Roland SC-88 Pro CONTENTS, Chapter 1. Try out the unit, (Quick start), Chapter 3. System Effects, Chapter 4. Insertion Effects, Chapter 2. Parts and parameters

CONTENTS

USING THE UNIT SAFELY .................................	1
Introduction ..........................................................	2
IMPORTANT NOTES ..........................................	3
CONTENTS .........................................................	4
Front and rear panel ............................................	6
Chapter 1. Try out the unit
(Quick start)
■ Connect a MIDI keyboard and play the sounds.......	8
● Making connections.............................................	8
● Turning the power on or off .................................	9
● Is there sound?....................................................	9
■ Try out the various sounds .............................	10
■ Try out the buttons of the unit.........................	11
■ Apply effects to the sound ..............................	13
■ Tuning to other instruments (Tuning) .............	14
■ Headphones ...................................................	15
■ Audio input jacks / Audio input volume...........	15
Chapter 2. Parts and parameters
■ Parts and sounds ...........................................	18
● Assigning a sound to a Part ..............................	18
● Selecting Variation sounds................................	20
● Reading the Instrument numbers
and Variation numbers .........................	21
● Part Channels....................................................	22
● Which MIDI IN will be used by each Part? ........	23
● How simultaneous note numbers
and Voices are related. ........................	24
● Concerning legato-enabled sounds...................	24
■ Part parameters for performance ...................	25
[1] Parameters that can be set directly using the buttons .......	25
[2] Parameters that must be selected from the menu........	26
● What each parameter does ...............................	27
■ Part parameters for sound editing ..................	31
● Procedure..........................................................	31
● What each parameter does ...............................	32
■ Setting parameters common to all Parts ........	34
● Procedure..........................................................	34
● How each parameter works...............................	35

■ System parameter settings.............................	36
● Procedure..........................................................	36
● How each System parameter works..................	37
■ Using Patches ................................................	39
● Loading a Patch ................................................	40
● Using MIDI messages to select Patches...........	41
■ Creating a Drum Set (Drum Edit) .......................	42
● Drum editing procedure.....................................	42
● Using Chorus and Delay ...................................	44
● About Assign Group ..........................................	44

Chapter 3. System Effects

■How the effect section of the unit

is organized ....................................	46
■ System Effect settings....................................	48
● Equalizer setting procedure...............................	48
● Equalizer parameter functions...........................	49

●When you want to adjust the system effect

for all Parts ........................................... 50

●When you want to adjust the system effect

for each Part.........................................	50
● Setting Reverb/Chorus/Delay parameters.........	51
● Reverb parameter function................................	52
● Chorus parameter function................................	53
● Delay parameter function ..................................	54
Chapter 4. Insertion Effects
■ Insertion effect settings ..................................	56
● Making Insertion effect settings.........................	56
● Different effect types .........................................	57

■Using controllers to modify effect

parameters ....................................	92
● Setting procedure ..............................................	92
● How each parameter works...............................	93

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