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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY....................................................... 3
IMPORTANT NOTES ................................................................ 5
Contents ................................................................................... 6
Introduction.............................................................................. 9
How to read this manual ....................................................................................................9
Main features........................................................................................................................9
Names of things and what they do....................................... 10
Front Panel...............................................................................................................10
Rear Panel ................................................................................................................12
Basic operation...................................................................... 13
Operations in the basic screen..........................................................................................13
Listening to the internal demo songs...................................................................13
Auditioning the sounds (Preview).......................................................................14
Adjusting the brightness of the display (Contrast)............................................15
Using the internal sound generator ..................................... 16
About the sound generator modes..................................................................................16
About GM2/Native modes ..............................................................................................17
GM2/Native mode sound sets .............................................................................17
About parts and sounds....................................................................................................18
Different types of part............................................................................................18
Polyphony and voices............................................................................................18
Specifying the function of the MIDI connectors............................................................19
USB mode ................................................................................................................19
MIDI mode ..............................................................................................................20
Specifying the function of the MIDI connectors............................................................21
Switching the sound generator mode.............................................................................22
Selecting a part ...................................................................................................................23
Selecting the type of part (INST/DRUM) ......................................................................24
Selecting the sound set......................................................................................................25
Selecting a sound................................................................................................................26
Selecting a drum set...........................................................................................................27
Muting/soloing a part.......................................................................................................28
Muting a part...........................................................................................................28
Soloing a part...........................................................................................................29
About parameters ..............................................................................................................30
Editing the parameters......................................................................................................31
Editing part parameters.........................................................................................31
Editing parameters that are common to all parts ..............................................32
About parameters that can be edited from the SD-80’s panel.....................................33
Part parameters (GM2 mode, Native mode) ......................................................33
Part parameters (Native mode) ............................................................................37
Parameters common to all parts (GM2 mode, Native mode) ..........................38