Roland AE-10 User Manual

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Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Playing Saxophone Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Holding the Aerophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Embouchure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pressing the Performance Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the Thumb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Selecting a Saxophone Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Short Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Instantly Recalling a User Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Menu Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Making Settings in the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Example: Changing the Master Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Saving a Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Menu List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Changing the Master Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Adjusting the Breath Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Changing the Key (Transpose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Octave Shift Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reverb Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chorus Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Multi-Eect Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bite Sensor Control Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Thumb Controller Up/Down (Bend Up/Down) Setting . . 7
Bend Range Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Thumb Controller Left/Right Assignment Setting . . . . . . 7
Thumb Controller Left/Right Range
(Minimum/Maximum Value) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Thumb Controller Toggle Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Octave Key Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hold Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Speaker Setting When Using Headphones. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Making the Power Automatically Turn O After a Time
(Auto O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Add/Edit Fingering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Breath Threshold Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bite Sensor Center Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Bite Sensor Sensitivity Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MIDI Transmit Channel Settings (MIDI Transmit Ch) . . . . . 9
Returning to the Factory Settings (Factory Reset). . . . . . . 9
Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Main Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Contents
Aerophone AE-10
Owner’s Manual
New digital wind instrument to expand the musical realm of saxophone players.
Saxophones are popular in all music scenes all over the world, from jazz, classical to rock
and so on. And now, Roland is introducing a new digital wind instrument, developed with
the latest technology, but designed based on the traditional acoustic saxophone. You can
enjoy playing the sounds of dierent saxophones from soprano, alto, tenor and baritone,
other wind instruments such as clarinet, ute and trumpet, strings instruments such as
violin, and even powerful synth leads, oering the sax players the new musical expression
and creativity.
Not only the volume but also the sound itself is dynamically aected by the force with
which you blow into the mouthpiece and the strength with which you bite it, providing a
natural and richly expressive sound.
It can be played using the same ngering as a saxophone, so if you’re a saxophone player,
you’ll be able to start playing after you’ve read a few pages of this manual. It’s compact,
and can also be used with headphones, so you can enjoy playing to your heart’s content
even on your living room sofa, without being concerned about the time or place.
We hope that the Aerophone will spark your imagination and enrich your musical life.
Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (the leaet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and the Owner’s Manual (p. 10)) After reading,
keep the document(s) where it will be available for immediate reference.

Roland AE-10 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	AE-10
Category	Musical Instrument
Language	English