Assigning The Function Of The Pedals (Left Pedal/Center Pedal/Expression Pedal) - Roland RM-700 Owner's Manual

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Assigning the Function of the Pedals
(Left Pedal/Center Pedal/Expression Pedal)
You can assign a variety of functions to the left pedal, center pedal,
and expression pedal (sold separately). You can call up the assigned
functions just by pressing the corresponding pedal.
1.
Press the [Menu] button so its indicator is lit.
2.
Touch <Settings>.
* The Menu screen for Settings contains five screen pages.
Touch
to switch between the pages.
3.
Touch <Pedal>.
The "Pedal" screen appears.
4.
To change the setting, touch
want to specify.
If you touch <Reset>, the currently selected setting
(parameter) will return to its factory setting.
5.
Press the [Exit] button when you've finished making
settings.
• Pressing the One Touch Program [Piano] button restores the piano
performance functions to the pedals (p. 21).
for the item you
Function
Explanation
Toggles the Leading Bass function (p. 55) on or off.
Leading Bass
The function stays on as long as the pedal to which
this is assigned is pressed.
Only the Rhythm part is played.
After No Chord is switched on, specifying a chord by
No Chord
playing the actual keys cancels the function, and all of
the accompaniment parts are played.
During the performance of Automatic
Break
Accompaniment, the accompaniment stops for one
measure only.
Fill In
A fill-in is inserted.
Performs the same function as the [Intro/Ending]
Intro/Ending
button (p. 63). Intro and Ending are played.
Rhythm Start/
Performs the same function as the [Start/Stop] button
Stop
(p. 63).
Switches the Variation button. The Variation number
Variation Up
will increase each time you press the pedal.
Switches the Variation button. The Variation number
Variation Down
will decrease each time you press the pedal.
Harmony
Turns the Harmony Intelligence function on and off
Intelligence
(p. 67).
This starts Automatic Accompaniment with a fade-in
(where the volume gets progressively louder), ends it
Fade In/Out
with a fade-out (where the volume gets progressively
softer), then stops.
Rotary Slow/
This switches the speed of the rotary effect (p. 37)
Fast
when you perform with an organ tone.
While the pedal is held down, the pitch of the sound
drops temporarily, returning to the original pitch
Glide
when the pedal is released.
This can be effective for simulating the performance
of instruments like a Hawaiian guitar.
Composer Play/
Performs the same function as the [
Stop
button (p. 75).
The notation in the RM-700 display scrolls to the next
Page Fwd
page when you press the pedal.
If a song is stopped with the score shown in the
Page Bwd
display, the notation in the RM-700 display scrolls to
the preceding page when you press the pedal.
During Punch-in Recording, this starts and stops
Punch In/Out
recording (p. 161).
You can set the tempo according to the interval at
Tap Tempo
which the pedal is pressed (p. 113).
Pressing the pedal during playback of a song stops
the playback.
When the pedal is released, playback resumes from
Composer
the beginning of the measure that was playing when
Assist
the pedal was pressed.
When the pedal is pressed in rapid succession, the
playback will resume backs up the same number of
measures as the number of times the pedal is pressed.
Upper
The pedal functions as a sostenuto pedal (p. 21).
Sostenuto
Upper Soft
The pedal functions as a soft pedal (p. 21).
Various Settings
(Play/Stop)]
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