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EXR-46 OR

Using DRUM PAD mode

Drum Pad mode allows you to assign the desired drum/percus-
sion sounds or sound effects to the highest 8 keys (the ones
labeled “DRUM PAD”) and to play those sounds in realtime. This
function is available even when while the V-LINK function is on.

Using the Drum Pad function

(1) Simultaneously press the

[SPLIT]

and

[DUAL]

buttons.

The display now looks as follows:

The “dP” message means that Drum Pad mode is active.

(2) Press the keys in the DRUM PAD area (1~8) to try out the

sounds.

Those keys are no longer available for melody playing: they
control the 8 drum/percussion sounds.
You can also assign other drum and percussion sounds to
these keys. See page 41 for details. Those assignments can be
saved to a User Program (page 45).

Note:

If you select Drum Pad mode after assigning a Drum Kit

to the Main part, the Main part reverts to the last “melodic”
sound you selected (or the default sound). You cannot play a
drum or percussion part with the Main part while Drum Pad
mode is active. Conversely, assigning a Drum Kit to the Main
part while Drum Pad mode is active will switch off Drum Pad
mode.

(3) Again press the

[SPLIT]

[DUAL]

buttons to leave Drum

Pad mode.

Transpose

The Transpose function changes the pitch of the notes and
chords you play. Instead of figuring out what other keys you
need to press to accommodate the singer or an instrumentalist,
you can set the required Transpose value and go on playing the
song the way you practised it, while sounding in a different key.

There are two transpose functions: one (“USRTrnsp”) whose set-
ting can be saved to a User Program, and a second one
(“GLBTrnsp”) that applies to all sections and whose setting is
added to (or subtracted from) the “USRTrnsp”) value. Its setting
is never saved.
Let us begin with the “USRTrnsp” function, which is assigned to
the

[TRANSPOSE]

button:

(1) Press the

[TRANSPOSE]

button.

The display now looks as follows:

(2) Use the

[–][+]

and/or numeric buttons (

[0]

[9]

) to set the

desired transposition interval.

The setting range is –12~12 semitones. A “semitone” is one
step between a white and a black key (or two adjacent white
keys, i.e. between “E”/“F” and “B”/“C”).
Press

[+]

[–]

repeatedly to transpose the keyboard up or

down. You can also directly enter the desired interval by
pressing the corresponding numeric key.
To transpose the keyboard down, hold down

[–]

while press-

ing

[0]

[9]

(in that case, you can transpose the pitch down by

up to 9 semitones)
Here’s an example: to hear an “E” each time you play a “C”,
select “4”. All other notes will be shifted by the same
amount, so that you end up sounding in E major when you
actually play in C major, etc.

The corresponding value and the

icon appear in the

display.

(3) To switch the Transpose function back off, repeat steps (1)

and (2), this time entering the value “0” (no transposi-
tion).

Note:

This setting can be saved to a User Program (see p. 45).

Note:

There is also a function that allows you to specify which

section(s) the Transpose function should apply to. See “Trans-
Mod*” (p. 40).

(4) Press another “big” button in the DATA ENTRY section to

leave this function.