IBM PS1500 manual

OWNER’S MANUAL Cod. 271 101 U.S.English[...]

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Stock Code 271101 PRINTED IN ITALY Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Baldwin Piano & Organ Company, 422 Wards Corner Rd., Loveland, Ohio, 45140 - 8390 - USA[...]

Contents i Contents USER GUIDE Introduction How to use the owner ’ s manual i Specifications ii Update the Operating System with OS-Disks v System Reset v • 1 Quick Guide 1. 1 Power up and get to know the basics. 1. 1 The initial status (default) 1. 2 Adjusting the General V olume 1. 2 Play with Auto Accompaniment Styles 1. 3 Listen to the Demo[...]

ii Contents • 4 Sounds & Presets 4. 1 The Sounds and T racks 4. 1 Selecting Single Sounds 4. 3 Selecting Presets 4. 6 The Grand Piano Preset 4. 8 How to Program Presets 4. 10 How to Store Presets 4. 19 Restore Preset 4. 23 • 5 The Styles 5. 1 About PS1500 Styles 5. 1 Selecting Styles 5. 2 The Accompaniment tracks 5. 5 The Style Controls 5. [...]

Contents iii Song/Style Playback 8. 3 Restore Song/Style memory 8. 9 • 9 Digital Effects 9. 1 Selecting the effect types 9. 2 Bypassing the effects 9. 4 Regulating the Send levels 9. 5 • 10 MIDI 10. 1 What is MIDI? 10. 1 Playing PS1500 with a master keyboard 10. 4 PS1500 in Song mode used as a controlling device 10. 7 Programming Songs on an ex[...]

iv Contents • 18 Song Edit 18.1 Quantize function 18. 2 Clear function 18. 4 Master T rack function 18. 9 Copy function 18.1 3 • 19 SAMPLE / RECORD 19.1 Regulating the Mic/Line signal 19. 3 Preparing to sample - select the Splits 19. 4 Programmable Pads Assign 19. 12 • 20 Play All Songs - Restore 20. 1 Play all Songs 20. 1 Restore 20. 2 Softw[...]

Introduction i 1. Insert the disk into the disk drive . The first step in loading songs from disk is to insert a disk xontaining com- patible songs into the disk drive of the PS1500. This instrument is compati- ble with CD and WS Series songs, Standard MIDI Files and, of course, PS series songs. 1 CONGRA TULA TIONS! Congratulations and thanks for p[...]

ii Introduction SPECIFICA TIONS • Polyphony & multitimbricity Maximum polphony: 32 voices . Multitimbric- ity: 8 parts (Style/Preset modes) or 16 parts (Song mode). Each part is assigned to a track. In Style/Preset mode, 3 tracks (maximum) are assigned to the keyboard and the other 5 to the auto-accompaniments. • Sound Generation The Sounds[...]

Introduction iii - Ms-Dos format). PS1500 is able to initialize disks for both formats. If the Sample-RAM is installed, it is also possible to load Sample- kits from disk. Ms-Dos compatibility permits MIDI File exchange with other instruments and computers. The Disk Drive features the ‘Slow’ and ‘Fast’ loading options; Slow allows data to b[...]

iv Introduction IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION 1. The PS1500 should contain the following items from the factory . a) Instrument; b) Bench; c) 3 Floppy disks (2 OS-Disks, 1 Demo); d) Owner ’s manual. 2. When contacting your retailer or authorized Baldwin technical assistance center , always provide the model name and serial number of your instrument (f[...]

Introduction v IMPOR T ANT PRELIMINAR Y NOTES Observe these important preliminary notes before using your instrument. A VOID PLACING DISKS NEAR MAGNETS - Do not place floppy disks on top of speakers, near mag- nets, telephones or other sources of electromagnetic fields. The disk contents could be damaged. UPDA TEABLE OPERA TING SYSTEM - two disks c[...]

vi Introduction[...]

User Guide • 1 Guick Guide • 2 Layouts • 3 Basic concepts • 4 Sounds & Presets • 5 Styles • 6. Disk • 7. Songs & MIDI Files • 8 Song/Styles • 9 Digital Effects • 10 MIDI[...]

User Guide GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Power source • Be sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate before connecting to the mains. • DC power cannot be used to power this instrument. • If the instrument is to remain unused for long periods of time, remove the power cord from its wall outlet. For saf[...]

Quick guide 1•1 • 1 Quick Guide POWER UP AND GET TO KNOW THE BASICS 1. Be sure that the power switch on the left key block is in the “OFF” position before connecting the power cord. 2. Insert the instr ument’ s power cord into a suit- able grounded wall outlet. 3. Press the power switch to turn on PS1500 . After a few seconds the instrume[...]

1•2 User Guide THE INITIAL ST A TUS (DEF AUL T) After turning on, PS1500 sets to Style/Preset mode with the Grand Piano preset ready to play across the full keyboard. The main display shown a short period after powering up corresponds to the GRAND PIANO Preset. PS1500 defaults to this mode every time you turn on the instrument. The display shows [...]

Quick guide 1•3 PLA Y WITH AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT STYLES PS1500 has 96 auto accompaniment Styles with four V ariations four Intros, a Fill and four End- ings for each Style. Y ou can also load up to 16 disk based User Styles of your choice into the 2 User Style banks available. 1. Press SINGLE TOUCH PLA Y . Pressing this button activates the KEY ST [...]

1•4 User Guide 2” or “Free”, either by selecting a Preset or by entering the PIANO STYLE options. See the PIANO STYLE function in the Styles chapter 5, page 12. 5. Play a different chord. Note how the accompaniment pattern is transposed. 6. Start to play a melody with the right hand. The combination of sounds that play and the current keybo[...]

Quick guide 1•5 Demo Style Demo Style LISTEN TO THE DEMO STYLES Y ou can listen to the automatic playback of your PS1500 to get an idea of what the instrument is capable of doing. 1. Press the DEMO button in the SYSTEM section. The 2x40 backlit Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) shows three Styles and the “ALL” options to choose from. 2. Select a S[...]

1•6 User Guide Multimedia Multimedia PS1500 can display Lyrics when playing PS Se- ries Disks. There are a large number of disks that display lyrics when played. Furthermore, if you connect the RGB socket of the Audio/Video Interface to a domestic TV or computer monitor , you can project the L yrics onto the external moni- tor . Y ou may have to [...]

Quick guide 1•7 7. Press PLA Y or ST ART/STOP to start the SONG play- back. START / STOP PLA Y OR 8 take ME out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd, buy me some peanuts ESCAPE START / STOP STOP OR Multimedia 7 8. Press TEXT in the Song Edit section. While the Song plays, the lyrics are scrolled across the display in synchronization with the[...]

1•8 User Guide SELECTING INSTRUMENT SOUNDS PS1500 has almost 400 instrument Sounds, in- cluding orchestral, percussion and contemporary musical instruments. Y ou can customize any sound to your tastes with the built in sound edit capabilities. 1. Press the GRAND PIANO button. The display shows the GRAND PIANO PRE- SET for a short period then retu[...]

Quick guide 1•9 4. Repeat step 2 and listen to other Sounds. This time, after pressing a SOUND GROUPS button, select a Sound Bank with the P AGE+/ BANK+ button once or twice then select a Sound. Each Sound Group button consists of 3 Sound Banks, each containing 8 Sounds. Selecting instrument sounds Bk2 12STGT EL.GT1 WHAGT1 SLHARX SOLOGT OCT.GT MU[...]

1•10 User Guide SELECTING THE PROGRAMMABLE PRE- SETS The Pianovelle PS1500 contains 64 Program- mable Presets organized into eight different banks: 32 programmed at the factory (buttons 1 - 4) and the other 32 “empty” (buttons 5 - 8), ready to be user-programmed. These presets feature combinations of up to 3 keyboard Sounds, cus- tom effect s[...]

Quick guide 1•11 4. Press the UPPER 2 activator . A second sound is introduced (String), lay- ered with the first. 4 < ------------ Layered sounds (Upp 1 & Upp 2) ------------ > UPPER 2 LOWER UPPER 1 Selecting the Programmable Presets LOWER * * BUTTON DISABLED IN FULL MODE * * Set SPLIT MODE in Easy Play/Split 5A 5B LOWER < ------- L[...]

1•12 User Guide CHANGE THE TOUCH SENSITIVITY If the keyboard of your PS1500 is too “hard” or “soft”, you may want to modify the touch sensi- tivity setting. 1. Press TOUCH SENSITIVITY The display shows four settings to choose from. 2. Select the setting required. Use the corresponding Function button to se- lect the setting and play on th[...]

Quick guide 1•13 PLA Y WITH EFFECTS OR BYP ASS THEM One or both effects buttons in the Digital Effect section will be active (LED on), showing that the current Preset is being processed by one or both effect types (Reverb and/or Mod/Delay ef fect). Y ou can temporarily modify the way in which a Preset is processed by changing the On/Off con- figu[...]

1•14 User Guide PLA Y WITH HEADPHONES • Plug a set of headphones into the left headphone socket. The headphones sockets panel is located on the left side of the instrument, under the key- board. Inserting the headphones plug into the PHONES 1 jack excludes the internal speakers to allows you to play in total silence without disturbing others in[...]

Quick guide 1•15 general Effect volumes and loudness REGULA TE THE GENERAL EFFECT VOLUMES AND ACTIV A TE LOUDNESS It is possible to regulate the general effect vol- umes to suit the surroundings and activate the Loudness function. Although each Preset recalls appropriate effect volume settings for each track, a general setting can be applied to r[...]

1•16 User Guide Transpose the instrument TRANSPOSE THE INSTRUMENT (SEMI- TONES) If you would like to play a Song in a different key , or a song is too high or too low for a singer or other instrument, you can transpose PS1500 to play the song in an easier key . The TRANSPOSE +/– buttons allow real time semitone adjustments (transpositions) of t[...]

Quick guide 1•17 Play all Songs Play All Songs Use the PLA Y ALL SONGS button (located in the 16 T rack Recording Studio section) to play all the Songs or MidiFiles directly from a disk. No need to enter Disk mode; just insert the disk and press PLA Y ALL SONGS. 1. Insert a PS Songs disk or MidiFile data disk into the drive. Check the disk label [...]

1•18 User Guide Song Play - Direct from Disk Song Play - Direct from Disk 1 2 1/4 LOAD: Styles Style Sample Slow Song MidiFile Preset All 3 a LOAD:DemoWK .WK3 [PRESS START TO PLAY OR ENTER TO LOAD] LOAD:CANTSTOP.MID [PRESS START TO PLAY OR ENTER TO LOAD] b DISK F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 b a PS1500 can also play a preselected Song or MidiFile direct[...]

Quick guide 1•19 Song Play - Direct from Disk 4. Rotate the DIAL to select a Song or MidiFile. Scroll through the files and select a Song or MidiFile. 4 5 PLA Y OR INTRO KEY START CONTINUE ENDING START / STOP 5. Press STAR T/STOP or PLA Y to start the playback. The PLA Y button is located in the 16 T rack Recording Studio. The ST ART/STOP button [...]

1•20 User Guide PS1500 allows you to record a simple 8 track song (Song/Style) using recording method that exploits existing Styles. In practice, the Song/ Style recording can record from 1 to 3 real time tracks accompanied by all the backing tracks of a Style to create an 8 track Song/Style. This is the quickest and most direct recording method.[...]

Quick guide 1•21 4. Press RECORD in the Sequencer . On the top line of the Song/Style display ap- pear the letters “MT” to indicate that the Met- ronome is active. On the bottom line at the center , the chord track is shown as being active to record data by the indication “Chord=Rec”. If you don’t want to play with the metronome, press [...]

1•22 User Guide 7. When you have finished, stop the recording ei- ther with STOP or ST ART/STOP . ST ART/STOP stops the recording of the Chord events while the sequencer continues to be ac- tive for the keyboard tracks. STOP stops the sequencer recording for both Chord and keyboard track events. 8. Press RECORD or ESCAPE to escape the Sequencer .[...]

Front & Rear panel 2•1 • 2 Front & Rear Panel Each button on the Pianovelle PS1500 control panel activates a specific function, selects an item in the display , or interacts with the currently se- lected operating mode to assist with the opera- tions. This chapter explains what happens when you press the buttons. BUTTONS WITH LEDS Funct[...]

2•2 User Guide Front panel OFF ON MAX MIN MAX MIN MASTER MIC / LINE DRUMS VOLUME ACCOMPANIMENT BASS ACCOMP.1 ACCOMP.2 ACCOMP. 3 LOWER UPPER 2 UPPER 1 SINGLE TOUCH PLAY F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 8 BEAT SWING COUNTRY 16 BEAT ROCK LATIN 1 FUNK LATIN 2 DANCE POP WORLD ETHNIC USER 1–8 SONG /STYLE USER 9–16 SONG EASY PLAY PIANO STYLE MEMORY LOWER MEM[...]

Front & Rear panel 2•3 Control panel (left section) MAX MIN MAX MIN MASTER MIC / LINE DRUMS VOLUME ACCOMP ANIMENT BASS ACCOMP.1 ACCOMP .2 ACCOMP . 3 LOWER UPPER 2 UPPER 1 SINGLE TOUCH PLA Y F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 8 BEAT SWING COUNTRY 16 BEAT ROCK LATIN 1 FUNK LATIN 2 DANCE POP WORLD ETHNIC USER 1–8 SONG /STYLE USER 9–16 SONG EASY PLA Y P[...]

2•4 User Guide Control panel (central section) INTRO KEY START CONTINUE ENDING START / STOP TRANSPOSE DISPLAY CONTRAST PAGE+ / BANK+ PAGE– / BANK– DISPLAY HOLD TOUCH SENSITIVITY UPPER 2 UPPER 1 UPPER 2 LOWER TEMPO PERFORMANCE STYLE / SONG CHORDS / MEASURE LOWER UPPER 2 UPPER 1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 UPPER 1 LOWER S E L E C T ESCAPE ENTER SYS[...]

Front & Rear panel 2•5 Control panel (right section) REED PIANO MALLET FLUTE ORGAN SYN LEAD GUITAR SYN PAD BASS STRINGS SYN SFX ETHNIC ENSEMBLE PERCUSSIVE BRASS SFX 123 4 5 678 SOUND GROUPS PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS PROGRAMMABLE P ADS GRAND PIANO 1 2 3 4 STORE PRESET 12 3 9 10 11 12 5 4 13 6 14 15 78 16 TRACK SELECT SAMPLE RECORD SAMPLE MIXER PRES[...]

2•6 User Guide 1. VOLUME SLIDERS MASTER VOLUME. Adjusts the general volume (speak- ers, headphones and outputs). Not transmitted or re- ceived via MIDI. MIC/LINE. Controls the volume of the signal fed into the Mic/Line Input of the optional Audio/Video Interface. 2. ACCOMP ANIMENT SLIDERS DRUM, BASS, ACCOMP1, ACCOMP2, ACCOMP3, LOWER, UPPER2, UPPE[...]

Front & Rear panel 2•7 Name write : In name writing situations when the key- board activates as a source of alphanumeric data, T rans- pose – moves the cursor backwards while T ranspose + moves it forwards. 10. DISPLA Y CONTRAST Adjusts the display contrast. Different display viewing angles and lighting conditions may require a slight ad- j[...]

2•8 User Guide 23. SOUND GROUPS Each button comprises a group of 8 Sounds. Each Sound Group consists of 3 banks which are selected with the Page/Bank buttons, or via MIDI with BankSelect mes- sages MSB (CC00). Bank 1 Sounds conform to General MIDI standards, while all other banks contain sound var- iations of Bank 1 Sounds. 24. EDIT Each button g[...]

Front & Rear panel 2•9 Rear Panel COMPUTER THRU OUT IN PEDALS VOLUME RIGHT MONO LEFT RIGHT MONO LEFT MIDI INPUT OUTPUT RGB S–VHS MIC LINE IN GAIN VIDEO RGB S–VHS MIC LINE IN GAIN COMPUTER THRU OUT IN PEDALS VOLUME RIGHT MONO LEFT RIGHT MONO LEFT VIDEO MIDI INPUT OUTPUT 1 3 4 5 6 2 COMPUTER THRU OUT IN PEDALS VOLUME RIGHT MONO LEFT RIGHT M[...]

2•10 User Guide Rear Panel (Connections) 1. AUDIO/VIDEO INTERF ACE • RGB : VIDEO OUTPUT IN RGB/Composite V ideo ST ANDARD. • SVHS : Video output in SVHS/Composite Video stand- ard. • M IC /L INE I N : Audio Input for Microphone or Line signals for sampling operations. The general volume of the sig- nal is regulated with the front panel MIC/[...]

Basic concepts 3•1 • 3 Basic concepts In this chapter , you’ll find information regarding the principal elements that make the Pianovelle PS1500 work, including useful information which will help you to understand the structure of the instrument. PLA Y MODES: STYLE/PRESET , SONG/ STYLE & SONG PS1500 offers three dif ferent play modes: Sty[...]

3•2 User Guide The STYLE LOCK and SINGLE TOUCH PLA Y but- tons In Style/Preset mode the selection of the Sounds and the Accompaniments is determined by the status of STYLE LOCK and SINGLE T OUCH PLA Y buttons. STYLE LOCK on . Selecting Presets selects live keyboard sounds only . STYLE LOCK off. Selecting a Preset selects live keyboard sounds and [...]

Basic concepts 3•3 SONG MODE A Song is sequenced data consisting of one or more tracks (instrumental parts). A Song can be loaded from disk as a PS Song or as a Standard MIDI-file, and it can be recorded one track at a time (multitrack recording). Up to 16 tracks are available in Song mode. Via MIDI, PS1500 can be also used as a multitim- bral (1[...]

3•4 User Guide Style Preset 1 12 Presets associated to the Styles and User Styles and stored in the STYLE GROUPS (Style/ Song Groups section: Swing, Country , Rock, etc., User 1-8, User 9-16). Style-Presets assign sounds to the auto-accompaniments and key- board that suit the Style to which they are asso- ciated. If the SINGLE T OUCH PLA Y LED is[...]

Basic concepts 3•5 when you play PS1500 as a stand-alone unit. Selecting Sounds and Presets via MIDI is dis- cussed in a later chapter . TRACKS A T rack is the smallest part of a Preset. Pro- grammable Presets have up to 3 tracks (for the keyboard), Style-Presets have a maximum of 8 tracks (3 tracks for the keyboard and 5 engaged by the sequencer[...]

3•6 User Guide PCM Samples to the first 6 locations of the Sam- ple-Ram (in replacement of an eventual sample occupying location 8). Location 7 can accept PCM Samples originating from CD Series instruments. EDIT MODES PS1500 offers several Edit modes to modify var- ious aspects of the instrument. Each mode con- sists of a set of parameters spread[...]

Basic concepts 3•7 • Disk (file handling operations to and from Connections RAM and disk). The various Edit modes are explained in detail in the relevant chapters of the owner ’ s manual. Connections This section takes a brief look at the types of con- nections that can be achieved with your PS1500 using the rear-panel connectors. POWER SUPPL[...]

3•8 User Guide a channel that corresponds to the PS1500 Common Channel (refer to the chapters ded- icated to MIDI). MK MIDI OUT PS1500 MIDI IN • T o record Songs on external computers or sequencers , connect the PS1500 MIDI IN to the MIDI OUT of the external device, th e PS1500 MIDI OUT to the MIDI IN of the exter- nal device. This configuratio[...]

Basic concepts 3•9 Connections AUDIO/VIDEO INTERF ACE The Baldwin Audio/Video Interface provides PS1500 with additional connection possibilities as well as a Sampling feature. RGB, S-VHS Video outputs Connect an RGB monitor , a domestic television or a closed circuit video system to these jacks. The domestic TV has to operate in A/V mode. The pos[...]

3•10 User Guide The Display The main display The main display activates every time PS1500 is turned on and is what is shown in normal playing conditions. The power-up status shows the Grand Piano preset selected for the Upper 1 section. The main display shows the sounds assigned to the keyboard tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower), regardless of thei[...]

Basic concepts 3•11 The Display RECORD WINDOWS These types of windows appear when PS1500 is set to record a User Style, Song/Style or Song. The display differs slightly for each specific ele- ment. In all cases, the metronome is activated automatically when the RECORD button is pressed. The top line of the display shows “MT” to indicate the a[...]

3•12 User Guide EDIT P AGES The Edit environments consist of several param- eters spread across more than one “Edit page”. The pages are scrolled with the Page+/Bank+ and Page–/Bank– buttons. Each page is identified by a respective number and name of the select- ed parameter . Edit pages differ from one another but they have in common a s[...]

Basic concepts 3•13 Data Entr y Inserting numeric values, selecting options and navigating between the PS1500 parameters of the edit pages is achieved with specific controls: • Navigation (Function Select buttons F1…F8), Page+/Bank+, Page–/Bank– buttons. • Data Entry (DIAL, Function buttons F1…F8, Sliders F1…F8, Keyboard, ENTER and [...]

3•14 User Guide MODIFYING THE P ARAMETER V ALUES The value or status of a selected parameter can be changed with the Dial. For On/Off situations, the corresponding Function button toggles be- tween the two states. In many situations, the Slid- ers F1…F8 can be used to change parameter values without having to select the parameter beforehand. In[...]

Basic concepts 3•15 INSER TING ALPHANUMERIC DA T A In Name Write situations (Presets, Songs, User Styles, Disk files, etc.), the keyboard activates as a source of alphanumeric data. Each note of the keyboard corresponds to a letter of the al- phabet or a number . The relative display shows a flashing active zone (“New name”) where a name of u[...]

3•16 User Guide Data Entry Inserting measures In Song mode, as an alternative to the Fast For- ward and Fast Reverse functions, you can pass directly to any measure of a Song by specifying the measure number in an appropriate “active zone”, activated by pressing both >> and << but- tons at the same time. The required measure numbe[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•1 • Split mode - the Upper tracks (7 and 8) play to the right of the split point while the Lower track (6) plays to the left from the Split point down. If you deactivate the Lower track when Easy Play is off, the Upper tracks are as- signed to the entire keyboard. If you deacti- vate the Lower track when Easy Play is on, [...]

4•2 User Guide Keyboard Activators The three Keyboard Activators (Upper 2, Upper 1, Lower), located to the right of the display un- der the Select buttons, activate or deactivate the keyboard tracks. For example, if an Upper track is muted, by pressing the corresponding Activa- tor button, the sound assigned to the track will activate for play (p[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•3 d *********** Bk1: STRING T Bk1: SLOSTR Bk1: PIANO1 Selecting Single Sounds A UPPER 2 UPPER 1 LOWER S E L E C T 1 d *********** Bk1: STRING T Bk1: SLOSTR Bk1: PIANO1 B UPPER 2 UPPER 1 LOWER S E L E C T d *********** Bk1: STRING T Bk1: SLOSTR Bk1: PIANO1 C UPPER 2 UPPER 1 LOWER S E L E C T 2 Bk1 PIANO2 HONKY EL.PN2 CLAVIN [...]

4•4 User Guide 3. Select a Bank containing the desired Sound us- ing the P AGE+/BANK+ or PAGE–/BANK– but- tons. Each Group can contain up to 3 banks. The Bank number corresponds to the BankSelect MSB (CC00) MIDI message. Bank 1 sounds are General MIDI compatible, while Banks 2 and 3 contain variations of Bank 1. Banks 2 and 3 of the Percussiv[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•5 Assigning a Sound to the GRAND PIANO preset The GRAND PIANO Preset accepts a sound change using the method already described. However , whatever change you make remains temporary and is instantly cancelled if you either select the GRAND PIANO preset again, select a Preset from the PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS, or enter Song/Style[...]

4•6 User Guide Selecting Presets Select a Preset when you want to change the whole keyboard sound combination, not just a single sound. 1. Press one of the PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS but- tons. The timeout display shows 8 Presets to choose from. Selecting Presets 1 123 4 5 678 PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS BigBrs Epad-1 Ronnie Analog BigSTR BlBand Benson BigOrg[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•7 USE P AGE+/BANK+ AND PAGE–/BANK– TO SELECT THE PRESETS Y ou can select Presets in increasing or decreas- ing order with the Page+/Bank+ or Page–/Bank– buttons. 1. Press PAGE+/BANK+ select the next Preset. The Preset advances one step. Press the same button repeatedly to scroll through the Presets in increasing ord[...]

4•8 User Guide THE GRAND PIANO PRESET The Grand Piano Preset is an exception to the rule because, unlike the Presets of the PRO- GRAMMABLE PRESETS section, this preset recalls the Grand Piano sound with fixed param- eter values (volume, pan setting, reverb effect, etc.) which, if modified, cannot be memorized to the Grand Piano Preset. If you att[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•9 SELECT SOUNDS, PRESETS OR STYLES USING DISPLA Y HOLD Normally , after selecting an item from a selection window , the display returns to the previous situa- tion automatically . If you activate DISPLA Y HOLD (LED on), the selection window remains locked after selecting an item. This allows you to continue selecting items [...]

4•10 User Guide How to Program Presets PS1500 contains 64 Programmable Presets stored in ROM memory . 32 of these are factory- programmed to recall various combinations of keyboard sounds (maximum 3) for real time play- ing. The remaining 32 are “empty”, ready to re- ceive user-programmed data. In the Appendix, you’ll find a table showing t[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•11 ASSIGNING SOUNDS TO TRACKS The method described on page 3 refers to the direct method applied to the three keyboard tracks. T o assign Sounds to the tracks not shown in the main display (Style, Song/Style, Song or a MIDI Preset used by an external MIDI device), use the method described below . 1. Press PRESET in the EDIT[...]

4•12 User Guide 5. Press ESCAPE to close the Edit Preset: Program Change page. Assigning Sounds to tracks 5 ENTER ESCAPE 6 STORE PRESET ENTER ESCAPE 6. T o save the change, press STORE PRESET followed by ENTER to confirm. The new situation is permanently memorized. Y ou can restore the original settings of the Preset using the Restore Preset comm[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•13 CHANGING THE TRACK ST A TUS The keyboard tracks ( Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower = T racks 8, 7, 6 respectively) of a Preset can be set to either active or mute status. An active track can play , while a muted one can- not. It is possible to toggle between the active and mute status in order to instantly add or re- move a Sound[...]

4•14 User Guide Changing the Track status The tracks not normally shown on the main dis- play (Style, Song/Style or Song tracks) can be activated/muted by intervening on the corre- sponding track buttons in the 16 T rack Record- ing Studio (sequencer). The Style, Song/Style and Song tracks engaged by the sequencer are identified by the status of [...]

Sounds & Presets 4•15 CHANGING THE KEYBOARD MODE The keyboard Sounds can be set to one of two keyboard modes: • Full Mode - The tracks Upper 1 and Upper 2 play across the entire keyboard range. The Lower section is disabled for activation. • Split Mode - The tracks Upper 1 and Upper 2 play to the right of the split point while the Lower t[...]

4•16 User Guide 3. Rotate the DIAL to set MODE to FULL or SPLIT as required. Y ou can also toggle between the two states by pressing the corresponding Function but- ton repeatedly . Changing the Keyboard Mode 5 UPPER 2 LOWER UPPER 1 ENTER ESCAPE 6 STORE PRESET 4 3 1/1 MODE/SPLIT POINT: Mode=Split Split Point=F#3 ENTER ESCAPE 6. Press STORE PRESET[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•17 Changing Track V olumes BALANCE THE SECTION VOLUMES WITH THE ACCOMP ANIMENT SLIDERS Presets also memorize the track volumes, but you can modify the recalled settings in real time by moving the Accompaniment sliders as required. When working with Styles, Song/Style or Songs, or playing in real time with the Presets, mix t[...]

4•18 User Guide TRANSPOSING THE TRACKS (BY SEMITONES) The Preset tracks can be individually transposed in semitone steps using the “Section T ransposer” function in «Edit Preset». The range over which a section can be trans- posed is ± 24 semitones (2 octaves) and the set- tings can be stored to the Preset. 1. Press PRESET in the EDIT sect[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•19 Store Preset How to Store Presets Use the STORE PRESET button to save a Pre- set, to create a new one or to change the name Save a Preset if you want to conserve the changes that have been applied. The temporary changes made to a Preset are lost if you select a different one or the same one again or select a Style. Y ou [...]

4•20 User Guide SA VING CHANGES TO THE CURRENT PRE- SET Save a Preset to itself if you want to conserve the applied changes (e.g. a section transposition or a section volume change, etc.). 1. Press STORE PRESET . The «Preset Store» window opens showing the same source and destination Preset. T o save changes to the original Preset, the display [...]

Sounds & Presets 4•21 SA VING CHANGES TO A DIFFERENT PRESET (OR CREA TING A NEW ONE) 1. Press STORE PRESET . The «Preset Store» window opens showing the current Preset at the centre and the des- tination Preset at the “TO:” location. Preset numbers 1…8 correspond to Preset 1, 9…16 to Preset 2 and so on..... 2. Rotate the Dial to sel[...]

4•22 User Guide CHANGE THE NAME OF A PRESET 1. Press PRESET . in the EDIT section. 2. Hold PAGE+/BANK+ pressed to scroll to the last page (Page 9) to open the “Preset name” win- dow . The current Preset name is shown at the “Old name” position. The “NewName” position will be active, ready to accept your character insertions. Store Pre[...]

Sounds & Presets 4•23 Restore Preset RESTORING THE ORIGINAL PRESET SET - TINGS Is it possible to cancel all modifications made to the Presets and restore factory settings. 1. Press RESTORE in the SYSTEM section. The RESTORE ORIGINAL BLOCK display activates. 1 2 RESTORE 1/1 RESTORE ORIGINAL BLOCK [Release] All Seq Preset [01-09-97] F1 F2 F3 F4[...]

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Styles 5•1 • 5 The Styles Y ou can enjoy playing the Pianovelle PS1500 keyboard sounds in real time while PS1500 takes care of the auto accompaniment, as if you were playing with a band of musicians. The auto ac- companiments are provided by the PS1500 Styles. This chapter describes the Style auto accompa- niments, how to select them and how to[...]

5•2 User Guide Selecting Styles Selecting Styles Y ou can choose to select Styles and recall ap- propriate keyboard sounds automatically (option A), or select Styles without changing the keyboard sounds (option B). OPTION A: RECALL KEYBOARD SOUNDS AUTOMA TICALL Y 1. Press SINGLE TOUCH PLA Y (LED on). When SINGLE T OUCH PLA Y is on, the sounds mem[...]

Styles 5•3 Selecting Styles OPTION B: SELECT STYLES WITHOUT CHANGING THE KEY - BOARD SOUNDS 1. Turn off SINGLE TOUCH PLA Y . When SINGLE T OUCH PLA Y is off, select- ing a Style changes the accompaniment patterns, sounds and effects of the accom- paniment tracks. If TEMPO LOCK is of f, the tempo also changes. The Sounds of the live keyboard track[...]

5•4 User Guide SELECT A STYLE WITH THE PROGRAM- MABLE PRESETS The Programmable Presets memorize the sta- tus of the instrument when the STORE PRESET button is pressed, therefore, they also ‘remem- ber ’ which Style and V ariation were active at the time. © Note : Most of the Programmable Presets are factory-set to recall the “8bt Std” St[...]

Styles 5•5 The Accompaniment tracks Auto Accompaniment tracks In the Style/Preset mode, 3 tracks are assigned to the keyboard and 5 to the automatic accom- paniment. The accompaniment tracks and the keyboard tracks can be changed in the same manner and saved in the Presets (Style Preset or Preset). T o view the Accompaniment tracks Press the PRES[...]

5•6 User Guide The Style Controls KEY ST ART can be turned off by: • pressing ST ART/STOP to start the accompaniment. • pressing ENDING while the accompani- ment is running. • pressing KEY ST ART once more to deactivate the function. KEY ST ART is not turned off by: • pressing ST ART/STOP while the accompa- niment is running. • pressing[...]

Styles 5•7 6. Play a note or chord with your left hand. The accompaniment starts playing again. 7. Press ENDING or ST ART/STOP to stop the accompaniment. ENDING turns KEY ST AR T off. 8. If you have stopped the accompaniment with ST ART/ST OP , press KEY ST ART to turn it off. NOTE : The ST OP and PLA Y buttons in the 16 T rack Recording Studio a[...]

5•8 User Guide V ariation, Fill, Style Lock V ariation, Fill, Style Lock VARIA TION 1,2,3,4 These buttons control the Style V ariations. Each button recalls a different version of the same ac- companiment. Each variation includes different patterns for the Basic, Intro, Fill and Ending sections. the timing of the last two taps, the relative T emp[...]

Styles 5•9 The Accompaniment section The Accompaniment section This section provides functions which control and simplify Style playing. EASY PLA Y / SPLIT EASY PLA Y/SPLIT is a dual action button. When this button is on (LED on), all the accom- paniment parts of a Style are enabled. If it is not on, you will only hear the Drum track when a Style[...]

5•10 User Guide MEMOR Y When this button is on (LED on), the accompani- ment continues to play after releasing the left hand from the keyboard. When off, releasing your left hand causes the accompaniment to stop. LOWER MEMOR Y If this is on (LED on), the notes of the track as- signed to the left hand (Lower) are held even if the left hand is take[...]

Styles 5•11 The Chord Recognition modes THE CHORD RECOGNITION MODES There are four possible chord recognition modes available. • One Finger , Fingered 1 and Fingered 2 require the chord to be played below the Split Point. • Free allows the chord to be played anywhere on the keyboard, ignoring the Spit point. One Finger - A single note played [...]

5•12 User Guide MODIFYING THE CHORD RECOGNITION MODES The three chord recognition modes are accessed by holding the PIANO STYLE button pressed for approximately 2 seconds. 1. Press and hold PIANO STYLE. 2 1 PIANO STYLE 1/1 PIANO STYLE:ONE FINGER OneFinger Fingered1 Fingered2 FreeStyle F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 1/1 PIANO STYLE:FINGERED 2 OneFinger F[...]

Styles 5•13 CHANGING THE SPLIT POINT The Split Point is: a) the point that separates the Upper and Lower keyboard sections in Style/Preset mode and, b) the point below which the keyboard recog- nizes chords which trigger the Style automatic accompaniments ( in One Finger and Fin- gered chord recognition modes ). The current Split Point setting ca[...]

5•14 User Guide SINGLE TOUCH PLA Y The SINGLE T OUCH PLA Y button recalls all the memorized parameters associated to the ROM Styles, including the sounds assigned to the key- board sections. If the EASY PLA Y and MEMORY buttons are off, pressing SINGLE T OUCH PLA Y activates both buttons. Activating SINGLE T OUCH PLA Y also turns on KEY ST ART . [...]

Styles 5•15 How to select the Har mony Type T ype B: Octave 1: doubles the note of the right hand by playing an octave higher . No left hand chord re- quired. Oscar: doubles the note of the right hand with a note two octaves below . No left hand chord re- quired. This structure is based on the harmony typically used by the jazz musician Oscar Pet[...]

5•16 User Guide SELECTING PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS DURING STYLE PLA Y Y ou can select Programmable Presets while the accompaniment is playing to change the combi- nation of the keyboard sounds. 1. Activate SINGLE TOUCH PLA Y . EASY PLA Y , MEMORY and KEY ST ART ac- tivate automatically . T urn of f TEMPO LOCK and MIXER LOCK (of on). Examples: Selecti[...]

Styles 5•17 Examples: Selecting Presets during Style play 4. Press INTRO, ENDING or FILL to activate the in- troduction. 4 INTRO KEY START CONTINUE ENDING START / STOP FILL T AP TEMPO 5 5. Play a note or chord on the left keyboard area (below the current split point) to start the ac- companiment running. The Intro starts then breaks into the auto[...]

5•18 User Guide 9. Stop the accompaniment with ENDING or STAR T/ STOP . Examples: Selecting Presets during Style play 9 INTRO KEY START CONTINUE ENDING START / STOP[...]

Styles 5•19 MUTE ONE OR MORE ACCOMP ANIMENT TRACKS While playing Styles, you may want to temporar- ily deactivate (mute) one of more accompaniment tracks to play the keyboard sounds with, for ex- ample, Drums and Bass accompaniment only . 1. Select a Style. The 16 T rack Recording Studio section will show the accompaniment tracks recalled by the [...]

5•20 User Guide CHANGING STYLE WITHOUT STOPPING THE ACCOMP ANIMENT It is not necessary to stop the automatic accom- paniment when you want to change Style. Y ou can recall a new Style during the cycle of a V ariation, a Fill, Intro or Ending without interrupt- ing it. An example. 1. Select a Style. Examples: Changing Style without stopping the ac[...]

Styles 5•21 4. Play normally . Examples: Changing Style without stopping the accompaniment 4 F5 F6 F7 F8 k Boogie SlBlue SoftRk Blues 8 BEAT SWING COUNTRY 16 BEAT ROCK LATIN 1 FUNK LATIN 2 STYLE SON 5 6 7 INTRO KEY START CONTINUE ENDING START / STOP FILL T AP TEMPO 5. Press one of the STYLE GROUP buttons and se- lect a different Style. The new St[...]

5•22 User Guide 11 Examples: Changing Style without stopping the accompaniment 8. Before the Fill, Intro or Ending cycle finishes, se- lect a different Style and one of its Variations. The new Style interrupts the cycle and starts playing at the end of the current Fill, Intro or Ending measure. The selected V ariation now starts playing. © Hint [...]

Styles 5•23 T empo T empo The Style T empo, shown in the display , can be adjusted while playing by rotating the DIAL. The current tempo setting can be saved to a Pre- set. By saving the T empo to a Preset, in practice you modify the tempo setting of a ROM Style. Thanks to the battery-backed RAM, the tempo setting remains memorized after turning [...]

5•24 User Guide Restore Preset RESTORING THE ORIGINAL PRESET SET - TINGS It is possible to cancel all modifications made to the Presets and restore factory settings. 1. Press RESTORE in the SYSTEM section. The RESTORE ORIGINAL BLOCK display activates. 2. Press F5 or F6 to select the PRESET command. The display shows “Restore Original Preset”.[...]