Roland FP-3 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY ...............................................2
IMPORTANT NOTES .........................................................4
Contents.................................................................................5
Panel Descriptions ...............................................................6
Before You Play ................................... 8
Making Connections............................................................8
Installing the Music Stand ..................................................9
Connecting Pedals..............................................................10
Turning the Power On and Off........................................10
Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance...............11
Connecting Headphones...................................................11
Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard......... 12
Listening to Internal Songs...............................................12
Playing Back All Songs Continuously
(All Song Play)..............................................................12
Listening to Each Part Separately..............................13
Performing with a Variety of Sounds .............................14
Performing With Two Layered Tones (Dual Play) .......15
Performing With Different Tones in the Left and
Right Sides of the Keyboard (Split Play) ........................16
Changing Tones ...........................................................17
Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point .......................17
Changing the Volume Balance for Dual Play and
Split Play..............................................................................18
Changing the Keyboard’s Touch .....................................19
Adding Breadth to the Sound (Chorus Effect)...............20
Adding a Spinning Sound to Organ Tones
(Rotary Effect)...............................................................20
Changing the Depth of Chorus Effect.......................20
Adding Reverberation to Sounds (The Reverb Effect) .21
Changing the Depth of Reverb Effect.......................21
Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose) 22
Using the Metronome........................................................23
Changing the Tempo...................................................23
Changing the Beat of Metronome .............................24
Changing the Volume .................................................24
Chapter 2 Playing Along with Rhythms25
What is Session Partner?...................................................25
Performing Along With Rhythms ...................................26
Performing Along With Drum Sounds ....................26
Performing With Chord Parts....................................26
About the lighting of the [Drum] and [Chord] button
indicators .............................................................................. 27
Selecting a Rhythm ............................................................28
Changing Rhythms As You Perform ........................28
Changing a Rhythm’s Tempo...........................................29
Selecting a Rhythm’s Chord Progression .......................30
Performing With the Chord Progression Specified
in the Left Hand (Rhythm Split Play)..............................31
Changing the Volume Balance Between the Keyboard
and the Rhythm..................................................................32
Chapter 3 Recording a Performance ... 33
Recording a Performance..................................................33
Recording a Performance Using Rhythms...............34
Recording a Performance Using Rhythms
(in Split Play) ................................................................35
Recording Selected Track buttons.............................36
Erasing Recorded Performances......................................37
Correspondence Between Recorded Performance and Track
Buttons .................................................................................. 37
Chapter 4 Other Functions .................. 38
Changing the Damper Pedal’s Resonance......................38
Changing How the Pedals Work .....................................38
Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied..............39
Changing the Pitch of the Lower Tone in Octave Steps
(Octave Shift) ......................................................................39
Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tuning).40
Adjusting the Tuning.........................................................40
Changing the Beat Pattern ................................................41
Connecting MIDI Devices.................................................42
Appendices ........................................ 45
Troubleshooting .................................................................45
Error Messages/Other Messages.....................................47
Tone List ..............................................................................48
Rhythm List.........................................................................49
Chord Progression Pattern List........................................50
Chord Fingering List .........................................................52
Internal Song List ...............................................................54
Easy Operation List............................................................56
MIDI Implementation........................................................57
Main Specifications............................................................58
Index.....................................................................................59