Roland SC-88 Sound Canvas Manuals

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Roland SC-88 Sound Canvas Owner's Manual (147 pages)

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Brand: Roland | Category: Music Equipment | Size: 8.42 MB

Important Safety Instructions
2
Main Features of the SC-88 Sound Canvas
4
Power Supply
5
Placement
5
Maintenance
5
Memory Backup
5
Contents
6
Front and Rear Panel
8
Try out the SC-88 (Quick Start)
9
Connect a MIDI Keyboard and Play the Sounds
10
Making Connections
10
Turning the Power on or off
11
Is There Sound?
11
Try out the Various Sounds
12
Try out the Buttons of the SC-88
13
Preview the Sound
13
Select a Variation Sound
13
Volume Adjustments
14
Pan Adjustments (Stereo Position)
14
Transpose the Pitch
14
Apply Effects to the Sound
15
Adjust the Amount of Reverb
15
Adjust the Amount of Chorus
15
Adjust the Amount of Delay
15
Tuning to Other Instruments (Tuning)
16
Master Tune
16
Headphones
17
Audio Output Jacks / Audio Input Volume
17
Parts and Parameters
19
Assigning a Sound to a Part
20
To Select the same Sounds as the SC-55/SC-55Mk II
21
Selecting Variation Sounds
22
Reading the Instrument Numbers and Variation Numbers
23
Selecting Sound Variations
24
Part Channels
25
Which MIDI in will be Used by each Part?
26
How Simultaneous Note Numbers and Voices Are Related
27
Part Parameters for Performance
28
Parameters that Can be Set Directly Using the Buttons
28
Parameters that Must be Selected from the Menu
29
What each Parameter Does
30
Part Parameters for Sound Editing
35
Editing Display
36
Setting Parameters Common to All Parts
39
How each Parameter Works
40
System Parameter Settings
42
How each System Parameter Works
43
Creating a Drum Set (Drum Edit)
46
Drum Editing Procedure
46
Using Chorus and Delay
48
About the Assign Group
48
Effects
49
Effect Settings
50
Equalizer Setting Procedure
50
Equalizer Parameter Functions
51
When You Want to Adjust Effect Depth for All Parts
52
When You Want to Adjust Effect Depth for each Part
52
Setting Reverb/Chorus/Delay Parameters
53
Reverb/Chorus/Delay Parameter Functions
54
Reverb Parameters
55
Chorus Parameters
56
Delay Parameters
57
About the SC-88'S Effect Structure
58
Convenient Functions
59
Create and Save a Sound (User Instrument Edit)
60
Procedure for Creating and Storing a Sound
61
Saving a Drum Set You Created (User Drum Edit)
63
Creating and Storing a Drum Sound
63
Naming a User Drum Set
66
Create a Display Message
67
Inputting the Display Message
67
Recording All Settings on a Sequencer
68
Bulk Dump Procedure
68
Draw Pictures of Characters in the Display (Frame Draw)
70
Creating the Picture or Character Data
70
Selecting the CM-64 Sound Map
72
Differences between the CM-64 and the SC-88
73
Using the SC-88 as Two Sound Modules
74
Selecting Double Module Mode
74
Initialize All Parts to the Factory Settings
76
Initialize for GM/GS
76
Using the SC-88 from a Personal Computer
77
Connections with Your Computer
78
Connections
79
Connecting a Computer Via the MIDI Connectors
80
MIDI Data Transfer with the Computer
81
Connecting Another MIDI Sound Source to the SC-88
83
Using MIDI Messages to Select Sounds
84
Using MIDI Messages to Select Drum Sets
86
Exclusive Data Addresses
86
MIDI and the SC-88
87
About MIDI
88
How MIDI Messages Are Transmitted and Received
88
MIDI Channels and Multi-Timbral Sound Modules
89
MIDI Messages that Can be Received by the SC-88
90
Note Messages
90
Pitch Bend
90
Bank Select
90
Control Change
91
Aftertouch (Channel Pressure)
92
System Exclusive Messages
94
About MIDI Implementation Charts
94
Device ID Number Settings
95
MIDI Message Routing Settings and Switches
96
The General MIDI System and GS Format
103
What Is the General MIDI System?
103
What Is the GS Format?
103
Troubleshooting
106
IF a Message Appears
108
Computer Cable Wiring Diagrams
109
Parameter List and Operations
110
Instrument List SC-88 MAP
114
Drum Set List
120
MIDI Implementation
125
Individual Parameter Transmission
130
Bulk Dump
135
Supplementary Material
136
MIDI Implementation Chart
139
Index
140
Specifications
142
How to Use the Included Floppy Disk for the SC-88
143

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