Page 2 - CAUTION; IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; should be referred to qualified service personnel.; SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alertthe user to the presence of uninsulated “dan-gerous voltage” within the product’s enclosurethat may be of sufficient magnitude to consti-tute a risk of electric sh...
Page 3 - FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferencein a residential installation. This equipm...
Page 4 - PRINTED IN ITALY; Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
Stock Code 271101 PRINTED IN ITALY Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Baldwin Piano & Organ Company, 422 Wards Corner Rd., Loveland, Ohio, 45140 - 8390 - USA
Page 5 - Contents i; Contents; USER GUIDE; Introduction
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Contents i ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Contents USER GUIDE Introduction How to use the owner’s manual iSpecifications iiUpdate the Operating System with OS-Disks vSystem Reset v • 1 Quick Guide 1. 1 Power up and get to know the basics...
Page 6 - ii Contents; • 5 The Styles 5. 1
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ii Contents ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ • 4 Sounds & Presets 4. 1 The Sounds and Tracks 4. 1Selecting Single Sounds 4. 3Selecting Presets 4. 6The Grand Piano Preset 4. 8How to Program Presets 4. 10How to Store Presets 4. 19Restore Preset 4. 23 • 5 The Styles 5. 1 About PS1500 Sty...
Page 7 - Contents iii; • 9 Digital Effects 9. 1; REFERENCE GUIDE; • 15 User Style recording 15. 1
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Contents iii ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Song/Style Playback 8. 3Restore Song/Style memory 8. 9 • 9 Digital Effects 9. 1 Selecting the effect types 9. 2Bypassing the effects 9. 4Regulating the Send levels 9. 5 • 10 MIDI 10. 1 What is ...
Page 8 - iv Contents; APPENDIX
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ iv Contents ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ • 18 Song Edit 18.1 Quantize function 18. 2Clear function 18. 4Master Track function 18. 9Copy function 18.1 3 • 19 SAMPLE / RECORD 19.1 Regulating the Mic/Line signal 19. 3Preparing to sample - select the Splits 19. 4Programmable Pads Assign 1...
Page 9 - Introduction i; Congratulations and thanks for purchasing Baldwin’s Pianovelle; . This instrument provides; MULTIMEDIA FACILITIES; How to use the manual; images
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Introduction i ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1. Insert the disk into the disk drive . The first step in loading songs fromdisk is to insert a disk xontaining com-patible songs into the disk drive of the PS1500. This instrument is compat...
Page 10 - ii Introduction; SPECIFICATIONS; ’s macro-edit facilities permit rapid and
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ii Introduction SPECIFICATIONS • Polyphony & multitimbricity Maximum polphony: 32 voices. Multitimbric-ity: 8 parts (Style/Preset modes) or 16 parts(Song mode). Each part is assigned to a track.In Style/Preset mode, 3 tracks (maximum) areassigned to th...
Page 11 - Introduction iii; is able to initialize; Sampling; is fitted with a set of audio inputs; MIDI operation; is fully implemented for MIDI opera-; Direct Connection with a computer; via a single serial
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Introduction iii ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ - Ms-Dos format). PS1500 is able to initialize disks for both formats. If the Sample-RAM isinstalled, it is also possible to load Sample-kits from disk. Ms-Dos compatibility permitsMIDI Fil...
Page 12 - iv Introduction; IMPORTANT INFORMATION; The PS1500 should contain the following items from the factory.
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ iv Introduction IMPORTANT INFORMATION 1. The PS1500 should contain the following items from the factory. a) Instrument; b) Bench;c) 3 Floppy disks (2 OS-Disks, 1 Demo);d) Owner’s manual. 2. When contacting your retailer or authorized Baldwin technical assi...
Page 13 - Introduction v; IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY NOTES; To load the operating system contained in the floppy disks:; SYSTEM RESET; HOLD
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Introduction v ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY NOTES Observe these important preliminary notes before using your instrument. AVOID PLACING DISKS NEAR MAGNETS - Do not place floppy disks on top of speakers, near mag-n...
Page 14 - vi Introduction
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ vi Introduction
Page 16 - User Guide; GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Power source • Be sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate beforeconnecting to the mains.• DC power cannot be used to powe...
Page 17 - Quick guide 1•1; • 1 Quick Guide; Be sure that the power switch on the left key
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•1 • 1 Quick Guide POWER UP AND GET TO KNOW THEBASICS 1. Be sure that the power switch on the left key block is in the “OFF” position before connectingthe power cord. 2. Insert the instrument’s...
Page 18 - •2 User Guide; sets to Style/Preset; The initial status / Adjusting the General Volume; ADJUSTING THE GENERAL VOLUME; WARNING: Playing at high volume levels
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•2 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ THE INITIAL STATUS (DEFAULT) After turning on, PS1500 sets to Style/Preset mode with the Grand Piano preset ready to playacross the full keyboard. The main display shown a short period afterp...
Page 19 - Quick guide 1•3; has 96 auto accompaniment Styles with; Press a Style Group button in the SONG/STYLE; Automatic Accompaniment; OR
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•3 PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENTSTYLES PS1500 has 96 auto accompaniment Styles with four Variations four Intros, a Fill and four End-ings for each Style. You can also load up to 16disk based Use...
Page 20 - •4 User Guide; Start to play a melody with the right hand.; Automatic Accompanment
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•4 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 2” or “Free”, either by selecting a Preset orby entering the PIANO STYLE options. Seethe PIANO STYLE function in the Styleschapter 5, page 12. 5. Play a different chord. Note how the accompan...
Page 21 - Quick guide 1•5; Demo Style; LISTEN TO THE DEMO STYLES; You can listen to the automatic playback of your; Press the DEMO button in the SYSTEM section.
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Page 22 - •6 User Guide; Multimedia; can display Lyrics when playing PS Se-; Insert a disk containing PS Songs into the disk
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•6 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Multimedia Multimedia PS1500 can display Lyrics when playing PS Se- ries Disks. There are a large number of disksthat display lyrics when played. Furthermore, ifyou connect the RGB socket of ...
Page 23 - Press TEXT or ESCAPE to close the lyrics display.
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•7 7. Press PLAY or START/STOP to start the SONG play- back. START / STOP PLAY OR 8 t a k e M E o u t t o t h e b a l l g a m e , t a k e m e o u t t o t h e c r o w d , b u y m e s o m e p e a...
Page 24 - •8 User Guide; SELECTING INSTRUMENT SOUNDS; Play on the keyboard and listen to the Sound; The Sound plays across the full keyboard; Selecting instrument sounds
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•8 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ SELECTING INSTRUMENT SOUNDS PS1500 has almost 400 instrument Sounds, in- cluding orchestral, percussion and contemporarymusical instruments. You can customize anysound to your tastes with the...
Page 25 - Quick guide 1•9; Repeat step 2 and listen to other Sounds.; Press the UPPER 2 keyboard activator button
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•9 4. Repeat step 2 and listen to other Sounds. This time, after pressing a SOUND GROUPSbutton, select a Sound Bank with the PAGE+/BANK+ button once or twice then select aSound. Each Sound Grou...
Page 26 - Press button 1 in the PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS; Note: If you do not select a Preset within the; Selecting the Programmable Presets
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Page 27 - Split keyboard; Observations
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•11 4. Press the UPPER 2 activator. A second sound is introduced (String), lay-ered with the first. 4 < ------------ Layered sounds (Upp 1 & Upp 2) ------------ > UPPER 2 LOWER UPPER ...
Page 28 - CHANGE THE TOUCH SENSITIVITY; If the keyboard of your; Press TOUCH SENSITIVITY; Change the touch sensitivity/Play the Pads; PLAY THE PROGRAMMABLE PADS; • Strike the Pads freely.
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•12 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ CHANGE THE TOUCH SENSITIVITY If the keyboard of your PS1500 is too “hard” or “soft”, you may want to modify the touch sensi-tivity setting. 1. Press TOUCH SENSITIVITY The display shows four ...
Page 29 - PLAY WITH EFFECTS OR BYPASS THEM; Bypass; Play with Effects or bypass them
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•13 PLAY WITH EFFECTS OR BYPASS THEM One or both effects buttons in the Digital Effectsection will be active (LED on), showing that thecurrent Preset is being processed by one or botheffect typ...
Page 30 - PLAY WITH HEADPHONES; • Plug a set of headphones into the left headphone; SOSTENUTO; PLAY WITH THE PEDALS; Soft; Note: If the Pedals do not appear to operate,
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•14 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ PLAY WITH HEADPHONES • Plug a set of headphones into the left headphone socket. The headphones sockets panel is located onthe left side of the instrument, under the key-board. Inserting the ...
Page 31 - general Effect volumes and loudness; Select the parameters with the Function buttons:
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•15 general Effect volumes and loudness REGULATE THE GENERAL EFFECTVOLUMES AND ACTIVATE LOUDNESS It is possible to regulate the general effect vol-umes to suit the surroundings and activate the...
Page 32 - Transpose the instrument; to; POSE– to lower the pitch.; or flat; Clear the keyboard transpose setting; Press both TRANSPOSE; Note: Pressing both Transpose buttons at the
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•16 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Transpose the instrument TRANSPOSE THE INSTRUMENT (SEMI-TONES) If you would like to play a Song in a different key,or a song is too high or too low for a singer orother instrument, you can t...
Page 33 - Play all Songs; Play All Songs; Insert a PS Songs disk or MidiFile data disk into; starts to scan the disk contents and,; You can stop the playback at any time by press-; Playback stops instantly.
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•17 Play all Songs Play All Songs Use the PLAY ALL SONGS button (located in the16 Track Recording Studio section) to play all theSongs or MidiFiles directly from a disk. No needto enter Disk mo...
Page 34 - Song Play - Direct from Disk; can also play a preselected Song or; Insert the disk into the
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Page 35 - Rotate the DIAL to select a Song or MidiFile.; Note: If you press Escape during the “WAIT!”; enters Song mode and; To stop the “direct” playback at any time, press; exits Disk mode and returns to the
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•19 Song Play - Direct from Disk 4. Rotate the DIAL to select a Song or MidiFile. Scroll through the files and select a Song orMidiFile. 4 5 PLAY OR INTRO KEY START CONTINUE ENDING START / STOP...
Page 36 - allows you to record a simple 8 track; Press GRAND PIANO PRESET to set the instru-; Recording a Song/Style; Activate SINGLE TOUCH PLAY and press a STYLE; Use the corresponding Function button.
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•20 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ PS1500 allows you to record a simple 8 track song (Song/Style) using recording method thatexploits existing Styles. In practice, the Song/Style recording can record from 1 to 3 real timetrac...
Page 37 - Note: If you want to synchronize the start of
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Quick guide 1•21 4. Press RECORD in the Sequencer. On the top line of the Song/Style display ap-pear the letters “MT” to indicate that the Met-ronome is active. On the bottom line at thecenter, the chord tr...
Page 38 - Press RECORD or ESCAPE to escape the Sequencer.; Listen to the Song/Style playback by pressing; Save the Song/Style to disk; Although
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1•22 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 7. When you have finished, stop the recording ei- ther with STOP or START/STOP. START/STOP stops the recording of the Chordevents while the sequencer continues to be ac-tive for the keyboard...
Page 39 - Front & Rear panel 2•1; • 2 Front & Rear Panel; Each button on the Pianovelle; control; BUTTONS WITH LEDS
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Front & Rear panel 2•1 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ • 2 Front & Rear Panel Each button on the Pianovelle PS1500 control panel activates a specific function, selects an itemin the display, or interacts with the currently se-lect...
Page 40 - •2 User Guide
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 2•2 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Front panel OFF ON MAX MIN MAX MIN MASTER MIC / LINE DRUMS VOLUME ACCOMPANIMENT BASS ACCOMP.1 ACCOMP.2 ACCOMP. 3 LOWER UPPER 2 UPPER 1 SINGLE TOUCH PLAY F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 8 BEAT SWING C...
Page 41 - Front & Rear panel 2•3; Control panel
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Front & Rear panel 2•3 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Control panel (left section) MAX MIN MAX MIN MASTER MIC / LINE DRUMS VOLUME ACCOMP ANIMENT BASS ACCOMP .1 ACCOMP .2 ACCOMP . 3 LOWER UPPER 2 UPPER 1 SINGLE T OUCH PLA Y F1 F2 F3 F...
Page 42 - •4 User Guide
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 2•4 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Control panel (central section) INTRO KEY START CONTINUE ENDING START / STOP TRANSPOSE DISPLAY CONTRAST PAGE+ / BANK+ PAGE– / BANK– DISPLAY HOLD TOUCH SENSITIVITY UPPER 2 UPPER 1 UPPER 2 LOWE...
Page 43 - Front & Rear panel 2•5
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Front & Rear panel 2•5 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Control panel (right section) REED PIANO MALLET FLUTE ORGAN SYN LEAD GUIT AR SYN P A D BASS STRINGS SYN SFX ETHNIC ENSEMBLE PERCUSSIVE BRASS SFX 12 3 4 5 67 8 SOUND GROUPS PROGRAM...
Page 44 - •6 User Guide; ACCOMPANIMENT SLIDERS
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Page 45 - Front & Rear panel 2•7; TOUCH SENSITIVITY
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Front & Rear panel 2•7 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Name write: In name writing situations when the key-board activates as a source of alphanumeric data, Trans-pose – moves the cursor backwards while Transpose +moves it forwards. 1...
Page 46 - •8 User Guide; : displays Song Lyrics (active for Songs or MIDI; PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS
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Page 47 - Front & Rear panel 2•9; Rear Panel
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Front & Rear panel 2•9 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Rear Panel COMPUTER THRU OUT IN PEDALS VOLUME RIGHT MONO LEFT RIGHT MONO LEFT MIDI INPUT OUTPUT RGB S–VHS MIC LINE IN GAIN VIDEO RGB S–VHS MIC LINE IN GAIN COMPUTER THRU OUT IN PE...
Page 48 - : Audio Input for Microphone or Line signals; : Controls the volume of the signal fed into the Mic/
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Page 49 - Basic concepts 3•1; • 3 Basic concepts; work, including useful information which; other controlling device) has access to 16 PS1500; In this mode, you can play with Styles, or use the
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Basic concepts 3•1 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ • 3 Basic concepts In this chapter, you’ll find information regardingthe principal elements that make the Pianovelle PS1500 work, including useful information which will help you to under...
Page 50 - •2 User Guide; Single Touch Play / Style Lock; Style lock; Single Touch Play
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 3•2 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The STYLE LOCK and SINGLE TOUCH PLAY but-tons In Style/Preset mode the selection of the Soundsand the Accompaniments is determined by thestatus of STYLE LOCK and SINGLE TOUCHPLAY buttons. STY...
Page 51 - Basic concepts 3•3; SONG MODE; PS; PRESETS; Grand Piano preset
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Basic concepts 3•3 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ SONG MODE A Song is sequenced data consisting of one ormore tracks (instrumental parts). A Song can beloaded from disk as a PS Song or as a Standard MIDI-file, and it can be recorded one ...
Page 52 - •4 User Guide; Style Preset; for Preset or Style modes, the; Presets
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Page 53 - Basic concepts 3•5; TRACKS; SOUNDS; Drumkit
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Basic concepts 3•5 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ when you play PS1500 as a stand-alone unit. Selecting Sounds and Presets via MIDI is dis-cussed in a later chapter. TRACKS A Track is the smallest part of a Preset. Pro-grammable Presets ...
Page 54 - •6 User Guide; EDIT MODES; offers several Edit modes to modify var-; Edit modes
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 3•6 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ PCM Samples to the first 6 locations of the Sam-ple-Ram (in replacement of an eventual sampleoccupying location 8). Location 7 can accept PCM Samples originatingfrom CD Series instruments. ED...
Page 55 - Basic concepts 3•7; Connections; POWER SUPPLY; WARNING - Before connecting the outputs, be; PEDALS; MIDI; To pilot another instrument with; MIDI OUT; EXPANDER; MIDI IN; To pilot
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Basic concepts 3•7 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ • Disk (file handling operations to and from Connections RAM and disk). The various Edit modes are explained in detail inthe relevant chapters of the owner’s manual. Connections This sect...
Page 56 - •8 User Guide; MK; COMPUTER; INPUT
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 3•8 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ a channel that corresponds to the PS1500 Common Channel (refer to the chapters ded-icated to MIDI). MK MIDI OUT PS1500 MIDI IN • To record Songs on external computers orsequencers, connect th...
Page 57 - Basic concepts 3•9; AUDIO/VIDEO INTERFACE; internal amplification. The; SPEAKERS; models whose cabinet includes; no sound, before doing anything else, check for the; HEADPHONES
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Page 58 - The main display; The main display activates every time; Selection windows; The Display
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 3•10 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The Display The main display The main display activates every time PS1500 is turned on and is what is shown in normal playingconditions. The power-up status shows the GrandPiano preset selec...
Page 59 - RECORD WINDOWS; These types of windows appear when
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Basic concepts 3•11 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The Display RECORD WINDOWS These types of windows appear when PS1500 is set to record a User Style, Song/Style or Song.The display differs slightly for each specific ele-ment. In all cas...
Page 60 - Confirmation request for the Erase Song operation; Warning against a disk failure
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 3•12 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ EDIT PAGES The Edit environments consist of several param-eters spread across more than one “Edit page”.The pages are scrolled with the Page+/Bank+ andPage–/Bank– buttons. Each page is ident...
Page 61 - parameters of; NAVIGATING; Data Entry
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Page 62 - MODIFYING THE PARAMETER VALUES; Modifying parameters with the DIAL; Off
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 3•14 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ MODIFYING THE PARAMETER VALUES The value or status of a selected parameter canbe changed with the Dial. For On/Off situations,the corresponding Function button toggles be-tween the two state...
Page 63 - INSERTING ALPHANUMERIC DATA; The alphanumeric keyboard configuration; User Style name display; SPACE - inserts a space
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Basic concepts 3•15 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ INSERTING ALPHANUMERIC DATA In Name Write situations (Presets, Songs, UserStyles, Disk files, etc.), the keyboard activatesas a source of alphanumeric data. Each note ofthe keyboard corr...
Page 64 - Inserting measures; ENTER, ESCAPE buttons
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 3•16 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Data Entry Inserting measures In Song mode, as an alternative to the Fast For-ward and Fast Reverse functions, you can passdirectly to any measure of a Song by specifyingthe measure number i...
Page 65 - Sounds & Presets 4•1; FULL MODE; SPLIT MODE; EASY PLAY OFF; THE SOUNDS AND TRACKS; Keyboard modes
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Sounds & Presets 4•1 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ • Split mode - the Upper tracks (7 and 8) playto the right of the split point while the Lowertrack (6) plays to the left from the Split pointdown. If you deactivate the Lower track ...
Page 66 - •2 User Guide; Keyboard Activators; KEYBOARD ACTIVATORS; WAYS OF SELECTING SOUNDS; allows you to select single sounds or a
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Page 67 - Sounds & Presets 4•3; Selecting Single Sounds; Selecting Single Sounds; Assign a Sound to a keyboard track
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Page 68 - •4 User Guide; Select a Bank containing the desired Sound us-; houses 16 Drumkits in memory; Select the desired Sound or Drumkit with the; Note: If a Sound is not selected from the; Drumkits
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Page 69 - Sounds & Presets 4•5; Assigning a Sound to the GRAND PIANO preset
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Sounds & Presets 4•5 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Assigning a Sound to the GRAND PIANO preset The GRAND PIANO Preset accepts a soundchange using the method already described.However, whatever change you make remainstemporary and is...
Page 70 - •6 User Guide; Press one of the PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS but-; Selecting Presets; Select a Preset using the corresponding Function
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 4•6 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Selecting Presets Select a Preset when you want to change thewhole keyboard sound combination, not just asingle sound. 1. Press one of the PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS but- tons. The timeout display ...
Page 71 - Sounds & Presets 4•7
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Sounds & Presets 4•7 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ USE PAGE+/BANK+ AND PAGE–/BANK–TO SELECT THE PRESETS You can select Presets in increasing or decreas-ing order with the Page+/Bank+ or Page–/Bank–buttons. 1. Press PAGE+/BANK+ selec...
Page 72 - •8 User Guide; THE GRAND PIANO PRESET; Select Grand Piano in Preset mode; The Grand Piano Preset
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 4•8 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ THE GRAND PIANO PRESET The Grand Piano Preset is an exception to therule because, unlike the Presets of the PRO-GRAMMABLE PRESETS section, this presetrecalls the Grand Piano sound with fixed ...
Page 73 - Sounds & Presets 4•9; The LED of the button turns on.; Display Hold
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Page 74 - How to Program Presets; contains 64 Programmable Presets; HOW THE SOUNDS ARE ARRANGED; Sound; Programming the Presets; Sound Group name
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Page 75 - Sounds & Presets 4•11; ASSIGNING SOUNDS TO TRACKS; Select a Sound using the Function buttons.; Assigning Sounds to tracks
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Page 76 - Press ESCAPE to close the Edit Preset: Program; To save the change, press STORE PRESET followed; The new situation is permanently memorized.
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Page 77 - Sounds & Presets 4•13; CHANGING THE TRACK STATUS; To change the status of the keyboard tracks; • Press UPPER 1 to activate/mute the Upper 1; LOWER is disabled. In SPLIT MODE, LOWER is; Changing the Track status
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Page 78 - • Press one of the active track buttons in the; The Song tracks correspond to tracks 1 - 16.; Active
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Page 79 - Sounds & Presets 4•15; CHANGING THE KEYBOARD MODE; Changing the Keyboard Mode
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Page 80 - Rotate the DIAL to set MODE to FULL or SPLIT as; Press STORE PRESET followed by ENTER if you; The display returns to the previous status.
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Page 81 - Sounds & Presets 4•17; Changing Track Volumes; Lock the mixer setting for all Presets; Style accompaniment tracks
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Page 82 - tings can be stored to the Preset.; TRANSPOSER on page 2.; Transposing Tracks
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Page 83 - Sounds & Presets 4•19; Store Preset; How to Store Presets; Presets can memorize the following data:; Data saved to a Preset
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Page 84 - with memorized; Note: A Style selected from the Style Groups with
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Page 85 - Sounds & Presets 4•21; Rotate the Dial to select the Preset destination.; Note: Whatever Preset data is present at the
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Sounds & Presets 4•21 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ SAVING CHANGES TO A DIFFERENTPRESET (OR CREATING A NEW ONE) 1. Press STORE PRESET. The «Preset Store» window opens showingthe current Preset at the centre and the des-tination Pres...
Page 86 - CHANGE THE NAME OF A PRESET; Change the Preset name using the keys of the
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Page 87 - Sounds & Presets 4•23; Restore Preset; Press F7 or F8 to select the PRESET command.; The display shows “Restore Original Preset”.; Press ENTER to confirm the Restore Preset pro-; Hint: If you want to cancel the entire contents of
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Page 89 - • 5 The Styles; THE STYLE DISPLAY
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Page 90 - •2 User Guide; Selecting Styles; OPTION A: RECALL KEYBOARD; Select a Style with the corresponding Function
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Page 91 - OPTION B: SELECT STYLES WITHOUT; Press one of the buttons of the STYLE / SONG; Select Presets to recall Styles
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Page 92 - •4 User Guide; Note: Most of the Programmable Presets are; Press one of the PROGRAMMABLE PRESET but-; Presets are displayed.; PAGE–/BANK– buttons to select Presets in
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Page 93 - The Accompaniment tracks; Auto Accompaniment tracks; To view the Accompaniment tracks; Press ESCAPE to close the Edit Preset display.; Track; Drum
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Page 94 - •6 User Guide; KEY START can be turned off by:; Note: If MEMORY or LOWER MEMORY are off,; The Style Controls
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Page 95 - Note: If TEMPO LOCK is off when a Style is; To vary the Tempo
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Page 96 - •8 User Guide; Tap Tempo
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 5•8 User Guide ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Variation, Fill, Style Lock Variation, Fill, Style Lock VARIATION 1,2,3,4 These buttons control the Style Variations. Eachbutton recalls a different version of the same ac-companiment. Each v...
Page 97 - The Accompaniment section; SPLIT POINT; PIANO STYLE; can recognize the chords used in the
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Styles 5•9 The Accompaniment section The Accompaniment section This section provides functions which control andsimplify Style playing. EASY PLAY / SPLIT EASY PLAY/SPLIT is a dual action button. When this b...
Page 98 - During the Fade cycle, the relative LED flashes.
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Page 99 - The Chord Recognition modes; THE CHORD RECOGNITION MODES; One Finger - A single note played below the Split; One Finger Chords; C min
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Page 100 - Select the required chord recognition mode with; (and for its symbol to be shown on the display); Modifying the Chord Recognition mode
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Page 101 - CHANGING THE SPLIT POINT; a) the point that separates the Upper and Lower; Press Function button F7 or F8 to activate the; Note: The Split Point is a general parameter; Changing the Split Point
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Page 102 - SINGLE TOUCH PLAY; Single Touch Play / Harmony; Important: Harmony operates only when the; Harmony Type
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Page 103 - How to select the Harmony Type; How to select a Harmony Type option; Press HARMONY TYPE; Select the option with the corresponding Func-
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Page 104 - Examples: Selecting Presets during Style play
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Page 105 - Play a note or chord on the left keyboard area
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Page 106 - Stop the accompaniment with ENDING or START/
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Page 107 - Examples: Mute one or more accompaniment tracks; Press each button to cancel the LED.
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Page 108 - Examples: Changing Style without stopping the accompaniment; Press INTRO, ENDING or FILL to program the Style
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Page 109 - Press one of the STYLE GROUP buttons and se-
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Page 110 - lect a different Style and one of its Variations.; Hint The Fill breaks into the arrangement; Select another Style and press INTRO or ENDING; Hint: You can switch Styles quickly by activating
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Page 111 - Tempo; CHANGING THE TEMPO OF A STYLE; • Use the DIAL to change the tempo setting, either; Note: If a different tempo has been memorized; SAVE THE TEMPO TO A PRESET; Press STORE PRESET to save the Preset.; ESCAPE cancels the operation.; Hint: Save the Preset to disk to conserve the
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Page 112 - Press F5 or F6 to select the PRESET command.
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