Performing With A Variety Of Scenes; Playing Multiple Tones With The Keyboard; Performing With Layered Tones (Dual Mode) - Roland RD-88 Owner's Manual

Performing with a Variety of Scenes

The RD-88 comes with a many built-in Sounds.
Each one of these individual sounds is called a "Scene. "
Scenes are assigned to the Scene category buttons according to the
tone category selected.
Each category has several Scenes.
Try selecting and performing with a number of different Scenes.
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1. Press any of the Scene category buttons to select
the category.
The indicator of the selected Scene category button will light.
2. Use the [DEC] [INC] buttons to select the Scene.
Play the keyboard, and you will hear the selected Scene.
NOTE
If you turn off the power or select a different Scene when an "*"
is shown in the display, the setting changes you've made will be
discarded. If you want to keep the settings, save the Scene (p. 22).
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Playing Multiple Tones with the Keyboard

The RD-88 features three Internal zones (UPPER 1, UPPER 2, and
LOWER), and one tone can be assigned to each of these zones.
You can perform using combinations of tones by turning each zone
on or off. You can have multiple tones layered together at the same
time, and even have different tones played in the left and right parts
of the keyboard.
UPPER 1
UPPER 2
LOWER

Performing with Layered Tones (Dual Mode)

This mode lets you play the UPPER 1 and UPPER 2 tones layered
across the entire keyboard.
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1. Press the [DUAL] button, getting the indicators to
light.
Try fingering the keyboard.
The Tones for UPPER 1 and UPPER 2 are layered and played.
The screen shows the UPPER 2 tone.
2. To finish the DUAL MODE, press the [DUAL] button
once again, to make the indicator light goes out.
The Tones for UPPER 1 played.
MEMO
You can also layer three tones by adding the LOWER tone. For details,
refer to "Making Detailed Settings for Tones" (p. 22).
Performance
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