beautypg.com

Performing, Selecting a tone and playing it on the keyboard, Changing the tone of a keyboard part – Roland E-A7 61 Key Expandable Arranger Keyboard User Manual

Page 17: P. 17)

background image

17

Performing

Selecting a Tone and Playing it on the

Keyboard

On the E-A7, the sounds that can be assigned to each part are

called

“tones.”

Tones are assigned to the tone buttons according to

category, and each tone button is also divided into sub-categories.
For example the

[Piano]

button lets you select piano tones and

electric piano tones, and the

[World]

button lets you select tones

that are suitable for the music of various countries and regions. To

select a sub-category, press the same tone button two or more times.
The

[User]

button lets you switch between User Tone (p. 31) and User

Drum Kit (p. 33) tones.
The E-A7 has four keyboard parts (UP1, UP2, UP3, LWR), and one tone

can be assigned to each part.
The currently selected Part name is shown in the upper left of the

Tone screen located in the right side of the panel. Operations in the

Tone screen change the tone for that Part.

Main screen (right)

To switch the Part so that you can change the tone of a different part,

use the main screen at the left to switch Parts.

Main screen (left)

The main screen shows the tone names of the four keyboard parts.
You can use the direct buttons to switch parts. The selected part

number is highlighted.

Changing the Tone of a Keyboard Part

To select each part (Upper1, Upper2, Upper3, Lower), press the direct

buttons (

[R2]

[R5]

buttons) corresponding to the keyboard parts.

1.

Select a part by pressing one of the direct buttons

(

[R2]

[R5]

buttons) in the left Main screen.

The indication

is shown at the selected keyboard part.

The Main screen (right) shows a tone list for the selected part.

MEMO

The name of the selected part is shown at the top of the Tone

screen.

2.

Use the Tone

[0]

[9]

buttons to select a tone category.

The selected tone category page appears.

MEMO

By continuing to press the same Tone category button, you can

step through the first sound in each sub-category of the category.

3.

Press a direct button to select a tone.

MEMO

5

The selected tone is highlighted.

5

Use the function buttons to switch pages.

5

You can also select from favorite tones (p. 20).

5

Depending on the Part Switch or Part Level settings, you

might not hear any sound (p. 15).

5

You can also select a tone by pressing the

[Numeric]

button

and specifying a number (p. 14).

4.

Play the keyboard.

You’ll hear the sound of the selected instrument.