IBM PS1500 owner manual To vary the Tempo, Intro, Ending, The Dial Tempo, Styles

6.Play a note or chord with your left hand. The accompaniment starts playing again.

7.Press ENDING or START/STOP to stop the accompaniment. ENDING turns KEY START off.

8.If you have stopped the accompaniment with START/STOP, press KEY START to turn it off.

NOTE: The STOP and PLAY buttons in the 16 Track Recording Studio are disabled in Style/Preset and User Style mode. If you press either of these two buttons in Style/Pre- set or User Style mode, the display shows the following message:

*	*	* *	STOP &	PLAY DISABLED *	* *	*
*	*	IN	STYLE	& USER STYLE MODE	*	*

Press ESCAPE to close the window.

INTRO

Selects an introductory pattern lasting one or more measures. After pre-selecting the INTRO, to start the Style you will need to press START/ STOP (or play the left hand notes if KEY START is selected).

Pressed while the Style is playing, the INTRO pattern can play as a Fill.

ENDING

Stops the Style playback with an ending (a ‘coda’). With the accompaniment stopped, you can pre- select the Ending to play as an introduction.

You can use the Ending as a fill when passing from one Style to another. While the Style is play- ing, press ENDING and immediately select an- other Style. The ENDING cycle plays to the end of the current measure then passes directly over to the new Style.

The Style Controls

THE DIAL (TEMPO)

In the display of all play modes (Style/Preset, Song/Style and Song modes), the DIAL is per- manently active as a tempo control. Turn if clock- wise to increase the tempo or counter-clockwise to slow it down.

To vary the Tempo

▶Note: If TEMPO LOCK is off when a Style is selected, the tempo also changes when selecting new styles.

Styles 5•7