User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- How to use the manual
- Accessories
- Main Features
- Contents
- The Controls & Connectors
- Start Guide
- Step 1: Setting Up
- Resetting the User Memory to the Initial Factory Settings
- Step 2: Selecting and Playing a Voice
- Step 3: Selecting and Playing a Performance
- Step 4: Creating Your Original Song
- Step 5: Creating a Pattern
- Using a Computer
- Basic Section
- Reference
- Playing the Keyboard in the Voice Play Mode
- Selecting a Voice
- Select a Voice using the Category Search function
- Grouping your most-used Voices together-Favorite Category
- Using Knobs and Control Sliders
- Keyboard MIDI transmit channel setting
- Keyboard Octave setting
- Using the Arpeggio function
- The Voice Play display
- Voice information-[SF6] INFO (Information)
- Portamento settings-[F2] Porta
- Changing tonal color-[F3] EG/EQ
- Arpeggio settings-[F4] Arpeggio
- Editing a Normal Voice
- Common Edit and Element Edit
- Editing Normal Voices
- Convenient functions for editing Voices
- Common Edit parameters
- Element Edit parameters
- Selected Element display/ Four-Element display
- Setting the Waveform and Note range of the Element-[F1] Oscillator
- Pitch Settings-[F2] Pitch
- Adjust the brightness using the Filter-[F3] Filter
- Output Level settings-[F4] Amplitude
- Modulating the Voice-[F5] Elm LFO (Element LFO)
- Equalizer (EQ) Settings-[F6] EQ
- Editing a Drum Voice
- Voice Job-Convenient Functions
- Playing in the Performance Mode
- Selecting a Performance
- Switching a Part on/off
- Using the Arpeggio Function
- Using Knobs
- Using Sliders
- The Performance Play display
- Performance information-[SF6] INFO (Information)
- Parameters for the Voice assigned to each Part-[F2] Voice
- Changing the tonal characteristics- [F3] EG (Envelope Generator)
- Arpeggio settings-[F4] Arpeggio
- Recording your keyboard performance in the Performance mode
- Editing a Performance
- Performance Job-Convenient Functions
- Creating a Voice/Performance by Using the Sampling Function
- Song Playback
- Song Recording
- Editing MIDI Events (Song Edit)
- Song Job
- Pattern Playback
- Pattern Playback Procedure
- Playback types
- Mixing Setup for each track
- Knobs and Control Sliders
- Pattern Playback-[F1] Play
- Changing the rhythmic “feel” of the Pattern-[F2] Play FX (Play Effect)
- Track Settings-[F3] Track
- Pattern Creating-[F4] Patch
- Pattern Chain-[F5] Chain (Pattern Chain)
- Dividing the Pattern data to create a new Pattern-[F6] Remix
- Pattern Recording
- Editing MIDI Events (Pattern Edit)
- Pattern Jobs
- Multi-timbral Tone Generator Settings for Song/Pattern Playback (Mixing mode)
- Audio Recording to Song/Pattern (Sampling mode)
- Using as a Master Keyboard (Master mode)
- System Settings (Utility mode, etc.)
- Basic Procedure in the Utility mode
- System Information-[SF6] INFO
- General Settings-[F1] General
- Audio In/Out Settings-[F2] I/O (Input/Output)
- System Settings for the Voice mode-[F3] Voice
- Audio Input Settings in the Voice mode-[F4] VoiceAudio
- Remote Control and MIDI settings -[F5] Control
- Resetting the User Memory to the Initial Factory Settings-[JOB] (Factory Set)
- Sequencer Settings-[SEQ SETUP]
- File Management (File mode)
- Playing the Keyboard in the Voice Play Mode
- Appendix
Pattern Playback
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Voice mode Song mode Pattern mode Mixing mode Master mode Utility mode File mode
Performance
mode
Sampling
mode 1
Sampling
mode 2
Reference
Mixing Setup for each track
In the Pattern mode as well as in the Song mode, you can
set the Mixing parameters such as Voice, volume and pan
for each part (track). The structure and parameters are the
same as in the Song mode. See page 181.
Knobs and Control Sliders
By using the knobs and sliders on the front panel, you can
adjust various parameters such as pan, effect, cutoff
frequency and resonance for each Part (track) of the
Pattern. For more information, see page 180.
Pattern Playback—[F1] Play
This display always appears first when the Pattern mode is
engaged. You can play the Pattern by specifying a Section
after selecting a Pattern.
n Depending on the selected parameter, the NUM icon is shown
at the tab menu corresponding to the [SF6] button. In this
condition, you can use the [SF1] – [SF5] and [F1] – [F5]
buttons as number buttons by pressing the [SF6] NUM button.
For details, see page 81.
1 Pattern number, Pattern name
Determines the Pattern by specifying the number (01 – 64).
The name of the selected Pattern is shown. You can
change the Pattern name by moving the cursor here and
pressing the [SF6] CHAR button.
n For detailed instructions on naming, refer to “Basic Operation”
on page 82.
2 Section
Selects a Section of the selected Pattern. A Pattern can
include up to 16 variations called Sections, which can be
changed in real time during playback. The Section can be
selected via the [A] – [H] buttons (printed “SECTION A –
H”) and the [USER1] – [ETHNIC] buttons (printed
“SECTION I – P”). For details, see page 209.
Settings: A – P
3 Measure
Determines the location at which playback starts. This also
indicates the current location of playback. The Measure
can be set via the SEQ TRANSPORT buttons. For details,
see page 178.
Settings:
Measure: 001 – 256 (Available range of measure differs depending on
the length below.)
Beat: Indication only
4 Length
Determines the Pattern Length.
Settings: 001 – 256
5 Trans (Transpose)
6 Time signature (Meter)
7 Tempo
These are the same as in the Song Play mode. See
page 210.
8 Keyboard Start
When Keyboard Start is set to on, Pattern playback begins
as soon as you press a key on of the keyboard.
Settings: (on), (off)
9 Track number (Indication only)
Indicates the track number.
) Track type (Indication only)
Indicates the track type: MIDI track or Audio track. For
Mixing Parts that correspond to Audio tracks, a Sample
Voice is assigned. For Mixing Parts that correspond to MIDI
tracks, a Voice other than a Sample Voice is assigned. For
Mixing Parts that correspond to empty tracks, no Voice is
assigned. For more about MIDI Tracks and Audio Tracks,
see page 61.
Settings: M (MIDI Track), W (Audio Track)
! Mute/Solo (Indication only)
Indicates the Mute/Solo status for each track. For detailed
instructions on setting Mute/Solo, see page 179.
Blank: Neither Mute nor Solo are not assigned to this track.
m: Indicates muted track.
s: Indicates soloed track.
@ Voice (Voice Name)
Indicates the Voice name of the Mixing Part corresponding
to each track.
# Section
$ Data indicator
Indicates whether the data is recorded or not to each track
of Sections A – P. The data indicator is shown at the column
of which the Section/Track contains recorded data.
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