User's Manual

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Operation Guide
Selecting a Song
Access the song screen, and select a song.
1. Press the [SONG] button to access the song screen.
Category
Tempo Time signature Measure
Song name
2. Press the [K] [J] buttons to select a category.
3. Press [–] [+] buttons to select a song.
4. Press the [s] button to play the song.
MEMO
To select a song from a folder on a USB ash drive, proceed as follows.
Enter the folder
Use the [–] [+] buttons to select the folder, and press
the [s] button.
Exit the folder
Use the [–] button to select “ (up)” and then press
the [s] button.
Category list
Category Explanation
USB Memory Songs saved on a USB ash drive
Internal Memory Songs saved in internal memory
Preset Song
Song Title Composer
Singing Winds (Original)
Melancolie (Original)
City Lights (Original)
The Nutcracker “Waltz of the
Flowers”(Jazz Arrangement) *
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Original Arrangement
Floral Pursuits *
Léo Delibes
Original Arrangement
Swan-derful Samba *
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Original Arrangement
Windy Afternoon (Original)
The Marriage of Figaro “Overture” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Widmung S.566 R.253
Robert Alexander Schumann
Arranged by Franz Liszt
Étude, op.10-12 Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
* All rights reserved. Unauthorized use of this material for purposes other than
private, personal enjoyment is a violation of applicable laws.
* If SMF play mode (p. 19) is set to “Auto-Select” or “Internal,” there are some parts
whose volume is not changed by the [Song Vol.] slider. If the SMF Play Mode is set
to “External,” the volume of all parts will change.
* Songs marked by an asterisk (*) are arranged by Roland Corporation. The
copyrights to these songs are owned by the Roland Corporation.
Playing Back or Recording
Here’s how to play back or record a song.
Return to the beginning of
the song
Press the [u] button.
Play/stop
Press the [s] button.
Enter record-ready
condition
While stopped, press the [t] button.
Record
In record-ready condition, press the [s] button.
Play all songs in the
selected category
(All Song Play)
Hold down the [Song] button and press the [s]
button.
Change the song tempo
Press the Tempo [K] [J] buttons.
Play back the song
at a constant tempo
(Tempo Mute)
Hold down the [s] button and press the Tempo
[K] or [J] button.
To clear the tempo mute function, hold down the
[s] button once again and press the Tempo [K] or
[J] button.
Sound a count-in (*1)
Hold down the [Metronome] button and press the
[s] button.
*1 A series of sounds rhythmically played to indicate the tempo before a song starts
is called a “count-in.” If you sound a count-in, it will be easier for you to synchronize
your own performance to the tempo of the playback.
To make a new recording
1. Select the tone that you want to play.
2. Press the [t] button.
3. Press the [s] button to start recording.
4. Press the [s] button to stop recording.
Using a Mic (Mic)
You can connect a mic to the FP-90 and mix the sound of its performance with the sound
from the mic.
Adjusting the Volume of the Song (Song Vol.)
1. Use the [Song Vol.] slider to adjust the volume of the song.
This adjusts the volume of the song (SMF/audio).
* Some of the tones used in the tone demos are set so that they are
adjusted by the Part [Upper] [Lower] sliders. If you want to use the
[Song Vol.] slider to adjust all of the parts, change the “SMF Play
Mode” (p. 19) setting to “External.”
Song formats that can be played by the unit
The unit can play back data in the following formats.
5 MIDI les: SMF format 0/1
5 Audio les: WAV format, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear
5 Audio les: MP3 format, 44.1 kHz, 64 kbps–320 kbps
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