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15 Overview
Front Panel
Introd
uction
SYNCHRO START / STOP button
These buttons turn the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop func-
tions on or off. With this feature, you can choose to press the
START/STOP button to start and/or stop a Style, or just play the
keyboard in the Chord Scan area.
Note:
This button only works while in Style Play mode.
Start On, Stop Off
In this situation, just play a chord in the chord
recognition area to automatically start the Style. If
you like, turn one of the INTROs on before start-
ing the Style.
Start On, Stop On
When both LEDs are lit, raising your hands from
the keyboard will momentarily stop the Style. If
you play a chord again, the Style will start again.
Start Off, Stop On
In this case, raising your hands from the keyboard
will stop the Style.
Start Off, Stop Off
All Synchro functions are turned off.
You can jump to the Global > MIDI > General Control by
keeping the SHIFT button pressed and pressing the SYNCHRO
START/STOP button.
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.
Sequences will play up to the end. Then, they will stop or con-
tinue repeating, depending on their “One Shot/Loop” status (see
the “Pad Type” parameter in the Pad Record mode).
You can stop all sounds or sequences at the same time, or just
some of them:
• Press STOP (in the PAD section) to stop all sequences at
once.
• Press a single PAD button to stop the corresponding
sequence.
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 latest Player you set to play. For example,
assume you pressed PLAYER 2-PLAY; when pressing one of the
PAD buttons, it will play in sync with Player 2.
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 latest select
Player, Pads will synchronize to the Tempo of the latest Standard
MIDI File that has been played back.
About the Play command of Players and the Pads. When you
press one of the PLAY buttons to start the corresponding 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.
Record, Track Select
Use the RECORD and TRACK SELECT buttons to create or edit
Styles, Songs or Sounds, or select track groups.
RECORD
This button sets the instrument to the Record mode (which one
depends on the current operating mode).
TRACK SELECT
Depending on the operating mode, this button switches between
the various track views.
STYLE PLAY MODE
Toggles between Keyboard and Style tracks.
SONG PLAY MODE
Toggles between Keyboard tracks, Song tracks 1-
8, and Song tracks 9-16.
SEQUENCER MODE
Toggles between Song tracks 1-8 and Song tracks
9-16.
STS Section
Use the STS (Single Touch Settings) buttons to assign Sounds to
the keyboard.
STS 1-4 buttons
These buttons allow to select up to four Single Touch Settings
(abbreviated as STS). Each of the Styles and SongBook Entries
includes four Single Touch Settings (STS), to automatically con-
figure Keyboard tracks and effects at the touch of a finger.
By keeping one of these buttons pressed for about one sec-
ond, the “Write Single Touch Setting” dialog box will appear.
Note: STS contained inside Factory Styles are usually write-pro-
tected (unless you uncheck the “Factory Style and Pad Protect”
option in the Global > Mode Preferences > Media page)
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