Roland RD-800 - MIDI Transmit and Sound Selection; Setting MIDI Transmit Channels; Selecting External Sounds and Transmitted Parts

Using the RD-800 As a Master Keyboard
Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel
When you have nished connecting the external MIDI device,
match the keyboard’s Transmit channel and the Receive channel
for each of the external MIDI sound generator’s Parts. Sound
is produced when the MIDI channels for the sending device
(the RD-800) and the receiving device (the external MIDI sound
generator) are set to the same MIDI channel.
1. Press the [MIDI CONTROL] button so the button is lit.
The MIDI Control screen
appears.
If “Ch” doesn’t appear on
screen, press the Cursor [
]
button a number of times to
display the following screen.
MEMO
For details on how to
set the receive channel
for each part of your external MIDI device, refer to its owner’s
manual.
2. Use the Cursor buttons to move the cursor, and use the
[DEC] [INC] buttons or the value dial to set the Transmit
channel (Ch) for each layer.
Layer Parameter Value Explanation
UPPER1
Ch (MIDI Tx Channel) 1–16
RD-800 performance data is
sent over a selected channel.
UPPER2
UPPER3
LOWER
MEMO
• Layers that have their Layer switch turned o are dimmed in the
screen (p. 12). Also, MIDI messages are not transmitted when you
play the keyboard.
Selecting Sounds on an External
MIDI Device
To switch the tones of an external MIDI device, the program
number and the MSB/LSB of the Bank Select message are entered
as numerical values on the RD-800.
1. Press the [MIDI CONTROL] button so the button is lit
The MIDI Control screen
appears.
If “MSB” doesn’t appear on
screen, press the Cursor [
] [ ]
buttons a number of times to
display the following screen.
2. Use the Cursor buttons to
move the cursor, and use
the [DEC] [INC] buttons or
the value dial to set the MSB, LSB, and PC for each layer
When this setting is “- - -,” bank select and program change
messages will not be transmitted.
Parameter Value
MSB
(Bank Select MSB: CC0)
- - -, 0–127
LSB (Bank Select LSB: CC32)
- - -, 0–127
PC (Program Change)
- - -, 1–128
NOTE
• If the external MIDI sound generator receives a Program number
or a Bank number for which no Tone has been assigned, an
alternate Tone may be selected, or in some cases, there may be
no sound played.
• If you do not want to transmit the Program number or Bank
Select, use the procedure described above to set the PC/MSB/
LSB to “- - -.”
• If this is set to “- - -,” the sound selection data will not be
transmitted when you switch Live Sets.
Detailed Settings for Transmitted
Parts
1. Press the [MIDI CONTROL] button so the button is lit.
The RD-800 is set to control the external MIDI devices.
2. Press the Cursor buttons
to move the cursor to the
parameter to be set.
3. Use the [DEC] [INC]
buttons or value dial to
set the value.
If you press the [DEC]
button and [INC] button
simultaneously, the value will be reset to “- - -” or to the default
setting. The value for the setting won’t be transmitted when set to
“- - -.”
Parameter Value Explanation
OUT
MIDI OUT Port
ALL, OUT1, OUT2,
USB
The RD-800’s performance data is transmitted
from the selected connector.
Ch
MIDI Tx Channel
1–16
RD-800 performance data is sent over a
selected channel.
MSB
Bank Select MSB
(CC0)
---,
0–127
Here you can specify the sound that you want
to select on your external MIDI device by
entering its program number and bank select
MSB/LSB values.
LSB
Bank Select LSB
(CC32)
---,
0–127
PC
Program Change
---,
1–128
VOL
Volume (CC7)
---,
0–127
Adjusts the volume balance between layers.
PAN
Pan (CC10)
---,
L64–0–R63
The Pan setting positions the sound image of
each layer when the output is in stereo. With an
increase in the value for L, more of the sound
will be heard as coming from the left side.
Similarly, more of the sound will originate at
the right if the value of R is increased. When
set to 0, the sound is heard as coming from
the center.
REV
Reverb Send
Level (CC91)
---,
0–127
Sets the depth of the reverb eects.
CHO
Chorus Send
Level (CC93)
Sets the depth of the chorus eects.
M/P
Mono (CC126)
Poly (CC127)
---,
M (Mono),
P (Poly)
Species whether the tone will play polyphoni-
cally (Poly) or monophonically (Mono).
The Mono setting is eective when playing a
solo instrument tone such as sax or ute.
TRA
Layer Transpose
-48–+48
You can perform with each layer transposed to
a dierent pitch.
When multiple layers are set to on, you can
create a richer sound by setting the two Tones
to dierent octaves. Also, if the Keyboard
Mode is set to Split (p. 13), and you are playing
a bass Tone in the lower Part, you can use the
Transpose function to play the bass at a lower
pitch.
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