Selecting and Playing a Tone

■ To adjust the tempo by tapping a beat

 

Using the Pitch Bend Wheel

1. While holding down the R-13 (FUNCTION)

The PITCH BEND wheel (S-1) lets you change the pitch of

button, tap the L-11 (TAP) button four times at

notes you are playing by rotating the wheel forward or back.

the speed (tempo) you want to set.

Rotating the wheel away from you raises the pitch, while

 

 

 

 

rotating it towards you lowers it. Releasing the wheel causes

 

 

 

 

the pitch of the notes to return to normal automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•The first tap of the L-11 (TAP) button will cause the display shown below to appear.

 

 

• Do not have the pitch bend wheel rotated as you turn

 

 

 

on the keyboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• You also can change the range of the pitch bend wheel

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The tempo setting will change in accordance with your

 

(bend range) globally or for a specific part. For details, see

 

tapping speed as soon as you tap the fourth time.

 

“BendRange (Bend Range)” (page E-132) and “Part

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The setting will be canceled if you release the R-13

 

Parameters” (page E-43).

 

(FUNCTION) button before tapping the L-11 (TAP)

 

 

 

 

button four times.

 

Applying Vibrato to Notes

2. After setting the tempo by tapping, you then

 

You can apply vibrato to notes you play on the keyboard (all

can use the procedure under “To change the

UPPER 1, UPPER 2, LOWER part notes) by hand. Vibrato is

tempo using the TEMPO buttons” (page E-19) to

applied to notes while the S-2 (MODULATION) button is

make fine adjustments.

depressed. Releasing the button stops application of vibrato

 

 

(under initial default settings).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Instead of vibrato, you can assign a different DSP effect to

 

 

 

the S-2 (MODULATION) button, if you want. For details,

 

 

 

see information about the following parameters in “DSP

 

 

 

Parameter Settings” (page E-35) and “Tone Parameter

 

 

 

Settings” (page E-48).

 

 

 

– Mod Button Assign (Modulation Button Assign)

 

 

 

– Mod Button On Value (Modulation Button On Value)

 

 

 

– Mod Button Off Value (Modulation Button Off Value)

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