Rodgers W-5000, User Manual

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Performance Basics
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All of the controls and functions described here (with the exception of the PERC drawbars) are duplicated
for the Lower manual (the bottom keyboard). All of the relevant controls for the Lower manual are (cleverly
enough) marked LOWER!
There are several parameters (settings) which you can set to customize the W-5000's drawbar sounds and
rotary effect. Refer to 'Drawbar Parameters' on page 113, and '[ROTARY] Parameters' on page 122 for a
complete list of these parameters and what they do.
Of course, the Drawbar/Tone-Wheel generator is but one of three in the W-5000. This instrument also
contains a Classic Organ tone generator which creates sounds ideally suited to classical and church music.
The next section will show you how to select and play these Tones.
CLASSIC ORGAN TONES
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To access the Classic Organ Tones for the Upper manual, first press the [CURRENT DRAWBAR]
button in the UPPER Tone select section; be sure the button's LED is dark. (It's important to turn the
Tone-Wheel generator off, otherwise its sounds will be layered - played together - with the Classic
Organ Tones you select.)
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Press [ORGAN 1] (for example) in the UPPER Tone select section. The button's red LED should
light:
UPPER