Short words. Easy steps. Go and play.
Rosetta began on the Roland U-110. There, you put your own sounds in the place where the factory sounds were. Now it does the same job on the D-110. A D-10 version is on the way.
Switch it on. First you see the Rosetta boot screen for a moment:
Then the normal D-110 screen comes up. Everything Roland made still works. Your Rosetta settings stay saved when you switch it off.
Hold Enter. Press Edit.
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| Group ▲▼ | Brighter or darker (cutoff). You hear it right away. |
| Bank ▲▼ | More or less ring (resonance). You hear it right away. |
| Number ▲▼ | Slower or faster start (attack). On the next note. |
| Part ▲▼ | Longer or shorter end (release). On the next note. |
| Part | Next part, P1–P8 |
| Edit | Open the Rosetta menu |
| Exit | Go back |
Knobs over MIDI: CC74 cutoff, CC71 resonance, CC73 attack, CC72 release.
Cutoff and resonance only work on synth sounds. They do not work on samples (PCM).
Open the quick screen. Press Edit. One line = one feature. A > means the line has more settings inside.
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| Group ▲▼ | Next or previous line |
| Bank ▲▼ | Value +1 / −1 |
| Number ▲▼ | Value +10 / −10 |
| Part | Which part |
| Edit | Go inside a > line. Press again to come back out. |
| Exit | Go back |
Part settings: All, or one part P1–P8.
| Item | Values | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Wave Scan | 0–127 | Pick a different wave while you play. Also on CC70. |
| Wave Seq > | Off, Up 4, Up 8, Down 4, Ping 8, Octo, Strobe, Once 4, Random, User | Each note runs through a row of waves. |
| WSeq Speed | 0–99 | How fast |
| WSeq Part | All, P1–P8 | |
| WSeq User 1–8 | 0–127 | Your own row of 8 waves |
| Item | Values | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Drift Pitch | 0–31 | Every note a bit out of tune |
| Random Wave | 0–127 | Every note a different wave |
| Random Cutoff | 0–100 | Every note a different brightness |
| Vintage > | 0–99 | Old-synth wobble |
| Glide Time > | 0–99 | Notes slide into each other |
| Mono Part > | Off, P1–P8 | One note at a time. Legato On = slide without restarting. |
| Unison Voices > | 1–4 | Stack the sound up to 4 times. Detune 0–99 = fatter. |
One key plays a whole chord.
| Item | Values |
|---|---|
| Chord | Off, Octave, Fifth, 5th+Oct, Major, Minor, Sus4, Major7, Minor7, Dom7, Minor9, Dim, Learned, Scale, Scale 7 |
| Chord Part | P1–P8 |
| Chord Learn | Bank ▲, play a chord (up to 5 notes), let go. Done. |
| Scale Key | C–B |
| Scale Type | Major, Minor, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Locrian, HarmMin, MelMin |
Scale = every key plays the right chord for that scale. Scale 7 = same with 4 notes.
Connect something you do (wheel, pressure, how hard you hit) to something you hear. On or Off. There are 4 slots.
| Item | Values |
|---|---|
| Source | Off, ModWheel, AftTouch, Velocity, Key, LFO, S&H, CC16, CC17 |
| Dest | Cutoff, Pitch, Wave, Level, Reso |
| Amount | −63 to +63 |
| LFO Rate | 0–99 |
| LFO Sync | Off, 4 Bars, 2 Bars, 1 Bar, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T |
| Mod Part | All, P1–P8 |
Try: Velocity → Wave. Hit hard, get another sound.
Hold a chord. It plays the notes one by one.
| Item | Values |
|---|---|
| Arp Mode | Off, Up, Down, Up+Down, Random, Played, Seq |
| Arp Octaves | 1–4 |
| Arp Rate | 1/4, 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T, 1/32 |
| Arp Tempo | 40–240 BPM, or MIDI clock |
| Arp Gate % | 5–99 (short / long notes) |
| Arp Latch | Off, On (keeps playing after you let go) |
| Arp Part | P1–P8 |
| Arp MIDI Out | Off, On, Only (only out the MIDI cable) |
| Item | Values | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Chance % | 0–100 | Some steps skip |
| Ratchet | Off, 2x, 3x, 4x, Random | Steps repeat fast |
| Octave Jump % | 0–100 | Some steps jump up |
| Accent | Off, Every 2/3/4, Random | Some steps louder |
| Euclid Hits / Steps | 1–16 / Off, 1–16 | Rhythm patterns |
| Humanize Time / Vel | 0–99 | Less robotic |
Record your own pattern. It goes up to 32 steps. Set Arp Mode to Seq. The key you hold sets the key of the pattern.
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| Bank ▲ | Step record: one key = one step. Number ▲ = rest, Number ▼ = tie. |
| Bank ▲ twice | Live record: just play. |
| Bank ▼ | Stop. Saved. |
Seq Length: 1–32.
Break the sound chip on purpose. You get odd sounds. Some settings go silent. On or Off.
| Item | Values | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Lab Reso High | Off, 0–7 | 7 = way more resonance than normal |
| Lab Reso Low | Off, 0–31 | More resonance flavors |
| Lab Ctrl XOR | 0–255 | Bends synth sounds. With Reso High 7: wind and noise. |
| Lab PCM XOR | 0–255 | Bends samples |
| Lab PCM Pos | 0–255 | Samples play from the wrong place. 256 new sounds. |
| Lab Part | All, P1–P8 |
This one moves the Lab value by itself. Hold one key and hear it change shape.
| Item | Values |
|---|---|
| Motion | Off, Up, Down, Ping, Random |
| Motion Dest | PCM Pos, Ctrl XOR, PCM XOR, All |
| Motion Rate | Note, 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T, 1/32, 1/64 |
| Motion Range | 1–255 |
| Motion Step | 1–64 |
| Retrigger | Off, On (plays the note again each step) |
o = memory OK. X = problem. Then you see the part and the version.
| Problem | Fix |
|---|---|
| Screen says “D-110 ROSETTA”, menu does nothing | Control chip not found. Check the install. |
| Notes keep playing | Exit and pick the patch again. |
| Cutoff does nothing | It's a sample sound. No filter on samples. |
| Lab went silent | Lab Off. |
| Settings gone after update | Set them again. |
| Tempo a bit off | Use MIDI clock. |