Setting up Using the orchestral sounds
The display briefly confirms your selection and shows both the name of the sound you selected and the number of the register you pressed:
(3)Play a few notes on the Treble keyboard.
The Treble keyboard is velocity sensitive. The volume and timbre of the notes played by the Orchestra part depend on how hard/fast you press the treble keys (for sounds 11, 12 or 13).
Note: The Treble accordion does not respond to velocity infor- mation generated by the keyboard. You can, however, vary its volume and timbre by pressing/pulling the bellows harder and softer (like on a “real” accordion).
The Treble keyboard also generates aftertouch mes- sages. “Aftertouch” refers to the fact that you press a key even further down after playing a note. For some orchestral sounds (guitar, flute, etc.) as well as for the Treble accordion section, this effect allows you to bend the pitch down (temporarily lower the note). If you select an organ sound, aftertouch can be used to switch between the fast and slow Rotary effect speeds.
Note: This aftertouch effect applies to all notes that are sounding simultaneously. If you play a chord and then only press down one key of the chord’s constituent notes, all notes are bent by the same amount. (MIDI buffs call this “channel aftertouch”.)
■About the ‘HighLand’ and ‘Zampogna’ sounds Your
To recreate the same sensation on the
Can be used to play the melody.
| Sound the drone notes. | |
r | Here is how the drone function works: | |
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| only that note is held. You can release the key imme- | |
| diately after playing the note – it will be held indefi- | |
| nitely. | |
| • If you press two (or more) keys simultaneously, those | |
| notes are held (the drone function is polyphonic). |
•To switch off the currently sounding drone note(s), either press another key in the gray area (switch to another drone note) or press the key(s) of the sound- ing drone notes again to stop the drone.
■Selecting the Orchestra mode
Depending on the settings of the Set you selected, the Orchestra part may sound together with the Tre- ble accordion section. That’s because there are four ways in which the Orchestra section can be combined with the Treble accordion section.
If the Orchestra part is off (set to CANCEL), the Mas- ter bar always recalls the Treble register selected with “Master Bar Recall” (page 67).
After selecting one of the modes (DUAL, HIGH, LOW, or SOLO) and switching on the Orchestra part (CAN- CEL off), the Master bar allows you to switch the Orchestra part on and off. In SOLO mode, this means that you alternate between the Treble and Orchestra parts.
SOLO [14]: When you switch on the Orchestra section (see step (2) above), you only hear the orchestral instrument sound. Press [CANCEL] to return to the Treble accordion sound.
DUAL [13]: The orchestral sound is added to the Treble accordion, so that each note you play sounds like an accor- dion, with the selected instru- ment playing in unison.
Just as a reminder: here, both the ORCH and TREBLE fields contain a keyboard icon to indicate that they sound simultaneously.
HIGH [12]: Now it becomes a little more complicated
–but very interesting indeed. If you select this mode and play just one note, it is sounded by the orchestral sound. If you keep holding that key while pressing another (lower) key to its left, the upper note is played by the orchestral sound. Lower notes, how- ever, are played by the Treble accordion sound. This is perfect for situations where you need to play chords and a solo line using different sounds. Something like this:
Played by the Orchestra sound
Played by the accordion
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