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Roland LX-15e-PW Owner's Manual

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  • Page 2 The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. Copyright © 2014 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.

  • Page 3: Using The Unit Safely

    Refer all servicing to your retailer, the unit, and consult an audiologist. loads can cause the insulation on the cord the nearest Roland Service Center, or an to heat up and eventually melt through. Don’t allow foreign objects or liquids to enter unit;...
  • Page 4 USING THE UNIT SAFELY CAUTION CAUTION If there is a possibility of lightning strike, disconnect Place in a well ventilated location the power cord from the outlet The unit should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with Whenever you suspect the possibility of its proper ventilation.

  • Page 5: Important Notes

    Roland assumes no liability • Do not allow rubber, vinyl, or similar materials to concerning such loss of data.

  • Page 6: About The Ivory Feel Keyboard

    Apple Inc. • Do not use this product for purposes that could • Roland, GS, and SuperNATURAL are either registered infringe on a copyright held by a third party. We trademarks or trademarks of Roland Corporation in assume no responsibility whatsoever with regard to the United States and/or other countries.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    & & Contents Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song) ........45 USING THE UNIT SAFELY .

  • Page 8: Look What You Can Do

    & & Look What You Can Do! Play & & the Piano & e Play various sounds page The LX-15e contains a wide variety of tones (sounds). You can freely select and perform using these tones. & e Play two layered tones page You can layer two tones on a single key.
  • Page 9 Adjust & & Your Piano & e Adjust the keyboard touch page You can adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard to match your own playing style. & e Add reverberation to the sound page You can add reverberation (ambience) to create the sensation of performing in a concert hall.

  • Page 10: Operation Guide

    & & Operation Guide Describing this area Adding Reverberation (Ambience) Adjusting the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance) You can add a pleasant reverberation to the sounds, You can adjust the brightness of the sound you play page page producing the impression that you are performing in from the keyboard or the sounds of a song you play a concert hall.
  • Page 11 Operation Guide Switching Tones To select a single tone To layer two tones (dual play) page page Press one of the tone buttons, and then use the [–] [+] buttons. Press two tone buttons. Press two Press one To change the tones Tone 1 Press the [–] [+] buttons.

  • Page 12: Using The Metronome

    Operation Guide Describing this area Using the Metronome Changing the Tempo or Time Signature Here’s how to sound the metronome. You can adjust the tempo of the metronome or page page song. To turn the metronome on To change the tempo Press the [Metronome] button so it’s lit.
  • Page 13 Operation Guide Selecting the Parts that will Play Repeatedly Practicing a Portion of a Song (AB Repeat) Here’s how to select the parts that will play. Here’s how you can make a specific portion of a page page song play back repeatedly. To select the right-hand part Press the [Right] button so it’s lit.

  • Page 14: Panel Descriptions

    & & Panel Descriptions [Power] Switch Top Lid This turns the power on/off. By opening or closing the lid you can change the clarity of the page sound. WARNING page * The power to this unit will be turned off automatically after a predetermined amount of time has passed since it was last used for playing music, or its buttons or controls were operated (Auto Off function).

  • Page 15: Pedal Connector

    CD. * Carefully insert the USB flash drives all the way in-until it is firmly in place. * Use a USB flash drive sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if any other USB flash drive is used. Pedal Connector...

  • Page 16: Before You Play

    & & Before You Play Opening/Closing the Lid NOTE To open the lid, use both hands to lift it lightly. The lid of the LX-15e is designed to close softly even if you remove your hands from it. However, it will close quite abruptly if it has been opened only slightly.

  • Page 17: Turning The Power On/Off

    Before You Play Turning the Power On/Off NOTE • Once everything is properly connected (p. 15), be sure to follow the procedure below to turn on their power. If you turn on equipment in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction or equipment failure. •...

  • Page 18: Performing

    & & Performing Performing with Various Sounds In addition to piano sounds, the LX-15e lets you enjoy performing with many other sounds (350 types). These sounds are called “Tones. ” The Tones are categorized into five groups, each of which is assigned to a different Tone button. Switching Tones Let’s start by performing with a piano tone.

  • Page 19: Performing With Two Layered Tones (Dual Play)

    Performing Performing with Two Layered Tones (Dual Play) You can play two tones simultaneously from each note of the keyboard. This feature is called “Dual Play. ” As an example, here’s how to layer piano and strings tones. While holding down the Piano [Grand] button, press the [Strings] button . Both buttons will light.

  • Page 20: Playing Different Tones With The Right And Left Hands (Split Play)

    Performing Playing Different Tones with the Right and Left Hands (Split Play) You can play different tones in the left and right sides of the keyboard, divided at a certain key. This feature is called “Split Play, ” and the key at which the keyboard is divided is called the “Split Point. ” While holding down the [Transpose] button, press the [Twin Piano] button .

  • Page 21: Changing The Keyboard's Split Point

    Performing Changing the left-hand tone While holding down the [Transpose] button and [Twin Piano] button, press a tone button . The number and name of the tone currently selected for the left-hand zone are shown. While holding down the [Transpose] button and [Twin Piano] button, press the [–] [+] buttons . A different tone is selected.

  • Page 22: Adjusting The Sound To Your Taste

    Performing Adjusting the Sound to Your Taste The LX-15e lets you add reverberation or modify the brightness of the sound. Changing the clarity of the sound (opening/closing the lid) Opening the lid will make the sound more sharply defined; closing the lid produces a more mellow sound (p.

  • Page 23: Adjusting The Brightness Of The Sound (Brilliance)

    Performing Adjusting the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance) You can adjust the brightness of the sounds played on the keyboard or played back by a song. Saving your settings The LX-15e’s settings will revert to Press the [Brilliance] button . the default values when you turn off The [Brilliance] button will light.

  • Page 24: Dividing The Keyboard For Two-Person Performance (Twin Piano)

    Performing Dividing the Keyboard for Two-Person Performance (Twin Piano) You can divide the keyboard into left and right zones so that two people can play the same range of pitches, just as though there were two pianos. This function is called “Twin Piano. ” For example, you could use Twin Piano to allow a student to play along with their teacher.

  • Page 25: Shifting The Pitch (Transpose)

    Performing Shifting the Pitch (Transpose) “Transpose” means to shift the pitches of songs and the keyboard. The Transpose function makes it easy to do the following. • You can use unchanged fingering to accompany a singer who is singing in a key different than the original music. •...

  • Page 26: Practicing

    & & Practicing Practicing with the Metronome You can sound the metronome while you practice. While the song plays, the metronome will sound at the tempo and time signature of the song. Press the [Metronome] button . The [Metronome] button will blink, and the metronome will sound. The [Metronome] button will blink red and green according to the currently selected time signature;...

  • Page 27: Adjusting The Metronome's Volume

    Practicing Adjusting the Metronome’s Volume While holding down the [Metronome] button, press the [–] [+] buttons . The display will indicate the metronome’s volume. Screen Value Explanation 0–10 When the volume of the metronome is set to “0, ” the metronome won’t sound, but the [Metronome] button will blink.

  • Page 28: Practicing With A Song

    Fast-forwards the song. Song formats that can be played by the LX-15e The LX-15e can play back data in the following formats. • SMF formats 0/1 • Roland Piano Digital format (i-format) • Audio files: WAV format, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear...

  • Page 29: Playing Songs Consecutively (All Songs Play)

    Practicing Playing Songs Consecutively (All Songs Play) You can consecutively play back the built-in songs or the songs saved in Favorite (internal memory) or on a USB (USB flash drive). This function is called “All Songs Play. ” While holding down the [Song] button, use the [–] [+] buttons to select the category . While holding down the [Song] button, press the [ ] (Play/Stop) button .

  • Page 30: Practicing One Hand At A Time (Part Mute)

    Practicing Practicing One Hand at a Time (Part Mute) Here’s how to have only the selected part play back. This allows you to practice playing the left or right-hand part of a song while listening to the other hand played automatically. Part button Part Each part is assigned to the part buttons as shown in the...

  • Page 31: Repeatedly Practicing A Portion Of A Song (Ab Repeat)

    Practicing Repeatedly Practicing a Portion of a Song (AB Repeat) Here’s how you can repeatedly play back a specified portion of the song. You can use this function to repeatedly practice that portion. Section to repeat Time B (Repeat End) A (Repeat Start) Press the [ ] (Play/Stop) button .

  • Page 32: Recording The Song You're Practicing

    Practicing Recording the Song You’re Practicing It’s easy to record your own performances. You can play back a recorded performance to check your playing, or perform along with a recorded performance. The LX-15e lets you record in the following ways. Type of recording Explanation Parts will be separate.
  • Page 33 Practicing Saving a performance you’ve recorded * If you want to save to the USB flash drive (sold separately), connect your USB flash drive to the USB memory port before you continue. Use the [+] button to select “Save . ” Press the [Song] button .

  • Page 34: Overdubbing A Recorded Song

    Practicing Overdubbing a Recorded Song When recording an SMF, you can overdub each part separately. For example, you can record the left-hand and right-hand parts separately, or record along with a song. Recording each hand separately You can separately record your left-hand performance to the [Left] button and your right-hand performance to the [Right] button. You can also separately re-record each hand afterward.
  • Page 35 Practicing Overdubbing the right hand Press the [ ] (Rec) button . The [ ] (Rec) button will light, and the LX-15e will enter recording-standby mode. At this time, New Song will be selected. If you decide not to record, press the [ (Rec) button once again.

  • Page 36: Recording A Performance You Play Along With A Song

    Practicing Recording a performance you play along with a song Here’s how you can record a performance that you play along with a song. Getting ready to record Select the tone that you want record (p . 18) . Select the song to be dubbed (p . 28) . Press the [ ] (Rec) button .

  • Page 37: Converting A Song Recorded As An Smf To Audio

    Practicing Converting a Song Recorded as an SMF to Audio By converting a song recorded in the form of an SMF to audio, you’ll be able to listen to it on your computer. You can also use your computer to burn the song to a music CD, or upload it to the Internet.

  • Page 38: Audio Recording

    Practicing Audio Recording Here’s how to record what you play on the LX-15e as audio data. The recorded song can be used on your computer. * Thanks to its multiple number of speakers, each of which can be used to play a different portion of the overall sound, the LX-15e is capable of producing piano sounds that possess great depth and seem to have three-dimensional presence.

  • Page 39: Transposing A Song For Easier Performance (Audio Transpose)

    Practicing Transposing a Song for Easier Performance (Audio Transpose) An audio recording of a song, or a song from a digital audio player connected to the Input jack can be transposed to make it play back in a different key. You can play the keyboard while listening to the transposed sound. Press the [Transpose] button .

  • Page 40: Burning An Audio Recording Of A Song (Wav File) To A Cd

    Burning an Audio Recording of a Song (WAV file) to a CD After an audio recording of a song has been saved to a USB flash drive, you can copy it to your computer and burn it to a CD. If you want to burn a CD from a song that you recorded as an SMF, you must first convert it to audio (WAV file) (p.

  • Page 41: Renaming A Song

    Practicing Renaming a Song Here’s how to rename a song you’re saved. Select the song that you want to rename (p . 28) . While holding down the [Key Touch] button, press the [Transpose] button . The [Key Touch] button and [Transpose] button will light, and the LX-15e will enter Function mode. Use the [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons to select “Save Song .

  • Page 42: Personalizing Your Piano Sound (Piano Designer)

    & & Personalizing Your Piano Sound (Piano Designer) What is Piano Designer? Hammer Noise String The LX-15e allows you to personalize your piano sound by adjusting Resonance various factors that affect the sound, such as the piano’s strings, the resonance produced using the pedals, and the sound of the hammers striking the strings.
  • Page 43 Personalizing Your Piano Sound (Piano Designer) Parameter Value Description This adjusts sympathetic vibrations such as an acoustic piano’s key-off sound (the subtle sound that occurs when you Off, 1–10 Key Off release a note). Resonance (default: 5) Higher settings will make the sympathetic vibration louder. Off, 1–10 Adjusts the body resonance of the grand piano itself.

  • Page 44: Convenient Functions

    & & Convenient Functions Adjusting the Brightness of the Retaining the Settings Even After Display (Display Contrast) Power-off (Memory Backup) You can adjust the brightness of the LX-15e’s display. The settings of the LX-15e will return to their factory-set state when you turn off the power.

  • Page 45: Copying A Saved Song (Copy Song)

    Convenient Functions MEMO MEMO This function will not erase the songs from Favorite (internal If you choose “Copy All, ” all songs except for audio files in the memory) or USB flash drive (sold separately). copy-source memory will be copied. If you want to erase Favorite or USB flash drive, “Initializing the Press the [ ] (Fast) button .

  • Page 46: Initializing The Memory (Format Media)

    Convenient Functions Use the [–] [+] buttons to select the song that you want to Press the [Song] button to initialize the media . delete . If you decide not to initialize, press the [ ] (Slow) button. Once the initialization is finished, you’ll be returned to the screen Press the [ ] (Fast) button .

  • Page 47: Loading/Saving Piano Setups

    Convenient Functions Press the [Song] button . Loading/Saving Piano Setups The Piano Setup Export screen will appear. The LX-15e lets you load a piano setup that you’ve saved on a USB flash drive, or save your piano setup to a USB flash drive. If you decide to cancel without saving the piano setup, press the MEMO [Metronome] button.

  • Page 48: About The Wireless Lan Function

    Convenient Functions About the Wireless LAN Function Press the [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons to select the “Wireless,” then press the [Song] button . Press the [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons to select the By inserting the wireless USB Adapter (WNA1100-RL; sold “Connect,”...

  • Page 49: Wireless Lan Function Settings

    Convenient Functions Wireless LAN Function Settings Connecting to a Wireless LAN Access Point That You Select (Select AP) You can view or edit the wireless settings. This method lets you connect by choosing a wireless LAN access Basic Operation point from the list that is displayed. * Wireless standards 802.11g/n (2.4 GHz) and authentication methods WPA/WPA2 are supported.

  • Page 50: Other Settings (Option)

    Convenient Functions Select “Wireless” ”Option” “Ad-Hoc,” then press the Other Settings (Option) [Song] button . Press the [ ] (Fast) button to turn the Ad-Hoc Mode “On . ” Make settings for Wireless ID or Ad-Hoc mode. * To turn off Ad-Hoc Mode, press the [ ] (Slow) button.

  • Page 51: Various Settings (Function Mode)

    & & Various Settings (Function Mode) Press the [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons to select the The same procedure is used for all settings in Function mode. function setting that you want to change . While holding down the [Key Touch] button, press the [Transpose] button .

  • Page 52: Specifying What The Transpose Will Affect (Transpose Mode)

    Various Settings (Function Mode) For details of the procedure on setting up the Function mode, refer to p . 51 . Indication Value Explanation Specifying What the Transpose will Affect (Transpose Mode) This setting specifies what the transpose will affect. You can use the transpose to change the pitch of both the song and the keyboard, the pitch of only the song, or the pitch of only the keyboard.

  • Page 53: Copying A Saved Song (Copy Song)

    Normally, you don’t need to install a driver in order to connect the LX-15e to your computer. However, if some problem occurs, or if the performance is poor, using the Roland original driver may solve the problem. In this case setting “USB Driver” to “Original” on the LX-15e, install the driver on your personal computer.

  • Page 54: Specifying The Maximum Volume (Volume Limit)

    MIDI in order to control video equipment in tandem with a performance. What is V-LINK? V-LINK is Roland’s proprietary specification that allows visual expression to be linked with musical performance. Video equipment that is compatible with V-LINK can be connected to electronic musical instruments, making it easy to enjoy a variety of visual effects that are linked with the performance.

  • Page 55: Troubleshooting

    Are you using (optional) Roland USB flash drive? – Unable to read from/write to USB Reliable performance cannot be guaranteed if you use non-Roland USB flash drive products. flash drive If you are unable to read or write USB flash drive successfully, change the USB memory mode.
  • Page 56 • Duplex Scale (p. 42). If you don’t hear this in headphones: It is likely that there is some other reason (such as resonances within the unit). Please contact your dealer or a nearby Roland service center. If you don’t hear this in headphones: Performing at high volumes may cause the speakers or objects near the LX-15e to resonate.

  • Page 57: Error Messages

    This Access Point is not supported. Please use the WPA or WPA2 authentication method (p. 48–p. 50). There may be a problem with the system. Repeat the procedure from the beginning. If it is not solved after you have tried several times, contact the Roland Error 51 service center.

  • Page 58: Tone List

    & & Tone List Piano–Grand No . Tone Name Explanation The sound of a splendid concert grand piano. This piano sound has our highest recommendation, and can be used for any style of ConcertPiano music. BalladePiano A mellow grand piano sound, recommended for quiet songs. Bright Piano A brilliant grand piano sound, recommended when you want the piano to stand out in an ensemble.

  • Page 59: Internal Song List

    * No data for the music that is played will be output from USB Computer port. Radetzky Marsch Johann Baptist Strauss * The copyrights to the songs marked by an asterisk “*” are owned by the Roland Träumerei Robert Alexander Schumann Corporation.

  • Page 60: Main Specifications

    Playback Speed, All Songs Play, Song Balance, AB Repeat, *2 Use USB Flash Memory and Wireless USB Adapter sold by Center Cancel (with Audio from Input jack) Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if other products are used. * In the interest of product improvement, the specifications and/ or appearance of this unit are subject to change without prior notice.
  • Page 61 MEMO...

  • Page 62: Assembling

    * Do not place the piano unit directly on the fl oor. Doing so will damage the bottom panel case and the connectors and holders on the bottom of the piano. Copyright© 2011 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Parts Check Screw (M6 ×...
  • Page 63 Securely tighten the two side board screws and four pedal Loosen the two thumbscrews that are attached at the board screws . locations shown in the fi gure . As illustrated, you should create gaps that are about 10 mm in size . * When attaching the front board, before tightening the screws, adjust things as necessary at all the points where there are screws so as to assure that the front Rear view...

  • Page 64: Index

    & & Index AB Repeat ....13, 31 Factory Reset ....44 Octave Shift .
  • Page 65 For EU Countries For China...

  • Page 66: Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement

    This product contains chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm, including lead. For the USA DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Compliance Information Statement Model Name : LX-15 Digital Piano Type of Equipment : Responsible Party : Roland Corporation U.S. 5100 S. Eastern Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90040-2938 Address : Telephone : (323) 890-3700...

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