IBM PS1500 The Accompaniment section, Easy Play / Split, Piano Style, Styles, Split Point

The Accompaniment section

The Accompaniment section

This section provides functions which control and simplify Style playing.

EASY PLAY / SPLIT

EASY PLAY/SPLIT is a dual action button.

When this button is on (LED on), all the accom- paniment parts of a Style are enabled. If it is not on, you will only hear the Drum track when a Style is started.

SPLIT: If you hold EASY PLAY pressed for about 2 seconds, the display presents two options to choose from: MODE and SPLIT POINT.

MODE: This function allows you to choose from

two keyboard modes : FULL and SPLIT.

When FULL MODE is set, the Upper 1 and/or Upper 2 keyboard sections are assigned to the full keyboard while the Lower section is disabled. This allows you to play Styles with the keyboard sounds over the full keyboard range. If you at- tempt to activate the Lower keyboard section by pressing the LOWER button, the display shows a user-message informing that Lower is disabled in Full Mode.

When SPLIT MODE is set, the Lower section is enabled and allows you to play Styles with one real time sound on the Left hand and one or two different Sounds on the right. If Easy Play is on and Lower is off, the Upper sections do not ex- tend over the full keyboard. If Easy Play is off

and Lower is off, the Upper 1 and Upper 2 sec- tions extend over the full keyboard range.

The Mode setting can be memorized to the Pre- sets.

How to set the keyboard mode is detailed on page 15 in chapter 4 “Sounds & Presets” of the User Guide.

SPLIT POINT

This option allows you to set a new chord split point for the Styles and, therefore, the chord rec- ognition area of the keyboard, extending or short- ening it as required.

The Split Point is a general setting which is not stored to the Presets, but remains memorized until changed again.

See “How to set a new Split Point” on page 13.

PIANO STYLE

PS1500 can recognize the chords used in the automatic accompaniment in various different ways. These are: One Finger, Fingered 1, Fin- gered 2 and Free. These four options are se- lected in the PIANO STYLE menu which is acti- vated by holding down the PIANO STYLE button for about 2 seconds.

See “The Chord Recognition Modes” on page 11.

ACCOMPANIMENT

EASY PLAY PIANO STYLE MEMORY LOWER MEMORY TEMPO LOCK FADE IN /OUT MIXER LOCK BASS FOLLOW

SPLIT

Styles 5•9