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ythm and
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Keyboard Percussion
The Keyboard Percussion function features a total of 120 different drum
and percussion sounds, playable from the keyboards and Pedalboard.
Keyboard Percussion has two different modes, Preset and User. Preset
Keyboard Percussion lets you play 43 different sounds from the Lower
keyboard and Pedalboard, while the User Keyboard Percussion lets you
freely assign the 120 available sounds to any key or pedal you wish.
The two Keyboard Percussion buttons on the panel function as on/off
switches for both Keyboard Percussion modes.
1) To use the Preset Keyboard Percussion:
1
Turn off the Lower and/or Pedal voices by setting each voice’s
volume to MIN.
2
Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing the LOWER/
1 and/or PEDAL/2 buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section
on the left side of the panel.
LOWER
PEDAL
KEYBOARD
PERCUSSION
1
2
3
Set the volume. The volume of the percussion sounds is set together
with that of the rhythm volume.
MARCH
WALTZ
SWING
BOUNCE
SLOW
ROCK
TANGO
LATIN 1
LATIN 2
8 BEAT
16 BEAT
USER 1
USER 2
USER 3
USER 4
A
B
USER 5
USER 6
USER 7
USER 8
C
D
RHYTHM
SEQ.
1
SEQ.
2
SEQ.
3
SEQ.
4
MAX
MIN
1
2
4
Play some notes on the Lower keyboard and/or Pedalboard. The 43
percussion sounds have been assigned to the keyboards as shown in
the chart below.
NOTE:
Pressing the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION
buttons calls up the Menu display. You
can select Preset (LK Preset or PK
Preset) or User (one of the eight Users
you created). If one of the Users is
currently active, select “LK PRESET”
(Lower Keyboard Preset) or “PK
PRESET” (Pedalboard Preset).
NOTE:
When the Rhythm Pattern Program
function (page 123) is engaged, different
drum and percussion sounds are
available on the upper keyboard.
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