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& & Look What You Can Do! & & Play the Piano page 14 e& Play various sounds The unit contains a wide variety of tones (sounds). You can freely select and perform using these tones. page 15 e& Play two layered tones You can layer two tones on a single key. page 16 e& Play different tones with your left and right hands You can divide the keyboard into left and right zones, and select a different tone for each zone. page 20 e& Play duets You can divide the keyboard into left and right halves, playi
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix & & Adjust Your Piano page 19 e& Adjust the keyboard touch You can adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard to match your own playing style. page 18 e& Add reverberation to the sound You can add reverberation (ambience) to create the sensation of performing in a concert hall. page 18 e& Adjust the brightness of the sound You can adjust the tone quality of the sound, ranging f
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Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 56), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 58). These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner’s Manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. Copyright © 2012 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix & & Contents Look What You Can Do! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . V . arious S . . . . .ettings (F . . . unction Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting the Dual Play Volume Balance (Dual Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Operation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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& & Operation Guide Adding Reverberation (Ambience) Adjusting the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance) You can add a pleasant reverberation to the sounds, You can adjust the brightness of the sound you play page 18 page 18 producing the impression that you are performing in from the keyboard or the sounds of a song you play a concert hall. back. To turn ambience on To turn brilliance on Press the [Ambience] button so it’s lit. Press the [Brilliance] button so it’s lit. To adjust the ambience T
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Operation Guide Selecting the Tone To select a single tone page 14 To layer two tones (dual play) page 15 Press one of the tone buttons, and then use the [–] [+] buttons. Press two tone buttons. Press two Press one To change the tones Tone 1 Press the [–] [+] buttons. Hold down the right-most of the lit tone button, and then use Tone 2 the [–] [+] buttons. Dividing the Keyboard f
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Operation Guide Using the Metronome Changing the Tempo or Time Signature Here’s how to sound the metronome. You can adjust the tempo of the metronome or page 22 page 22 song. To turn the metronome on To change the tempo Press the [Metronome] button so it’s lit. Use the [ ] [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons. To adjust the metronome’s volume To change the time signature While holding down the [Metronome] button, use the [–] [+] buttons. While holding down the [Metronome] button, use the [ ] [ ] (Slo
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Operation Guide Selecting the Parts that will Play (Part Mute) Repeatedly Practicing a Portion of a Song (AB Repeat) Here’s how to select the parts that will play. Here’s how you can make a specific portion of a page 26 page 28 song play back repeatedly. To select the right-hand part Press the [Right] button so it’s lit. 1. Press the [ ] (Play/Stop) button to play back To sele
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& & Panel Descriptions USB Memory Port [Power] Switch This turns the power on/off. If a USB flash drive is page 13 page 24 page 37 connected, you can * With the factory settings, the unit’s power will automati- use it to save or play back songs. cally be switched off 30 minutes after you stop playing or operating the unit. You can do the following things using a USB flash drive. If the unit’s power has been turned off automatically, you can use the [Power] switch to turn the unit back on
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Panel Descriptions MIDI Connectors Input Jacks Output Jacks You can connect these If a digital audio player If you connect these jacks to to external MIDI devices or other audio playback amplified speakers, the sound of (p. 47). device is connected here, unit will be heard through them. you’ll be able to listen to its playback through the unit. Use the controls of your audio
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& & Before You Play Closing the Lid Opening the Lid 1. When closing the lid, be sure to close the music rest and NOTE open the blind . • Always use two hands to open and close the lid. Although the unit’s lid is designed to close slowly and gently Blind when it is released, the lid immediately closes if it has been Music Rest opened only slightly. Take care not to allow your fingers to become pinched by the lid. • If small children will be using the unit, adult supervision should be provid
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Before You Play Turning the Power On/Off If you don’t want the power to turn off Once everything is properly connected (p. 11), be sure to follow the automatically, change the “Auto Off” setting to procedure below to turn on their power. If you turn on equipment in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction or equipment “OFF”! failure. With the factory settings, the unit’s
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& & Performing Performing with Various Sounds In addition to piano sounds, the unit lets you enjoy performing with many other sounds (347 types). These sounds are called Tones. The Tones are categorized into five groups, each of which is assigned to a different Tone button. Selecting Tones Let’s start by performing with a piano tone. When you turn on the power, the Concert (Concert Piano) tone is selected. 2 1 1. Press a tone button to select the tone group . The currently selected tone number a
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Performing Performing with Two Layered Tones (Dual Play) You can play two tones simultaneously from each note of the keyboard. This feature is called Dual Play. As an example, here’s how to layer piano and strings tones. 2 1 1. While holding down the Piano [Grand] button, press the [Strings] button . Both buttons will light. When you play the keyboard, you’ll hear both the piano a
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Performing Playing Different Tones with the Right and Left Hands (Split Play) You can play different tones in the left and right sides of the keyboard, divided at a certain key. This feature is called Split Play, and the key at which the keyboard is divided is called the Split Point. 1 2 1. While holding down the [Transpose] button, press the [Twin Piano] button . The display will indicate SPLIT. Name of the right-hand tone When Split is turned on, the keyboard settings will be as follows. Split
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Performing Changing the left-hand tone 1 2 1. While holding down the [Transpose] button and [Twin Piano] button, press a tone button . The number and name of the tone currently selected for the left-hand zone are shown. 2. While holding down the [Transpose] button and [Twin Piano] button, press the [–] [+] buttons . A different tone is selected. Advanced technique Changing the pit
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Performing Adjusting the Sound to Your Taste The unit lets you add reverberation or modify the brightness of the sound. Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Ambience) You can add a pleasant reverberation to the sounds of the unit, producing the impression that you are performing in a concert hall. This effect is called Ambience. 1 3 2 Saving your settings The unit’s settings will revert to the default values when you turn off the 1. Press the [Ambience] button . power, but you can save them as
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Performing 2. While holding down the [Brilliance] button, press the [–] [+] buttons . Saving your settings The display will indicate the depth of the brilliance effect values. The unit’s settings will revert to the default values when you turn off the power, but you can save them as described in “Retaining the Settings Even After Power-off (Memory Backup)” (p. 39). Screen Val
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Performing Dividing the Keyboard for Two-person Performance (Twin Piano) You can divide the keyboard into left and right zones so that two people can play the same range of pitches, just as though there were two pianos. This function is called Twin Piano. For example, you could use Twin Piano to allow a student to play along with their teacher. Conventional keyboard Twin Piano 1 3 divide point 1. Press the [Twin Piano] button . The [Twin Piano] button will light, and the Concert (Concert Piano)
