Choosing Category Default Multis; Choosing Favorites; Transposition - Kurzweil Artis SE Musician's Manual

Multi Mode

Transposition

Choosing Category Default Multis

You can choose a "Category Default Multi" from each Category that will be recalled each
time you press that Category's button. To save a Category Default Multi, first select a Multi
using any Multi select method (Alpha wheel,
Multi buttons). A Category button for the current Category will have a lit LED. Next, press
and hold the currently lit Category button until the display shows a message indicating that
the Category Default Multi has been saved.
You can save one Category Default Multi per Category button.

Choosing Favorites

You can save six Favorite Multis (or Programs) from any Category to the six Favorite
Buttons. Once saved, these Favorite Multis can be recalled from any Mode with a single
button press. To save the currently selected Multi to a Favorite Button, press and hold a
Favorite Button until the display shows the message "Multi saved to fav. button."
Transposition
The Transpose buttons can be used to change the tuning of notes played on the Artis SE
keyboard in semitones (ST), also known as half steps. This is a convenient way to change the
key of a song without learning to play it in a different key. The Transpose buttons are located
to the left of the display. The Transpose buttons also transpose MIDI notes sent to the USB
and MIDI out ports.
Press the Transpose
semitone. The top line of the display shows the current transposition value. Pressing both
Transpose
down by octave intervals (12 ST), press the Octave button and use
The maximum transposition value possible is +/–36 semitones.
The LEDs of the Transpose buttons indicate whether the current Multi is transposed up
(Transpose
transposition, neither Transpose button is lit.
7-4
– +
or buttons to transpose the Artis SE keyboard down or up by one
– +
& simultaneously will reset the transposition to 0. To transpose up and
+
LED is lit) or transposed down (Transpose
– +
& buttons, Category buttons, Program/
–
–
LED is lit). When there is no
+
buttons.
Transpose