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Advanced Use ................................................. 61
Chapter 1. An overview of the RS-5/9 .................................................................... 62
Basic Organization of the RS-5/9........................................................................................................... 62
Classification of RS-5/9 Sound Types ................................................................................................... 62
Tone................................................................................................................................................. 62
Drum Set......................................................................................................................................... 62
Performance ................................................................................................................................... 62
About Memory.......................................................................................................................................... 63
Maximum Polyphony .............................................................................................................................. 64
Preventing notes of an important Part from being cut off (Voice Reserve) ......................... 64
Modifying the Value of a Setting ........................................................................................................... 64
Convenient shortcuts ............................................................................................................................... 65
If "Stuck" Notes Occur (PANIC)............................................................................................................ 65
When Sounds From the RS-5/9 Do Not Stop Playing............................................................. 65
What to Do When an External Sound Generator Fails to Stop Sounding ............................ 65
Chapter 2. Part Volume and Pan Settings ............................................................. 66
Chapter 3. Mastering Use of the Performance Features ...................................... 67
Playing single-note lines (Solo) .............................................................................................................. 67
Smoothly Changing the Pitch of the Sound (Portamento) ................................................................. 67
Determining the Volume from the Force Used To Play the Keys (Velocity Sense)........................ 68
Transposing Performances...................................................................................................................... 69
Transposing All Parts (TRANSPOSE ON/OFF) ...................................................................... 69
Transposing a Specified Part (Key Shift) ................................................................................... 69
Adding Breadth to the Sound by Layering Tones with Different Pitches (Fine Tune).................. 69
Changing to Pure Temperament or an Arabic scale (Scale Tune)..................................................... 70
What are Equal Temperament, Pure Temperament, and Arabic scales?.............................. 70
Making Scale Tune settings ......................................................................................................... 70
Chapter 4. Changing Tones in Real Time .............................................................. 71
Changing the Pitch in Realtime (Pitch Bend Lever) ............................................................................ 71
Using the Modulation Lever to modify the sound.............................................................................. 71
Using a pedal to modify the sound........................................................................................................ 73
Switching the Pedal's Polarity (Pedal Polarity) ........................................................................ 73
Using a knob to modify the sound......................................................................................................... 74
Switching to the Value at the Current Knob Positions (MANUAL) ..................................... 74
Chapter 5. Using the arpeggiator ........................................................................... 75
Turning the Arpeggio Function On and Off (ARPEGGIO ON/OFF) .............................................. 75
Tip for Creating Arpeggio Patterns ....................................................................................................... 75
Arpeggiator parameters you can set...................................................................................................... 75
Creating a pattern..................................................................................................................................... 77
Using the Knobs to Change Patterns in Real Time.............................................................................. 78
Chapter 6. Effect Settings ....................................................................................... 79
Turning the Effect Function On and Off (EFFECTS ON/OFF) ......................................................... 79
The Effect Signal Path .............................................................................................................................. 80
Making Multi-Effects Settings ................................................................................................................ 80
Setting the Multi-Effects Source.................................................................................................. 80
Select the Type and Set Each Parameter .................................................................................... 81
00: THROUGH............................................................................................................................... 82
01: STEREO EQ (Stereo Equalizer) ............................................................................................. 82
02: OVERDRIVE ............................................................................................................................ 83
03: DISTORTION........................................................................................................................... 83
04: PHASER.................................................................................................................................... 84
05: SPECTRUM.............................................................................................................................. 84
06: ENHANCER ............................................................................................................................ 85
07: AUTO WAH ............................................................................................................................ 85
08: ROTARY................................................................................................................................... 86
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