Performing with the Keyboard

Changing the Sound’s Pitch in Real Time (Bender/Modulation Lever)

While playing the keyboard, move the lever to the left to lower the pitch, or to the right to raise the pitch. This is known as Pitch Bend.

You can also apply vibrato by manipulating the lever away from you. This is known as Modulation.

If you move the lever away from you and at the same time move it to the right or left, you can apply both effects simultaneously.

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BENDER

BENDER

Pitch Bend

Modulation

Adjusting the Level of the Sound’s Low, Mid, and High-Frequency Ranges (EQUALIZER)

NOTE

The effect obtained when you move the lever may differ according to the tone being used. Additionally, the effect applied by moving the lever is predetermined for each tone, and cannot be changed.

When the Tone Wheel screen is displayed, the Pitch Bend Lever is set so that tilting the lever from left to right switches the Rotary effect from fast to slow. For details, refer to

“Simulating the Creation

of Organ Tones (Tone Wheel Mode)” (p. 75).

Performing

The RD-700 is equipped with a three-band equalizer.

You can adjust the levels of the low-frequency, midrange, and high- frequency ranges using the EQUALIZER [LOW], [MID], and [HIGH] knobs, respectively.

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1

Press EQUALIZER [ON/OFF] to make its indicator light.

The equalizer is turned on.

2

Turn the knobs to adjust the levels in each range.

Turning a knob towards the minus (-) sign cuts the level of that frequency range; turn the knob towards the plus (+) sign to boost the level of that range.

3

To turn the equalizer off, press EQUALIZER [ON/OFF],

extinguishing its indicator.

NOTE

Equalization is applied to the overall sound output from the OUTPUT jacks.

NOTE

Sounds may become distorted when certain EQUALIZER settings are used. In such instances, use the PART LEVEL sliders or other controls to lower Part volumes, or in Edit mode, adjust the Master Volume settings in the System (p.

70)to lower the overall volume level.

You can make more detailed settings for the equalizer. For details, refer to “Changing the

Equalizer Frequency

Settings (Freq/Q)” (p. 74).

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Roland RD-700 Press Equalizer ON/OFF to make its indicator light, Turn the knobs to adjust the levels in each range