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Piano Designer Settings
Parameter Value Explanation
Lid 0–6
Adjusts the extent to which the lid of the grand piano is open.
Lower values produce a softer sound.
Higher values produce a brighter sound.
Damper Resonance O, 1–10
This adjusts the damper resonance of the acoustic piano sound (the sympathetic vibration
produced in strings other than those actually played when you press the damper pedal).
Higher settings will make the sympathetic vibration louder.
Hammer Noise -2–0–2
This adjusts the sound produced when the hammer of an acoustic piano strikes the string.
Higher settings will produce a louder sound of the hammer striking the string.
Hammer Response O, 1–10
This adjusts the time from when you play a key until the piano sound is heard.
Higher settings will produce slower response.
Duplex Scale O, 1–10
This adjusts the sympathetic vibrations of an acoustic piano’s Duplex Scale.
Higher settings will make the sympathetic vibration louder.
String Resonance O, 1–10
This adjusts the string resonance of the acoustic piano sound (the sympathetic vibrations of
strings for previously played notes that occur when you play another note).
Higher settings will make the sympathetic vibration louder.
Key O Resonance O, 1–10
This adjusts sympathetic vibrations such as an acoustic piano’s key-o sound (the subtle sound
that occurs when you release a note).
Higher settings will make the sympathetic vibration louder.
Cabinet Resonance O, 1–10
Adjusts the body resonance of the grand piano itself.
Higher values will produce a larger body resonance.
Damper Noise O, 1–10
This adjusts the damper noise of the acoustic piano sound (the sound of the damper releasing
the strings when you press the damper pedal).
* If Damper Resonance is turned “O,” damper noise will not be heard.
Stretch Tuning
O, Preset,
User (User: -50–0–+50)
This lets you specify the amount of “stretch tuning,” a tuning method specically for pianos, in
which the high range is tuned slightly sharper, and the low range is tuned slightly atter.
If you select “Preset,” a standard tuning curve created for the FP-7F will be used.
If you select “User,” you’ll be able to edit the stretched tuning yourself. Play the key whose pitch
you want to adjust, then use the [-] or [+] buttons to adjust its pitch.
What is the Duplex Scale?
The Duplex Scale is a system of sympathetically vibrating strings sometimes included in grand pianos.
These sympathetically vibrating strings are not struck directly with hammers, but sound by vibrating in sympathy with the vibrations of other
strings. By resonating with the overtones, these strings add richness and brilliance to the sound. These sympathetic strings are added only to
the high register above approximately C4. Since they do not have a damper (a mechanism that stops them from sounding), they will continue
sounding even after you play a note and then release it to stop the sound of the string that was actually struck.