System-related settings
Adjusting the contrast of the display
Immediately after the power is turned on, or after the SD-80 has been used for an extended period, or depending on the location, the characters and icons in the display screen may be difficult to read. If this occurs, adjust the contrast of the display ("Adjusting the brightness of the display (Contrast)" (p. 15)).
This adjusts the contrast (darkness) of the SD-80’s display. Increasing this value will darken the characters in the display.
Saving a patch
If you have edited the multi-effect (MFX) settings of a sound in Native mode, your changes will be lost when you turn off the power of the SD-80. Thus, you can save MFX settings for each sound as a user patch in the SD-80's user memory.
The user patches you save can be recalled from the front panel or via MIDI messages as User set sounds.
*If you want to select a User sound via MIDI, transmit a bank select message of CC#00 (MSB) = 87 for an Inst part, or CC#00 (MSB) = 86 for a Drum part. ("Controlling the SD-80 via MIDI" (p. 53))
WritePatch Inst: U-001--U-128, Drum: U-001--U-016
You can save 128 Inst patches and 16 Drum patches in the internal memory of the SD-80.
*WritePatch can be executed only when the sound generator mode is Native mode. In other cases, the display will indicate "---------", and this cannot be executed.
Switching the sound generator mode (Inst Initialize)
The SD-80 has four sound generator modes: GM2, Native, GS, and XGlite. When you switch the sound generator mode, the sound generator will also be initialized, as appropriate for that mode.
Inst Init | GM2, Native, GS, XGlite |
This switches the unit to the sound generator mode you select here, and initializes the sound generator
appropriately. (➝ "Switching the sound generator mode (Inst Initialize)" (p. 50))
*Inst Init is where you select the sound generator mode that you want to switch to. It does not indicate the current sound generator mode.
Transmitting sound generator settings to an external MIDI device
The SD-80 can transmit the settings of its sound generator as MIDI data. There are two ways in which parameters can be transmitted: a group of parameter settings can be transmitted as a bulk dump, or a single parameter can be transmitted as individual data. ("Writing/loading SD-80 settings" (p. 69)) All data is transmitted in the form of system exclusive data.
Use bulk dump when you want to save SD-80 settings on an external MIDI device. By transmitting a bulk dump, you can also set the parameters of two SD-80 units to identical settings. By sending individual data you can quickly and easily create data (e.g., for a sequencer) without having to look up each system exclusive message.
