Chapter 2. Performance; Performing With A Variety Of Sounds; Making Fine Adjustments To The Piano Sound (Piano Resonance); Playing Sounds When The Keys Are Released (Key Off) - Roland HP107e Owner's Manual

HP107e – Chapter 2. Performance

Chapter 2. Performance

Performing with a Variety of Sounds

The HP107e contains 36 different built-in tones. The tones are
organized into five tone groups, which are assigned to the
Tone buttons.
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For more details, refer to Tone List (p. 240).
Making Fine Adjustments to the Piano Sound
(Piano Resonance)
You can make fine adjustments to the sound of the piano as desired.
I Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released
(Key Off)
You can play the "key off" sound (the subtle sound pro-
duced when the keys are released) obtained when playing
an acoustic piano.
You can save this setting in the HP107e's memory using
the Memory Backup function (p. 31).
1. Press the Piano Resonance [Key Off] button, get-
ting its indicator to light.
A distinctive sound results when you release the keys.
Press the Piano Resonance [Key Off] button once more,
causing the button's indicator to go off, and the effect is
cancelled.
For more about the tones with which this setting is
enabled, refer to the Tone List (p. 240).
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Selecting a tone group
1. Press any Tone button.
The indicator of the button you pressed will light.
When you play the keyboard, you will hear a sound in the
selected tone group.
Selecting variation tones
2. Press the [-] or [+] button.
The Tone variation number appears in the display for sev-
eral seconds.
The tone you've selected is heard when you finger the key-
board.
Adjusting the Volume of the Key Off Sound
2. Hold down the Piano Resonance [Key Off] button
and press the [-] or [+] button.
You can set the volume of the sound heard when the keys
are released to any of ten different levels.
The volume increases as the value is raised.
I Producing the Resonance of the Strings When
the Keys Are Played (String Resonance)
When you play the keys on an acoustic piano, the strings
that are already playing resonate as well. The function that
reproduces this effect is called "String Resonance."
This setting is enabled only with the piano tones. You
NOTE
cannot set this for other tones.
1. Press the Piano Resonance [Sting] button, getting
its indicator to light.
The String Resonance function is switched on. Press the
Piano Resonance [String] button once more, causing the
button's indicator to go off, and the effect is cancelled.
You can save this setting in the HP107e's memory using
the Memory Backup function (p. 31).