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Contents
Quick Start .........................................4
Trying Out the Sounds ...........................................4
Performing with Rhythms ........................................5
Recalling Voices and Rhythms with a Single Button ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Playing Along with a Song ........................................7
USING THE UNIT SAFELY .............................8
IMPORTANT NOTES ................................10
Panel Descriptions .................................14
Top Panel .......................................................14
Rear Panel ......................................................18
Other Connectors ...............................................19
Getting Ready .....................................20
Placing the ATELIER on the Stand .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Attaching the Music Rest ........................................21
Connecting the AC adaptor ......................................21
Turning the Power On/O .......................................22
Turning the Power On .....................................22
Turning the Power O.....................................22
Connections ....................................................23
Connecting to Output Device ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using Headphones ........................................24
Connecting Pedals ........................................24
Using the USB Memory ....................................26
Listening to the Demo Songs ....................................27
Performing ........................................ 28
Selecting Sounds (Voices) .......................................28
About the Voices and Parts ................................28
Functions of the Voice Buttons ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Selecting a Voice ..........................................29
Recalling Panel Settings by Choosing a Keyword
(Music Assistant) ................................................31
Creating Organ Sounds (Vintage Organ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Playing a Vintage Organ Voice .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Adjust the Volume Balance ......................................35
Transposing to a Dierent Key (Key Transpose) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Transpose the Pitch in Octave Units (Octave Shift) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adding Eects to a Voice ........................................38
Adding Harmony to a Melody (Harmony Intelligence) .. . . . . 38
Changing the Type of Harmony Intelligence ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Adding Modulation to the Sound (Rotary Eect). . . . . . . . . . . .39
Adding Resonance to the Sound (Sustain Eect) ... . . . . . . . . . 40
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb Eect) ... . . . . . . 41
Making the Sound Distort (Overdrive Eect) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the D Beam Controller to Modify the Sound ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the Lower Keyboard Eectively .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Playing the Solo Voice on the Lower Keyboard
(Solo To Lower) ............................................47
Using the Lower Keyboard to Play the Bass Voice
(Bass Split) ................................................48
Playing a Lower Voice with Percussion Instrument Sounds
and a Voice Phrase (Manual Percussion) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Playing Drums from the Entire Lower Keyboard
(Drums/SFX) ..............................................50
Using the Lower Keyboard to Play the Bass Voice
(Pedal To Lower) ...........................................51
Easily Playing Chords on the Lower Keyboard
(Easy One Finger) ..........................................51
Realistically Expressing Acoustic Instrument Performances
(SuperNATURAL Voices) .........................................52
Selecting a SuperNATURAL Voice .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Optimal Settings for Playing a SuperNATURAL Voice ... . . . . .53
Playing a SuperNATURAL Voice .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Adjusting the Overall Volume Using an Expression Pedal .. . . . . . . . 55
Performing with an Active Expression Voice ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Adding Decay to the Sound (Damper Pedal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Using the Foot Switch ...........................................57
Performing with Rhythms .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a Rhythm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Selecting Rhythms Stored in User Memory or USB Memory .59
Playing Rhythm .................................................60
Stopping the Rhythm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Changing a Tempo of Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment ... 62
Playing Rhythm and Automatic Accompaniment ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Adding Variety to the Rhythm or Automatic Accompaniment ... . . 63
Changing the Arrangement of the Rhythm and
Accompaniment (Variation) ...............................63
A Simple Way to Make Automatic Accompaniment Settings
(One Touch Program) ............................................64
Deleting a Rhythm from User Memory or USB Memory .. . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing Your Performance Settings (Registration) . . . . 66
Storing Registrations ............................................67
Recalling a Registration ..........................................67
Automatically Registering When You Switch Panel Settings ... . . . . 67
Saving Registration Sets .........................................68
Loading Previously Saved Registration Sets Into the ATELIER ... . . .70
Loading a Set of Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Loading an Individual Registration .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Recalling the Order that the Registrations are Saved
(Load Next) ...............................................72
Deleting a Set of Registrations ...................................73
Recording Your Performance .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Recording in SMF Format ........................................75
Add a Count Sound to Match the Timing (Count In) ... . . . . . .76
Advanced Recording Methods ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Saving Performance Songs ................................81
Using Song with a Dierent Tempo Than That of the
Performance Data .........................................83
Erasing Performance Data .................................84
Recording in Audio Format ......................................85
Changing the Name of Performance Data .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Playing Performance Data from User Memory or a USB memory .. 88
Deleting a Saved Performance Songs .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Detailed Settings for Various Functions .. . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Basic Operations in the Utility Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Adjusting How the Instrument Responds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92