Roland HP 38006 - Page 5

INTRODUCTION
Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland HP 3800G/2800G Digital Piano.
The HP 3800G/28U00G offers extremely realistic-sounding piano performances thanks to its high-quality
concert grand piano sounds and hammer-action keyboard. But it also allows you to branch out and
accommodate almost any other kind of music, since it is also stocked with a wide variety of instrument
sounds other than piano.
Additionally, the instrument comes equipped with its own five-track sequencer (the “Piano Partner’)
that is as easy to use as any ordinary tape recorder. By using the 50 sample songs included inside, along
with the “minus one” feature, you can enjoy innumerable hours of effective practice, or have fun play-
ing while the sequencer provides the backing instruments. Further, thanks to the instrument's disk drive,
you can also include any of the many commercially available music data disks as part of your lesson
plans.
In order to enjoy to the full all the features that have been made available, and be assured of trouble-free
service for many years to come. please take the time to read this manual in its enlirety.
General MIDI System
GENERAL The General MIDI System is a set of recommendations which seek to provide a way for going beyond
| the limitations of proprietary designs, and standardize the MIDI capabilities provided by sound generat-
—— ing devices. If you use a sound generating unit which carries the General MIDI logo, you will be able to
faithfully reproduce any song data which also carries the General MIDI logo.
GS Format
The GS Format is Roland's universal set of specifications which were formulated in the interest of stan-
dardizing the way in which sound generating devices will operate when MIDI is used for the perfor-
mance of music.
If you use a sound generating unit which carries the GS logo, you will be able to faithfully reproduce
any commercially available song data which also carries the GS logo.
This product supports both General MIDI and GS.
Song data which carries either of these logas can be accurately reproduced.
The HP 3800G/2800G can play back ISM Music Data (3.5 inch floppy disks).
The HP 3800G/2800G can play back SMF Music Data (720 KB/1.44 MB formats, 3.5 inch floppy
disks).