Roland RG-3F Owner's Manual

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10 Contents Adjusting the Piano Sound to Your Taste (Piano Designer) ... 31 What is Piano Designer?...

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11 Contents Making Various Settings ... 54 Preventing the Current Settings fr

Page 5 - ALWAYS OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING

12 Contents Connecting to Other Devices ... 74 Installing the CD Drive...

Page 6 - USING THE UNIT SAFELY

13 Panel Descriptions fig.FrontPanel_e.eps 1. [Power] switch Turns the power on/off (p. 19). 2. [Volume] knob Adjusts the overall volume level (p. 2

Page 7 - IMPORTANT NOTES

14 Panel Descriptions fig.JackPanel1_e.eps 1. Phones jacks Connect headphones to these jacks (p. 21). 2. Input jacks (RCA phono type) (L/Mono, R) You

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15 Panel Descriptions fig.ExtMemory.eps 1. External memory connector You can connect your USB memory or CD drive here, and use it to play back stored

Page 9 - Contents

16 Getting Ready Raising the music rest Raise the music rest before you open the piano top. Close the piano top before you lower the music rest. 1. G

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17 Getting Ready 5. Move the tip of the top stick to position B of the socket, locking it into place. The top stick must be locked into the socket to

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18 Getting Ready 5. Move the tip of the top stick to position D of the socket, locking it into place. The top stick must be locked into the socket to

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19 Getting Ready fig.ACPdlConnect.eps 1. Connect the pedal cord to the Pedal connector of the jack panel located on the bottom left of the piano. 2.

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20 Getting Ready 1. Turn the [Volume] knob to adjust the overall volume. 2. Turn the [Brilliance] knob to adjust the brightness of the sound. fig.Vol

Page 15 - External memory connector

21 Getting Ready This instrument has two headphone jacks.Since two people can use headphones simultaneously, this is convenient for lessons or when p

Page 16 - Getting Ready

22 Playing The RG-1F/RG-3F lets you play using a variety of sounds (a total of more than 300) that include piano sounds as well as other sounds.Each

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23 Playing You can play two tones simultaneously from a single key.This feature is called “Dual performance.”Here’s an example of playing piano and s

Page 18 - For the RG-3F

24 Playing You can add a pleasant reverberation to the sounds you play from the keyboard, producing the impression that you’re playing in a concert h

Page 19 - Turning the Power On/Off

25 Playing “Split performance” is a feature that lets you divide the keyboard at a specific note, and play different tones with the right and left ha

Page 20 - Using the Pedals

26 Playing Here’s how to change the split point when using Split performance. 1 Press the [Piano Designer] button so the indicator is lit. 2 Use the

Page 21 - Connecting Headphones

27 Playing “Transpose” is a function that lets you shift the pitch without changing the fingering with which you play the keyboard.For example, if a

Page 22 - Playing Various Sounds

28 Playing You can sound the metronome while you play.The volume and time signature of the metronome can be changed.If a song is playing, the metrono

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29 Playing Changing the metronome’s time signature 8 Use the [ ▲ ] [ ▼ ] buttons to select “Beat.” 9 Use the [+] [–] buttons to set the time signatur

Page 24 - Adding Reverberation (Reverb)

Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland RG-1F/RG-3F Digital Grand Piano.This owner’s manual is for both the RG-1F and RG-3F. 201b

Page 25 - (Split Performance)

30 Playing Here’s how to change the sensitivity with which the keyboard responds to your playing. 1 Press the [Piano Designer] button so the indicato

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31 Adjusting the Piano Sound to Your Taste (Piano Designer) The RG-1F/RG-3F lets you adjust the piano sound to your taste by modifying various aspect

Page 27 - If you play

32 Adjusting the Piano Sound to Your Taste (Piano Designer) Piano Designer Settings ParameterValue DescriptionKey Touch Fixed, S.Light (Super Light),

Page 28 - Playing with the Metronome

33 User Program Registration Settings such as the currently selected tone select button, transposition, and volume balance can be saved as a “user pr

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34 User Program Registration This instrument lets you save 36 different user programs. 1 Make the desired settings by selecting a tone, etc. 2 Press

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35 User Program Registration You can quickly and easily call up your saved user program settings. 1 Press the [Piano Designer] button so its indicato

Page 31 - (Piano Designer)

36 User Program Registration The 36 user programs stored in this instrument can be saved to user memory (p. 44) or USB memory (sold separately) as a

Page 32 - Piano Designer Settings

37 User Program Registration 7 Press the [ ▼ ] button to select the lower line of the screen, and then use the [+] [–] buttons to select the save-des

Page 33 - User Program Registration

38 User Program Registration Here’s how to load an entire set of user programs that you saved to user memory (p. 44) or USB memory (sold separately).

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39 User Program Registration 7 Press the [ ▼ ] button to select the lower line of the screen, and use the [+] [–] buttons to select the number of the

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4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSCAUTIONRISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCKDO NOT OPENATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIRCAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RIS

Page 36 - Saving a Set of User Programs

40 User Program Registration Here’s how to delete an entire set of user programs that was saved to user memory (p. 44) or USB memory (sold separately

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41 User Program Registration 7 Press the [ ▼ ] button to select the lower line of the screen, and use the [+] [–] buttons to select the number of the

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42 User Program Registration A pedal can be assigned the function of selecting among user programs. Once the assignment is made, you can step on the

Page 39 - If you’re loading data that

43 Listening to a Song The RG-1F/RG-3F contains a variety of built-in songs. Here’s how to listen to these songs.You can also play back the following

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44 Listening to a Song 4 Use the [+] [–] buttons to select the song that you want to play. fig.d-Song2.eps To select a song that’s inside a folder(1)

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45 Listening to a Song Here’s how you can play back just the selected parts of a song.This lets you practice along with a song, one hand at a time. 1

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46 Listening to a Song Here’s how to adjust the playback volume for songs saved in the RG-1F/RG-3F or SMF music files played from external memory (US

Page 43 - Listening to a Song

47 Listening to a Song 6 Use the [+] [–] buttons to adjust the tempo.How time signature and tempo indications correspond 7 Press the [Piano Designer]

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48 Listening to a Song Here’s how to change just the volume of a song from an audio file or a music CD. 1 Play back the audio file or music CD (p. 43

Page 45 - SMF Music Files

49 Listening to a Song You can decrease the volume of sounds (vocals, some melodic instruments, etc.) heard at the center of the stereo sound field w

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5 USING THE UNIT SAFELY 002a • Do not open or perform any internal modifications on the unit. ...

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50 Recording Your Performance Please note when recording You can save your recorded performance to “Favorites” (p. 44). If you turn off the power wit

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51 Recording Your Performance 1 Press the [Play/Stop] button. The recorded performance will play back.To stop playback, press the [Play/Stop] button

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52 Recording Your Performance Here’s how to save your recorded performance to the internal memory “Favorites” area or to USB memory.If you turn off t

Page 50 - Recording Your Performance

53 Recording Your PerformanceNumbers in which no song is saved are shown as “4: (Empty)” in the screen.fig.d-File-save5.epsIf you attempt to select a

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54 Making Various Settings The RG-1F/RG-3F provides a variety of settings that provide even more enjoyment for your playing.You can make the followin

Page 52 - Saving a Recorded Performance

55 Making Various Settings The “Panel Lock” setting will disable all buttons. This lets you prevent the settings from being changed when a button is

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56 Making Various Settings When playing together with another instrument in an ensemble, you can adjust the RG-1F/RG-3F’s reference pitch to match th

Page 54 - Making Various Settings

57 Making Various Settings Setting the Tonic When playing with tuning other than equal temperament, you need to specify the tonic note for tuning the

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58 Making Various Settings The RG-1F/RG-3F features a built-in, four-band digital equalizer.You can also save up to four sets of equalization setting

Page 56 - Tuning Settings

59 Making Various Settings A performance saved in “Favorites” can be copied to USB memory, or a song saved in USB memory or on a CD-ROM can be copied

Page 57 - Setting the Tonic

6 USING THE UNIT SAFELY 014 • Protect the unit from strong impact.(Do not drop it!) ...

Page 58 - Equalizer Settings

60 Making Various Settings Here’s how to delete a song that was saved to “Favorites” or USB memory. 1. If you want to delete a song from USB memory,

Page 59 - File Menu

61 Making Various Settings Here’s how you can erase the entire contents of user memory or USB memory, returning it to the factory-set (initialized) s

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62 Making Various Settings You can specify that changing the Track Mute setting (p. 45) to “Mute” will reduce the volume rather than mute the sound c

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63 Making Various Settings Normally, when you play back SMF music file (p. 88) that is compatible with Roland digital pianos, the left-hand part will

Page 62 - Performance Settings

64 Making Various Settings For some CDs, the piano may be unable to determine the type of CD. In this case, you can manually specify the type of CD.

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65 Making Various Settings If a MIDI sequencer is connected, you’ll need to turn the Local Control setting Off. When you turn on the power, this will

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66 Making Various Settings Here’s how to set the MIDI channel that the RG-1F/RG-3F will use for transmission.MIDI uses sixteen channels, numbered 1–1

Page 65 - MIDI Settings

67 Making Various Settings Connecting the RG-1F/RG-3F to a V-LINK compatible image device allows you to control the images with the RG-1F/RG-3F. V-LI

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68 Making Various Settings Here’s how Program Change (PC), Bank Select MSB, and Bank Select LSB messages can be transmitted to a MIDI device. You can

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69 Making Various Settings You can specify what will be transposed when you use the Transpose function (p. 27) or the Playback Transpose function (p.

Page 68 - Other Settings

7 IMPORTANT NOTES Power Supply 301 • Do not connect this unit to same electrical outlet that is being used by an electrical appliance that is control

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70 Making Various Settings You can assign functions to the left pedal and center pedal so that the assigned function will be activated when you press

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71 Making Various Settings You can change the pitch of the Tone 2 in Dual Performance (p. 23) and Left-hand Tone in Split Performance (p. 25) an octa

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72 Making Various Settings Normally, you don’t need to install a driver in order to connect the RG-1F/RG-3F to your computer. However, if some proble

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73 Making Various Settings Here’s how settings you’ve stored using the Memory Backup function (p. 72) can be returned to their factory-set state.This

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74 Connecting to Other Devices By connecting a CD drive, you can play back music CDs or CD-ROM discs on which SMF music data is saved. You can also p

Page 74 - Connecting to Other Devices

75 Connecting to Other Devices If you connect the RG-1F/RG-3F to powered speakers or to an audio system that has line input jacks, you’ll be able to

Page 75 - Connecting to Audio Equipment

76 Connecting to Other Devices fig.Input-Audio2_e.epsfig.Input-Audio_e.eps 1. Turn the volume all the way down on the RG-1F/RG-3F and on the audio de

Page 76 - Turning Off the Power

77 Connecting to Other Devices By connecting an external MIDI device and exchanging performance data, you can control one device from the other.For i

Page 77 - Connecting to MIDI Devices

78 Connecting to Other Devices If you use a commercially available USB cable to connect the RG-1F/RG-3F’s USB connector to a USB connector on your co

Page 78 - Connecting a Computer

79 Appendices Troubleshooting CaseCause/RemedyPower does not turn on Is the power cord connected correctly? (p. 19) Pedal does not work, or is “stuck

Page 79 - Troubleshooting

8 IMPORTANT NOTES Handling CD-ROMs (Using Optional CD-ROMs) 801 • Avoid touching or scratching the shiny underside (encoded surface) of the disc. Dam

Page 80 - Can’t record/Can’t play back

80 Troubleshooting High-pitched ringing is heardIf you hear this in headphones: Piano sounds that have a brilliant and crisp character contain substa

Page 81 - Error Messages

81 Error Messages IndicationMeaningError 01: You can only read the music file. It can not be saved. Error 02: An error occurred during writing. The s

Page 82 - Tone List

82 Tone List PianoE. PianoStrings * Tones indicated by “*” are suitable for playing layered with a piano tone. Others No.Name 1Grand Piano12 Piano +

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83 Tone List 93Accordion 1 94 Accordion 2 95 Harmonica 96 Bandoneon 97 Nylon-str.Gt98 Ukulele 99 Nylon Gt o 100 Nylon Gt 2 101 Steel-str.Gt

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84 Tone List * In the tone group “Others” when you hold down the [+] or [–] button to switch tone in succession, the tones will stop changing at numb

Page 85 - Internal Song List

85 Internal Song List * Songs marked by an asterisk (*) are original songs composed for the Roland Corporation. The copyrights to these songs are own

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86 Parameters Stored to Internal Memory Parameters Stored in Memory Backup ParameterDescription PageKey Touch Key touchp. 30 Key Touch Offset Key tou

Page 87 - Items Saved as User Programs

87 Parameters Stored to Internal Memory Parameters Stored without Using Memory BackupItems Saved as User Programs ParameterDescription PageEXT Memory

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88 Music Files That the RG-1F/RG-3F Can Use What Are Music Files? Music files contains musical information such as how long the key for a correspondi

Page 89 - Main Specifications

89 Main Specifications RG-1F/RG-3F<Keyboard>Keyboard 88 keys (PHA III ivory feel Keyboard with Escapement) Touch Sensitivity Touch: 100 levels,

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9 Contents IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ... 4 USING THE UNIT SAFELY ...

Page 91 - About the Ivory Feel Keyboard

90 Main Specifications 962a * In the interest of product improvement, the specifications and/or appearance of this unit are subject to change without

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91 About the Ivory Feel Keyboard • Surfaces incorporate stripes of moisture-absorbing material for improved touch and playability.• The keys feature

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92 Index A AC Inlet ... 14, 19Adjuster knob ...

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93 Index O Octave Shift ... 71[Others] button ...

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94 MEMORG-1F3F_e.book 94 ページ 2010年1月19日 火曜日 午前9時1分

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95 MEMORG-1F3F_e.book 95 ページ 2010年1月19日 火曜日 午前9時1分

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96RG-1F3F_e.book 96 ページ 2010年1月19日 火曜日 午前9時1分

Page 98 - DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

97 fig.15_WEEE_Small.epsfig.16_ChineseRoHS.epsFor EU CountriesFor ChinaRG-1F3F_e.book 97 ページ 2010年1月19日 火曜日 午前9時1分

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98 fig.09A-17.epsfig.14.epsThis product complies with the requirements of EMCD 2004/108/EC and LVD 2006/95/EC.For EU CountriesFor CanadaThis Class B

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