Basic Operation and Displays

2 Use the dial to select an item or value.

When you select a basic function, the item corresponding to that function will be displayed. You can then use the

dial or the number buttons [0] – [9] to select the desired item.

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001

This portion of the display indi- cates the name and number of the currently selected song, voice and style. It also displays the name and current setting/ value of other functions.

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●Dial

Rotate the dial clockwise to increase the value of the selected item, or coun- terclockwise to decrease it’s value. Rotate the dial continuously to contin- uously increase or decrease the value.

●[+] and [-] Buttons

Press the [+] button brieﬂy to incre- ment the value by 1, or press the [-] button brieﬂy to decrement the value by 1. Press and hold either button to continuously increment or decrement the value in the corresponding direc- tion.

●Number Buttons [0] – [9]

Decrease Increase

Press	Press
brieﬂy to	brieﬂy to
decrement.	increment.

● CATEGORY Buttons [f ], [r ] When selecting a song, style, or voice, you can use these buttons to jump to the ﬁrst item in the next or

	previous category.	Jump to the
	previous category.	ﬁrst item in
		ﬁrst item in
	The CATEGORY buttons are useful	the next or
	The CATEGORY buttons are useful	previous
	for selecting categorized items, as in	previous
	for selecting categorized items, as in	category.
	the example below.
	Example: VOICE SELECT

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The ﬁrst voice in the selected category is selected.

In a display in which a category appears, selection is easy if you ﬁrst use the CATEGORY [f ] and [r ] buttons to select

The number buttons can be used to directly enter a song num- ber or parameter value.

Hundreds or tens digits that are “0” can be omitted (see below).

the category containing the desired item, then use the dial or

[+]and [-] buttons to select the item. This can be particularly handy when you have to select from a large number of voices.

Example: Song number “003” can be entered in three ways.

•[0] → [0] → [3]

•[0] → [3]

(“003” will appear on the dis- play after a brief delay)

•[3]

(“003” will appear on the dis- play after a brief delay)

Press number buttons [0], [0], [3].

In most procedures described throughout this owner’s manual the dial is recommended for selection simply because it is the easiest and most intuitive selection method. Please note how- ever, that most items or values that can be selected using the dial can also be selected using the [+] and [-] buttons.

3 Start a function.

This is the [START/STOP] button.

Press the [START/STOP] button after pressing the [SONG] or [STYLE] button to start playback of the selected song or style (rhythm).

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