Roland g-70 Manuel Du Propriétaire

G-70 Music Workstation 

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The G-70 allows you to connect an optional FC-7 Foot 
Controller to the FC7 PEDAL socket. 

At first, the switches of this pedal board are assigned 
Arranger control functions. You can, however, assign 
other functions to these switches.

Note: The FC-7 assignments apply to the G-70 and are not writ-
ten to individual User Programs. Selecting another User Program 
is therefore not enough to reconfigure the FC-7. The assignments 
can, however, be saved (along with all User Programs) using “Save 
User Program Set” on p. 204.

(1) Press the [MENU] button.

(2) Press the [FOOT¥CONTROLLER] field, followed by 

the [FC-7] field.

Note: The assigned functions apply to the G-70 as a whole 
and are not written to individual User Programs. 

(3) Press the pedal field of the footswitch you wish to 

assign another function to.
Example: to change the assignment of the second 
pedal from the right, press the last-but-one pedal 
field.

(4) Use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC] but-

tons to select the desired function:

● Start/Stop, Intro, Variat 1, Variat 2, Variat 3, Variat 4, 

Ending—These are the default functions of the FC-7’s 
footswitches (1~7). They duplicate the functions of the 
STYLE CONTROL buttons.

● MBass/KBD Arranger—Allows you to set the Arranger 

Note: Pressing the footswitch you assign this function to 
does not mean that the Arranger stops. If you switched on 
the Arr Hold function (page 80), the last recognized chord 
will go on sounding, so that your MBS part may drown in 
the accompaniment. We therefore suggest you assign the 
“Arranger Hold” function to an ASSIGN SW button (or 
another FC-7 footswitch) and use it to switch off the 
Arranger Hold function, so that the Arranger only plays the 
drum pattern of the selected Music Style.

● Piano/Standard—You can alternate between Standard 

and Piano Style Arranger Chord modes. When the 
former is selected, the chord recognition area (page 80) 
is automatically set to “LEFT”. When you switch to Piano 
Style, the chord recognition area is automatically set to 
“WHOLE”. Furthermore, the KBD MODE [WHOLE] button 
is switched on and the Upper 1 part is activated (if it was 
off).

● Half Bar on Fill In—The assigned footswitch allows you 

to switch the Half Bar function on and off. Certain pop 
songs in 4/4 contain bars that only last two beats. The 
usual place for such a bar is between the first and the 
second verse. Another favorite position for “halved” bars 
is at the end of a chorus or the bridge. This does not 
change Style playback right away. Only when a Fill-In 
starts will the Half Bar function be activated and play 
half the number of beats of the fill you selected.

● Arr Chord Off—Allows you to switch the Arranger’s 

chord recognition off, in which case only the drum/per-
cussion of the selected Music Style keeps playing (or can 
be used). See also (page 79).

● Arranger Hold—Allows you to switch the Arranger Hold 

● Dynamic Arranger—Allows you to switch the Dynamic 

● Arranger RIT Tempo, Arranger ACC Tempo—The 

assigned footswitch performs the same function as the 
RIT or ACC parameter (page 82).

● Arranger Default Tempo—The assigned FC-7 footswitch 

allows you to reset the Arranger tempo to the preset 
value (contained in the Music Style itself). 

● Reset/Start Tempo—This function allows you have the 

Arranger start on the first beat of the currently selected 
Music Style pattern when you press the assigned foot-
switch. Use it when you are accompanying a singer or 
soloist whose timing is a little shaky and suddenly notice 
that the Arranger lags one or two beats behind the 
singer/soloist.

● Tap Tempo—Same function as the [TAP] button.
● Bass Inversion—Allows you to switch the Bass Inversion 

● Melody Intelligent—Same function as the 

[MELODY¥INTELL] button on the G-70’s front panel: it 
allows you to switch Melody Intelligence on and off.

● Scale Upper/Scale Lower—Allows you to assign the