Roland RD-700 Smoothly Changing the Pitch Portamento, Changing the Pitch Coarse Tune/Fine Tune

Using the RD-700 As a Master Keyboard

Smoothly Changing the Pitch (Portamento)

Portamento is a function that causes the pitch to change smoothly from one note to the next note played.

The Portamento Time setting determines the time for the change in pitch when the portamento effect is applied to the sound. Higher settings will cause the pitch change to the next note to take more time.

Parameter	TX CC#	Value
POR	CC65	OFF, ON
(Portamento Switch)
P.T	CC5	0–127
(Portamento Time)

Changing the Pitch (Coarse Tune/Fine Tune)

This makes settings related to the pitch of each Part.

Parameter	RPN	Description	Value
C.T		Sets the
		sound’s pitch	-48– +48 (+/-
(Coarse	00H/02H
		in semitone	4 octaves)
Tune)
		units.
F.T		Sets the
		sound’s pitch	-50– +50 (+/-
(Fine	00H/02H
		in units of one	50 cents)
Tune)
		cent.

1 cent = 1/100 semitone

Turning Each Controller On and Off

These settings determine whether the external MIDI device is controlled (ON), or not (OFF) by the pedals connected to each PEDAL jack, the [CONTROL] knobs, the Modulation lever, and the Bender.

Parameter	Description	Value
DMP	Damper pedal
FC1	Pedal connected to the FC1 jack
SwitchFC2	Pedal connected to the FC2 jack	ON,
CTR	[CONTROL] Knobs	OFF
MOD	Modulation Lever
BND	Bender

Setting the Change in Volume According to the Force Used to Play the Keyboard (Velocity)

Set the change in volume that occurs in response to the force used to play the keyboard (velocity) and the maximum value of the change.

NOTE

This setting is disregarded with certain tones.

Parameter	Value	Description
		This setting determines how
		the volume changes in re-
		sponse to the velocity. The
		volume is increased as the
		keyboard is played with
		greater force when a positive
SNS	-63–+63	Value is used; when a nega-
(Velocity Sens)		tive value is selected, the vol-
		ume decreases as the keys are
		played with greater force. If
		this is set to “0,” the volume
		will not be affected by the
		strength of your playing on
		the keyboard.
		This is the maximum value
		for the change in volume oc-
MAX		curring in response to the ve-
	1–127	locity. Lowering this value	Master
(Velocity Max)
		board strongly.
		will produce softer notes
		even if you play the key-
			Keyboard

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