REFERENCE MANUAL The purpose of the Reference Manual is to supplement the Owner’s Manual with descriptions of advanced topics. Therefore, you should read the Owner’s Manual to gain familiarity with the instrument before reading the Reference Manual.
Table of Contents Voice Settings .................................................................................................................... 3 Voice Editing .................................................................................................................................... 3 Effect Settings .................................................................................................................... 4 Selecting a Reverb Type ...................................................
Voice Settings NOTICE Voice Editing Each of the Main, Dual and Split Voices can be edited, with available parameters including volume, octave and Reverb/Chorus depth—allowing you to create new, custom sounds to best suit your own musical preferences. • Be careful that the saving needs to be done before selecting another Voice. The Voice-related settings are reset when another Voice is selected. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the Function display. 2 Rotate the dial to call up the desired item.
Effect Settings Selecting a Reverb Type Selecting a Chorus Type The Reverb effect adds reverberation to the sounds, such as a rich concert hall ambience. Although selecting a Style or Song calls up the optimum Reverb type for the entire sound, you can select any Reverb type you desire manually. The Chorus effect creates a thick sound that sounds like many of the same Voices being played in unison.
Effect Settings Selecting an EQ Setting for Optimum Sound You can adjust the equalizer (EQ) for optimum sound of the instrument. 1 While holding down the [SHIFT] button, press the [MEGA BOOST] button. The current Master EQ setting is shown on the display. Keep holding down 1Standard 040 Current Master EQ Type 2 Rotate the dial to select the desired Master EQ type. Master EQ types 1 Standard Provides a standard, relatively flat (unprocessed) sound.
Handy Performance Features Pitch Controls— Transpose Pitch Controls— Fine Tuning The overall pitch of the instrument (excepting the Drum Kit Voices can be shifted up or down in semitone increments, over a maximum of one octave. The overall tuning of the instrument (excepting the Drum Kit Voices) can be finely adjusted between 427.0 Hz and 453.0 Hz in approximately 0.2 Hz increments. The default value is 440.0 Hz. 1 While holding down the [SHIFT] button, press the OCTAVE [−] or [+] button.
Handy Performance Features Changing the Touch Response of the Keyboard This keyboard is equipped with a Touch Response feature that lets you expressively control the dynamics as you play the keyboard, and has four different strength settings. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up Setting the Time Signature You can change the Time Signature from the default. Here, let’s try changing it to 6/8. holding down the [SHIFT] button, 1 While press the [METRONOME] button.
Scale Tuning By default, the temperament of this keyboard is set to Equal Temperament—the same tuning as on a normal acoustic piano. However, the setting can be changed to other musical temperaments to match the music genre or style in which you want to play. Selecting Preset Temperament (Scale function) Setting the Base Note for Each Temperament You can select a desired temperament from the various preset scales.
Scale Tuning Tuning Each Note to Create an Original Scale You can tune the individual notes in cents (a “cent” is 1/100th of a semitone) to create your own original scale. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the Function display. 8 Rotate the dial to tune the note over a range of −64 to +63. To reset edited value to the default, press the [+] and [−] buttons simultaneously.
Harmony / Arpeggio Settings Synchronizing an Arpeggio to Song/Style/Groove Playback (Arpeggio Quantize) Maintaining Arpeggio Playback via the Footswitch (Arpeggio Hold) When you play the keyboard to trigger an Arpeggio along with Song/ Style/Groove playback, you’ll need to play the notes with accurate timing to keep the Arpeggio in synchronization with the other playback tracks.
Style Settings Chord Types for Style Playback For users who are new to chords, this chart features common chords. Since there are many useful chords and many different ways to use them musically, refer to commercially available chord books for further details. The mark indicates the root note.
Style Settings Chords Played in Smart Chord Function When Fingering Type (Function 032) is set to “SmartChd” and the desired Key (Key Signature) is set in Smart Chord Key (Function 033), you can easily play musically useful chords, as shown in the chart below, by simply playing each root note in the Auto Accompaniment area of the keyboard.
Style Settings Changing the Voice Assignments of the Style Parts (Style Revoicing) A Style is consists of six tracks that contains one or two parts shown as below. You can change Voices assigned to the parts of Styles such as Drums and Bass.
Style Settings Playing Chords without Style Playback To play in this manner, press the [STYLE] button and turn Style (ACMP) on by pressing the [ACMP ON/ OFF] button (making sure that SYNC START is off). This lets you hear only chord sounds (played with Bass and Pad Voices) with no Style playback when playing chords in the Auto Accompaniment area of the keyboard. The corresponding chord symbols are also shown in the display.
Song and Audio File Related Settings Background Music Playback Random Song Playback With the default setting, pressing the [DEMO] button will play back a select few of the internal Songs repeatedly. This setting can be changed to playing all internal Songs or playing all Songs transferred from a computer—giving you great flexibility for using the instrument for background music purposes. Six playback group settings are provided for your listening pleasure and convenience.
Song and Audio File Related Settings Melody Voice Setting of the Preset Song You can change the Melody Voice of the Preset Songs, as well as MIDI Songs from an external device, to any other desired Voice. 1 Press the [SONG/AUDIO] button, select a desired Preset Song, and then start playback. 2 After pressing the [VOICE] button, select the desired Voice by rotating the dial. 108Strings 3 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 4 Rotate the dial until “MelodyVc” (Function 036) is shown on the display.
Using Groove Creator Groove Retrigger Function This function lets you repeatedly loop the beginning of the section currently playing back. 1 Press the [GROOVE CREATOR] button, and then select the desired Groove by rotating the dial. 2 To start Groove playback, press the [ ] (START/STOP) button or press any key in the Auto Accompaniment area. 3 Pressing the button of the section cur- rently playing back restarts playback from the beginning of the section.
The Knobs — Assignable Parameters This section describes the parameters which can be assigned to the Knobs. z , v CUTOFF / RESONANCE x , b REVERB / CHORUS These effects let you change the tone by controlling which frequencies are filtered, and also by producing a resonance peak at the cutoff frequency. Here, we’ll try creating some popular synthesizer filter effects. Knob A: REVERB Reproduces the acoustic ambience of a concert hall or club. Turning the knob to the right increases the Reverb depth.
The Knobs — Assignable Parameters n VOLUME BALANCE / RETRIGGER RATE Knob A: VOLUME BALANCE Turning the knob A to the right decreases the volume of Style, Groove or Song. Turning the knob A to the left decreases the volume of the external sounds from the [AUX IN] jack or the [USB TO HOST] terminal. The sounds of keyboard performance and QUICK SAMPLING pads are not adjusted.
Playing Like a DJ! The dynamic Groove Creator function and Live Control Knobs give you powerful tools to perform like a pro DJ! Since the Grooves and section variations change seamlessly without breaks in the rhythm, performing is truly easy. Still, a sense of rhythm is important.
Playing Like a DJ! try rotating Knob A back and forth 4 Now along with the rhythm. Notice that you can get variations even with the same rhythmic phrase. holding down the Section [C] but4 While ton, rotate Knob B as shown below. The beats become more rapid according to the knob position. in the steps above, press the [KNOB 5 As ASSIGN] button to select and try “5.” The “5” (REVERB/CHORUS) setting controls the reverberation and warmth of the sounds.
USB Flash Drive Operations This chapter covers operation instructions related to USB flash drive files, such as saving, loading and deleting. These instructions assume that a USB flash drive device has already been connected to the instrument. For details on how to connect USB flash drive, refer to the Owner’s Manual.
USB Flash Drive Operations Saving Samples to USB Flash Drive IMPORTANT • If the instrument is in the Quick Sampling mode, press the [CAPTURE] button to exit from the mode, and then follow the steps below. 7 Press the [ENTER] button again to execute the save operation. “Saving” is briefly shown on the display and the sample is saved. 8 Press the [FUNCTION] button to exit from the File Control display. 1 Press the QUICK SAMPLING [A]–[D] pads to confirm which pads contain the samples you want to save.
USB Flash Drive Operations Saving User Songs as SMF to USB Flash Drive A User Song can be converted to SMF (Standard MIDI File) format 0 and saved to a USB flash drive. NOTE • If the size of a converted SMF is too large, such as a User Song recorded with Groove data, it cannot be played back on this instrument. If this occurs, we recommend using Audio recording. • The DSP effect cannot be converted to SMF format. • The Transpose setting on this instrument is not included in the data.
USB Flash Drive Operations Loading User Data from USB Flash Drive User data (page 22) saved as a User file (.usr) to the USB flash drive can be loaded to this instrument. NOTICE • Loading a User file will overwrite and erase all existing data, including all 10 User Songs, Style data loaded to the Style numbers 291–300, and all the Registration Memory settings. Save important data you want to keep as another file to USB flash drive before loading a User file.
USB Flash Drive Operations Loading Samples from USB Flash Drive IMPORTANT • If the instrument is in the Quick Sampling mode, press the [CAPTURE] button to exit from the mode. Then, follow the steps below. NOTICE • The loading operation overwrites and erases previously existing samples. Save important samples you want to keep to USB flash drive (page 23). 1 While holding down the [SHIFT] button, press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the File Control display. Keep holding down.
USB Flash Drive Operations Loading WAV Files from USB Flash Drive WAV files saved to USB flash drive can be imported to this instrument as samples and registered to the QUICK SAMPLING pads. 7 Press the [ENTER] button once again to execute the load operation. “Loading” is briefly shown on the display, and the WAV file is imported as a sample and registered to the pad. 8 Press the [FUNCTION] button to exit from the File Control display.
USB Flash Drive Operations Loading Individual Style Files Style data created on another instrument or a computer can be loaded to Style numbers 291–300, and you can play them in the same way as the internal preset Styles. The following two Load operations are available. Loading of a Style file (.sty) saved on the root directory on the USB flash drive. Loading of a Style file (.sty) transferred from a computer to the internal memory of this instrument. 4 Press the [ENTER] button again.
USB Flash Drive Operations Deleting Samples from USB Flash Drive Deleting Audio Files from USB Flash Drive IMPORTANT 1 While holding down the [SHIFT] button, • If the instrument is in the Quick Sampling mode, press the [CAPTURE] button to exit from the mode, and then follow the steps below. press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the File Control display. 1 While holding down the [SHIFT] button, press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the File Control display. Keep holding down.
USB Flash Drive Operations Deleting User Files from USB Flash Drive Deleting SMF Files from USB Flash Drive User Files (.usr) in the root directory of USB flash drive can be deleted. MIDI files recorded on this instrument and saved to USB flash drive via the SaveSMF operation (page 24) can be deleted individually. IMPORTANT • Only User files (.usr) saved in the “USER FILES” folder on the USB flash drive can be deleted. Files outside this folder cannot be recognized.
Audio Aux In Mic Sampling Pad Style/Groove Song Split Dual Main Noise Gate On Off Audio Loop Back 3 Band EQ/Noise Gate/Compressor Works only on one part of Song/Style/Groove Creator.
Index A R Arpeggio ............................................. 10 Audio Files .......................................... 29 Reverb................................................... 4 S B Chord ............................................ 11, 14 Chorus .................................................. 4 Samples ............................ 23, 26, 27, 29 Scale Tuning ......................................... 8 Smart Chord........................................ 12 SMF...............................
