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2. Using the INC/DEC buttons or the VALUE slider, select the Tone number you want.
3. Press the VARIATION button again (the indicator will go out).
@ When the INT LOWER Part is selected
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1. Press the VARIATION button (the indicator will light).
The LOWER button indicator will flash. (If it doesn’t, press the LOWER button.)
2. Using the INC/DEC buttons or the VALUE slider, select the Variation number you want.
3. Press the VARIATION button again (the indicator will go out).
* Even when the VARIATION button is lit, you can change Tone Groups using the Tone Selection
buttons.
* For some Tones the keyboard range is limited, or they are out of tune in a certain range,
or the pitch does not change at all.
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The RD-SO0 is 28 voice polyphonic, but the actual number of voices that can be played
simultaneously differs depending on the Tones currently used.
Some Tones consist of two or more voices (Parts) so that the created sound will be more integrated.
For instance, playing a Tone made of two voices will automatically use two voices, reducing the
maximum polyphony to 14 voices. In the Layer mode (page 16), the maximum polyphony will be
reduced even more, because two Tones are simultaneously played in this mode. The supplied Tone
List shows all the Tones stored in the RD-500 and the number of voices used in each Tone.
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