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C-190
Owner’s Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bedienungsanleitung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mode d’emploi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Manual del Usuario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Manuale Utente. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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C-190 Portable Organ 2 r
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH r C-190 Owner’s Manual Thank you for purchasing a Roland C-190 Portable Organ. The C-190 is a new organ with simulated two-manual func- tionality designed for religious congregations and all other occasions that call for high-quality organ or orchestral music in a portable instrument. Simultaneous use of organ and orchestral sounds The C-190 comes with the finest organ sounds Roland has to offer. On top of that, it also features excellent instrument
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C-190 Portable Organ The symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should the unit be used triangle. In the case of the symbol at left, it is used for improperly. general cautions, warnings, or alerts to danger. Used for instructions intended to alert The sy
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C-190 Portable Organ r • Never climb on top of, nor place heavy objects on the unit. • The instrument and the adapter should be located so ................................................................................................ their position does not interfere with their proper venti- • Never handle the adapter with wet hands when plugging lation. into, or unplugging from, an outlet or this unit. .................................................
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C-190 Portable Organ Panel descriptions 1. Panel descriptions Front panel A B C D E F G H I J K L M A VOLUME slider I TUNE button This slider allows you to increase or decrease the vol- At first, the C-190 is tuned like any electronic musical ume of all sections (PEDAL, MANUAL I and instrument, with the A4= 440Hz. As long as you do MANUAL II). not change that setting, this button doesn’t light. You can change the tuning frequency, how
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C-190 Portable Organ r Front panel N O P Q R N MANUAL II tilt tabs Q REVERB button These tabs allow you to add a second voice to the Press this button to switch the digital reverb effect notes you are playing using the MANUAL I division (if on (indicator lights) or off. See p. 16. the [II/I] indicator lights) or to play a separate sound in R WINDCHEST PANNING button the right half, which then behaves like a second man- Press this button to access a function that allows you
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C-190 Portable Organ Panel descriptions Rear panel A B C D E F A OUTPUT R, L/MONO sockets The PEDAL IN socket allows you to connect an The C-190 boasts an excellent internal stereo ampli- optional Roland MIDI pedal unit (PK-5A, PK-25 or fier and speaker system and so doesn’t require an PK-7) so as to play the bass section (called “PEDAL”) external amplification. There may be times, however, with your feet. If you connect a pedal unit here, the when you need to use the public address system o
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C-190 Portable Organ r Connecting the adapter 2. Getting started Connecting the adapter Adjusting the volume Note: To prevent malfunction and/or damage to the speakers or The C-190 has three sliders. The [VOLUME] slider is used other devices, always turn down the volume and switch off all to change the global volume. The [PEDAL] slider allows devices before making any connections. you to set the level of the bass sounds. (1) Connect the supplied PSB-4U adapter to the DC IN socket on the r
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C-190 Portable Organ Getting started • Listening at excessively high volume levels will not [3] VARIETY only damage the headphones, but may also cause Principal 8’ Allegro from Concerto in F major J.S.Bach hearing loss. Listen at appropriate levels. by A. Vivaldi BWV 978 Spitzflöte 4’ Balletto del Granduca J.P.Sweelinck Octave 2’ Passacaglia BWV 582 J.S.Bach Listening to the demo songs Mixture IV Trumpet Tune H.Purcell The C-190 fea
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C-190 Portable Organ r Registering the MANUAL I division 3. Playing organ music The C-190 features two sections that can be used simultaneously: an organ section and an orchestral section. Let us begin with the organ section. Registering the MANUAL I division Adding the MANUAL II division When the ORCHESTRA button doesn’t light, the white The C-190 provides a MANUAL II division that can be tilt tabs serve the same purpose as the stops on a added to the MANUAL I division. (You can also play vi
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C-190 Portable Organ Playing organ music The key you press becomes the lowest note of the Playing the MANUAL I and II MANUAL II section. divisions via separate keys As stated above, you can also assign the MANUAL I sec- Tremulant tion to the left half of the 76-note keyboard, and play the MANUAL II section in the right half: A “tremulant” creates a change in pitch (vibrato), amplitude (volume) and timbre (tone quality). The use of the tremulant adds warmth and expressiveness to solo or sma
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C-190 Portable Organ r Using the PEDAL division The bass note corresponds to the lowest note you Playing the bass notes with an optional pedal play. unit Note: If you connect a MIDI cable to the PEDAL IN socket on The C-190’s PEDAL registers can also be triggered via the C-190’s rear panel, the PEDAL part can no longer be played MIDI. The most convenient way to do that is by using via the keyboard. Be sure to connect the other end of that an optional PK-5A, PK-7 or PK-25 dynamic pedal uni
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C-190 Portable Organ Playing organ music MANUAL II Selecting other organ timbres Bourdon 8’ [0] Flute 8’ [1] Some of the speaking stops on the C-190 have alter- Geigen Principal 8’ [2] nate voices that can be selected and used in perfor- Gemshorn 8’ [0] Viole Celeste II 8’ [1] mance via the “Voice Palette” feature. Voice Palette Salicional 8’ [2] gives you a tremendous amount of added flexibility. For Gambe 16’ [3] example, you can choose a Spitzflöte 4’ rank instead of Prestant 4’ [0] Koppel
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C-190 Portable Organ r Selecting sounds 4. Using the orchestral sounds The C-190 contains orchestral sounds that can be used in isolation or together with the organ sounds. The orchestral sounds are velocity sensitive (their volume and timbre depend on the force with which you press the keys). Selecting sounds Using a sustain pedal There are three sections: the MANUAL I and II sections Connect an optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U foot- that can span the entire keyboard, and the PEDAL sec- swi
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C-190 Portable Organ Additional functions 5. Additional functions Note: See p. 19 for how to save your settings to a registration memory. Selecting different tunings Tuning the C-190 There may be times when you accompany acoustic Adding reverb instruments that are difficult or impossible to tune. In The C-190 allows you to add reverberation to what that case, use the C-190’s TUNE function to adapt its you play on the keyboard. The reverb effect provides tuning to that of the acoustic instrum
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C-190 Portable Organ r Transposing (same fingering, different notes) (2) Hold down the [0] button while pressing the key on Using different temperaments Like all digital instruments, the C-190 relies on the the keyboard that corresponds to the tonic of the standard tuning system for western music, where the desired key. distance (interval) between any two semitones of an When performing in ensemble with other instru- octave is the same. This is called “equal temperament”. ments, be aware that,
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C-190 Portable Organ Additional functions Playing back a recorded song Recording your performance To listen to your new (or a previously recorded) song, proceed as follows: You can record what you play on your C-190 and then play it back whenever you like. There are four (1) Press and hold the [PLAY] button while pressing a song memories that can be selected using the [1]~[4] [1]~[4] button to select a song memory. buttons. The Recorder not only memorizes the notes you play, but also the
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C-190 Portable Organ r Saving your settings as registrations 6. Using the C-190’s memories The C-190’s settings can be saved in one of two ways: to a global area or to a memory that needs to be selected. The set- tings of the global area are loaded automatically when the C-190 is switched on. Saving your settings as Loading the settings of a memory To recall the settings of a memory, proceed as fol- registrations lows: The C-190 comes with 2 x 4 memories where you can save the panel settings (
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C-190 Portable Organ Specialist functions 7. Specialist functions This chapter discusses functions you may only need occasionally. They help you refine the C-190’s behavior. The drawings are probably self-explanatory: Windchest Panning Use the WINDCHEST PANNING function to specify where the simulated organ pipes (the C-190 is a dig- ital instrument with no pipes whatsoever) should be located in the stereo sound field. The available settings represent common pipe arrange- ments for church organ
