Roland Piano owner manual Creating a Multitimbre, How to Make the Multitimbre Settings

Creating a Multitimbre

With the Fantom, you have total control over a wide variety of settings. Each item that can be set is known as a parameter. When you change the values of parameters, you are doing what is referred to as Editing. This chapter explains the procedures used in creating multitimbres, and the functions of the multitimbre parameters.

How to Make the Multitimbre Settings

Start with an existing multitimbre and edit it to create a new multitimbre. But before you do, try to envision what the entire multitimbre will sound like and decide which patch or rhythm set to assign to each of 16 parts.

1.Access the MULTITIMBRE PLAY screen, and select the multitimbre whose settings you wish to modify (p. 107).

If you want to create all your multitimbres from the ground up, rather than the multitimbres that have already been prepared, carry out the Initialize operation (p. 112).

2.Press [MENU].

The Menu window appears.

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3.Press or to select “Multitimbre Edit,” and then press [8 (Select)].

The Multitimbre Edit screen appears.

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4.The parameters are organized into several editing groups. Press [1 (▲)] or [2 (▼)] to select the tab for the editing group that contains the parameter you wish to edit.

For details on the parameter groupings, refer to “Parameter list” (Sound/Parameter List).

5.Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the parameter you wish to modify.

•Some of the parameters have a “ ” symbol. This indicates that if you press [LIST] when setting one of these parameters, the related window will appear. For example if you press [LIST] at a parameter that requires you to specify a name, the Name window will appear.

•When all the parameters cannot be shown within a single settings screen, a scroll bar will be displayed at the right side of

the screen. In such cases, press to scroll the screen downward.

If you have selected a screen for parameters that can be set for

each part, first move the cursor to the parameter that you wish to

edit, and then press or to select the part.

6.Turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to get the value you want.

7.Repeat steps 4–6 to complete a multitimbre.

8.If you wish to save the changes you’ve made, press [6 (Write)] to perform the Save operation (p. 114). If you do not wish to save changes, press [EXIT] to return to the MULTITIMBRE PLAY screen.

If you return to the MULTITIMBRE PLAY screen without saving, the display will indicate “EDITED,” reminding you that the multitimbre settings have been modified.

If you turn off the power or select a different sound while the display indicates “EDITED,” your edited multitimbre will be lost.

Initializing Multitimbre Settings (Init)

“Initialize” means to return the settings of the currently selected sound to a standard set of values or to the factory settings.

The Initialize operation will affect only the currently selected sound; the sounds that are stored in user memory will not be affected. If you wish to restore all of the Fantom’s settings to their factory values, perform a Factory Reset (p. 195).

1.Access the MULTITIMBRE PLAY screen, and select the multitimbre that you wish to initialize (p. 107).

2.Access the Multitimbre Edit screen (p. 112).

3.Press [7 (Init)].

The Multitimbre Initialize window appears.

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4.Move the cursor to “Type,” and select the initialization type.

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