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OWNER’S MANUAL                             ENGLISH

Summary of Contents for WK1

Page 1: ...roducts that produce heat 8 This product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the product 9 This product may be equipped with...

Page 2: ...OWNER S MANUAL ENGLISH...

Page 3: ...nsurethattheinstrumentisturnedOFFwhenconnectingordisconnectingthepoweradaptor Applyingpowerwhilethepowerswitchindepressedmaydamagethecomponentsinsidetheunit Donotuseadaptersotherthantheonespecifiedfor...

Page 4: ...heel 10 Use the Effects 11 Use the headphones 11 Use the pedals 11 Adjust the overall effect volume level 11 Transpose the instrument in semitones 12 Demo 13 How to listen to the Demo Songs 13 Play a...

Page 5: ...rom a Performance 31 Total Clear of the User Style 31 The Style controls 32 Start Stop 32 Key Start 32 Intro 32 Ending 32 Var 1 Var 2 Var 3 Var 4 33 Fade In Out Fill A FILL Fill B 33 The Arranger Sect...

Page 6: ...ting a Floppy Disk into the drive 48 Ejecting a Floppy Disk 48 Disk protection 48 Handling Floppy Disks 48 Back up copies 49 Cleaning the disk drive head 49 Precautions to observe when using WK1 disks...

Page 7: ...ormance 65 How to program a User Style Performance 65 Assigning a name to a User Style 65 Recording a Program Change 66 Recording Commands 66 9 Digital Signal Processor 67 Rev Cho 67 Assigning the eff...

Page 8: ...dex Ref 3 Appendix Table of Sounds A 1 Table of Styles Songs Performances A 3 Table of Reverb A 4 Table of Chorus A 4 Table of Drumkit A 5 Recognized chords example in C A 8 MIDI Implementation chart...

Page 9: ...vi Index...

Page 10: ...y can hold Samples that can be loaded from Floppy Disk Digital Signal Pr Digital Signal Pr Digital Signal Pr Digital Signal Pr Digital Signal Processor ocessor ocessor ocessor ocessor WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1...

Page 11: ...instrument and operate like a 16 part multi timbral expander Direct Connection to a computer Direct Connection to a computer Direct Connection to a computer Direct Connection to a computer Direct Con...

Page 12: ...n the display 5 When the operation is complete WK1 is ready to play N B To check the date of the Operating System scroll to the last page of the MIDI GENERAL functions GENERAL RESET In order to restor...

Page 13: ...ong mode the two rows of numbers under the function keys correspond to the 16 Song Tracks F1 F8 F9 toggles between tracks 01 08 and 09 16 9 ARRANGER 2 functions control the Styles ARRANGE ON OFF enabl...

Page 14: ...ON the display will show a flashing Tempo indication that alternates the current value with the Lock indication 20 PLAY ALL SONGS If a Song or MIDI File disk is inserted in the disk drive pressing thi...

Page 15: ...io output to connect WK1 to an external system mixer external amplifier DAT recorder etc 7 PHONES Headphone socket 8 DC 12v Adapter socket to connectWK1 to a 220V mains source through the AC DC power...

Page 16: ...Front Rear Panel 7...

Page 17: ...the ke y on the keyboar yboar yboar yboar yboard and c d and c d and c d and c d and chang hang hang hang hange the sounds e the sounds e the sounds e the sounds e the sounds 1 Play on the keyboard T...

Page 18: ...yboar yboard d d d d The selected Performance recalls a different combination of sounds The keyboard setting may also change Split or Full mode Sounds and keyboard mode depend on the selected Performa...

Page 19: ...sounds playing in the accompaniment depends from the selected Style You can modify the preset combination of the sounds in real time by operating on the keyboard activators controls Upper 2 Upper 1 e...

Page 20: ...Volume Adjust the o Adjust the o Adjust the o Adjust the o Adjust the overall eff verall eff verall eff verall eff verall effect v ect v ect v ect v ect volume le olume le olume le olume le olume leve...

Page 21: ...keys In the central part of the display keyboard current tune status is shown 00 default tuning 2 Press TRANSPOSE b to lower the pitch or TRANSPOSE to raise the pitch Each time the TRANSPOSE b key is...

Page 22: ...F format directly from disk without having to load them to the memory Get a floppy disk containing WK2 WK2 WK2 WK2 WK2 PK7 WK3 songs or Standard MidiFiles 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive...

Page 23: ...to record the keyboard sounds with accompaniments and create 8 track Songs To enable this mode press the STYLE key led ON select the desired number 104 110 on the numerif keypad and press the RECORD...

Page 24: ...eover the sounds both in the keyboard section and in the accompaniment are changed TEMPO LOCK It is enabled by pressing and holding down the STYLE TEMPO LOCK for a few seconds The 3dgit tempo display...

Page 25: ...accompaniments and keyboard sections Impostazioni SingleTouch Play Single Touch Play settings are additional Performances which are recalled by using the function buttons F1 F9 when the SINGLE TOUCH...

Page 26: ...directly on the corresponding section activators Upper 1 Upper 2 Lower The ON OFF status of all the other tracks of the Performance except the real time tracks is changed by pressing the corresponding...

Page 27: ...nnect two jack cables to the AUXOUT To exclude the instrument s internal amplification and use the audio outputs only insert a jack into the headphones socket Connecting the AUXOUTjacks to external am...

Page 28: ...s Use standard serial cables of the DB8 DB9 DB8 DB25 type to connect to the serial port Select the WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 appropriate speed to communicate with the PC refer to the MIDI GENERAL chapter VI...

Page 29: ...cks and of the Real Time sections the left hand accompaniment chord the Metronome ON OFF status the Tempo setting and relative metronome beat the disk drive functions Floppy Disk the overall Transpose...

Page 30: ...ode The table illustrates the position of the characters on the keyboard The leftmost notes are control keys D2 CAPS Toggles between Caps On Caps Off Capital and small letters D 2 INS OVER Insert Over...

Page 31: ...off the LOWER section by hitting the LOWER key the led will go out as well as the ARRANGE ON OFF key By doing this the UPPER 1 e UPPER 2 sections whether single or layered will be assigned to the ent...

Page 32: ...t of the split and Sound from track 9 on the right e UPPER 2 and LOWER both on Sound from track 7 left of the split and Sound from track 8 on the right f All on Sound from track 7 left of the split an...

Page 33: ...RIGHTNESS first press the 100 key then enter 0 twice in the SOUND keypad 3 Play on the keyboard and listen to the sound recalled Repeat the operation to change the sound of another section The Sound s...

Page 34: ...combinations Styles and panel settings Follow the steps given below to modify a Performance It is important to remember that the instrument MUST NOT be set to PERF mode the left arrowhead of the displ...

Page 35: ...indicates the amount of Chorus alue indicates the amount of Chorus alue indicates the amount of Chorus Modulation Dela Modulation Dela Modulation Dela Modulation Dela Modulation Delay eff y eff y eff...

Page 36: ...EDITSND EDITSND EDITSND EDITSND EDITSND ON OFF If a Song in WK3 is loaded which can possibly contain edited sounds they can be listened to if the function is ON If you wish to listen to the original u...

Page 37: ...th RESTORE To save Performances to disk refer to the Disk chapter If you modify the first of the 63 available Performances this will appear whenever WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 is turned on You may choose not...

Page 38: ...T INIT INIT refer to the MIDI GENERAL function cancels all modifications applied to the Performances and recalls the original settings from the machine ROM memory 1 1 1 1 1 Press and hold the MIDI GEN...

Page 39: ...g from rock and pop to traditional and Latin music Each WK1 Style features 4 Variations 4 Intros 4 Fills and 4 Endings A Style therefore provides a complete range of musical structures with which you...

Page 40: ...se the new Style selected will start on the successive beat T T T T TO O O O OT T T T TAL CLEAR OF AL CLEAR OF AL CLEAR OF AL CLEAR OF AL CLEAR OFTHE USER STYLE THE USER STYLE THE USER STYLE THE USER...

Page 41: ...g to use START STOP if you are not playing in Free Style mode you can start the accompaniment playing in the lower keyboard section Key Start can be disabled by pressing ENDING the Style runs freely t...

Page 42: ...FILL A FILL A adds the pattern and recalls the Variation preceeding the curent one FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL adds the pattern and does not change the current Variation FILL B FILL B FILL B FILL B FILL...

Page 43: ...ht hand section of the keyboard BALANCE The two balance keys for ACCOMP and KEYBOARD function are a shortcut to balance the Arranger section to the Real Time section permet tono di bilanciare la sezio...

Page 44: ...niments By changing the Split point you automatically modify the extensions of the LOWER and UPPER keyboard sections HOWTO SET A NEW SPLIT POINT 1 Press the ARRANGE ON OFF key for a few seconds The di...

Page 45: ...ny part of the keyboard even if it is played by the right hand or played with both hands The chord will not change unless at least three notes are played at the same time If one or two notes are playe...

Page 46: ...tomatic accompaniment will continue playing even if the hand playing the arrange chord is raised from the keyboard When OFF if the hand is raised from the keyboard the accompaniment is interrupted and...

Page 47: ...uations in addition to the 96 basic configurations one for each Style STORE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE RECALL Changes made to the selected Performance can be saved through this function key As explained...

Page 48: ...music that you are playing The types of Harmony available are divided into two categories according to whether the Harmony depends on the notes played with the left hand or not Harmony types that dep...

Page 49: ...Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz adds two notes above the note played by the right hand at intervals of a fourth and a minor seventh No left hand chord required Roc Roc Roc Roc Rock k k k k creates a three note c...

Page 50: ...and e File types and extensions xtensions xtensions xtensions xtensions The types of file used when working with a disk are identified by a name which appears in the 8 digit display area and an exten...

Page 51: ...stare ad ON il parametro General MIDI contenuto in Edit MIDI WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 salva MIDI file compatibili GM quando il parametro General MIDI impostato ON GMX FORMAT GMX format is an extension of t...

Page 52: ...tion The contents of the two direct access memories Direct Style Memory e Direct Sound Memory is automatically loaded and saved together with the Performances WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 can also load Perform...

Page 53: ...the disk drive and press the FLOPPY DISK key The DISK icon and the name of the first file contained in the Floppy Disk will appear in the display 2 Press PAGE to go to LOAD page 3 Select the desired f...

Page 54: ...ars in the display 5 5 5 5 5 Select the Song y Select the Song y Select the Song y Select the Song y Select the Song you wish to sa ou wish to sa ou wish to sa ou wish to sa ou wish to save with the v...

Page 55: ...l be a MidiFile with text Karaoke All WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 Songs saved as a MidiFile are always compatible with the GMX format Consequently they are compatible with all instruments of the WK series whi...

Page 56: ...ge of files between instruments of the WK and PK series and computers MS DOS Windows OS 2 Macintosh some Atari models and Amiga THE FORMATTING PROCEDURE This function is available in the third page of...

Page 57: ...the plastic tab upwards closing the hole To protect the Floppy Disk so that it is not possible to erase or overwrite the contents slide the plastic tab downwards opening the hole You can use a pen or...

Page 58: ...file and the relative structure 2 Never use names longer than 8 characters Furthermore owing to some limitations of MS DOS and Atari systems it is extremely important to observe the following precaut...

Page 59: ...cally move to the STYLE SONG STYLE SONG STYLE SONG STYLE SONG STYLE SONG menu function SONG PLAYBACK If you select a Song from the memory proceed as follows to listen to it 1 1 1 1 1 After selecting t...

Page 60: ...Y OFF The MELODY OFF keys is plays the Song back excluding the melody This is particularly useful if you wish to sing along with the backing or to play the melody in real time on the keyboard The stat...

Page 61: ...ng 4 Press the same key once again The track indication starts blinking The relative track is no longer engaged by the sequencer it is now active to play in Real Time during the Song 5 Play on the key...

Page 62: ...to the le to the le to theTV set or to the monitor TV set or to the monitor TV set or to the monitor TV set or to the monitor TV set or to the monitor WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 is default set to communicate...

Page 63: ...s associated to a single Song Style Performance which contains all the parameters and settings for a Song Style This simplifies Song Style recording because all the information necessary to record and...

Page 64: ...erated by the panel interventions are recorded in the COMMON track COMMON and CHORDS tracks activate automatically when you enter Song Style Record mode Before recording a Song Style it is advisable t...

Page 65: ...tc 5 When you wish to end your Song Style you can Stop the Sequencer pressing PLAY STOP or Stop the il Sequencer with an ENDING LISTEN TO THE SONG STYLE PLAYBACK 1 When you have finished recording the...

Page 66: ...ardeletesallrecording events Use the Page keys to move to the section you wish to clear and press ENTER Press ENTER again to confirm the display message Song Styles are retained inWK1 memory also when...

Page 67: ...and Fade functions Follow the steps below to program your own Style Recording a User Style A Setting the User Style parameters The available options to record a new Style are described in the followi...

Page 68: ...Fill a Intro or an Ending The length of a Riff is variable between 1 measure MIN and 16 measures MAX V V V V Var1 ar1 ar1 ar1 ar1 V V V V Var2 ar2 ar2 ar2 ar2 V V V V Var3 ar3 ar3 ar3 ar3 V V V V Var4...

Page 69: ...8 8 To change the basic parameters press the MODE function key As soon as the User Style recording mode is enables the default settings of the automatically selected Riff are the Tempo is set to 4 4 t...

Page 70: ...k is still blinking 4 4 4 4 4 Press the Function key correspondent to the recorded track twice In our example press the F1 Drums function key twice to disengage the Drums sound from the keyboard 5 5 5...

Page 71: ...e recorded less then 4 Variations make sure that the leds corresponding to the Variations are ON If they are not no sound will be heard 2 Play with your User Style as if you were using a normal ROM St...

Page 72: ...m If you wish to further improve the pattern stop the execution by pressing the Start Stop key Select a new quantize value and listen to the newly modified riff agin You can continue until the pattern...

Page 73: ...r All Select the Clear All Select the Clear All Select the Clear All function using the TEMPO DATA to completely cancel the Style 7 7 7 7 7 After selecting the desired section desiderata After selecti...

Page 74: ...ce chapter to modify the sounds and the values of the tracks Make sure that the track name appears above the Program change number press the corresponding Function key twice Once you have programmed t...

Page 75: ...e original sound unless the Style is stopped and restarted To avoid this condition it is advisable to record a Program Change to the original Sound again just before the end of the first cycle of the...

Page 76: ...The eff The eff The eff The eff The effect currentl ect currentl ect currentl ect currentl ect currently assigned to the P y assigned to the P y assigned to the P y assigned to the P y assigned to the...

Page 77: ...REVERB level in each Performance track CHOSEND Controls the CHORUS level in each Perforrmance track 1 Select the track you wish to modify using one of the two function keys Note you must not be in Per...

Page 78: ...tandard MIDI interface Tracks and MIDI channels WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 always receives MIDI data on the 16 channels simultaneously In transmission WK1 sends MIDI data on 16 channels only in Song mode You...

Page 79: ...s will be ignored To keep the last programmed setting stored to the instrument memory even when WK1 is turned off it is necessary to save the first Performance with the Store Performance function WK1...

Page 80: ...pander If you wish to exclude the sounds generated by WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 and only hear those coming from the expander you can either setWK1 track volume values to Zero or setWK1 tracks to Local Off a...

Page 81: ...he accordion CHORD channel or to the channel engaged by your accordion to transmit chords midi accordions usually engage Ch 2 3 Set WK1 tracks to the midi channels using the table shown below 4 Set CO...

Page 82: ...n can be found in the Appendix To use the described setting it is advisable to set the track used to send data to the computer sequencer to Local Off Set the computer sequencer to retransmit all the M...

Page 83: ...Internal Style ROM Location 00 95 Internal Style ROM Location 00 95 CC 0 32 00 07 8 BEAT CC 32 0 08 15 16 BEAT PC 00 95 16 23 ROCK 24 31 FUNK 32 39 DANCE 1 40 47 DANCE 2 48 55 JAZZ 56 63 US TRAD 64 7...

Page 84: ...hannel youmustsendtwoControlChangemessagesrelativetotheEffects change CC 16 0 64 CC 48 nn number of the effect with the values shown in the tables listed in the Appendix Nota Control Change 16 with va...

Page 85: ...nizes Generalmusic System Exclusive messages that control the values of various features such as effects master tune master transpose The system exclusive strings for each requested parameters are lis...

Page 86: ...ons SEC Use the TEMPO DATA key To switch from ALL to SEC If the PAGE is pressed the display will show the following functions Tuning Dynamic Serial Computer Use the CURSOR key to select the desired fu...

Page 87: ...racks 09 16 Use the TEMPO DATA keys to establish the ON OFF status of the track and the CURSOR key to select the track Press ESCAPE to exit LOCAL mode and return to the MIDI selection MIDI page Contin...

Page 88: ...PAGE and PAGE keys to select DUMP page Now select the type of data you wish to transfer ALL SEQ PERF with the TEMPO DATA keys 3 Recording procedure starts in the external device 4 When finished press...

Page 89: ...Midi General 80...

Page 90: ...Reference Section Technical Specifications...

Page 91: ...me touch sensitivity style tempo lock Pitch bend Modulation programmable pitch control 12 semitones Modulation SingleTouch Play 10 settings for lower upper 2 upper 1 for 96 styles 960 total Performanc...

Page 92: ...Appendix Appendice Anhang...

Page 93: ...a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a A 2 Appendix...

Page 94: ...2 Strings3 52 Choir VoiceUuh2 SlowUuh 53 VoxOoh VoiceAah2 SlowAah2 54 SynVox SkatVoices Vocoder2 55 OrchHits2 Rave2 Dyn St Hit Bk 1 Rom Bk 2 Rom Bk 3 Rom Bk 5 SMP RAM BRASS group 56 Trumpet FlugelAttk...

Page 95: ...Sounds with suffix D Drumkit ROM Bk 4 midi Bank 6 00 DetuneEP1 2 01 DetuneEP2 2 02 CpHarpsy 2 03 ChurcBel 2 04 DetnOrg1 2 05 DetnOrg2 2 06 ChurOrg2 2 07 ItAccord 08 Ukulele 09 12StGuit 2 10 Mandolin...

Page 96: ...Y 05 8BtFUNKY 06 8BtCLEAN 07 8BtLIVE 16 BEAT 08 16BtHIT 09 16BtSLOW 10 16BtFOLK 11 16BtPOP 12 16BtFUNK 13 ACOUSTIC 14 16BtEASY 15 16BtLIVE ROCK 16 HARDROCK 17 SLOWROCK1 18 DOO WOP 19 6 8SLOW 20 BOOGIE...

Page 97: ...elay 2 08 Stereo Delay 1 09 Stereo Delay 2 16 Multitap Delay 1 17 Multitap Delay 2 24 Ping pong 25 Panmix 28 Dubbing 32 Chorus 1 33 Chorus 2 36 ChorusDelay 1 37 ChorusDelay 2 40 Ensemble 1 41 Ensemble...

Page 98: ...H PULL TOMLOW TOMROOM TOMELEC HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ STICKS HHPEDAL HOUSEHH SQUARE CLICK TOMLOW TOMROOM TOMELEC HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ METRO CLICK HHOPEN2 HHOPEN1 HOUSERIDE HHOPEN1 METRO BELL TOMLOW TOMROOM TOM...

Page 99: ...OMHIGH SDSTD3 SDROOM1 TOMBRUSH TIMPANI TOMHIGH TOMELEC HHTGHT1 TIMPANI HHCLO2 CABASA HHTGHT1 TOMBRUSH TIMPANI TOMELEC TIMPANI TAMBSLP TOMBRUSH TIMPANI TOMELEC TIMPANI COWBELL HHOPEN1 TOMBRUSH TIMPANI...

Page 100: ...SDSTD1 HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ SDROOM2 TOMROOM HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ TOMLOW TOMROOM HHOPEN2 TOMROOM SDSTD3 HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ TOMLOW TOMROOM ReverseCym TOMROOM RIMSHOT1 TOMHIGH SDELECT HHCLO1S TOMROOM HOUSEHH H...

Page 101: ...Caug 9 Cm Cm 10 Cm6 Cm6 11 Cm7 Cm7 12 Cm7b5 Cm7b5 13 Cmadd9 Cmadd9 14 Cm9 Cm9 15 CmM7 CmM7 16 Cdim Cdim 17 Cb5 Cb5 18 C7 C7 19 C7sus4 C7sus4 20 C7b5 C7b5 21 C79 C79 22 C7b9 C7b9 23 C7aug C7aug 24 Csu...

Page 102: ...me Perf 67 Soft pedal 64 Damper Pedal 56 61 0 6 Songs 91 Reverb depth 66 Sustain 62 0 6 Song Styles 93 Chorus depth 67 Soft pedal 98 99 NRPN 72 Attack time 100 101 RPN 73 Release time 74 Filter 1 cut...

Page 103: ...ion CC17 49 Effects volume CC18 50 General Purpose Tuning control CC32 BankSelect LSB CC64 Damper pedal CC66 Sostenuto sustain pedal CC67 Soft pedal CC71 Resonance CC72 Release Time CC73 Attack Time C...

Page 104: ...interference will not occur in a particular installation If this instrument does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the instrument off and o...

Page 105: ...hout prior notice Specifiche soggette a cambiamento senza preavviso nderungen auch ohne Vorank ndigung sind vorbehalten Sales Division I 47048 S Giovanni in Marignano RN Italy Via delle Rose 12 tel 39...

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