Generalmusic wk1000 - Manual (Page 7)

owners manual wk1000
Page1 Introduction
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations, and thank you for purchasing wk1000 arranger keyboard. The instrument in your
hand is the successful result of the combination of extraordinary sound quality, automatic accompani-
ment and a surprisingly easy-to-operate user interface.
MULTIMEDIA FUNCTIONS
wk1000 is an Arranger Keyboard with multimedia features that render making music real fun. With
wk1000 you can sing following the lyrics both on the display and on a TV monitor (TV Karaoke).
THE OWNERS MANUAL
Our best advice: read the owners Manual carefully: it is the best way to learn how wk1000 operates.
The Manual is divided into separate User Guides. An Appendix with tables and MIDI specifi cations
is given at the end.
SPECIFICATIONS
wk1000 is 32-note polyphonic (maximum), 16-part multi-timbral in Song mode and 8-part multi-timbral in Style
mode. Each part is assigned to a track. In Real Time mode, 3 tracks (maximum) are assigned to the keyboard.
wk1000 Sound Generation uses PCM e Wavetable technology. Sounds are based on processed sampled wave-
forms. The keyboard’s 32 obscillators generate “single oscillator” (32-note maximum polyphony) and “dual
oscillator” (16-note maximum polyphony) sounds.
wk1000 ROM memory (Read Only Memory) contains 471 Sounds including 20 Drumkits.
The back-up memory can hold Samples that can be loaded from Floppy Disk.
wk1000 features a double Digital Signal Processor that can be controlled in Real Time. Two different effects (1
Reverb and 1 Modulation/Delay) can be assigned and stored to each Performance
The on-board Sequencer allows you to record Song Styles (Real-Time recording method), to play Songs back and
to play with Styles. Data saved in the sequencer is stored to the System-RAM (battery backed-up).
Playing Direct from Disk means playing a Song in WK, PK, or SMF format directly from the Floppy Disk without
having to load all data to memory. This feature becomes useful when you wish to play a Song or a Midi File that
exceeds the available Sequencer mermory
wk1000 features 96 ROM Styles that add automatic accompaniments to the 3 Real Time keyboard sections (Upper
1, Upper 2, Lower). Each Style features 4 Variations that contain Basic, Intro, Ending and Fill patterns, totalling
40 different patterns. Up to 7 User Styles (Styles loaded from disk) can be stored to wk1000 memory.
The Disk Drive is a device used to transfer data from and to Floppy Disks. Floppy Disks can be stored to create
an external library of Songs, Styles, Performances and Samples. A disk drive reads from and saves to 3,5” Floppy
Disks that can respectively store up to 720 kb (2DD disks) and 1,44 Mb (2HD disks). (1,44 Mb) and (720 kb) are
recognized formats to exchange Midi Files.
The lyrics of a song can be read on the wk1000 display (two lines, 24 characters each). Alternatively, the on-board
video interface makes it possible to use wk1000 in Karoke mode with an external TV monitor. The interface can
be adapted to the different video standards used in Europe or in the U.S. In order to read the lyrics, the “TV text”
function in the MIDI/GENERAL page must be turned on, and the RGB/SCART cable supplied with the keyboard
must be connected to the TV set.
The Operating System, that is, the software that controls wk1000, is stored in a Flash ROM. It can be updated
by loading more powerful releases that offer more functions.
Thanks to its fully implemented MIDI features, wk1000 can become a master keyboard. Moreover wk1000 can
be controlled by another master instrument and operate like a 16-part multi-timbral expander.
wk1000 can connect directly to a computer (Mac, PC o Atari) by a single serial cable. This kind of connection can
be alternative to a normal MIDI connection and needs no optional MIDI interface for the computer. The speed
of the information exchange can be adapted to the specifi c computer used. Serial cables can be purchased at
any computer shop.
Poliphony and multitimbrality
Sound Generation
ROM Sound
Sample-RAM
Digital Signal Processor
Sequencer
Play Direct from Disk
Automatic Accompaniments
The disk drive
Karaoke
Updatable Operating System
MIDI
Direct Connection to a computer