Roland RS-50 owner manual Editing the effect settings of a performance

Playing more than one sound simultaneously (Performance mode)

Making settings that apply to the entire performance (Performance Common Parameters)

Name (Performance Name)

You can change the name of the performance.

Here you can use PAGE/CURSOR [ ]/[ ] to move through the characters, and use VALUE [-]/[+] to finalize the desired character.

Value: space, A–Z, a–z, 0–9, ! “ # $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ ¥ ] ^ _ ` { }

For further information, refer to “Assigning a name” (p. 43).

Voice Rsv 1–16 (Voice Reserve 1–16)

The sound generator of the RS-50 can produce up to 64 notes (voices) simultaneously. If data is received that attempts to play more than this number of voices, notes will be dropped out. The RS-50 has a voice reserve setting that lets you allocate a minimum number of voices for each part. For example, if you set Voice Reserve to “10” for part 16, ten voices each for upper and lower tones will be allocated for part 16, even if the total number of voices being sounded by the RS-50 reaches the maximum of 64. In this way, consider the number of sounds you want to play and the number of tones in the patch you are using, and set the Voice Reserve of each part accordingly.

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Value: 0–32

You cannot make settings that would cause the total of all parts to exceed 32.

Level (Performance Level)

Specifies the volume of the performance.

Value: 0–127

MFX Source

When the MFX effect is applied in Performance mode, this specifies whether the effect will use the parameters of the performance itself, or the parameters of the patch assigned to the part (p. 65).

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PERFORM: The MFX effect will be applied according to the effect parameters of the performance itself.

PART1–PART16:The MFX effect will be applied according to the parameters of the patch that is selected for the part.

Editing the effect settings of a performance

In Performance mode you can press [EFFECTS] to edit the effect

settings of a performance. For details, refer to “Adding effects” (p.

65).

To save the edited performance, refer to “Saving a

performance” (p. 59).

Editing the part settings of a performance (Part Setup)

1.Press [PERFORM] so it is lit and you are in Performance mode.

2.Select a performance.

3.Press [PART SELECT] so it is lit.

4.Press [PARAM] so it is lit.

5.Use [0]–[9] to select the part whose settings you want to edit.

To select the parts 11–16, hold down [SHIFT] and press [1]–[6] (p. 43).

Now you can edit the Part Setup parameters.

6.Use PAGE/CURSOR [ ]/[ ] to select a parameter, and use VALUE [-]/[+] to specify its value.

You can modify the following parameters.

To save the edited performance, refer to “Saving a performance” (p. 59).

Part parameters of a performance (Part Setup Parameters)

Level (Part Level)

Sets the volume of each part. This is mainly used to achieve the volume balance between Parts.

Value: 0–127

Pan (Part Pan)

When stereo output is used, this setting sets the pan position (stereo location) of each Part. With an increase in the value for L, more of the sound will be heard as coming from the left side. Similarly, more of the sound will originate at the right if the value of R is increased.

When set to RND (random), you obtain a specialized effect whereby the sound randomly moves left and right with each key stroke.

Value: RND, L63–0–63R

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