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RECORDING A SONG STYLE
Styles offer an excellent means of preparing backings for a soloist. For example, you can record two key-
board tracks (Upper 2 & Lower) with accompaniments, then use Upper 1 to play the melody in real time
with the Song Style in playback Song Styles record all panel interventions made while recording: changes
of Style, use of the Intro, Fills, Endings, Fade In/Out, activation/deactivation of the effects, Harmony On/
Off and more. The events generated by the panel interventions are recorded in the COMMON track. COM-
MON and CHORDS tracks activate automatically when you enter SONG STYLE RECORD mode. Before
recording a Song Style, it is advisable to completely clear the sequencer memory in order to use the total
RAM capacity and avoid undesired parts when saving a Song Style. In fact, the Song Style is saved as an
ALL data set, therefore, whatever is contained in RAM will also form part of the Song Style.
To clear all data from the Sequencer, move with the CURSOR key to MIDI/GENERAL mode. Use the PAGE
keys until the message “InitALL” appears in the display. You can now rotate the dial to choose whether to
clear all the instrument (ALL), the Sequencer (SEQ), the Sample memory (SMP) or the Performances (PFM);
select the “InitSEQ” option (if you select “InitALL” Performances and Samples will be erased), then press
ENTER twice: wk1000 is now ready to record Song Styles.
While you play, wk1000 records the panel status and all the operations that you carry out. The CHORD
track is automatically activated only if empty. The keyboard tracks are recorded only if their relative indica-
tors are shown on in the display. You can decide whether to start with a free Intro, with no Style, or with an
automatic accompaniment straightaway.
ENTER THE SONG STYLE RECORDING MODE
Press the RECORD button, the fi rst SONG STYLE free location is made available.
Press PLAY/STOP, to start the recording.
Play the keyboard
Press INTRO (if you wish to start with an INTRO). You alternatively use, Intro,
Fills or Ending.
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Press START/STOP to start the accompaniment 2
Press START/STOP or ENDING to stop your SONG STYLE 3
Continue as if you were using a normal Style you can: use Fills, change the
Variation, change the Style, adjust the Volume, use the optional Volume and
Damper, change the sounds etc
LISTEN TO THE SONG STYLE PLAYBACK
Once you have fi nished recording the Song Style press RECORD or ESCAPE to
exit the recording mode
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Press PLAY/STOP to start the Song Style 2
If a keyboard track is not engaged by the sequencer, you can use it to play
along with the Song Style
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