Adjusting The Sound Of The Hammer Strike (Hammer Noise); Precise Modification Of Chord Sonorities (Stretch Tune); Changing The Sound's Response To Strong Playing (Dynamics); Changing The Sound's Response To Soft Playing (Sound Lift) - Roland RD-700GX Owner's Manual

Adjusting the Sound of the Hammer
Strike (Hammer Noise)
This adjusts the sound of the hammer striking the string of an
acoustic piano.
Parameter Value
Hammer
-2–0–+2
Noise
Precise Modification of Chord
Sonorities (Stretch Tune)
Changes the pitch using the "stretch tune" method typically
used on acoustic pianos. This makes high-range sounds
slightly higher in pitch, and low-range sounds slightly lower in
pitch.
Parameter Value
OFF
Stretch
Tune
DEFAULT
Changing the Sound's Response to
Strong Playing (Dynamics)
This lets you change the way that the sound will respond when
you play the keyboard strongly.
Parameter Value
OFF, TYPE 1,
Dynamics
Type
TYPE 2, TYPE 3
Level 1–127
Changing the Sound's Response to
Soft Playing (Sound Lift)
This lets you change the way that the sound will respond when
you play the keyboard softly. For example, this can be
adjusted suitably for solo performance, or to prevent your
sound from being buried in the rest of the band.
Parameter Value
Increasing this value will allow fairly
loud sounds to be produced even
Sound Lift
0–127 when you play with a light touch, so
that your performance will not be
obscured by the playing of your band.
Description
Higher values will increase
the sound of the hammer
striking the string.
Description
Stretched tuning will not be used.
This is the standard tuning curve.
Description
Selects the type of effect.
Adjusts the strength of the
effect.
Description
Making Detailed Settings for the ONE TOUCH Tones
The tonal change will still be great even if you
NOTE
change this value.

Changing the Key Touch (Key Touch)

You can make advanced settings for the touch used for the keys.
Parameter Value
SPR
LIGHT
LIGHT
MEDIUM
Key Touch
HEAVY
SPR
HEAVY
This setting is switched automatically according to
NOTE
the value of Key Touch Offset, which follows.
Changing this setting also changes the Key Touch
NOTE
setting in Edit Mode (p. 113).
Making Fine Adjustments to the
Keyboard Touch (Key Touch Offset)
This setting provides even more precise adjustment of the key
touch than available with the Key Touch setting alone.
This allows you to achieve a more precise setting for the Key
Touch by specifying an intermediate value between Key Touch
settings.
Parameter
Key Touch
-10–+9
Offset
When this settings value continues into the positive
or negative direction, the Key Touch's five-step
NOTE
value is switched automatically in accordance with
Description
An even lighter setting than LIGHT.
This sets the keyboard to a light
touch. You can achieve fortissimo (ff)
play with a less forceful touch than
usual, so the keyboard feels lighter.
This setting makes it easy to play,
even for children.
This sets the keyboard to the
standard touch. You can play with
the most natural touch. This is the
closest to the touch of an acoustic
piano.
This sets the keyboard to a heavy
touch. You have to finger the
keyboard more forcefully than usual
in order to play fortissimo (ff), so the
keyboard touch feels heavier.
Dynamic fingering adds even more
feeling to what you play.
An even heavier setting than
HEAVY.
Value Description
The touch sensitivity becomes
heavier as the value increases.
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