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Roland SC-880 Owner's Manual (221 pages)

64 voice synthesizer module multi-fx

Brand: Roland | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 15 MB

Important Safety Instructions
2
Grounding Instructions
2
Main Features
4
Important Notes
5
Contents
6
Front Panel
8
Rear Panel
9
How the Sound Generator Is Organized
11
About the Memory Areas
11
Performance Mode
12
Patch Mode
12
Tone Mode
13
Rhythm Mode, Utility Mode
13
The Upper Part of the Display
13
Screen Display and Operation
13
The Mode Display
14
Using the Value Dial to Change Pages
14
About Pages
14
Using Cursor to Change Pages
14
About (Info)
15
About (Write)
15
About Parts and Tones
16
About Tone Finder Function
16
Assigning Tones to Parts
16
Using the same Sounds as the SC-88 or SC-55/55Mkll
17
Reading Tone and Variation Numbers
17
Making Variation Tone Settings
17
The MIDI Channel of a Part
18
Which MIDI in will be Used by each Part
18
How to Poluphony and Voices Are Related
19
Concerning Legato-Enabled Sounds
19
About Patch Mode
20
Selecting a Patch
21
Saving as a Performance
21
Saving a Patch
21
Creating a Patch (Patch Edit Mode)
22
Making Settings that Affect All Parts
22
Naming a Patch
22
Pan (Stereo Location) Settings
22
Setting the Pitch of the Sound
23
Tone Edit Mode
23
Setting for the Output of each Part
23
Settings for each Part
23
Setting the Relation between Keyboard Dynamics and Loudness
24
Setting the Output Destination
24
MIDI-Related Settings for each Part
25
MIDI Receive Channel Setting
25
Setting the Controller Numbers
25
Restricting MIDI Reception
25
Specifying How the Tone will Sound
27
Specifying the Part Mode
27
Specifying the Range in Which Notes will Sound
27
Specifying How Simultaneously Played Notes will Sound
27
Making Fine Adjustments to the Pitch
28
Tone Parameters for Creating Sounds
28
Specifying the Pitch of each Note in the Octave
28
Transposing
28
Parameter Functions
29
Modulating the Sound (Vibrato)
29
Adjusting the Tonal Character (Filter)
29
Modifying the Changes in Volume (Envelope)
30
Applying Real-Time Changes to the Sound
30
Modulation
31
Bender
31
Cc1, Cc2
31
Parameters the Modify the Sound
31
Creating and Saving a Sound (User Tone)
32
Rhythm Mode
33
Specifying the Rhythm Parts
33
Selecting a Rhythm Set
33
Selecting the Tone Set
33
Selecting the Rhythm Module
34
Assigning a Name to the Rhythm Set
34
Creating an Original Rhythm Set (Rhythm Edit)
34
Editing a Rhythm Tone
34
Saving a Rhythm Set
36
About Performance Mode
37
Selecting a Performance
37
Saving a Performance
38
Creating a Performance (Performance Edit Mode)
38
Naming a Performance
39
How the SC-880'S Effects Are Structured
40
What Are System Effects?
40
What Are Multi-Effects?
40
Applying Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)
42
Reverb Settings and the Function of each Parameter
42
Adding Breath to the Sound (Chorus)
43
Chorus Settings and the Function of each Parameter
43
Adding Echo to the Sound (Delay)
45
Delay Settings and the Function of each Parameter
45
Setting the Send Level (Reverb/Chorus/Delay)
47
Modifying the Tonal Character (Equalizer)
48
Equalizer Settings and the Function of each Parameter
48
Turning the Equalizer On/Off for each Part
48
About Multi-Effects
49
Saving a Multi-Effects
49
Selecting a Multi-Effects
49
Making Multi-Effects Settings
50
Adjusting the Send Level
50
Settings Made in Multi-Effect Mode
50
Using Controllers to Modify Effect Parameters
51
Types of Multi-Effects
52
Individual Effects
53
Thru
53
Stereo-EQ
53
Spectrum
54
Enhancer
54
Humanizer
55
Overdrive
55
Distortion
55
Phaser
56
Auto Wah
56
Rotary
57
Stereo Flanger
57
Step Flanger
58
Auto Pan
58
Tremolo
58
Compressor
59
Limiter
59
Hexa Chorus
60
Tremolo Chorus
60
Stereo Chorus
60
Space D
61
3D Chorus
61
Stereo Delay
62
Modulation Delay
62
3 Tap Delay (Triple Tap Delay)
63
4 Tap Delay (Quadruple Tap Delay)
64
Time Ctrl Delay (Time Control Delay)
64
Reverb
65
Gate Reverb
65
3D Delay
66
2 Pitch Shifter (2-Voice Pitch Shifter)
66
Fb Pitch Shifter
67
3D Auto
67
3D Manual
68
Lo-Fi 2
68
Lo-Fi 1
68
Multiple Effect Connected in Series
69
OD Chorus
69
OD Flanger
70
OD Delay
70
DS Chorus
71
DS Flanger
71
DS Delay
72
EH Chorus
72
EH Flanger
73
EH Delay
73
Chorus Delay
74
Flanger Delay
74
Chorus Flanger
75
Rotary Multi
75
Guitar Multi 1
76
Guitar Multi 2
77
Guitar Multi 3
78
Clean Gt Multui 1/2
79
Bass Multi
80
Rhodes Multi
81
Keyboard Multi
82
Two Effects Connected in Parallel
83
Chorus, Delay
83
Flanger, Delay
83
Chorus, Flanger
84
Od/Ds 1, Od/Ds 2
85
OD/DS, Rotary
85
OD/DS, Phaser
86
OD/DS, Auto Wah
87
Phaser, Rotary
87
Phaser, Auto Wah
88
Examples of Using Effects Controllers
90
About the System Mode
92
Selecting the Power-On Condition
92
Turning Effects On/Off
92
Power-On Settings
92
Turning the Delay On/Off
93
MIDI Output Setting
93
Turning the Equalizer On/Off
93
Setting Related to MIDI Message Routing
93
MIDI Input Setting
94
Module Mode Receive Switch Setting
94
Device ID Number Setting
94
Listening to General MIDI/GS Song Data
95
Using MIDI Messages to Select Patches and Performances
95
Setting the Model ID
95
Limiting the Selection of Tone Sets
95
Listening to Just One Part
96
Selecting the Operation When a Patch Is Selected
96
Changing the Volume Ratio with Other Parts
96
Enabling the Output Destination Settings
96
Keeping Settings from Being Initialized
97
Settings Related to the Phrase Preview Function
97
Selecting the Volume of the Notes that Sound
98
Setting the Maximum Volume Level Display
98
Screen Display Settings
98
Setting the Volume Level Display Format
98
About Utility Mode
99
Saving Sound Generator Settings on an External MIDI Service
99
Transmitting a Bulk Dump
99
Transmitting Individual Data
100
Using the SC-880 as Two Sound Modules
101
Initializing for General MIDI/GS
102
Selecting the CM-64 Sound Map
103
Part-Related Functions
103
Copying Settings to Another Part
103
Deleting Settings
104
Bringing Back the Factory Settings
104
Exchanging Settings with Another Part
104
Returning All Data to the Factory Settings
105
Returning a User Patch to the Factory Settings
105
How MIDI Messages Are Transmitted and Received
106
MIDI Channels and Multitimbral Sound Modules
107
MIDI Messages that Can be Received by the SC-880
107
Control Change
108
Using MIDI Messages to Select Sounds
110
Using MIDI Messages to Select Rhythm Sets
111
Using Nrpns with GS Sound Modules
111
Exclusive Data Addresses
111
When Song Data Plays Back with the Wrong Sounds
113
How to Use a Part Other than Part 10 as a Rhythm Part, so that Two Rhythm Sets Can be Used Simultaneously
113
About the Part Mode
113
Settings Via MIDI
113
Using Aftertouch
114
Using MIDI to Control the Depth of a System Effect
114
Connections with Your Computer
115
Connections with Computer Connector
115
Connections with MIDI Connectors
116
MIDI Data Transfer with the Computer
117
Connecting Another MIDI Sound Generator to the SC-880
119
Troubleshooting
120
If a Message Appears
122
Quick Reference of Displays
123
Tone List
128
CM-64 Sound Map
137
Rhythm Set List
138
Multi-Effects List
151
Multi-Effect Parameter Value Conversion Table
164
Preset Patch List
166
Preset Performance List
174
MIDI Implementation
178
MIDI Implementation Chart
208
Specifications
209
Computer Cable Wiring Diagrams
210
Index
211

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