Edit Parameters And Setup Memories; Damper On/Off; Second Pedal - Roland RD-170 Owner's Manual

RD-170 Edit parameters and Setup memories

5. Edit parameters and Setup memories

The RD-170 contains three kinds of parameters you can set: SYSTEM parameters (that apply to the RD-170 as a
whole), internal EDIT parameters (for the RD-170's parts) and external EDIT parameters (for specifying the MIDI
behavior of the RD-170's parts).
The internal and external EDIT parameters are accessed via the same button and belong to the same group. Please
bear in mind that all EDIT parameters can (and need to) be set for the Upper and Lower parts separately. The
following "internal" parameters are only a fraction of what can be saved to the Setup memories. Almost all func-
tions covered so far (except for the song data) are also saved – and can be accessed via dedicated buttons, which is
why you won't find them here.
SYSTEM
DEMO
REVERB
W
Note: If you hold down the TONE SELECT/SETUP button of the function you need, the display shows an abbreviated name of the
function in question.

Damper on/off

The RD-170 provides two sockets, one of which is
labeled DAMPER, while the second is called SOFT/
EXPR. The DAMPER socket is intended for the sup-
plied damper pedal. Use this parameter to specify
whether (On) or not (Off) the selected part (Upper or
Lower) should respond to Damper/Hold messages.
This setting does not affect the transmission or
reception of MIDI Hold messages (use [10] for that).
(1) Press [EDIT] (lights), followed by [1].
Press and hold [1] to find out what the function
is called ("Damper").
(2) Press the [UPPER] (red) or [LOWER] (green)
button to select the part whose setting you
want to change.
(3) Use [DEC÷NO]/[INC÷YES] to select On (execute
Hold messages) or off (ignore them).
22
Damper on/off

Second pedal

FUNCTION
EDIT WRITE
GRAND STACK
PIANO PIANO
KEY
CHORUS TOUCH
1
JAZZ CHURCH
ORGAN ORGAN
9
MIDI Sustain filter (p. 26)
Chorus Send (p. 25)
→[Internal]/[MIDI]
on
Damper
Octave (p. 23)
MIDI channel (p. 24)
MIDI CC00 (p. 24)
MIDI CC32 (p. 24)
TONE SELECT/SETUP
CLAV/
RHODES E.PIANO HARPSI VIBES
2 3 4 5 6
STRINGS PAD VOICE BRASS
10 11 12 13 14
Volume/Expression filter (p. 27)
Program Change filter (p. 27)
MIDI slider filter (p. 26)
MIDI Soft/Sost./Expr. filter (p. 26)
(4) Press [EXIT] (or [EDIT]) to leave the Edit mode
or select the other part and change its setting
too.
Note: This setting can be saved (see p. 28).
Second pedal
The RD-170 automatically detects the kind of con-
troller connected to the SOFT/EXPR. socket. But be
sure to also read "Pedal detection" (p. 30).
If you connect an optional footswitch or expression
pedal to the SOFT/EXPR. socket, you can decide
whether it should act as Soft or Sostenuto pedal or
as expression pedal (for setting the volume).
(1) Press [EDIT] (lights), followed by [2].
Press and hold [2] to display the abbreviated
function name.
(2) Press the [UPPER] (red) or [LOWER] (green)
button to select the part whose setting you
want to change.
MIDI Program Change (p. 24)
MIDI volume (p. 25)
Reverb Send (p. 25)
GUITAR BASS VARIATION
7 8
WINDS SYNTH
15 16 SETUP
Local on/off (p. 27)
Reverb/Chorus filter (p. 27)
Damper/Soft/Sost. filter (p. 27)
→[Internal]/[MIDI]
SOs
2nd Pedal assi9n