Playing The Keyboard; Selecting The Instrument Sound You Wish To Play - Roland F-50 Owner's Manual

Playing the Keyboard

Selecting the Instrument Sound You
Wish to Play
The F-50 allows you to play using twenty different tones including piano.
You can select the tones using the five Tone buttons; four tones are assigned
to each button. You can switch the tones assigned to each button by pressing
the [Variation] button.
Tone button
Tone number 1
[Variation] OFF (dark)
Tone number 2
[Variation] lit in red
Tone number 3
[Variation] lit in green
Tone number 4
[Variation] lit in orange
* Strings+Brass: lets you play a combination of strings and brass tones
* A/B: dividing the keyboard into right-hand and left-hand areas, then playing different tones
A, the right-hand tone; and B, the left-hand tone
fig.02-01
B
When the F-50 is turned on, the tone is reset to Grand Piano.
fig.02-01
1.
Press any Tone button.
The indicator on the selected button lights up.
2.
Press the [Variation] button to select the Tone.
Each time you press the [Variation] button, the button's indicator will
change color, and the four sounds will be selected successively.
The Tone you've selected is heard when you finger the keyboard.
The next time you choose this Tone button, the tone you've selected here is
played.
Piano E. Piano
Grand Piano Stage EP
Bright Piano Electric Piano
Grand Piano/
Vibraphone
Acoustic Bass*
Grand Piano/ Stage EP/
Strings* Electric Bass*
F 3 (included in left-hand areas)
1 2
Harpsichord Organ
Harpsichord Pipe Organ
Organ Flute Rotary Organ
Pipe Organ/
Clavi
Strings*
Harpsichord/ Jazz Organ/
Strings* Rotary Organ*
A
Since the organ tones
reproduce the sound of a
traditional organ, in certain
registers you may be able
to perceive that they exhibit
a certain amount of
harmonic foldback.
Strings
Strings
Choir
Strings+Brass*
Flute/
Strings*
When you select A/B
tones, the damper pedal
will be applied only to the
right-hand area of the
keyboard.
A/B tones have settings
optimized for playing with
the keyboard divided into
right-hand and left-hand
zones. With some tones, the
octave (pitch) settings may
differ on opposing sides of
the border between the
keyboard zones.
When Dual play (p. 16),
only tone number 1 or 2
can be selected.
If you use Dual play with a
Tone button for which tone
number 3 or 4 is selected,
tone number 1 will be
selected for that Tone
button.
With certain tones, the
sounds may seem to be
distorted.
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