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Screen Structure

Main Panel: Tone 

(Original Layout)

MESSAGE indicator

Lights up when a MIDI message is received.

Level meter

Shows the output level.

LAYER

[TONE A]–[TONE D] button

These buttons turn the partials on/off, and select 

which tones are to be stacked when played.

ACTIVE

[TONE A]–[TONE D] button

These buttons select the tones to view/edit, and 

show them on the panel.
When you select multiple tones, the tones that are 

lit up is shown, and the edits you make apply to all 

selected tones.
*  To select multiple tones, click a button while 

holding down the [SHIFT] key.

When lit:

 the parameters are shown and can be 

edited.

When blinking:

 the parameters are not shown, but 

can be edited (when you edit the tones that are lit 

up, they become the same value).

When unlit:

 the parameters are not shown, and 

cannot be edited.

[MENU] button

Use this to make various settings.

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 “Setting” (p. 13)

[UTILITY] button

Use this to copy, paste and initialize the parameters.

COPY:

 The selected parameters are copied to the 

clipboard.

PASTE:

 The parameters copied to the clipboard are 

pasted.

INITIALIZE:

 Initializes the parameters.

VOLUME

Adjusts the overall volume.

Ç

 

É

 buttons

Recall the previous or next patch.

[PATCH] button

Displays the Patch Select window.

[NAME] button

Edits the patch name.

Display (left)

Shows information about the currently selected patch 

(sound).
*  Click inside this area to show and select from a list 

of patches.

Display (right)

Shows the parameter name controlled in the PALETTE 

and its setting (for TONE A–TONE D).

[SOLO] button

Sets whether the tones play as single notes 

(monophonic) or as chords (polyphonic) when you play 

multiple keys.

[SOLO LEGATO] button

This effect is applied when SOLO is on. When this is 

on and you hold down a key and then play another 

key, the sound of the second note played smoothly 

transitions from the first note without an attack.

[UNISON] button

Turn unison on to play multiple sounds as a layer for 

each key pressed.

PORTAMENTO

[ON] button

Turns the portamento on/off. When this is on, the 

pitch of the second note you play glides continuously 

from the first note.

OFF:

 Portamento is not applied, regardless of the 

portamento time setting.

ON:

 Portamento is always applied.

MODE [NORMAL] button

Portamento is always applied.

MODE [LEGATO] button

Portamento is only applied when you play in legato 

style (playing one key and then playing the next while 

holding down the first one).

TIME

When portamento is used, this sets the time taken for 

the pitch to change. Higher settings cause the pitch to 

take longer when gliding to the next note.

PANEL

[TONE] button

Shows the tone parameter in the panel.

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 Tone Edit (p. 4–p. 5)

[COMMON/EFFECTS] button

Shows the overall settings for the patch and the effect 

parameters in the panel.

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 Common/Effect Edit (p. 6–p. 8)

MASTER TUNE

Adjusts the pitch.

Summary of Contents for JD-800

Page 1: ...2021 Roland Corporation 01 Owner s Manual Software Synthesizer JD 800...

Page 2: ...rademarks t VST is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH t Roland is a registered trademark or trademark of Roland Corporation in the United States and or other countries t Com...

Page 3: ...bout the currently selected patch sound Click inside this area to show and select from a list of patches Display right Shows the parameter name controlled in the PALETTE and its setting for TONE A TON...

Page 4: ...n relation to the base cutoff frequency the CUTOFF FREQ value T1 T2 T3 T4 These set the TVF envelope times Larger values make the time to reach the next cutoff frequency longer for example T2 sets the...

Page 5: ...to the sound Excessively high settings can produce oscillation causing the sound to distort ENV This sets the intensity of the TVF envelope Larger values produce a greater change in the filter envelop...

Page 6: ...he gain of the middle range Q Sets the width of the mid frequency range Higher values make the width more narrow HIGH FREQ Sets the frequency of the high range GAIN Sets the gain of the high range KEY...

Page 7: ...frequency from which the sound is modulated with the phaser effect DEPTH Sets the depth of the phaser modulation RATE Sets the cycle of the phaser modulation RESO Sets the amount of feedback for the p...

Page 8: ...When the center delay sound feeds back a delay sound with feedback is input to the left and right as well REVERB REVERB button Turns reverb on off TYPE ROOM1 2 A reverb that simulates a room ROOM2 ha...

Page 9: ...the overall volume buttons Recall the previous or next patch PATCH button Displays the Patch Select window Display left Shows information about the currently selected patch sound Click inside this ar...

Page 10: ...f shortcuts appears Bank A bank contains 64 patches By switching banks you can access a large number of patches A bank can be saved as a file Switching Banks 1 Click the Bank field The bank list windo...

Page 11: ...ow to load a patch that s saved in a bank When you load a patch its settings are shown in the edit area allowing you to edit the settings 1 Click the number of the patch that you want to load 2 Click...

Page 12: ...nob or slider 3 Choose Learn MIDI CC 4 Operate your external MIDI device to transmit a control change message NOTE 5 MIDI control change messages are only set for the tone parameter controllers shown...

Page 13: ...message mapping Clear MIDI Control Mapping Clears all MIDI control change mapping Voice Limit Light Specifies the maximum simultaneous polyphony You can reduce the load on the CPU by lowering the poly...

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