Roland RD-800 User Manual

Overview of the RD-800
Basic Organization of the RD-800
Controller Section
This section includes the keyboard, the Pitch Bend/Modulation lever, the panel
knobs, the sliders, and any pedal connected to the rear panel. Actions such as
pressing and releasing of keys on the keyboard, depressing a damper pedal,
and so forth, are converted to MIDI messages and sent to the sound generator
section, or to an external MIDI device.
Sound Generator/Eect Section
This is the section that produces and modies the sound. Performance data
from the controller section is converted into audio signal, which is output from
the OUTPUT jacks or PHONES jack.
Audio
signal
Controller Section Sound
Generator/
Eect
Section
Performance
data
Keyboard
Pitch Bend
Knob
S1/S2
Pedal
Units of Sound
Tone
On the RD-800, each sound selected by a tone button is called a “tone.”
To play a tone, you’ll assign it to one of the four layers (UPPER 1, UPPER 2, UPPER 3, LOWER). You can play two or more layers simultaneously from the keyboard, or use
dierent regions of the keyboard to play dierent layers.
You can use the Designer function (p. 32) to adjust the sound to your taste. The adjusted tones can be saved in a Live Set.
Some of the tones are “rhythm sets” which contain multiple percussion instrument sounds.
A rhythm set will produce a dierent percussion instrument sound for each key (note number) that you press.
Live Set
On the RD-800, each sound selected by a LIVE SET button is called a “Live Set.”
A Live Set consists of settings for a tone assigned to each layer, along with settings that are common to the layers (such as reverb, delay, and EQ). You can store your
favorite setups as 200 Live Sets and easily recall them by using the LIVE SET [A]–[J] buttons.
The factory settings include numerous stage-ready Live Sets.
Live Set
Controller Section
External Layer (p. 37)
Pedal
S1/S2
Knob
Key Touch
Sound generator/Eect section
EQ
External Layer
(Upper 1)
External Layer
(Upper 2)
External Layer
(Upper 3)
External Layer
(Lower)
Live Set Name Rhythm
MIDI OUT
Layer
(Upper 1)
Layer
(Upper 2)
Layer
(Lower)
Layer
(Upper 3)
Delay
Reverb
Sympathetic
Resonance
(Piano Only)
* Eect settings inside the dotted line will reect the settings of the UPPER 1 layer that you
selected in the TONE screen or the LIVE SET screen.
Comp
Tone (Upper 1)
Tone (Upper 2)
Tone (Upper 3)
Tone (Lower)
Tone
Modulation
FX
Tremolo
Amp
Simulator
Volume
Pan
Sympathetic
Resonance
Reverb Delay
Sound
generator
Controller section
reception settings
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Roland RD-800 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	RD-800
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English