Manual

Playing the Digital Keyboard
E-8
You can use the voice pads to sound various sound effects or
even sounds you have sampled (“Sampling”, page E-13). Use
the voice pads to add something extra to your performances.
1. Press
bo
(RHYTHM).
2. Press a pad (1 through 5,
br
through
cl
) to
sound what is assigned to it.
There are four sets of voice pad sounds numbered 1
through 4 (see below). Each press of
cm
cycles through
the sound sets 1 through 4.
Example: When Set 2 is selected
• While a sound set number is displayed, you can change it
using
bq
(10-key). If you do not perform any operation for a
few seconds after the indicator appears, the display will
return to the previous screen automatically.
Sampling sounds will change the tones assigned to sets 1
through 3 to the sampled sounds. For more information, see
page E-13.
The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady
beat to help keep you on tempo.
1. Press
5
.
This starts the metronome.
2. Press
5
again to stop the metronome.
You can configure the metronome to use a bell sound for the
first beat of each measure of the song you are playing.
• You can specify 0, or a value from 2 to 6 as the number of
beat per measure.
• When playing a built-in song, the beats per measure setting
(which determines when the bell sounds) is configured
automatically for the currently selected song.
1. Hold down
5
until the beats per measure
setting screen appears on the display.
• If you do not perform any operation for after the beats
per measure setting screen appears, the display will
return to the screen displayed before you pressed
5
.
2. Use
bq
(10-key) to enter the number of beats
per measure.
• The bell will not sound if you specify 0 for this setting. In
this case, all beats are indicated by a click sound. This
setting lets you practice with a steady beat, without
worrying how many beats there are in each measure.
Using the Voice Pads
Pad 1Pad 2Pad 3Pad 4Pad 5
Set 1
TONE 402
“VOICE
PAD 1”
TONE 403
“VOICE
PAD 2”
TONE 404
“VOICE
PAD 3”
TONE 401 “ORIGINAL”
*1
Set 2 Set 1 sounds with various pitches.
*2
Set 3 Set 1 sounds repeated.
*3
Set 4 XIAO LUO GUNSHOT BONGO CONGA TAMBOURINE
*1: Pad 5 plays original sound raised a perfect fifth.
*2: Pad 1: Up a perfect fifth; Pad 2: Down a perfect fifth;
Pad 3: Same as Set 1; Pad 4: Up a major third;
Pad 5: Down a perfect fifth
*3: Pads 1 and 5: Gradually rising pitch;
Pad 2: Gradually falling pitch
Lights
br bs bt ck cl cm
Pad Se t
Sounding Sampled Sounds with the Voice
Pads
Using the Metronome
Start/Stop
Changing the Beats per Measure
This pattern changes with each beat.
Bea t