Part I Sounds and effects
Overview of sounds and effects
The following is an overview of the sound parts and the SOUND DSP (the basic effects) of this in- strument.
Sounds and effects
NX SOUND
NX SOUND is the Technics original sound gen- erator format which evokes realtime perform- ance quality and expressive power, and dramatically expands the number of sounds and effects generated. This format includes GM2 (General MIDI Level 2), and make various con- trols possible when data is created and repro- duced by computer.
@BULLET = For information about GM2, refer to page 123.
•Equipment with the logo shown below is compa- tible with NX SOUND song data.
•When the separately sold WAVE EXPAN- SION BOARD is installed, the number of sounds that can be selected is even greater. (Installation should be carried out by your dealer.)
Sound DSP
This instrument employs five SOUND DSP’s to create the sounds.
Three of them are for the RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT parts; for these parts you can use the SOUND DSP and select lifelike sounds.
The remaining two are used in the normal mode of the automatic accompaniment; the optimum effects for the selected rhythm are automatically set.
•The DSP for the ACCOMP parts can also be used for the SEQUENCER parts. (Refer to page 163.)
•The types and number of sounds that can be selected for parts that can use the SOUND DSP and parts that cannot use the SOUND DSP differ.
Part
This instrument is organized into the following parts.
RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, LEFT:
These are the parts the performer plays on the keyboard.
•These are independent from the playback parts. For example one can to perform on the keyboard while playing back a song disk with
PART1 to 16:
SMF song disk playback parts, or parts for MIDI receive.
ACCOMP1 to 5, BASS, DRUMS 1, 2: Parts for the automatic accompaniment.
PADS:
Parts for the PERFORMANCE PADS
BASS PEDAL:
Special part for the connecting pedal key- board (sold separately)
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