Changing The Keyboard Settings; Changing The Pitch By Octaves; Transposing; Registration - Roland Jupiter-50 Owner's Manual

Changing the Keyboard Settings

Changing the Pitch by Octaves

By pressing the OCTAVE [DOWN] button or OCTAVE [UP] button you
can shift the keyboard's pitch range in steps of an octave.
When using your right hand to play low sounds such as the bass
Part, it will be easier to play if you lower the pitch range by one or
two octaves.
1.
Press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button or OCTAVE [UP] button .
A message will appear when you press the button.
• Pressing the OCTAVE [DOWN] button raises the pitch by one
octave; pressing the OCTAVE [UP] button lowers the pitch by
one octave.
• The pitch can be changed in a range of three octaves down (-3)
to three octaves up (+3).
• If the value is anything other than "0, " the OCTAVE [DOWN]
button or OCTAVE [UP] button will light.
• If you press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button and OCTAVE [UP]
button simultaneously, the value will be reset to "0. "
• The octave shift setting is saved in the Registration.
• If you want to change the octave setting of each Part, edit the
Octave setting in the "Editing a Registration" (p. 54), and save the

Registration.

• If you want to change the octave setting of each layer in the
Live Set, edit the Octave setting in "Pitch" of the LIVE SET LAYER
screen (p. 57), and save the Live Set.
• The octave shift function does not affect the Manual Percussion.
• The split point and solo split point will not change.
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Transposing

Transpose is a function that shifts the keyboard's pitch range in
steps of a semitone.
By using this setting, a transposing instrument such as trumpet or
clarinet can be played at the pitches shown in the printed score.
1.
Hold down the [TRANSPOSE] button and press the
OCTAVE [DOWN] button or OCTAVE [UP] button .
A message will appear when you press the button. The Top screen
will show the amount of transposition.
• Specify the amount of transposition in semitone steps (G–F#:
-5 – +6 semitones).
• If the value is anything other than "0, " the [TRANSPOSE] button
will light.
• You can use the [TRANSPOSE] button to turn Transpose on/off
(when the Transpose setting is other than 0).
• If you hold down the [TRANSPOSE] button and press
the OCTAVE [DOWN] button and OCTAVE [UP] button
simultaneously, the value will be reset to "0. "
• The transpose setting is saved in the Registration.
• The Transpose function does not apply to Drums/SFX or Manual
Percussion.
• The split point and solo split point will not change.
MEMO
You can also change the transposition setting in the GENERAL
tab of the REGISTRATION COMMON screen.
Amount of transposition