User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Look What You Can Do!
- Contents
- Operation Guide
- Panel Descriptions
- Before You Play
- Performing
- Practicing
- Practicing with the Metronome
- Practicing with a Song
- 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)
- About the Wireless LAN Function
- Basic Connection Method (Connect by WPS)
- Wireless LAN Function Settings
- Various Settings (Function Mode)
- Applying a Headphones 3D Ambience Effect to the Piano Sound (Headphones 3D Ambience)
- 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)
- 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 Metallic Sound That Occurs When You Play a Note (Dynamic Harmonic)
- Adjusting the Sympathetic Resonance of the Grand Piano Body (Cabinet Resonance)
- Adjusting the Clarity of Individual Notes in a Chord (Soundboard Behavior)
- Using a Piano’s Unique Tuning (Stretch Tuning)
- Adjusting the volume of each individual key (Note Volume)
- Adjusting the tonal character of each individual key (Note Character)
- 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)
- Saving an Internal Song (Save Song)
- Copying a Saved Song (Copy Song)
- Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song)
- Initializing the Memory (Format Media)
- 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)
- Wireless LAN Function Settings
- Specifying the Maximum Volume (Volume Limit)
- Changing the Language Displayed in the Screen (Language)
- Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off)
- Storing Your Settings (Memory Backup)
- Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
- Applying a Headphones 3D Ambience Effect to the Piano Sound (Headphones 3D Ambience)
- Troubleshooting
- Error Messages
- Tone List
- Internal Song List
- Main Specifications
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- About the Ivory Feel Keyboard
- Assembling
- Index
Troubleshooting
Symptom Cause/Action Page
Reverberation remains even if You
defeat the Ambience eect
The unit’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 Ambience eect.
Also, you may be able to eliminate some reverberation by reducing the value set for “Cabinet Resonance.”
p. 49
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 dierent tonal character. The unit faithfully simulate this
characteristic of acoustic pianos. On the unit, the range that is unaected 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 sound can be adjusted by modifying the following settings.
• String Resonance (p. 49)
• Ambience (p. 20)
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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Low notes sound wrong, or are
buzzy
If you set the volume to the maximum setting, the sound may be distorted depending on how you perform.
If this occurs, turn down the volume.
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If you don’t hear this in headphones:
Performing at high volumes may cause the speakers or objects near the unit to resonate. Fluorescent lights or glass doors may
also resonate sympathetically. In particular, this is more likely to occur for lower notes and higher volumes. You can take the
following measures to minimize resonances.
• Locate the speakers 10–15 cm (4–6 inch) away from walls or other surfaces.
• Keep the volume down.
• Move away from the objects that are resonating.
If you hear this in headphones:
It is likely that there is some other reason. Please contact your dealer or a nearby Roland service center.
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Song does not play correctly
Only the sound of a particular
instrument in a song does not
play
Could a part be muted?
If the button indicator is out, the music on that part is not heard. Press the part button so the indicator is illuminated.
p. 28
Sound is heard from a muted part
Could the part mute volume be set to other than “0”?
If you set this to “0,” the sound of a muted part will be completely inaudible.
p. 29
Song volume is low
/ Volume diers between
recording and playback
Could the Song Balance volume be lowered? p. 27
Can’t play back a song saved in
USB ash drive
Could the Audio les of the format be played?
Audio les of the following format can be played back.
• File extension “.WAV”
• 16-bit linear
• “44.1 kHz” sampling rate
p. 27
Is the lename extension “MID”?
Files with other lename extensions cannot be handled as song data.
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Song tempo becomes unstable When playing a song from USB ash drive, the tempo may become unstable if there is an excessive amount of performance data. –
Song name in USB ash drive is
not shown
The song name will not be shown if the song information in the le is empty or consists only of spaces. –
Is the lename extension “MID”?
Files with other lename extensions cannot be handled as song data.
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Song names can consist only of English letters, numerals, certain symbols, and single-byte characters from the Japanese
syllabary; the unit is unable to correctly display the name if other characters are used.
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Can’t record / play back
Can’t record SMF Has one of the part buttons for recording been selected? p. 31
Can’t record audio Is a USB ash drive connected to the USB memory port? –
Tone quality of the piano sound
changes when you record a
performance as audio
HP506 only
Thanks to its multiple number of speakers, each of which can be used to play a dierent portion of the overall
sound, the unit is capable of producing piano sounds that possess great depth and seem to have three-dimensional presence.
Such eects are produced when you play something on the keyboard, or when you play back a song that’s been recorded as an
SMF. However, when you make an audio recording, the song will consist of two channels (stereo), and such eects cannot be
reproduced.
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