Roland AT900 Music Atelier Owner's Manual page 14

Contents
Selecting and Playing Sounds............................................................... 47
Selecting Voices .............................................................................................................. 47
About the Voices and Parts ...................................................................................... 47
Functions of the Upper/Lower/Pedal Bass Sound Select Buttons ................................... 48
Selecting the Upper and Lower Voices ...................................................................... 49
Selecting Pedal Bass Voice ...................................................................................... 50
Selecting Solo Voice ............................................................................................... 51
Selecting a Voice Using the [Others] Button ............................................................... 52
Creating Organ Sounds (Vintage Organ) ........................................................................... 54
Playing a Vintage Organ Voice................................................................................ 56
Realistically Expressing an Acoustic Instrument Performance (Articulation Voice) ...................... 61
Selecting a Articulation Voice................................................................................... 62
Performing with an Articulation Voice........................................................................ 64
Using Aftertouch or the Expression Pedal ................................................................... 64
Making the Ideal Settings for Playing an Articulation Voice.......................................... 65
Tips for Performing with an Articulation Voice ............................................................ 66
Performing with an Active Expression Voice ........................................................................ 69
Performing with a Human Voice ........................................................................................ 70
Adjust the Volume Balance................................................................................................ 72
Transpose the Pitch in Octave Units (Octave Shift)................................................................ 74
Playing Drum Sounds or Sound Effects from the Entire Lower Keyboard (Drums/SFX)................ 76
Changing Drums/SFX Sets....................................................................................... 77
Playing a Lower Voice with Percussion Instrument Sounds and a Voice Phrase (Manual Percussion) . 78
Changing the Manual Percussion Sets ....................................................................... 79
Sustaining Notes in the Lower Part (Lower Hold) .................................................................. 80
Using Rhythm Performance .................................................................. 81
Selecting a Rhythm........................................................................................................... 81
Using Rhythms Stored in User Memory ...................................................................... 82
Rhythm Search ....................................................................................................... 83
Playing Rhythm................................................................................................................ 85
Starting at the Press of a Button ................................................................................ 85
Starting the Rhythm Automatically When You Play the Lower Keyboard or Pedalboard (Sync Start) ... 86
Stopping the Rhythm ............................................................................................... 87
Changing a Rhythm's Tempo............................................................................................. 87
Playing the Count Sound at the End of the Intro ................................................................... 88
Playing Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment................................................................... 88
Adding Variety to the Rhythm or Automatic Accompaniment ................................................. 89
Changing the Arrangement of the Rhythm and Accompaniment (Variation).................... 89
Playing Chords with Simple Fingering (Chord Intelligence).................................................... 90
Leading Bass Function ...................................................................................................... 92
A Simple Way to Make Automatic Accompaniment Settings (One Touch Program) .................. 94
Using a Rhythm from a USB Memory.................................................................................. 96
Reviewing the Rhythms on USB Memory .................................................................... 96
Copying Rhythms............................................................................................................. 97
Changing the Order of the Saved Rhythms ....................................................................... 100
Renaming a Saved Rhythm.............................................................................................. 102
Deleting Saved Rhythm ................................................................................................... 104
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