Roland RG-1 - Manuals

7 Introduction • The stereo sampling piano sound generator realistically reproduces even the sound of the hammers striking the strings, producing the tones of a high-quality concert grand piano. • Maximum polyphony of 128 notes ensures that you can use the pedal freely without running out of notes. ...

8 Contents IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS...................................... 2 USING THE UNIT SAFELY ....................................................... 3 IMPORTANT NOTES .............................................................. 5 Introduction ................................................

12 Panel Descriptions fig.00-010 1 [Power] switch Turns the power on/off (p. 16). 2 [Volume] knob Adjusts the overall volume level (p. 16). 3 [Brilliance] knob Adjusts the tone brightness (p. 16). 4 Tone buttons They are used to choose the kinds of tones (tone groups) played by the keyboard (p. 21)....

13 Panel Descriptions fig.00-020 1 AC Inlet Connect the included power cord to this inlet (p. 15). 2 Phones jacks Connect the headphones here (p. 17). 3 Pedal connector Connect the pedal cord here (p. 15). 4 Output jacks These jacks can be connected to your audio system to enjoy more powerful sound ...

14 Before You Start Playing Raising the Music Rest Always be sure to raise the music rest in the upright position before opening and raising the piano top. Be sure to fold down the music rest in the upright position after closing the piano top. 1. Gently raise the music rest, then secure it in place...

15 Before You Start Playing fig.00-0350 1. To open the lid, hold handles with both hands and lift it straight up. Then, slide it to the rear. 2. To close the lid, hold handles with both hands and slowly pull it forward until it stops. Then, gently lower it into place. • When opening and closing the ...

16 Before You Start Playing NOTE Once the connections have been completed (p. 15), turn on power to your various devices in the order specified. By turning on devices in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to speakers and other devices. 1. Turn the [Volume] knob all the way d...

17 Before You Start Playing The RG-1 has two jacks for plugging in headphones. This allows two people to listen through headphones simultaneously, making it very useful for lessons and performing piano pieces for four hands. Additionally, this allows you to play without bothering others around you, ...

18 Before You Start Playing A song you’ve recorded on the RG-1 can be saved by copying it to separately sold USB memory. You can also copy songs to a floppy disk using a separately sold floppy disk drive (p. 64). You can also play back SMF music files or audio files (p. 47) saved on USB memory or a ...

19 Before You Start Playing You can play back audio CDs and CD-ROMs containing saved SMF music files. You can also play songs on VIMA CD-ROMs (VIMA TUNES) sold by Roland. Precautions Concerning Use of the CD • You cannot play back CD-R/RW discs to which audio tracks have been added or CDs containing...

20 Before You Start Playing Immediately after the power is turned on, the Song Select screen like the one below is displayed. Song Select Screen When you press the [Song] button, the following screen is displayed. Each time you press the [Song] button in this screen, the song genre is switched. fig....

21 Performance The RG-1 contains 20 different internal tones. The tones are organized into five tone groups, which are assigned to the Tone buttons. fig.03-010 Selecting a Tone Group 1 Press any Tone button. The indicator of the button you pressed will light. When you play the keyboard, you will hea...

22 Performance Some tones enable you to perform with two tones layered together. These are called “Layer tones.” When you select a Layer tone, you can also change the balance in the volume of the two Layer tones. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. 2 Press the [Song] (Selec...

23 Performance You can make fine adjustments to the sound of the piano as desired. This feature is called “Piano Customize.” 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to select the item you want to set. 3 Press the [ ]...

24 Performance This adjusts how your playing strength will affect the timing at which the note sounds. This is called the “Hammer Response” function. On an acoustic piano, pressing a key moves a hammer, which strikes a string to produce sound. If you press the key softly, the hammer will move slowly...

25 Performance You can adjust the sound produced when the hammer of an acoustic piano strikes the string. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to select “Hammer Noise” in the KEYBOARD screen. fig.03-060d 3...

26 Performance You can change the volume of the damper pedal resonance. On an acoustic piano, depressing the damper pedal makes the notes you play resonate with other strings, adding rich reverberations and fatness to the sound. The damper pedal on the RG-1 recreates this resonance (Damper Resonance...

27 Performance You can adjust the damper noise of the acoustic piano sound (the sound of the damper releasing the strings when you press the damper pedal). 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to select “D...

28 Performance “Duplex Scale” refers to a system that causes sympathetic vibrations in the sections of the string toward the front and toward the back. It can produce sound that is richer and brighter by adding the string’s higher harmonics. Because no damper (sound-stopping mechanism) is applied to...

29 Performance When you play the keys on an acoustic piano, the strings that are already playing resonate as well. The function that reproduces this effect is called “String Resonance.” 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] ...

30 Performance You can play the “key off” sound (the subtle sound produced when the keys are released) obtained when playing an acoustic piano. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to select “KeyOff Resona...

31 Performance Pianos are generally tuned so that the low range is flatter and the high range is sharper than equal tempered pitches. This method of tuning is unique to the piano, and is known as “stretched tuning.” A graph that shows the changes in pitch of actual tuning compared with the changes i...

32 Performance You can play classical styles such as Baroque using historic temperaments (tuning methods). Most modern songs are composed for and played in equal temperament, the most common tuning in use today. But at one time, there were a wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. By play...

34 Performance You can adjust the touch (playing feel) of the keyboard. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to select “Touch” in the KEYBOARD screen. fig.03-060d 3 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) ...

35 Performance You can add liveliness to the sound to give it superb clarity and distinctness. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the DYNAMICS screen. fig.01-130d 3 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [...

36 Performance Apply a reverb effect to the notes you play with the RG-1. Reverb makes it sound as if you are playing in a concert hall. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to select “Reverb” in the EFFECT screen...

38 Performance Dividing the keyboard into right-hand and left-hand areas, then playing different sounds in each is called “Split performance.” The boundary key is called the “split point.” The split point key is included in the left-hand keyboard area. fig.03-290 1 Select a tone (p. 21). 2 Press the...

39 Performance You can change the location where the keyboard is divided (the split point), when the Split performance is on. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the SPLIT screen. fig.03-301d 3...

40 Performance By using the “Transpose function,” you can transpose your performance without changing the notes you play. For example, even if the song is in a difficult key with numerous sharps ( ) or flats ( ), you can transpose it to a key that is easier for you to play. When accompanying a vocal...

41 Performance You can perform while the metronome sounds. You can also change the volume level and the beat of the metronome. If a song is playing, the metronome will sound at the tempo and time signature of that song. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. 2 Press the [Song]...

42 Performance 2 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to adjust the tempo. 1 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the value for beat to flash. fig.03-390d 2 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to select the beat. The volume of the me...

43 Playing Back Songs The RG-1 features a variety of internal songs. The internal songs are categorized into “Jazz” and “Classical” genres. Try giving these songs a listen. You can also play back the following kinds of songs (data). • SMF music files (when a USB memory, CD drive, or floppy disk driv...

44 Playing Back Songs The factory settings have tone demos registered in the “Favorites” (p. 43). 1 Press the [Song] button one or more times to select “Favorites” as the genre. fig.01-011d 2 Press the [ ] button to start playback of the tone demos. You can select the tone demo to play back by press...

45 Playing Back Songs You can play back audio CDs and CD-ROMs containing saved SMF music files. * You can also play songs on VIMA CD-ROMs (VIMA TUNES) sold by Roland. Playing Back a Song 1 Place the CD you want to play in the CD drive. * Reading of data from the CD starts when the CD is inserted in ...

46 Playing Back Songs 3 Press the [ ] button. The songs on the CD are played. When the RG-1 is set to play back all songs (p. 70), once the song currently being played back is finished, the next song starts playing automatically. After all of the songs on the CD have been played, playback automatica...

47 Playing Back Songs You can connect a USB memory or floppy disk drive and listen to songs saved on USB memory and floppy disks. Floppy Disk 1 Insert the floppy disk containing the songs you want to play to the floppy disk drive. 2 Press the [Song] button one or more times to select “Floppy Disk” a...

48 Playing Back Songs When playing back internal songs or SMF music files saved on external memory, you can select the performance parts that will play. You can also practice each hand separately while playing along with the song. 1 Select a song to play back (p. 44, p. 45, p. 47). 2 Press the [ ] b...

49 Playing Back Songs Here’s how to adjust the volume that a part to mute the playback while playing back a song. The RG-1 lets you play back a specific part at a reduced volume so you can use that part as a “guide” for your own playing. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. ...

50 Playing Back Songs Use this procedure to adjust the volume level of the audio CD or audio files when playing back them. 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the CD/AUDIO screen. fig.03-030d 3 Press t...

51 Playing Back Songs When playing back a commercially available CD or audio file, you can minimize the sounds that are located in the center (such as vocals). 1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit. 2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the C...

53 Playing Back Songs This changes the song tempo. Changing the tempo has no effect on the pitch of the notes. And you can change the tempo even when the song is in progress. 1 Select a song to play back (p. 44, p. 45, p. 47). 2 Press the [ ] button to play the song. 3 Press the [Function] (Exit) bu...

54 Playing Back Songs A “count-in” is a count that is sounded before the song begins to play. If you’re playing along with a song, you can sound a count to make it easier to synchronize your own playing with the song. 1 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the value for...

56 Playing Back Songs 7 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to change the key of the song. Each time you press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button, the song is transposed by one semitone. Pressing the [ ] (Value -) and [ ] (Value +) buttons simultaneously restores the...

57 Playing Back Songs You can copy songs contained in a USB memory connected to the RG-1’s External memory connector, songs on CD-ROMs, and songs saved to floppy disks to the “Favorites.” By copying songs to the “Favorites,” you’ll then be able to select the copied songs easily by selecting the “Fav...

58 Playing Back Songs 7 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to change the “From” setting. 8 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button so that the “COPY From” song number is flashing. fig.01-260d 9 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to select t...

61 Playing Back Songs 7 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to select the location where the song to delete is stored. 8 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the “song number” to flash. fig.01-360d 9 Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) but...

62 Recording the Performance Notes Regarding Recording You can store your recorded performances to the “Favorites” (p. 43). If not first saved to the “Favorites,” recorded performances are erased when the RG-1’s power is turned off. If you want to retain such performances, be sure to save them to th...

63 Recording the Performance Start Recording 8 Press the [ENTER] button or play the keyboard to start recording. When you press the [Enter] button, a two-bar count is sounded, and then recording starts. When you start recording by fingering the keyboard, no count-in is sounded. Recording starts, and...

64 Recording the Performance You can save recorded performances to the RG-1’s “Favorites” and to USB memory and floppy disks. If not first saved to the “Favorites,” USB memory, or floppy disks, recorded performances are erased when the RG-1’s power is turned off. If you want to retain such performan...

66 Changing Various Settings When “Panel Lock” is activated, all buttons will no longer function. Thus, even if you press a button by mistake, the settings remain unchanged. Making the Setting 1. Set the desired tones and other settings. 2. Hold down the [Function] (Exit) button and press the [Enter...

67 Changing Various Settings You can make a wide variety of settings that make the instrument even easier to use. The screen in which the settings are changed is called the “Function screen.” You can make the settings described below. If you turn the keyboard’s touch sensitivity (Key Touch:p. 34) “F...

69 Changing Various Settings This setting specifies what the transpose will affect. You can use the transpose to change the pitch of both the song and the keyboard, the pitch of only the song, or the pitch of only the keyboard. → Key Transpose (p. 40), Playback Transpose (p. 55) → You can use the Me...

71 Changing Various Settings Ordinarily, when playing back SMF music files for Roland Piano Digital instruments (p. 89), the left-hand part is assigned to the left-hand track, and the right-hand part is assigned to the right-hand track. However, right-hand and left-hand part assignments in certain S...

72 Changing Various Settings Connecting the RG-1 to a V-LINK compatible image device allows you to control the images with the RG-1. V-LINK V-LINK ( ) is a function that allows music and images to be performed together. By using MIDI to connect two or more V-LINK compatible devices, you can easily e...

79 Connecting External Devices You can connect audio devices to play the sound of the RG-1 through the speakers of your audio system, or to record your performance on a tape recorder or other recording device. Use phone plug audio cables (sold separately) to make connections. * When connection cable...

80 Connecting External Devices 1. Turn the volume all the way down on the RG-1 and on the audio device you’re about to connect. 2. Turn off the power to the RG-1 and the audio device. 3. Use audio cables (sold separately) to make the connection. 4. Switch on the connected audio device. 5. Switch on ...

81 Connecting External Devices By connecting an external MIDI device and exchanging performance data, you can control one device from the other. For instance, you can output sound from the other instrument or switch Tones on the other instrument. * External MIDI devices can’t be used for remotely ch...

82 Connecting External Devices The following become possible once you connect a USB cable (available separately) between the USB (MIDI) connector on the RG-1’s jack panel and the USB connector of your computer. • You can use the RG-1 to play sounds from SMF music files played back with MIDI software...

83 Appendices Troubleshooting Case Cause/Remedy The power doesn’t come on Is the power cord connected and plugged in correctly? (p. 15) Depressing a pedal has no effect, or the pedal effect doesn’t stop Is the pedal connected correctly?Make sure the pedal cord is securely connected to the pedal conn...

84 Troubleshooting In the upper range, the sound changes abruptly beyond a certain key On an acoustic piano, notes in the upper one and a half octaves of the keyboard continue to sound until they decay naturally, regardless of the damper pedal. There is a difference in the timbre as well. Roland pia...

85 Error Messages Indication Meaning Error 01: You can only read the music file. It can not be saved. Error 02: An error occurred during writing. The storage media’s protect tab may be in the “Protect” (writing prohib-ited) position, or the storage media may not yet be initialized. Error 10: No stor...

86 Tone List fig.08-010 *1 These are tones for which the Hammer Noise (p. 25), String Resonance (p. 29), and Key Off Resonance (p. 30) settings are effective. *2 These are tones for which the Key Off Resonance setting (p. 30) is effective. Piano 1 1 Grand Piano1 *1 2 Grand Piano1 + Str 3 Grand Piano...

87 Internal Song List * All rights reserved. Unauthorized use of this material for purposes other than private, personal enjoyment is a violation of applicable laws. Jazz Windy Afternoon Trio Grande Scrambled Egg Blue Sky Rag One Down And Easy Bop On The Rock Fly Free Late Night Chopin Wedding Song ...

88 Parameters Stored to Internal Memory ■ Parameters Stored in Memory Backup ■ Parameters Stored without Using Memory Backup Screen Display Description Page KEYBOARD Touch Key Touch p. 34 Fixed Velocity The velocity when the Key Touch is set to “Fix” p. 67 Hammer Response Hammer Response p. 24 Hamme...

89 Music Files That the RG-1 Can Use What Are Music Files? Music files contains musical information such as how long the key for a corresponding pitch is played, the force applied to the key played, and other such information. Performance data is transmitted to the RG-1 from music files saved in USB...

90 MIDI Implementation Chart Function... BasicChannel Mode NoteNumber : Velocity AfterTouch Pitch Bend ControlChange ProgChange System Exclusive SystemCommon SystemReal Time AuxMessage Notes Transmitted Recognized Remarks DefaultChanged DefaultMessagesAltered True Voice Note ONNote OFF Key’sCh’s 0, ...

91 Main Specifications RG-1 <Keyboard> Keyboard 88 keys (PHA II ivory feel Keyboard with Escapement) Touch Sensitivity Touch: 100 levels, fixed touch (level adjustable) Hammer Response: 10 levels Keyboard Mode Whole, Layer (as layer tones, volume balance adjustable), Split (split point adjusta...

93 Index A AC Inlet ..................................................................... 13, 15Accomp ........................................................................... 75ACCOMP TRACK ASSIGN ........................................ 75All Song ..................................................

97 * Please refer to “Leaflet For a Dealer or a Qualified Professional Installer (RG-1).” * You will also need to have a Phillips screwdriver. 1. Remove the four caps attached to the rear leg. To remove a cap, grasp it, then pull it out while twisting it counterclockwise. 2. Using screws “a” (M8 x 2...

As of Oct. 1, 2007 (ROLAND) Information When you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Rolanddistributor in your country as shown below. EGYPT Al Fanny Trading Office 9, EBN Hagar Al Askalany Street,ARD E1 Golf, Heliopolis, Cairo 11341, EGYPTTEL: (022)-418-5531 R...

For Canada This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. NOTICE AVIS For the USA FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIO...