Selecting, Playing and Controlling Styles

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Selecting, Playing and Controlling Styles

A Style consists of up to four performance instruments, with up to eight accompaniment tracks playing in the background. This is where the Pa800’s serious power really shows!

To begin, choose a Style (see the list on the next page for some recommendations). Styles can be selected just like Sounds. Use the STYLE SELECT buttons on the left side of the keyboard, and choose a “Category” in the display. You can also touch the name of the current “Style” in the display. You can press the STYLE SELECT button repeatedly, to scroll through tabs, or just touch the display to select them.

Press the STYLE SELECT POP/LATIN DANCE, then press the button to the left of the STYLE SELECT buttons to select the bottom row (LATIN DANCE). On the display, touch the P2 tab, followed by “Gipsy Dance.” Now follow these steps to get comfortable controlling your music:

1.While playing a Style, you have up to three realtime tracks layered on the upper half of the keyboard, and one lower track. All of these can be muted and un-muted in the display (a yellow “M” means mute, a green “P” means play. Just touch as desired to change! Press the green “P” on the lower left, above “DR/PERC” to quickly mute all the drums and percussion! Press it again to un-mute.

2.There are three Intros. Press SYNCRO START to have the Style play whenever you play a left-hand chord, and press INTRO 1, 2, or 3, and then press on of the VARIATION buttons to choose the one that will play after the selected INTRO is finished playing.

-INTRO 1 will provide a musical introduction, with a preset chord progression that begins and ends with the chord you played.

-INTRO 2 plays a similar introduction to INTRO 1, but will use the chords you play.

-INTRO 3 plays a quick count-in.

Press Intro 1, play a chord, and push the big red START/STOP button.

3.The four VARIATION buttons begin with a “less is more” feel at VARIATION 1, and get more complex up through VARIATION 4. When you press a new VARIATION button, the selected VARIATION will not start immediately – it will begin once the previous variation ends its pre-programmed riff.

Switch from one VARIATION to the next, and notice the difference!

4.The three ENDING buttons work in the same way as the INTRO buttons. The first is long, the second is shorter, and the third is very quick! No matter how quickly you have to pass the mic to someone else, you can still get out gracefully! If you need to stop immediately, just press the START/STOP button. You can also use the FADE IN/OUT button to… well… fade in or out.

Press ENDING 1 to hear a great progression featuring some excellent guitar strumming! Start the beat back up with a chord and that big red START/STOP button.

5.Below and to the right of the display is the ENSEMBLE button. Press this, and the Pa800 will automatically harmonize your right hand along with the accompaniment!

While the Style is playing, press the ENSEMBLE button and play with your right hand, while changing chords with the left.

6.On the right side, there are four PADS. These can trigger sound effects, as well as SEQUENCES!!

Press the four PAD buttons to bring more instruments into the Style… If it’s melodic, it will play along with your chords. If it’s rhythmic, it will automatically play with the beat!

7.On the upper-right side of the keyboard, you have CHORD SCANNING and KEYBOARD MODE buttons. CHORD SCANNING selects where the Style looks to see the chord you’re playing. Push both at the same time to use the whole keyboard. The KEYBOARD MODE buttons let you choose whether you want to split the keyboard into upper and lower sounds, or just use the entire keyboard for the main sound.