IBM PS1500 The Display, 3 10 User Guide, The main display, Selection windows, parameters

The Display

The Display

The main display

The main display activates every time PS1500 is turned on and is what is shown in normal playing conditions. The power-up status shows the Grand Piano preset selected for the Upper 1 section.

The main display shows the sounds assigned to the keyboard tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower), regardless of their active/mute status, the name of the current Preset, the Tempo setting (valid for Styles and Songs), the name of the selected Style, Song/Style or Song and the Chord/Meas- ures indicator which monitors Style chords in Style mode or the measures in Song playback mode.

When a Style is disabled, “E.Play=Off” is dis- played on the top line to indicate that the EASY PLAY button is deactivated.

Selection windows

Selection windows are opened when a GROUPS button is pressed in order to select an element related to the selected GROUP (Sound, Style & User Style, Song/Style, Song and Programma- ble Preset).

Selection windows are “timeout” displays, shown for a short period of time, enough to select the displayed items with the Function buttons (F1…F8). After selection, the main display is re- stored. If you don’t select an item during the time- out period, the main display is restored automat- ically after approx. 3/4 seconds.

Other types of Selection windows

The “Harmony Type”, “Restore”, “Easy Play/Split”, Touch Sensitivity”, “Digital Effects” and “Disk” buttons also open selection windows, but with a structure specific to the function. These type of windows are permanent and require pressing the ESCAPE button or the corresponding function button to close them.

TEMPO STYLE/SONG CHORDS / MEASURES UPPER 2

178SoulBB *********** Bk1: SLOSTR GPiano POP Bk1: SLOSTR Bk1: PIANO1

PRESET	GROUP	LOWER	UPPER	1
Main display showing the Grand Piano preset
TEMPO	STYLE/SONG	CHORDS / MEASURES	UPPER 2

178SoulBB EasyPlay=Off Bk1: SLOSTR GPiano POP Bk1: SLOSTR Bk1: PIANO1

	PRESET		GROUP		LOWER	UPPER 1
Main display showing Styles disabled						Bk1: SLOSTR
	178		SoulBB	C	maj7-9
	GrandP		pop	Bk1: SLOSTR		Bk1: PIANO1
Main display showing the current Style chord						Bk1: BRASS
	120	FreeO1		Mes=1	:1
				Bk1: ORGAN3		Bk1: SOFSAX

Main Song display showing the Measure counter

Bk1 PIANO2 HONKY EL.PN2 CLAVIN

PIANO1 PIANO3 EL.PN1 HARPSI

Sound selection window showing 8 Sound names of Bank 1 arranged in correspondence with the Function buttons.

1/1 HARMONY TYPE:[OPEN 2]

Clse Opn1 Opn2 Bloc Oct. Oscar Jazz Rock

Harmony Type selection window

	1/1 MODE/SPLIT POINT:
	Mode=Full		Split Point=F#3
The Mode/Split Point window showing two variable
parameters
	1/1 TOUCH SENSITIVITY
	Off	Soft	Medium	Hard
The Touch Sensitivity window showing four parameters
	1/4 LOAD: Styles		Style	Sample

SLOW Song MidiFile Presets All

Disk Load window showing various load functions. The Save page is identical.

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