Roland RD-2000 - USING THE UNIT SAFELY; General Safety Instructions and Symbols; Environmental and Usage Precautions

Contents
Detailed Settings for a Program (Program Edit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Detailed Settings for Each Zone (Zone Edit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Changing the Key Touch (Key Touch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Assigning Functions to Pedals (Pedal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Assigning Functions to Controllers (Assign) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
List of Functions Assignable to Pedals, Knobs, and
Buttons
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Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adding Spaciousness to the Sound (Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjusting the Levels of Each Frequency Range (EQUALIZER) . 9
Detailed Tone Settings (TONE DESIGNER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Piano Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tone Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making Detailed Settings for the E. Piano Tones . . . . . . . 12
Making Detailed Settings for the CLAV Tones . . . . . . . . . . 13
Making Detailed Settings for the Other Tones . . . . . . . . . 13
Editing Individual Keys (Indiv. Voicing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting Resonance When the Damper Pedal Is Depressed
(Sym. Resonance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Editing the Modulation FX (Modulation FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Editing Tremolo/Amp Simulator (Tremolo/Amp Simulator) . . 16
Simulating the Creation of Organ Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the RD-2000 as a Master Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
What’s MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About MIDI Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adjusting the Volume of Each Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Selecting the MIDI Connector to Use for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting Sounds on an External MIDI Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Detailed Settings for Transmitted Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Detailed Settings for Each Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting Parameters (System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tune) . . . . 22
Selecting the Target Controlled by a Knob (Control
Destination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Retaining the Equalizer Settings Even When the
Program Is Switched (EQ Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Retaining the SELECT Button Settings Even When the
Program Is Switched (Select Button Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Retaining the Pedal Settings Even When the Program
Is Switched (Pedal Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Retaining the MOD WHEEL 1/2 Settings Even When
the Program Is Switched (Wheel Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Retaining the Assign 1–9 Controller Settings Even
When the Program Is Switched (Assign 1-9 Mode)
. . . . . 23
Retaining the Delay Settings Even When the Program
Is Switched (Delay Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Retaining the Reverb Settings Even When the
Program Is Switched (Reverb Mode)
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Retaining the Rhythm Settings Even When the
Program Is Switched (Rhythm Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Retaining the Keyboard Touch Settings Even When
the Tone or Program Is Switched (Key Touch Mode)
. . . . 23
Retaining the Current Tone Even When Tones Are
Switched (Tone/Program Remain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Retaining the Ext Zone On/O Settings Even When
Tones Are Switched (Tone Ext Zone Remain)
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Preventing Ctrl Messages from Being Transmitted by
Ext Zone On/O (Ext Zone Transmit Control) . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the USB Driver (USB Driver) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the USB MIDI Thru Switch (USB MIDI Thru
Switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the Function of the MIDI THRU/OUT 2
Connector (MIDI OUT2 Port Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching the Pedal’s Polarity (Damper/FC1/FC2/EXT
Pedal Polarity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the Tuning Method (Temperament/Key) . . . . . . . 25
Transmitting Synchronization Messages (Clock Out) . . . 25
Transmitting High-Resolution Velocity Data (Hi-Res
Velocity Out )
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Selecting the MIDI Output Port for Rhythm (Rhythm
MIDI Output Port) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting the MIDI Output Channel for Rhythm
(Rhythm MIDI Channel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adjusting the Playback Volume of Audio Files . . . . . . . . . 25
Outputting the SUB OUT Output from MAIN OUT
(Output Mix/Parallel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display (LCD
Brightness) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making the Power Automatically Turn O After a Time
(Auto O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Saving System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
USB Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the Parts That Will Produce Sound (PART SW). . . . . . 27
Making the System Compressor Settings (COMPRESSOR) . . . . 27
INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Convenient Functions (Utility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Saving a Program File (Program File Save) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Calling Up Program Files (Backup Load) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Deleting a Program File (Backup Delete) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Formatting Memory (Format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Returning to the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SCENE UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Changing the Order of Scenes (Scene Swap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Initializing a Scene (Scene Initialize) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Adding a Memo to Each Scene (Scene Memo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Importing Text to Display as the Scene Memo (Scene Memo
Import) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Exporting a Scene as a Program and Saving It (Scene To
Program)
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Deleting a Scene (Scene Remove) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Other Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Local Ctrl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Disconnecting the Controller Section and the Sound
Generator Section (Local Switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Optimizing Settings for Recording on an External
Sequencer (Rec Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting the EXP Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Connecting to a Computer via the USB COMPUTER Port . . . . . 33
Switching USB Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the RD-2000 as a USB MIDI Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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