Korg SP-170S Electronic Keyboard User Manual


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Pitch Control function (Tuning)
Whenyou’replayingtogetherwithotherinstruments,you
canusethisthePitchControlfunctiontoxanyslightdif-
ferencesinpitchbetweeninstruments.Youcanadjustthe
tuningoftheSP-170Sinhalf-step(0.5)Hzintervalsovera
rangeof427.5–452.5Hz(Hertz)byusingtheE5andF5keys.
•PressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbut-
tons(ontherightendofthekeyboard),thenpresstheE5
keytolowerthepitchin0.5Hzstepseachtimeyourpress
it,orpresstheF5keyrepeatedlytoraisethepitchin0.5Hz
stepseachtimeyoupressit.
•Toresetthepitchto440Hz,pressandholddownthePIA-
NOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,andpresstheE5andF5
keyssimultaneously.
Thedefaultseing(whenyouturnontheunit)isA4=440Hz.
MIDI
Using the MIDI OUT jack
TheMIDIOUTjacktransmitsMIDImessages.Whenyou
playthekeyboard,theMIDImessageswillbeoutputtocon-
trol(e.g,playthesoundof)anexternalMIDIdevice.Usean
optionalMIDIcabletoconnecttheMIDIOUTjackoftheSP-
170StotheMIDIINjackofanexternalMIDIdevice.
Changing the MIDI channel
Ifyou’reusingtheSP-170Sasacontrollertoplaysounds
fromaconnectedMIDIdevice,theMIDIchanneloftheSP-
170SmustmatchtheMIDIchanneltheexternalMIDIdevice.
TochangetheMIDIchannel(1–16)thatMIDIdataisbeing
transmiedfromviatheMIDIOUTjackontherearpanel,
pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons
simultaneously,andpressoneofthekeysrangingfromC4
toD
#
5.
ThedefaultMIDIchannel(whenyouturnontheunit)is“1.”
Transmitting Program Change and Control
Change messages
YoucanchangetheprogramnumberoftheconnectedMIDI
devicefromtheSP-170S.
WhenyouselectapresetsoundontheSP-170S(see“Play-
ingDierentSounds”onpage2),ittransmitsaMIDIPro-
gramChangenumber(PC#)asshowninthetablebelow.
Todisablethistransmission(DIS),pressandholddownthe
PIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuonssimultaneously,andthen
presstheG
#
3key.Toenablethistransmission(ENA),repeat
thepreviousprocedurebutpresstheA3keyinstead.
TheSP-170SalsotransmitsControlChangemessagestocon-
trolDamper(CC64),BankSelect(CC00),etc.fortheconnected
MIDIdevice.Todisablethistransmission(DIS),pressand
holddownthe
PIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons
simultane-
ously,andthenpresstheA
#
3key.Toenablethistransmission
(ENA),repeatthepreviousprocedurebutpresstheB3key
instead.
Thedefaultsetting(whenyouturnontheunit)isENA
(transmitted)forbothProgramandControlChangemes-
sages.
Program Change Table
BANK#
PC# Sound
BANK#
PC# Sound
0 0 Piano 1 0 7 Clavichord
0 1 Piano 2 0 11 Vibraphone
0 4 E. Piano 1 0 19 P. Organ
0 5 E. Piano 2 0 16 E. Organ
0 6 Harpsichord 0 48 Strings
CC00:BankSelect(MSB)foreachsoundisassignedto121
Troubleshooting
Ifyouperceiveanymalfunction,checkthefollowingsugges-
tions.Iftheproblempersists,contactyournearestKorgdis-
tributor.
Power does not turn on
•MakesurethattheACadapterisproperlyconnectedtothe
SP-170SandtheACoutlet.
•MakesurethatthepowerLEDisilluminated.
No sound from the speakers
•RotatetheVOLUMEknobontherearpaneltotherightto-
wardMAX.
•Thespeakerswillbemutediftheheadphonesareconnected.
Sound is interrupted
•ThepresetsoundsoftheSP-170Shavebeencreatedbysam-
pling(recording)soundsofactualmusicalinstruments.
Whenyoupressakey,somesoundsplayasinglepieceof
sampleddata,whileothersoundsplaytwopiecesofsampled
data.TheSP-170Susestwopiecesofdataformostofitspre-
setsounds.Whenoneofthesetwo-samplesoundsisselected
(regardlessofwhetherthedamperpedalisbeingpressed),
themaximumpolyphonyis60notes.However,withtwo
Pianosounds,themaximumpolyphonyis120notes.Ifthe
maximumpolyphonyisexceeded,someofthenoteswillbe
lost.
The pitch or tone of the piano sounds wrong in some key regions
•TheSP-170S’spianosoundsreplicatethesoundofanactual
pianoasfaithfullyaspossible.Thismeansthatinsomere-
gionsofthekeyboard,youmayfeelthattheovertonesseem
stronger,orthatthetoneorpitchseemswrong.Thisisnota
malfunction.
Pedal is not effective
•Makesurethatthepedalcableisproperlyconnected.
Connected MIDI device does not respond to MIDI messages
•MakesurethatallMIDIcablesareproperlyconnected.
•MakesurethattheSP-170SistransmittingMIDIdataonthe
sameMIDIchannelastheconnectedMIDIdevice.
Specications
Keyboard
NHKeyboard:88note(A0–C8)
Maximum polyphony
120notes/60notes(Stereo)
Sounds
Tensounds
Jacks
Headphonesx2(alsofunctionasoutputs),
MIDIOUT,DamperSW(Pedal)
Amp output
9W×2
Speakers
Oval(10cmx5cm)x2
Power supply
DC12V
Power Consumption
9W
Weight
12kg/26.46lbs(excludingmusicstand)
Dimensions (W x D x H)
1312×325×144mm/51.65"×12.8"×5.67"
(includingprojections,butexcludingmusic
stand)
Included items
ACadapter(
),Musicstand,Pedal
* Specicationsandappearancearesubjecttochangewithout
noticeforimprovement.
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