Generalmusic wk1000 - Manual (Page 8)

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Introduction Page2
wk1000 Front Panel
1 POWER Switch the instrument ON and OFF.
2 VOLUME Control the instrument overall Volume.
3 CURSOR / PAGE Navigation keys. The PAGE and PAGE keys select the edit
function pages. The CURSOR key is used to move among the
various sections of the page. The selected function is shown
by a pointing arrowhead in the display.
4 MELODY OFF This keys turns off the melody in the played back Song. It is a
useful feature when singing over the backing, or to play the
melody live on the keyboard.
5 DEMO This key starts the Demo songs. The F1/F8 function keys select
the 8 Songs that demonstrate the instruments potential. F9 key
plays the Songs back in a sequence.
6 S I N G L E T O U C H
PLAY When this function is active (the display indicates it as ON), the
sounds of a Style-Performance are assigned to the Style tracks.
The ARRANGE ON/OFF and ARRANGE MEMORY functions
are autmatically activated. In this mode, the 9 Function keys
(F1/F9) recall 9 Single Touch Play settings that vary according
to the selected Style. When the display indicator is OFF when
a Style is selected, only the sounds from the Drum, Bass,
Acc1,2,3 will change.
7 RECALL/STORE PER-
FORMANCE This button enter the performance mode, and the cursor ar-
rowhead in the display moves down to indicate PERF in the
menu). The PAGE keys select the 7 groups that contain the 63
Performances (each group features 9); (F1/F9) Function keys
recall the Performance. It is possible to modify the Performance
settings and save them. If the key is pressed and held for about
2 seconds, the STORE PERFORMANCE is activated, where the
control panel settings may be saved to the current erformance
and even renamed it with a new Performance name.
8 (F1/F9) FUNCTION
KEYS (S.T. PLAY/
PERFORMANCE) These keys select Demo Songs, Performances, Single Touch Play
settings, Style, Song Style or current Song tracks, depending
on the selected mode of wk1000 . When in Song mode, the
two rows of numbers under the function keys correspond to
the 16 Song Tracks (F1/F8). F9 toggles between tracks 01- 08
and 09-16
9 ARRANGER. Functions control the Styles. ARRANGE ON/OFF enables (led
ON) or disables (led OFF) the automatic accompaniment of
the Styles. LOWER MEMORY: notes in the Lower section of the
keyboard continue to sound (display indicator ON) or stop
(indicator OFF) after releasing the keys played in the Lower
section of the keyboard.
10 V A R I A T I O N 1 ,
2,3,4
These keys change the Style variation patterns (the display
indicator is ON). The selected variation is shown by the rela-
tive led which turns on.
11 FADE Starts and stops a Style with a gradual increase and de-
crease of volume. The fi rst effect is obtained by pressing
the Start key fi rst and the FADE key together, the second
by pressing the FADE while playing. FADE action is shown
by the display indicator which turns on.
FILL A (Fills to previ-
ous Variation) This key plays a Fill pattern (display indicator ON) and then
goes back to the previous Variation.
FILL (Fills to current Variation) It plays a Fill pattern and sticks to the current Variation.
FILL B (Fills to next
Variation) When this key is pressed while a Style is played (the display
indicator turns ON), the Fill pattern is recalled and it passes
on to the successive Variation.
TAP Tapping on this key 3 or four times automatically sets the beat
speed and starts the Style in the desired Tempo.
12 KEY START/STOP/ CON-
TINUE Synchronizes the start of a Style with a note or chord played
in the lower keyboard area. Resumes the current Song Style
or Song from the point where it had been stopped
START/STOP Play or stop the selected style
INTRO Start the selected style with a music introduction
ENDING Stops the selected style with a music Coda (ending)
13 BALANCE Balance the level between the Arranger and the Real Time
sections (Upper1, Upper2, Lower)
14 TEMPO/DATA, ENTER,
ESCAPE Modify the Tempo speed in Styles, Song Styles or Songs.
Once a mode is selected the +/- button modify the value of
the selected parameter. ENTER confi rms selections or edit.
ESCAPE cancels the data input data exits the edit page.
15 SUSTAIN adds a sustain effect to the three keyboard sections (Upper
1, 2 e Lower) independently by the Damper Pedal
16 REV/CHO Enables (led ON) or disables (led OFF) the Digital Signal
Processor.
17 HARMONY enables or disables the melody harmonizer.
18 TRANSPOSE b / # Raises (#) or lowers ( b) the overall pitch of the instrument
by a semitone every time that it is pressed, up to a maxi-
mum of ± 12 semitones (1 octave). When both keys are
pressed at the same time the transposer is set back to 0.
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