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General Music WK4 Owner's Manual

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OWNER'S
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Cod. 271054
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  • Page 1 OWNER’S MANUAL Cod. 271054 English...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert CAUTION the user to the presence of uninsulated “dan- gerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK that may be of sufficient magnitude to consti- DO NOT OPEN tute a risk of electric shock to persons.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents USER GUIDE • 1 Quick Guide Introduction Power up 1. 1 Adjusting the general volume 1. 2 The initial status (default) 1. 2 Play with Auto Accompaniment Styles 1. 3 Listen to the Demo Songs 1. 5 Multimedia 1. 6 Selecting instrument Sounds 1.
  • Page 4 Rapid Song recording (QuickRec) 7. 17 Restoring the Songs memory 7. 22 • 8 MIDI Playing WK4 with a master keyboard 8. 4 WK4 used as a controlling device 8. 7 Programming Songs on an external sequencer 8. 8 • 9 Digital Signal Processor Selecting the effect types 9.
  • Page 5 Effects programming 14. 3 Effect 1 - Reverb table 14. 5 Effect 2 - Modulation table 14. 6 • 15 Edit MIDI MIDI Channels 15. 1 Configuration 15. 2 MIDI Filters 15. 3 General settings 15. 3 Common Channel/Arrangement 15. 6 MIDI Dump 15.
  • Page 6 Battery & Release 21. 9 System Info 21. 9 Restore 21. 9 • 22 Edit Song The main Menu Options 22. 2 Erase 22. 3 Move 22. 5 Copy 22. 6 Quantize 22. 8 Insert measures 22. 10 Delete measures 22. 11 Velocity 22.

  • Page 7: User Guide

    User Guide • Introduction • 1 Guick Guide • 2 Layouts • 3 Basic concepts • 4 Sounds & Performances • 5 Styles • 6 Disk & Hard Disk • 7 Songs & MIDI Files • 8 MIDI • 9 Effects...

  • Page 8: Important Information

    IMPORTANT INFORMATION 1. The WK4 should contain the following items from the factory: a) Instrument; b) 3 Floppy disks (1 Operating System (OS) -Disk, 2 Demo disks); c) Owner’s manual. 2. When contacting your retailer or authorized Generalmusic technical assistance center, always pro- vide the model name and serial number of your instrument (found on the identification plate).
  • Page 9 How to use the manual Do not use it as a paperweight: read it. If you understand how WK4 operates, you can save a lot of time. You are encouraged to experiment with alternative operating methods: the WK4 is sufficiently flexible to permit several approaches to obtain the same results.

  • Page 10: Edit Perf Sound

    WK4 is able to initialize disks • Backed S-RAM (optional) for every format. It is possible to load RAM- WK4 can be fitted with an optional 2 mega- Sounds, Styles, and Songs from WK4, WX2, bytes of RAM for samples (Waves), backed ii Introduction...
  • Page 11 Score view The display can show the score, the lyrics and chord symbols of a song. It is also possible to connect WK4 to a video system (monitor, domestic TV, closed circuit video) by means of the optional Generalmusic Audio/Video board to display score and lyrics on a television.
  • 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 mag- nets, telephones, 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 BEFORE STARTING - CONSERVING DATA IN RAM The rechargeable battery The WK4 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 If you want to recall the factory settings, you can reset the backed RAM. 1. Press GENERAL in the EDIT section to enter the “Edit General” menu. 2. Press F4 to select the “Restore all” command. The following dialogue window is displayed. 3.

  • Page 15: Quick Guide

    RCA jacks to connect to domestic stereo units. For mono reproduction, connect to either the Left or POWER Right jack. 3. Press the power switch to turn on WK4. After a few seconds the instrument sets to the default situation. If necessary, regulate the display contrast with the DISPLAY CONTRAST panel knob on the left of the display.

  • Page 16: Adjusting The General Volume

    THE INITIAL STATUS (DEFAULT) status bar Locator Tempo After turning on, WK4 sets to Style/Performance Style chord mode with the Grand Piano Performance ready Performance name Style name zone to play across the full keyboard. This Perform- ance corresponds to the first slot in bank 1 of the Performance Groups section.

  • Page 17: Play With Auto Accompaniment Styles

    PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES WK4 has 96 auto accompaniment Styles with four Variations four Intros, four Fills and four Endings for each Style. You can also load up to 32 disk based user-programmable Styles of your choice into the 4 PROG banks available.
  • Page 18 5. Play a chord (at least three notes) below the Chord Split Point (note B3) to start Style play. A fully orchestrated auto accompaniment pattern is triggered. In default conditions, the keyboard’s chord recognition mode is set to “Fingered 1”. You can change the chord recognition mode to “One finer”, “Fingered 2”...

  • Page 19: Listen To The Demo Songs

    Demo Listen to the Demo Songs You can listen to the automatic playback of your WK4 to get an idea of what the instrument is ca- pable of doing. 1. Press DEMO to open the Demo window. The left part contains four Songs and the right part contains three Style medleys and the «ALL DEMO»...

  • Page 20: Multimedia

    Multimedia WK4 can display Lyrics when playing WK4 & PS Series Disks. There are a wide variety of disks that display lyrics when played. No other key- board brings vision to your music like the Generalmusic WK4 Series does! 1. Press the SONG BUTTON.
  • Page 21 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. Quick Guide 1•7...

  • Page 22: Selecting Instrument Sounds

    SELECTING INSTRUMENT SOUNDS WK4 has over 600 instrument Sounds, including orchestral, percussion and contemporary musi- cal instruments. You can customize any sound to your tastes with the built in sound edit capa- bilities. 1. Press the STYLE/REALTIME button. The display returns to the Style/RealTime mode, a real time play situation with instru- ment sounds ready to play.
  • Page 23 4. Repeat step 2 to make additional selections. This time, after pressing a SOUND GROUPS button, select the Bank containing the desired sound using the (Page/Bank) buttons. Each Sound Group button consists of up to 16 Sound Banks, each containing up to 8 Sounds.
  • Page 24 7. Repeat step 6, this time selecting Upper 2 and play a key above note B3. You’ll hear two sounds for each single note played. Activating Upper 2 introduces a second Sound (String) layered with the first. 8. Press the LOWER 2 soft button twice to select the corresponding Sound and play a key below note You’ll hear a second sound layered with the SPLIT Keyboard...

  • Page 25: Selecting The Performances

    SELECTING THE PERFORMANCES WK4 has 64 user programmable Performance locations, organized into eight different banks. These Performances feature single and layered sounds, custom effect settings, split keyboard combinations and more. You can create your own Performances or load new ones from disk.

  • Page 26: 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 rotor slow/fast switching function.

  • Page 27: Play With Headphones

    PLAY WITH HEADPHONES • Plug a set of headphones into the PHONES 1 jack. The headphones jack panel is located on the left side of the instrument, under the key- board. Inserting the headphones plug into the PHONES 1 jack excludes the internal speakers to allow you to play in total silence without disturbing others in the same room.
  • Page 28 PLAY WITH THE TRACKBALL The on-board controlling devices include a Trackball on the left key block, preset for Per- formance functions. The default configuration of the Trackball is as follows: Modulation • Left/Right movement = Pitch Bend • Up/Down movement = Modulation The Trackball is spring loaded to return to the central position.

  • Page 29: Reverb Control

    General reverb control and equalization REVERB CONTROL EQUALIZATION It is possible to adjust the reverb for the surround- It is possible to equalize the tone of the instru- ings in which you play. Although Performances ment for the surroundings in which you play. and Styles recall suitable reverb settings for the 1.

  • Page 30: Transpose The Instrument (Semitones)

    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 another instrument, you can transpose WK4 to play the song in an easier key. TRANSPOSE...

  • Page 31: Transposing Tracks By Octaves

    TRANSPOSING TRACKS BY OCTAVES Any track, if selected, can be instantly transposed in octave steps, within the range ±5 octaves. 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 32: Preload

    This feature works just like pressing play on a CD player! - No need to load all the data into memory before hand. 1. Insert an WK4 Songs disk or MidiFile data disk into the drive. Check the disk label for the type of data con- tained in the disk.
  • Page 33 3. Press option “Select All” to select all the Songs or MIDI Files of the selected directory. The Preload list is compiled automatically, list- ing a maximum of 16 Songs or MIDI Files. 4. Press PLAY to start the playback. After a short period, a Song starts to play back.
  • Page 34 Record a Song WK4 allows you to record a simple multi-track Song using the QUICK REC recording method when using existing Styles. In practice, the Quick Rec method can record from 1 to 8 real time tracks accompanied by all the backing tracks of a Style to create a multitrack Song of up to 16 tracks.
  • Page 35 5. Press either PLAY or START/STOP to start the re- cording and start to play. The PLAY button starts the recording for the real time tracks only. The START/STOP button starts the record- ing and also engages the Style accompani- ments tracks.
  • Page 36 1•22 Quick Guide...

  • Page 37: Front & Rear Panel

    • 2 Front & Rear Panel Speakers Display Power On/Off Front panel PAD 1 PAD 2 PAD 3 PAD 4 POWE Trackball 64 note keyboard C2-C7 Stereo Disk drive Headphones Alphanumeric configuration MIDI VIDEO PEDA MIC / LINE IN OUTPUT DAMPER VOLUME PEDALB.

  • Page 38: Front Panel

    Front Panel (left section) 2•2 User Guide...
  • Page 39 Front Panel SECTION 1 (SLIDERS) modes, the Chord notes are coupled to the melody played with the right hand. When OFF, the Harmony function is : Adjusts the general volume (headphones ASTER OLUME disabled. and outputs). Not transmitted or received via MIDI. : Controls the volume of the signal fed into the SECTION 3 MIC/LINE IN1 or IN2 Inputs.
  • Page 40 Front Panel (central section) 2•4 User Guide...

  • Page 41: Data Entry

    SECTION 6 SECTION 11 : The principal user-interface which shows the ): active for Tempo changes in Style or ISPLAY EMPO status of the instrument at all times. The user can inter- Song mode, or operates as a data entry control in Edit act with the displayed information through the navigation and Record situations.
  • Page 42 Front Panel (right section) PAD 1 PAD 2 PAD 3 PAD 4 OCTAVE TRANSPOSE 2•6 User Guide...
  • Page 43 THE DISK DRIVE (ILLUSTRATED ON PAGE 1) : edit of the General parameters which affect the ENERAL instrument as a whole. The Disk Drive, located on the right hand side, under the : access to the Demo Songs and Styles. keyboard, handles 3.5”...

  • Page 44: Rear Panel (Connections)

    Rear Panel (Connections) MIDI VIDEO PEDA MIC / LINE IN OUTPUT DAMPER VOLUME PEDALB. COMPUTE THRU B OUT B IN B THRU A OUT A IN A RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT S-VHS MIDI PEDAL VOLUME PEDALB. COMPUTER THRU B OUT B IN B THRU A OUT A...
  • Page 45 , 1, 2: Stereo Left-Right Outputs and auxiliary RIGHT eral. 1, 2 outputs to listen to the WK4 sound through an exter- nal device such as a mixer or audio amplifier. For Mono 4. MIDI reproduction, use either the RIGHT or LEFT jack. The...
  • Page 46 2•10 User Guide...

  • Page 47: Basic Concepts

    STYLE/REALTIME MODE In this mode you can play with Styles, or play with the Performances and use WK4 as a con- ventional keyboard. If the auto-accompaniments are playing, the Style mode is on: if not, Style mode is off and Performance (RealTime) mode is on.
  • Page 48 A Song is sequenced data consisting of one or more tracks (instrumental parts). A Song can be loaded from disk as an WK4 Song or as a Stand- ard MIDI-file, it can be recorded one track at a time (multitrack recording), or in a single step by exploiting the existing styles (Quick Record).
  • Page 49 PERFORMANCES Song-Performances Song-Performances can combine up to 32 A Performance is a combination of sounds (for sounds. They can be applied to two types of the keyboard, for the accompaniments, for a operating mode: the assignment of a sound to Song).
  • Page 50 The track contains notes – i.e. it is engaged by Song or the automatic accompaniment Sometimes, a track is not assigned to an WK4 of the Style. In either case, this type of Sound, but it controls an expander connected to track cannot play in real time on the key- the MIDI OUT.
  • Page 51 SOUNDS -Sound RAM-Sounds based on RAM samples. WK4 has WK4 Sounds are divided in four different types: an incorporated Sample Translator which allows • ROM-Sounds you to load disk-based Samples and edit them • RAM-Sounds with dedicated parameters. • RAM -Sounds (need sample RAM) •...

  • Page 52: Edit Environments

    Edit environ- ments. The respective operating modes allow you to modify of every single operating aspect of the WK4. Three type of Edit environment are available: • simple structure, in which the pages contain- ing the variable parameters are accessed directly on the first edit level.

  • Page 53: Connections

    Connections PEDALS This section takes a brief look at the types of con- nections that can be achieved with your WK4 by Volume, Damper Ped 1 and Ped 2 are connec- means of the rear panel connectors. tors for continuous or switch action control ped- als.
  • Page 54 • To pilot another instrument with WK4 con- serial cable DB8-DB8 available from computer nect the WK4 MIDI OUT to the MIDI IN of the outlets. Program the sequencer to communicate other instrument. with WK4 at a velocity of 1 MHz.
  • Page 55 PEDALBOARD If the Generalmusic Audio/Video card is installed, the Mic/Line input signal can be processed by Connect the optional Generalmusic pedalboard the internal effects processor and directed to the to this port. It can be used to play bass parts main mix (outputs).

  • Page 56: The Display

    The Display The WK4 display is the principal user interface which communicates the status of the instrument at all times. The negative highlight cursor can be moved by means of the cursor buttons, and the selected parameter can be modified with the DIAL or numeric keypad.
  • Page 57 Style Record Song Record a. Track status icons. Select the tracks with the Soft buttons A...H or with the cursor buttons / . b. Sound names. The name of the Group to which the Sound belongs appears close to the Sound name, or (in order) the ProgramChange, BankSelect MSB, BankSelect LSB numbers.
  • Page 58 “PLAY/REC VIEW” PAGES (SONG MODE) This type of page shows and allows you to edit the playing parameters of the Song. a. Track status icons. Select the tracks with the Soft buttons A...H. In record mode, the tracks identi- fied by the key-play icon are set automatically in mute . b.
  • Page 59 “REC VIEW” PAGE (STYLE/REALTIME MODE) This page allows you to program the Style parameters and to select the riff to record. a. Track status icons . Select the tracks with the Soft buttons A...H. When the Style is in Record mode (RECORD led on) only the auto-accompaniment tracks (9-16) can be selected (DR, BS, AC1...AC6).
  • Page 60 EDIT PAGES The edit pages differ, but have in common the presence of variable parameters in the edit zone at the centre of the display. Simple structure a. Tracks status icons. The Soft buttons A...H or the cursor buttons / select the tracks. Not all edit environments shows this column.
  • Page 61 Every environment has a relative icon: Edit Perf Sound/Drumkit Edit Effects Edit Style/Song Edit MIDI Edit General Edit Mixer Edit Disk / Preload Edit Controllers/Pads Edit Track/Splits In «Edit Effects», «Edit MIDI», «Edit Mixer», «Edit Controllers/Pads», «Edit Track/Splits», «Edit Perf Sound»...
  • Page 62 SELECTION WINDOWS These appear when a button of the SOUND GROUPS, PERFORMANCE GROUPS, STYLE GROUPS or the SONG button are pressed. The items shown in the selection window are selected with the respective Soft buttons. a. Title of the window. b.

  • Page 63: Dialog Windows

    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 64: Data Entry

    Data Entry The WK4 data entry devices are used to insert alphanumeric data, select options and navigate within the edit pages or the operating environments. The data entry devices consists of: • DIAL; • Numeric keypad (Edit/Number section when the KeyPad LED is on).
  • Page 65 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE PARAMETERS Move the cursor (the negative highlight zone) using the cursor buttons. For example, after turning on, the display shows the Style/Performance mode. You can select the tracks with the cursor buttons In edit pages, select the parameters with the cursor buttons and modify the parameter value with the DIAL.
  • Page 66 The following example shows how to assign a sound to a selected track by speci- fying the corresponding ProgramChange/BankSelect MSB number on the nu- meric keypad. If WK4 is used as a stand alone unit, it is not necessary to specify the BankSelect LSB number (the last digit).
  • Page 67 7. To correct an inserted number, move the cursor backwards with the DIAL or with the cursor buttons / , then insert the right number in place of the incorrect one. 8. To confirm the modification press ENTER or KEY PAD. The value is confirmed and the desired sound is assigned to the track.
  • Page 68 Two options appear below the name (“Caps On/Caps Off” and “Insert/Overwrite”) which can be activated or deactivated with notes D2 and D#2 respectively. The notes on the extreme left of the keyboard zone provide word processing functions: • D2: CAPS - Caps On / Caps Off; •...

  • Page 69: User Configurations

    THE BLOCK new Styles, etc.. The Block is a data set consisting of almost the WK4 defaults at power up with the Grand Piano entire contents of the instrument’s memory. You Performance, corresponding to the first location can, therefore, configure the instrument’s RAM of the Performance Groups 1 button.
  • Page 70 THE SETUP SAVING THE SETUP The Setup is part of the Block which contains the The Setup present in RAM can be saved in two global settings of WK4. ways: • Save the Setup to a Block as a single file («Save Single Setup»), in order to create files...

  • Page 71: Sounds And Performances

    THE SOUNDS AND TRACKS WAYS OF SELECTING SOUNDS A Sound is assigned to each of the tracks that WK4 allows you to select single sounds or a com- appear on the display. While you play, the tracks bination of different sounds.

  • Page 72: Selecting Single Sounds

    Selecting single Sounds There are two ways of listening to single sounds: • Press the SOLO button. Activating this button isolates the selected track from the rest, regardless of its current active/mute status. All other active tracks are temporarily muted. Use the SOLO button to isolate a track in or- der to listen to the assigned Sound and ap- ply any eventual modifications.
  • Page 73 3. With track Upper1 selected, press a button of the SOUND GROUPS section. The display shows a bank of 8 Sounds be- longing to the selected Group. Each Sound is also displayed with the corre- sponding ProgramChange (PC) and BankSelect MSB (CC00) number, in the form PC-CC00.

  • Page 74: Selecting Performances

    Selecting Performances Select a Performance when you want to change the whole sound combination, not just a single sound. 1. Press one of the PERFORMANCE GROUPS but- tons. The display shows 8 Performances to choose from. 2. Select a Performance using the corresponding Soft buttons.

  • Page 75: Select Sounds, Performances Or Styles Using Display Hold

    Select Sounds, Performances or Styles using Display Hold Normally, after selecting an item from a selection window, the display returns to the previous sta- tus automatically. If you activate D. HOLD (LED on), the selection window remains locked after selecting an item. This allows you to continue selecting other items until you are satisfied with the result.

  • Page 76: How To Program Performances

    How to Program Performances This section describes some of the most com- mon changes that can be applied to the Perform- ances. Once a Performance has been modified, it can be saved to RAM by pressing STORE PER- FORMANCE. Without saving, the modifications remain temporary and are lost when you select a different Performance, or reselect the same one.
  • Page 77 ASSIGNING SOUNDS TO THE TRACKS 1. Use the Soft buttons to select a track. The selected track is shown in negative high- light. A track can also be selected in other pages, provided that the track icon appears in the extreme left area of the display. 2.
  • Page 78 USING THE KEYPAD TO SELECT A SOUND Each WK4 Sound is identified by two numbers: the ProgramChange (PC) and the BankSelect MSB number, or ControlChange 00 (CC00). You can select a Sound by specifying the absolute values corresponding to the PC and CC num- bers on the numeric keypad.
  • Page 79 CHANGING THE TRACK STATUS Tracks 1-8 of a Performance (the keyboard tracks) can be set to either key-play or mute sta- tus. «key-play» status icon A track set to key-play status can play, while a muted one cannot. It is possible to toggle be- «mute»...
  • Page 80 CHANGING THE KEYBOARD MODE FULL Keyboard The keyboard Sounds can be set to various key- board modes : < -------- Full keyboard (Upper1 &/or Upper 2) -------- > • Full keyboard; UPPER/LOWER Keyboard • Upper&Lower; < - Low 1&/or2 -- > <...
  • Page 81 3. Select Multi mode using Soft button F5 or F6. Multi keyboard mode splits the keyboard at note B3 and assigns Tracks 1 and 2 to the left split and Tracks 3 - 8 to the right. Try changing the track status to experiment with the overall sound combinations that can be obtained.
  • Page 82 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 83 CHANGING TRACK VOLUMES Performances also memorize the individual track volumes. Use sliders A to H to obtain the re- quired mix and save the Performance with STORE PERFORMANCE. The correspondence between the sliders and the tracks is indicated by the two LEDs shown on the right of the group of sliders.
  • Page 84 TRANSPOSING TRACKS (BY SEMITONES) The tracks can be independently transposed by semitones in the «Tracks/Splits» edit environ- ment. 1. Press the T.SPLIT button in the EDIT section. The main page of the «Edit Tracks/Split» en- vironment appears. If the «Transpose» page does not appear, recall it with Soft button F1 («Transpose»).
  • Page 85 TRANSPOSE. TRANSPOSE The General transposition effects the instrument as a whole and allows you to tune WK4 to other instruments or to the voice of a singer. 1. Press the TRANSPOSE b button one or more times to lower the pitch by one or more semitones.

  • Page 86: How To Store Performances

    Note: The changes made do not alter the You can save the changes to the current Per- original WK4 data in any way because they are changes made to RAM copies. The original data formance, or to a different one. The changes...
  • Page 87 WK4 will be configured with pre- cisely the same settings as those memorized. Saving to the power-up Performance WK4 powers up in Style/RealTime mode with the GrandPiano Performance selected and ready to play. The factory-programmed status of the Grand Piano Performance can be modified in order that WK4 powers-up according to a preferred setting.
  • Page 88 Style option with cursor button . Note: The type of Performance proposed by WK4 when the dialog window is recalled depends on the status of the SINGLE TOUCH PLAY button - if active a Style-Performance is suggested, if not active the type suggested is a Performance.
  • Page 89 3. Select the destination Group and destination Per- formance. The “Store to Group” display area corre- sponds to one of the PERFORMANCE GROUP or STYLE GROUP buttons. Rotate the DIAL to select the Group required. Use the down arrow to select the Perf area and rotate the Dial to select the destination Performance.
  • Page 90 CHANGING THE NAME OF A PERFORM- ANCE Note: This procedure changes the name of the PERFORMANCE GROUPS only. To change the name of a Style-Performance, change the name of the Style it belongs to in «Edit Style». 1. Press STORE PERFORMANCE to open the «Store Performance»...
  • Page 91 4. Press ENTER to confirm, or ESCAPE to cancel. After pressing either ENTER or ESCAPE the display returns to the «Store Performance» dialog window. 5. Press ENTER to save the Performance. Sounds & Performances 4•21...

  • Page 92: 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. 1. Press GENERAL in the EDIT section to gain access to the «Edit General» environment. 2. Press F6 («Restore Perfs») or F8 («Rest. St.Perfs») to cancel the changes made to the Performances or Style-Performances in RAM.

  • Page 93: Styles

    Note: The PROG1, PROG2, PROG3 and PROG4 buttons recall programmable Styles, which can be empty. If you select an empty location, WK4 prompts you to create a new Style: Press ESCAPE or F5 to cancel and return to the previous display.
  • Page 94 3. Select a Style from the «Select Style» window with the corresponding Soft button. Selecting a Style instantly changes the auto- matic accompaniment, the accompaniment and keyboard sounds and the effects. If TEMPO LOCK is off, the tempo also changes. If MIXER LOCK is off, the track volumes also change.
  • Page 95 OPTION B: THE STYLE DOES NOT CHANGE THE KEYBOARD SOUNDS 1. Turn off SINGLE TOUCH PLAY. When SINGLE TOUCH PLAY is off, select- ing a Style changes the accompaniment pat- terns, sounds and effects of the accompani- ment tracks. If TEMPO LOCK is off, the tempo also changes.
  • Page 96 SELECT A STYLE WITH THE PERFORM- ANCES The Performances memorize the status of the instrument when the STORE PERFORMANCE button is pressed, therefore, they also ‘remem- ber’ which Style and Variation were active at the time. Note: The Performances of the Performance Groups are factory-set to recall the “8bt Std”...

  • Page 97: The Accompaniment Tracks

    The accompaniment tracks In the Style/RealTime mode, 8 tracks are as- signed to the keyboard and 8 to the automatic accompaniment. The accompaniment tracks and the keyboard tracks can be changed in the same manner and saved in the Performance (Style- Performance or Performance).

  • Page 98: The Style Controls

    The Style controls Certain buttons on the control panel are dedicated 1. Make sure that ARRANGE MEMORY or to the control of the Styles and the selection of LOWER MEMORY are on. the variation, fill, intro and ending. Note: If ARRANGE MEMORY or LOWER MEMORY are off, the accompaniment plays while START/STOP your notes are pressed on the keyboard and stops...
  • Page 99 INTRO FILL>< plays the fill cycle then continues with the current Variation. When the accompaniment is Selects an introductory pattern lasting one or not playing, Fill can be Performance as an intro. more measures. After pre-selecting the INTRO, to start the Style you will need to press START/ FILL>...
  • Page 100 ARRANGE ON/OFF Performance is selected the track volumes change too. If it is on, all the volumes of the tracks When this button is on, all the accompaniment assigned to the keyboard will change while the parts of a Style are enabled. If it is not on, you accompaniment track volumes will not.

  • Page 101: The Chord Recognition Modes (Arrange Mode)

    The chord recognition modes (Arrange Mode) WK4 can recognize the chords used in the auto- matic accompaniment in various different ways. These are: One finger, Fingered 1, Fingered 2, Free 1 and Free 2. Note: The symbols of the recognized chord appear on the main display screen.
  • Page 102 1. Press ARRANGE MODE to gain access to the «Ar- range Mode» environment. The page shows the parameters of either «Auto Chord Mode» or «Fixed Chord Mode», depending on the option currently selected. 2. Use the Soft buttons to select one of the two options (Auto Chord Mode) or (Fixed Chord Mode).

  • Page 103: One Finger

    SELECTING THE CHORD RECOGNITION One Finger MODES Independently of whether “Auto” or “Fixed” mode Split Point is selected, there are five possible chord recog- nition modes available. • One Finger, Fingered 1 and Fingered 2 require the chord to be played below the Split Point. •...
  • Page 104 Free 1 -The chord is recognized anywhere along Free 1/Free 2 the keyboard, even if played in the right hand or using both hands. The chord must com- prise a minimum of three notes. 7 sm (min) In order not to be considered as part of the chord, melody notes must be played at least a fifth interval (seven semitones) higher than the highest note of the chord.

  • Page 105: Dynamic Arrange

    Autobacking Dynamic Arrange This function allows the accompaniment volume The Autobacking function permits the accompa- to be controlled according to the velocity applied niment to change pattern the instant you change to the chord. chord. When Dynamic Arrange is active, if you press When Autobacking is off, when you change chord, the chord notes softly, the volume of the accom- the accompaniment pattern does not update in-...
  • Page 106 SELECTING PERFORMANCES DURING STYLE PLAY You can select Performances while the accom- paniment is playing to change the combination of the keyboard sounds. 1. Activate SINGLE TOUCH PLAY. ARRANGE ON/ OFF and LOWER MEMORY activate automatically if off. Turn off TEMPO LOCK and MIXER LOCK (if on).
  • Page 107 5. Press START/STOP to start the accompaniment running. 6. Play freely. 7. Select a Performance from the PERFORMANCE GROUPS section. The SINGLE TOUCH PLAY button deacti- vates and the combination of keyboard sounds, the keyboard mode and the assigned effects memorized in the Performance are re- called.
  • Page 108 CHANGING STYLE WITHOUT STOPPING THE ACCOMPANIMENT If you change Style while playing, the two Styles unite without loss of continuity. You can pass from one Style to another directly, or via a fill, an intro or an ending. The following explanation is a typical example.
  • Page 109 5. Press a button of the STYLE GROUPS section and select a different Style. The new Style starts to play at the end of the current measure. 6. Play freely with the new Style. 7. Press FILL, INTRO or ENDING. 8.
  • Page 110 9. Play freely. 10. Select another Style and immediately press INTRO or FILL><. The Intro or Fill of the new Style are played before passing to the selected Variation. 11. Press START/STOP or ENDING to stop the accom- paniment. 5•18 User Guide...

  • Page 111: Tempo

    Tempo SAVING THE TEMPO TO A PERFORM- The Style Tempo, shown on the main page, can be adjusted while playing by rotating the DIAL. ANCE The current tempo setting can be saved to a Per- A tempo setting that differs to the default tempo formance or Style-Performance.

  • Page 112: Erase

    RESTORING THE ORIGINAL DEFAULT STYLE-PERFORMANCES To erase all modifications saved to the Perform- ances, all the modified Performances currently residing in RAM must be cancelled to restore the factory Performance settings. 1. Press GENERAL in the EDIT section to gain access to the «Edit General»...

  • Page 113: Disk & Hard Disk

    - a more complex device. Installation requires building a library of Performances, Styles, Sounds the Generalmusic HDisk installation kit which and Songs that you can load into the WK4 RAM also expands the System-RAM. A Hard disk memory at any time. As you become more fa- has faster access times and a capacity of 500 miliar with your WK4, you’ll discover the practi-...

  • Page 114: Copy

    The types of File encountered when working in or from RAM to RAM. the WK4 Disk environment are identified by a 5. Move Moves data from floppy disk to hard name. In some cases, a file name includes an...
  • Page 115 FILE QUANTITY THE FILE SELECTOR Files can be handled as Single elements, as a The File Selector corresponds to the second level Group of files or as an entire set of file types (All), of disk operations and is accessed by confirming as shown in the following table: the command specified in the main page.

  • Page 116: Move

    LOAD, SAVE, ERASE COPY, MOVE OPERA- HOW TO NAVIGATE IN THE DISK ENVI- TIONS RONMENT Data stored in floppy disk, hard disk or RAM can Move around in the Disk pages with the naviga- be Loaded, Saved, Erased, Copied or Moved tional tools which are;...

  • Page 117: The General «Disk» Procedure

    The general «Disk» procedure Use the following procedure as a reference. The procedure described is valid for All the Disk operations which are discussed in this chapter. Any variations are explained separately. 1. If you are working with floppy disks, insert a disk into the drive.
  • Page 118 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 119 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 120: Load Operations

    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 WK4 format disks, disks of previous formats, such as WX or SX Series, and MIDI file disks.
  • Page 121 LOAD SINGLE BLOCK Use «Load Single Block» to rewrite the entire con- tents of RAM. Block data contains: Sounds, Per- formances, Style Performances, User Styles (and relative Performances), Songs (and relative Per- formances) and a Setup file. 1. Select SINGLE BLOCK from the main Load page then press ENTER to gain access to the FILE SE- LECTOR.
  • Page 122 LOAD SINGLE SETUP Use «Load Single Setup» to load a Setup file into RAM. To create some Set-up files, see “Save Single Setup” afterwards. Load a disk-based Setup file when you want to change the general status of the instrument in a single step instead of programming the individual parameters that constitute a Setup file.
  • Page 123 LOAD SINGLE SONG Use «Load Single Song» to load Songs to RAM one at a time. The advantage of this operation lies in the fact that you can choose single Song files from various different blocks and load to RAM in a preferred order.
  • Page 124 RAM automatically converts the files into WK4 format Songs. Hint: Once loaded into RAM , save MIDI files as standard WK4 Songs – the loading speeds of WK4 Songs are faster. The load procedure is almost identical to «Load Single Song».
  • Page 125 LOAD SINGLE SOUND RAM-Sounds based on samples contained in ROM can be loaded to RAM to expand the WK4’s sonic power. Owing to the fact that each Sound Group con- sists of 16 Banks, the number of RAM-Sounds that can be loaded into the instrument’s memory is almost unlimited.
  • Page 126 3. Select the RAM-Sound that you wish to load and its corresponding destination in RAM. The display opened will depend on the type of disk inserted in the drive. The display ex- ample shows 4 RAM-Sounds and a Percus- sive sound in the source directory. Use the buttons to scroll through the Sound Groups (1, 2, …...
  • Page 127 LOAD SINGLE PERFORMANCE, SINGLE STYLE PERFORMANCE, SINGLE USER STYLE The «Load Single» procedure is also used to load a single Performance, a single ROM Style Per- formance or a single User Style to the respective locations in RAM. Single Performances can be loaded to any of the 64 Performance Groups locations in RAM, overwriting the original factory-set Performances if you wish.
  • Page 128 1. Select SINGLE STYLE PERFORMANCE from the main Load page then press ENTER to gain access to the FILE SELECTOR. 2. Select the Block containing the Style Perform- ance required from the source directory then press ENTER to gain access. 3.
  • Page 129 LOAD GROUP PERF, STYLE PERF, USER STYLE, SONG Use «Load Group» to load a Group of User Styles (and associated User Style-Performances), Per- formances (Realtime), Style Performances (as- sociated to the Rom Styles) and Songs. A Group consists of 8 elements which can be loaded in a single step.
  • Page 130 1. Select GROUP USER STYLE from the main Load page then press ENTER to gain access to the FILE SELECTOR. 2. Select the desired Block from the source direc- tory then press ENTER to gain access. 3. Select the Group from the source directory and its destination in RAM, then press ENTER twice to execute the command.
  • Page 131 LOAD ALL Use «Load All» to load an entire set of file types contained in a Block in a single step. This proce- dure allows you to load: • up to 16 Songs (All Song); • an unspecified number of Ram-Sounds and -Sounds (All Sound);...
  • Page 132 Loading WX2/SX2 Songs and Styles WK4 can load Songs and Styles from the follow- ing previous format disks: WX2, WX400, WX Expander, SX2, SX3 The loading procedures are identical to those used for WK4 Songs and Styles. The Blocks however show the «.WXS» extension instead of «.BLK».

  • Page 133: Save Operations

    The Save procedures operate in the direction RAM –> Destination where the destination can be Floppy disk or Hard disk. The WK4 RAM is backed by a rechargeable bat- tery to safeguard the 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 134 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 135 SAVE SINGLE BLOCK Use «Save Single Block» to save the entire con- tents of RAM to disk or Hard disk in a single step. Block data contains: Sounds, Performances, User Styles (and relative Performances) and Songs (and relative Performances), all housed in their respective Groups and a Setup file.
  • Page 136 SAVE SINGLE SETUP Use «Save Single Setup» to save a Setup file to a Block on floppy disk or Hard Disk. The Setup corresponds to the configuration of the instrument’s global parameters (Edit General status) that determine how the machine operates, regardless of the contents of RAM (Song, Styles, Performances).
  • Page 137 If you have already loaded some MIDI Files to RAM, use this procedure to convert the files to WK4 format songs. 1. Select SINGLE SONG from the main Save page and press ENTER to gain access to the FILE SE- LECTOR.
  • Page 138 «Utility» Disk page to format your new disks. Note: 3.5” HD disks can be formatted in either WK4 or MS-DOS format, but 3.5” DD disks can only be formatted in MS-DOS/Atari format. 1. Select SINGLE MIDI FILE from the main Save page then press ENTER to gain access to the FILE SE- LECTOR.
  • Page 139 Press soft button F1 to select the Floppy disk. Press soft button F2 to select the Hard disk. 3. Select the WK4 Song to save as a MIDI file from the RAM directory and select a “.MID” destina- tion in disk.
  • Page 140 SAVE SINGLE SOUND Use «Save Single Sound» to save single Ram- Sounds as well as RAM -Sounds to disk or hard disk to build a library of Sounds for future use. The «Save Single Sound» procedure is charac- terized by an increased number of steps, owing to the fact that there are 16 Sound Groups, each consisting of 8 Banks of 16 slots.
  • Page 141 5. Press ENTER twice to execute the command. Bear in mind that the RAM-Sound will take the ProgramChange number of the chosen destination, therefore, if you save 19-7 SwOrgan to, say, destination 25-16, the Sound will be shown with the new ProgramChange number on a future load op- eration, not with the old.
  • Page 142 SAVE SINGLE PERFORMANCE, SINGLE STYLE PERFORMANCE, SINGLE USER STYLE The «Save Single» procedure is also used to save a single Performance (Real), a single ROM Style Performance or a single User Style to floppy disk or Hard disk. Single Performances (Real) can be saved to any of the 64 available Performance Groups locations in disk, overwriting those already present if you wish.
  • Page 143 1. Select SINGLE 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. 3.
  • Page 144 SAVE GROUP PERF, STYLE PERF, USER STYLE, SONG Use «Save Group» to save an entire Group of User Styles (and associated User Style-Perform- ances), Performances (Real), Style Perform- ances (associated to the Rom Styles) or Songs. A Group of 8 elements which can be saved in a single step.
  • Page 145 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. 3.
  • Page 146 SAVE ALL Use «Save All» to save an entire set of file types contained in RAM in a single step. This proce- dure allows you to save: • up to 16 Songs (All Song); • 16 Groups of Ram-Sounds and RAM Sounds (All Sound);...

  • Page 147: General Disk Handling Information

    EJECTING A FLOPPY DISK Before ejecting a disk, make sure that the disk drive operating led is off and that the WK4 dis- play is not currently showing a “Loading” or “Sav- ing” message. To extract the disk, press the eject button and remove the disk.
  • Page 148 RAM, or should the hard disk suffer damage and data loss, you will always be able to recuperate • If your WK4 has to be transported, make sure the data from your disks. that a floppy disk is not inserted in the disk drive.

  • Page 149: Songs & Midi Files

    WK4 internal sound generator or an expander in the MIDI File (General MIDI ON flag). If this controlled by WK4. A Song is a MIDI event list – message is not detected, sounds that differ to a a list for each track.
  • Page 150 (OUT) MIDI. patible with all WK and PS Series instruments «MIDI-receive» icon (e.g. WK4 and WK3), use the Sounds of the first three Sound banks and record the Songs using The track receives MIDI messages (IN) 16 tracks only (MIDI channels A1…A16).
  • Page 151 SONG-PERFORMANCES SELECTING SONG-PERFORMANCES Normally, Sound change messages 1. In Song mode, press the SONG P. button. (ProgramChange and BankSelect) are inserted The SONG P. button is located to the left of in the single track. Effects change messages are the Performance Groups section. inserted in the Master Track.

  • Page 152: Selecting Songs

    Selecting Songs WK4 can store up to 16 Songs. Press the SONG button to select a Song and pass to Song mode. Pressing the SONG button opens the selection window with the list of the memorized Songs. Once a Song has been selected with the Soft button, the Song is active and can be played.

  • Page 153: Song Playback/Jukebox

    Song Playback/Jukebox PLAYBACK CONTROL BUTTONS The buttons which control the playback of Songs in memory are in the SEQUENCER section. Song playback control buttons PLAY 1. After selecting the Song, press PLAY to start the playback. This button starts the Song playback (or re- cording).
  • Page 154 3. Rotate the DIAL (TEMPO/DATA) to change the tempo. During playback, the DIAL changes the Song’s playing speed (tempo). STOP 4. Press STOP to stop the playback. This button stops the Song playback (or re- cording). When the Song has been stopped at a posi- tion that differs to the initial Song start posi- tion, the LED on the STOP button flashes.

  • Page 155: Play View» Parameters

    The [i] or [e] symbols, shown after the tempo value, are an indication of the status of the synchronizing MIDI clock: [i] = internal (WK4) or [e] = external (external sequencer connected to the WK4 MIDI IN). The synchronization is programmed in «Edit MIDI», «General settings»...
  • Page 156 Locator (Song position pointer) • Forced stop This section shows the current Song position The Song starts at the point indicated by the expressed in measures and beats. When the locator and stops at the specified End. Song is not playing, the Locator can be modified •...

  • Page 157: Play View Soft Buttons

    Time Signature (programmable with an empty Play view Soft buttons Song) This parameter can only be modified before re- JUKEBOX... (F1) cording the Song. Recalls the Jukebox function (explained after- wards). OPTION... (F2) Metronome options. Start Tempo (programmable when the Song is off) Countdown - activates a one measure lead Determines the starting tempo of a Song.
  • Page 158 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 159: Jukebox Soft Buttons

    Jukebox Soft buttons To display score, chords and lyrics (SCORE button) DELETE (F4) While the Sequencer is playing a Song, the dis- Removes a selected Song from the Jukebox list. play or an external monitor or television can show the melody, chords and/or lyrics (the optional Generalmusic A/V card is need for external dis- INSERT (F5) play).
  • Page 160 TO DISPLAY THE SCORE IMPORTANT Before displaying the score, chords and lyrics, you must first generate the Score part (in «Edit Song.», «Edit Score» function). The supplied demos and Songs found in commercial outlets may already include a Score. 1 Select the Song. Press the SONG button, then select a Song with the Soft buttons.
  • Page 161 TO DISPLAY LYRICS IN LARGE TYPE 1 In Song mode, press SCORE to display the Score. 2 Press F8 («Score controls...») to open the «Score controls» dialog window. 3 Select the «Lyrics 1,2,3 or 4» option with the cursor buttons. The options correspond to: All - notes, chords and lyrics.
  • Page 162 TO DISPLAY LYRICS ON AN EXTERNAL MONITOR IMPORTANT: A monitor can be connected only if the Generalmusic audio/video board is installed. 1 Connect one of the video outputs to a domestic TV or to a monitor. The dedicated cable to connect an RCA con- S-VHS VIDEO nector is supplied with the optional AV board.
  • Page 163 5 Set the «Echo LCD» parameter to OFF. «Echo LCD = OFF»: only the Score or the Lyrics is displayed on the external monitor. «Echo LCD = ON»: the monitor displays ex- actly what is shown on the display, including all the controls.
  • Page 164 TO CREATE A SCORE PART (EDIT SCORE) The Score (staff with musical notation, chord sym- bols and lyrics) must be created for new Songs. Record the melody track of a Song to generate the Score using the following instructions. Edit Score also contains a Lyrics Editor which allows you to insert your own Lyrics and Chord symbols into the Score.

  • Page 165: Rapid Song Recording (Quickrec)

    Rapid Song recording (QuickRec) WK4 allows you to record a Song in a conven- tional way - track by track including the Drum part using the ‘manual insertion’ method – or in a sim- ple way, using the existing automatic accompa- niments.
  • Page 166 FIRST PHASE: ENTER THE ‘RECORD PENDING’ STATUS 1. In Style/RealTime mode, select the Style and the Performance with which you want start the re- cording. 2 Press SONG and select an empty location (i.e. a new Song). A dialog window appears asking you to choose between the conventional («Record») and the «QuickRec»...
  • Page 167 Note: Do not disconnect the tracks from internal sound generation («Configuration» page of «Edit MIDI»). The QuickRec method allows you to record only the tracks connected to the WK4 sounds. Hint: To use one or more tracks to play only the...
  • Page 168 THIRD PHASE: RECORDING AND ESCAP- ING FROM ‘RECORD PENDING‘ STATUS 1. Preselect an INTRO, ENDING or FILL as required. 2. Activate KEY START, if desired. 3. Press START/STOP or PLAY. Pressing START/STOP activates PLAY au- tomatically. The recording starts immediately and the locator starts to monitor the meas- ures (bars) of the Song being recorded.
  • Page 169 Record method (conventional recording method). • modify the Song in «Edit Song». • save the Song to disk as an WK4 Song. • convert the song in MIDI file format (if you wish to transfer it to another compatible MIDI instrument or compu-...

  • Page 170: 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 171: Midi

    (slave) must emit the sounds. THE MIDI THRU PORT For example, when a note is played on the WK4 The MIDI THRU port permits the connection of keyboard, the MIDI OUT port transmits a Note...
  • Page 172 TRACKS AND MIDI CHANNELS If you have a computer capable of directing MIDI data to the serial port (specified as RS232 in IBM WK4 can transmit and receive via two groups of PCs and compatibles, MODEM in Macintosh) you MIDI channels.
  • Page 173 • If a single WK4 track (Upper 1 - track 8) con- In WK4 the Control Changes and relative values trols an expander, the expander must be pro- follow the system 0-127. For example, the Bank grammed to receive on MIDI channel 8.

  • Page 174: Playing Wk4 With A Master Keyboard

    The master keyboard must transmit on the same MIDI channel as the Common channel assigned If you are not able to select single WK4 sounds to WK4. The WK4 Common Channel must be from a master keyboard connected via the Com- active.
  • Page 175 To select a Style, send a Bank Select (CC00) and The Style controls can be simulated by sending Program Change (PC) message from the mas- a Control Change 80 message to WK4 with the ter keyboard with the values shown in the follow- values shown in the following table.
  • Page 176 SELECTING SONGS CONTROLLING A SONG To select a Song, send a Bank Select (CC00) To control a Song via remote control, the WK4 and Program Change (PC) message to WK4 with MIDI Clock must be set to External. the values shown in the following table.

  • Page 177: Wk4 Used As A Controlling Device

    MIDI channel as that assigned to the KEYBOARD track. For example, if the WK4 track trans- When WK4 is set for Local Off operation, the key- mits on channel 8, program the expander to board is disconnected from the internal sound received on channel 8.

  • Page 178: Programming Songs On An External Sequencer

    Press RECORD to escape from “record- In LOCAL OFF status, WK4 transmits on MIDI pending” status. channel 1 of group A. 4. In WK4, set the track that will be used to re- ceive MIDI to key-play. MIDI OUT Press STORE PERFORMANCE to save the Song-Performance to memory.
  • Page 179 Use a standard Macintosh serial cable. Connect THRU ports. These ports transmit exactly the one end of the cable to the WK4 and the other to same data as those received at MIDI IN: the MODEM port of the Macintosh.
  • Page 180 8•10 User Guide...

  • Page 181: Digital Signal Processor

    • 9 Digital Signal Processor WK4 allows you to route the Performances (Real Performances, Style-Performances and Song- Performances) to the on-board multi-effects proc- essor to enrich the sounds with Reverb and Modulation effects. The Digital Signal Processor consists of four real...

  • Page 182: Selecting The Effect Types

    Group A parameters will be assignable for the keyboard tracks and the Group B to the ac- companiment tracks. If WK4 is set to Song Mode, the Group A and Group B parameters will be freely assignable (Group A and B assignments are carried in the Send Level page, explained in the Edit Effects chapter of the Reference Guide).
  • Page 183 4. Select the Vol parameter and regulate the gen- eral Effect Volume levels for the Performance. Use the directional arrows to select the pa- rameters and the Dial to enter a value. Select other tracks with the cursor button. 5. Press STORE PERFORMANCE and ENTER to save the changes to the current Performance.

  • Page 184: Bypassing The Effects

    Bypassing the effects While playing, you can bypass both effect types assigned to the current Performance. The status of the EFFECTS BYPASS button shows at a glance whether the effects are inserted or bypassed. • LED on = effects bypassed. •...

  • Page 185: Regulating The Send Levels

    Regulating the Send levels Each track of the current Performance can be independently adjusted for the amount of Reverb or Modulation effect applied. The SEND LEVEL function of the Edit Effects page gains access to the parameters. 1. Press the EFFECTS button in the EDIT section then press the Soft button F2 to activate the SEND LEVEL parameter.
  • Page 186 4. Adjust the Send levels with the Dial. The value can vary from 0 (effect off) to 127. Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 to make other modi- fications. 5. Press STORE PERFORMANCE and ENTER to save the changes to the current Performance. Press EFFECTS or ESCAPE to exit the Edit Effects page.

  • Page 187: Reference Guide

    Reference Guide • 10 Selection/Help • 11 Recording a Song • 12 User Style recording • 13 Edit overview • 14 Edit Effects • 15 Edit MIDI • 16 Edit Mixer • 17 Edit Contr./Pads • 18 Edit T./Split • 19 Edit Perf Sound •...
  • Page 188 Reference Guide...

  • Page 189: Selection/Help

    2. Select a Performance with the correspond- Performance (selected with the ing Soft button. corresponding Soft button) Note: When you select a Performance, WK4 sends CC00 [value 48]-PC messages in rapid succession on the Common Channel . The BankSelect, ProgramChange, Volume and Pan messages of the tracks are sent on the normal MIDI channels.

  • Page 190: Selecting Styles

    2. Select a Style with the corresponding Soft button. To select USER Styles, send Control Change 00 (value = 44) and a Program Change. Note: When you select a Style, WK4 sends CC00 [value 32 or 44]-PC messages in rapid Message.. selects...

  • Page 191: Selecting Sounds

    BankSelect MSB), Control Change 32 (CC32/ BankSelect LSB), ProgramChange (PC) to an external unit connected to the WK4 MIDI OUT. To select an WK4 Sound, it is sufficient to specify the message CC00-PC. The CC32 message can be ignored. The keypad insertion zone will close automati- cally after a few seconds of inactivity.
  • Page 192 Sounds of the current Bank. When working with an external sequencer, messages must be entered in the order CC00- CC32-PC. If it is intended to select only the WK4 Sounds, the PC32 part of the message can be ignored.
  • Page 193 The Sound selection message must be received on the MIDI channel assigned to the track to which the Sound is assigned. To select a WK4 Sound, you must send a Con- trol Change 00 (CC00/BankSelect MSB) and Pro- gram Change (PC) message.

  • Page 194: Selecting Songs

    SELECTING SONGS Panel selection Selecting a Song sets WK4 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, WK4 sends CC00 [value 55]-PC messages in rapid succession on the Common Channel .

  • Page 195: Selecting Song-Performances

    To select a Song via MIDI, the selection mes- Song-Performance select with the Soft buttons sage must be sent to WK4 on the Common Chan- nel. Send the Control Change 00 [Value 64] and a Program Change message in rapid succession.

  • Page 196: Display Hold

    Effects Off Display Hold You can select items from a selection display with- You can choose to select and play your Perform- out closing the selection window by pressing the ances, Styles and Songs without the programmed D. HOLD button. effects by activating the EFFECTS OFF button.

  • Page 197: Help

    Help HOW TO USE HELP WK4 incorporates an on-line-help system which provides brief information on the basic functions 1. Press the HELP button when you want gen- of the instrument. This feature is particularly help- eral information regarding the current mode.
  • Page 198 How to activate PANIC • If your machine locks up while working with MIDI, press the two buttons to the right of the display. WK4 sends the “all notes off” and “reset all controllers” messages to all connected MIDI devices. 10•10 Reference Guide...

  • Page 199: Recording A Song

    • 11 Recording a Song RESTORING THE SONGS MEMORY This section explains the two principal methods used to record a Song. If you have loaded disk-based Songs or recorded Songs and used up all the memory dedicated to the storage of Songs, a quick and easy way of QUICK REC RECORDING clearing Song memory and making room for other The easiest method, called “Quick Rec”, exploits...

  • Page 200: The Quick Rec Method

    The Quick Rec method 1. Press SONG to open the «Songs» dialog window and select a free location (##########). 2. Select the QuickRec option from the «New Song» dialog window by pressing the soft button F2. The RECORD LED lights up and the Quick Record page activates showing a negative highlight page.

  • Page 201: The Record Method

    The Record method PREPARATION 5. Select and program the initial Song param- eters: 1. Press SONG. In the «Select Song» dialog • «Time Signa- window and select an empty location (shown ture» to modify as ########). the time signature (metronome). 2.
  • Page 202 7. If necessary, The Start locator can be modified only when select «Play/ the Play/Rec mode is set to Loop. The End Rec Mode» to locator can be modified only if the Play/Rec alter the Song Play/Rec mode: mode is set to Forced Stop or Loop. •...
  • Page 203 RECORDING UNDO If, during the recording phase, you want to can- 1. Press PLAY to start the recording. If cel the last performed recording task, use UNDO Countdown=ON wait for the countdown to fin- to cancel the last performed task. The UNDO ish before playing (events are not recorded button is located to the right of the display, just during the countdown phase).

  • Page 204: The «Record View» Page In Detail

    The «Record View» page in detail MODE... (F1) Tempo - To record the Tempo variations. Settings: On, Off. Opens the «Record Mode» dialog window where P.Volume. - To record the general Volume of you can select various recording options. the instrument using the Volume pedal . Replace - The new notes substitute “old”...
  • Page 205 ERASE... (F7) Loc and End indicators determine the start and end point of the recording. Cancellation of the track or Song. Loop - Song playback or recording repeats Track - Cancels the selected track. continuously. When the Song reaches the end, it loops back to the beginning and starts Song - Cancels all the tracks (entire Song) again and continues to repeat until stopped...
  • Page 206 TEMPO MEMORY PROGRESS BAR Initial playing/recording speed. The parameter A bar graph which monitors the amount of can be modified with the DIAL in the «Play View» memory being used up by the song as it is being or «Record View» page, or in the Master Track. recorded.

  • Page 207: User Style Recording

    • 12 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 208: Recording

    Recording PREPARATION 1. Select a USER Style. Select a free location environment locator name (##########) 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 209 • «Tempo» to modify the playing speed. • «Key note» to specify the refer- ence key. When a chord is played, WK4 transposes the riffs. You must, therefore, in- dicate the key in which the riffs are pro- grammed. 7. Set both parts of the «Scale conversion»...
  • Page 210 RECORDING RESTORING THE USER STYLES MEMORY 1. Press START/STOP to start the recording. A If you have loaded disk-based Style or recorded one-measure countdown with start. User Styles and used up all the memory dedi- cated to the storage of Styles, a quick and easy 2.

  • Page 211: The «Record View» Page In Detail

    The «Record View» page in detail MODE... (F1) REC VIEW (F6) Opens the «Record Mode» dialog window where Recalls the «Record View» page where it is pos- you can select various recording options. sible to control the record/play parameters. Replace - The new notes substitute “old” ERASE...
  • Page 212 QUANTIZE If you program a Style accompaniment based on An auto-corrector of timing during the recording the Major scale, the WK4 arranger will automati- phase. The selection values are normal, triplets cally convert a minor or 7th chord accordingly. or swing.
  • Page 213 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 214 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 215: Edit Overview

    • 13 Edit overview Edit section The buttons of the EDIT/NUMBERS section gain access to a series of functions which determine how the instrument works. Each button corre- sponds to an edit environment. Most of the modi- fications can be saved to the Performance asso- ciated to the current mode (Style/RealTime or Song), by pressing the STORE PERFORMANCE button.
  • Page 216 If an edit environment contains more than one In the «Disk» environment, each page corre- menu (as in example, Edit Tracks/Splits) it is pos- sponds to a function. Pass from one page to sible to pass from one menu to the other with the another with the page scroll buttons .

  • Page 217: The Edit Pages

    THE EDIT PAGES k. Menu selector/indicator corresponding to the buttons . When these arrows are not Using the «Transpose» page of «Edit Tracks/ active for selection, it is an indication that Splits» as an example: other menus are not available. Conversely, when one or both are active for selection, they indicate the presence of a menu before or after.

  • Page 218: Memorizing Modifications To A Performance

    5. If you wish to modify a single track of the 7. If necessary, pass on to another editor. You Performance, select the track with the Soft can use the buttons , or return to the buttons A...H. You can also select the track main menu with ESCAPE and select another by moving the cursor to it relative parameter editor with DIAL+ENTER.

  • Page 219: Edit Effects

    • 14 Edit Effects Chapter 9 (The Digital Signal Processor) dis- cusses how to assign the Effects to the Perform- ances both for Style/RealTime mode and for Song mode. This chapter shows you how to edit the effect parameters and save the modifications. EFFECTS TYPE (F1) Press the EFFECTS button in the EDIT section This function assigns the effects to the DSP.

  • Page 220: Send Level

    You can pro- are processed by the Group B effects. The key- gram the WK4 reverb in order to obtain the best board tracks are processed by the Group A ef- results over headphones, or for home listening, fects.

  • Page 221: 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 222 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. 14•4 Reference Guide...

  • Page 223: Effect 1 - Reverb Table

    Effect 1 - Reverb table Effect 1 - Reverbs 1 Hall 1 Rev.Time [0-0.1s ... 99-10s] Delay [0ms ... 99ms] H.F.Decay [Ø-bypass ... 10-16kHz] 2 Hall 2 “ “ “ 3 Hall 3 “ “ “ 4 Warm Hall “ “...

  • Page 224: Effect 2 - Modulation Effects Table

    Effect 2 - Modulation effects 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 225: Edit Midi

    • 15 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

    MIDI, or it can be exploited by a Song or Style. The icon also corresponds to a master keyboard connected via the Common Channel, which simu- lates the WK4 keyboard and on-board control- Edit MIDI - Configuration lers (pedals, trackball).

  • Page 227: Midi Filters

    Clock of external MIDI devices. Hint: To avoid transmitting ProgramChange Setting “External” places WK4 on stand-by, wait- data to an expander connected to the WK4 MIDI ing to receive the PLAY, START or STOP com- OUT, activate the MIDI OUT ProgramChange filter for the track.
  • Page 228 Songs with a computer. A computer operates as a THRU device. After receiving data by a WK4 track which has been transposed, the computer can return the notes to the same track which will transpose them fur- ther.
  • Page 229 General MIDI). The table shows the drumkit Program Changes according to the status of the parameter. Options: On, Off. MIDI channel 10, General MIDI On - conversion table (automatic) PC-GM PC-BS WK4 Drumkit GM Drumkit WK4 1 … 8 113-2 Standard DK-STAND1 9 …...

  • Page 230: Common Channel/Arrangement

    Song selected messages to WK4. niment from the chord section, from the bass • transmission to WK4 of chord data for the section, or from both sections. automatic accompaniment. The Common Channel unites to these two chan-...

  • Page 231: Midi Dump

    The keyboard cannot play the internal WK4 sounds directly. Activate Local Off to program Songs on an ex- ternal sequencer. WK4 transmits data to the ex- ternal sequencer, and the sequencer returns the data to the WK4 internal sound engine.
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  • Page 233: Edit Mixer Volume

    • 16 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 234: Random Pan

    Value range: 0 (no effects) ... 7 (maximum ran- Normally the WK4 sends sounds to both LEFT domness). and RIGHT outputs, but it is possible to send some tracks to the auxiliary 1 and 2 outputs, for an external mixing operation and a wider sound ‘opening’.

  • Page 235: Equalizer

    EQUALIZER (F5) Two band general equalization, corresponding to the Treble/Bass controls of stereo devices. The graphic representation shows the level and the intersection zone of the two bands. Low Frequency The highest limit of the Bass frequencies. Value range: 100Hz ... 400Hz. Low gain Control of the Low frequencies.
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  • Page 237: Edit Controllers/Pads

    • 17 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 238: 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 239 C#32 - CC32: Control Change 32 (Bank Select LSB). This parameter does not re- PED./PAD (PEDALS/PADS LOCK) (F8) quire a setting to play an internal WK4 sound. Range 1…128. When selected, the Pedals/Pads Lock conserves the current pedal and pad programmed status Note - Determines the note played.

  • Page 240: 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 241: 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 243: Edit Tracks/Splits

    • 18 Edit Tracks/Split In «Edit Tracks/Splits» you can program param- eters that are exclusive to the tracks and the Harmony function which is exploited by the Styles. Press the T. SPLIT button in the EDIT section to gain access to the «Edit Tracks/Split». This section consists of two menus.

  • Page 244: Detune

    DETUNE (F3) A fine tune function for single tracks. Each step is equivalent to 1/64th semitone. Assignable values: - 63…0…+63 . Edit Tracks/Split - Detune (Track fine tuning operations) RANDOM PITCH (F4) Creates slight pitch variations freely and is use- ful to simulate the pitch instability typical of acous- tic instruments.

  • Page 245: Mode/Priority

    MODE/PRIORITY (F5) VELOCITY CURVE (F6) (1) Selects the polyphonic/monophonic mode for Provides a selection of Velocity response curves. the tracks. (2) Activates/deactivates the Priority As well as modifying the velocity data, velocity option (guaranteed minimum polyphony for the curves allow the creation of crossfade effects track).

  • Page 246: Velocity Range

    VELOCITY RANGE (F7) HARMONY (F1) Sets velocity limits for each track above and be- Allows you to choose from a selection of harmony low which the sound will not play. These limits types. The Harmony function is enabled and disa- allow the creation of cross-switching effects by bled by pressing the HARMONY button on the assigning tracks different velocity ranges.
  • Page 247 Octave 1: doubles the note of the right hand by playing an octave higher. No left hand chord required. Octave 2: doubles the note of the right hand, one octave above as well as one oc- tave below. No left hand chord required. Peterson: doubles the note of the right hand with a note two octaves below.

  • Page 248: Delay

    DELAY (F2) Allows to program 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 reproduced after the time indicated by this pa- rameter. 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 249: Create Track

    CREATE TRACK (F5) COPY TRACK (F6) This parameter is valid only when the instrument Copies one track to another. The destination track is set to Song Mode. assumes all the programmed settings of the source track. Creates a track with default values. Pressing the Soft button F6 opens the «Create Track»...

  • Page 250: Erase Track

    ERASE TRACK (F7) This parameter is valid only when the instrument is set to Song Mode. Cancels the selected track. Procedure: 1. Select the track to cancel. A track engaged by the sequencer cannot be erased. 2. Press F7 to cancel the track. You are prompted to confirm the operation: 3.

  • Page 251: Edit Perfsound/Sound Patch

    The modifications are associated to the tracks and not to the Sound or Sound Patch, therefore, THE GENERAL EDIT PROCEDURE: any WK4 Sound that you assign to the edited track will inherit the same modifications. If the 1. Select or create a Performance containing...

  • Page 252: Edit Perf Sound

    OSCILLATORS AND LAYERS The structure of the Sounds is represented in the The WK4 Sounds can comprise 1, 2 or 3 layers. diagram below. The «Edit Perf Sound» tasks The layers are sound generating units consisting modify all layers and all oscillators simultaneously.
  • 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 THE PERF SOUND OPTIONS The Low Frequency Oscillator is normally used to Copy to... (F6) produce vibrato. In the WK4, the LFO can also Copies the modifications applied to the Sound of create a cyclic variation of the parameters of the a track to a different Track of the same Perform- 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 that divides Layer 1 from Layer 2. Catch note... (F1) 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 Save the modifications as a new Drumkit/Sound 6. Press ENTER to save the new file to the selected 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 • 20 Option Option The OPTION button is at the disposal of func- tions implemented by future software updates. In the software version on which your owner’s manual is based, no software updates are imple- mented through the OPTION function. When you press this button, the following mes- sage appears: Press ESCAPE to close the window.
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  • Page 263: Edit General

    • 21 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 264: 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 265 programming tasks allow you to alter the pitch of Coarse&Fine - Copies both the coarse tuned one or more notes by modifying the coarse and notes as well as the fine.. fine tuning parameters of the current scale. The Coarse - Copies only the coarse tuned notes. final configuration can then be copied to selected Finetune - Copies only the fine tuning.

  • Page 266: Pedalboard/Computer

    Pedalboard / Computer Note Function Note Function 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 267: 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 268: 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 Video card.
  • Page 269 The VU-meter indicates the level of the input signal. The dark panel slider. The M. VOL slider regulates the sum zone to the extreme right represents clipping (distortion). of the internal sound generator output level (WK4 sounds and signal of the MIC/LINE IN inputs). Volume Separate volume control for each input.
  • Page 270 IN2 jacks. When the inputs are active, the over- all polyphony is reduced by two voices; if you do not intend using the Mic/Line inputs, deactivate them in order to direct the two voices to the inter- nal WK4 sounds. 21•8 Reference Guide...

  • Page 271: System Info

    SYSTEM INFO (F3) This option displays information regarding the presence or absence of the various accessories that can be installed in WK4. Press F1 once again to show the date and time of the release: If the battery charge level is low, leave the instru- ment turned on for at least 15 hours to recharge the battery completely.
  • Page 272 RESTORE SONGS (F7) For example, if you use the Restore Perform- ance command, you will cancel all user-pro- This operation cancels all Song in RAM. The grammed Performances and restore the origi- Songs memory is restored to the factory-set sta- nal factory settings.

  • Page 273: Edit Song

    • 22 Edit Song After recording a Song using either the «Record» method or the «QuickRec» method, it can be ed- ited by entering «Edit Song». HOW TO ENTER «EDIT SONG» Select the Song that requires editing. THE EDIT PROCEDURE The name of the Song will appear in the title bar 1.

  • Page 274: The Main Menu Options

    ENTER or cancel with ES- Name - Name of the Song which appears in the CAPE. WK4 file selector. This name does not appear when the disk is read by a computer. Maximum character length: 10. Title - Full name of the Song.

  • Page 275: 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 276 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, ControChange 00...31,...

  • Page 277: 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 278: 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 279 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 280: 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 281 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 282: 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 283: 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 284: 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 285: Transpose

    Transpose Transposition by semitones. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the operation. Transpose value Determines the value of the transposition (in semitones). Note range from... to... Assigns the upper and lower limits of the notes to be affected. To transpose a single percussive instrument of the Drum track, assign the same note to the highest and lowest limit.

  • Page 286: 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 287 Bank Select Change message. The MSB message. LSB message. PC contained in To select the Not necessary the tracks and WK4 banks, use to select the shown in the numbers 1...16. WK4 sounds. Microscope has [1...128] [1...128] priority over the PC recorded in Performance.
  • Page 288 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 289: 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 290 PROGRAMMABLE EVENTS AND PARAM- STATUS VALUE T E M P O Metronomic Tempo. ETERS If the Tempo Rec option is active The «Status» column shows the type of event. during the recording One or more parameters can be modified for each tempo variations event.
  • Page 291 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 292: Score & Edit Score

    Press F8 («Score controls...») to select the view- pressing SCORE. To view on an external moni- ing options and the video standard. tor, the WK4 must be fitted with Generalmusic’s optional Audio/Video card. When a Song containing a Score is in playback, an indicator ( ) monitors the position of the The Score is created in «Edit Song».
  • Page 293 Control» dialog window. Viewing options for an external monitor. Echo LCD ON: the external monitor displays exactly what is shown on the WK4 display. OFF: the monitor displays only the Score parts (music, lyrics, chords). Options: On, Off. View mode Selects a color for the lyrics and for the back- ground.
  • Page 294 Chords on lyrics If ON, the viewing options Lyric 1 ...Lyric 4, the external monitor shows chord symbols together with lyrics. SPECIAL SYMBOLS At times, the music score will show special sym- bols. The «octave lower» symbol. The displayed note or notes are in reality one octave lower.

  • Page 295: Edit Score

    Edit Score HOW TO ENTER EDIT SCORE INSERTING NOTES 1. Press SONG and select a Song. To create a Score, notes are withdrawn from a Song track. 2. Press ST./SONG in the EDIT section to en- ter «Edit Song». 1. Press F4 («Get Score»): 3.
  • Page 296 1. Press F5 («Chords») to take the cursor to 6. If you want to indicate a bass extension, or a the chord line (above the staff). pedal note, press the function button F («Ex- tension») and play the alternative chord. The 2.
  • Page 297 INSERTING LYRICS To escape and return to the note, press the soft button E («Previous event»). To escape Lyrics corresponds to the MIDI Lyrics event. This and pass to the next note press the soft but- type of event is loaded and saved with MIDI files. ton D («Next event»).
  • Page 298 The «Edit Score» page in detail CHORDS (F5) >> 1/16 (F8) Takes the cursor to the Chords line (above the Each note greater than a sixteenth ( demisemi- staff). quaver ) is ideally subdivided into sixteenths; this button takes the cursor to the next sixteenth. For example, a quaver (8th) is divided into two 1/ 16ths, a crotchet (quarter) into four 1/16ths, etc..
  • Page 299 EXTENSION (F) END PHRASE (F) This command allows you to add an alternative This command inserts an ‘End phrase’ symbol bass extension to the chord. Select a chord and (‘I’) at the end of a verse. In the viewing modes press soft button F, then play a complete chord Lyrics 1 …...
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  • Page 301: Edit Style

    • 23 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 ROM Style, only the Copy func- 1.
  • Page 302 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 303: 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 304 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 305: 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 306: 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 307 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 308: 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 309 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 310: 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 311: Delete Measures

    Delete measures Cancels a specified number of measures. The measures directly after the point of cancellation shift towards the beginning of the Style and join with the measures preceding the cancellation point. Set the parameters and press ENTER to con- firm the cancellation.

  • Page 312: 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 313: 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 314: Microscope

    Event List track in edit Microscope 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 315 Bank Select Change message. The MSB message. LSB message. PC contained in To select the Not necessary the tracks and WK4 banks, use to select the shown in the numbers 1...16. WK4 sounds. Microscope has [1...128] [1...128] priority over the PC recorded in Performance.
  • Page 316 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 317: 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 318 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 319: Preload

    The Preload function is a background loading facility which allows you to playback all the Songs If you have a WK4 Songs disk, or have purchased and/or MIDI Files contained in a floppy disk or a MIDI File data disk, or your Hard disk contains...

  • Page 320: Create A Preload List

    7. Press F8 («Play») to playback the Songs in Create a Preload list the Preload list. The PRELOAD led starts to flash and during the preloading operation, the message «Preloading Song» is shown. 1. If the Preload window is not showing, press PRELOAD with a disk inserted in the drive Playback continues non-stop until all the (or without if you are using the Hard disk).

  • Page 321: The Preload Functions

    Sounds will not be loaded. RESET LIST (F4) Cancels the current list and stops the playback instantly. SONG (F5) When this option is selected, the left part of the display shows WK4 or WX/SX format Songs only. Preload 24•3...
  • Page 322 SMF (F6) If the «Auto Preload» option is selected, a Song will load with its associated RAM Sounds and When this option is selected, the left part of the Sounds contained in the Block housing display shows the MIDI files contained in the disk, the Song.

  • Page 323: Edit Disk & Hard Disk

    • 25 Edit Disk & Hard Disk This chapter discusses the file handling opera- tions not discussed in the Disk & Hard Disk chap- ter 6 of the User Guide (Erase, Copy, Move, and Utility), the disk (Refresh disk, Free Memory, Sample RAM, etc.), and provides information re- garding the optional Hard disk.

  • Page 324: Erase

    Erase 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 325 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. Edit Disk & Hard Disk 25•3...

  • Page 326: Copy

    Copy 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 327 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 328: Move

    Move 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 329 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 330: Utility

    Utility After pressing DISK, use the page button to pass NAVIGATING IN THE UTILITY PAGE to the last Disk page: Utility. Move around in the Disk pages with the naviga- This page provides useful functions for disk for- tional tools which are; matting and servicing.
  • Page 331 The following dialog window appears: name on the index label, you can reduce the search times even further. WK4 assigns a generic code name to disks for- matted with the Utility formatting procedures - the name depending on the size.
  • Page 332 FORMAT HARD DISK HARD DISK CHECK/RECOVERY This operation formats the Hard disk and is used This procedure can restore a damaged Hard Disk in two cases: to its original status. Damage to the Hard Disk can be caused by: 1) as an essential operation after installing a •...
  • Page 333 As a safety measure to prevent unwanted file • Check version - Version of the test pro- loss, all WK4 instruments with factory fitted Hard gram and data recovery. Disks leave the factory with the Hard Disk Pro- tection active (shown in negative highlight).

  • Page 334: 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 335 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 336 SEARCH NEXT (F8) If the displayed file is not the one you are looking for, use the “F7 to Previous” and “F8 to Next op- This option recalls the next Sound on the search tions” are required. list containing the string of characters specified When you find the file you are looking for, press in the Sound Search option.
  • Page 337 DOS, Windows 3.1, Atari it is essential to bear in ING WK4 DISKS WITH A COMPUTER mind the following advice: In name write situations, the WK4 allows you to • do not insert spaces within a file name (e.g.: assign names of up to 10 characters for all files, «MY FILE.BLK»).
  • Page 338 25•16 Reference Guide...

  • Page 339: Appendix

    Appendix • Sound tables • Drum tables • Style tables • Performance tables • Effects tables • MIDI Implementation • MIDI Controllers • Glossary • Index (alphabetical)
  • Page 340 ROM-Sounds PIANO group Piano1 PianoMk1 PickPiano PianoStage Piano2 PianoW2 Pianoctave Piano3 E.G.Piano1 E.G.Piano2 HonkyTonk DetPiano Western E.Piano1 ThinRhodx E.Piano4 RhodxFilt E.PianoMk E.PianoX E.Piano2 E.Piano3 E.Piano5 E.PianoSft DetuneE.P. DynE.P. Harpsichor Harpsich2 Harpsich3 Clavinet SynClav WowClav CHROM PERC. group Celesta CelestaPlk ToyPiano Glockenspl GlockVibes GlockChoir...
  • Page 341 ROM-Sounds Tables A•3...
  • Page 342 ROM-Sounds BASS group AcoustcBs1 AcoustcBs2 AcousticBs3 Dyn.AcoBs HarmAcBs FingeredBs Dyn.Fingrd Dyn.Bass1 Dyn.Baxx’ PickBass Dyn.Bass2 PckBass2 PkBsMute HarmElBs Fretless AcidBass1 Flanged SlapBass1 Dyn.Bass3 SlapSynBs SlapBass2 WXBass StopBass ThumBass SynBass1 SynBass3 TecknoBass SynBass2 SynBass4 RaveBass SynthBass2 STRINGS group Violin SlowViolin ViolinOrch Violin 2 Viola BowedViola ViolaPad...
  • Page 343 ROM-Sounds Tables A•5...
  • Page 344 ROM-Sounds REED group Soprano Soprano2 SoprFilter SoftSax SaxNoise SoftFilt AltoSax TenorSax OctaveSax TenFilter BaritonSax BaritDet BariFilter Oboe OboeChiff OboeFilter EnglisHorn EngHorn2 HornFilter Bassoon Bassoon2 BassoonFlt Clarinet ClarSolo ClarFilter LiscioClar PIPE group Piccolo HardFlute1 HardFlt2 Flute Dyn.Flute1 DynHiFlute Recorder HardFlute2 Bubbler PanFlute PanFlute2 Dyn.Pan...
  • Page 345 ROM-Sounds Tables A•7...
  • Page 346 ROM-Sounds SYN SFX group IceRain Noiseres BigRoom Submarin Soundtrack MoonWind Slope Ekoendls SynRain Crystal Wind SynLead2 Jets Atmosphere Arp26000 GlockAthm Smak Brightness WithGas PopUp OnOff Goblin Resonance NoGravity Synthex3 EchoDrops Synthex1 Synthex2 Synthex4 Synthex5 Synthex6 StarTheme StarTheme2 PowerBad StarTheme3 ETHNIC group Sitar SitarDet SynSitar...
  • Page 347 ROM-Sounds BDHOUSE1 BDHOUSE2 BDELECT1 BDJAZZ BDROOM1 BDSTD1 BDSTD2 BDSTD3 BDTEKNO BDORCH BDPOWER RIMSHOT1 RIMSHOT2 HOUSERIM STICK SDELECT DYNSDJAZZ SDJAZZ2 SDJAZZ3 SDORCH SDROOM1 SDROOM2 SDSTD1 SDSTD2 SDSTD3 SDSTD4 HOUSSD1 HOUSESD2 HOUSECLAP ROLLSNARE BRUSREV BRUSRIG BRUSHSLP BRUSHTAP TOMELEC TOMHIGH TOMJAZZ TOMROOM TOMLOW TIMPANI OPSURDO2 HHCLO1L...
  • Page 348 Drumkits A•10 Appendix...
  • Page 349 Drumkits Tables A•11...
  • Page 350 Drumkits A•12 Appendix...
  • Page 351 Drumkits Tables A•13...
  • Page 352 Drumkits A•14 Appendix...
  • Page 353 Drumkits Tables A•15...
  • Page 354 Drumkits A•16 Appendix...
  • Page 355 Drumkits Tables A•17...
  • Page 356 Drumkits A•18 Appendix...
  • Page 357 Drumkits Tables A•19...
  • Page 358 Styles CC00 PC Style CC00 PC Style CC00 PC Style CC00 PC Style † 8 BEAT DANCE2 LATIN 1 PROG 4 8bt Std Open Disco Bossa Nova 8bt Ballad 70’ Disco Samba 8bt Folk 80’ Disco Cha Cha 8bt Hit Soul B.B.
  • Page 359 Performances/Effects CC00 PC Performances† CC00 PC Performances† CC16 PC DSP Effects † CC16 PC DSP Effects † Group 1 Group 5 0=Eff1 (Reverbs GrpA) 64=Eff2 (Mod. GrpA) 1=Eff1 (Reverbs GrpB) 65=Eff2 (Mod. GrpB) GrandPiano E.G.Piano Hall 1 Mono Delay 1 St.E.Piano OntheRhodx Hall 2...
  • Page 360 A•22 Appendix...
  • Page 361 Tables A•23...
  • Page 362 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 363 Effect change...) from an WK4-Series sponds to a percussive instrument sound. The instrument to another instrument of the same WK4 ROM Drum Kits are in banks 2,3,4 and 5 series. of the Percussive Group. Each Preset can Control Change: See MIDI Controllers.
  • Page 364 MIDI OUT data after being Hard disk: Data storage device capable of high processed by the WK4 tracks. Without MIDI access speeds and available for the WK4 as an Merge, MIDI IN data are directed to the internal optional accessory.
  • Page 365 The quality of a sequencer recording is main- Memory which can be updated with new data. tained and does not decay, even after many The WK4 can be fitted with three types of RAM: recordings and modifications. The Sequencer System-RAM, Volatile Sample-RAM, battery- does not record sounds, it records MIDI data backed Sample-RAM.
  • Page 366 (in this case called a Drumkit). Source: A provider of MIDI events that can be directed to the WK4 Tracks. In the WK4, the sources of MIDI events are; the keyboard (lo- cal), the MIDI In and the Sequencer. In the...

  • Page 367: Battery & Release

    Changing the keyboard mode 4. 10 Index Changing the name of a Performance 4. 20 Changing the Split Point 4. 12 Changing the tempo of a Style 5. 19 Changing the track status 4. 9 Changing track volumes 4. 13 Channel A effects 9.
  • Page 368 Copy times 22. 7 Display lyrics on an external monitor 7. 14 Copy times (Edit Style) 23. 7 Display mode 21. 6 Copy to (Edit Perf Sound) 19. 4 Display the score 7. 12 Copy to Layer 19. 7 Drum mask 23. 18 Copy to octave 21.
  • Page 369 Effects type 14. 1 Fingered 2 5. 9, 5. 11 Ejecting a Floppy Disk 6. 35 Fixed 23. 12 Empty Track (Edit Style) 23. 2 Fixed Chord Mode 5. 9 End 7. 8, 11. 7 Fixed Velocity Mode (Edit Song) 22. 12 End line (Edit Score) 22.
  • Page 370 Help 10. 9 Load All 6. 19 Help language 21. 6 Load Group 6. 17 High Frequency (Equalizer) 16. 3 Load Operations 6. 8 High Frequency Decay 14. 3 Load Single Block 6. 9 High Gain (Effects) 14. 4 Load Single MIDI File 6. 12 High Gain (Equalizer) 16.
  • Page 371 Octave Up 21. 3 Power supply 3. 7 Power up and get to know the basics 1. 1 One Finger 5. 9 Precautions to observe when using WK4 One finger 5. 11 Open 1 18. 4 disks with a computer 25. 15...
  • Page 372 Preload 1. 18, 24. 1 Restoring the original default Preload functions 24. 3 Style-Performances 5. 20 Preload list 24. 1 Restoring the original Performance settings 4. 22 Previous event (Edit Score) 22. 24, 22. 26 Restoring the Songs memory 7. 22, 11. 1 Priority 18.
  • Page 373 Select Styles via MIDI 10. 2 Source 6. 3 Selecting Performances 4. 4 Specifications Selecting Performances during Style play 5. 14 Speed (rotary effects) 14. 3 Selecting single Sounds 4. 2 Standard MIDI file 7. 1 Selecting Song-Performances 7. 3 Start 7.
  • Page 374 What is a Riff? 12. 1 What is a Song? 7. 1 What is a Standard MIDI file? 7. 1 Windows 3. 10 WK4 used as a controlling device 8. 7 WK4-computer-expander connection 8. 9 Write Protect Tab 6. 35 Y shift 7. 15 Y shift (Video controls) 22.
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  • Page 376 Stock Code 271054 Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. PRINTED IN ITALY Sales Division: I -47048 S.Giovanni in Marignano (RN) - Italy – Via delle Rose, 12 Tel. +39 541 959511 – fax +39 541 957404 – tlx 550555 GMUSIC I Internet: http://www.generalmusic.com...

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