Korg SP-170S Playing Back Songs, Effects (Reverb and Chorus), Key Touch Control function, Transpose function (Shifting the key)

Playing Back Songs

TheSP-170Sfeatures10songsthatuse10presetsounds.

While pressing andh olding downth ePIANO PLAYand

SOUNDbuons, pressone ofthe keysrangin gfromC6 to

A6(ontheright sideofthekeyboard). Thesongassigned to

thekeythatyoupressed(asshown below)willstartplaying.

Playbackstarts fromth eselected song,then continuesa nd

repeatsallsongsinascendingorderunt ilyoustopplayback.

Tostopplayback,pres sthePIANO PLAYandSOUND but-

tonssimultaneously.

 Duringplaybackofasong,youcanswitchthesoundu s-

ingthePIANO PLAYandSOUNDbuonswh ileplay-

ingthekeyboard.Theeec tseingofthesong willalso

beappliedtothesound.

 Evenifyouchangethesoundduringplaybackofasong,

thecor responding MIDId ata(such asMIDI Program

Changemessages)willnotbeoutput.

Song name

1 (Piano 1): Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66 /F.Chopin

2 (Piano 2): Amazing Grace/unknown (arr. : N.Nishi)

3 (E. Piano 1): Ramble/M.Sakaguchi

4 (E. Piano 2): KORG Orignal

5 (Harpsichord): Invention No.8/J.S.Bach

6 (Clavichord): KORG Orignal

7 (Vibraphone): KORG Orignal

8 (P. Organ): Toccata in D moll/J.S.Bach

9 (E. Organ): KORG Orignal

10 (Strings): First Snow/M.Sakaguchi

Effects (Reverb and Chorus)

Youcanuseareverb eecttoadddepthto thesound,anda

choruseecttoaddwidthandspace.

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Simultaneouslypressandholddownt hePIANOPLAYand

SOUNDbuons,and thenpress theA5key toturnon the

reverbeect.Toturn othereverbee ct,repeattheprev i-

ousprocedurebutpresstheG#5keyinsteadofA5.

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Simultaneouslypre ssandholddownt hePIANOPLAYand

SOUNDbuons,and thenpress theB5 keytotur nonthe

choruseect.Toturnot hechoruseect,repeatt heprevi-

ousprocedurebutpresstheA#5keyinsteadofB5

Youcanapplyeectstoeachpresetsound.

Whenyouturnon thepowertotheu nit,theeectswi lluse

theoptimumseingsforeachpresetsou nd.

Key Touch Control function

TheKey TouchControlfu nctionenables youto changethe

wayyourplay ingstrengt hwill aectthe outputlevel. You

cansetthisf unctionbyusingthe whitekeysinarangef rom

D2toF2.(Seethegureonthele.)

•Toplayfortissimowithsostrokes(Lighttouch),pressa nd

holddown thePIANO PLAYand SOUNDbutt ons,a nd

thenpresstheD2key.

•Toplayfortissimo withverystrong strokes(Heavytouch),

pressand holddownthe PIANOPLAYand SOUNDbut-

tons,andthenpresstheF2key.

•Tosimulate anormal pianotouch (Standardtouch),press

andholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,and

thenpresstheE2key.

Thedefaultse ing(whenyou turnon theunit)i sStandard

touch.

Transpose function (Shifting the key)

Insome cases,as ongmaybe wrienin adicult key(e.g.,

usingmany blackkeys),oryou maywish toshit hekeyto

matchanotheri nstrumentorvoca list.Insuch cases,youcan

transpose(shi thekey)to usean easierngering, ortouse

thesamefam iliarngering toplayin adierentkey.Th isis

calledtheTransposefunction.Youcansh ithekeyinarange

ofelevensemitones.

Forexampleifyoutran sposeupwardbyones emitone,play-

ingthenote sshownin thescore onthele belowwill pro-

ducethepitchthat’sshowninthescoreontheright.

• Totransp osetheke y,pressand holddownt hePIANO

PLAYand SOUNDbu ttons,a ndthe npress akey from

F#2toB3or fromC#3to F3.Thenameof thekeythat you

pressedwillbecomethetrans posedkey.

Forexample,if youwish touse theC3key toplay noteA2

(lowerbythreesem itones),pressandholddownt hePIANO

PLAYandSOUNDbuons,andpresstheA2key.Ifyouwish

tousetheC3keytoplaynoteD#3(higherbythreesemitones),

pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandS OUNDbuons,

andpresstheD#3key.

ToresettheTranspos efunctionto “NoTransposition(+/-0),”

pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandS OUNDbuons,

andthenpresstheC3key.

Thedefaultseing(whenyoutur nontheunit)is“NoTrans-

position.”

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C5[72]*C6[84]*

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Reverb On/Off Chorus On/Off

Preset Sounds (C7–A7)

Songs (C6–A6)

Key Touch

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Transpose

Light

Heavy

MIDI Channel (C4–D�5)Pitch

DIS

ENA

Off

Piano 1

E. Piano 1

Clavichord

Vibraphone

P. Organ

E. Organ

Strings

Piano 2

E. Piano 2

Harpsichord

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