What Is A Song; The Song Performance; Selecting A Song; How To Select A Song - GEM WK1 Owner's Manual

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WHAT IS A SONG?

A Song is a multitrack recording of several instrumental parts, each of them
corresponding to a track.
Songs can be loaded from disk in the following formats:GMX, WK, PK, CD
and Standard MIDI File (SMF 0 and 1).
Tracks contain "MIDI events" that correspond to as many MIDI messages.
The MIDI messages can be Note, Pitch Bend, Program Change messages,
and a series of Control Change messages to control the change of Sound
Bank for the Sounds, the Sustain or Volume pedals, the Pan and several
other values. The MIDI events recorded in the tracks are not actual sounds,
but messages exchanged with WK1 internal sound generators or with and
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external expander that WK1 WK1 WK1, controls. A song is a series of MIDI events
distributed over each track.

THE SONG PERFORMANCE

Each WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 WK1 Song is associated to a single Song Performance. When a Song
is loaded or saved in MIDI File format, all values that the Song Performance
contains are converted, into the corresponding MIDI messages (Program
Change, Pan, Volume, Effects) within each track.

Selecting a Song

WK1 WK1 WK1 can save up to 7 Songs in the SONG group of the USER section (from WK1 WK1
111 to 117, if the memory locations are not all in use).

HOW TO SELECT A SONG

Refer to the "DISK " chapter for instructions about how lo load a Song or
MIDI Files from a Floppy Disk.
• Digit the number corresponding to the desired song (111-117) in
the left numeric keypad.
E.g.: to select the Song from location 111, Press the " +100 " key and then
digit 1 and 7.
The left cursor arrowhead will automatically move to the STYLE/SONG
menu function.

SONG PLAYBACK

If you select a Song from the memory, proceed as follows to listen to it:
1. 1. 1. 1. 1. After selecting the Song, After selecting the Song, press After selecting the Song, After selecting the Song, After selecting the Song,
playback playback playback playback playback. . . . .
While the song is being played, the display indicator will show the Tempo
and the measure counter in the display will show the current Song position.
2. 2. 2. 2. 2. Us Us Us Use the e the e the TEMPO/D e the TEMPO/D TEMPO/DA A A A A T T T T T A A A A A ke TEMPO/D ke keys to c ke
Us e the TEMPO/D ke
3. 3. 3. 3. 3. Press the PLA Press the PLA Press the PLA Press the PLA Press the PLAY/ST Y/STOP or ST Y/ST Y/ST Y/ST OP or ST OP or ST OP or ST OP or STAR
The Song stops at a precise point (shown in the display counter).
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press press press the press the PLA the the the PLAY/ST PLA PLA PLA Y/ST Y/ST Y/STOP Y/ST OP ke OP OP OP
ys to c ys to chang ys to c hang hange the hang e the TEMPO e the e the TEMPO TEMPO. . . . . TEMPO
ys to c hang e the TEMPO
AR ART/ST AR AR T/ST T/ST T/STOP ke T/ST OP ke OP ke OP keys to stop the pla OP ke ys to stop the pla ys to stop the playbac ys to stop the pla ys to stop the pla
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Note: Note: Note: When a Song is loaded to the internal
Note: Note:
memory, it will engage a location. The next song
loaded will occupy the subsequent location
and so on, with a cyclic course. For example, in
case location 111 is already engaged, the next
song loaded will engage location 112 etc. When
the 7 locations available have all been
engaged, the cycle will start again and the next
song loaded will engage location 111, replacing
the previousle loaded Song.
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STYLE/SONG STYLE/SONG STYLE/SONG STYLE/SONG
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ke ke key to star ke y to star y to star y to star y to start the t the t the t the t the
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MENU
SOUND
PERFORMANCE
STYLE/SONG
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