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Page 1: ...pp 2 3 and IMPORTANT NOTES p 4 These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit Additionally in order 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 Let s start off by playing some sounds 1 Press th...

Page 2: ...e If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears you should immediately stop using the unit and consult an audiologist Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used improperly Material damage refers to damage or other adverse effects caused with respect to the home and all its furnishings as well to domestic animals or ...

Page 3: ...never exceed the power rating watts amperes for the extension cord Excessive loads can cause the insulation on the cord to heat up and eventually melt through 016 Before using the unit in a foreign country consult with your retailer the nearest Roland Service Center or an authorized Roland distributor as listed on the Information page 101b The unit and the AC adaptor should be located so their loc...

Page 4: ...ft dry cloth 402 Never use benzine thinners alcohol or solvents of any kind to avoid the possibility of discoloration and or deformation Additional Precautions 551 Please be aware that the contents of memory can be irretrievably lost as a result of a malfunction or the improper operation of the unit To protect yourself against the risk of loosing important data we recommend that you periodically s...

Page 5: ... 20 Chapter 3 About the D FIELD 21 What is the D FIELD 21 Basic use of the D FIELD 22 Selecting a function 22 Memorizing the location from which you released your finger Hold 22 Setting the volume of SOUND mode 22 Changing the D FIELD settings 22 SOUND mode 23 Playing back a phrase RPS Realtime Phrase Sequence 23 Improvising along with a chord progression ADLIB 24 Applying special turntable type e...

Page 6: ...iled settings 44 Chapter 5 Replacing phrases to create a different pattern MEGAMIX 58 Replacing phrases 58 Using D FIELD for MEGAMIX 58 Saving the pattern you rearranged 59 Chapter 6 Creating an Original Pattern 60 Creating a pattern 60 Recording as you perform Realtime Recording 60 Inputting notes one by one Step Recording 62 Editing a pattern Pattern Edit 65 Basic procedure for pattern editing 6...

Page 7: ...d Operation Using MIDI 78 About MIDI 78 Using the D2 together with an external MIDI device 79 Synchronization with an External MIDI Device 80 Saving data on an external sequencer Bulk Dump 81 Troubleshooting 82 Error Message List 83 Preset Patch List 84 Preset Rhythm Set List 86 Preset Pattern List 92 RPS Pattern List 94 RPS Set List 95 Profiles of Pattern Composers 96 Waveform List 97 MIDI Implem...

Page 8: ...e ready for immediate use The D2 is all you need to take care of most styles In addition 600 sounds and 30 rhythm sets indispensable for dance music have been carefully selected from classic instruments such as the TB 303 TR 808 909 JUNO and JUPITER letting you use the sounds that match your music scene Original sounds and patterns that you yourself create can also be saved in internal memory and ...

Page 9: ...es within a pattern Read this chapter when you wish to use MEGAMIX to create patterns Chapter 6 Creating an Original Pattern This chapter explains how to use the RPS functions and how to assign your own phrases Read this chapter when you wish to use the RPS function Chapter 7 Playing and Creating Songs This chapter explains how to play record and edit songs Be sure to read this chapter when you wi...

Page 10: ...sed to select whether each part will be heard p 16 or to select the part whose settings you wish to edit p 19 6 REC FUNCTION buttons When recording a pattern these buttons are used to make settings for the notes being input p 63 7 D FIELD You can produce a variety of effects by touching this area with your finger p 21 8 WRITE button Use this to save settings you have modified 9 SYSTEM button Use t...

Page 11: ...R Connect these jacks to your mixer or amp 5 Headphone jack This jack accepts connection of a set of stereo headphones Sound will still be output from the OUTPUT jacks even while headphones are connected 6 Security Slot http www kensington com Turning On Off the Power Once the connections have been completed turn on power to your various devices in the order specified By turning on devices in the ...

Page 12: ...also play the sound generator The sound generator of the D2 is able to produce up to 64 notes simultaneously more than enough for playing multiple parts at once Patches A patch is analogous to a particular instrument such as a piano or guitar The D2 contains 600 preset patches and you can enjoy virtually any type of sound simply by selecting one of these patches Rhythm Sets A rhythm set has a diff...

Page 13: ...pages Patch Saving a patch p 18 Pattern Saving a pattern p 20 Song Saving a song p 72 Arpeggio style Step 4 of Making detailed settings in Playing arpeggios ASSIGN 1 ARPEGGIATOR 1 p 26 It will take several seconds for the data to be saved Do not turn off the power until the Save operation has been completed Doing so may cause malfunctions Since the following settings are saved automatically when t...

Page 14: ... to execute the operation press EXIT Once the Factory Reset is complete the D2 will be in the same state as it is normally after being powered up Approximately 2 minutes are required for the Factory Reset operation Never turn off the power while the display indicates Factry Doing so can destroy the contents of memory When you execute the Factory Reset operation the internal memory data will be los...

Page 15: ...eset Pattern Bank C D01 D89 Preset Pattern Bank D U01 U100 User Pattern Preset patterns B58 D89 are patterns for use with RPS p 23 Playing Back Patterns Use the following buttons to play back buttons can also be used while playback is in progress If you select the D FIELD function VINYL p 40 it will not be possible to use and Playing back patterns in succession Selecting the next pattern while a p...

Page 16: ...e the D FIELD to set the BPM This method lets you set the BPM using your own sense of rhythm even if you do not know the numerical value p 40 Muting a part or rhythm tone Muting an individual part Parts R and 1 7 can be muted silenced individually 1 Press PART MUTE PART MUTE will light and part buttons R and 1 7 will function as Part Mute buttons 2 Press the R or 1 7 button for the part that you w...

Page 17: ...ing a particular rhythm group Preset Rhythm Set List p 86 Using the part muting function to mute Part R mute all rhythm tones regardless of the settings for respective rhythm tones Applying the mute status to the next pattern as well Mute Remain This operation is used to maintain the muting mode for playing back the next part It is useful for example to play back the next pattern with the rhythm t...

Page 18: ...tting press EXIT to return to the previous display Part R R A 01 26 Preset Rhythm Set Bank A R B 01 04 Preset Rhythm Set Bank B R U 01 20 User Rhythm Set Part 1 7 P A 001 128 Preset Patch Bank A P B 001 128 Preset Patch Bank B P C 001 128 Preset Patch Bank C P D 001 128 Preset Patch Bank D P E 001 088 Preset Patch Bank E P U 001 256 User Patch Saving a patch Here s how the sound you modified by us...

Page 19: ...ameter Explanation Value LEVEL Part Level Set the volume of the part 0 127 PAN Part Pan Set the left right position of the part L64 0 R63 KEY SHIFT Part Key Shift Set the transposition of the part 48 0 48 REVERB Part Reverb Level Set the amount of reverb for the part 0 127 DELAY Part Delay Level Set the amount of delay for the part 0 127 MFX SW Part MFX switch Determines whether the multi ef fect ...

Page 20: ...ect here Make your selection carefully since the pattern that was previously saved in this location will be erased 4 Press ENTER The display will ask SurE are you sure you want to proceed with the save 5 To save the pattern press ENTER To cancel without saving press EXIT Setup Parameters On the D2 the following parameters are saved for each pattern These parameters are collectively referred to as ...

Page 21: ... control the cutoff frequency and resonance to modify the sound MFX Multi effects Control the effect parameters to modify the sound X FADER Crossfader Crossfade between two desired parts of the pattern ASSIGN 2 Control the pitch timbre or volume of the sound or the rhythmic feel of the pattern SPIN mode By moving your finger in a circle over the surface of the D FIELD you can control how the patte...

Page 22: ... This is convenient when you want to use RPS to keep a phrase sounding or when you want to sustain a sound that is being modified by filter or MFX There are some functions for which Hold cannot be used If such a function is selected pressing HOLD will not make it light When used in conjunction with RPS there are some cases in which HOLD will blink For details refer to Holding RPS p 23 Setting the ...

Page 23: ...he pattern that contains the phrase you want to assign 2 Press PART MUTE and use the mute buttons to mute all but the part that you wish to assign to RPS 3 Hold down RPS and turn VALUE to select the RPS set to which you will assign the phrase 4 While holding down RPS press the D FIELD area number to which you will assign the pattern Note when assigning RPS It is not possible for multi part phrases...

Page 24: ... how the sound will be played when TYPE is AR PEGGIO Refer to Arpeggio settings p 28 Arpeggio settings are common to Adlib and Arpeggiator 1 and 2 MOTIF Specify the order in which the component notes of the chord will sound BEAT PATTERN Specify the pattern of accent locations and note lengths SHUFFLE RATE You can vary the timing of the backbeats to create shuffle rhythms With a setting of 50 the n...

Page 25: ...ss 2 REVERSE The sounds of the rhythm part will be played backward 3 PITCH DOWN The pitch of all parts will become lower 4 PITCH UP The pitch of all parts will become higher 5 BPM HALF The BPM will be halved minimum 20 6 BPM DOUBLE The BPM will be doubled maximum 240 7 RETURN TO TOP Play back from the beginning of the pattern 8 BACK SPIN The sound will be as when a turntable is spun backward No Fu...

Page 26: ...the sound will be played Refer to Arpeggio set tings p 28 Arpeggio settings are common to Adlib and Arpeggiator 1 and 2 MOTIF Specify the order in which the component notes of the chord will sound BEAT PATTERN Specify the pattern of accent locations and note lengths SHUFFLE RATE You can vary the timing of the backbeats to create shuffle rhythms With a setting of 50 the notes will be spaced equally...

Page 27: ...direc tion Display Parameter Explanation Setting STYLE Select how the sound will be played Refer to Arpeggio set tings p 28 Arpeggio settings are common to Adlib and Arpeggiator 1 and 2 MOTIF Specify the order in which the component notes of the chord will sound BEAT PATTERN Specify the pattern of accent locations and note lengths SHUFFLE RATE You can vary the timing of the backbeats to create shu...

Page 28: ...or bass lines TANGO Typical tango rhythm style HOUSE A style for house piano backing LIMITLESS The settings of all parameters can be freely combined without restriction USER STYLE 1 10 Arpeggio settings can be modified and saved in one of these user styles MOTIF Description SINGLE UP Notes will be sounded individually beginning from low to high SINGLE DOWN Notes will be sounded individually beginn...

Page 29: ...BASS UP 2 SEQ A 1 SEQ C 1 BASS 2 BASS UP 5 TOP UP 5 MUTE 02 03 BASS 3 BASS UP 5 TOP UP 5 MUTE 02 03 BASS 4 SINGLE UP SINGLE DOWN SINGLE UP DOWN SINGLE RANDOM NOTE OR DER GLISSANDO WALKBS RHYTHM GTR 1 SINGLE UP SINGLE DOWN SINGLE UP DOWN SINGLE RANDOM DUAL UP DUAL DOWN DUAL UP DOWN DUAL RANDOM NOTE ORDER BASS UP 1 8 BASS RND 1 3 TOP UP 1 6 MUTE 01 04 RHYTHM GTR 2 CHORD MUTE 07 13 14 RHYTHM GTR 3 CH...

Page 30: ...ea to which you will assign the pattern This specifies the correspondence of the D FIELD and the part Registering the parts for use with MEGAMIX MEGAMIX Set It is convenient to register the parts you wish to use for MEGAMIX p 58 as a single MEGAMIX Set You can store twenty MEGAMIX Sets separately from the conventional pattern sets 1 Select the pattern that contains the part you wish to assign 2 Pr...

Page 31: ...s are the sounds of the following patches Display Explanation Setting TYPE Select the solo synth sound 1 14 X none Pitch Pitch fixed Y none Level Level fixed Display Parameter Explanation Setting SOUND Select the solo synth sound 1 14 OCTAVE RANGE Adjust the pitch range in octave units 4 4 REVERB SEND LEVEL Adjust the reverb depth 0 127 DELAY SEND LEVEL Adjust the delay depth 0 127 No Patch No Pat...

Page 32: ...rhythm set for part R and assign a scale for the other parts Specifying the notes note numbers that will sound 1 Press PART SELECT and select the part 2 Hold down ASSIGN 1 and press EDIT 3 Press the D FIELD to select the D FIELD area to which you wish to assign a note number Example displays Part R D FIELD No 1 Note number 36 Part 1 7 D FIELD No 5 Note G4 4 Turn VALUE to specify the note For the n...

Page 33: ...sound to become increasing ly closer to the original waveform and be brighter Moving your finger toward the left will increasingly cut the higher frequencies making the sound darker For some waveforms you may hear no sound at all if you move your finger far toward the left BPF Band Pass Filter Moving your finger toward the right will increasingly cause only the high fre quency range to be heard Mo...

Page 34: ...or right P r P 1 P 7 It is not possible to select the same part for both X and Y Y Select the part that will be affected when you move your finger upward or downward Display Explanation Setting TYPE none none none X Select the parameter that will be affected when you move your finger to left or right OFF PITCH DEPTH PITCH ATTACK TIME PITCH DECAY TIME PITCH SUSTAIN LEVEL PITCH RELEASE TIME FILTER D...

Page 35: ... op posite direction 12 12 ATTACK TIME Refer to About the envelope on previous page 0 127 DECAY TIME 0 127 SUSTAIN LEVEL 63 63 RELEASE TIME 0 127 FILTER ENVELOPE DEPTH Adjust the range of tonal change Negative settings will invert the shape of the envelope causing the tone to change in the oppo site direction 63 63 ATTACK TIME Refer to About the envelope on previous page 0 127 DECAY TIME 0 127 SUS...

Page 36: ... that will be affected when you move your finger to left or right OFF PITCH FILTER AMP PAN RATE It is not possible to select the same parameter for both X and Y Y Select the parameter that will be affected when you move your finger upward or downward Display Parameter Explanation Setting LFO Select the LFO waveform TRI SIN SAW SQR TRP S H RND CHS PITCH DEPTH The pitch will be cyclically modulated ...

Page 37: ...ng SHUFFLE The timing of the backbeats of the pattern will be adjusted to create a bouncy feel as in shuffle or swing GROOVE The note timing and velocity of the pattern will be adjusted toward the values specified by the tem plate producing a variety of different grooves When TYPE is GRID TEMPLATE Specify the note value to which the timing will be aligned 32 16T 16 8T 8 4T 4 TIMING Specify the str...

Page 38: ...low dynamics 26 REGGE NM H AC exact high dynamics 27 REGGE NM L SW exact light swing 28 REGGE NM H SW exact strong swing 29 REGGE HV L AC dragging low dynamics 30 REGGE HV H AC dragging high dynamics 31 REGGE HV L SW dragging light swing 32 REGGE HV H SW dragging strong swing 33 REGGE PS L AC rushing low dynamics 34 REGGE PS H AC rushing high dynamics 35 REGGE PS L SW rushing light swing 36 REGGE ...

Page 39: ... HALL1 HALL2 X Select the parameter that will be affected when you move your finger to left or right Refer to the explanation of reverb p 42 When you change the type the parameter whose setting is followed by an X or Y will be selected automatically X left right Y up down It is not possible to select the same parameter for both X and Y Y Select the parameter that will be affected when you move you...

Page 40: ... consecutively p 15 and you select the next pattern and press ENTER the VINYL effect cannot be obtained until the pattern changes Changing the tempo BPM The tempo BPM can be changed by the speed at which you rotate your finger or the timing at which you strike the D FIELD Changing the D FIELD settings p 22 Display Explanation Setting Select the effect TTE TURNTABLE EMULATION MAN MANUAL The tempo a...

Page 41: ... in the number of notes being sounded By switching to clockwise rotation you can gradually increase the number of notes that are sounded Changing the stereo location of the sound ASSIGN 3 PAN fig PAN You can change the pan and volume of the current part Low range parts such as kick and bass will tend to remain to the end Display Explanation Setting Select how the speed of the roll will change AUT ...

Page 42: ...FIELD to control the reverb p 39 X can be controlled by moving your finger to left and right and Y by moving your finger up and down Screen Parameter Explanation Value TYPE Selecting the type ROOM1 reverb with short decay and high density ROOM2 reverb with short decay and low density STAGE1 reverb with much lingering reverberation STAGE2 reverb with strong early reflections HALL1 clear sounding re...

Page 43: ...ME Adjusts the time from the original sound until when the delayed sound is heard the interval be tween repeats On the D 2 it is not possible to set a delay time longer than 1 second When the delay time is synchronized to the BPM selecting a note value which would make the delay time exceed 1second will cause the delay time to be halved and the delay sound will be heard at 1 2 the specified interv...

Page 44: ...n the D FIELD function button MFX and pressing EDIT 2 Turn VALUE to select the desired type of multi effects 3 Press ENTER to select the parameter 4 Turn VALUE to modify the setting 5 When you are finished press EXIT Available Settings For details on the settings for each effect refer to the explanations on the next and following pages No MFX TYPE Description 1 4BAND EQ modify the tone 2 SPECTRUM ...

Page 45: ...he high frequency range 15 15 PEAK1 FREQ Peaking 1 Frequency Determines the frequency of midrange 1 200 Hz 8 00 kHz PEAK1 Q Peaking 1Q Specifies the width of the frequency range affected by midrange 1 As this setting is increased the affected area will become narrower 0 5 8 0 PEAK1 GAIN Peaking 1 GAIN Adjusts the volume of midrange 1 15 15 X PEAK2 FREQ Peaking 2 Frequency Determines the frequency ...

Page 46: ...Value SENS Sensitivity Adjusts the depth of the enhancer effect 0 127 MIX Mix Level Determines the proportion at which the overtones generated by the enhancer will be mixed with the original sound 0 127 Y LOW GAIN Adjusts the volume of the low frequency range 15 15 X HIGH GAIN Adjusts the volume of the high frequency range 15 15 OUTPUT LEVEL Specifies the volume of the output from the Enhancer eff...

Page 47: ... 2STACK large double amp stack 3STACK large triple amp stack OUTPUT PAN Specifies the stereo location of the sound that is output from the Distortion effect L64 R63 X OUTPUT LEVEL Specifies the output volume from the Distortion effect 0 127 Screen Parameter Explanation Value BIT DOWN This setting lowers the audio quality The audio quality will worsen as this setting is increased 0 7 X SAMPLE RATE ...

Page 48: ... LEVEL Increasing this setting will make the original sound rougher 0 127 OUTPUT PAN Specifies the stereo location of the sound output from the Noise Generator L64 R63 OUTPUT LEVEL Specifies the output volume of the Noise Generator effect 0 127 NOISE TYPE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Hum noise 50Hz Hum noise 60Hz Pink noise Disc noise 45 RPM Disc noise 33 RPM Disc noise generated a...

Page 49: ...Phonograph effect L64 R63 OUTPUT LEVEL Specifies the output volume from the Phonograph effect 0 127 Screen Parameter Explanation Value ATTACK Specifies the duration of the attack when sound is input 0 127 X SUSTAIN Specifies the time over which low level sounds will be boosted to reach the specified volume 0 127 Y POST GAIN Adjusts the output signal 0 6 12 18 LOW GAIN Adjusts the boost or cut of t...

Page 50: ... X ACCENT PATTERN Specifies the location of the accents 16 types ACCENT LEVEL Adjusts the volume of the accents As this setting is increased the accent will be more pronounced 0 127 Y ATTACK Adjusts the attack speed of the sound As this setting is in creased the attack will become faster 1 10 OUTPUT LEVEL Adjusts the output volume from the Slicer effect 0 127 RATE Determines the note value unit wh...

Page 51: ...d as the value of this parameter the Rate will synchronize with the BPM of the pattern at intervals of the specified note value or mea sure 0 1 10 0 Hz notes 1 measures 2 X MIX Mix Level Adjusts the proportion of the original sound that will be combined with the phase shifted sound 0 127 OUTPUT PAN Specifies the stereo location of the output from the Phaser effect L64 R63 OUTPUT LEVEL Specifies th...

Page 52: ...alue of this parameter the Rate will synchronize with the BPM of the pattern at intervals of the specified note value or mea sure 0 1 10 0 Hz notes 1 measures 2 X LOW GAIN Adjusts the boost or cut of the low frequency range 15 15 HIGH GAIN Adjusts the boost or cut of the high frequency range 15 15 BALANCE Effect Balance Adjusts the volume balance between the original sound and the chorus sound Wit...

Page 53: ...Specifies the proportion of the flanger sound that is fed back into the input 0 98 Y RATE Specifies the rate of modulation If a note value or measure is selected as the value of this parameter the Rate will synchro nize with the BPM of the pattern at inter vals of the specified note value or measure 0 1 10 0 Hz notes 1 measures 2 X PHASE Adjusts the width of the sound As this setting is increased ...

Page 54: ... 0 1 10 0 Hz notes 1 measures 2 PHASE Adjusts the spread of the sound As this value is increased the left right spread of the sound will increase 0 180 BALANCE Effect Balance Adjusts the volume balance between the original sound and the flanger sound With a setting of 0 no flanger sound will be output 0 100 OUTPUT LEVEL Specifies the output volume of the Step Flanger effect 0 127 STEP RATE Specifi...

Page 55: ...sures OUTPUT LEVEL Specifies the output volume from the Short Delay effect 0 127 Screen Parameter Explanation Value LFO TYPE Determines the waveform that will be used to pan the sound to left and right TRI TRP SIN SAW1 SAW2 SQR BASS SENS Make this setting when you wish to shift the panning at the timing of the bass notes OFF the panning will change at the speed specified by Rate MODE1 the Rate val...

Page 56: ... Feedback Level Specifies the proportion of the pitch shifted sound that will be fed back into the input 0 98 LOW GAIN Adjusts the boost or cut of the low frequency range 15 15 HIGH GAIN Adjusts the boost or cut of the high frequency range 15 15 BALANCE Effect Balance Specifies the volume balance between the original sound and the pitch shifted sound When the setting is 0 the pitch shifted sound w...

Page 57: ...127 Screen Parameter Explanation Value TYPE Gate Reverb Type Select one of the following four basic types of gated re verb NORMAL normal gated reverb REVERSE reverse playback reverb SWEEP1 the reverberation will sweep from right to left SWEEP2 the reverberation will sweep from left to right TIME Gate Reverb Time Specifies the time from when the reverberation begins un til it ends 5 330 X BALANCE E...

Page 58: ... the part button of the selected part will go dark If you selected the same part as the current part in step 7 the part button of the current part will change from blinking to lit The performance data of the selected part will be placed in the current part and the performance will change when the currently sounding pattern makes a complete cycle It is not possible to perform MEGAMIX between part R...

Page 59: ... To cancel without saving press EXIT After the data has been saved the save destination pattern number will be displayed Tips when using MEGAMIX to create a pattern If the patterns that you combine using MEGAMIX have different time signatures or a different number of measures their playback may not be connected appropriately When using MEGAMIX to combine patterns it is best to combine patterns of ...

Page 60: ...ecording and Step Recording 1 This parameter is valid only for realtime recording 2 32 32th note 16T 16th note triplets 16 16th note 8T 8th note triplets 8 8th note 4T quarter note triplets 4 quarter note Display Parameter Explanation Setting LENGTH Specify the length number of measures of the pattern 1 32 COUNT IN Specify the number of measures in the count that will oc cur before recording If th...

Page 61: ...his state your performance will not be recorded 2 When you are finished practicing press once again will light and you will return to normal realtime recording mode Erasing unwanted data while recording Realtime Erase Instances of a particular kind of data that occur within data you are playing back can be erased from the current part Simply press the relevant button see below while holding down E...

Page 62: ...city strength and duration length of the note event at the note input location grid line Example Measure 2 beat 3 note pitch C4 If the location of the event is between that grid line and the next a dot will be displayed after the beat If the grid line has no event the NEXT display will indicate When you press and hold HOLD the CURRENT display will indicate the location tick in 1 96th of a beat Exa...

Page 63: ...he eight areas of the D FIELD to record efficiently fig Pad Part editing while carrying out step recording If you perform part edit operations during step recording the part settings will be modified but the edit operations will not be recorded Operation Function Setting NOTE NUM BER VALUE Specify the pitch of the note C C 1 G9 VELOCI TY VALUE Specify the strength velocity of the note 1 127 NOTE T...

Page 64: ... case use the D FIELD 5 8 functions p 63 to select the note Adjusting the location of a previously input note You can move the location of a previously input note Move Note or copy it to a different location Copy Note 1 During step recording turn VALUE or use the D FIELD to move to the location of the note that you wish to move copy 2 Press EDIT 3 Turn VALUE to select whether the note will be move...

Page 65: ...ttern to a state of containing no musical data 1 Turn VALUE to select a pattern that you wish to initialize 2 Hold down EXIT and press PATTERN The display will ask SurE are you sure you want to initialize 3 To execute press ENTER To cancel without executing press EXIT Basic procedure for pattern editing 1 Press PATTERN to enter Pattern mode 2 Turn VALUE to select the pattern that you wish to edit ...

Page 66: ...1 7 of the part whose data you wish to erase getting its indicator to light ALL all performance data PHRASE only note data SETUP only setup parame ters p 20 TOP END Specify the range of measures that will be copied The CUR RENT display will indicate the first measure to be copied and the NEXT display will indicate the last measure to be copied This will not be displayed if Source is SETUP 001 END ...

Page 67: ...ed measure s will be the same as the time signature that precedes the inserted location fig 7 02 Press the part button R or 1 7 of the part you wish to insert measure getting its indicator to light Shifting the pitch Transpose fig PTNTPS This operation shifts the note numbers pitch of a part in the pattern You can transpose in a 2 octave range Press the part button R or 1 7 of the part that you wi...

Page 68: ...unt of memory The Data Thin operation thins out such data to reduce the amount of the data without affecting the audible result This lets you make more efficient use of internal memory Press the part button R or 1 7 of the part whose data you wish to thin getting its indicator to light Creating a quantized pattern Edit Quantize fig PTNQTE This operation modifies the actual performance data of the ...

Page 69: ...e order in which the patterns are to be played back This means that if you modify a pattern that has been registered in a song the playback of the song will also be affected If you delete all of the musical data of the pattern playback will stop at the moment that pattern is selected Fast forward and rewind Each time you press the button the cursor moves to the beginning of the next pattern Each t...

Page 70: ...ettings during song recording you can press ENTER to register the modified state of these settings This merely registers the pattern setup parameters as song data and does not affect the original patterns You can use this function to change the mute settings or MFX type of a pattern or to make a song in which a pattern develops gradually Editing a step After recording several steps you can use in ...

Page 71: ... want to proceed with the insertion 8 To insert the step ENTER To cancel the operation press EXIT 9 Turn VALUE to select patterns or edit setup parameters p 20 10 Press to return to the normal song mode Editing a song Song Edit You must stop song playback before editing a song Erasing a song Song Clear When this operation is executed all the steps you input will be set to an empty state This is co...

Page 72: ...with the copy 8 To execute the copy operation press ENTER To cancel the operation press EXIT Saving a song When you have created a song that you like you should save that song as a user song If you wish to save the song with the changes you made use the following procedure to save it 1 Press SONG to enter Song mode 2 Press WRITE A screen will appear in which you can specify the save destination so...

Page 73: ...ill blink to indicate the settings that you are making fig 8 1 2 Press ENTER to select the parameter that you wish to set 3 Turn VALUE to modify the setting 4 When you are finished press EXIT Sound generator settings Indication Parameter Explanation Values MASTER TUNE For tuning the sound generator The displayed value is the frequency of the A4 note 27 4 427 4 40 0 440 0 52 6 452 6 Hz SD ROLL NOTE...

Page 74: ... function Timing Clock F8 and Song Position Pointer F2 will not be output even if you set SYNC OUT to ON OFF Messages will not be transmitted ON The following messages will be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector Timing clock F8 Start FA Continue FB Stop FC Song Position Pointer F2 SONG LOOP MODE Specifies how songs will be played back You can cause the same song to be played back re peatedly o...

Page 75: ...sure units and when you press the D FIELD the phrase will begin playing at the beginning of the next measure If the pattern is stopped the phrase will play back immediately regardless of the setting that is selected in the above procedure TURNTABLE TOP When the D FIELD function is VINYL TTE or SR1 this setting specifies whether the pat tern will return to the beginning when you release your finger...

Page 76: ...tern will be transmitted ALL All data will be transmit ted Parameter EDIT TX RX Value MODE1 Default MODE2 PITCH COARSE TUNE EXCLUSIVE CC 21 16 112 Center 64 FINE TUNE CC 77 CC 77 14 114 Center 64 FILTER FILTER TYPE EXCLUSIVE CC 34 0 4 CUTOFF CC 74 CC 74 0 127 RESONANCE CC 71 CC 71 0 127 AMPLIFIER TONE LEVEL EXCLUSIVE CC 36 0 127 TONE PAN EXCLUSIVE CC 35 0 127 Center 64 RND PAN EXCLUSIVE CC 37 0 OF...

Page 77: ... ignored if Auto Channel is ON OFF 1 16 RPS CTRL CH RPS control channel Specifies the channel on which note messages from an exter nal MIDI device will control RPS when Auto CHANNEL is OFF RPS can be played by receiving note messages on the specified channel At the factory settings this is set to 15 This setting is ignored if Auto Channel is ON OFF 1 16 RX SYSEX receive sys tem exclu sive Determin...

Page 78: ...transmit MIDI messages to external MIDI devices These can also be used as connectors from which data received from the MIDI IN connector are directly transmitted Refer to SOFT THRU p 77 MIDI IN Connectors Performance messages from an external MIDI device are received here The D2 can receive these messages to play notes or select sounds etc MIDI Channels MIDI is able to transmit 16 parts of indepen...

Page 79: ...xternal MIDI sequencer to match the receive channel of the D2 part that you wish to play For example if you wish to play part 2 set the transmit channel of the external MIDI sequencer to 2 since the receive channel of part 2 is 2 Playing an external MIDI device using the D2 The D2 can transmit D FIELD operations from its MIDI OUT connector Recordings in the respective parts of the D2 can also be t...

Page 80: ... also stop Making the D2 synchronized with performance on an external sequencer The playback of the D2 s sequencer can be synchronized to the MIDI Clock messages transmitted from an external MIDI sequencer or from a hard disk recorder optional In the following example we will synchronize the D2 pattern playback to an external source of timing Set up the D2 1 Set SYNC MODE to SLAVE p 74 2 Press the...

Page 81: ...MIDI device so it is ready to receive data 6 Press ENTER to begin the transmission Once the data transmission has been completed the previous display will reappear Reception bulk load procedure Here s how to receive data that was stored on an external MIDI device fig 8 8 j 1 Press SYSTEM several times to access the MIDI reception setting display 2 Press ENTER several times to access the Bulk Load ...

Page 82: ... Press EXIT several times to exit these states The Sync Mode is set to SLAVE Change the Sync Mode setting to INT p 74 The sound continues even after you remove your hand from the D FIELD HOLD is lit Press HOLD to make it go dark Reverb Delay MFX is not applied Reverb Delay MFX is turned OFF Turn the desired effect ON p 42 p 43 p 44 The Reverb Level or the Part Reverb Level setting of each part is ...

Page 83: ...ster and mute all of the remaining parts p 23 p 30 There is no item to edit This will be displayed if there is no editable parameter when you press EDIT Playback is not possible because no performance data has been recorded in the pattern Select a pattern that contains data No further pattern recording is possi ble because the maximum number of notes recordable in one pattern has been exceeded Del...

Page 84: ...24 Sweep Pad 1 025 Sweep Pad 2 026 Alles Padde 027 Sky Light 028 Stargate MC 029 Middle Grow 030 AiRye Bread 031 NU NRG Org 032 Halo Pad 033 Str Brs Pad 034 Syn Brs Pad 035 Simple Pad 036 OB Rezo Pad 037 Sweet Vocode 038 Thin Pad 039 Attack Pad 040 Metal Pad 041 Atmosphere 042 Fantasia 043 Feedbackwave 044 Pacifica 045 Atmosphere 2 046 Sub Atmosphe 047 Machine Pad 048 Detuned Pad 049 Scoop Pad 050...

Page 85: ...ell 075 CR78 Beat 076 Wind Chime 077 Rim Shot 078 TR909 Rim 079 Hyoshigi 080 TR626 Shaker 081 727 Quijada 082 Real CH 083 TR909 OH 084 Syn OH 085 TR909 Crash 086 Reverse Cym 087 Asian Gong 088 TR808 Clap 089 Down Clap 090 Clap Tail 091 Rap Real Clp 092 Maddening 093 TR909 Snare 094 TR808 Snare 095 House Snare 096 Jungle Snr 1 097 Jungle Snr 2 098 TR808 Kick 099 Plastic BD 0100 Gate Kick 0101 Jungl...

Page 86: ...yn Hit Techno Scene Beam HiQ PC 2 Machine P5 Noise Toy Gun 1 Syn Tom Cup Cym TR808 OHH 1 Hip Clap TR808 Kick 2 TR909 Kick 4 CR78 Snare TR808 Snr 3 P A03 TR 606 TR808 Kick 3 Analog Kick TR808 Rim TR606 Snr 3 Cheap Clap TR808 Snr 5 TR606 CmpTom TR606 CHH 2 TR606 CmpTom Hip PHH TR606 CmpTom TR606 DstOHH TR606 Dst BD TR606 Kick Analog Rim TR606 Snr 2 TR808 Clap TR606 Snr 1 TR606 Tom TR606 CHH 1 TR606 ...

Page 87: ...Snr 1 Urban RollSD P A08 Hardcore TR909 Kick 5 Gabba Kick SideStiker Jungle Snr 1 Fuzzy Clap TR909 Snr 4 TR606 CmpTom TR909 CHH 2 TR606 CmpTom TR909 PHH 1 TR606 CmpTom TR909 OHH 1 Amsterdam BD TR909 Dst BD Lo Fi Rim TR909 DstSnr Funk Clap 2 TR909 DstSnr TR909 DstTom TR909 PHH 1 TR909 DstTom TR909 PHH 2 TR909 DstTom TR909 DstOHH TR909 DstTom TR909 DstTom TR909 Crash TR909 DstTom TR707 Ride TR909 Cr...

Page 88: ...808 Kick 2 Roll Kick Roll Snare Break Snare2 P A13 Drum n Bass1 Roll Kick Analog Kick RaggaTightSD Cross Snare Roll Snare Headz Snare TR606 Tom Pop CHH TR606 Tom Tambourine 3 TR606 Tom Pop Hat Open Plastic BD 1 Hip Kick Scratch SD r Break Snare2 Funky Clap Ragga Snr 2 Kick Tom Real CHH Kick Tom TR808 PHH 1 Kick Tom TR606 OHH Kick Tom Kick Tom TR909 Crash Kick Tom TR909 Ride TR909 Crash Asian Gong ...

Page 89: ...ick it Harmo Gtr Big Clap Plastic BD 2 TR909 Kick 5 DanceHall SD Machine Snr P A18 Electro TR808 Kick 1 TR808 Kick 5 TR808 RimLng TR808 Snr 8 Down Clap TR808 Snr 5 TR808 Tom TR808 CHH 1 TR808 Tom TR808 PHH 1 TR808 Tom TR808 OHH 1 Ele Kick TR707 Kick 2 TR707 Rim ElectroSnr 2 TR707 Clap Sim Snare Deep Tom Closed Hat Deep Tom Pedal Hat 1 Deep Tom Open Hat Deep Tom Deep Tom TR909 Crash Deep Tom TR707 ...

Page 90: ...08 Kick 1 TR909 Kick 1 HH Soul Snr TR909 Snr 4 P A23 Rock Optic Kick TR909 Kick 4 TR808 RimLng Hash Snare Funk Clap 2 DJ Snare Kick Tom TR909 CHH 2 Kick Tom TR909 PHH 1 Kick Tom TR909 OHH 1 TR909 Kick 5 Turbo Kick SideStiker Lo Fi Snare Claptail Macho Snare TR707 Tom TR909 PHH 1 TR707 Tom TR909 OHH 3 TR707 Tom Cym OHH TR707 Tom TR707 Tom TR909 Crash TR707 Tom TR909 Ride TR909 Crash Asian Gong Tamb...

Page 91: ...08 Kick 2 Turbo Kick ElectroSnr 2 Synth Snare P B02 House 3 TR909 Kick 3 Plastic BD 2 TR808 RimLng TR808 Snr 7 Real Clap 1 TR909 Snr 5 TR909 Tom TR707 CHH TR909 Tom TR707 PHH TR909 Tom TR707 OHH TR707 Kick 2 TR909 Kick 5 Lo Fi Rim Tiny Snare 2 TR909 Clap 1 TR909 Snr 4 TR707 Tom TR909 CHH 1 TR707 Tom TR909 PHH 1 TR707 Tom TR909 OHH 3 TR707 Tom TR707 Tom NaturalCrash TR707 Tom TR909 Ride NaturalCras...

Page 92: ...ocia Productions No Pattern Name BPM Mes Programmer A51 Ambient 1 100 4 Cappadocia Productions A52 Ambient 2 80 4 Cappadocia Productions A53 Ambient 3 98 4 HEIGO TANI A54 Ambient 4 93 8 Cappadocia Productions A55 NU NRG 1 145 8 Roland Corporation A56 NU NRG 2 155 8 Roland Corporation A57 NU NRG 3 150 8 Roland Corporation A58 NU NRG 4 145 8 Roland Corporation A59 NU NRG 5 150 4 Hans Joerg Scheffler...

Page 93: ...nk 4 92 4 Roland Corporation U S B42 Abstruct 1 96 4 Roland Corporation U S B43 Abstruct 2 90 4 Roland Corporation B44 Abstruct 3 85 4 Roland Corporation B45 Abstruct 4 93 4 Roland Corporation B46 Abstruct 5 78 4 Roland Corporation B47 Abstruct 6 97 4 Roland Corporation B48 Drum n Bass 1 156 16 presto B49 Drum n Bass 2 165 8 presto B50 Drum n Bass 3 180 8 Roland Corporation No Pattern Name BPM Mes...

Page 94: ...q 8 C57 Synth Seq 9 C58 Synth Seq 10 C59 Synth Seq 11 C60 Synth Seq 12 C61 Synth Seq 13 C62 Kalimba Seq C63 Synth Riff 1 C64 Synth Riff 2 C65 Synth Riff 3 C66 Synth Riff 4 C67 Synth Riff 5 C68 Synth Riff 6 C69 Synth Riff 7 C70 Synth Riff 8 C71 Synth Riff 9 C72 Synth Riff 10 C73 Synth Riff 11 No Pattern Name C74 Synth Riff 12 C75 Synth Riff 13 C76 Synth Riff 14 C77 Synth Riff 15 C78 Synth Riff 16 C...

Page 95: ... B74 House Drums 2 2 C38 House Bass 2 3 C19 Perc Fill 1 4 C68 Synth Riff 6 5 C00 Organ Riff 6 D27 Synth Lead 8 7 C91 Synth Riff 29 8 D65 SFX 12 16 Chicago House 1 B75 House Drums 3 2 C39 House Bass 3 3 C04 Drums Fill 14 4 D48 Voice 1 5 C77 Synth Riff 15 6 D03 Hit Riff 3 7 D07 Perc Riff 8 D66 SFX 13 D FIELD No Pattern Name 17 Filter Disco 1 B76 House Drums 4 2 C40 House Bass 4 3 C05 Drums Fill 15 4...

Page 96: ...s patches and patterns for Roland Synthesizers and Grooveboxes Visit him online at www DigitalAudioDesign de HEIGO TANI Active in the techno unit Co Fusion a collaboration with Japan s well known techno DJ DJ WADA and has also released an album from Sublime Records MASA Psychedelic Trance DJ Artist Active since the beginning of the 90 s in live and DJ performance at parties both in and outside of ...

Page 97: ...o Name No Name No Name No Name No Name 001 SHKR MENU 002 808 Maracas 003 Maracas 004 Cabasa Up 005 TechnoShaker 006 TR626 Shaker 007 Dance Shaker 008 CR78 Guiro 009 Long Guiro 010 Short Guiro 011 Mute Cuica 012 Open Cuica 013 Whistle 014 TR727Quijada 015 Jingle Bell 016 Belltree 017 Wind Chime 018 RIM MENU 019 TR909 Rim 020 TR808 Rim 021 TR808 RimLng 022 TR707 Rim 023 Analog Rim 024 Natural Rim 02...

Page 98: ...yte 3rd byte BnH 54H kkH A Note On message received immediately after a Portamento control will be sounded with the pitch changing smoothly from the source note number If a voice is already sounding at the same note number as the source note number that voice will change pitch to the pitch of the newly received Note On and continue sounding i e will be played legato The speed of the pitch change c...

Page 99: ...will be set to OFF System Realtime messages Timing Clock status F8H Settings can be made to synchronize or the LFO rate or the effect rate Active Sensing status FEH When an Active Sensing message is received the unit will begin monitoring the interval at which MIDI messages are received During monitoring if more than 420 ms passes without a message being received the same processing will be done a...

Page 100: ...e data is transmitted in the order of the address eeH data sum checksum F7H EOX End Of Exclusive This message is not received if the Rx System Exclusive Switch parameter is OFF In addition to conventional system exclusive messages the D2 also uses special system exclusive messages for operations which require realtime handling Data Set 1 DT1 status data byte status F0H 41H dev 3AH 12H aaH F7H bbH ...

Page 101: ... in the order of the address ffH data sum checksum F7H EOX End Of Exclusive For the address size and checksum refer to Examples of system exclusive messages and calculating the checksum p 107 Data whose size is greater than 128 bytes should be divided into packets of 128 bytes or less and transmitted Successive Data Set 1 messages should have at least 20 ms of time interval between them Data Set 1...

Page 102: ...he resulting Note Off messages will be recorded 3 3 Messages acknowledged for synchronization System Common messages Song Position Pointer status 2nd byte 3rd byte F2H mmH llH mm ll value 00 00H 7F 7FH 0 16383 System Realtime messages Timing Clock status F8H This message will be received if the Sync Mode parameter is SLAVE Start status FAH This message will be received if the Sync Mode parameter i...

Page 103: ... 0 127 64 63 00 0B 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for B 0 127 64 63 Total size 00 00 00 0C 1 2 Part Info Offset Address Description 00 00 Part Info Common 1 2 1 10 00 Part Info Part 1 1 2 2 11 00 Part Info Part 2 16 00 Part Info Part 7 19 00 Part Info Part R 1 2 1 Part Info Common Offset Address Size Description Data Value 00 00 00 0C 0aaa aaaa Reserved 00 0D 00aa aaaa MFX Type 0 24 1 25 00 0E 0aaa aaaa MFX...

Page 104: ...7 Cutoff 0 16 1 CTRL8 Balance 0 100 D100 0W D0 100W CTRL9 Output Level 0 127 Type 18 ST FLANGER CTRL1 Pre Delay 0 125 0 0 100 CTRL2 Rate 0 117 0 1 10 00 2 CTRL3 Depth 0 127 CTRL4 Feedback 0 98 0 98 CTRL5 Phase 0 90 0 180 CTRL6 Step Rate 0 125 0 05 10 00 3 CTRL7 Balance 0 100 D100 0W D0 100W CTRL8 Output Level 0 127 Type 19 SHORT DELAY CTRL1 Time L 0 103 0 1 190 CTRL2 Time R 0 103 0 1 190 CTRL3 HF ...

Page 105: ...h Depth 0 30 11 00 40 0000 aaaa Pitch Key Follow 0 15 12 00 41 000a aaaa Pitch Envelope Depth 0 24 12 12 00 42 0aaa aaaa Pitch Envelope Velocity Sens 0 125 13 00 43 0000 aaaa Pitch Envelope Velocity Time1 0 14 14 00 44 0000 aaaa Pitch Envelope Velocity Time4 0 14 14 00 45 0000 aaaa Pitch Envelope Time Key Follow 0 14 14 00 46 0aaa aaaa Pitch Envelope Time 1 0 127 00 47 0aaa aaaa Pitch Envelope Tim...

Page 106: ... 0 127 64 63 42 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for D 0 127 64 63 43 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for D 0 127 64 63 44 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for E 0 127 64 63 45 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for F 0 127 64 63 46 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for F 0 127 64 63 47 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for G 0 127 64 63 48 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for G 0 127 64 63 49 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for A 0 127 64 63 4A 0aaa aaaa Scale Tune for A 0 127 64 63 4B 0aaa a...

Page 107: ...nd the REVERB TYPE address is 00 28H Therefore the address will be 01 00 00 00H 00 00H 00 28H 01 00 00 28H Since HALL2 is parameter value 05H F0 41 10 00H 0BH 12 01 00 00 28 05 F7 1 2 3 4 5 6 address data checksum 7 1 Exclusive status 2 ID number Roland 3 device ID 17 4 5 model ID D2 6 command ID DT1 7 EOX Next we calculate the checksum 01H 00H 00H 28H 05H 1 0 0 40 5 46 sum 46 total 128 0 quotient...

Page 108: ...ck Commands All Sound Off Reset All Controllers Local On Off All Notes Off Active Sensing System Reset X X X X O X 0 127 X X O O O O X O O O O O O O O O O O O O X O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O X O O O X O X O X O X O X O X O O O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O O O X X X X X X X X X O X 1 7 10 1 7 10 Mode 3 Mode 3 4 M 1 O O 0 127 0 127 O O O O 0 127 O X X X O X O 120 126 127 O X O 123 127 O X 1 Recog...

Page 109: ...O O O 4 X X O 4 O 5 O O X O 6 X X 1 7 10 X There is no basic channel X X O O 0 127 0 127 O O O O 0 127 O O 2 X X O 3 O 2 O O X O 123 127 6 O X 1 Omni Off Poly is transmitted to all channels at starting up 2 Recognized only when Sync Mode is SLAVE or REMOTE 3 Recognized only when Sync Mode is SLAVE 4 Transmitted only when Sync Out is ON and D FIELD mode is not VINYL 5 Transmitted only when Sync Out...

Page 110: ...User 10 Real time Quantize GRID SHUFFLE GROOVE RPS Set 30 Pattern Set 20 MEGAMIX Set 20 Controller D FIELD Controller Connectors Headphones Jack Stereo miniature phone type Output Jacks L R RCA phono type MIDI Connectors IN OUT DC IN Jack Power Supply AC Adaptor DC9V Current Draw 1000 mA Dimensions 325 W x 256 D x 55 H mm 12 13 16 W x 10 1 8 D x 2 3 16 H inches Weight 1 4 kg 3 lb 2 oz excluding AC...

Page 111: ...ation 62 E EDIT 19 64 65 71 Effect switch 10 Effects 12 42 Enhancer 46 ENTER EXIT 10 ENVELOPE 34 EXT CTRL External Control 39 F Factory Reset 14 fast forward 69 Feedback Pitch Shifter 56 FILTER 21 33 Flanger 53 54 G Gate Reverb 57 GATE TIME 62 63 grid line 62 H Headphone jack 11 HOLD 17 22 23 I Isolator 57 K KEYBOARD PAD 32 L LFO 36 Limiter 49 Lo Fi 47 M MEGAMIX 30 58 MEGAMIX Set 30 MFX 21 33 44 M...

Page 112: ...2 18 86 RPS 21 23 94 95 RX MIDI 77 S Saving your settings 13 SD ROLL 21 41 Security Slot 11 SEQUENCER 74 sequencer 12 15 Sequencer section 10 Setup parameters 20 70 Short Delay 54 Slicer 50 SOLO SYNTH 31 SONG 69 Song Edit 71 Song Clear 71 Song Copy 72 Song mode 69 Song Recording 70 SOUND 73 SOUND mode 21 23 Space D 52 Spectrum 45 SPIN mode 21 40 standard tempo 16 step 69 Step Delete 70 Step Flange...

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Page 115: ...ions However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separ...

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