Roland RD-150 - Panel and Control Overview; Front Panel Layout

3. Panel descriptions
3.1 Front panel
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@ [Power on] button (right of keyboard)
(Not pictured here.) Press this button to switch the
RD-150 on and off.
(2) [VOLUME] slider
Allows you set the RD-150’s global output level (i.e.
the combined signal when layering Tones or splitting
the keyboard).
(3) [BRILLIANCE] slider
Allows you to adjust the brightness of the sound.
(4) Level [LOWER] and [UPPER] sliders
These sliders allow you to set the volume balance
between the “Lower” and “Upper” Tones when you are
using two Tones simultaneously (“Layer”) or playing
different sounds with your left and right hands
(“Split”).
(5) Tone selection buttons
Use these buttons to select the Tone (sound) you wish
to use (see page 11). Even though there are 16 Tone
buttons, the RD-150 actually provides 24 sounds. The
eight additional Tones can be selected with the DATA
(4} A=] buttons when the RD-150 is in Whole mode.
© Display
The display keeps you informed you about the value
you set for a parameter or function, etc.
@) [DATA +/-] buttons
Use these buttons to set parameter values, to change
the tempo, select Tone variations, set the transposi-
tion, etc.
(8) [SPLIT] button
Press this button whenever you want to play different
Tones with the left and right hands. The split point
can be changed.
(9) [KBD VELOCITY] button
This button has two functions: it allows you to switch
off the keyboard’s velocity sensitivity (indicator off)
and to select a different velocity curve. When the indi-
cator is off, all notes will be sounded with a velocity
value of “64” (this value can be changed).
(© [TRANSPOSE] button
Use this button whenever you wish to sound in a dif-
ferent key than the one you are playing in.
4) [FUNCTION] button
Press this button and a Tone selection button to select
the desired “hidden” parameter. Here are the func-
tions you can access using this procedure:
[FUNCTION] + Explanation Page
PIANO Master Tune 7
POF FAN] Time signature of the Recorder & metro- in 15
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ROCK PIANO) “Upper” Tone MIDI channel 20
HONKY TCNK “Lower” Tone MIDI channel 20
BTRGE RHODES) Program change reception/transmission 4
filter.
SA REODFS Effect on/off reception/transmission filter | 21
MIDI reception/transmission filter for Vol-
(EPIANO ume (CC07) and Expression (CC11) mes- 22
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ela Damper assignment to the Upper or 18
Lower Tone, or both.
Assignment of the Soft, Sostenuto, and
Expression functions to Upper, Lower, or 18
both.
Selection of the Soft or Sostenuto func-
tion for the footswitch connected to the 18
BoivExpy) jack.
[FINGER BASS) Selection of the temperament. 7
GACH STRNEY ree cat root note for the chosen 7
(GYNTH STRINGS] | Selection of the Stretch Tuning curve. 7
[SYNTH PAD} Specifying the fixed velocity vatue. 18
CHAR Saving your panel settings 19
( [REVERB] button
Allows you to switch the Reverb effect on and off.
When pressed in combination with DATA [4] /E], you
can set the Reverb depth.
43 [CHORUS] button
Allows you to switch the Chorus effect on and off.
When pressed in combination with DATA [4/2], you
can set the Chorus depth.
Note: There is also a Sympathetic Resonauce effect that is
switched on automatically whenever you select a piano
Tone. The depth of this effect can be changed via the
+{CHORUS] buttons (see page 14).