User manual ROLAND MP-500

[. . . ] ® Roland Digital Piano Owner's Manual USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Main Features of the MP-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Button Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When the MP-500 is turned on, the tone is reset to "Piano 1. " fig. 5-01 Min Volume Max Reverb Chorus Piano 1 Piano 2 Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Vibraphone Pipe Organ Tempo Strings 40 60 80 96 120 168 208 0 2 Beat 3 4 6 Sound On / Off Play Rec Demo Song Tone Metronome Press any Tone button and confirm that its indicator is lit. When you play the keyboard, the selected tone is played. Tone Name Piano 1 Piano 2 Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Vibraphone Pipe Organ Strings Description Full-sized Concert Grand Piano Rich stereo sound, providing 32 polyphonic notes. Full-sized Concert Grand Piano 64 polyphonic notes Sound of a Rhodes piano A synthesizer's electric piano Delicate and elegant harpsichord sound The sound of a resonant vibraphone A stately pipe organ sound An ensemble of string instruments Layering Two Instrument Sounds--Dual Play Playing with two different tones on the keyboard simultaneously is called "Dual Play. " fig. 5-02. Piano 1 Piano 2 Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Vibraphone Pipe Organ Strings While holding down Tone Press 1. While holding down the [Piano 1] button, press the [Strings] button. The indicators on the two Tone buttons you have pressed will light, and both of the Tones will be heard when you play the keyboard. In this way, you can hold down one Tone button and press another Tone button to layer two sounds for playing together. 2. To cancel the Dual Play, press any Tone button. When you play the keyboard, only the sound of the button you pressed will be heard. You can adjust the volume balance between the two selected tones in Dual Play. Please refer to "Changing the Volume Balance in Dual Play" (p. 27). 16 Playing the Keyboard Using Two Different Sounds for Right And Left Hands--Split Function The piano allows you to divide the keyboard into two sections, upper and lower, and to play two different Tones. Dividing the keyboard is called "Split" and the key where the keyboard is split is called the "Split Point. " The Split Point is at "F 3" when the power is turned on. fig. 5-20-1 Min Volume Max Reverb Chorus Piano 1 Piano 2 Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Vibraphone Pipe Organ Tempo Strings 40 60 80 96 120 168 208 0 2 Beat 3 4 6 Sound On / Off Play Rec Demo Song Tone Metronome 1. Hold down the Tone button for the sound that you want to include in the split, and press the Metronome [Sound] button. The indicator on the Tone button you have pressed will flash. Play the keyboard and hear that two different sounds are played in the upper and lower sections. The sounds will be assigned to the keyboard as follows: Tone button Piano 1 Piano 2 Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Vibraphone Pipe Organ Strings Lower Tone / Upper Tone Acoustic Bass / Acoustic Bass / Acoustic Bass / Acoustic Bass / Strings / Acoustic Bass / Pipe Organ / Strings / Piano 1 Piano 2 Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Vibraphone Harpsichord Piano 1 * Chorus (p. 19) cannot be applied to the tones with Acoustic Bass. * The pedal will have no effect on what is played in the lower section of the keyboard. 2. To cancel Split, press a Tone button with an indicator that is extinguished. The selected tone is effective for the entire keyboard. Changing the Split Point When you are using the Split function, you can change the location at which the keyboard is split (the Split Point). Hold down the Tone button whose indicator is blinking, and press the note that you wish to use as the new Split Point. The Split Point can be set from B1­B6. The key that serves as the split point is included in the lower section. The Split Point you set will be retained until the piano is switched off. fig. 5-20-2. e F 3 (The split point when the power is turned on) B1 B6 17 Playing the Keyboard Adding Reverberation to the Sound--Reverb Effect The MP-500 allows you to add reverberation to what you play on the keyboard. With the Reverb Effect, you can get a pleasant reverberation, making it sound as if you were performing in a concert hall or similar space. The settings of the Reverb Effect cannot be memorized independently for each sound. When the power is turned on, the Reverb Effect will be cancelled. fig. 5-03 Min Volume Max Reverb Chorus Piano 1 Piano 2 Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Vibraphone Pipe Organ Tempo Strings 40 60 80 96 120 168 208 0 2 Beat 3 4 6 Sound On / Off Play Rec Demo Song Tone Metronome 1. fig. 5-04. e Press the [Reverb] button to turn on the indicator. The Reverb Effect will be applied to the entire sound. Reverb Reverb Press Lit 2. fig. 5-05. e To cancel the Reverb Effect, press the [Reverb] button once again to make the indicator go dark. Reverb Reverb Press Dark The amount of Reverb can be changed. Please refer to "Changing the Depth of the Reverb" (p. 27). 18 Playing the Keyboard Adding Breadth to the Sound--Chorus Effect The MP-500 allows you to add chorus to what you play on the keyboard. By adding the Chorus Effect, you can give the sound greater dimension, with more fatness and breadth. The settings of the Chorus Effect are memorized independently for each sound. When the power is turned on, the Chorus Effect will be applied to the "Electric Piano 1, " "Electric Piano 2" and "Vibraphone" sounds. [. . . ] (Head Office) 5480 Parkwood Way Richmond B. C. , V6V 2M4 CANADA TEL: (604) 270 6626 INDONESIA PT Citra IntiRama J1. 15J-150 Jakarta Pusat INDONESIA TEL: (021) 6324170 COSTA RICA JUAN Bansbach Instrumentos Musicales Ave. 1. 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