Roland RS-50 owner manual Recording to an external, Sequencer

Performing with an external MIDI device

Rhythm Set						Making settings before recording
Group	Number		Bank Number		Program	When recording to an external sequencer, the following steps must
			MSB	LSB	Number	be carried out.
User	001–002		086	000	001–002	• Set the RS-50’s Local Control to OFF (refer to the next section).
Preset	001–020		086	064	001–020
						• Turn on the external sequencer’s Thru function (p. 97).
GM Rhythm	001–009		120	000	001–057
						• Set the performance (p. 97).
Using an external MIDI controller to						Setting the RS-50’s local control to OFF
change the RS-50’s tones
						The setting that determines whether the keyboard controller section
Use of the Modulation lever, pedals, and control knobs to make
						(p. 40) and sound generator section are separated is referred to as
changes to the RS-50’s tones in real time is explained in					“Settings
						“Local Control.”
related to controllers (CONTROLLER)” (p. 89).
						When Local Control is on, playing the keyboard will produce sound,
Transmitting Controller numbers set with Modulation Assign (p.
						and moving the pitch bend lever will control the pitch.
89), Pedal Control Assign (p. 90), and Knob Assign (p. 90) to the RS-
						When Local Control is off, playing the keyboard will not produce
50 achieves the same effect as working the Modulation lever, pedals,
						sound, and moving the pitch bend lever will not control pitch. The
and knobs.
						sound generator of the RS-50 will produce sound only in response to
Recording to an external						messages received from an external MIDI device.
						fig.r10-21.e
sequencer									Sequencer
						Recording			All performance data
Now, try using an external sequencer to record your music onto								Set Thru
									that arrives at MIDI IN
multiple tracks, and then play back the recorded performance.								Function to On. will be output from
Connecting to an external sequencer									MIDI OUT.
							MIDI IN		MIDI OUT
fig.r10-20.e
							MIDI OUT		MIDI IN
		MIDI IN		MIDI OUT
										Sound Generating
										Section

	Set Local	While at this setting,
	Control to Off.
		the RS-50's keyboard
MIDI Sequencer		and controllers are
		disconnected from
	Keyboard Controller	the sound generating
		section, so they will not
	Section	directly control it.
	RS-50
	The performance data from the RS-50’s keyboard controller section
RS-50	is output from the MIDI OUT connector and recorded by the
1. Before starting the connection procedure, make sure that	sequencer. This performance data is then also output back to the RS-
	50 from the sequencer’s MIDI OUT connector and played by the RS-
the power to all devices has been turned off.
	50’s sound generator.
2. After reading “Connecting the RS-50 to external equipment”
	If Local Control were ON, each note would be played twice; once by
(p. 14), connect an audio device/system or headphones.
	the music data from the keyboard controller section, and once again
3. Connect the external MIDI sound device with a MIDI cable as	by the data sent from the sequencer. In order to prevent such double
shown in the figure below.	triggering, the Local Control setting is turned off to separate the
	keyboard controller section from the sound generating section.

4.As described in “Turning on the power” (p. 15), turn on the

power of each device.	*	If your sequencer does not have a Thru function, set the RS-50’s Local
		Control to ON.
	1.	Press [SYSTEM] so it is lit.

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