Adding Echo To Sounds-The Reverb Effect - Roland FP-9 Owner's Manual

Adding Echo to Sounds—The Reverb Effect
You can apply a reverb effect to the notes you play on the keyboard. Applying reverb adds pleasing reverberations to what you
play, almost as if you were playing in a concert hall.
You can choose any of eight types for the depth of the reverb effect.
Example: Let's apply reverb to the Vibraphone tone.
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1. Press the [Vibes] button to make the button's indicator 3. Pressing the [Reverb] button again to make the button's
light up in orange. indicator light go dark cancels the reverb effect.
Now the Vibraphone tone is selected.
Some tones initially have reverb applied.
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If the button light isn't orange, press the [Variation] button to Selecting such a tone makes the [Reverb] button
make the button indicator light up in orange. indicator light up automatically.
2. Press the [Reverb] button to make the indicator light up Whether or not reverb is to be applied can be set
in orange. MEMO individually for each tone.
Try fingering the keyboard.
The reverb effect is applied to the currently selected tone.
Choosing the Depth of the Reverb Effect
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The further toward "Deeper" that the flashing Tone
button lights go, the greater the depth of the effect.
1. Holding down the [Reverb] button continuously will The next time you choose the same tone, the reverb effect
show you the depth of the currently selected reverb with the depth you've selected here is applied.
effect.
The [Reverb] button's indicator light and the indicator lights At powerup, the optimum effect depth settings
for the Tone buttons flash in orange. are placed in effect for each tone.
The number of flashing Tone buttons indicates the depth of
During dual or split play, the reverb effect
applied to the lower tone will have the same
depth as that set for the upper tone.
the reverb effect.
The relationship between the Tone buttons and the reverb
depth is shown above.
while you have the lower tone selected during
split play, the setting is stored in memory for
the upper tone.
Tone buttons to select the depth of the effect.
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You can also choose the depth of the effect by holding down
the [Reverb] button and pressing the [Variation] button.