Various Settings (Function Mode); How To Use Function Mode; Adjusting The Keyboard Response (Key Touch); Matching The Pitch With Other Instruments - Roland FP-90 Owner's Manual

Advanced Operation
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Various Settings (Function Mode)

How to Use Function Mode

1
Press the [Function] button.
The [Function] button lights, and the unit is in Function mode.
2
Press the [K] [J] buttons to select the setting you want to change.
MEMO
Depending on the item you select, an additional screen may be displayed.
3
Press the [–] [+] buttons to adjust the value.
4
Press the [Exit] button to finish.
* The FP-90 settings return to their factory defaults when you turn off the power. But if you backup the current settings into internal memory, they
will be restored the next time the power comes on.
Indication Parameter
[K] [J] buttons [-] [+] buttons

Adjusting the Keyboard Response (Key Touch)

Key Touch The way in which the keyboard responds to your playing strength can be adjusted to your personal taste.
Fix, 1–100
Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments (Master Tuning)
When playing ensemble with other instruments and in other such instances, you can match the standard pitch to another instrument.

Master Tuning

The reference pitch generally refers to the pitch of the note that's played when you finger the middle A key. For a cleaner ensemble sound while
performing with one or more other instruments, ensure that each instrument's standard pitch is in tune with that of the other instruments.
415.3Hz–440.0Hz–466.2Hz

Changing the Tuning Method (Temperament)

You can play classical styles such as Baroque using historic temperaments (tuning methods).
Most modern songs are composed and played with the assumption that equal temperament (the most common tuning in use today) will be used,
but when classical music was composed, there were a wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. Playing a composition with its original
tuning lets you enjoy the sonorities of the chords that the composer originally intended.
Equal
Just Major
Just Minor
Pythagorean
Temperament
Kirnberger I
Kirnberger II
Kirnberger III
Meantone
Werckmeister
Arabic

Specifying a Song's Tonic (Temperament Key)

When playing with tuning other than equal temperament, you need to specify the temperament key for tuning the song to be performed (that is,
Temperament Key
the note that corresponds to C for a major key or to A for a minor key).
If you choose an equal temperament, there's no need to select a temperament key.
C–B
Lets you personalize your piano sound by adjusting various elements that affect the sound: the piano's physical strings, the resonances produced by
the pedals, the sound of hammers striking the strings, and more.
Piano Designer
Refer to "Personalizing Your Piano Sound (Piano Designer)" (p. 13).
Hammer Response
Off, 1–10
18
Refer to "Retaining Settings After Power-Off (Memory Backup)" (p. 17).
Explanation
Higher values will make the keyboard feel heavier.
If you've specified "Fix, " notes will sound at the same volume regardless of how strongly you play the keyboard.
This temperament divides the octave into twelve equal steps. It is the temperament that is most commonly used on
today's pianos. Every interval has the same slight amount of dissonance.
In these temperaments, the primary triads are perfectly consonant. It is unsuited to playing melodies and cannot be
transposed, but is capable of beautiful sonorities.
The Just tunings differ from major and minor keys.
This tuning, devised by the philosopher Pythagoras, eliminates dissonance in fourths and fifths.
Although third chord is slightly dissonant, this tuning is suitable for songs that have a simple melody.
As in the Just temperaments, the primary triads are consonant in this tuning. Beautiful sonorities are obtained when
playing songs that are written in keys appropriate for this tuning.
This is a revision of Kirnberger I that reduces the limitations on the usable keys.
This is an improvement of the Meantone and Just tunings that provides a high degree of freedom of modulation.
Performances are possible in all keys. Since the resonance differs depending on the key, chords played in this
temperament resonate in diverse ways when compared to equal temperament.
This temperament slightly narrows the fifth relative to Just temperaments. While the Just temperaments contains two
types of whole tone (major whole tone and minor whole tone), meantone temperament uses only one type of whole
tone (mean whole tone). Transposition within a limited range of keys is possible.
This temperament consists of eight perfect fifths and four narrowed fifths. Performance in all keys is possible. Since
different keys produce different sonorities, chords will resonate in diverse ways when compared to equal temperament
(Werckmeister I (III)).
This tuning is suitable for the music of Arabia.
Adjusts the time from when you play the key until the piano sound is heard. Higher values produce a greater delay.