Roland MKS-20 - Parts List

Roland
has succeeded in
the
development
of
the
Structured Adaptive
System which
is
a
digital
technology taht
analyzes
and
extracts
the
acoustic
sound then
synthsizes
highly
expressive
sounds.
The
Roland
Structured
Adaptive
System
makes it
possible
to analyze
and
extract
the
tone color
alteration
of the
acoustic
piano
sound in
each
note
caused
by the
difference
of the key
touch
pres-
sure,
then
reproduces
the
most natural
tone color
alteration,
according
to
the
note
played and
its key
pressure.
FEATURES
•
The Roland MKS-20 MIDI
Digital
Piano
Sound
Module
features
highly
expressive
sounds
owing
to
its
SA
sound
source.
•
The
MKS-20 includes
the
Chorus
and the Tre-
molo
effects
and
an
equalizer
which
serve
to
make
wider variation
of
tone
colors.
®
The MKS-20's
memory
capacity
is
8 preset tone
colors which
cannot
be
rewritten
and 56
which
can
be programmed
to your
taste.
®
The
64 original
tone colors
can be
saved on
the
Memory Cartridge
(M-16C).
®
The back-lighted
LCD
(Liquid
Crystal
Display)
makes the
operation on
a
dark
stage
easier.
»
The XLR (Balanced
type)
connectors
allow
setup
with professional
equipment.
CONTENTS
[T]
PANEL
DESCRIPTION
3
\2\
CONNECTIONS
5
S
OPERATION
6
1.
Basic
Operation
6
a. Setting
the receive
channel
6
b.
Tone
Color Selection
7
1)
Tone
Color Selection with
Buttons
on the MKS-20
8
2)
Tone
Color Selection
with MIDI
Program
Change
9
c.
Tuning
10
d.
Octave
Shift
11
e.
Chorus/Tremolo
11
1)
Chrous
11
2)
Tremolo
11
2. Editing
a
Tone
Color
12
a. Calling
a
Parameter
12
b.
How
to
Edit
12
c. Parameters
13
1)
Voice Level
13
2)
Equalizer
Section
13
Treble Equalizer
13
Treble
Level
13
Middle
Equalizer
13
Frequency
13
Middle Level
13
Band
Width
13
Bass Equalizer
14
Bass Level
14
3)
Chorus
14
Rate
14
Depth
14
4)
Tremolo
14
Rate
14
d. Memory Cartridge
15
1)
Saving
15
2)
Loading
16
[I]
MIDI
Functions
16
[|]
Other Functions
17
[s]
Specifications
23
Pliease
readi
the
separate
volumef "MIDI",
before
reading
this
owner's manual.
Copyright
©
1986
by
ROLAND CORPORATION
All
riahts
reserved.
No
part of this publication may be
reproduced
in
any
torm
without
the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.