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D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S
Owner’s manual
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Page 1: ...genesys ensemble genesys grand ensemble D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S Owner s manual genesys...
Page 2: ...the risk related to the correct and normal use of the instrument all Generalmusic products are accuralety tested in a safety laboratory DO NOT modify the present unit the safety standard and the corr...
Page 3: ...els that could cause permanent hearing loss Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ear...
Page 4: ...are subject to echnical specifications are subject to change change change change change The information contained in this manual are considered correct at the moment of printing Generalmusic reserve...
Page 5: ...The illustrations and the screens of this manual are for instructional purposes only and may appear different from those on your in strument...
Page 6: ...RD MODE 16 Piano Style 17 Manual Bass 18 Pro Split 18 Changing the Split Point 19 6 USING THE STYLES AND STYLES CONTROLS 20 The Style Section 20 Style Controls 21 Variations 21 Fills and Breaks 22 Int...
Page 7: ...bling and Disabling Song Traks 55 Playng a Midifle from a floppy disk 56 Multitasking function in the file player 58 Load while playing function 60 Standard midifiles playing optimization 61 DB List 6...
Page 8: ...h a processed file 103 Understanding Vocal Remover 104 14 MAKE CD 105 Creating an Audio CD 106 Creating a Data CD CD ROM 109 15 VIDEO KARAOKE 111 Selecting the image to display 112 Score Mode 113 Lyri...
Page 9: ...ser Resources 141 18 MIDI 142 Preset Midi channels 142 Midi channels 143 Configuration 144 Internal Keyboard 145 Midi In 145 Internal Sounds 145 Midi Out 145 Midi Filters 145 General Set 146 Midi Cloc...
Page 10: ...to turn the unit on or off If you are planning to leave the instrument unused for a longer period say two or three days then it is better to shut it down using the main power switch To turn the instr...
Page 11: ...ischarge com pletely and the contents of the memory will be lost Each time you switch the instrument on it checks to see if the battery is charged and if the contents of the memory are still available...
Page 12: ...and DEC buttons can be used to increase or decrease the displayed number by a value of 1 each time These four buttons are used to move around the display screen In most of the screens you will see an...
Page 13: ...po of the style section is displayed at the very top For example you can play a song in the key of C but if you press the right TRANSPOSE button twice the pitch of the entire instrument will be raised...
Page 14: ...particularly useful if you re playing along with another musician or a singer who is more com fortable performing the piece in a different key The OCTAVE buttons allow you to increase or decrease the...
Page 15: ...volume with the volume of any other sounds be ing used to play along The other eight sliders allow you to adjust the volume for all the other parts of the instrument Each slider has a name which is pr...
Page 16: ...this manual you will see the lower light come on When this happens you are referred to the names printed below the sliders A H These labels correspond to the eight screen positions which are printed...
Page 17: ...GS STRINGS DRUMS ETHNIC REAL SOUNDS ENSEMB EFFECTS PERC DRAW BAR BRASS SAMPLES EFFECTS ORCH REED ACCORD PIPE BRASS SYN LEAD W IND SYN PAD SYNT SYNTH FX PIANO PIANO MALLET CHROM ORGAN ORGAN GUITAR GUIT...
Page 18: ...NGER In the background you can see an image of a keyboard This image will change to let you know when the keyboard is split To see this in action try switching between FULL and BASS SPLIT in the KEYBO...
Page 19: ...erent screen and wish to get back to this home screen keep pressing ESCAPE un til you return to this screen The top part of the screen tells you the name of the cur rently selected style or song The n...
Page 20: ...to the PIANO family by press ing the PIANO button you will instantly hear the sound that was previously selected here In this way you can choose your favorite sound in each family so that in the futu...
Page 21: ...he instrument does not simply select a single sound Each preset contains the correct effects touch re sponse and mixer settings for the sound it contains As you move from one preset to the next you wi...
Page 22: ...NG section For nor mal playing purposes you should never need to use single mode for selecting sounds If you decide that you want to use one of these extra sounds for normal playing it is best to crea...
Page 23: ...slightly different system of organization than the preset families For example Accor dion sounds which are normally found under the ACCORD button in preset mode are located in the ORGAN family in sing...
Page 24: ...D you can place it in one of the empty slots in the GUI TAR family If you load a new trumpet sound it can be placed in the BRASS family and so on This system allows you total flexibility when it comes...
Page 25: ...u re currently using If you choose a different sound preset the bass sound will change accordingly So far we ve been using the instrument in FULL mode which is the normal setting when you first switch...
Page 26: ...play more than two notes together in close range the accompaniment will change accordingly This al lows piano players to use the accompaniment section while retaining their normal piano technique A si...
Page 27: ...d innovative feature which has been custom designed for the Genesys Ensemble to suit a particular playing style which is impossible to man age on other arranger keyboards A very popular way to play ac...
Page 28: ...me bass note with the left hand A good example might be to keep a C bass while the right hand plays the chords C major F major G major Bb major and F major This popular and relatively simple type of p...
Page 29: ...common set up for playing with styles a simple split keyboard where we will play the accompaniment chords on the left side of the split and the melody on the right side To set the instrument up for t...
Page 30: ...e the STYLE FAMILY buttons and choosing one of the titles in the screen by pressing the function button beside it Each family has two pages of style selection screens available You can switch between...
Page 31: ...n 1 measure The other two fill buttons in this section are de signed to be used when you wish to change from one varia tion to the next Instead of simply pressing the VARIATION 1 2 3 or 4 buttons as w...
Page 32: ...o finishes it will end on the chord that you originally played ready to begin your song Intro 4 is always the longest and most complex intro for each style If you want something a little simpler try I...
Page 33: ...nchro and Restart Either side of the START STOP button you will find the but tons for SYNCRO and RESTART ENDING 1 Finishes immediately on the first beat ENDING 2 Finishes within one measure ENDING 3 S...
Page 34: ...START can be used in songs where one measure has a different time signature or meter to the rest of the song For example a song written in 4 4 time might contain a single measure of or 7 4 If you pres...
Page 35: ...etting that goes with that style will be automatically selected for you It is important to remember this because sometimes you might want to change from one style to another but keep the sound you are...
Page 36: ...Probably the easiest way to set up the Genesys Ensemble automatically for playing a particular song is to use the MUSIC LIBRARY On the right side you can see that there are also four empty spaces The...
Page 37: ...wn the list by using the up and down arrows to the left of the dial ENTER When the name of a song you wish to play is highlighted sim ply press ENTER on the panel The MUSIC LIBRARY will set up the Gen...
Page 38: ...KEYBOARD MODE section so normally you won t need to worry about it ARR MEM Arranger Memory The Arranger Memory function is what allows the style ar rangement to continue playing after you have played...
Page 39: ...onality for the chord you played is calculated regardless of the inversion played When Bass Inversion is turned on the system breaks from this normal operation and the bass tonality is taken from the...
Page 40: ...creen Style Lock This function is only designed to be used in conjunction with the MEMORIES It locks the current style so that the next memory you select will not change the style settings Please see...
Page 41: ...do not constitute a complete chord The second selection at the bottom allows you to set the type of chord recognition that you want the instrument to use when you are playing in Full Bass Split Piano...
Page 42: ...affected by key board velocity That is the volume level of the style tracks will remain constant regardless of how hard or soft you play the accompaniment chords If you prefer you can turn on the DYNA...
Page 43: ...e no bass or chord instrument is currently sounding you will hear nothing to reflect the fact that you played a new chord until the style accompaniment arrives at the next programmed bass or chord not...
Page 44: ...ave your changes remain even when you switch to a different style For example you might want to turn down all of the ac companiment tracks so that your style features only drums and bass However when...
Page 45: ...l able on the left side of the split This sound is heard only while you are playing the keys in this section When you release your hand the style accompaniment continues to play but this lower sound s...
Page 46: ...e tempo of the style 5 Make one other simple modification for example turn on the SUSTAIN or HARMONY button in the SOUND CONTROLS section At this stage we have made a customized setting which would no...
Page 47: ...ies There is actually a total of 1024 memories These memories are di vided into 128 banks with each bank containing 8 memo ries When you recall a memory by pressing one of the numbered buttons 1 8 the...
Page 48: ...isplay where you can choose one of the 128 banks You can select a new bank number by turning the dial The last choice is to select which of the 8 memories in the selected bank you want to store your s...
Page 49: ...nk the 8 memory buttons can now be used to recall the 8 memories stored in this bank This display will show you 16 banks at a time If you want to see the next 16 banks press PAGE Now the screen will s...
Page 50: ...t want to recall a different memory while you re playing with a style but you don t want the style settings and tempo to change Pressing STYLE LOCK allows you to do this When STYLE LOCK is turned on p...
Page 51: ...instrument s internal effects This button is primarily in tended for use while editing where you wich to hear the pure sound without additional effects This function does not cancel the effects secti...
Page 52: ...it adds additional notes to the melody note you are playing with your right hand HARMONY is designed for use when you are playing single notes with your right hand If you normally play more than one n...
Page 53: ...the dial as you play The TRACK setting in harmony should be set to 8 Upper 1 This indicates which sound will be used to play the harmony notes If you are using a setting with more than one sound for e...
Page 54: ...r MP3 MP3 with Lyrics CD Audio WAV Audio 44 1K 16 bit mono or stereo On the left side of the display you can see the device selector This allows you to choose where you want to select your song from I...
Page 55: ...rom the Internal Hard Disk press the HD button On the right side of the display you can see a number of options which refer to the different types of song that the Genesys Ensemble can play We ll star...
Page 56: ...n in the SONG PLAYER section The option on the right lets you choose whether to play just a single song or to play all of the songs in the current sub folder one after the other In the center of the d...
Page 57: ...re start the song by pressing PLAY again SONG PLAYER REC STUDIO The FORWARD and BACK buttons can be used to locate a specific point in the song All the keyboard functions can be used as usual with the...
Page 58: ...g to some high quality WAV songs from the hard disk if you press the WAV button on the right side and proceed exactly as you did when selecting Mp3 songs To play a track from a CD insert a standard au...
Page 59: ...ve some SMF disks you can use the song player to play these in the same way that you did for digital audio songs GEM for creating songs use an exclusive format which offers much greater power that ord...
Page 60: ...the song is selected press PLAY the song start imme diately Than the RIGHT Arrows allows to enter the folder and us ing the arrows UP DOWN again you can select a song in the folder All GEM songs come...
Page 61: ...r the SOUND VIEW mode Now you can see the first eight tracks of this song If you press the PART button you will see the next eight tracks If there are more than eight tracks then keep pressing PART to...
Page 62: ...he group of eight sliders on the left side of the keyboard you ll notice that these too have correspond ing letters Grab a handful of these sliders and pull them down You ll see the track volumes chan...
Page 63: ...d you will hear that new sound playing in the track you se lected Once again these changes are only temporary so don t worry about messing anything up STRINGS STRINGS DRUMS ETHNIC REAL SOUNDS ENSEMB E...
Page 64: ...rack is in this mode it will play the musical part that has been recorded into it if this is an empty track you will not be able to select this mode This is the nor mal mode for a track that contains...
Page 65: ...MF on the right In fact you didn t really need to press SMF Read the foot note entitled FILTERS to decide whether this is necessary in your case Now you can see all of the SMFs on this disk You can li...
Page 66: ...a filter to tell the system that you only wish to see songs of a certain type Anything else will not be shown to you For example if you have a CD which contains hundreds of Midifiles plus WAV files Mp...
Page 67: ...ssible to change folder same file type without any interruptions in your playing a Press the button SELECT in Song Player section J c Select a Play driver FD CD ROM HD MULTITASKING FUNCTION IN THE FIL...
Page 68: ...r Make it play pressing the PLAY button in the panel e During the song execution you can change folder using the cursor keys without the instrument stop playing the current song Press STOP and PLAY to...
Page 69: ...possible to accede to all media supports Hard disk floppy CD ROM SCSI to load a file song in RAM memory without any interruptions in your playing a Press the DISK button in the panel b Select a media...
Page 70: ...the instrument will not stop the current song In this way you can enter again in the file directory and load another file in any free song location Standard midifiles playing optimization It was impl...
Page 71: ...cal files Mp3 Smf Wave GEM Songs that are stored on the Hard Disk For this function to work correctly all the files in your mu sical repertoire must already be present on the Hard Disk Press the selec...
Page 72: ...s of their type J When the operation is complete it may take a few minutes you will see a display similar to the following Your database has now been created Now let s take a look at the various optio...
Page 73: ...ow the database in alphabetical TITLE order Use the cursor keys to select the song you want to hear and then press either PLAY or START STOP If you want to move more quickly around the list than the c...
Page 74: ...title or artist using the search function F6 Now choose one of the available fields using the cursor keys For example if we are looking for a Lennon song we only need to type LENNON in the Artist fiel...
Page 75: ...e 66 The display will then show details of the first result it finds If the song displayed is the one you were looking for just press ENTER to commence playback Otherwise press button H search next to...
Page 76: ...by their numbers the Add function will preserve all the existing song numbers in the database Add Add one or more songs to the database It will add your new song s to the end of the current list and n...
Page 77: ...to a connected microphone or any other mono or stereo instrument like a guitar or a second keyboard The HARMONY section is used to create the effect of a group of backing vocalists accompanying you w...
Page 78: ...sound of your voice through the speakers or if the level is very soft try adjusting the sensitivity control next to the inputs on the back panel This control has an inner and outer knob one for each i...
Page 79: ...a stereo pair as you might for a stereo keyboard or a CD player In the main part of the display you can see three rectan gular boxes The first two boxes represent the two inputs on the back panel MIC...
Page 80: ...gs for each The MIC LIMITER THRESHOLD controls the internal compres sor limiter circuit This has al ready been set at the factory but you may adjust it as you wish Setting it to 0dB effec tively turns...
Page 81: ...duce this distor tion the limiter is set at the correct level for your singing style At the right side of the display you will see some other options The first of these is the MIC EQUALIZER Press this...
Page 82: ...e values in these sections change In fact all of the pre sets have been constructed simply by adjusting the values in these sections to make the desired effect If you know something about effect editi...
Page 83: ...al har mony The harmony itself is taken from the chord that you played with your left hand Try singing the same note while you play different chords on the keyboard Notice how the harmony changes to m...
Page 84: ...f the harmony group which is controlled by the GENIUS slider Now press the PAN button on the right side of the screen Here you can see the pan position or stereo balance for each voice in the harmony...
Page 85: ...hord changes of the song The other two modes available are VOCODER and UNISON Each has its own particular use and application Let s take a look at these other modes Vocoder Mode In Chord Mode you may...
Page 86: ...espond to notes played on the left side of the split as they did in Chord Mode For this example you can put the keyboard back into FULL mode Next so that we can really hear how the harmony voices are...
Page 87: ...note Playing three notes will bring in Voice 3 and four notes will add Voice 4 Press EDIT again and select VOLUME on the right side of the screen Now you can adjust the individual volumes of each voi...
Page 88: ...ollow the harmony track If you use the SONG PLAYER to play your midifile direct from disk then you will need to configure the Vocal Genius manually However you only need to do this once After you ve s...
Page 89: ...tely different in pitch to the original it ignores any notes that you are playing on the keyboard since these are not necessary for the creation of the unison effect Select Unison mode now and you wil...
Page 90: ...any of these presets to select it The harmony settings will automatically change according to the preset you selected Here s how the four unison voices are tuned The tuning differences are expressed...
Page 91: ...computers run ning some kind of sequencer or media player software Hard Disk Audio Recording is not normally found on key boards of any type and the Genesys Ensemble is the first arranger keyboard to...
Page 92: ...ake a mistake you must go back and start again The Genesys Ensemble also let s you combine both types of recording You can spend as much time as you need carefully preparing a perfect backing track as...
Page 93: ...atically when you press START STOP or play in with an INTRO You can also use SYNCHRO in the normal way if you wish If you are going to play without a style perhaps a solo piano piece you must start th...
Page 94: ...was actually recorded The EASY SONG function that we used automatically takes everything you are playing drums bass melody etc and places each part in its own separate track The number of tracks that...
Page 95: ...d GEM songs In that section we discussed how to change any of the sounds or adjust the volume level of each track You can change these things now in exactly the same way In fact the recording you just...
Page 96: ...sounds used by the melody part and the bass part and adjust some volumes too The melody part should be on track 8 while the bass can be found on track 10 But how do we know that EASY SONG always recor...
Page 97: ...track playing on its own If you still hear nothing it will only be because that track isn t playing anything at this particular point in the song Now you know how to identify any track let s change t...
Page 98: ...emember to store the changes if you want to keep the new sound you selected Changing the mix is just as easy You can press MIXER if you want you don t have to but it helps you to see what s happening...
Page 99: ...the display Since we didn t give the song a name yet it s name is shown simply as SONG_01 Select this now We re back in recording mode notice the reverse screen colors and ready to add a new track to...
Page 100: ...recording you can exit from record mode by simply turning off the RECORD button After the one bar count in you ll hear the song playing back Anything you play on the keyboard now will be re corded in...
Page 101: ...gin by recording an EASY SONG In this case you won t actually play anything the first time around you ll just need to press the START STOP button and then add some fills and variations as you go along...
Page 102: ...ng the same track in this way as many times as you wish This happens because the recording mode shown at the top right side of the screen is set to OVERDUB If you want to re record this track simply p...
Page 103: ...screen The first function is QUANTIZE QUANTIZE is a system which automatically corrects any mi nor timing errors in your playing and forces the tracks you record to play in time When Quantize is set...
Page 104: ...ond mode is called Forced Stop This is useful when you have a long song and you wish to play a shorter version of it Instead of editing the song and deleting all the measures that you don t want to he...
Page 105: ...loop between the points you set To return to the main recording screen at any time press SOUND VIEW Naming Your Songs Once you ve recorded your masterpiece you ll want to give it a name To do this you...
Page 106: ...d anything else that you intend to use to make sure that everything sounds right before you start At this stage especially since you are going to be recording a little example for learning purposes it...
Page 107: ...the REC button at the top right side of the screen and start singing playing When you ve finished press STOP in the same position as REC Now you can type in a name for your recording When you finish...
Page 108: ...by the HD AUDIO slider of the left side of the panel Other Ways To Use The WAVE Recorder In addition to recording your own playing and singing the WAVE recorder can be used in conjunction with the SO...
Page 109: ...good and you re ready to start re cording press RECORD and choose NEW STEREO WAVE Now you re ready to begin the recording Press the REC but ton in the screen and then press PLAY to start the song file...
Page 110: ...N TER to confirm 3 Choose the folder where you want to store the converted track We ll use the MYSONGS folder we created earlier Press ENTER 4 If you want to give the track a more descriptive name you...
Page 111: ...song in SONG PLAYER Press SELECT and choose WAVE in the right side of the screen Enter the MYSONGS folder and highlight the song we just copied Press SONG PLAYER EDIT and choose VOCAL REMOVER Press E...
Page 112: ...ing instructions under the heading Other Ways To Use The WAVE Recorder to record your own vocal When the process is complete you will see the following message Press ENTER to confirm Now you can liste...
Page 113: ...e un changed Typically vocal tracks are centered in the mix during recording while most other instruments are panned slightly to the left or right If a song has been recorded in this way then you will...
Page 114: ...n CD R disks should be adequate for this purpose They are considerably cheaper than CD RW disks and are generally more compatible with most types of CD players The advantage of CD RW is that you never...
Page 115: ...IO chapter These instructions will tell you how to record your song while sing ing or playing along To convert an instrumental song to a WAVE file just follow these instructions without singing or pla...
Page 116: ...The CD window now contains two tracks At the very bottom you can see the usage monitor which shows how much time these tracks will use and how much time is remaining on the CD The screen is now divide...
Page 117: ...ied with the order of the tracks press CREATE CD F4 You shouldn t need to change anything in this window The MODE should be set to BURNING the CD DEVICE should be INTERNAL ATAPI and the WRITE SPEED sh...
Page 118: ...ocedure is virtually identical to making an Audio CD The difference is that you can select any folder from the hard disk to copy to the CD Since the CD you re creating is a data CD it cannot be played...
Page 119: ...nue adding fold ers in this way until the CD is full Notice that the usage monitor now displays memory capacity instead of time The maximum you can store on a single CD is 650 Mbytes J To create a dat...
Page 120: ...ype VIDEO IN connector which is usually yellow in color You can use a standard RCA cable to connect to TV output of the Genesys Ensemble to this VIDEO IN connector For a higher quality image connect t...
Page 121: ...can also use the Y SHIFT function to raise or lower the TV image vertically to center it in the screen When ECHO LCD is turned on the TV will display an exact copy of what is displayed in the screen I...
Page 122: ...Y SONG or SONG or even add lyrics to an Mp3 by following the instructions under Adding score lyrics and chords to your songs in the CREATING EDITING section of this manual From the FUNTIONS menu you c...
Page 123: ...14 CHORDS ON LYRICS When this function is turned on the current chord will be displayed in a small box beneath the lyric display LYRICS MODE Lyr1 4 lines per screen Lyr2 6 lines per screen Lyr3 8 line...
Page 124: ...being equivalent to Explorer or My Computer in Microsoft Windows Press DISK to see the main menu Loading From Disk If you want to load something from one of these devices you simply find the file you...
Page 125: ...folder Notice that this folder contains a sub folder called USER STYLES Select this folder using the arrow keys and press LOAD F1 Press ENTER to confirm that you want to load these styles into memory...
Page 126: ...k over to the left side of the screen This time select the DEMO2 folder which should contain some more styles Just like before move the cursor to the right so that the USER STYLES folder is highlighte...
Page 127: ...esys Ensemble has 64 memory slots for User Styles On the right we can see the list of styles which are already loaded into memory If we scroll to the end of this list we will see some empty spaces Use...
Page 128: ...Disk Page 119 Our new style has now been added to the other styles J J See if you can find it and give it a try...
Page 129: ...memory or you can look in side the folder to select a single file If you select a single file you will be shown the existing contents of memory and be allowed to choose where you want to put this new...
Page 130: ...sure the SINGLE button is turned on in the PRESET FAMILIES section and then press the PIANO button Notice how each sound has a unique number which ap pears to the right of the its name This number has...
Page 131: ...ssion it s sometimes easier to put all the sounds in adjacent locations so that you can access all of them from the same bank in the same family This means that you can keep the same screen visible an...
Page 132: ...we ll take a look at the individual sounds in this folder Now we can see a list of the sounds in this folder Notice that the default location of each sound appears to the left of the sound name Select...
Page 133: ...ot of time with so many spaces You can also use the PAGE and PAGE buttons to jump 10 spaces at a time Use the PAGE keys and the arrow keys until you get to the space marked 1 9 Now press ENTER to load...
Page 134: ...point you ll want to save to disk Everything that is currently in the instrument s memory including the sounds and styles we just loaded plus the songs that we recorded in our earlier examples is stor...
Page 135: ...ist and you can look inside any of the other folders in the same way RAMFILE has a number of uses For example what if we had loaded a sound and then forgotten where we had put it Look inside the SOUND...
Page 136: ...der select the song you want and then press SAVE If you want to save everything then you simply select the main RAMFILE folder on the left and then press SAVE Let s save everything in memory onto the...
Page 137: ...trument s memory has now been safely copied onto the hard disk If you need to load it in the future press HD on the left side and locate the EX AMPLE folder Folders are listed in alpha numerical order...
Page 138: ...ng your folder you ll find that it has moved to the top of the list Note The special system folders MP3 MIDIFILE and WAVE will always appear ahead of any other folders Other useful functions are COPY...
Page 139: ...have multiple copies of the same file checking the date that the file was created to be sure that you are loading the most recent version Disk Utilities The UTILITIES button at the left side offers a...
Page 140: ...arts to get full Any time your hard disk seems to be operating abnormally select this function and press ENTER The system will try to re organize the data on the hard disk and resolve the problem H Di...
Page 141: ...s on a home computer of if you want to send them via the internet Typically most disks you buy today will be capable of using the 1 44 Mb High Density format 0 720 Mb should be used only for the older...
Page 142: ...It does not reformat the disk but in most cases it will suffice to prepare a CD RW for reuse This function cannot be used on a CD R disk Erase CD RW This function will completely erase and reformat a...
Page 143: ...ton are global This means that unlike many other fea tures once set they will remain the same They can be considered as the master settings of the instrument The first thing you notice when you press...
Page 144: ...e the arrow buttons to move from one setting to the next and then change its value with the dial Note that the time settings use the military time or 24 hour clock system When you ve finished setting...
Page 145: ...be obtained with little additional pressure while HARD requires greater pressure to achieve the effect PEDAL POLARITY The Genesys Ensemble can accept up to three footswitches which you will connect t...
Page 146: ...this you will find the KEYBOARD SCALE This allows you to change the tuning scale of the keyboard for specific types of ethnic and classical music Normal western tuning is called EQUAL and you should l...
Page 147: ...Ensemble computer interface port This is a direct interface with your computer s serial port and can be used as a reli able alternative to MIDI without the need for a MIDI inter face card Normally se...
Page 148: ...the LCD contrast slider allows you set the display for optimum visibility in difficult lighting conditions Last Sel Memory When this function is set to on pressing a button in the PRESET FAMILIES or S...
Page 149: ...w you both the version number of the current installed operating system and the level to which the internal battery is charged SYSTEM INFO This is a service utility which simply tells you that the var...
Page 150: ...rument Performing one of these reset func tions will completely erase all of the existing data of the type selected style sounds songs etc from the inter nal memory It will not erase anything on the h...
Page 151: ...ode the instruments transmits and receives on channel 8 If more than one sound is layered the additional sounds will be on channels 7 3 in descending order In BASS SPLIT and MANUAL BASS mode the left...
Page 152: ...sound module or sequencer and play as normal Everything you play will be transmitted to the external device on the channel indicated above MIDI Channels If you wish to change any of the above channels...
Page 153: ...its name After the name of the sound you will see on the left the MIDI IN port A or B and channel and on the right the MIDI OUT port and channel for this part CONFIGURATION The configuration screen l...
Page 154: ...le connected to MIDI OUT and only if the MIDI OUT icon is turned on MIDI OUT Turn this off if you don t want this part to send MIDI data via MIDI OUT MIDI FILTERS Each part has 14 filters available 7...
Page 155: ...e to the internal clock or to an external clock Clock send Selects whether or not the Genesys Ensemble internal MIDI CLOCK information will be sent via MIDI OUT Midi merge Allows the data received at...
Page 156: ...que device I D number to identify the Genesys Ensemble to other MIDI equipment SMF save format When you save a midifile from the Genesys Ensemble it will be saved in the format specified here General...
Page 157: ...ll setting depending on the midi channel that the controller keyboard is sending on If instead you set the controller keyboard to the same setting as the COMMON CHANNEL on the Genesys Ensemble it woul...
Page 158: ...t These are pri marily designed for use with MIDI accordions or home or gans where the bass and chord notes can be played inde pendently If you wish to control the style accompaniment from the left ha...
Page 159: ...Al though you can see this folder from the DISK menu you must never move or delete any of its contents or at tempt to copy any other files into it This is the instrument s emergency back up system Fr...
Page 160: ...rt the floppy disk or CD containing the new system files 4 Select INSTALL NEW SYSTEM FROM 5 Use the dial to choose either Floppy Disk or CD ROM as appropriate 6 Press ENTER 7 Press ENTER again to conf...
Page 161: ...supplied with the instrument The older system will be re loaded and the instrument will func tion as before In either of the above cases you will need to contact your dealer or distributor to obtain...
Page 162: ...D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S Creating Editing genesys ensemble genesys grand ensemble Owner s manual genesys...
Page 163: ...genesys ensemble genesys grand ensemble Creating Editing...
Page 164: ...ity 8 Vel Curve 9 Vel Range 9 Pedals and Wheels 10 Pitch Bend 10 Modulation 10 Pedals Prog 10 Pedals Assign 11 Split Keyboard Settings 12 Saving your Sound Preset 12 3 CREATING AND EDITING SINGLE SOUN...
Page 165: ...2 35 Gain button F3 35 Cut button F5 36 Export button F7 36 Saving your New Sound 36 Re Editing your Waveform 37 5 CREATING AND EDITING STYLES 38 Modifying A Style 38 Storing Style Presets 40 Creating...
Page 166: ...T FUNCTIONS 71 Mode 71 Replace 71 Overdub 71 Punch IN 71 Option 72 Count Down 72 Metr volume 72 Controls Rec 73 Tempo 73 P Volume 73 Effects Rec 73 Sound View Time Tempo 74 Erase 74 Metronome 74 Selec...
Page 167: ...S AND MIDIFILES 93 Saving GEM Songs and Midifiles 95 10 EDITING WAVES AND MP3S 97 Edit Wave 97 Insert Silence 97 Remove Silence 98 Normalize 98 Copy to file 98 Append 99 Edit title 99 Vocal Remover 99...
Page 168: ...dit a song you can assign each track to use either the effects from Group A or the effects from Group B The main effects menu is EFFECT TYPE F1 Here you can select each effect and also set its overall...
Page 169: ...ve Use the buttons along the left side of the screen to select any part and then adjust how much of each effect you want to apply to that part By pressing the PART button below the screen you can sele...
Page 170: ...TS PROG F4 to access these The screen is now divided into four boxes From the top to the bottom these boxes represent Group A Effect 1 Group A Effect 2 Group B Effect 1 Group B Effect 2 You can move a...
Page 171: ...effects it will usually be one of many steps involved in creating a customized sound preset style preset song preset or memory which you are planning to store at some point The effects do not need to...
Page 172: ...which we will learn how to create in this section The best way to start is by selecting one of the factory presets and then modifying its settings as you wish The Genesys Ensemble SOUND PRESETS can be...
Page 173: ...us parts From here you can also adjust the panning and audio output assignment for any part EDIT PARTS There are a number of other functions for adjusting the behavior of each part To access these pre...
Page 174: ...SPOSE buttons on the front panel In some situations for example when using drum kits you may not want the track to be shifted In this case set this function to DISABLE DETUNE This allows you to adjust...
Page 175: ...the left MONO R The part will play monophonically If you play more than one note then the part will play only the note furthest to the right MONO T The part will play monophonically If you play more t...
Page 176: ...s you play harder the volume of the second sound will be reduced as the volume of the first sound is increased This is called a velocity crossfade VEL RANGE This function enables you to place a partic...
Page 177: ...D Here you can select the maximum amount of pitch bend that will be applied to each part when you move the pitch wheel MODULATION This option allows you to enable or disable the modulation wheel for e...
Page 178: ...to tempo rarily activate recording while using the sequencer for song recording For more information about the PUNCH function see the CREATING AND EDITING SONGS chapter FREEZE CHORD This is primarily...
Page 179: ...ically assigned to the left side of the split If you select ACCOMP SPLIT the sound in part 1 is assigned to the left while the sound in part 2 is muted Once you ve created a SOUND PRESET in FULL mode...
Page 180: ...ns you want to store it under Finally choose one of the 16 available positions in this family Your new SOUND PRESET is now stored in the instrument s memory Press the USER button and then look in the...
Page 181: ...om the keyboard the style section or the SONG PLAYER Once you have selected a part to edit the follow ing functions are available to modify the sound ATTACK This adjusts the time taken for a sound to...
Page 182: ...me of the sound can be restored by setting the value to zero RELEASE The release function is used to adjust the amount of time a sound continues to play after the key has been released This release ti...
Page 183: ...r increase or decrease the amount of resonance in the original sound the original amount of resonance can be restored by setting the value to zero LFO DEPTH This control is used to set the amount of v...
Page 184: ...ved unless you choose to store them into the memory Here s how to save them If you re editing a SOUND PRESET Press STORE select PRESETS and choose a destination for your edited preset If you re editin...
Page 185: ...the features of a world class synthesizer right inside the Genesys Ensemble Since Pro Edit offers over 1000 separate functions many of which will only be of interest to professional sound developers...
Page 186: ...which can be useful when you want to hear only the layer which you re currently editing simply press it s associated button until its icon shows the letter M So what actually is a layer In simple term...
Page 187: ...e for each waveform Dual 4 Everything is common to both waveforms Stereo Two identical sets of parameters one for the left channel and one for the right The LAYER UTILITY F4 button allows you to add n...
Page 188: ...d also to set by how much the volume level will change when either velocity or aftertouch is applied There is also a TRACKING envelope which lets you vary the volume in different parts of the keyboard...
Page 189: ...o Edit environment you can create complex envelopes which have as many as eight segments Depending on which sound you started from your current KEY ON envelope will already have one or more segments T...
Page 190: ...rd There is also a TRACKING envelope which lets you vary the envelope response in different parts of the keyboard FILTER Five different types of filter are available For each filter under the CONTROLS...
Page 191: ...es respectively These envelopes are created in exactly the same way as the AMP ENVLEOPES described above In each of these envelope screens you draw a shape which represents the way the pitch changes o...
Page 192: ...fers two different methods of varying the pan position of the active layer The first method allows you to change the pan position according to the keyboard velocity of aftertouch amount This can be se...
Page 193: ...ress either F7 or F8 type in the name you want and then press ENTER Now choose the bank and program change number where you want your sound to be stored For example if you want to store this sound in...
Page 194: ...could assemble into a new sound using the Genesys Ensemble SAMPLE EDITOR The Sample Editor allows you to load in up to 16 individual samples which can then be edited tuned and mapped to different regi...
Page 195: ...By now you should know how to set up the microphone ready for recording Once you re ready to start press the RECORD button in the RECORDING STUDIO section and then select NEW MONO SAMPLE For this exa...
Page 196: ...rded using the SONG PLAYER and then we can try to repair these problems Press SONG PLAYER SELECT and choose WAVE on the right side F3 If you look inside the SAMPLES folder you should find your AAH sou...
Page 197: ...rt and Remove at File End to Yes and press ENTER Press ESCAPE when you see the Remove Silence Successfully Completed message Now you can listen to the edited sound by pressing PLAY again Next were goi...
Page 198: ...LOAD F1 and you will see a display similar to the DISK menu Locate and select the first sample you want to load from either the floppy disk hard disk or CD Select the sample and then press ENTER Now...
Page 199: ...he full range of keys If you have loaded more that one sample ignore this section and jump to the Assigning Multiple Samples section When you enter the ASSIGN window you will see the lowest and highes...
Page 200: ...in the list Press the right arrow to set the lower note and proceed as before In this same way you should set a note range for every sample in your list You must assign unique regions of the keyboard...
Page 201: ...DIT F6 The functions available are as follows SAMPLE PITCH The pitch reference shown here is the name of a key on the keyboard This allows you to change the source note the key on the keyboard which p...
Page 202: ...ously looped you may turn the looping on or off with this function TUNING BUTTON F1 Pressing the TUNING button will assign an ordinary sound to the keyboard This sound is designed to be used as a refe...
Page 203: ...his feature EXPORT BUTTON F7 After editing your sample can be saved back to a disk or sent to a MIDI sample dump source with it s new values To use this function press EXPORT choose the device you wan...
Page 204: ...e to select locations which are empty When you ve chosen a suitable location press ENTER The system now offers you the opportunity to further edit your sound using Pro Edit If you don t want to do any...
Page 205: ...ooking at the simplest method MODIFYING A STYLE Whenever a style is selected the individual tracks or parts of that style can be viewed by pressing the style PARTS button F2 from the home screen You s...
Page 206: ...r than the original you should store these settings into Style Preset 1 which overwrites the original settings This is the preset which is automatically recalled each time you select a new style If yo...
Page 207: ...ure you can recall any of the these presets by pressing the STYLE PRESETS button Creating And Reprogramming Styles All style programming is done in the USER area Whether you are creating a new style f...
Page 208: ...er you don t need to program 48 riffs to make a working style If the system finds that a particular riff is missing it will choose the closest existing riff instead In most cases this will produce acc...
Page 209: ...rd This is because the programmer has created a num ber of Minor Intro Riffs for that style If you want you can program a complete style using only major riffs If you play a minor or seventh chord whi...
Page 210: ...the multi track song recording display where you will create and edit the riff you selected Let s see how to begin creating a new style Press RECORD and then press NEW STYLE Now you can see the SELECT...
Page 211: ...ime once you ve started programming Now we re ready to start programming Press SOUND VIEW F5 We can see eight empty tracks Everything in this screen works just like it does in the song recording envir...
Page 212: ...TRACK is selected and press ENTER Now you can press START STOP again and re record your track When you re happy with it click on the track again to change the icon from recording to playback If you wa...
Page 213: ...to play in Once you ve programmed a few tracks you can test your style Simply turn off the RECORD button and you re ready to play You can select whichever Keyboard Mode you want and then press START...
Page 214: ...your style can be found in one of the USER style families Exactly where the system puts your style depends on how many styles you already have loaded into the user area Whenever you select RECORD NEW...
Page 215: ...e or replace any of the factory styles If you want to edit or reprogram one you must first copy it into the user area This will produce an exact copy of the original style which is now yours to modify...
Page 216: ...u see a style name like STYLE_01 this is an occupied location It contains a style whose name you haven t changed yet Press ENTER once and then again to confirm You can now locate the copied style by s...
Page 217: ...u In the previous example we copied the entire style with all of it s variations The other buttons along the right side of the display allow you select individual components of the style for copying F...
Page 218: ...ff from one style to any riff of another style The source riff does not have to be the same as the des tination riff For example you could copy an intro riff from one style to the fill riff of another...
Page 219: ...ular riff press this button to return to the SELECT RIFF screen where you can choose the next riff to record SCALE CONV This function can be found in the REC VIEW when you press F6 from the style reco...
Page 220: ...ach riff in your style STYLE EDIT FUNCTIONS Any track or section of a style can be edited in order to repair any errors or improve its performance The following functions can be found under the main S...
Page 221: ...dividual track buttons will have no effect in this case Use this function to ERASE or copy an entire riff VAR F7 The edit function will affect the selected variation and all the riffs contained within...
Page 222: ...iption of this function In song edit it is necessary to select a track on the left side to decide which track s events you want to examine In style edit there is one additional step selecting the riff...
Page 223: ...and end riffs for the new variation that you create with Mask Setting up a style to use MASK Before you can use Mask you must have at least the basic riffs programmed for variation 2 and variation 4 M...
Page 224: ...m Mask which we can select by pressing F7 or F8 We ll begin with Track Mask The four boxes in the lower part of the screen represent each variation and its six accompaniment tracks from left to right...
Page 225: ...key The drum instrument on that key is now muted for that particular variation Once again you must start and stop the style to hear these changes Of course you can only mute those drum instruments whi...
Page 226: ...made the song must first be loaded into RAM The songs that you record yourself using SONG and EASY SONG are already in RAM but midifiles and GEM songs must be loaded first HOW TO LOAD A SONG INTO RAM...
Page 227: ...TING AND EDITING SOUND PRESETS chapter STORING YOUR CHANGES Any time you make changes to a song you must save these changes into the song preset To do this simply press the STORE button to the right o...
Page 228: ...u play the song it will play with the original settings To choose your alternate settings press the SONG PERF button the same button as STYLE PRESETS Now you can see that position 2 in the screen cont...
Page 229: ...termine which track is the melody Although you can generate score for any track the score display is primarily designed to display a song s melody line Most standard midifiles have the melody on track...
Page 230: ...st few measures of the score track in the top of the display To view the score in full screen mode press ESCAPE and then press the SCORE button in the VIDEO KARAOKE section You will now see the melody...
Page 231: ...DIT again select MASTER TRACK and press ENTER Press the EDIT START PAR Button F1 Use the down arrow to select KEY and then use the dial to choose the correct key for this song When you ve finished pre...
Page 232: ...ith the first note of the melody Most songs usually have a introduction which lasts for a few measures before the melody starts We will use the NEXT EVENT button at the left to step into the song unti...
Page 233: ...u only omit the underscore when you reach the last syllable of the word Continue in this way throughout the song You can stop at any time and check to see how your lyrics will appear First press ESCAP...
Page 234: ...ing lyrics From the EDIT SCORE screen press CHORD F5 and then use the NEXT EVENT button until you reach the point where the first chord should be played if you need to return to the beginning of the s...
Page 235: ...the MUTE symbol and you will not be able to select SONG PLAY mode for that track If you find an unused track press RECORD and then select the current song in the top right corner of the screen F1 Now...
Page 236: ...vailable numbered track is You ll probably find that it is track 17 This is a special track that the Genesys Ensemble cre ates automatically so that you can play along with a 16 track song So we need...
Page 237: ...onal tracks to your song in this way up to a maximum of 32 tracks Turn off RECORD when you ve finished recording your new tracks SAVING YOUR SONGS Remember to save your songs to the hard disk once you...
Page 238: ...ch the instrument records We havealreadyusedREPLACE and OVERDUB mode in some of our examples Here s a description of the three modes REPLACE When a track is in record mode each time you press START it...
Page 239: ...mode because you can record individual drums with each overdub If you make a small mistake while recording a track you can fix it by switching to PUNCH mode Listen to the playback of the problem trac...
Page 240: ...ch are made while during recording QUANTIZE This allows the track to be automatically quantized time corrected during recording Please see the following page for a description of the available quantiz...
Page 241: ...MPO display press F5 to enter this mode from SOUND VIEW 1 4 Quantize to the nearest quarter note 1 8 Quantize to the nearest eighth note 1 12 Quantize to the nearest eighth note triplet 1 16 Quantize...
Page 242: ...e sections of a track or sections of an en tire song It s second appli cation allows you to strip out specific unwanted events from individual tracks Now you can choose which type of events you want t...
Page 243: ...exist by choosing F5 F6 or F7 respectively MOVE This feature allows you move recorded events either forwards or backwards in time To use it first select the track you want to shift by pressing it s tr...
Page 244: ...aterial you want is located and then copying it to the following section of the same track For example if you ve recorded a 4 measure drum track in track 1 and you like it be repeated 50 times first s...
Page 245: ...copied Notes which fall outside the specified range will not be copied Now make the following selections Copy Mode REPLACE mode will erase whatever was in the target portion of the destination track...
Page 246: ...ons QUANTIZE This menu allows you to quantize all or part of any track Quantize is used to correct minor timing inaccuracies by adjusting the positions of notes that have been played so that they fall...
Page 247: ...choice is the actual quantize value which you select in the very first box See the section QUANTIZE VALUES in this chapter for an explanation of the choices available Press ENTER to execute the opera...
Page 248: ...ENTER to execute the operation VELOCITY This function allows you to change the recorded velocity playing strength or volume of a particular track First select the track you want to change by pressing...
Page 249: ...lected notes to be shifted by You can also transpose down by setting negative values Press ENTER to complete the operation NOTE You can also transpose a track by using the TRANSPOSE func tion in SECTI...
Page 250: ...ume and effects The menu is divided into two parts At the top you can see the START PA RAMETERS These tell the system which tempo volume and perfor mance if you have created more than one should be us...
Page 251: ...E An event which switches to a different SONG PERFORMANCE as explained in the CREATING AND EDITING SONGS chapter VOLUME An event which changes the overall volume of the instrument EFF DEVICE SEL EFF T...
Page 252: ...plest example of an event would be the pressing of a key on the keyboard In order to correctly play back that keypress the sequencer has to memorize a number of important pieces of information 1 At wh...
Page 253: ...of the second beat of the third bar STATUS or EVENT TYPE The STATUS section simply tells us what type of event this is In this case its a note event Other types of events are discussed further on 1V N...
Page 254: ...nal event tells us how long the key was held for This is know as the GATE TIME of the note event The unit of measurement used for this is the same system of 192 ticks or pulses that we discussed earli...
Page 255: ...resented the movement of a PAN control instead of a VOLUME control The value of 2V is the actual level to which that control was set So in the above example the volume was adjusted to a level of 85 In...
Page 256: ...ned on you may often generate a large quantity of MONO TOUCH EVENTS without realizing that you re doing so The generation of MONO TOUCH EVENTS can be disabled before com mencing a recording by turning...
Page 257: ...erent ways to view a specific section of the event list METHOD 1 Manual Scroll Use the cursor up and down buttons to scroll in either direction one event at a time As you scroll through each individua...
Page 258: ...precision Any changes you make will have an instant effect on the current track SHOW FUNCTION Often when trying to pinpoint specific errors you will find yourself having to scroll through streams of...
Page 259: ...the INSERT button press INS TYPE Now you can use the arrow keys to select what type of event you want the button to insert When you ve made your choice press ENTER and you ll now see that the label on...
Page 260: ...nused tracks to be played on the keyboard If there are no unused tracks you can create additional tracks to play on the keyboard see ADDING ADDITIONAL TRACKS TO A SONG in the EDITING AND CREATING SONG...
Page 261: ...ave to record anything to create a song preset Start a new song in the normal way but don t record anything Then escape from recording mode by turning off the RECORD button Now you can select any trac...
Page 262: ...ayed on other brands of keyboards used on a computer or distributed via the internet If you wish to save a song as a midifile it has to comply with certain rules First it cannot contain more than 16 t...
Page 263: ...older that you create using NEWFOLDER the song will be saved as a GEM song If you save your song into the MIDIFILE folder then it will be automatically converted to a midifile The system will create a...
Page 264: ...annot be undone You might want to make a backup copy of the file before processing To add silence to the file select either or both of the options Insert at File Start and Insert at File End and then...
Page 265: ...TO FILE and press ENTER Now select the start and end time of the section you want to copy to a new file in the FROM and TO areas the TO time will automatically be set to the end of the original file A...
Page 266: ...o this func tion can be used to read the full title artist info and comments for the currently selected WAVE file VOCAL REMOVER This function is used to process a WAVE file by removing any material th...
Page 267: ...ime While this is slightly less convenient for learning an unfamiliar song it offers the great advantage that the lyrics can be created as a normal text file on a computer and then loaded into the edi...
Page 268: ...INS LINE F4 type the first line of lyrics and then press ENTER to finish Now press INS LINE again and repeat the same procedure Continue until all the lyrics have been typed If you make a mistake sel...
Page 269: ...re the next line should be highlighted It s easy to do and you can always go back and start again if you make a mess of it First make sure that the first line of text is selected by using the up arrow...
Page 270: ...ss EDIT F2 Use the dial to locate the error and re type as necessary If a tag was found to be in the wrong place you can manually edit it by simply re typing the time tag at the beginning of the line...
Page 271: ...t setting for each pad To change this setting simply highlight it with the arrow keys and then use the dial to select a different setting PAD SETTINGS NOTE This allows you to set the pad to play a sin...
Page 272: ...st its level by selecting Dynamic Set the appropriate volume level for this sound The sounds you select can either be factory sounds or new samples you have created yourself ROTARY S F This will set t...
Page 273: ...disk as a BMP file SAVING YOUR PAD SETTINGS When you setup the pads to perform different functions you can choose whether they will remain set this way permanently or whether they will be saved along...
Page 274: ...unings for playing any style of ethnic music Before you begin creating a tuning make sure that you have only a single sound selected Select FULL mode in the KEYBOARD MODE section and then press PARTS...
Page 275: ...board To tune any key press CATCH NOTE F7 and then press the key that you want to tune You ll see the cursor move to the key that you selected There are two different tuning adjustments available Coar...
Page 276: ...ey If you don t use the CATCH NOTE method to select keys you can move sequentially along the keyboard with the left or right arrow keys When you reach the left or right edge of the keyboard press eith...
Page 277: ...OPY TO OCT window to copy only specific elements of your tuning to specific octaves if you wish Once you ve created your new tuning you ll need to save it Press SAVE F8 Use the dial to select one of t...
Page 278: ...nsemble SYSTEM folder You will see this folder as a component of the RAMFILE when you select RAM in the DISK menu To save your tunings simply select this SYSTEM folder and then press SAVE F2 Now press...
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