Roland RD-500 - Roland RD-500 Editing and Customization; Setup Memory and Write Operation

The RD-500 allows you to edit (change) the Preset Tones to your liking.
m@ About the Setup Memory
Any edited data you create will automatically be erased when the RD-500 is turned off. That is,
unless you save your edited changes in memory. To do so you must use the “Write” operation.
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32 Setup Memories are available in four Groups (A — D), with eight Numbers (1 —8) per Group.
However, Group A/Number 1 contains a basic setting that cannot be overwritten. Therefore, the
actual number of available Setup Memories is 31. The following data can be stored in each such
Setup Memory.
Layer (page 16) or Split (page 17, 42)
Reverb On/Off (page 21)
Key Touch (page 26)
Local On/Off (page 34)
Position Indicator (page 54)
Multi-timber (page 55)
Tone Setting : 12 types
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Level (page 19)
MIDI Receive Channel (page 34)
Pedal/C1 Slider Assignment (page 27)
Internal Transpose (page 26)
Controller On/Off (page 28)
Key Zone (page 49)
TX LOWER
Level (page 41)
Bank Select MSB (page 44)
Bank Select LSB (page 44)
Program Change (page 43)
MIDI Transmit Channel (page 42)
Transmit Transpose (page 51)
Pedai/C1 Slider Assignment (page 45)
Key Zone (page 50)
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Level (page 19)
MIDI Receive Channel (page 34)
Pedal/C1 Slider Assignment (page 27)
Internal Transpose (page 26)
Controller On/Off (page 28)
Key Zone (page 49)
TX UPPER
Level (page 41)
Bank Select MSB (page 44)
Bank Select LSB (page 44)
Program Change (page 43)
MIDI Transmit Channel (page 42)
Transmit Transpose (page 51)
Pedal/C1 Slider Assignment (page 45)
Key Zone (page 50)
To control an external MIDI device connected to the RD-500, you must set the parameters in
the TX LOWER/UPPER Parts. For a detailed explanation about this, refer to “Using the RD-
500 as a MIDI Master Keyboard”.
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