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Table Of Contents

Introduction
- About the Manual
  - Conventions in this Manual
- Main Features
Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY
Important Notes
Names of Things and What They Do
- Front Panel
- Rear Panel
- Bottom Panel
Before You Play
- Getting Ready to Play
- Turning the Power On/Off
- Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance
- About the Pedals
- Listening through Headphones
  - Using the Headphone Hook
- Using External Memory
  - Connecting USB Memory (sold separately)
  - Installing the Floppy Disk Drive (sold separately)
- Using CD
  - Connecting a CD Drive (sold separately)
  - Installing the CD Drive Holder (sold separately)
Listening to Demo Songs
- Listening to the Tone Demo Songs
  - Listening to the Piano Sound Demo Songs
Performing
- Performing with a Variety of Sounds
- Adjusting the Keyboard Sensitivity (Key Touch)
- Adding Spatial Depth to the Sound (3D Sound Control)
- Adding Liveliness to the Sound (Dynamics Sound Control)
- Adding Reverberation to Sounds (Reverb Effect)
  - Changing the Depth of Reverb Effect
- Changing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose)
- Dividing the Keyboard for Two-person Performance (Twin Piano)
  - Changing the Way in Which the Sound is Heard (Twin Piano Mode)
- Performing With Two Layered Tones (Dual Play)
  - Changing the Tone Variations
  - Changing the Volume Balance for Dual Play
- Performing with Different Tones in the Left and Right Sides of the Keyboard (Split Play)
  - Switching Tone Groups and Tone Variations
  - Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point
- Performing with the Metronome
- Sounding a Count to Keep your Timing Accurate
Playing Back Songs
- Listening to Songs
- Playing Back All Songs Continuously (All Song Play)
- Listening to Each Part Separately
  - Determining the Volume of a Muted Part
- Changing the Song Playback Volume
  - Adjusting the Volume of the Audio Files and Music CDs
- Changing the Tempo of a Song
  - Playing Back at a Fixed Tempo (Tempo Mute)
- Changing the Key of the Song Playback (Playback Transpose)
- Minimizing the Center Sounds in the Playback (Center Cancel)
Recording
- Recording Your Keyboard Performance
- Recording Your Performance Separately for Each Hand
- Recording Your Playing Along with a Song
- Erasing Recorded Performances
Saving Your Performance
- Initializing the Memory
- Saving the Songs
- Deleting a Song
Various Settings
- Basic Operation in Function Mode
  - Changing How Grand Space is Applied (3D Mode)
- Keyboard Settings
- Pedal Settings
  - Changing How the Damper Pedal Effects Is Applied (Damper Pedal Part)
  - Changing How the Pedals Work (Center/Left Pedal Function)
- Tuning Settings
- Sound-related Settings
- Metronome Settings
  - Changing the Sound of the Metronome (Metronome Sound)
- Count-down Setting
- Song Playback Settings
  - Switching the Part that Will be Muted When You Press the [Accomp] Button (Accomp Track)
- MIDI Settings
- Other Settings
- Remembering the Settings (Memory Backup)
- Restoring the Settings to the Factory Condition (Factory Reset)
- Disabling the Buttons (Panel Lock)
Connecting to Other Devices
- Connecting to Audio Equipment
  - Connecting Speakers to the DP-990 and Outputting Sounds
  - Playing Sounds of an Audio Device through the DP-990
- Connecting to MIDI Devices
  - Connecting a MIDI Sequencer to the DP-990
  - Producing Sounds from a MIDI Sound Module by Playing the DP-990
- Connecting a Computer
Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Tone List
Internal Song List
Parameters Stored in Memory Backup
Music Files That the DP-990 Can Use
MIDI Implementation Chart
Main Specifications
Index

Troubleshooting

Notes don’t sound right

Pitch of the keyboard or song is

incorrect

Could you have made Key Transpose settings?

p. 32

Is the Master Tune setting appropriate? p. 70

Is the setting for the Temperament correct? p. 70

Sounds are heard twice (doubled)

when the keyboard is played

Is the DP-990 in Dual performance?

p. 35

When the DP-990 is connected to an external sequencer, set the Local Control

to off. Alternatively, the sequencer could be set so its Soft Thru feature is Off.

p. 75

The wrong instrument is selected

when you press the [Strings],

[Voice], or [Others] button

INSTRUMENT buttons [Strings] [Voice] [Others] also operate as buttons that

select “Recommended Tones.”

With the factory settings, connecting a commercially-available CD-ROM drive

to the external memory connector and selecting a song from a CD-ROM

produced for the VIMA (VIMA TUNES) will automatically cause sounds

appropriate for that song to be assigned to the [Strings], [Voice], and [Others]

Tone buttons, so that you can select “recommended” sounds by pressing one

of these buttons.

You can also make settings so that “recommended” sounds are not

automatically assigned.

p. 79

Effect does not apply

When you are using Dual performance or Split performance, and different

effects are specified for the two selected tones, the effect will not be applied

to Tone 2 (when using Dual performance) or the left-hand tone (when using

Split performance).

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Reverberation remains even if

you defeat the Reverb effect

The DP-990’s piano sound faithfully simulates the depth and resonance of an

acoustic piano, and this may give the impression of reverberation even if

you’ve defeated the Reverb effect.

* Lowering the Key Off Resonance (p. 72) may improve matters.

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The sound of the higher notes

suddenly changes from a certain

key

On an acoustic piano, the approximately one and a half octaves of notes at

the top of the keyboard will continue sounding regardless of the damper

pedal. These notes also have a somewhat different tonal character. DP-990

faithfully simulate this characteristic of acoustic pianos. On the DP-990, the

range that is unaffected by the damper pedal will change according to the key

transpose setting.

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High-pitched ringing is heard

If you hear this in headphones:

Piano sounds that have a brilliant and crisp character contain substantial high-

frequency components that may sound as though a metallic ringing has been

added. This is because the character of an actual piano is being faithfully

reproduced, and is not a malfunction. This ringing is more obtrusive if the

reverb effect is applied heavily, so you may be able to minimize it by

decreasing the reverb.

If you don’t hear this in headphones:

It is likely that there is some other reason (such as resonances within the unit).

Please contact your dealer or a nearby Roland service center.

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Symptom

Cause/Action Page

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