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Selecting sounds
C-190 Portable Organ
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4. Using the orchestral sounds
The C-190 contains orchestral sounds that can be used in isolation or together with the organ sounds. The orchestral
sounds are velocity sensitive (their volume and timbre depend on the force with which you press the keys).
Selecting sounds
There are three sections: the MANUAL I and II sections
that can span the entire keyboard, and the PEDAL sec-
tion that allows you to play a bass part.
Let us first look at how to select a MANUAL I or II
sound:
(1) Press the [ORCHESTRA] button so that it lights.
There are three ORCHESTRA tone banks: 3 for the
PEDAL section, 5 for the MANUAL I section and 5 +
chimes for the MANUAL II section.
(2) Press a tilt tab to select the sound whose name is
printed below it (indicator lights).
Example: to select the “N.GUITAR” sound for the
MANUAL I section, press the [OCTAVE¥2’] tab.
To add a harpsichord sound to it (using the MANUAL
II section), press the [BOURDON¥8’] tab.
You can layer the MANUAL I and II sounds (play them
together) or play them via separate keys (when the
[II÷I] tilt tab is off). The PEDAL part follows the same
rules as in organ mode.
Note: Each division can only play one orchestral sound at any
one time.
(3) Press the [ORCHESTRA] button again (it goes dark)
to leave the orchestral selection mode.
Remember that is perfectly possible to add orchestral
sounds to organ divisions.
Using a sustain pedal
Connect an optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U foot-
switch to the C-190’s EXP/SUST socket to be able to
hold the notes of the PEDAL, MANUAL I and II sections
in the same way as on an acoustic piano.
Orchestra Melody function
In addition to using the MANUAL II division’s orchestral
sound together with the MANUAL I sound (or in a sepa-
rate keyboard zone), you can use the MANUAL II sound
as “melody voice”.
That voice (any orchestral sound you choose in the
MANUAL II section) is monophonic and therefore can-
not play chords. It always sounds the highest (right-
most) note you play on the keyboard. Here’s how to
select that function:
(1) Press the [ORCHESTRA] button so that it lights.
(2) Press and hold the tilt tab of the MANUAL II
orchestral voice you want to use until the indicator
below it starts flashing.
(3) Start playing and notice how the highest notes are
doubled by the MANUAL II orchestral sound you
selected.
(4) Press the tilt tab above the flashing indicator again
to switch off this melody function.
Using a chime sound
The C-190 provides a chime sound that may come in
handy for a variety of occasions (Christmas masses, for
example).
That sound is assigned to the MANUAL II [TREMULANT]
tilt tab.