Roland DP-970 2

Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland Digital Piano DP-970.

Assembling the DP-970	☞	p. 8
Before You Start Playing	☞	p. 12
Enjoying the Internal Songs	☞	p. 15
Playing the Keyboard	☞	p. 19
Contents	☞	p. 6
Index	☞	p. 56

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Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 3, 4) and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 5, 6). These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner’s manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference.

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For the U.K.

THE WIRES INIMPORTTHIS ANT:INS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE.

BLUE: NEUTRAL

BROWN: LIVE

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows:

The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK. The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED. Under no circumstances must either of the above wires be connected to the earth terminal of a three pin plug.

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Contents

Page Page Page Page IMPORTANT NOTES Power Supply Maintenance Placement Repairs and Data Contents Introduction Main Features Checking the Included Items Assembling the DP-970 To stabilize the pedals When Moving the Instrument When Disassembling When Changing the Orientation of the Speaker Box Panel Descriptions Front Panel Rear Panel Before You Start Playing Connecting the Pedal Cord Connecting the AC Adaptor Opening and Closing the Lid ■Opening the Lid Connecting Headphones ■Using the Headphones Hook Turning the Power On and Off Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance About the Pedals ■Selecting a Song and Playing It Chapter 1. Enjoying the Internal Songs and Demo ■Playing Back the Tone Demo Songs ■Listening to a Demo of the Functions Chapter 2. Performance Chapter 2. Performance Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch) Adding a Sense of Depth to the Sound (3D) Adding Liveliness to the Sound (Dynamic Emphasis) ■Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb) ■Changing the depth of the reverb effect Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Transpose) Page ■Adjusting the Volume Balance in Dual Play (Dual Balance) Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split Play) ■Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point ■Sounding the Metronome ■Changing the Metronome Volume ■Adding a Count-into Match the Timing (Count-In) Chapter 3. Playing Along with the Internal Songs Playing Each Hand Separately Chapter 4. Recording Your Performance ■Notes Regarding Recording Chapter 4. Recording Your Performance Recording a New Song Recording Along with a Song Recording the Right-Handand Left-Hand Parts Separately Page ■Erasing a Performance from the Specified Track ■Erasing a Song ■Deleting backed up songs Chapter 5. Changing Various Settings Changing the Damper Pedal’s Resonance Making Detailed Settings (Function) ■Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tuning) ■Changing the Temperament ■Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretch Tuning) ■Applying the Damper Pedal to the Left-handKeyboard Area ■Disabling Everything Except Piano Play (Panel Lock) ■Changing How 3D is Applied (3D Mode) ■Disabling the Buttons When Using a Tone Other Than Piano Getting the Master Tune Setting To Be Remembered While the Power Is Turned Off Using the V-LINKfunction Chapter 6. Connecting External Devices Connecting to Audio Equipment Connecting to a Computer Connecting MIDI Devices ■What’s MIDI ■MIDI Send Channel Settings ■Switching Local Control on and Off ■Transmitting a Performance You Recorded Troubleshooting Error Messages/Other Messages Tone List Internal Song List Internal Song List Easy Operation List Page Main Specifications Index Page Information FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT NOTICE AVIS