Document Outline

• To ensure long, trouble-free operation, please read this manual carefully.
• Precautions
• Data handling
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • 1. Before you begin
    • Check the included items
  • 2. How to use this manual
    • Printing conventions in this manual
  • 3. Main features
  • 4. Panel layouts
    • Front panel
    • Rear panel
    • Operating panel
• Preparations for playing
  • 1. Before you turn on the power
    • Before you turn on the power, connect the included pedal and your powered monitor speaker/ audio ...
    • Connections
    • When using headphones
    • Using the music stand
    • Turning the power on
    • Adjusting the volume
• Basic operation
  • 1. LCD screen
    • Items in the LCD screen
    • LCD screen contrast
    • Using the LCD screen
    • The main page
  • 2. Operating panel
  • 3. Help function
• Demo playback
  • 1. Listening to the demo
    • To listen to the demo songs
  • 2. Practicing along with a demo song
    • Practicing right hand and left hand separately
    • Changing the tempo of the demo playback
• Playing the SP-500
  • 1. Playing a sound
    • Turing the power on
    • Adjusting the volume
  • 2. Selecting sounds
    • Changing sounds
    • Selecting percussion instrument sounds
    • Selecting sounds from the [USER] program group
  • 3. Combining sounds
    • Layer function (play two sounds together)
    • Selecting different sounds for the lower and upper ranges of the keyboard (the Split function)
    • Playing the SP-500 as a piano (PLAY PIANO mode)
  • 4. Applying effects to a sound
    • Adding Reverb to the sound
    • Adding Chorus or other modulation effects to the sound
  • 5. Playing along with the metronome
    • Starting the metronome
    • Adjusting the tempo
  • 6. Using pedals
  • 7. Changing the touch response of the keyboard
  • 8. Using the [USER] program group
    • Collecting favorite sounds into a [USER] program group
    • Changing the program name
• Automatic accompaniment
  • 1. Performing with automatic accompaniment
    • Using automatic accompaniment
    • Adjusting the tempo
    • Adjusting the overall volume
    • Adjusting the volume of individual parts
    • Muting a part
  • 2. Various automatic accompaniment functions
    • Selecting how you will start and stop automatic accompaniment
    • Changing how you specify the chords
    • Performing with an ensemble
    • To change the variation
    • Adding an intro
    • Adding an ending
    • Adding a fill
    • Selecting the most appropriate program for a Rhythm Style
    • Reducing the number of parts in the accompaniment
  • 3. Using the [USER] rhythm style group
    • Collecting your favorite styles in the [USER] rhythm style group
  • 4. Creating a custom rhythm style
    • Customizing a rhythm style
    • Custom style parameter list
• Recording
  • 1. Recording your performance
    • Basic recording (Realtime Recording)
    • Recording with automatic accompaniment
    • Loading performance data that you recorded
  • 2. Various recording methods
    • Using Quantize while you record
    • Multitrack recording
    • Recording from the middle of the song
    • Auto punch-in/out
    • Recording the automatic accompaniment without performing (Step Recording)
    • Let’s use step recording to input chords
  • 3. Editing functions
    • Editing previously-saved data
• Functions
  • 1. Adjusting the pitch
    • Fine adjustments to the pitch
    • Changing the key (Transposing)
    • Changing the octave
  • 2. Selecting a temperament
    • Selecting a temperament
    • Creating your own temperament
  • 3. Using the pedals
    • Damper pedal settings for Layer and Split
    • Specifying the function of the assignable switch
  • 4. All setup
    • To store these settings into internal memory
  • 5. Convenient functions
    • Adjusting the left/right balance
    • Adjusting the display time of a popup screen
• Connecting other equipment
  • 1. Connecting MIDI equipment
    • What is MIDI?
    • MIDI connections
    • MIDI channel settings
    • Using the SP-500 as a multi-timbral tone generator
    • Local on/off setting
    • Synchronizing to an external sequencer
    • MIDI Transpose
    • MIDI Filter
• Appendices
  • Troubleshooting
  • Specifications
  • Program list
  • Rhythm style list
  • Drum kits list
  • Demo songs list
  • List of detected chords
  • MIDI Implementation Chart
• Index