Foot switch – Roland G-70 User Manual

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Using optional footswitches

G-70 Music Workstation

messages, even if it is assigned to the left half of the
keyboard. “Off”, finally, means that the part does not
respond to Hold messages.

(5) If necessary, press another PART field and change

the HOLD ASSIGN setting for the selected part.

(6) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page.

Foot Switch

An optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch con-
nected to the FOOT SWITCH socket can be used to per-
form various functions. If you do not change the fac-
tory setting, this footswitch allows you to start and
stop Arranger playback. The footswitch assignment can
be saved to a User Program.

The default setting is “Start/Stop”, which allows you to
start and stop Arranger playback. Note also the Soft
and Sostenuto options as well as the possibility to
select one of several Hold functions. The footswitch can
only perform one function at a time, though.

(1) Press the [MENU] button.

The display changes to:

(2) Press the [FOOT¥CONTROLLER] field, followed by

the [FOOT¥SWITCH] field.

(3) Press the field that corresponds to the function

you wish to assign to the footswitch.

If necessary, use the [PAGE¥1]~[PAGE¥3] fields to go
to another page.

● Start/Stop—Starts and stops Arranger playback. Same

function as the [START÷STOP] button.

● Play/Stop—Starts and stops the Recorder and 16-track

sequencer. Same function as the [PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª] but-
ton.

● Intro—Selects the Intro of the current Variation level

(1~4) during Arranger playback. Same function as
[INTRO].

● Ending—Selects the Ending of the current Variation

level (1~4) during Arranger playback.

● Variat 1~4—The footswitch can be used to switch to the

VARIATION level you select here. That Music Style pat-
tern is used from the next downbeat onward.

● Bass Inversion—Allows you to switch the Bass Inversion

function on and off (page 75).

● Arr/M.Bass—Allows you to set the Arranger Chord

parameter to “Off” (chord recognition plus ABS recogni-
tion off, see p. 80) and, at the same time, activate the
KBD MODE [SPLIT] button and the MBS part – and vice
versa.

● Piano/Standard—You can alternate between Standard

and Piano Style Arranger Chord modes. When the
former is selected, the chord recognition area (page 80)
is automatically set to “LEFT”. When you switch to Piano
Style, the chord recognition area is automatically set to
“WHOLE”. Furthermore, the KBD MODE [WHOLE] button
is switched on and the Upper 1 part is activated (if it was
off).

● Half Bar on Fill In—The footswitch allows you to switch

the Half Bar function on and off. Certain pop songs in 4/
4 contain bars that only last two beats. The usual place
for such a bar is between the first and the second verse.
This does not change Style playback right away. Only
when a Fill-In starts will the Half Bar function be acti-
vated and play half the number of beats of the fill you
selected.

● Arranger Hold—Allows you to switch the Arranger Hold

function on and off. See p. 80.

● Dynamic Arranger—Allows you to switch the Dynamic

Arranger function on and off. See page 81 for details.

● Rotary HB S/F—Allows you to select the slow or fast

speed of the Rotary effect. This only works if the Har-
monic Bars are being used by UP1, LW1 and/or MBS.

● Rotary HB On/Off—Allows you to switch the Rotary

effect on (first time) and off (second). This only works if
the Harmonic Bars are being used by UP1, LW1 and/or
MBS.

● Scale Upper—Allows you to assign the selected Scale

Tune (see p. 71) setting to the three Upper parts.

● Scale Lower—Allows you to assign the selected Scale

Tune (see p. 71) setting to the three Lower parts.