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Roland RD-700NX User Manual

Roland RD-700NX
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USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Getting Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Placing the RD-700NX on a Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Connecting the Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Connecting the External Equipment to RD-700NX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Connecting Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Turning the Power On and O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Turning On the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turning O the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Adjusting the Display Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Connecting the CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Overview of the RD-700NX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Basic Organization of the RD-700NX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
About Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About Live Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Main Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Special Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About the Function Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
About the Cursor Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Editing a Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Listening to the Demo (DEMO PLAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Piano Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Performing with a Variety of Live Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Playing Multiple Tones with the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Performing with Layered Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Playing Dierent Tones in Two Dierent Sections of the
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Changing the Tone for a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Adjusting the Volume Level for Individual Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (TRANSPOSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (REVERB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Adding Breadth to the Sound (CHORUS/DELAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Changing the Sound’s Pitch in Real Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adding Liveliness to the Sound (COMPRESSOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Enhancing the sound’s denition (SOUND FOCUS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjusting the Levels of Each Frequency Range (EQUALIZER) . . . . . . 35
Disabling the Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Using the Convenient Functions in Performances . . . . 37
Playing Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing Rhythm Tempos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the Rhythm Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Playing the Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Selecting the Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing Song Tempos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Fast-forwarding or Rewinding a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Return to the Beginning of the Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Recording Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Getting ready to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Starting/stopping recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Applying Eects to the Sound (MFX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Simulating the Creation of Organ Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing the Undulation of the Organ Tone (Rotary Eect) . 43
Changing the Layer LEVEL Slider Feet Assignments . . . . . . . . .43
Selecting Stored Settings (Live Set ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Registering the Live Sets You Like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Storing Settings to Live Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Making Detailed Settings for the ONE TOUCH Tones . 46
Making Detailed Settings for the Piano Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Changing the Key Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Finely Adjusting the Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Adjusting Resonance when the Damper Pedal is Depressed 48
Making the Equalizer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Restore the Settings to Initial Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Making Detailed Settings for the E. Piano Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Selecting an Eect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Selecting the Type of Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting the Keyboard Touch Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Restore the settings to initial conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Making Detailed Settings for Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Making Tone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Making Layer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Using the RD-700NX As a Master Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 58
What’s MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
About MIDI Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Adjusting the Volume of Each Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Selecting the MIDI Connector to Use for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Selecting Sounds on an External MIDI Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Detailed Settings for Transmitted Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Adjusting the Volume and Pan (Volume/Pan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting the Amount of Reverb and Chorus (Reverb/Chorus) . 62
Playing Sound Monophonically (Mono/Poly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Setting the Transposition for Each Individual Layer (Trans-
pose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting the Key Range for Each Layer (Key Range) . . . . . . . . . .62
Changing the Range That Plays in Response to the Veloc-
ity (Velocity Range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Changing Tone Elements (ATK/DCY/REL/COF/RES) . . . . . . . . . .63
Smoothly Changing the Pitch (Portamento) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Setting the Change in Volume According to the Force
Used to Play the Keyboard (Velocity Sense/Max) . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Changing the Pitch (Coarse Tune/Fine Tune) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting the Range for the Change in Pitch with the Pitch
Bend Lever (Bend Range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Setting the Amount of Modulation Applied (Modulation
Depth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Turning Each Controller On and O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Transmitting the Control Change (USER CC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Detailed Settings for Each Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
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Roland RD-700NX Specifications

Power IconPower
power consumption12 W
Audio and Sound IconAudio and Sound
maximum polyphony128 voices
sound generatorSuperNATURAL Piano, SuperNATURAL (E.Piano), Virtual Tone Wheel Organ, PCM Sound Generator, GM2 (for SMF Playback)
effectsMulti-Effects (2 x 4 systems, 84 types), Reverb (6 types), Chorus (3 types), 3-band Compressor, 4-band Digital Equalizer
Connectivity IconConnectivity
output jacksL/MONO, R Jacks (1/4-inch phone type), BALANCED OUT (L, R) Jacks (XLR type)
pedal jacksDAMPER Pedal Jack, Control Pedal Jacks (FC1, FC2)
midi connectorsIN, OUT1, OUT2, THRU/OUT3
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
width1, 444 mm (56-7/8 inches)
depth375 mm (14-13/16 inches)
height148 mm (5-7/8 inches)
weight25.0 kg (55 lbs 2 oz)

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