IBM PS1500 Basic concepts, Style/Preset Mode, Play Modes Style/Preset, Song/ Style & Song, Tempo

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In this chapter, you’ll find information regarding the principal elements that make the Pianovelle PS1500 work, including useful information which will help you to understand the structure of the instrument.

PLAY MODES: STYLE/PRESET, SONG/ STYLE & SONG

PS1500 offers three different play modes:

Style/Preset mode: to use PS1500 as a con- ventional keyboard or to play with the auto- matic accompaniments. PS1500 powers up in this mode every time it is turned on. Press the GRAND PIANO button to activate Style/ Preset mode if the instrument is set to a dif- ferent mode. Select Styles from the Style banks (Swing, Country, Rock, etc.).

Song/Style mode: to record the Styles with up to 3 keyboard sounds and create 8 track Songs to use as backings. Press SONG/ STYLE then select or record a Song/Style to set this mode.

Song mode: to play Songs to work via MIDI with an external sequencer to create 16 track Songs. Press SONG then select a Song to set to Song mode.

▶Note: Via MIDI, an external sequencer (or

other controlling device) has access to 16 PS1500 tracks at all times, regardless of the current mode.

STYLE/PRESET MODE

In this mode, you can play with Styles, or use the PS1500 as a conventional keyboard. If the auto- accompaniments are playing, the Style mode is on: if not, Style mode is off and Preset mode is on.

Real Time and Style modes have a Preset in common. Styles can play up to 8 tracks at the same time while Presets up to 3. Both modes have identical Preset editing tasks.

Style Presets are always divided into two parts: the first 5 tracks are associated to the auto-ac- companiment, the remaining 3 are dedicated to the keyboard (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower).

tracks 1-5 contain...	tracks 6-8 contain...
Auto-accomp sounds	Keyboard Sounds
effects	effects
Programmable drumkit
Tempo	Tempo
Selected Style

Sounds and accompaniments can be recalled by selecting a Style (from the STYLE GROUP but- tons) or a Preset (from the PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS buttons when Style Lock is off).

If you press Start/Stop when Styles are disabled (EASY PLAY LED off), you will only hear the drum track of the selected Style.

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