GEM PK5 Oriental, Owner'S Manual

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Front Panel PK5
1. POWER ON/OFF:. Push button to turn the instrument on and
off.
2. VOLUME. Regulates the overall volume of the entire instru-
ment (speakers, headphones, stereo aux out).
3. DEMO. Gains access to the demonstration Style.
4. STYLE/SONG. Numeric selection keypad to select the Styles
(00-95) and Song Styles (96-99) by specifying the correspond-
ing Program change number using the STYLE / SONG lists as a
reference.
5. ARRANGER. 4 functions which control the Styles.: A
RRANGE
O
N
/O
FF
enables (LED On) or disables (LED Off) the Style ar-
rangements. A
RRANGE
M
EMORY
, the Style arrangements continue
playing (display indicator on) or stop (display indicator off) after
releasing the keys from the keyboard below the split point. L
OWER
M
EMORY
, the Sound assigned to the Lower keyboard section con-
tinues playing (display indicator on) or stops playing (display
indicator off) after releasing the keys from the keyboard below
the split point. B
ASS
T
O
L
OWEST
, when on (LED on), the Bass
track of the Style auto accompaniment follows the lowest left note
of the chord played, allowing real time changes of the bass ac-
companiment according to the lowest note played. When OFF,
the bass track follows the programmed pattern of the Style, re-
gardless of the chord inversion played.
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1
2
3
4
5
6
6. FADE IN/OUT: Starts and stops a Style with a gradual increase or
decrease of volume. Starting requires pressing the Start button.
During the fade cycle, the corresponding display indicator turns on.
7. VARIATION 1, 2. These buttons allow you to change the current
Style Variation (the display indicator illuminates then goes off. The
current variation (1, 2) is indicated by the corresponding LED which
turns on.
8. CURSOR/PAGE. Navigational arrows: the CURSOR [ ] and [ ]
buttons select the functions listed in the MENU to the left of the dis-
play. The currently selected function is indicated by the arrowhead
in the display which points to the name of the function. The PAGE
[ ] and [ ] buttons pass from function page to another.
9. FILLL IN A, FILL IN B/TAP TEMPO. F
ILL IN
A (Fill-to-current-
variation): recalls a Fill pattern then continues with the same Style
variation. F
ILL IN
B (Fill-to-next-variation): - pressed during Style play
(display indicator turns on), it recalls a Fill pattern then passes to the
next variation. T
AP
T
EMPO
- sets the Style playing speed by tapping
on the button and starts the Style automatically.
10. SINGLE TOUCH PLAY. When On (display indicator on) ROM
Style-Performance sounds are assigned to all the tracks when you
select the Styles. The A
RRANGE ON
/
OFF
and A
RRANGE MEMORY
func-
tions are also automatically activated. In this mode, the 9 Function
buttons F1 … F9 also recall nine different Single Touch Play ROM
panel settings which differ according to the Style. When OFF (dis-
play indicator off), selecting Styles recalls sounds for the accompa-
niment tracks while those of the keyboard tracks remain unchanged.
11. STORE PERFORMANCE. Gains access to the S
TORE
P
ERFORM
-
ANCE
function where you can save your settings to the Performances
and change the Performance name. If held pressed for 2 seconds,
you enter into the edit of the current Performance where you can
modify the relative parameters. (arrowhead shown next to PERF func-
tion).
12. FUNCTION BUTTONS F1 … F9 (S.T.PLAY/PERFORMANCE).
These buttons select Performances, Single Touch Play settings or
Style and Song Style tracks, depending on the current status of the
instrument.
13. START/STOP, INTRO, ENDING, KEY START/CONTINUE.
S
TART
/S
TOP
starts and stops the playback of a Style or Song Style
and starts the Song Style recording of the automatic accompani-
ment. I
NTRO
places the introduction of a Style on “standby” before
Style start E
NDING
stops a Style with an Ending (the corresponding
display indicator turns on). K
EY
S
TART
synchronises the start of a
Style with a note (or chord) pressed on the lower keyboard area.
Pressing C
ONTINUE
restarts the Song Style from the current stop point.
14. TEMPO/DATA +/– BUTTONS, ENTER, ESCAPE. The T
EMPO
/
D
ATA
+/–
BUTTONS
are active for Tempo changes in Style and Song
Style mode, or operate as data entry devices when the instrument is
in one of the function edit modes. E
NTER
confirms specified data in
edit situations. E
SCAPE
cancels specified data and/or escapes an
edit situation..
15 STYLE/TEMPO LOCK. S
TYLE
L
OCK
: when on (corresponding dis-
play indicator on), selecting Performances recalls keyboard sounds
only without changing Style. When off (display indicator off), select-
ing Performances recalls keyboard and accompaniments sounds and
changes Style. T
EMPO
L
OCK
: when selected (alternate flashing of
Tempo setting and LOC in the display), the current Tempo setting is
locked for all Style changes. When off (alternate flashing stops),
each Style recalls memorized Tempo data.