Front Panel Wk2 - GEM WK2 Owner's Manual

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Front Panel WK2

1. POWER ON/OFF:. Push button to turn the instrument on
and off.
2. VOLUME. Regulates the overall volume of the entire instru-
ment (speakers, headphones and the stereo Right/M-Left out-
puts).
3. STYLE/SONG. Numeric selection keypad to select the Styles
(00-95), User Styles (96-103), Song Styles (104-110) and Songs
(111-117) by specifying the corresponding Program change
number using the STYLE / SONG lists as a reference. Three
digit selections are specified by pressing the + 100 button fol-
lowed by the remaining two digits.
4. DIRECT STYLE MEMORY. Each of the 16 memory buttons
of this section memorise a preferred Style selected from the
ROM or User banks (the User Style must be loaded to memory)
for a rapid recall. The overall memorised status of both direct
memory sections can be stored to floppy disk or hard disk for
future loading.
5. CURSOR/PAGE. Navigational arrows: the CURSOR [ ] and
[ ] buttons select the functions listed in the MENU to the left of
the display. The currently selected function is indicated by the
arrowhead in the display which points to the name of the func-
tion. The PAGE [ ] and [ ] buttons pass from function page to
another.
6. MELODY OFF. This button turns off the melody of a Song in
playback, useful if a singer wants to sing along with the backing,
or if you want to play the melody yourself.
7. DEMO. Gains access to the demonstration Songs. After pressing the
buttons, use the buttons F1...F8 to select the individual demo songs.
Button F9 chains the 8 demo songs into a single melody.
8. SINGLE TOUCH PLAY. When On (display indicator on) ROM Style-
Performance sounds are assigned to all the tracks when you select the
Styles. The A
/
and A
RRANGE ON
OFF
tomatically activated. In this mode, the 9 Function buttons F1 ... F9 also
recall nine different Single Touch Play ROM panel settings which differ
according to the Style. When OFF (display indicator off), selecting Styles
recalls sounds for the accompaniment tracks (Drum, Bass, Acc 1, 2, 3)
while those of the keyboard tracks remain unchanged.
9. RECALL/STORE PERFORMANCE. A twin action button: R
press the button then use the Function buttons 1...9 to recall Perform-
ances from the current Performance Group. Other Performance Groups
are selected with the +/– buttons of the right numeric keypad. S
P
: press and hold the button to activate the Store Perform-
ERFORMANCE
ance function which allows you to save your settings to the Perform-
ances and change the Performance name.
10. FUNCTION BUTTONS F1 ... F9 (S.T.PLAY/PERFORMANCE).
These buttons select Demo Songs, Performances, Single Touch Play
settings and the tracks of the current Style, Song Style or Song, depend-
ing on the current status of the instrument. In Song mode the two rows
of numbers under the buttons correspond to the 16 Song Tracks which
are selected with the buttons F1 ... F8. Button F9 toggles between
tracks 01-08 and 09-16.
11. ARRANGER. 4 functions which control the Styles.: A
O
enables (LED On) or disables (LED Off) the Style arrangements.
FF
A
M
, the Style arrangements continue playing (display indi-
RRANGE
EMORY
cator on) or stop (display indicator off) after releasing the keys from the
4 Front/Rear Panel
functions are also au-
RRANGE MEMORY
ECALL
RRANGE
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keyboard below the split point. L
the Lower keyboard section continues playing (display indicator on) or
stops playing (display indicator off) after releasing the keys from the key-
board below the split point. B
track of the Style auto accompaniment follows the lowest left note of the
chord played, allowing real time changes of the bass accompaniment
according to the lowest note played. When OFF, the bass track follows
the programmed pattern of the Style, regardless of the chord inversion
played.
12. VARIATION 1, 2, 3, 4: These buttons allow you to change the cur-
rent Style Variation (the display indicator illuminates then goes off. The
current variation (1, 2, 3 or 4) is indicated by the corresponding LED
which turns on.
13. FADE IN/OUT, FILL IN A, FILL IN, FILL IN B/TAP. . Fade In/Out:
Starts and stops a Style with a gradual increase or decrease of volume.
TORE
Starting requires pressing the Start button. During the fade cycle, the
corresponding display indicator turns on. F
variation): recalls a Fill pattern (display indicator turns on) then passes
to the previous Style Variation. F
calls a Fill pattern then continues with the same Style variation. F
[ ] (Fill-to-next-variation): - pressed during Style play (display indicator
turns on), it recalls a Fill pattern then passes to the next variation. T
sets the Style playing speed by tapping on the button and starts the Style
automatically.
14. START/STOP, INTRO, ENDING, KEY START/CONTINUE. S
S
starts and stops the playback of a Style. I
TOP
tion of a Style on "standby" before Style start. E
O
/
N
ing display indicator turns on). K
Style with a note (or chord) pressed on the lower keyboard area. Press-
ing C
restarts the Song Style or Song from the current stop point.
ONTINUE
1
2
M
, the Sound assigned to
OWER
EMORY
, when on (LED on), the Bass
ASS TO LOWEST
A [ ] (Fill-to-previous-
ILL IN
[ ] (Fill-to-current-variation): re-
ILL IN
places the introduc-
NTRO
(the correspond-
NDING
S
synchronises the start of a
EY
TART
3
4
B
ILL IN
-
AP
/
TART

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