Part I Sounds And Effects; Selecting Sounds; Overview Of Sounds And Effects - Technics sx-PR604/M Operating Instructions Manual

Part I Sounds and effects

Overview of sounds and effects

The following is an overview of the sound parts of this instrument.
NX SOUND
NX SOUND is the Technics original sound generator format
which evokes realtime performance quality and expressive
power, and dramatically expands the number of sounds and
effects generated. This format includes GM2 (General MIDI
Level 2), and make various controls possible when data is
created and reproduced by computer.
• For information about GM2, refer to page 95.
• Equipment with the logo shown below is compatible with
NX SOUND song data.

Selecting sounds

SX-PR804
AUTO PLAY CHORD PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS
SPLIT 8&16
DEMO POINT MODE OFF/ON AUTO SETTING BANK STOP BEAT
CHORD FINDER
SOUL &
MAIN APC/SEQUENCER
DISCO
VOLUME VOLUME
MAX MAX
1 2 3
MUSIC STYLE
ARRANGER
4 5 6
SOLO SOLO
MIN OFF
Select the sounds for the three parts you can play on the keyboard—RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT. After first selecting a part
and a SOUND GROUP, choose the desired sound from the display.
Select a sound
1.
In the PART SELECT section, choose RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 or LEFT.
PART SELECT
LEFT RIGHT 2
• The CONDUCTOR buttons are used to specify which part
is heard. (Refer to page 36.)
• For the RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts, when a CONDUC-
TOR button is selected, the corresponding PART SELECT
button is also activated.
2.
Select a sound group.
SOUND GROUP
SAX & ORGAN &
STRINGS BRASS
WOODWIND ACCORDION
GUITAR MALLET &
VOCAL
& HARPSI ORCH PERC
PIANO
GRAND UPRIGHT
• The sounds in DRUM KITS are percussion sounds that
you play by striking the keyboard keys.
• MEMORY is reserved for storing sounds you modify.
(Refer to page 119.)
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RHYTHM GROUP SOUND PROGRESSIVE TEMPO / PROGRAM
ARRANGER PIANO STYLIST PIANIST
MOVIE &
SET OFF/ON
ROCK & POP BALLAD JAZZ & SWING SHOW METRONOME
FAVORITES
FADE ONE TOUCH SIMPLE PIANO
GOSPEL COUNTRY & MARCH & LATIN & PLAY
MEMORY
& BLUES WESTERN WALTZ WORLD IN OUT
LOAD
SYNCHRO
VARIATION FILL IN INTRO & ENDING START / STOP START
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 BEAT
LCD CONTRAST MUTE
TAP TEMPO
HELP OTHER PARTS/TR
SEQUENCER COUNT
RESET INTRO
RIGHT 1
SOUND
SYNTH SOLOIST
EXPLORER
BASS DRUM KITS MIXTURES MEMORY
DIGITAL
ELECTRIC MODERN DRAWBAR
(PR804)
Part
This instrument is mainly organized into the following parts.
RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, LEFT:
These are the parts the performer plays on the keyboard.
• These are independent from the playback parts. For
example one can to perform on the keyboard while
playing back a song disk with 16-part standard MIDI files
(SMF).
PART1 to 16:
SMF song disk playback parts, or parts for MIDI receive.
ACCOMP1 to 5, BASS, DRUMS 1, 2:
Parts for the automatic accompaniment.
PADS:
Parts for the PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS (PR804)
METRONOME:
The part for the METRONOME sounds.
SOUND GROUP
TRANSPOSE R1/R2 OCTAVE
SAX & ORGAN & SOUND
STRINGS BRASS SYNTH SOLOIST
WOODWIND ACCORDION EXPLORER
– + – +
PART SELECT
GUITAR MALLET &
VOCAL BASS DRUM KITS MIXTURES MEMORY
& HARPSI ORCH PERC
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1
PIANO
DIGITAL
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1 GRAND UPRIGHT ELECTRIC MODERN DRAWBAR
PAGE
DISPLAY HOLD EXIT
CONDUCTOR
3.
Select the desired sound from the list on the
display.
• You can use the PAGE buttons to view a different part of
the list (except for a portion of the PIANO group).
• The sound you select is memorized for the part you
selected in step 1.
• The sound display may differ depending on the effect
settings.
4.
Play the keyboard.
THEATRE SONIC EFFECT SEQUENCER
PROGRAM
MULTI EFFECT CHORUS REVERB PLAY EASY REC DISK
MENUS DISK
IN USE
CHORD STEP REC LOAD
TECHNI-CHORD SOLO DIGITAL EFFECT BRILLIANCE
SET NEXT BANK BANK VIEW
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
PANEL MEMORY
(PR804)