The C-180’s second mode is called ORCHESTRA.
When you select it, the organ sounds are no longer
available. In return, you can select from two banks of
other instrument sounds, including piano, electronic
piano, strings, harpsichord, etc. In this mode, the key-
board is velocity sensitive.
4.1 Selecting Manual sounds
Like in Organ mode (see page 9), there are two sec-
tions: the MANUAL section that can spread across the
entire keyboard, and the BASS section that allows you
to play a bass part with your left hand (in split mode).
Let us first look at how to select a MANUAL sound:
1.
Press the [ORCHESTRA] button to make its indi-
cator light.
There are two Orchestra tone banks. The first contains
sounds for all 11 tabs, while the second adds another
8 sounds.
2.
Use the [ORGAN BRILLIANCE] button to select
bank A (indicator dark) or B (indicator lights):
3.
Press a MANUAL tab to select the sound whose
name is printed below the tab (indicator lights).
Example: to select the “HARP” sound, press the
[SUPER OCTAVE 2’] tab. To select a sound of the “B”
bank, be sure to press the [ORGAN BRILLIANCE]
button to make its indicator light.
Additional orchestral sounds
The C-180 provides eight additional sounds that can
only be selected via MIDI (not via the front panel).
You could use an optional PC-300/180A/160A key-
board or a sequencer for doing so. Here are the
sounds we are referring to and their MIDI-addresses:
Layering two Manual sounds
Unlike the Organ mode, the Orchestra mode does not
allow you to switch on all instrument sounds. You
can, however, combine one sound with another, which
is called “layering”. Be aware that this reduces the
polyphony (number of notes you can play simultane-
ously) by half, though.
1.
Select one instrument sound by pressing a tab (see
above). Keep holding this tab.
2.
While holding the tab of the first sound, select a
second instrument sound by pressing another tab.
The indicators of both sounds light.
Note: It is not possible to combine a sound from bank A
with another one from bank B (or vice versa).
3.
Set the volume of the second sound with respect to
the first:
• Hold down the tab of the second sound until its indi-
cator starts flashing.
• Use the [BASS] slider to set the volume of the layer
sound.
Using a sustain pedal
Connect an optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U
footswitch to the C-180’s SUSTAIN jack to be able to
hold the notes of the MANUAL section in the same
way as on an acoustic piano.
This only applies to the MANUAL sound (or layer).
The BASS notes cannot be held.
Sound
CC00 (Bank
Select MSB)
CC32 (Bank
Select LSB)
Program Change
number
Trumpet
00
00
57
French Horn
00
00
61
Piano 1w
08
00
01
Fantasia
00
00
89
Church Bell
08
00
15
Soft Pad
00
00
90
Nylon + Steel
09
00
26
Whistle
00
00
79
Celeste
Coupled
Harpsi
Nylon
Guitar
Violin
Clarinet
Brass 2
Oboe
Flute
A
B
Orchestral sounds in bank 'B'
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C-180
4. Playing other kinds of music
(Orchestra mode)
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