User manual ROLAND RD-170 MANUAL 2

[. . . ] r RD-170 Digital Piano Owner's Manual Thank you for choosing a Roland RD-170, the new entry-level stage piano of Roland's acclaimed RD series. The term "entry level" only refers to the RD-170's price tag, by the way, because this is an incredibly powerful instrument with excellent sounds that can double as MIDI master keyboard. To get the most out of the RD-170 and to ensure many years of trouble-free service, we urge you to read through this Owner's Manual thoroughly. To avoid confusion, let's agree to use the word "button" for all keys on the front panel, and use "key" only when referring to the RD-170's keyboard. [. . . ] Using the sequencer Recording your own music The RD-170 comes with a two-track sequencer you can use for recording ideas, new songs or your own versions of existing music. The RD-170's tracks can be used to record your (5) Press [PLAY®]. The RD-170 starts recording left and right hand parts separately and then after a two-measure count-in. Doing so allows you If you start playing without pressing [PLAY®], to play the "missing" part in realtime. This is the RD-170 starts recording right away, withconvenient for piano lessons. You can also use these tracks for recording two (6) Press the [PLAY®] button to stop recording. You can even (7) Return to step (3) if you wish to record a secplay in realtime to the recorded music. aware, however, that the parts played in Split or GA note about recording Layer (page 13) mode will be recorded onto difThere is a limit for the number of notes that can ferent tracks. If a pedal is used, pedal messages (1) Select the sound(s) you want to use for are recorded as well, so that the number of recording, then set the Chorus, Reverb, Symnotes you can record decreases. When the memory is almost full during recordYou cannot change the tempo or beat while ing, the [REC¥] indicator starts flashing faster. When no more data can be recorded, the (2) Press the [REC¥] button. [REC¥] button goes dark and recording stops SEQUENCER GUITAR BASS VARIATION automatically. Playing back your song (1) Press [PLAY®] to play back your song. PLAY REC 7 WINDS 8 SYNTH SEQUENCER SEQUENCER 15 16 SETUP The indicator(s) for the track(s) where no data are recorded start flashing. This is the standby mode. Note: Press [REC¥] again if you do not want to record after all. PLAY REC (3) Press Track [1] or [2] to cause the corresponding button to flash. SEQUENCER SEQUENCER (Press it again to stop playback. ) (2) If necessary, use [DEC÷NO]/[INC÷YES] to change the playback tempo. Changing the tempo does not affect the pitch. (You can also press [2], if you like. ) Listening to a track in isolation (1) Press the Track button of the part you do not want to hear (confirm that it's dark). SEQUENCER SEQUENCER PLAY REC r This means that the data of that track (if available) will be erased and new data will be recorded. You cannot restore data that have been erased in this way. Note: When a track's indicator lights steadily, the data recorded there are played back during recording onto the other track. If you do not want to hear that part, switch off the track by pressing its button before activating [REC¥]. PLAY REC (2) Press the [PLAY®] button to start playback. (3) Press it again to stop playback. (4) Press the [METRONOME] button if you wan to use the metronome while recording. 19 for how to set the metronome. 20 Owner's Manual Saving your song If you are happy with your song and wish to play it back at a later stage, you need to save it before switching the RD-170 off. (1) Press the [SYSTEM] button (it lights). VOLUME BRILLIANCE FUNCTION SYSTEM MAX BRIGHT EDIT WRITE DEMO REVERB MIN MELLOW CHORUS KEY TOUCH EFFECTS/KEY TOUCH (2) Press TONE SELECT/SETUP [8]. TONE SELECT/SETUP STACK PIANO RHODES E. PIANO CLAV/ HARPSI VIBES GUITAR BASS 2 3 4 PAD 5 VOICE 6 BRASS 7 WINDS 8 SYNTH CHURCH ORGAN STRINGS 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 If you hold this button down, the display tells you that this parameter is called sOng mem (memorize the song data). Then press [EXIT] to leave the System mode. Note that you could also press another TONE SELECT/SETUP button to select a different System parameter. 21 RD-170 Edit parameters and Setup memories 5. Edit parameters and Setup memories The RD-170 contains three kinds of parameters you can set: SYSTEM parameters (that apply to the RD-170 as a whole), internal EDIT parameters (for the RD-170's parts) and external EDIT parameters (for specifying the MIDI behavior of the RD-170's parts). [. . . ] Piano 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 FM E. Piano 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 RD-1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Wurly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]