Roland Lucina AX-09 User manual

Quick Guide
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Life with a Musical Instrument!
Roland’s Lucina AX-09 is the new shape of synthesizers. It represents a new concept that lets you...
Enjoy playing a synthesizer anytime and anywhere.
Enjoy the lifestyle of playing a musical instrument.
This “Quick Guide” explains basic operation in a way that should be understandable even to someone who’s never
touched a synthesizer before.
Now let’s pick up the Lucina AX-09 and start enjoying “life with a musical instrument”!
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.
Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (Owner’s Manual) and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (Owner’s Manual). 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.

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Connect the Lucina AX-09 to your ampli ed speakers, and turn
on the power switch.
The Lucina AX-09 contains a wide variety of sounds. This
chapter explains how to select sounds.
The Lucina AX-09 has controllers and a D Beam that you can use
to modify the sound. This chapter explains how to use them.
You can connect your portable audio player to the Lucina AX-09
and play the Lucina AX-09 along with your favorite songs. You
can also copy your audio  les (MP3, WAV, AIFF) to USB memory
and play them through the Lucina AX-09.
First attach the strap!
☞For details, refer to p. 7 in the “Owner’s Manual.”
Contents
Getting Ready
Selecting Sounds
Performing
Playing Along with a
Favorite Song

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Getting
Ready
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In order to hear sound, you’ll need to use an audio cable to connect the Lucina AX-09 to
ampli ed speakers (which from here on we’ll simply call “speakers”).
Once you’ve got everything hooked up, turn on the power switch.
Connect the AC adaptor.
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Wrap the cord from the AC adaptor around the
cord hook as shown in the illustration.
You can also use batteries.
You can connect headphones (sold separately).
☞For details, refer to p. 7 in the “Owner’s Manual.”
☞For details, refer to p. 6 in the “Owner’s Manual.”
You can connect headphones that
have a stereo mini-plug (1/8” plug).

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Connect your speakers (sold separately). Turn on the [POWER] switch.
Use the [VOLUME] knob to raise the volume.
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☞For details, refer to p. 8 in the “Owner’s Manual.” ☞For details, refer to p. 8 in the “Owner’s Manual.”
First, minimize the volume of the Lucina AX-09 and your speakers.
Then, switch on the Lucina AX-09’s power, and  nally power up your speakers.
Slowly turn the knob toward the
right.
Play the keyboard while you adjust
the volume of the Lucina AX-09 and
the speakers.
Use audio cables (PCS series; sold separately) to
make this connection.
It’s a good idea to pass the speaker
cables behind the strap as shown in the
illustration.

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Selecting
Sounds
2Press one of the [1]–[6] buttons to select a group.
Try playing the keyboard. You’ll hear the tone you selected.
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☞For details on each tone, refer to the “Tone List” at the back of the
owner’s manual.
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Try playing the keyboard. You’ll hear the tone you selected.
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For details on each tone, refer to the “Tone List” at the back of the
If you press the [PREVIEW] button, the Lucina AX-09 will
play a demo for the selected tone using an appropriate
phrase.
Each group contains variations 1–24. The display shows the variation
number.
Pressing the [INC/+] button increments the number by one, and
pressing the [DEC/–] button decrements it by one.
This chapter explains how to select sounds.
On the Lucina AX-09, the sounds you can select and play are called “tones.”
There are two kinds of tones: “Regular Tones” and “Special Tones.”
What are Regular Tones?
Regular tones are organized into six groups, with 24 variations in each group. In
other words, the Lucina AX-09 has 144 regular tones.
What are Special Tones?
These are six high-quality, very expressive tones that were created speci cally
for the Lucina AX-09.
Selecting a Regular Tone
Convenient previewing
Group Explanation
1 SYNTH / PAD Synthesizer/pad (sustained synth) sounds
2 PIANO / KEYBOARD Piano and keyboard sounds
3 ORGAN / ACCORDION Organ and accordion sounds
4 STRINGS / CHOIR String and chorus sounds
5 BRASS / W WINDS Brass and woodwind sounds
6 GUITAR / BASS Guitar and bass sounds
What is a Tone?
Use the [INC/+] [DEC/–] buttons to select a variation.
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Hold down the [SPECIAL TONE] button and press one of
the [1]–[6] buttons.
Press the [WRITE] button.
Press the bank [A] or [B] button, and then press one of
the [1]–[6] buttons.
Hold down the bank [A] or [B] button, and press one of
the [1]–[6] buttons.
Try playing the keyboard. You’ll hear the special tone you selected.
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☞For details, refer to p. 9 in the “Owner’s Manual.” ☞For details, refer to p. 10 in the “Owner’s Manual.”
The tone will be registered to the selected bank and number.
The favorite tone that you registered in the selected bank and number will be recalled.
You can register twelve of your favorite tones (six each in banks A and B). (Special Tones
cannot be registered.)
Before you continue, select the tone that you want to register.
Selecting a Special Tone Registering Favorite Tones
Recalling a Favorite Tone
Special Tone Explanation
1 SYNTH 1 Lead synthesizer sound suitable for solo playing
2 SYNTH 2 Polyphonic synthesizer sound suitable for chords
3 SYNTH BASS Synth bass sound
4 VIOLIN Violin sound
5 TROMBONE Trombone sound
6 JAZZ SCAT Jazz scat sound

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3Press the [+] button to raise the key range by one octave.
Press the [–] button to lower the key range by one octave.
Hold down the [TRANSPOSE] button and use the [+] / [–]
buttons to raise/lower the key range in steps of a semitone.
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☞For details, refer to p. 11 in the “Owner’s Manual.”
You can change the key range by a
maximum of +/–3 octaves.
To return to the original key range,
press the [+] and [–] buttons
simultaneously.
You can change the key range by -5–+6
semitones.
To return to the original key range, hold
down the [TRANSPOSE] button and the [+]
/ [–] buttons simultaneously.
The Lucina AX-09 has controllers and a D Beam that you can use to modify the sound. This
chapter explains how to use these.
Raising or Lowering the Key Range by Octaves
Raising or Lowering the Key Range by Semitones
When do I use them?
Raising or lowering the key range by octaves
You can raise or lower the range of the keyboard in steps of one octave, for a
maximum of three octaves upward or downward.
Raising or lowering the key range by semitones
If you lower the key range by a semitone, pressing the “C” key will sound the
“B” note. For example, if you’re playing a song that’s in B-major, you might  nd
that the  ve sharps of that key make the  ngering di cult. In this case, you
could lower the key range by a semitone, and play the song using C-major
 ngering—in other words, using just the white keys!
Touch controller
The touch controller lets you vary the pitch by moving your  nger. For
example, you can use this to simulate the way in which a guitarist bends the
pitch of a string.
D Beam
You can vary the sound by moving your hand over the D Beam sensor.
For example, if you’ve selected PITCH, the pitch will change when you move
your hand over the D Beam while playing the keyboard.
Performing

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If you place your  nger on the touch controller and move
it to left and right, the pitch will change.
By pressing the modulation bar you can apply vibrato.
Press a button to select the D Beam e ect.
While you perform, position your hand above the
D Beam sensor and move it slowly up and down.
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☞For details, refer to p. 11 in the “Owner’s Manual.” ☞For details, refer to p. 12 in the “Owner’s Manual.”
For the special tones “VIOLIN” and “TROMBONE,” pressing the modulation bar will
vary the dynamics (expression).
D Beam Explanation
PITCH Modi es the pitch of the sounds you play.
FILTER Modi es the tonal character of the sound you play.
ASSIGNABLE Allows you to assign a desired e ect. With the factory settings, an e ect
appropriate for each tone will be applied.
Using the Touch Controller and Modulation Bar Using the D Beam
When you press a button
so it’s lit, the e ect listed
in the table below will be
applied.
If you press the lit button
once again, the D Beam
will turn o .

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Playing Along
with a Favorite
Song
4Connect your portable audio player.
Play back a song on your portable audio player, and play
along on the Lucina AX-09.
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You can connect your portable audio player to the Lucina AX-09, and play the Lucina
AX-09 along with your favorite songs.
You can also copy audio  les (MP3, WAV, AIFF) from your computer to USB memory, and
play them through the Lucina AX-09.
Connecting a Portable Audio Player and Playing Along
with a Song
What  les can I play from USB memory?
You can play MP3, WAV, or AIFF  les.
Files of the following formats can be played.
MP3
Format MPEG-1 audio layer 3
Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz
Bit Rate 32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/160/192/224/256/320 kbps,
VBR (Variable Bit Rate)
WAV, AIFF
Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz
Bit Rate 8/16/24 -bit
Use a stereo mini (1/8”) cable (sold separately)
to connect your player to the EXT IN jack.
Use the controls of your player to adjust the volume.