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ps1600
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  • Page 1 D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S owners manual ps1600 •English...
  • Page 2 SPECIAL MESSAGES ALARM SYMBOLS: The exclamation mark within an equi lat er al triangle is intended to alert. Generalmusic electronics prod ucts could present la bels sim i lar to that The lightning fl ash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilat- eral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of dis played in this section.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    MANUAL INDEX Control Panel Page1 To Store A Memory Page17 Styles Selection Area Page1 Recall Your Memory Page17 Display Area Page1 Demo Page18 Sound Selection Area Page1 Song Page18 Connections Page2 Album Page19 The Headphone Jack Page2 Function Page19 The Aux. Out Jack Page2 Transpose (Xpose) Page19...

  • Page 5: Control Panel

    CONTROL PANEL STYLES SELECTION AREA DISPLAY AREA TOUCH SPLIT SUSTAIN DUAL MELODY OFF PORTA ALBUM STYLE SOUND SELECTION AREA Page1...

  • Page 6: The Aux. Out Jack

    REAR PANEL MIDI IN MIDI OUT PEDALS PIANO PEDALS CONNECTION (DAMPER SOFT SOSTENUTO) MIDI IN MIDI OUT AUX OUT 1 AUX OUT 2 CONNECTIONS THE HEADPHONE JACK A pair of stereo headphones can be plugged into the PHONES jack for private practice or late night playing.

  • Page 7: Main Features

    • The ps1600 features a total of 178 high quality voices, including a stunning Grand Piano, a multi- functional LCD which can display the music staff, along with other powerful features. • The ps1600 features a fl oppy disk drive that allows you to play standard midi fi les (format 0, format 1), and saves midi fi...
  • Page 8 The voice mode features 178 authentic VOICES, including 128 General MIDI compatible sounds. See APPENDIX VOICE LIST). The PS1600 allows you to easiely recall the VOICE in DIRECT mode selection. The DIRECT SELECT mode uses the dedicated buttons in the right side area of the piano for fast acess.

  • Page 9: Lower Voice

    LOWER VOICE This function allows to SPLIT the ps1600 keyboard in two parts: left and right area. Press the SPLIT/LOW VOICE button to enable the LOWER VOICE. The LCD lights the lower voice fl ag and displays “VOICE L” and the relative lower voice name.

  • Page 10: Portamento

    PORTAMENTO To have portamento effect,press and hold [PORTAMENTO] button and play the keyboard. FUNCTION FUNCTION + There are four types of portamento time (0-3). The default time setting is 2. (You can modify the portamento time with FUNCTION menu). Holding down the [PORTAMENTO] button before play- ing the keyboard.

  • Page 11: Auto Accompaniment

    AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT USING A STYLE (DRUM ONLY) SELECT A STYLE Press any of the STYLE buttons to recall the associated STYLE As already explained for the VOICES, each but- ton can select two different associated STYLES. For example, pressing the 8BEAT SLOW button the fi...

  • Page 12: Using Auto Accompaniment

    USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT (ALL TRACKS) Select a STYLE A.B.C (AUTO BASS CHORD) Press the [ABC MELODY/OFF] button after selecting the style. TOUCH SPLIT SUSTAIN DUAL MELODY OFF PORTA ALBUM STYLE Any notes played on the left side of keyboard can be recognized as a chord. The recognized chord name will be shown on the display.

  • Page 13: Accompaniment Section

    ACCOMPANIMENT SECTION Accompaniment consists of INTRO, NORMAL (*), VARIATION, FILL A, FILL B, ENDING. Using dif- ferent sections based on the structure of songs enable you to create a full and professionally arranged song. INTRO Press the button before you start playing to select an intro section. The intro section [INTRO] is followed by the main section.

  • Page 14: Accompaniment Operation

    ACCOMPANIMENT OPERATION Select a style and Start the accompaniment. The style will start immediately, by pressing the START/STOP button, the Drum track will start playing without bass and chord accompaniment. To start with an intro section: Press the INTRO button to actually start the intro section and accompaniment.
  • Page 15 FILL B Press the ENDING button, the ending will begin from the fi rst beat of the next measure. DISPLAY ENDING Note: holding down the [FILL A] or [FILL B] button, ps1600 will play the fi ll section all along. Page11...
  • Page 16 Playing the ENDING section, the display will show ENDING Press the INTRO button, the intro will begin from the fi rst beat of the next measure. DISPLAY ENDING Press the FILL A button, the fi ll A will begin immediately and smoothly lead into the normal.
  • Page 17 CHORD RECOGNITION Press the ABC ON/OFF button, the A.B.C icon will appear next to “A.B.C” on the display. TOUCH SPLIT SUSTAIN DUAL MELODY OFF PORTA ALBUM STYLE Chords can be produced by pressing any keys below the split point.

  • Page 18: Volume Control

    VOLUME CONTROL ACCOMP VOLUME CONTROL The ps1600 has 5 accompaniment tracks professionally arranged: CHORD 1, CHORD2, CHORD 3, BASS, and DRUM. You can adjust the volume of each accompaniment track. TRACK CHANNEL RANGE DEFAULT ACCOMP CH1, CH3, CH5, CH7, CH10...

  • Page 19: Keyboard Volume

    KEYBOARD VOLUME The ps1600 has 3 keyboard SECTIONS: VOICE 1, VOICE 2, LOWER. TRACK CHANNEL RANGE DEFAULT VOICE 1 Ch 13 0 -127 VOICE 2 Ch 14 0- 127 LOWER Ch 15 0- 127 HOW TO ADJUST Press the MIXER button.

  • Page 20: Metronome

    METRONOME You can turn the metronome ON/OFF by pressing the button on the panel. When you turn on the metronome, the metronome sound and style will play at the same time. Note: the time signature changes automatically when a style is selected.

  • Page 21: To Store A Memory

    TO STORE A MEMORY Holding down the [STORE] button and press the [M1]-[M4] button.You can store your desired memory. RECALL YOUR MEMORY First select your desired memory bank and press the M1/M4 button. You can recall your desired memory.

  • Page 22: Demo

    DEMO Press the DEMO button to play demos TOUCH SPLIT SUSTAIN DUAL MELODY OFF PORTA ALBUM STYLE Use the VOLUME knob to adjust the volume of DEMO FUNCTION FUNCTION + Press the TEMPO+/TEMPO- buttons to adjust the tempo of the DEMO.

  • Page 23: Album

    ALBUM 92 well-known album songs are provided to you for performance without melody and chords. After pressing the ALBUM button, four beats will fl ash simultaneously. Press any keys on the keyboard below the split point, then the chord will be appeared on LCD. A preset voice is set to each album song.

  • Page 24: 04 Beat

    BEAT The BEAT function allows you to set a time signature (number of beats in a measure) for the Metronome. The factory setting corresponds to 4 beats for every measure. FUNCTION FUNCTION + 04 BEAT TOUCH Press the NEXT button to select and adjust the TOUCH parameter with the control you prefer.

  • Page 25: Pedal Sus

    PEDAL SUS Press the NEXT button to adjust pedal parameter with the control you prefer. Parameter Range: from 1 to 5: Sustain, Soft, Accomp, Tempo Tap, Memory. The default pedal is the sustain pedal. All notes played on the keyboard have a sustained ef- fect after stepping on the pedal.

  • Page 26: Chorus Type

    CHORUS TYPE Press the button to adjust CHORUS TYPE parameter with the control you prefer. Parameter Range: from 0 to 7. FUNCTION + FUNCTION CHORUS level Press the button to adjust CHORUS LEVEL parameter with the control you prefer. Parameter Range: from 0 to 127.

  • Page 27: Default Parameters

    Default parameters PARAMETER RANGE DEFAULT XPOSE -12~12 TUNE -50~50 OCTAVE -2~2 BEAT TOUCH OFF -1~3 SPLIT POINT 1-61 PORTAMENTO PEDALSUS PEDALSUS,SOF , ACC, TAP , MEM PEDALSUS DSP TYPE ON/OFF REV. TYPE REV. LEVL 0~127 CHO.TYPE CHO. LEVL...

  • Page 28: Disk

    fl ashing. The disk icon will stop fl ashing and light it after loading. There are enough memory to store the disk song data in ps1600. Playing any one of disk song will load nothing after all disk songs data have been loaded.

  • Page 29: Disk Utility

    If the midi format of a playing song is format2,the LCD will display :”Format Err”. If the ticks in one beat of a playing song is greater than 1024 or less than 24, the LCD displays “Midi Err”.

  • Page 30: Delete Midi

    DELETE MIDI Select the disk midi deletion function by pressing the UTILITY and [+] button or rotate the DIAL. The message ”DelMid” will appear on the display. Press the NEXT button and the disk song name (.midi) will display.

  • Page 31: Load Midi

    LOAD MIDI Select the load disk mid function by pressing the UTILITY button or rotate the DIAL ”. The message "LoadRec" will appear on the display. Press the [+] button and the saved disk mid name (*.mid) is displayed.

  • Page 32: Disk Save

    Disk SAVE SAVE MIDI Press the SAVE button to select Disk Save mid menu. Press the NEXT button to enter the save midi fi le mode. FUNCTION FUNCTION + “MIDI0001” will appear on the LCD and the character “0” will fl ash.”H” will be changed by keyboard.

  • Page 33: Recording

    RECORDING One user song can be recorded, each song has 5 tracks (1 ACCOMP track, 4 MELODY tracks). The song you have recorded can be saved to the fl oppy disk in Midifi le standard. REALTIME RECORDING START RECORDING Press the RECORD button.

  • Page 34: Stop Recording

    ALBUM STYLE MANUAL STOP Pressing the RECORD button during the recording ps1600 will stop recording. If the recorded track has data, the fl ag of this track will display on the LCD. PLAYBACK Select track: press the [Melody1], [Melody4], [Accomp] button to select a record track. A lighting fl...

  • Page 35: Technical Specifi Cation

    APPENDIX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 88 keys with Touch Response Keys 178 voices (GM compatible) Voices 64-note (max.) Polyphony 100 styles (96 orchestral + 4 Piano styles) Styles 92 albums Albums Start/stop, Sync, Fill-IN A, Fill-IN B, Ending Accompaniment Control...
  • Page 36 APPENDIX 1-VOICE LIST Dis- SoundName Patch Instr. / Drum- Dis- SoundName Patch Instr. / Drum- Dis- SoundName Patch Instr. / DrumKit play (Prog- play (Prog- play (Prog- Num. Bank- Num. Bank- Num. BankMSB) MSB) MSB) Piano1 Instrument Fr.Horn...

  • Page 37: Song List

    CHORD TABLE Chord (C) Display Chord Chord Name/[Abbreviation] Normal Voicing Major [M] 1-3-5 Major sixth [6] 1-(3) -5- 6 Major seventh [M7] 1-3-(5)-7 Major seventh sharp Eleventh [M7#11] 1-(2) -3-#4-(5) -7 CM7#11 CM7#11 CM7#11 Cmadd9 Major add ninth [Madd9]...

  • Page 38: Midi Implementation Chart

    MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Function ransmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed 1-16ch 1-16ch Default Mode Messages Altered *********** Note 0-127 0-127 0-127 Number: True voice *********** Velocity : Note on 9nH,V=1 -127 9nH,V=1 -127 te off 9nH,V=0 X (9nH,V=0;8nH,V=0 - 127)
  • Page 39 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Note : This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur- suant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 40 STOCK CODE 271468 Specifi cations are subject to change without prior notice. PRINTED IN CHINA Generalmusic S.p.A. Via delle Rose, 12 47842 S.Giovanni in Marignano (RN) - Italy Tel. +39 0541 959511Fax +39 0541 957404 www.generalmusic.com...

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