Roland RS-09 - FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPONENTS; KEYBOARD DESCRIPTION; POWER AND VOLUME CONTROLS; TONE, VIBRATO, AND DELAY CONTROLS

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPONENTS
KEYBOARD
RS-09 is in itself a 44-key, 3 1/2 octave
synthesizer.
However with feet and TRANSPOSE, in
effect the sound range is over 7 octaves as
seen in the score (P.7) (The possible
simultaneous sound range is over 6 oc¬
taves.)
[H POWER (Power Switch)
Switching on the power will light up the
pilot lamp above the switch and RS-09 is
ready for operation.
53 VOLUME (Master Volume)
This knob determines the volume.
[3] TONE (Tone Control)
This slider adjusts the tone quality. The
further you slide it upward, the more em¬
phasis is put on the higher sound range.
Make adjustments according to your taste
and to the kind of amplifier used.
(4) VIBRATO
RATE
This slider controls the speed of the vibrato.
The further you slide it upward the faster it
becomes.
DEPTH
This slider controls the depth of the vibrato.
The further you slide it upward, the deeper
it becomes.
DELAY TIME
This slider determines the time from when a
key is pressed to the start of a vibrato. The
further you slide it upward, the longer the
time. This is effective when you only want
the vibrato effect on a note you want to
hold for a long time.
Slide it down completely when you want
the vibrato all the time.
[5] TRANSPOSE
This switch lowers the sound range of the
keyboard by one octave. Switching it to
DOWN OCT makes 8' to 16', 4' to 8' and
2' to 4'.
[6] THE ORGAN SECTION
FEET MIXING VOLUME
This volume mixes the output of 8', 4', 2',
and V at a desired proportion to create all
kinds of tone colors. 4' is an interval one
octave above 8', 2' is two octaves above
and 1' is an interval three octaves above.
TABLET
This tablet turns on or off the organ sound.
"ORGAN RAW OUT on the rear panel with
on relation to the tablet switch generates
as an output, sound mixed by the Feet
Mixing Volume.
TONEIOrgan Tone Switch)
This switches the tone color of the organ.
I . s oft tone color
II . b r i gh t tone color
ENSEMBLE(Ensemble Switch)
This switch turns on or off the ensemble
effect.
m STRINGS (Strings Section)
STRINGS 8’, 4’ Tablet
With this tablet you turn on or off the
strings' sound. There are 8' and 4' for
strings. 4' is an interval one octave above 8',
ENSEMBLE (Ensemble Switch)
This switch turns on or off the ensemble
switch.
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