Technics sx-PR604/M - Manual (Page 34)

Selecting sounds
Select the sounds for the three parts you can play on the keyboard—RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT. After first selecting a part
and a SOUND GROUP, choose the desired sound from the display.
Select a sound
1. In the PART SELECT section, choose RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 or LEFT.
• The CONDUCTOR buttons are used to specify which part
is heard. (Refer to page 36.)
• For the RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts, when a CONDUC-
TOR button is selected, the corresponding PART SELECT
button is also activated.
2. Select a sound group.
• The sounds in DRUM KITS are percussion sounds that
you play by striking the keyboard keys.
• MEMORY is reserved for storing sounds you modify.
(Refer to page 119.)
3. Select the desired sound from the list on the
display.
• You can use the PAGE buttons to view a different part of
the list (except for a portion of the PIANO group).
• The sound you select is memorized for the part you
selected in step 1.
• The sound display may differ depending on the effect
settings.
4. Play the keyboard.
DEMO SPLIT
POINT
MAIN VOLUME APC/SEQUENCER VOLUME
MODE
CHORD FINDER
OFF/ON AUTO SETTING BANK STOP 8&16
BEAT ROCK & POP BALLAD JAZZ & SWING MOVIE & SHOW
SOUND ARRANGER PIANO STYLIST TEMPO / PROGRAM PROGRESSIVE PIANIST
ONE TOUCH PLAY SIMPLE PIANO FADE IN OUT
INTRO & ENDING START / STOP SYNCHRO START
TAP TEMPO
FILL IN
1 2 1 1 2 3 4 BEAT 2
METRONOME SET OFF/ON
1 2 3 4
VARIATION MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER
GOSPEL
& BLUES SOUL &
DISCO COUNTRY & WESTERN LATIN &
WORLD MARCH & WALTZ MEMORY
LOAD 1 2 3
4 5 6
MAX
MIN
MAX
OFF
SOLO SOLO
RHYTHM GROUP
SAX & WOODWIND ORGAN & ACCORDION SOUND EXPLORER BRASS SYNTH SOLOIST MULTI EFFECT CHORUS REVERB PLAY EASY REC
SET NEXT BANK BANK VIEW
PROGRAM MENUS DISK
LOAD CHORD STEP REC
DISK IN USE
SOLO TECHNI-CHORD DIGITAL EFFECT BRILLIANCE
STRINGS TRANSPOSE R1/R2 OCTAVE
–
PART SELECT
CONDUCTOR PANEL MEMORY
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1
+ – +
GRAND UPRIGHT ELECTRIC MODERN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DIGITAL DRAWBAR
VOCAL BASS DRUM KITS MIXTURES MEMORY GUITAR & HARPSI MALLET & ORCH PERC
SOUND GROUP EFFECT THEATRE SONIC SEQUENCER
PIANO
PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS AUTO PLAY CHORD
FAVORITES
OTHER PARTS/TR HELP DISPLAY HOLD EXIT LCD CONTRAST PAGE MUTE SEQUENCER RESET COUNT
INTRO
SX-PR804
(PR804)
PART SELECT
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1
SAX &
WOODWIND
ORGAN &
ACCORDION
SOUND
EXPLORER BRASS SYNTH SOLOIST STRINGS
GRAND UPRIGHT ELECTRIC MODERN
DIGITAL
DRAWBAR
VOCAL BASS DRUM KITS MIXTURES MEMORY
GUITAR
& HARPSI
MALLET &
ORCH PERC
SOUND GROUP
PIANO
(PR804)
Part I Sounds and effects
Overview of sounds and effects
The following is an overview of the sound parts of this instrument.
NX SOUND
NX SOUND is the Technics original sound generator format
which evokes realtime performance quality and expressive
power, and dramatically expands the number of sounds and
effects generated. This format includes GM2 (General MIDI
Level 2), and make various controls possible when data is
created and reproduced by computer.
• For information about GM2, refer to page 95.
• Equipment with the logo shown below is compatible with
NX SOUND song data.
Part
This instrument is mainly organized into the following parts.
RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, LEFT:
These are the parts the performer plays on the keyboard.
• These are independent from the playback parts. For
example one can to perform on the keyboard while
playing back a song disk with 16-part standard MIDI files
(SMF).
PART1 to 16:
SMF song disk playback parts, or parts for MIDI receive.
ACCOMP1 to 5, BASS, DRUMS 1, 2:
Parts for the automatic accompaniment.
PADS:
Parts for the PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS (PR804)
METRONOME:
The part for the METRONOME sounds.
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