GEM PK5 Oriental Owner's manual

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PK5 Oriental

Owner’s manual English

PK5 Oriental

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Contents i

Contents

Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1

The Owner’s Manual ............................................................................ 1

Specifications........................................................................................ 1

Important information ........................................................................... 2

How to update your instrument ............................................................. 3

SYSTEM RESET ................................................................................. 3

Front Panel PK5 Oriental ...................................................................... 4

Rear Panel PK5 Oriental (Connections) ................................................ 7

• 1 Get started................................................................................................ 12

Powering up and preliminary operations ............................................... 8

PK5 Oriental - Power-Up status (default) .............................................. 8

Playing PK5 Oriental ............................................................................ 9

Play on the keyboard in real time .......................................................... 9

Play manual Bass .................................................................................. 9

Play with a Preset Arabic Scale ........................................................... 10

Adjust the volume ............................................................................... 10

Select single sounds from the SOUNDS section.................................. 11

Select sounds from the STYLE/SONG-SOUND section ..................... 11

Select Performances and play keyboard sounds................................... 12

Select Styles and play with automatic accompaniments ...................... 12

Add Pitch Bend to your playing .......................................................... 13

Add Modulation to your playing ......................................................... 13

Play with Effects or bypass them......................................................... 13

Regulate the general Effect volumes ................................................... 14

Play with headphones.......................................................................... 14

Play with the pedals ............................................................................ 14

Transpose the instrument (Semitones) ................................................. 14

Demo .................................................................................................. 15

• 2 Basic concepts ........................................................................................... 21

Style and RealTime modes .................................................................. 16

Style Lock and Single Touch Play buttons........................................... 17

Song Style mode ................................................................................. 17

Performance........................................................................................ 18

Tracks ................................................................................................. 19

Sounds ................................................................................................ 19

Connections ........................................................................................ 20

Power.................................................................................................. 20

Aux Out (Stereo)................................................................................. 20

MIDI................................................................................................... 20

Pedals ................................................................................................. 21

Headphones ........................................................................................ 21

Music Stand ........................................................................................ 21

The Display ........................................................................................ 22

Data Entry........................................................................................... 23

• 3 The Arabic Scale ....................................................................................... 25

What is the Arabic Scale?.................................................................... 25

Where is the Arabic Scale?.................................................................. 25

ii Contents

How to recall a preset Arabic Scale ..................................................... 25

How to cancel an Arabic Scale .............................................................. 26

How to set a new Arabic Scale in real time.......................................... 26

How to Store a user-programmed Arabic Scale ................................... 26

• 4 Sounds & Performances............................................................................ 27

The Sounds and Tracks ....................................................................... 27

The 4 Real Time tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower & Manual Bass).... 27

Sounds & the keyboard mode ............................................................. 27

Auto Manual Bass............................................................................... 28

Selecting Sounds ................................................................................. 29

Sound Banks ....................................................................................... 30

Selecting Performances ....................................................................... 31

Selecting Performances and Style Lock............................................... 31

Programming the tracks of a Performance (Edit track) ........................ 31

The Performance parameters ............................................................... 32

Store Performance............................................................................... 33

Save to the current Performance.......................................................... 33

Save to a different Performance (or create a new one) ......................... 34

The Performance name ....................................................................... 34

To Restore the original Performance settings....................................... 34

• 5 Styles and Oriental Styles ......................................................................... 35

About the PK5 Oriental Styles ............................................................ 35

Selecting Styles ................................................................................... 35

Recall a Style by selecting the Performances....................................... 36

Restart Style........................................................................................ 37

The Style Tempo ................................................................................. 38

Saving a different Tempo to a Performance ......................................... 38

Style/Tempo Lock ............................................................................... 38

The Split Point .................................................................................... 39

The Style controls (Start/Stop, Key Start, Intro, Ending) ..................... 40

Var 1, Var 2 ......................................................................................... 40

Fill A, Fill B/Tap Tempo ..................................................................... 41

The Arranger section ........................................................................... 42

Arrange On/Off................................................................................... 42

Arrange Memory ................................................................................ 42

Lower Memory ................................................................................... 42

Bass To Lowest ................................................................................... 42

Arrange Mode ..................................................................................... 43

Auto Arrange ...................................................................................... 43

Auto Bass ........................................................................................... 43

Chord recognition options ................................................................... 44

Single Touch Play ............................................................................... 45

Store Performance............................................................................... 45

The Utility section............................................................................... 46

Metronome ......................................................................................... 46

Touch .................................................................................................. 46

Harmony ............................................................................................. 46

Sustain ................................................................................................ 47

Reverb ................................................................................................ 47

Chorus ................................................................................................ 47

Contents iii

• 6 Song Styles .............................................................................................. 48

Song Style Performances .................................................................... 48

Song Style Recording.......................................................................... 48

Entering the Song Style Record mode ................................................. 48

Recording ........................................................................................... 49

Listen to the Song Style playback........................................................ 49

To select and playback a Song Style .................................................... 50

Play a Song Style with a Keyboard track in real time .......................... 50

Clear Song Style ................................................................................. 51

Song Style name ................................................................................. 51

• 7 Digital Signal Processor ............................................................................ 52

Reverb ................................................................................................ 52

Chorus ................................................................................................ 52

Assigning the effect types ................................................................... 52

How to select the effect types .............................................................. 52

Deactivating (bypassing) the effects .................................................... 53

Regulating the Send levels .................................................................. 53

Revsend .............................................................................................. 53

Chosend .............................................................................................. 53

• 8 MIDI........................................................................................................ 55

What is MIDI? .................................................................................... 55

Tracks and MIDI channels .................................................................. 55

MIDI Connection rules ....................................................................... 56

Assigning MIDI channels.................................................................... 56

MIDI Lock.......................................................................................... 56

The Common Channel ........................................................................ 56

MIDI Numeration ............................................................................... 56

Principal MIDI applications ................................................................ 57

Piloting an expander (or other keyboard) with PK5 Oriental ............... 57

Using the PK5 Oriental with a computer (or external sequencer) ........ 58

Piloting PK5 Oriental with a master keyboard..................................... 59

• 09 MIDI/General ........................................................................................ 61

The parameters of this section ............................................................... 61

Dump procedure ................................................................................... 63

To receive the data (Dump into PK5 Oriental memory) ......................... 63

Reference Section..................................................................................................

Technical Specifications PK5 Oriental ............................................... R. 2

Index................................................................................................ R. 3

• Appendix

Sounds table..................................................................................... A. 2

Style/Song Style tables ..................................................................... A. 4

Reverb table ..................................................................................... A. 5

Chorus table ..................................................................................... A. 5

Drumkit tables ................................................................................. A. 6

Recognized chords - example in the key of C ................................... A. 8

MIDI Implementation Chart............................................................. A. 9

Control Change on tracks ............................................................... A. 10

iv Contents

Introduction 1

Congratulations!

Congratulations and thank you for having purchased Generalmusic’s PK5 Oriental, a

workstation packed with features and functions that unite Oriental and Western music.

PK5 Oriental offers high quality sounds, automatic accompaniments, an easy-to-oper-

ate user interface, a dedicated Arabic Scale panel section, two Sound Groups with 8

Arabic Sounds each, three Style Groups, each with 8 Oriental Styles, an Arabic Drumkit

and a special Oriental Demo Style.

THE OWNER’S MANUAL

Don’t use it as a paperweight: read it. It helps to understand how PK5 Oriental operates,

saving much time.

The first part of the manual is divided into several User Guides while the second part

contains the Appendix with various tables and MIDI specifications.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Polyphony & multitimbricity

PK5 Oriental is 32 note polyphonic (maximum), 8 part multi-timbral (Style and

Song Style mode). Each part is assigned to a track. In Real Time mode, 4 tracks

(maximum) are assigned to the keyboard.

• Sound Generation

The Sounds are based on PCM and Wavetable technology. The Sounds are based on

elaborated sampled waveforms. The instrument’s 32 oscillators generate “single”

(32-note polyphonic) or “layer” sounds (16 note polyphonic).

• ROM Sounds

The PK5 Oriental’s ROM (Read Only Memory) contains 273 Sounds including

Arabic sounds and an Arabic Drumkit.

• Arabic Scale/Memory

A special section consisting of twelve buttons arranged in keyboard octave style and

a set of buttons which provide several associated functions. Each Arabic Scale but-

ton lowers the corresponding note of the keyboard by 1/4 of a tone in real time. The

Memory section provides 3 locations for preset Arabic Scales, a general Cancel but-

ton and a Store command.

• Digital Signal Processor

PK5 Oriental features two on-board Digital Signal Processors, controlled in real

time, which enrich the sounds with effects (reverbs and modulations). Two different

effects (1 Reverb and 1 Modulation/Delay) can be assigned and memorised to each

Performance.

• Sequencer

An on-board 8-track Sequencer that allows the recording of Song Styles (real time

recording method). User-programmed sequence data are conserved in the battery-

backed System-RAM.

• Automatic Accompaniments

PK5 Oriental features 96 ROM Styles (including 3 groups of Oriental Styles) which

provide automatic accompaniments for the three real time keyboard sections (Upper

1, Upper 2, Lower). Each Style has 2 Variations consisting of Basic, Intro, Fill and

Ending patterns, totalling 20 different patterns.

2 Introduction

• MIDI

Thanks to the fully implemented MIDI features, PK5 Oriental can act as a Master

controlling device, or as a 16 part multi-timbral slave device, regardless of the cur-

rent playing mode.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

1. The PK5 Oriental should contain the following items from the factory:

a) Instrument;

b) Music stand;

c) Owner’s manual.

2. When contacting your retailer or authorised Generalmusic technical assistance cen-

tre, always quote the model name and serial number of your instrument.

Introduction 3

Important preliminary notes

HOW TO UPDATE YOUR INSTRUMENT

To update the PK5 Or

iental, you must contact an authorised Generalmusic technical assist-

ance centre or your retailer.

SYSTEM RESET

To rest

ore the instr

ument’s factory status (default settings), proceed as described below:

• Simultaneously press and hold the UPPER 1 selector button (located to the right of

the display) together with the first three buttons in the top left hand corner of the

SOUNDS section (Kanoun1, Aoud1, Nay).

WARNING

The Reset operation irremediably cancels all user-programmed data contained in the

instrument’s RAM (Random Access Memory).

4 Layout

Front Panel PK5 Oriental

set Arabic scales and a general C

ANCEL

button to cancel the current

Arabic Scale selection.

5. STYLES. Each button of this section recalls one Oriental Style

according to the silkscreened markings. The top line of buttons (from

left to right) correspond to the 8 Oriental Styles of the Arab 1 Style

Group. The bottom line of buttons correspond to the 8 Oriental Styles

of the Arab 2 Style Group.

6. CURSOR/PAGE. Navigational arrows: the CURSOR [ ] and

[ ] buttons select the functions listed in the MENU to the left of the

display. The currently selected function is indicated by the arrowhead

in the display which points to the name of the function. The PAGE

[ ] and [ ] buttons pass from function page to another.

7. SINGLE TOUCH PLAY. When On (display indicator on) ROM

Style-Performance sounds are assigned to all the tracks when you se-

lect the Styles. The A

RRANGE

ON

/

OFF

and A

RRANGE

MEMORY

functions

are also automatically activated and the Bass section is re-engaged to

the Styles. In this mode, the 9 Function buttons F1 … F9 also recall

nine different Single Touch Play ROM panel settings which differ ac-

cording to the Style. When OFF (display indicator off), selecting

Styles recalls sounds for the accompaniment tracks while those of the

keyboard tracks remain unchanged.

8. PERFORMANCE RECALL/STORE PERF. A twin action but-

ton: Press the button then use the Function buttons 1…9 to recall Per-

formances from the current Performance Group. Other Performance

Groups are selected with the +/– buttons of the numeric keypad. Press

and hold the button to activate the S

TORE

P

ERFORMANCE

function which

allows you to save your settings to the Performances and change the

Performance name.

1. POWER ON/OFF. Push button to turn the instrument on

and off.

2. VOLUME. Regulates the overall volume of the entire in-

strument (speakers, headphones, stereo aux out).

3. ARRANGER. 4 functions which control the Styles: A

R

-

RANGE

O

N

/O

FF

enables (LED On) or disables (LED Off) the

Style arrangements. A

RRANGE

M

EMORY

, the Style arrange-

ments continue playing (display indicator on) or stop (display

indicator off) after releasing the keys from the keyboard be-

low the split point. L

OWER

M

EMORY

, the Sound assigned to

the Lower keyboard section continues playi jng (display indi-

cator on) or stops playing (display indicator off) after releas-

ing the keys from the keyboard below the split point. B

ASS

T

O

L

OWEST

, when on (LED on), the Bass track of the Style auto

accompaniment follows the lowest left note of the chord played,

allowing real time changes of the bass accompaniment accord-

ing to the lowest note played. When off, the Bass track fol-

lows the programmed pattern of the Style, regardless of the

chord inversion played.

4. ARABIC SCALE/MEMORY. The control centre of all

the Arabic Scale functions: A

RABIC

S

CALE

: 12 buttons, arranged

in keyboard octave style which lower the corresponding notes

of the keyboard by 1/4 of a tone in real time. M

EMORY

: this

section contains the S

TORE

button which memorises user-pro-

grammed Arabic notes, 3 memory slots (1, 2, 3) to select pre-

1

2

9. VARIATION 1, VARIATION 2. These 2 buttons allow you to

change the current Style Variation (the display indicator illuminates

then goes off). The current variation (1, 2) is indicated by the corre-

sponding LED which turns on.

10. FILL IN A, FILL IN B/TAP TEMPO. F

ILL

IN

A

[ ]

(Fill-to-

current-variation): recalls a Fill pattern then continues with the same

Style variation. F

ILL

IN

B [ ] (Fill-to-next-variation): - pressed during

Style play (display indicator turns on), it recalls a Fill pattern then

passes to the next variation. T

AP

T

EMPO

- sets the Style playing speed

by tapping on the button and starts the Style automatically.

11. FUNCTION BUTTONS F1…F9 (S.T.PLAY/PERFORM-

ANCE). These buttons select Performances, Single Touch Play set-

tings, Style or Song Style tracks, depending on the current status of the

instrument.

12. START/STOP, INTRO, ENDING, KEY START/CONTINUE.

S

TA RT

/S

TOP

starts and stops the playback of a Style or Song Style and

starts the Song Style recording of the automatic accompaniment. I

NTRO

places the introduction of a Style on “standby” before Style start.

E

NDING

stops a Style with an Ending (the corresponding display indi-

cator turns on). K

EY

S

TART

synchronises the start of a Style with a note

(or chord) pressed on the lower keyboard area. Pressing C

ONTINUE

restarts the Song Style from the current stop point.

13. ENTER, ESCAPE, TEMPO/DATA +/– BUTTONS, . E

NTER

confirms specified data in edit situations. E

SCAPE

cancels specified

data and/or escapes an edit situation. The T

EMPO

/D

ATA

+/–

BUTTONS

are active for Tempo changes in Style and Song Style mode, or operate

as data entry devices when the instrument is in one of the function edit

modes.

14. STYLE/TEMPO LOCK. S

TYLE

L

OCK

: when on (corresponding

display indicator on), selecting Performances recalls keyboard sounds

3

4

5

26

27

Layout 5

only without changing Style. When off (display indicator off), select-

ing Performances recalls keyboard and accompaniments sounds and

changes Style. T

EMPO

L

OCK

: when selected (the display shows an

alternate flashing of the Tempo setting and ‘LOC’), the current Tempo

setting is locked for all Style changes. When off (alternate flashing

stops), each Style recalls memorised Tempo data. When selected in

Song Style Record mode, the current Tempo setting is locked for all

Style changes made during the recording.

15. DEMO. Gains access to the demonstration Oriental Style. Press

ENTER to start the Demo.

16. UPPER 1, UPPER 2, LOWER. These buttons activate (LED

ON) or mute (LED off) the respective keyboard sections and deter-

mine the configuration of the keyboard sounds.

17. DISPLAY. A backlit LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) of the multi-

function type that simultaneously displays and provides access to sev-

eral parameters. The user interface displays the current situation of the

instrument at all times, showing the On/Off status of several panel

buttons with the corresponding display indicator. The surrounding

markings also form part of the display area.

18 STYLE/SONG, SOUND, Bank 1-2-3. Numeric keypad to select

the Sounds (00-127) including the Drumkits, the Styles (00-95) and

Song Styles (96-99) by specifying the corresponding Program change

number using the STYLE / SONG and SOUND lists as a reference.

Three digit selections are specified by pressing the 100+ button fol-

lowed by the remaining two digits. The Sound Banks (1, 2, 3) are

selected in cyclic order by pressing the + and – buttons simultane-

ously. The button as the top of the selection keypad toggles between

the Style/Song and Sound selection modes.

19. OCTAVE –/+. A Track octave transposer which transposes the

selected track (the one shown flashing in the display) over the maxi-

mum range of ±2 octaves. Pressing both + and – buttons at the same

time cancels the setting.

20. TRANSPOSE b / #. Raises (

#)

or lowers (

b

) the pitch of the

instrument as a whole in semitone steps, over a range of ±12 semi-

tones. Pressing both buttons at the same time resets to 0.

21. SOUNDS. Each button of this section gains direct access to a

Sound according to the silkscreened markings. The top line of buttons

showing Arabic names (from left to right) correspond to 8 Oriental

Sounds from the Arabic groups of Bank 3 (4 sounds from the Ethnic

and 4 from the Sfx groups). The bottom line of buttons correspond to

8 most commonly used sounds, including the Arabkit.

22. SEQUENCER. The buttons of this section are dedicated to the

recording and playback of a Song Style. R

ECORD

automatically sets

the sequencer for Song Style recording. P

LAY

/S

TOP

starts and stops

the Song Style recording and playback.

23. UTILITY. 6 useful functions which affect the instrument in sev-

eral different ways. M

ETRONOME

activates/deactivates the metronome

in playback and record mode. T

OUCH

allows you to set the keyboard

sensitivity with the Page buttons. H

ARMONY

enables/disables the

melody harmony function according to the current Harmony Type.

S

USTAIN

applies the sustain effect to the three keyboard sections (Up-

per 1, 2 and Lower). R

EVERB

activates/deactivates the Reverb effect

processor. C

HORUS

activates/deactivates the Chorus effect processor

(delay/modulations). Holding the T

OUCH

, H

ARMONY

, R

EVERB

and

C

HORUS

buttons pressed allows you to enter into the edit of the corre-

sponding function.

24. SOUND. A table listing all the Bank 1 Sounds arranged according

to General MIDI standards. Bank 2 sounds are not listed, except the

Drums Bank.

5

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

7

8

9

6

6 Layout

25. STYLE/SONG. A table listing all the Styles arranged in Groups. Also included are

two Arabic groups (Arab 1 & 2 ), an Ethnic group (4 Greek and 4 Turkish Styles) and a

Song Style group (4 Song Styles).

26. WHEEL. This physical controller is preset for P

ITCH

B

END

. Vertical movements

generate P

ITCH

B

END

messages on the Performance tracks set to receive them.

27. MODULATION. This physical controller (a button) is preset for M

ODULATION

.

Holding down the button generates M

ODULATION

messages and allows you to play the

keyboard sounds with M

ODULATION

for as long as the button is held pressed.

Layout 7

Rear Panel PK5 Oriental (Connections)

3

4

1

2

5

6

1. MIDI OUT, MIDI IN A MIDI interface consisting of MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports

to communicate with other external devices fitted with a MIDI interface (keyboards,

computers, etc.). MIDI cables are not supplied with the instrument.

When using PK5 Oriental on its own, these sockets do not require to be connected.

2. DAMPER. A pedal connector for an optional footswitch preset for Sustain which

affects all Performances.

3. AUX OUT. Stereo Auxiliary Output to listen to the PK5 Oriental sounds through an

external amplification device (mixer, audio amplifier, home stereo unit, etc.).

4. HEADPHONES. Jack for a set of stereo headphones. Inserting the headphone plug

into this jack excludes the internal speakers.

5. DC 12 V. Connector for the optional power supply unit.

6. VOLUME. A pedal connector for a continuous control pedal assignable for Volume

control (All Volume, Section Volume).

8 User Guide

• 1 Get started

In this chapter, you’ll find step by step instructions on some basic functions that will help

you get to know your instrument right away.

Powering up and preliminary operations

PK5 Oriental can be powered in two ways:

1. with batteries - by inserting a set of batteries into the battery compartment);

OR

2. from the mains - by inserting the jack of the optional power supply into the PK5

Oriental rear panel 12 V D.C. socket and the other end into a suitable wall outlet.

BATTERY POWER

PK5 Oriental can be powered by 8 “torch” batteries (alkaline, 1.5 volt “LR-20”):

1. Carefully turn the instrument up-side-down in order to remove the lid from the bat-

tery compartment.

2. Slide the batteries into the compartment (observe the polarity markings).

3. Replace the lid.

4. Turn the instrument the right way up and turn it on.

POWER SUPPLY UNIT

PK5 Oriental can be powered from the mains via an optional power supply unit. You

can purchase the power supply from your retailer with the following technical character-

istics: 12 Volts D.C. (direct current), 1800 MA.

The power supply can be also used when batteries are inserted in the battery compart-

ment.

Warning: the power supply unit must be of the correct type. Do not use power supply

units other than the type indicated by the retailer from whom you purchased your PK5

Oriental. Some units at all appearances look very alike, but can be disastrous to the

internal circuitry and can also be harmful to persons.

POWER ON/OFF

Press the power switch (located on the left of the control panel) to turn on the keyboard.

At this point, PK5 Oriental is ready to play.

To turn off the keyboard, press POWER ON/OFF.

PK5 ORIENTAL - POWER-UP STATUS (DEFAULT)

When you turn your instrument on the first time after unpacking it, or after every System

Reset operation, PK5 Oriental defaults to Real Time Mode with the first Performance

from Perf Group 1 ready to play.

C

000

KANOUN 1

00

120

0

METRONOME TEMPO

112 33 05 24 49 109 48 61 01

POWER-UP DISPLAY

Get started 9

Playing PK5 Oriental

PLAY ON THE KEYBOARD IN REAL TIME

1. Play on the keyboard.

KANOUN 1

You will hear the “Kanoun1” sound play across the full keyboard extension.

The group of Keyboard Activators (Upper 2, Upper 1, Lower) shows Upper 1 se-

lected (LED on), indicating that the UPPER 1 keyboard section is active to play.

2. Press UPPER 2.

KANOUN 1

STRINGS

A second sound (Strings) is introduced, layered with the first across the entire key-

board.

Pressing a single note on the keyboard plays two sounds simultaneously.

The group of Keyboard Activators (Upper 2, Upper 1, Lower) shows Upper 1 and

Upper 2 selected (LEDs on).

3. Press LOWER and play with both hands.

WARMPAD KANOUN 1

STRINGS

A third sound (WarmPad) is introduced and the keyboard is now divided with a Split

Point at note F#3. The LOWER keyboard plays over the range C2 - F#3. The

UPPER 1 and UPPER 2 sections are assigned to the range G3 - C7. This keyboard

mode is called SPLIT mode.

The group of Keyboard Activators (Upper 2, Upper 1, Lower) shows Upper 1, Upper

2 and Lower selected (LEDs on).

PLAY MANUAL BASS

In Real Time Mode, PK5 Oriental adds a fourth Sound to the keyboard, allowing you to

play bass manually.

4. Press Function button F2 and play again with both hands.

WARMPAD KANOUN 1

PICKBASS STRINGS

USER INFO

The Manual Bass track corresponds to the Bass accom-

paniment track of the current Style. When the Styles are

not playing, you can choose to play the Bass accompani-

ment track manually by “disconnecting” the Bass accom-

paniment track from the Styles.

10 User Guide

A fourth sound (PickBass) is now added to the other three. You will hear a layered

combination of two sounds on the right and a layered combination of two sounds on

the left (below note F#3).

5. Deactivate LOWER (if on) and play on the left part of the keyboard.

The LED of the Lower button goes off and the Lower keyboard sound is cancelled,

leaving the “Bass” Sound on its own.

It is also possible to set PK5 Oriental to power up with the Manual Bass active (by

memorising the panel situation with Arrange ON/OFF = ON). Manual Bass is also

governed by the AUTO MANUAL BASS option found in the ARRANGE MODE

function (see page 43). The default setting of AUTO MANUAL BASS is ON.

PLAY WITH A PRESET ARABIC SCALE

The Arabic Scale Memory section contains 3 preset (ROM) Arabic Scales (factory-set

which cannot be permanently erased from memory).

1. Press one of the 3 Memory buttons (1, 2 or 3) to select a preset Arabic Scale

The button pressed is identified by a red led above the button which lights up. Each

button activates a different Arabic Scale.

At the same time, one or more buttons of the “Arabic Scale” activate (a red led lights

up above the active pad). Each active button identifies the note affected on the key-

board. The pitch of the affected note will be lowered by 1/4 of a tone. Recalling an

Arabic Scale affects the keyboard regardless of how it is currently set to play; in Split

or Layer mode.

To recall a different preset Arabic scale, simply press one of the other Memory but-

tons. The currently selected button will cancel and the Arabic Scale will change

configuration according to which Memory button is pressed.

2. To cancel the selected Arabic Scale, press the Cancel button.

The preset Arabic Scale cancels and restores the instrument to the normal (equal)

playing scale.

ADJUST THE VOLUME

General volume

1. Adjust the overall volume with the VOLUME slider.

The VOLUME control (slider) regulates the general volume of the instrument. A

comfortable level is about two thirds of the maximum course of the slider.

Individual sound (track) volumes

The volume of the Sounds assigned to the keyboard sections (or tracks) can be adjusted

with respect to the overall volume of the instrument.

2. Press Function button F9 corresponding to the Upper 1 keyboard section.

The track starts to flash (“Upper 1” is shown flashing).

3. Use the Tempo/Data +/– buttons to adjust the volume of the Upper 1 keyboard section.

The bar graphs shown under the flashing keyboard section change with a change of

volume. The lower the volume, the less bars appear.

Use the same procedure for other keyboard sections (or tracks).

The part of the display above the Bass

track (usually dedicated to the Measure

counter) shows the letters “BAS” indi-

cating that Manual Bass is active (shown

only when the sequencer is off).

Note: When the sequencer is on (Playback or Record

mode), Manual Bass is automatically disabled.

Note: Refer to the Arabic Scale chapter 3 for full details

of the Arabic Scale/Memory section.

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Get started 11

Select single sounds from the SOUNDS section

You can recall a single Sound (Oriental or ‘Western’) directly from the SOUNDS section

and assign it to the currently selected Keyboard section (or accompaniment section). Use

the SOUNDS section to select the Sounds marked near the buttons.

ASSIGN A SOUND TO THE UPPER 1 KEYBOARD SECTION

1. Press the Upper 1 selector button to activate the Upper 1 keyboard section for a change of sound.

The LED of the button turns on and the arrowhead to the right of the display shows

points to Upper 1 in the Mode list.

2. Press one of the SOUNDS buttons.

For example, press the button corresponding to the sound AOUD1 ( ).

3. Now play on the keyboard.

You will hear the selected sound play on the keyboard.

Use the same procedure for other keyboard sections.

Select sounds from the STYLE/SONG-SOUND section

The selection keypad on the right of the display can be used to select Sounds as well as

Styles or Song Styles, according to the status of the SOUND or STYLE/SONG button.

Use this section to select all the SOUNDS listed above the display, as well as Bank 2 and

Bank 3 Sounds (not listed).

1. Press the Upper 1 selector button to activate the Upper 1 keyboard section for a change of sound.

The LED of the button turns on and the arrowhead to the right of the display points to

Upper 1 in the Mode list.

2. Go to the selection keypad to the right of the display and press the SOUND button (if necessary) to

activate the selection keypad for Sound selection.

The LED of the SOUND button turns on.

3. Specify the Program change number of the Sound required on the keypad, using the Sounds list above

the display as a reference.

For numbers 00-09, always specify “0” first followed by the second number.

For 2 digit numbers (10-99), simply specify the first number followed by the second.

For 3 digit numbers, first press the 100+ button, then the second and third number as

required.

4. Now play on the keyboard.

You will hear the selected sound play on the keyboard.

5. Press both the +/– buttons of the keypad at the same time to change Bank (once for Bank 2, twice for

Bank 3. From Bank 3, press +/– once to return to Bank 1).

Use the same procedure for other keyboard sections.

12 User Guide

Select Performances and play keyboard sounds

1. Press the Performance Recall button.

The arrowhead in the display moves directly to the “PERF” function in the MENU

list.

2. Press one of the Function buttons F1…F9 to select a Performance (for example, F6).

The F1…F9 buttons select the 9 Performances belonging to the current Performance

Group.

Use the +/– buttons of the keypad to change Performance Group (+ to advance, – for

reverse order selection).

3. Play on the keyboard.

The selected Performance recalls a different sound combination with respect to the

power up status. Depending on the Performance recalled, the Keyboard Mode may

change (Split or Full) and the Manual Bass track may also be On or Off.

The Performances can:

• recall combinations of up to 4 sounds for real time playing (with manual bass on or

off only if the Arrange On/Off=ON status is memorised to the Performance);

• recall different panel settings;

• recall different Styles.

Select Oriental (or Western) Styles and play with automatic

accompaniments

PK5 Oriental defaults with an Oriental Style already selected but you can select another

Style in the following two ways:

1. Press SINGLE TOUCH PLAY.

The S.T.PLAY function on the right of the display turns on. Also activated are the

ARRANGE ON/OFF button (panel LED on) and ARR MEM function (display indi-

cator on the right).

DIRECT SELECTION METHOD

2A. Press a button in the STYLES section.

Each button recalls a single Oriental Style according to the silkscreened markings.

KEYPAD SELECTION METHOD

2B. Press the STYLE / SONG button (if necessary) of the selection keypad to activate the section for Style or

Song Style selection.

The LED of the STYLE/SONG button will turn on.

3. Specify the Program change number of the Style required on the keypad, using the Style list above the

display as a reference.

For numbers 00-09, always specify “0” first followed by the second number.

For 2 digit numbers (10-95), simply specify the first number followed by the second.

Get started 13

4. Press START/STOP (the big red button under the display).

The Drum accompaniment (drum track) starts to play.

5. Play a chord with the left hand (below split point F#3) and a melody with the right.

You’ll hear a fully orchestrated arrangement accompanying the keyboard sound(s).

The combination of sounds that play and the keyboard mode will depend on the

Style selected.

You can change the combination of keyboard sounds by intervening on the key-

board activators (Upper 2, Upper 1 and Lower).

Add Pitch Bend to your playing

While you play, you can modify the pitch of the keyboard sounds by using the Bender,

that is, the wheel located to the left of the keyboard.

• To obtain Pitch Bend, move the Bender Up or Down.

Pitch Bend is a “glide” (or glissato) effect which simulates the effect heard in certain

instruments (trombone, guitar, violin, etc.).

Add Modulation to your playing

While you play, you can add Modulation to the keyboard sounds by pressing the Modu-

lation button, located above the Pitch Wheel.

• To obtain Modulation, hold down the MODULATION button.

Modulation is an oscillating effect which simulates the vibrato of a violin, a clarinet, the

human voice, etc..

Play with Effects or bypass them

One or both effects (REVERB and CHORUS) will be active (shown by the corre-

sponding display indicators), according to how the current Performance is programmed

(in Style or RealTime modes).

You can temporarily modify the way in which a Performance or Style is processed by

changing the On/Off configuration of the REVERB and CHORUS panel buttons.

When the corresponding display indicator is on, the sounds of the current Performance

are being processed by the effect; when the display indicator is off, the effect is by-

passed.

Bypass

1. To bypass an effect, press the corresponding panel button.

The corresponding display indicator goes off, indicating that the current Perform-

ance is not processed by the relative effect.

To activate an effect

2. Press the corresponding panel button.

The corresponding display indicator turns on to show that the current Performance

is processed by the relative effect.

Note: If the Manual Bass is currently active, it will can-

cel automatically (‘BAS’ indicator turns off in the dis-

play) when you press START/STOP.

Note: 22 Reverbs (Reverb) and 22 Modulation/Delays

(Chorus) are available in the PK5 Oriental.

Note: Modulation will be generated for as long as the

button is held pressed.

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