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1.1 SETTING UP

1. Connect the PA-1 AC convertor to the RX17 first, then to the AC power supply.

2. To hear the RX17, do one of the following:

A. Connect stereo headphones to the PHONES connector.

B. Connect the L(MONO) output to an amplifier, for mono playback.

C. Connect the R and L(MONO) outputs to a stereo amplifier or mixer, for stereo

playback.

3. Turn the RX17 power ON.

NOTE: A brief output pulse appears at the RX17 outputs when the power is initially

turned on. To prevent this from possibly damaging your speaker system, make sure the

master volume control of your amplifier or mixer is set to minimum before the RX17 is

turned ON. Better yet, turn the RX17 on first, then your sound system.

MIDI and cassette connections will be described later, in the appropriate chapters.

1.2

PLAYING THE RX17 INSTRUMENTS

The RX17 instruments can be played by tapping on the black instrument keys. While

playing, adjust the MASTER VOLUME slider until you can hear the RX17’s instruments

at a comfortable listening level. The sounds you will hear will normally correspond to the

instrument names written on the UPPER part of the instrument keys. You can easily

change instruments on the RX17, as described in the next section.

1.3

INSTRUMENT CHANGE

Each key on the RX17 features 2 instrument sounds. These are listed in the following

chart. The RX17 has a total of 26 highly realistic voices, providing powerful drum sounds

plus exciting Latin percussion sounds.

INSTRUMENT CHART

UPPER SET

LOWER SET

TOM1

TOM2

TOM3

HH OPEN

HH CLOSED

RIDE

CRASH

COWBEL

CLAPS

TIMBALE H

TIMBALE L

Bass Drum

TMBRN

Snare Drum RIM SHOT

High Tom-tom

CONGA Hm

Medium Tom-tom

CONGA Ho

Low Tom-tom CONGA L

Hi-hat (open)

BONGO H

Hi-hat (closed)

BONGO L

Ride cymbal

AGOGO H

Crash cymbal

AGOGO L

Cowbell

WHISTLE

Claps

SHAKER

High Timbale

CUICA H

Low Timbale

CUICA L

Tambourine

Snare Drum rim shot

High Conga (muted)

High Conga (open)

Low Conga

High Bongo

Low Bongo

High Agogo

Low Agogo

Whistle

Shaker

High Cuica

Low Cuica

You can change all instruments, or individual instruments, between the UPPER and

LOWER instruments.

NOTE 1: Instrument Change operations can be carried out at any time except during a

cassette operation or MIDI Bulk Dump (operations 5.6 and 5.7).

NOTE 2: The Instrument Change operation will NOT change instruments already

programmed in a Pattern or Song.

The following pairs of instruments can NOT be played together, because they reproduce

the sound of two different ways of playing the same instrument.

CONGA Hm / CONGA Ho

CUICA H / CUICA L

SD / RIM SHOT

HH OPEN / HH CLOSED

This also applies when writing Patterns. For example, if in the Step Write mode you enter

a SD note, then enter a RIM SHOT note on the same beat, the SD note will be erased.

1.3.1 ALL INSTRUMENT CHANGE

1. Press INST CHANGE

2. Use the or key to select UPPER or LOWER. The flashing cursor will move to

the selected set.

3. Press +1/YES to make the change. The LCD will briefly show

then return to the display shown before pressing INST CHANGE.

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