Roland HP-7/3 owner manual Playing Two Sounds Together Dual Performance

Chapter 2. Performance

Playing Two Sounds Together (Dual Performance)

Simultaneously playing two tones when one key is pressed is called “Dual

performance.”

1 Simultaneously press the two Tone buttons that you want to play

together.

The indicator of the button you pressed will light.

When you play the keyboard, the tones of the two Tone buttons you selected will sound simultaneously.

To cancel Dual performance, press any Tone button.

To change the tone of the right button of the two selected tones

Press the [Variation] button.

Dual performance now features the tone of the left side’s tone button along with the newly selected tone.

To change the tone of the left button of the two selected tones

Cancel the Dual performance, and then re-select the tone.

■Adjusting the volume balance in Dual performance

(Dual Balance)

You can change the volume balance between the two layered sounds in Dual

performance.

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When Dual performance is used, the [Variation] button’s indicator will light to indicate the selection of the right button of the two selected tones.

When Dual performance is used, only sound number 1 or 2 can be selected.

If you use Dual performance with a Tone button for which tone number 3 or 4 is selected, tone number 1 will be selected for that Tone button.

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1 Hold down the [Transpose] button, and press the [Split] button.

The indicators of the buttons you pressed will blink.

The current volume balance appears in the display.

2 Press the [+] or [-] button to change the value.

To return to the original volume balance, press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously.

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Volume of the left button tone Volume of the right button tone

Press any button other than the [+] [-] buttons, and the button’s indicator will return

to the previous state.

When the power is turned on, this will be set to “8-2” (volume of the left button tone

-volume of the right button tone).

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