Roland SC-88 Pro manuals

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1OWNER'S MANUAL
MIDI SOUND GENERATOR
2IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
- CAUTION:
- ATTENTION:
  - 3WARNING
  - CAUTION
- 4Introduction
  - Main features of this unit
- 5IMPORTANT NOTES
- 6CONTENTS
  - Chapter 1. Try out the unit
  - (Quick start)
  - Chapter 3. System Effects
  - 7Chapter 5. Convenient functions
  - Chapter 7. MIDI and the unit
  - Chapter 6. Using the unit with
  - a personal computer
  - Chapter 8. Appendix
- 8Front and rear panel
  - ■Front panel
  - ■ Rear panel
9Try out the unit (Quick start)
- 10■Connect a MIDI keyboard and play the sounds
  - 11●Turning the power on or off
  - ❍Turning the power on
  - 1. Before you turn the power on, check the following points
  - Turn on the power of this unit and your MIDI equipment
  - Turn on the power of your audio system
  - ❍Turning the power off
  - 1. Before you turn the power off, check the following points
  - ●Is there sound
  - Turn off each device in the following order
- 12■Try out the various sounds
- 13■Try out the buttons of the unit
  - 14●Transpose the pitch
- 15■Apply effects to the sound
- 16■Tuning to other instruments (Tuning)
  - ALL >M. Tune:
- 17■Headphones
- ■Audio input jacks / Audio input volume
19Parts and parameters
- 20■Parts and sounds
  - 026*TR-808
    - 21❍To select the same sounds as the SC-55/SC-55mk
    - ❍To select the same sounds as the SC-88
    - ●Selecting Variation sounds
    - 3. Simultaneously press both INSTRUMENT [l ] [r ] buttons to enter
    - Variation select mode
  - 22A01 000/Piano
    - 4.Press INSTRUMENT [l] or [r] to change the Variation number
  - A01 008/Piano 1w
    - To exit Variation select mode, simultaneously press both the INSTRU- MENT
  - A01 001+Piano 1w
  - 23A01 001 Piano
  - A01 001#"Piano
    - ●Reading the Instrument numbers and Variation numbers
    - 24●Part Channels
    - Procedure
    - 2.Use the PART [l] [r] buttons to select the Part whose channel you wish
    - to change
    - 3.Use the MIDI CH [l] [r] buttons to set the MIDI channel of the Part
    - 25●Which MIDI IN will be used by each Part
    - 26●How simultaneous note numbers and Voices are related
    - ●Concerning legato-enabledsounds
- 27■Part parameters for performance
  - 28A01 >Part Mode: Norm
    - 29●What each parameter does
    - ❍LEVEL (Volume level): 0 —
    - ❍PAN (Panning): Rnd, L63 — 0 — R63
    - ❍KEY SHIFT: -24— ± 0 — +24: semitone
    - steps, 2 octaves
    - ❍MUTE (Part Mute): On/Off
    - ❍SC-55Map (Part SC-55MAP): On / Off
    - ❍SC-88MAP(Part SC-88MAP):On/Off
    - ❍Part Monitor: On/Off
    - ❍Part EQ: On/Off
    - ❍Part Mode: Norm/Drum1/Drum2
    - 30❍M/P Mode (Mono/Poly Mode): Mono/Poly
    - ❍Fine Tune: -100.0— +100.0 cent
    - ❍Rx Bank Sel (Bank Select Receive Switch): On/Off
    - ❍Rx NRPN (NRPN Receive Switch): On/Off
    - ❍Velo Depth (Velocity Sensitivity Depth): 0 —
    - ❍Velo Offset (Velocity Sensitivity Offset): 0 —
    - ❍K. Range L (Keyboard Range Low): C-1— G9
    - ❍K. Range H (Keyboard Range High): C-1— G9
    - 31❍CC1 C.Number (CC1 Controller Number):
    - 1 —
    - ❍OUT Asgn (Output Assign): OUT-1/2/2L/2R
    - ❍S.Tune C - B (Scale Tuning C - B):
    - -64— +63
    - ❍Mod ~/Bnd ~/CAf ~/CC1
- 33■Part parameters for sound editing
  - (Example) Vibrato editing display
  - 34A01 Vib. |+20|± 0|± 0|
    - Vibrato
    - ❍Vibrato Rate: -64— +63
    - ❍Vibrato Depth: -64— +63
    - Filter
    - ❍Vibrato Delay: -64— +63
    - 35❍Cutoff Freq (Cutoff Frequency): -64— +63
    - ❍Resonance: -64— +63
    - Envelope
    - ❍Attack Time: -64— +63
    - ❍Decay Time: -64— +63
    - ❍Release Time: -64— +63
- 36■Setting parameters common to all Parts
  - 37●How each parameter works
  - ❍LEVEL (Master level): 0 —
  - ❍PAN (Master Pan): L63 — 0 — R63
  - ❍KEY SHIFT (Master Key Shift): -24— ± 0 — +24 semitone steps, 2 octaves
  - ❍MUTE (All Mute): On/Off
  - ❍SC-55MAP (ALL SC-55MAP): On/Off
  - ❍SC-88MAP (ALL SC-88MAP): On/Off
- 38■System parameter settings
  - A01 %Prevw
  - Note: A4
  - 39%Display: Type1
  - %Peak Hold:Type1
  - 40%LCD Contrast:
- 41■Using Patches
  - 42ALL 001 RB START
- 44■Creating a Drum Set (Drum Edit)
  - 026*"TR-808
  - 45AD1 001 C#3 CrshCym1
    - 5.Use the INSTRUMENT [l] [r] buttons select the Drum Instrument you
    - wish to edit
    - 6.Use the front panel parameter buttons to modify the parameter values
    - 7. To return to the previous display, simultaneously press both the
    - [SELECT] and EFX TYPE [l] button once again
    - 46●Using Chorus and Delay
    - ●About the Assign Group
47System Effects
- 48■How the effect section of the unit is organized
- 50■System Effect settings
  - 51●Equalizer parameter functions
  - ❍EQ Gain (Low): -12— 0 — +12dB
  - ❍EQ Gain (High): -12— 0 — +12dB
  - ❍EQ Low Freq (Equalizer Low Frequency): 200/400 Hz
  - ❍EQ High Freq (Equalizer High Frequency): 3/6 kHz
  - 52●When you want to adjust the system effect for all Parts
  - 2.Press the button of the effect you wish to adjust
  - DELAY
  - ●When you want to adjust the system effect for each Part
  - 2.Use the PART [l] [r] buttons to select the Part you wish to modify
  - 3.Press the button of the effect you wish to adjust
  - 53ALL >Reverb: Hall2
  - ALL >Reverb: Plate
    - 54●Reverb parameter function
    - ❍Reverb (Reverb Type)
    - ❍Rev Charac. (Reverb Character) 0 —
    - ❍Rev Pre-LPF(Reverb Pre Low Pass Filter) 0 —
    - ❍Rev Level (Reverb Level) 0 —
    - ❍Rev Time (Reverb Time) 0 —
    - ❍Rev Delay Fb (Reverb Delay Feedback) 0 —
    - ❍RevPreDlyT (Reverb Pre-DelayTime) 0ms
    - — 127ms
    - 55●Chorus parameter function
    - ❍Chorus (Chorus Type)
    - ❍Cho Pre-LPF(Chorus Pre Low Pass Filter)
    - ❍Cho Level (Chorus Level) 0 —
    - ❍ChoFeedback (Chorus Feedback Level)
    - ❍Cho Delay (Chorus Delay Time) 0 —
    - ❍Cho Rate (Chorus Rate) 0 —
    - ❍Cho Depth (Chorus Depth) 0 —
    - ❍Cho → Rev (Chorus Send Level To Reverb)
    - ❍Cho → Dly (Chorus Send Level To Delay)
    - 56●Delay parameter function
    - ❍Delay (Delay Type)
    - ❍Dly Pre-LPF(Delay Pre Low Pass Filter)
    - ❍Dly Time C (Delay Time Center) 0.1ms —
    - 1.0s
    - ❍DlyTRatioL (Delay Time Ratio Left) 4% —
    - 500%
    - ❍DlyTRatioR (Delay Time Ratio Right) 4% —
    - ❍Dly Level C (Delay Level Center) 0 —
    - ❍Dly Level L (Delay Level Left) 0 —
    - ❍Dly Level R (Delay Level Right) 0 —
    - ❍Dly Level (Delay Level) 0 —
    - ❍Dly Fback (Delay Feedback) -64— 0 — +63
    - ❍Dly → Rev (Delay Send Level To Reverb)
57Insertion Effects
- 58Insertion effect settings
- 94■Using controllers to modify effect parameters
  - ALL >EFX C.Src1: Off
    - 95Examples of using effect controllers
    - ●Using Control Change 16 to modify the Drive value of 6: Distortion
    - ●Using Control Change 16 to modify the Speed value of 9: Rotary
    - 96●Using Control Change 16 to modify the Wah Man value of 50:GTR Multi3
97Convenient functions
- 98■Create and save a sound (User Instrument)
  - 99032 Gt.Harmonics
  - A01 Vib. |+20|± 0|± 0|
    - 5. Simultaneously press [USER INST] and [SELECT]
  - 100A16 Write UI 64/032
    - 6. When you press [ALL] the sound will be stored
- 101■Creating and saving an Insertion effect (User Effect)
- 102■Creating and saving a Patch (User Patch)
  - Make the desired settings for the parameters of Parts A01 and A02
  - ●Saving a User Patch
  - 2. Press the [ALL] button to make the button indicator light
  - 3. Simultaneously press [USER INST] and [SELECT]
  - 4. If you wish to store the settings, press [ALL]
  - 103U01 -USERPATCH01
- 104■Saving a Drum Set you created (User Drum)
  - SET 065*ˇSER DRUM1
  - SET 066*ˇSER DRUM2
  - 105AD1 001 C#3 CrshCym1
  - ❍Storing an individual Drum Instrument (procedure 1)
  - 106AD1 Write UD D#3/65
    - 5. To store the data, press [ALL]
    - ❍Storing an entire Drum Set (procedure 2)
    - 4-2.Tostore the entire Drum Set, simultaneously press EFX VALUE [l] [r]
    - buttons
  - 107AD1 Write U.DRUM 65
  - 4-1
- 108■Copying or Exchanging settings between Parts / Initializing Part settings
  - Use PART [l][r] to select the source Part
  - Use the following procedure
  - 4. To execute the specified operation, press the [ALL] button
- 109■Recording all settings on a sequencer
  - 110●Transmitting Individual Data
  - ❍Transmission procedure for Part parameters
  - ❍Transmission procedure for parameters common to all parts
  - 1. Part parameters:
  - Press the [ALL] button to make the indicator dark
  - Parameters common to all parts:
  - Press the [ALL] button to light the indicator
  - Simultaneously press the PART [l] and [r] buttons
  - Use [u][d] to select the parameter you wish to transmit
  - Part parameters:
  - Use INSTRUMENT [l][r] to set the value
  - Simultaneously press INSTRUMENT [l] and [r], and the data will be transmitted
  - 6. Simultaneously press PART [l] and [r] to end the procedure
  - 111❍Transmission procedure for Insertion Effect parameters
  - 1. Press the [EFX] button to make the indicator light orange
  - 3. Press EFX TYPE [l] or [r], and the Effect Type will be displayed. At this
  - 4. Press EFX PARAM [l] or [r], and the effect parameters will be displayed
- 112Draw pictures or characters in the display (Frame Draw)
- 114■Creating compatible data for the unit / SC-88
  - 1151.Hold down [SELECT], and press [ALL]
  - 2.To turn off SC-88-compatibilitymode, hold down [SELECT] and press [ALL]
- 116■Selecting the CM-64sound map
  - 117Part settings
  - Settings for all Parts
  - ●Differences between the CM-64and the unit
  - 1. How the sounds change
  - 2. Exclusive data
  - 3. Pan
- 118■Using the unit as two sound modules
  - >M. Tune:
- 120■Initialize
121Using the unit with a personal computer
- 122■Connections with your computer
  - 123Types of computer cable
  - 4. Turn power of this unit on
  - 124●Connections with MIDI connectors
  - 125●MIDI data transfer with the computer
  - ❍When the computer switch is set to PC-1, PC-2or Mac
  - 126❍When the computer switch is set to MIDI
  - 127●Connecting another MIDI sound source to the unit
  - When using another sound source to play data received at the computer connector
  - ❍When using another sound source to play data received at MIDI IN A
- 128■Using MIDI messages to select sounds
  - 130●Using MIDI messages to select Drum Sets
  - Exclusive data addresses
131MIDI and the unit
- 132■About MIDI
- 133■MIDI messages that can be received by the unit
  - 134Hold (1) (control change number 64) ✩
  - Sostenuto (control change number 66)
  - Soft (control change number 67)
  - Reverb Send Level (control change number 91)
  - Chorus Send Level (control change number 93)
  - Delay Send Level (control change number 93)
  - RPN LSB, MSB (control change number 100/101) ✩
  - Data Entry (control change number 6/38) ✩
  - NRPN LSB, MSB (control change number 98/99)
  - Data Entry (control change number 6/38)
  - ❍Aftertouch (Channel Pressure only ✩)
  - 135❍All Sounds Off
  - ❍All Notes Off ✩
  - ❍Reset All Controllers ✩
  - ❍Active Sensing
  - ❍System Exclusive messages
  - GM System On ✩ (Universal System Exclusive)
  - GS Reset (GS Format System Exclusive)
  - Master Volume (Universal System Exclusive)
  - Other exclusive messages
- 136■Device ID number settings
  - ALL >Device ID:
- 137■MIDI message routing settings and switches
  - %IN B Sel.:Rear
    - 138❍OUT/THRU (MIDI OUT/THRU Select) OUT/THRU
    - 139❍In Mode (Input Modes)
    - Standard, X-connect,Merge → A, Merge → B, A only
    - Standard
    - X-connect(Cross connect)
    - Merge → A
    - Merge → B
    - A only
    - 140Standard
    - Merge ->A
    - Merge ->B
    - A only
  - 141ALL >Rx GS Reset: On
  - ALL >Rx GS Reset: Off
    - 142●How each switches works
    - ❍MUTE Lock (Mute Lock) On/Off
    - ❍EQ Lock (Equalizer Lock) On/Off
    - ❍Rx GM On (GM System On Receive Switch) On/Off
    - ❍Rx GS On (GS Reset Receive Switch) On/Off
  - 143>Rx Bank Sel: On
    - 144●Using NRPNs with GS Sound Modules
    - 145●When song data plays back with the wrong sounds
    - ●Using screen display data for the SC-55series
    - ●Using Aftertouch
    - 146●Using MIDI to control the depth of a System Effect
147Appendix
- 148■Troubleshooting
  - 149●Sound is distorted
  - ●Pitch is incorrect
  - ●Sound is wrong
  - ●Sounds are interrupted
  - ●Able to play only from either MIDI IN A or MIDI IN B
  - ●Exclusive messages are not received
  - ●This unit does not transmit MIDI data
- 150■If a message appears
- 151■Computer cable wiring diagrams
- 152■Parameter list and operations
  - 153●Effects
  - 154●Drum edit
  - ●User edit
  - ●MIDI-related
  - ●System functions
  - 155●Other functions
- 156■Instrument list
  - 157Guitar
  - Bass
  - 158Strings/orchestra
  - 159Brass
  - Reed
  - Pipe
  - Synth lead
  - 160Synth pad, etc
  - 161Synth SFX
  - Ethnic, etc
  - 162Percussive
  - SFX
  - 164SC-55MAP (CM-64Sound Map)
- 165■Drum set list
- 178■Effect list
- 185■Effect data table
- 188■Preset Patch list
- 190■MIDI implementation
- 211MIDI Implementation Chart
- 212■ INDEX
  - 215Apparatus containing Lithium batteries
  - FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
  - RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT
- 216Specifications
  - ●Number of parts
  - ●Maximum Polyphony
  - ●Internal Memory
  - ●Effects
  - ●Display
  - ●Connectors
  - ●Power Supply
  - ●Power Consumption
  - ●Dimensions
  - ●Weight
  - ●Accessories
  - ●Options