Roland SC-88 Pro - Manual (Page 6)

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CONTENTS
USING THE UNIT SAFELY .................................1
Introduction ..........................................................2
IMPORTANT NOTES ..........................................3
CONTENTS .........................................................4
Front and rear panel ............................................6
Chapter 1. Try out the unit
(Quick start)
■ Connect a MIDI keyboard and play the sounds.......8
● Making connections.............................................8
● Turning the power on or off .................................9
● Is there sound?....................................................9
■ Try out the various sounds .............................10
■ Try out the buttons of the unit.........................11
■ Apply effects to the sound ..............................13
■ Tuning to other instruments (Tuning) .............14
■ Headphones ...................................................15
■ Audio input jacks / Audio input volume...........15
Chapter 2. Parts and parameters
■ Parts and sounds ...........................................18
● Assigning a sound to a Part ..............................18
● Selecting Variation sounds................................20
● Reading the Instrument numbers
and Variation numbers .........................21
● Part Channels....................................................22
● Which MIDI IN will be used by each Part? ........23
● How simultaneous note numbers
and Voices are related. ........................24
● Concerning legato-enabled sounds...................24
■ Part parameters for performance ...................25
[1] Parameters that can be set directly using the buttons .......25
[2] Parameters that must be selected from the menu........26
● What each parameter does ...............................27
■ Part parameters for sound editing ..................31
● Procedure..........................................................31
● What each parameter does ...............................32
■ Setting parameters common to all Parts ........34
● Procedure..........................................................34
● How each parameter works...............................35
■ System parameter settings.............................36
● Procedure..........................................................36
● How each System parameter works..................37
■ Using Patches ................................................39
● Loading a Patch ................................................40
● Using MIDI messages to select Patches...........41
■ Creating a Drum Set (Drum Edit) .......................42
● Drum editing procedure.....................................42
● Using Chorus and Delay ...................................44
● About Assign Group ..........................................44
Chapter 3. System Effects
■ How the effect section of the unit
is organized ....................................46
■ System Effect settings....................................48
● Equalizer setting procedure...............................48
● Equalizer parameter functions...........................49
● When you want to adjust the system effect
for all Parts ...........................................50
● When you want to adjust the system effect
for each Part.........................................50
● Setting Reverb/Chorus/Delay parameters.........51
● Reverb parameter function................................52
● Chorus parameter function................................53
● Delay parameter function ..................................54
Chapter 4. Insertion Effects
■ Insertion effect settings ..................................56
● Making Insertion effect settings.........................56
● Different effect types .........................................57
■ Using controllers to modify effect
parameters ....................................92
● Setting procedure ..............................................92
● How each parameter works...............................93