Voice Systems RD-80e, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...D A T A F I L E R Manuale Operativo Operating Manual RD 80e ...

Page 2: ...a batnub 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...

Page 3: ...orming song 62 5 3 1 Error messages 62 5 4 Volume setup 63 5 4 1 Seeting the volume mode 64 5 5 Using the REW and FF keys 65 6 REAL TIME FUNCTIONS 66 6 1 Track muting 66 6 1 1 Mute Setup 66 6 2 Transposing the key 67 6 2 1 Transpose Setup 67 6 3 Adjusting the metronome tempo 68 6 3 1 Tempo Setup 68 6 4 Saving changes 69 6 4 1 Error messages 70 7 RECORDING SONGS 71 7 1 Foreword 71 7 2 Recording pro...

Page 4: ...ting the colours 90 9 6 Vocal Harmonizer 91 9 6 1 Type of harmonisation 92 9 6 2 Setting the harmoniser MIDI reception channels 93 9 6 3 Setting the levels 93 10 THE LISTS 94 10 1 Creating a List 94 10 2 Saving the List 95 10 2 1 Error messages Save List 95 10 3 Performing a List 96 10 3 1 Error messages Play List 97 10 4 List file management 97 11 ACCESSORY FUNCTIONS 98 11 1 Factory Settings 98 1...

Page 5: ...on when disconnecting the cables from sockets take hold of them by the connector and not by the cable itself when coiling do not allow knots or twists to form Before making connections ensure that the other units especially amplification and diffusion systems you are about to connect are switched off You will avoid noisy or even hazardous signal peaks 1 2 NOTES ON THE INSTRUMENT IMPORTANT The RD 8...

Page 6: ...s standard MIDI files extension MID resident on floppy disks formatted in accordance with the MS DOS standard Files with different extensions will not be processed The system supports up to 16 tracks If a format 1 MIDI file exceeds the permitted number of tracks an error will be shown on the display However for optimum system performance use of type 0 SMF files is recommended The RD 80e recognises...

Page 7: ...rom the Data Player section into audio signals and thus into music bearing in mind the timbre and dynamic of every single note This section is able to reproduce 353 sounds and 17 Drum Kits and is poly timbric on 16 parts 16 different timbres can be played simultaneously each distributed on one track meaning one MIDI channel The maximum polyphony the number of notes which can be played simultaneous...

Page 8: ...t backward shift to a specific bar or disables the menu functions recalled by the MIDI and UTILITY keys FF ENABLE allows fast forward shift to a specific bar or enables the menu functions recalled by the MIDI and UTILITY keys STOP STAND BY stops performance or recording of the song pressed for about two seconds it switches the device to stand by mode low power consumption PLAY MEAS starts performa...

Page 9: ... the key of songs VOLUME key allows regulation of the overall volume of theRD 80e Prolonged pressure on this key in stop condition allows selection of the MIDI message NRPN or CC for controlling the volume For further information consult section 5 3 MIDI and UTILITY keys these buttons provide access to the menus of the device s MIDI and accessory functions For further information consult sections ...

Page 10: ...details about this 4 MIDI OUT connector output port for the MIDI data generated by the RD 80e 5 FOOT SW foot switch connector allows connection of a foot switch pedal with start stop function To avoid damage to the internal components of the RD 80e it is important to use only pedals with normally open contact 6 AUDIO OUT section the section contains all the signal outputs generated by the internal...

Page 11: ... same name on the device s front panel See point 3 1 for the detailed description of the buttons and the various sections for descriptions of the functions CAUTION To ensure the remote control operates correctly it is important not to obstruct the part of the front panel underneath the number display with objects or stickers this part contains the sensor which allows reception of the remote contro...

Page 12: ...A FILER 4 THE CONNECTIONS CAUTION ü The Joy Port to MIDI adapter must be equipped with an internal photocoupler ü If the adapter carriers a Joy Port resend never use this for connecting additional peripherals 60 ...

Page 13: ... floppy disk has been selected see Automatic Sort in point 5 2 5 2 THE SORT AUTOMATIC Whenever a floppy disk is inserted in the drive the RD 80e performs the automatic sort function in other words it arranges the songs in rising alphabetical order on the basis of the ASCII code This means that the first backing track on the disk will be the one with the name which comes first in alphabetical order...

Page 14: ...of format 1 Midifiles and especially with files containing Lyrics metaevent texts You can also press the ESC key to abort the operation and return to display of the last song loaded To start playback press the PLAY button the LED of the key will light up and playback of the song will start Pressing the STOP key will stop playback of the song or you can press the PAUSE button for a temporary halt i...

Page 15: ...rrors inside the file may cause sudden breaks in performance Never remove the floppy disk during playback 5 4 VOLUME SETUP To adjust the volume of the songs being played back press the VOLUME key The display will show the value in a range 0 100 if the volume is being controlled by means of CC or 0 127 if the volume is being controlled by means of NRPN Refer to point 5 3 1 for setting of the volume...

Page 16: ...in volume set originally unchanged This mode should be used to control the volume of an external sound generation device such as an expander for playback of the backing tracks whose data are transmitted by the RD80e To make the selection keep the VOLUME button pressed in stop mode the display will show the volume mode currently set Use the DEC and INC keys to make the selection required Then press...

Page 17: ... pressed the display will show the number of the destination bar when it is released three luminous dots will appear on the display Any playback in progress will be stopped temporarily and the system will continue with the search for the selected bar number Once the destination bar is reached playback of the song if any will restart automatically and the display will return to display of the numbe...

Page 18: ...e user to set which tracks will be disabled when the Mute function is activated If the MUTE key is pressed for about two seconds in stop condition the display will show the Mute condition relating to track 1 i e MIDI channel 1 66 As the illustration shows the display contains three dots showing that the track is in Mute condition The DEC and INC section keys allow selection of the track while the ...

Page 19: ...ill be played in the original key envisaged in the file 6 2 1 TRANSPOSE SETUP We have seen that the transposition can be activated by pressing the TRANSP button quickly The TRANSPOSE SETUP function allows the user to setthe number of semitones by which the song will be transposed when this function is active When the TRANSP key is kept pressed for about two seconds the display will show NOTES ü An...

Page 20: ...ETUP function video page which allows adjustment of the percentage variation of the metronome tempo and not the absolute tempo of the song in order to ensure a proportional variation even in case of rallentandos or accelerandos programmed during playback of the song Note that this value represents the percentage calculation which the instrument will carry out to set the new bpm beats per minute va...

Page 21: ...ake a few minutes It is therefore best to make all the changes you require and then save at the end instead of carrying out a save for each change made To save a modified song proceed as follows Select the song you intend to change Set and activate the Real Time function with which you wish to modify the song Carry out a Play to check that you are happy with the changes Press the REC button SAVE i...

Page 22: ...racks concerned ü Only the Real Time functions active when the REC key is pressed will be saved ü If no Real Time functions are selected the REC button has no effect 6 4 1 ERROR MESSAGES PROTECTED FLOPPY DISK The disk on which you have attempted to save the file has write protection Move the tab in the top left hand corner of the disk to the closed position insert it in the drive again and press E...

Page 23: ...unprotected tab closed and must have enough space to take the recording data Press the REC key and keeping it pressed the PLAY key The LED in the REC key will come on constantly while the PLAY key LED will flash indicating that the instrument is ready to record The number of the song being recorded will appear on the display this is the number of the last file on the disk 1 Set the metronome tempo...

Page 24: ...re correct and or that the transmitter instrument is sending the MIDI data correctly The Midifile created by the RD 80e will be placed at the end of the list of those present on the disk and named as follows __RD_nnn mid where __RD_ is the fixed part of the file name and nnn is a consecutive number i e last file __RD_ 1 This means that the last file is placed at the end of the list even if there a...

Page 25: ...ed and it will not be possible to carry out the operation Press ESC to return to the Main Page NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON DISK There is not enough space available on the disk to take the entire recording Press ESC free space on the disk and repeat the procedure 73 ...

Page 26: ... be sent to the sound generator or to the MIDI OUT port Sync In sets which of the synchronisation messages received from the Joy Port MIDI IN port the instrument is to interpret Sync Out sets which synchronisation messages are to be sent to the MIDI OUT port NOTE ü Every modification made to the parameters relating to this section will automatically be memorised The ESC key can be used to return t...

Page 27: ...ng will be reloaded to implement the modifications 8 2 SYNC IN The SYNC IN function allows you to set which of the Real Time messages relating to the synchronisation present on the MIDI IN port connected to the JOY PORT you wish the RD80e to interpret The Real Time codes are high priority MIDI messages used for control or synchronisation messages The functions of the individual messages will be de...

Page 28: ...e MIDI In port of the JOY PORT Song Select enables disables reception of the MIDI message for selection of songs Song Position Pointer enables disables reception of the MIDI messages for pointing the bar of the selected song When the operation is complete the ESC key can be pressed to exit from the video page in question all the modifications will be saved automatically On exit from the function t...

Page 29: ... the PLAY STOP and PAUSE buttons are pressed the RD 80e will transmit the relative message to the MIDI OUT port Song Select enables disables transmission of the MIDI message for selection of the active song When the function is active if a song is selected with the RD 80e the relative message will be transmitted to the MIDI OUT port when the ENTER key is pressed Song Position Pointer enables disab...

Page 30: ...h Disk allows access to the floppy disk formatting and copy functions File allows access to the file copy and deletion functions Graphic LCD allows access to the settings relating to the additional graphic display which can be connected to the RD 80e Video Interface displays the parameters for setting up the additional video interface Vocal Harmonizer parameters for configuration of the remote voc...

Page 31: ...to the MIDI OUT port Disable this function if the optional remote peripherals such as the video interface of the additional graphic LCD display are not connected this will prevent longer song loading times To enable the function press the FF Enable button or to disable it use the REW Disable key The functions will be activated if there are three luminous dots on the display The status of the Lyric...

Page 32: ...es described in the previous point bearing in mind that 2DD formatting is for 720 Kb floppy disks and 2HD formatting must be used for 1 44 Mb floppy disks Then insert the floppy disk you wish to format and press the ENTER button the display will show a request for confirmation that you wish to proceed with the formatting meaning Are you Sure Pressing the ENTER key will start the formatting or pres...

Page 33: ...ime is independent of the amount of data on the source disk since the copying procedure overwrites the entire contents of the destination disk with those of the source disk this causes the loss of all the data present on the destination disk After selecting the function concerned CPY page in the Utility menu insert the source disk containing the data for copying and press ENTER the display will sh...

Page 34: ... inserting the disk this must only be carried out when the instrument gives the relative prompt This is because it takes a short time for the drive heads to reach the safety position If the destination floppy disk is inserted before the system gives the prompt extract the disk again and wait for the message During the reading and or writing operations pressing the ESC key interrupts copying of the...

Page 35: ...quired Press ESC and replace the floppy disk Then repeat the copy or format procedure FLOPPY DISK NOT INSERTED There is no disk in the drive and the operation requested cannot be carried out If the disk is present wait a few moments to allow the instrument to acquire the floppy disk and then retry the procedure Also try removing and re inserting the disk Press ESC to return to the menu or to the p...

Page 36: ...A FILE After selecting the File Copy function you can use the INC and DEC buttons to select the number of the Song or the List to be copied using the SONG and LIST buttons to select the type of file IMPORTANT NOTE If the destination floppy disk contains files with the same names as those as to be copied the system will overwrite the existing files After making the selection press ENTER to go ahead...

Page 37: ...r again to allow you to make another copy if you wish During the reading and or writing operations pressing the ESC key interrupts copying of the file The display will show the message for the time taken to close any open files Insert a valid floppy to quit the abort function CAUTION You are urged to take special care when extracting and inserting the disk this must only be carried out when the in...

Page 38: ...onfirmation to proceed acronym of Are you Sure Press ENTER to confirm the operation or ESC to abort it In case of confirmation the system will delete the file definitively from the disk For the time taken to complete the operation the display will show At the end of the operation the following video page will appear indicating that the operation has been completed 9 3 3 ERROR MESSAGES FILES SECTIO...

Page 39: ...ge is displayed if the floppy disk does not contain Songs or Lists so it is not possible to select the file for copying deletion 9 4 CONTROL OF THE OPTIONAL GRAPHIC DISPLAY The RD 80e allows you to connect the optional Voice Systems LVD liquid crystal display LCD by means of the JOY PORT on the rear of the instrument You will then be able to show any lyrics present on the backing track being playe...

Page 40: ... the function required press the ENTER key to access the settings NOTE These functions can only be recalled if the LVD graphic display is present and properly installed Otherwise the system will show the video page meaning Not installed 9 4 1 SELECTING THE TYPE OF FONT To set the type of font with which the lyrics of the song are to be shown on the display recall the Font Type function Fon video p...

Page 41: ...TTINGS RELATING TO THE VIDEO INTERFACE If you wish to display the lyrics of the songs played on an ordinary TV set the Voice Systems HVP or VIP video interfaces can be connected to the RD80e To set their operation select the Video Interface option Int video page from the Utility menu and press ENTER The display will show the video pages for selection of the individual settings relating to the HVP ...

Page 42: ...ust the size of the characters of the lyrics of the song shown on the TV set The video pages displayed are the following Normal Font characters of normal size suitable for large screen televisions Big Font large characters which can be displayed on medium size screens Extra Big Font characters larger in size than the Big Font suitable for small size screens After making the selection press the ESC...

Page 43: ...harmoniser For further information about the connections refer to section 4 To access the vocal harmoniser setup functions select the Vocal Harmonizer option Har video page The video pages of the functions concerned are the following 91 Color Back Color Text Color Spell Color Chord Color 1 Black Black Black reverse Black 2 Navy Navy Navy reverse Navy 3 Red Red Red reverse Red 4 Pink Pink PinK reve...

Page 44: ...ed for the auto tuning of the melody line Reverb Level use this function to adjust the level of the reverb effect which simulates the propagation of the signal inside a room Delay Level this function allows you to set the level of the delay effect more often known as the echo effect used to obtain repetitions of the signal NOTE These functions can only be recalled if the HVP voice harmoniser is pr...

Page 45: ...s the value of the current level which can be modified using the DEC and INC keys The range of values applicable to the levels is from 127 to 0 signal processed by the HVP absent On completion of the operation press the ESC key to save the settings and return to display of the Utility menu After making the selection press ESC to return to the menu The settings will be saved automatically 9 6 2 SET...

Page 46: ...ey pressed for a few moments The LIST LED will start to flash while the SONG LED will be constantly on since you have to select songs to be placed in the steps and the display will show iindicating that the first step in the List is empty You can use the REW and FF buttons to select the number of the song you wish to place in the first step After making the selection press ENTER the system will sa...

Page 47: ...amed as follows __RD_nnn lst where __RD_ is the fixed part of the file name and nnn is a consecutive number i e last file __RD_ 1 This means that the file generated is always at the end even if there are other files generated by the RD 80e For example the first List file generated will be called __RD_001 lst the second __RD_002 lst and so on 10 2 1 ERROR MESSAGES SAVE LIST DISK ERROR 10 2 SAVING T...

Page 48: ...TER to confirm the selection When the PLAY key is pressed the first song in the List will be played and when it finishes the second song will automatically be loaded and played down to the last step If STOP is pressed the current song will be interrupted and the List reloaded from the first step To return to the Song mode press the key of the same name on the panel and confirm with ENTER NOTES ü I...

Page 49: ... belong to the MIDI file Standard code or is a MIDI format 1 file with more than 16 tracks It will not be possible to play the song 10 4 LIST FILE MANAGEMENT In this manual we have seen how it is possible to copy or delete the song files mid saved on the floppy disk The same procedures are also exactly identical for the List files which will be made available during these operations by pressing th...

Page 50: ... Off Font 1 Mute Settings track 4 only Background Color 1 black Transpose Off Text Color 8 white Transpose BIAS 2 Spelling Color 11 red Chord Color 5 green MIDI FUNCTIONS Router all track disabled HARMONIZER SETTINGS Sync In all function disabled Type Harmony Sync Out MIDI Clock only enabled Harmony Channel 5 Lead Channel 4 PLAY MODE FUNCTIONS Harmony Channel Level 100 All Play Song Off Lead Chann...

Page 51: ...tand by mode To do this keep the STOP STAND BY button pressed for about three seconds To reactivate the instrument simply press the ENTER button the LED of this button will stay on as long as the instrument is in Stand By mode to indicate that it is not switched off but has been set in Stand By status 99 ...

Page 52: ...tion operations The saving and verification phases are very delicate procedures where the instrument is virtually without an operating system It is therefore essential NOT TO SWITCH THE INSTRUMENT OFF during these operations If this should occur the system might not work correctly in this case reinstall the operating system When the procedure has been concluded correctly the display will show the ...

Page 53: ...icato 77 Shakuhachi 109 Bag Pipe 14 Chimes 46 Harp 78 Wistle 110 Fiddle 15 Dulcimer 47 Timpani 79 Ocarina 111 Shanai 16 Drawbar Organ 48 String Ensamble 1 80 Square 1 112 Tinkle Bell 17 Jazz Organ1 49 String Ensamble 2 81 Sawtooth 1 113 Agogo 18 Rock Organ 1 50 Synth Strings 1 82 Calliope 114 Steel Drum 19 Church Organ 1 51 Synth Strings 2 83 Chiff 115 Woodblock 20 Reed Organ 52 Choir Aah 84 Chara...

Page 54: ...ccordion italian 22 Harmonica 23 Tango Accordion 24 Nylon Guitar 8 Ukelele 16 Nylon Guitar o 32 Nylon Guitar 2 25 Steel Guitar 8 12 Strings Guitar 16 Mandolin 26 Jazz Guitar 8 Hawaiian Guitar 27 Clean Guitar 1 8 Chorus Guitar 28 Muted Guitar 8 Funk Guitar 16 Funk Guitar 2 29 Overdrive Guitar 30 Distort Guitar 8 Feedback Guitar 31 Guitar Harmonics 8 Guitar Feedback 32 Acoustic Bass 1 33 Finger Bass...

Page 55: ... Voice 8 Lead Voice 2 86 Fifths 87 Bass Lead 1 88 Fantasy 1 89 Warm Pad 90 Polysynth 91 Choir 8 Pad Choir 92 Bowed 93 Metallic 94 Halo 95 Sweep 96 Rain 97 Soundtrack 98 Crystal 1 Syn Mallet 99 Atmosphere 1 100 Brightness 8 Brightness 2 101 Goblins 8 Goblins 2 102 Echoes 1 Echo Bell 2 Echo Pan 103 Sci fi 104 Sitar 1 Sitar 2 105 Banjo 106 Shamisen 107 Koto 1 8 Taisho Koto 108 Kalimba 109 Bag Pipe 11...

Page 56: ... Power Low Tom1 HQ Power Low Tom1 Elec Low Tom1 44 G 2 Pedal Hi Hat EXC1 45 A2 HQ Low Tom HQ Power Mid Tom2 HQ Power Mid Tom2 Elec Mid Tom2 46 A 2 Open Hi Hat EXC1 47 B2 HQ Low Mid Tom HQ Power Mid Tom1 HQ Power Mid Tom1 Elec Mid Tom1 48 C3 HQ Hi Mid Tom HQ Power High Tom2 HQ Power High Tom2 Elec High Tom2 49 C 3 Crash Cymbal 1 50 D3 HQ High Tom HQ Power High Tom1 HQ Power High Tom1 elec High Tom1...

Page 57: ...808 Mid Tom2 Elec Tom2 Timpani A Metronome Click 46 A 2 808 OHH EXC1 808 OHH EXC1 Timpani A Metronome Bell 47 B2 808 Mid Tom1 Elec Mid Tom1 Timpani B Guitar Slide 48 C3 808 Hi Tom2 Elec Hi Tom2 Timpani C Gt Cut Noise down 49 C 3 808 Cymbal Timpani C Gt Cut Noise up 50 D3 808 Hi Tom1 Elec Hi Tom1 Timpani D Double Bass Up 51 D 3 Timpani D Key Click 52 E3 Reverse Cymbal Timpani E Laughing 53 F3 Timpa...

Page 58: ...t EXC1 808 CHH EXC1 47 B2 Low Mid Tom Room Mid Tom1 Room Mid Tom1 Elec Mid Tom1 808 Mid Tom1 48 C3 Hi Mid Tom Room Hi Tom2 Room Hi Tom2 Elec Hi Tom2 808 Hi Tom2 49 C 3 Crash Cymbal 1 808 Cymbal 50 D3 High Tom Room Hi Tom1 Room Hi Tom1 Elec Hi Tom1 808 Hi Tom1 51 D 3 Ride Cymbal1 52 E3 Chinese Cymbal Reverse Cymbal 53 F3 Ride Bell 54 F 3 Tambourine 55 G3 Splash Cymbal 56 G 3 Cowbell 808 Cowbell 57 ...

Page 59: ...ELOCITY Note ON Note OFF O O O O AFTER Key s TOUCH Ch s O O O O PITCH BENDER O O CONTROL 0 127 CHANGE O O PROGRAM CHANGE True O O SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE O O SYSTEM Song Pos COMMON Song Sel Tune O O X O O X 1 1 SYSTEM Clock REAL TIME Commands O O O O 1 1 AUX Local On Off MESSAGES All note Off Active Sense Reset X O X X X O X X NOTES 1 If SYNC is enabled See MIDI SYNC Section Mode 1 Omni On Poly Mode 2 Om...

Page 60: ...F X X O X AFTER Key s TOUCH Ch s X X O O PITCH BENDER X O CONTROL 0 1 CHANGE 5 7 10 11 64 67 80 81 91 93 99 101 120 121 123 126 127 X X X X X X X X X X X X O O O O O O O O O O O O PROGRAM CHANGE True X O 0 127 SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE O O SYSTEM Song Pos COMMON Song Sel Tune X X X X X X SYSTEM Clock REAL TIME Commands X X X X AUX Local On Off MESSAGES All note Off Active Sense Reset X X X X X O X O Mode 1...

Page 61: ... a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determinated by turning the equipment off and on the user is encuraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into a...

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