Contents

 

USING THE UNIT SAFELY.......................................................

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IMPORTANT NOTES ................................................................

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Contents ...................................................................................

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Introduction ..............................................................................

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How to read this manual ....................................................................................................

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Main features ........................................................................................................................

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Names of things and what they do.......................................

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Front Panel...............................................................................................................

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Rear Panel ................................................................................................................

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Basic operation ......................................................................

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Operations in the basic screen..........................................................................................

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Listening to the internal demo songs...................................................................

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Auditioning the sounds (Preview).......................................................................

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Adjusting the brightness of the display (Contrast)............................................

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Using the internal sound generator .....................................

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About the sound generator modes..................................................................................

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About GM2/Native modes ..............................................................................................

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GM2/Native mode sound sets .............................................................................

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About parts and sounds....................................................................................................

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Different types of part............................................................................................

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Polyphony and voices ............................................................................................

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Specifying the function of the MIDI connectors............................................................

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USB mode ................................................................................................................

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MIDI mode ..............................................................................................................

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Specifying the function of the MIDI connectors............................................................

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Switching the sound generator mode .............................................................................

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Selecting a part ...................................................................................................................

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Selecting the type of part (INST/DRUM) ......................................................................

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Selecting the sound set ......................................................................................................

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Selecting a sound................................................................................................................

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Selecting a drum set...........................................................................................................

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Muting/soloing a part.......................................................................................................

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Muting a part...........................................................................................................

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Soloing a part...........................................................................................................

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About parameters ..............................................................................................................

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Editing the parameters ......................................................................................................

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Editing part parameters.........................................................................................

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Editing parameters that are common to all parts ..............................................

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About parameters that can be edited from the SD-80’s panel.....................................

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Part parameters (GM2 mode, Native mode) ......................................................

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Part parameters (Native mode) ............................................................................

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Parameters common to all parts (GM2 mode, Native mode) ..........................

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