The Performances; Selecting The Performances; Balancing The Lower And Upper Sections - GEM GK 350 Owner's Manual

The Performances

So far, you have learnt how to select single and combined Voices in Normal, Dual
and Split modes using several panel interventions. If, every time you want to create
a preferred sound combination, you have to take several steps to arrive at your goal,
you would ask yourself if there wasn't a quicker way of selecting what you want. The
answer lies in the PERFORMANCES which offer a quick and simple method of
recalling a panel situation at the touch of a single button.
A PERFORMANCE is simply a combination of voices and other panel settings (Voices,
Track Volumes, Effect type and level, Style, Variation, Chord Recognition mode,
Split Point, etc.). The GK350 contains six Performances which recall factory-set
panel configurations, but you can also memorize your own combinations using the
STORE PERFORMANCE feature.

Selecting the Performances

1. Take a quick look at the display, then press one of PERFORMANCE buttons (P1
- P6); for example, press the [P1] button.
The display shows the situation recalled by the Performance.
If you were playing in NORMAL mode, after selecting the Performance you will
find that the keyboard will be split and the mode will have changed to either
Fingered, or One Finger, to enable the Styles. You will also see a change of
Style number. For more information about how to recall Styles by selecting the
Performances, refer to the section entitled "The Styles" on page 10).
2. Repeat the selections for all the other Performance buttons, observe the changes
in the display and play on the keyboard to listen to the change of voices.

Balancing the Lower and Upper sections

If you are playing in Normal mode with Voices on a Split keyboard, you may at some
stage want to adjust the volume of one section with respect to the other. Using the
[MIXER] Volume controls, you can balance your Upper and Lower voices to the
levels required very easily.
The MIXER consists of 5 twin buttons organized in two rows. The top row of buttons
are [INCREASE VOLUME] controls while the bottom row are [DECREASE VOL-
UME] controls. When you are playing with voices only, voice balancing tasks re-
quire the use of the [UPPER] and [LOWER] controls only. The other three controls,
(Drums, Bass and Accomp), are explained under Styles on page 14.
To increase the volume of, the Upper section, for example, press the top [INCREASE
VOLUME] button and hold it down until you reach the Volume required. The display
shows the Volume level of the Upper section.
To decrease the volume, press the bottom [DECREASE VOLUME] control.
If the Upper section is playing with the DUAL effect, the [UPPER MIXER] controls
adjust both voices at the same time.
N.B. You can also memorize your programmed
Performances to a floppy disk using the Save All
procedure explained on page 19 of the owner's
manual.
INCREASE VOLUME
DECREASE VOLUME
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