15
Playing
Selecting a tone
1.  On the top screen, press the [É] button to move 
the cursor to the tone.
Tone
2.  Press one of the [A. PIANO/E.PIANO]–[USER] 
buttons to select a category.
The tones are separated into categories.
3.  Use the value dial to select a tone.
MEMO
 ¹ You can also press the [ENTER] button to select from the list 
screen. When you press the [ENTER] button on the TONE 
CATEGORY LIST screen, you can switch between tone category list 
view (by category) and tone bank list view (by bank).
Categories are further divided into subcategories within the same 
category.
 ¹ For a list of tones, see “Preset tone list” in the “Sound List” (Roland 
website).
Playing with a single tone (SINGLE)
This plays only one tone at a time (no layers).
1.  Press the [SINGLE] button to make it light.
The SINGLE screen appears.
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No. Explanation
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Parameters that can be 
adjusted now using the 
SOUND MODIFY knobs
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Tempo
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Scene
No. Explanation
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UPPER tone (UPPER)/
LOWER tone (LOWER)
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Tone
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Eect on/o (lit for on, 
dark for o)
(*1)
(*1):  On the top screen, press the [SHIFT] button to switch the [2]–[6] 
buttons to the EQ, MFX, IFX, CHO and REV functions.
Playing dierent tones with your left and right 
hands (SPLIT)
You can perform using dierent tones in the left and right regions of 
the keyboard, divided at a specic note. This kind of keyboard setting 
is called a “split”, and the point at which the keyboard parts are 
separated is called the “split point”.
1.  Press the [SPLIT] button to make it light.
The SPLIT screen appears.
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No. Explanation
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Parameters that can be 
adjusted now using the 
SOUND MODIFY knobs
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Tempo
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Scene
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LOWER (Part 2)
Tone
No. Explanation
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(Cursor location)
Current part (tone 
selected for editing)
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UPPER (Part 1)
Tone
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Split point
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Eect on/o (lit for on, 
dark for o)
The right-hand side of the keyboard plays the UPPER tone (part 1), 
and the left-hand side of the keyboard plays the LOWER tone (part 
2). The split point (default value: C4) divides these two ranges.
Switching between tones
1.  Use the [Í] [Ë] buttons to select the part whose 
tone you want to switch.
2.  Use the value dial to select the tone.
You can also press one of the [A. PIANO]–[USER] buttons to select 
a dierent category.
Adjusting the volume
You can use the [UPPER] and [LOWER] sliders to adjust the volume 
(level) of the UPPER and LOWER tones.
Changing the split point
1.  While holding down the [SPLIT] button, press the 
key that is to become the new split point.
The key you press becomes the split point.
The split point key is included in the upper tone area.