Roland RS-70 Owner's Manual page 7

Advanced Use .............................. 49
Overview of the RS-70 ..........................................................................50
How the instrument is organized .......................................................................................................... 50
Basic structure................................................................................................................................ 50
Classification of RS-70 sound types ....................................................................................................... 50
Effects ......................................................................................................................................................... 51
Sequencer................................................................................................................................................... 51
Number of voices ..................................................................................................................................... 51
About memory.......................................................................................................................................... 52
Temporary memory...................................................................................................................... 52
Rewritable memory ...................................................................................................................... 52
Non-rewritable memory .............................................................................................................. 52
Basic operation of the RS-70 ...............................................................53
Switching the mode.................................................................................................................................. 53
Patch mode..................................................................................................................................... 53
Pattern mode.................................................................................................................................. 53
Song mode...................................................................................................................................... 53
SMF Player mode .......................................................................................................................... 53
Editing parameters ................................................................................................................................... 53
Basic procedure ............................................................................................................................. 53
Executing a command .................................................................................................................. 53
Assigning a name .......................................................................................................................... 54
When one page contains two or more settings......................................................................... 54
Inputting numbers and numerals .......................................................................................................... 54
Selecting a part.......................................................................................................................................... 54
Creating a patch (Patch mode) ............................................................55
How to make the patch settings ............................................................................................................. 55
Changing the way that the tones are sounded (Key Mode) ................................................... 55
Editing the patch parameters ...................................................................................................... 55
Making settings that apply to the entire patch (Patch Common parameters) ..................... 56
Making settings for an individual tone (Patch Tone parameters) ......................................... 57
Saving a patch ........................................................................................................................................... 59
Convenient functions for patch editing (Patch Utility)....................................................................... 60
Copying patch parameters (PATCH PRM COPY)................................................................... 60
Initializing the parameters of a patch (PATCH INITIALIZE)................................................ 61
Erasing a user patch you saved (PATCH REMOVE) .............................................................. 61
Transmitting patch/rhythm settings from the MIDI OUT connector (XFER to MIDI) ..................... 62
Restoring the factory settings (FACTORY RESET) .................................................................. 62
Creating a rhythm set (Patch mode) ...................................................63
How to make the rhythm set settings.................................................................................................... 63
Editing the rhythm set parameters............................................................................................. 63
Making settings that apply to the entire rhythm set (Rhythm Common parameters) ....... 63
Editing the settings of each rhythm tone (key) (Rhythm Tone parameters) ........................ 63
Saving a rhythm set (User Rhythm Set) ................................................................................................ 64
Convenient functions for rhythm set editing (Rhythm Set Utility) .................................................. 64
Copying effect settings from a rhythm set (RHY PRM COPY) .............................................. 64
Initializing the settings of a specific rhythm tone (RHY INITIALIZE) ................................. 65
Erasing a rhythm set you saved (RHY REMOVE) ................................................................... 65
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