Roland RD-600 - Adjusting Performance Settings; Understanding Local Parts; Layering Sounds from Four Parts

Adjusting
settings
related
to
the
performance
functions
How the RD-600 is organized internally
The
RD-600
is
able
to
play
16
types
of
sounds
simultaneously.
Sound
sources
such
as
the
RD-
600
which
are
able
to
play
multiple
types
of
sound
simultaneously
are
called
“multi-timbral
sound
sources.”
In
this
case,
“timbre”
refers
to
a
particular
instrument
(or
non-instrumental
sound).
Since
up
to
16
different
sounds
can
be
played
simultaneously,
you
have
the
capability
of
creating
a
large
ensemble
with
up
to
16
individual
musical
parts.
On
the
RD-600,
these
16
musical
parts
are
referred
to
as
“internal
parts,”
and
the
sound
which
is
assigned
to
each
internal
part
is
referred
to
as
a
“Tone.”
Internal
parts
can
be
played
by
MIDI
messages
received
from
an
external
MIDI
device.
Of
the
16
parts,
two
parts
can
be
assigned
to
INT
UPPER
and
LOWER
so
that
they
can
be
played
from
the
keyboard.
TX UPPER }—+
Transmit Ch. }
we |t | CO ee
a TX LOWER }-—+ } MIDI OUT ;
aed ; Local Part : Internal Part
=a— oie i.
INT
UPPER
Part
1:
St.
Concert
1
Receive
Ch.
a
(wt
UPPER)
Part
Assign
:
(p.45)
(p.40) ;
INT LOWER}-——+—+_ Part 2: St. Concert 2
Part 3: E. Organ 1
Part 16: Soft Marimba
About the Local parts
The RD-600 provides two parts (INT UPPER / INT LOWER) which are used for playing inter-
nal parts, and these allow you to use any two Tones. Another two parts (TX UPPER and TX
LOWER) are provided for use with an external MIDI device, and a rich array of controllers is
provided so that you can control your MIDI system freely.
The parts which control the internal sound source or an external MIDI sound source in this way
are referred to as the “local parts.”
For each local part you can make detailed settings such as transposition and how the volume
will change in response to your keyboard dynamics.
Layering the sounds of the four parts
You can use the part switches to turn each of the RD-600’s local parts on/off. The controllers
and keyboard will not transmit musical data for parts which are turned off. If all four part
switches are turned on, the Tones of the four parts will sound simultaneously.
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