Playing The Instrument; Selecting A Sound (Single Mode); Combining Two Sounds (Layered Mode) - Korg Concert NC-500 Series Owner's Manual

Selecting a Sound (Single Mode)

Sound List
Sound switch
(Bank color)
PIANO 1
PIANO 2
E.PIANO 1
E.PIANO 2
ORGAN 1
ORGAN 2
HARPSI/VIBE
STRINGS/CHOIR
*

Combining Two Sounds (Layered Mode)

Playing the Instrument

Your digital piano offers you a choice of 24 high-quality sounds arranged in
three banks, each containing eight sounds, as shown in the chart below.
Each time the BANK button is pressed, it will change color to show the
currently selected bank
1. Press one of the SOUND buttons .
The button lights up.
2. Press the BANK button as necessary.
Select one of the three banks. The currently selected bank is indicated by
the color of the BANK button: red, green, or orange.
Example. To select the Mellow Piano sound: press PIANO 2 to select the
sound type (so that the PIANO 2 button light up), and then press BANK
twice so that it lights up orange, indicating that you have selected Bank C.
The piano memorizes the last bank selection for each SOUND button. These bank
selections remain in effect until you change them or until you turn the power off.
When you turn the piano off, all SOUND buttons reset to Bank A.
Bank A
(Red)
Grand Piano 1
Grand Piano 2
E. Piano 1
E. Piano 2
Jazz Organ 1
Church Organ 1
Harpsichord 1
Strings
Indicates the number of oscillators used to produce the voice. Refer also to page 48, "Maximum Polyphony."
Layered mode lets you combine two sounds and play them at the same time
from the keyboard.
1. Simultaneously press the two SOUND buttons corresponding to the
sounds that you wish to use.
The SOUND buttons light up and the two sounds will now play in
combination.
The banks used are as previously selected during Single mode. If you
wish to select a specific bank for each sound, select the bank for each
sound while in the Single mode.
Example. To combine Grand Piano 2 (PIANO 2, Bank A) and Jazz Organ 2
(ORGAN 1, Bank B): Press PIANO 2 and then press the BANK button so
that it lights up red, setting the PIANO 2 sound to Grand Piano 2. Next,
press ORGAN 1 and then press the BANK button so that it lights up
green, setting the ORGAN 1 sound to Jazz Organ 2. Then press PIANO 2
and ORGAN 1 at the same time to enter Layered mode.
Use of Layered Mode reduces the maximum available polyphony in
accordance with the total number of oscillators used by two sounds. For
infomation, see "Maximum Polyphony" on page 48.
It is not possible to combine two sounds assigned to the same SOUND button.
For example, it is not possible to combine Grand Piano 1 and Standard
Piano, since both of these sounds are assigned to the same PIANO 1 button.
Bank B
Osc#*
(Green)
2 Standard Piano
2 Bright Piano
1 Soft E.P.
1 Vintage E.P.
2 Jazz Organ 2
3 Church Organ 2
1 Harpsichord 2
1 Slow Strings
Bank C
Osc#*
(Orange)
1
Honky Tonk Piano
1
Mellow Piano
1
Clavi
1
E.P. Pad
2
Jazz Organ 3
1
Church Organ 3
2
Vibraphone
2
Choir
Osc#
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
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