Owner’s Manual
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Using the Keyboard parts
Your DisCover 5 provides three “parts” that allow you to play different sounds on the keyboard. That is why these
parts are called “Keyboard parts”. They are available during song playback and while playback is stopped.

Playing with the Upper and/or Lower part

At power-on, the Upper part is automatically
switched on and assigned to the entire keyboard, so
let us start with that part.
(1) Switch off the [SPLIT] button if it lights.
(2) Press the [UPPER] button if it does not light.
(3) Play a few notes on the keyboard.
The Upper part’s sound (“Tone”) is assigned to
all keys. You can therefore play this part with
your left and right hands.
You could also press the [MULTI-FX] button to
the right of [UPPER] to add an appropriate
effect to the Upper part. See page 52 for
details.
Note: The Multi-FX is only available for the Upper part.
(4) Use the [VOLUME] knob to set the
DisCover 5’s output volume.
(5) If you are playing to a song, use the
[BALANCE] knob to set the balance between
the song and your live playing.
Turn it towards “KEYBOARD” to make your
playing louder. Turn it towards “SONG” if your
playing is too loud with respect to the song.
Note: See page 49 for how to set the balance between
the Keyboard parts.
The Lower part can be used in the following
ways:
• as a quick way of alternating between two dif-
ferent Tones, whereby one is assigned to the
Upper part and the other to the Lower part.
• as additional sound for the Upper part, in which
case Upper and Lower sound together (this is
called a “Layer”).
• as separate sound for the left half of the key-
board (while the Upper part is assigned to the
right half). This is called “Split” (see below).
(6) Press the [UPPER] button to switch off the
Upper part.
(7) Press the [LOWER] button to switch on the
Lower part.
(8) Play a few notes on the keyboard.
The Lower part’s Tone is assigned to all keys.
You can therefore play this part with your left
and right hands.
(9) To create a layer (Upper + Lower), press the
[UPPER] button (so that it lights).
This also works the other way round: you can
add the Lower part (button originally dark, but
then switched on) to the Upper part (button
lights).