Roland HP-1 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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3.7 Listening to the demo songs
The HP-1 contains 65 internal piano pieces you may want to listen to before starting to play yourself.
Playing/stopping the demo songs
1.
Press the [Demo] button (indicator lights).
Playback of the first demo song starts. When it is fin-
ished, the HP-1 automatically starts playback of the
second song. All demo songs will be played back one
after another.
To listen to a specific demo song:
2.
Hold down the [Demo] button and press a (key-
board) key to select another demo song.
The first 65 keys from the left allow you to directly
select the song you want to listen to.
The demo songs will play back consecutively, starting
with the song you selected. When the last song has
been played, playback will return to the first song and
resume.
3.
To stop demo song playback, press the [Demo] but-
ton and release it.
Note: All rights reserved. Unauthorized use of this material
for purposes other than private, personal enjoyment is a
violation of applicable laws.
Note: The data of the demo songs are not transmitted to the
HP-1’s MIDI OUTput.
3.8 Selecting sounds
Playing one sound at a time
The HP-1 allows you to play eight different sounds,
including piano. The HP-1’s sounds are called “Tones”.
1.
Press the Tone button that is assigned to the Tone
you want to use:
As you can see, there are four Tone buttons, while
there are eight Tones:
Here’s what you need to do in order to access the “hid-
den” Tones:
2.
First press the Tone button that provides access to
the desired Tone.
3.
Hold down [Reverb] and press the same Tone but-
ton again to select the “secondary” Tone (the name
printed below the button you press).
4.
To return to the “main” Tone, repeat step (
3
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Hold down [Demo] and press one of these keys.
A
B
Piano [Piano 2]
Harpsichord [E.Piano]
Organ 1 [Organ 2]
Strings [Choir].
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