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D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S

Owner’s manual

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Страница 1: ...genesys ensemble genesys grand ensemble D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S Owner s manual genesys...

Страница 2: ...the risk related to the correct and normal use of the instrument all Generalmusic products are accuralety tested in a safety laboratory DO NOT modify the present unit the safety standard and the corr...

Страница 3: ...els that could cause permanent hearing loss Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ear...

Страница 4: ...are subject to echnical specifications are subject to change change change change change The information contained in this manual are considered correct at the moment of printing Generalmusic reserve...

Страница 5: ...The illustrations and the screens of this manual are for instructional purposes only and may appear different from those on your in strument...

Страница 6: ...RD MODE 16 Piano Style 17 Manual Bass 18 Pro Split 18 Changing the Split Point 19 6 USING THE STYLES AND STYLES CONTROLS 20 The Style Section 20 Style Controls 21 Variations 21 Fills and Breaks 22 Int...

Страница 7: ...bling and Disabling Song Traks 55 Playng a Midifle from a floppy disk 56 Multitasking function in the file player 58 Load while playing function 60 Standard midifiles playing optimization 61 DB List 6...

Страница 8: ...h a processed file 103 Understanding Vocal Remover 104 14 MAKE CD 105 Creating an Audio CD 106 Creating a Data CD CD ROM 109 15 VIDEO KARAOKE 111 Selecting the image to display 112 Score Mode 113 Lyri...

Страница 9: ...ser Resources 141 18 MIDI 142 Preset Midi channels 142 Midi channels 143 Configuration 144 Internal Keyboard 145 Midi In 145 Internal Sounds 145 Midi Out 145 Midi Filters 145 General Set 146 Midi Cloc...

Страница 10: ...to turn the unit on or off If you are planning to leave the instrument unused for a longer period say two or three days then it is better to shut it down using the main power switch To turn the instr...

Страница 11: ...ischarge com pletely and the contents of the memory will be lost Each time you switch the instrument on it checks to see if the battery is charged and if the contents of the memory are still available...

Страница 12: ...and DEC buttons can be used to increase or decrease the displayed number by a value of 1 each time These four buttons are used to move around the display screen In most of the screens you will see an...

Страница 13: ...po of the style section is displayed at the very top For example you can play a song in the key of C but if you press the right TRANSPOSE button twice the pitch of the entire instrument will be raised...

Страница 14: ...particularly useful if you re playing along with another musician or a singer who is more com fortable performing the piece in a different key The OCTAVE buttons allow you to increase or decrease the...

Страница 15: ...volume with the volume of any other sounds be ing used to play along The other eight sliders allow you to adjust the volume for all the other parts of the instrument Each slider has a name which is pr...

Страница 16: ...this manual you will see the lower light come on When this happens you are referred to the names printed below the sliders A H These labels correspond to the eight screen positions which are printed...

Страница 17: ...GS STRINGS DRUMS ETHNIC REAL SOUNDS ENSEMB EFFECTS PERC DRAW BAR BRASS SAMPLES EFFECTS ORCH REED ACCORD PIPE BRASS SYN LEAD W IND SYN PAD SYNT SYNTH FX PIANO PIANO MALLET CHROM ORGAN ORGAN GUITAR GUIT...

Страница 18: ...NGER In the background you can see an image of a keyboard This image will change to let you know when the keyboard is split To see this in action try switching between FULL and BASS SPLIT in the KEYBO...

Страница 19: ...erent screen and wish to get back to this home screen keep pressing ESCAPE un til you return to this screen The top part of the screen tells you the name of the cur rently selected style or song The n...

Страница 20: ...to the PIANO family by press ing the PIANO button you will instantly hear the sound that was previously selected here In this way you can choose your favorite sound in each family so that in the futu...

Страница 21: ...he instrument does not simply select a single sound Each preset contains the correct effects touch re sponse and mixer settings for the sound it contains As you move from one preset to the next you wi...

Страница 22: ...NG section For nor mal playing purposes you should never need to use single mode for selecting sounds If you decide that you want to use one of these extra sounds for normal playing it is best to crea...

Страница 23: ...slightly different system of organization than the preset families For example Accor dion sounds which are normally found under the ACCORD button in preset mode are located in the ORGAN family in sing...

Страница 24: ...D you can place it in one of the empty slots in the GUI TAR family If you load a new trumpet sound it can be placed in the BRASS family and so on This system allows you total flexibility when it comes...

Страница 25: ...u re currently using If you choose a different sound preset the bass sound will change accordingly So far we ve been using the instrument in FULL mode which is the normal setting when you first switch...

Страница 26: ...play more than two notes together in close range the accompaniment will change accordingly This al lows piano players to use the accompaniment section while retaining their normal piano technique A si...

Страница 27: ...d innovative feature which has been custom designed for the Genesys Ensemble to suit a particular playing style which is impossible to man age on other arranger keyboards A very popular way to play ac...

Страница 28: ...me bass note with the left hand A good example might be to keep a C bass while the right hand plays the chords C major F major G major Bb major and F major This popular and relatively simple type of p...

Страница 29: ...common set up for playing with styles a simple split keyboard where we will play the accompaniment chords on the left side of the split and the melody on the right side To set the instrument up for t...

Страница 30: ...e the STYLE FAMILY buttons and choosing one of the titles in the screen by pressing the function button beside it Each family has two pages of style selection screens available You can switch between...

Страница 31: ...n 1 measure The other two fill buttons in this section are de signed to be used when you wish to change from one varia tion to the next Instead of simply pressing the VARIATION 1 2 3 or 4 buttons as w...

Страница 32: ...o finishes it will end on the chord that you originally played ready to begin your song Intro 4 is always the longest and most complex intro for each style If you want something a little simpler try I...

Страница 33: ...nchro and Restart Either side of the START STOP button you will find the but tons for SYNCRO and RESTART ENDING 1 Finishes immediately on the first beat ENDING 2 Finishes within one measure ENDING 3 S...

Страница 34: ...START can be used in songs where one measure has a different time signature or meter to the rest of the song For example a song written in 4 4 time might contain a single measure of or 7 4 If you pres...

Страница 35: ...etting that goes with that style will be automatically selected for you It is important to remember this because sometimes you might want to change from one style to another but keep the sound you are...

Страница 36: ...Probably the easiest way to set up the Genesys Ensemble automatically for playing a particular song is to use the MUSIC LIBRARY On the right side you can see that there are also four empty spaces The...

Страница 37: ...wn the list by using the up and down arrows to the left of the dial ENTER When the name of a song you wish to play is highlighted sim ply press ENTER on the panel The MUSIC LIBRARY will set up the Gen...

Страница 38: ...KEYBOARD MODE section so normally you won t need to worry about it ARR MEM Arranger Memory The Arranger Memory function is what allows the style ar rangement to continue playing after you have played...

Страница 39: ...onality for the chord you played is calculated regardless of the inversion played When Bass Inversion is turned on the system breaks from this normal operation and the bass tonality is taken from the...

Страница 40: ...creen Style Lock This function is only designed to be used in conjunction with the MEMORIES It locks the current style so that the next memory you select will not change the style settings Please see...

Страница 41: ...do not constitute a complete chord The second selection at the bottom allows you to set the type of chord recognition that you want the instrument to use when you are playing in Full Bass Split Piano...

Страница 42: ...affected by key board velocity That is the volume level of the style tracks will remain constant regardless of how hard or soft you play the accompaniment chords If you prefer you can turn on the DYNA...

Страница 43: ...e no bass or chord instrument is currently sounding you will hear nothing to reflect the fact that you played a new chord until the style accompaniment arrives at the next programmed bass or chord not...

Страница 44: ...ave your changes remain even when you switch to a different style For example you might want to turn down all of the ac companiment tracks so that your style features only drums and bass However when...

Страница 45: ...l able on the left side of the split This sound is heard only while you are playing the keys in this section When you release your hand the style accompaniment continues to play but this lower sound s...

Страница 46: ...e tempo of the style 5 Make one other simple modification for example turn on the SUSTAIN or HARMONY button in the SOUND CONTROLS section At this stage we have made a customized setting which would no...

Страница 47: ...ies There is actually a total of 1024 memories These memories are di vided into 128 banks with each bank containing 8 memo ries When you recall a memory by pressing one of the numbered buttons 1 8 the...

Страница 48: ...isplay where you can choose one of the 128 banks You can select a new bank number by turning the dial The last choice is to select which of the 8 memories in the selected bank you want to store your s...

Страница 49: ...nk the 8 memory buttons can now be used to recall the 8 memories stored in this bank This display will show you 16 banks at a time If you want to see the next 16 banks press PAGE Now the screen will s...

Страница 50: ...t want to recall a different memory while you re playing with a style but you don t want the style settings and tempo to change Pressing STYLE LOCK allows you to do this When STYLE LOCK is turned on p...

Страница 51: ...instrument s internal effects This button is primarily in tended for use while editing where you wich to hear the pure sound without additional effects This function does not cancel the effects secti...

Страница 52: ...it adds additional notes to the melody note you are playing with your right hand HARMONY is designed for use when you are playing single notes with your right hand If you normally play more than one n...

Страница 53: ...the dial as you play The TRACK setting in harmony should be set to 8 Upper 1 This indicates which sound will be used to play the harmony notes If you are using a setting with more than one sound for e...

Страница 54: ...r MP3 MP3 with Lyrics CD Audio WAV Audio 44 1K 16 bit mono or stereo On the left side of the display you can see the device selector This allows you to choose where you want to select your song from I...

Страница 55: ...rom the Internal Hard Disk press the HD button On the right side of the display you can see a number of options which refer to the different types of song that the Genesys Ensemble can play We ll star...

Страница 56: ...n in the SONG PLAYER section The option on the right lets you choose whether to play just a single song or to play all of the songs in the current sub folder one after the other In the center of the d...

Страница 57: ...re start the song by pressing PLAY again SONG PLAYER REC STUDIO The FORWARD and BACK buttons can be used to locate a specific point in the song All the keyboard functions can be used as usual with the...

Страница 58: ...g to some high quality WAV songs from the hard disk if you press the WAV button on the right side and proceed exactly as you did when selecting Mp3 songs To play a track from a CD insert a standard au...

Страница 59: ...ve some SMF disks you can use the song player to play these in the same way that you did for digital audio songs GEM for creating songs use an exclusive format which offers much greater power that ord...

Страница 60: ...the song is selected press PLAY the song start imme diately Than the RIGHT Arrows allows to enter the folder and us ing the arrows UP DOWN again you can select a song in the folder All GEM songs come...

Страница 61: ...r the SOUND VIEW mode Now you can see the first eight tracks of this song If you press the PART button you will see the next eight tracks If there are more than eight tracks then keep pressing PART to...

Страница 62: ...he group of eight sliders on the left side of the keyboard you ll notice that these too have correspond ing letters Grab a handful of these sliders and pull them down You ll see the track volumes chan...

Страница 63: ...d you will hear that new sound playing in the track you se lected Once again these changes are only temporary so don t worry about messing anything up STRINGS STRINGS DRUMS ETHNIC REAL SOUNDS ENSEMB E...

Страница 64: ...rack is in this mode it will play the musical part that has been recorded into it if this is an empty track you will not be able to select this mode This is the nor mal mode for a track that contains...

Страница 65: ...MF on the right In fact you didn t really need to press SMF Read the foot note entitled FILTERS to decide whether this is necessary in your case Now you can see all of the SMFs on this disk You can li...

Страница 66: ...a filter to tell the system that you only wish to see songs of a certain type Anything else will not be shown to you For example if you have a CD which contains hundreds of Midifiles plus WAV files Mp...

Страница 67: ...ssible to change folder same file type without any interruptions in your playing a Press the button SELECT in Song Player section J c Select a Play driver FD CD ROM HD MULTITASKING FUNCTION IN THE FIL...

Страница 68: ...r Make it play pressing the PLAY button in the panel e During the song execution you can change folder using the cursor keys without the instrument stop playing the current song Press STOP and PLAY to...

Страница 69: ...possible to accede to all media supports Hard disk floppy CD ROM SCSI to load a file song in RAM memory without any interruptions in your playing a Press the DISK button in the panel b Select a media...

Страница 70: ...the instrument will not stop the current song In this way you can enter again in the file directory and load another file in any free song location Standard midifiles playing optimization It was impl...

Страница 71: ...cal files Mp3 Smf Wave GEM Songs that are stored on the Hard Disk For this function to work correctly all the files in your mu sical repertoire must already be present on the Hard Disk Press the selec...

Страница 72: ...s of their type J When the operation is complete it may take a few minutes you will see a display similar to the following Your database has now been created Now let s take a look at the various optio...

Страница 73: ...ow the database in alphabetical TITLE order Use the cursor keys to select the song you want to hear and then press either PLAY or START STOP If you want to move more quickly around the list than the c...

Страница 74: ...title or artist using the search function F6 Now choose one of the available fields using the cursor keys For example if we are looking for a Lennon song we only need to type LENNON in the Artist fiel...

Страница 75: ...e 66 The display will then show details of the first result it finds If the song displayed is the one you were looking for just press ENTER to commence playback Otherwise press button H search next to...

Страница 76: ...by their numbers the Add function will preserve all the existing song numbers in the database Add Add one or more songs to the database It will add your new song s to the end of the current list and n...

Страница 77: ...to a connected microphone or any other mono or stereo instrument like a guitar or a second keyboard The HARMONY section is used to create the effect of a group of backing vocalists accompanying you w...

Страница 78: ...sound of your voice through the speakers or if the level is very soft try adjusting the sensitivity control next to the inputs on the back panel This control has an inner and outer knob one for each i...

Страница 79: ...a stereo pair as you might for a stereo keyboard or a CD player In the main part of the display you can see three rectan gular boxes The first two boxes represent the two inputs on the back panel MIC...

Страница 80: ...gs for each The MIC LIMITER THRESHOLD controls the internal compres sor limiter circuit This has al ready been set at the factory but you may adjust it as you wish Setting it to 0dB effec tively turns...

Страница 81: ...duce this distor tion the limiter is set at the correct level for your singing style At the right side of the display you will see some other options The first of these is the MIC EQUALIZER Press this...

Страница 82: ...e values in these sections change In fact all of the pre sets have been constructed simply by adjusting the values in these sections to make the desired effect If you know something about effect editi...

Страница 83: ...al har mony The harmony itself is taken from the chord that you played with your left hand Try singing the same note while you play different chords on the keyboard Notice how the harmony changes to m...

Страница 84: ...f the harmony group which is controlled by the GENIUS slider Now press the PAN button on the right side of the screen Here you can see the pan position or stereo balance for each voice in the harmony...

Страница 85: ...hord changes of the song The other two modes available are VOCODER and UNISON Each has its own particular use and application Let s take a look at these other modes Vocoder Mode In Chord Mode you may...

Страница 86: ...espond to notes played on the left side of the split as they did in Chord Mode For this example you can put the keyboard back into FULL mode Next so that we can really hear how the harmony voices are...

Страница 87: ...note Playing three notes will bring in Voice 3 and four notes will add Voice 4 Press EDIT again and select VOLUME on the right side of the screen Now you can adjust the individual volumes of each voi...

Страница 88: ...ollow the harmony track If you use the SONG PLAYER to play your midifile direct from disk then you will need to configure the Vocal Genius manually However you only need to do this once After you ve s...

Страница 89: ...tely different in pitch to the original it ignores any notes that you are playing on the keyboard since these are not necessary for the creation of the unison effect Select Unison mode now and you wil...

Страница 90: ...any of these presets to select it The harmony settings will automatically change according to the preset you selected Here s how the four unison voices are tuned The tuning differences are expressed...

Страница 91: ...computers run ning some kind of sequencer or media player software Hard Disk Audio Recording is not normally found on key boards of any type and the Genesys Ensemble is the first arranger keyboard to...

Страница 92: ...ake a mistake you must go back and start again The Genesys Ensemble also let s you combine both types of recording You can spend as much time as you need carefully preparing a perfect backing track as...

Страница 93: ...atically when you press START STOP or play in with an INTRO You can also use SYNCHRO in the normal way if you wish If you are going to play without a style perhaps a solo piano piece you must start th...

Страница 94: ...was actually recorded The EASY SONG function that we used automatically takes everything you are playing drums bass melody etc and places each part in its own separate track The number of tracks that...

Страница 95: ...d GEM songs In that section we discussed how to change any of the sounds or adjust the volume level of each track You can change these things now in exactly the same way In fact the recording you just...

Страница 96: ...sounds used by the melody part and the bass part and adjust some volumes too The melody part should be on track 8 while the bass can be found on track 10 But how do we know that EASY SONG always recor...

Страница 97: ...track playing on its own If you still hear nothing it will only be because that track isn t playing anything at this particular point in the song Now you know how to identify any track let s change t...

Страница 98: ...emember to store the changes if you want to keep the new sound you selected Changing the mix is just as easy You can press MIXER if you want you don t have to but it helps you to see what s happening...

Страница 99: ...the display Since we didn t give the song a name yet it s name is shown simply as SONG_01 Select this now We re back in recording mode notice the reverse screen colors and ready to add a new track to...

Страница 100: ...recording you can exit from record mode by simply turning off the RECORD button After the one bar count in you ll hear the song playing back Anything you play on the keyboard now will be re corded in...

Страница 101: ...gin by recording an EASY SONG In this case you won t actually play anything the first time around you ll just need to press the START STOP button and then add some fills and variations as you go along...

Страница 102: ...ng the same track in this way as many times as you wish This happens because the recording mode shown at the top right side of the screen is set to OVERDUB If you want to re record this track simply p...

Страница 103: ...screen The first function is QUANTIZE QUANTIZE is a system which automatically corrects any mi nor timing errors in your playing and forces the tracks you record to play in time When Quantize is set...

Страница 104: ...ond mode is called Forced Stop This is useful when you have a long song and you wish to play a shorter version of it Instead of editing the song and deleting all the measures that you don t want to he...

Страница 105: ...loop between the points you set To return to the main recording screen at any time press SOUND VIEW Naming Your Songs Once you ve recorded your masterpiece you ll want to give it a name To do this you...

Страница 106: ...d anything else that you intend to use to make sure that everything sounds right before you start At this stage especially since you are going to be recording a little example for learning purposes it...

Страница 107: ...the REC button at the top right side of the screen and start singing playing When you ve finished press STOP in the same position as REC Now you can type in a name for your recording When you finish...

Страница 108: ...by the HD AUDIO slider of the left side of the panel Other Ways To Use The WAVE Recorder In addition to recording your own playing and singing the WAVE recorder can be used in conjunction with the SO...

Страница 109: ...good and you re ready to start re cording press RECORD and choose NEW STEREO WAVE Now you re ready to begin the recording Press the REC but ton in the screen and then press PLAY to start the song file...

Страница 110: ...N TER to confirm 3 Choose the folder where you want to store the converted track We ll use the MYSONGS folder we created earlier Press ENTER 4 If you want to give the track a more descriptive name you...

Страница 111: ...song in SONG PLAYER Press SELECT and choose WAVE in the right side of the screen Enter the MYSONGS folder and highlight the song we just copied Press SONG PLAYER EDIT and choose VOCAL REMOVER Press E...

Страница 112: ...ing instructions under the heading Other Ways To Use The WAVE Recorder to record your own vocal When the process is complete you will see the following message Press ENTER to confirm Now you can liste...

Страница 113: ...e un changed Typically vocal tracks are centered in the mix during recording while most other instruments are panned slightly to the left or right If a song has been recorded in this way then you will...

Страница 114: ...n CD R disks should be adequate for this purpose They are considerably cheaper than CD RW disks and are generally more compatible with most types of CD players The advantage of CD RW is that you never...

Страница 115: ...IO chapter These instructions will tell you how to record your song while sing ing or playing along To convert an instrumental song to a WAVE file just follow these instructions without singing or pla...

Страница 116: ...The CD window now contains two tracks At the very bottom you can see the usage monitor which shows how much time these tracks will use and how much time is remaining on the CD The screen is now divide...

Страница 117: ...ied with the order of the tracks press CREATE CD F4 You shouldn t need to change anything in this window The MODE should be set to BURNING the CD DEVICE should be INTERNAL ATAPI and the WRITE SPEED sh...

Страница 118: ...ocedure is virtually identical to making an Audio CD The difference is that you can select any folder from the hard disk to copy to the CD Since the CD you re creating is a data CD it cannot be played...

Страница 119: ...nue adding fold ers in this way until the CD is full Notice that the usage monitor now displays memory capacity instead of time The maximum you can store on a single CD is 650 Mbytes J To create a dat...

Страница 120: ...ype VIDEO IN connector which is usually yellow in color You can use a standard RCA cable to connect to TV output of the Genesys Ensemble to this VIDEO IN connector For a higher quality image connect t...

Страница 121: ...can also use the Y SHIFT function to raise or lower the TV image vertically to center it in the screen When ECHO LCD is turned on the TV will display an exact copy of what is displayed in the screen I...

Страница 122: ...Y SONG or SONG or even add lyrics to an Mp3 by following the instructions under Adding score lyrics and chords to your songs in the CREATING EDITING section of this manual From the FUNTIONS menu you c...

Страница 123: ...14 CHORDS ON LYRICS When this function is turned on the current chord will be displayed in a small box beneath the lyric display LYRICS MODE Lyr1 4 lines per screen Lyr2 6 lines per screen Lyr3 8 line...

Страница 124: ...being equivalent to Explorer or My Computer in Microsoft Windows Press DISK to see the main menu Loading From Disk If you want to load something from one of these devices you simply find the file you...

Страница 125: ...folder Notice that this folder contains a sub folder called USER STYLES Select this folder using the arrow keys and press LOAD F1 Press ENTER to confirm that you want to load these styles into memory...

Страница 126: ...k over to the left side of the screen This time select the DEMO2 folder which should contain some more styles Just like before move the cursor to the right so that the USER STYLES folder is highlighte...

Страница 127: ...esys Ensemble has 64 memory slots for User Styles On the right we can see the list of styles which are already loaded into memory If we scroll to the end of this list we will see some empty spaces Use...

Страница 128: ...Disk Page 119 Our new style has now been added to the other styles J J See if you can find it and give it a try...

Страница 129: ...memory or you can look in side the folder to select a single file If you select a single file you will be shown the existing contents of memory and be allowed to choose where you want to put this new...

Страница 130: ...sure the SINGLE button is turned on in the PRESET FAMILIES section and then press the PIANO button Notice how each sound has a unique number which ap pears to the right of the its name This number has...

Страница 131: ...ssion it s sometimes easier to put all the sounds in adjacent locations so that you can access all of them from the same bank in the same family This means that you can keep the same screen visible an...

Страница 132: ...we ll take a look at the individual sounds in this folder Now we can see a list of the sounds in this folder Notice that the default location of each sound appears to the left of the sound name Select...

Страница 133: ...ot of time with so many spaces You can also use the PAGE and PAGE buttons to jump 10 spaces at a time Use the PAGE keys and the arrow keys until you get to the space marked 1 9 Now press ENTER to load...

Страница 134: ...point you ll want to save to disk Everything that is currently in the instrument s memory including the sounds and styles we just loaded plus the songs that we recorded in our earlier examples is stor...

Страница 135: ...ist and you can look inside any of the other folders in the same way RAMFILE has a number of uses For example what if we had loaded a sound and then forgotten where we had put it Look inside the SOUND...

Страница 136: ...der select the song you want and then press SAVE If you want to save everything then you simply select the main RAMFILE folder on the left and then press SAVE Let s save everything in memory onto the...

Страница 137: ...trument s memory has now been safely copied onto the hard disk If you need to load it in the future press HD on the left side and locate the EX AMPLE folder Folders are listed in alpha numerical order...

Страница 138: ...ng your folder you ll find that it has moved to the top of the list Note The special system folders MP3 MIDIFILE and WAVE will always appear ahead of any other folders Other useful functions are COPY...

Страница 139: ...have multiple copies of the same file checking the date that the file was created to be sure that you are loading the most recent version Disk Utilities The UTILITIES button at the left side offers a...

Страница 140: ...arts to get full Any time your hard disk seems to be operating abnormally select this function and press ENTER The system will try to re organize the data on the hard disk and resolve the problem H Di...

Страница 141: ...s on a home computer of if you want to send them via the internet Typically most disks you buy today will be capable of using the 1 44 Mb High Density format 0 720 Mb should be used only for the older...

Страница 142: ...It does not reformat the disk but in most cases it will suffice to prepare a CD RW for reuse This function cannot be used on a CD R disk Erase CD RW This function will completely erase and reformat a...

Страница 143: ...ton are global This means that unlike many other fea tures once set they will remain the same They can be considered as the master settings of the instrument The first thing you notice when you press...

Страница 144: ...e the arrow buttons to move from one setting to the next and then change its value with the dial Note that the time settings use the military time or 24 hour clock system When you ve finished setting...

Страница 145: ...be obtained with little additional pressure while HARD requires greater pressure to achieve the effect PEDAL POLARITY The Genesys Ensemble can accept up to three footswitches which you will connect t...

Страница 146: ...this you will find the KEYBOARD SCALE This allows you to change the tuning scale of the keyboard for specific types of ethnic and classical music Normal western tuning is called EQUAL and you should l...

Страница 147: ...Ensemble computer interface port This is a direct interface with your computer s serial port and can be used as a reli able alternative to MIDI without the need for a MIDI inter face card Normally se...

Страница 148: ...the LCD contrast slider allows you set the display for optimum visibility in difficult lighting conditions Last Sel Memory When this function is set to on pressing a button in the PRESET FAMILIES or S...

Страница 149: ...w you both the version number of the current installed operating system and the level to which the internal battery is charged SYSTEM INFO This is a service utility which simply tells you that the var...

Страница 150: ...rument Performing one of these reset func tions will completely erase all of the existing data of the type selected style sounds songs etc from the inter nal memory It will not erase anything on the h...

Страница 151: ...ode the instruments transmits and receives on channel 8 If more than one sound is layered the additional sounds will be on channels 7 3 in descending order In BASS SPLIT and MANUAL BASS mode the left...

Страница 152: ...sound module or sequencer and play as normal Everything you play will be transmitted to the external device on the channel indicated above MIDI Channels If you wish to change any of the above channels...

Страница 153: ...its name After the name of the sound you will see on the left the MIDI IN port A or B and channel and on the right the MIDI OUT port and channel for this part CONFIGURATION The configuration screen l...

Страница 154: ...le connected to MIDI OUT and only if the MIDI OUT icon is turned on MIDI OUT Turn this off if you don t want this part to send MIDI data via MIDI OUT MIDI FILTERS Each part has 14 filters available 7...

Страница 155: ...e to the internal clock or to an external clock Clock send Selects whether or not the Genesys Ensemble internal MIDI CLOCK information will be sent via MIDI OUT Midi merge Allows the data received at...

Страница 156: ...que device I D number to identify the Genesys Ensemble to other MIDI equipment SMF save format When you save a midifile from the Genesys Ensemble it will be saved in the format specified here General...

Страница 157: ...ll setting depending on the midi channel that the controller keyboard is sending on If instead you set the controller keyboard to the same setting as the COMMON CHANNEL on the Genesys Ensemble it woul...

Страница 158: ...t These are pri marily designed for use with MIDI accordions or home or gans where the bass and chord notes can be played inde pendently If you wish to control the style accompaniment from the left ha...

Страница 159: ...Al though you can see this folder from the DISK menu you must never move or delete any of its contents or at tempt to copy any other files into it This is the instrument s emergency back up system Fr...

Страница 160: ...rt the floppy disk or CD containing the new system files 4 Select INSTALL NEW SYSTEM FROM 5 Use the dial to choose either Floppy Disk or CD ROM as appropriate 6 Press ENTER 7 Press ENTER again to conf...

Страница 161: ...supplied with the instrument The older system will be re loaded and the instrument will func tion as before In either of the above cases you will need to contact your dealer or distributor to obtain...

Страница 162: ...D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S Creating Editing genesys ensemble genesys grand ensemble Owner s manual genesys...

Страница 163: ...genesys ensemble genesys grand ensemble Creating Editing...

Страница 164: ...ity 8 Vel Curve 9 Vel Range 9 Pedals and Wheels 10 Pitch Bend 10 Modulation 10 Pedals Prog 10 Pedals Assign 11 Split Keyboard Settings 12 Saving your Sound Preset 12 3 CREATING AND EDITING SINGLE SOUN...

Страница 165: ...2 35 Gain button F3 35 Cut button F5 36 Export button F7 36 Saving your New Sound 36 Re Editing your Waveform 37 5 CREATING AND EDITING STYLES 38 Modifying A Style 38 Storing Style Presets 40 Creating...

Страница 166: ...T FUNCTIONS 71 Mode 71 Replace 71 Overdub 71 Punch IN 71 Option 72 Count Down 72 Metr volume 72 Controls Rec 73 Tempo 73 P Volume 73 Effects Rec 73 Sound View Time Tempo 74 Erase 74 Metronome 74 Selec...

Страница 167: ...S AND MIDIFILES 93 Saving GEM Songs and Midifiles 95 10 EDITING WAVES AND MP3S 97 Edit Wave 97 Insert Silence 97 Remove Silence 98 Normalize 98 Copy to file 98 Append 99 Edit title 99 Vocal Remover 99...

Страница 168: ...dit a song you can assign each track to use either the effects from Group A or the effects from Group B The main effects menu is EFFECT TYPE F1 Here you can select each effect and also set its overall...

Страница 169: ...ve Use the buttons along the left side of the screen to select any part and then adjust how much of each effect you want to apply to that part By pressing the PART button below the screen you can sele...

Страница 170: ...TS PROG F4 to access these The screen is now divided into four boxes From the top to the bottom these boxes represent Group A Effect 1 Group A Effect 2 Group B Effect 1 Group B Effect 2 You can move a...

Страница 171: ...effects it will usually be one of many steps involved in creating a customized sound preset style preset song preset or memory which you are planning to store at some point The effects do not need to...

Страница 172: ...which we will learn how to create in this section The best way to start is by selecting one of the factory presets and then modifying its settings as you wish The Genesys Ensemble SOUND PRESETS can be...

Страница 173: ...us parts From here you can also adjust the panning and audio output assignment for any part EDIT PARTS There are a number of other functions for adjusting the behavior of each part To access these pre...

Страница 174: ...SPOSE buttons on the front panel In some situations for example when using drum kits you may not want the track to be shifted In this case set this function to DISABLE DETUNE This allows you to adjust...

Страница 175: ...the left MONO R The part will play monophonically If you play more than one note then the part will play only the note furthest to the right MONO T The part will play monophonically If you play more t...

Страница 176: ...s you play harder the volume of the second sound will be reduced as the volume of the first sound is increased This is called a velocity crossfade VEL RANGE This function enables you to place a partic...

Страница 177: ...D Here you can select the maximum amount of pitch bend that will be applied to each part when you move the pitch wheel MODULATION This option allows you to enable or disable the modulation wheel for e...

Страница 178: ...to tempo rarily activate recording while using the sequencer for song recording For more information about the PUNCH function see the CREATING AND EDITING SONGS chapter FREEZE CHORD This is primarily...

Страница 179: ...ically assigned to the left side of the split If you select ACCOMP SPLIT the sound in part 1 is assigned to the left while the sound in part 2 is muted Once you ve created a SOUND PRESET in FULL mode...

Страница 180: ...ns you want to store it under Finally choose one of the 16 available positions in this family Your new SOUND PRESET is now stored in the instrument s memory Press the USER button and then look in the...

Страница 181: ...om the keyboard the style section or the SONG PLAYER Once you have selected a part to edit the follow ing functions are available to modify the sound ATTACK This adjusts the time taken for a sound to...

Страница 182: ...me of the sound can be restored by setting the value to zero RELEASE The release function is used to adjust the amount of time a sound continues to play after the key has been released This release ti...

Страница 183: ...r increase or decrease the amount of resonance in the original sound the original amount of resonance can be restored by setting the value to zero LFO DEPTH This control is used to set the amount of v...

Страница 184: ...ved unless you choose to store them into the memory Here s how to save them If you re editing a SOUND PRESET Press STORE select PRESETS and choose a destination for your edited preset If you re editin...

Страница 185: ...the features of a world class synthesizer right inside the Genesys Ensemble Since Pro Edit offers over 1000 separate functions many of which will only be of interest to professional sound developers...

Страница 186: ...which can be useful when you want to hear only the layer which you re currently editing simply press it s associated button until its icon shows the letter M So what actually is a layer In simple term...

Страница 187: ...e for each waveform Dual 4 Everything is common to both waveforms Stereo Two identical sets of parameters one for the left channel and one for the right The LAYER UTILITY F4 button allows you to add n...

Страница 188: ...d also to set by how much the volume level will change when either velocity or aftertouch is applied There is also a TRACKING envelope which lets you vary the volume in different parts of the keyboard...

Страница 189: ...o Edit environment you can create complex envelopes which have as many as eight segments Depending on which sound you started from your current KEY ON envelope will already have one or more segments T...

Страница 190: ...rd There is also a TRACKING envelope which lets you vary the envelope response in different parts of the keyboard FILTER Five different types of filter are available For each filter under the CONTROLS...

Страница 191: ...es respectively These envelopes are created in exactly the same way as the AMP ENVLEOPES described above In each of these envelope screens you draw a shape which represents the way the pitch changes o...

Страница 192: ...fers two different methods of varying the pan position of the active layer The first method allows you to change the pan position according to the keyboard velocity of aftertouch amount This can be se...

Страница 193: ...ress either F7 or F8 type in the name you want and then press ENTER Now choose the bank and program change number where you want your sound to be stored For example if you want to store this sound in...

Страница 194: ...could assemble into a new sound using the Genesys Ensemble SAMPLE EDITOR The Sample Editor allows you to load in up to 16 individual samples which can then be edited tuned and mapped to different regi...

Страница 195: ...By now you should know how to set up the microphone ready for recording Once you re ready to start press the RECORD button in the RECORDING STUDIO section and then select NEW MONO SAMPLE For this exa...

Страница 196: ...rded using the SONG PLAYER and then we can try to repair these problems Press SONG PLAYER SELECT and choose WAVE on the right side F3 If you look inside the SAMPLES folder you should find your AAH sou...

Страница 197: ...rt and Remove at File End to Yes and press ENTER Press ESCAPE when you see the Remove Silence Successfully Completed message Now you can listen to the edited sound by pressing PLAY again Next were goi...

Страница 198: ...LOAD F1 and you will see a display similar to the DISK menu Locate and select the first sample you want to load from either the floppy disk hard disk or CD Select the sample and then press ENTER Now...

Страница 199: ...he full range of keys If you have loaded more that one sample ignore this section and jump to the Assigning Multiple Samples section When you enter the ASSIGN window you will see the lowest and highes...

Страница 200: ...in the list Press the right arrow to set the lower note and proceed as before In this same way you should set a note range for every sample in your list You must assign unique regions of the keyboard...

Страница 201: ...DIT F6 The functions available are as follows SAMPLE PITCH The pitch reference shown here is the name of a key on the keyboard This allows you to change the source note the key on the keyboard which p...

Страница 202: ...ously looped you may turn the looping on or off with this function TUNING BUTTON F1 Pressing the TUNING button will assign an ordinary sound to the keyboard This sound is designed to be used as a refe...

Страница 203: ...his feature EXPORT BUTTON F7 After editing your sample can be saved back to a disk or sent to a MIDI sample dump source with it s new values To use this function press EXPORT choose the device you wan...

Страница 204: ...e to select locations which are empty When you ve chosen a suitable location press ENTER The system now offers you the opportunity to further edit your sound using Pro Edit If you don t want to do any...

Страница 205: ...ooking at the simplest method MODIFYING A STYLE Whenever a style is selected the individual tracks or parts of that style can be viewed by pressing the style PARTS button F2 from the home screen You s...

Страница 206: ...r than the original you should store these settings into Style Preset 1 which overwrites the original settings This is the preset which is automatically recalled each time you select a new style If yo...

Страница 207: ...ure you can recall any of the these presets by pressing the STYLE PRESETS button Creating And Reprogramming Styles All style programming is done in the USER area Whether you are creating a new style f...

Страница 208: ...er you don t need to program 48 riffs to make a working style If the system finds that a particular riff is missing it will choose the closest existing riff instead In most cases this will produce acc...

Страница 209: ...rd This is because the programmer has created a num ber of Minor Intro Riffs for that style If you want you can program a complete style using only major riffs If you play a minor or seventh chord whi...

Страница 210: ...the multi track song recording display where you will create and edit the riff you selected Let s see how to begin creating a new style Press RECORD and then press NEW STYLE Now you can see the SELECT...

Страница 211: ...ime once you ve started programming Now we re ready to start programming Press SOUND VIEW F5 We can see eight empty tracks Everything in this screen works just like it does in the song recording envir...

Страница 212: ...TRACK is selected and press ENTER Now you can press START STOP again and re record your track When you re happy with it click on the track again to change the icon from recording to playback If you wa...

Страница 213: ...to play in Once you ve programmed a few tracks you can test your style Simply turn off the RECORD button and you re ready to play You can select whichever Keyboard Mode you want and then press START...

Страница 214: ...your style can be found in one of the USER style families Exactly where the system puts your style depends on how many styles you already have loaded into the user area Whenever you select RECORD NEW...

Страница 215: ...e or replace any of the factory styles If you want to edit or reprogram one you must first copy it into the user area This will produce an exact copy of the original style which is now yours to modify...

Страница 216: ...u see a style name like STYLE_01 this is an occupied location It contains a style whose name you haven t changed yet Press ENTER once and then again to confirm You can now locate the copied style by s...

Страница 217: ...u In the previous example we copied the entire style with all of it s variations The other buttons along the right side of the display allow you select individual components of the style for copying F...

Страница 218: ...ff from one style to any riff of another style The source riff does not have to be the same as the des tination riff For example you could copy an intro riff from one style to the fill riff of another...

Страница 219: ...ular riff press this button to return to the SELECT RIFF screen where you can choose the next riff to record SCALE CONV This function can be found in the REC VIEW when you press F6 from the style reco...

Страница 220: ...ach riff in your style STYLE EDIT FUNCTIONS Any track or section of a style can be edited in order to repair any errors or improve its performance The following functions can be found under the main S...

Страница 221: ...dividual track buttons will have no effect in this case Use this function to ERASE or copy an entire riff VAR F7 The edit function will affect the selected variation and all the riffs contained within...

Страница 222: ...iption of this function In song edit it is necessary to select a track on the left side to decide which track s events you want to examine In style edit there is one additional step selecting the riff...

Страница 223: ...and end riffs for the new variation that you create with Mask Setting up a style to use MASK Before you can use Mask you must have at least the basic riffs programmed for variation 2 and variation 4 M...

Страница 224: ...m Mask which we can select by pressing F7 or F8 We ll begin with Track Mask The four boxes in the lower part of the screen represent each variation and its six accompaniment tracks from left to right...

Страница 225: ...key The drum instrument on that key is now muted for that particular variation Once again you must start and stop the style to hear these changes Of course you can only mute those drum instruments whi...

Страница 226: ...made the song must first be loaded into RAM The songs that you record yourself using SONG and EASY SONG are already in RAM but midifiles and GEM songs must be loaded first HOW TO LOAD A SONG INTO RAM...

Страница 227: ...TING AND EDITING SOUND PRESETS chapter STORING YOUR CHANGES Any time you make changes to a song you must save these changes into the song preset To do this simply press the STORE button to the right o...

Страница 228: ...u play the song it will play with the original settings To choose your alternate settings press the SONG PERF button the same button as STYLE PRESETS Now you can see that position 2 in the screen cont...

Страница 229: ...termine which track is the melody Although you can generate score for any track the score display is primarily designed to display a song s melody line Most standard midifiles have the melody on track...

Страница 230: ...st few measures of the score track in the top of the display To view the score in full screen mode press ESCAPE and then press the SCORE button in the VIDEO KARAOKE section You will now see the melody...

Страница 231: ...DIT again select MASTER TRACK and press ENTER Press the EDIT START PAR Button F1 Use the down arrow to select KEY and then use the dial to choose the correct key for this song When you ve finished pre...

Страница 232: ...ith the first note of the melody Most songs usually have a introduction which lasts for a few measures before the melody starts We will use the NEXT EVENT button at the left to step into the song unti...

Страница 233: ...u only omit the underscore when you reach the last syllable of the word Continue in this way throughout the song You can stop at any time and check to see how your lyrics will appear First press ESCAP...

Страница 234: ...ing lyrics From the EDIT SCORE screen press CHORD F5 and then use the NEXT EVENT button until you reach the point where the first chord should be played if you need to return to the beginning of the s...

Страница 235: ...the MUTE symbol and you will not be able to select SONG PLAY mode for that track If you find an unused track press RECORD and then select the current song in the top right corner of the screen F1 Now...

Страница 236: ...vailable numbered track is You ll probably find that it is track 17 This is a special track that the Genesys Ensemble cre ates automatically so that you can play along with a 16 track song So we need...

Страница 237: ...onal tracks to your song in this way up to a maximum of 32 tracks Turn off RECORD when you ve finished recording your new tracks SAVING YOUR SONGS Remember to save your songs to the hard disk once you...

Страница 238: ...ch the instrument records We havealreadyusedREPLACE and OVERDUB mode in some of our examples Here s a description of the three modes REPLACE When a track is in record mode each time you press START it...

Страница 239: ...mode because you can record individual drums with each overdub If you make a small mistake while recording a track you can fix it by switching to PUNCH mode Listen to the playback of the problem trac...

Страница 240: ...ch are made while during recording QUANTIZE This allows the track to be automatically quantized time corrected during recording Please see the following page for a description of the available quantiz...

Страница 241: ...MPO display press F5 to enter this mode from SOUND VIEW 1 4 Quantize to the nearest quarter note 1 8 Quantize to the nearest eighth note 1 12 Quantize to the nearest eighth note triplet 1 16 Quantize...

Страница 242: ...e sections of a track or sections of an en tire song It s second appli cation allows you to strip out specific unwanted events from individual tracks Now you can choose which type of events you want t...

Страница 243: ...exist by choosing F5 F6 or F7 respectively MOVE This feature allows you move recorded events either forwards or backwards in time To use it first select the track you want to shift by pressing it s tr...

Страница 244: ...aterial you want is located and then copying it to the following section of the same track For example if you ve recorded a 4 measure drum track in track 1 and you like it be repeated 50 times first s...

Страница 245: ...copied Notes which fall outside the specified range will not be copied Now make the following selections Copy Mode REPLACE mode will erase whatever was in the target portion of the destination track...

Страница 246: ...ons QUANTIZE This menu allows you to quantize all or part of any track Quantize is used to correct minor timing inaccuracies by adjusting the positions of notes that have been played so that they fall...

Страница 247: ...choice is the actual quantize value which you select in the very first box See the section QUANTIZE VALUES in this chapter for an explanation of the choices available Press ENTER to execute the opera...

Страница 248: ...ENTER to execute the operation VELOCITY This function allows you to change the recorded velocity playing strength or volume of a particular track First select the track you want to change by pressing...

Страница 249: ...lected notes to be shifted by You can also transpose down by setting negative values Press ENTER to complete the operation NOTE You can also transpose a track by using the TRANSPOSE func tion in SECTI...

Страница 250: ...ume and effects The menu is divided into two parts At the top you can see the START PA RAMETERS These tell the system which tempo volume and perfor mance if you have created more than one should be us...

Страница 251: ...E An event which switches to a different SONG PERFORMANCE as explained in the CREATING AND EDITING SONGS chapter VOLUME An event which changes the overall volume of the instrument EFF DEVICE SEL EFF T...

Страница 252: ...plest example of an event would be the pressing of a key on the keyboard In order to correctly play back that keypress the sequencer has to memorize a number of important pieces of information 1 At wh...

Страница 253: ...of the second beat of the third bar STATUS or EVENT TYPE The STATUS section simply tells us what type of event this is In this case its a note event Other types of events are discussed further on 1V N...

Страница 254: ...nal event tells us how long the key was held for This is know as the GATE TIME of the note event The unit of measurement used for this is the same system of 192 ticks or pulses that we discussed earli...

Страница 255: ...resented the movement of a PAN control instead of a VOLUME control The value of 2V is the actual level to which that control was set So in the above example the volume was adjusted to a level of 85 In...

Страница 256: ...ned on you may often generate a large quantity of MONO TOUCH EVENTS without realizing that you re doing so The generation of MONO TOUCH EVENTS can be disabled before com mencing a recording by turning...

Страница 257: ...erent ways to view a specific section of the event list METHOD 1 Manual Scroll Use the cursor up and down buttons to scroll in either direction one event at a time As you scroll through each individua...

Страница 258: ...precision Any changes you make will have an instant effect on the current track SHOW FUNCTION Often when trying to pinpoint specific errors you will find yourself having to scroll through streams of...

Страница 259: ...the INSERT button press INS TYPE Now you can use the arrow keys to select what type of event you want the button to insert When you ve made your choice press ENTER and you ll now see that the label on...

Страница 260: ...nused tracks to be played on the keyboard If there are no unused tracks you can create additional tracks to play on the keyboard see ADDING ADDITIONAL TRACKS TO A SONG in the EDITING AND CREATING SONG...

Страница 261: ...ave to record anything to create a song preset Start a new song in the normal way but don t record anything Then escape from recording mode by turning off the RECORD button Now you can select any trac...

Страница 262: ...ayed on other brands of keyboards used on a computer or distributed via the internet If you wish to save a song as a midifile it has to comply with certain rules First it cannot contain more than 16 t...

Страница 263: ...older that you create using NEWFOLDER the song will be saved as a GEM song If you save your song into the MIDIFILE folder then it will be automatically converted to a midifile The system will create a...

Страница 264: ...annot be undone You might want to make a backup copy of the file before processing To add silence to the file select either or both of the options Insert at File Start and Insert at File End and then...

Страница 265: ...TO FILE and press ENTER Now select the start and end time of the section you want to copy to a new file in the FROM and TO areas the TO time will automatically be set to the end of the original file A...

Страница 266: ...o this func tion can be used to read the full title artist info and comments for the currently selected WAVE file VOCAL REMOVER This function is used to process a WAVE file by removing any material th...

Страница 267: ...ime While this is slightly less convenient for learning an unfamiliar song it offers the great advantage that the lyrics can be created as a normal text file on a computer and then loaded into the edi...

Страница 268: ...INS LINE F4 type the first line of lyrics and then press ENTER to finish Now press INS LINE again and repeat the same procedure Continue until all the lyrics have been typed If you make a mistake sel...

Страница 269: ...re the next line should be highlighted It s easy to do and you can always go back and start again if you make a mess of it First make sure that the first line of text is selected by using the up arrow...

Страница 270: ...ss EDIT F2 Use the dial to locate the error and re type as necessary If a tag was found to be in the wrong place you can manually edit it by simply re typing the time tag at the beginning of the line...

Страница 271: ...t setting for each pad To change this setting simply highlight it with the arrow keys and then use the dial to select a different setting PAD SETTINGS NOTE This allows you to set the pad to play a sin...

Страница 272: ...st its level by selecting Dynamic Set the appropriate volume level for this sound The sounds you select can either be factory sounds or new samples you have created yourself ROTARY S F This will set t...

Страница 273: ...disk as a BMP file SAVING YOUR PAD SETTINGS When you setup the pads to perform different functions you can choose whether they will remain set this way permanently or whether they will be saved along...

Страница 274: ...unings for playing any style of ethnic music Before you begin creating a tuning make sure that you have only a single sound selected Select FULL mode in the KEYBOARD MODE section and then press PARTS...

Страница 275: ...board To tune any key press CATCH NOTE F7 and then press the key that you want to tune You ll see the cursor move to the key that you selected There are two different tuning adjustments available Coar...

Страница 276: ...ey If you don t use the CATCH NOTE method to select keys you can move sequentially along the keyboard with the left or right arrow keys When you reach the left or right edge of the keyboard press eith...

Страница 277: ...OPY TO OCT window to copy only specific elements of your tuning to specific octaves if you wish Once you ve created your new tuning you ll need to save it Press SAVE F8 Use the dial to select one of t...

Страница 278: ...nsemble SYSTEM folder You will see this folder as a component of the RAMFILE when you select RAM in the DISK menu To save your tunings simply select this SYSTEM folder and then press SAVE F2 Now press...

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