Shifting The Keyboard's Pitch Range; (Octave Up/Down); Shifting The Keyboard's Pitch Range In Semitones; (Transpose) - Roland GAIA Synthesizer SH-01 Owner's Manual

Shifting the Keyboard's Pitch
Range (OCTAVE UP/DOWN)
You can shift the keyboard's pitch range in steps of one
octave, for a maximum of three octaves upward or downward.
1. To raise the range, press the OCTAVE [UP/+]
button, and to lower the range press the OCTAVE
[DOWN/-] button.
With each press of a button, the range is altered by one
octave.
If the keyboard's pitch range is raised above its
normal range, the OCTAVE [UP/+] button will light. If the
keyboard's pitch range is lowered, the OCTAVE [DOWN/-]
button will light.
If you press the OCTAVE [UP/+] and OCTAVE [DOWN/-]
buttons simultaneously, the keyboard will return to its
normal pitch range; both buttons will go out.
Shifting the Keyboard's Pitch
Range in Semitones (TRANSPOSE)
This function lets you shift the keyboard's pitch range in
steps of a semitone, in a range of -5 to +6 semitones.
1. To turn transpose on, press the [TRANSPOSE]
button so it's lit.
By pressing the [TRANSPOSE] button again, so its light
goes out, transpose is turned off.
2. To raise the range, hold down the [TRANSPOSE]
button and press the OCTAVE [UP/+] button.
To lower the range, hold down the [TRANSPOSE]
button and press the OCTAVE [DOWN/-] button.
With each press of a button, the range is altered by one
semitone.
When the keyboard's pitch range is raised above its normal
range, the OCTAVE [UP/+] button will light while the
[TRANSPOSE] button is held down. If lowered, the OCTAVE
[DOWN/-] button will light while the [TRANSPOSE] button
is held down.
If you hold down the [TRANSPOSE] button and press the
OCTAVE [UP/+] button and OCTAVE [DOWN/-] button
simultaneously, the keyboard will return to its normal pitch
range. Both buttons will go out.
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Playing Single Notes (MONO)

This function is effective when you need to simulate the
performance of a solo instrument.
1. Press the [MONO] button so it's lit; this puts the
synth in mono mode.
Even if you hold down a chord on the keyboard, only a
single note will sound. The last-played note will be heard.
When you press the [MONO] button once again to turn off
its illumination, the Mono function will turn off.
Smoothly Connecting One Note to
the Next (PORTAMENTO)
This allows you to create a smooth change in pitch from
one note to the next.
1. Press the [PORTAMENTO] button so it's lit.

Changing the Rate of Pitch Change

(Portamento Time)

To change the rate of the pitch change (the time over
which the pitch change occurs), hold down the [PORTA-
MENTO] button and move the LFO [FADE TIME] slider.
As you raise the slider, the portamento time will get longer
and the pitch will change at a slower rate.
MEMO
There's another way to adjust the portamento time;
"PORTAMENTO TIME" (p. 45).