To start the Arranger with the first chord played, set it up on standby using the dedicated push button K K E E Y Y S S T T A A R R T T (the LED lights up).

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To start the Intro with the starting chord of your choice, select an Intro using one of the I I N N T T R R O O 1 1 , , 2 2 , , 3 3 push buttons and then play the chord

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To conclude an automatic accompaniment with an Ending, ensure the LED of the J J U U M M P P button is switched off (so that is really disabled) and

press one of the I I N N T T R R O O / / E E N N D D I I N N G G 1 1 , , 2 2 , , 3 3 buttons while the Arranger is playing.

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To call up one of the four variations, with the Arranger running, press one of the A A , , B B , , C C , , D D push buttons.

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To move forward to the next variation with the Fill enable the J J u u m m p p .

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To play over the whole keyboard and to acknowledge the chords, activate the Pianist function using the dedicated PIANIST function button.

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To modify the tempo set on the Arranger, use the T T E E M M P P O O + + T T E E M M P P O O - - push buttons.

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To create an Accelerando press the TAP/RIT ACC push button repeatedly and briefly.

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To create a Ritardando, change the direction of the arrow by holding the T T A A P P / / R R I I T T A A C C C C push button down for a few seconds and then press

it repeatedly and briefly.

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To enter a break, press the B B R R E E A A K K push button.

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To stop an accompaniment when the next chord is released, enable the K K E E Y Y S S T T O O P P push button (the LED of the push button lights up) and

then play and rapidly release a chord.

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To hold the arrangement only while the chord is played, enable these functions using the dedicated push buttons: K K E E Y Y S S T T A A R R T T + + K K E E Y Y S S T T O O P P .

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To play the accompaniment again from the first beat, no matter what measure it currently is in, press the R R E E S S T T A A R R T T push button.

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To cut-out the accompaniment tracks, except for the drum tracks, when no chord is played, disable the HOLD function using the dedicated

HOLD push button (the LED switches off).

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To balance the volume of the Arranger with the lead played on the part of keyboard to the right of the split point, press these push buttons:

B B A A L L A A N N C C E E + + / / - - (D D A A T T A A C C U U R R S S O O R R ).

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To restore the original tempo of the Style, press the PAGE +/- push buttons simultaneously.

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To repeat all the Fill-ins cyclically, hold the FILL button down.

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To reproduce only the Ending while the Arranger is stopped, enable the J J U U M M P P and then press one of the three Intro push buttons.

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To repeat one of the three INTRO's available while a Style is being played, activate the J J U U M M P P function using the related key, then press one

of the three I I N N T T R R O O / / E E N N D D I I N N G G keys.

HOW TO LOAD A STYLE FROM DISK

The memory area dedicated to Patterns makes it possible to load new Styles from

a floppy disk or from the hard disk and to keep them in memory even when the

instrument is switched off. Once they are loaded in the RAM, they can be called up

using the P P a a t t t t e e r r n n push button and the Styles push buttons.

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Press the DISK ON push button and use the P P A A G G E E + + and P P A A G G E E - - push buttons to

select either the hard disk or the floppy disk (depending on where the styles

to be loaded reside).

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From the folder on the hard disk or from the floppy disk choose one or a num-

ber of Patterns to load into the RAM.

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Enable the loading operation by pressing F F 2 2 L L o o a a d d and use the D D A A T T A A C C U U R R S S O O R R - -

push buttons to select the target memory location. Otherwise you may use F F 9 9

A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c to load the styles automatically into the current available RAM locations.

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Press F F 1 1 0 0 E E x x e e c c u u t t e e to confirm the operation, or press F F 1 1 0 0 E E s s c c a a p p e e to annul it.

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You may delete the contents of the RAM and replace them with the Styles you wish to load using F F 8 8 C C l l e e a a r r A A l l l l & & L L o o a a d d .

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Pressing the E E X X I I T T push button takes you back to the main page. Then press the P P A A T T T T E E R R N N push button and, using the S S T T Y Y L L E E S S push buttons,

select the Style loaded.

HOW TO USE THE VOICES

To the right of the keyboard split point, when the Split function is enabled, a lead can be played with the right hand independently from the

Arranger. The default voice assigned is the 'Acoustic Piano', but any of the sixteen sound groups can be called up at will using the 16 VOICES

push buttons. Like the Styles, the sounds too are displayed in groups (and pages) of ten and any remaining groups following the first are poin-

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