Roland FP-E50 88-Key Portable Digital Piano - Manual (Page 60)

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What Is Piano Designer?
This unit allows you to personalize your piano sound by adjusting
various factors that affect the sound, such as the piano’s strings, the
resonance produced using the pedals, and the sound of the hammers
striking the strings.
This function is called “Piano Designer”.
String
Resonance
Hammer Noise
Adjusting the piano
sound to your taste
Creating a Piano Tone
1.
Press the [Menu] button .
The Menu screen appears.
2. Use the [ дд ] [ ее ] buttons to select “Piano Designer”, and
then press the [Enter] button .
The Piano Designer screen appears.
3.
Use the [ дд ] [ ее ] buttons to select the parameter, and
then use the [Dec] [Inc] buttons to change the value .
Parameter Value Explanation
Lid 0–6
Adjusts the extent to which the top
lid of the grand piano is open.
The sound will become more
mellow as you close the top lid of
the piano in the screen. The sound
will become brighter as you open
the top lid of the piano in the
screen.
String
Resonance
0–10
This adjusts the string resonance
of the acoustic piano sound (the
sympathetic vibrations of strings
for previously played notes that
occur when you play another note).
Higher settings will make the
sympathetic vibration louder.
Damper
Resonance
0–10
Adjusts the overall resonance of the
acoustic piano when its damper
pedal is pressed (the sound of
other strings vibrating in sympathy
when you press the damper pedal,
and the resonance of the entire
instrument).
Higher settings make the
sympathetic vibration louder.
Parameter Value Explanation
Key Off
Resonance
0–10
Adjusts the resonance of the subtle
sounds that occur when a key of an
acoustic piano is released. A higher
value produces a larger tonal
change during the decay.
Cabinet
Resonance
0–10
Adjusts the body resonance of the
grand piano itself.
Higher values will produce a larger
body resonance.
Single Note
Tuning
-50–0–+50
Adjusts the pitch of each key.
Higher values produce a higher
pitch.
Specifies a method of tuning
(stretch tuning) that is distinctive
to the piano, in which the high
register is tuned slightly sharper
and the low register is tuned
slightly flatter.
Single Note
Volume
-50–0
Adjusts the volume of each key.
Higher settings increase the
volume.
Single Note
Character
-5–0–+5
Adjusts the tonal character of each
key. Higher settings produce a
harder tone, and lower settings
produce a softer tone.
Reset Setting
Here’s how the Piano Designer settings of the
selected sound can be returned to their factory-set
state.
4.
When you finish making the settings, press the [Scene]
button .
A confirmation message appears if any changes were made.
If you decide to cancel, select “Cancel” and press the [Enter] button.
5.
Use the [ зз ] [ жж ]buttons to select “OK”, and then press
the [Enter] button .
Once the data is saved, the message “Completed!” is shown and the display
returns to the Menu screen.
Personalizing Your Piano Sound (Piano Designer)