Suzuki Musical Instrument Corp. GP-3 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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PIANO VOICES - SOUND CHANNEL MODES
ASSIGNING DIFFERENT PIANO SOUND CHANNEL MODES
Depending on your playing style this piano can be set up to play in 4 different
Piano Sound Channel Modes: Upper, Layer, Lower and Drum.
TO SELECT AND ENGAGE ONE OF DIFFERENT SOUND CHANNEL MODES
PRESS ONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE BUTTONS.
UPPER VOICE - Upper is use to select the Upper or MAIN voice of the piano.
The upper mode engages the selected piano voice for all of the piano
keys.
LAYER (DUAL) VOICE - Layer, or dual, refers to an additional voice that is tone
mixed with the selected Upper or Main Instrument Voice. The selected
Layer voice will be heard with the Upper voice when the layer feature is
engaged.
LOWER VOICE - In the lower, or split, mode the piano is divided into two sec-
tions. In the right hand section the selected main voice, or the layer
voice will sound. In the left hand section a different voice can be se-
lected to sound when the keys are played.
Note: You can change the Instrument Voice selection for each Piano
Sound Channel Mode only when it is highlighted on the LCD Display
Screen.
To highlight one of the Piano Sound Channel Modes press the respective
control panel button.
To Change the Instrument Voice of your selected Piano Sound Channel
Highlight the Instrument Voice listed and use the VALUE + and - buttons
or the DATA WHEEL to access your desired Instrument Voice.
See the Set Up mode section of this manual for further information on
setting the Lower Voice Piano Key Split Point.
Example of LCD Display Screen when the Layer Button is pressed.
DRUM (PIANO KEY PERCUSSION) - To engage this feature:
Press the Setup Button once.
Press the Screen Right Button.
Highlight the Percussion Box on the LCD Display Screen Menu Box.
Note: The Piano Key Percussion Mode refers to the Percussion Voices
that can be played by the Piano Keys from the eight internal drum kits in
this pianos sound library.
There is also a sound effects kit that can be played while the piano is in
this mode.
When this Piano Key Drum Percussion Mode is engaged, the piano
keys will only play percussive voices - the piano keys will not play
normal piano sounds. The percussion mode and drum kits are
selected in the setup menu “Percussion”.
Please see the Setup section of this manual for more information.
LAYER
NC
1 : Big Band
A1
/ = 100
49 : Strings 1
UPPER
LAYER
LOWER
SETUP
VALUE
–+
LEFT RIGHT
SCREEN
DATA WHEEL