Roland AX-Synth owner manual Shifting the keyboard pitch in octave steps, Using the Modulation Bar

Using the AX-Synth’s performance functions

Shifting the keyboard pitch in octave steps

You can shift the pitch of the currently selected Tone upward or downward in steps of an octave, over a max- imum of three octaves up or down.

Octave Switch mode

This mode means that the octave transposition you set is used until you change this setting again. (Choose this setting to play a bass part, for instance.)

(1)Check whether the OCTAVE/VARIATION [+]/[–] but- tons are assigned to the “OCS” function.

(a)Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press OCTAVE/ VARIATION [+] or [–].

(1)Check whether the OCTAVE/VARIATION [+]/[–] but- tons are assigned to the “OCH” function.

(a)Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press OCTAVE/ VARIATION [+] or [–].

If the display reads “OCH”, there is nothing you need to do, so continue with step (2) below. If the display reads “OCS” or “Var”, however…

(b)Keep holding [SHIFT] and press OCTAVE/VARIATION [+] or [–] to select “OCH”.

You only need to do this once: the AX-Synth will remember this setting until you change it again. The [WRITE] button now flashes.

(c)Press the [WRITE] button (it goes dark).

(d)Release the [SHIFT] button.

(2)Press the OCTAVE/VARIATION [+] button to tempo-

rarily transpose the keyboard’s pitch one octave up (”1”). Press [–] to temporarily transpose the key- board’s pitch one octave down (“–1”).

(3)To return to standard pitch (“0”), release the OCTAVE/VARIATION [+] or [–] button.

If the display reads “OCS”, there is nothing you need to do, so continue with step (2) below. If the display reads “OCH” or “Var”, however…

(b)Keep holding [SHIFT] and press OCTAVE/VARIATION [+] or [–] to select “OCS”.

You only need to do this once: the AX-Synth will remember this setting until you change it again. The [WRITE] button now flashes.

(c)Press the [WRITE] button (it goes dark).

(d)Release the [SHIFT] button.

(2)Press the OCTAVE/VARIATION [+] button to select a higher octave (“1”~“3”), or use [–] to select a lower octave (“–1”~“–3”).

The button you pressed lights if the octave interval is different from “0”. The selected value briefly flashes in the display and the OCTAVE/VARIATION button you pressed lights.

(3)To return to standard pitch (“0”), press OCTAVE/ VARIATION [+] and [–] simultaneously.

The OCTAVE/VARIATION [+] and [–] go dark to indicate that the keyboard’s octave has returned to normal pitch.

Octave Hold mode

This mode means that the keyboard’s pitch is only shifted one octave up or down while you press the OCTAVE/VARIATION [+] or [–] button. When you release the button, the keyboard’s pitch returns to normal. This can be used to quickly play a few notes in a higher or lower octave before returning to the keyboard’s normal pitch.

Using the Modulation Bar

Press the Modulation Bar to generate MIDI Modulation messages (CC01).

Modulation bar

What happens now depends on the Modulation assign- ment of the Tone you are using. (This needs to be speci- fied using the “AX-Synth Editor” software.)

In most cases, pressing this bar generates a vibrato effect. If you select a SuperNATURAL Tone (VIOLIN~ TROMBONE), however, it acts as “Dynamics” function.

Using the Touch Controller

The AX-Synth also provides a TOUCH CONTROLLER rib- bon that allows you to change the sound by sliding a finger towards the left or right.

TOUCH CONTROLLER ribbon

What happens now depends on the assignment for the Tone you are using. (This needs to be specified using the “AX-Synth Editor” software.)

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