Roland RD-300 - Manual (Page 81)

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Appendices
Problem Check/Solution Page
Tones Are Altered
Did you call up a Live Set?
When a Live Set is called up, the current Tone, effect, and other settings are disabled,
and the selected Live Set goes into effect. Resave required settings to a Live Set.
p. 40
Did you press the [PIANO] button or the [E. PIANO] button?
When the [PIANO] button or the [E. PIANO] button is pressed, the current Tone, effect,
and other settings are disabled, and settings for use in piano performances go into
effect. Resave required settings to a Live Set.
p. 26
When a mono connection is used, the tone quality can vary depending on the tone
selected and the register in which it is used.
For optimal listening quality, connecting in stereo is recommended. –
Tone Doesn’t Change/Keyboard Not
Switching to Split
Is the “MIDI” indicator lit?
When the “MIDI” indicator is lit, the external sound generator is controlled. To change
the RD-300NX’s Tones and make settings in Keyboard mode, set the “MIDI” indicator to
OFF.
p. 52
Is the Layer containing the Tone you want to change set to ON? p. 30
Rhythm Not Sounding Could a song be playing? p. 37
Effects Not Applied/Effects Sound
Wrong
Is the MFX set to OFF? p. 39
In some cases where the delay timing selected in the DELAY settings in Effects is set to
a note value, the delay sound may not be heard. Either adjust the tempo or change the
numerical value of the delay timing.
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The RD-300NX’s multi-effects can only be applied to UPPER 1.
If a tone uses multi-effects, it will sound differently if it is used for UPPER 2 or LOWER.
Tones that use multi-effects should be used with UPPER 1. –
Sounds Come From Left or Right Each
Time Key is Pressed (Panned)
In some Tones, the settings are such that sounds randomly play from the left or right
side (are panned) each time the keys are pressed. These settings cannot be changed.
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Sound is Distorted
Sounds can be distorted due to equalizer, multi-effect, and Part volume settings. Adjust
the following settings.
• LAYER LEVEL Sliders
• System Master Volume settings
• Equalizer Input Gain settings
p. 30
p. 60
p. 34
Is a distortion-type effect being applied to the sound? –
Key Range Settings Not Effective
Is the [SPLIT] button set to OFF?
Key Range goes into effect when the [SPLIT] button set to ON. p. 55
p. 49
Pitch is Odd
Depending on the Tone selected, pitches played in certain registers will be changed
and played at other pitches.
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Is Coarse Tune or Fine Tune set for any specific Part?
Check the following settings.
• TONE EDIT Coarse Tune, Fine Tune
• C.T and F.T setting in MIDI screen
p. 47
p. 56
Has the RD-300NX gone out of tune?
Check the following settings.
• System Master Tune settings in Edit mode
• System Temperament settings in Edit mode
• Micro Tune settings in Piano Tone Edit mode
p. 60
p. 62
p. 44
Has the pitch been changed by pedal operations or by Pitch Bend messages received
from an external MIDI device?
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Have you set Transpose? p. 31
Sound is Cut Off
When you try playing more than the maximum 128 voices simultaneously, sounds
currently being played may be cut out.
Increase the V.Resrve (Voice Reserve) settings for the Parts you do not want to have cut
off.
p. 50
Sound continues even after removing
fingers from keys
Is the pedal polarity reversed?
Check the System Damper/FC1/FC2 Polarity settings in Edit mode.
p. 61
Exclusive Messages Cannot Be Received
Is the Device ID number of the transmitting device matched to the RD-300NX’s Device
ID number?
Make sure that the transmitting unit is set to Device ID number 17. –