1MASTER VOLUME

This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument, both of the internal speakers, the L/MONO and RIGHT out- puts, and the HEADPHONES output.

Warning: At the maximum level, with rich-sounding Songs, Styles or Programs, the internal speakers could distort during signal peaks. Should this happen, lower the Master Volume a little.

2ACC/SEQ VOLUME

This slider controls the accompaniment tracks volume (Style Play mode) or the Song tracks volume, excluding the Real- time tracks (Song and Song Play modes). This is a relative control, whose effective maximum value is determined by the MASTER VOLUME slider position.

3ASSIGN.SLIDER

This is a freely programmable slider (see “Sld (Slider)” on page 126). By default, it acts as the Keyboard Expression con- trol, to let you balance the relative volume of the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.

4MODE section

Each of these buttons recalls one of the operating modes of the instrument. Each mode excludes the others.

STYLE PLAY

Style Play mode, where you can play Styles (automatic accompaniments) and/or play up to four Realtime tracks on the keyboard.

In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks are shown on the right half of the display. You can reach the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Style Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating mode, press STYLE PLAY to recall the Style Play mode. If the TRACK SELECT LED is on, press TRACK SELECT to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks.

This operating mode is automatically selected when turning the instrument on.

SONG PLAY

Song Play mode, where you can playback 16- track Songs in Standard Midi File (SMF) for- mat directly from disk. You can play “.MID” and “.KAR” files directly from the floppy disk. Since the Pa50 is equipped with two sequenc- ers, you can even play two Songs at the same time, and mix them with the BALANCE slider. In addition to the Song tracks, you can play one to four Realtime (Keyboard) tracks, along with the Song(s). In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks are shown on the right half of the display. You can reach the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Song Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating mode, press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play mode. If the TRACK SELECT LED is on or flashing, press TRK SELECT one or two times to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks.

 

 

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B.SEQ

Backing Sequence mode, where you can record

 

 

a new Song based on the Realtime and Style

 

 

tracks, and save it as a new Standard MIDI File.

SONG

Song mode, where you can play, record, or edit

 

 

a Song.

PROGRAM

Program mode, to play single Sound Programs

 

 

on the keyboard, or edit them.

 

 

 

DEMO

 

Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY but-

 

 

tons together to select the Demo mode. This

 

 

mode lets you listen to some Demo Songs, to

 

 

let you hear the sonic power of the Pa50.

5GLOBAL

This button recalls the Global edit environment, where you can execute various global settings. This edit environment overlaps any operating mode, that still remains active in the background. Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operat- ing mode.

6DISK

This button recalls the Disk edit environment, where you can execute various operations on files and disks (Load, Save, Format, etc…). This edit environment overlaps any operat- ing mode, that still remains active in the background. Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.

7MEMORY (TIE)

This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions on or off. Go to the “Page 24 - Preferences: controls” edit page (Style Play mode, see page 50) to decide if this button should be a Chord Memory only, or a Lower/Chord Memory button. When it works as a Lower/Chord Memory:

ON

The sound on the left of the split point, and the

 

chord for the automatic accompaniment, are

 

kept in memory even when you raise your

 

hand from the keyboard.

OFF

The sound and chords are released as soon as

 

you raise your hand from the keyboard.

This button doubles as a TIE function for the Song mode (see chapter 13).

8BASS INVERSION (REST)

This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off.

ON

The lowest note of a chord played in inverted

 

form will always be detected as the root note of

 

the chord. Thus, you can specify to the

 

arranger composite chords such as Am7/G or

 

“F/C”.

OFF

The lowest note is scanned together with the

 

other chord notes, and is not always consid-

 

ered as the root note.

This button doubles as a REST function for the Song mode (see chapter 13).

9MANUAL BASS

This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.

Note: When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass track volume is automatically set to the maximum value. The volume is automatically set back to the original value when the MANUAL BASS button is deactivated.

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