Roland HP-1 Changing the damper pedal’s resonance, Selecting the function of the left pedal

Convenient functions

4.7 Changing the damper pedal’s resonance

On an acoustic piano, depressing the damper pedal makes the notes you play resonate with other strings, adding rich reverberations and fatness to the sound. The damper pedal on the HP-1 recreates this resonance (Sympathetic Reso- nance) when depressed.

You can select from eight levels of depth for the reso- nant sound (resonance level) and even switch it off.

This setting is valid only for some piano tones. It can- not be made for other Tones.

1.Simultaneously press [Demo] and [Reverb] to enter Function mode (both indicators flash).

2.Use the following keys to select the desired Sympa- thetic Resonance setting:

(See p. 12 for the exact location of these keys.)

Use the “C2”~”G2” keys to set the desired Sympa- thetic Resonance level.

Press the “B1” key (leftmost key of the range) if you do not need this effect.

3.Press [Demo] and [Reverb] again to leave the HP-1’s Function mode.

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Sympathetic Resonance off

4.8 Selecting the function of the left pedal

Grand pianos (and upmarket-models of the Roland HP series) have three pedals instead of two. This means that, in addition to the Damper and Soft pedals mentioned on p. 7, there is also a Sostenuto pedal.

On the HP-1, you can assign this function to the left pedal, in which case the Soft function is no longer available.

Sostenuto pedal– If you select this function, the left pedal allows you to sustain the notes you played at the time when you pressed the pedal. Subsequently played notes, however, will not be held.

1.Simultaneously press [Demo] and [Reverb] to enter Function mode (both indicators flash).

2.Press the “F7” key to select the Sostenuto function.

(See p. 12 for the exact location of these keys.)

3. To once again select the Soft function:

•Either press the “F#7” key;

• Or switch the HP-1 off and back on again.

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