Roland RD-700 owner manual Performing with a Variety of Tones, Performing with the Keyboard

Performing with the Keyboard

Performing with a Variety of Tones

The RD-700 provides 468 types of Tones.

Each one of these individual sounds is called a tone.

Tones are assigned to the TONE SELECT buttons according to the tone category selected.

Try selecting and performing with a number of different tones.

For more on the RD-700’s internal tones, refer to the “Tone List” (p. 135).

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1

Press ONE TOUCH [PIANO].

This selects a single tone to be played over the entire keyboard.

2

Press any of the TONE SELECT buttons to select the tone category.

3

Press [INC/YES] or [DEC/NO] to select the tone.

The TONE SELECT button for the selected category flashes.

4

Either press the flashing TONE SELECT button or play the keyboard.

The TONE SELECT button stops flashing and remains lit, and the selected tone is set.

Play the keyboard, and you will hear the selected tone.

The next time you choose this TONE SELECT button, the tone you’re selected here is played.

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When changing tones in Layer mode (p. 42) or Split mode (p. 43), select the part for which the tone is to be changed with the PART SELECT buttons, without pressing the ONE TOUCH [PIANO] button. For details, refer to “Changing

Tones in Layer and Split

Mode” (p. 44).

NOTE

If [NUM LOCK] is turned on, the Tone Category cannot be selected with TONE SELECT button. For details, refer to p. 37.

NOTE

Tones selected with [RHY/ GM2] are registered in the following order: “Rhythm Sets,” “GM2 Rhythm Sets,” and “GM2 Tones.” Refer to the “Tone List” (p. 135).

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