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Performance
Performing with a variety of scenes
The RD-08 comes with a many built-in Sounds.
Each one of these individual sounds is called a “Scene”.
Scenes are assigned to the Scene category buttons according to the tone
category selected.
Each category has several Scenes.
Try selecting and performing with a number of dierent Scenes.
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1. Press any of the Scene category buttons to select
the category.
The indicator of the selected Scene category button will light.
2. Use the [DEC] [INC] buttons to select the Scene.
Play the keyboard, and you will hear the selected Scene.
NOTE
If you turn o the power or select a dierent Scene when an “*” is shown
in the display, the setting changes you’ve made will be discarded. If you
want to keep the settings, save the Scene (p. 20).
Playing multiple tones with the keyboard
The RD-08 features three Internal zones (UPPER 1, UPPER 2, and LOWER),
and one tone can be assigned to each of these zones.
You can perform using combinations of tones by turning each zone on
or o. You can have multiple tones layered together at the same time,
and even have dierent tones played in the left and right parts of the
keyboard.
UPPER 1
UPPER 2
LOWER
Performing with layered tones (dual mode)
This mode lets you play the UPPER 1 and UPPER 2 tones layered across
the entire keyboard.
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1. Press the [DUAL] button, getting the indicator to
light.
Try ngering the keyboard.
The Tones for UPPER 1 and UPPER 2 are layered and played.
The screen shows the UPPER 2 tone.
2. To nish the DUAL MODE, press the [DUAL] button
once again, to make the indicator light goes out.
The Tones for UPPER 1 played.
MEMO
You can also layer three tones by adding the LOWER tone. For details,
refer to “Making detailed settings for tones (p. 20).
Playing dierent tones in two dierent
sections of the keyboard (split mode)
Such a division of the keyboard into right- and left-hand sections is called
a “Split, and the key where the division takes place is called the “Split
Point”.
While in Split mode, a sound played in the right side is called an “UPPER
part, and the sound played in the left side is called a “LOWER part”. The
split-point key is included in the LOWER section.
The Split Point has been set at the factory to “F´3 ”.
MEMO
You can change the split point. Please refer to “Changing the Keyboard’s
Split Point” (“Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point” (p. 12)).
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1. Press the [SPLIT] button, getting the indicator to
light.
Split point (F´3)
LOWER UPPER 1
Try ngering the keyboard.
The UPPER 1 tone plays in the right-hand section of the keyboard,
and the LOWER tone plays in the left-hand section.
The screen shows the LOWER tone.
2. To exit Split mode, press the [SPLIT] button once
more, and the indicator light goes out.

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BrandRoland
ModelRD-08
CategoryMusical Instrument
LanguageEnglish

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