Play the Programmable Pads | IBM PS1500 specs

Change the touch sensitivity/Play the Pads

CHANGE THE TOUCH SENSITIVITY

If the keyboard of your PS1500 is too “hard” or “soft”, you may want to modify the touch sensi- tivity setting.

1.Press TOUCH SENSITIVITY

The display shows four settings to choose from.

2.Select the setting required.

Use the corresponding Function button to se- lect the setting and play on the keyboard at the same time. The options are:

Off, Soft, Medium, Hard.

3.Close the display with TOUCH SENSITIVITY or ES- CAPE.

The setting remains in memory until changed again and also after power down.

	1	TOUCH
	1	TOUCH
		SENSITIVITY

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1/1 TOUCH SENSITIVITY							Hard
Off		Soft		Medium			Hard
F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	F7	F8
3	TOUCH
3	SENSITIVITY
			OR	ENTER		ESCAPE
			OR

PLAY THE PROGRAMMABLE PADS

The four Programmable Pads buttons provide quick and easy ways of adding extra sounds to your playing. You can program each pad to pro- duce an instrumental sound, a percussive sound or sample.

•Strike the Pads freely.

While you play, add additional sounds from the pads in real time.

The configuration of the Programmable Pads can be stored in the Programmable Presets.

The sound configuration of the pads is user- programmable. (Refer to the Sample/Record chapter 19).

PROGRAMMABLE PADS

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IBM PS1500 owner manual Play the Programmable Pads, Change the Touch Sensitivity

Contents

Cod Important Safety Instructions Federal Communications Commission Stock Code Contents Ii Contents Reference Guide Midi 10 Appendix Sample / Record Congratulations PS1500 How to use the manualMultimedia 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 Adjusting the General Volume Initial Status DefaultInitial 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 Transpose the Instrument SEMI- Tones Clear the keyboard transpose settingTranspose 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 This is the quickest and most direct recording method Recording a Song/StyleRecording 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 Front panel Control panel PowerkeyboardDisplay 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 Edit Quantize an auto corrector of timing errorsDisk Rear Panel model with Speakers box Svhs Video output in SVHS/Composite Video stand- ard Rear Panel ConnectionsSpeakers for PS1500 models with Speakers box Play Modes STYLE/PRESET, SONG/ Style & Song STYLE/PRESET ModePS1500 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 Input Right/M, Left + VolumeComputer Headphones SpeakersAUDIO/VIDEO Interface RGB, S-VHS Video outputs Main display Selection windowsOther types of Selection windows Display Record Windows User Messages and Warnings Edit PagesThese messages are closed with Enter or ES- Cape Navigating Data EntryData Entry Modifying On/Off parameters with the Function button Modifying parameters with the DialModifying parameters with the Sliders Name write situations Inserting Alphanumeric DataPrevious entry ENTER/ESCAPE Inserting measures Sounds and Tracks Full ModeKeyboard modes Keyboard Activators Ways of Selecting SoundsKeyboard 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 Select a Preset using the corresponding Function button Selecting PresetsSelecting 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 Select an item Press Display HoldSelect other items as required Programming the Presets How to Program 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 Press Escape to close the window Rotate the Dial to set Mode to Full or Split as requiredSet Lock the mixer setting for all Presets Changing Track Volumes + value = transpose UP, value = trans- pose Down Transposing the Tracks by SemitonesTransposing Tracks Store Preset How to Store PresetsFor 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 Style Display About PS1500 StylesUser Styles are discussed in a separate chapter Selecting Styles Selecting Styles Turn off Single Touch Play Select Presets to recall StylesSounds 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 To view the Accompaniment tracks 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 Modes Modifying the Chord Recognition modePress and hold Piano Style Split Point is Changing the Split PointChanging 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 Press INTRO, Ending or Fill to activate the in- troduction Select other Programmable PresetsPlay 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