Princeton SP-88 User Manual

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Princeton SP-88 Portable Ensemble
USER'S MANUAL
For a more musical life™

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  • Page 1 Princeton SP-88 Portable Ensemble USER’S MANUAL For a more musical life™...
  • Page 2 Using the Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing this high quality Digital Piano. Your new Piano is easy to use and easy to transport. It has powerful and useful features that make it perfect for real-time performance or as a versatile instrument for your home. Your piano offers powerful and useful features including: programmable panel memories, SYNTH-feature (create your own sounds!), multi-track record, built-in music styles, EZ-play features and lots more!!! Before you use the piano, we recommend you read through this manual.
  • Page 3: Main Features

    When the piano is not in use or during electrical storms, please disconnect the power supply Avoid adjusting the volume to the maximum level or to a level that you feel uncomfortable, it is recommended that you limit the volume level to two-thirds of the max to prevent any damage of your auditory sense Unplug the power cable before cleaning the piano.
  • Page 4: Front Panel

    accompaniment track. Read and write SM (smartmedia®) card: the piano can play or record Standard MIDI files from your SM card - save songs and other storage data onto your SM card. Supports 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, and 128MB SM cards Panel Memories: 48 total –...
  • Page 5: Rear Panel

    2. L.H. SIDE 3. LCD DISPLAY DC12V POWER JACK A.B.C. 14) MELODY 1-4 POWER HARMONY 15) ACCOMP MIDI IN/MIDI OUT LOWER 16) PLAY SUSTAIN PEDAL 17) RECORD SONG 1/2 VOLUME PEDAL TOUCH 18) SYNTH/NOR/VAR/SMC/ AUX.IN SUAL 19) DISK AUX.OUT L/MONO SUSTAIN 20) CHORD AUX.OUT RIGHT...
  • Page 6: The Aux.out Jack

    Use of a different type of adaptor risks fire and/or electrical shock. For safety sake, make sure to unplug the AC adaptor from the wall outlet whenever leaving piano unattended for a long time or during an electrical storm. The headphone jack There are two headphones jacks –...
  • Page 7: Basic Operations

    The volume jack An optional footswitch can be plugged into the VOLUME jack for adjusting the volume of your piano – this is particularly useful for live performance situations. The MIDI IN/OUT jack MIDI stands for “Musical Instrument Digital Interface.”. MIDI is a world wide standard that makes it possible for various electronic musical instruments and devices (including computers) to communicate with one another.
  • Page 8: Master Volume Control

    Master volume control Turn the VOLUME KNOB to adjust the MASTER VOLUME. VOLUME Brilliance For a brighter sound, move the BRILLIANCE slider to the right. For a mellower sound, move the BRILLIANCE slider to the left. You can change the keyboard brilliance as you wish.
  • Page 9: Voice Effect

    Voice effect Voice select There are 350 VOICES. (See "APPENDIX 1 VOICE LIST") which includes 293 GM Sounds, 35 Chinese Sounds, 13 percussion Sets and 9 User Sounds. When the voice feature is activated, the LCD highlights the "VOICE R1" flag and the selected sound appears in the upper line.
  • Page 10: Lower Voice

    Lower voice Press the [LOWER VOICE] button. LCD lights the lower icon and "VOICE L" . The LO WER VOICE LCD highlights the Voice name on upper line LOWER "144 Sound Track1". Use the [+] & the [-] button or the DIAL and numeric keypad to select the LOWER VOICE.
  • Page 11: Dsp Effect

    DSP effect DSP effects help enhance the sounds in your keyboard. The default DSP setting is ON. DSP icon is lit. Press the [DSP] to turn on/off the DSP effect. The DSP effect is determined by 4 parameters including REVERB TYPE, REVERB LEVEL, CHORUS TYPE and REVERB LEVEL.
  • Page 12: Touch Response

    Touch response There are 3 types of Touch Response. (See FUNCTION menu for details). TOUC H TOUCH The default Touch setting is Medium. Touch icon is lit on the LCD. Press the [TOUCH] button. The LCD displays the current Touch Response type "Touch Mode: Medium"...
  • Page 13: Style Start

    button to insert 1 measure fill and LCD flashes Style start "NOR" icon. Then, it changes to the NORMAL Start directly: style playing. Press the [START/STOP] button to start playing the style. Note: Start after INTRO: If you press the [FILL-IN A] or the [FILL-IN B] When the style is not playing, press the [INTRO] in the last beat of a measure, a fill is inserted button, and then press the [START/STOP]...
  • Page 14: Accomp Volume

    simultaneously press the root key and both a ACCOMP volume white and black key to its left. Press the [ACCOMP VOLUME +] or the [ACCOMP VOLUME-] button. LCD displays Fingered Chord: the Fingered Chord detect "Accomp Volume = 021 ". Press the mode lets you finger your own chords on the [ACCOMP VOLUME +] &...
  • Page 15: Digital Effect

    First series Second series Third series Default Next Next Next Back Back Back 、 、 Metronome V oice P ad Reverb Type Room 1/ Room 2/ Room 3/ Hall 1/ Hall2/ Plate/ Hall2 Delay/ Pan Delay Reverb Level 0~127 Chorus Type Chours1/ Chours2/ Chours3/Chours4/Feedback/ Chorus 3 Digital Effect...
  • Page 16 button or the [-] button to adjust the level value. Press the [+] button and the [-] button The LCD displays the current level value. The simultaneously will set the tune value to the default value is 92. default. The default value is 000. Chorus Type Note: A total of 8 different chorus types are available.
  • Page 17 VOICE L OCTAVE Select Pedal circularly. The default value is In the voice L octave setting, LCD displays the Sustain Pedal. current octave value. Use the dial, the [+] MIDI button or the [-] button to adjust the voice L octave value.
  • Page 18: Store And Load

    Keyboard the [-] button to cycle select the bank (1-8). In the keyboard setting, the LCD displays Voice The LCD displays your selected bank number. R1 Volume Voice R2 Volume Voice L Volume value circularly. The default value is 27 28 Store and load 12 respectively.
  • Page 19: One Touch Setting

    When the style is playing, press the [O.T.S] Freeze button to turn on the O.T.S. It will automatically When the FREEZE function is engaged, insert "FILL A'' or " FILL B" according to the selecting a different memory setup will not memory number.
  • Page 20: Sustain Pedal

    the 328 tones and edit its parameters to create Sustain pedal your own original sound. When pedal assign is set as "sustain pedal " , it has the sustain effect when stepping on the Press the [SYNTH] button. The SYNTH icon pedal.
  • Page 21 the [BACK] button in edit mode. It will quit the ABC mode automatically when Parameters table for SYNTH as follow: you enter the SYNTH status. Pa rame ter Name Valu e Ran ge Default USER Voice 342-350 PCM Voice 001-328 ~...
  • Page 22: Record Start

    Stop Automatically Record start Press the [ENDING] button when the style is Prepare to record playing during recording. It will stop recording Select user song: Press the [RECORD] button. automatically after the ending playing is over. The REC icon on LCD is illuminated. User Song 1 or User Song 2 is displayed on the lattice area.
  • Page 23 The MEASURE and the BEAT areas display nothing. To stop playing the files, press the There is a standard SMC (SmartMedia Card) [START/STOP] button. external interface which supports cards 6MB/32MB/64MB/128MB capability on the When the file is playing, you can select the other piano.
  • Page 24 root of SMC are displayed on the lattice area with two lines. You can select them with the dial with two lines. The current file is highlighted. or the [+] & the [-] button. Then press the The main name of the file includes 8 characters, [NEXT] button.
  • Page 25: What Is Midi

    Press the [NEXT] button to end the filename Note: input, "Operation Completed" is displayed If there is no file in SMC, it will display "No temporarily on LCD and it will exit the SMC File Found", you may return to previous menu function to return to the previous status by pressing the [BACK] button.
  • Page 26 music instruments. create new file in the sequencer software on the PC.The piano will receive the data from the Major Application sequencer. You can play on the piano at the same The piano as the Host time. MIDI messages that are recognized by the Connect the MIDI OUT port of the piano with piano.
  • Page 27 keyboard. Press the [SYNTH] button to enter Press [+],[-],the dial or use dial to select an user SYNTH mode. voice. Press [NEXT] button to set the parameter. SYNTH Press [+],[-],the dial, the dial or the number key Press the [NEXT] button after to change the parameter.
  • Page 28: Specifications

    Press [MELODY 1-4],[ACCOMP] to select Press the [RECORD] button to tracks to record; Play the keyboard to start prepare for recording. recording and press [REC] again to quit recording. PLAY Press the [PLAY ] button first. Press [+],[-] or use the dial to select user song 1 or 2.
  • Page 29: Appendix 2- Style List

    Appendix 2- Style list 8 Beat Techn o Mambo 2 Dai Mino rity 8 B e at 1 Swin g & Jazz Bo unce Weiwu er Min orit y 8 B e at 2 Big Ban d B allad Foxt rot Tibat Min orit y 8 B e at 3 Ja zz Ballad...
  • Page 30: Appendix 3- Chord List

    Appendix 3- Chord list...
  • Page 31: Appendix 4- Demo List

    Chord Name [Abbreviation] Normal Voicing Chord(C) Display Major[M] 1-3-5 Major sixth [6] 1-(3)-5-6 Major seventh [M7] 1-3-(5)-7 Major seventh add sharp eleventh [M7(#11)] 1-(2)-3-#4-(5)-7 CM7(#11) CM7(#11) Major add ninth [M9] 1-2-3-5 CM(9) CM(9) Major seventh ninth [M7(9)] 1-2-3-(5)-7 CM7(9) CM7(9) Sixth ninth [6(9)] 1-2-3-(5)-6 C6(9)
  • Page 32: Appendix 5- Album List

    World Jazz Trance Appendix 5- Album list Blessing The Pleasant One Draws One Tulip Dose Of Thai Nurse's Dance The Moon Represents My Heart Mary Had A Little Lamb Musics The Long And Arduous Journey May I Hug You? Morning Of Miaolin Is Always A Feeling Whether I Should Go Away The Countryside Of Moscow...
  • Page 33 F u n c t i o n F u n c t i o n F u n c t i o n F u n c t i o n T r T r T r T r a n s m i t t e d a n s m i t t e d a n s m i t t e d a n s m i t t e d...
  • Page 34 Notes: When the accompaniment is started, an FAH message is transmitted. When accompaniment is stopped, an FCH message is transmitted. When an FAH message is received, accompaniment is started. When an FCH message is received, accompaniment is stopped.

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