Roland FP-2 Press the Piano button, Press the Split button, getting its indicator to light

Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard

Performing With Different Tones in the Left and Right Sides of the Keyboard (Split Play)

Performing with the keyboard divided at a certain key into a left side and a right side is called “Split Play,” and the point at which the keyboard is divided is called the “split point.”

In Split Play, you can have a different tone sound in the left and right sides.

When the instrument is turned on, the split point is set to “F 3.” The split point key is included in the left side.

While in Split Play, a sound played in the right side is called an “Upper Tone,” and the sound played in the left side is called a “Lower Tone.”

Example: Let’s try split play with the piano tones.

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You can specify which part is to have priority when the effects assigned to the Upper Tone and Lower Tone differ. Refer to “Setting the Part to Which Effects Are Added” (p. 41).

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1. Press the [Piano] button.

Now, the piano tone is selected.

2. Press the [Split] button, getting its indicator to light.

The keyboard is divided into upper and lower sections.

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F 3 (Split Point)

Lower Tone Upper Tone

The right-hand section of the keyboard plays piano tone, and the left-hand section plays A. Bass+Ride tone.

You can play a tone for the right side (the Upper Tone) before splitting the keyboard.

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

red	green
Upper Tone	Lower Tone

3. To exit Split Play, press the [Split] button once more.

The [Split] button’s indicator light goes out and the upper tone becomes the tone for the entire keyboard.

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).

When you switch from Dual Play (p. 15) to Split Play, the Upper Tone used in Dual Play is selected as the Upper Tone for Split Play.

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