Changing Various Settings; Changing The Damper Pedal's Resonance; Function Settings; Tuning To Other Instruments' Pitches (Master Tune) - Roland EP-760 Owner's Manual

5. Changing various settings

ep-760 Changing various settings
Changing the damper
pedal's resonance
On an acoustic piano, the damper pedal causes the notes
you play to resonate along with other strings, adding
rich reverberations and fatness to the sound. The damper
function on the ep-760 recreates this resonance (Sympa-
thetic Resonance) when depressed.
You can select from eight levels of depth for the resonant
sound (resonance level).
This is set to "5" when the instrument is turned on.
NOTE
• This setting is valid only for some piano tones. It cannot be
made for other Tones.
• This function is only meaningful if you connect the supplied
DP-2 footswitch to the Pedal [Damper] socket.
A
Hold down the [Reverb] and [Split] buttons, and press
the [–] or [+] button.
The currently specified value will be displayed. Larger
values produce a deeper effect.

Function settings

You can make performance-related settings such as tun-
ing and temperament.
How to enter function mode
A
Hold down the [Metronome] button, and press the
[Beat] button.
The indicators of the buttons you pressed will flash, and
you will enter Function mode. The display now indicates
the value of the currently selected function.
Setting the various functions
B
Press the button to which the desired function is
assigned.
The indicator of the button you pressed flashes.
Button
[Piano] Master Tuning
[E. Piano] Temperament
[Harpsichord] Stretch Tuning
Applying the damper pedal also to
[Organ]
the left-hand keyboard area
[Strings] MIDI transmit channel
[Variation] Local Control
[®(Play)] Transmitting a recorded performance
[G(Rec)] Selecting the Soft/Sostenuto function
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For details on each function, refer to the explanations
below.
C
Press the [+] or [–] button to change the value.
Press the [+] and [–] buttons simultaneously to return to
the initial setting.
Leaving Function mode
D
Press the [Metronome] or [Beat] button.
The button's indicator will return to the previous state.
Tuning to other instruments' pitches
(Master Tune)
When playing ensemble with other instruments, you can
tune the ep-760's reference pitch to the pitch of another
instrument. The standard pitch generally refers to the
pitch of the note that's played when you finger the mid-
dle A key. This tuning of all the instruments to a stan-
dard pitch is called "tuning."
If you press the [Piano] button in step B of "Function
settings", a display like the following will appear.
400
The last three digits are indicated in the display. "440.0
Hz" is indicated in the figure above.
Setting range: 415.3 Hz~440.0Hz~466.2 Hz
Initial setting: 440.0 Hz
This setting remains in effect until you turn off the
power.

Changing the temperament

You can play classical styles such as Baroque using his-
toric temperaments (tuning methods).
Nowadays, compositions are generally created with
equal temperament in mind and are played using equal
temperament. However, in the past, a variety of temper-
aments were used. Playing a composition with its origi-
nal tuning lets you enjoy the sonorities of the chords that
the composer originally intended.
If you press the [E.Piano] button in step B of "Function
settings", a display like the following will appear.
1 C
Temperament
You can choose from among the seven temperaments
described below.
Tonic