Notes Sound Twice; The Sound Is Distorted; The Pitch Is Incorrect; Sound Does Not Stop Playing - Roland Sound Canvas SK-500 Owner's Manual

Notes sound twice

Is Local Control set to ON with the SK-500 connected to the computer?
Set to Local Off (p. 71).

The sound is distorted

• Is any distortion effect being added to the sound. Try lowering the effect
all the way with the [DATA ENTRY] wheel or the pedal.
• If the sound of a specific tone or part is distorted, try lowering that part's
volume level.
• If the entire sound is distorted, lower the overall volume level of the
parts.

The pitch is incorrect

• Is the pitch of specific part or all parts, more than a half-step off? Try
making adjustments in the sequencer software when starting up the
software.
• Pitch Bend messages other than "0" may occur.

Sound does not stop playing

• With some sequencer software, the sound may not stop playing when,
for example, the recording track is changed while the keyboard is
played. In such situations, either initialize the sound module with the
software or carry out GS Reset.

The tones sound strange

• Have you switched tones after making changes to tone parameters (such
as filters)? Set all tone parameter settings values changes with the
[DATA ENTRY] wheel or pedal to 0.
• The SK-500's parameter settings may have become corrupted.
Carry out GS Reset (p. 71).

Sounds are cut off

• Sounds are cut off when the number of parts exceeds 64 voices.

Exclusive messages are not being received

• Is the Device ID number for the Exclusive data being transmitted set to
"17"?
• Is the check sum wrong?
For more on Exclusive messages, refer to the PDF file on the SK-500 CD-
ROM
("Eng" - "Appendix"; on the Macintosh, "English" - "Appendix").
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