Songs; What Is A Song; The Song Performance; Selecting And Playing Back Songs - GEM WK2 Owner's Manual

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WHAT IS A SONG?

A Song is a multitrack recording of several instrumental parts, each corresponding to a
track.
Songs can be loaded from disk in the following formats: GMX, WK2, PK, CD and Standard
MIDI File (SMF 0 or 1).
Tracks contain "MIDI events"; these correspond to several different types of MIDI mes-
sages. These messages are divided into Note, Pitch Bend and Program Change mes-
sages, and a series of Control Change messages which control aspects such as Bank
change for the sounds, the Sustain pedal, Volume, the Pan and several other parameters.
The MIDI events captured by the tracks are not actual sounds, but messages which com-
municate with the WK2 internal sound generator, or with an external expander controlled by
WK2. A Song is none other than a list of MIDI events for each track.

THE SONG PERFORMANCE

A WK2 Song is governed by its associated Song-Performance. When a disk-based Song is
loaded, or saved as a MIDI File format, all the parameters of the associated Performance
are in each track into the corresponding MIDI messages (Program Change, Pan, Volume,
effects).

Selecting and playing back Songs

WK2 can store up to 7 Songs in the SONG Group of the USER 111 – 171 section (memory
permitting).

TO SELECT A SONG

Refer to the DISK chapter for explanations regarding how to load Songs and MIDI Files to
memory from Floppy Disk or Hard Disk.
• Specify the number corresponding to the desired Song (111-117).
For example: to select Song 112, first specify the hundreds with the 100+ button, then
enter the next two digits '1' and '2'.
The arrowhead to the left of the display will move automatically to the SONG menu
function.

SONG PLAYBACK

If you select a Song contained in memory, play it back using the following method.
1. After selecting the Song, press PLAY/STOP to start the playback.
During the playback, the Tempo display indicators monitor the Tempo and the measure
counter shows the current song position.
2. Rotate the DIAL (TEMPO/DATA) if you want to change the playback speed (Tempo).
The DIAL is active for Tempo changes during playback.
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Note2: When you load a Song to memory, the destination
selected corresponds to the next available location and the
procedure is cyclic. For example, if Song location 111 is
already occupied, the next loading destination will take place
at location 112. When all locations are occupied, the pro-
cedure starts from the beginning and selects location 111,
cancelling the song previously loaded.
TEMPO

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