Turtle Beach Deluxe manual Changing Instrument Sounds, Selecting Effects Pad Sounds

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Changing Instrument Sounds

Selecting a Lead Instrument

The lead instrument is the one you play with the keyboard. Click on one of the 10 buttons in the Instruments section

—near the upper left of the screen. You can change your lead instrument at any time. The 10th button is yours to customize. You can assign it to any instrument you choose from the 128 General MIDI instruments — and you can change that assignment as often as you wish.

Piano

Vibraphone

Organ

Flute

Saxophone

Click a button to choose a lead instrument

Guitar

Cello

Trumpet

Synth

Custom

You can play any instrument you wish by using the Custom button.

To choose a lead instrument:

1.Click the button of the instrument you would like to jam with. The red light indicates the instrument that’s currently selected.

To change the custom instrument:

1.Click the Setup button near the top of the screen.

2.Open the Custom Patch list and scroll up or down to select an instrument. There are usually 128 instruments to choose from.

3.Click on the Start/Stop button to begin your session and jam away.

Selecting Effects Pad Sounds

Jammin’ Keys includes a set of sounds for the drum pads to get you started, but you can freely program any pad to play any digital audio file that is saved in .WAV format. We suggest you stick to brief sounds. Long sound effects can bog down your session.

Click here to select a .WAV

file for each pad

Click on the hexagon-shaped Effects Pads just above the right end of the piano keyboard to play effects or drum sounds. Experiment to see what each one does. You can set the pads to play different sounds if you wish. The procedure is explained in detail below.

To change an Effects Pad sound:

1.Click on the Setup Effects Pads button — it has a small wrench on it. When the red light is on, it is selected.

2.Click on the Effects Pad you’d like to customize.

3.From the Effects Pad Setup dialog box, choose the digital audio file you’d like to hear — it must be in .WAV format.

4.Click on OK to exit the Effects Pad Setup dialog box.

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Contents Teach Me Piano Deluxe Teach Me Piano Deluxe Welcome IntroductionProgram Overview Progress Report shows you how you’re doing … Music Games test your music skills… Helpful Tips… Online help is always available…To install the software Getting StartedPlease register your software with us What you’ll need to run the programsSetting-Up Your Midi Keyboard Checking your Midi keyboard connectionPiano Room Screen Keyboard Shortcut KeysKeyboard Lessons LessonsPreparing to Play Enter and Sign In, PleaseTo sign in as a new user To run Keyboard Lessons after you’ve signedKeyboard Lessons’ Contents Screen As a New UserKeyboard Lessons Screens Adjusting the Volume in Keyboard LessonsInformation Screen Trainer Screen Video ScreenPracticing Rhythm Getting the Beats Right Performance Screen Practicing Pitch Getting the Notes RightPracticing Rhythm & Pitch Getting Beats and Notes Right To perform a pieceUsing Note Names and Finger Numbers Performance OptionsEvaluation Screen To practice an area from the Evaluation ScreenSelecting a Range Chapter Review Screen Progress ScreenChanging the Setup in the Keyboard Lessons Base and Extended Level SynthesizersSongbook Organizing Songs in the SongbookWhen Importing Midi Files Importing a Midi Song into the Song BookDeleting a Song from the Songbook To import a songTo use the Track Split option Track-split OptionFrom the Performance Screen you can Printing a Song To print a songMusician’s Reference Keyboard Tour Understanding Midi and Synthesis Using Recording Station’s sample Midi files Recording StationWhat You Can Do With Recording Station Working with songs you’ve learned in Music LessonsUsing Jammin’ Keys to create background tracks Recording TracksDownloading Midi songs from the Web Recording your own songsRecording Digital Audio Tracks Recording Drums on TrackSaving and Loading Recording Sessions Loading a File from Jammin’ KeysMidi Track Controls Lyrics, Exit, Setup, and Help Transport Controls and DisplaysTempo and Key Signature Controls Exercise 1 Load, play, and modify a Blues song Recording Station ExercisesExercise 2 Record Piano and Vocals on America The Beautiful Teach Me Piano Deluxe What You Can Do With Jammin’ Keys Jammin’ KeysImprovise over the virtual band, with different instruments Exit, Setup and Help Keyboard ZonesAccompaniment Zone Auto Riffs ZoneJam Grid Improvising ZoneRed and Green Lights To turn on Auto JamSelecting Effects Pad Sounds Changing Instrument SoundsSelecting a Lead Instrument Styles and Variations Fills, Breaks, and Intro/EndFills BreaksMixer Tempo and Key SignatureTo start or end a jam session with the Intro/End button To change the key signature or tempoTransport Display Recording, Saving and Loading Jam SessionsTransport Controls To record a session in Jammin’ KeysTo save a recorded jam session To load a previously recorded Jam SessionExercise 1 Play a rock jam Jammin’ Keys ExercisesExercise 2 Import a jam into Recording Station Teach Me Piano Deluxe Music Games Overview of Music GamesSound Check Troubleshooting TipsCheck your Sound Card and Connections Troubleshooting Midi problems Midi Thru SettingMidi Input Test Midi Output TestChecking Digital Recording and Playback Troubleshooting Digital Audio ProblemsDigital Audio and the Windows Temp file