Roland U-20 Owner's Manual page 33

1.
How
To
Use
the Play Functions
Press
each key
in succession.
The
chord
assigned
to
each
key
will
sound.
When
more
than one key
is
pressed, the
chord
of
the last-pressed key
will
sound.
Pr®ss
[CHORD
1
again
to
return to
normal
playing
(the
indicator goes
out).
Select
CHORD
2
in the
same
way.
To
switch
directly
from
CHORD
1
to
CHORD
2,
simply
press
|
CHORD
2
,
and
vice
versa.
Settings
for
Key
Offset
and
Retrigger
Mode
allow
you
to
specify
how
the
chord
set
assigned
to
each button
will
be
used.
Key
Offset
:
The
chord
set
can be
transposed over a range
of
0—11
(semitone
steps).
Use
this
when
you want
to
use the
same
set of
chords
to play a
song
in
a different
key.
Retrigger
Mode
:
If
more
than one key
is
pressed
and
a
chord
is
sounding,
this determines
which chord
will
be sounded
when
the
key
producing the currently sounded
chord
is
released.
Retrigger
mode
can be
set to Off,
Low,
or
Hi
.
The
velocity
of a retriggered
chord
will
be
determined
by
the speed
at
which you
release the key.
Example
:
When
several
keys
are being pressed and
the
chord assigned
to E key
is
sounding, here's
what happens when
you
release the E
key.
Retrigger
Mode
:
Off
Retrigger
Mode
:
Low
IB
No
sound
The
chord of the
lowest key
will
sound
Retrigger
Mode
:
Hi
The
chord of the
highest key
will
sound
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