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« Reply #20 on: July 18, 2008, 05:20:44 PM » |
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Yes, but honestly, Roland never sold them and they're not available anymore. No one loses any money, and it's not like I'm going "CM-64 SERVICE NOTES HERE!" all over the interwebs.
Guess what, you just did.  But seriously, I'm very interested, could you mail them to me or something?  |
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« Reply #21 on: July 18, 2008, 07:21:32 PM » |
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Yes, but honestly, Roland never sold them and they're not available anymore. No one loses any money...
I'm not sure how it is elsewhere in the world, but RolandUS has always charged consumers for the service manuals (unless you managed to get the right person on the phone...). Prior to 2002, before Roland went paperless, you could purchase the original, printed copies. Today, scanned prints will still cost you $15. Now, if you're an Authorized Service Center, you can just log into a website and download the service manuals and bulletins in PDF format. Also, just anecdotally, while speaking with a Roland technician last year, I was told that the sale of service notes on eBay or elsewhere is a violation of an ASC contract. Not that this necessarily pertains to consumers in any way (or affects the fact that I've purchased a few in such a manner). |
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« Reply #22 on: July 18, 2008, 08:03:53 PM » |
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Guess what, you just did. This forum isn't "all over".  I'll see about scanning them when I get the time... In Norway, there's no legitimate way of getting them except ebay. Unless you're authorized (I think). And even then, they probably want you to pay $50 for a red/blue copy. At least that's been my experience when requesting service manuals from other companies. |
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« Reply #23 on: July 18, 2008, 08:39:11 PM » |
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Let me know if you discover a good means of scanning them. I tried stitching the larger images together in Photoshop a few years back, but was never happy with the result.
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« Reply #24 on: July 18, 2008, 08:50:03 PM » |
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Maybe you'll be able to use software intended to stitch panoramic photo's together.
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« Reply #25 on: July 19, 2008, 12:40:57 AM » |
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http://s-island.mixnmojo.com/stuff/5.jpg - I did this one in a few mins in Photoshop, including scanning. Some of the seams aren't totally right, but I thought it looked okay for a quick job.
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« Reply #26 on: July 19, 2008, 12:44:37 AM » |
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Nice. Perhaps I'll send my stuff to you, and let you take care of it.  |
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« Reply #27 on: July 24, 2008, 07:05:27 AM » |
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Totally agree with Cloud. I bought a couple of those Roland Service Manual 2 weeks ago and didn't expect they have such a big page folded so nice into an A4 size... I also face the same problem of scanning them into .PDF ...  |
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« Reply #28 on: September 08, 2008, 03:33:54 AM » |
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Alright, so I didn't finish with the manual this weekend. I'm shooting for a simultaneous release with Duke Nukem Forever.  In the meantime, here's an MT-32, "Miniature Orchestra" sales brochure:  |
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« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2008, 06:42:25 PM » |
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Now it seems clearer to me that the main reason why the MT-32 lacks a decent acoustic piano patch is that it was intended to be a complement for Roland's digital pianos... Still waiting for that supplemental MT-32 manual... |
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« Reply #30 on: September 09, 2008, 07:43:37 PM » |
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Now it seems clearer to me that...it was intended to be a complement for Roland's digital pianos... Not to mention the default MIDI-channel settings and tuning. |
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« Reply #31 on: August 04, 2009, 12:43:55 PM » |
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Dianne bought her MT-32 before Sierra ever knew what the thing was. Roland did extensive "live" demonstrations back in the 1980's, geared toward music teachers and owners of digital pianos. The MT-32 was promoted as part of a three-piece set which also included the Roland PR-100 (hardware sequencer.)
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« Reply #32 on: February 19, 2010, 05:32:14 AM » |
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Well, it isn't Duke Nukem Forever, but I've updated the parent post with the supplemental MT-32 manual (book). Roland's legal department is still looking into whether or not they can host it alongside the original MT-32 manual on their support website - my hope is that they can/will.
In the meantime... enjoy!
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« Reply #33 on: February 19, 2010, 03:39:05 PM » |
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Wow, I completely forgot about it in the meantime, but that is excellent work!
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