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03454423 ’05-2-3N Owner’s Manual To resize thickness, move all items on the front cover and center registration marks to left or right This owner’s manual is printed on recycled paper. Congratulations on your choice of the Roland Digital Piano HPi-7/HPi-7LE.
2 To resize thickness, move all items on the front cover CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION : RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
3 USING THE UNIT SAFELY 001 • Before using this unit, make sure to read the instructions below, and the Owner’s Manual. .......................................................................................................... 002a • Do not open or perform any internal modifica- tions on the unit.
4 013 • In households with small children, an adult should provide supervision until the child is capable of following all the rules essential for the safe operation of the unit. ......................................................................
5 IMPORTANT NOTES 291b In addition to the items listed under “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” and “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” on pages 3 and 4, please read and observe the following: Power Supply 3.
6 560 • Do not apply undue force to the music rest while it is in use. 562 • Use a cable from Roland to make the connection. If using some other make of connection cable, please note the following precau- tions. • Some connection cables contain resistors.
7 Contents USING THE UNIT SAFELY ......................................... 3 IMPORTANT NOTES ................................................... 5 Before You Begin Playing ...........................9 Making the Connections ...........................
8 Contents Adjusting the depth of the effects (Effect) .......... 55 Setting the reference pitch and temperament (Tuning) ................................................................... 55 Mic Echo .................................................
9 Before You Begin Playing Making the Connections Connecting the pedal cable Insert the pedal cable into the Pedal connector on the rear panel of the HPi-7.
10 Before You Begin Playing Using the Headphone Hook Whenever you are not using the headphones, you can hang them on the headphone hook at the lower left of the HPi-7. Attaching the Headphone Hook Press and twist the headphone hook included with the HPi-7 into the hole in the bottom of the HPi-7 (refer to the figure below).
11 Before You Begin Playing About the Pedals The pedals have the following functions, and are used mainly for piano performance. fig.pedal-e Damper pedal (right pedal) While this pedal is pressed, notes will be sustained even after you take your fingers off the keys.
12 Panel Descriptions Front Panel fig.panelfront-e 1 [Power On] switch Pressed to switch the power on and off (p. 10). 2 [Volume] knob Adjusts the overall volume (p. 10). 3 [Brilliance] knob Adjusts the brightness of the sound (p. 10). 4 [Transpose] button Transposes the pitch of the keyboard or the song being played (p.
13 Panel Descriptions 28 [Marker/Count] button This is also used for setting the count (p. 21). These allow you to add and move markers in the notation as well as repeat playback of song segments simply and easily. 29 Disk Drive You can insert a floppy disk for playing back or saving songs (p.
14 Basic Operation and the Main Screen Basic operation The HPi-7 is operated mainly by using the cursor buttons and [ ] [ ] [+] [-] buttons while viewing the screen. The every screen shows the functions of the cursor buttons and the [ ] [ ] [+] [-] buttons.
15 Playing Along With A Song Notation Screen When the power of the HPi-7 is turned on, a notation screen like the following will appear in the display. This can display not only the onboard songs, but also the notation for SMF music files or a performance that you’ve recorded on the HPi-7.
16 Playing Along With A Song Button Operations The following buttons are used to play back a song. fig.panel1-e Playing a Song The HPi-7 comes with 170 piano songs onboard.
17 Playing Along With A Song Select a song 1 Press the [Song] button. In the screen, select the song that you want to play. fig.songslcte Play back 2 Press the [ (Play/stop)] button. The button’s indicator will light. The song will begin playing. While the screen shows the symbol, the song data is being loaded.
18 Playing Along With A Song If a screen like the following is displayed fig.d-delete-e If a song has already been selected in the current area (internal memory), it will not be possible to choose another song or record a new performance. If you want to erase the song, use the [ ] [ ] buttons to select “OK,” then press the [ (Execute)] button.
19 Playing Along With A Song Playing back at a fixed tempo In the case of a song with difficult tempo changes, it is effective to practice initially with a fixed tempo. Playing back at a fixed tempo without allowing tempo changes is called “Tempo Mute.
20 Playing Along With A Song Using the Metronome The HPi-7 contains a versatile metronome function. While a song or accompaniment (Pianist function, p. 32) is playing, the metronome will sound at the corresponding tempo and time signature (Beat). fig.
21 Playing Along With A Song Adding a Count to Assist Your Timing “Count-in” means to sound a count before song playback begins. “Countdown” means to sound a count after the end of the song introduction (before you begin playing the keyboard).
22 Playing Along With A Song Assigning Markers to a Song for Repeated Practice You can add markers within a song so that you can move to a marked measure, or play back repeatedly between two markers. fig.panelmark Before you begin, select the song in which you want to assign markers (p.
23 Playing Along With A Song Moving an assigned marker After assigning a marker in the song, you can hold down the [ ] button and press the [ (Bwd)] or [ (Fwd)] button to adjust the location at which marker A was assigned. To adjust the location of marker B, hold down the [ ] button and press the [ (Bwd)] or [ (Fwd)] button.
24 Playing Along With A Song Changing the Key of the Keyboard or Song Playback (Transpose) By using the “Transpose” function, you can transpose your performance without changing the notes you play. For example, if a song is in a difficult key with numerous sharps ( ) or flats ( ), you can use this function to play it in an easier key.
25 Playing Along With A Song Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch) You can adjust the touch (playing feel) of the keyboard. fig.panelktch 1 Press the [Key Touch] button. fig.keytouche Item Indicator Setting Key Touch No Light Medium This allows you to play using the most natural touch.
26 Adding Variety to Your Performances Selecting the Sound to Play The HPi-7 contains 600 and more different tones. The tones are organized into six tone groups, which are assigned to the [Tone] buttons. fig.paneltone 1 Press one of the [Tone] buttons, and select the desired tone in the screen.
27 Adding Variety to Your Performances Applying Effects to the Sound fig.paneleffect Adding reverberation to the sound ( Reverb) By applying the reverb effect you can produce a pleasant reverberation, making it sound as though you were performing in a concert hall.
28 Adding Variety to Your Performances fig.duale When the tone names of “Tone 1” or “Tone 2” are highlighted, you can press the [+] or [-] button to select tones within the same tone group (p. 26). To cancel dual performance, press any [Tone] button.
29 Adding Variety to Your Performances fig.splite When the “Right-hand Tone” or “Left-hand Tone” are highlighted, you can use the [Tone] buttons and the [+] or [-] button to select tones. When the “Split Point” is selected, you can press the [+] or [-] button to change the split point.
30 Using the Lesson Function (Visual Lesson) You can enjoy your practices with the HPi-7’s Lesson function. Play along with the accompaniment, and a notation indicating how well you have performed appears in the display. You can select the level and practice songs to match your current abilities.
31 Using the Lesson Function (Visual Lesson) A screen like the one below appears when you select the “Repertoire” course. fig.wonder-e Set the tempo and the part you want to practice, then press the [ (Next)] button. 4 Play along with the accompaniment.
32 Adding an Accompaniment to Your Performance (Pianist Function) The Pianist function automatically adds a suitable accompaniment to your piano performance. You can choose one of 35 different accompaniment styles as suitable for the song that you want to play.
33 Playing in a Wonderland of Sound “Wonderland” allows children to experience a variety of sounds and onboard songs with easy operation and enjoyable animation. fig.panelwonder 1 Press the [Wonderland] button, and select the desired item in the screen.
34 Recording Your Performance The HPi-7 lets you record your own performances. A recorded performance can be played back to hear your own playing, or to add additional parts.
35 Recording Your Performance fig.recmsg2e Select the track that you want to record 3 Press the track button for the track that you want to record (i.e., the track that you want to play yourself). The indicator of the button you pressed will blink, and the HPi-7 enters recording-standby mode.
36 Recording Your Performance Recording a New Song Here’s how to record your own keyboard performance without using an internal song. fig.panelnrec Make recording settings (choose “New Song”) 1 Press the [Song] button. fig.songslct2j 2 Press the [ ] button to return to the first song, then press the [ ] button once more to select “New Song.
37 Recording Your Performance Start recording 6 Press the [ (Play/Stop)] button. After a two-measure count, recording will begin. Note that recording will also begin as soon as you play anything on the keyboard, even if you do not press the [ (Play/Stop)] button.
38 Recording Your Performance Re-recording When you want to re-record, specify the track button whose performance you want to re-record, and then record again.
39 Recording Your Performance Erasing a Recorded Song A recorded song can be erased in the following two ways: 1 After recording a song, press the [Song] button and select another song in the song-select screen. 2 Hold down the [Song] button and press the [ (Rec)] button.
40 Recording Your Performance * If you want to re-record only your own performance after using the Pianist function to record, you must turn off the Pianist function before you record. If you fail to turn off the Pianist function, the Pianist accompaniment will be added to the previously recorded accompaniment.
41 Saving Your Performance The performance data you record on the HPi-7 will be lost when you select another song or turn off the power of the HPi-7. If you want to keep important performance data, you must save it to floppy disks or Favorites.
42 Saving Your Performance First make sure that the protect tab of the floppy disk is in the “Write (write enable)” position. fig.DiskProtecte 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive. 2 Press the [Function] button, and select “File” in the screen, and press the [ (Enter)] button.
43 Saving Your Performance 3 Select the destination and the format in which to save. * You cannot save recorded songs that use copyrighted music files in SMF format. 4 Specify the song name and the save-destination song number. fig.disksave2e 5 Follow the on-screen directions to begin saving the data.
44 Saving Your Performance (write enable)” position (p. 42), then insert the floppy disk in the disk drive. 1 Press the [Function] button, and select “File” in the screen, and press the [( Enter )] button. 2 Use [ ] [ ] to select “Delete,” and press the [ (Enter)] button.
45 Saving Your Performance fig.songcopye 4 Select the copy type, and press the [ (Enter)] button. The following “Copy Song screen” appears. fig.songcopye 5 Specifying the copy source and the copy destination. If a song name is displayed with a number, a song is already saved to that number.
46 Playing Back Music Files or a Song that was Saved on Floppy Disk Here’s how you can play back commercially available music files, or a song that was saved on a floppy disk. You can also play the keyboard along with the song playback. → For details on using the notation screen, refer to p.
47 Convenient Functions Changing the Notation Screen Settings You can change the parts shown in the notation screen, and how the notation is displayed. 1 Press the [Notation] button, and press the [ (Options)] button. 2 Press the [ (Menu)] button to display the “Score Menu.
48 Convenient Functions Editing Songs There are many ways you can edit performances recorded using the HPi-7 Track button (p. 40) or 16-track sequencer (p. 58). Basic Operation of the Editing Functions 1 Press the [Notation] button, and press the [ (Options)] button.
49 Convenient Functions Undoing Edits ( Undo) You can cancel an editing operation that you’ve just carried out. This is handy when you want to undo an edit and restore data to the way it was before. * There are some edits that can’t be restored. Editing functions that can be undone appear on screen.
50 Convenient Functions Deleting Measures ( Delete) You can delete a part of a performance measure by measure. When a portion of a performance is deleted, the rest of the performance is shifted up to fill the gap. Erasing measures in a specified passage is called “deleting.
51 Convenient Functions Transposing Individual Parts (Transpose) You can transpose specified parts and tracks individually. fig.d-e-trans You cannot transpose performances of the drum sets and sound effect sets (such as the Rhythm Track).
52 Convenient Functions Correcting Notes One by One ( Note Edit) You can make corrections in a recorded performance one note at a time. This process of making changes in individual notes is called “note editing.
53 Convenient Functions 2 Select the song you want to save (p. 17). 3 Press the [Notation] button, and press the [ (Options)] button. 4 Press the [ (Menu)] button to display the “Score Menu”. 5 Select the “BMP output”, and press the [ (Enter)] button.
54 Convenient Functions Functions that Can be Selected Using the [Function] Button Here’s how you can easily make changes such as tuning the HPi-7 or changing the function of the pedals.
55 Convenient Functions Adjusting the volume balance between accompaniment and keyboard (Balance) You can adjust the balance between the volume of the sound played from the keyboard and the volume of the song playback or Pianist function (p. 32) accompaniment.
56 Convenient Functions Temperament You can play classical styles such as Baroque using historic temperaments (tuning methods). Today, compositions are generally created with equal temperament in mind and are played using equal temperament. However in past ages of classical music, a variety of temperaments were used.
57 Convenient Functions Selecting Images To Be Shown on the Displays (User Image Display) You can have image data from computers and other devices shown on the onboard display. 1 Take a floppy disk to which the image data stored in the HPi-7 has been saved, and insert the disk in the disk drive.
58 Convenient Functions Recording and Playing Back Performances of Specific Instruments (16 Track) Multitrack recording is a method of recording whereby you listen to what has previously been recorded while recording new parts on top of that material.
59 Convenient Functions Recording Use the [ (Bwd)] or [ (Fwd)] buttons to move to the measure you want to record. Set the recording tempo and metronome. 1 Press the [ (Record)] button. The HPi-7 goes into record standby. 2 Press the [ (Play/Stop)] button to start recording.
60 Convenient Functions Stored contents Master Tune, Stretch Tuning, Temperament, Key ( p. 55) Lid, Damper Resonance, Hammer Response, String Resonance (p. 55) Key Touch (p. 25) Metronome Sound (p. 20) Count In Sound, Countdown Sound, Count In Measure ( p.
61 Connecting External Devices Connecting Audio Devices You can connect audio devices to play the sound of the HPi-7 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.
62 Connecting External Devices Connections to a Computer You can use a USB connector to connect the HPi-7 to your computer. Roland’s “Visual MT” is installed, you will be able to play the sound of the software sound generator from the HPi-7’s speakers, or save a recorded HPi-7 song on your computer.
63 Connecting External Devices Composer Out setting If you want a performance recorded on the HPi-7 to be transmitted to an external MIDI device or computer, turn the “Composer Out” setting “On.” Program Change setting Program changes are a type of message that tell a device to “switch to sound number `x’.
64 Trouble Shooting If you think there’s a problem, read this first. Case Cause/Remedy The power doesn’t come on. Is the power cord connected and plugged in correctly? (p. 9) The button doesn’t work. Is the panel locked? (p. 11) Turn the power off, then back on.
65 Trouble Shooting The Tone has changed. When a performance made along with a Music Files tune has been recorded, recording the performance to button [1/User] may make the Tones for buttons [3/Left] and [4/Right] change as well. The recorded performance has disappeared.
66 If this Message Appears on Screen Indication Meaning PU When a song with a pickup (a song that does not start on the first beat) is played back, the measure numbers will be indicated in the display as PU, 1, 2, and so forth. 00: This data cannot be saved in SMF format.
67 Tone List Piano NaturalGrand ** NaturalMello ** Natural Hps. ** Grand Piano1 MellowPiano1 Harpsichord2 Natural Gnd2 ** MellowPiano2 NaturalC.Hps ** Grand Piano2 DetunedPiano PianoStrings Piano Choir Honky-tonk Ballad Piano Piano Str2 Honky-tonk 2 Rock Piano Bright Piano UprightPiano Mono Piano Bell Piano Air Grand Piano 1 Piano 2 Piano 3 E.
68 Tone List Piano 1w Piano 1d Piano 2 Piano 2w Piano 3 Piano 3w GS Honkytonk Honky-tonk 2 GS E.Piano1 GS E.Piano2 60's E.Piano E.Piano 1v E.Piano 2v Detuned EP 1 Detuned EP 2 GS Harpsi. Coupled Hps. Harpsi.w Harpsi.o Soft Clav. Celesta GS Glocken GS Music Box Vibraphone Vibe.
69 Tone List Polysynth* Space Voice* Bowed Glass* Metal Pad* Halo Pad* Sweep Pad* Ice Rain* Soundtrack* Crystal* Syn Mallet* Atmosphere* Brightness* Goblin* Echo Drops* Star Theme* Sitar* Banjo* Shamisen* Koto* Kalimba* Bagpipe* Fiddle* Shanai* Tinkle Bell* Agogo* Steel Drums* Woodblock* Taiko* Melo.
70 Drum Set List * -----: No sound. * [EXC]: will not sound simultaneously with other percussion instruments of the same number. R&B Snare Rock Snare Rock Snare Pop Snare m Pop Snare Ghost Pop Sna.
71 Drum Set List * -----: No sound. * [EXC]: will not sound simultaneously with other percussion instruments of the same number. 27 28 29 31 33 35 30 32 34 21 23 22 39 40 41 43 45 47 42 44 46 36 38 37.
72 Drum Set List * -----: No sound. * [EXC]: will not sound simultaneously with other percussion instruments of the same number. 27 28 29 31 33 35 30 32 34 21 23 22 39 40 41 43 45 47 42 44 46 36 38 37.
73 Drum Set List * -----: No sound. * [EXC]: will not sound simultaneously with other percussion instruments of the same number. 27 28 29 31 33 35 30 32 34 21 23 22 39 40 41 43 45 47 42 44 46 36 38 37.
74 Chord List ● symbol: Indicates the constituent note of chords. ★ symbol: Chord shown with an “ ★ ”can be played by pressing just the key marked with the “ ★ .
75 Internal Song List 981a • All rights reserved. Unauthorized use of this material for purposes other than private, personal enjoyment is a violation of applicable laws. * Song with a "*" symbol appended to their name may not allow output of their notations as image data in BMP (bitmap) format.
76 Pianist Style List Songs for Visual Lesson Beginner’s Course Mary Had A Little Lamb Come Birds The Cuckoo Old MacDonald Had A Farm London Bridge Oh! Susanna Sonata (Mozart) Aura Lee Pathetique Am.
77 Music Files That the HPi-7 Can Use What Are Music Files? Music Files contain information describing the details of a musical performance, such as “the C3 key on a keyboard was pressed for this amount of time, using this amount of force.
78 MIDI Implementation Chart Function... Basic Channel Mode Note Number : Velocity After Touch Pitch Bend Control Change Prog Change System Exclusive System Common System Real Time Aux Message Notes T.
79 Main Specifications 962a * In the interest of product improvement, the specifications and/or appearance of this unit are subject to change without prior notice.
80 Index A Adjuster .......................................................................... 11 All Song Play .................................................................. 18 Alphabet ............................................................
81 Index Piano Setting .................................................................. 55 Pitches ............................................................................. 47 Play Mode ...........................................................
As of January 15, 2005 (ROLAND) Information When you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Roland distributor in your country as shown below.
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03454423 ’05-2-3N Owner’s Manual To resize thickness, move all items on the front cover and center registration marks to left or right This owner’s manual is printed on recycled paper. Congratulations on your choice of the Roland Digital Piano HPi-7/HPi-7LE.
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