Roland RD-800 User Manual

Contents
Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (p. 2), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 3), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 5). These
sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every
feature of your new unit, read Owner’s Manual in its entirety. This manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference.
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Getting Ready
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Placing the RD-800 on a Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Playing the RD-800
Overview of the RD-800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Basic Organization of the RD-800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Units of Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Operation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the Overall Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Changing the Sound’s Pitch in Real Time (Pitch bend) . . . . 12
Adding Vibrato or Dynamics (Modulation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the Volume Level for Individual Layers . . . . . . . . . 12
Assigning Convenient Performance Functions
([S1] [S2] Buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Disabling the Button (Panel Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Accessing the MENU Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Accessing the MIDI Control Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Transposing Your Performance (Transpose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting Sounds (Tone/Live Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Layering Tones (Layer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Dividing the Keyboard into Two Regions (Split) . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (REVERB) . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Applying an Eect (MODULATION FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Applying Tremolo (TREMOLO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the Character of the Sound (TONE COLOR). . . . . 14
Adjusting the Distortion (AMP SIM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the Levels of Each Frequency Range
(EQUALIZER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adding Delay to the Sound (DELAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Controlling the Functions Assigned to the Knobs (ASSIGN) 15
Eect Signal Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rear Panel (Connecting the External Equipment) . . . . . . . . . 18
Turning the RD-800 On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning the RD-800 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Listening to the Demo Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Editing the Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Uniquely Varying the Sound (Tone Color) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the Knobs to Adjust the Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Editing a Live Set (Live Set Edit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Editing a Tone (Designer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating the Organ Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Saving the Sound Settings in a Live Set (Live Set Write) . . . 23
Changing the Order of Live Sets (Live Set Swap) . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Convenient Functions in Performances . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Recording Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing Audio Files from USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Various Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Accessing the Menu Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Controlling an External MIDI Device from the RD-800 . . . . 26
Formatting Memory (Format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Making the Power Automatically Turn O After a Time
(Auto O ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting Up the RD-800
Detailed Settings for a Live Set (Live Set Edit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Detailed Settings for Each Layer (Layer Edit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing the Key Touch (Key Touch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Assigning Functions to Pedals (Pedal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Assigning Functions to ASSIGN 1–5 (Assign 1-5) . . . . . . . . . . 30
Assigning Functions to the [S1] [S2] Buttons (S1/S2) . . . . . . 30
List of Functions Assignable to Pedals, Knobs, and
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb) . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding Spaciousness to the Sound (Delay). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Detailed Tone Settings (Designer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Piano Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tone Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Making Detailed Settings for the E. Piano Tones . . . . . 33
Making Detailed Settings for the CLAV Tones . . . . . . . 33
Making Detailed Settings for the Other Tones . . . . . . . 33
Editing Individual Keys (Individual Note Voicing) . . . . . . . . . 34
Editing the Modulation FX (Modulation FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Editing Tremolo/Amp Simulator (Tremolo/Amp Simulator) 35
Simulating the Creation of Organ Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Roland RD-800 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	RD-800
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English