Part Iii Piano Performance Pads (Pr804); Playing Phrases - Technics sx-PR604/M Operating Instructions Manual

Part III Piano Performance Pads (PR804)

Playing phrases

SX-PR804
AUTO PLAY CHORD PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS
SPLIT
8&16
DEMO POINT MODE OFF/ON AUTO SETTING BANK STOP
BEAT
CHORD FINDER
SOUL &
MAIN APC/SEQUENCER DISCO
VOLUME VOLUME
MAX MAX
1 2 3
MUSIC STYLE
ARRANGER
4 5 6
SOLO SOLO
MIN OFF
During your performance, you can insert a short recorded phrase or effect sounds by pressing a pad button. A different group of
phrases is recorded in each bank.
1.
Press the BANK button.
AUTO SETTING
2.
Select the desired bank from the display.
• The list of banks consists of three screen pages. Use the
PAGE buttons to move from one screen page to another.
• "User Bank" 1, 2 and 3 are for storing your original
phrases.
• "Compile Bank" 1 and 2 are for assigning phrases as you
desire.
• Various functions are assigned to each pad button in
"Control Preset".
1: ROTARY SLOW/FAST
2: PANEL MEMORY BANK INCREMENT
3: GLIDE
4: PANEL MEMORY DECREMENT
5: PANEL MEMORY BANK DECREMENT
6: PANEL MEMORY INCREMENT
• For more information about these functions, please see
to page 121.
• When using the "Control Preset" bank, set the AUTO
SETTING button to OFF. When using the PANEL
MEMORY, turn off the PAD BANK of the EXPAND MODE
FILTER.
• The display returns to the previous display after a few
seconds.
SOUND PROGRESSIVE TEMPO / PROGRAM
RHYTHM GROUP
ARRANGER PIANO STYLIST PIANIST
MOVIE &
SET OFF/ON
ROCK & POP BALLAD JAZZ & SWING SHOW METRONOME
FAVORITES
FADE ONE TOUCH SIMPLE PIANO
GOSPEL COUNTRY & MARCH & LATIN &
PLAY
& BLUES WESTERN WALTZ WORLD MEMORY
IN OUT
LOAD
SYNCHRO
VARIATION FILL IN INTRO & ENDING START / STOP START
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 BEAT
LCD CONTRAST MUTE
TAP TEMPO
HELP OTHER PARTS/TR
SEQUENCER COUNT
RESET INTRO
BANK STOP
SOUND GROUP
TRANSPOSE R1/R2 OCTAVE
SAX & ORGAN & SOUND
STRINGS BRASS SYNTH SOLOIST
– + – + WOODWIND ACCORDION EXPLORER
PART SELECT
GUITAR MALLET &
VOCAL BASS DRUM KITS MIXTURES MEMORY
& HARPSI ORCH PERC
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1
PIANO
DIGITAL
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1 GRAND UPRIGHT ELECTRIC MODERN DRAWBAR
PAGE
DISPLAY HOLD EXIT
CONDUCTOR
3.
Press a pad button (1 to 6).
1 2
4 5
SOLO
• A different phrase is assigned to each pad button.
• Information about the phrase, such as its name and the
measure number, is shown in the normal display.
• The volume can be adjusted on the normal display.
• The selected phrase is played in the current tempo.
• To stop the phrase before it has ended, press the STOP
button.
• Some phrases continue to play until the STOP button is
pressed (the LOOP indication appears).
• During a rhythm performance, some phrases may play in
time with the measure count.
• When the automatic accompaniment is on, the phrase is
played in the specified chord.
SOLO
Pad buttons 5 and 6 (SOLO) are phrases with chord pro-
gressions. Just by pressing one of these pad buttons, the
phrase changes following a chord progression that is typical
for the music genre of that bank.
• Use with the automatic accompaniment during your per-
formance.
• Pad button 5 accesses a major chord type progression, and
pad button 6 a minor chord type progression.
• A table showing the chord progression for each bank can
be found in the separate REFERENCE GUIDE provided.
AUTO SETTTING
When this button is set to on, the bank automatically changes
according to the automatic setting functions in the PIANO
STYLIST, the ONE TOUCH PLAY and the MUSIC STYLE
ARRANGER. When it is set to off, the bank does not auto-
matically change according to these functions.
AUTO SETTING
SEQUENCER
THEATRE SONIC EFFECT
PROGRAM
MULTI EFFECT CHORUS REVERB PLAY EASY REC MENUS DISK DISK
IN USE
CHORD STEP REC LOAD
TECHNI-CHORD SOLO DIGITAL EFFECT BRILLIANCE
SET NEXT BANK BANK VIEW
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
PANEL MEMORY
3
6
SOLO
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