Effects; Number Of Voices; About Memory; Temporary Memory - Roland RS-50 Owner's Manual

Effects

Effects let you apply a variety of special effects to patches or rhythm sets.
You can use three effects simultaneously: chorus (which adds depth and
spaciousness), reverb (which adds reverberation), multi-effects (each
selectable from 47 types such as equalizer, overdrive, and delay).

Number of voices

Maximum polyphony
The sound generator of the RS-50 can produce up to 64 notes (voices)
simultaneously. If data is received that attempts to play more than
this number of voices, notes will be dropped out. When the number
of requested voices exceeds 64, the RS-50 will give priority to the
later-played notes, and will consecutively turn off the sounding
notes. An appropriate Voice Reserve setting should be made with
respect to any Parts that you cannot do without (p. 56).
Some Tones use more than two voices to create a single Tone.
For the number of voices used by each Tone, refer to "Original
tone list" (p. 109).

About memory

Patch and performance settings are stored in what is referred to as
memory. There are three kinds of memory: temporary, rewritable,
and non-rewritable.
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RS-50
Presets
Patches:
Rhythm Sets
Performances
Arpeggio Templates Arpeggio Templates: 8
Arpeggio Styles
Multichord Sets:
Select Select
Temporary Area
All data stored in the user area can be stored on an external
sequencer (p. 98). If you load the saved data back into the RS-50,
all settings of the entire RS-50 will return to the state by they
were in when the data was saved.
System
User
Patches: 128
Rhythm Sets: 2
Performances: 8
Multichord Sets: 8
Save
Overview of the RS-50

Temporary memory

Temporary area
This is the area that holds the data for the patch or the like that
you've selected using the panel buttons.
When you play the keyboard or play back an external sequence,
sound is produced based on data in the temporary area. When you
edit a patch, you do not directly modify the data in memory; rather,
you call up the data into the temporary area, and edit it there.
Settings in the temporary area are temporary, and will be lost when
the power is turned off or when you select another setting. To keep
the settings you have modified, you must write them into rewritable
memory.

Rewritable memory

System memory
System memory stores system parameter settings that determine
how the RS-50 functions.
User memory
User memory is where you normally store the data you need. USER
memory contains 128 patches, 2 rhythm sets, 8 performances.

Non-rewritable memory

Preset memory
Data in Preset memory cannot be rewritten. However, you can call
up settings from preset memory into the temporary area, modify
them and then store the modified data in rewritable memory.
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