Moving Your Hand To Vary The Pitch Or Volume (D Beam); Changing The Pitch (Pitch); Changing The Volume To Add Expression To Your Performance (Express) - Roland SH-201 Owner's Manual

Playing sounds

Moving your hand to vary the pitch or volume (D BEAM)

By moving your hand over the D Beam controller
located at the upper left of the keyboard, you can vary
the pitch or volume of the sound according to the height
of your hand.
The usable range of the D Beam controller

Changing the pitch (PITCH)

Press the PITCH button located below the D Beam controller so it's lit.
When you hold down a key and move your hand up or down above the D Beam controller, the pitch will change.
Press the PITCH button once again so its light goes off, and the pitch will no longer be affected when you move
your hand above the D Beam Controller.

Changing the volume to add expression to your performance (EXPRESS)

Press the EXPRESS button located below the D Beam controller so it's lit.
When you hold down a key and move your hand up or down above the D Beam controller, the volume will
change, letting you add expression to your performance.
Press the EXPRESS button once again so its light goes off, and the volume will no longer be affected when you
move your hand above the D Beam controller.
Active Expression
By using EXPRESS with a patch that is set to DUAL (p. 46), you can obtain an Active Expression effect that
combines the two tones.
Only the UPPER tone will be heard when the volume is low, and the LOWER tone will be added as the volume
increases.
If you want to use Active Expression, hold down the CANCEL button and press the ACTIVE EXPRESSION
button, thus switching "ON" ACTIVE EXPRESSION, which is a PATCH COMMON parameter (p. 65).
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The diagram at left shows the
usable range of the D Beam
controller. Moving your hand
outside this range will produce no
effect.