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PanTransposition

The PDP-400’s TRANSPOSE function makes it

possible to shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or

down in semitone intervals up to a maximum of six

semitones. “Transposing” the pitch of the PDP-400

keyboard makes it easier to play in difficult key signa-

tures, and you can simply match the pitch of the key-

board to the range of a singer or other instrumentalist.

Each voice has a preset pan setting (indicated by “Pd”
on the TEMPO display) which is automatically set when
the power is first turned on.
NOTES
•The “
Pd
” keyboard scale pan default for some voices places the
treble-register sound to the right and the bass-register sound to the
left. Using a different PAN setting places the entire voice, low and high
notes included, at the same position.
•The DRUMS voice has a preset PAN setting which cannot be changed.
●The pan (stereo) position of the voice played on the key-
board can be adjusted by moving the RHYTHM volume
control while holding the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button.
The pan position is shown on the TEMPO display, from
“PL6” for full left at the “MIN” control position, through
“PC” for center, to “Pr6” for full right at the “MAX”
control position. This can be used to produce a broader
ensemble sound with the Performance Memory multitrack
recording feature.
The pan settings are as follows:
FullLeft FullRightCenterPL6 PL5 PL4 PL3 PL2 PL1 P C Pr1 Pr2 Pr3 Pr4 Pr5 Pr6(P d)Display Transposition Display Transposition-6 -6 semitones 0Normal-5 -5 semitones 1+1 semitone-4 -4 semitones 2+2 semitones-3 -3 semitones 3+3 semitones-2 -2 semitones 4+4 semitones-1 -1 semitone 5+5 semitones0Normal 6+6 semitones
NOTES
•Press the [
▲
] and [
▼
] buttons simultaneously while holding the [MIDI/
TRANSPOSE] button to restore normal keyboard pitch.
•Transpose is always set to Normal when the power is turned on.
•The TRANSPOSE function does not affect the DRUMS sound.
•The TEMPO [
▲
] and [
▼
] buttons allow two-speed scrolling: press
lightly to scroll through the values slowly, or press firmly to scroll rap-
idly.
•Notes below and above the original 88-key range of the PDP-400
sound one octave higher and lower, respectively.
●Use the TEMPO [▲] and [▼] buttons to select the desired
degree of transposition while holding the [MIDI/TRANS-
POSE] button.
The amount of transposition selected is shown on the
TEMPO display as follows:
TAP TEMPOMETRONOMESONG NUMBER
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MIN MAX
VARIATION NORMAL
INTRO/ENDING
START/STOP
AUTO BASS CHORD
SOLO
STYLEPLAY
SYNCHRO
START
SINGLE FINGERFULL KEYBOARD FINGERED
JAZZ
ROCK
POP DANCE
POP 16BEAT
BALLADROCK’N’
ROLL
ROCK
SHUFFLE
SWING
BOOGIE
BIG BAND
SAMBA
BOSSA
RHUMBA
CHA-CHA
POLKA
MARCH
JAZZ
WALTZ
WALTZ
BLUE-
GRASS
STYLE
POWER
HOUSE16BEAT
POP 16BEAT
SHUFFLE
SLOW
ROCK
COUNTRY
SHUFFLEDISK
STYLE 1
DISK
STYLE 2
JAZZ
BALLAD
PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI VIBES GUITAR STRINGS SPLIT
ORGANCHOIR UPRIGHT
BASSELEC
BASS DRUMSVOICE 13-60
CLAVINOVA
TONE
VOICE
8
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90
DISK ORCHESTRA / PERFORMANCE MEMORY
PHRASE
REPEAT
CHORD
SEQUENCE
REC FORMAT
COPY
PAUSE
F F
REW
START/STOP
SONG
SELECT
RIGHT/1TRLEFT/2TR ORCH/3-10TR RHYTHM
/
DISK CONTROL
GUIDE
COSMIC
HALL 2
HALL 1
ROOM
SOLO STYLEPLAY
START/STOP
SOSTENUTO
REVERBDEMO
SOFT
MIDI/TRANSPOSEMASTER VOLUME
RHYTHM CHORD 1CHORD 2
BASS
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENTBEATFOOT SWITCHMIDI/TRANSPOSE
TAP TEMPO
METRONOME
SONG NUMBER
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MIN MAX
VARIATION NORMAL
INTRO/ENDING
START/STOP
AUTO BASS CHORD
SOLO
STYLEPLAY
SYNCHRO
START
SINGLE FINGERFULL KEYBOARD FINGERED
JAZZ
ROCK
POP DANCE
POP 16BEAT
BALLADROCK’N’
ROLL
ROCK
SHUFFLE
SWING
BOOGIE
BIG BAND
SAMBA
BOSSA
RHUMBA
CHA-CHA
POLKA
MARCH
JAZZ
WALTZ
WALTZ
BLUE-
GRASS
STYLE
POWER
HOUSE16BEAT
POP 16BEAT
SHUFFLE
SLOW
ROCK
COUNTRY
SHUFFLEDISK
STYLE 1
DISK
STYLE 2
JAZZ
BALLAD
PIANO E.PIANOHARPSI VIBES GUITARSTRINGS SPLIT
ORGANCHOIR UPRIGHT
BASSELEC
BASS DRUMSVOICE 13-60
CLAVINOVA
TONE
VOICE
8
1234567
90
DISK ORCHESTRA / PERFORMANCE MEMORY
PHRASE
REPEAT
CHORD
SEQUENCE
REC FORMAT
COPY
PAUSE
F F
REW
START/STOP
SONG
SELECT
RIGHT/1TRLEFT/2TR ORCH/3-10TR RHYTHM
/
DISK CONTROL
GUIDE
COSMIC
HALL 2
HALL 1
ROOM
SOLO STYLEPLAY
START/STOP
SOSTENUTO
REVERB
DEMO
SOFT
MIDI/
TRANSPOSE
MASTER VOLUME
RHYTHM CHORD 1CHORD 2
BASS
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT
BEAT
FOOT SWITCH
MIDI/TRANSPOSE
MIDI/
TRANSPOSE
MAXMINRHYTHMMIDI/TRANSPOSE

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