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Summary of Contents for WK3 World Keyboard

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Page 4: ...lectrician to replace your obsolete outlet Do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug 10 The power supply cord of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for long periods of time 11 Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings 12 This product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when a the p...

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Page 6: ...laying lyrics 7 8 8 Song Styles 8 1 Selecting and playing back Song Styles 8 2 Song Style Playback 8 3 9 Digital Signal Processor 9 1 Selecting the effect types 9 2 Bypassing the effects 9 4 Regulating the Send levels 9 5 10 MIDI 10 1 Principal MIDI applications 10 6 Piloting WK3 with a master keyboard 10 9 Additional MIDI parameters 10 12 11 New Release OS update 11 1 How to set the new functions...

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Page 8: ... Programming the Song Style Performance 17 6 18 Song Recording 18 1 Recording Songs 18 2 Programming the Song Performance 18 6 19 Sequencer Edit 19 1 Quantize function 19 2 Clear function 19 4 Master Track function 19 9 Copy function 19 13 20 REC EDIT 20 1 Regulating the Mic Line signal 20 3 Preparing to sample select the Splits 20 4 Programmable Pads Assign 20 12 APPENDIX Tables A i Midi Implemen...

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Page 10: ...essor WK3 features an on boardTwo Digital Effects Processors controlled in real time enrich the sound with effects reverbs and modulations Each Performance can store its own effects configuration and an editor is available to cre ate user effects which are stored in the Per formances Sequencer The 16 track Sequencer includes a series of functions that allow Style Song Style and Song recording real...

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Page 12: ...y or persons resulting from improper use of the instrument Make sure that all internal electronic options are installed by an authorised Generalmusic service technician Check with an authorised Generalmusic dealer for information on the closest service center Gem by Generalmusic 1996 All rights reserved Apple IBM Macintosh Microsoft MS DOS Windows Atari are registered trademarks of the respective ...

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Page 14: ... vi Introduction v ...

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Page 16: ...as purchased As a general precaution never open the unit and touch or tamper with the internal circuitry If the instrument plays in an abnormal way Turn off the power immediately remove the power cord from the mains outlet and contact the store where it was purchased Discontinue using the unit at once Failure to do so may result in additional damage or other unexpected damage or accident Important...

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Page 18: ...ote on the key board plays two sounds simultaneously 3 Press LOWER and play with both hands A third sound is introduced and the keyboard is now divided with a Split Point at note B3 The LOWER keyboard plays over the range C2 B3 The UPPER 1 and UPPER 2 sec tions are assigned to the range C4 C7 Note If you deactivate LOWER in SPLIT MODE the UPPER 1 UPPER 2 sections are reassigned to the full keyboar...

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Page 20: ...8 displayed Styles Note If a Style is not selected within the first 2 3 seconds the display returns to the previous situation automatically 4 Press START STOP The Drum accompaniment starts to play 5 Play a note below split point B3 with the left hand and a melody with the right You ll hear a fully orchestrated arrangement accompanying the keyboard sound The combination of sounds that play and the ...

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Page 22: ...e is being processed by the effects when off the respective effect is bypassed Bypass 1 To bypass an effect press an active button The led of the button goes off indicating that the current Performance is no longer being processed by the relative DSP To activate an effect 2 Press a deactivated button The led of the button turns on to indicate that the current Performance is being processed by the ...

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Page 24: ...ome stereo units When Loudness is ON it favours certain frequencies at low volume 1 PresstheGENERALbutton closetotheEDITPER FORMANCE section The first page of Edit General is opened 2 Press the PAGE button once 3 Select the parameters with the Function buttons Rev Reverb F1 F2 Eff Effect F3 F4 Loud Loudness F5 F6 4 Modify the selected parameter with the Dial Hint You can use the F1 F2 F3 F4 slider...

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Page 26: ...ly When it reaches the end it stops automatically If you select ALLDEMO the Styles play as a chained medley When the end of the last Style is reached it loops back to the be ginning of the first demo Style and starts to repeat the entire sequence Playback con tinues to repeat until stopped Note During the demo playbacak all buttons on the control panel are temporarily disabled The only operative c...

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Page 28: ...he playback The message Wait appears for a few sec onds then playback begins Note If you press Escape during the WAIT period you can abort the Direct play function 6 To stop the direct playback at any time press START STOP When the Song or Midifile stops WK3 re mains in Song mode Don t forget to remove the Floppy disk from the drive 5 6 4 4 5 6 ...

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Page 30: ...pter 7 Select another track to record in the Sequencer The previous track is confirmed led on and the next track enters record mode led flash ing The recorded track is shown in play mode 8 When you have finished recording the track se lect another one to record in the Sequencer this time without pressing Start Stop The sequencer stops recording the previous track is confirmed led on and the next t...

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Page 32: ...ect the Song to save and confirm with ENTER Select the Song with the Function buttons Enterconfirmstheselectionandsetsthedrive in motion 5 Write a name for the Song file Up to 8 characters can be inserted using the keys of the keyboard The extension WK3 indicates that the Song file is a WK3 format Song Note The name of the Song file does not necessarily have to have the same name as the Song 6 Pre...

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Page 34: ...ERF b TRANSPOSE INTRO ENDING ESCAPE START STOP KEY START CONTINUE ENTER PERFORMANCE CHORDS MEASURES F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 F 8 Perf 8 Perf 7 Perf 6 Perf 5 Perf 4 Perf 3 P erf 1 Perf 2 LOWER UPPER 1 UPPER 2 UPPER 2 UPPER 1 LOWER UPPER 2 UPPER 1 OCTAVE VAR 4 VAR 3 VAR 2 FILL FILL FILL VAR 1 FADE IN OUT TAP TEMPO 1 2 9 10 BASS QUANTIZE ACC 1 CLEAR ACC 2 M TRACK ACC 3 COPY LOWER REW UPPER 2 FF 3 4 5 ...

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Page 36: ... START STOP KEY START CONTINUE ENTER PERFORMANCE CHORDS MEASURES F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 F 8 Perf 8 Perf 7 Perf 6 Perf 5 Perf 4 Perf 3 P erf 1 Perf 2 LOWER UPPER 1 UPPER 2 UPPER 2 UPPER 1 LOWER UPPER 2 UPPER 1 OCTAVE VAR 4 VAR 3 VAR 2 FILL FILL FILL VAR 1 FADE IN OUT TAP TEMPO Control panel central section 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ARM TY ...

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Page 38: ...nds REVERB activates led On or bypasses led Off the Reverb DSP EFFECTS activates led On or bypass led Off the Mod ulation Delay DSP EDIT gains access to the effects selectors and effect send controls Pressed a second time gains access to the effects editor Edit 6 AUTOMATIC STYLES A series of buttons which control the Styles ARRANGE ON OFF Enables On or disables Off the Style arrangements ARRANGE M...

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Page 40: ...e and the Pads Assign function which allows you to assign sounds to the Pads 27 DISK Enters the Disk operating functions Load Save Utility Format Erase which allow the transfer of files to and from disk 28 DEMO Gains access to the demonstration Songs 29 PROGRAMMABLE PADS 13 buttons arranged in keyboard octave style which pro vide sounds or samples that can be played in real time in any mode POWER ...

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Page 42: ...3 to be connected directly to a computer Apple Macintosh or IBM PC and compat ibles Data interchange between WK3 and PC or Mac requires appropriate setting in Edit General The Pedal board and Computer ports operate alternately 6 MIDI Standard MIDI interface consisting of a MIDI IN MIDI OUT and MIDI THRU to communicate with other exter nal devices fitted with a MIDI interface keyboards com puters e...

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Page 44: ...o data without changing the keyboard sounds STYLE LOCK led on When you select a Performance the Style re mains unchanged Only the keyboard sounds are recalled without changing the arrangement sounds STYLE LOCK led off Selecting a Performance recalls appropriate sounds for the keyboard and the arrangements provided different user programmed Style Per formances have been stored in the Performance me...

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Page 46: ...ime or Style modes the configuration of tracks 9 16 does not influ ence either playing mode but if you are program ming WK3 for use as a multi timbral slave de vice all 16 tracks are taken into consideration and the programmed configurations memorised to the Performances will be recalled as pro grammed Selecting Sounds and Performances via MIDI is discussed in a later chapter TRACKS ATrack is the ...

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Page 48: ...connectors can cause noise which may damage the speakers of the amplification system INPUT LEFT RIGHT M VOLUME MIC LINE GAIN Left Right M Volume The Left Right M inputs are intended primarily for use with external audio sources a musical instrument cassette recorder or CD player etc which can exploit WK3 s internal amplification system For stereo connections use the LEFT and RIGHT MONO jacks For m...

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Page 50: ...ppropriate communcation velocity in WK3 to communicate with the PC Edit General mini DIN 8 pin male 6 7 8 3 4 5 1 2 6 7 8 3 4 5 1 2 mini DIN 8 pin male mini DIN 8 pin male mini DIN 8 pin male HSKo 1 HSKi 2 TXD 3 GND 4 RXD 5 TXD 6 GPi 7 RDX 8 1 HSKo 2 HSKi 3 TXD 4 GND 5 RXD 6 TXD 7 GPi 8 RDX APPLE MACINTOSH mini DIN 8 pin male 6 7 8 3 4 5 1 2 D sub 9 pin female mini DIN 8 pin male mini DIN 9 pin fe...

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Page 52: ...shown for a short period of time enough to select the items shown in correspondence with the Func tion buttons F1 F8 After selection the main display is restored If a selection is not effected during the timeout period the main display is re stored automatically after approx 3 4 seconds Other types of Selection windows The Harmony Type Arrange Mode Split and Disk buttons also open selection window...

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Page 54: ...ction button repeatedly The value of numerical pa rameters is changed by rotating the Dial or using the corresponding Slider F1 F8 USER MESSAGES AND WARNINGS These type of windows show confirmation re quests for a current operation information regard ing the next step to take warnings against a malfunction or bad operation etc These messages are closed with ENTER or ES CAPE Page 3 of Edit Performa...

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Page 56: ...e two states with the corresponding Function button after selecting the parameter For example the Local Off parameter setting of the tracks in the page shown opposite can be toggled between ON and OFF by pressing the corresponding Function button repeatedly Modifying parameters with the Sliders In most Edit situations the Sliders F1 F8 acti vate as data entry controls for the parameters that corre...

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Page 58: ...yboard Specify the required digit and press ENTER to confirm and close the active zone After confirming with ENTER the Song pointer passes directly to the measure bar number specified and the active zone closes Press KEY START CONTINUE to start the Song or Song Style from the specified point ENTER ESCAPE ENTER confirms an operation and the values assigned to modified parameters In some edit pages ...

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Page 60: ... Mode is set the Lower section is ena bled and the current Split Point for the Styles is recognised when Lower is active When you play in Real Time mode Arrange On Off Off if Lower is off the Upper keyboard sections play over the entire keyboard range Ac tivating Lower assigns the Upper sections to the right keyboard area while Lower plays on the left The boundary that divides the Upper and Lower ...

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Page 62: ...ge A selected section is shown flashing and only one section at a time can be in an enabled state 1 Press one of the section selectors A Press Upper 2 to select the Upper 2 key board section B Press Upper 1 to select the Upper 1 key board section C Press both Upper 1 Upper 2 to select the Lower keyboard section 2 Press a SOUND GROUPS button The names of 8 sounds appear in a timeout selection windo...

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Page 64: ...r a track of your choice 2 Press the SAMPLES button The Samples appear in a timeout selection window 3 Select a Sample Press the corresponding Function button to select the required sample and assign it to the selected section flashing The display returns to normal Samples can also be assigned to the Pads See Rec Edit in the Reference Guide 4 Press STORE PERF followed by ENTER to store the setting...

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Page 66: ...e for all subsequent selections If you select a differ ent GROUPS button the display will show the relative elements of the selected Group without returning to the previous status To close the selection window To close the selection window press ESC The Display Hold function will remain active led on To pass directly to another selection window press the relative Group button without press ing esc...

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Page 68: ... select the same one ASSIGNING SOUNDS TO TRACKS A Sound is assigned to each track of a Perform ance The method already described on page 4 refers to the direct method applied to the three keyboard sections To change the Sounds assigned to the other tracks not normally shown in the main display Style Song Style Song or a MIDI Performance used by an external MIDI device use the method described on t...

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Page 70: ...e Sequencer tracks Style Song Style and Song tracks that are en gaged by the sequencer are identified by the led of the corresponding track button shown on To change the status of the keyboard tracks Press UPPER 1 to activate mute the Upper 1 section and press again to return to the previous status Note When FULL MODE is selected LOWER is disabled In SPLIT MODE LOWER is enabled The change the stat...

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Page 72: ...on buttons 4 Rotate the Dial to set the required transposition value transpose UP value trans pose DOWN Instead of using the DIAL you can change the track transpose setting by intervening di rectly on the corresponding sliders F1 F8 If you use the sliders it is not necessary to select the tracks 5 Escape Edit Performance by pressing ESCAPE To save the transposition settings save the Per formance u...

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Page 74: ... the tracks Priority assigns polyphony priority Pedal1 2 3assign enables disables keyboard tracks Upp1 Upp2 Low for assigned pedal functions Pitch Mod enables disables keyboard tracks for the trackball functions Pitch Modu lation and Off Volume Pedal enables disables keyboard tracks Pedal Volume assignment Volume or Filter or Off Mode determines poly mono mode for key board tracks Name Performance...

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Page 76: ...d Variation for eventual enabled Style Performances containing Sounds or a Drumkit modified in Edit Sound show the letter E be fore the corresponding Pr Change number in the first page of Edit Performance For example Note The changes made to the factory set Performances do not damage the original WK3 data in any way because they are modified RAM copies The original data can always be restored with...

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Page 78: ... 9 16 to Perf Group 2 and so on 2 Rotate the Dial to select the Performance desti nation A Style Performance can be memorised to any Performance slot 3 Press ENTER to confirm or ESCAPE to cancel After the save operation the display returns to normal showing the new Performance Note Whatever Performance data is present at the selected destination will be cancelled by the incoming modified Performan...

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Page 80: ...e Restore Original Block window 3 Press F5 to select the PERF command and to activate the Restore Original Perf win dow 4 Press ENTER to confirm the Restore Perf procedure or ESCAPE to cancel All changes made to all the Performances of the PERFORMANCE GROUPS are can celled and the original ROM settings volume sounds transposition tempo are restored Hint If you want to cancel the entire contents of...

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Page 82: ...ection window appears show ing 8 Styles belonging to the selected Group Note The USER1 and USER2 buttons recall programmable Styles which allows you to record your own Styles Do not press the USER buttons for the moment you will learn how to record a Style afterwards 3 Use a Function button to select one of the Styles WK3 will be configured for the Style auto matically If TEMPO LOCK is off the Sty...

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Page 84: ...Styles with the Performances 1 If STYLE LOCK is on turn it off 2 Press one of the PERFORMANCE GROUPS but tons A selection window showing 8 Performances belonging to the selected group appears 3 Select a Performance If on SINGLE TOUCH PLAY turns off auto matically The sounds volumes and effects of all the tracks change those contained in the Per formance The Style and Variation that were active at ...

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Page 86: ...use START STOP When KEY START is selected the first led on the left of the four leds turns on to indicate the activation of the function KEY START can be deactivated by pressing START STOP to start accompani ment pressing ENDING while the accompani ment is running pressing KEY START once more KEY START cannot be deactivated by pressing START STOP while the accompa niment is running pressing INTRO ...

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Page 88: ...ingered FreeStyle page 2 Chord display page 3 N B The Split and Chord functions of the Arrange Mode Split settings are general param eters i e not linked to a particular Performance which are saved to memory when the instrument is switched off The new settings are erased when the Restore Original Block operation is carried out or if the back up memory cancels due to the battery running flat Mode c...

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Page 90: ...the new Split point The new chord recognition area of the key board will correspond to the extension cov ering the Split Point note down to the lowest note of the keyboard The extension from the note after the Split Point to the highest note of the keyboard will play the Upper 1 and Upper 2 keyboard sounds 4 Press ENTER to confirm the new setting and close the display The new split point remains i...

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Page 92: ... activate FREESTYLE The selected mode is a Performance param eterwhichcanbestoredtothePerformances 4 Press ESCAPE to close the display N B The recognised chord symbols appear on the main Style display If an unrecognised chord is played the chord symbol for the lowest note followed by a series of asterisks appears For example C N B In order for the chord to be recognised and for its symbol to be sh...

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Page 94: ...g making simple one note melodies sound as if they are being played by a full orchestra The structure of the automatic harmony is based on the current Harmony Type setting and oper ates in two different ways with the keyboard set to Split Mode TYPE A according to the note or chord played below the Split Point with Arrange On Off selected TYPE B regardless of the note played or not played below the...

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Page 96: ...ou start the accompaniment or while it is playing regard less of the status of the Tempo Lock button To return to the original tempo select the Style again provided that Tempo Lock is off TEMPO LOCK The TEMPO LOCK function locks the current Style Tempo allowing you to recall Styles without changing the Tempo regardless of the status of the Single Touch Play button The Tempo setting established by ...

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Page 98: ...alled by the Style 3 Press INTRO to preset an introduction The led starts to flash 4 Press START STOP ADrum introduction starts to play When the Intro cycle ends the led turns off and the Drum track breaks into the current Variation 5 Play a note or chord on the left keyboard area below the current split point The automatic accompaniment starts play ing The display shows a chord name and every cha...

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Page 100: ...u can start a Style with TAP TEMPO This button also pro vides an easier and more direct way of setting a preferred Style Tempo WhiletheStyleisnotplaying taponTAPTEMPO Tap on the button with short sharp taps and the Tempo will be established according to the timing with which you strike the button The Style starts to play automatically without having to press Start Stop To stop the Style press STAR...

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Page 102: ...ss FADE IN OUT in Style stop status The relative led turns on to indicate the acti vation of the function 2 Press START STOP or Intro then Start Stop The Style starts with a gradual increase in volume from 0 level to the programmed set ting During the Fade In cycle the led of the Fade button flashes then turns off when the Style breaks into the main pattern You can Fade in with an Intro by pressin...

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Page 104: ...s each button to cancel the led The rela tive accompaniment pattern will be excluded from the overall arrangement 4 Start the Style with START STOP Start to play with both hands right away and you ll hear Drums and Bass accompaniment only while other accompaniment instruments are excluded 5 Introduce the cancelled tracks at will The tracks cancelled before starting the Style can be introduced at a...

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Page 106: ...f chapter 4 Sounds Performances User Guide 4 Press ESCAPE to exit Edit Performance 5 Press STORE PERFORMANCE 6 Select a destination Performance Rotate the DIAL to select a destination Re member how the Performances are organ ised in the Groups 1 8 Perf 1 9 16 Perf 2 and so on 7 Press ENTER to confirm Now you will have a modified version of the ROM Style memorised to the Performance destination of ...

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Page 108: ... playing without stopping it Preload loads to the first available free desti File type Extension All ALL The entire RAM or DISK con tents WK3 file types only Perf All the Performances of the PERFORMANCE GROUPS in cluding Style Performances of ROM Styles Style UXX where XX 01 16 Single User Style and relative Style Perform ances of the USER GROUPS Styles All the User Styles of the USER GROUPS Song ...

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Page 110: ... Group 1 8 PERF1 9 16 PERF2 17 24 PERF3 25 32 PERF4 33 40 PERF5 41 48 PERF6 49 56 PERF7 57 64 PERF8 LOADING SAMPLES Samples are loaded to the Samples bank which corresponds to the backed Sample RAM Sample Sample RAM 1 8 SAMPLES Generalmusic Samples Kits are distributed au tomatically among the first 6 locations 1 6 of the Samples bank CD Samples are loaded to loca tion 7 and automatically assigned...

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Page 112: ... not contain the specified file an appropriate message is displayed FILE NOT FOUND press ESCAPE and retry or change disk Note If the disk is not inserted in the drive the display will promt you with the message INSERT DISK please Press ESCAPE insert the floppy disk and press DISK again 4 Select the file with the DIAL Rotate the dial to scroll through the files on disk WK3 song files are identified...

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Page 114: ...yles or programmed Performances are safely saved to Disk before proceeding 1 Insert the WK3 disk into the drive 2 Press DISK 3 Select FAST LOAD STYLES or LOAD PERFO Use function button F1 to toggle between the Slow and Fast options Use function button F3 to select Load Styles Use function button F6 to select Load Per formances Note If the disk does not contain the specified files an appropriate me...

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Page 116: ...NG ALL DATA FROM DISK The Load All procedure loads All Songs and Song Styles and relative Song Performances All User Styles and associated Style Per formances All Performance including user programmed Style Performances A WK3 Sample MidiFiles are not loaded with this procedure Use Load MidiFile for this file type If a Song make use of a Sample this will be car ried into memory together with the So...

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Page 118: ... file to the first availa ble free destination in memory without allow ing you to select a preferred destination If all locations are currently occupied the WS File will load to the first location correspond ing to Function button F1 and erase the Song occupying the destination To listen to the Song press REAL SONG to enter the Real Song Groups select the Song and press Start Stop If you loaded us...

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Page 120: ... your own recordings Songs can be saved as a single element SaveSong or as an ALL data set together with all other data in memory Songs carry their associated Song Performanc es and relative settings to disk in order that they play correctly when loaded into memory again WK3 Song extension Single songs are identified by the WK3 exten sion SAVING MIDI FILES If you want your WK3 Songs to be read by ...

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Page 122: ...page 3 N B 3 5 HD disks can be formatted as 1 44Mb for WK3 work disks while 3 5 DD disks can be formatted as 720kb for WK3 MS DOS or Atari WARNING Do not use the original disks supplied with the instrument for saving data 2 Press DISK 3 Press PAGE twice to pass to the Save page N B If you wish to exit the Disk mode press ESCAPE or DISK 4 Select the element to save Use function button F2 to save a ...

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Page 124: ...1 Performance this procedure clears all Styles or Performances currently on disk Be sure that your User Styles or programmed Performances are safely saved to a back up Disk before proceeding 1 Insert a floppy disk into the drive If the disk is write protected remove the pro tection see page 3 N B 3 5 HD disks can be formatted as WK3 while 3 5 DD disks can be formatted as MS DOS Atari only WARNING ...

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Page 126: ...ormances A WK3 Sample MidiFiles are not saved with this procedure Use Save MidiFile for this file type If a Song make use of a Sample this will be car ried into disk together with the Song provided that the original Sample is also in the Sample RAM SAVE ALL PROCEDURE The procedure is identical to the Save Styles and Save Performances procedures Use function button F8 to select Load All after press...

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Page 128: ...ed disk make absolutely sure that you are not interested in keeping the data contained in it as the formatting process irretrievably destroys all data on disk 2 Press DISK 3 Press PAGE THREE TIMES to pass to the Utili ty page N B If you wish to exit the Disk mode press ESCAPE or DISK 4 Select 720 Kb Format or 1 44 Mb Format Use function button F4 to format a 720 Kb DD disk Use function button F6 t...

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Page 130: ...le to erase files from disks regardless of the current operating mode For example you can erase a file while you a playing back a Song FILE ERASE PROCEDURE 1 Insert a the floppy disk that contains the file to erase into the drive If the disk is write protected remove the pro tection see page 3 WARNING Do not use the original disks supplied with the instrument for saving data 2 Press DISK 3 Press P...

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Page 132: ...sk make sure that the disk drive operating led is off and that the WK3 LCD display is not currently showing a Loading or Saving message To extract the disk press the eject button and remove the disk THE WRITE PROTECT TAB Floppy disks contain a write protect tab which allows you to protect valuable data from being accidentally overwritten To prevent writing data to disk and so avoid acci dental era...

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Page 134: ... Furthermore owing to some limitations of MS DOS Windows 3 1 Atari with other systems these problems are non existent it is essential to bear in mind the following advice do not insert spaces within a file name e g MY FILE WK3 MS DOS is not able to handle file names containing spaces To sep arate a name into two parts while retaining the MS DOS compatibility you must 1 separate two parts by the un...

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Page 136: ...m disk 1 Press the REAL SONG button The display shows 7 locations Recorded Songs are identified by a name of 6 charac ters Empty locations are shown as Free01 Free02 etc 2 Select a Song with the corresponding Function button Selecting a Song sets WK3 to Song mode The Song name appears on the top line of the display Free or a name If you select a Free location refer to the Song Recording chapter fo...

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Page 138: ...e Measure counter 5 Press KEY START CONTINUE to start the song from the point it was stopped OR PressSTOPagaintostarttheSongfromthestart ing point The Song rewinds to the starting point and playback starts again You can choose to rewind to the starting point 01 1 with the REW button 4 5 OR 4 5 ...

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Page 140: ...s indicates that the corre sponding tracks have not been engaged by the sequencer for the Song If you want to play along with your Song in playback you can either A disengage one of the tracks used by the Song or B activate one of the tracks not used by the Song A 1 Select a Song and press START STOP to start the playback Check the sequencer tracks and note which tracks are engaged for the Song le...

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Page 142: ...elect the Song and start the playback as de scribed on the previous pages 2 Press the TEXT button in the SEQUENCER The Lyrics start to scroll across the display in synchronisation with the music The current syllable is shown in capital letters while all other lyrics remains in small type 3 Press ESCAPE or TEXT to return to the main Song Playback page 1 1 2 SONG STYLE REAL SONG MySong MyWay Nw 2 an...

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Page 144: ... 7 10 User Guide 7 7 Rotate the DIAL to select one or 4 colours 8 PressESCAPEtoclosetheGENERALeditpageand return to the Song display 7 TEMPO DATA ESCAPE ENTER 8 7 8 ...

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Page 146: ...k 1 Press the SONG STYLE button The display shows 7 locations Recorded Song Styles are identified by a name of 6 characters Empty locations are shown as Free01 Free02 etc 2 SelectaSong StylewiththecorrespondingFunc tion button Selecting a Song Style sets WK3 to Song Style mode The Song Style name appears on the top line of the display Free or a name If you select a Free location refer to the Song ...

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Page 148: ...counter 5 Press KEY START CONTINUE to start the Song Style from the point it was stopped OR Press STOP again to start the Song Style from the starting point The Song Style rewinds to the starting point and playback starts again You can choose to rewind to the starting point 01 1 with the REW button 4 5 OR 4 5 ...

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Page 150: ...recording or has been disengaged to play in real time If you want to play along with your Song in playback with one of the keyboard tracks you can either A disengage one of the keyboard tracks used by the Song Style or B play with the keyboard track s not en gaged by the Song Style A 1 Select a Song Style and press START STOP to start the playback Check the sequencer tracks and note which tracks a...

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Page 154: ...e effect type that you wish to change The selected type is shown flashing Press Function button F1 F2 to select the Reverb type Press Function button F3 F4 to select the Effect type 3 Rotate the DIAL to select a different effect type The DIALscrolls through the available effects of the selected DSP Each DSP provides a selection of 22 different effect types You can select a different effect from bo...

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Page 156: ...ype The led goes off and the current Performance is not routed to the relative DSP 2 Press the same button to reactivate the effect The led goes on and the Performance is routed to the relative DSP 3 PressSTOREPERFandENTERtosavethechanges to the current Performance If you select a different Performance or reselect the same Performance without sav ing the changes the newly assigned effects will be ...

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Page 158: ...current Performance If you select a different Performance or reselect the same Performance without sav ing the changes the newly assigned effects will be lost and the original settings will be restored Effect Editing Effect editing procedures are discussed in the relevant chapter of the Reference Guide 4 5 ESCAPE ENTER 6 ESCAPE ENTER STORE PERF 4 5 6 Ef E re ...

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Page 160: ... only acts as a through device THE COMPUTER PORT The COMPUTER port can simultaneously act a MIDI IN and MIDI OUT port and allows the direct connection of the instrument by means of a sin gle serial cable When the COMPUTER port is in use the WK3 MIDI ports are disabled If you have a computer capable of directing MIDI data to the serial port specified as RS232 in IBM PCs and compatibles MODEM in Mac...

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Page 162: ...ts When you connect external MIDI devices the corresponding tracks must be tuned to the same MIDI channels as the WK3 tracks Some exam ples follow with WK3 programmed as shown in the previous table If WK3 controls an expander with one track only Upper 1 track 8 across the entire key board range the expander must be pro grammed to receive on MIDI channel 8 If WK3 controls a multi timbral expander t...

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Page 164: ... F6 F8 you can regu late the WK3 track volumes as desired By tak ing them all to zero you will only hear the ex pander s sounds By using the Section Local Off parameter and setting the keyboard tracks to Off you discon nect the keyboard from the internal sound gen erator the keyboard data is sent to MIDI OUT only Each note of the WK3 will play only note of the expander PREPARATION 1 Connect the WK...

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Page 166: ...WK3 MIDI OUT and is received by the compu ter s MIDI IN port When you play back a se quence MIDI data from the computer is sent via MIDI OUT and is received by the expander s MIDI IN This data then passes on from the expand er s MIDI THRU to the WK3 MIDI IN If the expander has no MIDI THRU connect the computer s MIDI OUT to the WK3 MIDI IN and the WK3 MIDI THRU to the expander s MIDI IN THE COMPUT...

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Page 168: ...TROLLING THE STYLES VIA MIDI COMMON The Style controls can be simulated by sending a Control Change 50 message to WK3 via the Common Channel with the values shown in the following table Ifthemasterkeyboardhasprogrammablebuttons it is possible to assign them some control mes sages and control all directly from the master Style control Value CC50 Fill 00 Fill 01 Fill 02 Intro 08 Ending 16 Var 1 2 3 ...

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Page 170: ...le The parameters are accessed by entering the MIDI SET function in Edit MIDI General MIDI Channel Lock Dynamic Keyboard MIDI In Transpose System Exclusive System Exvlusive Identification Number WS MIDI Status mode These additional MIDI parameters are detailed in the Edit MIDI section of the EDIT PERFORM ANCE chapter 13 w p S T in A ...

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Page 172: ...f the Auto Arrange function 1 Press the ARRANGE MODE SPLIT button to open the first page 2 Press PAGE twice to open page 3 The display shows two options to choose from 3 Select the AUTO ARRANGE function Use function buttons F4 or F5 4 Set the function accordingly On or Off Press the same function button repeatedly to toggle between the ON and OFF status 5 Press ESCAPE to close the display The sett...

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Page 174: ... to the current Perform ance by pressing STORE PERF then EN TER If you fail or forget to save the setting it will remain selected until you modify the setting again or until you select a different operating mode i e Song mode In such cases the original chord recognition setting will be re stored 2 3 ARRANGE MODE SPLIT FINGERED 1 OneFinger Fingered1 Fingered2 FreeStyle ESCAPE ENTER STORE PERF 4 3 E...

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Page 176: ...ENTERasecondtimestarts the save procedure To cancel the opera tion press ESCAPE With ENTER the drive starts running and the display flashes the phrase Saving during the save procedure When the message ceases to appear the Song is saved to disk REMEMBER IF YOU SAVE A SONG WHOSE NAME ALREADY EXISTS ON DISK THE DISK BASED FILE WITH THE SAME NAME WILL BE CANCELLED 4 3 4 SAVE Styles Style Sample Song M...

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Page 180: ...recall a Style Vari ation andTempo provided that user programmed Style Performances have been memorised to the Performance Groups As well as track data Bank Select Program Change Volume Pan the Performances memo rise a the selection of a Style b the selection of a Variation of the Style c the Tempo 1 Deactivate the ST LOCK button 2 Press one of the PERFORMANCE GROUPS but tons to open a Performance...

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Page 182: ...button Note When you select a Sound WK3 sends CC00 CC32 PC messages in rapid succession on the MIDI channel assigned to the track SELECTION VIA MIDI The Sound selection message must be received ontheMIDIchannelassignedtothetracktowhich the Sound is assigned To select a WK3 Sound it is sufficient to send a Control Change 00 CC00 BankSelect MSB and Program Change PC message Selecting Sounds SOUND GR...

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Page 184: ...e must be received ontheMIDIchannelassignedtothetracktowhich the Sample is assigned To select a WK3 Sample you must send a Con trol Change 00 CC00 BankSelect MSB and Pro gram Change PC message Samples occupy Bank5 The Sample table listing corresponding MIDI se lection messages can be found in the Appendix TherelativenumbersarealsodisplayedintheEdit Performance ProgramChangepagethatappears when you...

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Page 188: ... ESCAPE THE FUNCTION IN EDIT There are three ways of escaping from a func tion in edit press ESCAPE as many times as necessary depending on the currently selected edit lev el until you reach the main display press the button corresponding to the func tion in edit This action exits from the func tion completely and passes directly to the main display press another button of the EDIT section to pass...

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Page 190: ...w tracks 09 16 Use the standard edit procedure 4 11 PERFORM PITCH BEND RANGE Tk06 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 Performance Pitch Bend Range Assignable values 12 0 12 5 11 SOUND EDIT This function assigns an edited version of the Sound currently assigned to the selected track provided that an edited version is currently in memory The On status assigns the edited version iden tified by the letter E attac...

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Page 192: ...lyphon ic mode by default Use the standard edit procedure 10 11 PERFORM MODE Lower Poly Upper2 Poly Upper1 Poly Performance Mode Assignable values Poly Mono L Mono R Mono T Note It is important to bear in mind that the overall polyphony of the instrument is determined by a the number of tracks active to play and b the type of sound assigned to the tracks Dual oscillator sounds halve the polyphony ...

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Page 194: ...fterwards 2 2 COMMON CHORD CHANNEL Press PAGE to enter the second level page of Performance paameters The Common and Chord Channels are MIDI channels dedicated to special operations simulation of the keyboard and on board con trollers trackball volume pedal Common transmission of Effects Performance Style Song Style and Song select messages to WK3 Common transmission of chord data for the automati...

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Page 196: ... MIDI Section Local Press STORE PERF ENTER to store the as signment to the current Performance Assignable values On Off DUMP F6 MAIN DISPLAY 1 1 MIDI EDIT MIDI Channel Filter Local Dump Clock Set This function consists of one level of parameters MIDI Dump Save All Save Perf Save Seq MIDI DUMP SAVE ALL F1 SAVE PERFORMANCE F3 SAVE SEQUENCER F5 Pressing DUMP in the main menu opens one levelofparamete...

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Page 198: ...rameter is set to ON in the fol lowing situations before loading a GM compatible MIDI file which does not contain the GENERAL MIDI ON flag to save a Song as a perfectly GM compatible MIDI file the General MIDI On flag is inserted in the file and the Program Changes of the drumkits are converted to Program Changes compatible with General MIDI while working with an external sequencer and wish to use...

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Page 200: ...connect both MIDI IN and MIDI OUT of WK3 to the MIDI OUT and MIDI IN respectively of the external sequencer commonly known as the Closed MIDI Loop connection 2 2 SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE ID F3 F4 F5 Specifies the WK3 Identification number for the reception of system exclusive messages The ID number permits the identification of instru ments of other manufacturers in a MIDI chain Use the standard Edit proc...

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Page 202: ...volumes including those of the keyboard tracks With MIXER LOCK ON selecting Styles or Real Time Performances locks the volumes of the ac companiment tracks while those of the keyboard tracks change according to the memorised lev els Toggle between the On and Off status with the corresponding Function button 3 3 MIXER UTILITY Mixer Lock On MIXER Utility Mixer Lock Assignable values On Off Press ESC...

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Page 204: ...on 2 Press SOUND in the EDIT PERFORMANCE section to enter Edit Sound The display opens the first Sound Edit page showing the Program Change relating to the selected Sound 3 Select the Program change with the correspond ing Function button The display enters into the first page of Sound parameters 1 Bk1 STRING R Bk1 PIANO UPPER 2 UPPER 1 LOWER 1 11 PERFORM PROGRAM 113 15 29 26 PERFORM OR SOU PIANO ...

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Page 206: ...ter modifies the time taken rate for the sound to pass from its maximum volume level to silence after the attack phase The modifica tions are expressed in relative values subtract ing or adding them to the normal decay of the Sound Use the standard Sound edit procedure Press ESCAPE to return to the previous page or SOUND to exit Edit Sound 1 3 SOUND EDIT PIANO1 DECAY Atk 00 Dec 00 Rel 00 Cut 00 SO...

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Page 208: ... sustain phase of the sound Use the standard Sound edit procedure Press ESCAPE to return to the previous page or SOUND to exit Edit Sound 2 3 SOUND EDIT PIANO1 LFO DELAY Res 00 Dept 00 Rate 00 Del 00 SOUND EDIT LFO Delay Assignable values 63 minimum rate 0 un changed 63 maximum rate Press STORE PERF ENTER to store the modi fications to the current Performance 2 D In af th U E S S A c P fi ...

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Page 210: ...o their original status in a single step In both cases all other edited Sounds memorised to other Performances remain unchanged 3 3 CLEAR SOUND F3 F4 F5 F6 This page is accessed from the second level page of the Sound parameters 1 Press SOUND to enter Edit Sound 2 Select the Sound in edit to enter the Sound Pa rameters on the first level 3 Press PAGE twice to enter the Clear sound in edit page The...

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Page 212: ...al Rom pa rameter status Press ESCAPE to abort the operation and maintain the edited Sounds memorised to the current Performance 5 StorethemodifiedstatustothecurrentPerform ance If you fail to save the new situation to the current Performance the edited Sound will be restored if you turn WK3 off then on again or if you reselect the same Performance or a different one Remember whatever changes you ...

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Page 214: ...Sound Edit of the assigned Drumkit The display opens the first Sound Edit page showing the Program Change relating to the selected Drumkit 3 Select the displayed Drumkit Program Change with the corresponding Function button The display enters the first level page show ing the CATCHNOTE function 1 2 3 SOUND SOUND BANKS 1 2 3 PS S SFX STRINGS ETHNIC ENSEMBLE PERCUSSIVE BRASS SFX PERFORM 1 11 PERFORM...

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Page 216: ...nce with STORE PERF ENTER STORE PERF can also be used while you are still in edit Note If you fail to store your modifications they will be irremediably lost when you select another Performance or reselect the same one The modifications will also be lost if you press the START STOP PLAY or STOP buttons ESCAPE ENTER OR SOUND 8 9 ESCAPE ENTER STORE PERF 8 9 ...

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Page 218: ...he right R set it to the centre C or mute the sound Mute Use the standard Drumkit edit procedure 1 3 SOUND EDIT STAND1 PAN E C4 Pan R15 Rev 7 Eff 0 SOUND EDIT Stand1 Pan Assignable values L31 all to the left 00 cen tre R31 all to the right Mute Press ESCAPE to return to the previous page or SOUND to exit Edit Sound Press STORE PERF ENTER to store the modi fications to the current Performance 2 3 R...

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Page 220: ...rised to other Performances remain unchanged 3 3 ERASE DRUMKIT KEY XX F3 F4 F5 F6 This page is accessed from the second level page of the Drumkit parameters for the note in edit 1 Press SOUND to enter the Edit of the Drumkit 2 Select the displayed Drumkit Program Change with the corresponding Function button The display enters the first level page show ing the CATCHNOTE function 3 Select the note ...

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Page 222: ...llation of the edited percussive sounds and restore the origi nal Rom Drumkit Press ESCAPE to abort the operation and maintain the edited percussive sounds of the Drumkit memorised to the current Perform ance 6 StorethemodifiedstatustothecurrentPerform ance If you fail to save the new situation to the current Performance the edited Drumkit will be restored if you turn WK3 off then on again or if y...

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Page 224: ... On and Off status Assignable values On Off BRILLIANCE F3 F4 Regulates the timbric quality of the signal fed into the Mic Line Input rendering it brighter or mellower Rotate the DIAL or use sliders F3 or F4 to change the parameter value Assignable values 00 127 Edit General Mic Line controls 1 7 GENERAL MIC LINE INPUT Input Off Bril 127 Rev 08 Eff 11 REVERB F5 F6 Routes the signal fed into the Mic...

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Page 226: ...Allows the selection of a background colour when viewing Song Lyrics on an external monitor con nected to the Video Interface Rotate the DIAL to change the parameter value Assignable values 01 02 03 04 VIDEO SELECT F7 F8 Allows you to select from two Video communica tion standards Europe PAL system and USA NTSC system For European video systems WK3 is set to PAL be default If WK3 is to be used in ...

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Page 228: ...witch pedals of other brands Generalmusic switch action pedals have a Normally Closed N C polarity Some brands require the setting N O Normally Open Rotate the DIAL to change the parameter status Assignable values N C Normally Closed N O Normally Open DAMPER F6 F7 F8 Allows you to change polarity of the pedal switch connected to the Damper socket in order to use switch pedals of other brands Gener...

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Page 230: ...atus Assignablevalues Poly MonoL MonoR MonoT Note If the Pedalboard Function is either set to Off or Multi the Pedalboard Mode parameter is disabled and cannot be altered PEDALBOARD VELOCITY F7 F8 Activates or deactivates the velocity sensitivity of the pedalboard Off the pedalboard is not velocity sensitive On the pedalboard is velocity sensitive Rotate the DIAL to change the parameter status Ass...

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Page 234: ...ect type is selected in the DSP section Press either REVERBS or EFFECTS to acti vate the relative DSP that you are editing If the current effect type if off you will not be able to listen to the applied changes by play ing on the keyboard as you edit 6 Press ESCAPE to exit the edit of the effect type The display returns to the effect type selec tion page If you wish to edit the other effect type r...

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Page 236: ...b Assignable values 0 63 mSec THE EFFECTS PARAMETERS Vol Volume The level of the effect signal Assignable values 0 dry 127 wet L P Filter Low Pass Filter Determines the cutoff frequency of the filter Assignable values Off 1 16 L P Delay delays Velocity of the delay repetition Assignable values 0 500 mSec Feedback delays Interaction of the delay with itself Determines the number of repetitions of t...

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Page 238: ...99 L P Filter 0 bypass 10 16kHz 2 Mono Delay 2 3 Stereo Delay 1 4 Stereo Delay 2 5 Multitap Delay 1 6 Multitap Delay 2 7 Ping pong 8 Panmix Delay 0 0ms 125 500ms Freq Mod 0 bypass 30 6kHz Feedback 0 99 9 Chorus 1 Freq Mod 0 0kHz 30 6kHz Depth 0 100 L P Filter 0 bypass 10 16kHz 10 Chorus 2 11 Ensemble 1 12 Ensemble 2 13 Phaser 1 Freq Mod 0 0Hz 30 6kHz Depth 0 100 Feedback 0 99 14 Phaser 2 15 Flange...

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Page 240: ...minary selections and others are ex plained in detail in the Master Track and Copy functions in the Sequencer Edit chapter 19 The User Style Record mode is in Overdub which means that you can add new events to the old The recording loops back to the beginning and repeats continually allowing you to add new events to those already captured USER STYLE OR SONG STYLE RECORD ING If you select an empty ...

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Page 242: ... finished recording the track se lect the next track e g Bass to record in the Sequencer The sequencer stops recording the Drum track is confirmed led remains on and sets to Play and the next track is activated for recording The display shows the Drum track in play mode Note If you stop the recording with Start Stop before selecting the next track to record to proceed you must confirm the recorded...

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Page 244: ... more events correct one or more tracks by using Quantize or punching in a correc tion and perform other operations to optimise the recording These and other Style editing operations are discussed in the MasterTrack Copy Quantize and Clear functions of the Sequencer Edit chapter 19 Reference Guide Save your user Styles to disk 5 Save the User Style to disk Use the Save Style or Save Styles proce d...

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Page 246: ...l lose all your modifications Warning it is not possible to edit a Sound while all Style tracks are in record mode An attempt to enter Edit Sound activates an ap propriate warning MORE THAN ONE TRACK IN RECORD YOU CANNOT EDIT SOUND A Sound can be edited only when the corre sponding track is active for recording 4 WhenyouhavefinishededitingthePerformance save the modifications by pressing STORE PER...

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Page 248: ... Record mode with the Drums track ready to record and all other tracks in Play If you are recording a new User Style the se quencer edit functions can be exploited directly during the recording If you want to edit and ex isting User Style enter the User Style using the following method Select an existing User Styles 1 Press a USER button in the Style Song Groups to enter the User Style bank 2 Sele...

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Page 252: ...alled by the Style ready to record leds flash ing TheledsontheRECORDandCHORD COM buttons also start flashing If currently off the ARRANGE ON OFF and ARRANGE MEMORY buttons activate leds on automatically to enable the Style arrange ments Recording Song Styles 2 180 MetalR ARRANGE Off Bk1 STRING GrandP ROCK Bk1 ORGAN3 Bk2 SWORG 180 Free01 Mes 00 1 Bk2SWORG Tr08 MetalR off off 19 3 MetalR SlowRk Boog...

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Page 254: ...t playing the Style after the lead in or Intro 4 Now proceed as you would with a normal Style Use the Fills Change Variation Change Style even with a different Time Signature e g from 4 4 to 3 4 Play the Pads Adjust the Volume Sliders Use the Volume and or Damper pedal or other switch pedal Change Effects Add harmony with HARMONY ON OFF Select a different Harmony Type The limits are endless 5 When...

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Page 256: ...g Style Performance Refer to the Edit Performance chapter for details of each edit function EDIT SONG STYLE PERFORMANCE 1 Select an existing Song Style or select a Free location from the Song Style Group 2 Press PERFORMANCE or MIDI or MIXER or SOUND in the Edit Performance Section and pro ceed to edit your Song Style Performance Youcanmodifytheparametersandpassfrom one edit function to another dir...

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Page 258: ...Tempo Rec option in the Master Track automatically THE COMMON TRACK The Sequencer buttons also incorporate the CHORD COMMON button which controls both CHORD and COMMON tracks The Chord track captures all chord change data while the Common track records all events relat ing to panel interventions fills intro ending style change fade in out etc TEXT FF REW In Song Style Record mode and playback mode...

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Page 260: ...s point you can also programme the Song Performance A brief explanation fol lows on page 6 or you can refer to the Edit Performance chapter 13 for detailed informa tion Press STORE PERF ENTER to store the modifications to the current Song loca tion You can also store to other Song locations using the standard method of selecting a dif ferent destination 3 Press RECORD in the Sequencer WK3 enters t...

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Page 262: ...t the next track to record be fore pressing Start Stop the recording stops automatically the recorded track is confirmed ledon andthenexttrackentersrecordmode led flashing B If you stop the Recording with Start Stop 1 the track in record continues to flash This allows you to restart the recording 2 to add additional events to those already recorded 3 The song pointer returns to the starting point ...

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Page 264: ...e pro grammed and stored to the current Song Per formance Refer to the Edit Performance chap ter for details of each edit function EDIT SONG PERFORMANCE 1 Select an existing Song or select an Empty loca tion from the Song Group 2 Press PERFORMANCE or MIDI or MIXER or SOUND in the Edit Performance Section and pro ceed to edit your Song Performance Youcanmodifytheparametersandpassfrom one edit funct...

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Page 266: ...nd playback mode the FF and REW buttons are enabled If the current Song contains a Lyrics track the TEXT button activates the track and scrolls the Song lyrics across the display in Song playback mode If WK3 is fitted with the optional Audio Video In terface the lyrics can be projected onto an ex ternal monitor or domestic TV connected to one of the rear panel Video sockets See page 9 Songs chapte...

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Page 268: ...racks to be quantized Chords Pads Lower Upper2 Upper 1 QUANTIZE in Song Rec mode 1 1 QUANTIZE TRACK SELECT MySong Tk01 Tk02 Tk03 Tk04 Tk05 Tk06 Tk07 Tk08 Tracks to be quantized the Song Tracks QUANTIZE Quantize is an auto corrector of timing errors made during the recording Quantize shifts re corded events automatically to the nearest frac tion of a measure bar according to a resolution determined...

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Page 270: ...M PO COMMON and ERASE options are general and give rise to identical situations for each record mode Particular attention is paid to the Clear Track option for User Styles owing to their com plex structure consisting of several individual Riff elements GENERAL CLEAR PROCEDURE 1 While the sequencer is in record pending status press the CLEAR button 1 1 CLEAR SELECT FUNCTION User01 Track All Ctrl Te...

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Page 272: ... CLEAR CONTROL F3 This function is common to all three record modes Use CLEAR CONTROL to cancel specific Con trol events from a single track or from all tracks Clear control events from a single track CLEAR TRACK Drum User01 Progr Vol Pitch Mod Pan Expr Eff Damper User Style example 1 Rotate the DIAL to select the track from which the specified events are to be cancelled User Styles permit the sel...

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Page 274: ...which corresponds to the note you wish to erase play the same note on the keyboard The specified note will be eliminated from the recorded sequence you can check in play back mode In the case of User Styles while the Riff con tinues repeating you can erase other notes in the same manner For Song Style and Songs stop the playback then start it again to start from the beginning to cancel other singl...

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Page 276: ... 2 3 2 4 2 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 10 8 11 8 12 8 13 8 14 8 15 8 16 8 Note To assign Time Signatures with a numerator grater than 8 first set the denominator to 8 then return to the numerator and set the value NUMBER OF BARS This option is note available for Song Styles This parameter sets the number of bars meas ures for a User Style Riff or a Song For ...

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Page 278: ...isting ones at the same time 3 Start to play the correct sequence of notes 4 When you have finished playing the correct se quence of notes release the switch pedal to de activate Replace recording If you continue pressing the pedal notes will be cancelled even without playing 5 Press START STOP to stop the recording 6 Listen to the playback to check the correction Song method To punch a correction...

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Page 280: ...e Press ENT or ESC 4 Press ENTER to confirm or Escape to cancel the operation 5 Press ESCAPE to close the COPY display ALL COPY SONG STYLE AND SONG 1 Rotate the DIAL to select the source copy Song Style or Song 1 1 COPY SELECT SONG AND PRESS ENTER Free1 Free2 Song Style All Copy 1 1 COPY SELECT SONG AND PRESS ENTER Empty1 Empty2 Song All Copy 2 Press F5 F6 F7 F8 and rotate the DIAL to select the d...

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Page 282: ...rshort accuratesam ples lasting approximately 3 seconds Low Frequency sampling for longer samples ap prox 6 seconds with a reduced quality with re spect to High The WK3 Sampler is capable of sampling sig nals line or microphone over a preselected range Split of the keyboard Up to 4 Splits can be sampled WK3 samples on any note C de pending on the Split being edited The sampling note is the note wh...

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Page 284: ...several splits is particularly recom mended if you are sampling a musical instrument The more splits you activate the shorter they become each one having a specific reference note C as the sample note When all 4 splits are active the relative ranges and sample note C are as follows Split Range Sample noteC Split A A0 B3 C2 Split B C4 B4 C4 Split C C5 B5 C5 Split D C6 C8 C6 1 Press REC EDIT The fir...

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Page 286: ...of whether you play or speak softly or loudly WithTrigger 1 8 you set a dynamic thresh old below which the sampler cannot capture the sound The higher the value the louder you will have to play on the instrument or speak into the microphone 7 Select the FREQ parameter to choose between the High and Low Frequency filter Use Function button F6 to activate the pa rameter Use the DIAL to set HIGH or L...

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Page 288: ...ame ters spread across the display Use the function buttons to select the param eters Use the DIAL to assign a value to the select ed parameter Press ESCAPE to close the Sample Edit pa rameters Press ESCAPE or REC EDIT to exit the Sam pling function The Sample Edit parameters are discussed overleaf REC EDIT SMP HIGH FREQUENCY SplA Lev Mapp Name Trg Freq EDIT REC Sample Edit EDIT SMP Vel 07 Tun 00 ...

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Page 290: ...ranges greater than one octave A0 C8 A0 B3 C6 C8 the reference note is the central C or the said ranges If you want to change the reference note of a Split use the Mapping parameter as follows 1 With the Split parameters showing select the MAPP option The display shows the range of the Split and the current reference note C flashing 2 Press a note on the keyboard corresponding to your new referenc...

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Page 292: ...Performance function and the Track Select button This idea therefore is to set track 9 of the cur rent operating mode with an appropriate sound BEFORE entering the Programmable Pads As sign function Limitation You can assign any sound including Drumkit or Sample to the Pads but cannot assign two or more different sounds from different banks or sound groups Duringtheassignmentprocedure YOUCANNOT HE...

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Page 294: ...is as signed to the Pad You will hear the keyboard note but not the Pad sound If you want to change note whjile still holding the Pad button simply play another note on the keyboard 9 Repeat the procedure for other Pads 10 Press ESCAPE or REC EDIT to exit the Pads As sign function 11 Press each Pad to listen to the assigned sounds 12 Press STORE PERF ENTER to store to the cur rent Performance PROG...

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Page 296: ...Appendix ...

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Page 298: ...ynthex12 Synthex22 104 StarTheme2 StarTheme22 PowerBad2 ETHNIC group 105 Sitar SitarDet2 SynSitar2 106 Banjo BanjoOct2 EthnicGtr2 107 Shamisen ShamSitar2 SynSham 108 Koto Kanoun2 TrpClarin 109 Kalimba ShrtKalimb SaxTrumpt 110 Bagpipe BagpipeEns2 BrassEns2 111 Fiddle Hukin FiddleBell2 112 Shanai BacktoWS2 VoiceSpect PERCUSSIVE group 113 TinkleBell2 Dk_Stand 1D Dk_Stand 2D 114 Agogo Dk_RoomD Dk_WSD ...

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Page 300: ...vyFuzz 22 PolyMatrix 23 Church 24 InToDeep Group 4 48 25 Barrel 26 SilkSt 27 S Horn 28 Weather 29 PizzaX 30 BrassM 31 Couple 32 AnTarc CC00 PC Performance Group 5 48 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Group 6 48 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Group 7 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 Group 8 48 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 CC00 PC Sample 5 Samples group 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 CC00 PC Song Real Song Group 56 1 2 3 4 5 ...

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Page 302: ... TOMJAZZ HHPEDAL HOUSEHH TOMLOW TOMROOM TOMELEC HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ HHOPEN2 HHOPEN1 HOUSERIDE HHOPEN1 TOMLOW TOMROOM TOMELEC HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ TOMHIGH TOMROOM TOMELEC HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ CRASH HOUSERIDE TOMHIGH TOMROOM TOMELEC HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ RIDECYM CHINA ReverseCym RIDECUP TAMBSLP SPLASH COWBELL HOUSECOWB CRASH VIBRASLAP RIDECYM CONGASLAP BONGOLOW CONGAHSLAP HOUSETCON CONGAHIGH HOUSETCON CONGALOW ...

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Page 304: ...PANI TAMBSLP TOMBRUSH TIMPANI TOMELEC TIMPANI COWBELL HHOPEN1 TOMBRUSH TIMPANI RIMSHOT2 TOMELEC TOMBRUSH TIMPANI BDJAZZ TOMELEC TIMPANI BRUSRIG TOMBRUSH TIMPANI DYNSDJAZZ TOMELEC TIMPANI BRUSHTAP TIMPANI TOMJAZZ ReverseCym TIMPANI TOMJAZZ HHCLO1S TOMJAZZ HHPEDAL WOODBLOCK HHOPEN2 CRASHORCH HOUSCLAP BDSTD1 RIDECYM SDSTD1 RIDECUP TOMROOM TOMROOM SPLASH TOMROOM CRASH VIBRASLAP CHINA FINGERSNAP 25 27 ...

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Page 306: ...W TOMROOM HHOPEN2 TOMROOM SDSTD3 HOUSETCON TOMJAZZ TOMLOW TOMROOM ReverseCym TOMROOM RIMSHOT1 TOMHIGH SDELECT HHCLO1S TOMROOM HOUSEHH HOUSECLAP HHPEDAL COWBELL HOUSECOWB HOUSERIDE CABASA HHOPEN2 HHCLO1S TAMBOURINE TAMBOURINE HOUSEHH HHOPEN2 CRASH CRASH CHINA ROLLSNARE HOUSETCON RIDECYM RIDECYM HOUSETCON RIDECUP RIDECUP HOUSETCON CABASA TubularBel DYNSDJAZZ VOXHHCL 114 12 TubularBel SDJAZZ2 HOUSCLA...

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Page 308: ...nised on Change 1 Modulation 1 Modulation common channel only in reception 4 Foot controller 4 Foot controller 6 38 Data Entry 6 38 Data Entry 7 Volume 7 Volume Bank P change 10 Pan 10 Pan 11 Expression Contr 11 Expression Controller 32 43 0 95 Internal styles 18 50 Oriental control 16 48 Effects selection 44 47 0 15 Prog Styles 64 Damper Pedal 18 50 Oriental control 48 55 0 63 Real time Perf 66 S...

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Page 310: ...stallation instructions A TO REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE PLATE 1 Disconnect the instrument from the mains 2 Carefully turn the instrument on its front edge and remove cross head screw A 3 Remove the protective plate from the Interface slot T 1 2 3 ...

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Page 312: ...ach Style 5 tracks Style configuration Drum Bass Acc 1 2 3 112 Style Performances Single Touch Style Effects 2 programmable digital effects processors 22 Reverbs and 22 Modulations Sequencer 16 tracks 25 000 events Background loading new song and PCM samples can be loaded into memory with sequencer running Rec mode Punch In Quantize Clear Copy Controls Start Stop Rewind Fast Forward Disk Drive Dri...

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Page 314: ...17 6 Edit User Style Performance 16 7 Effect Drumkit edit 13 33 Effect Edit General 14 2 Effect Volume Edit General 14 3 Effects 9 1 Effects parameters 15 4 Effects tables A v EffSend 9 5 Ejecting a Floppy Disk 6 26 Ending 5 7 Enter 3 16 Enter Song Record mode 18 2 Enter Song Style Record mode 17 2 Enter User Style Recording 16 2 Erase Drumkit Key XX 13 34 Erase Note 19 7 Erase Note data 19 4 Esca...

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Page 316: ... 2 Play keyboard sounds 1 3 Play mode load WS 6 11 Play the Programmable Pads 1 5 Play with Effects 1 6 Play with headphones 1 7 Play with the pedals 1 7 Playing back Song Styles 8 2 Playing back Songs 7 2 Polyphony 13 4 Power up 1 1 Preload 6 2 Prepare the Song for recording 18 2 Preparing to sample 20 4 Priority 13 4 13 6 Program 13 3 Programmable Pads Assign 20 12 Programmable Pads assignment 2...

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Page 318: ...sive ID 13 14 System Reset Intro v T Tap Tempo 5 7 Tempo Lock 5 14 5 16 Tempo Rec 19 12 Text 18 8 Time Signature 19 10 Track transposer 13 4 Trackball messages 13 5 Tracks 3 4 Transpose the instrument 1 9 Transposer 13 4 Transposing the tracks 4 14 Tune Drumkit edit 13 32 U Updateable Operating System Intro v Upper 1 4 1 Upper 2 4 1 User messages 3 12 User Style Performance 16 2 User Style recordi...

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Page 320: ...LY Specifications are subject to change without prior notice Sales Division I 47048 S Giovanni in Marignano RN Italy Via delle Rose 12 Tel 39 541 959511 fax 39 541 957404 tlx 550555 GMUSIC I Internet web site http www generalmusic com S T I ...

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