User manual ROLAND HPD-15 MANUAL 2

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland HandSonic HPD-15. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" (p. These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner's manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. * The D Beam Controller is provided under license from Interactive Light, Inc. [. . . ] This allows you to prevent the pad from picking up extraneous vibrations from neighboring pads. If the striking force is less than the threshold, the pad will not sound. * To have the unit sound even when struck lightly, set the threshold as low as possible. Mask Time Preventing Double Triggering Once a pad has been hit, any additional trigger signals occuring within the specified Mask Time will be ignored. * Increasing this value will lose certain notes if you play very fast. Pressure Sens Adjusting Pad Pressure Sensitivity Adjust the sensitivity of pad to pressure. Increasing the value will increase the sensitivity, so that it will be easier to transmit mute or pitch control signals. Edge Level Adjusting the Volume of the Edge Sound Adjust the volume of the sound that is heard when you strike the edge of pads A1 or A5. Edge Area Adjusting the Edge Area Adjust the size of the area that will trigger the edge sound of pads A1 or A5. Increasing this value will broaden the area that triggers the edge sound. Value 1 ­ 16 1 ­ 16 0 ­ 64ms 1 ­ 16 1 ­ 16 1 ­ 16 To set Sens, Threshold, Mask Time, and Pressure Sens, strike the pad that you wish to set. The selected pad number will appear in the display. 70 Chapter 5 Settings for the Entire HPD-15 Using the Foot Switches to Control the Tone / Sequencer You can connect two foot switches (BOSS FS-5U, optional) to the FOOT SWITCH jack with the special cable (PCS-31, optional). 11. Settings for the Foot Switches fig. 5-07. e Category FOOT SW FUNCTION Parameter SW 1, SW 2 Specifying the Function of the Foot Switch Value OFF, PATCH DOWN, Specify the function of the foot switches connected to the PATCH UP, FOOT SWITCH jack. REV OFF/ON, M-FX OFF/ON, OFF: No function is assigned to the foot switch. ROLL/HOLD, PATCH DOWN: In normal Play mode, this goes back to the previous patch number. PLAY/STOP, Mdfy SEL DN, In Chain Play mode, this goes back to the previous chain step. Mdfy SEL UP In Sequencer Play mode, this goes back to the previous pattern number. PATCH UP: In normal Play mode, this advances to the next patch number. Mdfy SEL DN: Select the parameter that will be adjusted by realtime modify (p. The indicator that at the upper right of the realtime modify knobs will move from top to bottom. Mdfy SEL UP: Select the parameter that will be adjusted by realtime modify (p. The indicator that at the upper right of the realtime modify knobs will move from bottom to top; the opposite of pressing [SELECT] (Mdfy SEL DN). The white plug of the PCS-31 is the SW 1, and the red one is the SW 2. If you connect one foot switch with a monaural cable, you can use it as the SW 1. It is not possible to use the SW 2 in this case. You can use the pedal switch DP-2 (optional) as the SW 1. [. . . ] Service Division 22-32 Pun Shan Street, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, HONG KONG TEL: 2415 0911 Parsons Music Ltd. 8th Floor, Railway Plaza, 39 Chatham Road South, T. S. T, Kowloon, HONG KONG TEL: 2333 1863 CENTRAL/LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA Instrumentos Musicales S. A. Av. Santa Fe 2055 (1123) Buenos Aires ARGENTINA TEL: (011) 4508-2700 DENMARK Roland Scandinavia A/S Nordhavnsvej 7, Postbox 880, DK-2100 Copenhagen DENMARK TEL: 3916 6200 SWITZERLAND Roland (Switzerland) AG Landstrasse 5, Postfach, CH-4452 Itingen, SWITZERLAND TEL: (061) 927-8383 MEXICO Casa Veerkamp, s. a. No. 37 Beyoglu - Istanbul / TURKEY TEL: (0212) 249 85 10 FINLAND Roland Scandinavia As, Filial Finland Elannontie 5 FIN-01510 Vantaa, FINLAND TEL: (0)9 68 24 020 BARBADOS A&B Music Supplies LTD 12 Webster Industrial Park Wildey, St. Michael, Barbados TEL: (246)430-1100 UKRAINE EURHYTHMICS Ltd. [. . . ]