Roland HPi-6s User Manual

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Document Outline

USING THE UNIT SAFELY
Important Notes
Introduction
- How To Use This Manual
  - Conventions Used in This Manual
Contents
Before You Begin Playing
- Setting Up for Performing
- Turning the Power On/Off
  - Adjusting the Volume of the Sound
- Connecting Headphones
  - Using the Headphone Hook
- Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen
- Using USB Memory/Floppy Disk
  - Connecting USB Memory
  - Installing the Floppy Disk Drive
- Using CD
  - Connecting a CD Drive
Panel Descriptions
Basic Operation and the Main Screen
- Basic Operation
- Basic Screen
- About the Pedals
Try Out the HPi-6S’s Lesson Functions!
- Playing in a Wonderland of Sound
- Learning the Basics of Reading Music (DoReMi Course)
- Splitting the Keyboard Into Two Sections for Four-Hand Performances (Twin Piano)
  - Taking a Lesson While Playing a Two-Person Game (Twin Piano Game)
  - Changing the Way in Which the Sound is Heard (Twin Piano Mode)
- Playing Songs Using the Lesson Functions (Visual Lesson)
  - Practicing with Internal Songs and Songs on USB Memory
Listening to the Songs
- Listening to the Internal Songs
  - Playing Songs Consecutively (All Song Play)
- Listening to Music Files or a Song that was Saved on USB Memory
- Registering the Songs You Like (Favorites)
  - Removing Songs from Favorites
- Playing a Music CD or Audio File
  - Adjusting the Volume of an Audio File or Music CD
  - Reducing the Playback Volume of Sounds in the Center (Center Cancel)
Adding Variety to Your Performances
- Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One Touch Piano)
- Performing with a Variety of Tones
- Playing Percussion Instruments or Sound Effects
- Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)
- Applying Effects to the Sound
- Playing Two Sounds Layered Together (Dual)
- Playing Different Sounds in the Right and Left Hand (Split)
Practicing
- Playing Along with Songs
  - Lowering the Volume of a Part You’re Learning (Melody Guide)
- Changing the Volume Balance of the Accompaniment and Keyboard (Balance)
- Adjusting the Tempo
  - Playing Back at a Fixed Tempo (Tempo Mute)
- Using the Metronome
- Adding a Count to Assist Your Timing
- Assigning Markers to a Song for Repeated Practice
  - Assigning a Marker in the Middle of a Measure (Resolution)
- Changing the Key of the Keyboard or Song Playback (Transpose)
Recording Your Performance
- Recording a New Song
- Saving Recorded Performances to the Favorites
- Recording Along with a Song
- Re-recording
- Erasing a Recorded Song
  - Erasing the Performance on Specific Tracks
- Recording Songs Starting with Pickups
- Multitrack Recording on Five Tracks
Saving the Performance
- Using External Memory
  - Connecting an USB Memory
  - Rotating the External Memory Connector Holder
- Formatting Media (Format)
- Saving Songs
- Deleting Saved Songs
- Copying Songs on USB Memory to Favorites
  - Copying Songs Saved in Favorites to USB memory
Convenient Functions
- Functions that Can be Selected Using the [Menu/Lesson] Button
  - Making the Settings
- Changing the Key of the Keyboard or Song Playback (Transpose)
- Adjusting the Piano Sounds (Piano Designer)
  - Opening/Closing the Piano Lid (Lid)
  - Changing How Rapidly Sounds Are Expressed According to the Force Used to Play the Keys (Hammer Re...
  - Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretch Tuning)
  - Adjusting Resonance when the Damper Pedal is Depressed (Damper Resonance)
  - Adjusting the Resonant Sounds when the Keys are Pressed (String Resonance)
  - Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released (Key Off Resonance)
  - Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)
  - Listening to a Piano Designer demo
- Setting the Reference Pitch and Temperament (Tuning)
  - Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tuning)
  - Changing the Tuning (Temperament)
  - Setting the Tonic (Key)
- Adjusting the Depth of the Effects (Effect)
- Changing the Brightness of the Sound/Making the Sound Expressive (Adjusting the sound)
- Giving the Sound More Spatial Depth (3D Sound Control)
  - Adjusting the Depth of the Sound (Depth)
  - Changing How Grand Space is Applied (3D Mode)
- Adjusting the Volume of an Audio File (Audio Volume)
- Changing the Pedal Functions (Pedal)
- Changing the Language Displayed in the Screen (Language)
- Selecting Images to be Shown on the Displays (User Image Display)
  - To Delete a Saved Image
- Playing the Demos
- Setting the Demo (Auto Demo)
- Changing the Parts Assigned to the Track Buttons During SMF Playback (Track Assign)
- Recording and Playing Back Performances of Specific Instruments (16 Track)
- Changing the Tone Settings When Playing Back Songs (Play Mode)
- Displaying the Lyrics (Lyrics)
- Switching VIMA TUNES Recommended Tones (Recommended Tone)
- Adjusting the Volume (Master Gain)
- Formatting the User Memory (Initialize User Memory)
- Remembering the Settings Even when the Power is Turned Off (Memory Backup)
- Restoring the Original Default Settings (Factory Reset)
- Using the V-LINK Function
- Disabling the Buttons (Panel Lock)
- Changing the Notation Screen Settings
- Editing Songs (Song Edit)
  - Undoing Edits (Undo)
  - Copying Measures (Copy)
  - Correcting Timing Discrepancies (Quantize)
  - Deleting Measures (Delete)
  - Inserting Blank Measures (Insert)
  - Transposing Individual Parts (Transpose)
  - Making Measures Blank (Erase)
  - Exchanging Parts (Part Exchange)
  - Correcting Notes One by One (Note Edit)
  - Modifying the Tone Changes in a Song (PC Edit)
- Saving the Notation Data in BMP Format
Connecting to Other Devices
- Connecting to Audio Equipment
  - Connecting Speakers to the HPi-6S and Outputting Sounds
  - Playing Sounds from Audio Equipment Through the HPi-6S
- Connecting to MIDI Devices
  - Playing the HPi-6S with a MIDI Sequencer/ Recording the HPi-6S’s Performance Data to a MIDI Seque...
  - Producing Sounds from a MIDI Sound Module by Playing the HPi-6S
- Making MIDI-Related Settings
- Connecting a Computer
- Making the Settings for the USB Driver
Troubleshooting
Error Message
Tone List
Drum/SFX Set List
Internal Song List
- Songs for Visual Lesson
Music Files That the HPi-6S Can Use
- The HPi-6S Allows You To Use the Following Music Files
- About the HPi-6S Sound Generator
- MIDI Implementation Chart
Main Specifications
Index