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CAUTION INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS. 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS7 IMPORTANT NOTES Power Supply Additional Precautions Repairs and Data Maintenance Placement 8 Handling Floppy DisksUsing USB Memory Handling the CDs (CD-ROMs) 9 Introduction This manual uses the following conventions in the interest of simpler, more concise instructions. Main Features Piano Sounds with Rich Resonance and Wide-Ranging Expressiveness Ivory Feel Keyboard Provides Grand Piano Touch and Feel Roland Digital Grand Brings Refinement to Interior Style Full Complement of Player Piano Functions Instrument Endowed with Superior Basic Functions Conventions Used in This Manual 10 Contents11 Performance...................................................................... 21 Playing Back Songs ...........................................................43 12 Recording the Performance................................................ 62 Changing Various Settings .................................................66 13 Connecting External Devices............................................... 79 Appendices........................................................................ 83 14 Panel Descriptions16 Before You Start PlayingOpen the Top Board Raising the Music Rest Opening and Closing the Top 17 Opening and Closing the Lid Connecting the Pedal Cord and the Power Cord 18 Turning the Power On and OffTurn the [Volume] knob all the way down. Turning Off the PowerSoft pedal (left pedal) Sostenuto pedal (center pedal) Damper pedal (right pedal) Press the [Power] switch. Turn the [Volume] knob all the way to the left. Press the [Power] switch. Turn the [Volume] knob to adjust the overall volume. Turn the [Brilliance] knob to adjust the brightness of the sound. Turning On the Power Adjusting the Sounds Volume and Brilliance About the Pedals Plug the headphones into a Phones jack located in the jack panel on the RG-1s bottom left panel. Turn the headphone hook wing nut to secure the headphone hook. 19 Connecting Headphones20 Using USB Memory/Floppy Disk Installing the Floppy Disk Drive Connecting USB Memory 21 Using CD22 About the Screens Main Screens Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen 23 PerformanceThe tone name appears in the display. Selecting Variation Tones Selecting a Tone Group The tone youve selected is heard when you finger the keyboard. Performing with a Variety of Sounds24 Changing the Volume Balance of the Layered Tones (Layer Balance) Stretch KeyOff Resonance String Resonance Duplex Scale Damper Noise Damper Resonance Hammer Noise Hammer Response 25 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to select the item you want to set. Press the [ ] (Value -) or [ ] (Value +) button to change the value. Making Fine Adjustments to the Piano Sound (Piano Customize) Equal, Just Major, Just Minor, Arabic, Kirnberger, Meantone, Pythagorean, Werckmeister Equal temperament, arabic, tunings originally used for baroque and other styles of classical music 26 Changing the Timing of Sounds According to the Force Used to Press the Keys (Hammer Response) 28 Adjusting Resonance when the Damper Pedal is Depressed (Damper Resonance) 29 Adjusting the Sound Heard at String Release When the Damper Pedal is Depressed (Damper Noise) 30 Adjusting the Sympathetic Vibrations of an Acoustic Pianos Duplex Scale (Duplex Scale) 31 Producing the Resonance of the Strings When the Keys Are Played (String Resonance) 32 Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released (Key Off Resonance)33 Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretched Tuning) Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light. Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the TUNE screen. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to select the temperament. 34 Changing the Tuning35 33 Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light. Setting the Tonic Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the TUNE screen. Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the value for Key to flash. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to select the tonic. You can adjust the touch (playing feel) of the keyboard. 36 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to change the value. Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch) You can add liveliness to the sound to give it superb clarity and distinctness. 37 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the DYNAMICS screen. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to change the value. Adding Liveliness to the Sound (Dynamics Sound Control) 42 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the TRANSPOSE screen. Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the value for Value to flash. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to select the transposition value. Changing the Pitch of the Keyboard Sound (Key Transpose)44 Changing the Beat Changing the Volume 45 Playing Back SongsExt Memory Floppy Disk CD Favorites Classical Jazz Listening to Songs [Song] Button FunctionsWhat are the Favorites? Press the [Song] button one or more times to select Favorites as the genre. Press the [ ] button to start playback of the internal songs. Press the [Song] button one or more times to select the genre you want. Press the [ ] button to start playback of the tone demos. Press the [ ] button once more to stop playback of the tone demos. Press the [ ] button once more to stop playback of the internal songs. 46 Listening to the Tone Demos Listening to the Internal Songs 45 The following screen appears. Place the CD you want to play in the CD drive. Playing Back a Song* You can also play songs on VIMA CD-ROMs (VIMA TUNES) sold by Roland. You can play back audio CDs and CD-ROMs containing saved SMF music files. Press the [Song] button one or more times to select CD as the genre. 47 Listening to Songs on CDsWhen Selecting Songs in a Folder To exit a folder: 48 46 Turning Off the Power (When a CD Drive Is Connected) 49 Listening to Songs on USB Memory and Floppy Disks47 Press the [ ] button once more to stop playback of the songs. Press the [ ] button. USB Memory Floppy Disk Insert the floppy disk containing the songs you want to play to the floppy disk drive. Press the [Song] button one or more times to select Floppy Disk as the genre. Connect the USB memory containing the songs you want to play to the External memory connector. Press the [Song] button one or more times to select Ext Memory as the genre. 64 Recording the Performance 63 Recording the Performance Start Recording Stopping RecordingPress the [ENTER] button or play the keyboard to start recording. 65 Play Back the Recorded Performance Recording the Performance 65 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to select the save-destination number. 67 Deleting Performances Saved to the Favorites or USB Memory 68 Changing Various SettingsCancelling the Setting Making the Setting Cancelling the SettingSet the desired tones and other settings. Making the Setting Hold down the [Function] (Exit) button and press the [Enter] button. To cancel Panel Lock, hold down the [Function] (Exit) button again and press the [Enter] button. Hold down the [Function] (Exit) button and press the [ ] (Value -) button. Preventing Changes to the Current Settings (Panel Lock) Preventing Song Playback (Playback Lock) Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to set the loudness of the sound. Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator goes out. 69 Making Detailed Settings Changing the Velocity When the Key Touch is Set to Fix 7.Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the EQUALIZER screen. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to select the equalizer set number. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to change the value. Press the [Function] (Exit) button several times so the indicator goes out. 70 Adjusting the Sound to Achieve the Preferred Tone Quality (Equalizer) 71 Specifying What the Transpose will Affect (Transpose Mode) Assigning Functions to Pedals 72 Changing the Song Playback Method (Play Mode)Changing the Parts Assigned to the Track During SMF Playback (Track Assign) 73 Remembering the Settings Even When the Power is Turned Off (Memory Backup) 74 Using the V-LINK Function MIDI Transmit Channel Settings 76 Sending Recorded Performance Data to a MIDI Device (Composer MIDI Out) Making the Settings for the USB Driver 77 Changing the Communication Settings for USB Memory (External Memory Mode) Switching the Muted Part (Accompaniment Track Assign) 78 Switching VIMA CD-ROM Recommended Tones Initializing the User Memory, USB Memory, and Floppy Disks 7.Press the [Enter] button once more. 8. Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the FACTORY RESET screen. 79 Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) 81 Connecting External DevicesTurning Off the Power Connecting to Audio Equipment Connecting Speakers to the RG-1 and Outputting Sounds 82 Playing Sounds of an Audio Device through the RG-1 83 Connecting to MIDI Devices Connecting a MIDI Sequencer to the RG-1 Producing Sounds from a MIDI Sound Module by Playing the RG-1 82 If connection to your computer is unsuccessful... 84 Connecting a Computer85 Troubleshooting87 Error Messages88 Tone ListE.Piano Vibraphone Harpsichord Piano 2 Piano 1 E.Piano Vibraphone Harpsichord Piano 2 Piano 1 87 89 Internal Song List90 Parameters Stored to Internal Memory Parameters Stored without Using Memory Backup Parameters Stored in Memory Backup 91 Music Files That the RG-1 Can Use XGlite GS Format General MIDI 2 General MIDI About the RG-1 Sound GeneratorSMF Music Files VIMA TUNES Regarding Copyright What Are Music Files? The RG-1 allows you to use the following music files DIGITAL PIANO Model RG-1 Date : Feb. 1, 2008 Version : 1.00 92 MIDI Implementation Chart93 Main Specifications RG-1 94 Main Specifications 92 95 Index A G F E C B D 96 H P O M L K J I 97 RT S 99 Installing the BracketsAs of Oct. 1, 2007 (ROLAND) 100 Information RG-1_e.book 98 distributor in your country as shown below. NORTH AMERICA MIDDLE EAST ASIAEGYPT REUNION SOUTH AFRICA CHINA HONG KONG INDIA INDONESIA KOREA MALAYSIA VIET NAM PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE TAIWAN THAILAND AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND Roland Corporation Australia Pty.,Ltd. ARGENTINA BARBADOS BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA COSTA RICA CURACAO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HONDURAS MARTINIQUE MEXICO NICARAGUA PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU TRINIDAD NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SLOVAKIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM BAHRAIN IRAN ISRAEL URUGUAY VENEZUELA AUSTRIA BELGIUM/FRANCE/ HOLLAND/ LUXEMBOURG CROATIA CZECH REP. 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