Roland HPi-7, HPi-7LE Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)

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Playing Along With A Song

Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)

You can adjust the touch (playing feel) of the keyboard.

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Press the [Key Touch] button.

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Item Indicator Setting

Key Touch

No Light Medium This allows you to play using the most natural touch. This setting

is closest to the response of an acoustic piano.

Red Light Heavy

Fortissimo (ff) cannot be produced unless you play more strongly

than usual, making the keyboard feel heavier. This setting allows

you to add more expression when playing dynamically.

Green

Light Light

Fortissimo (ff) can be produced by playing less strongly than

usual, making the keyboard feel lighter. This setting makes it

easier for children, whose hands have less strength.

Orange

Light Fixed Sounds at a fixed volume, regardless of your keyboard playing

strength.

1

Return to the

previous screen

Key Touch

Press to switch

the setting.

Change the setting

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Contents

Main Owners Manual Turning the Power Off Making the Connections Musical Notation Shown In A Large LCD Screen IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS NOTICE AVIS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT Page IMPORTANT NOTES Additional Precautions Repairs and Data Maintenance Write Protect Tab Handling the Floppy Disk Drive Handling CD-ROMs Before Using Floppy Disks Rear side of the disk Write (can write new data onto disk) Protect (prevents writing to disk) Contents Contents Conventions Used in This Manual Appendics ...................................................64 Connecting External Devices....................61 Connecting an External Display (HPi-7LE only).............................................82 Before You Begin Playing Some Notes on Using Headphones Connect headphones Connect the power cord Attach the music rest Opening and Closing the Lid Screen Adjusting the Contrast of the Brightness of the Sound Adjusting the Volume or Before You Begin Playing About the adjuster About the Pedals Cancelling Auto Demo (Panel Lock) Panel Descriptions Front Panel 512 16 21 234 6 17 8 9 10 11 14 18 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 2919151312 14 17 28 Rear Panel Music Rest Bottom Panel Basic Operation and the Main Screen [+][-] buttons Messages 3. Detailed settings screen 2. List screen Playing Along With A Song Some notes on the notation screen Notation Screen Button Operations Playing a Song 2 Select a song Press the [ (play/Stop)] button once again. Stop the song Muting (silencing) parts of the playback Press the [ (Play/Stop)] button. Playing songs consecutively (All Song Play) Playing back at a fixed tempo Select OK and press the [ (Execute)] button. Press the [+] button. Selecting the Song Using the Metronome In this screen you can make the following settings. Press the [Metronome] button. Adding a Count to Assist Your Timing Press the [Marker/Count] button. Assigning Markers to a Song for Repeated Practice Press the [ ] or [ ] button to assign marker A or B. Assign a marker Move to the location at which you want to assign a marker. Press the [Marker/Count] button. In the Count screen, press the [ ] button. Assigning a marker in the middle of a measure (Resolution) Press the [Marker/Count] button. In the Count screen, press the [ (Marker)] button. Changing the Key of the Keyboard or Song Playback (Transpose) Press the [Transpose] button. Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch) Press the [Key Touch] button. You can adjust the touch (playing feel) of the keyboard. Adding Variety to Your Performances Selecting the Sound to Play Press one of the [Tone] buttons, and select the desired tone in the screen. Applying Effects to the Sound 11 Simultaneously press two of the [Tone] buttons. Press the [Chorus] button. Playing Different Sounds in the Right and Left Hand Press the [Split] button. (Split) The [Split] buttons indicator will light. Changing from dual performance to split performance Simultaneously press the two [Tone] buttons that you want to layer. When using split performance (p. 28), highlight the Right-hand Tone. When using Dual performance, press the [Split] button. To switch from split to dual performance Using the Lesson Function (Visual Lesson) 2, 3 1 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select a course, then press the [ (Enter)] button. Press the [Lesson] button. Practicing with Internal Songs and Songs on Floppy Disks Select Preset/Disk Song in the practice song select screen, then press the [ (Next)] button. Adding an Accompaniment to Your Performance (Pianist Function) Press the [Intro/Ending] button or the [Start/Stop] button. Stopping the accompaniment Either press the [Start/Stop] button, or play a chord in the left-hand keyboard area. Starting the accompaniment Playing in a Wonderland of Sound Explanation of each selection After the opening screen is displayed, a screen like the following will appear. Press the [Wonderland] button, and select the desired item in the screen. Recording Your Performance 5316,78 Press the [ (Rec)] button. Make recording settings Page Recording a New Song Use the [Tempo] buttons to set the recording tempo. Use the [Tone] buttons to select the tone that you want to use for recording. Select the tone that will be recorded Press the [ (Rec)] button. Page Page Erasing a Recorded Song Recording with an accompaniment (the Pianist function) Other Recording Methods Record the second and subsequent tracks Record your performance as described in Recording a New Song (p. 36). Record the first track Multitrack recording on five tracks Saving Your Performance Press the eject button. Formatting a floppy disk Removing a floppy disk Inserting a floppy disk Page Saving Your Performance Some notes on saving a song The time required for saving will range from several seconds to half a minute or more. Deleting Saved Songs Page Saving Your Performance Press the [ (Execute)] button. Specifying the copy source and the copy destination. Select the copy type, and press the [ (Enter)] button. Playing Back Music Files or a Song that was Saved on Floppy Disk Play back the song If a screen like the following is displayed Select the song that you want to play back. Press the [Song] button, and select Disk as the genre in the screen. Convenient Functions Changing the Notation Screen Settings The following screen will appear. Select Score Option and press the [ (Enter)] button. Press the [ (Menu)] button to display the Score Menu. Editing Songs Select an editing function to set that function. Select the Song Edit, then press the [ (Enter)] button. Press the [ (Menu)] button to display the Score Menu. Undoing Edits (Undo) Copying Measures (Copy) Correcting Timing Discrepancies (Quantize) Deleting Measures (Delete) 123456 12345678 9 10 1234567 Inserting Blank Measures (Insert) Transposing Individual Parts (Transpose) Exchanging Parts (Part Exchange) Making Measures Blank (Erase) 123456789 10 Blank measures Correcting Notes One by One (Note Edit) Insert the floppy disk onto which you want to save the image data in the HPi-7s disk drive. Saving the Notation Data in BMP Format Page Functions that Can be Selected Using the [Function] Button Press the [Function] button. Adjusting the volume balance between accompaniment and keyboard (Balance) Stretch Tuning Master Tune Opening/Closing the Piano Lid (Lid) Adjusting the Piano Sounds (Piano Setting) Adjusting Resonance when the damper pedal is depressed (Damper Resonance) Adjusting the depth of the effects (Effect) Setting the reference pitch and temperament (Tuning) Key Temperament Changing the function of the pedals (Pedal) Changing the language displayed in the screen (Language) Selecting Images To Be Shown on the Displays (User Image Display) To Delete a Saved Image Setting the Demo (Auto DEMO) Changing the parts assigned to the track buttons during SMF playback (Track Assign) Recording and Playing Back Performances of Specific Instruments (16 Track) Changing Tones Press the [+] or [-] button to select Solo or Mute. Preventing a Part from Playing (Mute) Making Part Settings Recording Remembering the settings even when the power is turned off (Memory Backup) Whats Panpot? Playing the Demos Connecting External Devices Example connections What is MIDI? Example connections Connecting Audio Devices Connections to a Computer You can use a USB connector to connect the HPi-7 to your computer. For more details, refer to the separate USB Installation Guide. Making the Settings for the USB Driver Trouble Shooting Trouble Shooting If this Message Appears on Screen Indication Meaning Tone List Others Voice Strings Tone List Tone List SFX Set Drum Set List HPi-7_e.book 70 Page Page Page Chord List C C# D E E F F# G A A B B Internal Song List Popular Masterpices Practice Pianist Style List Music Files That the HPi-7 Can Use The HPi-7 allows you to use the following music files MIDI Implementation Chart Main Specifications <Others> <Composer> <Arranger> Index Page Information HPi-7_e.book 82 As of January 15, 2005 (ROLAND) ASIA EGYPT IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS NOTICE AVIS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT Owners Manual Turning the Power Off Making the Connections Musical Notation Shown In A Large LCD Screen