Roland RD-700 Making connections, Setting the Channels, Switching Setups, Switching Tones

Playing the RD-700’s Internal Sound Generator from an External MIDI Device

Try Playing the RD-700 from an External MIDI Device.

Making connections

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MIDI OUT

MIDI Sequencer

MIDI IN

RD-700

1.Before starting the connection procedure, make sure that the power to all devices has been turned off.

2.After reading “Connecting the RD-700 to External Equipment” (p. 22), connect an audio device/system or headphones.

3.Connect the external MIDI device with the MIDI cable as shown in the figure below.

4.As described in “Turning On the Power” (p. 24), turn on the power of each device.

Setting the Channels

Set the RD-700’s receive channel to match the external MIDI device’s transmit channel.

For instructions on setting the RD-700’s Receive channel, refer to “Setting the Receive Channel (Receive Channel)” (p. 90).

When both channels are matched, playing the external MIDI device produces sounds from the RD-700’s sound generator.

For instructions on how to set the transmit channel of the external MIDI device, refer to the owner’s manual for your external MIDI device.

Connecting External MIDI Devices

Selecting RD-700 Sounds from an External MIDI Device

Transmitting Bank Select (Controller Number 0, 32) and Program Change messages from the external MIDI device to the RD-700 allows you to switch Setups and Tones.

Switching Setups

The MIDI messages transmitted by the external MIDI device will be received by the RD-700 to select Setups as shown in the following table.

Number	Bank Select		Program Change
			Number
	MSB	LSB
1–100	85	0	1–100

When switching setups, you must match the MIDI channel of the transmitting device with the RD-700’s Control channel. (p. 70)

When switching the tones in each part, match the MIDI channel of the transmitting device with the RD-700’s Receive channel. However, when the Control channel and the Receive channel are both set to the same channel, the Control channel takes priority, and setups are switched.

Switching Tones

The MIDI messages transmitted by the external MIDI device will be received by the RD-700 to select Tones as shown in the following table.

			Bank Select		Program
	Group	Number			Change
			MSB	LSB
					Number
PIANO		001 – 019	087	064	001 – 019
E.PIANO		020 – 039	087	065	001 – 020
CALV/		040 – 059	087	066	001 – 020
MALLET
						Connecting
ORGAN		130 – 159	087	070	001 – 030
		060 – 089	087	067	001 – 030
STRINGS		090 – 109	087	068	001 – 020
PAD		110 – 129	087	069	001 – 020
GTR/
BASS						MIDI
BRASS/		160 – 179	087	071	001 – 020
WINDS						Devices
VOICE/		180 – 199	087	072	001 – 020
SYNTH
Rhythm		200 – 203	086	064	001 – 004
Set

For details on the SRX Series, refer to the owner’s manual for

the SRX Series Wave Expansion Board.

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