Roland RS-70 User Manual

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Contents

IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4

Main Features........................................................................................11

Panel descriptions ................................................................................12

Front panel................................................................................................................................................. 12
Rear panel .................................................................................................................................................. 16

Getting ready.........................................................................................17

Connecting the RS-70 to external equipment ....................................................................................... 17
Turning on/off the power....................................................................................................................... 18
Adjusting the display contrast (LCD CONTRAST) ............................................................................ 19

Reset to default factory settings (Factory Reset) ..............................20

Listening to the demo songs ...............................................................21

Demo songs list......................................................................................................................................... 21

Quick Start ................................... 23

Try out the sounds................................................................................24

Selecting a patch ....................................................................................................................................... 24

Selecting a patch by category ...................................................................................................... 24
Selecting patches while listening to phrases (Patch Audition) .............................................. 26

Selecting a rhythm set.............................................................................................................................. 26
Playing arpeggios (Phrase/Arpeggio) .................................................................................................. 27

Changing the way in which the arpeggios are sounded......................................................... 27

Playing a chord at the touch of a finger (Multi-chord Memory)....................................................... 28

Switching chord sets ..................................................................................................................... 29

Applying various effects to the sound................................................30

Changing the tone with the knobs (Patch Modify) ............................................................................. 30

Selecting the tone that you want to modify (DESTINATION TONE) .................................. 30
Adjusting the volume balance of the two tones ....................................................................... 30
Vibrato and Wah effects (LFO) ................................................................................................... 31
Changing the sound’s volume (ENVELOPE) ........................................................................... 32

Changing the brightness of the sound and adding special qualities (CUTOFF/RESONANCE)

...... 33

Using a lever to modify the sound......................................................................................................... 33

Changing the sound’s pitch in real time (Pitch Bend Lever).................................................. 33
Adding a vibrato effect to the sound (Modulation Lever)...................................................... 33

Using a pedal to modify the sound........................................................................................................ 34
Shifting the keyboard range in one-octave steps (Octave Shift)........................................................ 34
Moving the key range in half-steps (TRANSPOSE) ............................................................................ 35
Waving your hand over the D Beam (D Beam Controller) ................................................................ 35

Effects that can be used with the D Beam controller ............................................................... 36
Adjusting the sensitivity of the D Beam controllers (D BEAM SENS).................................. 38
Changing the polarity of the change (D BEAM POLARITY) ................................................. 38

Using the RS-70 effects............................................................................................................................. 39

Turning effects on and off (Master Effects Switch) .................................................................. 39

Using the sequencer to create a pattern ............................................40

Creating a new pattern based on a preset rhythm pattern ................................................................ 40
Creating a pattern from scratch (Pattern Initialize)............................................................................. 46
Editing a recorded pattern ...................................................................................................................... 46

Playing along with SMF data (SMF Player mode) ..............................47

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