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  • Page 1 D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S Owner’s manual genesys genesys ensemble genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 2 SPECIAL MES SPECIAL MES SAGES SPECIAL MES SAGES SAGES SAGES SPECIAL MES SPECIAL MES SAGES ALARM SYMB ALARM SYMB OLS: OLS: ALARM SYMB ALARM SYMBOLS: ALARM SYMB OLS: OLS: Generalmusic electronics products could present labels similar to that displayed in this section.
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  • Page 4 T T T T T echnical specifications are subject to echnical specifications are subject to echnical specifications are subject to echnical specifications are subject to echnical specifications are subject to change change change change change The information contained in this manual are considered correct at the moment of printing.
  • Page 5 The illustrations and the screens of this manual are for instructional purposes only and may appear different from those on your in- strument.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Transpose ................... 4 Octave ..................5 Volume Sliders ................6 Slider Mode Indicator ..............7 3. EXPLORING THE GENESYS ENSEMBLE ........8 4. SELECTING SOUNDS ............. 11 What is a Sound Preset ............... 12 Single Sound ................13 5. KEYBOARD MODE ..............16 Piano Style ................
  • Page 7 Solo ..................43 Harmony ................... 43 11. SONG PLAYER ..............45 Midi Files and GEM songs ............50 Enabling and Disabling Song Traks ..........55 Playng a Midifle from a floppy disk ..........56 Multitasking function in the file player ........... 58 Load while playing- function ............
  • Page 8 FD Utilities ................132 Format Floppy - 1.62 Mb ............132 Format Floppy 1.44 Mb .............. 132 Format Floppy 0.720 Mb ............132 Change Floppy Label ..............132 Refresh Floppy ................132 CD Utilities ................133 genesys ensemble/genesys ensemble grand Contents...
  • Page 9 Common Channel ..............148 Chord Ch. 1 and 2 ..............149 Local Off .................. 149 19. UPGRADING AND INITIALIZING ........150 How to replace or upgrade the system ......... 151 In case of problems ..............152 genesys ensemble/genesys ensemble grand Contents...

  • Page 10: Power And Start-Up

    Power and start-up Power and Standby The first thing you might notice about the Genesys En- semble is that it has two power switches. The main power switch, is located in the left side of the keyboard and this is used to com- pletely shut-off all power to the instrument.

  • Page 11: First Time Start-Up

    First time start-up The first time you switch on the Genesys Ensemble, a num- ber of different things may happen. Exactly what happens will depend on how much time has passed since the unit was last turned on. The Genesys Ensemble contains an internal re-chargeable battery which is used to retain the contents of its memory while the unit is switched off.

  • Page 12: Control Panel

    The Control Panel Before you start to use the Genesys Ensemble, you should familiarize yourself with some of the main controls and fea- tures which will be used in each example. These four buttons are used to The Arrow Keys.

  • Page 13: Transpose

    TRANSPOSE button twice the pitch of the entire instrument will be raised by two half-steps (or semitones). You’ll see that the display tells you the Master Transpose value is now 2. Page 4 genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 14: Octave

    Although you are still playing in the key of C, a listener will hear the song in the key of D, (C plus two half-steps = D). If the song you were playing was in the key of F, the lis- tener will now hear it in the key of G, (F plus two half-steps = The transpose buttons provide an effective way to change the key of the piece without the need to re-learn it in an-...

  • Page 15: Volume Sliders

    Mp3: Controls the volume of Mp3 files played with the SONG PLAYER. HD AUDIO: Controls the volume of WAVE files played with the SONG PLAYER. DRUMS: Controls the volume of the drum track in the style accompaniment Page 6 genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 16: Slider Mode Indicator

    BASS: Controls the volume of the bass track in the style accompaniment ACCOMP: Controls the volume of all other tracks in the style accompaniment. LOWER: Controls the volume of all sounds on the left or “lower” side of the split. UPPER: Controls the volume of the main sound, (in FULL mode), or all sounds on the right or “upper”...

  • Page 17: Exploring The Genesys Ensemble

    Exploring the Genesys Ensemble The Genesys Ensemble is divided into three main sections. On the right side, in the section marked PRESET FAMILIES you will find all of the factory preset sounds which are di- vided into families for easy access. You may also load your own new sounds into this area.
  • Page 18 To see this in action, try switching between FULL, and BASS SPLIT in the KEYBOARD MODE section. N O A R R A N G E R A R R A N G E R Exploring the Genesys Ensemble Page 9...
  • Page 19 This main screen should be considered as “home”. If you ever find yourself looking at a different screen and wish to get back to this “home” screen, keep pressing ESCAPE un- til you return to this screen. Page 10 genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 20: Selecting Presets

    Selecting Presets The sounds in the Genesys Ensemble are arranged into what we call PRESET FAMILIES. There are 16 families in all representing different categories of instrument. Each fam- ily contains 16 SOUND PRESETS. Selecting a SOUND PRESET is simple. First press one of the PRESET FAMILIES buttons, (for example Piano).

  • Page 21: What Is A Sound Preset

    We’ll explore this feature in greater detail in the “EDITING & CREATING” section. To return to the home screen, press ESCAPE. Page 12 genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 22: Single Sound

    You can think of the sound presets as a kind of “showcase” of the best sounds that the Genesys Ensemble has to offer. However, the Genesys Ensemble contains many more sounds than just those which you will find in the sound presets.
  • Page 23 In the top right corner of the screen you can see the bank indicator. This tells you which bank of reed sounds you are currently looking at. Page 14 genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 24 Each family contains 16 banks of single sounds with 8 sounds in each bank. You move to the previous or next bank by using the PAGE <> buttons below the screen. Press PAGE > to see the next bank of reed sounds. PA G E Each time you press PAGE >...

  • Page 25: Keyboard Mode

    Not only does the keyboard split but you’ll also find a bass sound ready to play. This bass sound is matched to the sound that you’re currently using. If you choose a different sound preset, the bass sound will change accordingly. Page 16 genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 26: Piano Style

    If you want to play with accompaniment using a style, press ACCOMP. SPLIT. N O A R R A N G E R A R R A N G E R A simple accompaniment sound will appear on the left side of the keyboard, (also matched to the sound you’re currently us- ing).

  • Page 27: Manual Bass

    A R R A N G E R The PRO SPLIT function is a unique and innovative feature which has been custom designed for the Genesys Ensemble to suit a particular playing style which is impossible to man- age on other arranger keyboards. A very popular way to...

  • Page 28: Changing The Split Point

    In PRO SPLIT mode, the chord recognition is divided into two parts: bass and accompaniment. The bass part is con- trolled by the notes played on the left side of the split while all other accompaniment parts are controlled by the chords you play on the right side of the split.

  • Page 29: Using The Styles And Styles Controls

    Using the Styles and Style Controls The Styles Section The Genesys Ensemble comes complete with 256 styles which are divided into eight families. STYLE FAMILIES | 256 STY LES + 64 U SER ST YLES /4 VA R ATIO N S/4 IN T R O S /4 EN D IN G /4 FILL S SONG PERF.

  • Page 30: Style Controls

    That’s it. If you now press START/STOP and play a chord in the left hand section of the keyboard, you will hear the style accompaniment playing along. You can see the name of the style you’re currently using in the upper part of the screen. You can select a different style by simply pressing one the STYLE FAMILY buttons and choosing one of the titles in the screen by pressing the function button beside it.

  • Page 31: Fills And Breaks

    FILL > you will hear a different fill after which the style will move to the next numbered variation. If you press FILL < you will hear a different fill after which the style will move to the previous numbered variation. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 22...

  • Page 32: Intros And Endings

    Another option is to have a one-measure break in your song. This is normally used when you want the band to stop while you sing or play a brief solo passage. To accom- plish this, just press the BREAK button. Intros and Endings Each style includes a choice of 4 intros and 4 endings.

  • Page 33: Ending

    SYNCRO button is switched on it will remain lit and the style will start when you play on the left side of the split. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 24...
  • Page 34 “one” using the vocalist as a guide which will place everybody back in time again. Pressing RESTART on the Genesys Ensemble accomplishes the same thing. The current style pattern will jump back to beat 1 regard- less of where it was when you pressed RESTART. Techni-...

  • Page 35: Single Touch Play, Style Presets & Music Library

    STYLE PRESETS button. STYLE FAMILIES | 256 STYLE S + 64 USER STY LES/4 VA RATION S/4 INTR OS /4 E ND ING /4 FILL S SONG PERF . genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 26...

  • Page 36: Music Library

    The procedure for storing these is covered in the CREATING & EDITING section. Music Library Probably the easiest way to set up the Genesys Ensemble automatically for playing a particular song is to use the MUSIC LIBRARY.
  • Page 37 When the name of a song you wish to play is highlighted, sim- ply press ENTER on the panel. E N T E R The MUSIC LIBRARY will set up the Genesys Ensemble with the perfect settings for playing the selected song. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 38: Style Tools

    Style Tools The STYLE TOOLS section contains a number of features which allow you to control the behavior of the styles to suit the way that you play. This section describes the function of each control in this section. ARR. On/Off This button simply turns the “arrangement”...

  • Page 39: Fade I/O (Fade In/ Fade Out)

    Each style has it’s own pre-programmed tempo which is recalled whenever it is selected. This ensures that styles will always play at an appropriate speed regardless of that which was used for the previous style. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 30...

  • Page 40: Style Lock

    Sometimes, however, you might want to change from one style to another and keep the same tempo as before. In this case, turning TEMPO LOCK on will freeze the current tempo allowing it to be changed only by rotating the dial when you are in the home screen.

  • Page 41: One Finger

    In this case the bass part of the accompaniment pattern will play in this key instead of the key dictated by the recognized chord. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 32...

  • Page 42: Dynamic Arranger

    The other four functions are listed along the right edge of the screen and should be used just like any of the other buttons in the STYLE TOOLS section. Dynamic Arranger Normally the style accompaniment is not affected by key- board velocity.

  • Page 43: Autobacking

    This will usually be because you are not changing chords in perfect time and the Autobacking function is accentuating your every little inaccuracy. In this case, the problem can be solved by turning Autobacking off. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 34...

  • Page 44: Mixer Lock

    Mixer Lock Each style contains a factory pre-programmed “mix” which sets the appropriate volume level for each instrument in the style. Whenever you select a new style, this mix is automatically recalled. Sometimes you might wish to change the mix manually, (using the sliders or the MIXER section), and have your changes remain even when you switch to a different style.

  • Page 45: Key Memory

    When you release your hand, the style accompaniment continues to play but this “lower” sound stops. Turning Key Memory on enables this sound continue playing after you release the keys. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 36...

  • Page 46: Memories

    Memories Sooner or later, you will find a sound and style combination which is perfect for a particular piece and you’ll want to memorize it. The MEMORIES section is used for this pur- pose. M E M O R IE S | 1024 P RO G R AM M AB LE LO CATIO NS ( 8 X 128 B ANK S ) LIS T Using the memories is extremely simple.

  • Page 47: Memory Banks

    Press the STORE button again but, this time, don’t press any other buttons. You will see a window in the display which offers you a number of options. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 38...
  • Page 48 The first option let’s you type in a name for your memory. When you only have a few memories it might not seem important to give each memory a name but, as you start to store more and more settings, you’ll begin to wish that you had.
  • Page 49 If a memory is empty then pressing one of the numbered buttons will have no ef- fect. The button will not light and the previously se- lected memory will remain selected. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 40...

  • Page 50: Using Memories With Style Lock

    Using Memories with Style Lock Each time you store a memory, the instrument remembers all of the current settings including the style that was se- lected and the speed (tempo), that it was set at. Some- times you might want to recall a different memory while you’re playing with a style, but you don’t want the style settings and tempo to change.

  • Page 51: Sound Controls

    If you turn on the TOUCH button this effect is cancelled and all sounds will play a medium level no matter how hard or soft you press the key. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 42...

  • Page 52: Slow/Fast

    SLOW/FAST This control changes the speed of the ROTARY effect which is used on a number of organ sounds and particularly in the DRAWBARS family. SOLO This button will cancel all other sounds except the one which is currently highlighted in the PARTS display. For more ex- amples on the use of this function, see the RECORDING STUDIO chapter.
  • Page 53 Strings instead of the Piano by changing this setting to 7 (Upper 2). For most purposes, however, it is best to leave this set to 8 (Upper 1). Press ESCAPE twice to return to the home screen from this display. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 44...

  • Page 54: Song Player

    Song Player S O N G P LAY E R /R E C S TU D IO Song Player...
  • Page 55 SCSI genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 56 SO N G P LAYE R/RE C STU D IO Song Player...
  • Page 57 M p 3 S O N G P L AY E R /R E C S T U D IO SO N G P LAYE R /R EC STU D IO genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 58 SO N G P LAYE R/RE C STU D IO M p3 HD AU DIO DRUM S BASS ACCO M P LO W ER UPP ER Song Player...

  • Page 59: Midi Files And Gem Songs

    Midi files and GEM songs genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 60 Song Player...
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  • Page 62 T E M P O / D ATA IN C PANIC D E C E N TE R E S C A P E HD AUDIO DRU MS BASS ACC O MP LO W ER UPPER Song Player...
  • Page 63 STRING S BRASS ENS EM B O RCH. ACCO RD BRASS W IND SY NT DRUM S EFFECTS SAM PLES REE D PIP E SY N.LEA D SY N.PAD SY NTH FX ETHNIC PE RC EFFECTS genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 64: Enabling And Disabling Song Traks

    Enabling and Disabling Song Tracks Song Play Mute Keyboard Play Song Player...

  • Page 65: Playng A Midifle From A Floppy Disk

    Playing a Midifile from a floppy disk SO N G P LAYE R/RE C STU DIO genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 66 NOTE: Filters Sometimes you may want to look at everything the device contains. However, some devices like the Internal Hard Disk or a CD-ROM can contain so much data that it can be useful to only look at certain items and hide those which are not of interest to you.

  • Page 67: Multitasking Function In The File Player

    MULTITASKING FUNCTION IN THE FILE PLAYER genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 68 SO N G PLAYER /R EC S TU D IO SO N G PLAYER /R EC S TU D IO Song Player...

  • Page 69: Load While Playing- Function

    LOAD WHILE PLAYING- FUNCTION genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 70: Standard Midifiles Playing Optimization

    SO N G PLAYER /REC STUD IO SO N G PLAYER /REC STUD IO Standard midifiles playing optimization. Song Player...

  • Page 71: Db List

    DB List genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 72: View Filters

    View filters Song Player...

  • Page 73: Select And Play Songs From Database List

    Select and play songs from database list Once a song has started to play, you may interrupt it and immediately commence playing a new song by first selecting the new song and then pressing ENTER twice. PA G E genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 74: Search Function

    SEARCH FUNCTION Song Player...
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  • Page 76: F7 Edit Functions

    F7 EDIT Functions Add: Delete: Move up: Move down: Modify: DB Scan: Note: searching for songs by Artist or Title, the song number is not important. However, in case you become accustomed to accessing songs by their numbers, the Add function will preserve all the existing song numbers in the database.

  • Page 77: Vocal Genius

    VOCAL GENIUS genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 78 Vocal Genius...

  • Page 79: Effects

    EFFECTS genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 80 TE M P O / D ATA IN C PANIC D E C E N T E R E S C A P E Vocal Genius...
  • Page 81 ensemble...

  • Page 82: Harmony

    HARMONY Vocal Genius...

  • Page 83: Changing The Harmony Settings

    Changing the Harmony Settings genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 84 M p3 HD A UD IO DR UM S BA SS AC CO MP LOW ER UPPER T E M P O / D ATA IN C PA N IC D E C E N T E R E S C A P E "...

  • Page 85: Vocal Genius Modes

    VOCAL GENIUS MODES Vocoder Mode genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 86 N O A R R A N G E R A R R A N G E R Vocal Genius...
  • Page 87 ensemble...
  • Page 88 Using Midifiles with Harmony Tracks Vocoder Track Vocal Genius...

  • Page 89: Unison Mode

    Unison Mode genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 90: Voice Set

    " Voice 1 " Voice 2 " Voice 3 " Voice 4 Voice Set Vocal Genius...

  • Page 91: Recording Studio

    Recording Studio SO N G PLAYER /R EC S TU D IO a Midi sequencer Hard Disk Audio Recording System. Midi Sequencer Hard Disk Audio Recording SONG WAVE genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 92: How To Record A Song

    How to Record A SONG S O N G P LAY E R /R E C S TU D IO Recording Studio...
  • Page 93 SO N G PL AYER /RE C STU D IO genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 94: Examining Your Song

    SO N G PLAYER /R EC S TU D IO Examining your song Recording Studio...
  • Page 95 ensemble...
  • Page 96 Recording Studio...
  • Page 97 S O N G P LAY E R /R E C S TU D IO genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 98 PRE SET FAM ILIES | 256 PR ESETS / O VER 1000SIN G LE SO U N D S / SA M PLES / D R AW B A R O R G A N REAL PIA NO M ALLET O RG AN G UITAR BASS...

  • Page 99: Adding Another Track To Your Song

    Adding another track to your song SO N G PLAYER /R EC S TU D IO genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 100 Recording Studio...

  • Page 101: How To Record A Multi-Track Song

    How to Record A Multi-Track SONG genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 102 Recording Studio...

  • Page 103: Other Features

    Other Features Straight Quantize Groove Quantize Groove Quantize Straight Quantize genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 104 Linear Forced Stop. Forced Stop Linear Loop Recording Studio...

  • Page 105: Naming Your Songs

    Loop Naming Your Songs genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 106: Saving Your Songs

    Saving Your Songs How To Record A WAVE, (Hard Disk Recording) Recording Studio...
  • Page 107 ensemble...

  • Page 108: Other Ways To Use The Wave Recorder

    MYSONGS MYSONGS NOTE: When you play back Hard Disk Audio songs, the playback volume can be controlled by the HD AUDIO slider of the left side of the panel. Other Ways To Use The WAVE Recorder Recording Studio...

  • Page 109: Vocal Remover

    VOCAL REMOVER genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 110: How To Convert A Cd Track To A Wave File

    How to convert a CD track to a WAVE file MYSONGS MYSONGS T E M P O / D ATA IN C PA NIC D E C E N T ER E SC AP E Recording Studio...

  • Page 111: Removing The Vocal From A Wave File

    Removing The Vocal From a WAVE File SONG PLAYER/REC STUD IO genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 112: Recording Your Own Voice With A Processed File

    TE M P O / D ATA IN C PA N IC D E C E N TE R E S C A P E SON G PLAYER /R EC STUD IO Recording your own voice with a processed file Recording Studio...

  • Page 113: Understanding Vocal Remover

    Understanding Vocal Remover genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 114: Make Cd

    Making Your Own CDs The MAKE CD button on the Genesys Ensemble provides a simple and convenient way to make your own music CDs and CD-ROMs directly from the instrument. The Genesys Ensemble can use both CD-R and CD-RW disks.
  • Page 115 CD. Remember that all commercial CDs are strictly copy- righted and you cannot burn copyrighted material to a blank CD without the permission of the publisher. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 106...
  • Page 116 O.K. Let’s get started. Insert a blank CD into the drive. Press the MAKE CD button, choose CD AUDIO and then press ENTER. The screen is now divided into two main windows. In the top window you can see the WAVE folder and, by using the arrow keys, you can look inside the sub-folders to find the first track you want to copy to your new CD.
  • Page 117 Towards the end of the process, the CD tray will open momentarily and then close. Do not attempt to remove the CD at this point. The system is verifying that the process was successful. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 108...
  • Page 118 CD. Since the CD you’re creating is a data CD, it cannot be played on a normal CD player. This CD can be used in the Genesys Ensemble, as an alternative to using the hard disk, or it can be used in a computer to play midifiles, WAVE files and Mp3s.
  • Page 119 Notice that the usage monitor now displays memory capacity instead of time. The maximum you can store on a single CD is 650 Mbytes. When you’re ready to burn your data-CD, press CREATE CD , then ENTER. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 110...

  • Page 120: Video & Karaoke

    Ensemble to this VIDEO IN connector. For a higher quality image, connect the S-VIDEO output of the Genesys Ensemble to the S-VIDEO input of a suitably equipped TV. This requires a special S-VIDEO cable avail- able from most TV stores.

  • Page 121: Selecting The Image To Display

    In the VIDEO & KARAOKE section, press FUNCTIONS. Select VIDEO SETUP/ECHO LCD and set it to ON. You should now see a copy of the Genesys Ensemble’ screen on your TV. Try scrolling through the different COLOR PRE- SETS to select a color scheme which is best for the lighting conditions in the room.

  • Page 122: Score Mode

    NOTE: SCORE and LYRICS in Songs Only GEM songs will be instantly set-up to display both score and lyrics when you play them. Other song types, such as midifiles and Mp3s, may contain lyrics which can be viewed by pressing the LYRICS button in the normal way but they will not contain score or chords.

  • Page 123: Lyrics Mode

    Lyr3: 8 lines per screen Lyr4: 2 lines at bottom of screen CHORDS ON LYRICS When this function is turned on, the current chord will be displayed in a small box beneath the lyric display. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 114...

  • Page 124: Disk

    DISK Once you start creating your own songs, sound and styles on the Genesys Ensemble, a good understanding the func- tions of the DISK menu will be essential. The disk menu allows you to access and organize all of the various storage devices connected to the instrument.
  • Page 125 USER 1 button in the STYLE FAMI- LIES section. If more than 16 styles have been loaded, you should find additional styles in the USER 2, 3 and 4 buttons. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 116...
  • Page 126 In the above example we loaded the entire USER STYLES folder. This loads every style from that folder and erases any other User Styles which were already in the keyboard. So what if we now want to add one more style from a different folder without erasing those which are already in memory? Go back to the DISK menu and make sure that HD is se- lected on the left side.
  • Page 127 RAM is now highlighted. This tells us that we’re now looking at the instrument’s internal memory. The Genesys Ensemble has 64 memory slots for User Styles. On the right, we can see the list of styles which are already loaded into memory.
  • Page 128 Our new style has now been added to the other styles. See if you can find it and give it a try. Disk Page 119...

  • Page 129: Loading Songs And Sounds

    Loading songs and sounds Any time you load something into the Genesys Ensemble, the procedure will be virtually the same as the previous example. You will begin by choosing the device that con- tains the file you want to load; Floppy Disk, Hard Disk or CD.

  • Page 130: How Genesys Sounds Are Organized

    Loading sounds into the Genesys Ensemble is a little more complex, only because there are so many spaces available, (almost 800!). You may remember that, when we were look- ing through the single sounds in an earlier chapter, we saw a number of empty spaces in each family.
  • Page 131 When you load a sound into the Genesys Ensemble you have two choices: you can either load the sound into its default loca- tion or you can choose an alternative location for it. The default location is a suggested location number that the programmer of the sound assigned when he created it.
  • Page 132 As you can see on the right side of the screen, this folder contains a sub-folder called SOUNDS. Press the right arrow to highlight the SOUNDS folder. Just like before, we could press LOAD at this point and every sound in this folder would be loaded. The only problem is, unless we’re already familiar with the sounds in this folder, we won’t know where to find them after they’ve been loaded.
  • Page 133 E SC A P E Now press ENTER to load the sound into this space. Now the sound is loaded and ready to play. You should find it in bank 9 of the Piano family. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 124...

  • Page 134: Save To Disk

    Saving To Disk As you work with the Genesys Ensemble you’ll begin to create your own songs, sounds and styles which, at some point, you’ll want to save to disk. Everything that is currently in the instrument’s memory, including the sounds and styles we just loaded plus the songs that we recorded in our earlier examples, is stored in a special folder called RAMFILE.
  • Page 135 The principle use RAMFILE, however, is to al- low you to save anything that’s in the memory onto the hard disk or a floppy disk. You can see the SAVE button on the right side, (F2). genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 126...
  • Page 136 Whenever you press SAVE, the instrument will proceed to save whatever is currently selected. So, if you want to save all the songs that are currently in memory, select the main SONGS folder and then press SAVE. If you want to save just one song, go inside the SONGS folder, select the song you want and then press SAVE.
  • Page 137 AMPLE folder and press LOAD. To load only the USER STYLES, select the USER STYLES folder and press LOAD. To load just a single USER STYLE, look inside the USER STYLES folder, select the style you want and then press LOAD. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 128...

  • Page 138: Other Disk Operation

    Other Disk Operations As mentioned earlier, the folders on the disk are arranged in alpha-numerical order. Sometimes, you may find that a folder you use frequently is somewhere near the end of the list because of the name you gave it. You can move a folder to the top of the list by simply re- naming it.

  • Page 139: Properties

    The UTILITIES button at the left side offers a number of different tools for the various storage devices. The screen you see when you press UTILI- TIES will depend on which device is currently selected. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 130...

  • Page 140: Hd Utilities

    HD Utilities Format H. Disk . This function will completely erase and re-format your hard disk. You should never need to use it unless you hard disk appears to be damaged and you are unable to fix the prob- lem using H. Disk Check Recovery. In this case, first make a full backup of your hard disk, (by creating one or more data-CDs), before formatting the hard disk.

  • Page 141: Fd Utilities

    Format Floppy 1.44 Mb Format Floppy 0.720 Mb The Genesys Ensemble is able to format and use disks in either of these popular MS-DOS sizes. MS-DOS formatted disks should be used if you want to copy disks on a home computer of if you want to send them via the internet.

  • Page 142: Cd Utilities

    CD Utilities CD Eject This function is simply an alternative to using the eject button on the CD drive. Fast Erase CD-RW This function will remove all files from a CD-RW disk. It does not reformat the disk but, in most cases it will suffice to prepare a CD-RW for reuse.

  • Page 143: System

    The second and most important function is used when saving sound, songs and styles that you have created. Everything you have created is stamped with the current time and date. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 134...

  • Page 144: System Controls

    For this reason, even if you’re not planning to use this func- tion as an ordinary clock, it is important to set the correct time and date when you first start to use the instrument. To adjust the settings, choose DATE & TIME with the dial and press ENTER.

  • Page 145: Keyboard Sensitivity

    PEDAL POLARITY The Genesys Ensemble can accept up to three footswitches which you will connect to the DAMPER, PED 1 and PED 2 jacks. There are two different types of footswitches available called Normally Open and Normally Closed.

  • Page 146: Tuning & Scale

    TUNING & SCALE This screen contains two functions in one. At the very top you will see MASTER PITCH. This allows you to adjust the overall pitch of the instrument so that it can be matched to other instruments. Below this you will find the KEYBOARD SCALE. This allows you to change the tuning scale of the keyboard for specific types of ethnic and classical music.

  • Page 147: Pc Keyboard/Computer

    When you are entering names for your own creations you normally use the keyboard of the Genesys Ensemble as a typewriter. If you prefer, you can connect a computer key- board to the KEYBOARD connector on the back panel and use this instead.

  • Page 148: Display Controls

    DISPLAY CONTROLS Chord Language Normally set to English, where chord names are shown as A, B, C etc., this option allows you to switch to the Italian system, where chord names are shown as Do, Re, Mi etc. Display Mode This function allows you to set the display to either black- on-white or white-on-black.

  • Page 149: Battery & Release

    SYSTEM INFO This is a service utility which simply tells you that the vari- ous devices connected to the Genesys Ensemble are in- stalled and working correctly. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 140...

  • Page 150: Reset User Resources

    RESET USER RESOURCES The functions in this screen allow you to reset different parts of the instrument. Performing one of these reset func- tions will completely erase all of the existing data of the type selected, (style, sounds, songs etc.), from the inter- nal memory.

  • Page 151: Midi

    Genesys Ensemble with any type of MIDI system. First, we will look at the way the Genesys Ensemble is nor- mally set-up. In many cases, you will be able to use the instrument with other MIDI device without making any changes to the settings of the MIDI page.

  • Page 152: Midi Channels

    The STYLES transmit up to 8 simultaneous channels of midi data depending on how many tracks are being used. The channels used are as follows: DRUMS: Channel BASS: Channel 10 ACC1: Channel 11 ACC2: Channel 12 ACC3: Channel 13 ACC4: Channel 14 ACC5: Channel 15...

  • Page 153: Configuration

    MIDI system. Each line of the display shows four icons which can be switched on or off as you wish. From left to right the icons represent: genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 144...

  • Page 154: Internal Keyboard

    MIDI IN icon is turned on). INTERNAL SOUNDS: Turn this on if you want this part to play the internal sounds of the Genesys Ensemble. If you turn it off the part can be used to play only the sounds of an external sound module connected to MIDI OUT, (and only if the MIDI OUT icon is turned on).

  • Page 155: General Set

    PLAYER tempo will synchronize to the internal clock or to an external clock. Clock send Selects whether or not the Genesys Ensemble’ internal MIDI CLOCK information will be sent via MIDI OUT. Midi merge Allows the data received at both MIDI IN 1 and MIDI IN 2 to be passed to MIDI OUT 1 and MIDI OUT 2 after having been processed by the internal settings.

  • Page 156: Midi In Transpose

    Allows you to set the unique device I.D number to identify the Genesys Ensemble to other MIDI equipment SMF save format When you save a midifile from the Genesys Ensemble, it will be saved in the format specified here. General midi...

  • Page 157: Common/ Arrg

    Genesys Ensemble. For example, if you set up a style to play in ACCOMP. SPLIT mode and then try to play the Genesys Ensemble from an external controller keyboard connected to either of the MIDI...

  • Page 158: Chord Ch. 1 And 2

    Local Off This function effectively disconnects the Genesys Ensemble’ keyboard from the internal sounds. This function is prima- rily designed to be used when you are connecting the in- strument in a “MIDI loop”...

  • Page 159: Upgrading And Initializing

    Each time you switch on the Genesys Ensemble, a test is made to verify that these files are intact. If any error is found in the internal system files, (or if they are found to...

  • Page 160: How To Replace Or Upgrade The System

    Don’t ever attempt to manually copy files into the SYS- TEM folder. This is not the way to upgrade or replace the system files. For any replacement or upgrade operations, low. always follow the procedure be How to replace or upgrade the system Before you begin, the instrument should be turned off at the main power switch.

  • Page 161: In Case Of Problems

    If you see an error message after the process has completed, the files on the disk may be cor- rupted and your Genesys Ensemble will not be able to start up. In this case, repeat the entire procedure using the origi- nal system disk that was supplied with the instrument.
  • Page 162 D I G I T A L K E Y B O A R D S Creating & Editing Owner’s manual genesys genesys ensemble genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 163 Creating & Editing genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 164 Creating & Editing Contents 1. EDITING EFFECTS ............1 Editing Effects ..............3 Master Reverb Control ............4 Storing your Effects ............4 2. CREATING AND EDITING SOUND PRESETS ....5 Edit Parts ................. 6 Transpose ................ 7 Master Transpose Enable ............ 7 Detune ................
  • Page 165 Var (F7) ................54 Style (F8) ............... 55 Using Microscope in Style Edit ........... 55 Using the MASK function ........... 56 Setting up a style to use MASK.......... 56 Using MASK ..............57 genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page II...
  • Page 166 7. CREATING AND EDITING SONGS ......59 How to load a Song into Ram ..........59 Storing your changes ............60 Adding Score, Lyrics & Chords to a song ......62 Adding Score ..............62 Adding Lyrics ..............65 Adding Chords ..............67 Adding Additional tracks to a song ........
  • Page 167 Editing Events in the list ........... 91 Show Functions ............... 91 Insert Events ..............92 Delete Button ..............92 9. GEM SONGS AND MIDIFILES ........93 Saving GEM Songs and Midifiles ......... 95 10. EDITING WAVES AND MP3S ........97 Edit Wave ............... 97 Insert Silence ..............
  • Page 168 EFFECTS EDITING The EFFECTS button in SECTION EDIT allows you control the effects that are used by the Genesys Ensemble internal sounds. There are always 4 effects available which are divided into two pairs called Group A and Group B. When you use the...
  • Page 169 Group B while the sound preset parts are assigned to Group A. You cannot change this setting because the groups are always assigned this way when you’re playing with styles. STYLE SOUND PRESET genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 2...

  • Page 170: Editing Effects

    If you go into the SEND LEVEL screen while you’re editing a song, you will be able to switch between Group A or Group B for each track of the song. Editing Effects Each effect has three parameters that you can edit. Press EFFECTS PROG.

  • Page 171: Master Reverb Control

    When you are ready to store your preset, press STORE and proceed in the normal way for the type of preset you are creating. Your effect settings will be automatically saved as part of this preset. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 4...

  • Page 172: Creating And Editing Sound Presets

    CREATING AND EDITING SOUND PRESETS Creating and Editing Sound Presets...

  • Page 173: Edit Parts

    EDIT PARTS genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 174: Transpose

    TRANSPOSE M. TRANSP. EN. (Master Transpose Enable) DETUNE RANDOM PITCH Creating and Editing Sound Presets...

  • Page 175: Touch. Sens

    TOUCH. SENS. MODE/PRIORITY POLY: MONO L: MONO R: MONO T: genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 176: Vel. Curve

    VEL. CURVE VEL. RANGE PART 6: PART 7: PART 8: NOTE: On any velocity sensitive keyboard, the lightest possible key velocity is 0 and the hardest velocity is 127. Creating and Editing Sound Presets...

  • Page 177: Pedals And Wheels

    PEDALS AND WHEELS PITCH BEND MODULATION PEDALS PROG. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 178: Pedals Assign

    PUNCH: CREATING AND EDITING SONGS FREEZE CHORD: PEDALS ASSIGN Creating and Editing Sound Presets...

  • Page 179: Split Keyboard Settings

    SPLIT KEYBOARD SETTINGS SAVING YOUR SOUND PRESET M EM O R IES | 1024 PR O G R AM M A BLE LO C ATIO NS ( 8 X 128 B A NK S ) LIST genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 180 “SAVING TO DISK” Creating and Editing Sound Presets...

  • Page 181: Creating And Editing Single Sounds

    CREATING AND EDITING SINGLE SOUNDS There are two different ways to create and edit sounds on the Genesys Ensemble: QUICK and PRO. Both options can be found under the PRESET button. SOUND EDIT (QUICK) When you enter this mode you will still see...

  • Page 182: Decay

    DECAY This will only affect those sounds which feature “decay”. Decay is the effect of something fading away as you hold a key on the keyboard. A piano sound is a good example of a sound which has decay. As you hold down the key, the sounds fades away or “decays”.

  • Page 183: Resonance

    LFO DEPTH function. Since this function can be used to either increase or decrease the LFO rate in the original sound, the original LFO rate can be restored by setting the value to zero. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 16...

  • Page 184: Lfo Decay

    LFO DECAY This function adjusts the amount of time that passes before the LFO or vibrato effect takes place. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the LFO DEPTH and LFO RATE functions. Since this function can be used to either increase or de- crease the LFO decay in the original sound, the original LFO decay can be restored by setting the value to zero.

  • Page 185: Sound Edit (Pro)

    SOUND EDIT (PRO) Pro Edit gives you the features of a world-class synthesizer right inside the Genesys Ensemble. Since Pro Edit offers over 1000 separate functions, many of which will only be of interest to professional sound developers, the purpose of this chapter is to give you a general overview of these func- tions.

  • Page 186: Layers

    “M”. So what actually is a layer ? In simple terms, a layer is a sound. In fact, many of the Genesys Ensemble sounds are created using only one layer. When more complex sounds are needed, up to three layers can be combined together to form a single sound.
  • Page 187 The LAYER RANGE (F5) button allows you to set the velocity and key ranges for each layer allowing you to create splits velocity switching between layers. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 20...

  • Page 188: Waveform

    Now let’s take a quick look at the main features of the Pro Edit WAVEFORM Here you can select the waveform which this layer is going to use. The other controls in this menu allow you to adjust the tuning and the way in which the waveform is affected by velocity and aftertouch.
  • Page 189 How to draw an Envelope genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 22...

  • Page 190: Filter

    In the KEY OFF envelope screen, the shape you draw will describe the way the volume changes after the key is released. Under the ENV.CONTROL sub-menu, you will find a number of functions which control the way the sound responds to the envelopes which you have drawn.

  • Page 191: Pitch Envelope

    In the ENV. CONTROLS menu, you will also find some parameters which allow you to modify the speed and depth of these envelopes according to velocity and aftertouch. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 24...

  • Page 192: Pan

    In a similar fashion to you can draw both a KEY ON and a KEY OFF envelope for the pan position. As with the other envelope functions on the Genesys Ensemble, you’ll need to set the , (in the menu), before these envelopes will have any effect.

  • Page 193: Saving Your New Sound

    To do this, you’ll need to understand how sounds are organized in the Genesys Ensemble. For a full description of this, read the section entitled “How Genesys Ensemble sounds are organized”...

  • Page 194: Creating And Editing Samples

    How To Record A WAVE, (Hard Disk Recording)” Creating and Editing Samples...

  • Page 196: Editing Samples

    Creating and Editing Samples...
  • Page 197 SONG PLAYER/REC STUDIO...
  • Page 198 Sample List. Creating and Editing Samples...
  • Page 199 ASSIGN ASSIGN “Assigning Multiple Samples” ENTER ESCAPE SAMPLE TRANSLATOR assigned notes “Saving your new sound”.
  • Page 200 SAMPLE TRANSLATOR ASSIGN MENU T E M P O / D ATA IN C PA N IC D EC EN TER ESC A PE assigned notes Creating and Editing Samples...
  • Page 202 Creating and Editing Samples...

  • Page 203: Sample End

    NOTE: If you need to make a sample louder, it is better to use the NORMALIZE function than the GAIN function, (since NORMALIZE prevents distortion and clipping). GAIN is best used for reducing the overall level of a sample. SAMPLE END...
  • Page 204 Creating and Editing Samples...

  • Page 205: Creating And Editing Styles

    CREATING AND EDITING STYLES MODIFYING A STYLE genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 206 Creating and Editing Sound Presets). Creating and Editing Styles...

  • Page 207: Storing Style Presets

    Storing Style Presets M EMO RIES | 10 24 PR OG RA MM A BL E L OC ATIO N S ( 8 X 12 8 B AN KS ) LIST Creating And Reprogramming Styles genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 208: How A Style Is Made

    How a style is made Creating and Editing Styles...
  • Page 209 Major, Minor and Seventh. Major Minor Seventh Minor Intro Riffs genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 210: The Style Editor

    The style editor Creating and Editing Styles...
  • Page 211 ensemble...
  • Page 212 Creating and Editing Styles...
  • Page 213 ensemble...

  • Page 214: Naming Your Style

    Naming your style Where did my style go? Creating and Editing Styles...

  • Page 215: Copying Factory Styles For Reprogramming

    Copying Factory Styles For Reprogramming TE M P O / D ATA IN C PA N IC D E C E N T E R E S C A P E genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 216 Be careful not to overwrite any other styles you have programmed. An empty location is one which shows only a number on the left and nothing else. If you see a style name like STYLE_01, this is an occupied location, It contains a style whose name you haven’t changed yet.

  • Page 217: Copying Part Of Styles

    Copying Part Of Styles genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...
  • Page 218 Track Riff Variation Style (All Variations) Creating and Editing Styles...

  • Page 219: Advanced Style Edit Functions

    Since there are no absolute rules regarding which notes must be changed to achieve this, the Genesys Ensemble is equipped with a number of intel- ligent conversion algorithms which can be used in situa- tions where the standard conversion does not produce sat- isfactory results.

  • Page 220: Style Edit Functions

    There are 7 algorithms for minor conversion and 4 for seventh conversion. To set these, simply select the SCALE CONV. function and use the dial to select the minor, (on the left) and seventh (on the right) algorithms that you want to test. The algorithms you select will only affect the conversion of the current riff.

  • Page 221: Track (F5)

    Pressing the individual track buttons will have no effect in this case. VAR (F7) The edit function will affect the selected variation and all the riffs contained within. Use this function to ERASE or copy an entire riff genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 54...

  • Page 222: Style (F8)

    STYLE (F8) This function should be selected only if you wish to erase or copy entire style. USING MICROSCOPE IN STYLE EDIT The MICROSCOPE function works almost identically in style edit mode as it does in song edit mode. Please refer to MICROSCOPE and A TUTORIAL IN MICROSCOPE EDITING in the ADVANCED SEQUENCER EDIT FUNCTIONS chapter for a detailed description of this function.

  • Page 223: Using The Mask Function

    1 and 3 buttons, (remember, when a variation is completely empty it cannot be selected). The riff must not be one of the basic patterns but it can be an intro, fill or end. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 56...

  • Page 224: Using Mask

    Using MASK Once you’ve prepared your style as above, escape from record mode turning RECORD button. Then press EDIT in the SONG PLAYER section, choose MASK and press ENTER. The first step is to turn mask ON Now you can play your style and you’ll notice that the basic patterns for variation 4 now appear in variation 3.
  • Page 225 To leave the Drum Mask environment, just press ESCAPE. You can also ESCAPE from the Track Mask screen when you’ve finished in the same way. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 58...

  • Page 226: Creating And Editing Songs

    RAM. The songs that you record yourself using SONG and EASY SONG are already in RAM but midifiles and GEM songs must be loaded first. HOW TO LOAD A SONG INTO RAM 1.

  • Page 227: Storing Your Changes

    In this case, begin by pressing STORE but do not immediately press ENTER. Now you can select PRESET NAME and enter a name for your new voicing. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 60...
  • Page 228 Use the down arrow to select SONG PRESET and the select preset #2 with the dial. Now press ENTER. T E M P O / D ATA IN C PA N IC D E C E N T E R E S C A P E The next time you play the song it will play with the original settings.

  • Page 229: Adding Score, Lyrics & Chords To Asong

    Most standard midifiles have the melody on track 4 while many GEM songs have the melody on track 16. You can check if this is the case...
  • Page 230 Now press GET SCORE (F4). The system will ask you which track you want to score. Use the dial to select the number of the track which contains the melody and then press ENTER. The score track is now being generated. When the operation is complete you should be able to see the first few...
  • Page 231 Use the down arrow to select KEY and then use the dial to choose the correct key for this song. When you’ve finished, press EDIT START PAR. (F1) again to store your settings. Now press the SCORE button again. The correct key signature is now displayed. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 64...

  • Page 232: Adding Lyrics

    Adding LYRICS Adding lyrics is a fairly simple process. Since the lyrics are synchronized to the melody, we must generate the score before lyrics can be added. Now we will use the score as a guide to add the lyrics. Press SONG PLAYER/EDIT again and then press ESCAPE to return to the main menu.
  • Page 233 NOTE: You can also add lyrics to any Mp3 song. See the “Mp3 Lyrics Editor” section in the “Editing WAVES And Mp3s” chapter for more details about this function. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 66...

  • Page 234: Adding Chords

    Adding chords The chord symbols which are displayed as part of all GEM songs must be entered manually. This means that you must know the chords to the song if you want to enter them. The system has no way of interpreting the chords on its own.

  • Page 235: Adding Additional Tracks To A Song

    SOUND VIEW (F5) and choosing a SINGLE sound in the normal way. When you’re ready to start recording, just press PLAY. You will hear the other tracks playing back while you record your new track. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 68...

  • Page 236: Creating A New Track

    You’ll probably find that it is track 17, This is a special track that the Genesys Ensemble cre- ates automatically so that you can play along with a 16 track song.

  • Page 237: Saving Your Songs

    Press SAVE (F2) and then ENTER. Now you choose where you want to store them on the hard disk or floppy disk. See “Saving To Disk” in the DISK chapter for more information. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 70...

  • Page 238: Advanced Sequencer Edit Functions

    ADVANCED SEQUENCER EDIT FUNCTIONS MODE REPLACE OVERDUB PUNCH IN...

  • Page 239: Count Down

    OPTION COUNT DOWN METR. VOLUME genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 240: Controls Rec

    CONTROLS REC. TEMPO P. VOLUME EFFECTS REC QUANTIZE SELECT ALL TRK. External...

  • Page 241: Sound View & Time/Tempo

    SOUND VIEW & TIME/TEMPO ERASE METRONOME QUANTIZE VALUES 1/12 1/16 1/24 1/32 1/48 1/64 1/96 Free 1/8 B - 1/8 F 1/16 B - 1/16 F genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 242: Song Edit Functions

    SONG EDIT FUNCTIONS ERASE...

  • Page 243: Move

    MOVE genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 244: Copy

    COPY Repeating a phrase within a single track...
  • Page 245 Copying a single track to another track Copy Mode To Track To Song Copy Times: T E M P O / D ATA PA NIC D EC E NT E R E SC A PE genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 246: Quantize

    Copying a portion of the entire song QUANTIZE...

  • Page 247: Insert Measures

    NOTE ON QNT (F1) NOTE OFF QNT (F2) INSERT MEASURES genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 248: Delete Measures

    DELETE MEASURES VELOCITY...

  • Page 249: Transpose

    NORMAL: FIXED: TRANSPOSE genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 250: Microscope

    MICROSCOPE Event Editing A TUTORIAL IN MICROSCOPE EDITING. MASTER TRACK A TUTORIAL IN MICROSCOPE EDITING...
  • Page 251 TUTORIAL IN MICROSCOPE EDITING TEMPO PERFORMANCE VOLUME EFF. DEVICE SEL. / EFF. TYPE EFF. DEVICE SEL. / EFF. DEVICE VOL ROTARY A / B genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 252: A Tutorial In Microscope Editing

    SCALE KEY SIGN A TUTORIAL IN MICROSCOPE EDITING What is an “event” ?

  • Page 253: Locator

    LOCATOR STATUS or EVENT TYPE 1V - (NOTE VALUE) genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 254: (Initial Velocity)

    2V - (INITIAL VELOCITY) 3V - (RELEASE VELOCITY) LENGTH / GATE TIME THE CONTROL CHANGE EVENT...

  • Page 255: Pitch Bend

    PITCH BEND genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 256: Mono Touch

    MONO TOUCH NOTE: PROGRAM CHANGE PckBass2...

  • Page 257: Using Microscope

    USING MICROSCOPE METHOD 1: Manual Scroll METHOD 2: Catch Locator genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 258: Editing Events In The List

    METHOD 3: Go To Loc. EDITING EVENTS IN THE LIST SHOW FUNCTION...

  • Page 259: Insert Events

    INSERT EVENTS DELETE BUTTON genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble...

  • Page 260: Gem Songs And Midifiles

    GEM SONGS AND MIDIFILES GEM songs are designed to be instantly ready to play when- ever you load them or play them direct-from-disk using SONG PLAYER. For this reason, any sounds that you want to use to play along with the song are actually contained within the song itself.
  • Page 261 SONG PLAYER. When you need these presets in the future, simply load your “song”. While nothing will happen when you press PLAY, your 8 sound combinations will now be available under the SONG PERFORMANCE button. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 94...

  • Page 262: Saving Gem Songs And Midifiles

    Saving GEM Songs and Midifiles When you save a song that you’ve created on the Genesys Ensemble, it will normally be saved as a GEM song. The GEM song format retains all of your editing, plus the 8 song per- formances that you made to go with your song.
  • Page 263 If you save your song outside this folder or into a new folder that you create using NEWFOLDER, the song will be saved as a GEM song. If you save your song into the MIDIFILE folder then it will be automatically converted to a midifile.

  • Page 264: Editing Waves And Mp3S

    EDITING WAVES AND MP3S The EDIT button in SONG PLAYER can be used to edit the currently selected WAVE or Mp3 file. The EDIT menu will be different depending on whether the current file is an Mp3 or a WAVE. EDIT WAVE If the current file is a WAVE sample, the EDIT button...

  • Page 265: Remove Silence

    When the process is com- plete, the new file will be located in the same folder as the source file. This function does not process or overwrite the original source file. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 98...

  • Page 266: Append

    APPEND This function can be used to merge two WAVE files to- gether. Begin by selecting the first file in SONG PLAYER/ SELECT and then press EDIT. Choose APPEND and press ENTER. Next, choose the file that you want to append to the end of the first file and press ENTER.

  • Page 267: Mp3 Lyrics Editor

    Mp3 for future recall. Displaying Mp3 Lyrics Mp3 lyrics operate slightly differently to midifile or GEM song lyrics because they are highlighted one line at a time instead of one word at a time. While this is slightly less...

  • Page 268: Loading/Entering Text

    Loading/entering text To open the lyrics editor, first select your Mp3 file with SONG PLAYER/SELECT and then press EDIT. Press the LOAD TXT button (F3) and then locate and select the file using the disk menu which is now displayed. Press ENTER to load the file.

  • Page 269: Adding Synchronization Tags

    When you hear the point at which you want to highlight the second line, press ADD TAG again. Continue through the song in this way until you have tagged all of the lines. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 102...
  • Page 270 Save the lyrics you have inserted before testing, by press- ing the SAVE (F1) button. Now you can play the song and press the LYR- ICS button to see how your lyrics will be dis- played and check for any errors.

  • Page 271: Editing The Programmable Pads

    As soon as you set the pad to NOTE you can test the pad by pressing it. If you don’t hear anything, its probably because the note being played is too low or too soft. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 104...
  • Page 272 Select the NOTE VALUE and adjust it using the dial, pressing the pad repeatedly as you do until you hear the note being played. Now select the sound number. You can select any sound by using a combination of these first two values, (the third value is not used for internal sounds).

  • Page 273: Saving Your Pad Settings

    HARDCOPY This is a special utility used to create screen images from the Genesys Ensemble, (such as those used throughout this manual). Set the pad to HARDCOPY and then press it at any time to capture an image of the screen. You can then save this image to disk as a .BMP file.

  • Page 274: Creating Your Own Tunings

    CREATING YOUR OWN TUNINGS In the SYSTEM chapter, we saw how you can change the tuning scale of the Genesys Ensemble for authentic inter- pretation of certain classical or oriental music using the presets in the TUNING & SCALE section.
  • Page 275 The value at the top, (the name of the note), is the Coarse tuning adjustment. If you select this and turn the dial while playing the same key, you will hear the pitch changing dramatically. The value below is the Fine tuning adjustment for this key. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 108...
  • Page 276 If you select this and turn the dial while playing the same key, you will hear the pitch changing in small increments. Each increment is one cent or 1/100 of a half-step or semitone. When you’ve finished tuning this note, you can select the next key, either by using the left or right arrows to select adjacent keys or by pressing CATCH NOTE (F7) again and pressing a new key.
  • Page 277 Your new tuning is now saved as USER 1. When you need to use it in the future, juast return to the TUNING & SCALE menu and select it with the dial in the second line of the top window. genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble Page 110...

  • Page 278: Saving Your Tunings To Disk

    SAVING YOUR TUNINGS TO DISK The tunings you create are stored in the Genesys Ensemble SYSTEM folder. You will see this folder as a component of the RAMFILE when you select RAM in the DISK menu. To save your tunings, simply select this SYSTEM folder and then press SAVE (F2).
  • Page 280 Stock Code 271414 Rev. 1.0 PRINTED IN ITALY Generalmusic S.p.A. Via delle Rose, 12, 47842 S.Giovanni in Marignano (RN) - Italy Tel. +39 0541 959511Fax +39 0541 957404 www.generalmusic.com...

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