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23. SOUND GROUPS

Each button comprises a group of 8 Sounds. Each Sound Group consists of 3 banks which are selected with the Page/Bank buttons, or via MIDI with BankSelect mes- sages MSB (CC00). Bank 1 Sounds conform to General MIDI standards, while all other banks contain sound var- iations of Bank 1 Sounds.

24. EDIT

Each button gives you access to the edit of the function specified on the button (except the Sample button).

•GENERAL: edit of the General parameters which affect the instrument as a whole.

•SOUND: edit of the macro Sound & Drumkit parameters.

•MIDI: edit of the MIDI parameters.

•PRESET: edit of the Preset parameters.

•MIXER: edit of the Mixer parameters.

•SAMPLE: gains access to the Samples bank (battery- backed Sample-RAM).

•SAMPLE/RECORD: gains access to the Sampling and the Programmable Pads assign functions.

25. SONG EDIT

Each button gains access to a sequencer editing facility when PS1500 is in Style, Song/Style or Song Record mode.

•TEXT: displays Song Lyrics (active for Songs or MIDI Files with a Lyrics track only);

•QUANTIZE: an auto corrector of timing errors;

•ERASE: facilities for cancelling recorded events;

•MASTER TRACK: “Ghost track” which determines the ini- tial status of a Style, Song/Style or Song before record- ing;

•COPY: facilities for copying recorded data;

•METRONOME: activates/deactivates a metronome to prac- tice with or to use in recording sessions.

26. THE DISK DRIVE

The Disk Drive, located on the extreme right hand side of the control panel, handles 3.5” double density (2DD) or high density (2HD) floppy disks.

27. GRAND PIANO

Recalls the Grand Piano preset for the Upper 1 keyboard section and overrides the currently selected Preset. The keyboard sets to Full mode, regardless of the current mode prior to the selection of the button. The Upper 2 section turns off and Lower is disabled.

28. PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS

These buttons gain access to the Programmable Presets, arranged in 8 groups of 8 Presets each. Each Preset can memorize a configuration of keyboard sounds (up to 3) and a Style Preset.

29. PROGRAMMABLE PADS

4 buttons which provide sounds or samples that can be played in real time in any mode. The configuration of the Pads is programmable and can be stored to the Presets.

30. STORE PRESET

Saves the modifications applied to the Presets in RAM and allows the Preset name to be changed. The modifi- cations can be stored to the current Preset, or any other Preset destination. Modified Style Presets can also be stored to the same locations.

31. 16 TRACK RECORDING STUDIO

This section represents the on-board sequenc- er.

•RECORD: Activates the sequencer for Style, Song/Style or Song recording.

•STOP: Stops the recording and playback process.

•PLAY: Starts the recording and playback process.

•<<, >>: Fast forward (>>) or “rewind” (<<) buttons for Songs. When pressed together, the “Measure” function activates, opening an active zone where you can specify a measure of the current Song. Confirming with Enter passes directly to the measure and closes the active zone.

•LEDS 1 - 16, TRACK SELECT: Activators for tracks 1 - 08 and 9 - 16 when recording Styles, Song/Styles and Songs. TRACK SELECT toggles between the first and second set of 8 tracks; used in Song recording only (multi-track record- ing).

32. DISK

Enters the Disk operating functions (Load, Save, Utility [Format, Erase]) which allow the transfer of files to and from disk and other utility functions.

33. PLAY ALL SONGS

If a Song or MidiFile disk is inserted in the Disk drive, this button triggers the playback of all the Songs or MidiFiles directly from disk, playing them back one after the other as a medley.

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