Introduction; Main Features - Korg SP-280 Owner's Manual

Main features

Thirty high-quality sounds
The SP-280 provides 30 built-in expressive high-quality sounds, including a stereo
concert grand piano. You can use Layer mode to simultaneously play two sounds at
once, or you can use Partner mode, which allows two people to play the same range,
one on each half of the keyboard.
Effects
The SP-280 provides 3 built-in digital effects. These effects can adjust the brightness of
the tone (Brilliance), simulate the natural ambience of a concert hall (Reverb) and add
richness to the sound (Chorus).
Pedal effects
You can obtain the same damper effect as that of an acoustic piano using the damper
pedal that is included with the unit. You can also add the damper resonance to the
grand piano tone (bank 1 of PIANO1). Furthermore, the damper pedal can function
as a half damper pedal so that you can change the condition that the damper is ap-
plied by the depth to which the pedal is pressed.
Use optional pedal unit (sold separately) for soft and sostenuto effects in addition to
the damper effect.
Metronome
The built-in metronome allows you to select the time signature, tempo, and volume,
and you can even choose a bell sound as the accent.
Touch control
You can choose from three different settings to adjust how the sound will respond to
your keyboard playing dynamics.
Temperaments
For authentic performance of a wide range of music, the SP-280 allows you to select
from nine temperaments, including the equal temperament, pure temperaments (ma-
jor and minor), classical temperaments (Kirnberger and Werckmeister) as well as tem-
peraments used with Middle Eastern and Indian folk music. When an acoustic piano
sound is selected, the stretched tuning used on pianos is automatically selected.
Adjustable pitch
The Transpose function lets you change the pitch of the piano, and the Pitch Control
function allows you to make finely tuned adjustments.
Two headphone jacks
Two headphone jacks (one each on the front and back of the SP-280) are provided, al-
lowing two people to listen simultaneously.
LINE IN/LINE OUT jacks
When connecting a sound system or other electronic musical instrument to the LINE
IN jack, sound from the connected device will be heard through the speakers of the
SP-280. In addition, powered monitors or a recording system can be connected by us-
ing the LINE OUT jacks.
MIDI capabilities
The SP-280 supports the MIDI protocol, the standard that allows music data to be
transferred between musical instruments and computers. MIDI allows two or more
devices to control or be controlled by each other, and also allows you to use the SP-
280 as a 16-part multitimbral tone generator.
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Introduction