Table Of Contents - Roland RS-50 Owner's Manual

Contents
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4
Main Features..........................................................................................9
Panel descriptions ................................................................................10
Front panel................................................................................................................................................. 10
Rear panel .................................................................................................................................................. 13
Getting ready.........................................................................................14
Reset to default factory settings (Factory Reset) ..............................17
Listening to the demo songs ...............................................................18
Quick Start ........................................19
Try out the sounds................................................................................20
Applying various effects to the sound................................................26
Using the Rhythm Guide ......................................................................36
Advanced Use....................................39
Overview of the RS-50 ..........................................................................40
How the instrument is organized .......................................................................................................... 40
Classification of RS-50 sound types ....................................................................................................... 40
Effects ......................................................................................................................................................... 41
Number of voices ..................................................................................................................................... 41
About memory.......................................................................................................................................... 41
Temporary memory...................................................................................................................... 41
Rewritable memory ...................................................................................................................... 41
Non-rewritable memory .............................................................................................................. 41
Basic operation of the RS-50 ...............................................................42
Switching the mode.................................................................................................................................. 42
Patch mode..................................................................................................................................... 42
Performance mode ........................................................................................................................ 42
Editing parameters ................................................................................................................................... 42
Basic procedure ............................................................................................................................. 42
Executing a command .................................................................................................................. 42
Assigning a name .......................................................................................................................... 43
When one page contains two or more settings......................................................................... 43
Inputting numbers and numerals .......................................................................................................... 43
Selecting a part.......................................................................................................................................... 43
Creating a patch (Patch mode) ............................................................44
How to make the patch settings ............................................................................................................. 44
Changing the way that the tones are sounded (Key Mode) ................................................... 44
Editing the patch parameters ...................................................................................................... 44
Making settings that apply to the entire patch (Patch Common parameters) ..................... 45
Making settings for an individual tone (Patch Tone parameters) ......................................... 46
Saving a patch ........................................................................................................................................... 48
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