Roland S-1 User Manual

Table of contents
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Table of contents
S-1 Owner’s Manual .................................................................. 3
Panel descriptions ..................................................................... 4
Top panel ................................................................................. 4
Rear panel ................................................................................ 7
Playing with the keyboard pads .......................................... 8
Selecting and playing a pattern........................................... 9
Selecting a pattern .................................................................. 9
Setting the tempo ................................................................. 11
Creating sounds ...................................................................... 12
OSCILLATOR section ............................................................. 12
FILTER section ........................................................................ 15
AMP section ........................................................................... 18
ENV section ............................................................................ 19
LFO section ............................................................................. 22
Controller section .................................................................. 24
EFX section ............................................................................. 26
Creating original waveforms for the oscillator (OSC DRAW)
................................................................................................. 29
Chopping a waveform and emphasizing its harmonics
(OSC CHOP) ............................................................................ 31
Editing the notes, performance data and motions ... 32
Inputting with the step pads................................................ 34
Editing with the keyboard pads (chord) ............................. 36
Editing a step ......................................................................... 38
Inputting your performance in real time ............................ 40
Editing a step while checking what you played ................. 41
Deleting a group of notes ................................................... 43
Inputting/deleting a motion .............................................. 44
Useful sequencer functions ................................................ 45
Saving a pattern ...................................................................... 47
Copying, initializing and reloading a pattern .............. 48
Other useful functions .......................................................... 49
Playing arpeggios .................................................................. 49
Using the manual function ................................................... 52
Looping specific steps (step loop) ....................................... 53
Transposing (key transpose) ................................................ 54
Controlling the parameters by tilting this unit (D-MOTION)
................................................................................................. 55
Configuring D-MOTION ............................................................... 55
Adding a rising or falling sound to your performance
(Riser) ...................................................................................... 57
Using the metronome ........................................................... 58
Setting the probability for the entire pattern (master
probability) ............................................................................ 59
Using global delay/reverb .................................................... 60
Connecting to a computer or mobile device ............... 61
Restoring the factory settings (factory reset) .............. 62
Backing up and restoring data .......................................... 63
Using the functions ................................................................ 64
Using the menus ..................................................................... 67
Knob assignments .................................................................. 70
Main Specifications ................................................................ 71
Signal flow ................................................................................. 72
MIDI implementation chart ................................................ 73

Roland S-1 Specifications

General

Product type	Digital synthesizer
Product color	Black, Blue
Sound effects	Delay, Reverberation
Keyboard number of keys	-
DC-in jack	Yes
Input voltage	9 V
Power source type	AC, Battery

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	129 mm
Width	73 mm
Height	59 mm
Weight	450 g