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Owner’s Manual
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To resize thickness, move all items on the front cover and center registration marks to left or right. USING THE UNIT SAFELY For the U.K. IMPORTANT: THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE. BLUE: NEUTRAL BROWN: LIVE As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connecte
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RS-50_e3.book 3 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 011 101b • Do not allow any objects (e.g., flammable material, • The unit and the AC adaptor should be located so coins, pins); or liquids of any kind (water, soft their location or position does not interfere with drinks, etc.) to penetrate the unit. their proper ventilation. .......................................................................................................... 102d • Always grasp only the outpu
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RS-50_e3.book 4 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 IMPORTANT NOTES 291a In addition to the items listed under “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” on page 2–3, please read and observe the following: Power Supply Maintenance 301 401a • Do not use this unit on the same power circuit with any • For everyday cleaning wipe the unit with a soft, dry cloth device that will generate line noise (such as an electric or one that has been slightly dampened with water. To motor or v
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RS-50_e3.book 5 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 559a • When you need to transport the unit, package it in the box (including padding) that it came in, if possible. Otherwise, you will need to use equivalent packaging materials. 561 • Use only the specified expression pedal (EV-5; sold separately). By connecting any other expression pedals, you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to the unit. 985 • The explanations in this manual include illustrations that depict what shou
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RS-50_e3.book 6 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Contents IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4 Main Features..........................................................................................9 Panel descriptions ................................................................................10 Front panel........................................................................................................................
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RS-50_e3.book 7 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Contents Convenient functions for patch editing (Patch Utility)....................................................................... 49 Copying patch parameters (PATCH PRM COPY)................................................................... 49 Initializing the parameters of a patch (PATCH INITIALIZE)................................................ 50 Erasing a user patch you saved (PATCH REMOVE) ....................................
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RS-50_e3.book 8 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Contents Performing with an external MIDI device............................................92 About MIDI ............................................................................................................................................... 92 MIDI messages used by the RS-50 ......................................................................................................... 92 Using the RS-50 to play an external MIDI sound module.....
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RS-50_e3.book 9 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Main Features A broad range of new, high-quality sounds Careful attention has been paid to refining the most important General MIDI sounds for a live keyboard, such as piano, organ, strings, and brass. General MIDI is a set of recommendations which seeks to In addition, the latest cutting-edge sounds are also included. provide a way to go beyond the limitations of proprietary The General MIDI score conforming to General MIDI /
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RS-50_e3.book 10 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Panel descriptions Front panel fig.04-01.l AB CD E F I A EDIT Section D BEAM CONTROLLER [PARAM] (Parameter) button You can apply a variety of effects to sounds simply by moving your This button accesses sound or performance settings (parameters). hand (p. 31). The settings that are accessed will depend on the selected mode (Patch/Performance) or state. [SOLO SYNTH] (Solo Synthesizer) button [EFFECTS] button You can
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RS-50_e3.book 11 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Panel descriptions fig.04-01.r GH [WRITE] button F Saves patch/performance settings or system settings. [NUMERIC] button [-/+OCT] (Octave Shift) / [-/+TRANSPOSE] When this button is lit, the direct access buttons will function as a (Transpose) buttons numeric keypad. This lets you directly input or specify a numerical value for the displayed item (patch number or parameter). - /+OCT: These buttons adjust the pitch of the keybo
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RS-50_e3.book 12 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Panel descriptions PAGE/CURSOR [ ]/[ ] / • If balance/LFO is selected (BALANCE/LFO JUMP [ ]/[ ] buttons indicator lit) PAGE/CURSOR: Use these buttons to move between pages or to [BALANCE] knob move the cursor (p. 42). JUMP: In grouped pages, you can hold down [SHIFT] Adjusts the LOWER and UPPER volume balance (p. 26). and use these buttons to move between groups [LFO RATE] knob (p. 42). While one of these but
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RS-50_e3.book 13 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Panel descriptions Rear panel fig.04-02 AB CD E F G H A E MIDI connectors (IN, OUT) Cord hook These connectors can be connected to other MIDI devices to receive To prevent the inadvertent disruption of power to your unit (should and transmit MIDI messages (p. 92). Use MIDI cables (sold the plug be pulled out accidentally), and to avoid applying undue separately) to make connections. stress to the DC IN jack, anchor the po
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RS-50_e3.book 14 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Getting ready Connecting the RS-50 to external equipment The RS-50 does not contain an amp or speaker. You’ll need to listen to it through powered monitors, a mixer and connected monitors, a stereo system, or through • To prevent malfunction headphones. and/or damage to Connect as follows when using the RS-50 as a stand-alone device. fig.q01-01.e speakers or other devices, always turn down the volume, and turn off the power on all devi
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RS-50_e3.book 15 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Getting ready 3. Connect the RS-50 and the external device as shown in the figure. Use audio cables to connect audio equipment, such as an amp or speakers. If you are using headphones, plug them into the PHONES jack. Connect pedal switches or expression pedals as necessary. If you want to know how to make the connections with another external device, refer to: Using the RS-50 to play an external MIDI sound module (p. 93) Playing the
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RS-50_e3.book 16 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Getting ready Turning off the power 1. Before you turn off the power, make sure of the following points. • Are the volume controls of the RS-50 and the other connected equipment turned to the minimum position? • Have you saved the sounds or other data you’ve created? (p. 48, p. 53, p. 59) 2. Turn off the power for all connected audio devices. 3. Turn off the RS-50’s power switch. Adjusting the display contrast (LCD CONTRAST) The c
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RS-50_e3.book 17 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Reset to default factory settings (Factory Reset) This restores all data in the RS-50 to the factory-set condition (Factory Reset). fig.q02-01 1 2 3 4, 5 If there is important data you’ve created that’s stored Be sure not to turn off the power while Factory Reset is being performed. in the RS-50’s internal If the power is turned off or interrupted while data is being written to memory, the internal data may become corrupted. memor
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RS-50_e3.book 18 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Listening to the demo songs The RS-50 contains Demo songs. Here’s how to listen to the demo songs and experience the superb sounds and effects of the RS-50. fig.q03-01 1 24 3 1. Press [DEMO]. fig.q03-02_40 2. Use VALUE [-]/[+] to select the song that you wish to hear. If you want to listen to all of the songs played in order, select “All Songs.” 3. Press [ENTER] to start demo song playback. The selected song is played back
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RS-50_e3.book 19 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Quick Start 19
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RS-50_e3.book 20 ページ ２００３年１１月７日 金曜日 午後７時１分 Try out the sounds Selecting a patch On the RS-50, the sounds you use for normal playing are called patches. A patch is analogous to an instrument held by a member of an orchestra. Each patch consists of two tones; an upper tone and lower tone. You can assign the two tones to their own region of the keyboard (p. 44), and make independent settings for each tone (p. 46). ■ Selecting a patch by category The RS-50 allows you to rapidly sel
