Changing The Feel Of A Performance (Play Feel) - Roland GR-33 Owner's Manual

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Chapter 5 Setting/Changing Sounds (Patches)
• When both the first and second tones are present.
• When the Reverb send level or Chorus send level is set to
a high level.
• When a high volume level is a characteristic of the tone
itself.
• When the brightness setting value is high.
• When wah effects are applied.
Changing the Feel of a Performance (PLAY FEEL)
Guitars differ from keyboards and otht>r instruments in that
the part of the instrument that actually vibrates (i.e. the
string) is touched directly, allowing subtle control of the
power with which it is played. To let the guitar synthesizer
make maximum use of this feature, it is necessary to set the
"playing response."
This selection is made with "PLAY FEEL" in the COMMON
setting of Patch Edit mode. For example, by changing the
Play Feel options like "finger picking" or "normal picking,"
you can get very natural-sounding expression of how much
power is in the playing.
Changing and Recording Play Feel
1.
Select the patch whose PLAY FEEL you want to change,
and press [COMMON] to enter Patch Edit mode.
2. Press [PARAMETER] to select "PLAY FEEL."
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F'LA'.,.' FEEL
3. Use [VALUE] to change the value.
* For a detailed explanation, sec the subsequent section, "The
PLAY FEEL settings a11d their effects."
4. Press [WRITE] to perform the Patch Write operation (p.
36).
* A~er pe1jonning the Patch Write operation, you will
automatically retum to Play mode.
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lfyou don't want to save tile Patch, press [PLAY] to return to
Play mode.
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The PLAY FEEL settings and their effects
There arc eight settings ("Normal," "Finger," "Hard," "Soft,"
"Tapping," "No Dynamics," "Envelope}," "Envelope2"), and
eight settings that add the Acee! function to each of these
("Ace! Normal," "Ace! Finger," "Accl Hard," "Accl Soft,"
"Ace! Tapping," "Accl No Dynamics," "Accl Envelope},"
"Ace! Envelopc2").
These meanings are as follows:
Normal:
General picking, thus the standard setting for play.
Finger (finger picking):
The setting for when you want to perform with the feeling
finger picking provides. Sensitivity is a little higher than with
normal picking.
Hard (hard picking):
This setting is for tl1ose who pick rather hard, and the
sensitivity is a little lower than with normal picking.
* When there is a problem with the guitar's arrangement, and
the only places GK-2A 's divided pickup can be installed a,·e too
close to the strings, you may be able to improve the behavior
with the settings in each patch.
Soft (soft picking):
For picking that is a little weaker. Sensitivity is a little higher
than with normal picking.
Tapping (tapping play):
When making use of many kinds of picking techniques, such
as tapping play (or "right-hand play"), pulling-off, or
hammering-on, this setting provides very stable sound
expression. The range of power that can be expressed is a bit
narrow.
No Dynamics (no dynamics):
Witl1 this setting, no matter how hard or softly you play, you
get uniform volume and tone. Use this setting with tones like
Synth Lead or Organ when you want to transmit a feeling
without expression.
Envelope1 (envelope follow type1 ):
This is for setting how much the synthesizer volume
influences the amplitude of the strings.
For details, see the subsequent section, "Following the Guitar
Sound Shape (Envelope Follow)."
Envelope2 (envelope follow type2):
This is for setting how much the overall tone (brightness) is
influenced by the amplitude of the strings.
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For details, see the subsequent section, "Following the Guitar
Sound Shape (Envelope Follow)."
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