Technics sx-PR604/M - Manual (Page 57)

Playing phrases
During your performance, you can insert a short recorded phrase or effect sounds by pressing a pad button. A different group of
phrases is recorded in each bank.
1. Press the BANK button.
2. Select the desired bank from the display.
• The list of banks consists of three screen pages. Use the
PAGE buttons to move from one screen page to another.
• “User Bank” 1, 2 and 3 are for storing your original
phrases.
• “Compile Bank” 1 and 2 are for assigning phrases as you
desire.
• Various functions are assigned to each pad button in
“Control Preset”.
1: ROTARY SLOW/FAST
2: PANEL MEMORY BANK INCREMENT
3: GLIDE
4: PANEL MEMORY DECREMENT
5: PANEL MEMORY BANK DECREMENT
6: PANEL MEMORY INCREMENT
• For more information about these functions, please see
to page 121.
• When using the “Control Preset” bank, set the AUTO
SETTING button to OFF. When using the PANEL
MEMORY, turn off the PAD BANK of the EXPAND MODE
FILTER.
• The display returns to the previous display after a few
seconds.
3. Press a pad button (1 to 6).
• A different phrase is assigned to each pad button.
• Information about the phrase, such as its name and the
measure number, is shown in the normal display.
• The volume can be adjusted on the normal display.
• The selected phrase is played in the current tempo.
• To stop the phrase before it has ended, press the STOP
button.
• Some phrases continue to play until the STOP button is
pressed (the LOOP indication appears).
• During a rhythm performance, some phrases may play in
time with the measure count.
• When the automatic accompaniment is on, the phrase is
played in the specified chord.
SOLO
Pad buttons 5 and 6 (SOLO) are phrases with chord pro-
gressions. Just by pressing one of these pad buttons, the
phrase changes following a chord progression that is typical
for the music genre of that bank.
• Use with the automatic accompaniment during your per-
formance.
• Pad button 5 accesses a major chord type progression, and
pad button 6 a minor chord type progression.
• A table showing the chord progression for each bank can
be found in the separate REFERENCE GUIDE provided.
AUTO SETTTING
When this button is set to on, the bank automatically changes
according to the automatic setting functions in the PIANO
STYLIST, the ONE TOUCH PLAY and the MUSIC STYLE
ARRANGER. When it is set to off, the bank does not auto-
matically change according to these functions.
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
AUTO SETTING BANK STOP
1 2 3
4 5 6
SOLO SOLO
AUTO SETTING
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