You are welcome..... just want to help people as much as I can..... thanks for subscribing

Thanks for your comment.... it is much appreciated

hello.... thanks for subscribing to my channel..... I just added a video about the phaser/flanger effect..... and there are lots more videos to show you how to use the keyboard effects processor with vocals, guitar or any audio input..... I will make these videos shortly..... this keyboard is the most flexible and tweakable product that Roland has ever made....... there are so many settings and features that are not well documented..... the manual is really just to show you HOW EASY it can be for musicians to use.... but for those who want to dig deeper there is so much more to learn.

For question 1 probably the easiest thing is to make TWO patterns one with the kick and one without the kick and then combine the 2 patterns in your song..... but you don't have to use patterns at all.... you could record the drums directly into the sequencer on Track 10.... either by playing them on the keyboard or entering the notes into the sequencer using step recording. For question 2, you need to use a "pattern group" which is 6 adjacent patterns designed to work together in a song..... I mixed patterns from different groups (I think) and that is what probably caused the kit to change BUT it's very flexible you could set the kit manually per-pattern so you could actually stop the kit changing EVEN when using patterns from different groups.... Maybe I need to make a video to show how to do this ?

Hello John Brown ...... you really do not need the Alesis SR-18 once you have the FA-06..... the drum sounds in the FA-06 are very good .... and programming the drum patterns and song sequences is considerably easier in the FA-06 ..... thanks for your interest in my channel and I hope you soon get your FA-06 😊

@@StephenMendes Thanks for your quick reply love the tutorials looking forward to the next one

you are welcome. thanks for your comment.

Yes you can do that.... all drum sounds are triggered by MIDI notes.... you just need to program the right note numbers for your pads

@@StephenMendes Thanks look forward to more on the FA06

No..... the audio inputs (vocals, guitar) go to the Sample Pads (the sequencer can only record MIDI data)...... you can start playback of the Sample Pads as a "MIDI event" in the sequencer but there is no SYNC between audio and MIDI so TIMING might be tricky, if you are not blessed with precision in TIMING then it could be trial-and-error for you ..... but "it is what it is" 😊

@@StephenMendes Thanks look forward to your next video

YES both those things are possible ...... I believe I might already have video on using start/stop for songs AND "live" rhythm track.... volume pedal for one side of a split is new idea for me but I immediately know how to do that (so I could make a video) .... basically you just set up the expression pedal "control socket" to affect the PART (channel) that the SPLIT is on.... it's track 1 for Upper and Track2 for Lower (I think) ..... but I will play around with it over this weekend 😊

@@StephenMendes I've only recently got to use my fa and initially the hold pedal was working but the next day when I went back to it, wasn't maybe I touch something so I checked polarity both ways and hold was set to on but still no luck. I was messing with other things and suddenly noticed hold was working again but next day not could it be the pedal or is there another setting that that could be the problem. Thanks for the info on the volume I'll try that today

@@johnstudiob2481 it's sounds like an intermittent on the plug-socket connection..... after a while, microscopic corrosion of the "shinyness" of the 1/4" T-R-S plug of the hold pedal can cause a less-than-perfect connection when plugged into the "cheap" sockets on the back of the FA-06... the solution is to "wiggle" it about a bit (side to side movement)..... pull it in and out a few times (make sure the unit is switched OFF before you try this one)..... or "polish" the plug with a suitable cloth ..... (solutions are listed in order of desperation )...... this happens with both the expression pedal and hold pedal on the FA-06...... the equivalent in a guitar cord would be "loads of noise" from the amp whenever the cord is touched (and/or alternate soft volume and high volume whenever the jack is turned in the socket) ..... the springiness of the spring in the jack and the dirtyness of the plug ..... this is all very common experience with anybody who has owned electric guitars .... well the experience you are having with your pedal stems from the same basic cause 😊

@@StephenMendes As always thanks for your help and a very happy new year to you and yours

@@johnstudiob2481 Happy New Year.... may all your best dreams come true.... thanks for watching my videos

The first step would be to record the Drum track in the sequencer (as a song).... this is necessary because the Rhythm Patterns go on playing forever, so you first combine them in the sequencer track to make a "song" out of them ..... then adding your walking bass is simply a matter of playing the keyboard with a Bass tone while recording on another track of your Sequencer (it has 16 MIDI tracks)..... I would love to do a video for you, but I have to mark these student papers first.... and my next upcoming FA-06 video is showing controlling the "Leslie" speed from the expression pedal in "Hammond organ" mode .... (this was requested ages ago by another subscriber)..... showing how to put together a "song" IS a good video idea .... but you might just have to wait awhile for it 😊

@@StephenMendes Thanks Stephen really look ford to your fa06 videos

Hi Mehdi... YES..... you put the MIDI file on the flash memory card and "import" the song into the FA-06 (the flash card has an "Import" directory

@@StephenMendes if you replace the card with a larger capacity is it just a case of take one out put one in

@@johnstudiob2481 yes you can put in a larger card (TURN OFF the keyboard when changing cards).... You must Format the new card for use in the FA-06 (go to Utility screen and select the Format option and press OK and wait for it to complete) and all data if any will be lost when you format card..... you will need to COPY the screen saver file to the correct directory on your new card (otherwise you will not have a screen saver 😊)

@@StephenMendes so the only things kept on the card your going to change apart from things saved by yourself is the screen saver nothing else that's necessary for the FA to operate, By the way thankyou for all the time you put to help us novices

@@johnstudiob2481 Nothing "necessary for the FA to operate" is on the card..... and you can run the FA without any card installed, BUT then you will NOT be able to save "songs" from the sequencer OR audio samples for the pads (and the optional screen saver will not operate)....... in addition, BACKUPS of the entire FA memory (all user tones, user drum patterns, user arpeggios, and user studio sets) should be made to a card from time to time ... IF... you are "creating" these things and not merely using "presets" for everything..... finally the card is also used to IMPORT and EXPORT both audio and MIDI files (for use in computers or other musical hardware)

Press the "Sequencer" button, then press "shift" and select "Mixer" from the soft menu keys....... use your arrow buttons to highlight the volume slider for Track 10 (unless you changed the default drum track)...... use the wheel to set whatever level you like on the Drumming

@@StephenMendes Thanks Stephen sorry I spelled your name wrong

@@johnstudiob2481 np 😊 ... glad to help you

just plug a foot pedal switch into either control 1 or control 2 on the back .... then go into System Settings and select the Pedal tab ..... make the Control jack number you are using read "Start/Stop" and save the settings..... then you can start or stop the sequencer with your foot switch .... works great..... I use it in stage all the time 🙂

@@StephenMendessorry for the quest...i m a beginner .i mean ,"call /play/run/use from memory or favorites" the drums sequence ...as background, when i play synth. how i find what i recorded and press play (before/during) ,and then i will start playing the synth..... thank you for your fast response :)

@@terra2468 I will make another video for you to address these.... but please be patient.... as I have several videos to do before that..... but yours is on my 'to do' list as of now 🙂

@@StephenMendes it would be great to have a video on the different uses of pedals

The patterns record to Track 10 (default) in the sequencer, so when you go to the Mixer you can adjust the level on Track 10 and that should adjust pattern volume

@@StephenMendes Thank you very much, I would never have analyzed it that way. It works!!!

@@bombfire6 As another viewer noted, Roland in the "good old days" wrote quality and helpful Manuals (as did Yamaha)...... but all that is now a "lost art"...... instead the online manuals that are provided are total crap and users are left to figure out what works and how it works or if it even works 😊...... but some (like yourself) are fortunate enough to find my channel and save themselves hours of head scratching and frustration.... glad I was able to help you 👍

@@StephenMendes Yes, I have noticed that the manuals are very illustrated, but they only contain the essential information of each tool. If you want to know in depth there is nowhere to find it. At least we have people like you on KZfaq. Once again, thank you very much!!

No .... I am from Barbados

Hey bro.... I am looking in to this ..... you can insert blank measures in your sequence ..... this is your first step, select ALL TRACKS and insert blank measures ...... then put in the drumming you want on TRACK 10 ...... I will try to make a video to show the complete process 😊

Stephen Mendes Thanks Mate, For what is ist Good, to insert empty Pattern? With Sync Start i get what i want now! I set loop of, put the curser on the record Position, Chose the drum pattern i Need, press rec, no Counts in, Sync start on, ...Start, and the FA record correctly on the position i Need! When i Need a „fill-in“ i erase two Bars and set Loop on, and rec inbetween...works Great now! But the Choice of the preset pattern are poor, that are the same pattern like on my 20 years old „Boss-RR-864“ ...that sucks! I will import some pattern, from my PC ...there is the stuff i Need. I can‘t build them on the Keyboard, its to heavy for me, im not good enougth for that on a keyboard. Maybe in step mode...but there is a Import for me the easyest way! Cheers Mate!

@@AlfredoZauberer I thought you asked me HOW to INSERT stuff (ANY stuff..... notes, chords or drum pattern) ....... so the way is..... you first INSERT empty measures in the sequencer at the point you want put the material....... then you ADD whatever you wish in the empty measures ..... brum.... you done........ it seems you already know how to do whatever it is you want ...... so I am puzzled as to what you were actually asking me in your first message 😊

Stephen Mendes Have you Video were you do that, im not sure if i understand correctly!?

@@AlfredoZauberer no I have not made a video for that yet ..... but I will add it to the list of videos I plan to make.... Thanks