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Contents
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4
Features...................................................................................................8
How To Use This Manual........................................................................9
About the Symbols in This Manual..............................................................................................9
Panel Descriptions................................................................................10
Front Panel.................................................................................................................................................10
Rear Panel..................................................................................................................................................11
Attaching the HPD-15 to the Stand .....................................................12
Chapter 1 Quick Start ...........................................................................13
Turning On/Off the Power.....................................................................................................................13
Listening to the Demo Song....................................................................................................................14
Performing................................................................................................................................................. 15
Hit the pads.................................................................................................................................... 15
Slide Your Finger on the Ribbons...............................................................................................15
Pass Your Hand over the D Beam ..............................................................................................16
Sustaining the Sound (ROLL/HOLD Button)..........................................................................16
Playing Various Sounds............................................................................................................... 17
Controlling Pad Sounds...............................................................................................................17
Playing a Scale...............................................................................................................................18
Using Knobs to Modify the Tone (Realtime Modify) ..............................................................19
Adding Effects Such as Reverb or Distortion (Multi-Effects) ............................................................ 20
Turning Multi-Effects On/Off ....................................................................................................20
Changing Sounds to Play (Patch Select) ...............................................................................................21
Changing Patches with the Dial..................................................................................................22
Changing Patches with the Panel Switches...............................................................................22
Changing Patches with the Pads (Pad Patch Select)................................................................ 23
Changing the Settings of a Patch (EZ Edit) .......................................................................................... 24
Playing Back a Preset Pattern .................................................................................................................26
Changing the Tempo....................................................................................................................27
System Settings.........................................................................................................................................28
Adjusting the Display for Best Visibility (LCD Contrast)....................................................... 28
Adjusting the D Beam Sensitivity............................................................................................... 29
If the Sound or Operation Is not as You Expect...................................................................................30
Rapidly Selecting Parameters or Values ............................................................................................... 31
Key Repeat Function.....................................................................................................................31
Turbo Repeat Function................................................................................................................. 31
Skip Function................................................................................................................................. 32
Try to Play the Conga ..............................................................................................................................34
Conga - Basic Rhythm ..................................................................................................................34
Chapter 2 Modifying a Patch................................................................35
Basic procedure in Edit Mode ................................................................................................................35
Adjusting Sounds .....................................................................................................................................36
Adding Cyclic Change to the Tone........................................................................................................38
Effect Settings............................................................................................................................................39
Adjusting the Reverb Settings..................................................................................................... 39
Adjusting the Multi-Effect Settings............................................................................................40
Controlling the Tone................................................................................................................................52
Using a Pad to Start a Pattern.................................................................................................................54
Set the Volume of the Entire Patch ........................................................................................................ 54
Settings for Other Functions...................................................................................................................54
Limiting the Resonance................................................................................................................54