Table Of Contents - Roland RM-700 Owner's Manual

Contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Look at All You Can Do with the RM-700!
USING THE UNIT SAFELY
Important Notes
Panel Descriptions
Front Panel............................................................................................. 16
Bottom Panel (Rear)............................................................................ 18
Bottom Panel (Front Left/Right)..................................................... 18
Before You Start Playing
Connect the Pedal Cable................................................................... 19
Connect the Speaker Cable.............................................................. 19
Connect the Power Cord................................................................... 19
Setting Up the Music Rest ................................................................ 19
Folding Down the Music Rest................................................................ 19
Using the Music Holders.......................................................................... 19
Removing the Music Rest........................................................................ 20
Opening/Closing the Lid................................................................... 20
Installing Batteries in the Remote........................................................ 20
Turning the Power On/Off................................................................ 21
About the Pedals ................................................................................. 21
Adjusting the Volume ........................................................................ 22
Connecting Headphones.................................................................. 22
Attaching the Headphone Hook .......................................................... 23
Connecting USB Memory ................................................................. 23
Formatting the USB Memory................................................................. 24
Locking the External Memory Connector Cover ............................ 24
Connecting a Microphone ............................................................... 25
Connecting a CD Drive ...................................................................... 25
Attaching a CD Drive ................................................................................ 25
Experiencing the RM-700 Demo .................................................... 26
Main Screens ......................................................................................... 27
Piano Screen ................................................................................................ 27
Basic Screen ................................................................................................. 27
Performance
Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-Touch Piano) ......... 28
Creating Your Own Piano Sound (Piano Designer)................. 29
Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch) .................................... 30
Making Fine Adjustments to the Key Touch
(Key Touch Offset) ..................................................................................... 30
Changing the Timing of Sounds According to the Force
Used to Press the Keys (Hammer Response).................................... 30
Adjusting the Sound of Hammers Striking Strings
(Hammer Noise).......................................................................................... 30
Adjusting Resonance when the Damper Pedal is Depressed
(Damper Resonance) ................................................................................ 31
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3 Adjusting the Sound Heard at String Release When the
Damper Pedal is Depressed (Damper Noise) .................................. 31
Adjusting the Sympathetic Vibrations of an Acoustic Piano's
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Duplex Scale (Duplex Scale) .................................................................. 31
Producing the Resonance of the Strings when the Keys Are
Played (String Resonance)...................................................................... 31
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Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released
(Key Off Resonance).................................................................................. 32
9 Opening or Closing the Lid to Change the Resonance (Lid)...... 32
Tuning to Other Instruments' Pitches (Master Tuning) ............... 32
Changing the Tuning (Temperament)............................................... 32
Setting the Temperament Key.............................................................. 33
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Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretch Tuning) ...................................... 33
Performing with a Variety of Tones (Tone Buttons) ................34
Using Keywords to Search for Tones (Tone Search) ..................... 35
Using Super Tones...............................................................................36
Using Jazz Organ ....................................................................................... 37
Performing with Multiple Sounds Layered Together
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(Layer).......................................................................................................38
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands
(Split).........................................................................................................39
Turning On Layer and Split Performance Simultaneously ......... 40
Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps
(Octave Shift) .........................................................................................41
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)...........................42
Giving the Sound More Spatial Depth (3D) ................................44
Changing the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance)..................45
Adding Liveliness to the Sound (Dynamics) ..............................46
Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)........................................47
Selecting the Part to Which the Effect is Added (EffectsPart) ... 48
Using the Metronome ........................................................................49
Using the Metronome.............................................................................. 49
Changing the Metronome Settings .................................................... 49
Automatic Accompaniment
Performing a song with the Ideal Automatic
Accompaniment and Sounds (One Touch Song).....................52
Searching for a Song by Keyword ....................................................... 53
Performing Using Automatic Accompaniment
(One Touch Rhythm)...........................................................................54
Leading Bass Function .......................................................................55
Playing Chords with Simple Fingering
(Chord Intelligence).............................................................................56
Viewing Chord Fingerings...................................................................... 58
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Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons) .............................59
Using Keywords to Search for Music Styles (Style Search) ......... 60
Selecting an Music Style from USB Memory.................................... 61
Playing Only the Rhythm of the Music Style ..............................62
Changing the Tempo of the Automatic Accompaniment ....62
Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment..............................63
Having the Accompaniment Start Simultaneously When You
Play the Keyboard (Sync Start).............................................................. 63
Stopping Automatic Accompaniment .............................................. 64
Having a Count Sound Play at the End of the Intro
(Countdown) ............................................................................................... 65
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