Roland AE-30 - Tone Parameters; Tone;Common

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Tone Parameters
Parameter Value Explanation
Category
Selects the tone’s category.
No Assign
Ac.Piano
Pop Piano
E.Grand Piano
E.Piano1
E.Piano2
E.Organ
Pipe Organ
Reed Organ
Harpsichord
Clav
Celesta
Accordion
Harmonica
Bell
Mallet
Ac.Guitar
E.Guitar
Dist.Guitar
Ac.Bass
E.Bass
Synth Bass
Plucked/Stroke
Solo Strings
Ensemble Strs
Orchestral
Solo Brass
Ensemble Brass
Wind
Flute
Sax
Recorder
Vox/Choir
Scat
Synth Lead
Synth Brass
Synth Pad/Str
Synth Bellpad
Synth PolyKey
Synth FX
Synth Seq/Pop
Phrase
Pulsating
Beat&Groove
Hit
Sound FX
Drums
Percussion
Stack
Zone
Tone Level 0–127
Adjusts the overall volume of the tone.
Tone Pan L64–0–63R
Species the pan of the tone. “L64” is far
left, “0” is center, and “63R” is far right.
Priority
This determines how notes will be managed when the
maximum polyphony is exceeded.
LAST
The last-played voices will be given
priority, and currently sounding notes will
be turned o in order, beginning with the
rst-played note.
LOUDEST
The voices with the loudest volume will
be given priority, and currently sounding
notes will be turned o, beginning with
the lowest-volume voice.
Analog Feel 0–127
Applies time-varying change to the pitch
and volume of the tone that is producing
sound, adding a sense of variability.
As you increase this value toward the
maximum, the variability becomes
greater, producing instability.
Mono/Poly
Species whether the tone will play polyphonically (POLY) or
monophonically (MONO).
MONO
Sound only the last-played key one at
a time.
POLY
Two or more notes can be played
simultaneously.
PITCH
Coarse Tune
-48–+48
(semitone)
Adjusts the pitch of the sound up or
down in semitone steps (±4 octaves).
Fine Tune -50–+50 (cent)
Adjusts the pitch of the sound up or
down in 1-cent steps (±50 cents).
Octave Shift -3–+3
Adjusts the pitch of the tone’s sound
up or down in units of an octave
(±3 octaves).
Stretch Tune
Depth
OFF, 1–3
This setting allows you to apply “stretched
tuning” to the tone. (Stretched tuning is
a system by which acoustic pianos are
normally tuned, causing the lower range
to be lower and the higher range to be
higher than the mathematical tuning
ratios would otherwise dictate.)
With a setting of “OFF,” the tone’s tuning
will be equal temperament. A setting of
“3” will produce the greatest dierence in
the pitch of the low and high ranges.
Parameter Value Explanation
UNISON
Unison Switch OFF, ON
This layers a single sound.
If the Unison Switch is “ON,” the number
of notes layered on one key will change
according to the number of keys you play.
5 If the OSC Type (p. 39) is “PCM,” this is
limited to mono playing.
5 If the Legato Switch is “ON,” the Delay
Time is ignored while playing legato.
5 Even if Legato Retrigger Interval is
specied, it operates as o.
Size 2–8
If Unison Switch is “ON,” this species the
number of notes that are assigned to
each key that is pressed.
Increasing the Unison Size increases the
polyphony, making it more likely that
notes will be cut o.
Detune 0–100
Detunes each of the notes that are
allocated by the Unison Size number,
producing a detuned eect.
As you increase this value, each note
is detuned more greatly, producing a
thicker sound.
LEGATO
Legato Switch OFF, ON
Use this to make the pitch change
smoothly while you are playing one note
and then change your ngering to play a
dierent note (playing legato).
The way in which the change occurs
depends on the Legato Retrigger Interval.
* This is valid when MONO/POLY is set to
“MONO” and Legato Switch is turned
“ON.”
Retrigger Interval
When Legato Switch is enabled and you play legato, this
species whether retriggering occurs (0–12) or does not occur
(OFF).
OFF
Only the pitch of the currently-sounding
tones changes according to the pitch of
the key.
0–12
Retriggering occurs smoothly when
the pitch dierence during legato
performance exceeds the specied value.
For example, if this is set to 4, and using
C4 as the reference pitch, playing notes
Db4–E4 legato will change only the pitch
without retriggering, but playing the F4
note (which is ve semitones away from
C4) legato will retrigger F4.
When F4 is retriggered at this time, F4
now becomes the reference pitch.
If this is set to “0,” each note is retriggered
every time regardless of the pitch
dierence.
For acoustic-type sounds in particular, an
unnatural impression can occur if only
the pitch is changed, so you’ll need to
adjust the Legato Retrigger Interval.
PORTAMENTO
Portamento
Switch
OFF, ON
Species whether the portamento eect
will be applied (ON) or not applied (OFF).
MEMO
Portamento is an eect which smoothly
changes the pitch from the rst-played
key to the next-played key. By applying
portamento when MONO/POLY is
set to “MONO,” you can simulate slide
performance techniques on a violin or
similar instrument.
Parameter Value Explanation
Tone Name Species the tone name (maximum of 16 characters).
TONE/COMMON
You can use the app “Aerophone Pro Editor” to congure the tone parameters.