Roland FP-7F User Manual

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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Other Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Before You Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Getting Ready to Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Connecting the AC adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turning the Power On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Adjusting the Volume Balance between Your
Keyboard Performance and the Accompaniment . . . . 15
Attaching the Music Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adjusting the Display Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Listening to the Demo Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Performing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Performing Various Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Performing with the Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing the Metronome’s Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing the Metronome Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Changing the Metronome’s Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adding a Count-in to Synchronize Your Performance . 23
Adding Reverberation (Reverb Eect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Changing the Depth of the Reverb Eect . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Adjusting the Tone Quality (Equalizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting the Equalizer Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing Two Tones Layered (Dual Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Playing Two Dierent Tones in the Right and Left Sides
of the Keyboard (Split Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Changing the Right-hand Tone and Left-hand Tone . . 28
Changing the Point at which the Keyboard is Divided
(Split Point) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Changing the Pitch of the Keyboard or the Song Playback
(Transpose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Performing with Audio Files (Audio Key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Loading an Audio File Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Performing with Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Creating a Personalized Piano Sound (Piano Designer) . . . . 34
Piano Designer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Simulating the Way that Sounds are Created on an Organ
(Tone Wheel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Disabling the Buttons (Panel Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Listening to Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing Back Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing All Songs Successively (Play All) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Adjusting the Song Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Changing the Playback Key (Playback Transpose) . . . . . . . . . 43
Performing Along with Rhythm (Session Partner) . . . . 44
What is Session Partner?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Performing with Session Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting a Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adding Variation to the Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Creating an Original Chord Progression Pattern . . . . . . . . . . .47
Changing the Number of Measures for Recording a
Chord Progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Registering Your Favorite Performance Settings . . . . . 49
What is a Registration? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Storing Your Performance Settings (Registration) . . . . . . . . . . 50
Recalling a Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Recording Your Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recording Your Keyboard Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recording Your Performance with Session Partner . . . . . . . .54
Erasing a Recorded Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Saving a Recorded Song (Save Song) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Recording a Layered Performance (Looper) . . . . . . . . . 60
What is the Looper? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recording a Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Erasing a Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Detailed Settings for Various Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Basic Operation in Function Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Keyboard Settings (Key Touch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Adjusting the Keyboard Sensitivity (Key Touch) . . . . . .66
Making Fine Adjustments to the Keyboard Touch
Sensitivity (Key Touch Oset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Tuning Settings (Tuning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments
(Master Tuning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Adjusting the Tuning (Temperament). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Specifying the Keynote (Temperament Key) . . . . . . . . .66
Looper Settings (Looper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Select the Parts that Will Play (Part Select) . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Saving Phrases (Save Looper Phrase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Session Partner Settings (Session Partner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Select the Parts that Will Play (Part Select) . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Turning the Intro and Ending On/O
(Intro/Ending Sw) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Selecting the Chord Progression for the Rhythm
(Chord Prog. Pattern) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Specifying the Root Note for the Chord Progression
(Chord Prog. Root) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Fixing the Chord Progression Pattern
(Chord Prog. Fix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Turning the Rhythm’s Chord Progression On/O
(Auto Chord Prog. Sw) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Registration Settings (Registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Saving a Registration Set (Save Regist. Set) . . . . . . . . . .68
Loading a Registration Set You Saved
(Load Regist. Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Roland FP-7F Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	FP-7F
Category	Musical Instrument
Language	English