Roland FP-2 User Manual

Owner’s manual

Table of contents

Document Outline

USING THE UNIT SAFELY
IMPORTANT NOTES
Contents
Panel Descriptions
- Front Panel
- Rear Panel
Before You Play
- Making Connections
- Installing the Music Stand
- Using the stand
- Connecting Pedals
- Turning the Power On and Off
  - Turning On the Power
  - Turning Off the Power
- Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance
- Connecting Headphones
Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard
- Listening to Demo Songs
- Listening to Internal Songs
  - Playing Back All Songs Continuously (All Song Play)
  - Listening to Each Part Separately
- Performing with a Variety of Sounds
- Performing With Two Layered Tones (Dual Play)
  - Changing the Tone variations
- Performing With Different Tones in the Left and Right Sides of the Keyboard (Split Play)
  - Changing Tone Group and Tone Variation.
  - Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point
- Changing the Volume Balance for Dual Play and Split Play
- Changing the Keyboard’s Touch
  - Changing the Velocity When the Key Touch Is Set to “Fixed”
- Adding Reverberation to Sounds (The Reverb Effect)
  - Changing the Depth of Reverb Effect
- Adding a Variety Effects to the Sound
  - Changing the Depth of Effect
  - Adding a Spinning Sound to Organ Tones (Rotary Effect)
- Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose)
- Using the Metronome
  - Changing the Tempo
  - Changing the Volume
- Boosting the Low-Frequency Range (Sound Control)
- Changing the Tonal Quality (Equalizer)
Chapter 2 Playing Along with Rhythms
- What is Session Partner?
- Performing Along With Session Partner
  - Changing the Volume
  - Selecting Parts
- Selecting a Rhythm
- Changing a Rhythm’s Tempo
- Selecting a Rhythm’s Chord Progression
- Performing With the Chord Progression Specified in the Left Hand (Chord Progression off)
- Recording the Chord Progression (Chord Progression)
- Storing Settings (Setup)
  - Selecting Stored Settings
Chapter 3 Recording a Performance
- Recording a Performance
  - Recording a Performance Using Session Partner
  - Recording Selected Track buttons
- Erasing Recorded Performances
Chapter 4 Other Functions
- How to Make Settings
- Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied
  - How the Soft Pedal(FC2) effects are applied
  - How the Sostenuto Pedal(FC1) effects are applied
  - How the Damper Pedal effects are applied
- Changing How the Pedals Work
  - Works of the Soft Pedal(FC2)
  - Works of the Sostenuto Pedal(FC1)
- Changing the Effect Type
- Setting the Part to Which Effects Are Added
- Changing the Pitch of the Lower Tone in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)
- Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tuning)
- Adjusting the Tuning (Temperament)
- Changing the Beat of Metronome
- Setting the Intro and Ending On or Off
- Fixing a Set Chord Progression
- Setting the Root Note of the Chord Progression
- Setting the Chord Display On or Off
- Changing the Equalizer Settings
- Connecting to Audio Equipment
- About the FP-2 Sound Generator
- Connecting to the USB Connector
- Connecting MIDI Devices
  - Connectors
  - Making the Connections
  - How to Enjoy MIDI
  - MIDI Settings
- Using the V-LINK function
  - How to Use the V-LINK
- Making the Settings for the USB Driver
- Restoring the Settings to the Factory Condition (Factory Reset)
- Disabling Everything Except Piano Play (Panel Lock)
Troubleshooting
Error Messages/Other Messages
Tone List
- Rhythm Set List
Rhythm List
Chord Progression Pattern List
Chord Fingering List
Internal Song List
Settings Stored in the Setup
- Stored Settings
- Not Stored Settings
Easy Operation List
MIDI Implementation Chart
Main Specifications
Index