Chapter 1. Playing Back Songs

Changing the Key of the Song Being Played

(Playback Transpose)

SMF Music files or a performance that you recorded can be transposed for playback.

When using the karaoke feature, you can raise or lower the key of the song to match your own pitch.

1.

Select a song to play back (p. 26, 28, 31).

 

2.

Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit.

3.

Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [

 

 

] (Select +) button to display

 

 

the TRANSPOSE screen.

 

 

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4. Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the value for “Link” to flash.

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5. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to switch the Link setting to “On.”

6. Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the value for “Keyboard/Playback” to flash.

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7. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to change the key of the song and the notes from the keyboard.

Each time you press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button, the song and the notes from the keyboard are transposed by one semitone. Pressing the

[ ] (Value -) and [ ] (Value +) buttons simultaneously restores the original value (0).

The playback transposition can be set in a range from -6 to 0 to +5 (in semitone increments).

8. Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator goes out.

9. Press the [ ] button to start playing the song.

The song is played in the changed key.

You can transpose songs using the remote control’s TRANSPOSE [-] and [+] buttons.

When Link is set to “Off,” you can transpose the song and the notes from the keyboard separately.

With Link set to “Off,” the song can be transposed within the range from - 24 to 0 to +24 (in semitone increments).

1.Press the [Song] (Select -)

button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the value for “Link” to flash.

2.Press the [ ] (Value -)

button or [ ] (Value +) button to switch the Link setting to “Off.”

3.Press the [Song] (Select -)

button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the value for “Plybck” (Playback) to flash.

4.Press the [ ] (Value -)

button or [ ] (Value +) button to change the key of the song.

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