The control panel is divided into sections according to the group of functions related to the push buttons. From left to right you will see the following:

VOLUME

Two rows of six push buttons that are used to control the general volume for the Drums, Bass, Chords, 2ND Voice and Right

sections. The volume can be muted by pressing the right-hand and left-hand V V O O L L U U M M E E push buttons of that section together

at the same time. To restore the volume set prior to muting simply press one of the two V V O O L L U U M M E E push buttons of the section

once. To raise the lead volume, press and hold down the right-hand R R I I G G H H T T V V O O L L U U M M E E push button. To lower the volume, use the

left-hand push button instead. Using the 2 2 N N D D V V O O I I C C E E keys, you can control the volume of the second voice that affects the

melodic line of the SD5. Thanks to this feature, you can therefore add a second sound on the right section and produce inte-

resting timbre layers, the sound balancing of which can be controlled with the dedicated volume keys.

When the display shows that there are more pages following the first one (as for Voice and Style), the P P A A G G E E + + push button

PAGE + PAGE -

is used to move one page forwards and P P A A G G E E - - to go back a page. The P P A A G G E E + + and P P A A G G E E - - push buttons, with the LED of the

D D I I S S K K push button lit, are used to select either the hard disk or the floppy disk drive. In this case, to move onto the following

pages of a directory, the musician must use the C C U U R R S S O O R R + + / / - - push buttons. In the main default page the P P A A G G E E + + and P P A A G G E E - -

push buttons directly control the T T e e m m p p o o value of the Arranger in steps which can be determined (in the UTILITIES page).

DATA CURSOR

When there are a number of parameters to be modified within a menu or when the function buttons are not directly related

to a specific parameter (as in the case of parameters situated in the middle of the display), the 4 D D A A T T A A C C U U R R S S O O R R k k e e y y s s are used

to select and modify the value of the parameter required. According to their direction, as you read through this manual you

will notice that we call these buttons UP (arrow pointing upwards), D D O O W W N N (arrow pointing downwards), L L E E F F T T (arrow pointing to

the left) and R R I I G G H H T T (arrow pointing to the right). Generally speaking, the U U P P and D D O O W W N N buttons are used to select the para-

meter to be edited while the L L E E F F T T and R R I I G G H H T T buttons are used to change the value of the parameter currently selected and

therefore they act as V V A A L L U U E E + + / / - - function buttons. When you press the LEFT and RIGHT keys together at the same time, the

parameter selected is reset and if you press them again, the parameter is set back at its initial value, even after it has been

modified. In many contexts, the same procedure can be done by pressing the E E N N T T E E R R key. In this case again, the parameter

currently selected is reset after it is pressed once and is set back at its original value when the key is pressed again.

Generally speaking the L L E E F F T T and RIGHT buttons are used to change the value of the parameter currently selected and the-

refore they act as V V A A L L U U E E + + / / - - function buttons. When you press the two keys together at the same time, the parameter selec-

ted is reset and if you press them again, the parameter is set back at its initial value, even after it has been modified. In the

D D i i s s k k environment, the D D A A T T A A C C U U R R S S O O R R L L E E F F T T and R R I I G G H H T T keys are used to select successive groups of files that are not shown on

the display, while the D D A A T T A A C C U U R R S S O O R R U U P P , D D O O W W N N keys are used as V V A A L L U U E E + + / / - - function buttons and are also used to select files.

ENTER

The Enter key is used to confirm the value currently selected. In some cases, such as in the Disk environment for example,

it is used to start or to load Midifiles.

They are used to T T r r a a n n s s p p o o s s e e all the musical sections of the SD5 in steps of one semitone. To reset the Transposer, simply

TRANSPOSE

press the buttons together at the same time.

SAVE

This is used to store and save on disk any edits or modifications carried out by the user.

This push button is pressed once to return to the main page of the display. E E X X I I T T is disabled in the Song Play menu where

EXIT

the S S O O N N G G P P L L A A Y Y push button should be pressed again exit the Song Play mode and return to the main display page.

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