Adjusting The Brightness Of The Sound; Adding Decay To The Sound (Damper Pedal) - Roland Music ATELIER AT500 Owner's Manual

Using the Performance Functions

Adjusting the Brightness of the Sound

Using the [Brilliance] slider, you can adjust the brightness of the sound.
For a brighter sound, push the slider away from you. For a mellower sound,
pull the slider toward you.
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You can adjust not only the treble range but the bass as well with the
[Brilliance] slider. You can suppress the lower frequencies by moving the
slider downwards.

Adding Decay to the Sound (Damper Pedal)

When you depress the Damper (Sustain) pedal, a decay effect will be added
to the voices.
While you continue depressing the damper pedal, notes will be sustained
even if you release the keys.
fig.04-04.eps
By default the decay effect will be applied to the voices played on the Lower
keyboard.
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NOTE
This setting is not stored in the
Registration.
You can modify the setting so
that decay is only applied to
notes played on the Upper
keyboard (p. 200).
NOTE
Decay cannot be added to the
Solo voices.
NOTE
Decay can be applied to Pedal
Bass voices played on the
Lower keyboard (when the
Pedal [To Lower] button
indicators are lit or set "Bass
Split" to "ON" ). In this case, a
decay will not be applied to the
pedal bass voice.