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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Full-fledged Piano Performance
Enjoy Performing
Look at All You Can Do with the RM-700!
Learn and Practice Enjoyably
Do not disassemble or modify
Do not insert foreign objects
Avoid extended use at high volume
Use only the included power cord
Connect the power cord to an outlet of the correct voltage
Do not bend the power cord or place heavy objects on it
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Cautions when moving this unit
Keep small items out of the reach of children
Cautions when using the bench
Caution when opening/closing the lid
Cautions when dispose batteries
Unplug the power cord from the AC outlet before cleaning
If there is a possibility of lightning strike, disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet
Important Notes
Power Supply
Additional Precautions
Repairs and Data
Maintenance
Floppy Disk Handling
Rear side of the disk Write (can write new data onto disk) Protect (prevents writing to disk)
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Handling the CDs (CD-ROMs)
Copyright
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Contents
Automatic Accompaniment 52
Performance 28
Before You Start Playing 19
Panel Descriptions 16
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Recording and Saving the Performance 124
Using the Practice Functions 98
Song Playback 75
Enjoying Music and Video 90
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Various Settings 171
Creating and Editing Songs 156
(User Program) 149
Saving Your Performance Settings
Appendices 201
Connecting External Devices 192
Conventions Used in This Manual
Panel Descriptions
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Front Panel
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Front Left
Bottom Panel (Rear)
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Bottom Panel (Front Left/Right)
Before You Start Playing
Connect the Pedal Cable
Connect the Power Cord
Connect the Speaker Cable
Setting Up the Music Rest
Opening/Closing the Lid
Installing Batteries in the Remote
Turning the Power On/Off
About the Pedals
Soft Pedal Sostenuto Pedal
Adjusting the Volume
Connecting Headphones
Attaching the Headphone Hook
Connecting USB Memory
Formatting the USB Memory
Locking the External Memory Connector Cover
Some Notes on Using a Microphone
Connecting a Microphone
Connecting a CD Drive
Attaching a CD Drive
Experiencing the RM-700 Demo
Main Screens
Piano Screen
Basic Screen
Performance
Press the One Touch Program [Piano] button.
Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-Touch Piano)
Creating Your Own Piano Sound (Piano Designer)
Keyboard
Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)
Making Fine Adjustments to the Key Touch (Key Touch Offset)
Resonance
Adjusting Resonance when the Damper Pedal is Depressed (Damper Resonance)
Adjusting the Sound Heard at String Release When the Damper Pedal is Depressed (Damper Noise)
Tuning
Tuning to Other Instruments Pitches (Master Tuning)
Setting the Temperament Key
Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretch Tuning)
Touch a tone name to select the tone.
Performing with a Variety of Tones (Tone Buttons)
Using Keywords to Search for Tones (Tone Search)
Touch <Super Tones>.
Touch <Play>.
Using Super Tones
Select Jazz Organ, and touch <Footage>.
Using Jazz Organ
Performing with Multiple Sounds Layered Together (Layer)
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split)
Cancelling the Split
Turning On Layer and Split Performance Simultaneously
Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)
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* Touch to switch between screens.
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)
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Giving the Sound More Spatial Depth (3D)
Changing the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance)
Adding Liveliness to the Sound (Dynamics)
Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)
Selecting the Part to Which the Effect is Added (EffectsPart)
Using the Metronome
Changing the Metronome Settings
Using the Metronome
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Automatic Accompaniment
Play the left-hand region of the keyboard.
Touch to choose a song.
Press the [One Touch Song] button.
Searching for a Song by Keyword
Performing Using Automatic Accompaniment (One Touch Rhythm)
In the Basic screen, touch <Leading Bass>.
Press the [Intro/Ending] button.
Leading Bass Function
Playing Chords with Simple Fingering (Chord Intelligence)
About Chords
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Viewing Chord Fingerings
Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons)
Using Keywords to Search for Music Styles (Style Search)
Selecting an Music Style from USB Memory
Playing Only the Rhythm of the Music Style
Changing the Tempo of the Automatic Accompaniment
Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment
Having the Accompaniment Start Simultaneously When You Play the Keyboard (Sync Start)
Stopping Automatic Accompaniment
Having a Count Sound Play at the End of the Intro (Countdown)
Press the [Variation] buttons to change the arrangement of the accompaniment.
Adding Variety to the Accompaniment
Changing the Accompaniment Pattern (Auto Fill In/Break)
Changing the Arrangement of the Rhythm and Accompaniment (Variation)
Whats a Fill In?
Adding Harmony to the Right-Hand Part (Harmony Intelligence)
Playing Sounds in the Left Hand During a Performance (Lower Tone)
Playing the Piano with Accompaniment Added (Piano Style Arranger)
Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Part (Balance)
Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Performance Part (Part Balance)
Changing the Volume Balance Between the Accompaniment and the Keyboard (Balance Knob)
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When you touch <Accomp>, you return to the screen for setting the Music Style volume balance.
Touch for each part to adjust its volume.
When you touch <Keyboard>, a screen like the following appears.
Copying a Music Style
Copying a Music Style from USB Memory to User Memory
Copying Music Styles from User Memory to USB Memory
Deleting Saved Music Style
Song Playback
Playing a Song
Song Playback
Press the [ (Play/Stop)] button.
Touch the name of the song to be played back.
Playing back
Stopping the Song
Track Buttons (Accomp, Left, Right)
If the following screen appears
What is New Song?
Viewing the Playing Hint
Viewing Information About the Song
Saving a Song in Favorites
Saving an Internal Song to Favorites
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Copying a Song from USB Memory to Favorites
Changing the Tempo (Playback Speed) of a Song
Precautions Concerning Use of the Remote Control
Using the Remote Control
How to Use the Remote Control
Infrared receiverInfrared receiver
Song Playback
Infrared Emitter
TRANSPOSE -, +
TEMPO -, +
FUNC1, FUNC2
Minimizing the Melody of a Music CD or Audio/MP3 Format Song (Center Cancel)
Adding Effects to Microphone Vocals (Vocal Effect)
Adding Harmony to Match the Song
Modifying Your Voice (Transformer)
Adding Echo to Vocals (Echo)
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Enjoying Music and Video
Playing Photos Automatically (Slide Show)
Enjoying a Slide Show Along with Internal Songs or VIMA TUNES
Selecting the Type of Image Used for the Slide Show (Picture Category)
Watching a Slide Show with Digital Camera Photos
Watching a Slide Show with Photos Saved on USB Memory
Having the Image Change According to Your Performance (Anime)
Changing the Anime type
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Enjoying Music and Video
Watching the Notes while a Song Plays (Piano Roll)
Classic type Modern type
Off
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Using the Practice Functions
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To exit Wonderland, press the [Exit] button a number of times.
Try playing as you view the screen.
Playing Songs Using the Lesson Functions (Visual Lesson)
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Touch at the bottom of the screen to see how well you did.
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Play along with the accompaniment.
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Practicing with Internal Songs and Songs on USB Memory
Splitting the Keyboard Into Two Sections for Four-Hand Performances (Twin Piano)
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The other person responds by pressing a key in the right part of the keyboard.
Changing the Way in Which the Sound is Heard (Twin Piano Mode)
Enjoying Twin Piano Games
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Displaying the Notation (DigiScore)
Off
Press the [ (Play/Stop)] button to stop the song.
Touching Notes to Confirm the Sounds (Touch the Notes)
When the Bouncing Ball is Blue
When the Bouncing Ball is Red
Scrolling the Notation Along with the Performances (Auto Sync DigiScore)
To change the setting, touch for the item you want to specify.
Touch <DigiScore>.
Detailed Settings for DigiScore
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If you save a song whose Key setting you've modified, the song will be saved at the specified key.
Saving Notations as Image Data
Saving Your Visual Lesson Performance Results
Adjusting the Tempo
Using the Pedal to Set the Tempo (Tap Tempo)
Playing Back at a Fixed Tempo (Tempo Mute)
Match the Tempo Before You Begin Playing (Count In)
Press any one of the Track buttons to make the buttons indicator light go dark.
Select the song that you wish to play back (p. 75).
Muting Some Parts Before Playing (Track Buttons)
Using the Sound of a Specific Part as a Guide (Mute Volume)
Setting Markers for Repeated Practice (Marker)
Placing a Marker within a Song
Playback from a Marker Location
Moving a Marker
Erasing a Marker
Playing Back the Same Passage Over and Over
Placing a Marker in the Middle of a Measure
Transposing Keyboard Sounds and Songs Played Back (Transpose)
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Recording and Saving the Performance
Audio recording
SMF recording
SMF Recording
Recording a New Song (New Song)
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Recording With Accompaniment
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Recording Along With a Song
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Recording While Selecting the Track Buttons (Redoing Recordings)
Deleting Recorded Performances
Changing How Recording Stops
Recording Songs Starting with Pickups
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Saving Songs
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Audio Recording
Recording a New Song (New Song)
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Recording With Accompaniment
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Recording Along With a Song
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Deleting Saved Songs
Copying Songs from USB Memory to Favorites
Recording and Saving the Performance
Copying Songs from Favorites to USB Memory
Creating a Music CD
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If You Want to Write Additional Songs to the Disc
Preparing a CD-R Disc for Playback on Another CD Player (Finalize)
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Max. 500 User Program Sets
Saving Your Performance Settings (User Program)
Copy Copy
USB Memory
Variation
Storing a User Program
Giving a Name to a Set of User Programs
Calling Up Saved User Programs
Saving the User Program Sets
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Loading Saved User Program Sets
Specifying the Copy Source
Deleting Saved User Program Sets
Copying Sets of User Programs on USB Memory to the User Memory
Saving Your Performance Settings (User Program)
Press the [User Program] button so its indicator is lit.
User Program Settings
Using the Pedal to Switch User Programs (Pedal Shift)
Saving Your Performance Settings (User Program)
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Sequential Loading of User Program Sets Stored (Load Next)
Changing the Timing at Which Arranger Settings are Recalled (Arranger Update)
Simultaneously Switching User Program and Transmitting PC Numbers
Creating and Editing Songs
The 16-Track Sequencer Screen
Touch <16 Track Seq.>
Touch <Song Creation>.
Modifying the Settings of Each Part
Step 1 Prepare for Recording
Step 2 Start Recording
Recording a Performance
In the Rec Mode, select <Replace>.
Changing the Recording Method (Rec Mode)
Recording While Erasing the Previous Recording (Replace Recording)
Layering a Recording Over Previously Recorded Sounds (Mix Recording)
Repeated Recording at the Same Location (Loop Recording)
Recording a Passage Specified by Markers
Re-Recording Part of Your Performance (Punch-in Recording)
Inputting Chords with the Chord Sequencer
Composing an Accompaniment By Entering Chords (Chord Sequencer)
Functions that can be accessed after theyve been assigned to a pedal
Check the Accompaniment You Inserted
Editing Songs
Basic Operation of the Editing Functions
Undoing Edits (Undo)
Copying Measures (Copy)
Ex. To delete measures (bars) 58
Correcting Timing Discrepancies (Quantize)
Example: Quarter-note resolution Example: Sixteenth-note resolution
Deleting Measures (Delete)
Inserting Blank Measures (Insert)
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Ex. To insert measures (bars) 57
Transposing Individual Parts (Transpose)
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Making Measures Blank (Erase)
123456789 10 Blank measures
Exchanging Parts (Part Exchange)
You can make these corrections by using note editing:
Correcting Notes One by One (Note Edit)
Modifying the Tone Changes in a Song (PC Edit)
Recording the Performance
Changing the Beat in the Middle of a Song (Beat Map)
Changing the Tempo of Recorded Songs
Changing the Tempo Within the Song
Adjusting the Tempo While Listening to a Song
Adjusting the Tempo at a Particular Measure
Various Settings
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Count In Repeat
Count In Measure
Formatting the User Memory
Touch <Slide Show>.
To change the setting, touch for the item you
Slide Show Settings
Selecting the Type of Slide Show (Type)
Selecting the Interval at which Images will Change (Interval)
Piano Roll Screen Settings
Selecting the Foreground Image (Frame)
Specifying the Color of the Piano (Cabinet)
Vocal Effect Settings
Changing the Equalizer Settings
Adding a Backing Chorus to the Harmony (Backing Choir)
Tuning Settings
Tuning to Other Instruments Pitches (Master Tuning)
Changing the Tuning (Temperament)
Setting the Temperament Key
Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretch Tuning)
Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)
Changing the Keyboards Split Point (Split Point)
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Assigning the Function of the Pedals
(Left Pedal/Center Pedal/Expression Pedal)
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Using the Pedal to Apply the Bender Effect (Bend Range)
Bass Tone
Chord Tone
Changing Music Styles Without Changing the Tone or Tempo (Rhythm One Touch)
Selecting the Bass Tone/Chord Tone
Touch <Composer>.
Composer Settings
Hiding the Lyrics and Playing Hints
Using the [Accomp] Button to Switch the Part to be Muted (Accomp Track)
CD/Roland Audio Port Settings
Setting the Type of CD to be Played Back (CD/Audio Type)
Synchronizing the Timing of the Piano and Accompaniment (CD/Audio Sync)
Switching the Remote Sensor On and Off (Ir Function)
Remote Control Settings
Changing the [Play/Stop] Button Functions (Play Mode)
Changing the [FUNC1] [FUNC2] Button Functions
Changing the [TEMPO] Button and the [TRANSPOSE] Button Functions (TEMPO/TRANSPOSE)
Touch <USB>.
USB Settings
Changing the USB Driver Settings (USB Driver)
Changing the Communication Settings for USB Memory (Ext. Memory Mode)
Demo Settings
Adding Background Music to the Auto Demo (BGM)
Volume Settings
Adjusting the Volume (Master Gain)
Adjusting the Audio Recording Level (Audio Rec Gain)
Remembering the Settings Even When the Power is Turned Off (Memory Backup)
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
Cancelling the Setting
Disabling the Buttons (Panel Lock)
Connecting External Devices
Connecting an External Display
Switch on the connected display.
Switch on the RM-700 (p. 21).
Connecting a Television
Switching Off Your External Display or Television
Touch <Video>.
Video Settings
Specifying the Television Format (Video Type)
Selecting the Aspect Ratio of the Video Output (Video Output Aspect Ratio)
Connecting a Portable Audio Player
Press the [V-LINK] button to switch the V-LINK On/Off.
Connection Examples:
Connecting Video Equipment (V-LINK)
V-LINK
Connecting MIDI Equipment
Using a MIDI Sequencer to Play the RM-700
MIDI Settings
Changing the MIDI Transmit Channel (Tx Channel)
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Disconnecting the Internal Sound Generator and Keyboard (Local Control)
Sound is emitted
No sound produced
Sending Recorded Performance Data to a MIDI Device (Composer MIDI Out)
Sending Tone Change Messages (Bank Select MSB/Bank Select LSB/Program Change)
Connecting Audio Equipment
Playing the RM-700 through Connected Speakers
Playing the Sound of an Audio Device through the RM-700
Connecting Your Computer
Computer
Troubleshooting
No sound is heard
The sound is strange
The automatic accompaniment doesnt play correctly
Song doesnt play back correctly
Cant record
Types of Audio/MP3 Files That the RM-700 Can Play
MP3
Screen on connected display or television doesnt look right
Error Messages
Tone List
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Voice
Strings
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Pad/Synth
Winds
Brass
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GM2
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SFX
Drum Set
Drum Set List
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POP ROCK HIP HOP VOX DRUM
JAZZBRUSH
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STD CHINA STANDARD 1 STANDARD 2 STANDARD 3 ROOM
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JAZZ
POWER ELECTRONIC TR-808/909
DANCE
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ORCHESTRA
BRUSH
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GM2 STANDARD
GM2 ROOM
GM2 POWER
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GM2 JAZZ
GM2 BRUSH
GM2 ORCHSTRA
Effects List
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Music Style List
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Chord List
Chord List
Internal Song List
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Parameters Stored to Internal Memory
Other Stored Items
Parameters Stored in Memory Backup
Parameters Stored in the User Program
Music Files That the RM-700 Can Use
XGlite
GS Format
General MIDI 2
MIDI Implementation Chart
Main Specifications
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<Internal Memory>
<External Storage> USB Memory
Main Specifications
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<Others>
Index
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