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Overview
Front Panel
Introd
uction
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder, by setting the “Velocity Control” parameter (in
the Global > Mode Preferences > Style Play page).
You can jump to the Global > Mode Preferences > Style
Play page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the MEMORY
button.
MAN. BASS (Manual Bass)
This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.
On The automatic accompaniment stops playing
(except for the Drum and Percussion tracks), and
you can manually play the Bass track on the
Lower part of the keyboard. You can start the
automatic accompaniment again after pressing
this button to turn off the Manual Bass function.
Off The bass track is automatically played by the Style.
Note: When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass track
volume is automatically set to its maximum value. The volume is
automatically set back to the original value when the MANUAL
BASS button is deactivated.
CHORD SEQUENCER (PLAY/STOP AND RECORD)
While a Style is in play, you can use this section as a Chord
Sequencer and record a looping sequence of chords. The chords
will drive the arranger, leaving your hands free for solo playing.
RECORD ( MAN. BASS): Press these buttons
together to start recording the Chord Sequence. Recording will
start from the next measure. Press these buttons again to stop
recording.
PLAY/STOP (ACCOMP. + MEMORY):
Press these buttons
together to let the Chord Sequence play in loop, and automati-
cally drive the arranger. The Chord Sequence will start on the
next measure. Press these buttons again to stop the sequence.
The Chord Sequence will remain in memory up until you record
a new Chord Sequence, or you turn the Pa600 off.
Pads
Here you can play (and stop) the Pads, i.e. single sounds or loop-
ing sequences.
PAD 1-4
STOP
Each Pad button corresponds to a dedicated Pad track. Use these
buttons to trigger up to four sounds or sequences at the same
time.
• Press a single PAD button to trigger a single sound or
sequence.
• Press more PAD buttons to trigger several sounds or
sequences.
The sequences will play up to the end. Then, they will stop or
continue repeating, depending on their “One Shot/Loop” status
(see the “Pad Type” parameter in the Pad Record mode).
You can stop all sequences, or just some of them, by pressing the
STOP button of the PAD section:
• Press STOP to stop all sequences at once.
• Keep STOP pressed and press one (or more) of the PAD
buttons to stop the corresponding sequence(s).
• Press one of the ENDING buttons to stop both the accom-
paniment and the Pads at the same time.
About Pad synchronization. In Style Play mode, Pads are syn-
chronized to the Style’s Tempo. In Song Play mode, they are syn-
chronized to the Player.
Note: There is no synchronization with MP3 files. Pads can only
be synchronized to the Tempo of the latest selected Standard MIDI
Files. Therefore, when an MP3 file is assigned to the last select
Player, Pads will synchronize to the Tempo of the last Standard
MIDI File that has been played back.
About Pads and the Player’s Play command. When you press
the PLAY button to start the Player, all Pads will stop playing.
You can jump to the Style Play > Pad/Assignable Switch
page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing one of the PAD
buttons.
Selection
Here you can select a Style, Sound, SongBook entry, or Song, and
activate the automatic selection of the STSs.
STS MODE
This button lets you cycle between the following functions.
On When a Style is selected, STS 1 is also automati-
cally selected. The Keyboard sounds and effects
will change, along with the Style sounds and
effects.
Flashing Variation/STS Link function activated. This func-
tion makes each Variation recall the correspond-
ing STS when selected. For example, select
Variation 2, and STS 2 will be automatically
recalled; select Variation 3, and STS 3 will be
automatically recalled.
Off When you select a Style, the Style sounds and
effects will change. The Keyboard sounds and
effects will not change.
STYLE
Use this button to open the Style Select window and select a
Style. This is the same as touching the name of the Style in the
display. Repeatedly press it to cycle between the Style bank
pages.
For each type of Styles there are several banks, that can be
selected by touching the side tabs. Each Style bank contains vari-
ous pages, each with up to eight Styles, that can be selected by
touching the lower tabs.
Styles of the Factory type are usually write-protected (unless you
uncheck the “Factory Style and Pad Protect” option in the Global