Roland Piano Scale Tune settings Scale Tune, Settings Common to All Modes System Function

Settings Common to All Modes (System Function)

Scale Tune settings (Scale Tune)

For details on the setting, refer to “How to Make the System

Function Settings” (p. 178).

Scale Tune

C–B (Patch Scale Tune C–B)

Make scale tune settings for Patch mode.

Value: -64– +63

Scale Tune Switch

Turn this on when you wish to use a tuning scale other than equal temperament.

Value: OFF, ON

One set of Scale Tune settings can be created in Patch mode. In Performance mode or Multitimbre mode, this can be set for each part of the performance or multitimbre (p. 104, p. 120).

The Fantom allows you to play the keyboard using temperaments other than equal temperament. The pitch is specified in one-cent units relative to the equal tempered pitch.

•One-cent is 1/100th of a semitone.

•The selected scale applies to MIDI messages received from an external MIDI device.

Equal Temperament

This tuning divides the octave into 12 equal parts, and is the most widely used method of temperament used in Western music. The Fantom employs equal temperament when the Scale Tune Switch is set to “OFF.”

Just Temperament (Tonic of C)

Compared with equal temperament, the principle triads sound pure in this tuning. However, this effect is achieved only in one key, and the triads will become ambiguous if you transpose.

Arabian Scale

In this scale, E and B are a quarter note lower and C#, F# and G# are a quarter-note higher compared to equal temperament. The intervals between G and B, C and E, F and G#, Bb and C#, and Eb and F# have a natural third—the interval between a major third and a minor third. On the Fantom, you can use Arabian temperament in the three keys of G, C and F.

<Example>

Note	Equal tem-	Just Tempera-	Arabian Scale
name	perament	ment (tonic C)
C	0	0	-6
C#	0	-8	+45
D	0	+4	-2
Eb	0	+16	-12
E	0	-14	-51
F	0	-2	-8
F#	0	-10	+43
G	0	+2	-4
G#	0	+14	+47
A	0	-16	0
Bb	0	+14	-10
B	0	-12	-49

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