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Playing the keyboard, Selecting the instrumental sound you wish to play, Layering two instrument sounds—dual play – Roland ep-90/70 User Manual

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Playing the Keyboard

Selecting the Instrumental Sound You Wish to
Play

The ep-90/70 allows you to play using eight different sounds including piano.
The ep-90/70’s sounds are called “Tones.”
Use the eight Tone buttons to select tones.
When the ep-90/70 is turned on, the tone is reset to “Piano 1”.

fig.5-01.e

Press any Tone button.

When you play the keyboard, the selected tone is played.

Tone Name

Description

Piano 1

bright piano sound

Piano 2

mellow piano sound

E. (Electric) Piano

electric piano sound

Vibraphone

vibraphone sound

Harpsichord

harpsichord sound

Organ

pipe organ sound

Strings

the sound of a string instrument ensemble

Choir

the sound of a vocal ensemble

Layering Two Instrument Sounds—Dual Play

Playing with two different tones on the keyboard simultaneously is called “Dual Play.”

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1.

While holding down the [Piano 1] button, press the [Strings] button.

When you play the keyboard, both the Piano 1 and Strings tones are layered.
In this way, you can hold down one Tone button and press another Tone button to layer
two sounds for playing together.

2.

To cancel the Dual Play, press any Tone button.

When you play the keyboard, only the sound of the button you pressed will be heard.

Tone Buttons

Demo

Chorus

Reverb

Power

Choir

Strings

Organ

E.Piano

Piano 2

Piano 1

Play

On/Off

Sound

Rec

Vibra-

phone

Harpsi-

chord

Metronome

Max

Min

Volume

4

2

3

0

6

Beat

Tempo

120

144

60

80

96 108

40

168

192

208

4

2

3

0

6

Choir

Strings

Organ

E.Piano

Piano 2

Piano 1

Vibra-

phone

Harpsi-

chord

While holding down

Press