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Page 2: ... signals so the S 220 converts audio signal into digital It does this by examining sampling the incoming signal level a great many times every second and se quentially recording these different levels in computer memory This digital recording process IS called SAMPLING The Split function allows it to play two different sounds in the upper and the lower sound ranges The sound you have recorded can ...

Page 3: ...FAUi LCUD vE Volume Knob Headphones Jack O Limitter Switch Backward Button Forward Button F1 Button 2 Bjtton Separate Button Level Button Structure Buttons Power Switch Save Button Load Button Start Maximum Button Stand by Cancel Button Mode Minimum Button Recording Button Rear Panel Dasplay Contrast Knob MIDI THRU Connector MIDI OUT Connector MIDI IN Connector A iL TI N Eati Q M A ATTEHTIOM WUuiE...

Page 4: ...ee conductors of the mains lead att hed to this eppdratus are identified wilh color as shown in the tabis beloWn together with the matching terrninal on the UK type power plug When connecting ihe mains lead to a plug be sure to connect each conductor to Ihe cor rect tern inal as indicated This insfruction applies To the product tor United Kingilam f fllNS LEADS PLUG Conductor Color Marie on the ma...

Page 5: ...unction Procedure 43 a Defaut Settings 43 b MIDI Channel for each Structre 44 c Sound Range in each Structure 45 d Output Level in each Structure 46 e Output Level Control of each Structure 47 2 Parallel Output 48 3 Split using Multi Function 49 4 Parallel Output of one Structure 49 S Sampling 50 1 Basic Sampling 50 2 Changing Sampling Conditions 52 3 Sampling a Long Tone or Split 53 4 De activati...

Page 6: ...is normal for this unit to get hot while being operated 1 J jV I J Operating the unit near a neon fluorescent lamp TV or CRT Display may cause noise inter ference If so change the angle or the position of the unit The built in disk drive of the S 220 is a precision machine So please handle it gentfy Specially while the Disk Drive is running do not give a strong shock to the unit The S 220 features...

Page 7: ...ot or cold tem peratures dust or direct sunlight Please be sure to put the S 220 on a steady and horizontal place Never remove or insert the disk or switch the S 220 on or off while the indicator of the disk drive is lit or the disk may be permanently da maged PJease be sure that the abel is securely att ached to the OD or the label may come off in the disk drive making it difficult to take it ou ...

Page 8: ...off the Protect Tab on the disk This way the disk can be no longer used for backup but the data can be read from the disk just the same A tab is provided for each side A andB Protect Tab Disk SJde It you wish to use the disk again for saving other data stick a cellophane adhesive tape as shown below Q B ...

Page 9: ...I _ _ u Pi Sanie Sounds Note messages and Pitch Bend Messages can be con trolled for the individual channel Past Roland Guitar Synthesizers e g GR 700 GR 77B provide only the MIDI Poly mode Using the MULTI function in Poly mode several different polyphonic sounds can be individually controlled on different MIDI channels Poly Mode With Multi Function ON One channel MJDI messages One channel MIDI me...

Page 10: ...IMITER MONO OFF SAMPLING STRUCTURE PHONES VOLUME i FT ca r A Id C D MLTLTi cz c i D j D AB CD ABCD A fl C D A MlTJ MA MIC 50 dB Microphone Electric Guitar etc LINE 20 dB Cassette Deck CD Player etc Stereo Headphones RH 100 Optional To the MIDI IN of an external MfD device See page 88 1 LCD CONTHAST O 0 MIDI Keyboard MIDI Guitar Controller MIDI Recorder 1 F loland _ _MIDL n tftu OUT IN STEREO OLTPU...

Page 11: ...c MIDI channel setting PROCEDURE Push any of the Structure Buttons then the MIDI Button Push the Forward or Backward Button to call MIDI Mode in the Display MIDI i10DE PG 1 1 Red and S 228 By rotating the Alpha Dial change the Display from POLY to MONO Push the Enter Button In a few seconds the Display changes to T t r 1 F F Pcu n J If necessary adjust the contrast of the Dis play using the Contra...

Page 12: ...assigned to the 1st string the next to the 2nd string the next one to the 3rd string and so on For instance if you set the MIDI channel 2 It is assigned to the first string channel 3 to the second string channel 4 to the third string and so on up to channel 7 to the sixth string The MIDI channel you have set will be retained in memory even after the S 220 is turned off A MIDI channel higher than 1...

Page 13: ...rom the supplied disk to the S 220 s internal memory and listen to the sounds One side of the disk contains one sound i e two sounds on one disk The S 220 s internal memory can store up to two disks of data which is four different sounds Both the A and B sides of a disk may be used for one sound a Loading each of the four differ ent sounds PROCEDURE CD Insert the supplied quick disk 001 Drum Set i...

Page 14: ...e second at 30 kHz sampling frequency and two seconds at 15 kHz See page 53 To make a sustained sound you may loop the sam pled sounds See page 52 The key you play on the keyboard may sound in a different pitch This is because of the r Recording Key Number This shows that the sound saved on side A BD of the disk has been loaded into the S 220 Also the indicator of the Structure Button A is lit Now...

Page 15: ...lay them l L Structure AB Bank A Bank B r 1 Structure CD Bank C rBank 1 The A B Structure button pjays the Bank A sound in the lower keyboard range and the Bank 6 sound in the upper The C D button works similar ly playing each sound separately in the lower and upper sound ranges The S 220 allows you to divide the whole sound range into two sections and assign different sounds to each range The Spl...

Page 16: ...nd then the B sound in the lower section whiie the C sound is followed by the D in the up per section Structure AB CD r Lower Sound Range EankA fBankS i Higher Sound Range r Bank C y EankD r 1 a Bva r m Split Point 3va Structure C D Lower Sound Range Bank C Higher Sound Range Bank D a r r 11 miiiiiiraiiii iM Split Point Bva I 16 S ...

Page 17: ...twice Structure A B C D Bank A b Bank 6 k rBank C r Bank D j r T 6 Split Point Split Point Split Point Bva i These Split Structures are specially useful to cre ate sound such as a piano where the tone of the instrument voices over the range of the keyboard The key number of the highest note in each Bank is shown in the Display fnrf 63 is the highest key of the Lower Structure I PLJT Pi B B3 iiiii ...

Page 18: ...cludes the data of the sampling struc ture When the loading is completed the relevant indicators on the panel will light up to tell you which structure is used When the Banlcs of two different sounds are combined the pitches or volumes of the two sounds may differ This is related to the Wave Parameters explained later page 55 in this manual r Push the Enter Button When a non split Structure is sel...

Page 19: ...Display will respond with Insert Q D IE n Make sure that the disk drive indicator is dark push the Eject Button and take out the QD Insert the 002 QD with the A side facing up ward and push the Load Button When side A is loaded the Display wiH change to I T H 7 an T X 1 v i n 1 R Re insert the QD with B side facing upward and loading will start automatically When both sides of the QD are loaded th...

Page 20: ...ure Button A B C or D where you wish to load the data and without releasing it push the Load Button A B C D 9 About Errors J When a set of data both sides of a QD or even two QD s is supposed to be loaded but you try to load the data irrelevant to the one previously loaded before the Display will respond with To load strucfure A B to C D or strucfure C D to A B push the strucfure Button A B or C D...

Page 21: ...loaded Also the Struc ture setting can be seen on the Structure Indicator While the above indication is shown in the Display the data is not yet loaded To load the data you are now monitoring in the Display push the Load Button To monitor another disk make sure that the disk drive indicator is dark and change the disks In serting the disk will automatically monitor the data If you do not want to l...

Page 22: ... can be altered by changing the va lue of each parameter as follows D Push the Performance Button By using the Forward Button and the Backward Button call the performance parameter you wish to edit with the aid of the Display win dow p A ill i r n tn Q 3 r 22 By rotating the Alpha Dial change the value of the parameter The number shown at the right of the Display will change as below Rotate counte...

Page 23: ...ocity Switch THRESHOLD Velocity Switch Threshold 1 Detune GRANGE V SNS DTUNE RANGE PRESS SENS ABEND DEST BEND DEST Detune Range Velocity Sensitivity Detune Range Detune Pressure Sensitivity Auto Bend Destination Pitch Bend Destination Deay DELAY TIME KEY OFFSET DELAY LEVEL V SNS TRESH De ay Time Key Offset Delay Sound Levef Delay Velocity Switch Trigger Pay GATE TJME Gate Time Trigger Play Key The...

Page 24: ...Channel Pressure switch explained on page 90 in the MIDI Function section is set to OFF the MIDI Aftertouch messages will be ignored therefore Manual Vibrato cannot be control fed by Aftertouch Q t F 1 I J hw m E E I I ri bb rsh i This sets rate of the vibrato from to 1 27 Manual Vibrato Deptli IT DEPTH 55 Delay Vibrato Depth P j hr V r j l fc J 1 j i rJ i r u f i This sets the depth of the delay ...

Page 25: ... in the table below D Push the Fl Button then the Performance But ton Or push the Performance Button twice p T T LJ I X wis RRNGE Using the Alpha Dial change the vaiue of the Bend Range IWode Dispiay Description Normal Continue CONT 1 Usual smooth pitch bend Chromatic CHRM Chromatic pitch bend The Bend Range can be set in semi tone steps from to 1 2 one octave Push the Enter Button The S 220 canno...

Page 26: ...Set the rale of the arpeggio from to 1 27 Select ON or OFF with the Alpha Dial Push the Enter Button ini 4 ii 4 ll HIH Hl I r L L J J L J L L Sounil N me Arpeggio Mode ni PFP H w m w mt mtw El iz rn E i b All V r i I i n n h P V VVT fr fr V M q Set the shape of the arpeggio When the Arpeggio is set to ON the Display shov s A at the far right and a chord will be ar peggiated The Arpeggio function d...

Page 27: ... set other than 127 the decay effect cannot be completed Microphone Rhythm Machine TR 707 em g OJrTiVrrrtTrrrH Roland START IMPUT LI JE PHONES SAMPLER HEC LEVEL MiftJ MAX ON F LIMITS VOLUME MiN MAX Pad PD 20 etc Use either the MIC or LfNE Output Arpeggio Sync Mode r M D V I i i rir n m F i I u _ _ J__ 111 This selects whether the arpeggio should play on its own or sync to an e ternai device Mode D...

Page 28: ...INPUT LINE PHONES MIN MAX LIMH EB OFF VOLUME rwj MAX Connection is exactly the same as page 24 By connecting the optional Pedal Switch to the Start Jack Trigger playing can be performed with the pedal switch The Trigger Play function is available even during normaf performance However when the Arpeg gio is turned on it will function differently as J shown below Arpeggio Sync Mode What is done by E...

Page 29: ...l PROCEDURE Push the Forward Button until the Display re sponds with p pr w ir y T i t j r ri zr _ t t r t Flsshes It shows that up to four keys can be registered in the Display shows that no key is registered When a key is registered the key number will be shown in the Display Rotate the Alpha Dial until the desired key number is shown in the Display To register the next key push the button to ma...

Page 30: ... L f rn r 3133 EBD Hold Pedal Damper Pedal MIDI IN W0 OUT e g MKB 1000 Push the Forward Button until EXT TRIGGER is shown in the Display Press the Hold Pedal While still pressing the Hold Pedal push the keys up to four keys which you wish to regis ter PFNsEKT TRIGGER C3 fi4 D5 G5 o Release the Hold Pedal without releasing the keys Push the Enter Button 30 i ...

Page 31: ...ifference Detune Pressure Sens Push the same Structure Button you pushed in step fp IVIP l IIVI 1 1 Bffrd Mttm l ltAJ W lAIH li _i 1 I T 1 H Detune Structure When using the Detune function the S 220 is eight voice polyphonic To turn the Detune function off simply push any of the Structure Button This determines the sensitivity of the Detune ef fect which is controlled by Aftertouch messages from t...

Page 32: ... HiJi b X 1 j X _E x F X rrw vfr HRLF One or both of the detuned sounds can take on the pitch bend effect Mode Display Description Both BOTH Both voices take on Pitch Bend Haif HALF Either of voices takes on Pitch Bend Push the same Structure Button that you pushed in step Debv SfrucTure i X p h 4 V MM M When the Delay function is in use the S 220 is eight voice polyphonic To turn the Delay functi...

Page 33: ...one octave iower to 12 one octave higher When the Split mode is selected with the Struc ture Button the pitch of the delay sound may e ceed that of the split In this case the delayed sound is different from the voice of the played key nw I I DEL fly I 1 i J The level of the delay sound can be set from to 127 Ke 1 V Offset Veilue 1 1 ill i III 1 11 1 1 ir ill III 11 Pl lyed Ke V Delayed Sound 4 Spl...

Page 34: ...level minimum volume while the other Structure Normal Structure will always be heard no matter how softly you play the keyboard That is one of the sounds can be generated only if you play the keyboard stronger than the set threshold level but it is muted if the volume IS lower than the threshold level Higher Level Key Touch t Threshold LGvel When the Dual Tone function is in use the S 220 IS eight...

Page 35: ... Velocity Mix Threshold This can set the threshold level minimum volume at which the Velocity Structure can sound in i U rr i i i r Ti a rJ L i_ I I B HB i 4F II frib i i I X b4 This sets the maximum volume of the 2nd Stmc ture when receiving the maximum volume mes sage via MIDI from to 127 1 S Higher y t r Level X 4 Mix Level Key Touch Stronger f 127 Threshold Level You can set the minimum streng...

Page 36: ...he Structure Buttons Key Touch PROCEDURE t Threshold Level Velocity Switching Threshold This determines the threshold level velocity un der which the V eak Structure is selected and over which the Strong Structure is seiected Q J i i M I i 1 t 1 Z I IT CD Push the Structure Button to select the Weak Structure _ t I 1 R a _ 4 j i f f i j j Sound NdiriK Set the threshoid level from to 1 27 By settin...

Page 37: ...ments within the range of one semi tone up or down PROCEDURE Push the Tune Sutton s 220 cTn fS M J Hold Pedal Damper Pedel MIDI IN MIDI OUT e g MKB 1000 MflSTER TUNEE flDJ PITCH OFFSET 6 Rotate the Alpha Dial until the S 220 is tuned to the other musical Instrument 1 1 a c 1 1 1 Ml CH 1 Ur i i r r r I DHi HDJ The value shown in the Display represents how many cents are raised or lowered 100 cents ...

Page 38: ...eters Push the F2 button then the Load Button and the data will be loaded leaving the performance par ameter information 5 Output Control a Output Level The overall volume of the S 220 is adjusted by the Volume Knob on the front Panel or by Volume messages sent from an external device When the S 220 is in Mono mode the volume message is received on the same channel that receives Control Changes Se...

Page 39: ...olumes from the output jacks 2 and 4 When using Outputs 1 and 2 in stereo you can control the positioning of the sound with this function OUTPUT STEREO MCND 1 T R MIDI Balance messages pan the sound Push the Enter Buttor When Channel Pressure explained on page 90 IS set to OFF Aftertouch messages are igno red therefore the volume cannot be controlled by Aftertouch When the S 220 is in Mono mode th...

Page 40: ...n the sound in the direction set here Output 1 Value of Balance 1 1 Q Value of Balance Pressure Sensitivity Set the direction and sensitivity the amount of change of the aftertouch as follows PROCEDURE D Push the Level Button then push the Forward or the Backward Button until the Display shows BAL PRES r Set the direction and the sensitivity of the af tertouch with the Alpha Dial Push the Enter Bu...

Page 41: ...ion is being used the output level and balance can be controlled by MIDI This is called theSeparate function When the output jacks 1 to 4 are all used output 3 sends the same sjgnal as output 1 and output 4 sends the same signal as output 2 STEREO OUTPUT MONO 1 Direct Delay Sound Sound Output Level and Balance can be controlled via MJD When the Separate function s being used and only Output 1 is c...

Page 42: ...r ence is thai the Structures A and B are two voice and C and D are six voice polyphonic Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Ovjlpvjt 4 1 A B c D 2 5 6 Four single Stuctures A B C and D can be con trotfed separately on different MIDI Channels These four sounds are individually sent through the four output jacks Each Structure is four voice polyphonic MULTI 3 Two single Structures A and Bj and one split Str...

Page 43: ...h the Muiti Button When the unit is set to Mono mode the fviulti function cannot be used therefore the Muitj Button does not function The indicators of the Multi Button and the Separ ate Button light up and the Display indicates the Multi mode MULTI 5 Two sets of combined Structures AB and CD can be simultaneously played Each Structure is eight voice polyphonic Output 1 I Output 2 StruclUros used ...

Page 44: ...OFFSET Arpeggio Trigger play Detune Delay Dual Tone Velocity Mix A Siruclure Jashes r LJ LT C C T i i t 1 4 r i V Q Now you can set the MIDI channel of the Struc ture that is shown as a flashing letter at the upper part of the Display Push the or button until the Structure you want flashes in the Display Velocity Switch Set the MIDI channel you want with the Alpha Dial The number shown in the Disp...

Page 45: ...J Ly M m b The highest and the lowest key numbers should be set The key number of the Structure flashing in the upper part of the Display can now be changed Push the or Button until the Structure whose key range is to be changed is displayed Using the Forward and Backward Buttons and the Alpha Dial set the highest and the lowest key numbers Continue to set the Key Range of the other Structures by ...

Page 46: ...he Multi function is in use Push the Forward or the Backward Button until the Display shows the Volunne level of each Structure e Fl shea i xZbbh Z X b ZbZ II W P Hlb THH P 141 lib ri tlri t H H H The output level of the Structure flashing in the upper part of the Display can be edited Using the and M Button make the Struc ture whose output level is to be edited flash Using the Alpha Dial set the ...

Page 47: ...itivity of the Structure flashing in the up per part of the Display can be edited Using the or Button make the Structure whose sensitivity is to be edited flash Change the value of the sensitivity with the Alpha DiaL Continue to set the sensitivities of other Struc tures by repeating steps and as many times as required Push the Enter Button When using the Multi function the sensitvity of aftertouc...

Page 48: ... same signal is sent through the four output jacks Also when the Separate function is in use Outputs 1 and 2 are stereo Output 3 sends out the same signal as Output and Output 4 sends the same signal as Output 2 When only Output Jack 1 Is connected All the sounds are mixed and sent to Output 1 Sound Module T Sound Module 2 Sound Module 3 L J J Sound Module 4 Output 1 When Output Jacks 1 and 2 are ...

Page 49: ...ound Structure on different channels Jn this case any Structure can be selected And also the volume can be controlled by aftertouch or volume messages on each MIDI channel Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 t t F 4 4 S 4 The same Structures While holding the relevant Structure Button down push the Multi Button D Push the A B C D Structure Button Push the Separate Button while holding the MI DI Bu...

Page 50: ...rk PROCEDURE D Select the Bank A B C or D to be sampled Push the Recording Button o The Limiter Switch is provided to enable you to sample without sound distortion even when an ex cessive input is fed in Flasriss When a microphone is connected turn the Master Volume down or it may cause howfing If this happens use headphones The selected Bank will be shown in the Display Here you can monitor the s...

Page 51: ... 3 mark is fed into the sampler the far right of the Display shows a mark Make sure that the does not appear in the Display because of noise alone When a sound that exceeds the set Auto Trigger level is fed in the sampling is performed and the unit goes back to the Play mode in several sec onds The performance parameters set beforehand are retained in the S 220 therefore it may not necessarily be ...

Page 52: ...pling Looping a sample can produce an annoying ticking or propping noise but this can be re moved later by correcting the Wave Parameters explained on page 55 If the S 220 s built in computer cannot find an appropriate start point for the loop the looping is not performed m mM mi i m I T J Banl When you are sampling a specific pitch you may wish to change tine fey number It is important to remembe...

Page 53: ...nd that a sample is made of the input sig nal The S 220 can sample either at 30 000 or 15 000 samples per second 30kHz or TBkHz a Sampling a Long Tone Using Structure AB CD or ABCD The necessary procedure is almost the same as for basic sampling on page 50 After selecting a combined Structure such as AB CD or ABCD push the Record Button and the group of the rele vant Banlts is shown in the Display...

Page 54: ... you have sampled one Bank When all Banks are sampled the 5 220 will automatically retum to the Play mode 4 De activating Looping To sample a long tone you use more than one Bank combined and Looping may not be neces sary The Looping function can be removed later or even now before any sampling is performed To cancel the Looping function now simply push any of the Structure Buttons while the Displ...

Page 55: ...ved with transforming the sample itself but only with changing how it is read from memory If you wish to actually process the sample itself follow the Wave Modification on page 74 Immediately after sampling Wave Paramerers are reset to the default settings Here you change the values of wave parameters according to the sam pled sound Data loaded from a QD can also be modified with the wave paramete...

Page 56: ...ed w r m Br m m I h I mwmw ma v 4 _ L L I I q I b I I at M Select the Bank Structure to be edited by using the button and the M button Pushing the Maximum Button sets the highest va lue and pushing the Minimum Button sets the lowest value To return to the original value before being edited push the Cancel Button Repeat steps to as many times as neces sary Push the Enter Button Q I Select the wave ...

Page 57: ...EVELT Envelope Levell ENV RATE2 Envelope Rate2 ENV LEVEL2 Envelope Level2 ENV RATE3 Envelope Rate3 ENV LEVEL3 Envelope Level3 ENV RATE4 Envebpe Rate4 DYN SEMS Dynamic Sensitivity KEY FOLLOW Key Follow PITCH BEND Pitch Bend ON OFF VIBRATO Vibrato ON OFF A BEND RATE Auto Bend Rate A BEMO DPTH Auto Bend Depth I I The parameters with a mark can be sequen tially called by pushing the F2 Button while ho...

Page 58: ...Loop Type KKi E r i 643 A loop is a section which replays while the key is being held down r Address Display Address is the value that represents the lime of the Start Point Loop Length explained later and End Point The length of a whole Bank is 32 767 address A set of two Banks is 65 535 address A set of four Banks Is 131 071 The percentage that the address accounts for of the whole Bank la shown...

Page 59: ...i tunes in semi tone steps and the Bank Tune that involves more delicate tuning Recording Key Number i i i I n REC L T When you are sampling a specific pitch change this to the relevant key number If not release the key play it again and while listening to the sound tune to the other instrument using the Alpha Dial A pilch higher than the sampled pitch Record ing Key Number by more than 21 semi to...

Page 60: ...k of a tape recorder ALT Alternate This changes the direction of the loop alternately Changing the loop length various effects can be obtained You can change the start point of the sample The sample will be played from the set start point This is useful for correcting the start point of the sample recorded In Manual mode Also this can start the sample from the middle It is not possible to set the ...

Page 61: ...ss group 1 However Start Point 2 cannot be set to any other value but zero or the value of the Start Point 1 Usually sefect the value o1 the Start Point 1 I When Start point 2 is set to The same value as the Start point 1 changing start point 1 will automati cally change Start point 2 In this case if the bop of group 2 is situated before the loop of group 1 Start point cannot be set to the later a...

Page 62: ...pled sound whatever note may be played The pftch to be generated moreover can be altered by Recording Key Number and Bank Tune of the Wave Parameters See page 59 Level Key ON Key OFF B 1 and R 2 change depending on how you play the keyboard An envelope curve is determined by levels and rates A Wave Parameter Rate is a slope from a tevel volume to the next level A Higher Rate means a steeper slope ...

Page 63: ... R2 the slope changes to R3 and slides to Point 3 Point 1 Point 2 Level 3 The dotted line represents the ENV r V ohhe played loop The Envelope Rate 1 the slope from Key On to Point 1 can be set from to 1 27 With the Wave Parameter Envelope Velocity Sensitivity explained on page 64 set to high the rate can be controlled by the touch sensitiv ity of the keyboard Envelope Level 1 L1 I r i d i F r wr ...

Page 64: ...rd That is pfaying the keyboard harder will quicken the attack time and vice versa Even v ithout setting the Envelope curve the attack time can be controlled with the sensitivity of the keyboard by raising the value of the Envelope Velocity Sensitivity No matter how hard you play the keyboard you cannot obtain a sharper attack than that of the sample sound EHU LEU EL 3 1 7 The level of Point 3 can...

Page 65: ...ll take on the Pitch Bender effect The Dual function per formance controlling functions allows you to mix a Bank with pitch bender effect and a Bank without creating a special effect When the MIDI Bender explained on page 25 in the MIDI Functions is set to Off the MIDI Pitch Bend message is ignored the pitch bend effect cannot be obtained When the Bend Range explained on page 89 is set to zero the...

Page 66: ...t creating a special effect When the MIDI Modulation explained on page 89 in the MIDI Functions is set to Off the MIDI Modulation message is ignored therefore the Manual Vibrato effect cannot be obtained Parameters for Vibrato such as Vibrato Depth can be controlled by relevant Performance Par ameters on page 24 OriBinal Pitch Ai to Bend Depth Key ON Auto Bend Depth w p R n s i i This determines h...

Page 67: ...wo different sounds by playing the keyboard harder or softer The Address Velocity Switch sets the minimum key touch strength required to sound one of the two Address Groups page 61 When you play the keyboard softer than the set value the Address Group selected with ADDRESS GROUP in the Wave parameter section will sound In the other words with higher values stronger key touch is required to sound t...

Page 68: ...mic Range Key Pollow Pitch Bender Vibrato Auto Bend Depth Auto Bend Rate Bulk Copy After you have finished editing all the Wave Par ameters in one Bank of the Split Structure go to the following procedure While holding Save Button down push either or Q All the parameters shown left are copied from this Bank to other Banks of the Split Structure Individual Copy PROCEDURE ffl Select the Wave Paramet...

Page 69: ...and B are converted to one Structure AB rt will have the set of parameters which used to belong to Bank A Loop is OFF and the Start Point is 0 The parameters which belonged to Bank B wifl be lost therefore the pitch of the sampled sound is altered by Bank A s Recording Key Number and Bank Tune Bank A and B will be played sequen tially but they wifi not be automatically set to the same pitch In oth...

Page 70: ... select the Struc ture Mode for playing it back Push the Save Button 8ank to be saved Write a File Name of the data as follows As you rotate the Alpha Dial a letter number or sign will appear at the flashing cursor in the Dis play When the first letter is written move the cursor to the next position using the Button then write the second letter with the Alpha Dial Sdbcb Alpha Dial o J ABCDEFGH i J...

Page 71: ...idental loss take the QD out and snap off the Protect Nail See page 8 When more than one Bank is used in a Structure the Display will respond as below This tells you that you need to save the other Bank to the other side of the QD Bank that needs saving iata As the Display indicates remove the QD and reinsert It with the other side facing upward or insert another QD Likewise save all the Banks of ...

Page 72: ...ee page 11 All the other MIDI Functions See page 89 to 92 QD Types A QD IS categorised as Type I n or HI depending on the number of parameters included on it A QD made by Basic Saving is Type H A CD made by Saving more information is Type T A QD from the S 10 or MKS 100 is Type M The parameters included in each QD Type are shown on page 102 All the necessary procedures are the same as for Basic sa...

Page 73: ...e verifying procedure whether the QD contains any previous data or not and is therefore quicker A brand new QD can be saved using this method Take exactly the same procedure as 1 Basic Saving but push the Fl button before pushing the Save Button in step 9 73 ...

Page 74: ...it is now in the Wave Modify mode While in the Wave Modify mode no sound can be generated Using the Forward Button and the Back ward Button call the factor to be edited Now go lo the next procedure for actual Wave Modification Wave Modification of individual Bank s You can wave modrfy an individual Bank or Banks of a combined Structure as well as the whole Structure e g You can adjust the level Se...

Page 75: ... the maximum volume which Is the levei just before the sound is dis torted However some samples are distorted every time they are played This however does not mean that the Wave Data itself is distorted So simply set a lower value to remove the distortion To adjust the level of a Bank or Banks of a Spilt Structure e g AB CD take the following proce dure 1 Simply call the relevant Bank s by pushing...

Page 76: ...p of Banks wi f be played as one while each Bank will be individually played in a Split Structure Take step Q on page 74 selectir g any Structure you like Take steps and selecting Reverse Push the Enter Button When the sample is modified the Display returns to the Playing mode indication A loop cannot be reversed the looping is can celled and Loop OFF explained on page 58 is set automatically 76 ...

Page 77: ...it Structure is looped individually Take step D on page 74 selecting any Structure you like Error Take steps and selecting Auto Loop By rotating the Alpha Dial experiment and se lect one of the four Looping Modes Push the Enter Button When this error message is indicated the select ed Structure fs irrelevant therefore ft cannot be auto looped Select an appropriate Structure by pushing the correspo...

Page 78: ...ed a destination Bani Structure where the source Bank Structure can not be copied the following error indication is shown in the Display Repeat the copying procedure with a proper Bank Structure selected 9 Take step CD on page 74 assigning the source Bank Structure and go to steps and 3 se lecting Copy fl ri p I hT AH I rib E r t The destination Bank Structure is shown in the Display When the sour...

Page 79: ...Display use the Alpha Dial The following error indication shows that you have chosen Structure which cannot be swapped i T W b r a km c b F r X X vr b I c i c i b Select the appropriate Structure by pushing the corresponding Structure Button then the Enter button Then repeat the whole procedure Take the above procedure for both Structures Push the Enter Button fr I If K i 3 1 L Lid i i L i t When ...

Page 80: ...ce Resonance 127 f 1 Cutoff Frequancy Frequency Tok m Resonance Resonance 127 Cutoff Frequency Freijuencv lOkiHzJ Resonance Resonance 127 Cutoff Frequency Frequency 10k Hz Lowpass Filter with relatively mild cutoff frequency Highpass Filter wflh relativefy mild cutoff frequency Lowpass Filter with sharp cutoff frequency Highpass Filter with sharp cutoff frequency Resonance This emphasizes the harm...

Page 81: ...il ters Error T n i F W W 1 a T i r i bee nianual 1 O F 16k R r 00e b T J r b II P i VIV F V P l IPTI W I i E r i J H 1 n 1 E i eTs i X i i Fl P F i Pr SS V IV 1 1 r r i r i MM m MM _ _ _ Vf f I 1 c L d r l ti 4 E fr V PT4 HV m Pr ss r p P 1 M b frrinb 1 E Press EN When this error message is indicated the select ed Structure is irrelevant therefore cannot be digital filtered Select the appropriate...

Page 82: ...Button is lit are mixed and rewritten into the Structure shown at the right of the Display When the Structure A B C or D is selected the indicator on the Structure shown at the left of the Display which is to be mixed with the selected structure can be altered Select the destination Structure shown at the right of the Display by mpving the flashing cur sor with the button and using the Alpha Dial ...

Page 83: ...es o Combining Function is joining two voices Banlcs with the unnecessary portions discarded When two voices stored tn the two independent Banks such as the Structure A B C D A B C D or A B C D are cornbined in the two Bank Struc ture such as AB CD or AB CD the End Point of the first sample is directly joined to the Start Point of the second sample The Start and the End points selected with wave p...

Page 84: ...ampfing frequency The sampling frequency of the wave data can be monrtored in Sampf ing Frequency on page 67 Using the Forward Button and the Backward But ton select Combine X i T I i I i 1 Using the Alpha Dial select the second Structure to be combined B D or CD h 84 The Djspiay shows the Structure you have select ed n r h i T t lU f IHI ll I I hi nil r I 1 f J i Push the Enter Button I i i ji I ...

Page 85: ...up seectedin the prior Bank s The value of LOOP LENGTH of the address group selected in the prior Bank s The value of LOOP TUNE of the address group selected m the prior Bank s ENV V SENS ENV RATE ENV LEVEL1 ENV RATE2 ENV LEVEL2 ENV RATES ENV LEVELS ENV RATE4 DYN SENS 127 127 i 127 127 127 127 127 Prior Bank s KEY FOLLOW PITCH BEND V BRATO A BEND RATE A SEND DPTH Prior Bank s Prior Bank s Prior Ba...

Page 86: ...h the corresponding Wave Parameters Seiect the Structure AB CD or ABCD Push the Modify Button Using the FonA ard Button and the Backward Button seiect Combine f n r i h i i f r jiri _ _ E i Push the Enter Button Do not touch the Aipha Dial Cnbn L 1 I When Combining is completed the Dispfay re turns to the Play mode indication That is the combined data may be short enough to be rewritten in one Ban...

Page 87: ...r t P F J 1 When two Structures voicesj are combined in one Bank the Address Velocity Switch can be effect ively used so that either of the two sounds is play ed depending how hard you play the keyboard A wave parameter Address Velocity Switch and two Address groups are involved As an example set the Start and End points and the Loop Length as follows Bank ST2 LP2 EN2 Unless Address Velocity Switc...

Page 88: ...nal fed into the MIDI IN Is sent out through this connector Using MIDI THRU connectors one MIDI device can control more than one MIDI device MIDI OUT Connector Through this connector messages such as Struc ture selection are transmitted MIDI out MIDI MIDI 1P THRU MIDI IN MIDI Device 1 S 220 MIDI Device The MIDI OUT does not transmit the signal fed into the MIDI IN The MIDI THRU connectors technica...

Page 89: ...IDI Function can be changed as follows Select any of the MIDI Channels 1 to 1 6 D Push the MIDI Button Select the MIDI Function you wish to change using the Forward Button and the Backward Button Pitch Bend I 1 U 1 1 n u prjpu RPj jpi ON By rotating the Alpha Dial change the setting of the MIDI Function as desired ON Receive OFF Ignore Repeat steps and as many times as re quiredv Hold Q 3 Push the...

Page 90: ...nal fed into the MIDI IN Is sent out through this connector Using MIDI THRU connectors one MIDI device can control more than one MIDI device MIDI OUT Connector Through this connector messages such as Struc ture selection are transmitted MIDI out MIDI MIDI 1P THRU MIDI IN MIDI Device 1 S 220 MIDI Device The MIDI OUT does not transmit the signal fed into the MIDI IN The MIDI THRU connectors technica...

Page 91: ...ing Channel Range will automatically change the number of the voices to be used For instance when the Basic channel is set to 1 se lecting 6 voices will automatically set the channels 1 to 6 Also when the Basic channel is set to 1 2 and the number of voices is 8 channels from 12 to 16 are used Any number higher than 17 will be ignored turning the unit to 5 voice polyphonic The number shown in is t...

Page 92: ...ceive or transmit the following message using the Program Change the Struc ture Selection ON OFF of the Detune Delay and Dual Functions The table shown right represents the Program Change number assigned to each message Program Change assignment can be seen on the S 220 as follows D Push the F2 Button then the MIDI Button Rotate the Alpha Dial and the Program Change number and the corresponding me...

Page 93: ...unds only with a stronger playing manner It 63 VM JJ 64 VM tt 65 VM tt 66 VM tt 67 VM tt 68 VM tt 69 VM tt 70 VM tt 71 VM tt 72 VM tt 73 VM tt 74 VM 75 VM tt 76 VM tt 77 VM ft 78 VM tt 79 VM tt BO VM 81 VM 82 VM 83 VM e4 VM 85 VM 86 VM tt 87 VM tt 83 VS tt S9 VS tt 90 VS tt 91 VS 92 VS tt 93 VS tt 94 VS tt 95 VS tt 96 VS tt 97 VS tt 98 VS tt 99 VS ttlOO VS It 101 VS 102 VS 103 VS 104 VS tiios VS t...

Page 94: ... Button ON OFF MIDI Functions Key Range Channel Offset for the Mulit function Key Range for the Multi func tion MIDI Exclusive transmitted here is the message that tells what parameter is set to what value When you record performance data programmed in the S 220 into a computer of MIDI sequencer e g the MRC BOO System Exclusive of both units nnust be set to ON so that sound data will be recorded t...

Page 95: ... whether the receiver is ready to receive the data while one way transmits the data without confirm ing the condition of the receiver The S 220 can select either of the two methods Handshake connection IVIIUI IN M Dl OUT 1 1 Transmitter 1 f MDMN MIDI OUT Receiver Sampled sound data consumes a large amount of memory therefore tl cannot be recorded to the MC 500 using the real time recording sof twa...

Page 96: ...3 Vi f T i i If 1 f i j r When using handshake connection you can take the following procedure instead of step D and On the receiver push Fl then the MIDI Button then select the following Display using the For ward or Backward Sutton Push the Enter Button on the receiver To stop data transfer in the middle push any of the Structure Buttons on the transmitter Push the Enter Button on the transmitte...

Page 97: ... data cannot be transferred On the transmitter select the correct Structure Structure Button then En ter and repeat the whole procedure U irn J iripi i bank No data is recorded in the transmitter s Bank Data cannot be transferred presumably because of a loose connection Check if the connection is made correctly 97 ...

Page 98: ...be loaded I epiace the QD with a relevant one 1 1 le al QD The S 220 has broken down Call Roland Q The connected QD contains no data The S 220 has broken down Call Roland i I I 3 c t The S 220 has broken down Call Roland Q The QD is damaged Replace it with a new one and repeat the loading procedure 98 ...

Page 99: ...t an appropriate Structure by pushing the Corresponding Structure Button then the Enter Button in f a rt 1 v a The Structure you have selected cannot be mixed Select an appropriate Structure by pushing the Corresponding Structure Button then the Enter Button o The Structure you have selected cannot be cop ied Select an appropriate Structure by pushing the Corresponding Structure button then the En...

Page 100: ...1 V i r i 1 4 I nn V I 4144 1 1 n J 9 There is no data in the selected Bank When this error message is indicated the select ed Structure is irrelevant and therefore cannot be wave modified Select the appropriate Structure by pushing the corresponding Structure Button then the Enter button Then repeat the whole procedure If two Structures are relevant take the above procedure for both Structures Q ...

Page 101: ...ameter C MIDI Performance Parameter Bank D Sound Data D Wave Parameter D When the Multl Function Is used A Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Level Level Level Level r i Ban Soi_ Lr A PartL R A i n _ 1 1 rnd Data A Sound Data banK u Sound Data C Sound Data D w Wave Parameter A Wave Parameter B Wave Parameter C Wave Parameter D L_ _ 1 rv 1 1 MIDI MIDi M DI MIDI rH Performance Parameters 1 J 101 ...

Page 102: ... TYPE OFF fixed ST1 o o OST EN1 o o OEND LP1 o OLP LOOP TUNET o OLOOP TUNE ST2 o o ST1 fixed EN2 o Q AEN LP2 o OALP LOOP TUNE2 o o fixed ENV V SENS o o O ENV RATEl ENV LEVEL o 1 o O ENV RATE2 o o o ENV LEVEL2 o ENV RATE3 o o ENV LEVELS o ENV RATE4 o o DYN SENS o o o KEY FOLLOW o o o PITCH BEND o o V BRATO o o o A BEND RATE o O A BEND DPTH o o o 102 41 ...

Page 103: ...E PLAY MODE PLAY RANGE NOTE REPEAT DECAY RATIO o o o o 1 o o o o o o o ORANGE O O DECAY Velocity Mix MX LEVEL THRESHOLD o o 127 fi ed o i Velocity Switch THRESHOLD o o Detune RANGE V SNS DTUNE RANGE PRESS SENS ABEND DEST BEND DEST o o o o o o o o o O DETUNE MODE O 64 fixed O O Delay DELAY TIME KEY OFFSET DEIJ Y LEVEL V SNS TRESH o o o o o o o O o o Trigger Play GATE TME o o o o o o 103 ...

Page 104: ...KEY RNGE Hf O 1 r KEY RNGE Lo o MID MODE 1 1 For Mono Mode 1 CH RANGE CTRL CH o o CH i OFFSET o r 1 For Mu ti Funclfon KEY RNGE Hi o KEY RNGE Lo o Q Output Level Type 1 Type II Type ll Norma Setting VOLUME VOL PRESS BALATOE BAL PRESS j O o o o 1 1 J 1 Mu ti Function MULTI VOL MULTI PRESS o o Parameter names of e S 220 may be different from those of the S IO or S 220 though the functions are the sa...

Page 105: ...END VIBRATO A BEND RATE A BEND DPTH Parformance Parameters o 1 Vibrato 1 RATE J MNUAL DEPTH PRESS SENS DELAY DEPTH 1 DELAY TIME 1 Pitch Bender i BEND MODE Arpeggio SYNC MODE INT RATE PLAY MODE 1 1 1 PLAY RANGE 1 NOTE REPEAT DECAY RATIO Velocity Mix MIX LEVEL THRESHOLD Velocity Switch THRESHOLD Detune RANGE V SNS DTUNE RANGE PRESS SENS ABEND DEST BEND DEST Deay DELAY TIME 1 1 KEY OFFSET DELAY LEVEL...

Page 106: ... MODULAT ON VOLUME BALANCE PGM CHANGE CH PRESSURE REG PARAM EXCLUSVE KEY RNGE Hi KEY RNGE Lo MIDI MODE For Mono Mode CH RANGE CTRL CH For Multi Function CH i OFFSET KEY RNGE Hi KEY RNGE Lo Output Level Mormai Setting VOLUME VOL PRESS BALANCE BAL PRESS Mull Function MULTt VOL MULT PRESS 1 106 ...

Page 107: ...eadphone Jack Start Jack Input Jacks MIC LINE Limiter Switch Power Switch Performance Controllers Alpha Dial Volume knob Recording Level Knob Display 1 6 figure 2 line Liquid Crystal Display back lit Disk Drive 2 8 inch Quick Disk QD Rear Panel Output Jack X 4 MIDI Connectors IN OUT THRU Display Contrast Knob Dimensions 483 WiX410 DlX 90 H mm 19 X le Vg xs V Weight 7 kg 15 lb 7 0 Power Consumption...

Page 108: ...is turned on but no external trigger signal is fed in When the Multi Function is in use rThe Multi Button does not function J MIDI MODE in the MIDI Function section is set to Mono mode Pitch Bend function does not work PITCH BEND of the MIDI Function section is set to OFF BEND RANGE is set to 0 PITCH BEND in the Wave Parameter section is set to OFF 1 ibrato effect cannot be obtained VIBRATO in the...

Page 109: ... that controls output level is set to 0 Hold cannot be performed by using the K Hold pedal t HOLD in the MIDJ Function section is set to OFF LOOP in the Wave Parameter section is set to OFF When in Mono mode the MIDI channel on which Hold messages are sent usually the MIDI transmit channel of the external MIDI device does not match the MfDI receive chan nel for Hold messages T c rpeggio effect can...

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