Viscount RD-70, Quick Reference Manual

Page 1: ...RD 70 Midi Data Filer R RD 70 viscount professional REW STOP PLAY PAUSE REC SINGLE PROGRAM ERASE TEMPO SONG ENTER RANDOM STANDBY REPEAT FF HD VERSION QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE D I V I S I O N ...

Page 2: ...atnub washbowl kitchen sink in a wet basement or near a swimming pool or the like 4 This product either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss Do not operate for a long period of time in high volume level or at a level that is unconfortable If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in...

Page 3: ...ate t e unit s casin Do not use solvents to clean t e outside of t e instru ent Use a soft clot da ped it ater Do not tr to re ove t e unit s etal casin Al a s call in an e pert for repairs Do not re ove t e flopp dis fro t e drive unit until t e LED indicator as one out Do not e pose flopp dis s to a netic fields a nets loudspea ers televisions etc or to direct sunli t Re ularl a e ac up copies o...

Page 4: ...on for single playback 8 REPT button Press this button for repeated playback of a song 9 SET button Press this button to confirm previous programming 1 STANDB button Press this button to turn the unit on off 11 CLEAR button Press this button to delete programming 12 RND button Press this button to playback songs in random order 13 TEMPO buttons Press these buttons to set the tempo 14 SONG buttons ...

Page 5: ...MIDI IN connector This connector is for connecting a MIDI data source such as a keyboard computer or external sequencer 3 MIDI OUT connector This connector is for connecting any device with a data receiving MIDI interface 4 MIDI THRU connector This allows the RD 7 to be used as a bridge for inclusion in a chain of MIDI devices 5 AC ADAPTOR jack This is for connecting the AC adaptor supplied ...

Page 6: ...u t b r i d g e r e t r a n s m i t t i n g messages from MIDI IN The RD 7 is a MIDIFILE player which means that it can play back song data from floppy disks and transmit them to a system of MIDI synthesi ers or a computer with MIDI interface connected by means of the MIDI OUT connector It can also record MIDI data from a computer or external MIDI sequencer or from a MIDI keyboard connected by mea...

Page 7: ...pying a song 5 4 Copying a whole disk 5 5 Deleting a song 5 6 Deleting a whole disk 5 7 Song protection 5 8 Protecting All songs 5 9 Removing Protection from all songs 5 10 Occupied disk space 5 11 Free disk space 6 1 MIDI UPDATE Function 6 2 SOFT THRU Function 6 3 Syncronization 6 4 TIME BASE selection 6 5 ACTIVE SENSING Function 6 6 Exclusive System Error Messages Other Messages 2 1 Preliminary ...

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Page 9: ...INTRODUCTION 1 ...

Page 10: ...ically reproduce the original performance No particular type of MIDI device is needed for either recording or reproduction the user can choose the instrument that he finds most convenient without any restrictions There is no limit to the number of MIDI devices that can be simultaneously controlled by the RD 70 The RD 70 uses the direct to disk memory system This means that MIDI messages received f...

Page 11: ... used for data communication MIDI IN receives messages from an external device which generates them MIDI OUT transmits messages generated by the device on which it is installed MIDI THRU re transmits messages received at MIDI IN without altering them in any way The Standard MIDI File is an encoding format for MIDI data and is not affected by the type of data contained or the type of sound source I...

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Page 13: ...PLAYBACK 2 ...

Page 14: ...onnector of the RD 70 to the MIDI IN connector of an external sound source Insert the floppy disk containing the song to be played in the disk drive making sure that it is not upside down or back to front The display will show the number 01 which refers to the first song on the disk If the AUTOPLAY parameter see 2 8 PLAYBACK is in the ON position playback will be performed automatically Otherwise ...

Page 15: ... as with any normal cassette recorder To advance press FF To rewind press REW The display will show the number of beats flashing during the search operation For faster FF and Rewind operations hold down the button indicating the desidered direction of movement To directly move to the start of the song keep the STOP button pressed down then press REW To directly move to the end of the song keep the...

Page 16: ...nd press REPEAT again LED under button will go off To repeat a single song proceed as follows 1 Press the SINGLE button and REPEAT button the relative LEDs will light up 2 Select the desidered song with the SONG and buttons and start playback The song selected will be repeated until the stop button is pressed To repeat a specific section of a song 1 Select the song containing the block to be repea...

Page 17: ... beginning of the song that has just been played back 2 AUTOREW off when you press STOP the player will stay at the point where playback was stopped By holding ENTER and also pressing STOP the status of the AUTOREW function will be shown on the display It can be changed on off using the REW or FF buttons and confirmed with ENTER The AUTOREW off function can be useful when the pedal optional is use...

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Page 19: ...PROGRAMMING 3 ...

Page 20: ...rt flashing 2 Press the SONG or buttons to set the number of the song that you want to include 3 Confirm with ENTER 4 Repeat points 2 and 3 for each song that you want to program in sequence max possible number is 99 5 At the end of selection press STOP the PROG LED will remain on indicating that the programming has been stored in the memory 6 Press PLAY to start chain playback The chain can be st...

Page 21: ...ted playback of programmed songs in random order Press STOP to interrupt Press PROG then RPT for continuous repeated playback of the chain Press STOP to interrupt When purchased the general parameter values determining operation of the RD 70 are as follows AUTOREW AUTOPLAY SONG INTERVAL TIME SOFT THRU ACTIVE SENSING MIDI CLOCK SELECT MIDI CLOCK OUT MIDI UPDATE EXCL SYSTEM DUMP In chain playback th...

Page 22: ...cated in section 3 6 clearing any modifications made by the user during programming Proceed as follows 1 Turn off the RD 70 by pressing the STANDBY button LED will light up 2 While holding ERASE turn the RD 70 back on with the STANDBY button 3 7Initialization PROGRAMMING PROGRAMMING ...

Page 23: ...RECORDING 4 ...

Page 24: ...d insert it into the disk drive see Floppy Disks 5 2 To actuate record mode while holding the REC button press PAUSE the relative LEDs will light up The RD 70 can be set on standby for recording in two different ways 1 AUTOMATIC METHOD recording is carried out automatically as soon as a MIDI code is sent to the MIDI IN connector from the connected data source see section 6 3 SYNCRONIZATION 2 MANUA...

Page 25: ...gs on the disk assigning automatic progressive numbering to them each song is identified by a number higher than that of the last song identified on the disk As the RD 70 has been designed to essentially read recorded songs it does not have any specific functions for correcting material stored on the disk Therefore if there are performance errors the only way to correct them is by repeating the wh...

Page 26: ...FLOPPY DISKS 5 ...

Page 27: ...RM conversion s software etc on the disk 3 Insert the disk containing the song into the disk drive of the RD 70 and wait The RD 70 player is able to prepare blank disks for writing using a MS DOS format Only use good quality disks in the format allowed To initialize the disks proceed as follows 1 Close the tab in the upper right hand corner of the disk 2 Insert the disk into the disk drive while h...

Page 28: ...number of times requested by the machine with the Src and dSt requests To copy a whole disk onto another proceed as follows 1 Insert the copy source disk into the disk drive for safety protect the disk against overwriting by moving the tab in the upper right hand corner to the open position 2 While holding REC press REPEAT the display will ask Sur Are you sure 3 Press REC to confirm the display wi...

Page 29: ...ion status with the REW and FF buttons 4 Press REC to confirm 5 Press STOP to exit this function To protect all of the songs on a disk against accidental deletion all at once proceed as follows 1 While holding ERASE also press FF 2 The display will show Run operation in progress At the end of the operation all the songs on the disk will be protected If total protection of all songs see 5 8 has bee...

Page 30: ...th the SONG and buttons 2 While holding ERASE press the SONG button The display will give the value in KBytes To find out how much space is still available on the disk proceed as follows While holding ERASE also press RANDOM The display will give the value in KBytes 5 10Occupied Disk Space 5 11Free Disk Space FLOPPY DISKS ...

Page 31: ...MIDI FUNCTIONS 6 ...

Page 32: ...use its own internal clock External synchronization messages will be ignored 3 in MIDI the RD 70 will use only the MIDI CLOCK signal received at the MIDI IN port 4 rEt remote the RD 70 will use its own internal clock but START and STOP can be controlled from an external MIDI device Press ENTER to confirm or STOP to cancel The SOFT THRU function transforms the MIDI OUT connector into a MIDI OUT THR...

Page 33: ...e the value using REW and FF 3 Press ENTER to confirm This MIDI message enables the units forming the system to sense connection with one another Although almost all modern instruments can handle these messages some older ones do not interpret the code correctly in this case it is advisable to disable production of this message as follows 1 While holding ENTER press SONG current status of the func...

Page 34: ...ed as follows 1 In stop status hold the STOP button and press the button where the exclusive system data that you want to transmit has been saved the display ask Sur Are you sure 2 Press REC to confirm or STOP to cancel operation If the NPC No PaCket error is displayed it means that no data has been assigned to that button It is also possible to automatically transmit a Midi Packet every time that...

Page 35: ...MESSAGGES 7 ...

Page 36: ...new disk check that it has been formatted If the error is displayed during playback or recording of one or more songs it means that you are using a disk with demage sectors that cannot be interpreted by a Direct to Disk system In this case transfer the contents of the disk onto a new disk using a computer that can handle the MS DOS data also see section 5 1 of this manual Cause of error The Floppy...

Page 37: ... RD 70 by MIDI Cause of error An error has been detected during the disk formatting procedure Remedy If the error appears as soon as the disk is inserted check that it is not protected against overwriting tab in top right hand corner of floppy disk should be closed If the error appears while the tracks are being recorded it means that the disk that you are using is severely demaged and must be cha...

Page 38: ...isk are identical Remedy Change the destination disk and repeat the operation Cause of error There is an overflow of incoming MIDI data at the MIDI IN port of the RD 70 Remedy Reduce the amount of data being sent to the RD 70 or send the messages at a Cause of error The internal clock of the RD 70 has been disabled and there is no icoming MIDI CLOCK message at the MIDI IN port Remedy Check that th...

Page 39: ...rage capacity Remedy Reduce the size of the string and perform the storage procedure again Cause of error You have tried to transmit the contents of a memory location MIDI Packet that is empty see section 6 6 of the manual Remedy Check that you have selected the right memory location Repeat the exclusive string storage procedure if necessary ...

Page 40: ...base setting at 96 bpm Are you sure Midi Packet nr 1 selected Midi Packet nr 2 selected Midi Packet nr 3 selected Midi Packet nr 4 selected Time base setting at 120 bpm Time base setting 192 bpm Time Base setting at 240 bpm ...

Page 41: ...n off Song protection on End of song reached External Clock selected Insert destination disk Insert source disk Automatic MIDI Clock slected Internal Clock selected Remote Clock Selected External MIDI Clock selected ...

Page 42: ...Unit working Operation interrupted by user ...

Page 43: ... Store CHAIN Exit CHAIN programming Delete CHAIN in memory In SINGLE mode Block programming Select start of block Store start of block Select end of block Store end of block Start or end of block Clear block memory ERASE STANBY SONG o ERASE TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO ERASE TEMPO REW FF STOP FF STOP REW ENTER PROGRAM SONG and SONG ENTER STOP ERASE PROGRAM ENTER REPEAT REW o FF ENTER REW o FF ENTER STOP REPE...

Page 44: ... ERASE SONG STOP ERASE TEMPO STOP ERASE TEMPO REC Display current clock mode Select clock mode Display last clock out value Select clock out mode Store Display SOFT THRU status Display ACTIVE SENSING status Display ALL NOTE OFF status Display TIME BASE value Display AUTOREW status Display AUTOPLAY status Display SONG INTERVAL TIME value Display excl syst control setting Display MIDI UPDATE status ...

Page 45: ...tem since this version of the manual was completed The information contained in this version of the owner s manual supercedes all previous version NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital Device persuant to Part 15 if the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installati...

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