Roland Piano owner manual Creating a Performance, Octave Shift Part Octave Shift, Voice Reserve

Creating a Performance

Octave Shift (Part Octave Shift)

Adjusts the pitch of the part’s sound up or down in units of an octave (+/-3 octaves).

Value: -3– +3

Note that when a rhythm set is assigned to a part, if the Octave Shift parameter is set, the rhythm tone that is played also changes.

Vel Sens Offset (Part Velocity Sensitivity Offset)

This changes the volume and cutoff frequency for each part according to the velocity with which the keys are pressed. If you want strongly played notes to raise the volume/cutoff frequency, set this parameter to positive (+) settings. If you want strongly played notes to lower the volume/cutoff frequency, use negative (-) settings. Set Velocity Sensitivity to “0” when you want sounds played at a fixed volume and cutoff frequency, regardless of the force with which the keys are played.

Value: -63– +63

Patches also contain a Velocity Sensitivity Offset setting (p. 48). The ultimate Velocity Sensitivity Offset value is the sum of the part’s and the patch’s Velocity Sensitivity Offsets. Accordingly, if the patch’s Velocity Sensitivity Offset parameter is set to “127” (maximum), there will be no change in the part’s Velocity Sensitivity Offset, even when this is set to a positive value.

Key Fade Lower (Part Keyboard Fade Width Lower)

This determines what will happen to the part’s level when a note that’s lower than the part’s specified keyboard range is played. Higher settings produce a more gradual change in volume. If you don’t want the tone to sound at all when a note below the keyboard range is played, set this parameter to “0.”

Value: 0–127

Key Range Lower (Part Keyboard Range Lower)

Specifies the lowest note that the tone will sound for each part.

Value: C-1–UPPER

Key Range Upper (Part Keyboard Range Upper)

Specifies the highest note that the tone will sound for each part. Value: LOWER–G9

When the Key Range (p. 58) is set for each individual tone in a patch, sounds are produced in the range where the Key Range of each tone and the Key Range for the part overlap.

Key range specified for Performance

Key range specified for Patch

The range in which notes will play

If you attempt to raise the lower key higher than the upper key, or to lower the upper key below the lower key, the other value will be automatically modified to the same setting.

Key Fade Upper (Part Keyboard Fade Width Upper)

This determines what will happen to the part’s level when a note that’s higher than the part’s specified keyboard range is played. Higher settings produce a more gradual change in volume. If you don’t want the tone to sound at all when a note below the keyboard range is played, set this parameter to “0.”

Value: 0–127

Level

Pitch

Fade Lower				Fade Upper
	Range	Lower	Range	Upper

Voice Reserve

This setting specifies the number of voices that will be reserved for each part when more than 64 voices are played simultaneously. Value: 0–63, FUL

It is not possible for the settings of all parts to total an amount greater than 64. The remaining number of available voices will be displayed at (rest= ). Pay attention to this readout as you make set the Voice Reserve parameter.

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