2
Playing Different Sounds
TheSP-170Sfeatures10presetsounds.
PressingtheSOUNDbuonrepeatedlywillch angethesoundinthefollowingsequence.
Piano1→Piano2→E.Piano1→E.Piano2→Harpsi→Clav→Vibraphone→P.Organ→
E.Organ→Strings
AerStrings, thesound willretur ntoPiano 1.Pressing thePIANOPLAY buonwill switchany
soundtoPiano1.
Wheneveryouturnontheunit,thedefaultpres etsound(Piano1)willberecalled.
PIANO 1: Elegant and warm grand piano
PIANO 2: Clear and bright grand piano
E. Piano 1: Smooth, authentic electric piano
E. Piano 2: Modern, percussive electric piano
Harpsichord: Classical harpsichord
Clavichord: Expressive electric clavichord
Vibraphone: Smooth vibraphone
P. Organ: Pipe organ
E. Organ: Drawbar electronic organ
Strings: Ensemble string section
Youcanalso changethe soundbypressi ngoneof thekeysrang ingfromC7 toA7whi lesimulta-
neouslypressing andholding downthe PIANOPLAYandS OUNDbuons.(Pleas ereferto “Key
Functions”onpages2and3.)
Using Other Functions
TheSP-170Sallowsyoutoplaybackthesongsor adjustvariousfunctions bypressingaspecickey
whilealso pressingand holdingdown thePIANOPLAY andSOUND buons.Pleaseref ertothe
“MIDI”sectiononthenex tpageformoreinformationon MIDIchannelsand programchangemes-
sages.PleasevisittheKorgwebsite(hp://www.korg.com/)toviewtheMIDIImplementationChart.
W hilepressingand holdingdownthePIANO PLAYandSOUNDbuons,donotplay thekey-
board.Otherwise,youmightgetanunexp ectedresult.
Forinformationon thefunct ionsthatar eassignedto thekeys,plea sereferto “KeyFunctions” on
pages2and3.

About the conrmation sound

Whenyoupressakeytoadjustseingsforafunction,youw illheartheconrmationsound.Toturn
thissound o,simu ltaneouslypre ssand holddown thePIANO PLAYandSOUN Dbuons and
presstheA#0 key.Toturn onthec onrmationsound, repeatthe previousprocedure butpressB0
insteadofA#0.Theconrmationsoundisse ttoOnbydefault(whenyouturntheuniton).
PIANO PLAY
button SOUND
button
C1[24]*C2[36]*C3[48]* C4[60]* C7[96]* C8[108]*
C5[72]*E5F5B3A3 E5 G5 C6[84]*
D2B0 E2 F2
24
5
79
10 12
14 16
16
86
11
13 15
31
24
5
79
10
8631
Down
Up

Reverb On/Off Chorus On/Off

Enabling/Disabling

Program Change

transmission

Enabling/Disabling

Control Change

transmission

Preset Sounds (C7–A7)

Demo Songs (C6–A6)

Key Touch

Std.

Transpose (F�2–F3)

Light
Heavy

MIDI Pitch

DIS
DIS
ENA
ENA
Off
Off
On
On
Piano 1
E. Piano 1
Clav
Vibraphone
P. Organ
E. Organ
Strings
Piano 2
E. Piano 2
Harpsi
F�G�A�C�D�
GABCDEF
Off
On
A
�
5A
�
0 G
�
3A
�
3 G
�
5
Press and hold simultaneously

Confirmation sound On/Off

Loud
Loudness
Quiet
Quiet Loud
Playing
strength
Light
Standard
Heavy
Key Functions []*indicatesMIDINotenumber.