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Roland SoundCanvas SC-8820 Owner's Manual

Roland SoundCanvas SC-8820 Owner's Manual (193 pages)

Roland SC-8820 Sound Canvas: Owners Manual

Brand: Roland | Category: Music Equipment | Size: 4.52 MB

Table of Contents

Using the Unit Safely
3
- Maintenance
  5
- Placement
  5
- Power Supply
  5
Important Notes
5
Main Features
6
Table of Contents
8
Panel Descriptions

9
- Front Panel
  9
- Rear Panel
  9
Connecting to Your Computer/MIDI Keyboard

10
Parts and Sounds

20
- Switching the Sound of each Part
  20
- How the Number of Simultaneous Notes and Voices Are Related
  26
  - Legato-Enabled Sounds
    26
- Part Parameters for Performance
  27
  - What each Parameter Does
    27
    
    Effect
    27
    
    Rx. CHANNEL (MIDI Channel)
    28
    
    Use for Rhythm Part
    28
    
    MONO/POLY MODE (Mono/Poly Mode)
    28
    
    Pitch Key Shift
    28
    
    Velocity Sense Depth
    29
    
    Velocity Sense Offset
    29
    
    Keyboard Range Low
    30
    
    Keyboard Range High
    30
    
    Cc1 Controller Number
    30
    
    Modify
    31
    
    Scale Tuning C-B
    31
    
    MOD/BEND/ Caf / CC1
    31
    
    Channel Aftertouch
    32
    
    Pitch Control
    32
    
    Tvf Cutoff Control
    32
    
    Amplitude Control
    32
- Part Parameters for Sound Editing
  33
  - The Function of each Parameter
    33
    
    Vibrato
    33
    
    Filter
    34
    
    Cutoff Freq (Cutoff Frequency)
    34
    
    Resonance
    34
    
    Envelope
    35
    
    Attack Time
    35
    
    Decay Time
    35
    
    Release Time
    35
- Parameters Common to All Parts
  36
  - Master Key-Shift
    36
  - Master Pan
    36
  - Master Volume
    36
  - What each Parameter Does
    36
- System Effects
  39
- Insertion Effects (EFX)
  39
  - Reverb Parameters and Their Functions
    40
    
    Chorus
    40
    
    Delay
    40
- System Effects
  40
  - About Reverb Macro
    41
  - Chorus Level
    42
  - Chorus Macro
    42
  - Chorus Parameters and Their Functions
    42
    
    Chorus Pre-Lpf
    42
    
    About Chorus Macro
    43
    
    Delay Level
    44
    
    Delay Macro
    44
  - Delay Parameters and Their Functions
    44
    
    Delay Pre-Lpf
    44
    
    Delay Send Level to Reverb
    45
    
    Eq High Gain
    46
  - Equalizer Parameters
    46
  - Insertion Effect Parameters and Their Functions
    47
    
    Pan Settings When Using Insertion Effects
    47
    
    System Effect Settings When Using Insertion Effects
    47
- Insertion Effect Types
  48
  - Stereo-EQ
    48
  - 00: Thru
    49
  - 01: Stereo-EQ (Stereo Equalizer)
    49
  - 02: Spectrum
    49
  - Effects that Distort the Sound (Distortion Type)
    50
  - 03: Enhancer
    50
  - 04: Humanizer
    50
  - 05: Overdrive
    50
  - Effects that Modulate the Sound (Modulation Type)
    51
  - 07: Phaser
    51
  - 08: Auto Wah
    51
  - Rotary
    52
  - Stereo Flanger
    52
  - Step Flanger
    53
  - Tremolo
    53
  - Auto Pan
    54
  - Compressor
    54
  - Limiter
    54
  - Effects that Broaden the Sound (Chorus Type)
    55
  - Hexa Chorus
    55
  - Tremolo Chorus
    55
  - Stereo Chorus
    56
  - Space D
    56
  - 3D Chorus
    56
  - Effects that Reverberate the Sound
    57
  - Stereo Delay
    57
  - Mod Delay (Modulation Delay)
    57
  - 3 Tap Delay (Triple Tap Delay)
    58
  - 4 Tap Delay (Quadruple Tap Delay)
    59
  - Tm Ctrl Delay (Time Control Delay)
    59
  - Gate Reverb
    60
  - Effects that Modify the Pitch (Pitch Shift Type)
    61
  - 3D Delay
    61
  - 2 Pitch Shifter (2-Voice Pitch Shifter)
    61
  - Others
    62
  - Fb P.shifter (Feedback Pitch Shifter)
    62
  - 3D Auto
    62
  - 3D Manual
    63
  - Lo-Fi 1
    63
  - Lo-Fi 2
    63
  - Effects that Connect Two Types of Effect in Series
    64
  - Effects that Connect Three or more Types of Effect in Series
    70
  - GTR Multi 1 (Guitar Multi 1)
    71
  - GTR Multi 2 (Guitar Multi 2)
    72
  - GTR Multi 3 (Guitar Multi 3)
    73
  - Clean Gt Multi1 (Clean Guitar Multi 1)
    74
  - Clean Gt Multi2 (Clean Guitar Multi 2)
    74
  - Bass Multi
    75
  - EQ (Equalizer)
    75
  - CF (Chorus/Flanger)
    75
  - Dly (Delay)
    75
  - Rhodes Multi
    76
  - Keyboard Multi
    77
  - Effects that Connect Two Types of Effect in Parallel (Parallel 2)
    78
  - Cho/Delay (Chorus/Delay)
    78
  - Fl/Delay (Flanger/Delay)
    79
  - Cho/Flanger (Chorus/Flanger)
    79
  - OD1/OD2 (Overdrive/Distortion 1, 2)
    80
  - Od/Rotary (Overdrive/Distortion, Rotary)
    80
  - Od/Phaser (Overdrive/Distortion, Phaser)
    81
  - Od/Auto Wah (Overdrive/Distortion, Auto-Wah)
    82
  - Ph/Rotary (Phaser, Rotary)
    83
  - Ph/Auto Wah (Phaser, Auto-Wah)
    83
  - Examples of Using Effect Controllers
    86
  - Using Control Change 16 to Modify the Drive Value of 06: Distortion
    86
  - Using Control Change 16 to Modify the Speed Value of 9: Rotary
    86
- Troubleshooting
  89
Appendices

89
- No Sound
  90
- Can’t Install the SC-8820 USB Driver (Windows 98)
  92
- USB Connections Cannot be Made Correctly (Windows 98)
  92
- Can’t Playback more than 16 Parts
  93
- Pitch Is Incorrect
  93
- Sound Is Wrong
  93
- Sound Won’t Stop Sounding
  93
- Can Play Only 16 Parts When Connected Via a Computer Cable
  94
- I Want to Apply Delay to a Drum Part, but Cannot Do so
  94
- Is There a Way to Automatically Initialize Every Time?
  94
- About MIDI
  95
  - How MIDI Messages Are Transmitted and Received
    95
  - MIDI Channels and Multitimbral Sound Modules
    95
  - What’s MIDI?
    95
  - Principle Differences between General MIDI 2 and the GS Format
    96
  - What Is General MIDI 2?
    96
  - Items Newly Defined in General MIDI 2
    97
  - MIDI Messages that Can be Received by the SC-8820
    98
    
    Control Change
    99
    
    Note Messages
    99
    
    Pitch Bend
    99
    
    Program Change
    99
    
    Aftertouch (Channel Pressure Only
    101
    
    All Sounds off
    101
    
    Data Entry (Control Change Numbers 6 & 38)
    101
    
    RPN LSB, MSB (Control Change Numbers 100 & 101)
    101
    
    Active Sensing
    102
    
    GM1 System on
    102
    
    Reset All Controllers
    102
    
    System Exclusive Messages
    102
    
    About MIDI Implementation Charts
    103
    
    GS Reset
    103
    
    Other Exclusive Messages
    103
    
    Using Nrpns with GS Sound Modules
    104
- Computer Cable Wiring Diagrams
  106
- Instrument List
  107
  - Piano
    107
  - Chromatic Percussion
    108
  - Organ
    109
  - Guitar
    110
  - Bass
    111
  - Ensemble
    113
  - Brass
    115
  - Reed
    116
  - Pipe
    117
  - SC-55 Map (CM-64 Sound Map)
    126
- Drum Set List
  127
  - SC-8820 Drum Set
    128
  - SC-88Pro Drum Set
    141
- GM 2 Instrument List
  153
- GM 2 Drum Set List
  155
  - Effects that Modify the Tone (Filter Type)
    156
  - Effects that Modulate the Sound
    156
- Insertion Effect List
  156
- Effects that Affect the Level (Compressor Type)
  157
- Effect Parameter Value Conversion Table
  164
- Channel Voice Messages
  166
- MIDI Implementation
  166
  - Receive Data
    166
  - Global Parameter Control
    171
  - Data Transmission
    172
  - Universal Non-Realtime System Exclusive Messages
    172
  - Individual Parameter Transmission
    173
  - System Realtime Message
    173
  - Transmit Data
    173
  - Parameter Address Map
    174
  - Patch Parameters
    174
  - System Parameters
    174
  - Drum Instrument List Dump
    182
  - Drum Set List Dump
    182
  - Dumping a List of Internal Sounds
    182
  - Instrument List Dump
    182
  - Decimal and Hexadecimal Table
    183
  - Examples of Actual MIDI Messages
    183
  - Supplementary Material
    183
  - About the Tuning
    184
  - Example of an Exclusive Message and Calculating Checksum
    184
  - The Scale Tune Feature (Address: 40 1X 40)
    184
Specifications

186
Index

187
- Operations Via MIDI
  190

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Roland SoundCanvas SC-8820 Owner's Manual

Roland SoundCanvas SC-8820 Owner's Manual (194 pages)

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