Basic Operations

REVERB/CHORUS

TONE

PIANO SETTING

MODE

Number buttons

POWER

[+] / [–]

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Use the number buttons to input the three-digit tone

 

 

 

 

This section provides information on performing basic

 

 

 

 

keyboard operations.

 

 

number of the tone you want to select.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play the keyboard

 

 

Example: To select “111 ACOUSTIC BASS”, input 1, 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

and then 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Press the POWER button to turn the keyboard on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A c o u s . B s

 

2Set the MODE switch to NORMAL.
3 Use the VOLUME knob to set the volume to a

NOTE

 

 

 

• Always input all three digits for the tone number,

relatively low level.

 

including leading zeros (if any). If you input one or two

4 Play something on the keyboard.

 

digits and stop, the display will automatically clear your

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input after a few seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can also increment the displayed tone number by

Selecting a Tone

 

pressing [+] and decrement it by pressing [–].

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When one of the drum sets is selected (tone numbers

This keyboard comes with 515 built-in tones. Use the

 

501 through 515), each keyboard key is assigned a

 

different percussion sound. See page A-5 for details.

following procedure to select the tone you want.

 

 

 

 

 

To select a tone

 

Polyphony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Find the tone you want to use in the TONE List and

The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes

note its tone number.

you can play at the same time. The keyboard has 32-note

polyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as the

• Not all of the available tones are shown on the tone

rhythms and auto-accompaniment patterns that are played

list printed on the keyboard console. For a complete

by the keyboard. This means that when a rhythm or auto-

list, see the “Tone List” on page A-1.

accompaniment pattern is being played by the keyboard, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Press the TONE button.

number of notes (polyphony) available for keyboard play is

reduced. Also note that some of the tones offer only 16-note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

polyphony.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When rhythm or auto accompaniment is playing, the

appears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

number of sounds simultaneously played is reduced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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