Roland RD-300SX owner manual Panel Descriptions, Front Panel

Panel Descriptions

Front Panel

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1.VOLUME slider

Adjusts the overall volume that is output from the rear panel OUTPUT jacks and PHONES jack (p. 14).

2.EQUALIZER/EFFECTS [LOW] knob

Adjusts the sound’s low-frequency range.

[HIGH] knob

Adjusts the sound’s high-frequency range.

3.[SOUND CONTROL/V-LINK]

[SOUND CONTROL] switches SOUND CONTROL on/off (p. 30). [V-LINK] switches the V-LINK function on/off (p. 51).

4.[REVERB]

Switches REVERB on/off (p. 27).

5.[MULTI EFFECTS]

Switches the multi-effects on/off (p. 28).

6.ZONE LEVEL sliders

Adjusts the volume level in each zone (p. 24).

7.[MIDI TX]

Enables control of external MIDI sound modules from the RD- 300SX (p. 46, p. 47, p. 48).

8.[RHYTHM/TEMPO]

[RHYTHM] is used to turn the rhythm performance on and off (p. 32). [TEMPO] is used to change the rhythm tempo (p. 33).

9.[SHIFT/EXIT]

[SHIFT] is pressed simultaneously with other buttons to execute various functions.

[EXIT] is pressed to return to previous screens.

10.[TRANSPOSE/ENTER]

[TRANSPOSE] sets the range of the keyboard to transposed (p. 25). [ENTER] is used to finalize a value or execute an operation.

11.DISPLAY

This shows the Tone numbers and the values of various settings, etc.

12.[DEC], [INC]

This is used to modify values.

If you keep on holding down one button while pressing the other, the value change accelerates.

13.ONE TOUCH [PIANO]

Selects the optimum settings for piano performances (p. 18).

[SETUP]

Calls up the stored settings (Setup) (p. 34).

14.MODE [DUAL]

Switches the RD-300SX to “Dual Mode,” which enables performances with two separate tones layered together (p. 21).

[SPLIT]

Puts the keyboard in “Split mode,” wherein you can use more than one tone by having different tones play in different parts of the keyboard (p. 22).

15.[LOWER SELECT/KEY TOUCH]

When this is switched to on, you can select the LOWER ZONE tone with the TONE SELECT buttons (p. 24). This button is also used to change the keyboard touch (p. 26).

16.FUNCTION [EDIT]

Press this button when you wish to adjust various settings (p. 37). In addition, you can listen to the demo songs by simultaneously pressing this button and [WRITE] (DEMO PLAY) (p. 17).

[WRITE]

Stores the current settings to “Setup” (p. 35).

17.TONE SELECT buttons

Pressed to select a tone’s category (p. 19).

Pitch Bend/Modulation lever

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This allows you to control pitch bend or apply vibrato (p. 30).

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