Collate me area NeCongratulations! Yow ae now the mer of device wngue within the MIDI world — the Roland ASC30 ‘Seale Converter! ‘The ASC-10 allows you to creat, store and instant ell any on of up teghteustom= tuned sels wicca lla you fo play amy typeof music imaginable! 1f your ork requis the pial tangs demanded by Arabic, Malouf Egyptian) or Bouzouki (Grek) musi, for enmple the 'ASC-10 is for you, By creating (an storing) ‘the speci calsrouia by these ype of ‘must, ou an stanly see! the tuning you red een wile playing! The ASC-10 Concept The vast majoty of Western music forms — and instruments — are based onthe twelve tone tuning system olen referred to 25 Equal Temperament. In this tuning system, one oc ‘aves divided into twelve tones with adjacent tones being a semitone apar in pitch This ‘equal spacing’ of tones isthe basis for the name Equal Temperament equal ting) Although this tuning system i used exten sively, there are many forms of music in the ‘work which se diferent toning, Some types (Of music use semitones and quarter-tones ‘within the samescale(Arabic music, for exam- ple) Silloth ypesof music use miro-tones Fntervals smaller than 2 quarter tone By allowing you to aise or lower the pitch of Invi notes with the equally tempered scale, the ASC-10 can crete whatever tuning system your music requires.Power Suppl ion aR Psa AC Apr ol sept sway tum off fe power tal uipment es: hc wal Seen damage oman {Do not ue hi device the sre pect wth SevSetethatwilgenrinceosanhassm “tt oy reid i ut stow o Irtalation meets hs requitement ” 4 Avid daar poner Sot spon pce shen diconncing he AC Fotos, + eit emia nk a extended psd ot “ina cpp power cot om he wa ou IMPORTANT Placement oar hw urge etme Sorng het nds ar hand wees SHE Maintenance Tere csi pecan witha ty oth (Grane Bat as teensy amped th wae fo Sutin i aera mons Seeger aie ‘are Deseo wpe the unt wi st ca ee use beware, sel or salen ny Ie ieavadthersktaneatomae slot NOTES Additional Precautions JU tenon kin poe * Souda allntn occ Fon get es Freie denims se Cas ed ‘ence pone son se pase penne nite AC tape MENTE Memory Backup Sipe wit Tec e ewe bss of memory a ony ce Fite be are tae shal ea he Ney wi serene cal ent apy np.qu ROLAND ASC10 Front PanelAAA SCALE CONVERTS ma Panel Description © (cance atton G5 Mode tuto LD of ‘Fisbunon cancels the case tuning eae) cr. 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BLUE: NEUTRAL BROWN: LIVE ‘As the colours of he wires in the mains load o this appara may not ceespond with he coloured markings identiyng the terminals in your plug proceed as flows “The wire whi is coloured BLUE must be connected othe terminal whichis marked wth halter N or coloured BLACK “The wire which colowed BROWN must be connected othe terminal which marked wih fhe eter or coloured RED. For Germany Bescheinigung des Herstellers/Importeurs Hermit widest a dvto!ias Roland Scale Converter ASC- 10 (Get Typ: Bearers) ‘misbanerina) funni ist Der Deutschen Bundespost wurde das Inverketvbringen deses Gerétes angezeit und dle Bereciigung 2 Uberprifung ser Sene aut Einaltng der Bestimmungen eingeraumt. _ Roland Corporation Osaka/Japan_ relenpiousFor Nore Countes Apparatus containing Lithium batteries ADVARSEL! ‘VARNING! anand - Capote ee Uh ps te hg ede Roland‘ 26055637