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
Voice mode Song mode Pattern mode Mixing mode Master mode Utility mode File mode
Performance
mode
Sampling
mode 1
Sampling
mode 2
Reference
Using as a Master Keyboard (Master mode)
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2 Int Prog Change (Internal Program Change)
Determines whether or not to transmit Program Change
messages to the internal tone generator.
3 Ext Bank Select (External Bank Select)
Determines whether or not to transmit Bank Select MSB/
LSB messages to the external tone generator via MIDI.
4 Ext Prog Change (External Program Change)
Determines whether or not to transmit Program Change
messages to the external tone generator via MIDI.
MIDI Transmit Switch for the Other messages
—[SF2] Control
From this display, you can determine whether or not MIDI
messages controlling non-Voice-related settings such as
Control Change, Pitch Bend and Channel Aftertouch are
transmitted to the internal/external tone generator.
When you wish to transmit a certain MIDI message from a
certain Zone to the internal/external tone generator,
checkmark the corresponding box.
1 Pitch Bend
MIDI messages generated by using the Pitch Bend Wheel.
2 Ch After Touch (Channel After Touch)
MIDI messages generated by pressing and holding a note
on the keyboard.
3 Modulation Wheel
MIDI messages generated by using the Modulation Wheel.
4 Ribbon Controller
MIDI messages generated by using the Ribbon Controller.
5 Foot Controller 1
6 Foot Controller 2
MIDI messages generated by using the optional Foot
Controller connected to the rear panel.
7 Sustain
MIDI messages generated by using the optional
Footswitch connected to the SUSTAIN jack on the rear
panel.
8 Foot Switch
MIDI messages generated by using the optional
Footswitch connected to the ASSIGNABLE jack on the rear
panel.
9 Knob
MIDI messages generated by using the Knobs.
) Slider
MIDI messages generated by using the Sliders.
! A. Function 1 (Assignable Function 1)
@ A. Function 2 (Assignable Function 2)
MIDI messages generated by using the ASSIGNABLE
FUNCTION buttons.
# Volume/Express (Expression)
MIDI Volume messages generated by using the Knobs and
Sliders.
$ Pan
MIDI Pan messages generated by using the Knobs and
Sliders.
From this display you can make the Voice-related settings
for each Zone which will be transmitted as MIDI messages
automatically when the Master is selected.
1 Bank MSB (Bank Select MSB)
2 Bank LSB (Bank Select LSB)
3 Program Change
Determines the Voice-related settings for each Zone in the
selected Master. These MIDI messages are transmitted to
an external/internal tone generator when the Master is
selected.
Settings:
Bank MSB (Bank Select MSB): 000 – 127
Bank LSB (Bank Select LSB): 000 – 127
Program Change: 001 – 128
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Default Settings for each Zone—[F4]
Preset
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