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P. 50, Changing the keyboard settings, Changing the pitch by octaves – Roland Jupiter 80 User Manual

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Changing the Keyboard Settings

Changing the Pitch by Octaves

By pressing the OCTAVE [DOWN] button or OCTAVE [UP] button you

can shift the keyboard’s pitch range in steps of an octave.
When using your right hand to play low sounds such as the bass

Part, it will be easier to play if you lower the pitch range by one or

two octaves.

1.

Press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button or OCTAVE [UP] button .

A message will appear when you press the button.

• Pressing the OCTAVE [DOWN] button raises the pitch by one

octave; pressing the OCTAVE [UP] button lowers the pitch by

one octave.

• The pitch can be changed in a range of three octaves down (-3)

to three octaves up (+3).

• If the value is anything other than “0,” the OCTAVE [DOWN]

button or OCTAVE [UP] button will light.

• If you press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button and OCTAVE [UP]

button simultaneously, the value will be reset to “0.”

• The octave shift setting is saved in the Registration.
• If you want to change the octave setting of each Part, edit the

Octave setting in the “Registration Part screen” (p. 31), and save

the Registration.

• If you want to change the octave setting of each layer in the

Live Set, edit the Octave setting in of the Live Set Layer

screen (p. 32), and save the Live Set.

• The octave shift function does not affect the Manual Percussion.
• The split point and solo split point will not change.

Transposing

Transpose is a function that shifts the keyboard’s pitch range in

steps of a semitone.
By using this setting, a transposing instrument such as trumpet or

clarinet can be played at the pitches shown in the printed score.

1.

Hold down the [TRANSPOSE] button and press the

OCTAVE [DOWN] button or OCTAVE [UP] button .

A message will appear when you press the button. The Registration

screen will show the amount of transposition.

Amount of transposition

• Specify the amount of transposition in semitone steps (G–F#:

-5 – +6 semitones).

• If the value is anything other than “0,” the [TRANSPOSE] button

will light.

• You can use the [TRANSPOSE] button to turn Transpose on/off

(when the Transpose setting is other than 0).

• If you hold down the [TRANSPOSE] button and press

the OCTAVE [DOWN] button and OCTAVE [UP] button

simultaneously, the value will be reset to “0.”

• The transpose setting is saved in the Registration.
• The Transpose function does not apply to Drums/SFX or Manual

Percussion.

• The split point and solo split point will not change.