ROLAND RA 90 ACCORDION EXPANDER

This has always been a favourite Expander for Accordionists.

It offer no less than 64 Performance patches .

There are as many facilities as you could usefully employ.

Plugs into any Midi instrument via MIDI cable,

(or stand alone as a drum machine:)

also works as a drum machine which can also create bass lines and

accompaniments when connected to an instrument. With organ,

piano (128 different sounds). 48 variations of drum rhythms,

each with 4 variations.

The RA-90 is a professional, multi-instrument auto-arranger that

provides high-quality accompaniments in virtually any style.

Featuring a user-friendly, desktop design, the RA-90's 56 Styles

and 128 CD-quality sounds can be accessed easily at the touch of a button,

giving you total control of your ensemble as you perform.

The RA-90 has eight MIDI configuration power-up modes.

By turning the unit on while holding down the appropriate MIDI SET button,

the RA-90 will automatically assign the proper MIDI functions for use with a

midi piano, guitar, keyboard, or accordion

     SPECIFICATIONS

     24 Mbit Wave Data Room
     Sound generation with TVF
     32 Khz Sampling Rate,
     (24 notes polyphony).
     GS' format

     EFFECTS:

     Digital Reverb & Chorus 16 Bits.

     SWITCHES AND CONTROLS

     Volume Balances: 5 Rotary Encoders:     
     Arranger Tone Group A:(Piano,ChrPerc,Organ,Guitar,Strings)                      
     Arranger Tone Group B: (Ensemble, Brass, Reed, Pipe, Syn Lead),

Arranger Tone Group C: (Syn Pad, Syn Sfx, Ethnic, Percussive, Sfx), Drum Instruments(Kicks,       Snares, Toms, Cymbals, Percuss), Main (Upper, Lower, Accomp, Bass, Drums / S. Effects), Reverb (Upper, Lower, Accomp, Bass, Drums / S. Effects).

REAL TIME SWITCHES

            Sound Effects (8 pads, Hold), Fade Out, Demo, Revolving Acc Bass,

            Advanced Arranger, Chord Intell, Arranger Hold,

            Fill - In (To Variation, To Original, Rit), Break Mute, Intro / Ending,

            Start / Stop, Reset / Tap Tempo, Bypass Whole, Bypass Upper.

TEMPO / DATA

Rotary Encoder.

MUSIC STYLES
(56) Bank 1-7, Number 1-8, Variation, Sync Start.

TONES
128 Tones ( + 128 via external MIDI Program Change), 8 Drums Kits,
Bank 1 - 8, Number 1 - 8, Tone Group A, Tone Group B, Part Select,
(User, Upper, Lower, M bass, M drum Kit), User Programs (64),
User (Down - Up), Cancel Arranger, Cancel Tones, Write.

MASTER
Master Volume control, Footswitch Assign, Tune ( - + ), Transpose ( - + ), MIDI Message indicator, Chorus On / Off & Type, Reverb On / Off & Type.

MIDI
MIDI Select, MIDI Part, MIDI Data, 8 Factory MIDI Sets,
MIDI message indicator.



REAR PANEL TERMINAL
Line Out (R / L / Mono), MIDI (In, Out, Thru),

Footswitch (Programmable) Sustain Footswitch,                     

LCD Contrast, Headphone, Power Switch, DC in,

Style Card slot.

FRONT PANEL
             MIDI IN 2 Socket.

POWER SUPPLY
             AC/DC External Adapter (9 Volt, 600 mA)

DIMENSIONS
             W490 x D265 x H90 mm
OPTIONS
             Volume Pedal (BOSS FV-200/50L)
             Pedal Switch (DP-2/6, BOSS FS-5U)
             Music Style Cards (TN-SC1 Series and MSL-15)
             Handypad (Pad-5)
             Dynamic MIDI Pedal

 

User Guide

The RA-90 is a professional, multi-instrument auto-arranger that

provides high-quality accompaniments in virtually any style.

Featuring a user-friendly, desktop design, the RA-90's 56 Styles

and 128 CD-quality sounds can be accessed easily at the touch of

a button, giving you total control of your ensemble as you perform.

Initializing

The RA-90 has eight MIDI configuration power-up modes.

By turning the unit on while holding down the appropriate

MIDI SET button, the RA-90 will automatically assign the

proper MIDI functions for use with a piano, guitar, keyboard,

or accordion.

Selecting Music Styles

There are 56 different Music Styles available on the RA-90

which provide Basic and Advanced accompaniment patterns

with two variations (Original and Variation) in a wide variety

of musical styles. These patterns change depending on the

chord type played (Major, minor, seventh, etc.) and the

inversion performed.

Selection

    Use BANK buttons to select a Bank.

    Use NUMBER buttons to select your style number.

    Press VARIATION button to select the Style's variation pattern (LED will light).

     Press ADVANCED button to select the advanced style. (LED will light).

                   Each Style also has an Intro, an Ending, a Fill To Original, and a Fill To Variation.

        Press the INTRO/ENDING button before the Style has begun. This will trigger introductory passage followed by the beginning of the style.

     Pressing the same button while a style is playing will trigger an ending passage after which the style will end.        

              

 

   Pressing the FILL TO ORIGINAL/VARIATION button will trigger a passage followed by a change in style.

   Selecting Tones

The RA-90 will allow you to select a tone for the Upper, Lower, Manual Bass and Manual Drum parts. The following buttons are found in the TONE/USER PROGRAM section:

     Use SELECT buttons to choose either UPPER, LOWER, M BASS or   M DRUM KIT.

          Use GROUP button to choose either Group A or Group B.

           Use BANK buttons to choose a sound family (Chr Perc, Brass, Reed, etc.)

     Use NUMBER buttons to select your tone.

For M DRUM KIT selection, only steps #1 and #4 are needed.

   Using User Programs

The RA-90 features 64 User Programs that will store front panel configurations for instant recall. These User Programs are preset but can be re-configured and stored by the user.

   To store a User Set from the front panel:

     Press and hold down the WRITE button.         While holding the Write button, press the BANK and NUMBER buttons corresponding to the User Program location where you wish to store the setting.

To select the various User Programs::

        Use SELECT buttons to choose USER.

          Use BANK and NUMBER buttons to choose your User Set.

      Setting the Split Point

     Press the MIDI/Select button. 

 

     Press the MIDI Part/+ button twice to find the Upper part RX/TX channel.

 

       Use the data knob to ensure that this is the same channel your MIDI controller (keyboard, accordian, etc.) is transmitting on.

 

            Press the MIDI Part/+ button again to find the Upper part   key range channel. The screen will read "Lim Lw Up" .

 

         Use the MIDI Part/+ button to move to each field and use the Data/Tempo knob to adjust the values for the Lower and Upper limits of the Upper part range.

 

     Follow this same procedure for the Lower part. The Lower part can be accessed by continuing to press the MIDI Part/+ button.

           By assigning both the Upper and Lower parts to the same MIDI channel and making the  Upper range from C4 to C9 and the Lower range from C0 to B3, you will have created a Split.

 

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