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. [. . . ] The fixed velocity value is applied to all notes you play. r 18 Owner's Manual Using the metronome The RD-170 contains a metronome you may want to use for practising. (5) Use the [DEC÷NO]/[INC÷YES] buttons to set the (Press it again to stop the metronome when desired time signature. you no longer need it. ) The possibilities are: CONTROL TX METROMODE TRANSPOSE NOME SPLIT LOWER UPPER EXIT ENTER DEC KEYBOARD MODE NO The metronome has three parameters you can set as follows: (2) Press and hold [METRONOME] until the [GRAND¥PIANO] button (which is also called [1]) lights (and buttons [2] and [3] flash). GRAND PIANO STACK PIANO RHODES 0-4 Only the first beat of each measure is sounded. 2-4 2/4 time signature 3-4 3/4 time signature 4-4 4/4 time signature 5-4 5/4 time signature 6-4 6/8 time signature 3-8 3/8 time signature 6-8 6/8 time signature 9-8 9/8 time signature 1 2 3 Flash Lights The display shows the current metronome level. (3) Use the [DEC÷NO]/[INC÷YES] buttons to set the desired metronome volume (0~127). (4) Press [2] (it lights, while [1] and [3] flash) to select the time signature parameter. The display now shows the currently selected time signature (probably 0-4). (6) Press [3] (it lights, while [1] and [2] flash) to select the tempo parameter. The TONE SELECT buttons return to "normal operation". Note: These settings can be saved to the System parameter memory (see p. 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. [. . . ] If the sequencer's (Soft) Thru (or MIDI Echo) function is turned on, the notes you record will be retransmitted right away to the RD-170 and thus played a second time. This happens because the keyboard information reaches the sound generator via two different routes (directly from the keyboard and via MIDI). This makes the performance sound strange and greatly reduces the number of available voices. To resolve this, you can disable the connection between the keyboard and the internal tone generator. [. . . ]