User manual ROLAND MK-60

[. . . ] Copyright © 2010 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Roland is a registered trademark or trademark of Roland Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. e Us yo u ig rd E joy n ita l t no pia o Lessons at home! Play together with your family Dividing the keyboard for two-person performance (Twin Piano) · · · p. 29 Check your own performance Recording your performance · · · p. [. . . ] 68 V-LINK Transmit Channel Others Track Assign p. 43 Deleting a Song Display Initializing the Memory p. 60 External Memory Mode Accomp Memory Backup Left Factory Reset Right p. 70 Here's how to adjust the brilliance of your keyboard playing or the playback brilliance of an internal song or USB memory song. Increasing the value will make the sound brighter. Setting -10 (Mellow)­10 (Bright) Performing Settings Specifying What the Transpose will Affect (Transpose Mode) This setting specifies what the transpose will affect. You can use the transpose to change the pitch of both the song and the keyboard, the pitch of only the song, or the pitch of only the keyboard. Setting Description Keyboard notes Transpose (p. 34) Song playback Playback Transpose (p. 39) Keyboard notes and song playback Changing the Pitch of the Tone in Octave Steps (Octave Shift) You can change the pitch of the Tone 2 in Dual play (p. Altering the pitch in one-octave units in this way is called "Octave Shift. " For example, you can raise the pitch of the Lower Tone to the same pitch of the Upper Tone in Split play. Setting -2 ­ 0 ­ +2 54 Various Settings Adjusting the Dual Play Volume Balance (Dual Balance) You can adjust the volume balance between the two tones (tone 1 and tone 2) used for Dual play. Adjusting the Tuning (Temperament) You can play classical music such as baroque pieces using their original tuning. Most modern songs are composed and played with the assumption that equal temperament (the most common tuning in use today) will be used, but when classical music was composed, there were a wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. Playing a composition with its original tuning lets you enjoy the sonorities of the chords that the composer originally intended. Volume of Tone 1 Setting Volume of Tone 2 9-1 (tone 1 is louder)­9-9 (same volume)­1-9 (tone 2 is louder) Temperament Temperament key Tuning Settings Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments (Master Tuning) Setting Temperament Qualities In this tuning, each octave is divided into twelve equal steps. The String Resonance function is not active when the value is set to "OFF. " OFF, 1­10 Temperament Temperament key Display Key C C C C d D E_ E E E F F F F G G A_ A A A b_ B b B * When performing in ensemble with other instruments, be aware that depending on the key, there may be some shifting of the pitch. Tune the DP990F to the fundamental pitch of the other instruments. . Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released (Key Off Resonance) You can play the "key off" sound (the subtle sound produced when the keys are released) obtained when playing an acoustic piano. Setting Description The volume of the Key Off sound decreases as the value is lowered, while raising the value increases the volume of the Key Off sound. The Key Off Resonance function is not active when the value is set to "OFF. " Piano Sound Settings Producing Sympathetic Resonance When You Press the Damper Pedal (Damper Resonance) You can change the volume of the damper pedal resonance. On an acoustic piano, depressing the damper pedal makes the notes you play resonate with other strings, adding rich reverberations and fatness to the sound. The damper pedal on the DP990F recreates this resonance (Damper Resonance) when depressed. Setting Description The resonance volume decreases as the value is lowered, while raising the value increases the volume of the Damper Resonance. The Damper Resonance function is not active when the value is set to "OFF. " OFF, 1­10 Pedal Settings Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Damper Pedal Part) When you press the Damper pedal during Dual play or Split play, the pedal effect is normally applied to both tones, but you can also select the part to which the effect is to be applied. Setting Right & Left All enabled Right Description OFF, 1­10 Applied only to the Tone 1 (in dual mode)/ Right-hand Tone (in split mode) Left Applied only to the Tone 2 (in dual mode)/ Left-hand Tone (in split mode) 56 Various Settings Changing How the Pedals Work (Center/Left Pedal Function) When you turn on the power, the left pedal functions as the soft pedal, and the center pedal functions as the sostenuto pedal (p. You can change the function of the pedal to a variety of other operations. Function Sostenuto Description Sets function to Sostenuto pedal. * Selectable only for the center pedal. Changing the Parts Assigned to the Track Buttons During SMF Playback (Track Assign) Ordinarily, when playing back SMF music files for Roland Piano Digital instruments (p. 80), the left-hand part is assigned to the [Left] button, and the right-hand part is assigned to the [Right] button. However, right-hand and lefthand part assignments in certain SMF music files may differ. If these are set to "Auto, " and as a result you are unable to use the track buttons to control the left- and right-hand parts properly, change the setting to "2/1 Part" or "3/4 Part. " * This setting can be used for SMF format songs other than the internal preset songs. [. . . ] 30 UA - 89600 Mukachevo, UKRAINE TEL: (03131) 414-40 U. A. E. Zak Electronics & Musical Instruments Co. TEL: (04) 3360715 BARBADOS A&B Music Supplies LTD 12 Webster Industrial Park Wildey, St. Michael, Barbados TEL: (246)430-1100 NICARAGUA Bansbach Instrumentos Musicales Nicaragua Altamira D'Este Calle Principal de la Farmacia 5ta. Avenida 1 Cuadra al Lago. #503 Managua, Nicaragua TEL: (505)277-2557 INDIA Rivera Digitec (India) Pvt. 411, Nirman Kendra Mahalaxmi Flats Compound O . Edwin Moses Road, Mumbai-400011, INDIA TEL: (022) 2493 9051 GREECE/CYPRUS STOLLAS S. A. [. . . ]