Selecting Hold Type (Hold Type) - Roland GR-30 Manual

uP4 (dn4)
When the pedal is pressed, the pitch changes con-
tinuously by one octave. Release the pedal to
return to the original pitch.
uP5 (dn5)
The pitch change here is an octave, but the time it
takes to make the change is a little longer. (The
return time is the same as in uP4 (dn4)).
uP6 (dn6)
The pitch change in this effect is an octave, but
both the time for the pitch to change and the
return time are longer.
uP7 (dn7)
When the pedal is pressed, the pitch changes con-
tinuously by two octaves. Release the pedal to
return to the original pitch.

Selecting Hold Type (HOLD TYPE)

With the Hold function on pedal 3, for the qualities
such as the sustaining of a tone's sounding, there are
fifteen ready-made variations that can be selected
according to the particular purpose, and saved to
patches.
<Selecting Hold Type>
1. Select the patch whose effect type you want to
change, and press [EDIT/PLAY] to go into the
Edit mode.
2. Set the EDIT TARGET dial to FOOT PEDAL, and
the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "C" (HOLD
TYPE).
3. When you press the [+] and [-] buttons, the display
changes. (For more on the effects that you can get
with each display, refer to .)
4. When you have selected the effect you want,
switch the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE
PATCH?", and press the [+] and [-] buttons simul-
taneously to write the patch.
When saving to another patch number, before step 4,
turn the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE
TO...", and use the [+] and [-] buttons to designate a
patch number as the destination.
When making settings, play the guitar while pressing
pedal 1 to try the effect.
uP8 (dn8)
The pitch change in this effect is two octaves, but
both the pitch change and the return are extremely
slow.
uP9 (dn9)
Press the pedal for an instant one-octave rise (or
drop).
The pitch change width when "Pit" or "t.n.P." is
assigned to an external expression pedal (EXP pedal p.
49) also corresponds to the selection in GLIDE TYPE
(fourth, fifth, one octave, or two octaves).
With the Pitch Glide function, depending on the tone
and range, the width of the pitch's rise may be limited.
Selectable Effect Variations in Step 3
There are three types of hold effects you can select:
damper; sostenuto; and string.
Damper Hold/dPr
When you play the guitar while holding down the
pedal, the sound is sustained while playing contin-
ues, an effect like that of a piano's damper pedal.
When you hold the pedal down, you can play
chords without letting the sound from all the notes
played die away.
However, even during Hold you cannot play the
same string more than once in an attempt to layer
the synth sounds coming from the same string.
The guitar recognizes the pitch only as long as the string
continues to vibrate, and this is reflected in the pitch of
the synth sound at all times.
Sostenuto Hold/SoS
When you press the pedal, only the synth sound
being played at the instant you press the pedal is
sustained.
From the moment you go into Hold, to when the
pedal is released, the sustained synth sound
remains unaffected, even when you continue to
play the guitar. Thus, it is convenient for things
like holding a synth sound chord and layering it
with a guitar melody, or for when you want to
make the same effect using the first and second
tones.
(Strictly speaking, it isn't but) the Hold effect is
very much like the sostenuto pedal of an electronic
piano.
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