Page 1 IMPORTANT Read Before Using Keyboard! Congratulations on your purchase of the new GEM SK760/SK880 World Keyboard by Generalmusic. This instrument is equipped with cutting edge Flash ROM memory, so that your new keyboard can be permanently updated by disk with the latest operational advantages and new features.
Page 3 Owner’s manual Cod. 271219 English...
Page 4: Important Safety Instructions
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the CAUTION presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. DO NOT OPEN The exclamation mark within an equilateral triangle is CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC...
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction QUICK GUIDE Chapter 1 • Layout & Display Front layout 1. 1 Rear panel connections 1. 2 The Display 1. 3 Chapter 2 • User Guide Power up 2. 1 1 • The SK760/880 playing modes 2. 2 Style/RealTime mode 2.
Page 6 12 • Store Performance 2. 38 Save to the current Performance 2. 38 Save to a different Performance 2. 39 Restoring the original Performance settings 2. 41 13 • Load and play back the supplied Demo Song 2. 42 Load the Demo Song 2. 42 Playback the Demo Song 2.
Page 7 Chapter 7 • Edit Song 7. 1 Erase 7. 3 Move 7. 5 Copy 7. 6 Quantize 7. 8 Insert measures 7. 10 Delete measures 7. 11 Velocity 7. 12 Transpose 7. 13 Microscope 7. 14 Master Track 7. 17 Score &...
Page 8 Pedals Assignment 13. 2 Pads 13. 3 The Switch Pedal functions 13. 4 The Continuous Pedal functions 13. 5 Chapter 14 • Edit Tracks 14. 1 Transpose 14. 1 Master Transpose 14. 1 Detune 14. 2 Random Pitch 14. 2 Mode/Priority 14.
Page 9: Introduction I
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the GEM SK760/SK880 World Keyboard by Generalmusic. The SK760/SK880 is a multimedia keyboard workstation which offers several ways of interfacing with the instrument. With the optional A/V card, a musician can connect his instrument to the SK760/880, mix his sounds with those of the workstation (complete with effects processing!) and follow a music score which can be projected on a monitor connected to the instrument’s video outputs.
Page 10 FEATURES OF THE WK6 & WK8 starting from disk-based samples or data re- ceived via MIDI. • Polyphony/multitimbral capabilities • Volatile Sample RAM (optional) Maximum polyphony: 64 voices. Multitimbric- It is possible to install up to 32 megabytes of ity: 16 parts (Style/RealTime modes) or 32 additional Sample-RAM via standard 30 pin parts (Song mode).
Page 11 new samples from disk (as RAM -Sounds). external storage device connected via the MS-DOS compatibility permits MIDI file ex- SCSI port (ZIP™, JAZ™, Hard Disks, etc.). change with other instruments and computers. This also makes it possible to load files from a CD-ROM drive.
Page 12 IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY NOTES Observe these important preliminary notes before using your instrument: AVOID PLACING DISKS NEAR MAGNETS - Do not place floppy disks on top of speakers, near magnets, tele- phones, or other sources of electromagnetic fields. The disk contents could be damaged.= MODELS WITH OPTIONAL HARD DISK INSTALLED- the hard disk may appear to operate rather slowly the first time you open its directory.
Page 13 SOME USEFUL INFORMATION BEFORE STARTING The rechargeable battery The SK760/880 conserves the data in RAM after turning off, thanks to a rechargeable battery. The battery is recharged while the instrument is turned on (not just plugged in!). When the instrument is turned off, if the battery is at maximum charge level, the data in RAM is con- served for about two weeks.
Page 14 RAM RESET Battery discharged message If the instrument has been left turned off for a If you want to recall the factory settings, you can long period of time, the battery will slowly dis- reset the backed RAM. charge. 1. Press GENERAL in the EDIT section to enter the “Edit General”...
Page 15: Quick Guide
Quick Guide • 1 Layout & Display • 2 User Guide...
Page 16: User Guide
GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Power source • Be sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate before connecting to the mains. • DC power cannot be used to power this instrument. • If the instrument is to remain unused for long periods of time, remove the power cord from its wall outlet.
Page 17: Chapter 1 • Layout & Display
Chapter 1 • Layout & Display FRONT LAYOUT 10. Wheels (Pitch Bend, Modulation). 1. Sliders (M.Vol, Mic/Line, Drum, Bass, Acc1/ 11. Headphones jacks (2). 3, Acc 4/6, Lower 2, Lower 1, Upper 2, Up- 12. Keyboard (SK760: E1-A7, SK880: C0-C8) - per 1, [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H].
Page 18: Rear Panel Connections
REAR PANEL (CONNECTIONS) outputs saying “NO VIDEO INTERFACE IN- 1. SCSI port (optional). STALLED”. 2. Pedals: Damper, 1, 2, Volume. 7. Output: (Left, Right, 1, 2). For Mono repro- 3. Pedalboard port. duction, use either the RIGHT or LEFT jack. 4.
Page 19: The Display
THE DISPLAY The SK760/880 display is the principal user interface which communicates the status of the instrument at all times. TRACK SCROLL BUTTONS PAGE (MENU) SCROLL BUTTONS NEGATIVE HIGHLIGHT SOFT BUTTONS A … H SOFT BUTTONS F1 … F8 CURSOR NAVIGATION, DATA ENTRY, CONFIRMA- ENTER/ESCAPE CURSOR...
Page 20 ALPHANUMERIC ENTRY In name writing situations (Performance name, Song name, etc.), the keyboard activates as a source of alphanumerical data where each note of the central zone of the keyboard corresponds to a letter, sym- bol or number. Use the / cursor buttons or the DIAL to navigate within the active name writing zone. ALPHANUMERIC CONFIGURATION IN NAME-WRITING MODE The following example shows how to modify a Performance name:...
Page 21 THE DEFAULT DISPLAY: “SOUND VIEW” PAGE This type of page shows the Sounds assigned to the tracks. «Sound View» is the default viewing mode. A typical Sound View page appears in Style/RealTime mode (other Sound View pages showing slight variations appear in Song mode and Style and Song recording modes). a.
Page 22 THE DISPLAY’S EDIT STATUS IDENTIFICATION ICONS Every edit environment has a relative icon: Edit Effects Edit MIDI Edit Mixer Edit Controllers/Pads Edit Tracks Edit Perf Sound/Drumkit Edit Style/Song Edit General Edit Disk / Preload Edit Sound TRACKS, PERFORMANCES AND THE TRACK STATUS ICONS A Track is the smallest part of a Performance and in normal playing conditions, the display shows from 4 to 8 tracks of the current Performance.
Page 23 Most of the operating modes display the tracks and their status icons are shown on the left part of the display. The status of a track can be shown in four different ways: in key-play if it can be played on the keyboard; in mute if the track is temporarily deactivated;...
Page 24 DIALOG WINDOWS Several types of dialog window exist; generally an option requires selection or one or more parameters require modifications and confirmation with ENTER or a soft button. Some examples follow. Select one of the options with the cursor buttons. Press ENTER to confirm or press ESCAPE to cancel the modifications.
Page 25: Chapter 2 • User Guide
Chapter 2 • User Guide POWER UP 1. Be sure that the power switch on the rear panel is in the “OFF” position. 2. Connect the power cord to the rear panel mains socket and insert the other end of the power cord into a suitable grounded wall outlet.
Page 26: The Sk760/880 Playing Modes
1 • The SK760/880 playing modes SK760/880 features two distinct playing modes: • Style/RealTime mode and • Song mode. STYLE/REALTIME MODE SONG MODE In this mode you can play with Styles, or play Up to 32 tracks are available in Song mode. Via with the Performances and use SK760/880 as MIDI, SK760/880 can be also used as a a conventional keyboard.
Page 27: Play The Sk760/880 Keyboard Sounds (Style/Realtime Mode)
2 • Play the SK760/880 keyboard sounds (Style/RealTime mode) Every time you power up, SK760/880 sets to Style/RealTime mode with the GrandPiano Performance selected. This Performance is factory-set to activate the Piano 1 sound across the full keyboard. This sound is assigned to the Upper 1 keyboard section - all other keyboard sections (Upper 2, Lower 1, Lower 2) are off (mute).
Page 28: Upper/Lower Keyboard Mode
UPPER/LOWER KEYBOARD MODE Split the keyboard 4. Press the paired soft buttons F3/F4 on the right of the display to select the UPP/LOW keyboard mode. 5. Play on the keyboard with both hands. You will hear no sound on the left part of the keyboard and two on the right.
Page 29 ADD A SECOND SOUND ON THE LEFT HAND 8. Press the soft button(s) A/B TWICE to select and activate the LOWER 2 keyboard section. The track activates for “play” (shown by the small keyboard icon in the track status col- umn).
Page 30 12. Press the paired soft buttons C/D TWICE to mute the sound assigned to the Lower 1 keyboard sec- tion. 13. Now play on the keyboard with both hands. You will return to the situation described at point 4 on page 3 (no sound on the left hand, two sounds on the right).
Page 31: Multi Keyboard Mode
MULTI KEYBOARD MODE Play up to 8 sounds at the same time 15. Press the paired soft buttons F5/F6 on the right of the display to select the MULTI keyboard mode. All references to the Upper and Lower key- board sections are no longer displayed. The Multi situation shows 8 of the 16 Tracks of the current Performance.
Page 32: Adjust The Overall Volume Of The Instrument
3 • Adjusting the volume ADJUST THE OVERALL VOLUME OF THE INSTRUMENT Adjust the general volume of the instrument with the M. VOL. slider. Note: better results are obtained by adjusting the volume with mixer or amplifier controls rather than lowering the volume of the instrument.
Page 33: Transpose The Instrument Up Or Down
4 • Transposition TRANSPOSE THE INSTRUMENT UP OR DOWN If you would like to play a song in a different key, or a song is too high or too low for a singer or TRANSPOSE another instrument, you can transpose SK760/ 880 to play the song in an easier key.
Page 34: Transposing Tracks By Octaves
TRANSPOSING TRACKS BY OCTAVES Any track, if selected, can be instantly transposed in octave steps, within the range 5 octaves. 1. Select the track you wish to transpose. 2. Press the OCTAVE + to raise the octave setting. An insertion screen shows the current Oc- tave setting.
Page 35: Play The Programmable Pads
PLAY THE PROGRAMMABLE PADS The four programmable Pads buttons (Pad 1, Pad 2, Pad 3, Pad 4) provide quick and easy ways of adding extra sounds to your playing. You can program each pad to produce an instrumental sound, a percussive sound or sample. The pro- grammable Pads can also be assigned to the rotary slow/fast switching function.
Page 36: Play With The Pedals
PLAY WITH THE PEDALS PEDAL The rear connections panel includes four jacks for control pedals, denoted Volume, 1, 2, Damper. The Volume jack is a non-programmable port for DAMPER VOLUME a standard Volume Pedal (optional). The remain- ing three pedal jacks are programmable and pre- DAMPER set to provide Performance functions.
Page 37 5 • Listen to the Demos (All, Song, Style) 1. Press DEMO (in the Edit/Number section) to open the Demo window. The “Select Demo” dialog window appears. 2. Select one of the elements in the list (All, Demo Song, Demo Style) with the cursor buttons / . 3.
Page 38 5. Select the «ALL DEMO» option shown in the cur- rent selection window to chain all demos dis- played (Song or Style). Playback starts automatically from the first demo. Demos not yet played are shown in negative highlight while those played return positive.
Page 39: The Performances
6 • The Performances ABOUT THE PERFORMANCES A Performance is a combination of sounds that sets the instrument automatically for real time playing (keyboard sounds), for the accompaniments (Styles) and for Songs (multitrack recording) The Perform- ances feature single, layered and multi sounds, split and full keyboard combinations, custom effect settings and more.
Page 40 If the STYLE LOCK button is on, selecting Performances selects live keyboard sounds REAL-PERFORMANCE only. If the STYLE LOCK button is off, selecting PERF. GROUPS a Performance selects live keyboard and also ST. LOCK accompaniment Sounds. The relative Style, Variation and Tempo are selected. Sounds ST.
Page 41: Selecting The Sk Sounds
7 • Selecting the SK760/880 Sounds The vast number of Sounds in the SK760/880 memory, arranged in 16 Banks of 8 Sounds each, include orchestral, percussion and contemporary musical instrument sounds. The Bank 1 Sounds are all GeneralMidi compatible, while those that occupy the positions of the remaining 15 banks are variations the Bank 1 sounds.
Page 42: Select And Play The Bank 1 Sounds (Gm)
SELECT AND PLAY BANK 1 SOUNDS (GM) Your selection will be assigned to the currently selected track of the selected Performance. The keyboard extension over which the sound will play will also depend on the current keyboard mode. To listen to the sound that you select without hear- ing others, mute the tracks of all the sounds not wanted, or use the SOLO button as described on page 2.21.
Page 43: Select And Play Sound Variations (Bank 2, 3
SELECT AND PLAY SOUND VARIATIONS (BANK 2, 3, ..ETC..) 4. Press a SOUND GROUPS button. If you press the same Sound Groups button as in point 1, you can listen to variations of the same sound selected in point 2. 5.
Page 44: Using The Keypad To Select A Sound
USING THE KEYPAD TO SELECT A SOUND The SK760/880 Sounds are identified by two numbers: the ProgramChange (PC) and the BankSelect MSB number (ControlChange 00 [CC00]). You can select a Sound by specifying the absolute values (PC and CC numbers) on the numeric keypad.
Page 45: The Solo Button - Isolate A Single Sound From The Rest
THE SOLO BUTTON - ISOLATE A SINGLE SOUND FROM THE REST If you are playing in a situation where two or more sounds are displayed, before activating a muted sound you may want to listen to it alone to de- cide whether to activate it or not.
Page 46: Display Hold
8 • Display Hold HOLD THE DISPLAY DURING SELECTION PROCEDURES SK760/880 powers up with the D.HOLD button active. With this function the selection window remains locked after selecting an item. If you disactivate D.HOLD (led off), after selecting an item, the display returns to the previous status automatically.
Page 47: The Styles
9 • The Styles Styles are a collection of musical patterns repre- In Style/RealTime mode, press the right TRACK senting many types of music, ranging from rock SCROLL button to bring the 8 automatic accom- and pop to traditional, Latin and Oriental music paniment tracks into view.
Page 48: Play With The Styles
PLAY WITH THE STYLES 1. Press SINGLE TCH. PLAY. The ARRANGE ON/OFF and ARRANGE MEMORY buttons will activate if not already When SINGLE TOUCH PLAY is on, the sounds memorized in the recalled Style Per- formance are assigned to all the tracks. Se- lecting a Style changes the sounds of the ac- companiment tracks as well as those as- signed to the keyboard sections.
Page 49 4. Select a Style with the corresponding paired soft buttons. Buttons A/B for SWING in this example. The display returns to Style/RealTime mode showing the recalled keyboard sounds. Ob- serve also that the keyboard mode has changed from Full to Upp/Low. Press the right Track Scroll button to check the sounds recalled for the accompaniment tracks.
Page 50 7. Press one of the VAR buttons shown off. Note how the accompaniment pattern changes to a different Variation. The VAR buttons control the Style Variations. Each button recalls a different version of the same accompaniment. Each Variation in- cludes different patterns for the Basic, Intro, Fill and Ending sections.
Page 51 SELECT AND PLAY THE FLASH MEMORY USER STYLES Your instrument leaves the factory with a set of User Styles stored in the Flash banks of the User Style locations. These memory locations are re- served for factory use and the contents may differ depending on the various world markets.
Page 52: Start A Style With Key Start
START A STYLE WITH KEY START The Key Start function synchronizes the start of the automatic accompaniment with a note pressed on the keyboard below the split point without having to use START/STOP. KEY START can be used in various situations. The most com- mon use is as follows: 1.
Page 53: Start A Style With Tap Tempo
START A STYLE WITH TAP TEMPO • With the Style accompaniment off, beat time on the TAP TEMPO button. The tempo is set according to the timing of the last two taps, the relative Tempo value is dis- played and the accompaniment starts automati- cally.
Page 54: The Functions Of The Styles
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE STYLES TEMPO LOCK If TEMPO LOCK is off, when a Style or a Per- The Styles are governed by the following 8 func- formance is selected the tempo changes too. If tions which determine how the Styles play. the function is on, the tempo will not change.
Page 55: Select A Style Performance
SELECT A STYLE PERFORMANCE When Single Touch Play is on, each SK760/880 Style is associated to 8 Style Performances which you can assign at any time before or during play. The Style Performances are permanent and can- not be destroyed. They are, however, rewritable (keyboard and accompaniment sounds).
Page 56: Select A Style Without Changing The Keyboard Sounds
SELECT A STYLE WITHOUT CHANGING THE KEYBOARD SOUNDS If you want to change Style while playing without changing the keyboard sounds, select the Style with Single Touch Play off: 1. While playing with a Style, turn off SINGLE TCH PLAY. When SINGLE TOUCH PLAY is off, select- ing a Style changes the accompaniment pat- terns, the sounds and effects of the accom-...
Page 57: 10 • Arrange Mode And The Chord Recognition Modes
10 • Arrange Mode and the chord recognition modes The ARRANGE MODE button gains access to A minor chord requires the root note and the several options associated to the Styles: the minor third (e.g. C and Eb). A seventh chord “Auto”...
Page 58: Selecting The Arrange Mode Options
SELECTING THE ARRANGE MODE OP- TIONS 1. Press the ARRANGE MODE button to gain access to the «Arrange Mode» environment. The page shows the parameters of either «Auto Chord Mode» or «Fixed Chord Mode», depending on the option currently selected. 2.
Page 59: Changing The Split Point
CHANGING THE SPLIT POINT The Split Point is: (a) the point that separates the Upper and Lower keyboard sections in the Upper&Lower and Multi keyboard modes and, (b) the point below which the keyboard recog- nizes chords which trigger the Style automatic accompaniments ( in Fingered and One Fin- ger chord recognition modes ).
Page 60: The Digital Signal Processor (Dsp)
11 • The Digital Signal Processor (DSP) SK760/880 allows you to route the Performances (RealTime, Style and Song) to the on-board multi- effects processor to enrich the sounds with Reverb and Modulation effects. The DSP consists of four real time controlled units which process the Performances with Reverbs and Delay/Modulation effects: two Reverb channels (A &...
Page 61 3. Select the effect processor (Eff1 or Eff2) and Group (A or B) If the EFFECT TYPE function is not shown selected in the right column, press the Soft button F1 to activate the correct page. Use the cursor buttons to select the processors (Eff1 - Reverbs, or Eff2 - Modu- lations).
Page 62: D Effect
PLAY WITH EFFECTS OR BYPASS THEM You can temporarily modify the way in which a Performance is processed with the on-board ef- fect processor by changing the On/Off setting of the Effects Bypass button. When the LED is off, the current Performance is processed by the effects;...
Page 63: 12 • Store Performance
12 • Store Performance Use the STORE PERFORMANCE command to save any changes you make to a RealTime Perform- ance, a Style Performance or a Song Performance. The changes made to a RealTime Performance or Style Performance are interchangeable, that is, you can save a modified RealTime Performance to a Style Performance and vice versa.
Page 64: Save To A Different Performance
SAVE TO A DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE Save changes to a different Performance if you want to retain the configuration of the original Performance. 1. Press STORE PERFORMANCE to open the «Per- formance Store» dialog window. If SINGLE TOUCH PLAY is off, the destina- tion suggested is a Performance (situation A), if SINGLE TCH PLAY is active, the desti- nation suggested is a Style-Performance...
Page 65 4. Move down to the next zone with the cursor arrow and select the destination Performance (1 - 8) with the Dial. If you are saving to the RealTime Perform- ances (A), the Dial scrolls through the 8 Per- formance destinations of the selected Group, each identified by a number and name.
Page 66: Restoring The Original Performance Settings
RESTORING THE ORIGINAL PERFORM- ANCE SETTINGS It is possible to cancel all modifications made to the Performances and restore the factory settings. You can select the type of Performance to re- store (Rest.St.Perfs, Rest. Perfs, Rest. styles, Rest. songs) or restore the default settings of all the Performances in a single step (Restore all).
Page 67: 13 • Load And Play Back The Supplied Demo Song
13 • Load and play back the supplied Demo Song Your SK760/880 is supplied with two floppy disks, one containing the operating system and one con- taining a Demo Song, some User Styles and some Samples. In the following pages, you’ll learn how to load a Song into the instrument’s memory and how to play it back.
Page 68 4. Press ENTER to confirm the command and open the File Selector. The File selector shows one or more Blocks in the disk directory, and the directory of the destination which represents the section of RAM containing the file types currently be- ing handled (in this example the Songs).
Page 69: Playback The Demo Song
PLAYBACK THE DEMO SONG Access to the Songs in memory is via the SONG button in the SEQUENCER. Select and playback the Demo Song 1 Press the SONG button. The «Select Song» window appears show- ing a list of song in memory. In this example, the list shows the demo Song (Children) that you loaded in the previous pages.
Page 70 4. Press PLAY in the SEQUENCER to start the play- back. This button starts the Song playback (or re- cording). During the playback, the LED on the PLAY button is on. The song location pointer (LOC) in the display shows the current position of the Song.
Page 71: 14 • Preload
14 • Preload Use the PRELOAD button to play all the Songs or MidiFiles present a disk. 1. Insert a SK760/880 Songs disk or MidiFile data disk into the drive. Check the disk label for the type of data con- tained in the disk.
Page 72 4. Start the playback from the point it was stopped by pressing PLAY. 5. Press the STOP button twice to stop and escape from the PLAY ALL SONGS function. To return to Style/RealTime mode, press the STYLE/REALTIME button. 2•48 User Guide...
Page 73: 15 • Multimedia
15 • Multimedia DISPLAY SONG LYRICS SK760/880 can display Lyrics when playing SK760/880, WK, SK & PS Series disks with songs containing Lyrics tracks. There are a wide vari- ety of disks that display lyrics when played. Automatic loading of Songs at power up If your SK760/880 has no Songs with lyrics in memory, it is possible to load a Block of data (in- cluding Song data) automatically from disk at...
Page 74 6. Use the DIRECTIONAL ARROWS to highlight the desired viewing choices (All, Lyrics 1, 2, 3, 4, Chord). Press the ENTER button to view the results. 7. Press ESCAPE or SCORE to return to the main Song Playback page. TO DISPLAY LYRICS ON AN EXTERNAL MONITOR Connect one of the video outputs to a domestic TV or to a monitor by means of the dedicated...
Page 75: Record A Song (Quick Rec.)
16 • Record a Song (Quick rec.) SK760/880 allows you to record a simple multi- track Song using the QUICK REC recording method and the existing Styles for automatic ac- companiments. In practice, the Quick Rec method can record from 1 to 8 real time tracks accompa- nied by all the backing tracks of a Style to create a multitrack Song of up to 16 tracks.
Page 76 5. Select the preferred keyboard mode. Full allows you to record one or two keyboard sounds across the entire keyboard. Upp/Low allows you to record up to two key- board sounds on the left and two on the right on a split keyboard. Set Multi (as in the example) if you want to view all 8 keyboard tracks of the Perform- ance in order to set more than 4 sounds for...
Page 77 8. Press either PLAY or START/STOP or KEY START to start the recording and start to play. PLAY starts the recording for the real time tracks only. START/STOP starts the recording and en- gages the Style accompaniment tracks at the same time.
Page 78: Play Along With Your Recorded Song
PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR RECORDED SONG In Song playback mode, you can play along with your recorded Song by activating one or more tracks not used for the recording. It is also pos- sible to disengage a recorded track from the sequencer and use it to play in real time.
Page 79: Play Songs Using Jukebox
PLAY SONGS USING JUKEBOX The Jukebox function chains the songs of your choice and plays them back as a ‘medley’ with a single command. 1. With the Song «Play View» page showing, press F1 («Jukebox...») to access the Jukebox display. The left part of the display shows the list of Songs in memory.
Page 80: 17 • Save Your Programmed Data To Disk
17 • Save your programmed data to disk The SK760/880 RAM is backed by a rechargeable battery to safeguard your programmed data when the instrument is turned off. For security reasons, however, it is necessary to store your data to floppy disk (or Hard disk) with the Save command.
Page 81 3. Specify the Save operation required (example, “Save Single Song”). Use the navigational arrows ( / and / buttons) to navigate within the two columns of the display area and select the required command by combining one element from each column. For example, combine “Single”...
Page 82 7. Confirm the new Block name with ENTER. The floppy disk directory now shows the first 8 empty Song locations (within the new block). Up to 16 locations are available by scrolling with the cursor arrow. 8. If necessary, select a destination and press EN- TER twice to execute the Save Single Song com- mand.
Page 83: Restoring The Songs Memory
RESTORING THE SONGS MEMORY If you have loaded disk-based Songs or recorded Songs and used up all the memory dedicated to the storage of Songs, there is a quick and easy way of clearing memory to make room for other Songs using the Restore Songs operation.
Page 84: 18 • Midi
18 • MIDI ABOUT MIDI MIDI connection rules • An instrument which controls another instru- MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) is a ment is called the master , while an instru- system of communication between electronic ment that is controlled by a controlling de- musical instruments and computers.
Page 85: The Midi Channels
THE MIDI CHANNELS The MIDI channel is the principal channel assign- able to a track and used to transmit and receive MIDI IN port MIDI OUT track MIDI messages (note data, bank change/ (A or B) c h a n n e l program change, etc.).
Page 86: The Midi Configuration
THE MIDI CONFIGURATION Each track of a Performance can be independ- ently configured with regards to how the track handles keyboard data, MIDI IN and MIDI OUT MIDI keyboard/ internal sound MIDI data and the information directed to the internal Common Channel generator sound engine.
Page 87: The Computer Port
THE COMPUTER PORT Figure 2 shown below illustrates a simple con- nection possibility between the SK760/880, a Your SK760/880 is fitted with a COMPUTER port Computer and an expander. which allows two way communications between The Computer function (in Edit General - P.brd/ the instrument and a computer (PC or MAC) with- Computer editor) offers three communication out the need of a MIDI interface.
Page 88: Midi Filters
MIDI FILTERS MIDI LOCK The SK760/880 MIDI Filters allow you to block This feature allows you to “lock” the MIDI set- the reception and transmission of unwanted MIDI tings of the instrument. Normally, the MIDI Chan- messages from the MIDI data stream. nels, MIDI Configuration and MIDI Filters are memorized for each Performance.
Page 89: Midi Panic
MIDI PANIC General MIDI: a GeneralMIDI compatibility on/ off switch. The SK760/880 features a hidden MIDI PANIC MIDI In Fix Velocity: allows you to receive ve- button. This function can be used in the event of locity as transmitted, or to fix a set velocity value problems or “lock-ups”...
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Page 91: Reference Guide
Reference Guide • 3 Disk & Hard Disk • 4 Preload • 5 Selection/Help • 6 Songs MIDI Files & Song Recording • 7 Edit Song • 8 User Style recording • 9 Edit Style • 10 Edit Effects • 11 Edit MIDI •...
Page 92 Reference Guide...
Page 93: Disk & Hard Disk
• 3 Disk & Hard disk GENERAL INFORMATION conforms to the GMX format, a General MIDI eXtended format by Generalmusic which renders Working with disks provides you with a means of the first three banks of all SK760/880 Series in- building a library of Performances, Styles, Sounds struments fully compatible.
Page 94 File Types File Quantity The types of File encountered when working in Files can be handled as Single elements, as a the SK760/880 Disk environment are identified Group of files or as an entire set of file types (All), by a name and, in some cases an extension. The as shown in the following table: table which follows summarizes the file types en- countered:...
Page 95 Limitations The file selector Some file types cannot be handled more than The File Selector corresponds to the second level one at a time. MIDI Files, for example, can only of disk operations and is accessed by confirming be handled using the SINGLE MIDI FILE com- the command specified in the main page.
Page 96: The General «Disk» Procedure
The general «Disk» procedure Use the following procedure as a reference for all the Disk operations. Some specific examples are also explained in this chapter. 1. If you are working with floppy disks, insert a disk into the drive. If you are working with the Hard Disk (op- tional accessory), simply press DISK.
Page 97 4. Specify the desired command with the directional arrows (for example, «Load Single Song»). Use the button to move into the quantity column and select the file quantity (Single, Group, All) with the / buttons. Pass over to the other column with the but- ton and select the file type (Sound, Perform- ance, Song, etc.) with the / buttons.
Page 98 7. If necessary, select the source file. Use the / buttons to select the source file from the active column. If you are not in the desired column, move over with the / buttons. 8. If necessary, select the destination. Move into the destination column with the / buttons and use the / buttons to select...
Page 99: Load Operations
Load Operations The load operations operate in the direction Source –> RAM where the source can be Floppy disk or Hard disk. Have a disk ready containing the data you wish to load. These can be SK760/880 format disks, disks of previous formats, such as WX or SX Series, and MIDI file disks.
Page 100 LOAD SINGLE cases, other names appear which represent sub- directories containing other MIDI Files. The Load Single command offers the following Important: When you load a MIDI File, track 17 possibilities: is created automatically in order to be able to play along with the Song in playback.
Page 101 Load Single Style Performance Loads a single bank of up to 8 user-programmed Style Performances to the original ROM Style Performance bank. These Performances can- not be loaded to locations other than the original source Style Performance bank. For example, the Style Performances of Style 59 (U.S.Trad) cannot be loaded to any other location of the ROM Styles.
Page 102 LOAD SINGLE SOUND PROCEDURE (EX- AMPLE) Use the Demo Disk 01 supplied with the instru- ment to load a Sample to memory. For this pro- cedure, your instrument requires additional Sam- ple RAM. If your SK760/880 does not have ad- ditional S-RAM, use any SK760/880 Sounds disk containing edited sounds, or have your instrument upgraded with optional S-RAM.
Page 103 LOAD GROUP Load Group Style Perf Loads a Group of 8 Style Performance banks, The Load Group command offers a quick way of each bank containing up to 8 user-programmed loading a Groups of 8 elements at a time. Style Performances. Unlike other Groups, the Style Groups cannot be “switched”...
Page 104 LOAD GROUP USER STYLE PROCEDURE (EXAMPLE) Use the Demo Disk 01 to load a User Style Group to memory. 1. Insert the supplied Demo Disk 01 in the disk drive and press DISK. 2. Select GROUP USER STYLE from the main Load page then press ENTER to gain access to the FILE SELECTOR.
Page 105 LOAD ALL Use «Load All» to load an entire set of file types in a single step. Warning: Use “Load ALL” with care. If, for example, the disk-based «All User Style» data contains only one User Style, all your User Styles currently in RAM will be irremediably lost through cancellation by the incoming file.
Page 106 LOAD WX/SX SONGS AND STYLES SK760/880 can load Songs and Styles from the following previous format disks: WX2, WX400, WX Expander, SX2, SX3 The loading procedures are identical to those used for SK760/880 Songs and Styles. The Blocks however show the «.WXS» exten- sion instead of «.BLK».
Page 107: Save Operations
Save operations The Save procedures operate in the direction RAM –> Destination where the destination can be Floppy disk or Hard disk. The SK760/880 RAM is backed by a recharge- able battery to safeguard the data when the in- strument is turned off. For security reasons, how- ever, it is necessary to store your data to floppy disk or Hard disk with the Save command.
Page 108 3. Specify the Save operation required (example, Save All Song) then press ENTER to open the File Selector. 4. Select an existing Block to save to or empty des- tination to create a new Block. Save to an existing Block to backup your data after a work session when the destination Block and RAM block are of the same origin.
Page 109 SAVE SINGLE Save Single Performance Saves a single user-programmed Performance The Save Single command offers the following (RealTime) to any of the 64 locations of the Per- possibilities: formance Groups (1-8) on disk or Hard disk. The incoming Performances overwrite those present Save Single Block on the storage device.
Page 110 Performances are converted into track data (Bank Select MSB and LSB, Program Change, Volume, Pan, CC91 and CC93 for the depth of the effects). If a Score is present, the text is converted into Lyric events and the chord symbols into Text events.
Page 111 SAVE MIDI FILE PROCEDURE (EXAMPLE) 1. Select SINGLE MIDI FILE from the main Save page then press ENTER to gain access to the FILE SE- LECTOR. 2. Select the destination device (Floppy or Hard disk). Press soft button F1 to select the Floppy disk. Press soft button F2 to select the Hard disk.
Page 112 SAVE GROUP If you attempt to save to a destination other than the correct one, a user message will inform you The Save Group command offers a quick way of of your error with the following message: saving a Group of 8 elements in a single step. Warning: The Group currently on disk or hard disk is overwritten by the incoming Group.
Page 113 SAVE GROUP STYLE PERFORMANCE (EX- AMPLE) 1. Select GROUP STYLE PERFORMANCE from the main Save page then press ENTER to gain access to the FILE SELECTOR. 2. Select the destination device (Floppy or Hard disk). Press soft button F1 to select the Floppy disk. Press soft button F2 to select the Hard disk.
Page 114 SAVE ALL Use «Save All» to save an entire set of file types contained in RAM in a single step. Warning: Use “Save ALL” with care as this procedure overwrites all data at the destination. Be absolutely sure, therefore, of the file content in disk before using the “Save ALL”...
Page 115: Erase Operations
Erase operations Use the Erase command to cancel files no longer needed from a data storing device (Disk or Hard Disk) or from RAM to make room for other files. When you pass to the Erase page, you can choose the device to erase data from with the corresponding soft buttons: •...
Page 116 5. If necessary, select the Block containing the file to erase then press ENTER to access the Block. 6. Select the file to erase. 7. Press ENTER twice to erase the file from the di- rectory. 3•24 Reference Guide...
Page 117: Copy
Copy operations Use the Copy command to copy a file from one location to another within the same device, or from the Hard Disk to floppy (bypassing the RAM) and vice versa. The source file remains intact. Models without a Hard disk can copy from floppy to floppy or from RAM to RAM.
Page 118 5. If necessary, select the source Block containing the desired file and press ENTER to gain access. 6. Select the File to Copy from the source directory. 7. Pass into the destination directory to select the destination If necessary, select a Block in the Hard disk and press ENTER to access then select a destination.
Page 119: Move
Move operations Use the Move command to shift a file from one location to another within the same device, or from the Hard Disk to floppy (bypassing the RAM) and vice versa. This option cancels the file at the source. WARNING - Use the Move function only in cases where the original file is to be cancelled.
Page 120 5. If necessary, select a Block containing the de- sired file then press ENTER to access the Block. 6. Select the File to Move from the source direc- tory. 7. Pass into the destination directory and select the destination. In this case, use the Page scroll but- tons to scroll through the Sound Groups and the /...
Page 121: Utility
Utility After pressing DISK, use the page scroll but- FORMAT WORK DISK (1.62 MB) ton to pass to the last two Disk pages: Floppy This operation force-formats a 3.5” HD floppy disk Disk Utility and Hard Disk Utility. for SK760/880 use. These pages provide useful functions for disk and This extended format procedure prepares the disk hard Disk formatting and servicing.
Page 122 FORMAT MS-DOS/ATARI DISK (720 KB) FORMAT HARD DISK This operation formats a 3.5” DD floppy disk in This operation formats the Hard disk and is used MS-DOS / Atari ST format (capacity: 720 kilo- in two cases: bytes), suitable in particular for MIDI file ex- 1) as an essential operation after installing a changes.
Page 123 3. Press ENTER to confirm or ESCAPE to cancel. 2. Select «Hard disk check/recovery» . The following dialog window appears: As a security measure, a second confirmation re- quest appears (for security reasons): 3. Press ENTER to start the recovery of the data. Shortly after, another dialog window appears similar to the one below: 4.
Page 124 HARD DISK PROTECTION HARD DISK BACKUP This option allows you to backup part or all the As a safety measure to prevent unwanted file loss, Hard disk data to floppy disk in compressed or use the Hard Disk Protection function to protect decompressed form.
Page 125 3. Prepare a list containing the block(s) to backup. Select All (F7) Use Select All (F7) to select all the Block con- Select a Block with the Up/Down cursor ar- tained in the Hard disk rows and press ENTER to insert it into the list.
Page 126 4. Prepare a list containing the block(s) to restore. HARD DISK RESTORE Select a Block with the Up/Down cursor ar- Use the HARD DISK RESTORE function to load rows and press ENTER to insert it into the backup data from floppy disk back into the Hard list.
Page 127: Additional Functions
Additional functions SAMPLE-RAM... (F8) This section explains the various options found in the main Disk pages and in the File Selector, This option is active only if the instrument has some of which are permanent, others specific to been installed with one or both optional Sample a particular command or disk page.
Page 128 BLOCK RENAME (F7) SEARCH RESOURCE (F4) This option, which appears in all File Selectors, This option appears in all second level pages of allows you to modify the name of the selected all Single File operations. The second level pages Block.
Page 129 SOUND SEARCH... (F7) If the displayed file is not the one you are looking for, use the “F7 to Previous” and “F8 to Next op- The Sound Search function appears in the third tions” are required. level directory displays for the following opera- When you find the file you are looking for, press tions: ENTER to pass directly to the file location or...
Page 130: General Disk Handling Information
General disk handling information The Write Protect Tab If you’re new to working with floppy disks and are not sure as to how you should handle these Floppy disks contain a write protect tab which delicate accessories, please read this section for allows you to protect valuable data from being some useful information.
Page 131 Backup copies Disk Drive Head Cleaning At the end of a work session, always remember After a prolonged period of use, disk save and to copy all elaborated data present on RAM or load errors may become frequent due mainly to Hard disk to Floppy Disks.
Page 132 Precautions to observe when using SK760/880 disks with a computer Furthermore, owing to some limitations of MS- In name write situations, the SK760/880 allows DOS, Windows 3.1 and Atari, it is essential to file names of up to 10 characters, except the Block bear in mind the following advice: which accepts 8, in compatibility with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 OS.
Page 133: Chapter 4 • Preload
• 4 Preload THE PRELOAD FUNCTION PLAYBACK ALL THE SONGS OR MIDI FILES ON DISK The Preload function is a background loading facility which allows you to playback all the Songs If you have a SK760/880 Songs disk, or have and/or MIDI Files contained in a floppy disk or purchased a MIDI File data disk, or your Hard Hard disk with a single command, without hav-...
Page 134: Create A Preload List
Create a Preload list 1. If the Preload window is not showing, press Return the cursor to the right again and se- PRELOAD with a disk inserted in the drive, lect an empty location for the next file on the press PRELOAD again then press RESET list.
Page 135: The Preload Functions
The Preload functions SMF (F6) FLOPPY DISK (F1) When this option is selected, the left part of the Selects the floppy disk. The list on the left corre- display shows the MIDI files contained in the disk, sponds to the disk directory showing the files con- identified by the extension ‘.MID’, together with tained in the disk (Block files or Song/SMF files).
Page 136 RAM -Sounds contained in the Block housing the Song. If there is not sufficient memory in RAM for the operation, the Song will play incorrectly using ROM-Sounds. Hint: When the samples of a Song are loaded, the Auto Preload utilizes the free Sample-RAM, then starts to substitute the samples of the Song in playback with the samples of the new Song.
Page 137: Chapter 5 • Selection/Help
• 5 Selection/Help Selection Name of the selected Performance group SELECTING PERFORMANCES Panel selection Panel selection is preferable when playing live. If the STYLE LOCK button is off, selecting Per- formances from the Performance Groups also changes the Style, the Variation and Tempo. 1.
Page 138 SELECTING STYLES Selecting Styles via MIDI SK760/880 must receive the relative selection Panel selection messages on the Common Channel. The Com- mon Channel is set in «Edit MIDI » 1. Press one of the STYLE GROUPS buttons to open a «Style Select» window. To select ROM Styles, send Control Change 00 (value = 32) and a Program Change.
Page 139 SELECTING STYLE-PERFORMANCES Panel selection To select a ROM Style-Performance or a User Style-Performance, the Single Touch Play but- ton should be on. If this button is not on, select- ing a Style Performance sets S.T. PLAY to on automatically. 1. In Style mode, press the STYLE.P button to open the «Select Style-Performances»...
Page 140 SELECTING SOUNDS Recall Sounds by selecting Performances or Styles Refer to the previous sections relating to the se- lection of Performances or Styles. While playing, Sounds are instantly recalled by selecting Performances or Styles. Program your Name of the selected Bank (select it Performances or Style-Performances accordingly Sound Group...
Page 141 Keypad selection procedure 1. Select the track to which a Sound is to be assigned. 2. Press KEY PAD (LED on) to activate the EDIT/NUMBERS section as a numeric keypad. An insertion zone opens in the dis- play showing the number of the current sound assigned to the track.
Page 142 Selection via MIDI The Sound selection message must be received on the MIDI channel assigned to the track to which the Sound is assigned. To select a SK760/880 Sound, you must send a Control Change 00 (CC00/BankSelect MSB) and Program Change (PC) message. The relative numbers are also displayed in the main page (Multi mode) and the selection window that appears when you select a SOUND GROUPS...
Page 143 SELECTING SONGS Panel selection Selecting a Song sets SK760/880 to Song mode. 1. Press the SONG button to open the «Select Song» window. 2. Select a Song with the corresponding Soft button. Note: When you select a Song, SK760/880 sends CC00 [value 55]-PC messages in rapid succession on the Common Channel .
Page 144 SELECTING SONG-PERFORMANCES Panel selection To select a Song Performance, SK760/880 must be set to Song mode. 1. Press the SONG P. button with the F4 Soft button to open the «Song-Performance» se- lection window. 2. Select a Song-Performance with the corre- sponding Soft button.
Page 145: Display Hold
Display Hold Effects Off You can choose to select and play your Perform- You can select items from a selection display with- ances, Styles and Songs without the programmed out closing the selection window by pressing the effects by activating the EFFECTS OFF button. D.
Page 146: Help
Help HOW TO USE HELP SK760/880 incorporates an on-line-help system which provides brief information on the basic func- 1. Press the HELP button when you want gen- tions of the instrument. This feature is particu- eral information regarding the current mode. larly helpful if you get stuck and do not have ac- cess to the owner’s manual at the time.
Page 147: Chapter 6 • Songs, Midi Files & Song Recording
• 6 Songs, MIDI files & Song recording ABOUT SONGS General MIDI To facilitate compatibility between different makes A Song is a multitrack recording of several in- of instruments, MIDI files should be in General strumental parts, each corresponding to a track. MIDI standard, a common platform for sounds SK760/880 can load Songs from disk in its own and the way they are selected.
Page 148: Song Playback/Jukebox
SONG-PERFORMANCES Song Playback/Jukebox Normally, Sound change messages (ProgramChange and BankSelect) are inserted in the single track. Effects change messages are inserted in the Master Track. Song playback Using the Song-Performance is an alternative and control buttons rapid method of changing Sounds and Effects. Song-Performances instantly reset the instru- ment, therefore, they are very useful during a real time Song recording.
Page 149: Play View» Parameters
Tempo «Play view» parameters Metronomic Tempo. The value represents the playing speed (beats per second) at the current The main page of Song mode («Play View») con- song position. During the playback, the Tempo tains position pointers and performance control can be modified with the DIAL.
Page 150: Play View Soft Buttons
• Forced stop: the Song starts at the point in- Play view Soft buttons dicated by the locator and stops at the speci- fied End. JUKEBOX... (F1) • Loop: the Song starts at the point indicated by the locator, stops at the End, then repeats Recalls the Jukebox function (explained after- from the Starting point.
Page 151: Jukebox Soft Buttons
Jukebox Soft buttons Delete (F4) Removes a selected Song from the Jukebox list. Insert (F5) Inserts the Song selected in the left part of the display into the Jukebox list on the right, moving the names which follow afterwards one step for- ward.
Page 152: Recording A Song
Recording a Song SK760/880 offers two principal Song recording 3. Select a Style and set the accompaniment methods: Quick Rec and Record. controls (MIXER LOCK, TEMPO LOCK, AR- RANGE ON/OFF, ARRANGE MEMORY, Quick Rec recording LOWER MEMORY, ARRANGE MODE OP- TIONS).
Page 153: The Record Method
The Record method • Press F2 («Option») PREPARATION to open the «Option» dialog window where 1. Press SONG. In the «Select Song» dialog you can program the metronome and count- window and select an empty location (User - down options. Press ENTER to confirm the see display example below).
Page 154 6. Select 9. Select the track(s) to record and set it (them) «Quantize» parameter to modify the pre- for recording. Only tracks marked by the quantization (auto-correction of timing errors) record icon will capture data and be heard: during the recording phase. 7.
Page 155 RECORDING UNDO If, during the recording phase, you want to can- 1. Press PLAY to start the recording. If Count- cel the last performed recording task, use UNDO down is ON wait for the countdown to finish to cancel the last performed task. The UNDO before playing (events are not recorded dur- button is located to the right of the display, just ing the countdown phase).
Page 156: The «Record View» Page In Detail
The «Record View» page in detail Mode... (F1) the instrument using the Volume pedal . These events are recorded as CC07 (see Ap- Opens the «Record Mode» dialog window where pendix). Settings: On, Off. you can select various recording options. Effect - To record the changes of the effects Replace - The new notes substitute “old”...
Page 157 Locator. Indicates the current position of the End point marker. If Loop is active (Play/Rec Song, expressed in measures, beats and reso- Mode= Loop) this parameter indicates the point lution (tick). at which the repeating song ends before looping back to the Start marker. If the Play/Rec Mode=Forced Stop, this parameter indicates the automatic Stop point.
Page 158 QUANTIZE EDITING YOUR SONGS An auto-corrector of timing errors during the re- The “Edit Song” functions allow you to modify the cording phase. The selection values are normal, recorded song, by copying or moving entire parts triplets or swing. of a song, by correcting timing errors, by insert- ing events in ‘event edit’...
Page 159: Chapter 7 • Edit Song
• 7 Edit Song THE EDIT PROCEDURE After recording a Song using either the «Record» method or the «QuickRec» method, it can be ed- 1. In Song mode, press ST./SONG to enter «Edit ited by entering «Edit Song». Song». The main menu appears. 2.
Page 160 EDIT SCORE (F6) The main Menu Options Opens the Score Edit function. Score Edit is described separately in detail in the UNDO (F2) «Score & Edit Score» section towards the end of this chapter. When this parameter is selected (shown in nega- tive highlight), the UNDO function is enabled.
Page 161: Erase
Erase Cancels the events from a single track or from all tracks. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the cancellation. SOFT BUTTONS F3 ... F8 Use the Soft buttons F1...F8 to select the track from which events will be cancelled. Depending on the type of track selected, the following pa- rameters may or may not appear.
Page 162 ERASE PARAMETERS Event type (Only for tracks which capture note events). Se- lects the type of event to cancel. «Duplicate note» eliminates the note with the low- est velocity value when two notes of the same pitch start at the same position. Options: All, Duplicate note, Note, Pitch Bend, Mono touch, Poly touch, Velocity Off, ProgramChange, ControlChange 00...31,...
Page 163: Move
Move Shifts events from one point of the selected track to another. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the movement. PARAMETERS From locator... To locator... Determines the start and end point of the part to move. It is possible to specify the measure, beat and resolution (tick).
Page 164: Copy
Copy Copies events from a single track or from all tracks. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the copy. SOFT BUTTONS F3 ... F8 Use the Soft buttons F1...F8 to select the track from which events will be copied. Depending on the type of track selected, the following param- eters may or may not appear.
Page 165 COPY PARAMETERS value to the “from” and “to” parameters. For ex- ample, to copy the snare (D2), set the parameter as «Note range from D2 to D2». Copy mode Assignable values: C-1 ... G9. Determines the copy mode. «Merge» unites the copied events to those already present at the des- From locator...
Page 166: Quantize
Quantize An auto-corrector of timing errors. Includes tri- plet and swing quantize values. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the quantization. SOFT BUTTONS F1 AND F2 These select the «Note On Quantize» and «Note Off Quantize» parameters. Note On Quantize - Quantization of the Note On event.
Page 167 QUANTIZE PARAMETERS Note Off quantization Determines the Note Off quantize value. Same Note On quantization as Note On. Determines the Note On quantize values. Note range from... to... Determines the highest and lowest note range to Value Quantization quantize. To quantize a single percussive instru- ment of the Drum track, assign the same note to the highest and lowest limit.
Page 168: Insert Measures
Insert measures Inserts a specified number of measures. The part of the Song after the insertion point shifts forward the same number of bars as those inserted. Given that the Time Signature of the inserted measures can differ to the Time Signature of the Song, the Insert Measures parameter permits the creation of a Song with multiple Time Signatures.
Page 169: Delete Measures
Delete measures Cancels a specified number of measures. The measures directly after the point of cancellation shift towards the beginning of the Song and join with the measures preceding the cancellation point. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the cancellation.
Page 170: Velocity
Velocity Modifies the key Velocity. This parameter repre- sents the speed with which a note is played, or its intensity. Generally, the greater the velocity the higher the volume. Velocity also affects the filter of many sounds, rendering them brighter with increased velocity.
Page 171: Transpose
Transpose Transposition of a recorded track by semitones. Also available are options to transpose the Chords and Music tracks of the Score of a song. This allows you to see the score in the correctly transposed status after a transpose operation. Track (F6) Transposition of a Song track by semitones.
Page 172: Microscope
Event List track in edit Microscope The Microscope allows you to modify every sin- gle event recorded in the tracks. The Event List at the centre of the display shows all the events recorded. ACCESSING THE EVENT EDIT MODE 1. Select the track whose events you wish to see in the Event List.
Page 173 EVENTS TABLE AND RELATED PARAMETERS STATUS VALUE 1 VALUE 2 VALUE 3 GATE Note Note name Key On Velocity Key Off Velocity Note Length [C–1 … G9] [1 … 127] [1 … 127] expressed as the Sequencer resolution (q=192) [0 … 63323] Program Program change Bank Select MSB...
Page 174 INS: (X) (F3) DELETE (F6) Inserts the event specified in the “INS. TYPE” Cancels the selected event. function at the current cursor position. To posi- tion the inserted event precisely, modify its locator CATCH LOCATOR (F7) accordingly (the parameters to the left of the Sta- tus).
Page 175: Master Track
Initial parameters Event List Master Track The Master Track editor allows you to modify the events recorded in the Master track which con- tains events pertaining to the general controls of the Song. This Track records changes in Perform- ance, general Volume (Pedal Volume), Effect Changes, Effect Volume, Scale, Tempo changes, initial Time Signature and the Score Key.
Page 176 PROGRAMMABLE EVENTS AND PARAM- STATUS VALUE ETERS TEMPO Metronomic Tempo. If the Tempo Rec option is enabled The «Status» column shows the type of event. during the recording, all tempo One or more parameters can be modified for each variations are recorded. [20 …...
Page 177 The events are inserted with the following de- fault parameter values: Status Value Tempo Performance Volume Select the type of event and press ENTER. Eff. Dv. Sel Status Value DELETE (F6) Eff. Type Cancels the selected event. Eff. Vol RotaryA Slw/Fst CATCH LOCATOR (F7) RotaryB...
Page 178: Score & Edit Score
Score & Edit Score THE SCORE BUTTON THE SCORE TRACK Press SCORE to view the notes, lyrics and chord The Score track is a “ghost” track that is added symbols on the display and/or on an external to the tracks of a Song. This track allows the monitor.
Page 179: Score Controls
Score Controls VIDEO CONTROLS In the «Score» page, press F8 to open the «Score Control» dialog window. Viewing options for an external monitor. Echo LCD ON: the external monitor displays exactly what is shown on the SK760/880 display. OFF: the monitor displays only the Score parts (music, lyrics, chords).
Page 180: Edit Score
Chords on lyrics Edit Score If ON, the viewing options Lyric 1 ...Lyric 4 show chord symbols together with lyrics on the exter- HOW TO ENTER EDIT SCORE nal monitor. 1. Press SONG and select a Song. 2. Press ST./SONG in the EDIT section to en- SPECIAL SYMBOLS ter «Edit Song».
Page 181 INSERTING NOTES 1. Press F5 («Chords») to take the cursor to the chord line (above the staff). To create a Score, notes are withdrawn from a 2. Press the soft button G («Go to loc...») to go Song track. to a specific measure: 1.
Page 182 bass extension will appear in the following 2. Press soft button G («Go to loc...») to go to a form: CMaj/D, Dmin/G... specific measure (bar): Press the soft buttons D («Next event» or E («Previous event») to pass to another event. 7.
Page 183 6. Press soft button F («End phrase») to termi- The «Edit Score» page nate the verse. The end of the verse is indi- cated by the “end phrase” symbol ‘I’. CHORDS (F5) Do not write lines consisting of more than 20 characters.
Page 184 The edit takes place in an active zone: You can modify the extension with the DIAL, or play a different chord. Play the chords below the Split Point. To escape and return to the normal edit of the note, press soft button E (“Previous event»). To escape and pass to the next note, press soft but- ROOT (F7) ton D («Next event»).
Page 185: Chapter 8 • User Style Recording
• 8 User Style recording The four USER buttons (1, 2, 3 and 4) of the The table shown below lists all the Riffs that make STYLE/SONG GROUPS section recall User-pro- up a Style. grammable Styles, or free locations that allow you The basic Riff is the principal pattern of the Style to record your own auto accompaniments.
Page 186: Recording
Recording PREPARATION 1. Select a USER Style. Select a free location environment locator name (User) to create a new Style. Tempo (measure Style name counter) 2. You are prompted to create a new style. Press F1 («Ok»). 3. The Style «Record View» page activates and the «Select Riff»...
Page 187 RECORDING • «Tempo» to modify the playing 1. Press START/STOP to start the recording. A speed. one-measure countdown with start. • «Key note» to 2. Start playing after the lead-in. The recording specify the refer- proceeds in a cyclic manner: once the end of ence key.
Page 188: The «Record View» Page
RESTORING THE USER STYLES MEMORY The «Record View» page If you have loaded disk-based User Styles or re- corded User Styles and used up all the memory MODE... (F1) dedicated to the storage of Styles, a quick and easy way of clearing User Style memory and Opens the «Record Mode»...
Page 189 REC VIEW (F6) SCALE CONVERSION Recalls the «Record View» page where it is pos- If you program a Style accompaniment based on sible to control the record/play parameters. the Major scale, the SK760/880 arranger will au- tomatically convert a minor or 7th chord accord- ingly.
Page 190 QUANTIZE FREE MEMORY (CANNOT BE MODIFIED) An auto-corrector of timing during the recording The amount of memory remaining to record the phase. The selection values are normal, triplets riff. Each riff can occupy up to 30.000 bytes (30 or swing. kilobytes).
Page 191 SCALE CONVERSION TABLES Scale Converter in OFF status: C Major riff –> C 7th riff accomp. –2 –1 bass –1 Scale Converter in OFF status: C Major riff –> C minor riff accomp. –1 –1 bass –1 –1 Scale Converter active: C Major riff –> C 7th riff 7th 1 accomp.
Page 192 Scale Converter active: C Major riff –> C minor riff min 1 accomp. –1 min 1 bass –1 min 2 accomp. –1 –1 min 2 bass –1 –1 min 3 accomp. –1 min 3 bass –1 min 4 accomp. –1 –1 min 4 bass –1...
Page 193: Chapter 9 • Edit Style
• 9 Edit Style After recording a User Style, the Style riff can be modified in «Edit Style». ENTERING «EDIT STYLE» In Style/RealTime mode, select the Style you wish EDIT PROCEDURE to modify. If you select a User Style, all the Edit Style func- 1.
Page 194 UNDO (F2) STYLE NAME (F8) When this parameter is selected (shown in nega- Changes the name of a Style. This function only tive highlight), the UNDO function is enabled. applies to USER Styles; the names of the ROM Undo cancels the last operation or series of op- Styles are permanent and cannot be modified.
Page 195: Erase
Erase Cancellation of events. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the cancellation. SOFT BUTTONS F5...F8 Use the Soft buttons F5...F8 to select the part of the Style to cancel the events from. Depending on the part selected, the following parameters may or may not appear.
Page 196 Event type Determines the type of event to be erased. «Duplicate note» eliminates the note with the low- est velocity value when two notes of the same pitch start at the same position. Options: All, Duplicate note, Note, Pitch Bend, Mono touch, Poly touch, Velocity Off, ProgramChange, ControlChange 00...31, ControlChange 64...127.
Page 197: Move
Move Shifts events from one point to another within the selected track. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the operation. PARAMETERS Variation Selects one of the 4 Style Variations. Only Vari- ations that contain at least one recorded riff can be selected.
Page 198: Copy
Copy Copies events from a single tracks or from all the tracks. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the operation SOFT BUTTONS F5...F8 Use the Soft buttons F5...F8 to select the type of track to copy events from. Depending on the type of track selected, the following parameters may or may not appear.
Page 199 From riff... to riff... Copy Variation... to Variation... Selects the source and destination riffs for the The source and destination of the copied Varia- part to be copied. For example, it is possible to tion («Var (all riffs)» option). copy the patterns of a Basic Major riff to a minor Assignable values: 1 ...
Page 200: Quantize
Quantize The Quantize function is an auto-corrector of tim- ing errors. Includes triplet and swing quantize values. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the quantize operation. SOFT BUTTONS F1...F2 These select the «Note On Quantize» and «Note Off Quantize»...
Page 201 Note On quantize Note Off quantize Specifies the Note On quantize values. Determines the Note Off quantize value. Same as Note On. Value Quantization Note range from... to... Sets the highest and lowest note range to quantize. To quantize a single percussive instru- ment of the Drum track, assign the same note to 1/12 triplet...
Page 202: Insert Measures
Insert Measures Inserts a specified number of measures. The part of the Riff that follows the insertion point shifts forward the same number of measures as those inserted. The length of the Riff changes. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the insertion.
Page 203: Delete Measures
Delete measures Cancels a specified number of measures. The measures directly after the point of cancellation shift towards the beginning of the Riff and join with the measures preceding the cancellation point. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the cancellation.
Page 204: Velocity
Velocity Modifies the key Velocity value. This parameter represents the key-strike velocity, or its intensity. Generally, the greater the velocity the higher the volume. Velocity also affects the filter of many sounds, making them brighter with increased ve- locity. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the dynamic changes.
Page 205: Transpose
Transpose Transposition in semitone steps. Variation Selects one of the 4 Variations. Only existing Variations can be selected (those with at least one recorded Riff). Riff Selects one of the riffs from the chosen Varia- tion. Only existing riffs can be selected. If the Style is empty, the phrase «No Riff»...
Page 206: Microscope
Microscope Event List track in edit The Microscope allows you to modify every sin- gle event recorded in the tracks. The Event List shown at the center of the display shows all the events recorded. ACCESS TO THE EVENT EDIT 1.
Page 207 EVENTS TABLE AND RELATVE PARAMETERS STATUS VALUE 1 VALUE 2 VALUE 3 GATE Note Note name Key On Velocity Key Off Velocity Note Length [C–1 … G9] expressed as the Sequencer resolution (q=192) [0 … 63323] Program Program change Bank Select MSB Bank Select MSB Change message.
Page 208 INS: (X) (F3) DELETE (F6) Inserts the event specified in the “INS. TYPE” Deletes the selected event. function at the current cursor position. To posi- tion the inserted event precisely, modify its locator CATCH LOCATOR (F7) (the parameters to the left of the «Status» col- umn).
Page 209: Mask
Mask The Mask function allows you to program the Ba- sic elements of two Variations (Var 2 and 4) in order to automatically obtain the Basic elements of the remaining two Variations (Var 1 and 3). The Basic Variation 2 generates the Basics of Variations 1 and 2.
Page 210 DRUM MASK (F7/F8) Opens the «Drum mask» dialog window. As in the Mask function for the Arrangement tracks, the Drum Mask excludes individual per- cussive sounds from the Drum tracks of the Vari- ations. Four keyboards (or drumkits) appear in the dia- log window, each representing the Drum track (DR) of the four different variations.
Page 211 • 10 Edit Effect Press the EFFECTS button in the EDIT section followed by ENTER (or the page button) to gain access to the «Edit Effect» environment. The «Edit Effect» environment contains general parameters that affect the instrument as a whole (amount of general reverb), Performance param- eters (effects assigned to the DSPs), and track parameters (amount of effects sends).
Page 212: Chapter 10 • Edit Effects
SEND LEVEL (F2) GENERAL EFF1 BALANCE (F3) This function controls the amount of effect as- Value added or subtracted from the general signed to each track. The zero level corresponds reverb level, regardless of the selected Perform- to a deactivated effect for the track. ance.
Page 213: Effects Programming
EFFECTS PROGRAMMING (F4) Room Size Dimensions of the simulated room. The time Editor of the currently selected effect. The pa- lapse between the first reflection and the remain- rameter values and parameter configurations vary der of the reverb. according to the «Effect type» selected. The tables at the end of this chapter list the Ef- Diffusion fect types and relative values of the parameters.
Page 214 Semitone Transposition in semitone steps. Detune Detuning over a range of 100 Cents. Low Gain Enhancement of the low frequencies. Medium Gain Enhancement of the mid frequencies. High Gain Enhancement of the high frequencies. 10•4 Reference Guide...
Page 215: Effect 1 - Reverb Table
Effect 1 - Reverb table Effect 1 - Reverbs 1 Hall 1 Rev. Time [0 (0.1 s) … 99 (10s)] Delay [0 ms … 99 ms H.F.Decay [0=Bypass … 10 kHz] 2 Hall 2 “ “ “ 3 Hall 3 “...
Page 216: Effect 2 - Delay/Chorus/Flanger/Modulation Table
Effect 2 - Delay/Chorus/Flanger/Modulation table Effect 2 - Delay/Chorus/Flanger/Modulations 1 Mono Delay 1 Delay [0 (0ms)…125 (500ms)] Feedback [0% … 99%] L.P.Filter [0-bypass…10-16kHz] 2 Mono Delay 2 “ “ “ 3 Stereo Delay 1 “ “ “ 4 Stereo Delay 2 “...
Page 217 • Vocal Processor (Edit Effect) INTRODUCTION TO THE VOCAL PROCES- If your SK760/880 contains the Vocal Processor function, in «Edit Effect» you’ll find parameters for Effects editing (Effect editor) and the Vocal The Vocal Processor function allows solo vocal- Processor (Vocal Proc. editor). ists to add vocal harmonies to their performance.
Page 218 CONNECTIONS ACTIVATE THE VOCAL PROCESSOR To work with the Vocal Processor, the minimum The Vocal Processor operates only if both the amount of equipment you will need is: Mic/Line On/Off and Vocal Processor On/Off op- tions in Edit General are enabled. For example 1.
Page 219: Vocal Processor
The four voices can be selected from the six avail- Vocal Processor able: Voice 1 : Extreme Lower octave Select the Vocal Processor editor from the main Voice 2 : Close Lower octave Edit Effects menu with the cursor buttons ( / ) Voice 3 : Extreme Upper octave and press Enter to access the editor.
Page 220: Vocoder
NB. The number of voices produced by the Vocal Processor is always a maximum of 4. Example: if voices 1, 2, 3 and 4 are active in order to activate the Main or Bass voice, you must mute one of the active voices. VOCODER (F6) VOCODER mode operates both in Style mode as well as Song mode.
Page 221: Unison
UNISON (F7) UNISON mode operates both in Style mode as well as Song mode. In this mode, the Vocal Proc- essor automatically produces the same note as the input note, doubling up to 4 Voices. Each voice is doubled with a slight detune effect above and below the input note according to the following scale.
Page 222 THE EDIT PAGE PARAMETERS VOICE SET (F4) LFO Wave In this page, it is possible to recall up to 16 Cus- tom configurations. Selects the waveform of the low frequency oscil- lation. Each Custom recalls a different setting of all the Vocoder parameters (Volume, Pan, Mute, Mode, Assignable values: Off, Sinus, Triangle, Saw, lfo,...).
Page 223 VOCAL ON/OFF AND EQUALIZER Additional changes In «Edit General», the Mic/Line editor with the Audio/Video card and vocal Processor installed. In addition to the above, the following additional The Mic/Line In editor includes an Equalizer which modifications are implemented by the Vocal Proc- prompts the following window when activated: essor: •...
Page 224 SPECIAL MIDI CONTROLLERS ASSOCI- LOADING MIDI FILES CONTAINING A ATED TO THE VOCAL PROCESSOR VOCODER TRACK To control the Vocal Processor via MIDI, the fol- When a MIDI File containing a Vocoder track is lowing special MIDI controllers (Common Chan- loaded from disk, the Vocoder track sets to track nel) are available: 5 by default.
Page 225: Chapter 11 • Edit Midi
• 11 Edit MIDI The «Edit MIDI» environment contains general parameters and parameters pertaining to single tracks. Press the MIDI button in the EDIT section to gain access to the «Edit MIDI» environment. Note: Save any modifications with STORE PERFORMANCE. The Performance memorizes pages whose icons shows the symbol Performance Page memorized to...
Page 226: Configuration
CONFIGURATION (F2) Internal sound generator icon When on (icon showing), the events generated This function sets the track configuration which by the track are sent to the internal sound en- determines how the tracks are connected to MIDI gine. When OFF, the track is not connected to IN, to the keyboard, to the sound generator and the internal sound engine, but can send data to MIDI OUT.
Page 227: Midi Filters
MIDI FILTERS (F3) GENERAL SETTINGS (F4) This function programs MIDI Filters for data re- This function provides settings that influence the ceived at MIDI IN and data sent via MIDI OUT. instrument as a whole (saved to the Setup). It is possible to program up to 7 MIDI IN filters MIDI Clock and 7 MIDI OUT filters for each track.
Page 228 Clock send MIDI IN fix velocity Determines whether or not the SK760/880 MIDI Enables the Velocity switch. If this parameter is Clock is transmitted to external MIDI devices. If set to OFF, notes are received via MIDI IN with deactivated, SK760/880 cannot control the tempo the correct velocity value.
Page 229 General MIDI BankSelect Represents the General MIDI compatibility switch Enables the reception and transmission of the which requires setting when loading or saving BankSelect MSB (CC00) and BankSelect LSB MIDI files. (CC32) message. Set this parameter to ON in the following situa- Options: On, Off.
Page 230: Common Channel/Arrangement
COMMON CHANNEL/ARRANGEMENT (F5) Chord to Arr.1 / Chord to Arr.2 Enables the parameters dedicated to the control This page presents parameters common to all with a MIDI accordion. They are divided into two Performances. parts: The Common Channel is a MIDI channel dedi- Ch - MIDI channel.
Page 231: Midi Dump
MIDI DUMP... (F6) Opens the «MIDI Dump» file selection window, which allows you to select the data to send to another SK760/880, to a MIDI Data Filer, to a sequencer or an editor for computers. Use the directional Up/Down buttons to select the desired file type and press ENTER to enter the second level file selector.
Page 232 Transmission of data to another SK760/880 Reception of data from a sequencer 1. Connect the MIDI OUT of the transmitting 1. Connect the SK760/880 MIDI In to the instrument to the MIDI IN of the receiving in- sequencer MIDI OUT. Use the MIDI port (A strument.
Page 233: Local On,Local Off
LOCAL ON, LOCAL OFF (F7) MIDI LOCK (F8) The Local On setting (the default status of the When this function is selected (shown in nega- instrument) corresponds to the situation when the tive highlight), the current MIDI channel configu- keyboard is connected to the internal sound en- ration and filters of the tracks is locked for all gine.
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Page 235: Chapter 12 • Edit Mixer
• 12 Edit Mixer «Edit Mixer» allows you to control volume, pan, effect send and output assignment for each track. Also included is an equalizer that is applied to all tracks. Press the MIXER button in the EDIT section to gain access to the «EDIT MIXER»...
Page 236: Random Pan
RANDOM PAN (F3) AUDIO OUT (F4) Random changes of the sound position in the Routing of the tracks to the audio outputs. The stereo panorama. This change renders the sound parameter is important only when the tracks are more realistic. connected to the internal sound generation.
Page 237 3D EFFECT (F5) The 3D effect is a spacializer which adds dimen- sion to the SK760/880 Sounds. Bass A Bass equalizer which adds or removes the bass frequencies. Value range: –12dB … +12dB Spatializer which affects the stereo outputs of the instrument.
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Page 239: Chapter 13 • Edit Controllers/Pads
• 13 Edit Controllers/Pads In «Edit Controllers/Pads» you can program how the individual tracks of a Performance react to the Trackball, the programmable Pedals and pro- grammable Pads. Press the CNT./PADS button in the EDIT section to gain access to the «Edit Controller/Pads” en- vironment.
Page 240: Pedals Programming
PEDALS PROGRAMMING (F2) • «CONTINUOUS»: Off, PitchBend, Pitch+, Pitch–, Filter Cutoff Frequency (CC74), Reso- Here you can assign a function to the pedals 1, 2 nance (CC71), Modulation (CC01), Breath and 3. All three Pedals can be set to operate as controller (CC02), Volume (CC07), Pan either Switch or Continuous controls.
Page 241: Pads
PADS (F4) Dynamic - Note velocity. Range 0…127 The four PAD buttons are independently program- mable. Each button can be configured to react Rotary slow/fast - Switches the Rotary according to the settings of various parameters. velocity from slow to fast or vice versa. Hardcopy - Captures a bitmap image of Pad # the current display (.BMP) into RAM.
Page 242: The Switch Pedal Functions
THE SWITCH PEDAL FUNCTIONS Arrange On/Off Activates/deactivates the Arrange On/Off button. (affect enabled tracks of the current Performance) Fade In/Out Activates/deactivates the Fade In/ No effect Out function. Damper Applies the sustain effect to released Tempo > Increases the Tempo setting by one notes.
Page 243: The Continuous Pedal Functions
THE CONTINUOUS PEDAL FUNCTIONS (affect enabled tracks of the current Performance) No effect Pitch Bend Applies Pitch Bend to the notes. The Pitch Bend sweeps from the maxi- mum negative to maximum positive value of the Pitch setting in the Wheels Pit/Mod function.
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Page 245: Chapter 14 • Edit Tracks
• 14 Edit Tracks In «Edit Tracks» you can program parameters that are exclusive to the tracks and set the Har- mony function which is exploited by the Styles. Press the TRACKS button in the EDIT section to gain access to the «Edit Tracks». This section consists of two menus.
Page 246: Detune
DETUNE (F3) MODE/PRIORITY (F5) A fine tune function for single tracks. Each step (1) Selects the polyphonic/monophonic mode for is equivalent to 1/64th semitone. the tracks. (2) Activates/deactivates the Priority option (guaranteed minimum polyphony for the Assignable values: - 63…0…+63 . track).
Page 247: Velocity Curve
VELOCITY CURVE (F6) VELOCITY RANGE (F7) Provides a selection of Velocity response curves. Sets velocity limits for each track above and be- As well as modifying the velocity data, velocity low which the sound will not play. These limits curves allow the creation of crossfade effects allow the creation of cross-switching effects by between two tracks.
Page 248: Harmony
HARMONY (F1) Octave 2: doubles the note of the right hand, one octave above as well as one oc- Allows you to choose from a selection of harmony tave below. No left hand chord required. types. The Harmony function is enabled and disa- Peterson: doubles the note of the right hand bled by pressing the HARMONY button on the with a note two octaves below.
Page 249: Delay
DELAY (F2) Programmes a delayed entry for a sound after striking a key and is valid for tracks set for key- play. After striking the keys, the sound is repro- duced after the time indicated by this parameter. The value is expressed in 1/192nds of a quarter note (crotchet) and the [+] sign appears when the value exceeds that of the indicated musical note.
Page 250: Create Track
CREATE TRACK (F5) Procedure: 1. Select the track to copy. This parameter is valid only when the instrument 2. Press F6 (Copy track). is set to Song Mode. 3. Specify the number of the track to copy with Creates a track with default values. Use this func- the DIAL or numeric keypad.
Page 251: Chapter 15 • Edit Perf Sound/Sound Patch
• 15 Edit Perf Sound/Sound Patch THE GENERAL EDIT PROCEDURE: «Edit Perf Sound» and «Edit Sound Patch» are both edit facilities which permit the rapid modifi- 1. Select or create a Performance containing cation of a Sound or a Sound Patch by means of the Sound or Drumkit/Sound Patch that re- ‘macro’...
Page 252: Edit Perf Sound
Edit Perf Sound OSCILLATORS AND LAYERS In «Edit Perf Sound», you can program the pa- rameters that are exclusive to the tracks. Any The SK760/880 Sounds can comprise 1, 2 or 3 Sound, therefore, that you assign to the track will layers.
Page 253 THE PERF SOUND PARAMETERS Low-pass - Cuts into the higher frequen- cies. As a result, if you use Sounds with a low harmonic content, the notes at the higher Attack end will be cut. This parameter regulates the Represents the attack phase of the sound. This “brilliance”...
Page 254 LFO Rate THE PERF SOUND OPTIONS The Low Frequency Oscillator is normally used to Copy to... (F6) produce vibrato. In the SK760/880, the LFO can Copies the modifications applied to the Sound of also create a cyclic variation of the parameters of a track to a different Track of the same Perform- the filter.
Page 255: Edit Sound Patch
Edit Sound Patch In «Edit Sound Patch», you can program the pa- rameters that are exclusive to the tracks. Any Drumkit or Sound Patch, therefore, that you as- sign to the track will inherit the modifications ap- plied. Select a track containing the Drumkit or Sound •...
Page 256 THE EDIT SOUND PATCH PARAMETERS Tuning Fine tune control, in steps of 1/64 of a semitone. Edit note Assignable values: -64 ... +63. Determines the note to edit. Filter Assignable values: A0 ... C8 (respectively the low- Regulates the cutoff frequency of the filter. est and highest note in an 88 note master key- board) .
Page 257 Dynamic switch THE SOUND PATCH OPTIONS Threshold level that divides Layer 1 from Layer Catch note... (F1) 2. When you play with a low velocity, the Sound assigned to Layer 1 is triggered. By playing Selects the note to place in edit by playing it on harder, the Sound assigned to Layer 2 is trig- the keyboard.
Page 258 Expand... (F3) Compare... (F4) Extends the programmed parameters of the note ON/OFF switch. When active, the original pa- in edit to a specified keyboard zone. rameter values of the Drumkit/Sound Patch in edit are temporarily recalled in order to compare them 1.
Page 259 6. Press ENTER to save the new file to the selected Save the modifications as a new Drumkit/Sound Patch file location. The new Drumkit/SoundPatch is now avail- 1. Press F8 («Store...»). able as a RAM-Sound. The «Store» dialog window opens: As any new RAM-Sound, the new Drumkit/ SoundPatch will remain in memory after power down.
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Page 261: Chapter 16 • Edit Sound
• 16 Edit Sound GENERAL INFORMATION Given that the SK760/880 Sounds can comprise up to 3 layers, the left column of all the Edit Sound HE FIRST FEW PAGES OF THIS CHAPTER DISCUSS THE displays is dedicated to their selection by means OUND ENVIRONMENT FROM A GENERAL POINT OF of the corresponding soft button (A1, A2, A3).
Page 262 Single Algorithm - one oscillator only Dual 3 Algorithm - two oscillators. An Amplitude envelope for the two oscillators with a Balance control and the Filters connected in parallel Editors available for the oscillator: Waveform, Volume, Amplitude envelope, Filter, Filter envelope, Pitch envelope, LFO, Pan envelope.
Page 263 THE EDIT SOUND MAIN MENU EDITORS THE MAIN MENU OPTIONS These are listed in the right column of the main The configuration of the Editors changes accord- menu and selected with the corresponding Soft ing to the Algorithm selected, but the basic func- button (F1…F8).
Page 264 ENTERING «EDIT SOUND» You can choose to enter «Edit Sound» either with a “solo’d” Sound (SOLO button LED on), or with two or more tracks of the current Performance active. This second option allows you to listen to the Sound currently in edit together with other active tracks of the Performance to give you an idea of what your edited Sound is like when combined with other Sounds.
Page 265 ESCAPE FROM EDIT SOUND Temporary escape Temporary escape Thanks to multitasking, you can temporarily es- cape «Edit Sound» by pressing the SYNTH but- ton or ESCAPE, or by entering the edit of an- other section by pressing the corresponding but- ton of the EDIT section.
Page 266 SAVING AND NAMING THE MODIFIED SOUND Once you have completed your editing tasks, you can save the modified Sound to RAM (the SK760/ 880 Sound Library). 1. Press the soft button F8 to select “Save” from the main Edit Sound menu. The «Bank Prog.
Page 267 NAVIGATION AND DATA ENTRY IN THE EDIT SOUND ENVIRONMENT The navigational tools are the page scroll but- tons ( ) and the directional arrows ( / & / ). Select the Editors with the directional arrows and press ENTER to gain access to the selected func- tion.
Page 268 STATUS OF THE INSTRUMENT IN EDIT IMPORTANT REMINDERS SOUND MODE 1. You cannot overwrite a Rom-Sound. The settings of the Trackball, Pedals, Aftertouch, A modified ROM-Sound generates a RAM- Transpose and the other parameters are those Sound which can be stored to either an empty of the currently selected Performance.
Page 269: Waveform
Waveform Valid for all Algorithms. Single activates a single Wave Vector Allows you to choose from a selec- Waveform editor while all Dual Algorithms acti- tion of 4 wave vectors: vate Waveform 1 and Waveform 2. Forward reads the wave from the The Waveform editor provides access to the prin- start point to the end;...
Page 270 Pitch touch Links Pitch to Aftertouch variations. Wv. Start Dyn With the “Switch” mode setting, the sensitivity The Pitch of the Sound can be var- sns. value (0…127) represents the dy- ied by applying pressure on the notes namic switch. Above the dynamic of the keyboard after key on.
Page 271: Volume & Balance
Volume & Balance Valid for all Algorithms. Dual 1 and Dual 2 acti- Volume touch Links Volume response to Aftertouch. vate Volume 1 and Volume 2, Dual 3 and Dual 4 sensitivity Positive values increase the Volume share a single Volume editor with a Balance con- with increased aftertouch pressure, trol.
Page 272 VOLUME TRACKING 3 display parameters, selected with the Up/Down cursor buttons and modified with the Dial, define Valid for all Algorithms. Tracking allows you to the tracking: determine how the volume varies across the key- board. Here you can enhance the presence of a Point Corresponds to one of the extreme sound more or less across the keyboard in order...
Page 273 EXAMPLE OF HOW TO PROGRAM A TRACKING ENVELOPE 3. Select the KEY parameter with the down ( ) cur- 1. Press F6 to open the SEGMENT selection window, sor arrow and rotate the DIAL to set the required select 3 or 6 segments with the down ( ) cursor value.
Page 274 BALANCE (F1) Valid for Dual 3 and Dual 4 Algorithms only. The Balance parameters Balance Balances the Volume of the two os- cillators of the current layer. Positive values render the first Wave- form louder, negative values en- hance the second Waveform. Assignable values: –127 ...
Page 275: Amplitude Envelope & Balance Envelope
Amplitude Envelope & Balance Envelope Valid for all Algorithms. Dual 1 and Dual 2 acti- Segment 1 rate Segment 1 corresponds to the Attack vate the Amp. Envel. 1 and Amp. Envel. 2 edi- dynamic sens. phase. This parameter ties the Attack tors;...
Page 276 AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE KEY ON The Key On Envelope is a 10 segment curve (maximum) that represents the variation of the sound’s volume for the entire duration that the notes are held pressed. Some examples of typical Amplitude Envelopes appear opposite, shown in various Zoom situa- tions.
Page 277 3 display parameters, selected with the cursor buttons, define the Key On Amp. Envelope. Segment Allows you to selects the segments with the Dial. The one selected cor- responds to the flashing terminal point. Time Determines the duration of the Seg- ment.
Page 278 EXAMPLE OF HOW TO PROGRAM A KEY ON OR KEY OFF ENVELOPE 3. Select the KEY parameter with the down ( ) cur- 1. To insert a segment, press F6 to open the SEG- sor arrow and rotate the DIAL to set the required MENT selection window and press ENTER to con- value.
Page 279 AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE TRACKING 3 display parameters, selected with the Up/Down cursor buttons, define the tracking: Valid for all Algorithms The tracking “curve” represents the change in the Point One of the extreme ends of a seg- ment. completion velocity of the Amplitude Envelope Rotation of the Dial selects one of across the keyboard.
Page 280 BALANCE ENVELOPE Balance env. Links the Balance envelope dyn. sensitivity response to key velocity variations. Valid for Dual 3 and Dual 4 Algorithms only. Positive values increase the re- sponse of the Balance envelope The Balance Envelope corresponds to a mixer with increased key velocity while for the two oscillators which share a single Am- negative values have the inverse...
Page 281 BALANCE ENVELOPE KEY ON & KEY OFF Time Determines the duration of the Seg- ment. The maximum segment time The Balance Key On and Key Off Envelopes are is approximately 21 seconds. 10 segment curves (maximum). Assignable values: 0 ... 127. The Key On envelope represents the variation of Level Sets the Balance level of the seg-...
Page 282 BALANCE TRACKING 3 display parameters, selected with the Up/Down cursor buttons and modified with the Dial, define Balance Tracking allows you to determine how the tracking: the Balance varies across the keyboard. Point Corresponds to one of the extreme SEGMENT (F6) ends of a segment.
Page 283: Filter
Filter Filter Control parameters Valid for all Algorithms. For the Dual 1 and Dual 3 algorithms, two Filters are connected in paral- lel [Filter os. 1, Filter os. 2]. For the Dual 2 and Type Selects the Filter type. “Off” deactivates the filter. Dual 4 Algorithms, the Filters are connected in Assignable values: Off, Low Pass, series [Filter 1, Filter 2].
Page 284 Cutoff dynamic Links the Cutoff Frequency to Key Filt. env Links the depth of action of the sensitivity On Velocity. amount Filter envelope to changes in key Positive values increase the Cutoff dyn. sens. velocity. Frequency by playing harder (the fil- Positive values enhance the depth ter opens resulting in a brighter of action of the Filter envelope with...
Page 285 FILTER CUTOFF TRACKING 3 display parameters, selected with the Up/Down cursor buttons, define the tracking. Valid for All Algorithms. The Filter Cutoff Tracking curve allows you to vary Point Defines one of the extreme ends of a segment. the Cutoff Frequency across the keyboard, in Rotation of the Dial selects one of order that it does not remain fixed for all the notes the points of the Tracking curve (1,...
Page 286 FILTER ENVELOPE KEY ON & KEY OFF Loop segm loops the current segment (envelope repetition). When it reaches the ter- Valid for all Algorithms. minal point, it loops back to the be- ginning. The cycle repeats continu- The Key On and Key Off Filter Envelopes are 10 ally until key release.
Page 287 FILTER ENVELOPE TRACKING 3 display parameters, selected with the Up/Down cursor buttons, define the tracking: Valid for all Algorithms. The Filter Envelope Tracking “curve”, valid both Point One of the extreme ends of a seg- for the Key On and Key Off Filter Envelopes, ment.
Page 288: Pitch Envelope
Pitch Envelope Valid for all Algorithms. The Dual options acti- Dynamic rate Sensitivity of the Pitch Envelope to vate separate Pitch Envelopes for the two oscil- key velocity variations. lators of each layer (Pitch Envelope Os. 1 and With positive values, increasing the Pitch Envelope Os.
Page 289 PITCH ENVELOPE KEY ON & KEY OFF Loop segm loops the current segment (envelope repetition). When ir reaches the ter- The Pitch Key On and Key Off Envelopes are 10 minal point, it loops back to the be- segment maximum) curves. The Key On enve- ginning.
Page 290 PITCH ENVELOPE TRACKING 3 display parameters, selected with the Up/Down cursor buttons, define the tracking: The Pitch Envelope Tracking “curve”, valid both for the Key On and Key Off envelopes, increases Point One of the extreme ends of a seg- or reduces the speed of action of the Pitch enve- ment.
Page 291: Lfo (Low Frequency Ocillator)
LFO (Low Frequency Ocillator) A single Low Frequency Oscillator generator for all Algorithms. Sine Triangle Saw-tooth The LFO’s depth of action on the Pitch, Ampli- tude and Filter is independently programmable for each oscillator. Square Random Sample&Hold LFO is a periodic (repeating) control source. It produces a low speed waveform (low frequency) Rate Determines the velocity of the LFO.
Page 292 Amplitude s.o.1 Applies Lfo to the Amplitude to Filter s.o.1 Applies Lfo to the Cutoff Frequency Amplitude s.o.2 produce Tremolo effects. This pa- Filter s.o.2 of the Filter (1 or 2) to produce a rameter determines the modulation “Wha-Wha” effect, caused by the depth of the LFO on the Amplitude “opening”...
Page 293: Pan
Valid for all Algorithms. In Dual situations, re- Env. amount Links the envelope amount to gardless of whether the Filters are connected in touch sens. variations in the Aftertouch pressure. series or in parallel, there is only one pan enve- Positive values increase the enve- lope for both oscillators.
Page 294 PAN ENVELOPE KEY ON & KEY OFF Loop segm loops the current segment (envelope repetition). When it reaches the ter- The Pan Key On and Key Off Envelopes are 10 minal point, it loops back to the be- segment maximum) curves. The Key On enve- ginning.
Page 295 PAN ENVELOPE TRACKING 3 display parameters, selected with the Up/Down cursor buttons, define the Pan Envelope track- The Pan Envelope Tracking curve, valid both for ing: the Key On and Key Off envelopes, modifies the relative position of the sound across the keyboard Point One of the extreme ends of a seg- extension with respect to the central point.
Page 296 The Main Menu options SAMPLE TRANSLATOR (F1) The Create option adds a second or third layer to the current sound in edit. The Sample Translator is explained separately The Import option opens a second level dialog in detail from page 16.40 onwards. window where you can select the source and destination layer.
Page 297 The Dynamic Range option assigns the lowest and highest key velocity limits for the current Layer. Program the options as required and confirm with ENTER. Press ESCAPE to cancel the opera- tion. ABORT (F6) Press this soft button to escape permanently from the Edit Sound environment without saving even- tual modifications.
Page 298 Notes and suggestions on Sound Editing WAVEFORM KEY OFF ENVELOPE Not all Waveforms cover the entire extension of Thanks to the articulated Key Off Envelopes (Re- the keyboard. This becomes particularly evident lease phase) of the SK760/880 Series, you can when you use an 88 note keyboard.
Page 299 FILTERS RESONANCE The action of the filters on the sound is repre- Resonance enhances the frequencies in close sented by curves: proximity of the Cutoff Frequency, rendering the filter curves more complex: Low Pass (attenuates the high end frequen- Resonance cies ).
Page 300 Sample Translator ABOUT SAMPLE TRANSLATOR 2. With a Rom-Sound (for example, select the default Grand Piano Performance). This al- The Edit Sound menu includes the Sample Trans- lows you to enter Sample Translator and load lator command, situated in the right options col- disk-based samples, or receive them via a umn, which permits the importation and exporta- Dump from an external device.
Page 301 THE MAIN SAMPLE TRANSLATOR DIS- The Sample Translator options PLAY Load: Loads a sample into the selected lo- The main Sample Translator display consists of cation, directly from the selected 16 slots, each able to house a sample that can -Sound, from floppy disk or compose a Waveform.
Page 302: Loading Samples
4. Press ENTER to confirm the operation, or escape Loading samples to cancel. Confirming with Enter starts the loading proc- LOAD (F1) ess. The time taken depends on the size of the sample. A dialog window showing an The Load option allows you to load Samples into animated clock keeps you informed of the the Sample Translator directly from a RAM samples being loaded:...
Page 303 1. Insert a disk containing samples. ing loaded. A bar graph also appears at the top of the display to monitor the loading 2 Enter «Edit Sound» (as already explained on page phase. 16.4 of this chapter). When the operation is complete, the display will show a situation that depends on the sam- 3.
Page 304 Loading Samples and Programs These kind of Samples can overlap even inside a dynamic Level. Sample Translator eliminates Some sample formats, such as Akai and Kurzweil, this overlap, using the lowest limit-note of the allow you to load individual Samples (equivalent highest pitched sample as the limit between sam- to the SK760/880 Series samples) and Programs ples.
Page 305: Saving Your Samples
Press Enter or Escape to cancel the message Saving your Samples and return to the Save Sample window and write a different name for the Wave. SAVE (F2) Confirm with ENTER to save the Waveform to The SAVE operation is used to save assigned the SK760/880 Wave Library.
Page 306: Cancelling Samples
Cancelling samples Assigning samples DELETE (F3) ASSIGN (F4) The Delete option allows you to cancel the se- The Assign option lets you select a sample, then lected Sample from the Sample Translator. specify the key range to which the sample is to be assigned.
Page 307 Overlapping samples If you overlap the key range of two samples, pressing ENTER will prompt a message indicat- ing the presence of an overlap. The selected Sample is shown with a temporary Press Escape to cancel the message and assign key range, represented by the black line.
Page 308: Cancelling Assignments
Cancelling assignments Sample Editing DEASSIGN (F5) EDIT (F6) The Deassign command cancels the assigned The Edit option opens a display showing non- key range of the selected sample. programmable information relating to the origi- nal sample, and gives access to some program- 1.
Page 309 Sample Pitch Changing the Loop Start (and Loop End) points can have a small or great effect on the sample Indicates the pitch at which the sample was origi- timbre, depending on the nature of the sound at nally recorded. This parameter also defines the the Loop Start point.
Page 310 2. Press ENTER to set the sample Gain to its maxi- THE SAMPLE EDI T OPTIONS mum setting (100%). Entering the Sample Edit page activates several options. After a short period, the sample Gain setting sets to 100%. TUNING (F1) The Tuning option provides a reference for the sample pitch, producing the exact note with a si- nusoidal, superimposed on the sample.
Page 311 2. Rotate the Dial, or use the numeric keypad (with EXPORT (F7) the KEYPAD LED on) to set the Gain to a suitable Use the Export option to save the Sample cur- level, playing the sample as you regulate the rently in edit to disk.
Page 312: Sample Midi Dump
3. Press SAMPLE REQ (F7). Sample MIDI Dump A selection window opens where you can select the sample number. SEND SAMPLE / SAMPLE REQUEST (F7) Samples can be transferred between SK760/880 and most other samplers and computer sampling programs using the Send Sample/Sample Re- quest option which operates according to the MIDI If you are requesting a sample from another Sample Dump Standard.
Page 313: Abort (F8)
Abort (F8) Use the Abort option to escape from Sample Translator without saving your samples. Pressing Abort activates a prompt to confirm the abort process with ENTER and cancel all sam- ples. Pressing ENTER cancels all samples and returns to the Sound Edit environment. Press ESCAPE to cancel the display and retain the samples.
Page 314 16•54 Reference Guide...
Page 315: Chapter 17 • Edit General
• 17 Edit General «Edit General» is where you can modify global parameters that affect the instrument as a whole and which are not memorized to a Performance. A part of the general parameter settings are con- served in RAM and saved to disk as a Setup. Press the GENERAL button in the EDIT section to gain access to the «Edit General»...
Page 316: General Controls
General Controls Tuning/Scale KEYBOARD SENSITIVITY MASTER PITCH Determines the response of the keyboard to ve- Fine tunes the instrument as a whole in fractions locity changes. of 1/64 of a semitone. Assignable values: Soft, Medium soft, Medium, Assignable values: -63...+63. Medium hard, Hard.
Page 317 The final configuration can then be copied to se- Coarse - Copies only the coarse tuned notes. lected octaves of the keyboard, or to all octaves. Finetune - Copies only the fine tuning. Example - to program a scale by fine tuning one To octave - Selects the octave to copy to.
Page 318: Pedalboard / Computer
Note Function Note Function Pedalboard / Computer Start/Stop Tempo – Intro Tempo + The PEDALBOARD and COMPUTER connec- tors cannot operate at the same time. Selecting Ending Var 1 one renders the other inoperative. Fill < Var 2 To activate one of the two connectors, select the Fill = Var 3 corresponding option («Pedalboard»...
Page 319: Date & Time
Mode (F8) Computer options Date & Time Options to communicate with a computer Sets the internal calendar and clock. SET DATE (F1) Sets the date in edit. Take the cursor to the day, month and year and specify the value of each Off - Connection deactivated.
Page 320: Display Controls
Display controls Mic/Line Input Viewing controls for the display. The settings are This page contains bar graphs to monitor the level conserved to memory after power down. They of signals fed into the Mic/Line inputs 1 and 2. cannot be saved to disk. The contents of the display change according to the absence or presence of the optional Audio CHORD LANGUAGE...
Page 321 A/V INTERFACE INSTALLED PARAMETERS WITH OPTIONAL AV IN- TERFACE Instruments fitted with the Audio/Video interface show a completely different Mic/Line Input page Input VU with several parameters to control the input sig- nals. Monitors the level of the input signal. Controls the signal gain of the two signals fed into the Mic/ The input signal is directed to the internal sound Line IN1 and IN2 jacks with the twin knob 1 and...
Page 322 Filter MIC/LINE ON/OFF (F1) Selects a filter type. Switch to activate/deactivate the Mic/Line IN1 and IN2 jacks. When the inputs are active, the over- Assignable values: Off, LP (Low Pass), HP (High all polyphony is reduced by two voices; if you do Pass), BP (Band Pass), PB (Parametric Boost), not intend using the Mic/Line inputs, deactivate PC (Parametric Cut).
Page 323: The Edit General Main Menu Options
The Edit General Main Menu Options SYSTEM INFO (F2) BATTERY & RE..(F1) This option displays information regarding the This option shows the date and time of the latest presence or absence of the various accessories release of the operating system and the charge that can be installed in SK760/880.
Page 324 RESTORE ALL (F3) parameters are restored to the factory-set val- ues. ROM Styles associated to modified Style- This operation cancels all user programmed data Performances are identified by an asterisk (*) after currently in RAM (Performances, User Styles, the Style name. Style-Performances, Songs) and restores the in- Pressing F7 prompts a request to confirm the strument to its factory-set status (RAM empty).
Page 325: Appendix
Appendix • Sound tables • Drum tables • Style tables • Performance tables • Effects tables • Wave tables • MIDI Implementation • MIDI Controllers • System Exclusive implementation • Index (alphabetical)
Page 326 ROM-Sounds Bank PIANO group Piano1 PianoMk1 PickPiano PianoStage InharPiano Piano2 PianoW2 Pianoctave PianoTine TonePiano Piano3 E.G.Piano1 E.G.Piano2 AtkPiano1 ArcoPiano HonkyTonk DetPiano Western AtkPiano2 E.Piano1 ThinRhodx E.Piano4 RhodxFilt E.PianoMk E.PianoX FM Pro E.Piano2 E.Piano3 E.Piano5 E.PianoSft DetuneE.P. DynE.P. MezzoPiano Harpsichor Harpsich2 Harpsich3 LogPiano ElPianoSeq...
Page 327 ROM-Sounds Bank PIANO group CHROM PERC. group ORGAN group GUITAR group) ST_Nylon ST_Mandolin ST_Steel1 ST_Steel2 ST_Steel3 ST_12Strng ST_Steel4 Tables A•3...
Page 328 ROM-Sounds Bank BASS group AcoustcBs1 AcoustcBs2 AcousticBs3 Dyn.AcoBs HarmAcBs FingerdBs2 DanceBass TheChopper FingeredBs Dyn.Fingrd Dyn.Bass1 Dyn.Baxx HarmAcBs2 Fretless3 FingerdBs3 LowPassed PickBass Dyn.Bass2 PckBass2 PkBsMute HarmElBs WedgeBass SubBass SerialBass Fretless AcidBass1 Flanged Fretless2 RezoBass SynBass5 WowBass ContraSynB SlapBass1 Dyn.Bass3 SlapSynBs PckBass3 ClickBass ToneBass FingAndSlp...
Page 329 ROM-Sounds Bank BASS group Vang.Bass ST_AcousBs DanceFing Vang.Bass2 ST_FngrdBs SoftBass ST_PickBs2 ST_Fretls1 ST_Fretls2 ST_FngrBs2 ST_PickBs1 ST_Fretls3 ST_SynBas4 ST_Fretls4 STRINGS group) ENSEMBLE group BRASS group Tables A•5...
Page 330 ROM-Sounds Bank REED group Soprano Soprano2 SoprFilter AltoSax Safe Sax SoftSax SaxNoise SoftFilt LiscioSax TenorSax OctaveSax TenFilter TouchSax BaritonSax BaritDet BariFilter BaritnSax2 Oboe OboeChiff OboeFilter SaxQuartet EnglisHorn EngHorn2 HornFilter TenSaxSolo Bassoon Bassoon2 BassoonFlt BreathSopr Clarinet ClarSolo ClarFilter LiscioClar PIPE group Piccolo HardFlute1 HardFlute2...
Page 331 ROM-Sounds Bank REED group PIPE group SYNTH LEAD group FatSynth MinBitSyn1 FxShape Eerie1 Vangelis1 WhaSynth MinBitSyn2 SharpBuzz Eerie2 Vangelis2 Outburst DigGrunge1 MinStack Eerie3 An A.Logic Its1985 DigGrunge2 MajStack Eerie4 Spiral FMbefore ToneZone1 DimStack VocoWah Phat Pulse CrossShape ToneZone2 Maj5Stack ThinWha Soft Seq.
Page 332 ROM-Sounds Bank SYN SFX group IceRain Noiseres BigRoom Submarin Impact Mech-Lp Yowww HitThePipe Soundtrack MoonWind Slope Ekoendls SynRain Mech-Wv Stars StabSynth Crystal Wind SynLead2 Jets SeqSnap SeqCook Babbling MetalWork Atmosphere Arp26000 GlockAthm Smak ColorBlast BounSync Synkro DigiDrops Brightness WithGas PopUp OnOff Spect1 Atomic...
Page 333 ROM-Sounds Bank SYN SFX group BDHOUSE1 BDHOUSE2 BDELECT1 BDJAZZ BDROOM1 BDSTD1 BDSTD2 BDSTD3 BDTEKNO BDORCH BDPOWER ACOUST_KIK BD_KIK BD_70_P BD_70_F CLAP_MIX RIMSHOT1 RIMSHOT2 HOUSERIM STICK RIM_70 RIM_1 RIM_2 EFF_RIM SDELECT DYNSDJAZZ SDJAZZ2 SDJAZZ3 SDORCH SDROOM1 SDROOM2 SDSTD1 SDSTD2 SDSTD3 SDSTD4 HOUSSD1 HOUSESD2 ROLL_70...
Page 334 Drumkits A•10 Appendix...
Page 335 Drumkits Tables A•11...
Page 336 Drumkits A•12 Appendix...
Page 337 Drumkits Tables A•13...
Page 338 Drumkits A•14 Appendix...
Page 339 Drumkits Tables A•15...
Page 340 Drumkits A•16 Appendix...
Page 341 Drumkits Tables A•17...
Page 342 Drumkits A•18 Appendix...
Page 343 Drumkits Tables A•19...
Page 344 ROM-Styles CC00 PC Style CC00 PC Style CC00 PC Style CC00 PC Style 8 BEAT Bank 1 ROCK Bank 2 DANCE2 Bank 1 U.S. TRAD Bank 2 8Beat 1 Rock 3 70' Disco 120 TheatreOrg 8Beat 2 Rock 4 Disco 01 121 Org.March 8Beat 3 Shuffle...
Page 345 Styles/Style Performances User Styles/Songs CC00 PC Style CC00 PC Style-Perf. † CC00 PC User Style CC00 PC Song † LATIN 1 Bank 1 USER 1 Bossa Nova SoftBossa ChaCha 1 ChaCha 2 Rhumba 1 Rhumba 2 Rhumba 3 Rhumba 4 LATIN 1 Bank 2 USER 2...
Page 346 Performances (RealTime) Effects CC00 PC Performances† CC00 PC Performances† CC16 DSP A/B select † CC16 DSP A/B select † Group 1 Group 5 Eff1 (Reverbs GrpA) Eff2 (Mod. GrpA) Eff1 (Reverbs GrpB) Eff2 (Mod. GrpB) GrandPiano ChrousGtr CC48 Rev Eff type select † CC48 Mod.
Page 347 Wavetables PIANO HOU_COWB VIBRASLP 135. BARCHIME 180. ELBASS_H 225. PKBSMUTE MARTELLO HOU_TCON VOICES_1 136. BOTTLE 181. EL_BASS_L 226. 16_1DRAW AGOGO HOUS_RIM VOICES_2 137. BRS_RIP 182. THUMBASS 227. ORJAZZ_S BABYVOX HOUS_SD1 VOICES_3 138. CASSOTTO 183. HARMELBS 228. BD_ORCH BD_ELECT1 HOUS_SD2 VOX_HHCL 139.
Page 348 A•24 Appendix...
Page 349 Tables A•25...
Page 350 RECOGNIZED CONTROL CHANGE MES- CONTROL CHANGE ON TRACKS SAGES (MIDI CONTROLLERS) CC00,32 Bank change. A ControlChange message activates a Controlller, CC01 Modulation. determined by the first ControlChange value. CC06,38 Data Entry. The ControlChange consists of three parts: CC07 Main Volume. •...
Page 351 SK760/SK880 System Exclusive Implementation UNIVERSAL NON-REAL TIME SYSTEM MESSAGES SAMPLE DUMP STANDARD The transfer of data relating to the samples contained in the sounds of the instrument ias based on the standard protocol, called SDS (Sample Dump Standard). The formats of the various commands available are as follows: ACK (handshake message): System Exclusive Message status Non-Real Time extension...
Page 352 DATA PACKET: System Exclusive Message status Non-Real Time extension device ID DATA PACKET ID running packet count (0-127) <120 bytes> data (7 bit data format) checksum (XOR of 7E cc kk <120 bytes>) DEVICE INQUIRY To be able to identify a MIDI device, the following two messages are utilized; the first used for the inquiry: INQUIRY MESSAGE: System Exclusive Message status Non-Real Time extension...
Page 353: System Realtime Messages
SYSTEM REALTIME MESSAGES ADDRESS DATA INTERFACE The MIDI System Exclusive capabilities of the SK Series instruments allow you to manipulate all parts of the instrument’s memory from a computer system. The following is a reference to the SysEx protocol used by the SK Series instruments. This Data Address Interface is based on two principal functions: SET and GET.
Page 354 (1)Exclusive Status (2)manufacturer ID=GENERAL MUSIC (3)Command ID(3=RealTime) + device ID (1=2 device ID) (4)Set Subfunction (5)Model ID (0=WK4) (6)c=1(Yes checksum),f=0(7 bit data value) (7)EOX The checksum value is obtained with an XOR of all the bytes starting from the GeneralMusic ID (2FH) included; using ^ as the operator XOR ( OR Exclusive ), then: cc=checksum = 2F ^ 31 ^ 01 ^ 00 ^ 10 ^ 0A ^ 1C ^ 00 ^ 4D = 54 the message to send is:...
Page 355 2F 38 00 00 01 00 00 01 (2) (3) address size (1)Exclusive Status (2)manufacturer ID=GENERAL MUSIC (3)Command ID(3=RealTime) + device ID (8=9 device ID) (4)Get Subfunction (5)Model ID (0=WK4) (6) EOX If, for example, the value of the parameter equals 1 dB, the instrument will respond with the appropriate Set stream containing the value requested and with the checksum;...
Page 356 (GENERAL) NOTE TUNING/SCALE ( xx = NOTE = 0 - 7F ) Address(H) Size (H) Range(H) Parameter Description Default xx 06 00 00 00 01 coarse 0 -> 127 xx 06 01 00 00 01 finetune -63 -> +63; (GENERAL) TUNING/SCALE Address(H) Size (H) Range(H)
Page 357 MIDI_CHANNELS ( xx = CHANNEL = 0 - 1F ) Address(H) Size (H) Range(H) Parameter Description Default xx 0D 00 00 00 01 Midi_IN_Port 1 = MidiIn A, 2= MidiIn B 1=In A xx 0D 01 00 00 01 Midi_IN_Ch 1->10 = channels 1->16 xx 0D 02 00 00 01...
Page 358: Performance Parameters
PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS EFFECTS A Address(H) Size (H) Range(H) Parameter Description Default 00 13 00 00 00 01 Eff_Type1 0 -> 23 5=St.Concert 00 13 01 00 00 01 eff_vol1 0 -> 127 5AH = 90 00 13 02 00 00 01 par#1_1 00 13 03 00 00 01...
Page 359 xx 18 06 00 00 01 vol_group_B Volume sent of eff. group B xx 18 07 00 00 01 -31 -> +31 3EH =31 xx 18 08 00 00 01 rand_pitch xx 18 09 00 00 01 rand_pan xx 18 0A 00 00 01 Harmony 1 ->...
Page 360 DYNAMIC SWITCH Address(H) Size (H) Range(H) Parameter Description Default 00 1E 00 00 00 01 DynSwitch 00 127 LAYER2 SOUND PATCH ( xx = NOTE = 0 - 7F ) Address(H) Size (H) Range(H) Parameter Description Default xx 1F 00 00 00 02 0: 7F+0:F Soundnr...
Page 361 NACK CANCEL WAIT The transmission of one of the available resources starts by sending a message (File Header message) to indentify the successve blocks of data desired (File Data message). Typically the files concerned can be relatively long, therefore it is better to subdevide the information into several brief packets which can be individually tested and eventually retransmitted (in the case of using the handshake mode and the reception of an ACK reply confirms the correctness of the packet received, while a reply of the type NACK forces the retransmission of the error packet).
Page 362 ACK message: System Exclusive Message status ID number (manufacturer ID) = GENERAL MUSIC Command ID: 5=Resource Access, c=device ID(0-F) Subfunction ID = ACK Model ID, 00 = WK4 not checksum, format 0 packet number (00:7fH) NACK message: System Exclusive Message status ID number (manufacturer ID) = GENERAL MUSIC Command ID: 5=Resource Access, c=device ID(0-F) Subfunction ID = NACK...
Page 363 < Example 2 > : System Sound request: 2F 50 (2) (3) (1)Exclusive Status (2)manufacturer ID=GENERAL MUSIC (3)Command ID(5=RESOURCE ACCESS) + device ID (0=1 device ID) (4)Subfunction ID (3=RESOURCE REQUEST) (5)Model ID (0=WK4) (6)c=0(No checksum),f=0(7 bit data value) (7)Resource ID (1=Sound) (8)Selected (00 = All files) (7)EOX <...
Page 364 Subfunction ID = PARAMETER DATA Model ID, 00 = WK4 checksum=1, format (5 per Status, 0 altrimenti) packet number (00:7fH) <data> checksum The data sent refer to the structure as described below. Status Data. The data relates to the parameters contained in the following fields (the quantities of memory are expressed in Kbyte): bytes rel.addr.
Page 365 APPENDIX A DATA FORMAT The messages used to control the system exclusives accept data in the following formats: format =0 (7 bit data value): the natural data format with values from 0 to 127. Does not require any form of treatment. format =1 (7 bit wide word LSB_J): the value of the data present in the stream has a range defined by the number of bytes transmitted.
Page 366 Observations: The Set function of the System Exclusive is able to automatically identify the amount of the field to update, regardless of the format with which the data is sent with the following exceptions: the format 0 always modifies a bytes relating to the addres of the variable to update, therefore, if for example, we want to modify with format 0 a variable of 32 bits of the current value equalling 0x12345678 (hexadecimal value), after sending the data 0x7F we will obtain the variable updated to the value 0x7F345678.
Page 367 Referring to the Resource Request Message command detailed above, setting the value of 0 in the field ss we will obtain all the resources, while specifying a number greater than 0 we will obtain the transmission of the single resource required. for each group of rerouces the possible selection values are the following: Resourse ID Max Select Number...
Page 368 // total 2 bytes struct F_HEAD { unsigned char name[8],ext[3],flags; // 12 TIME_INF time; // 2 DATE_INF date; // 2 long length; // 4 // total 20 bytes For completion, the description of the file inside the HEADER.hdr refers instead to a more complex stucture: struct F_HEADER { F_HEAD f;...
Page 369 APPENDIX C MIDI FILTERS conversion table Description Description Filter off 77 S.C. (Undef.) Prg. change 78 S.C. (Undef.) Pitch 79 S.C. (Undef.) Mono touch 80 Gen. purp. c.5 Poly touch 81 Gen. purp. c.6 0 Bank sel 82 Gen. purp. c.7 1 Modulation 83 Gen.
Page 370 see Appendix A on Data Format 0=Echo LCD, 1=All, 2=All on 2 lines, 3=Lyric only, 4=Chord only The values 00H-0FH relatve to the Midi Port-A and 10H-1FH to Port-B 00=No Midi, No Keyboard, 1=only Keyboard, 2=only Midi, 3=Midi & Keyboard 00=N0 Midi, No Generation, 1=only Generation, 2=only Midi, 3=Midi &...
Page 371 Change Velocity 7. 12, 9. 12 Index Channel A effects 2. 35 Channel B effects 2. 35 Check version 3. 30 Chord (Vocal Processor) 10. 9 Chord Language 17. 6 About MIDI 2. 59 Chord recognition modes 2. 32 About Songs 6. 1 Chord to Arr.1 / Chord to Arr.2 11.
Page 372 Decay 15. 3 Eff 2 (Delay/Chorus/Flanger/Modulation) 15. 6 Del segm 16. 16 Eff Group (A/V interface) 17. 7 Delay 14. 5 Eff. 1 (Reverb) 15. 6 Delay (delays) 10. 3 Eff1 10. 1 Delay (reverbs) 10. 3 Eff2 10. 1 Delay/Chorus/Flanger/Modulation table 10.
Page 373 Filters 16. 39 How to restore backup data to the Hard disk 3. 33 Fine pitch 16. 9 How to use HELP 5. 10 Finetune 17. 3 Fingered 1 2. 32 IDE interface (Hard disk) 3. 1 Fingered 2 2. 32 Input VU 17.
Page 374 Macintosh 2. 62, 17. 5 Octave 1 14. 4 Main Disk pages 3. 2 Octave 2 14. 4 Mask 9. 17 Octave Down 17. 3 Mask Arranger tracks 9. 17 Octave Up 17. 3 Master 2. 59 One Finger 2. 32 Master Pitch 17.
Page 375 Preload 2. 46, 4. 1 Preload functions 4. 3 Sample-RAM (Edit Disk) 3. 34 Preload list 4. 1 Save All 3. 21 Previous event (Edit Score) 7. 24, 7. 25 Save Group 3. 19 Priority 14. 2 Save Group Real Perf 3. 19 Programmable Pads 2.
Page 376 SMF Save format 11. 4 Up-dateable operating system SOLO button 2. 21 Upper/Lower keyboard mode 2. 4 Song (Preload) 4. 3 User programmable scales 17. 2 Song mode 2. 2 User Style Recording 8. 1, 8. 3 Song Name 7. 2 Using the Keypad to Select a Sound 2.
Page 377 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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GEM Powerstation SK760 Owner's Manual

Quick Guide

Chapter 1 • Layout & Display

Chapter 2 • User Guide

The SK760/880 Playing Modes

Play the SK760/880 Keyboard Sounds (Style/Realtime Mode)

The Performances

Selecting the SK Sounds

Display Hold

The Styles

10 • Arrange Mode and the Chord Recognition Modes

The Digital Signal Processor (DSP)

12 • Store Performance

13 • Load and Play Back the Supplied Demo Song

14 • Preload

15 • Multimedia

Record a Song (Quick Rec.)

17 • Save Your Programmed Data to Disk

18 • MIDI

Reference Guide

Chapter 3 • Disk & Hard Disk

Chapter 4 • Preload

Chapter 5 • Selection/Help

Chapter 6 • Songs, MIDI Files & Song Recording

Chapter 7 • Edit Song

Chapter 8 • User Style Recording

Chapter 9 • Edit Style

Chapter 10 • Edit Effects

Chapter 11 • Edit MIDI

Chapter 12 • Edit Mixer

Chapter 13 • Edit Controllers/Pads

Chapter 14 • Edit Tracks

Chapter 15 • Edit Perf Sound/Sound Patch

Chapter 16 • Edit Sound

Chapter 17 • Edit General

Appendix

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