The Owner's Manual; Specifications; Sound Table Wk2 - GEM WK2 Owner's Manual

Introduction
Congratulations and thank you for having purchased Generalmusic's WK2 Multimedia workstation. This instrument is the successful result of the
combination of extraordinary sound quality, automatic accompaniments and an easy-to-operate user interface.
MULTIMEDIA WORKSTATION
WK2 is workstation with multimedia features that can render music making fun. With WK2 you can sing following the lyrics projected on a television
(or other video projection device), connect a microphone or musical instrument to the MIC o LINE inputs of the Vocal Processor (optional) and sample
the signals, processing them with the powerful on-board digital effects processors.

THE OWNER'S MANUAL

Ton ensure long, trouble-free operation, please read this manual carefully. It helps to understand how WK2 operates, saving much time.
The manual is divided into several User Guides. At the end is the Appendix with various tables and MIDI specifications.

Specifications

• Polyphony & multitimbricity
WK2 is 32 note polyphonic (maximum), 16 part multi-timbral in Song mode and 8 part multi-timbral in Style mode. Each part is assigned to a
track. In Real Time mode, 3 tracks (maximum) are assigned to the keyboard.
• Sound Generation
The WK2 sound generation uses PCM and Wavetable technology. The Sounds are based on elaborated sampled waveforms. The instrument's
32 oscillators generate "single" (32-note polyphonic) or "layer" sounds (16 note polyphonic).
• ROM Sounds
The WK2's ROM (Read Only Memory) contains 444 Sounds including 17 Drumkits.
• Sample-RAM
The battery-backed Sample-RAM can contain Samples captured by sampling them or loaded from disk. By installing the optional Vocal Proces-
sor card, it is possible to sample sounds fed into the Mic/Line inputs.
• Digital Signal Processor
WK2 features two on-board Digital Signal Processors, controlled in real time, which enrich the sounds with effects (reverbs and modulations).
Two different effects (1 Reverb and 1 Modulation/Delay) can be assigned and memorised to each Performance.
• Sequencer
The on-board Sequencer allows you to record Song Styles (real time recording method), to playback Songs and to play with Styles. User-
programmed sequence data are conserved in the battery-backed System-RAM.
• Preload, Play Direct from Disk
The Preload function automatically loads Songs in WK, PK, CD or SMF format into memory while the sequencer is in play or while you play in
real time. The Play Direct from Disk feature allows you to play a WK, PK, CD or SMF Song directly from disk without first loading all the data
into memory. This is particularly useful for Songs and Midi files that are larger in terms of memory than the available Sequencer memory.
• Automatic Accompaniments
WK2 features 96 ROM Styles which provide automatic accompaniments for the three real time keyboard sections (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower).
Each Style has 4 Variations consisting of Basic, Intro, Fill and Ending patterns, totalling 40 different patterns. The WK2 memory can house up to
8 disk-based Styles (User Styles).
• Direct Style Memory and Direct Sound Memory
WK2 allows you to select and memorise 16 Styles and 16 Sound combinations in the direct access memory locations for quick access during
play, useful for LIVE performances!
• Disk Drive and Hard Disk
The Disk Drive is a device that permits the transfer of useful data to and from Disks, allowing you to build a library of Songs, Styles, Performances
and Samples. The disk drive can read and write onto WK2 format 3.5" floppy disks with a capacity of 720 Kbytes (2DD type) and 1.4 Mbytes
(2HD type). Other formats recognised are Ms-Dos (1.44 Mb) and Atari ST/Falcon (720 kb), both used for the exchange of MIDI Files. The on-
board Hard Disk is a high-speed access device devised to store large amounts of data (Songs, Styles, Performances and Samples) without
having to use a large number of floppy disks. The Hard Disk can also be partitioned into several sections.
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