PIONEER DJ TORAIZ AS-1, Operating Instructions Manual

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Operation
Choosing and playing a program
The TORAIZ AS-1 has ten banks (
[
F1 ]-[ F5 ] and
[
U1 ]-[ U5 ]) each of which
stores 99 programs. To recall the desired program, select a bank and a
program number in that order.
! The programs in the banks [
F1
]-[
F5
] are read only and the programs
in the banks
[
U1 ]-[ U5 ] are rewritable. Though you can edit any
program in any bank, you can only save a program to a user bank
[
U1 ]-[ U5 ].
(“
F
” represents “Factory bank” and “
U
” represents “User bank.”)
! When you purchase this product, the programs in the banks
[
U1
]-[
U5
] are identical with the programs in the banks [
F1
]-[
F5
].
1 Press the [
u
] button on the rear panel to turn on
the unit.
The main screen appears in the display.
2 Turn on the external devices connected to the
[AUDIO OUT] (e.g. powered speakers, power
amplifier, audio mixer, etc.).
3 Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and turn the
[PROGRAM/BANK] control to select a bank number.
The bank numer in the display changes when you turn the control.
! If you press and hold the [ SHIFT ] button, it turns On only while you
are pressing the button. To turn it off, simply release the button.
Program number
Bank number
Program name
U5
Basic Program
Attack 0
P27
AMP ENVELOPE
120
BPM:
4 Turn off the [SHIFT] button and turn the
[PROGRAM/BANK] control to select the desired
program.
The program number and program name in the display change when
you turn the control.
5 Play the keyboard.
The synthesizer plays the corresponding sound.
! If the [ HOLD ] button is On (lit), the sound plays continuously.
Each press of the [ HOLD ] button turns it On or Off in turn.
! If the [ ARP ] button is On (lit), any held notes are arpeggiated.
Each press of the [ ARP ] button turns it On or Off in turn.
Editing a program
There are two ways to edit a program.
!
Use the controls and buttons of the top panel to directly adjust the
main parameters (as shown in step 2 below).
!
Choose the desired parameter shown in the display and adjust the
detailed parameters (as shown in steps 3 to 5 below).
For details of the controls, buttons and parameters, please refer to the
Operating Instructions.
1 Choose a program you wish to edit.
Follow steps 3 and 4 in “Choosing and playing a program.”
2 Operate the [LPF CUTOFF], [LPF RES], [HPF
CUTOFF], [ENVELOPE ATTACK], [ENVELOPE DECAY/
REL], [LFO FREQ/AMT] controls and/or [FX] button.
The sound changes as you adjust the parameter.
3 Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and turn the
[PARAM/CATEGORY] control to choose the desired
category.
The category name in the display changes when you turn the control.
! See step 3 in “Choosing and playing a program” for how to turn on/
off the [
SHIFT
] button.
Parameter name
Category name
Parameter value
U5
Basic Program
Attack 0
P27
AMP ENVELOPE
120
BPM:
4 Turn off the [SHIFT] button and turn the [PARAM/
CATEGORY] control to choose the desired parameter
name.
The parameter name in the display changes when you turn the control.
! See step 3 in “Choosing and playing a program” for how to turn on/
off the [ SHIFT ] button.
5 Turn the [VALUE] control to adjust the parameter
value.
The sound changes as you adjust the parameter value shown in the
display.
Saving an edited program
1 Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and press the
[GLOBAL/WRITE] button.
The following screen appears in the display and the [ GLOBAL/WRITE ]
button flashes. (The [ SHIFT ] button turns off automatically.)
! See step 3 in “Choosing and playing a program” for how to turn on/
off the [ SHIFT ] button.
TB
U5
Basic Program
Attack 0
P27
Press Write to Save
or Hold to Cancel
2 Press the [GLOBAL/WRITE] button again.
The currently selected program is overwritten by the edited program.
!
Do not turn off the unit while the program is saved in order to protect
the internal data.
!
To cancel saving, press the [ HOLD ] button instead of the [ GLOBAL/
WRITE
] button. The display returns to the main screen without
saving the edited program.