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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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Press the [ (Rec)] button.
Make recording settings
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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.
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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
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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
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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)
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Inserting Blank Measures (Insert)
Transposing Individual Parts (Transpose)
Exchanging Parts (Part Exchange)
Making Measures Blank (Erase)
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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
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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
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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
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Information
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As of January 15, 2005 (ROLAND)
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Owners Manual
Turning the Power Off
Making the Connections
Musical Notation Shown In A Large LCD Screen
