The C-180 features two modes that are mutually
exclusive:
•
Organ mode
: In this mode, the C-180 can be used as a
high-quality organ with a main and a bass section.
This mode is active when the ORCHESTRA indicator
does not light. The orchestral sounds are not available
while the C-180 is in Organ mode. In Organ mode,
the keyboard is not velocity-sensitive. This is also true
of note messages the C-180 receives via MIDI.
•
Orchestra mode
: In this mode, the C-180 allows you
to play orchestral sounds (i.e. sounds that are not
related to organ sounds). In Orchestra mode, too, you
can add a bass sound to your left-hand playing.
3.1 Setting registers in Organ
mode
In Organ mode, the white tilt tabs serve the same pur-
pose as the stops on a church organ: they allow you to
decide which registers should be audible.
Note: Be sure to press at least one tilt tab. Otherwise, you
won’t hear anything.
Registering the Manual section
1.
Make sure the ORCHESTRA indicator does not
light. Press the corresponding button if that is the
case.
2.
Use the MANUAL tilt tabs to activate or switch off
the assigned registers.
If the indicator of a tab lights, the corresponding reg-
ister is audible. You can activate as many registers as
you like.
Note: The SUSTAIN function is not available in Organ
mode. An optional footswitch connected to the SUSTAIN
jack will thus not allow you to hold the notes.
Note: The [TREMULANT] register cannot be used by
itself. It must be combined with at least one other MANU-
AL register. It has no effect on the BASS sounds.
3.
Press the [ORGAN BRILLIANCE] button (indica-
tor goes off) if you want to make the organ sound
mellower.
Registering the Bass sound
The C-180 also features a bass section that can either
be triggered via the keyboard, or via an optional PK-5
dynamic MIDI pedal unit.
There are in fact two ways of triggering the bass notes:
• A bass note corresponding to the lowest note you play
to the left of the “
▼
” symbol is sounded by the BASS
tone and added to the MANUAL tone.
• Bass-only triggering without the MANUAL sound. See
“Playing only bass notes to the left of the split point”
on page 10.
Use the two BASS tabs ([SUB BASS 16’] and
OCTAVE 8’]) to add one or two bass notes to your
playing.
The bass note corresponds to the lowest note you play.
Selecting various organ timbres
By default (and as long as you do not save your own
registrations), the four [M] buttons allow you to vary
the timbre of the organ registrations:
Press [M1] to select a soft timbre and volume, [M2]
for a “p” (“piano”) sound, [M3] for an “mf ” (“mezzo-
forte”) sound, and [M4] for the “tutti” (“full works”)
sound. The corresponding indicator lights.
Note: Only one memory can be active at any one time.
Note: See page 15 for how to save and recall your own set-
tings to these memories.
Note: Press [CANCEL] to switch off all registers.
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3. Playing organ music (Organ mode)
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