Roland rd-170 Manual De Propietario

RD-170 Preparations and main functions

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(2) Press [LOWER] (this button lights along with 

the [UPPER] button).

(3) Press [UPPER] to switch it off.

[LOWER] and all buttons related to the Lower 
part (which can now be played in isolation) 
light up in green. If necessary, select a different 
Tone.

Note: This setting can be saved to a Setup memory (see 
p. 28).

A third possibility is to use the Upper and Lower 
parts together, which is called a “Layer”. The most 
popular Layer combination is piano with strings, but 
feel free to experiment with other layers (piano with 
a Rhodes sound, for example).

(1) Switch off the [SPLIT] button if it is on, other-

wise skip to the next step.
The [UPPER] button lights, signalling that you 
are back in Whole Upper mode.

(2) Press [LOWER] (this button lights along with 

the [UPPER] button).
Both buttons light: you are now in Layer mode. 
The buttons related to the parts (TONE SELECT, 
[REVERB], etc.) light in red to indicate the cur-
rent settings for the Upper part. The TONE 
SELECT button of the second Tone lights in 
green for quick confirmation of both sounds 
used.

(3) To change the settings of the Lower part, 

press and hold the [LOWER] button while 
pressing the required buttons. 
The display indicates the Variation number of 
the selected sound (you could select another 
Variation with [DEC÷NO]/[INC÷YES] now). You 
will also notice that all related and active but-
tons light in green. See p. 13 for how to select 
Tones and p. 16 for setting the effects.

(4) Adjust the volume balance between the two 

parts with the PART LEVEL [LOWER] and 
[UPPER] sliders.

Note: The slider settings are saved to the Setup memo-
ries. Therefore, the position of the physical sliders does 
not always correspond to the actual level settings.
Note: You can also specify which Part(s) should 
respond to footswitch and/or pedal messages. See p. 22.

(5) To return to Whole Upper or Whole Lower 

mode, switch off the [UPPER] or [LOWER] but-
ton.

The RD-170 allows you to divide the keyboard into 
two sections and to play two different Tones with 
your left and right hands. Dividing the keyboard is 
called a “Split” and the key where the keyboard is 
split is the “split point”.

(1) Press the [SPLIT] button so that it lights.

The [UPPER] and [LOWER] buttons also light.

The buttons related to the parts (TONE SELECT, 
[REVERB], etc.) light in red to indicate the cur-
rent settings for the Upper part.

(2) To change the settings of the Lower part, 

press and hold the [LOWER] button while 
pressing the required buttons. 

You will notice that all related and active but-
tons light in green. See p. 13 for how to select 
Tones and p. 16 for setting the effects.

(3) Adjust the volume balance between the two 

parts with the PART LEVEL [LOWER] and 
[UPPER] sliders.

Note: You can also specify which Tone(s) should 
respond to footswitch and/or pedal messages. See p. 22.

(4) To return to Whole Upper mode, switch off 

the [SPLIT] button.

An even quicker way of selecting Layer mode 
is by holding down one TONE SELECT button 
while pressing another one. This will also 
assign the selected Tones to the Upper (first 
button) and Lower parts (second button), 
though. If you do not need to select other 
Tones, use step (2) above.

Layer mode

Split mode

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