Roland E-A7, Reference Manual

30

Sampling Menu

*  User Tone is sometimes abbreviated as UST.

1  

In the Tone section, press the 

[User]

 button.

The User Tone list appears.

5

Each time you press the 

[User]

 button, the contents of the list 

switch between UST and UDK.

2  

Use the direct buttons to select the Tone that you want 

to edit.

MEMO

If you want to create a new user tone, select 

“Empty ”

3  

Press the 

[Option]

 button.

The UST Option screen appears.

4  

Use the direct buttons to select 

“Edit ”

The UST Edit screen appears.
On the E-A7, one tone consists of four elements of sound (Partial 

1–4).
For each of these partials, you can change the waveform (Wave) and 

specify the keyboard region in which it will produce sound.
Use the cursor buttons or direct buttons to select the parameter that 

you want to edit, and use the Value 

[-]

[+]

 buttons to edit the value. 

Alternatively, you can edit the value by using the 

[Balance/Value]

knob (when the Value function is active / LED unlit).

Parameter

Value

Explanation

Partial Switch

ON, OFF

Partial on/off

Wave Group

INT, SAMPLE, 

MULTISAMPLE

Group of the waveform (Wave) to assign 

to the partial

INT: 

Internal tone waveforms

SAMPLE: 

Sample waveforms

MSAM: 

Multisample waveforms

*  If you select samples, the pitch won’t 

change for keys more than two octaves 

away from the original key.

Wave No. L 

(Mono) 
Wave No. R

OFF, 1 -

Selects the waveform. Along with the 

wave number, the wave name is also 

shown in the lower part of the screen.
If you want to use mono, specify only 

the left side (L). If you want to use ste-

reo, specify the right side (R) as well.

*  If you use a multisample in stereo, specify 

the same number for L and R.

*  If you use a sample in stereo, you should 

likewise specify the same wave for L and R.

Key Range Lower

C-1–UPPER

For each partial, specifies the lowest key 

of the range in which it will sound.

Key Range Upper

LOWER–G9

For each partial, specifies the highest 

key of the range in which it will sound.

Velocity Range 

Lower

1–UPPER

Specifies the lowest keyboard playing 

strength that will sound the partial.
Make this setting if you want to use 

keyboard playing strength to switch 

between partials.

Velocity Range 

Upper

LOWER–127

Specifies the highest keyboard playing 

strength that will sound the partial.
Make this setting if you want to use 

keyboard playing strength to switch 

between partials.

For details on other parameters, refer to the 

“User Tone 

Parameters”

 (p. 30) later in this manual.

5  

To save the User Tone, press the 

[Write]

 button.

A screen appears in which you can name the user tone.

&

“Assigning Names”

 (Owner’s Manual: p. 16)

If you decide to cancel, press the 

[Exit]

 button.

6  

Press the 

[F5]

 (Exec) button.

7  

Use the direct buttons and function buttons to select 

the save-destination.

8  

Press the 

[Enter]

 button.

A confirmation message appears.

9  

To save, select 

“Yes ”

If you want to change the save-destination, select 

“No”

 to return to 

the page where you can specify the save-destination.

NOTE

If there is a user tone in the save-destination, the original user 

tone is overwritten.

User Tone Parameters

The following parameters can be edited.

Common parameters

These parameters apply to the entire tone.
The list of Common parameters appears when you press the 

[F1]

(Common) button in the Tone Edit screen.

Partial parameters

These parameters can be edited for each individual partial.
The list of Partial parameters appears when you press the 

[F2]

(Partial) button in the Tone Edit screen.

Tone Common

Item/Pa-

rameter

Value

Explanation

Tone Level

0 - 127

Tone volume

Octave Shift

-3 - +3

Tone pitch (in octave units)

Tone Coarse 

Tune

-48 - +48 Tone pitch (in semitone units, ± 4 octaves)

Tone Fine 

Tune

-50 - +50 Tone pitch (in units of 1 cent = 1/100th of a semi-

tone)

Legato 

Switch

OFF, ON

Specifies whether LEGATO SW is used (ON) or not 

used (OFF). LEGATO SW is effective if the Keyboard 

Part Mixer’s Mono/Poly parameter is set to 

“MONO ”

If LEGATO SW is 

“ON,”

 and you press another key 

while a previous key is still held down, the pitch 

smoothly changes to the newly-pressed key while 

maintaining the continuity of that note.
This lets you obtain effects similar to the hammer-

ing-on or pulling-off techniques of a guitarist.

Legato 

Retrigger

OFF, ON

Specifies whether the note is retriggered (ON) or not 

retriggered (OFF) when you play legato. Normally 

you’ll leave this 

“ON ”

LEGATO RETRIGGER is effective if the Keyboard Part 

Mixer parameter Mono/Poly is set to 

“MONO”

 and 

LEGATO SW is turned 

“ON ”

If this is 

“OFF,”

 only the pitch will change when 

you press another key while still holding down the 

previous key, and the attack of the later-played note 

will not be heard.
You should use the 

“OFF”

 setting when playing 

phrases on a wind instrument or bowed string 

instrument sound, or when simulating a mono synth 

keyboard.

Portamento 

Mode *1

NORMAL, 

LEGATO

NORMAL: 

Portamento is always applied.

LEGATO: 

Portamento is applied only when you play 

legato.

Portamento 

Type *1

RATE, TIME

RATE: 

The speed of the pitch change is fixed (the 

time occupied by the pitch change is proportional 

to the distance between the pitches).

TIME: 

The time of the pitch change is fixed (unaf-

fected by the distance between the pitches).