Dividing The Keyboard For Two-Person Performance (Twin Piano) - Roland HP504 Owner's Manual

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Dividing the Keyboard for Two-Person Performance (Twin Piano)

You can divide the keyboard into left and right zones so that two people can play the same range of pitches, just as though there were two pianos.
This function is called "Twin Piano. "
For example, you could use Twin Piano to allow a student to play along with their teacher.
1.
Press the [Twin Piano] button .
The [Twin Piano] button will light, and the "Concert" (Concert Piano)
tone will be selected.
When you turn Twin Piano on, the keyboard and pedal settings will be as
shown in the illustration.
NOTE
If Twin Piano is on, damper resonance will not be applied; this may cause the piano to sound different.
2.
Select the tone to be played (p . 16) .
The left and right sections will have the same tone.
3.
To cancel Twin Piano, press the [Twin Piano] button once again .
The [Twin Piano] button will go out.
Changing the way in which the sound is heard (Twin Piano mode)
1.
While holding down the [Twin Piano] button, press the [–] [+] buttons .
The display will indicate Twin Piano mode.
HP506 only
Screen
22
1 3
Value Explanation
The sound of the right-hand keyboard zone will be heard more loudly from the right speaker than from the
left speaker.
1 The sound of the left-hand keyboard zone will be heard more loudly from the left speaker than from the right
speaker.
When using headphones, you'll be able to hear the other person's playing.
The sound of the right-hand keyboard zone will be heard only from the right speaker.
The sound of the left-hand keyboard zone will be heard only from the left speaker.
When using headphones, you won't be able to hear the other person's playing.
2
* Ambience will turn off.
(default)
* For some tones, the sound might not be divided to left and right.
* If using headphones, connect them to the left Phones jack if playing the left keyboard zone; connect them
to the right Phones jack if playing the right keyboard zone.
* If you record while this is set to "2, " the playback might not be the same as what you heard during recording.
Conventional
keyboard
Twin Piano
The damper pedal
for the left area
1
divide point
The damper pedal
for the right area
Saving your settings
The unit's settings will revert to the
default values when you turn off the
power, but you can save them as
described in "Retaining the Settings
Even After Power-off (Memory Backup)"
(p. 41).