Roland GR-55 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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Editing the Tones (TONE)
Parameter List (PCM TONE 1/PCM TONE 2)
Group Parameter Value Description
TONE
SWITCH OFF, ON
Turns the tone on/o.
Tones that are turned “OFF” will not sound (they are muted).
TONE CATEGORY Selects the category (group) of tones.
TONE NUMBER Selects the tone number.
LEVEL 0–100 Adjusts the volume of the tone.
OCTAVE # -3–+3 Shifts the tone’s pitch in steps of an octave.
CHROMATIC OFF, ON
Turn this “ON” if you want the tone to sound in chromatic steps.
If this is “ON,” the pitch will change only in semitone steps even if you “bend” a string.
LEGATO
OFF Turns the Legato function o.
ON
When you play notes in a smoothly connected manner by hammering-on or pulling-
o, only the pitch will change, and no attack will be heard for the subsequently played
note.
The legato function can be used if CHROMATIC is ON.
LEVEL VELOCITY SENS -50–+50
Adjusts the amount by which the tone’s volume will be aected by your playing
strength.
With positive “+” values, the volume will increase as you play more strongly.
VELOCITY CURVE TYPE FIX, 1–7, TONE
Species the curve by which your playing strength will aect the tone’s volume.
Normally, you should choose “TONE.” The optimal curve for each tone will be used.
If you don’t want the tone’s volume to change, choose “FIX.”
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
NUANCE SW OFF, ON Species whether nuances of your performance (p.28) will produce tonal change.
PAN L50–R50 Species the pan setting.
STRING LEVEL1–6 1–100
Adjusts the volume of each string.
For the PCM1, PCM2, and MODELING tones, you can specify a value of “0” for each
string that you don’t want to be sounded for that tone; this allows you to create “split”
setups.
PITCH
PITCH SHIFT -24–+24 Species the tone’s pitch (semitone steps, +/-2 octaves).
PITCH FINE -50–+50 Species the tone’s pitch (in one cent steps; equivalent to 1/100 semitone).
PORTAMENTO SW
OFF Portamento will not be applied.
ON Portamento will be applied.
TONE The setting most appropriate for the tone will be used.
PORTAMENTO TYPE
RATE
The time required for the pitch change is proportionate to the amount of pitch
change.
TIME
The pitch change will occupy the same length of time regardless of the amount of
pitch change.
PORTAMENTO TIME 0–100 Species the time required for the pitch change when using portamento.