Roland FP-5 owner manual Selecting the Footage, Changing volume of feet, About Perc Percussion

Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard

■Selecting the Footage

1.Press the [Tone Wheel] button to select the upper (button’s indicator lights in green) or lower (button’s indicator lights in orange) footage group.

2.Press the Tone buttons to turn on and off the different footages.

■Changing volume of feet

The volume on feet can be adjusted, with eight volume levels available.

1. Press the [Tone Wheel] button to select the upper (button’s indicator lights in green) or lower (button’s indicator lights in orange) footage group.

2. Hold down the Tone button for the footage for which you want to change the volume, and press the [-] or [+] button to adjust the volume.

The volume level of the footage assigned to the button being pressed is displayed.

About Perc (Percussion)

Perc (Percussion) adds an attack-type sound to the beginning of the note to give the sound more crispness. The attack sound changes according to the value.

Settings	Description
2nd	Percussion sounds at a pitch one octave
	above that of the key pressed.
3rd	Percussion sounds at a pitch an octave and
	a fifth above that of the key pressed.

The percussion on tone wheel organs did not apply to all notes that were played. When notes were played legato (smoothly and connectedly), percussion was applied only to the first-played note. When notes were played staccato (articulating each note separately), percussion was applied to all notes. This method is referred to as single trigger algorithm, and is a very important element in organ performance.

On the FP-5 faithfully simulates this characteristic.

The settings changed here are stored to each Tone. Even when you exit from Tone Wheel mode, you can press [Tone Wheel] button to select the Tone with the changed settings.

NOTE

The Percussion is applied only to the UPPER Tone.

When percussion is on, the 1’ pitch will not be produced (p. 15).

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