Basic operation
■ How to check the “ DB Preset’s Perc” parameter | [SOFT] key |
1.In Normal mode, make sure that the display shows the program name.
If the program name is not shown in the display, press the [DISPLAY] key several times.
2.Press the [DISPLAY] key once, and check whether the Percussion icon is shown at the right of UPPER in the display.
The Percussion icon is displayed to indicate that the “DB Preset’s Perc” parameter is set to Ena.
■How to set the “ DB Preset’s Perc” parameter
1.In Normal mode, press the [EDIT] key.
You will enter Normal Edit mode.
2.Press the PROGRAM [2] key, and then press the [®] key twice.
The “DB Preset’s Perc” parameter will appear.
3.Press the
4.Press the [EXIT] key to return to Normal mode.
EX mode
When you are playing a program, you can always operate the keys of the PERCUSSION section to add percussion. There is no need to check or make set- tings.
This key switches the percussion volume (soft or normal).
SOFT (LED lit): The volume of the percussion will be less than when Normal is selected.
The soft and normal volumes can be adjusted by the Normal Edit mode or EX Edit mode Group 3 “Perc Norm Level” parameter and “Perc Soft Offset” parameter.
[FAST] key
This key switches the percussion decay speed (fast or slow).
FAST (LED lit): The decay will be faster than when Slow is selected.
The fast and slow decay times can be adjusted by the Normal Edit mode or EX Edit mode Group 3 “Perc Fast Decay” parameter and the “Perc Slow Offset” parameter.
[3rd] key
This key switches the percussion pitch (3rd or 2nd). This setting is assigned to
3rd (LED lit): A pitch one octave and a fifth higher (corresponding to
2nd (LED dark): A pitch one octave higher (corre- sponding to 4') will be output simultaneously with the note you play.
Playing the drawbar settings
In addition to operating the keys of the front panel PERCUSSION section, you can also use EX Percussion (the five bars at the right of Drawbar 2).
Operations of the PERCUSSION section keys will produce the same effects as in Normal mode.
The various EX Percussion bars will control the percussion that is assigned to each bar. For details on what is assigned to each bar, refer to “3. Playing the
Playing a program
The volume of the percussion is set by the EX Edit mode Group 2 “EX Drawbar Type” parameter.
Key settings of the PERCUSSION section
Vibrato and chorus
You can apply vibrato or chorus to the sound.
1.Use the [UPPER] key and [LOWER] key to select the tone generator (Upper tone generator, Lower tone generator) to which you will apply vibrato or chorus.
2.Use the [VIBRATO/CHORUS] knob to select either vibrato or chorus.
Rotary speaker
[ON] key
This key switches the percussion on/off.
If this is off, pressing the [3rd] key, [SOFT] key, or [FAST] key will produce no effect.
ON (LED lit): Percussion will be on.
In Normal mode when percussion is on, there will be no 1' sound.
The rotary speaker effect applies modulation to the sound.
In order to use the rotary speaker, you must set the “Amp Type” parameter of the program (Normal Edit mode or EX Edit mode Group 4) to Type 1 or Type 2.
For programs in which the “Amp Type” parameter is set to Pre Amp, there will be no effect even if you press the [ON] key in the ROTARY section. When you press the [ON] key, the LED will blink three times, and then go dark. However, you will still be able to set the [STOP] key and [FAST] key, so that you can make these settings even for a program for which Type 1 or Type 2 is selected.
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