IBM PS1500 Play with Auto Accompaniment Styles, Press Single Touch Play, Select a Style

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PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES

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 16 disk based User Styles of your choice into the 2 User Style banks available.

1.Press SINGLE TOUCH PLAY.

Pressing this button activates the KEY START function automatically. The EASY PLAY and MEMORY buttons will activate if not already on.

When SINGLE TOUCH PLAY is on, the sound memorized in the Style Preset are assigned to all the tracks. Selecting a Style changes the sounds of the accompaniment section as well as those of the keyboard sec- tions.

2.Press a Style Group button in the SONG/STYLE GROUPS (Swing, Country, Rock, etc.).

3.Select a Style.

Use Function buttons F1…F8 under the dis- play to select one of the 8 Style names.

4.Play a single note or a chord (at least three notes) below the Chord Split Point (note F#3) to start Style play.

A single note or chord triggers a fully orches- trated auto accompaniment pattern. The KEY START function allows you to start the Style by playing a note or chord on the keyboard area below the Split point.

In default conditions, the keyboard’s chord recognition mode is set to “One Finger” which allows you to play Styles using “one finger” chords on a split keyboard.

You can change the chord recognition mode from “One Finger” to “Fingered1”, “Fingered

Automatic Accompaniment

1	SINGLE TOUCH PLAY	KEY START
1	SINGLE TOUCH PLAY	CONTINUE
	INTRO	ENDING

START / STOP

	EASY PLAY					MEMORY
		SPLIT
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			STYLE	SONG GROUPS
SWING	COUNTRY	ROCK	FUNK		DANCE	POP		USER 1–8	USER 9–16
8 BEAT	16 BEAT	LATIN 1	LATIN 2		WORLD	ETHNIC	SONG /STYLE		SONG
3	MetalR		SlowRk		Boogie			SlBlue
OpenRk		HardRk		SoftRk			Blues
F1	F2	F3	F4		F5	F6		F7	F8

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Contents Cod Important Safety Instructions Federal Communications Commission Stock Code Contents Ii Contents Midi 10 Reference GuideSample / Record AppendixCongratulations PS1500 How to use the manualMultimedia Facilities Polyphony & multitimbricity SpecificationsSampling Baldwin Piano & Organ Company 1996. All rights reserved Important InformationImportant Preliminary Notes System ResetVi Introduction User Guide General Safety Instructions At this point, PS1500 is ready to play Power UP and GET to Know the BasicsAdjusting the General Volume Initial Status DefaultInitial status / Adjusting the General Volume Automatic Accompaniment Play with Auto Accompaniment StylesPress Single Touch Play Select a StyleAutomatic Accompanment Play a different chordDemo Style Demo StyleListen to the Demo Styles Select a Style with the corresponding Function buttonDial scrolls through all the songs present on disk MultimediaSelect a Song by rotating the Dial Select the Song with the corresponding Func- tion buttonSong Edit Sound plays across the full keyboard Selecting Instrument SoundsPress the Grand Piano button Press a Sound Groups buttonRepeat and listen to other Sounds Play on the keyboard Select the Preset called GrandPSelecting the Programmable Presets Selecting the Programmable PRE- SetsObservations Press the Upper 2 activatorPress the Lower activator Second sound is introduced String, lay- ered with the firstChange the Touch Sensitivity Play the Programmable PadsPlay with Effects or bypass them Press a deactivated buttonBypass To activate an effectHeadphones/Pedals Play with HeadphonesPlug a set of headphones into the left headphone socket All three pedals are switch action controlsRev=Reverb F1/F2, Eff=Effect F3/F4, Loud=Loudness F5/F6 General Effect volumes and loudnessTranspose the Instrument SEMI- Tones Clear the keyboard transpose settingTranspose the instrument Playback stops instantly Play All SongsInsert a PS Songs disk or MidiFile data disk into the drive Press Play ALL SongsSong Play Direct from Disk Song Play Direct from DiskPress the Disk button Select the Song a or MidiFile b option from the LoadDon’t forget to remove the Floppy disk from the drive Scroll through the files and select a Song or MidiFileThis is the quickest and most direct recording method Recording a Song/StyleRecording a Song/Style Use the Fills Change Variation Press Record in the SequencerStart playing after the one bar lead Any notes you play during the lead-in will not be recordedSave the Song/Style to disk Buttons Without Leds Buttons with LedsFront panel Control panel PowerkeyboardDisplay Left section Style Song Groups Volume AccompanimentTranspose Central sectionSound Groups Edit Control panel Right sectionVAR 1, VAR 2, VAR 3, VAR Front Panel buttons & controlsOnds if no selection has been made Display ContrastEdit Quantize an auto corrector of timing errorsDisk Rear Panel model with Speakers box Svhs Video output in SVHS/Composite Video stand- ard Rear Panel ConnectionsSpeakers for PS1500 models with Speakers box Play Modes STYLE/PRESET, SONG/ Style & Song STYLE/PRESET ModePS1500 offers three different play modes Single Touch Play SONG/STYLE ModeStyle Lock off. Selecting a Preset selects live Style lockProgrammable Presets Real Time Song ModePresets Grand Piano presetPresets via MIDI? Style PresetSong/Style Preset Song PresetSounds TracksEdit modes Edit ModesMidi Power SupplyOutput PedalsInput Right/M, Left + VolumeComputer RGB, S-VHS Video outputs HeadphonesSpeakers AUDIO/VIDEO InterfaceDisplay Main displaySelection windows Other types of Selection windowsRecord Windows User Messages and Warnings Edit PagesThese messages are closed with Enter or ES- Cape Navigating Data EntryData Entry Modifying On/Off parameters with the Function button Modifying parameters with the DialModifying parameters with the Sliders Name write situations Inserting Alphanumeric DataPrevious entry Inserting measures ENTER/ESCAPESounds and Tracks Full ModeKeyboard modes Keyboard Activators Ways of Selecting SoundsKeyboard Activators Selecting Single Sounds Selecting Single SoundsPress one of the Select buttons Assign a Sound to a keyboard trackSelect the desired Sound or Drumkit with the Function button To assign Sounds to tracks other than the key- board tracks Assigning a Sound to the Grand Piano presetSelect a Preset using the corresponding Function button Selecting PresetsSelecting Presets Press PAGE-/Bank- to select the previous Pre- set To Select the PresetsGrand Piano Preset Grand Piano PresetSelect Grand Piano in Preset mode Select Grand Piano in Style modeSelect an item Press Display HoldSelect other items as required Programming the Presets How to Program PresetsHOW the Sounds are Arranged Assigning Sounds to tracks Press Preset in the Edit sectionTimeout display shows 8 Sounds to choose from Assigning Sounds to TracksNew situation is permanently memorized Press Escape to close the Edit Preset Program ChangeChanging the Track status Changing the Track StatusKeyboard tracks Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower To change the status of the keyboard tracksSong tracks correspond to tracks 1 Change the status of a Style, Song/Style or Song trackPress and hold Easy PLAY/SPLIT Changing the Keyboard ModeFollowing example outlines how to select the keyboard modes Changing the Keyboard ModePress Escape to close the window Rotate the Dial to set Mode to Full or Split as requiredSet Changing Track Volumes Lock the mixer setting for all Presets+ value = transpose UP, value = trans- pose Down Transposing the Tracks by SemitonesTransposing Tracks Store Preset How to Store PresetsFor example Saving Changes to the Current PRE- SET Press Store PresetYou can choose from the 64 memory loca- tions available Current Preset name is shown at the Old name position Change the Name of a PresetPress PRESET. in the Edit section Change the Preset name using the keys of the keyboardRestore Preset Restoring the Original Preset SET- TingsUser Guide Style Display About PS1500 StylesUser Styles are discussed in a separate chapter Selecting Styles Selecting StylesTurn off Single Touch Play Select Presets to recall StylesSounds of the live keyboard tracks re- main unchanged If on, Single Touch Play deactivates au- tomatically Select a Style with the PROGRAM- Mable PresetsSelect a Preset Deactivate Style LockTo view the Accompaniment tracks Accompaniment tracksAuto Accompaniment tracks KEY Start can be turned off by Style ControlsSTART/STOP KEY START/CONTINUEDial Tempo To vary the TempoIntro EndingStyle Lock Variation, Fill, Style LockVariation 1,2,3,4 FILL, FILL, FILL/TAP TempoTwo keyboard modes Full and Split Accompaniment sectionEasy Play / Split Piano StyleTempo Lock MemoryMixer Lock Lower MemoryChord Recognition modes Grand Piano Preset recalls the Free mode by defaultOne Finger Chords There are four possible chord recognition modes availableModifying the Chord Recognition Modes Modifying the Chord Recognition modePress and hold Piano Style Split Point is Changing the Split PointChanging the Split Point Harmony Type Single Touch PlayHarmony On/OffSelect the option with the corresponding Func- tion button How to select a Harmony Type optionHow to select the Harmony Type Press Harmony TypeActivate Style Lock Selecting Programmable Presets During Style PlayExamples Selecting Presets during Style play Activate Single Touch PlayPress INTRO, Ending or Fill to activate the in- troduction Select other Programmable PresetsPlay freely Stop the accompaniment with Ending or START/ Stop Start to play the Style Press each button to cancel the LEDMute ONE or More Accompaniment Tracks Deactivate tracks 3, 4Examples Changing Style without stopping the accompaniment Changing Style Without Stopping AccompanimentPlay freely with the new Style Press FILL, Intro or Ending Play normallyPress START/STOP or Ending to stop the accom- paniment Tempo Save the Tempo to a PresetPress Store Preset to save the Preset Current tempo setting can be saved to a Pre- setPress F5 or F6 to select the Preset command