Roland DIGITAL PIANO HP505 User Manual

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Document Outline

Look What You Can Do!
Contents
Operation Guide
Panel Descriptions
- Rear Panel and Bottom Panel (HP505)
- Rear Panel and Bottom Panel (HP503)
Before You Play
- Setting Up the Music Rest (HP505)
- Setting Up the Music Rest (HP503)
- Opening/Closing the Lid
- Turning the Power On/Off
Performing
- Performing with Various Sounds
  - Switching Tones
  - Performing with Two Layered Tones (Dual Play)
  - Playing Different Tones with the Right and Left Hands (Split Play)
- Adjusting the Sound to Your Taste
  - Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Ambience)
  - Adjusting the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance)
  - Adjusting the Keyboard Response (Key Touch)
- Dividing the Keyboard for Two-person Performance (Twin Piano)
- Shifting the Pitch (Transpose)
Practicing
- Practicing with the Metronome
  - Changing the Tempo
  - Changing the Time Signature
  - Adjusting the Metronome’s Volume
  - Adding a Count-in to Synchronize Your Performance
- Practicing with a Song
  - Selecting and Playing a Song
  - Playing Songs Consecutively (All Songs Play)
  - Adjusting the Volume Balance of the Song and the Keyboard Performance (Song Balance)
  - Adjusting a Song’s Tempo for Easier Practicing
  - Practicing One Hand at a Time (Part Mute)
  - Repeatedly Practicing a Portion of a Song (AB Repeat)
- Recording the Song You’re Practicing
  - SMF Recording
  - Overdubbing a Recorded Song
  - Converting a Song Recorded as an SMF to Audio
  - Audio Recording
  - Transposing a Song for Easier Performance (Audio Transpose)
  - Enjoying Karaoke with an Audio File (Center Cancel)
  - Burning an Audio Recording of a Song (WAV file) to a CD
  - Saving a Song with the Name You Specify
  - Renaming a Song
Convenient Functions
- Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off)
- Retaining the Settings Even After Power-off (Memory Backup)
- Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
- Copying a Saved Song (Copy Song)
- Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song)
- Initializing the Memory (Format Media)
- Disabling the Buttons (Panel Lock)
Various Settings (Function Mode)
- Adjusting the Dual Play Volume Balance (Dual Balance)
  - Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments (Master Tuning)
  - Changing the Tuning Method (Temperament)
  - Specifying a Song’s Tonic (Temperament Key)
  - Using a Piano’s Unique Tuning (Stretch Tuning)
  - Producing Sympathetic Resonance When You Press the Damper Pedal (Damper Resonance)
  - Producing the Resonance of the Strings When the Keys Are Played (String Resonance)
  - Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released (Key Off Resonance)
  - Adjusting the Sympathetic Resonance of the Grand Piano Body (Cabinet Resonance)
  - Adjusting the Clarity of Individual Notes in a Chord (SoundBoard Behavior)
  - Adjusting the Volume of an Audio Playback Device (Input Volume)
  - Playing Back an Audio File with Its Central Sound Minimized (Center Cancel)
  - Transposing an Audio File (Audio Transpose)
  - Specifying What the Transpose will Affect (Transpose Mode)
  - Changing the Pitch of the Tone in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)
  - Selecting the Format for Recording (Recording Mode)
  - Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Damper Pedal Part)
  - Changing How the Pedals Work (Center Pedal)
  - Preventing Doubled Notes When Connected to a Sequencer (Local Control)
  - MIDI Transmit Channel Settings (MIDI Transmit Channel)
  - Setting the Type of CD To be Played Back (CD/Audio Type)
  - Renaming a Song40(Save Song) (p. 49)
  - Copying a Saved42Song (Copy Song) (p. 49)
  - Deleting a Saved 43ong (Delete Song) (p. 49)
  - Initializing the M43mory (Format Media) (p. 49)
  - Changing the USB Driver Settings (USB Driver)
  - Changing the USB flash drive Setting (USB Memory Mode)
  - Controlling Video Equipment (Visual Control Mode)
  - Specifying the Visual Control Channel (Visual Control Channel)
  - Changing the Language Displayed in the Screen (Language)
  - Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off) (p. 41)
  - Storing Your Settin41s (Memory Backup) (p. 50)
  - Restoring the Facto42y Settings (Factory Reset) (p. 50)
Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Tone List
Internal Song List
Main Specifications
USING THE UNIT SAFELY
IMPORTANT NOTES
About the Ivory Feel Keyboard
Assembling
Index