Korg SP-170S Electronic Keyboard User Manual


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Playing Back Songs
TheSP-170Sfeatures10songsthatuse10presetsounds.
WhilepressingandholdingdownthePIANOPLAYand
SOUNDbuons,pressoneofthekeysrangingfromC6to
A6(ontherightsideofthekeyboard).Thesongassignedto
thekeythatyoupressed(asshownbelow)willstartplaying.
Playbackstartsfromtheselectedsong,thencontinuesand
repeatsallsongsinascendingorderuntilyoustopplayback.
Tostopplayback,pressthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbut-
tonssimultaneously.
Duringplaybackofasong,youcanswitchthesoundus-
ingthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuonswhileplay-
ingthekeyboard.Theeectseingofthesongwillalso
beappliedtothesound.
Evenifyouchangethesoundduringplaybackofasong,
thecorrespondingMIDIdata(suchasMIDIProgram
Changemessages)willnotbeoutput.
Song name
1 (Piano 1): Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66 /F.Chopin
2 (Piano 2): Amazing Grace/unknown (arr. : N.Nishi)
3 (E. Piano 1): Ramble/M.Sakaguchi
4 (E. Piano 2): KORG Orignal
5 (Harpsichord): Invention No.8/J.S.Bach
6 (Clavichord): KORG Orignal
7 (Vibraphone): KORG Orignal
8 (P. Organ): Toccata in D moll/J.S.Bach
9 (E. Organ): KORG Orignal
10 (Strings): First Snow/M.Sakaguchi
Effects (Reverb and Chorus)
Youcanuseareverbeecttoadddepthtothesound,anda
choruseecttoaddwidthandspace.
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SimultaneouslypressandholddownthePIANOPLAYand
SOUNDbuons,andthenpresstheA5keytoturnonthe
reverbeect.Toturnothereverbeect,repeattheprevi-
ousprocedurebutpresstheG
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5keyinsteadofA5.
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SimultaneouslypressandholddownthePIANOPLAYand
SOUNDbuons,andthenpresstheB5keytoturnonthe
choruseect.Toturnothechoruseect,repeattheprevi-
ousprocedurebutpresstheA
#
5keyinsteadofB5
.
Youcanapplyeectstoeachpresetsound.
Whenyouturnonthepowertotheunit,theeectswilluse
theoptimumseingsforeachpresetsound.
Key Touch Control function
TheKeyTouchControlfunctionenablesyoutochangethe
wayyourplayingstrengthwillaecttheoutputlevel.You
cansetthisfunctionbyusingthewhitekeysinarangefrom
D2toF2.(Seethegureonthele.)
•Toplayfortissimowithsostrokes(Lighttouch),pressand
holddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuttons,and
thenpresstheD2key.
•Toplayfortissimowithverystrongstrokes(Heavytouch),
pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbut-
tons,andthenpresstheF2key.
•Tosimulateanormalpianotouch(Standardtouch),press
andholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,and
thenpresstheE2key.
Thedefaultseing(whenyouturnontheunit)isStandard
touch.
Transpose function (Shifting the key)
Insomecases,asongmaybewrieninadicultkey(e.g.,
usingmanyblackkeys),oryoumaywishtoshithekeyto
matchanotherinstrumentorvocalist.Insuchcases,youcan
transpose(shithekey)touseaneasierngering,ortouse
thesamefamiliarngeringtoplayinadierentkey.Thisis
calledtheTransposefunction.Youcanshithekeyinarange
ofelevensemitones.
Forexampleifyoutransposeupwardbyonesemitone,play-
ingthenotesshowninthescoreonthelebelowwillpro-
ducethepitchthat’sshowninthescoreontheright.
• Totransposethekey,pressandholddownthePIANO
PLAYandSOUNDbuttons,andthenpressakeyfrom
F
#
2toB3orfromC
#
3toF3.Thenameofthekeythatyou
pressedwillbecomethetransposedkey.
Forexample,ifyouwishtousetheC3keytoplaynoteA2
(lowerbythreesemitones),pressandholddownthePIANO
PLAYandSOUNDbuons,andpresstheA2key.Ifyouwish
tousetheC3keytoplaynoteD
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3(higherbythreesemitones),
pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,
andpresstheD
#
3key.
ToresettheTransposefunctionto“NoTransposition(+/-0),”
pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,
andthenpresstheC3key.
Thedefaultseing(whenyouturnontheunit)is“NoTrans-
position.”
C1[24]*C2[36]*C3[48]*
C4[60]*
C7[96]*
C8[108]*
C5[72]*C6[84]*
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Reverb On/Off
Chorus On/Off
Preset Sounds (C7–A7)
Songs (
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Key Touch
Std.
Transpose
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Heavy
MIDI Channel (C4–D
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Pitch
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Off
On
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Piano 1
E. Piano 1
Clavichord
Vibraphone
P. Organ
E. Organ
Strings
Piano 2
E. Piano 2
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