Roland Piano Before You Use the RPS Function, Record a Pattern, Settings for the RPS Function

Playing a Phrase at the Touch of a Finger (RPS Function)

The RPS (Realtime Phrase Sequence) function lets you assign patterns to the keyboard, and play a pattern by pressing a single note. For example, a complex phrase that would be difficult to play live can be assigned to a note of the keyboard, and played with one finger at the appropriate moment.

Since up to eight patterns can be playing at once, you can create patterns for separate instruments such as drums, bass, and keyboard, and combine them to create a new song. This performance can also be recorded, allowing you to use it in a way similar to phrase sampling.

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Song
					Phrase track 16
				Phrase track 15
		Phrase track 2
Phrase track 1
Pattern track
	Pattern		Pattern			Pattern	Pattern
1			2			99	100

Before You Use the RPS Function

Record a Pattern

Before you use the RPS function, you must record the desired phrase in a pattern. For details on recording, refer to “Recording Your

Performance as You Play It (Realtime Recording)” (p. 129) or “Inputting Data One Step at a Time (Step Recording)” (p. 132).

Only note messages should be recorded in a pattern. If a large amount of MIDI data is recorded in a pattern, using RPS to play back the pattern can cause notes to be delayed. MIDI messages other than note messages should be recorded in a phrase track.

Settings for the RPS Function

You can assign a pattern to each note of the keyboard, and specify how the pattern will be played. These settings are made independently for each song, and will be saved when you save the song in MRC Pro song format.

1.Load the song for which you want to make RPS settings (p. 136).

2.Press [MENU] to access the Menu window.

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

The Song Edit screen appears.

If you select a song that is stored on disk, a message of “The Song “****” is not Internal Song. Load anyway for Song Edit?” will ask you for confirmation. If you want to erase the song from the internal memory and load the new song, press [7 (OK)]. If you decide not to erase the song from the internal memory, press [EXIT].

4.Press [5 (Setup)].

The Song Setup window appears.

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5.Use or to select “RPS Setup,” and then press [8 (Select)].

The RPS Setup window appears.

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In this window you can set various parameters related to the RPS function.

6.Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to each parameter, and turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to make the setting.

The Key parameter, Pattern parameter, Playback Mode parameter, and Mute Group parameter are set for each key. Although the Fantom has a 76-note keyboard, you can also make settings for all keys in the range of C-1 to G9. Settings for the Trigger Quantize parameter and Velocity Sens parameter are for the entire song.

Key

Specify the key to which the pattern will be assigned. You can also specify this by pressing a key on the keyboard.

Pattern

Select the pattern number that will be assigned to the key. The name of the selected pattern will be displayed below the pattern number. Select “OFF” for keys to which you do not want to assign a pattern. If you select “STOP,” that key will be a Stop Trigger key that stops the currently playing patterns.

Valid Settings: STOP, OFF, PTN001–PTN100

The state of settings is shown graphically in the display. The key being set is indicated by “▼,” keys to which a pattern is assigned are indicated by “❚”, and keys set to “STOP” are indicated by “✚”. Keys for which nothing is displayed are turned “OFF.”

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