Octave Shift: Changing The Pitch By Octaves - Roland KR-75 Manual

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That, in turn, is a good thing because other parts
(the Arranger and Composer parts) are also
processed by the same Reverb effect. If REV were
assigned to the volume of the effect itself, selecting
the Min value would also strip the accompaniment
of Reverb.
Note: The KR-75 contains several Reverb programs
(called Types), so that you can always use the Reverb
type that best suits your needs. See "Reverb Types" on
page 48 for details.
Note: You cannot adjust the Reverb Depth of the
Arranger parts or the sounds played back by the Com-
poser function.
Adding other effects — DSP effect
DSP is short for Digital Signal Processor. Of course,
the Reverb effect is also digital, but we preferred
not to use "multi-effect" here because that term
may be misleading. What it boils down to, howev-
er, is that the DSP effect contains a variety of effects
programs, one of which you can select for the song
you are about to play. See "DSP effects" on page 52
for a list of all DSP effects the KR-75 contains.
1. Select <DSP...> on the Tone Select screen.
The display now jumps to a screen similar to the
following:
2. Use the buttons to the left of the display to select the Type
{kind of effect), and set its Depth with the buttons to the
right of the display.
Select "OFF" from the Type screen if you don't
need a DSP effect.
Note: Only one DSP effect can be used at a time.
Note: Wher you select Upper, Lower, or Whole and
choose the Rotary Effect, you can switch the rotation
speed with the button at the upper left of the display.
Chorus effect
Your KR-75 also contains a Chorus effect. Chorus is
an effect that creates a more spacious, "fatter"
sound.
After pressing <DSP...> on the Tone Select screen, press
<PAGEP> >>.
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The display now jumps to a page similar to the fol-
lowing:
+
Chorus
+e
[Jazz
Organ
i]
Chorus
Depth
48
Turn the Chorus on and off with the buttons to the left of
the display, and select the Chorus Depth with the buttons to
the right of the display.
After several seconds, the display returns to the
previous screen.
Note: The KR-75 contains several Chorus programs
(called Types), so that you can always use the Chorus
type that best suits your needs. See "Chorus Types" on
page 48 for details.
Octave Shift: changing the pitch by
octaves
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Octave Shift is a function that changes the pitch of a
sound in octave steps. Octave Shift can be set inde-
pendently for the Lower and Upper parts.
To give you an idea of the flexibility of this system,
here is an example: suppose you assign the same
Tone (E.Piano 1) to both the Upper and Lower key-
board section. Though you are using the same
sound, it is assigned to two parts you can shift indi-
vidually. Thus, by setting Octave Shift to "+1" for
the Lower part, while leaving it at "0" for the
Upper part, you create an overlap of the octaves
immediately to the left (Lower) and right (Upper)
of the split point. You could use this feature for
playing intricate parts.
. Start by selecting the Tone you need on the Tone Select
screen (see page 18).
. Select the octave (shift amount) by pressing <Octave>.
You can raise or lower the pitch by a maximum of
two octaves. After a few seconds, the display will
revert to the Basic screen.
Note: When you switch off the KR-75, the Octave Shift
settings return to their preset values. If you'd like the
KR-75 to memorize your settings, see "Memory Back-
up" on page 50.
Note: When using Octave Shift, you may sometimes
notice that notes to the far right of the keyboard sound in
the "wrong" octave. That is because all Tones have an
upper limit beyond which they cannot be transposed.
Note: You cannot use Octave Shift in Whole mode (see
below).

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