Playing the Digital Keyboard

Using the Voice Pads

You can use the voice pads to sound various sound effects or even sounds you have sampled (“Sampling”, page E-13). Use the voice pads to add something extra to your performances.

1.Press bo (RHYTHM).

Lights

2.Press a pad (1 through 5, br through cl) to sound what is assigned to it.

There are four sets of voice pad sounds numbered 1 through 4 (see below). Each press of cm cycles through the sound sets 1 through 4.

br

bs

bt

ck

cl

cm

 

Pad 1

Pad 2

Pad 3

Pad 4

Pad 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TONE 402

TONE 403

TONE 404

TONE 401 “ORIGINAL” *1

Set 1

“VOICE

“VOICE

“VOICE

 

PAD 1”

PAD 2”

PAD 3”

 

 

Set 2

Set 1 sounds with various pitches.*2

 

 

Set 3

Set 1 sounds repeated.*3

 

 

 

Set 4

XIAO LUO

GUNSHOT

BONGO

CONGA

TAMBOURINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1: Pad 5 plays original sound raised a perfect fifth.

*2: Pad 1: Up a perfect fifth; Pad 2: Down a perfect fifth; Pad 3: Same as Set 1; Pad 4: Up a major third; Pad 5: Down a perfect fifth

*3: Pads 1 and 5: Gradually rising pitch; Pad 2: Gradually falling pitch

Example: When Set 2 is selected

P a d S e t

•While a sound set number is displayed, you can change it using bq (10-key). If you do not perform any operation for a few seconds after the indicator appears, the display will return to the previous screen automatically.

Sounding Sampled Sounds with the Voice Pads

Sampling sounds will change the tones assigned to sets 1 through 3 to the sampled sounds. For more information, see page E-13.

Using the Metronome

The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady beat to help keep you on tempo.

Start/Stop

1.Press 5.

This starts the metronome.

This pattern changes with each beat.

2.Press 5 again to stop the metronome.

Changing the Beats per Measure

You can configure the metronome to use a bell sound for the first beat of each measure of the song you are playing.

•You can specify 0, or a value from 2 to 6 as the number of beat per measure.

•When playing a built-in song, the beats per measure setting (which determines when the bell sounds) is configured automatically for the currently selected song.

1.Hold down 5 until the beats per measure setting screen appears on the display.

B e a t

•If you do not perform any operation for after the beats

per measure setting screen appears, the display will return to the screen displayed before you pressed 5.

2.Use bq (10-key) to enter the number of beats per measure.

•The bell will not sound if you specify 0 for this setting. In this case, all beats are indicated by a click sound. This setting lets you practice with a steady beat, without worrying how many beats there are in each measure.

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