Document Outline

• USING THE UNIT SAFELY
• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Contents
• Introduction
  • How to read this manual
  • Main features
• Names of things and what they do
  • Front Panel
  • Rear Panel
• Basic operation
  • Operations in the basic screen
    • Listening to the internal demo songs
    • Auditioning the sounds (Preview)
    • Adjusting the brightness of the display (Contrast)
• Using the internal sound generator
  • About the sound generator modes
  • About GM2/Native modes
    • GM2/Native mode sound sets
  • About parts and sounds
    • Different types of part
    • Polyphony and voices
  • Specifying the function of the MIDI connectors
    • USB mode
    • MIDI mode
  • Specifying the function of the MIDI connectors
  • Switching the sound generator mode
  • Selecting a part
  • Selecting the type of part (INST/DRUM)
  • Selecting the sound set
  • Selecting a sound
  • Selecting a drum set
  • Muting/soloing a part
    • Muting a part
    • Soloing a part
  • About parameters
  • Editing the parameters
    • Editing part parameters
    • Editing parameters that are common to all parts
  • About parameters that can be edited from the SD-80’s panel
    • Part parameters (GM2 mode, Native mode)
    • Part parameters (Native mode)
    • Parameters common to all parts (GM2 mode, Native mode)
• Using the effects of the internal sound generator
  • About the sound generator effects
  • Editing the sound generator effects
  • Parameters that can be edited in GM2 mode
    • Reverb (System Effect)
    • Chorus (System Effect)
    • EQ (Equalizer)
  • Parameters that can be edited in Native mode
    • Reverb (System Effect)
    • Chorus (System Effect)
    • MFX (Multi-effects)
    • EQ (Equalizer)
• System-related settings
  • Adjusting the contrast of the display
  • Saving a patch
  • Switching the sound generator mode (Inst Initialize)
  • Transmitting sound generator settings to an external MIDI device
  • Specifying the start-up sound generator mode
  • Setting the Device ID Number
  • Transmitting button/knob operations to an external MIDI device
  • Preview settings
  • Setting the system tempo
  • Switching the driver
  • Restoring the factory settings
• Controlling the SD-80 via MIDI
  • Controlling the internal sound generator
    • Switching the sound generator mode
    • Switching the sound set
    • Switching the type of part
    • Switching sounds
    • Switching the drum set
    • Editing MIDI effect parameters
    • Writing/loading SD-80 settings
• Troubleshooting
• Appendices
  • Part parameter list
    • Part parameters (GM2 mode, Native mode)
    • Part parameters (Native mode)
    • Parameters common to all parts (GM2 mode, Native mode)
    • Parameters common to all parts (Native mode)
  • Effect parameter list
    • Effect parameter (GM2 mode)
    • Effect parameter (Native mode)
  • MFX parameter list
  • Instrument list (GM2 / Native mode)
  • Instrument list (Special sound)
  • Instrument list (GS mode)
  • Instrument list (XGlite mode)
  • Drum set list (GM2 / Native mode)
    • Classical set drum set (1)
    • Classical set drum set (2)
    • Contemporary set drum set (1)
    • Contemporary set drum set (1)
    • Solo set drum set (1)
    • Solo set drum set (2)
    • Enhanced set drum set (1)
    • Enhanced set drum set (2)
  • Drum set list (GS mode)
    • GS mode drum set (1)
    • GS mode drum set (2)
  • Drum set list (XGlite mode)
    • XGlite mode drum set (1)
    • XGlite mode drum set (2)
    • XGlite mode drum set (3)
• Specifications
• INDEX