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1.Selecting a sound
The C-550 has 16 sounds.
●Press one of the Sound selector switches
to select the sound you wish to play.
The indicator at the selected switch will light,
and you can play that sound.
Selecting a sound from a sound group
Groups of several sounds are contained within the
[BASS] switch of the C-550. You can select and
play a desired sound from these groups.
1.Press a Sound selector switch which
contains a group of sounds.
The indicator at the selected Sound selector will
light, and the LED display will indicate the number of
the currently selected sound.
2.Press the [+/UP] or [–/DOWN] switch to
select a sound.
Each time you press the [+/UP] or [–/DOWN] switch,
the sound number will increase or decrease by 1.
If you hold down the currently selected Sound
selector switch (i.e., the switch whose indicator is lit)
and press the [+/UP] or [–/DOWN] switch, the sound
number will increase or decrease in steps of 10.
If there is no sound number 10 higher than the
current one, the last number will be selected.
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Sound
PIANO 1
PIANO 2
E.PIANO
(electric piano)
HARPSI
(harpsichord)
VIBES
(vibraphone)
ORGAN
STRINGS
DRUM KIT
BASS
PIANO1, PIANO2 sounds processed
by Infinity™.
The maximum number of simultaneous notes is
16 for [PIANO1], and for some of the [BASS]
sounds. For all other sounds, the maximum
number of simultaneous notes is 32.
8
Comment
A rich and spacious acoustic
piano
A subdued acoustic piano
A light and clear electric piano
A delicately refined classical
harpsichord
A smooth vibraphone
A majestic pipe organ
A string ensemble with violin etc.
drum kits
Eight types of bass sounds,such
as acoustic bass and synth bass
LOOPS BY JUPITER SYSTEMS
BASS sound list
01 Jazz Bass
02 Deep Bass
03 Pick Bass
04 Fretless
When a sound marked by * is selected, the maximum
number of simultaneous notes will be 16
What is a Drum Kit?
A drum kit is a set of assignments
placing a different drum sound
(such as snare or hi-hat) on each
note of the keyboard, as shown in
the diagram at right.
(Refer to p.36)
Simultaneously playing two sounds.
You can simultaneously play two Sound selector
sounds (such as [PIANO2] and [STRINGS]) from
each note of the keyboard. This is called the Layer
function.
1.Hold down one of the two desired Sound
selector switches, and then press the other
one.
The indicators at the two
selected Sound selector
switches will light, and
both sounds will be heard
for each note you play.
It is not possible to select [DRUM KIT]
The [SURROUND] and [EFFECT] effects (see
p.9) will be applied to the Sound selector switch
2
that you press first.
When Layering is used, the number of maximum
simultaneous notes will decrease, since two
sounds are being played from each note.
When the built-in recorder is used, there are
several restrictions if Layering is selected. Refer
to p.16.
2.Press just one Sound selector switch, and
layering will be canceled.
Adjusting the volume balance of the
two sounds
●Hold down the Sound selector switch
whose volume you wish to decrease, and
repeatedly press the Sound selector switch
whose volume you wish to increase.
Each time you repeatedly press the
Sound selector switch, its volume will increase.
✎
The volume balance will be remembered even
after the layer is canceled.
05 SlapBass 1
06 SlapBass 2
*07 SynthBass1
08 SynthBass2
Side stick
Hand Clap
Closed Hi-hat
Pedal Hi-hat
Open Hi-hat
Crash cymbol
High tom
Low tom
Snare 2
Snare 1
Bass drum
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1
2
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