the right hand. From this menu you can also control the effects of the microphone, activate the vocalizer (optional) and pull-
up the current vocal set.
USER VOICE
This activates the bank of timbres that can be programmed by the user. The
VVOOIICCEESS
buttons pull-up the timbres in groups of ten at a time.
PIANIST Generally speaking it is preferable to have one keyboard portion dedicated to chords acknowledgement and the other one
to the solos and the lead. For the true pianist player, however, it may not be sufficient to have a length of just nearly four
octaves available. The
PPiiaanniisstt
function deletes this division and dedicates the complete keyboard to the sound(s) assigned
to the
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section and to the chords acknowledgement. Obviously the best results are obtained with pianist sounds such
as the Grand Piano or the Vintage electric piano.
PPiiaanniisstt
allows you to use the complete extension of the keyboard for just
one timbre, and at the same time it also allows you to control the Arranger. There are two different ways to acknowledge the
chord, which you can choose at pleasure in the
UUttiilliittyy
menu. The default method is
SSttaannddaarrdd
.
AFTERTOUCH The SD5 keyboard features the Aftertouch effect that can be activated by pressing the special button. By pressing F3 (Utility),
however, and then F2 (Aftertouch), you may assign other controls to the Aftertouch (for further details please refer to the
Utility chapter of the operator's manual).
PORTAMENTO This button activates the Portamento, or the Legato or the Mono mode set in the Utility menu for the Right timbre.
OCTAVE+/ OCTAVE-
These are used to transpose the octave of the Right section, in other words the melody of the right hand, by one octave
higher or lower.
DOUBLE This doubles the notes played on the keyboard, adding the notes with one lower octave.
HARMONY When the LED is lit, it activates the harmony function of the timbre of the Right section according to the settings of the rela-
ted menu.
RECORD SONG This is used to record a Midifile that contains everything played on the keyboard.
PLAY SONG This activates the playing function of the Midifile. It is also used to pull-up concentrations of Midifiles and to display the
words of the songs on the instrument display.
MANUAL DRUMS When led is on you can play single instruments of your own drum set all over the keybed. This function turn off automati-
cally Right and Left Sections and allows to control Manual Drum section by Drum Volume slider. If Manual Drum is activate
while Style Chord are running these tracks will play the latest chord recognized.
MMAANNUUAALL DDRRUUMM
doesn't turn off the original
Style Drum track
PATTERN When the LED is lit, this allows you to select Styles loaded in RAM from the floppy disk or from the hard disk.
EDIT This activates the Edit mode for the pattern. In this environment you can edit, modify or create new styles for the keyboard.
RIGHT MENU This is used to access the menu dedicated to the soloist part and to the settings for the right hand.
THE PUSH BUTTONS REQUIRED TO CONTROL THE ARRANGER
The bottom row of the control panel is almost entirely dedicated to controlling the Arranger in real time.
RIGHT MENU This is used to access a menu for settings relevant to the section to the right of the Split point, used for the lead to
program effects for the Voices and the microphone as well as the editing of the Second Voice.
ROTOR ON This button (Led on) apply Leslie © effect on SD 5 Organ timbre in order to emulate typical Hammond © tonewheels
sound!
ROTOR SLOW/FAST This increases or decreases the modulating speed of the Leslie ® effect.
BASS TO LOWEST If this function is enabled the harmonic bass evolution has its lowest note always referred to the lowest one of the
chord played. This makes it possible to perform a number of pieces of music keeping unaltered the melodic struc-
ture of the bass.
MANUAL BASS This excludes all the parts of the Arranger and leaves the Drum tracks and the bass timbre activated. The bass can
then be manually played on the keyboard portion to the left of the split point.
JUMP When Led is on this function switch automatically Style variation ( A B C D ) any time you'll press Fill In button.
Moreover with JUMP function you could use Intro feature as Fill too!
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Control panel and push button functions
