Roland FP-5 music keyboard
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ROLAND FP-5 MANUAL
http://lib.roland.co.jp/
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• USING THE UNIT SAFELY
• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Panel Descriptions
• Front Panel
• Rear Panel
• Before You Play
• Making Connections
• Installing the Music Stand
• Connecting Pedals
• Turning the Power On and Off
• Turning On the Power
• Turning Off the Power
• Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance
• Connecting Headphones
• Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard
• Listening to Demo Songs
• Listening to Internal Songs
• Playing Back All Songs Continuously (All Song Play)
• Listening to Each Part Separately
• Performing with a Variety of Sounds
• Simulating the Creation of Organ Tones (Tone Wheel Mode)
• Selecting the Footage
• Changing volume of feet
• Performing With Two Layered Tones (Dual Play)
• Performing With Different Tones in the Left and Right Sides...
• Changing Tone Group and Tone variation
• Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point
• Changing the Volume Balance for Dual Play and Split Play
• Changing the Keyboard’s Touch
• Adding Reverberation to Sounds (The Reverb Effect)
• Changing the Depth of Reverb Effect
• Adding a Variety Effects to the Sound
• Changing the Effect type
• Changing the Depth of Effect
• Adding a Spinning Sound to Organ Tones (Rotary Effect)
• Changing the Sound’s Pitch in Real Time (Pedal Control)
• Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose)
• Using the Metronome
• Changing the Tempo
• Changing the Beat of Metronome
• Changing the Volume
• Chapter 2 Playing Along with Rhythms
• What is Session Partner
• Performing Along With Session Partner
• Changing the Volume of a Part
• Selecting a Rhythm
• Changing a Rhythm’s Tempo
• Selecting a Rhythm’s Chord Progression
• Performing With the Chord Progression Specified in the Left...
• Recording the Chord Progression (Chord Progression)
• Storing Settings (Setup)
• Selecting Stored Settings
• Chapter 3 Recording a Performance
• Recording a Performance
• Recording a Performance Using Session Partner
• Recording Selected Track buttons
• Erasing Recorded Performances
• Chapter 4 Other Functions
• How to make settings
• Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied
• How the Damper Pedal effects
• Changing How the Pedals Work
• Works of the Soft Pedal(FC2)
• Works of the Sostenuto
• Changing the Work of the Pedal Control
• Setting the Part to Which Effects Are Added
• Changing the Pitch of the Lower Tone in Octave Steps...
• Changing the Velocity When the Key Touch Is Set to Fixed
• Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tuning)
• Adjusting the Tuning (Temperament)
• Changing the Beat Pattern
• Setting the Intro and Ending on or off
• Fixing a Set Chord Progression
• Setting the Root Note of the Chord Progression
• Setting the Chord Display on or off
• Connecting to Audio Equipment
• About the FP-5 Sound Generator
• Connecting to the USB Connector
• Connecting MIDI Devices
• Connectors
• Making the Connections
• How to Enjoy MIDI
• MIDI Settings
• Making the Settings for the USB Driver
• Restoring the settings to the factory condition (Factory...
• Disabling Everything Except Piano Play (Panel Lock)
• Troubleshooting
• Error Messages/Other Messages
• Tone List
• Rhythm Set List
• Rhythm List
• Chord Progression Pattern List
• Chord Fingering List
• Internal Song List
• Settings Stored in the Setup
• Stored Settings
• Not Stored Settings
• Easy Operation List
• MIDI Implementation Chart
• Main Specifications
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ROLAND FP-5 FORUMS & BLOGS
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My Roland FP5 sounds great through it's own speakers, but I often have a problem setting up the PA to get an authentic piano sound...I have a Yamaha EMX2000 PA system and depending on the room I can get a reasonable sound, but at times I use a house PA on gigs and really battle to get good sound...Yeah, it's weird though that the FP5 sounds much like a grand piano through it's own...
www.zzounds.com
I love that the note-holder is clear transparent, so I do not get seperatet from my listener or the band and have still the possibility to place sheet-music if needed...I have 2 FP5, one for the studio and one for the GIGs, and I can do this, because the price of $ 1400 is just fine...
www.musiciansfriend.com
The Roland FP-5 Digital Piano is the most advanced FP-Series piano yet...The Roland FP-5 is a unique instrument in their product lineup...The piano is excellent when played through a good sound system (forget the onboard amp), and the rhythms are VERY professional and very fast to follow your chord changes, as you will see per the Bass instantly following...
www.pianoworld.com
My search has originally narrowed down to Yamaha P120 and Roland FP5 (tho I'm aiming toward Roland), until I saw Korg's SP500 review...I haven't had the chance to try the Korg since I'm so focused on the P120 and FP5, but will check it out this weekend...Overall, in term of looks (from pics), I like Korg better, the touch screen feature sounds quite attractive too, BUT...
www.epinions.com
Epinions.com - The FP-5 Digital Piano is the most advanced FP-Series piano ever. It comes with Roland's finest stereo-sampled piano sounds, an 88-note Progressive ...
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