148 chapter 8 changing various settings – Roland KF-90 User Manual

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Chapter 8 Changing Various Settings

Assignable Functions

Indication

Description

Leading Bass

Toggles the Leading Bass function on
or off. It is turned on while you
depress the pedal.

Break

During a performance with
automatic accompaniment, you can
stop the accompaniment for exactly
one measure.

Fill In to Variation

This does the same thing as the Fill In
[To Variation] button (p. 77).

Fill In to Original

This does the same thing as the Fill In
[To Original] button (p. 77).

Fill In

A fill-in is inserted, but the
accompaniment pattern after that
doesn’t change.

Half Fill In Variation

This play a fill-in half a measure long,
then switches to the Variation
accompaniment pattern.

Half Fill In Original

This plays a fill-in half a measure
long, then switches to the Original
accompaniment pattern.

Original/Variation

This changes the accompaniment
pattern without inserting a fill-in.

Arranger Reset

Using this function while Automatic
Accompaniment is in use returns the
accompaniment to the start of the
Division.

Intro 1/Ending 1

This does the same thing as the
Intro/Ending [1] button (p. 74).

Intro 2/Ending 2

This does the same thing as the
Intro/Ending [2] button (p. 75).

Arranger Start/Stop

This does the same thing as the
[Start/Stop] button (p. 74).

Orchestrator Up

This changes the automatic
accompaniment to a more florid
arrangement.

Orchestrator Down

This changes the automatic
accompaniment to a simpler
arrangement.

Melody Intelligence

This toggles the Melody Intelligence
function on and off (p. 79).

Fade In/Out

This starts automatic accompaniment
with a fade-in (where the volume
gets progressively louder), ends it
with a fade-out (where the volume
gets progressively softer), then stops.

Rotary Slow/Fast

This switches the speed of the rotary
effect (p. 180).

Glide

The sound’s pitch is temporarily
lowered while the Glide pedal is
pressed; when the pedal is released,
the pitch gradually returns to normal.
This can be effective for simulating
the performance of instruments like a
Hawaiian guitar.

Composer Play/Stop

This does the same thing as the Play
[

] button and the Stop [

] button.

Punch In/Out

During Punch-in Recording, this
starts and stops recording (p. 117).

Tap Tempo

This sets the tempo according to the
timing with which you tap the button
(p. 86).

Upper Soft

The pedal in the left functions the
Soft pedal (p. 16).

Upper Sostenuto

The pedal in the middle functions the
Sostenuto pedal (p. 16).

Lower Damper

This applies lingering reverberations
to notes played with the left-hand
section of the keyboard while the
damper pedal is depressed.

Bend Up

This raises the pitch of notes you play
on the keyboard.

Bend Down

This lowers the pitch of notes you
play on the keyboard.

What is the Leading Bass function?

The function that sounds the lowest note of a fingered chord

as the bass tone is called “Leading Bass.” When set to “ON,”

the bass tone changes when an inverted chord is used.

Usually the tonic of the fingered chord is sounded as the bass

tone.

If you’ve assigned “Leading Bass” to a pedal, the Leading Bass

function is active while you depress the pedal.

When the “Bend Up” or “Bend Down” function is used with

Split (p. 55) selected, the pitch of the sounds played in the
right hand are then altered. Additionally, the maximum degree
of change in the pitch when the Bender effect is used is called
the “Bend Range.” Take a look at “Changing the Bend Range”
(p. 152).

What’s the Bend Range?

The effect of smoothly raising or lowering the pitch of a

played note is known as the “Bender Effect,” and the pitch’s

range of change is called the “Bend Range.” With the KF-90,

you can apply the bender effect by depressing and releasing

a pedal.

* Pressing the One Touch Program [Piano] button returns the

pedals to their original functions (p. 16).

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