you like. Already available for all the songs on the supplied Smart Mediatm card, you can also program them yourself for new material you add to your repertoire. Singer Key An equally useful function is called Singer Key: simply sing or play the highest and lowest notes youre capable of (before the gig, that is).These reference notes are then used to automatically transpose all Standard MIDI Files in realtime, thus allowing you to sing along effortlessly. You can even save those settings for all singers with whom you perform on a regular basis.
Singing in perfect harmony
Another highlight of the DisCover 5 is its Vocal Harmonizer function with over 90 preset settings to achieve those perfect harmonies. Rivaling the best devices currently available, it not only produces amazingly realistic choir effects such as Small (i.e. duet) or Ensemble, but also boasts various other modes. Voice-FX allows you to change a mans voice into a womans or a robots. Youll be amazed at how well it works! Auto Tune can correct flat singing or even spoken words into a perfectly usable vocal line for a popular effect that is easy enough to believe. The Vocoder, on the other hand, can be used for adding a spoken effect to the notes of the selected track or keyboard (a popular effect in dance music, for instance). Choose Singer if you dont need any of the above special processing, while preserving the option to add harmonies. This audio channel boasts dedicated programmable reverb, delay, compressor and gate effects, to give your voice that professional sound (it has separate DSPs for the microphone voice and the harmony parts.). For announcements, select Talk, which bypasses the effects and/or the harmonizer function. Auto Harmony Furthermore, a revolutionary technology allows to add harmonies to your singing in realtime based on note information contained in the SMF, even if the Harmony track is not present!

Sound perfection

Switch on the programmable Minus-One function and play the muted part via the keyboard. You can play one sound with your left hand (Lower) and another with your right (Upper) in Split mode, or use both as a lush layer. Nothing compares to listening to the DisCover 5 perfect sound source.The DisCover 5 comes loaded with 1,422 genuine Roland sounds. It boasts a digital reverb, chorus and an M-FX (multi-effect) with 47 different types. Plus, the Harmonizer section provides separate reverb, chorus, delay, noise gate, and compressor processors, plus a 2-band EQ. Now thats effective!

Easy Song Management

Using the Song Finder, you can classify songs by genre, author and title-making it easy in large song archives on Smart Mediatm (64MB Smart Mediatm included). And with the Next Song Reserve function, DisCover 5 can automatically load your next song and start playback once the current song ends. If the search criteria is unfamiliar to you, there is always the Play & Search function: just play the main theme of the desired song on the keyboard and DisCover 5 will locate it for you.

Lyrics and chords on TV

Lyrics The lyrics contained in the selected Standard MIDI File can be displayed on screen and/or a TV monitor. To this end, the DisCover 5 is equipped with a Video Output. Theres also a function that allows you to add and synchronize lyrics to Standard MIDI Files that do not contain them. Chord Extractor The DisCover 5 can also extract chord information from the Standard MIDI Files you play back in realtime.This can come in handy when you are playing with a guitarist, for example, because the information appears on the touch-sensitive display and/or a TV monitor. Best of all: the extraction routine is so fast that your guitarist will never be late again, as the chords are usually displayed a slightly ahead of time.

Fully programmable

Apart from all the convenient presets mentioned so far, which are available at all times, the DisCover 5 is also a thoroughly programmable instrument. So feel free to modify sound-related and Harmonizer settings (including the effects), and to save them in one of the 128 User programs. Simply recalling a User Program also loads the song the settings apply to, and even reconfigures the DisCover 5 MIDI settings, if need be. And just in case 128 User Programs are not enough, you can also directly access any number of User Programs on a Smart Mediatm card.
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Harmonization

Specifications

Keyboard: Sound source: Max. polyphony Tones Drum Sets Multitimbral parts Compatibility Display type: Panel controls: Songs: 61 keys, touch sensitive PCM samples 64 voices incl. ORIENTAL Drum Set 19 GM2/GS Backlit 1/4 VGA, touch screen, with contrast knob Alpha dial & Data/Tempo wheel, D-Beam (with macro settings), Bender/Modulation lever, Master Volume, Keyboard/Song Balance, MIC Gain,Voice Level, Harmony Level, Effect Level Realtime SMF player Mark/Jump (4 programmable locations) Song Makeup Tools: 2 modes: Manual & 72 Covers (30 ALL, 18 Drum, 24 Bass) Lyrics import/export Text-to-lyrics synchronization Lyrics on display, chords on display Minus One Programmable, Song Chord Extractor 128, with User Program Finder (realtime access to User Programs on Smart Mediatm), Hold functions for Tone & Harmonizer settings Reverb (8 types), Chorus (8 types), Multi-FX (47 types) Smart Mediatm, 3.5 2HD/2DD floppy disk (Song, User Programs, MIDI Sets, Song Chain,.txt files) Talk, Singer,Voice-FX (12 macros), Auto Tune Small (30 macros: 10 Male, 10 Female, 10 Mix), Ensemble (30 macros: 10 Male, 10 Female, 10 Mix) 24 macros (8 Male, 8 Female, 8 Mix) Noise Gate, Compressor, 9 Reverb types, 9 Delay types, 2-band EQ 9 Reverb types, 9 Delay types, 9 Chorus types, 2-band EQ 34 families 16 memories, programmable Up to 99,999 songs managed via database Yes Upper, Lower, MDrums Yes, programmable Yes, -4 ~ +4 separate adjustable for Upper, Lower, MDrums Manual and automatic song transposition with Singer Key Adapter, (-6 ~ +5) MIDI IN/OUT/THRU, Output (L/Mono, Right), Hold footswitch, Footswitch (programmable), Foot Pedal, Phones, MIC input, Harmonizer Outputs Separate (Left, Right) or mixed to main Outputs (L/Mono & R),Video Output (composite, independent Lyrics transmission) 100V - 117V - 230V - 240V 1184 (W) x 371 (D) x 127 (H) mm 12,5 kg Owners Manual, Power Chord, Smart Mediatm 64MB (with included SMFs) DP-2, DP-6, FS-5U footswitch EV-5, EV-7 foot volume pedal RH-25, RH-50 headphones KC-500/300/100 Keyboard Amplifiers KS-12 keyboard stand DR-10, DR-20 dynamic microphones Smart Mediatm cards (8, 16, 32, 64, 128 MB; third-party)

Realtime Song Orchestration and Vocal
Standard MIDI Files are great but static, right? Wrong.The Roland DisCover 5 Realtime Orchestrator can turn them into interactive songs that do exactly what you want, without any editing at all on an external sequencer or software program. At the touch of an icon, you can change the orchestration of songs you buy on floppy disk or download from the Internet, or transpose a song to meet your singing range. Instantly and automatically. Also with one of the most musical, realistic and versatile harmonizer effects available, the DisCover 5 supplies harmony lines for your singing, and turns you into a singing sensation using four powerful modes. Add a sound engine with some of Rolands finest sounds and the DisCover 5 provides you with everything you need. Instantly, automatically, and professionally.
User Programs: Effects: Data Storage: Vocal Harmonizer: Programmable macros Progr. Harmony mode Programmable Vocoder Programmable Voice Effects Programmable Harmony Effects Other functions: Tone Finder Favourite Tone Song/Rhythm Finder Next Song Reserve Keyboard parts Fade OUT/IN Octave Transposition: Connections: Power supply Dimensions: Weight: Supplied accessories: Options:
* Specifications and/or appearance are subject to change without prior notice.
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