Owner’s Manual
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Modifying songs in realtime
Let us now look at some functions for customizing the songs you play back.

Using the Cover function

The COVER function provides “masks” that change the instrumentation of the selected song. Simply by selecting
another preset, you can cause a Viennese waltz to be played back by a heavy metal band, etc. Even though the
arrangement (rhythm, riffs) does not change, the songs’ character can be modified beyond recognition.
(1) Press the [COVER] button.
The display now looks more or less as follows:
(2) Select the parts whose instrumentation you
want to change:
Press the [ALL] field if all instruments should be
replaced.
Press the [DRUM] field if only the drum and
percussion instruments should change.
Press the [BASS] field if you’re happy with
everything but the bass line’s sound.
(3) Press one of the six fields in the lower half of
the display to select another preset.
After selecting a preset, you can press
[Original≈Sounds] (page 1) to return to the origi-
nal orchestration.
(4) If none of the displayed presets appeal to
you, use the PAGE [1]~[5] fields at the right to
jump to another page with more presets.
(5) Try out various presets to see how (fast) this
concept works.
(6) If you like the new version better than the
original one, you can press the [SAVE] field to
save the song to SmartMedia card or floppy
with this information (page 107).
Note: The COVER information is part of the data only
the DisCover 5 understands. You can still play back the
newly saved version of this song on another sequencer
or SMF player, but the COVER information will be
ignored.

Minus One

“Minus One” means that (at least) one part of a song is not played back.
There are at least two applications for this function:
• it allows you to play the muted parts yourself,
on the keyboard;
• it allows you to sing without doubling by the
song (which may sound odd).
(1) Press and hold the [MINUS≈ONE] button.
The display changes to:
(2) Press one of the three “preset” fields to mute
the corresponding song parts:
Press [MELODY] to mute the melody (you will
notice that the [4] field also lights).
Press the [ACCOMP] field to mute everything
but the melody, bass, and drums.
Press the [DRUM&BASS] field to mute the bass
and drum parts.
Note: Even the “preset” fields can be used simulta-
neously. And the part fields [1]~[16] can be added, too.
(3) To mute other parts “ad lib” (i.e. without tak-
ing advantage of the presets):
• Press the [USER] field. This mutes all parts
except [4] (the melody).
• Switch on all parts you want to hear by press-
ing the [1]~[3] and [5]~[16] fields. Indicator icons
of parts you need must be white (the others
blue).