Roland DP-900 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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Playing the Keyboard
Performing with a Variety of Sounds
The DP-900 contains 20 different internal tones. The tones are organized into
five tone groups, which are assigned to the Tone buttons.
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Selecting a tone group
1.
Press any Tone button.
The indicator of the button you pressed will light.
When you play the keyboard, you will hear a sound in the selected tone
group.
Selecting variation tones
2.
Press the [Variation] button.
Four different tones (numbered 1–4) are assigned to each Tone button. Use
the [Variation] button to select among them.
Each time you press the [Variation] button, the button’s indicator will change
color, and the four sounds will be selected successively.
Some of the number 3 and 4 tones form pairs, which can be layered and
sounded together.
The tone you’ve selected is heard when you finger the keyboard.
Tone number
1 2 3 4
[Variation] button’s indicator
Dark Red Green Orange
1 2
For more details, refer to
“Tone List” (p. 40).
When Dual play is used,
only sound number 1 or 2
can be selected.
If you use Dual play with a
Tone button for which
tone number 3 or 4 is
selected, tone number 1
will be selected for that
Tone button.
The sound can tend to
distort easily with certain
tones and at certain
volume levels.
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