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USING THE UNIT SAFELY .............................4
IMPORTANT NOTES .................................6
Panel Descriptions ................................. 10
Front Panel ......................................................10
Rear Panel ......................................................12
Getting Ready .....................................13
Placing the RD-700NX on a Stand .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Connecting the Power Cord .....................................14
Connecting the External Equipment to RD-700NX .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Connecting Pedals ........................................16
Turning the Power On and O ...................................17
Turning On the Power .....................................17
Turning O the Power .....................................17
Adjusting the Volume ...........................................18
Adjusting the Display Contrast ...................................18
Connecting the USB Memory ....................................18
Connecting the CD Drive ........................................19
Overview of the RD-700NX .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Basic Organization of the RD-700NX .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About Memory ............................................20
About Live Sets ...........................................21
Basic Operation .................................................22
Main Screens ..............................................22
Special Indications ........................................23
About the Function Buttons ...............................23
About the Cursor Buttons ..................................23
Editing a Value ............................................24
Listening to the Demo (DEMO PLAY) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Performance ......................................26
Piano Performances .............................................26
Performing with a Variety of Live Sets .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Playing Multiple Tones with the Keyboard ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Performing with Layered Tones .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Playing Dierent Tones in Two Dierent Sections of the
Keyboard .................................................29
Changing the Tone for a Layer .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Adjusting the Volume Level for Individual Layers .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (TRANSPOSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (REVERB) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adding Breadth to the Sound (CHORUS/DELAY) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing the Sound’s Pitch in Real Time ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adding Liveliness to the Sound (COMPRESSOR) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Enhancing the sound’s denition (SOUND FOCUS) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjusting the Levels of Each Frequency Range (EQUALIZER) .. . . . .35
Disabling the Button ............................................36
Using the Convenient Functions in Performances ... . 37
Playing Rhythm .................................................37
Changing Rhythm Tempos .................................37
Changing the Rhythm Pattern .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing the Songs ...............................................38
Selecting the Song ........................................38
Changing Song Tempos ...................................39
Fast-forwarding or Rewinding a Song .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Return to the Beginning of the Song .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Recording Audio ................................................40
Getting ready to record ....................................40
Starting/stopping recording ...............................40
Applying Eects to the Sound (MFX) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Simulating the Creation of Organ Tones ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Changing the Undulation of the Organ Tone (Rotary Eect) .43
Changing the Layer LEVEL Slider Feet Assignments ... . . . . . . 43
Selecting Stored Settings (Live Set ) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Registering the Live Sets You Like ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Storing Settings to Live Sets .....................................45
Making Detailed Settings for the ONE TOUCH Tones .46
Making Detailed Settings for the Piano Tones .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing the Key Touch ...................................48
Finely Adjusting the Tuning ................................48
Adjusting Resonance when the Damper Pedal is Depressed 48
Making the Equalizer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Restore the Settings to Initial Conditions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Making Detailed Settings for the E. Piano Tones .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Selecting an Eect ........................................52
Selecting the Type of Amp .................................52
Adjusting the Keyboard Touch Response ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Restore the settings to initial conditions ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Making Detailed Settings for Tones .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Making Tone Settings ...........................................54
Making Layer Settings ...........................................56
Using the RD-700NX As a Master Keyboard ... . . . . . . . 58
What’s MIDI? ....................................................58
About MIDI Connectors ....................................58
Adjusting the Volume of Each Layer ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Selecting the MIDI Connector to Use for Output .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Selecting Sounds on an External MIDI Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Detailed Settings for Transmitted Parts ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Adjusting the Volume and Pan (Volume/Pan) ... . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Setting the Amount of Reverb and Chorus (Reverb/Chorus) .62
Playing Sound Monophonically (Mono/Poly) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting the Transposition for Each Individual Layer (Trans-
pose) .....................................................62
Setting the Key Range for Each Layer (Key Range) .. . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the Range That Plays in Response to the Veloc-
ity (Velocity Range) ........................................63
Changing Tone Elements (ATK/DCY/REL/COF/RES) . . . . . . . . . .63
Smoothly Changing the Pitch (Portamento) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Setting the Change in Volume According to the Force
Used to Play the Keyboard (Velocity Sense/Max) ... . . . . . . . . . 63
Changing the Pitch (Coarse Tune/Fine Tune) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting the Range for the Change in Pitch with the Pitch
Bend Lever (Bend Range) ..................................64
Setting the Amount of Modulation Applied (Modulation
Depth) ....................................................64
Turning Each Controller On and O .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Transmitting the Control Change (USER CC) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Detailed Settings for Each Function .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting Parameters ..............................................65
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