IBM PS1500 Front & Rear panel, Display Contrast, Page+/Bank+, Page-/Bank, The Display, System

Name write: In name writing situations when the key- board activates as a source of alphanumeric data, Trans- pose – moves the cursor backwards while Transpose + moves it forwards.

10. DISPLAY CONTRAST

Adjusts the display contrast. Different display viewing angles and lighting conditions may require a slight ad- justment of the contrast.

11. PAGE+/BANK+, PAGE–/BANK–

These buttons select Presets in increasing (Page+) or decreasing (Page–) order when PS1500 is set to Style/ Preset mode. In Sound selection situations, they select the Sound Banks 1, 2 and 3 in cyclic order (Bank+, Bank– ). In the various Edit modes, they pass from one edit page to another.

12. THE DISPLAY

A 2x40 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display which com- municates the current status of the instrument at all times. In Style/Preset mode, the display’s contents are defined by the silkscreened markings around the perimeter.

13. SELECT - UPPER 1, UPPER 2, LOWER

These buttons allow you to select the respective keyboard sections to enable them for a sound change. The Lower keyboard section is selected by pressing both buttons at the same time. A SELECTED KEYBOARD SECTION IS SHOWN FLASHING IN THE DISPLAY.

14.START/STOP, INTRO, ENDING, KEY START CONTINUE

•START/STOP: Starts and stops the playback of a Style, Song/Style or Song. In sequencer recording processes, the Start/Stop button and the Play and Stop buttons of the sequencer operate in the same manner.

•INTRO: Places the introduction of a Style on “standby” before Style start.

•ENDING: Stops a Style with an Ending.

•KEY START/CONTINUE: Synchronizes the start of a Style with a note (or chord) pressed on the lower keyboard area. Pressing Continue in Song or Song/Style mode restarts the Song or Song/Style from the current stop point.

15. DISPLAY HOLD

ON: locks the selection displays (Sound, Preset, Style, Song/Style, Song) for multiple selection possibilities. ESCAPE cancels Display Hold. OFF: the temporary se- lection display closes after a selection, or after a few sec-

onds if no selection has been made.

16. TOUCH SENSITIVITY

Enables/disables the keyboard velocity sensitivity accord- ing to the current setting. Holding the button pressed for a few seconds opens a selection display where you can choose from 3 different sensitivity settings and Off.

17. SYSTEM

•RESTORE: Enters a restore display where you can choose to restore part of the instrument’s RAM to the original factory settings (All, Sequencer, Preset). The display also shows the release date of the operating system.

•DEMO: Gains access to the demonstration Styles which you can listen to one at a time or as a medley.

18. FUNCTION BUTTONS F1…F8

Buttons which allow you to select the displayed data cor- responding to the relative button.

19. HARMONY

•HARMONY ON/OFF: Enables/disables the melody harmo- ny function according to the current Harmony Type set- ting. In Style/Preset modes, the chord notes are coupled to the melody played with the right hand.

•HARMONY TYPE: Activates a selection display where you can select one of the 8 Harmony Types available.

20. DIGITAL EFFECT

•REVERB: activates (LED on) or bypasses (LED off) the Reverb effect assigned to the current Preset.

•EFFECTS: activates (LED on) or bypass (LED off) the Mod- ulation/Delay effect assigned to the current Preset.

•EFFECTS EDITOR: Holding down either buttons gains ac- cess to the effects selectors, the effect send controls and the effects editor.

21. UPPER 1, UPPER 2, LOWER (ACTIVATORS)

These buttons activate (LED on) or mute (LED off) the respective keyboard sections and, therefore, determine the configuration of the keyboard sounds.

22. DIAL, ENTER, ESCAPE

•DIAL: active for Tempo changes in Style, Song/Style or Song modes, or operates as a data entry control in Edit and Record situations.

•ENTER: confirms specified data in edit situations.

•ESCAPE: cancels specified data and/or escapes an edit situation.

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