Basic Operation; Main Screens; About The Cursor Buttons; Editing A Value - Roland RD-88 Owner's Manual

Basic Operation

Main Screens

Scene screen (Basic Screen)
The currently selected Scene is displayed (p. 11).
You can edit this Scene.
Song/Rhythm screen
When the SONG/RHYTHM [SELECT] button is pressed, this screen is
displayed.
You can change Rhythm patterns, the tempo and the volume
(p. 20).
You can also connect USB flash drive (sold separately) to the USB
MEMORY connector and play audio files that you've saved in the USB
flash drive.
Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Scene screen.

About the Cursor Buttons

The cursor buttons are used for switching screens, and for moving to
an item whose setting you want to change (by moving the cursor).
Moving between display pages
When arrow symbols (" " and " ") appear at the upper right of the
display screen, it indicates that there are additional pages in the
directions shown by the arrows.
You can switch screens with the Cursor [<] and [>] buttons.
Navigating among items to be set (cursor)
When more than one parameter is present in a screen, the name and
value of the parameter to be changed is shown with a box around
it. This box is referred to as the "cursor. " The cursor is moved with the
cursor buttons.

Editing a Value

When changing settings values, you can use the [DEC] and [INC]
buttons.
Purpose Panel operation
To continuously
Hold down the [DEC] button or [INC] button.
change the value
While holding down the [INC] button, press the [DEC]
To rapidly increase
button.
the value Conversely, you can rapidly decrease the value by holding
down the [DEC] button and pressing the [INC] button.
Overview of the RD-88
Cursor
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