Roland HP109-PE Musical Instrument User Manual


 
HP109-PE – Contents
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Contents
Using the unit safely ..........................................................2
Important notes ..................................................................4
Panel Descriptions .............................................................7
Front Panel ......................................................................................................... 7
Bottom panels .................................................................................................... 8
Before You Start Playing ...................................................9
Connecting the Pedal Cable............................................................................. 9
Connect the Power Cord ..................................................................................9
Setting Up the Music Rest................................................................................9
Opening/Closing the keyboard lid ................................................................ 9
Opening and closing the top lid.................................................................... 10
Connecting Headphones................................................................................ 10
Using the headphones hook ............................................................11
Turning the Power On and Off .....................................................................11
Adjusting the Sounds Volume and Brilliance............................................ 11
About the Pedals ............................................................................................. 11
Chapter 1. Enjoying the Built-in Songs ..........................13
Listening to Built-in Songs............................................................................. 13
Playing back all songs continuously (All Song Play)...................13
Selecting a song and playing it........................................................13
Listening to the Demo Songs.........................................................................14
Playing Back the Tone Demo Songs ...............................................14
Listening to a Demo of the Functions.............................................14
Chapter 2. Performance ...................................................15
Performing with a Variety of Sounds...........................................................15
Making Fine Adjustments to the Piano Sound (Piano Resonance)..........15
Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released (Key Off).............15
Producing the Resonance of the Strings When the Keys Are
Played (String Resonance)................................................................15
Having Resonance Played When You Press the Damper Pedal
(Damper Resonance).........................................................................16
Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch) .............................................. 16
Changing the Timing of Sounds According to the Force Used to
Press the Keys (Hammer Response)...............................................16
Adding a Sense of Depth to the Sound (Grand Space).............................. 17
Adding the Right Sense of Depth for Headphones (Grand Space) .........17
Adding Liveliness to the Sound (Dynamic Emphasis).............................. 18
Applying Effects to the Sound ...................................................................... 18
Adding reverberation to the sound (Reverb)................................18
Adding richness to the sound (Chorus).........................................18
Changing the amount of effect applied..........................................18
Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Transpose)....................................19
Layering Complementary Sounds with the Piano Tones (Acoustic
Layering)........................................................................................................... 19
Changing the Volume Balance for Acoustic Layering.................20
Playing Two Sounds Together (Dual Performance) ..................................20
Adjusting the volume balance in Dual performance (Dual
Balance)...............................................................................................20
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split) ...............21
Changing the keyboards split point ..............................................21
Changing How the Center Pedals Work ..................................................... 22
Using the metronome ..................................................................................... 22
Sounding the metronome.................................................................22
Changing the metronome volume ..................................................22
Splitting the Keyboard Into Two Sections for Four-Hand Performances
(Twin Piano Mode)..........................................................................................23
Chapter 3. Playing Along with the Built-in Songs ........ 24
Changing the Tempo.......................................................................................24
Adding a count-in to match the timing (Count-In)......................24
Playing Each Hand Separately ......................................................................25
Chapter 4. Recording Your Performance ...................... 26
Recording a New Song ...................................................................................26
Recording Along with a Song........................................................................27
Selecting and Recording the Track for Each Hand Separately .................28
Erasing Recorded Performances....................................................................28
Erasing a performance from the specified track...........................28
Erasing a song....................................................................................28
Chapter 5. Changing Various Settings .......................... 29
Making Detailed Settings (Function) ............................................................29
Tuning to other instruments pitches (Master Tuning) ...............30
Changing the temperament .............................................................30
Setting the tuning curve (Stretch Tuning) .....................................30
Changing the Pitch by Octaves (Octave Shift) ..............................31
Applying the damper pedal to the left-hand keyboard area......31
Changing How Grand Space is Applied (Grand Space Mode)..31
Disabling Everything Except Piano Play (Panel Lock) ..............................31
Restoring the Settings to the Factory Condition (Factory Reset)..............32
Remembering the Settings Even When the Power is Turned Off
(Memory Backup)............................................................................................32
Saving Recorded Songs (Song Backup)........................................................32
Deleting backed up songs ................................................................32
Using the V-LINK function ............................................................................33
Making the Settings for the USB Driver.......................................................33
Chapter 6. Connecting External Devices....................... 34
Connecting to Audio Equipment ..................................................................34
Connecting to the USB Connector.................................................................34
Connecting MIDI Devices ..............................................................................35
Making MIDI-related Settings .......................................................................35
MIDI send channel settings .............................................................36
Switching Local Control on and off................................................36
Transmitting a performance you recorded....................................36
Appendix........................................................................... 37
Troubleshooting...............................................................................................37
Error Messages/Other Messages ..................................................................38
Parameters Stored in Memory Backup.........................................................38
Easy Operation List .........................................................................................39
Main Specifications..........................................................................................40
Tone List ......................................................................... 241
Built-in Song List ........................................................... 242
MIDI Implementation Chart.................................. 244