Technics sx-PR804/M Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Selecting sounds
Select the sounds for the three parts you can play on the keyboardRIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT. After first selecting a part
and a SOUND GROUP, choose the desired sound from the display.
Select a sound
1. In the PART SELECT section, choose RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 or LEFT.
The CONDUCTOR buttons are used to specify which part
is heard. (Refer to page 36.)
For the RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts, when a CONDUC-
TOR button is selected, the corresponding PART SELECT
button is also activated.
2. Select a sound group.
The sounds in DRUM KITS are percussion sounds that
you play by striking the keyboard keys.
MEMORY is reserved for storing sounds you modify.
(Refer to page 119.)
3. Select the desired sound from the list on the
display.
You can use the PAGE buttons to view a different part of
the list (except for a portion of the PIANO group).
The sound you select is memorized for the part you
selected in step 1.
The sound display may differ depending on the effect
settings.
4. Play the keyboard.
DEMO
SPLIT
POINT
MAIN
VOLUME
APC/SEQUENCER
VOLUME
MODE
CHORD FINDER
OFF/ON AUTO SETTING BANK STOP
8&16
BEAT
ROCK & POP BALLAD JAZZ & SWING
MOVIE &
SHOW
SOUND
ARRANGER PIANO STYLIST
TEMPO / PROGRAM
PROGRESSIVE
PIANIST
ONE TOUCH
PLAY
SIMPLE PIANOFADE
IN OUT
INTRO & ENDING
START / STOP
SYNCHRO
START
TAP TEMPO
FILL IN
12 1
1234
BEAT
2
METRONOME
SET OFF/ON
1234
VARIATION
MUSIC STYLE
ARRANGER
GOSPEL
& BLUES
SOUL &
DISCO
COUNTRY &
WESTERN
LATIN &
WORLD
MARCH &
WALTZ
MEMORY
LOAD
123
456
MAX
MIN
MAX
OFF
SOLO SOLO
RHYTHM GROUP
SAX &
WOODWIND
ORGAN &
ACCORDION
SOUND
EXPLORER
BRASS SYNTH SOLOIST
MULTI EFFECT
CHORUS REVERB PLAY EASY REC
SET NEXT BANK BANK VIEW
PROGRAM
MENUS
DISK
LOAD
CHORD STEP REC
DISK
IN USE
SOLO
TECHNI-CHORD
DIGITAL EFFECT BRILLIANCE
STRINGS
TRANSPOSE R1/R2 OCTAVE
PART SELECT
CONDUCTOR PANEL MEMORY
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1
+ +
GRAND UPRIGHT ELECTRIC MODERN
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DIGITAL
DRAWBAR
VOCAL BASS
DRUM KITS MIXTURES MEMORY
GUITAR
& HARPSI
MALLET &
ORCH PERC
SOUND GROUP EFFECTTHEATRE SONIC
SEQUENCER
PIANO
PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS
AUTO PLAY CHORD
FAVORITES
OTHER PARTS/TR
HELP
DISPLAY HOLD
EXIT
LCD CONTRAST PAGEMUTE
SEQUENCER
RESET
COUNT
INTRO
SX-PR804
(PR804)
PART SELECT
LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1
SAX &
WOODWIND
ORGAN &
ACCORDION
SOUND
EXPLORER
BRASS SYNTH SOLOISTSTRINGS
GRAND UPRIGHT ELECTRIC MODERN
DIGITAL
DRAWBAR
VOCAL BASS
DRUM KITS MIXTURES MEMORY
GUITAR
& HARPSI
MALLET &
ORCH PERC
SOUND GROUP
PIANO
(PR804)
Part I Sounds and effects
Overview of sounds and effects
The following is an overview of the sound parts of this instrument.
NX SOUND
NX SOUND is the Technics original sound generator format
which evokes realtime performance quality and expressive
power, and dramatically expands the number of sounds and
effects generated. This format includes GM2 (General MIDI
Level 2), and make various controls possible when data is
created and reproduced by computer.
For information about GM2, refer to page 95.
Equipment with the logo shown below is compatible with
NX SOUND song data.
Part
This instrument is mainly organized into the following parts.
RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, LEFT:
These are the parts the performer plays on the keyboard.
These are independent from the playback parts. For
example one can to perform on the keyboard while
playing back a song disk with 16-part standard MIDI files
(SMF).
PART1 to 16:
SMF song disk playback parts, or parts for MIDI receive.
ACCOMP1 to 5, BASS, DRUMS 1, 2:
Parts for the automatic accompaniment.
PADS:
Parts for the PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS (PR804)
METRONOME:
The part for the METRONOME sounds.
Sounds and effects
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