User Guide

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Disk Styles
A “Style Disk” is supplied with the PDP-400, pro-
viding an extra 50 ABC accompaniment styles. Any
two of these patterns can be loaded into the PDP-
400’s memory at a time. The [DISK STYLE 1] and
[DISK STYLE 2] buttons select the loaded disk
styles in the same way as the STYLE selectors
select the internal styles.
NOTES
• If no disk styles are loaded as described below, the
[DISK STYLE 1] and [DISK STYLE 2] buttons select
pre-programmed disk styles contained in internal
ROM memory. These are the default styles selected
by the [DISK STYLE 1] and [DISK STYLE 2] buttons
whenever the power is initially turned on.
■ Selecting & Loading Disk Styles
ZInsert the Style Disk ...............................................................................................................................
Insert the Style Disk into the disk drive with the sliding door on the disk facing
the drive slot and the label side facing upward. The disk should click into place and
the disk lamp will light briefly while the PDP-400 reads and identifies the disk.
XMake Sure the [SONG SELECT] Indicator Is Lit ..................................................................................
The [SONG SELECT] indicator will light automatically when the disk is
ready. If a disk is already loaded and the [SONG SELECT] indicator is not lit,
press the [SONG SELECT] button so that it lights. When this is done the [DISK
STYLE 1] and [DISK STYLE 2] button indicators will flash alternately, and the
single-finger ABC mode and synchronized start mode will be engaged (any other
ABC mode will remain active if it was selected before the disk was loaded).
CSelect a Style ..........................................................................................................................................
Use the [▲] and [▼] buttons below the SONG NUMBER display to select the
desired style number. The selected style number will appear on the SONG
NUMBER display — “A1” for example. You can “preview” the selected style by
playing on the left-hand section of the keyboard (single-finger or fingered). Pattern
playback will stop if a different pattern number is selected.
NOTES
• If a tempo is set prior to loading the style, that tempo becomes the default for the
loaded style.
NEject the Disk When Done .....................................................................................................................
When you’ve finished with the Style Disk, press the disk drive EJECT button
to remove it.
VLoad the Style .........................................................................................................................................
Press the [DISK STYLE 1] or [DISK STYLE 2] button to load the selected
pattern into that button. The [DISK STYLE 1] or [DISK STYLE 2] indicator will
light, and the [SONG SELECT] indicator will go out.
BRepeat......................................................................................................................................................
Repeat steps X through V to select and load a second pattern into the other
[DISK STYLE] button if you like.
TAP TEMPO
METRONOME
SONG NUMBER
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MIN MAX
VARIATION NORMAL
INTRO/ENDING
START/STOP
AUTO BASS CHORD
SOLO
STYLEPLAY
SYNCHRO
START
SINGLE FINGERFULL KEYBOARD FINGERED
JAZZ
ROCK
POP
DANCE
POP
16BEAT
BALLAD
ROCK’N’
ROLL
ROCK
SHUFFLE
SWING
BOOGIE
BIG BAND
SAMBA
BOSSA
RHUMBA
CHA-CHA
POLKA
MARCH
JAZZ
WALTZ
WALTZ
BLUE-
GRASS
STYLE
POWER
HOUSE
16BEAT
POP
16BEAT
SHUFFLE
SLOW
ROCK
COUNTRY
SHUFFLE
DISK
STYLE 1
DISK
STYLE 2
JAZZ
BALLAD
PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI VIBES GUITAR STRINGS SPLIT
ORGAN CHOIR
UPRIGHT
BASS
ELEC
BASS
DRUMS VOICE 13-60
CLAVINOVA
TONE
VOICE
8
1
2
3
4567
90
DISK ORCHESTRA / PERFORMANCE MEMORY
PHRASE
REPEAT
CHORD
SEQUENCE
REC
FORMAT
COPY
PAUSE
F F
REW
START/STOP
SONG
SELECT
RIGHT/1TR
LEFT/2TR ORCH/3-10TR RHYTHM
/
DISK CONTROL
GUIDE
COSMIC
HALL 2
HALL 1
ROOM
SOLO STYLEPLAY
START/STOP
SOSTENUTO
REVERB
DEMO
SOFT
MIDI/
TRANSPOSE
MASTER VOLUME
RHYTHM
CHORD 1
CHORD 2
BASS
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT
BEAT
FOOT SWITCH
DISK
STYLE 1
DISK
STYLE 2
888
SONG NUMBER
SONG
SELECT
A2
SONG NUMBER
DISK
STYLE 1
DISK
STYLE 2