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  • Page 1 D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S owners manual wk2000 se •English...
  • Page 2 IMPORTANT NOTE: To reduce the risk related to the correct and normal use of the instrument, all Generalmusic products are accuralety tested in a safety laboratory. DO NOT modify the present unit, the safety standard and the correct instrument operativity could be com pro mised, and as a further con se quence the warranty will be invalidated.
  • Page 3 MANUAL INDEX INTRODUCTION Page Specifi cations Page WK2000 SE front panel Page WK2000 Rear Panel Page GETTING STARTED Page Powering up and preliminary operations Power On/Off Hot to listen to a Demo song Playing a song or a midifi le Listen to a song directly from a fl...
  • Page 4 Selecting a Song Style To play a Song Style in real time Song Style recording Entering the Song Style recording mode Song Style name Recording Page Listen to the Song Style playback Clear Song Style (USER Song Style) Page WK2000 SE manual index...
  • Page 5 The main applications of MIDI Controlling an expander or other keyboards Controlling the WK2000 SE from a MIDI accordion Page Using the WK2000 SE in Song mode with a computer The computer port Playing the WK2000 SE with a master keyboard Page...

  • Page 6: System Reset

    Back Up Battery The WK2000 SE is fi tted with a Ni-Cd rechargeable battery to retain data while the instrument is off. The battery is recharged while the instrument is turned on (not just plugged in !). When the instrument is turned off, data is conserved in memory for appriximately 30 days.
  • Page 7 The owner’s manual We strong recommend to read the Owners Manual carefully: it is the best way to learn how WK2000 SE operates. The Manual is divided into separate User Guides. An Appendix with tables and MIDI specifi cations is given at the end.
  • Page 8 WK2000 SE Front Panel 8 MELODY OFF 12 VARIATION 1- 2- 3- 4 1 6 R E C A L L / S TO R E P E R F O R- 1 POWER This button turns off the melody of a Song...
  • Page 9 WK2000 SE Front Panel 29 STYLE LOCK 35 DISPLAY 22 ENTER 38 UTILITY SECTION When this function is ON (the display in- A colored, backlit, LCD multi-function dis- Confirms specified data in edit LYRICS situations. dicates the status), when a Per for man ce is...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    4 COMPUTER The Serial port permits to connect the WK2000 SE to a com- puter (Apple Macintosh or IBM PC and compatibles). Data interchange between WK2000 SE and PC or Mac requires appropriate setting in the MIDI/General functions.

  • Page 11: Powering Up And Preliminary Operations

    AC mains voltage matches the voltage specifi ed on the instrument’s name plate. HOW TO LISTEN TO THE DEMO SONGS Demo Songs of WK2000 SE can be started at any time to get an idea of the real sound potential of this instrument. Press the DEMO key Select one of the 8 function button (F1/F8) below the display.

  • Page 12: Select Performances And Listen To The Sounds

    Listen to A Song Directly From the Hard Disk Press the HD button. The name of the fi rst partition is displayed together with the corresponding number Rotate the DIAL to scroll through the Hard disk partitions in alphabeti- cal order.

  • Page 13: Select Styles And Play With Automatic Accompaniments

    The REV/CHO button can be active (led ON) or non active (led OFF). You can temporarily modify the active effects in a Performance or a Style, by holding the REV/CHO key down. WK2000 SE features 22 types of Reverb and 22 types of Modulation/Delay (Chorus) effects.
  • Page 14 If you play a diffi cult tune that implies the use of many black keys, or if the tune you are playing is not in key with the Singer’s voice or with another instrument, you can transpose WK2000 SE to play in a different key.

  • Page 15: Basic Concepts

    BASIC CONCEPTS In this chapter you will fi nd the basic concepts to make WK2000 SE work, along with general information that will help you understand the various parts of the instrument. To gain access to the keyboard functions, as well as following the instructions in the Owner’s Manual chapter, you can follow a friendly shortcut: by holding down the key of the function you wish to modify,...

  • Page 16: Song Mode

    Up to 7 Song Styles can be loaded to the WK2000 SE memory. WARNING!: Is not possible to save Song Style in MIDI File format. To save a SongStyle as a MIDI File, connect WK2000 SE to a PC/ Sequencer using the MIDI connections or serial port SONG MODE A Song is a multi-timbral 16-track performance, in which each track represents an orchestra or band instrument.
  • Page 17 The Sample Ram allows you to load one or more samples in memory, to increase the sound potential of the instrument. WK2000 SE can load samples in WK2000 SE, WK2, PK7and WK3 formats. They can be loaded to the memory using the [Load All Disk] function.
  • Page 18 The right headphones jack does not exclude the internal speaker system. MUSIC STAND WK2000 SE is supplied with a music stand which is attached by inserting it into appropriate holes on the rear panel. DISPLAY WK2000 SE features a large, backlit multifunction liquid crystal display that will simplify all operations performed on the instrument.
  • Page 19 DATA ENTRY Modes, pages and values are selected as follows: After selecting a function with the corresponding arrowhead, it is possible: • To change Page (where two or more pages are given) using the PAGE keys.
  • Page 20 SOUNDS & PERFORMANCES A Sound is assigned to each Performance track. THE REAL TIME KEYBOARD SECTIONS (UPPER 1, UPPER2, LOWER) The display constantly shows which tracks are assigned to the accompaniment and which ones are assigned to the keyboard section (this does not happen only when a special mode is selected, where the deactivation of the tracks is required).

  • Page 21: Sound Selection

    WK2000 SE are arranged in SOUND BANKS. They can be selected pressing the +/- on the numeric keypad, at one time. Banks 1,2 each 3 contain 128 sounds from Bank 1 are General MIDI compatible); Bank 4 features 60 more...
  • Page 22 HOW TO PROGRAM A PERFORMANCE WK2000 SE contains 63 user-programmable Performances that you can modify according to your needs. Performance programming operations are quite simple. By programming a performance you will always recall your favorite Sound combinations, Styles and panel settings. Follow the steps given below to modify a Performance.

  • Page 23: The Performance Parameters

    Make sure that your programmed performances will be saved to a Floppy Disk before resetting with RESTORE. To save Performances to disk, refer to the Disk chapter. If you modify the fi rst of the 63 available Performances, this will appear whenever WK2000 SE is turned on.
  • Page 24 THE STYLES You can enjoy playing the keyboard sounds in real time while WK2000 SE automatically adds the accompaniment, as if you were playing with a band of musicians. The automatic arrangements are provided by the WK2000 SE Styles.This chapter describes the automatic arrangements of the Styles, how to select them and how to store them to the Performances.

  • Page 25: The Style Controls

    THE STYLE CONTROLS The Style functions buttons and controls are explained in the next paragraphs. START/STOP Starts or Stops the automatic accompaniments (Styles). When recording a Song Style, this key will be used to start the Style: the Song Style will be recorded by the Sequencer area with the PLAY/STOP button.
  • Page 26 ARRANGE ON/OFF When ARRANGE ON/OFF is on (LED on), all the accompaniment tracks are enabled for play. If this button is off, only the Drum track will play after the start. ARRANGE MEMORY When Arrange Memory is ON, the automatic accompaniment will continue playing even if the hand playing the arrange chord is raised from the keyboard.
  • Page 27 Press the keyboard note you wish to set as the new Split point Press ESCAPE to exit The new Split point is now set to all the instrument. It will remain in WK2000 SE memory even if this is turned off. ARRANGE MODE...
  • Page 28 FREESTYLE A three note chord is recognized anywhere on the keyboard, even if played above the current split point. If you play one or two notes, the chord is not recognized and the accompaniment does not change. This chord recognition option allows you to play your melody anywhere along the keyboard with the Upper 1 and /or Upper 2 keyboard sounds.
  • Page 29 Vocalist Track of the Song. REV/CHO SUSTAIN WK2000 SE can process the signals it generates, thanks Active (led ON), non active (led OFF) This is a general control to two built-in multi effect devices that affect the sections which activates the sustain effect on all three Real Time independently.
  • Page 30 If a Song is saved as a MIDI fi le on an MS-DOS disk, you can be certain that all the most recent generation of instruments and any computers will be able to load and read that Song. WK2000 SE reads format 0 and 1 MIDI fi les , and saves MIDI fi les in format 0.
  • Page 31 fi rst positioning the arrowhead. WK2000 SE can also load Songs from CD Series, WK3 and PK7 Songs disks. LOADING STYLES Up to 8 locations are available in RAM to load disk-based USER Styles (96-103). WK2000 SE can also load Styles from WK2000 SE, WK2, WK3 and PK7 Styles disks.
  • Page 32 3 digit display area shows the extension [Cd]., while the 8 digit display area shows the fi le name with one of the three possible extensions: SNG, STY, SMP. WK2000 SE is compatible with CD SONG, STYLE and SAMPLE fi les, but not CD SONG STYLES.
  • Page 33 THE SAVING OPERATION Although data are retained in the machine RAM memory even when the instrument is turned off, it is advisable to save a copy of your data to a Floppy Disk. RAM is best used as a dynamic work area and not as a data storage device. WK2000 SE can be saved to a Floppy Disk: •...
  • Page 34 THE COPY FUNCTION How to copy a fi le from the FLOPPY to the HARD DISK This function allows to easily increase your song repertoire, copying a song fi le contained in a fl oppy disk to the hard disk.
  • Page 35 How to copy the entire content of a fl oppy disk in the hard disk Unprotect the hard disk Create a new partition on the hard disk Insert a fl oppy disk in the drive Copy the content of the fl oppy in the new partition •Unprotect the hard disk...
  • Page 36 FLOPPY DISK FORMATTING (1.44MB) This operation formats a 3.5. HD fl oppy disk for WK2000 SE use with a capacity of 1.44 MB. The format is completely compatible with the standard MS-DOS format to permit the exchange of fi les with the WK and PK Series instruments, computers running MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh.
  • Page 37 Ejecting a Floppy disk Before ejecting a Floppy Disk, make sure that the operation led in the drive is OFF, and that WK2000 SE display shows no disk operation being in progress. To extract the Disk, press the eject button and remove the disk.

  • Page 38: The Songs

    (Program Change, Pan, Volume, Effects) within each track. Selecting a Song WK2000 SE can save up to 7 Songs in the SONG group of the USER section (from 111 to 117, if the memory locations are not all in use).
  • Page 39 PLAY A SONG WITH A TRACK IN REAL TIME Most of the Songs that you load into your WK2000 SE will most probably have all the tracks engaged by the sequencer. You can check this at a glance by looking at the status of the tracks in the display.

  • Page 40: Song Style Performance

    If your Song or MIDI File contain the Lyrics track (the text of the song), you can have them displayed both to on an external monitor, and to WK2000 SE display. In this way you will be ready to sing in Karaoke style. If you wish to do so on the display, proceed as follows Select the MIDI fi...
  • Page 41 SONG STYLE SELECTION WK2000 SE can store up to 7 Song Styles in the locations numbered from 104 to 110 in the USER section. Selecting A Song Style Refer to the DISK chapter for explanations regarding how to load Song Styles to WK2000 SE memory from disk, then proceed as follows.
  • Page 42 Recording If you have already started recording the keyboard tracks without the accompaniment, you can continue by introducing the accompaniments as follows. Press INTRO if you want to trigger the accompaniments with an introduction As an alternative, you can use the Fill or Ending as an intro. You can also use the Fade In to bring in the accompaniments with a gradual increase of volume.
  • Page 43 Clear Song Style (User Song Style) If the Song Style is not to your satisfaction, it is possible to intervene by cancelling some parameters by means of the CLEAR function The CLEAR function is incorporated within the RECORD operations.
  • Page 44 RECORD mode WK2000 SE directly sets to User Style recording mode. The Drums track (U01:DRM:Maj>) is ready to record the .Major. RIFF. The relative Program Change number in the Drums track starts blinking in the display. Playing now on the keyboard, you will hear a drum sound with each note you play.
  • Page 45 [Optional Step] Selecting a different recording track - You may wish to start recording your Style from a different track that is not Drums default set one (Drums). Use the (F1/F5) Function keys to select the desired Bass track among the following ones.
  • Page 46 RECORDING A USER STYLE After the parameters setting, follow the instructions to record a new Style. Press the START/STOP button to start recording One empty beat is executed. The notes played during the empty beat will not be saved to the Sequencer. The measure counter is active in the display and the events occurring are shown.

  • Page 47: User Style Playback

    USER STYLE playback Press the START/STOP button to start the User Style NOTE: If you have recorded less then 4 Variations, make sure that the leds corresponding to the Variations are ON. If they are not, no sound will be heard.
  • Page 48 Saving the User Styles to a Floppy Disk The User Styles are stored to the instrument memory even when WK2000 SE is turned off. To prevent unwanted loss of data, you are recommended to save your User Styles to a Floppy Disk. Information about Save Style procedure are given the [DISK] chapter this Owner’s Manual.
  • Page 49 fi rst Sound selected. The best results are obtained when modifying Riffs that are 4 bars long or more. Recording controllers All controls generated by hardware devices (Pedals, Pitch bend, Modulation), or by the pedals connected to WK2000 SE rear panel sockets will be recorded to the relative track. To record Volume section messages, use the optional Volume Pedal, that can be programmed in the Volume section in the General Menu.

  • Page 50: Digital Signal Processor

    DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR WK2000 SE allows you to process Performances (Style/RealTime, Song Style, Song Performance) through the on-board multi-effect processor and to make the overall sound more realistic. The Digital Signal Processor is made by two units that process the Performances with Reverb and Modulation/Delay effects.
  • Page 51 DIGITAL AUDIO SAMPLER The WK2000 SE is equipped with the a VOCAL PROCESSOR interface, in this way you will have a digital audio sampler at your disposal. WK2000 SE is able to sample two types of signal through the MIC/LINE inputs: WK2000 SE vocal processor/sampler has these features: •Microphone signals (MIC) from a microphone.
  • Page 52 THE VOCAL PROCESSOR The WK2000 SE is fi tted with a VOCAL PROCESSOR card, able to add up to four realtime vocal harmonies to your voice. To control the level of the microphone signal at the input stage, refer to the previous paragraph “Set up the Mic/Line signal level”, on page 45.
  • Page 53 Press again the PAGE menu to select the next parameters PAGE: PARAMETER Description LOW GAIN Sets the microphone equalizer gain response in low frequency range. (value +/-12db). Sets the microphone equalizer HI GAIN LowGain: 00 MidGain: 00 gain response in high frequency range.

  • Page 54: The Midi

    The Computer Port The COMPUTER port acts as a MIDI IN and MIDI OUT port together for communication between WK2000 SE to a computer using a single serial cable. Using the computer port disables the MIDI ports. If your computer can direct MIDI data to the serial port (identifi...
  • Page 55 •Connect the WK2000 SE MIDI OUT port with the expander MIDI IN Set WK2000 SE to operate in Real Time mode and play at least three sounds at the same time (Upper 1, Upper 2 and Lower keyboard sections). In Song Mode only one track is made available for Real Time operation. In the Real Time mode setup, the MIDI messages generated by WK2000 SE keyboard, travel from WK2000 SE MIDI OUT port to the expander MIDI IN.
  • Page 56 (see SPLIT) NOTE: If you want to hear the WK2000 SE sounds together with the accordion melody section, assign the UPPER 1 (or UPPER 1 and UPPER 2) sections the same MIDI channel as the accordions right hand section (generally, MIDI accordions use channels 1 and/or 4 for the right hand).
  • Page 57 WK2000 SE internal sound generator may operate as an external sound source (Slave). The Master keyboard must transmit on the MIDI channel that is assigned to Common in WK2000 SE. All Bank Select (CC 00) and Program Change (PC) messages which are normally used to select WK2000 SE, if transmitted on the Common Channel are now interpreted as messages to exchange Performances, Styles, Song Styles or Songs.
  • Page 58 Selecting Sound banks via MIDI ( Bk 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 ) The WK2000 SE banks that can be selected via MIDI (Bank Select - CC 00 + value of the bank) to command a Sound change are the following ones: Bank 1, 2, 3, relative to GMX (standard Generalmusic) sound map, Bank 5, used to recall SAMPLES (1-a 8) and Bank 6, extension of WK2000 SE sound map ( 00-59 + 1 Effects Kit: location 112).
  • Page 59 • Serial Connecting the WK2000 SE to a computer via a serial cable, you must confi gure this parameter for the type of computer used (PC1, PC2, MAC) Important!: If you do not connect the serial port, set this parameter to OFF (default), otherwise the MIDI interface will remain disabled for use.
  • Page 60 WK2000 SE to General MIDI OFF position. To enable Generalmusic standard (GMX) it is necessary to set General MIDI to OFF. In this way all the Sound banks and the effects provided by WK2000 SE will be at your disposal when programming your music.
  • Page 61 WK2000 SE MANUAL APPENDIX Appendix Page55...
  • Page 62 WK2000 SE SOUND DATABASE Group Progr. BANK 1 BANK 2 BANK 3 Sample BANK BANK 4 MSB=0 MSB=1 MSB=2 MSB=5 MSB=6 PIANO GPiano 1 PianoMk1 PickPiano2 USER SAMPLE1 DetuneEP1 2 Piano2 PianoW2 Pianoctave2 USER SAMPLE2 DetuneEP2 2 Piano3 E.G.Piano12...
  • Page 63 WK2000 SE SOUND DATABASE BANK 4 Group BANK 1 BANK 2 BANK 3 Progr. MSB = 0 MSB = 1 MSB = 2 MSB = 6 REED Soprano Soprano2 SoprFilter StrnStkt AltoSax SaxNoise2 SoftFilt SynOrch TenorSax...
  • Page 64 WK2000 SE STYLES LIST POP1 POP2 ROCK TRADITIONAL1 TRADITIONAL1 TRADITIONAL2 TRADITIONAL2 DANCE DANCE 00 8BeatSlow LiteFunk SoftRock Waltz1 6/8Polka DiscoSamba 01 8BtMedium 6/8Sweet HeavyRock Waltz2 Folk2/4 DiscoCha 02 8BeatFast 6/8Blues 80LiteRock Wiener ItalianFolk1 JamiroDance 8BeatLatin EpicBallad...
  • Page 65 Appendix Page59...
  • Page 66 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS keyboard 61 keys with dynamics polyphony 32 notes max. sounds 471 sounds, including 20 drumkits memories 63 realtime performances (progr.), 960 style performances (10 per style) digital effect 22 reverbs, 22 effects, with separate sends operating mode 3 realtime sections (lower, upper 1, upper 2), monophonic mode, split (progr.) controls volume, pitch/modulation ball, 16 direct style memory, style/song selection keypad, cur- sor/page, melody off, demo, single touch play, performance recall, function buttons (f1/...
  • Page 67 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Note : This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro- vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 68 STOCK CODE 271477 Specifi cations are subject to change without prior notice. 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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