Roland FP-3 owner manual Performing With Two Layered Tones Dual Play

Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard

Performing With Two Layered Tones

(Dual Play)

You can play two different sounds from a single key at the same time. This

method of performance is called “Dual Play.”

Example: Try Layering Piano and String Tones

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1. Press the [Piano] button and the [Strings/Pad] button at the

same time.

The indicators for both buttons light.

Try fingering the keyboard.

Both the piano and string sounds play.

Pressing two Tone buttons at the same time in this manner activates Dual Play.

In Dual Play, the Tone for the left button you press is called the “Upper Tone,” and the Tone for the right button is called the “Lower Tone.”

The Tone button’s indicator lights in orange for the Upper Tone, and in red for the Lower Tone.

Orange	Red
Upper Tone	Lower Tone

Here, the piano tone is the Upper Tone and the strings tone is the Lower Tone.

2. To exit Dual Play, press either Tone button.

Now, only the tone of the button you just pressed is sounded.

Switching the Upper Tone and Lower Tone

When in Dual Play, you can together press both of the Tone buttons for the two currently selected tones a second time to assign the tone of the left button to the Lower Tone, and the tone of the right button to the Upper Tone.

You can easily switch between two tones, which is useful for times such as when you have things set so the pedal’s effect is not applied to the Lower Tone (see “MEMO”).

You can change the pitch of the Lower Tone an octave at a time. Refer to “Changing the Pitch of the Lower Tone in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)” (p. 39).

You can vary the volume- level balance of the two tones. Take a look at “Changing the Volume Balance for Dual Play and Split Play” (p. 18).

Although when you press the pedal while in Dual Play, the effect is applied to both tones, you can set the FP-3 so that the effect is not applied to the Lower Tone. Refer to “Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied” (p. 39).

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