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FEATURES OF THE WK6 & WK8
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Polyphony/multitimbral capabilities
Maximum polyphony: 64 voices. Multitimbric-
ity: 16 parts (Style/RealTime modes) or 32
parts (Song mode). Each part is assigned to
a track. In Style/RealTime mode 8 tracks are
assigned to the keyboard and the other 8 to
the auto-accompaniment section.
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Sound generation
Based on sampled waveforms (Wave), modi-
fied by programmable digital filters (DCF, Dig-
itally Controlled Filters). Waves are assigned
singularly or in pairs to up to a maximum of 3
Layers, to obtain Sounds consisting of a max-
imum of 6 Waves per voice.
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ROM-Sounds
ROM (permanent memory) contains up to 16
megabytes of samples which are the source
of over 1,000 ROM-Sounds.
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RAM-Sounds
You can load disk-based RAM-Sounds based
on samples contained in ROM. RAM Sounds
can be supplied by Generalmusic, by third par-
ties, or can be created by the user with the
sound editor program. Sounds can be loaded
from SK760/880, WK6/8, WK4, SK, PS and
WX/SX Series disks.
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Edit Perf-Sound/Sound Patch
The "Edit Perf Sound" and "Edit Sound Patch"
functions permits quick modification of Sounds
and Drumkits to produce "Performance-
Sounds". The modifications are stored in Per-
formance tracks to allow Songs, Styles or
Real-Performances to load the correct sounds.
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Sound Edit
SK760/880 features and advanced, powerful
and highly flexible Sound Edit section that
takes you deep into the heart of sound syn-
thesis at its very best. You can shape enve-
lopes, control Waveforms and open and close
filters with the help of high definition graphical
representations projected on the display. The
Sound Edit also features the Sample Transla-
tor, an incoporated Waveform creating pro-
gram which allows you to create new Sounds
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starting from disk-based samples or data re-
ceived via MIDI.
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Volatile Sample RAM (optional)
It is possible to install up to 32 megabytes of
additional Sample-RAM via standard 30 pin
computer SIMMs (single in-line Memory Mod-
ules) obtainable from most computer outlets.
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Digital Effects Processor
Four Digital Effects Processors, controlled in
real time, enrich the sound with effects (reverbs
and modulations). A flexible matrix allows dif-
ferent effects to be assigned to every track.
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Sequencer
The 32 track, 250 event/16 Song sequencer
has a Microscope function (microscopic edit)
and Score facility (to display Score, chords and
Lyrics). The QuickRec recording method al-
lows the rapid recording of Songs by using ex-
isting Styles.
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Jukebox & Preload
The Jukebox function allows you to chain the
Songs in memory and play them one after the
other with a single command. The Preload
function allows you to create a list of disk-
based Songs or MIDI Files and play them all
by means of a single command, without first
loading all data in memory.
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Automatic accompaniment
The internal ROM Styles provide automatic
musical accompaniments, consisting of 8
tracks. Every Style has 4 Variations. Up to
32 disk based Styles (User programmable) can
be loaded and automatically stored in the bat-
tery backed system memory. Each Style can
also be automatically reconfigured by means
of up to 8 associated Style Performances.
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Disk drive
Data can be stored on 3.5" HD floppy disks, in
SK760/880 expanded format (1.6 megabyte),
standard MS-DOS (1.44 megabyte) or Atari ST/
Falcon format (720 Kb). SK760/880 is able to
initialize disks for every format. It is possible to
load RAM-Sounds, Styles and Songs from
SK760/880, WX2, SX2 floppy disks. If Sam-
ple-RAM is present, it is also possible to load
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