Overview
This manual provides you with all the information you will need in order to take full advantage of the Concert Performer’s potential. Before you begin learning how to use the specific features, it is important to understand some of the basic ideas behind the instrument’s design.
The Concert Performer has been designed to have an easy and intuitive user interface. However, the instrument has so many
features that it is simply impractical to have a dedicated button for every single one. As a result, many features and functions are selected by choosing them from lists, or “menus”, that are presented to you on the CP’s large display screen. Often times selecting an item from a menu may access another
LCD Screen
The LCD Screen is the window through which the Concert Performer communicates with you. The large display size allows many items to be clearly displayed at the same time, allowing for not only words but graphics to be shown as well.
Select Buttons
Most of the buttons on the front panel are used to directly select a function on the CP that you would like to work with. In most cases, the specific function name is printed on the front panel directly above the button. For example, there are buttons labeled
There are 17 SELECT buttons surrounding the LCD screen that do not have labels printed next to them because they do not have predetermined functions. Instead, they are used to select whatever items are currently displayed next to them on the LCD screen. For example, a SELECT button might be used to select an instrument sound on one screen, while on another screen the same SELECT button might serve to activate a feature related to Floppy Disk or
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