Roland FA-06 Music Workstation [English]

Functions Added in Ver. 2.0

3. Press the [2] (Edit) button.

Seamlessly Switching Between Multiple

The KBD SW GROUP EDIT screen appears.

Sounds While Performing (Sound Remain) By using keyboard switch groups to collectively turn on/off the keyboard switch (& Reference Manual (PDF)) of multiple groups, you can switch multiple sounds in a single operation. This is convenient when you want to seamlessly switch between multiple sounds while performing. You can specify up to 16 combinations of keyboard switches as keyboard switch groups, and use the pads to switch between them. You can also save them in a studio set.

At this time, you can also access the KBD SW GROUP EDIT

Preset studio sets 65–69 contain keyboard switch groups for

screen by pressing the SAMPLER section’s [BANK] button.

you to try out.

4. Use pads [1]–[16] to turn the keyboard switches on/

Operation flow

Setting the Pad Function (Pad Mode) to Keyboard Switch Group The pad number corresponds to the part number.

Example setting) For group 1, turn on the keyboard switch of parts

Specifying a Keyboard Switch Group 1–4

Selecting a Keyboard Switch Group to Switch Sounds

Before you make keyboard switch group settings Keyboard switch is useful only when you’re playing multiple parts. Press the [SPLIT] button and [DUAL] button simultaneously to put the studio set in multi part play mode.

Setting the Pad Function (Pad Mode) to Keyboard Switch Group 5. Press the [7] (Exit) button to return to the KBD SW GROUP SELECT screen.

1. Press the [PAD UTILITY] button.

6. As necessary, repeat steps 2–5 to edit the settings

2. Press the [6] (Pad Mode) button.

of other groups.

3. Press pad [8] (KBD SW GROUP).

7. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the top screen. 8. If you want to save the settings, save the studio set

Specifying a Keyboard Switch Group

(& Reference Manual (PDF)).

For each group, specify the keyboard switches that you want to be on or off.

Selecting a Keyboard Switch Group to Switch Sounds

1. Press the [PAD UTILITY] button.

1. Press one of the pads [1]–[16].

The KBD SW GROUP SELECT screen appears.

The sounds are switched according to the settings of the keyboard switch group. MEMO If you want to edit the keyboard switch group settings while viewing the multi part play screen, press the SAMPLER section’s [BANK] button. While the [BANK] button is lit, you can use pads [1]–[16] to specify the on/off status of each part’s keyboard switch. Lit pads indicate parts whose keyboard switch is on. When you finish making settings, press the [BANK] button once again to make it go dark.

2. Press a pad [1]–[16] to select the group (1–16) that you want to edit. The pad number corresponds to the group number.

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