Kohler KD-150, Owner'S Manual

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3-2 Front panel
Note: When using high-gain effects, and the Audio Inputs are
sent to the Internal or Vocal/Guitar Board Effects, a residual
noise could be heard, amplified by the drive effect. When the
Audio Inputs are not in use, keep this slider at the minimum
level, or mute the Audio In track in the main page of the Style
Play (“Main page” on page 9-3) and Song Play (“Main page”
on page 11-3) operating modes.
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BALANCE slider
In Song Play mode, this slider balances the volume of the two
on-board sequencers. When fully on the left, only the
Sequencer 1 can be heard. When fully on the right, only the
Sequencer 2 can be heard. When in the middle, both
sequencers play at full volume.
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SEQUENCER TRANSPORT CONTROLS - SEQ1 and
SEQ2
The instrument is equipped with two sequencers (Sequencer
1 and Sequencer 2), each with its own set of transport con-
trols.
<< and >> Rewind and Fast Forward commands. If you
use them while the Song is in play, they make it
scroll back or forward.
When pressed once, these buttons move the
Song to the previous or following measure.
When kept pressed, they make the Song scroll-
ing continuously, until you release them.
In Jukebox mode (Sequencer 1), keep
the SHIFT button pressed, and press these but-
tons to scroll to the previous or next Song in
the Jukebox list (see “Page 9 - Jukebox” on
page 11-11).
PAUSE Pauses the Song at the current position. Press
PAUSE or PLAY/STOP to start the Song play-
ing again.
PLAY/STOP Starts or stops the current Song. When you
stop the Song, the Song Position goes back to
measure 1.
In Song Play mode, pressed while
keeping SHIFT pressed, starts both sequencers
at the same time.
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MODE section
Each of these buttons recalls one of the operating modes of
the instrument. Each mode excludes the others.
STYLE PLAY
Style Play mode, where you can play Styles
(automatic accompaniments) and/or play up
to four Realtime tracks on the keyboard.
In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks
are shown on the right half of the display. You
can reach the main page by pressing EXIT
from any of the Style Play edit pages. If you are
in a different operating mode, press STYLE
PLAY to recall the Style Play mode. If the
TRACK SELECT LED is on, press TRACK
SELECT to turn it off and see the Realtime
tracks.
This operating mode is automatically selected
when turning the instrument on.
SONG PLAY Song Play mode, where you can playback 16-
track Songs in Standard Midi File (SMF) for-
mat directly from disk. You can play “.MID”
and “.KAR” files directly from the floppy disk
or hard disk. Since the Pa80 is equipped with
two sequencers, you can even play two Songs at
the same time, and mix them with the BAL-
ANCE slider.
In addition to the Song tracks, you can play
one to four Realtime (Keyboard) tracks, along
with the Song(s). In the main page, Realtime
(Keyboard) tracks are shown on the right half
of the display. You can reach the main page by
pressing EXIT from any of the Song Play edit
pages. If you are in a different operating mode,
press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play
mode. If the TRACK SELECT LED is on or
flashing, press TRACK SELECT one or two
times to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks.
B.SEQ Backing Sequence mode, where you can record
a new Song based on the Realtime and Style
tracks, and save it as a new Standard MIDI File.
SONG Song mode, where you can play, record or edit
a Song.
PROGRAM
Program mode, to play single Sound Programs
on the keyboard, or edit them.
DEMO Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY but-
tons together to select the Demo mode. This
mode lets you listen to some Demo Songs, to
let you hear the sound power of the Pa80.
A
GLOBAL
This button recalls the Global edit environment, where you
can execute various global settings. This edit environment
overlaps any operating mode, that still remains active in the
background. Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operat-
ing mode.
B
DISK
This button recalls the Disk edit environment, where you can
execute various operations on files and disks (Load, Save,
Format, etc…). This edit environment overlaps any operat-
ing mode, that still remains active in the background. Press
EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.
C
MEMORY (TIE)
This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions
on or off. Go to the “Page 25 - Preferences: controls” edit
page (Style Play mode, see page 9-13) to decide if this button
should be a Chord Memory only, or a Lower/Chord Memory
button. When it works as a Lower/Chord Memory: