Selecting and Playing a Tone

Selecting a Various tone, GM tone, and Drum set

You can use the following procedure to assign one of the 20 Various tones, 128 GM tones, or 2 Drum sets to the VARIOUS/GM TONES button. After that you can select the assigned tone by pressing the VARIOUS/ GM TONES button.

1. In the Tone List on page A-1, find the tone number of the Various tone, GM tone, and Drum set you want to assign to the VARIOUS/GM TONES button.

Example: 003 DANCE PIANO

2. Press the VARIOUS/GM TONES button.

•This will cause the lamp above the button to light.

•To find out the tone that is currently assigned to the VARIOUS/GM TONES button, hold down the button. This will cause the number of its tone to appear on the display. Releasing the button will return to the song or rhythm number display.

Example: 001 MELLOW PIANO

3. To change the tone assigned to the VARIOUS/GM TONES button, hold down the button as you use the /NO and /YES buttons to scroll through the tone numbers on the display. Display the number of the tone you want to assign to the button.

•Holding down either button changes the value at high speed.

NOTE

•See “Other Settings” on page E-25 for information about another method you can use to assign a tone to the VARIOUS/GM TONES button.

•The tone you assign to the VARIOUS/GM TONES button is retained until you turn off the digital piano.

•If a drum set is assigned to the VARIOUS/GM TONES button, keyboard keys sound drum sounds when you press them while the lamp above the VARIOUS/GM TONES button is lit. See page A-2 for information about the drum sounds that are assigned to each of the keyboard keys.

Adjusting the Brilliance of a Tone

Use the following procedure to adjust the brilliance of a tone.

1. Press the BRILLIANCE button.

•This will cause the lamp above the button to light, indicating that the brilliance effect is being applied. This also will change the brilliance of the tone in accordance with the initial setting.

2.To change the brilliance setting, hold down the BRILLIANCE button as you press the

/NO and /YES buttons.

To do this:

Press this button:

 

 

Make the tone softer

Make the tone sharper

3. To cancel the brilliance effect, press the BRILLIANCE button again so its lamp goes out.

NOTE

•Pressing the /NO and /YES buttons at the same time will return the displayed setting to its default.

•See “Other Settings” on page E-25 for information about another method you can use to configure brilliance settings.

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