The RS505-KBD retrofit enables your Roland RS-505 Paraphonic synthesizer to be integrated into MIDI system. With its help, keyboard and pitch shift functions of the instrument can be controlled via MIDI. Original features of Roland RS-505 instrument are not changed and it can be used the same way as before the interface installation.

Features:

• The instrument's keyboard is controlled by MIDI Note On/Off commands (including bass section).
• The keyboard can be transposed in whole range of MIDI notes 0~127.
• The interface recognizes Chnl Aftertouch MIDI command (can be used for Pitch Shift function).
• Instrument's Pitch Shift function can be controlled via Pitch Bend MIDI command (range is adjustable).
• Possibility of full control via MIDI CC and System Exclusive communication (changes of presets, changes of paramers values and their storing ino memory etc.).
• Any receiving MIDI channel can be selected.
• Optical indication of interface's status defineable by user.
• 24+1 user's memory banks for setting of the interface parameters.
• The interface has MIDI output with "Thru" function too.

Global system parameters programmable by user (can be stored in internal memory):

• MIDI Channel (1 to 16)
• Default Preset (1 to 24)
• Autoreset (On / Off)

Preset's parameters programmable by user (can be set via MIDI Control Changes, up to 24 settings can be stored in internal memory):

• Key Shift / Transpose (0 to +79 semitones)
• Chnl Aftertouch Amount (0 to 100% of Pitch Shift function)
• Pitch Bend Range (0 to 100% of Pitch Shift function)
• Indicator Mode (Off / Keys On / MIDI Event)

Interface recognizes standard MIDI commands:

• "Note On/Off"
• "Channel Aftertouch"
• "Program Change"
• "Pitch Wheel"
• "Control Changes" (Hold, ASO, RAC, ANO and others)
• "System Reset"