Roland RD-600 User Manual

Adjusting settings related to the
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How the RD-600 is organized internally... 238
About the Local parts... eccceescsscesesscecereccsseraceeseens 38
Layering the sounds of the four parts .........0....20:--38
Local part settings.........sccscscccssscscscseccnescccrsereese 39
Basic procedure .............csessssessensssrsnenssecerersnerseseeeerenss 39
Local part parameters... eee cceeceeceeeceesteeeesenseens 40
Setting the MIDI transmit channel (Transmit Ch.)......... 40
Assigning an internal part to a local part (Part Assign)......40
Shifting the keyboard range (Zoning) (Key Range)........ 40
Changing the amount of transposition (Transpose)....... 42
Specifying how keyboard dynamics
will affect the volume (Velocity Sens)... 42
Specifying the maximum volume produced
by keyboard dynamics (Velocity Max)... 43
Damper pedal setting (DamperPedalSw)....... 43
Foot controller 1 setting (FC1 Pedal Sw)... 43
Foot controller 2 setting (FC2 Pedal Sw)... cece 43
Modulation lever setting (Mod Lever Sw)
Bender setting (Bend Lever SW) .....s.ceeseeee
Using an external MIDI device to play the RD-600’s
internal sound source (Internal Part settings) ............44
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Internal part parameters
Setting the MIDI receive channel (Receive Ch.).......... 45
Ignoring specific messages from the
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Changing the Tone of an internal Part.
Recording/playing your performance on a
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Setting the operating environment .............49
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System parameters
Setting the pitch to match other instruments
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Adjusting the key weight (Key Touch) ........0..02.50
Foot controller 1 function setting (FC1 Assign)..
Foot controller 2 function setting (FC2 Assign)..........50
Foot controller 1 polarity setting (FC1 Polarity) .........51
Foot controller 2 polarity setting (FC2 Polarity)
Damper pedal polarity setting (DamperPolarity) ......51
Using MIDI program changes to select setup memories
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Device ID number settings (Device ID)... 51
Using the MIDI THRU connector as MIDI OUT
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Preserving the power-off condition
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Adjusting the brightness of the display
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Convenient functions (Utility)........ssrcccsssscsceseon D2
About the utility fFUNCHIONS 0 ee eeeeeeeeetseceereteeeneves 52
Storing various settings in a setup memory
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Saving internal settings on an external sequencer
(Bulk Dump Current / Bulk Dump All)... eee SA
Restoring the factory settings
(Initialize Current / Initialize All) occ ecco 55
EFX effect types and the parameters
assigned to each knob .......ccccccccsccssssesecenene SO
Troubleshooting ........cccccccsocsssccsccsnssrerevrseers OO
Error message list .............cseseccssssessesecssseesO2
List Of ShOrtcUtS ......s..cscccscescssssssccssscoossnannsesOG
MIDI Implementation...........ccccccccesscscesesreees OF
MIDI Implementation Chart ........sccssesssseeeT
Specifications ........ssssccccccsesscssrsscvcscsnscssossoeed &
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Tone List .....ccssscsccescecerccccecerenssscnsacsccsscesseres OO
Rhythm Set List ...........sscccssessscssecsessesseseseeneOO
Printing conventions in this manual
In order to present information as clearly as possible,
the following conventions are used in this manual.
* Texts or numerals enclosed in square brackets [ ]
indicate buttons on the panel.
¢ Indications such as [INC/ YES] [DEC/NO] mean
that you may press either button.
* References such as (p.**) indicate pages in this
manual to which you can refer.
¢ The dark/lit status of an indicator is distinguished
as follows.
lit (red) lit (green) dark
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Roland RD-600 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	RD-600
Category	Musical Instrument
Language	English