Compucorder - JVC KB-700 Owner's Manual

Select ONE FI NGER or MULTI FINGER mode of
COMPUCORDER . .. . -"
When used together with the Fascinating Chord and Auto Rhythm, the Compucorder allows the accompaniments for up to three
tunes to be stored (RECORDed) and reproduced (REPLAYed).
Once a tune's rhythmic accompaniment is stored in memory, to play back the complete tune, all that is necessary is.to play the
melody.
The chords and bass patterns are stored in memory so that the rhythm, rhythm tempo, arpeggio, melody voices, effects and volumes
can be va ried to produce any required effect.
For recording, it is either possible to store chords and basses simultaneously or separately:
To record chords and bass simultaneously
the Fascinating Chord. (See page 9)
Press the CHORD RECORD and
(The LEDs above them
1/2/3 LEDs will
BASS RECORD
and one of the
Press the SELECTOR button to select the track to be
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recorded. (The LED corresponding to the selected
track lights.l
Select the accompaniment tone (ACCOMP. PIANO/
GUIT AR) and rhythm (AUTO RHYTHMI and adjust
their sound level using the STEREO PAN POT
MIXER slide controls.
Press one of the BASS VARIATION (1/2/3/AUTO
V ARI) buttons to select the bass pattern.
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, Start the rhythm to start recording. (See "Hints On
Playing" belowl. Play the chord progression to be
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recor.ded and, if required, vary the bass pattern using
the BASS VARIATION select buttons.
Cl) To stop recording, press the START
&
STOP button.
(The LEDs will turn off.)
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• With two chords per bar', it is possible to record up to 64
bars, chords plus bass, on each track.
When the recordi ng capacity of a track has been reached,
the RECORD LEDs turn off and no more is recorded
although the accompaniment can still be heard.
To record more than 64 bars, use more than one track and
play them back one after the other as described on the next
page.
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To record the chords, then the bass )
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Recording chords
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Stop the rhythm.
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Select a Fascinating Chord mode. (See
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to the left)
Press the CHORD RECORD button.
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Select the track to be recorded. (See" to the left)
[ 0 s e . . lect the accompaniment tone and rhythm. (See
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to the left) . . . . V
Start the rhythm to start recording. (See "Hints On
Ci) Playing" below)
Play the chord progression to be recorded.
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After recording all the chords, press the START &
STOP button.
Recording bass
Press the BASS RECORD button and select the bass
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pattern to be used in the beginning of the tune. (See
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Starting the rhythm starts replaying the. chords that
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has been recorded, at the same time recording the
bass.
Listening to the replayed chords, press one of the
• BASS VARIATION (1/2!3/AUTO VARI) buttons
every time a change in bass pattern is required.
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When all the recorded chords have been replayed, the
LED above the BASS RECORD button goes off.
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To stop recording, press the START & STOP button.
(The LEDs will turn off.)
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