GEM genesys ensemble Owner's manual

genesys ensemble

genesys grand ensemble

DIGITAL KEYBOARDS

Owner’s manual genesys

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

SPECIAL MESSPECIAL MES

SPECIAL MES

SAGESSAGES

SAGES

ALARM SYMBALARM SYMB

ALARM SYMB

OLS:OLS:

OLS:

Generalmusic electronics products could

present labels similar to that displayed in

this section. Please follow accurately the

precautions descripted in the safety in-

structions.

IMPORTIMPORT

IMPORT

ANT NOTEANT NOTE

ANT NOTE

To reduce the risk related to the correct and normal use of the instrument,

all Generalmusic products are accuralety tested in a safety laboratory. DO

NOT modify the present unit, the safety standard and the correct instrument

operativity could be compromised, and as a further consequence the war-

ranty will be invalidated.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,

within an equilateral triangle, is intended to

alert the user to the presence of uninsulated

“dangerous voltage” within the product’s

enclosure that may be of sufficient

magnitude to constitute a risk of electric

shock to persons.

The exclamation mark within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert.

IMPORTIMPORT

IMPORT

ANT SAFETY AND INSTANT SAFETY AND INST

ANT SAFETY AND INST

ALLAALLA

ALLA

TION INSTRUCTIONSTION INSTRUCTIONS

TION INSTRUCTIONS

INSTRUCTION PERTINSTRUCTION PERT

INSTRUCTION PERT

AINING TO A RISK OF FIREAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE

AINING TO A RISK OF FIRE

, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRIC SHOCK

, ELECTRIC SHOCK

, OR, OR

, OR

INJURY TO PERSONS.INJURY TO PERSONS.

INJURY TO PERSONS.

WW

W

ARNING!ARNING!

ARNING!

When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:

1. Read all the Safety and Installation instructions and explanations of Graphic Symbols before using the

product.

2. This product must be earthed. If it should malfunction or breakdown, grounding provides a path of least

resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord

having an equipment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an

appropriate outlet that is properly installed and earthed in accordance with all local codes and ordinances.

DD

D

ANGERANGER

ANGER

::

: Improper connection of the equipment grounding conductor can result in a risk of electric shock.

Check with a qualified electrician or serviceman if you are in doubt as to whether the product is properly

grounded. Do not modify the plug provided with the product, if it will not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet

installed by a qualified electrician.

3. To reduce the risk of injury, close supervision is necessary when this product is used near children.

4. Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet

basement, or near a swimming pool or the like.

5. This product should only be used by a stand or cart that is recommended by the manufacturer.

6. This product, either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers, may be

capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a long

period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss

or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist.

7. This product should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation.

8. This product should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, or other

products that produce heat.

9. The product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating

instructions or as marked on the product.

10. This product may be equipped with a polarized line plug (one blade wider than the other). This is a safety

feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact an electrician to replace your obsolete

outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug.

11. The power-supply cord of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long

period of time. When unplugging the power supply cord, do not pull on the cord but grasp it by the plug.

12. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings.

13. The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when:

A. The power-supply cord or the plug has been damaged

B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the product;or

C. The products has been exposed to rain or moisture

D. The product does not appear to be operating normally or exhibits a marked change in performance

E. The product has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged.

14. Do not attempt to service the product beyond that described in the user-maintenance instructions. All

other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel.

15.

WW

W

ARNINGARNING

ARNING

- Do not place objects on product power cord or place it in a position where anyone could

trip over, walk on or roll anything over it. Do not allow the product, or its bench, or its pedal board to rest

on or to be installed over power cords of any type. Improper installations of this type create the possibility

of fire hazard and/or personal injury.

16. Electromagnetic interference (RFI). This electronic product utilizes digital sampled wave processing

technology (S.W.P.) that may adversely affect radio/tv reception. Read FCC information inside back cover

for additional information.

TT

T

echnical specifications are subject toechnical specifications are subject to

echnical specifications are subject to

changechange

change

The information contained in this manual are considered

correct at the moment of printing. Generalmusic reserves

the right to change or modify any technical specification

without prior notice or obbligation to upgrade existing units.

The illustrations and the screens of this

manual are for instructional purposes only and

may appear different from those on your in-

strument.

genesys ensemble/genesys ensemble grand

Contents

I

Contents

1. POWER AND START-UP ........................................................... 1

Power and Standby ...................................................................... 1

First time Start-Up ....................................................................... 2

2. CONTROL PANEL ..................................................................... 3

The Arrow Keys ........................................................................... 3

The Dial and INC /DEC buttons ...................................................... 3

Transpose ................................................................................... 4

Octave ........................................................................................ 5

Volume Sliders ............................................................................. 6

Slider Mode Indicator .................................................................... 7

3. EXPLORING THE GENESYS ENSEMBLE .................................... 8

4. SELECTING SOUNDS ............................................................. 11

What is a Sound Preset ............................................................... 12

Single Sound ............................................................................. 13

5. KEYBOARD MODE .................................................................. 16

Piano Style ................................................................................ 17

Manual Bass .............................................................................. 18

Pro Split ................................................................................... 18

Changing the Split Point .............................................................. 19

6. USING THE STYLES AND STYLES CONTROLS ......................... 20

The Style Section ....................................................................... 20

Style Controls ............................................................................ 21

Variations ................................................................................. 21

Fills and Breaks ......................................................................... 22

Intros and Endings ..................................................................... 23

Ending ...................................................................................... 24

Syncro and Restart ..................................................................... 24

7. SINGLE TOUCH PLAY, STYLE PRESETS & MUSIC LIBRARY .............. 26

Single Touch Play, (S.T. Play) and Style Presets .............................. 26

Music Library ............................................................................. 27

8. STYLE TOOLS ........................................................................ 29

Arr. On/Off ................................................................................ 29

Arr.Mem. (Arranger Memory) ....................................................... 29

Fade I/O (Fade In/ Fade Out) ....................................................... 30

Bass inv. (Bass Inversion) ........................................................... 30

Tempo Lock ............................................................................... 30

Style Lock ................................................................................. 31

Edit .......................................................................................... 31

Main Screen .............................................................................. 31

One Finger ................................................................................ 32

Fingered 1 ................................................................................ 32

genesys ensemble/genesys ensemble grand

Contents

II

Fingered 2. ............................................................................... 32

Normal ..................................................................................... 32

Extended .................................................................................. 32

Dynamic Arranger ...................................................................... 33

Autobacking .............................................................................. 34

Mixer Lock ................................................................................ 35

Key Memory .............................................................................. 36

9. MEMORIES ............................................................................ 37

Memory Banks ........................................................................... 38

Using Memories with Style Lock ................................................... 41

10. SOUND CONTROLS .............................................................. 42

Sustain ..................................................................................... 42

FX Off ....................................................................................... 42

Touch ....................................................................................... 42

Slow/Fast .................................................................................. 43

Solo ......................................................................................... 43

Harmony ................................................................................... 43

11. SONG PLAYER ..................................................................... 45

Midi Files and GEM songs ............................................................ 50

Enabling and Disabling Song Traks ............................................... 55

Playng a Midifle from a floppy disk ............................................... 56

Multitasking function in the file player ........................................... 58

Load while playing- function ........................................................ 60

Standard midifiles playing optimization. ........................................ 61

DB List ..................................................................................... 62

View filters ................................................................................ 63

Select and play songs from database list ....................................... 64

Search function .......................................................................... 65

F7 Edit Functions ....................................................................... 67

Add .......................................................................................... 67

Delete ...................................................................................... 67

Move up .................................................................................... 67

Move down ................................................................................ 67

Modify ...................................................................................... 67

DB Scan ................................................................................... 67

12. VOCAL GENIUS ................................................................... 68

Effects ...................................................................................... 70

Harmony ................................................................................... 73

Changing the Harmony Settings ................................................... 74

Vocal Genius Modes .................................................................... 76

Vocoder Mode ............................................................................ 76

Using a midifile with the Harmony Tracks ..................................... 79

Unison Mode ............................................................................. 80

Voice Set .................................................................................. 81

genesys ensemble/genesys ensemble grand

Contents

III

13. RECORDING STUDIO ........................................................... 82

How to Record a Song ................................................................ 83

Examining your Song .................................................................. 85

Adding another track to your song ................................................ 90

How to Record A Multi-Track SONG ............................................... 92

Other Features .......................................................................... 94

Naming your Songs .................................................................... 96

Saving your Songs ..................................................................... 97

How to record a Wave (Hard Disk Recording) ................................. 97

Other Ways To Use The WAVE Recorder ......................................... 99

Vocal Remover .......................................................................... 100

How to convert a CD track to a WAVE file ..................................... 101

Removing The Vocal From a WAVE File ......................................... 102

Recording your own voice with a processed file ............................. 103

Understanding Vocal Remover..................................................... 104

14. MAKE CD ........................................................................... 105

Creating an Audio CD ............................................................... 106

Creating a Data CD (CD-ROM) .................................................... 109

15. VIDEO & KARAOKE ........................................................... 111

Selecting the image to display .................................................... 112

Score Mode .............................................................................. 113

Lyrics Mode .............................................................................. 114

Chords on Lyrics ....................................................................... 114

16. DISK ................................................................................. 115

Loading from Disk ..................................................................... 115

Loading songs and sounds .......................................................... 120

How Genesys Sounds Are Organized ............................................ 121

Save to Disk ............................................................................. 125

Other Disk Operation ................................................................. 129

Properties ................................................................................ 130

Disk Utilities ............................................................................. 130

HD Utilities ............................................................................... 131

Format H. Disk . ....................................................................... 131

H. Disk Check Recovery. ............................................................. 131

H.Disk Sleep Time ..................................................................... 131

H.Disk Protection ...................................................................... 131

FD Utilities ............................................................................... 132

Format Floppy - 1.62 Mb ............................................................ 132

Format Floppy 1.44 Mb .............................................................. 132

Format Floppy 0.720 Mb ............................................................ 132

Change Floppy Label ................................................................. 132

Refresh Floppy .......................................................................... 132

CD Utilities ............................................................................... 133

genesys ensemble/genesys ensemble grand

Contents

IV

CD Eject .................................................................................. 133

Fast Erase CD-RW ..................................................................... 133

Erase CD-RW ............................................................................ 133

17. SYSTEM ............................................................................. 134

System Controls ....................................................................... 135

Keyboard Sensitivity .................................................................. 136

Footswitch Polarity .................................................................... 136

Tuning & Scale ..........................................................................137

PC Keyboard/Computer .............................................................. 138

Display Controls ........................................................................ 139

Chord Language ........................................................................ 139

Display Mode ............................................................................ 139

Last Sel. Memory ...................................................................... 139

Battery & Release ..................................................................... 140

System Info ............................................................................. 140

Reset User Resources ................................................................ 141

18. MIDI ................................................................................. 142

Preset Midi channels .................................................................. 142

Midi channels ........................................................................... 143

Configuration ............................................................................ 144

Internal Keyboard ..................................................................... 145

Midi In ..................................................................................... 145

Internal Sounds ........................................................................ 145

Midi Out ................................................................................... 145

Midi Filters ............................................................................... 145

General Set .............................................................................. 146

Midi Clock ................................................................................ 146

Clock Send ............................................................................... 146

Midi Merge ............................................................................... 146

Midi In Transpose ...................................................................... 147

Midi In Fix Velocity .................................................................... 147

System Exclusive ...................................................................... 147

SysExc Device ID ...................................................................... 147

SMF save format ....................................................................... 147

General Midi ............................................................................. 147

Bank Select .............................................................................. 147

Common/ Arrg. ......................................................................... 148

Common Channel ...................................................................... 148

Chord Ch. 1 and 2 ..................................................................... 149

Local Off .................................................................................. 149

19. UPGRADING AND INITIALIZING ..................................... 150

How to replace or upgrade the system ......................................... 151

In case of problems ................................................................... 152

Power and start-up

Page 1

The first thing you might notice about the Genesys En-

semble is that it has two power switches.

Power and start-up

Power and Standby

The STANDBY button allows a small amount of power to be

retained which allows the instrument to be re-started more

quickly when needed.

If you use a computer you will be familiar with the differ-

ence between shut down and sleep or Standby. You

can think of the STANDBY switch as sleep and the main

power switch as shut down. For normal daily use, you

need only use the STANDBY button to turn the unit on or

off. If you are planning to leave the instrument unused for

a longer period, (say, two or three days), then it is better

to shut it down using the main power switch.

To turn the instrument off using the STANDBY button, you

need to keep it pressed for about two seconds. This is a

simple precaution to reduce the risk of turning the unit off

accidentally if the button is knocked.

The main power switch, is located in the left

side of the keyboard and this is used to com-

pletely shut-off all power to the instrument.

The second switch is on the lower left side of

the rail which runs beneath the keyboard. This

is called the STANDBY button. The main power

switch this is used to completely shut-off all

power to the instrument.

genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble

Page 2

The first time you switch on the Genesys Ensemble, a num-

ber of different things may happen.

Exactly what happens will depend on how much time has

passed since the unit was last turned on.

The Genesys Ensemble contains an internal re-chargeable

battery which is used to retain the contents of its memory

while the unit is switched off. If the unit is left switched off

for more than about 2 days, the battery will discharge com-

pletely and the contents of the memory will be lost.Each

time you switch the instrument on, it checks to see if the

battery is charged and if the contents of the memory are

still available. If not, a message will be displayed and the

instrument will proceed to reset itself by loading a fresh

copy of the operating system from the internal hard disk.

This operating system will then remain in the instruments

memory as long as the internal battery is sufficiently

charged. To completely charge the internal battery, the unit

should be left on for around 16 hours. After this the battery

should remain charged for normal daily use.

First time start-up

The Control Panel

Page 3

Before you start to use the Genesys Ensemble, you should

familiarize yourself with some of the main controls and fea-

tures which will be used in each example.

When you want to change the value

of any item displayed in the screen,

you simply select the item using the

arrow keys and then turn the dial

to the left or right to decrease or

increase the value displayed. Some-

times the dial will be too sensitive,

making it difficult to select the ex-

act value you want. In this case,

the INC and DEC buttons can be

used to increase or decrease the

displayed number by a value of 1

each time.

These four buttons are used to

move around the display screen. In

most of the screens you will see an

item which is highlighted by a black

box. We refer to this box as the

CURSOR. When you want to move

the CURSOR to a different place in

the screen, you will use the arrow

keys to move it left, right, up or

down. In the examples that follow

we will use instructions such as

press the right arrow key to move

the cursor to the right In this case,

press the arrow key which points

to the right and you will see the

The Dial and INC / DEC buttons.

INC

DEC

ENTER ESCAPE

PANIC

TEMP

O

/

DATA

The Arrow Keys.

The Control Panel

genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble

Page 4

2

Turning the dial clockwise will increase this value while turn-

ing the dial counter-clockwise will decrease it. For more

accurate tempo control, try pressing the INC or DEC but-

tons. You will see that the tempo changes by a value of 1

with each press of the button.

For example, in the home screen, the speed or tempo of

the style section is displayed at the very top.

For example, you can play a song in the key of C but, if you

press the right TRANSPOSE button twice the pitch of the

entire instrument will be raised by two half-steps (or

semitones). Youll see that the display tells you the Master

Transpose value is now 2.

TRANSPOSE

These buttons are used to shift the overall pitch of the

instrument. The left button is used to lower the pitch while

the right button is used to raise the pitch. The transpose

buttons have the effect of changing the key that you are

playing in.

The Control Panel

Page 5

Although you are still playing in the key of C, a listener will

hear the song in the key of D, (C plus two half-steps = D).

If the song you were playing was in the key of F, the lis-

tener will now hear it in the key of G, (F plus two half-steps =

G).

The transpose buttons provide an effective way to change

the key of the piece without the need to re-learn it in an-

other key. This can be particularly useful if youre playing

along with another musician or a singer who is more com-

fortable performing the piece in a different key.

The OCTAVE buttons allow you to increase or decrease the

pitch of a sound by one octave. Normally, the OCTAVE but-

tons will only affect the main sound that youre playing on

the keyboard in FULL mode or the right-hand sound in

ACCOMP. SPLIT mode.

The OCTAVE buttons may also be used to shift the pitch of

any other part by selecting it from the appropriate PARTS

view. This will be covered in greater detail in the CREATING

& EDITING section of this manual.

OCTAVE

genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble

Page 6

VOLUME SLIDERS

The ten sliders on the left side of the instrument allow you

to independently control the volume level for each part of

the instrument.

The first two sliders are MAIN and STYLES/SEQ.

MAIN is the overall volume of the entire instrument.

STYLES/SEQ controls the relative volume of the style and

song section. This allows you to easily balance the accom-

paniment volume with the volume of any other sounds be-

ing used to play along.

The other eight sliders allow you to adjust the volume for

all the other parts of the instrument. Each slider has a

name which is printed above.

The sliders provide volume control for the following parts

of the instrument:

CD: Controls the volume of CDs played with the SONG PLAYER

Mp3: Controls the volume of Mp3 files played with the

SONG PLAYER.

HD AUDIO: Controls the volume of WAVE files played with

the SONG PLAYER.

DRUMS: Controls the volume of the drum track in the style

accompaniment

C

D Mp3 HD AUDI

O

DRUM

S

BA

SS

A

CCO

MP L

O

WER UPPER

ABCDEFGHA

The Control Panel

Page 7

While the sliders normally perform as indicated above, there

are certain situations in which their functions will be differ-

ent. When this happens the Slider Mode Indicator will

change. To the right of the eight sliders are two small red

lights, one above and one below.

Normally, the upper light will be on. This indicates that the

sliders are functioning according to the names printed above

the sliders, (as described previously).

In certain special modes, (such as the various PARTS views

which will be covered further on in this manual), you will

see the lower light come on.

When this happens, you are referred to the names printed

below the sliders, A  H. These labels correspond to the

eight screen positions which are printed beside the buttons

on the left side of the screen.

At this point, each of the 8 positions in the screen will dis-

play a sound whose volume can be adjusted with the cor-

responding slider.

BASS: Controls the volume of the bass track in the style

accompaniment

ACCOMP: Controls the volume of all other tracks in the

style accompaniment.

LOWER: Controls the volume of all sounds on the left or

lower side of the split.

UPPER: Controls the volume of the main sound, (in FULL

mode), or all sounds on the right or upper side of the split.

Slider Mode Indicator

genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble

Page 8

The Genesys Ensemble is divided into three main sections.

On the right side, in the section marked PRESET FAMILIES

you will find all of the factory preset sounds which are di-

vided into families for easy access. You may also load your

own new sounds into this area.

S

TYLE FAMILIE

S

|

256 STYLES + 64 USER STYLES/4 VARATIONS/4 INTROS/4 ENDING/4 FILLS

SO

N

G

PERF.

PAGE

SONG PLAYER/REC STUDIO

|

STYLE CONTROLS

PLAY:SMF/SONG/WAVE/Mp3/CD REC:SONG/STYLE/SAMPLE/WAVE

STRINGS

DRUMS

ETHNI

C

REAL

SOUNDS

ENSEMB

EFFECTS

PER

C

DRAWBAR

BRASS

SAMPLES

EFFE

C

T

S

ORCH.

REED

ACCORD

PIPE

BRASS

S

YN.LEAD

WIND

S

YN.PAD

SYNT

S

YNTH FX

PIANO

MALLET

CHROM

ORGAN

GUITAR

BASS

PRESET FAMILIES |

256 PRESETS / OVER 1000SINGLE SOUNDS / SAMPLES / DRAWBAR ORGAN

GENERAL

Exploring the Genesys Ensemble

In the center of the main panel you will find the SONG

PLAYER/RECORDING STUDIO section. This section is used

for playing any type of song: Midifile, WAV, CD and Mp3.

This section is also used for creating your own songs and styles.

On the left side you will find the STYLE FAMILIES which

contain all of the factory preset styles. You may also load

your own new styles into this area.

Exploring the Genesys Ensemble

Page 9

The LCD screen in the center of the main panel will keep

you informed about the current settings of these three sec-

tions. When you switch the instrument on you will see the

main display screen. This screen is divided into three parts.

NO ARRANGER ARRANGER

In the background you can see an image of a keyboard.This

image will change to let you know when the keyboard is

split. To see this in action, try switching between FULL, and

BASS SPLIT in the KEYBOARD MODE section.

The bottom part of the screen tells you which sound is

currently selected. You can see the name of the current

sound and also the name of the family in which it is lo-

cated. There is also a PARTS button which will allow you to

inspect this sound setting in greater detail.

genesys ensemble/genesys grand ensemble

Page 10

!

Notice how the image changes to reflect the difference be-

tween split and full keyboard.

This main screen should be considered as home. If you

ever find yourself looking at a different screen and wish to

get back to this home screen, keep pressing ESCAPE un-

til you return to this screen.

The top part of the screen tells you the name of the cur-

rently selected style or song. The name shown here is ex-

actly what you will hear when you press START/STOP. If a

style or Midifile is selected, you will also see a PARTS but-

ton which will allow you to inspect the settings of this style

or song in greater detail.

Selecting Presets

Page 11

The sounds in the Genesys Ensemble are arranged into

what we call PRESET FAMILIES. There are 16 families in all

representing different categories of instrument. Each fam-

ily contains 16 SOUND PRESETS.

Selecting Presets

Now press a different family button and choose one of the

16 presets from this family.

Each family button remembers the last preset that was

selected. If you now return to the PIANO family by press-

ing the PIANO button, you will instantly hear the sound

that was previously selected here. In this way, you can

choose your favorite sound in each family so that, in the

future, it can be recalled by pressing only one button.

Selecting a SOUND PRESET is simple. First press one of the

PRESET FAMILIES buttons, (for example Piano). The screen

will now show you the 16 presets available in this family. To

select any of these presets, simply press the small button

beside its position in the screen. Lets select Stereo Grand.

You can now play this sound across the full range of the

keyboard.

J

Page is loading ...

GEM genesys ensemble Owner's manual

GEM genesys ensemble Owner's manual

Related papers

Other documents