Roland DP90e, Owner'S Manual

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Panel Descriptions
Damper Pedal
Use this pedal to sustain the sound. While this pedal is held down, notes will be sustained for an extended time even if you
release your fingers from the keyboard.
On an acoustic piano, when you step on the damper pedal, you’ll first hear the sound of the dampers releasing the strings. Then,
you should also be able to hear the sound of strings adjacent to the ones for the notes actually played resonate sympathetically,
resulting in a rich, resounding tone. Additionally, when using half-pedaling techniques, the core of the sound disappears rapidly
while a rich, spacious resonance remains, producing a unique form of reverberation. On the unit, the unique, lingering tones
produced by the half-pedaling technique are reproduced in addition to released-string sounds (Damper Noise) and resonating
sounds (Damper Resonance).
Sostenuto Pedal
The notes you are pressing when this pedal is depressed will be sustained.
Soft Pedal
This pedal is used to make the sound softer.
Playing with the soft pedal depressed produces a sound that is not as strong as when otherwise played with the equivalent
strength. This is the same function as the left pedal of an acoustic piano.
The softness of the tone can be varied subtly by the depth to which you press the pedal.
Pedals
Headphone Hook
Whenever you are not using the headphones, you can hang them
on the headphone hook.
* Don’t hang anything other than headphones on this hook, and don’t apply
excessive force to it.
Doing so may damage the headphone hook.
Front Panel
These buttons and sliders are used to operate the unit.
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USB Memory Port
If a USB flash drive is
connected, you can
use it to save or play back songs.
You can do the following things using a USB flash
drive.
• WAVE files or MIDI files (SMF) data copied from your computer
can be played back by the unit.
• You can make audio recordings of your performances on the unit.
• The audio recordings of songs that you’ve made can be played on your
computer, or burned to a CD.
* Carefully insert the USB flash drives all the way in-until it is firmly in place.
* Use a USB flash drive sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if any
other USB flash drive is used.
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USB Computer Port
If you use a commercially available
USB cable to connect the unit’ to your
computer, you’ll be able to do the
following things.
• SMF data played back by MIDI-compatible
software can be sounded by the unit.
• MIDI data can be transferred between the unit
and your sequencer software (sold separately),
opening up a wide range of possibilities for
music production and editing.
[Power] Switch
This turns the power on/off.
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* The power to this unit will be turned off automatically after
a predetermined amount of time has passed since it was
last used for playing music, or its buttons or controls were
operated (Auto Off function).
If you do not want the power to be turned off automatically, disengage the
Auto Off function (p. 39).
* Any settings that you are in the process of editing will be lost when the
power is turned off. If you have any settings that you want to keep, you
should refer to “Retaining the Settings Even After Power-off (Memory
Backup)” (p. 39) and save your settings.
* To restore power, turn the power on again.
* When turning the power on again, you must allow at least five seconds after
power-off before you once again turn the power on.
If you fail to allow enough time, the Auto Off function might not be reset,
preventing the power from turning on correctly.
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