Roland GR-33 Universal Remote User Manual


 
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Chapter 5 Setting/Changing Sounds (Patches)
Chap.
5
Selecting Hold Type (HOLD TYPE)
With the Hold function on pedal 3 in Pedal Effect mode, for
the qualities such as the sustaining of a tone’s sounding,
there are fifteen ready-made variations that can be selected
according to the particular purpose, and saved to patches.
Selecting Hold Type
1. Select the patch whose effect type you want to change,
and press [COMMON] to go into Patch Edit mode.
2. Press [PARAMETER] to select “HOLD TYPE.”
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3. Use [VALUE] to change the setting.
* For a detailed explanation, see the subsequent section,
“Variations that can be selected for HOLD TYPE.”
* When making settings, play the guitar while pressing pedal 3
to try the effect.
4. Press [WRITE] to perform the Patch Write operation (p.
36).
* After performing the Patch Write operation, you will
automatically return to Play mode.
* If you don’t want to save the Patch, press [PLAY] to return to
Play mode.
Variations that can be selected for HOLD
TYPE
There are three types of hold effects you can select: damper;
sostenuto; and string.
Damper Hold/Damper:
When you play the guitar while holding down the pedal, the
sound is sustained while playing continues, an effect like that
of a piano’s damper pedal.
When you hold the pedal down, you can play chords
without letting the sound from all the notes played die away.
However, even during Hold you cannot play the same string
more than once in an attempt to layer the synth sounds
coming from the same string.
* The guitar recognizes the pitch only as long as the string
continues to vibrate, and this is reflected in the pitch of the
synth sound at all times.
Sostenuto Hold/Sostenuto:
Only the synth sounds that are sounding at the moment the
pedal is pressed will be held as long as the pedal remains
pressed.
From the moment you go into Hold, to when the pedal is
released, the sustained synth sound remains unaffected, even
when you continue to play the guitar. Thus, it is convenient
for things like holding a synth sound chord and layering it
with a guitar melody, or for when you want to make the
same effect using the first and second tones. (Strictly
speaking, it isn’t but) the Hold effect is very much like the
sostenuto pedal of an electronic piano.
String Hold/String:
You can apply this hold effect to the strings of your choice.
As with “Sostenuto” above, the synth sound being played at
the instant you press the pedal is sustained, and continues
even if the string stops vibrating.
What’s different is that even without releasing the pedal, the
synth sound from strings not being held can still be
controlled with the guitar. This makes it possible to do things
like hold the synth sound on strings 5 and 6, and play a
melody over that with synth sound played by strings 1
through 4.
Releasing the pedal stops the held sound.
Here are the fifteen types, which can be selected by using
[VALUE], as they actually appear (when Arpeggiator is off).
Damper All:
This damper hold works on all internal and external MIDI
sound generators.
Damper 1st:
This damper hold works only on the first internal sound
generator.
Damper 2nd:
This damper hold works only on the second internal sound
generator.
Damper 1&2:
This damper hold works on both the first and second internal
sound generators. (Not effective on external sound
generators.)
Damper Ext:
This damper hold works only on external MIDI sound
generators.
Damper Ext&1:
This damper hold works on the first internal sound generator
and on external MIDI sound generators.
Damper Ext&2:
This damper hold works on the second internal sound
generator and on external MIDI sound generators.