Table Of Contents; Contents - Roland SoundCanvas SC-88 Pro Owner's Manual

CONTENTS

USING THE UNIT SAFELY .................................1
Introduction ..........................................................2
IMPORTANT NOTES ..........................................3
CONTENTS .........................................................4
Front and rear panel ............................................6
Chapter 1. Try out the unit
(Quick start)
Connect a MIDI keyboard and play the sounds.......8
Making connections.............................................8
Turning the power on or off .................................9
Is there sound?....................................................9
Try out the various sounds .............................10
Try out the buttons of the unit.........................11
Apply effects to the sound ..............................13
Tuning to other instruments (Tuning) .............14
Headphones ...................................................15
Audio input jacks / Audio input volume...........15
Chapter 2. Parts and parameters
Parts and sounds ...........................................18
Assigning a sound to a Part ..............................18
Selecting Variation sounds................................20
Reading the Instrument numbers
and Variation numbers .........................21
Part Channels....................................................22
Which MIDI IN will be used by each Part? ........23
How simultaneous note numbers
and Voices are related. ........................24
Concerning legato-enabled sounds...................24
Part parameters for performance ...................25
[1] Parameters that can be set directly using the buttons .......25
[2] Parameters that must be selected from the menu........26
What each parameter does ...............................27
Part parameters for sound editing ..................31
Procedure..........................................................31
What each parameter does ...............................32
Setting parameters common to all Parts ........34
Procedure..........................................................34
How each parameter works...............................35
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System parameter settings.............................36
Procedure..........................................................36
How each System parameter works..................37
Using Patches ................................................39
Loading a Patch ................................................40
Using MIDI messages to select Patches...........41
Creating a Drum Set
Drum editing procedure.....................................42
Using Chorus and Delay ...................................44
About Assign Group ..........................................44
Chapter 3. System Effects
How the effect section of the unit
is organized ....................................46
System Effect settings....................................48
Equalizer setting procedure...............................48
Equalizer parameter functions...........................49
When you want to adjust the system effect
for all Parts ...........................................50
When you want to adjust the system effect
for each Part.........................................50
Setting Reverb/Chorus/Delay parameters.........51
Reverb parameter function................................52
Chorus parameter function................................53
Delay parameter function ..................................54
Chapter 4. Insertion Effects
Insertion effect settings ..................................56
Making Insertion effect settings.........................56
Different effect types .........................................57
Using controllers to modify effect
parameters ....................................92
Setting procedure ..............................................92
How each parameter works...............................93
.......................42
(Drum Edit)