Roland HP-1 Listening to the demo songs, Selecting sounds, Playing/stopping the demo songs

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HP-1 – Owner’s Manual

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.

A

2

5

7

10

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65

B

 

 

 

 

 

1 3 4 6 8 9 …

… 61 63 64

Hold down [Demo] and press one of these keys.

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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

3. Hold down [Reverb] and press the same Tone but-

The HP-1 allows you to play eight different sounds,

ton again to select the “secondary” Tone (the name

including piano. The HP-1’s sounds are called “Tones”.

printed below the button you press).

1. Press the Tone button that is assigned to the Tone

 

 

you want to use:

 

 

 

4. To return to the “main” Tone, repeat step (3).

As you can see, there are four Tone buttons, while there are eight Tones:

Piano

[Piano 2]

 

 

Harpsichord

[E.Piano]

 

 

Organ 1

[Organ 2]

 

 

Strings

[Choir].

 

 

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.

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Contents
Eight Tones for a wide variety of musical genres Authentic piano performancesCaptures the brilliant resonance Extended high-frequency responsePage English Placement Power SupplyMaintenance Additional Precautions Contents Panel2descriptions. Panel descriptions Front panelRear panel Setting up the music stand Connecting the power cordAbout the adjuster Main operationsAdjusting the volume Turning the power on and offTurning off the power Turn the volume all the way downSelecting sounds Listening to the demo songsPlaying/stopping the demo songs Playing one sound at a timePlaying two sounds at a time Dual Setting the Reverb level Switching the Reverb effect on and offRepeat the above to switch the Reverb back off or on again Adding ReverbConvenient4. Convenientfuncti sfunctions About the Function modeTransposing same fingering, different notes Ex. Playing in C and sounding in ESetting the reference pitch to 442Hz straight away Master TuningSounding the A4 note Lowering/ raising the reference pitchInitial setting Equal temperament Changing the temperamentTonic Setting the key touch Selecting the tuning curve Stretch TuningChanging the damper pedal’s resonance Selecting the function of the left pedalTo once again select the Soft function Selecting the Midi transmit channel Connecting to Midi devicesConnection examples Perform on the HP-1 to play a Midi sound generatorSwitching Local Control on and off Connecting audio equipment Connecting to a computerConnection examples When the HP-1 is connected to an external device TroubleshootingAppendix7. Appendix Specifications
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