Roland HP 1800 Owner's Manual

Roland
Roland Digital Piano
HP 1800
OWNER'S MANUAL
Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland HP-1800 Digital Piano.
Thanks to its use of Advanced SA Process digital sound sources, the HP-1800 faithfully recreates the powerful lows and
sparkling highs of a concert grand piano. Moreover, it comes equipped with a keyboard that is a delight to play — one which
responds to every playing dynamic. And because the instrument's sound sources are digital, the piano will never need tuning,
to retain its sound quality. For these and many other reasons, you will now be able to enjoy everything you would expect
from a traditional piano — all within a user-friendly, compact package that more readily fits into a modern lifestyle.
In order to take full advantage ol the HP-1800's numerous features, and to enjoy vears of trouble-free
service, please take the time to read through this manual.
* Six Diflerent Sounds «Page 4> * Auto Loudness Effect
The selection of sounds, beginning with a luxurious grand
Allows vou to obtain impressively emphasized bass sounds
piano, allows vou to play music in virtually any style. even with fainter notes.
* A Dual Function «Page 4> * Tuning Functions
Any Iwo Voices can he combined ilayeredi and played
Even though there is no need to tune an electric piano at
together. regular intervals, or after it has been moved, the instrument
allows for the creative use of alternate tunings.
* Digital Effects «Page 5»
Your new piano comes equipped with two digital effects:
Chorus and Reverb.
A "Recorder" «Page 62
An easv-to-operate Recorder allows vou to record and
play back the music vou create,
A Kev Touch Function «Page 7»
Three 'Touch' levels are available, allowing the player to
adjust the keyboard feel to suit personal preferences.
A Damper Pedal <Page
when the Damper pedal is depressed, he HP-1800 pro-
vides a realistic simulation of "sympathetic resonance."
This effect occurs when strings (on an acoustic piano!
adjacent to the notes played also resonate, creating much
richer, expansive sonorities,
Master Tuning «Page 4»
The overall pitch of the piano can be changed to match the
pitch of other musical instruments.
* MIDI Capability «(rom Page 8>
The instrument also provides for use of MIDI, the interface
standard designed to provide for the transfer of perform-
ance information among electronic musical instruments
and computers.
About the Advanced SA Sound Sources
The sounds produced hy this instrument are created using
the "Advanced SA Process," which represents a pooling of
the best leading-edge digital technology by Roland. The ASA
process, developed as a natural extension of the original SA
process, involved a series of efforts: first, an analysis of the
essential properties of sound as generated by musical instru-
ments, then an extraction, and finally a re-synthesis designed
to facilitate the expressive needs of musicians. The result is
a sound generation method which provides very finely
textured and realistic sounds.
Copyright © 1993 by Roland Corporation