Roland Classic Keyboard C-230, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual C 230_e book Page 1 Tuesday May 19 2009 10 22 AM ...

Page 2: ...This product complies with the requirements of EMC Directive 2004 108 EC For EU Countries For Canada For the USA For the U K For C A US Proposition 65 C 230_e book Page 2 Tuesday May 19 2009 10 22 AM ...

Page 3: ...to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit owner s manual should be read in its entirety The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference Copyright 2009 ROLAND EUROPE All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND EUROPE Spa C 230 C 230_e book Page 3 Tuesda...

Page 4: ...ring loss or ringing in the ears you should immediately stop using the unit and consult an audiologist 011 Do not allow any objects e g flammable material coins pins or liquids of any kind water soft drinks etc to penetrate the unit 012b Immediately turn the power off remove the AC adaptor from the outlet and request servicing by your retailer the nearest Roland Service Center or an authorized Rol...

Page 5: ... the power plug and the power outlet can result in poor insulation and lead to fire 104 Try to prevent cords and cables from becoming entangled Also all cords and cables should be placed so they are out of the reach of children 106 Never climb on top of nor place heavy objects on the unit 107c Never handle the AC adaptor or its plugs with wet hands when plugging into or unplugging from an outlet o...

Page 6: ...hich you place the unit its rubber feet may discolor or mar the surface You can place a piece of felt or cloth under the rubber feet to prevent this from happening If you do so please make sure that the unit will not slip or move acciden tally Maintenance 401b To clean the unit use a dry soft cloth or one that is slightly dampened Try to wipe the entire surface using an equal amount of strength mo...

Page 7: ...ng impact Do not leave USB memory in direct sunlight or in locations such as a closed up automobile Storage temperature 0 50 degrees C Do not allow USB memory to become wet Do not disassemble or modify USB memory When connecting USB memory position it horizontally with the USB memory connector and insert it without using excessive force The USB memory connector may be damaged if you use excessive ...

Page 8: ...g the organ registration memories 25 Saving your organ registration memories 26 Switching all tilt tabs on TUTTI or off CANCEL 26 Configuring your own Tutti setting 27 Choosing different organ voices and setting their volume Voice Palette 28 Choosing different Others sounds and setting their volume 29 Saving your settings to the Global area 30 Layering harpsichord sounds 31 Adjusting the volume of...

Page 9: ...9 Local On Off setting 41 Using the V LINK function 42 Sound lists 43 MIDI Implementation Chart 44 Specifications 45 C 230_e book Page 9 Tuesday May 19 2009 10 22 AM ...

Page 10: ...irnberger Vallotti and Meantone giving you five temperaments that can be easily selected by pressing a single button There s also a Transpose function which makes it easy to transpose the pitch for additional ways to vary your performance No maintenance and easy pitch changes Not only will you never need to replace the plectrums or strings you ll also never need to tune this instrument Moreover th...

Page 11: ... sev eral sounds simultaneously Furthermore there are 4 different sounds for each tilt tab The CLASSIC ORGAN section cannot be used at the same time as Harpsichord or Fortepiano section Function Button This button provides access to the Song Demo and organ registration memories Music Recorder buttons These buttons allow you to start and stop playback or the recording of your music When you hold do...

Page 12: ...sages to or from an external MIDI device Ground terminal SATELLITE L R sockets This is where you need to connect the supplied satellite speakers A B switches These will be used in the event of a future upgrade They are not normally used SUSTAIN Jack You can connect an optional DP series damper pedal to this jack Cord hook to the left of the DC IN connector Use this to secure the AC adaptor cord US...

Page 13: ...the electrical outlet Ground Terminal Depending on the circumstances of a particular setup you may experience a discomforting sensa tion or perceive that the surface feels gritty to the touch when you touch this device microphones connected to it or the metal portions of other objects such as guitars This is due to an infinitesimal electrical charge which is absolutely harmless However if you are ...

Page 14: ... does not indicate a malfunction Turning the power on 1 Press the Power switch This unit is equipped with a protection circuit A brief interval a few seconds after power up is required before the unit will operate normally 2 Select an organ harpsichord fortepiano or Others sounds Turning the power off 1 Press the Power switch Turning the power on off Press Press again ON OFF C 230_e book Page 14 T...

Page 15: ... other times when you might not wish to be heard by other people nearby As shown in the illustration connect the plug of your headphones to the headphone jack Use the Volume knob to adjust the volume of the headphones Use stereo headphones Please be aware that excessively high volume or extended use may contribute to hearing loss Using optional headphones Phones jack Stereo headphones C 230_e book...

Page 16: ...ers sounds see pages 28 and 29 Reverberation is the sound that you hear reflected from the walls or other surface of a hall or room in addition to the sound that reaches your ears directly from the instrument The C 230 provides a reverb effect that lets you simulate the reverberation of a variety of environments ranging from a small room to a large hall Turn the Reverb knob to adjust the amount of...

Page 17: ...lso Additional functions for the Classic Organ sounds on p 25 The C 230 features an ORGAN BASS section that can either be played via the keyboard or with an optional PK 5A dynamic MIDI pedal unit Here again there are 4 voices for each of the 2 tilt tabs And again one of those voices can be assigned to the tilt tab in question see p 28 If you use the keyboard the ORGAN BASS section is monophonic an...

Page 18: ...epiano and Others section Three harpsichord sounds can be layered and played together See p 31 for details The fortepiano is the precursor of the grand piano as we know it today with a rather more metallic sound The C 230 contains two fortepiano sounds 1 Press the Fortepiano button for the sound that you want to play The button you pressed lights the ORGAN BASS CLASSIC ORGAN Harpsichord and Others...

Page 19: ...ith your current Organ selection 1 Press the Celesta or Chime button it lights To use both Others sounds simultaneously press the Celesta and Chime buttons 2 Now you can play the selected Others sound 3 If you like you can add an organ sound See Choosing different Others sounds and setting their volume on p 29 for how to assign different sounds to these buttons Playing other sounds Others Celesta ...

Page 20: ...and Pythagorean scales to enhance the degree of transposability and has been used ever since Bach up to the present Kirnberger was conceived using similar methods and is used mainly when playing the organ works of Bach Vallotti is the most recent of the temperaments described here It is close to equal temperament but since it is somewhat pure it blends easily with other instruments and today is of...

Page 21: ...ow for the correspondence between the tilt tabs and the demo song banks The demo songs are divided over four banks the first bank contains demonstrations of the ORGAN BASS CLASSIC ORGAN section the second showcases the Harpsichord section while the third and fourth contain demo songs for the Fortepiano I Fortepiano II and Celesta sounds 3 Press the lower part of the ORGAN BASS or CLASSIC ORGAN 1 9...

Page 22: ...Fortepiano I songs Fortepiano II Celesta songs ORGAN BASS CLASSIC ORGAN tilt tabs 1 J S Bach Choral BWV626 J S Bach Goldberg Variationen Aria W A Mozart Sonata KV285 J Maul Miniature No 1 for Dynamic Harpsichord 2 J S Bach Choral BWV639 J S Bach Invention No 1 J Maul Miniature No 2 for Dynamic Harpsichord E H Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Anitra s Dance 3 J S Bach Dorisch BWV538 J S Bach Invention No...

Page 23: ...oard You can also hold down the Pitch and Temperament buttons and press the key of the desired tonic note 3 Release the Pitch button If this is set to any key other than C the Pitch button will light green For example if you want the E pitch to sound when you play the C key hold down the Pitch button and press the E key 4 To return the keyboard to its normal state hold down the Pitch button and pr...

Page 24: ... pitch or counterclockwise to lower it Do not press and hold the Pitch button for too long to avoid activating Transpose mode Otherwise press a C key on the keyboard to leave Transpose mode and repeat this step Immediately after you turn on the power the tuning will be in the normal state A 440Hz The range of adjustment is 1 2 semitone 50 cents The center position of the knob corresponds to the fo...

Page 25: ... Do not hold it for too long to avoid overwriting the memory in question If you haven t yet overwritten the factory settings the Harpsichord 8 I button selects the softest registration pianissimo while the Lute button calls up the loudest forte 3 Press the Function button it goes dark to leave organ registration mode Additional functions for the Classic Organ sounds General procedure Button Functi...

Page 26: ... all 11 tilt tabs this may take too long for a fluid organ performance That is why the C 230 provides a TUTTI function TUTTI function 1 While holding down the Function button press the REC button the Function button lights 2 Press the Fortepiano II button All 11 tilt tabs light to indicate that all voices are active The Fortepiano II button lights to indicate that the TUTTI function has been activ...

Page 27: ... Celesta and or Chime button 1 While holding down the Function button press the REC button the Function button lights 2 Choose the desired Classic Organ Bass Organ and Others voices you wish to assign to the TUTTI setting 3 Press and hold the Fortepiano II button until the Function button briefly flashes Your new TUTTI registration has been stored and can be recalled anytime see Switching all tilt...

Page 28: ...lier If you are not satisfied you can return to the previously selected voice by pressing the upper part of the tilt tab 4 Repeat steps 1 3 above to change the voicing of other tilt tabs If you want to use the newly selected voice each time you press this tab even after switching the C 230 off and back on again save your settings to the Global area see p 30 Your settings can also be saved to one o...

Page 29: ...0 off and back on again save your settings to the Global area see p 30 Your settings can also be saved to one of the four memories see p 25 You can also select different sounds while both the Celesta and the Chime button light Changing the volume of each Others sound You can also set the volume of the newly selected sound see above to set the desired balance with respect to the remaining sounds 1 ...

Page 30: ...Voice Palette volume of each Palette Others sounds volume of each Others sound To save your settings proceed as follows 1 While holding down the Function button press the Chime button The Function and Chime buttons flash to indicate that the C 230 is saving your settings Do not power off the C 230 while the Function button flashes Always wait until it goes dark Saving your settings to the Global a...

Page 31: ...djust the volume of the noise produced by strong keystrokes The noise will be at the standard level when the knob is at the 2 o clock position Once the power is switched off the instrument reverts to the standard noise level Adjusting the noise volume for key releases This function is only available for the four Harpsichord sounds 8 I 8 II 4 and Lute While holding down the Temperament button turn ...

Page 32: ...hes Press the STOP button if decide not to record 3 Press the PLAY PAUSE button or play the keyboard to start recording Recording begins after a count in of two bars If you start recording by pressing a key on the keyboard there is no count in recording will begin immediately The PLAY PAUSE and REC buttons light 4 Start playing Feel free to select different sounds and sections while recording All ...

Page 33: ...ng 3 Enter a number between 1 and 99 using the ORGAN BASS CLASSIC ORGAN tilt tabs See the numbers BELOW the tilt tabs To enter 1 just press SUBBASS To enter 39 press PRINCIPAL and SUPER OCTAVE in that order If you only press SUBBASS number 1 at this stage for example the SUBBASS and MIXTUR tilt tabs flash to indicate that you selected memory 01 A similar flashing pattern is also used for any other...

Page 34: ...a number between 1 and 99 using the Classic Organ tilt tabs 3 Press the lower part of the TRUMPET ENTER tilt tab to confirm your selection The song you selected is loaded and the tilt tabs of the configuration used in that song light up If you select a song number that doesn t exist on the USB memory stick STOP PLAY PAUSE and REC start flashing In that case enter a different number and repeat step...

Page 35: ...hing 2 Release the Function and Chime buttons Be sure to proceed with step 3 within 10 seconds If you wait longer the Function and Chime buttons go dark After that you need to return to step 1 if you still want to load the factory settings 3 While holding down the lower part of the SUBBASS 16 tilt tab press the Lute button The Lute button starts flashing 4 Wait until the Function Chime and Lute bu...

Page 36: ...230 s power 3 Switch on the connected device 4 Adjust the volume of the C 230 and the external audio device To record a performance from the C 230 onto an audio recorder 1 Start recording on the connected device 2 Perform on the C 230 3 When you ve finished performing stop recording on the connected device To turn the power off 1 Minimize the volume of the C 230 and of the connected device 2 Switc...

Page 37: ... or damage to the unit An optional expression pedal can be connected to the C 230 s EXPRESSION PEDAL jack and used to set the volume of the organ registration ORGAN BASS CLASSIC ORGAN and the Others sound you are using It has no effect on the Harpsichord or Fortepiano section Use only the specified expression pedal EV 5 or EV 7 sold separately By connecting any other expression pedal you risk caus...

Page 38: ...our external audio device to the C 230 Some connection cables contain resistors Do not use cables that incorporate resistors for connecting this unit The use of such cables can cause the sound level to be extremely low or impossible to hear For information on cable specifications contact the manufacturer of the cable 4 Switch on power to your audio device 5 Switch on the C 230 s power 6 Adjust the...

Page 39: ...lume before you make this adjustment While holding down the Function button turn the Volume knob When you turn the Reverb knob of the operating panel see p 16 the reverb effect will be applied to the C 230 s sound as well as to the sound being input via the INPUT jacks However you can also adjust the amount of reverb that is applied to the input sound separately While holding down the Function but...

Page 40: ...ransmission of Active Sensing and or MIDI Clock messages on the transmitting device if those messages can be filtered or Switch off the C 230 then press and hold its Function and Harpsichord 4 buttons while switching the C 230 back on The C 230 now filters the aforesaid messages and the ORGAN BASS part can be played from the keyboard Connecting the C 230 with MIDI equipment What is MIDI MIDI stand...

Page 41: ...e Local Off setting so that route 1 is disconnected While holding down the Function button press the Harpsichord 4 button to switch off the Local function Repeat this operation to select Local On again If you ve selected Local Off and no sequencer is connected you won t hear any sound when you play the C 230 s keyboard The Local On setting is selected when you turn on the power Local On Off settin...

Page 42: ...eo device V LINK communication is not possible via the USB port 2 While holding down the Function button press the Harpsichord 8 II button switch on the V LINK function 3 To turn V LINK off once again hold down Function and press the Harpsichord 8 II button Operations on the C 230 V LINK messages are transmitted on MIDI channel 16 The following functions can be controlled from the C 230 Video clip...

Page 43: ...lo 2 Mixtur IV Terce Mixture V Rauschqnt IV Sesquialtera II Trumpet 8 Waldhorn 8 Trompette 8 Cromorne 8 Organ Bass voices Subbass 16 Principal 16 Bourdon 16 Open Wood 16 Bourdon 8 Octave 8 Flute 8 Gedackt 8 Spill Flute 4 Other voices Harpsichord sounds 1 Celesta 1 Chime 8 I 2 Violone 16 2 Holz Gedackt 8 8 II 3 Contra Trompette 16 3 Dulzian 8 4 4 Bassoon 16 4 Aeoline II Lute 5 Geigen Principal 8 5 ...

Page 44: ...O Reverb X Chorus X O X X O 3 X O 3 O 4 X X O Reverb 5 X Chorus X O Bank Select Data entry Volume Panpot Expression Hold 1 Sostenuto Soft Effect 1 Depth Effect 3 Depth NRPN LSB MSB RPN LSB MSB Program Change True O 1 12 X Only on MIDI channel 11 Program no 1 128 System Exclusive O 1 O 1 System Common Song Position Pointer Song Sel Tune X X X X X X System Real Time Clock Commands X X X O 2 Only FAh...

Page 45: ...ers Satellite speakers 12cm x2 Rated Output 10W x 4 Connectors PHONES jack Stereo OUTPUT jacks L MONO R INPUT jacks L MONO R MIDI connectors IN OUT SUSTAIN jack EXPRESSION PEDAL jack SATELLITE R L sockets DC IN connector USB MEMORY connector Power Supply DC 12V AC Adaptor Power Consumption 39W AC 110V 39W AC117V 39W AC 230V 39W AC 240V Cabinet Finish Simulated mahogany Dimensions including the sta...

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