Roland RS-5 Owner's Manual page 76

Chapter 5. Using the arpeggiator
BOSSANOVA A style with bossanova guitar cut-
ting. Hold 3–4 notes for best results.
You can increase the tempo and use
this as a Samba.
SALSA Typical salsa style. Hold 3–4 notes for
best results.
MAMBO Typical mambo style. Hold 3–4 notes
for best results.
LATIN PERC A rhythm style with Latin percussion
instruments such as Clave, Cowbell,
Clap, Bongo, Conga, Agogo etc.
SAMBA Typical samba style. Use for rhythm
patterns or bass lines.
TANGO Typical tango rhythm style. Hold the
root, 3rd and 5th of a triad etc. for
best results.
HOUSE A style for house piano backing.
Hold 3–4 notes for best results.
LIMITLESS The settings of all parameters can be
freely combined without restriction.
Motif *
Sets the order in which notes of the chord will sound.
* Depending on the Style settings (p. 75), some choices may not
be available. For details on the possible values, refer to
"Arpeggio Style List" (p. 155).
Value
SINGLE UP Notes you press will be sounded in-
dividually, beginning from low to
high.
SINGLE DOWN Notes you press will be sounded in-
dividually, beginning from high to
low.
SINGLE Notes you press will be sounded in-
UP&DOWN dividually, from low to high, and
then back down from high to low.
SINGLE RANDOM Notes you press will be sounded in-
dividually, in random order.
DUAL UP Notes you press will be sounded two
at a time, beginning from low to high.
DUAL DOWN Notes you press will be sounded two
at a time, beginning from high to low.
DUAL UP&DOWN Notes you press will be sounded two
at a time, from low to high, and then
back down from high to low.
DUAL RANDOM Notes you press will be sounded two
at a time, in random order.
TRIPLE UP Notes you press will sound three at a
time, from low to high.
TRIPLE DOWN Notes you press will sound three at a
time, from high to low.
TRIPLE UP&DOWN Notes you press will sound three at a
time, from low to high and then back
down from high to low.
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TRIPLE RANDOM Notes you press will sound three at a
time, in random order.
NOTE ORDER Notes will sound in the order that
they were pressed. Up to 128 notes
can be stored, so you can create mel-
ody lines by pressing keys in the ap-
propriate order.
GLISSANDO Notes will be played in an ascending
and descending chromatic scale be-
tween the lowest and the highest
keys that are pressed. Simply press
two notes, the lowest and highest.
CHORD All notes that are pressed will sound
simultaneously.
BASS+CHORD 1–5 The lowest of the notes you play will
sound, and the remaining notes will
sound as a chord.
BASS+UP 1–8 The lowest of the notes you play will
sound, and the remaining notes will
be arpeggiated.
BASS+RANDOM 1–3 The lowest of the notes you play will
sound, and the remaining notes will
sound in random order.
TOP+UP 1–6 The highest of the notes you play will
sound, and the remaining notes will
be arpeggiated.
BASS+UP+TOP Simulated fingering of folk guitar's
three-finger picking technique.
Beat Ptrn (Beat Pattern) *
Select the beat pattern from the choices below. This setting
will affect the location of the accent and length of the notes to
determine the beat (rhythm).
* Depending on the Style settings (p. 75), some choices may not
be available. For details on the possible values, refer to
"Arpeggio Style List" (p. 155).
Value
1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/12, 1/16 1–3, 1/32 1–3, PORTA-A 01–11,
PORTA-B 01–15, SEQ-A 1–7, SEQ-B 1–5, SEQ-C 1–2,
SEQ-D 1–8, ECHO 1–3, MUTE 01–16, STRUM1–8,
REGGAE1–2, REFRAIN1–2, PERC1–4, WALKBS, HARP,
BOUND, RANDOM, BOSSA NOVA, SALSA 1–4,
MAMBO 1–2, CLAVE, REV CLA, GUIRO, AGOGO,
SAMBA, TANGO 1–4, HOUSE 1–2
* When PORTA-A 01– 11 and PORTA-B 01– 15 are selected,
you can use Portamento time (p. 67) to control the portamento
attack. In this case, it is not necessary to have Portamento Sw
set to ON.
Tempo
Sets the speed of the arpeggio.
Value: 20–250