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Vintage Keys Operation Manual
23
Instant Gratification
Exploring Beats Mode
6.
Also notice that the Audition LED comes on when Beats begin playing.
Beats are simply multitrack Audition Riffs. Use the
Audition
button to
turn Beats on and off.
The Arp/Beats LED
flashes in time with the Base
Tempo.
• Change the Base Tempo from
the last screen in the Controllers
menu.
7.
Try out a few different
bts:
presets.
Get Busy!
Two of the Controller knobs are programmed to control Beats. Check it out!
8.
Press the
E-H
button in the
Controllers
section. Its LED will light.
9.
Now turn the
Movement knob
with a Beats Riff playing. Movement
controls the
Beats Busy
parameter which adds or subtracts parts from
the Beat.
10.
Turn the
Rate knob
with a Beats Riff playing. Rate controls the
Beats
Variation
parameter. Beats Variation changes which parts are playing
without changing the number of parts. This makes it easy to try out
different combinations of Beat Parts.
To Play Beats on a different MIDI channel:
Beats can be assigned to a certain MIDI channel while you play the
keyboard on another channel.
(Make sure you have Beats mode set up correctly
as described in “Beats Setup” on page 22.)
1.
Press the
Arp/Beats
button. The screen shown below appears.
2.
Set the Beats Channel (BtsCh) to
01
.
3.
Select any
bts:
preset on channel
1
(main screen)
.
4.
Press any of the sixteen
Beats buttons
to start your Beat playing.
(Do
NOT start Beats by pressing the Audition button.)
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Wrong FX?
In Omni
mode, the FX assigned to
channel 2 will be used. In Multi
mode, the Master FX settings
will be used. See pages 88 & 98.
5.
Press the
+ Channel
button to the left of the LCD to select
channel 2.
6.
Select a preset to jam along with the Beat.
7.
The Trigger Keys now play Beats and the other keys play the preset on
channel
2
.
8.
The Audition button can be used to turn the Beat off.
(If you try to use it
to turn Beats on while on channel 2, the Riff on channel 2 will play.)
Alt. Groove
5. Kick2
6. Snare2
7. Hihat2
8. Perc2
Perc / Fills
9. Perc3/Fill1
10. Perc4/Fill2
11. Perc5/Fill3
12. Perc6/Inst.
Instr/Wild
13. Inst1/Wild1
14. Inst2/Wild2
15. Inst3/Wild3
16. Bass
Main Groove
1. Kick1
2. Snare1
3. Hihat1
4. Perc1
BEATS MODE Status: P
BtsCh: Basic TrigCh:Basic