Selecting Instrument Sounds | IBM PS1500 guide

Selecting instrument sounds

SELECTING INSTRUMENT SOUNDS

PS1500 has almost 400 instrument Sounds, in- cluding orchestral, percussion and contemporary musical instruments. You can customize any sound to your tastes with the built in sound edit capabilities.

1.Press the GRAND PIANO button.

The display shows the GRAND PIANO PRE- SET for a short period then returns to the de- fault situation automatically with the EASY PLAY, MEMORY and STYLE LOCK buttons activated (LED on) and VARIATION 2 of Style Soul BB from the POP group selected.

The GRAND PIANO button always returns you to a single instrument sound (Piano 1) playing across the full keyboard. You may use the “Grand Piano” button as a ‘return to start’ button whenever you wish to have only one sound active across all 88 keys.

The Grand Piano Preset is discussed in de- tail in chapter 4, “Sounds and Presets”.

2.Press a SOUND GROUPS button.

Select a Sound by pressing the Function but- ton corresponding to the Sound name in the display (Organ 2 in this example).

3.Play on the keyboard and listen to the Sound

The Sound plays across the full keyboard

1				GRAND PIANO
1
* *		GRAND PIANO PRESET							* *
178	SoulBB		***********			Bk1: SLOSTR
GPiano		POP	Bk1: SLOSTR			Bk1: PIANO1
2				SOUND GROUPS
				SOUND GROUPS
PIANO	MALLET	ORGAN		GUITAR	BASS	STRINGS		ENSEMBLE	BRASS
REED	FLUTE	SYN LEAD		SYN PAD	SYN SFX	ETHNIC	PERCUSSIVE		SFX
Bk1	ORGAN2		CHURCH		MUSETT			BANDON
ORGAN1		ORGAN3		REEDOR			HARMON
F1	F2	F3		F4	F5	F6		F7	F8
3
< ----------------------------- Sound ----------------------------- >

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IBM PS1500 owner manual Selecting Instrument Sounds, Press the Grand Piano button, Press a Sound Groups button

Contents

Cod Important Safety Instructions Federal Communications Commission Stock Code Contents Ii Contents Reference Guide Midi 10 Appendix Sample / Record PS1500 How to use the manual CongratulationsMultimedia Facilities Specifications Polyphony & multitimbricity Sampling Important Information Baldwin Piano & Organ Company 1996. All rights reserved System Reset Important Preliminary Notes Vi Introduction User Guide General Safety Instructions Power UP and GET to Know the Basics At this point, PS1500 is ready to play Initial Status Default Adjusting the General VolumeInitial status / Adjusting the General Volume Play with Auto Accompaniment Styles Press Single Touch PlaySelect a Style Automatic Accompaniment Play a different chord Automatic Accompanment Demo Style Listen to the Demo StylesSelect a Style with the corresponding Function button Demo Style Multimedia Select a Song by rotating the DialSelect the Song with the corresponding Func- tion button Dial scrolls through all the songs present on disk Song Edit Selecting Instrument Sounds Press the Grand Piano buttonPress a Sound Groups button Sound plays across the full keyboard Repeat and listen to other Sounds Select the Preset called GrandP Selecting the Programmable PresetsSelecting the Programmable PRE- Sets Play on the keyboard Press the Upper 2 activator Press the Lower activatorSecond sound is introduced String, lay- ered with the first Observations Play the Programmable Pads Change the Touch Sensitivity Press a deactivated button BypassTo activate an effect Play with Effects or bypass them Play with Headphones Plug a set of headphones into the left headphone socketAll three pedals are switch action controls Headphones/Pedals General Effect volumes and loudness Rev=Reverb F1/F2, Eff=Effect F3/F4, Loud=Loudness F5/F6 Clear the keyboard transpose setting Transpose the Instrument SEMI- TonesTranspose the instrument Play All Songs Insert a PS Songs disk or MidiFile data disk into the drivePress Play ALL Songs Playback stops instantly Song Play Direct from Disk Press the Disk buttonSelect the Song a or MidiFile b option from the Load Song Play Direct from Disk Scroll through the files and select a Song or MidiFile Don’t forget to remove the Floppy disk from the drive Recording a Song/Style This is the quickest and most direct recording methodRecording a Song/Style Press Record in the Sequencer Start playing after the one bar leadAny notes you play during the lead-in will not be recorded Use the Fills Change Variation Save the Song/Style to disk Buttons with Leds Buttons Without Leds Powerkeyboard Front panel Control panelDisplay Style Song Groups Volume Accompaniment Left section Central section Transpose Control panel Right section Sound Groups Edit Front Panel buttons & controls VAR 1, VAR 2, VAR 3, VAR Display Contrast Onds if no selection has been made Quantize an auto corrector of timing errors EditDisk Rear Panel model with Speakers box Rear Panel Connections Svhs Video output in SVHS/Composite Video stand- ardSpeakers for PS1500 models with Speakers box STYLE/PRESET Mode Play Modes STYLE/PRESET, SONG/ Style & SongPS1500 offers three different play modes SONG/STYLE Mode Style Lock off. Selecting a Preset selects liveStyle lock Single Touch Play Song Mode PresetsGrand Piano preset Programmable Presets Real Time Style Preset Song/Style PresetSong Preset Presets via MIDI? Tracks Sounds Edit Modes Edit modes Power Supply OutputPedals Midi Right/M, Left + Volume InputComputer Headphones SpeakersAUDIO/VIDEO Interface RGB, S-VHS Video outputs Main display Selection windowsOther types of Selection windows Display Record Windows Edit Pages User Messages and WarningsThese messages are closed with Enter or ES- Cape Data Entry NavigatingData Entry Modifying parameters with the Dial Modifying On/Off parameters with the Function buttonModifying parameters with the Sliders Inserting Alphanumeric Data Name write situationsPrevious entry ENTER/ESCAPE Inserting measures Full Mode Sounds and TracksKeyboard modes Ways of Selecting Sounds Keyboard ActivatorsKeyboard Activators Selecting Single Sounds Press one of the Select buttonsAssign a Sound to a keyboard track Selecting Single Sounds Select the desired Sound or Drumkit with the Function button Assigning a Sound to the Grand Piano preset To assign Sounds to tracks other than the key- board tracks Selecting Presets Select a Preset using the corresponding Function buttonSelecting Presets To Select the Presets Press PAGE-/Bank- to select the previous Pre- set Grand Piano Preset Select Grand Piano in Preset modeSelect Grand Piano in Style mode Grand Piano Preset Press Display Hold Select an itemSelect other items as required How to Program Presets Programming the PresetsHOW the Sounds are Arranged Press Preset in the Edit section Timeout display shows 8 Sounds to choose fromAssigning Sounds to Tracks Assigning Sounds to tracks Press Escape to close the Edit Preset Program Change New situation is permanently memorized Changing the Track Status Keyboard tracks Upper 1, Upper 2, LowerTo change the status of the keyboard tracks Changing the Track status Change the status of a Style, Song/Style or Song track Song tracks correspond to tracks 1 Changing the Keyboard Mode Following example outlines how to select the keyboard modesChanging the Keyboard Mode Press and hold Easy PLAY/SPLIT Rotate the Dial to set Mode to Full or Split as required Press Escape to close the windowSet Lock the mixer setting for all Presets Changing Track Volumes Transposing the Tracks by Semitones + value = transpose UP, value = trans- pose DownTransposing Tracks How to Store Presets Store PresetFor example Press Store Preset Saving Changes to the Current PRE- SET You can choose from the 64 memory loca- tions available Change the Name of a Preset Press PRESET. in the Edit sectionChange the Preset name using the keys of the keyboard Current Preset name is shown at the Old name position Restoring the Original Preset SET- Tings Restore Preset User Guide About PS1500 Styles Style DisplayUser Styles are discussed in a separate chapter Selecting Styles Selecting Styles Select Presets to recall Styles Turn off Single Touch PlaySounds of the live keyboard tracks re- main unchanged Select a Style with the PROGRAM- Mable Presets Select a PresetDeactivate Style Lock If on, Single Touch Play deactivates au- tomatically Accompaniment tracks To view the Accompaniment tracksAuto Accompaniment tracks Style Controls START/STOPKEY START/CONTINUE KEY Start can be turned off by To vary the Tempo IntroEnding Dial Tempo Variation, Fill, Style Lock Variation 1,2,3,4FILL, FILL, FILL/TAP Tempo Style Lock Accompaniment section Easy Play / SplitPiano Style Two keyboard modes Full and Split Memory Mixer LockLower Memory Tempo Lock Grand Piano Preset recalls the Free mode by default One Finger ChordsThere are four possible chord recognition modes available Chord Recognition modes Modifying the Chord Recognition mode Modifying the Chord Recognition ModesPress and hold Piano Style Changing the Split Point Split Point isChanging the Split Point Single Touch Play HarmonyOn/Off Harmony Type How to select a Harmony Type option How to select the Harmony TypePress Harmony Type Select the option with the corresponding Func- tion button Selecting Programmable Presets During Style Play Examples Selecting Presets during Style playActivate Single Touch Play Activate Style Lock Select other Programmable Presets Press INTRO, Ending or Fill to activate the in- troductionPlay freely Stop the accompaniment with Ending or START/ Stop Press each button to cancel the LED Mute ONE or More Accompaniment TracksDeactivate tracks 3, 4 Start to play the Style Changing Style Without Stopping Accompaniment Examples Changing Style without stopping the accompaniment Play normally Play freely with the new Style Press FILL, Intro or Ending Press START/STOP or Ending to stop the accom- paniment Save the Tempo to a Preset Press Store Preset to save the PresetCurrent tempo setting can be saved to a Pre- set Tempo Press F5 or F6 to select the Preset command