Roland RD-800 - Troubleshooting Common Problems; Effects and Pitch Bend Issues; Key Range, Pitch, and Cutoff Issues

Troubleshooting
Problem Check/Solution Page
Eects not applied/eects sound wrong
Is a TW-Organ 1–10 Tone selected?
Eects are applied dierently to the Tone Wheel than they are with other eects.
When Tone Wheel is selected for multiple Parts, it is applied to all the Parts.
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Is the Modulation FX set to OFF? p. 14
In some cases where the delay timing selected in the DELAY settings in Eects is set to a note value, the
delay sound may not be heard. Either adjust the tempo or change the numerical value of the delay timing.
p. 31
No modulation when modulation lever is
moved
Could you have selected an organ tone?
For some of the organ tones, the modulation lever cannot be used to apply a modulation eect. For such
tones, the modulation lever is used to switch the rotary eect between slow and fast.
p. 22
Could you have selected the SuperNATURAL E. Piano sound?
You can’t apply modulation eects to the SuperNATURAL E. Piano sound.
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Can’t obtain pitch bend eect when the pitch
bend lever is moved
Is the Harmonic Bar screen appearing in the display?
The pitch bend eect cannot be applied with the pitch bend lever while the Harmonic Bar screen is in the
display. In this case, the pitch bend lever functions as a slow/fast switch for the Rotary eect.
p. 22
Sounds come from left or right each time key
is pressed (panned)
In some Tones, the settings are such that sounds randomly play from the left or right side (are panned) each
time the keys are pressed. These settings cannot be changed.
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Sound is distorted
Sounds can be distorted due to equalizer, multi-eect, and Part volume settings.
Adjust the following settings.
• LAYER LEVEL sliders
• Equalizer Input Gain settings
• [DRIVE] knob (AMP SIM section)
p. 12
p. 15
Is a distortion-type eect being applied to the sound? −
Key Range settings not eective
Is the [SPLIT] button set to OFF?
Key Range goes into eect when the [SPLIT] button set to ON.
p. 13
p. 28
Pitch is odd
Depending on the Tone selected, pitches played in certain registers will be changed and played at other
pitches.
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Is Coarse Tune or Fine Tune set for any specic Layer?
Check the following settings.
• Layer EDIT Coarse Tune, Fine Tune
• Coarse Tune and Fine Tune setting in MIDI CONTROL screen
p. 28
p. 39
Has the RD-800 gone out of tune?
Check the following settings.
• System Master Tune settings
• System Temperament settings
• Tuning settings in Individual Note Voicing
p. 40
p. 42
p. 34
Has the pitch been changed by pedal operations or by Pitch Bend messages received from an external MIDI
device?
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Have you set Transpose? p. 12
Could layer transpose settings have been made? p. 28
Sound is cut o
When you try playing more than the maximum 128 voices simultaneously, sounds currently being played
may be cut o.
Increase the Voice Reserve settings for the Parts you do not want to have cut o.
p. 28
Sound continues even after removing ngers
from keys
Is the pedal polarity reversed?
Check the System Pedal Polarity settings.
p. 42
Exclusive messages cannot be received
Is the Device ID number of the transmitting device matched to the RD-800’s Device ID number?
Make sure that the transmitting unit is set to Device ID number 17.
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Song data not played back correctly
Is the audio data playable?
Make sure that the audio data can be played by the RD-800.
p. 25
EQ settings don’t change when you switch
Live Sets
Could the EQ Mode be set to “REMAIN”?
Change the setting to “LIVE SET.”
p. 40
Pedal settings don’t change when you switch
tones or Live Sets
Could the Pedal Mode be set to “REMAIN”?
Change the setting to “TONE/LIVE SET.”
* However, the pedal settings won’t change if you’ve switched tones via MIDI or in the LAYER EDIT screen.
p. 40
[S1] [S2] button settings don’t change when
you switch tones or Live Sets
Could the S1/S2 Mode be set to “REMAIN”?
Change the setting to “TONE/LIVE SET.”
* However, the [S1] [S2] button settings won’t change if you’ve switched tones via MIDI or in the LAYER EDIT
screen.
p. 40
Assign 1–5 settings don’t change when you
switch tones or Live Sets
Could the Assign 1-5 Mode be set to “REMAIN”?
Change the setting to “TONE/LIVE SET.”
* However, the Assign 1–5 settings won’t change if you’ve switched tones via MIDI or in the LAYER EDIT
screen.
p. 40
Delay settings don’t change when you switch
tones or Live Sets
Could the Delay Mode be set to “REMAIN”?
Change the setting to “TONE/LIVE SET.”
* However, the delay settings won’t change if you’ve switched tones via MIDI or in the LAYER EDIT screen.
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