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Basic Operation
Pressing the SUSTAIN button activates the effect.
Pressing it a second
time cancels the effect.
2. Stereo Chorus:
Pressing the STEREO
CHORUS
button activates an effect which adds a
deep stereo richness to the currently selected sound.
Pressing the button
a second time cancels the effect.
When you choose the stereo chorus effect, the number of notes that can
be heard at one time will be reduced.
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This section will show you how to select and play any of the rhythms listed
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under the "30 RHYTHM LIBRARY" on the FS730's front panel.
1. Begin by pressing the RHYTHM
SELECT button.
The lamp above the but-
ton will light, and the display will change to read G /.
2. If you press the START/STOP button at this point, rhythm number 01
(DANCE) will begin to play (drums only). Now find the SELECTOR buttons
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and press the #2 button. The display will change to read Ue' and the rhythm
will change to number 02 (FUSION).
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You may use the SELECTOR buttons in this way to select any rhythm you
desire. The number in the display will change to indicate the number of the
rhythm currently selected.
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. Next, press the START/STOP button.
An ending pattern which matches the
currently selected rhythm will play, and the rhythm performance will end.
You can use this Ending Pattern to bring a song to a close.
Or. if you want
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the rhythm to end without the Ending Pattern, press the START/STOP but-
ton quickly two times.
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Changing Rhythm Tempo
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You can use the TEMPO buttons to change the tempo of any rhythm pattern.
The TEMPO WY button makes the tempo slower.
The TEMPO A button makes
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the tempo faster.
The longer you hold down each of these buttons, the more
the tempo will change.
When you press and hold down either of tne TEMPO buttons, the display will
change to read dn (short for "down") or UP depending on which TEMPO but-
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ton you are pressing.
When the tempo reaches maximum (216) or minimum
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(52), the letters in the display (dn or UF') will disappear.
The small lamp at the top of the display will also blink in time with the tempo.
@ Using Auto-Accompaniment
The Auto-Accompaniment mode allows you to create a realistic ensemble per-
formance simply by pressing and holding left hand chords as you play the
melody.
The nineteen keys on the left end of the keyboard (the Lower Keyboard) are
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used to play the chords which control the Auto-Accompaniment.
Up until now
we have used the Lower Keyboard only for normal keyboard operation.
Here's
how you can use the Lower Keyboard notes to control Auto-Accompaniments:
1. First, prepare the Lower Keyboard for chord use by pressing the AUTO but-
ton. The display will change briefly to read Au.
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2. Select a rhythm using the RHYTHM
SELECT button and the SELECTOR but-
tons. Then, start the rhythm by pressing the START/STOP button.
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