Korg Sp-500 manual Playing the SP-500, Playing a sound, Turing the power on, Play the keyboard

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Playing the SP-500

1.Playing a sound

First let’s turn on the power and play the keyboard to produce sound.

Turing the power on

As described in the connection procedure on p.14, connect the AC/AC power supply, head- phones, and pedal. Then turn on the power of the SP-500.

1	Turn on the power
	Leave the [VOLUME] slider set at about 0.

Press the [POWER] switch located on the rear panel. When you turn on the power, the panel indicators will light, and the startup screen will appear.

Turning the power off

Press the [POWER] switch once again. When the power is turned off, the panel indica- tors will all go dark.

2	Play the keyboard
	While playing the keyboard, gradually adjust the [VOLUME] slider to adjust the vol-

ume.

If you are listening to the SP-500 through your monitor speakers, cassette-radio unit, or audio system, adjust the output volume of this equipment as well.

Adjusting the volume

Raise the [MASTER VOLUME] slider to the middle position. Moving the slider toward the right will increase the volume, and moving it toward the left will decrease the volume. At a position of “0” there will be no sound.

While actually playing the instrument, adjust the volume to an appropriate level.

Softer

Louder

Playing the SP-500

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Contents Page Data handling Table of Contents Automatic accompaniment Recording the automatic accompaniment without performing FunctionsPage Check the included items How to use this manualIntroduction Before you beginMain features Touch-View LCD screen Pitch adjustment TransposeTouch control TemperamentsFront panel Panel layoutsRear panel Operating panel Demo switch √, switches Help switch Value -, + switchesFill 1, 2 switches START/STOP switchConnections Before you turn on the powerWhen using headphones Preparations for playingConnect the AC/AC power supply Using the music standTurning the power on Adjusting the volumeItems in the LCD screen Using the LCD screenBasic operation LCD screenMain Use this switch to return to the previous screenValue + switch, switch, dial Operating panelSelect the item Press the Help switchHelp function Select the language for displayTo view another item Move through the pagesTo exit Help To listen to the demo songs Demo playbackListening to the demo Stopping the demo performance Press the Recorder PLAY/STOP switchPausing the demo performance Start demo playbackChanging the tempo of the demo playback Practicing along with a demo songPracticing right hand and left hand separately Page Play the keyboard Turing the power onPlaying the SP-500 Playing a soundSelect a program Selecting soundsChanging sounds Select the program groupSelecting sounds from the User program group Press the Program Group User switchSelecting percussion instrument sounds Layer function play two sounds together Combining soundsLow lower range. p.24 2. Selecting sounds Press the Split switchTo cancel the Layer function To change the split point Playing the SP-500 as a piano Play Piano modeTo cancel the Split function Adding Reverb to the sound Press the Reverb switchAdjust the reverb depth Applying effects to a soundSelect the type of effect Press the Chorus etc. switchTo cancel Reverb Adding Chorus or other modulation effects to the soundStarting the metronome Adjust the effect depthPress the Metronome switch Playing along with the metronomeStopping the metronome Adjusting the tempoDamper pedal Using pedalsAssignable switch Damper pedal settings for Layer and SplitCollecting favorite sounds into a User program group Using the User pro- gram groupChanging the program name Page Automatic accompaniment Using automatic accompanimentPress the ACC switch Select how to specify chordsUse the keyboard to specify the chord Press the START/STOP switchSelecting a rhythm style Select a sound for the part that you yourself will playTo stop automatic accompaniment Press the Tempo DOWN, UP switchesUsing the TAP Tempo feature Muting a part Adjusting the overall volumeAdjusting the volume of individual parts Access the Func 3/10 SwitchWhen you take your hand off Stop switchSelect how you will specify Press the Ensemble switchChanging how you specify the chords Performing with an ensembleAdding an intro To change the variationSelecting the most appropriate program for a Rhythm Style Adding an endingAdding a ﬁll Reducing the number of parts in the accompaniment Using the User rhythm style groupCustomizing a rhythm style Save your custom style to inter Custom style parameter listEdit the rhythm style Name your custom styleMidi OUT Basic recording Realtime Recording Press the Recorder Record switchRecording Recording your performanceTo record the tempo as well Specify the time signatureStart recording To change the time signature during a songLoading performance data that you recorded Press the Recorder PLAY/STOP switchPress the Recorder Song Select switch Recording with automatic accompanimentTo stop the playback To pause the playbackTo fast-forward To rewindMultitrack recording Using Quantize while you recordVarious recording methods Auto punch-in/out Recording from the middle of the songStop recording Access the Rec 3/3Step recording procedure Chord Inputting chords Set the end measure cell Press the Step Rec button’ve Been Working Let’s use step recording to input chordsCtrl Inputting control events Control event type listEdit the data Editing functionsEditing previously-saved data Event type list Event EditSong Name Initial Edit Bounce TrackInsert Measure Delete MeasureMemory Utility Initial Edit 1/2Initial Edit 2/2 Page Changing the key Transposing Adjusting the pitchFine adjustments to the pitch FunctionsChange the desired Octave SettingSelecting a temperament Changing the octaveCreating your own temperament Selecting a temperamentMake the desired settings Using the pedalsDamper pedal settings for Layer and Split Specifying the function of the assignable switchSetting contents All setupTo store these settings into internal memory Access the Func 7/10Convenient functions Adjusting the left/right balanceAdjusting the display time of a popup screen Midi channel settings Connecting other equipmentConnecting Midi equipment What is MIDI?Press a Local radio button Using the SP-500 as a multi-tim- bral tone generatorLocal on/off setting Access the Func 4/10Midi Filter Synchronizing to an external sequencerMidi Transpose Exclusive Control Control changeAfter Touch Appendices TroubleshootingSpeciﬁcations Prog Program listPiano Bass Brass/ChoirStrings GuitarPercussion Synth/S.EStyle Name Rhythm style listポップ 6/8 User Drum kits list OFF Program demo Demo songs listPiano demo songs Style demo songsMajorC Major 6th Major 7th CM7 Sus Csus4 Csus2 Dominant 7th List of detected chordsAppendices Chart Index

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