Name: Roland RA-800
Brand: Roland
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Safety Instructions2
Main Features3
Unpacking5
Useful Options6
Precautions7
Table of Contents8
Setting up13
Connections13
MIDI Sets and Other Points Specific to the Product14
Functions Exclusive to Basic Channel Control16
Demo Songs16
Front Panel Facilities18
Rear Panel Facilities21
User Interface23
F5 Exit23
Master Page23
Navigating through the Display Pages25
Function Keys and SHIFT Button25
Knobs, Tone and Volume Buttons25
Reversed/Positive Value Display26
PAGE and Part Select Buttons26
Realtime Display27
Realtime Parts28
Selecting Realtime Parts for Playing - Via the Basic Channel28
Layering and Selecting Upper 229
Selecting the Lower and M. Bass Parts29
W Right - Whole Right29
W Left - Whole Left29
Split and Split Point30
Upper2 Split30
Selecting the Manual Drums Part31
Lower Hold (Lwr Hold)31
Selecting Tones for the Realtime Parts32
Roll32
Selecting Tones Using the Tone Buttons33
Selecting Tones Using the Knobs34
Tone Selection for Other Parts34
Display Symbols34
Selecting Drum Sets for the M.drum Part35
Who Selects the Tones? - Tone Change35
General Notes36
Realtime Performance Functions36
Pitch Bend and Modulation36
Transpose and Octave Up/Down37
Setting the Transposition Interval in Realtime37
Setting the Transposition Interval Via the Display37
Sustain Pedal - Hold38
Assignable Footswitch38
Octave Up/Down38
Expression Pedal39
Metronome39
Master Tune39
Playing with Accompaniment - Arranger40
Arranger and Music Styles40
Selecting the Chord Recognition Area41
Arranger Parts41
Selecting the Arranger Chord Mode42
Standard43
Piano Style43
Intelligent43
External Keyboard Cancel44
Chord Inversion45
Basic Channel Vs Multiple Channel Control45
Music Style (Arranger) Functions46
Hold46
Starting a Music Style46
Stopping a Music Style46
Selecting Another Style Division47
Basic and Advanced47
Major, Minor, Seventh47
Fills: to Original and to Variation48
Complementary Fill Functions: Fill in Half Bar and Fill in Rit48
Intro and Ending49
Realtime Changes of the Drum Accompaniment50
Other Useful Style Playback Functions50
One Touch Program50
Melody Intelligence50
Selecting Music Styles51
Reset51
Using External (User) Styles52
Autoload52
Loading User Styles52
Style Tempo53
Selecting User Styles53
Tempo Dial and Indicators53
Tap Tempo54
Auto Tempo and Tempo Lock54
Tempo Rit and Tempo Acc54
Customizing Music Styles55
Assigning Other Tones to the Arranger Parts55
Tone Change55
Working with User Style Sets56
Compiling and Saving Your Own Style Sets56
Loading User Style Sets58
Saving and Loading Registrations - Performance Memories59
Saving a Performance Memory Set to Disk59
Writing Your Settings to a Performance Memory60
Memory Protect60
Performance Name61
Writing a Performance Memory61
Selecting Performance Memories62
Selecting 00 Freepnl62
Resume Function62
Selecting a Performance Memory (Group, Bank, Number)63
Automated User Style Access63
Selecting a Performance Memory Using the Down/Up Buttons64
Selectively Loading Performance Memory Settings64
Chord Sequencer66
Recording the Accompaniment of an Entire Song66
Two Chord Sequencer Modes66
NTA - Note to Arranger66
"Realtime" Chord Sequencing67
Style Change67
Playing Back a Chord Sequence68
Recorder - GM/GS Mode69
How to Record a Song69
Formatting a Disk69
Before Recording70
You're On...70
Song Playback71
Song Name71
Useful Recorder Playback Functions72
All Song Playback72
Playback at a Specific Song on Disk72
Lyrics Function72
Fast Forward, Rewing and Reset73
Markers and Playback Loops73
Live Performances with Standard MIDI File Backing - Minus One74
Changing the Song Tempo74
Soloing and Muting Parts on Disk75
Overriding Song Settings76
Song Part Volume (Balance)76
Song Master Volume77
Tone Change: Old and New77
Link78
Easy Editing79
Part Balance - Volume79
Grouped and Buss Faders79
Section Balance80
Mixer Mode: Modifying the Volume of the Buss Members81
Muting Parts81
Effects and Equalizer82
Panpot (Stereo Position)82
Applying Reverb, Chorus or Delay to a Part82
Effect Settings83
Equalizer84
Choosing the Parts to be Processed by the Equalizer84
Source: Your Settings or those of the Arranger/Song?85
Realtime (Rtime) Source85
Arranger (Arrng) Source86
Effect Source86
Part Editing87
Editing the Part Parameters87
Modulation (Vibrato)88
Timbre (Filter)88
Envelope89
Another Source Switch: Tone Edit90
Upper2 Settings91
Tuning Upper2: Coarse and Fine91
Intelligent Melodies Played by Upper292
Upper2 Tune Source92
Advanced Features93
Settings Relating to the Arranger93
Fill Rit Value93
Rit/Acc Value: Tempo Change93
Major, Minor or Seventh Accompaniment? - Chord Family Assign, Alterath94
Musical Style Playback: Wrap95
Dynamic Arranger: Velocity Sensitivity of the Arranger Parts95
Settings Relating to the Realtime Parts96
Footswitch Function96
Velocity Switching (Min and Max)96
Roll Resolution for the M.drums Part97
Monophonic/Polyphonic, with or Without Portamento (Upper1 and Upper2)97
Pitch Bend Range98
Portamento Time98
Expression Pedal: Blending Effects or Just Plain Volume99
Playing in Other Scales: Keyboard Scale99
Metronome Function100
Source Switches100
Song Sets101
Compiling a Song Set101
Playing Back a Song Set102
Programming User Styles103
Patterns103
Tracks104
Looped Vs One-Shot104
Looped Divisions105
One-Shot Divisions105
Recording User Styles from Scratch106
Selecting the User Style Mode106
Selecting the Track, the Mode, the Type and the Division107
Working with Clones107
Record Mode107
Specifying the Key108
Quantize109
Tone Selection109
Time Signature110
Length: Specifying the Pattern Length110
Tempo112
Recording112
Playback, and then Keep or Redo?113
Saving Your Style to Disk113
Naming Your User Styles113
Programming Other Parts and Divisions114
Muting Parts While Recording Others - Status114
Remarks115
Working from Top to Bottom - Programming Hints115
Empty Tracks115
Playback in Arranger Mode115
Copying Existing Styles116
Copying Entire Style Divisions Using Load116
Copying Individual User Style Tracks117
Editing User Styles119
Editing on the Fly by Recording119
Adding Notes in Realtime119
Adding Controller Data in Realtime120
Tone/Drum Set Selection120
Customizing Drum Sounds - Drum Set Note Pitch121
Expression, Panpot, Reverb, Chorus122
Programming User Style Using an External Sequencer123
Setting the Preset Tempo123
Data that Can be Recorded123
Connection and Synchronization124
Preparation of Your Sequence125
Preparations on the RA-800125
MIDI Channels125
Recording Using "Dedicated" Controllers126
Where to Go from here - Editing User Styles127
User Style Edit Mode127
Example: Using Erase to Remove Panpot Settings128
Track Erase - F1128
Track Delete - F2129
Track Insert - F3129
Track Transpose - F4129
Track Velocity Change - SHIFT+F1129
Editing in Micro Mode130
Track Quantize - SHIFT+F2130
Track Change Gate Time - SHIFT+F3130
Track Shift - SHIFT+F4130
Example: Recording in Step Time131
Specifying the Pattern Length131
Step Time Record132
Deleting a User Style from a User Style Memory134
MIDI135
Requirements for Receiving and Transmitting MIDI Data135
MIDI Connectors135
Channels136
MIDI Data136
MIDI Channels and RX Parts137
MIDI Connections138
Receiving MIDI Data from External Instruments138
Sending MIDI Data to External Instruments or Computers138
Receiving MIDI Data139
Receive Channels (RX) and Switches139
Realtime Sections - Rtime139
Arranger and Song Sections/Nta Channel139
Basic Channel140
Recorder and MIDI Inputs141
Style Select Channel141
Transmit (TX) Channels and Transmit Switches142
Other MIDI Settings142
Switching off MIDI Reception/Transmission142
MIDI Receive/Transmit Filters142
Shift and RX Octave143
Zones - Low/High Limits144
Local Function145
More MIDI Settings146
Rx Velo, TX Velo146
Soft Thru - for Digital Pianos146
MIDI Synchronization147
MIDI Sets147
Writing a MIDI Set148
Selecting a MIDI Set148
Saving MIDI Sets to Disk148
Writing Your Settings to a MIDI Set148
Loading a MIDI Set from Disk149
Housekeeping150
Disc Copy - Backups150
Disk Management150
Renaming Files on Disk152
Deleting Files on Disk152
Initializing the Arranger - Load Factory Setup153
Compatibility153
Song Data that Can be Read154
Song Write154
Writing GM/GS Compatible Standard MIDI Files154
User Styles that Can be Loaded155
Performance Memories that Can be Loaded155
Performance Memory Format155
MIDI Sets that Can be Loaded155
Song Set Format156
Style Sets that Can be Loaded156
Style Set Format156
Chord Sequencer Format - Read and Write156
Tone Lists157
RA-800 Tone Map - Banks a and B157
SC-55 Tone Map - Banks C and D159
SC-55 Map - CM-64 Tones160
GM Tones161
GS Tones162
Preset MIDI Sets163
MIDI Set 1: Acoustic Piano163
MIDI Set 2: Digital Piano and Synth163
MIDI Set 3: Master Keyboard164
MIDI Set 4: Accordion 1164
MIDI Set 5: Accordion 2165
MIDI Set 6: MIDI Guitar165
MIDI Set 7: Organ 1 - Roland166
MIDI Set 8: Organ 2 - Other Brands166
Index167

Brand	Roland
Model	RA-800
Category	Recording Equipment
Language	English

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