KORG EASY START SP-500 - Manual (Page 3)

SP-500 EasyStart
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Selecting and playing Programs
The 412 sounds (Programs) of the SP-500 are organized in ten groups (PIANO, E. PIANO/ORGAN, etc.). The SP-500 allows
you to combine two programs together (LAYER) or select different programs for the lower and upper ranges of the keyboard
(SPLIT) as well as play individual sounds.
1. Press the [DISPLAY HOLD] key to turn on the DISPLAY HOLD function. This will keep selected screens from closing
automatically after several seconds.
2. Press one of the PROGRAM GROUP keys to select a program from that group
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On the TouchView screen, touch the
name of any displayed program to select it
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Use the [<-PAGE->] keys to select the next page within that program group.
The page # is displayed in the top center of the screen. (Prog. 1/5 or 2/3 etc.)
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You can also use the DIAL or the
[-Value +] keys to advance through all the programs in a selected group.
3. Programs within the currently selected group can be selected in several ways from the main page. Press [EXIT] to return
to the main page:
• Touch “ 6Upp15” on the TouchView screen to scroll up or down through the programs in the group.
• Touch the program name on the screen
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Use the DIAL or the [–VALUE+] keys.
• Touch the instrument icon on the screen. A popup screen will appear showing a list of programs within the group.
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For more information on creating a custom USER Group of programs, see page 34 of the Owner’s Manual.
Combining (Layering) programs:
1. With [DISPLAY HOLD] on, press the [LAYER] key. The “Layer” page will appear on the screen.
2. Touch the “Upp1” program name cell
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Select a piano sound as the “Upp1” sound by pressing the [PIANO] PROGRAM
GROUP key
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Touch one of the program names on the TouchView screen
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Press [EXIT].
3. Touch the “Upp2” program name cell
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Press the [STRINGS] PROGRAM GROUP key
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Select a string sound
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Press
[EXIT].
4. You can adjust the volume of the two sounds by touching the “Vol” cell on the TouchView screen and rotating the DIAL.
You can adjust the pitch (from –2 to +2 octaves) of each sound in the layer by touching the “Octave” cell “ 6” or “5” or by
rotating the DIAL.
The Split Function:
1. Press the [SPLIT] key. The “Split” page will appear on the screen.
2. Set the Split Point by touching the “Point” cell on the screen (The Split Point defaults to G3)
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Rotate the DIAL
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You can
also set the Split Point by holding down the [SPLIT] key while pressing the desired note on the keyboard.
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The sound selection, octave and volume settings can be set individually, in the same way as LAYER mode.
The PLAY PIANO Function:
The PLAY PIANO feature is a fast way to return the SP-500 to the initial piano setting. Simply press the [PLAY PIANO] key. This
button turns off the Split and Layer functions, sets the octave to “0” and sets the program to Grand Piano 1.