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A wide range of Rhythm Styles covering rock, pop, jazz and more enable the SP to deliver the full-sounding performance of a complete pro backup band. The touch-panel LCD lets you select or modify sounds and accompaniment styles by simply touching words or images displayed on the screen. Operation is easy, and the functions are literally at your fingertips. The SP also provides a Help function to ensure that even first-time users can quickly master its operation.
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Pausing the demo perfor mance. Changing the keyboard sound during the demo perfor mance. Y ou can also play along with the demo performance on the keyboard. At this time, the. If you want to change this sound, press the [DEMO] switch once again to. Practicing along with a demo song. Practicing right hand and left hand separately. For the piano demo songs, you can select either the right or left hand part to be played by the.
Along with the demo playback, play the part whose volume has been lowered. Use the. T uring the power on. As described in the connection procedur e on p. Then turn on the power of the SP If you are listening to the SP thr ough your monitor speakers, cassette-radio unit,. Moving the slider toward the right. At a position of. The sounds of the SP are or ganized into ten groups. Each of the sounds stored in these gr oups is called a Program. A popup. In the popup screen that appears, pr ess the name of any displayed program to select it.
For a list of the programs, r efer to the tables on p. Press the [EXIT] switch to r eturn to the main page. When you play the keyboard, the. There ar e additional ways to select a program within a gr oup. A popup screen will appear ,.
Select the desired pr ogram. Selecting percussion instr ument sounds. Y ou can play percussion instrument sounds fr om the keyboard. Selecting sounds from the [USER] program group. Y ou can rearrange the [USER] program gr oup so that the programs can be played mor e conve-. A list of the programs loaded into the SP will appear. Now you can play the sounds from the keyboar d. This allows you to combine two programs to be played together when you play a single note. This is called the Layer function.
Then select the desired sound. If the Layer function is turned on, the total polyphony will be 32 notes. If a program. The volume can be adjusted from 0 minimum — maximum. The pitch played by the keyboard can be adjusted for each pr ogram in one-octave. T o cancel the Layer function. Selecting dif ferent sounds for the lower and upper ranges of the.
Y ou can select and play different pr ograms for the lower and upper ranges of the keyboard. The pitch played by the keyboard can be adjusted for each sound in one-octave steps. T o change the split point. T o change the note the split point that divides the two ranges of the keyboard, press. T o cancel the Split function. This allows you to use the SP simply as a piano. Split point Lowest note in the upper range.
Lower range Upper range. Applying ef fects to a sound. If you have selected a dr um kit, the effect will not apply even if you. Applying this effect to a selected sound will cr eate the illusion that you are playing in various. This is called Reverb. The selectable range is Dry no effect , 01—99, Fx maximum.
Pressing the pedal will strengthen the effect. Adding Chor us or other modulation ef fects to the sound. Y ou can apply modulation to the selected sound to create a sensation of rich spaciousness, or. These are called Effects. A chorus that is effectiv e on low instruments such as bass. T o cancel the ef fect. Playing along with the metronome. Star ting the metronome. T o set the time signature. T o adjust the volume. The volume range is 0 minimum — maximum.
Alternatively , you can set the tempo by pressing the. On the SP, tempo is displayed as the number of quarter notes per minute. If you. T wo pedals can be connected to the SP Connect the included pedal or a separately sold pedal to the Assignable Switch jack.
Connect the included pedal to the Damper Pedal jack. While you hold down the pedal, the sound will be sustained, producing a rich r eso-. If you use a separately sold DS-1H, you will be able to vary the amount of the damper. T o reverse the polarity of the pedal. The SP is designed to work with a variety of pedals. When you want to use a. In this way , the. SP will automatically set each pedal jack to the correct polarity. Y ou can specify whether the damper pedal effect will apply to one or both sounds.
Changing the touch. Y ou can change the way the piano will respond to. This function is. Press a radio button to select the desir ed. Light 1, 2: Even soft playing can produce. Normal: This is the standard piano touch. Heavy 1, 2: Y ou must play strongly to. Fix: Playing strength will have no ef fect;. Using the [USER] pro-. Y ou can use the [USER] program group when you.
For details on the factory-set data, refer to the. SION] program gr oup can be copied to page. Press the pr ogram name of the copy des-. The program you select her e will be. When you execute the W rite operation in step 7,. T o change the program name. If this is the program you want, pr ess the. Y ou will return to the. Restoring the factor y-set condition. When the con-. When you restore the factory-set data, the entire. Y ou can modify the name of a program that you. Press the.
T o make a correction. If you wish to delete the character , press. After you have input the entire pr ogram. T o save the program name, you must per-. Per forming with automatic accompaniment. When using the Automatic Accompaniment function, you can simply specify a chord fr om the.
A Rhythm Style consists of six musical tracks: Drum a conventional drum set as used in popular. Here you can select how you will be specifying chor ds. For details on how to specify. The rhythm styles in the selected gr oup will appear in the LCD screen.
For a list of the r hythm styles,. There ar e other ways to select rhythm styles. Select a program in the same way as usual. The name of the chord you specify will. At this time, the keyboard note that you use to specify the. If you want this note to sound, r efer to p. The automatic accompaniment for the chord shown in the LCD scr een will start. During the performance, the [BEA T] indicators will light in time with the beat. T o stop automatic accompaniment. The tempo display in the main page will change, and so will the playback tempo.
The tempo will be set to the r hythm at which you press the [T AP. Adjusting the volume of individual par ts. T o adjust the volume of each automatic accompaniment part and of the keyboard, make settings. Each part of the rhythm style can be muted silenced. When you press the check box once again the check box r eturns to an outline muting.
Drum, Perc, Bass, Acc1—3: V olume of the automatic accompaniment parts. V arious automatic. Selecting how you will star t and. Use the method that is appropriate for your perfor -. Basic star t and stop. The [BEA T] indicators will light in time with.
Synchro star t, Synchro stop. Y ou can use Synchro Start to start automatic. Y ou can use this to break the accompani-. Pedal Star t, Pedal Stop. The pedal connected to the Assignable. Y ou will return to the main page. It will stop. There ar e several differ ent ways to use the key-. In the keyboard range to the. Pr essing the root together with the. Pr essing both will specify a minor sev-. Y ou can pr ess a note in the keyboard range to. T o input an inverted chor d, turn on.
Alternatively , you can hold down the. If you press the [ACC] scr een, the notes. Y ou may wish to do this. T o defeat muting of the keys used to specify. Per forming with an ensemble. This function automatically adds harmony to the. This function is not available if chord detection.
Duet: The melody will become two voices. Close: T wo notes will normally be added close. Open1: T wo notes will normally be added. Open2: T wo notes will normally be added. Octave: T wo notes will be added an octave. Power Ens. Fourths: Notes will be added a fourth above.
Block: Three notes will be added below the. Brass Ens. Reed Ens. Differ ent harmony will be added accord-. T o turn of f the Ensemble function. T o change the variation. Each rhythm style allows you to choose four dif fer-. This lets you add variety to the. The content of the variations, intros, and end-. Y ou can add an intro to the beginning of the auto-. After the intro has been. Each rhythm style has two intr os and two endings.
After the ending. After the ending, automatic. However , depending on the timing. Y ou can specify the variation to which auto-. V ariation 2 ar e selected, V ariation 1 and V aria-. V ariation 3 ar e selected, V ariation 1 and V aria-.
V ariation 4 ar e selected, V ariation 1 and V aria-. V ariation 3 ar e selected, V ariation 2 and V aria-. V ariation 4 ar e selected, V ariation 2 and V aria-. V ariation 4 ar e selected, V ariation 3 and V aria-. Reducing the number of par ts in. The Acc1 and Acc3 parts will automati-.
Using the [USER] rhythm. Select the [USER] rhythm style gr oup when you. When shipped from the factory , preset data is. The rhythm style you select her e will. The rhythm style you select here will disappear. T o modify the name of the rhythm style. The state of the rhythm styles you collect her e.
T o return to the factor y-set styles. Creating a custom. Here it is possible to assign new sounds, adjust the. At this stage, the previous r hythm style still. Y our new data will be written only. Assign a name to the rhythm style.
T o rever t to the original style. Y ou can make the settings listed below for. For example based on a C chord, a W rap-. W ith. Y ou can whether the automatic accom-. Off: Ther e will be no output, either to the. Int: The part will sound only the internal tone. Ext: The part data will be transmitted from.
The internal tone generator will not be played. Both: The part will be output both to the inter -. Y ou can. Off: Muting the part sound. L15—L Increasing the value will move the. Cnt: Place the sound at the center. R15—R Increasing the value will move the. Prg: The pan setting of the sound program. Recording your per formance. Just as you would recor d your performance on a tape recor der , you can capture your playing on.
Y ou can also recor d multiple tracks and edit any mistakes you may. If you want to recor d without using automatic accompaniment, turn the [ACC] switch. If you want to use the Split or Layer function. If recor ding with the [ACC] switch on, you will not be able to specify the time signa-. T o change the time signature during a song. All tracks will be in the.
However if. T o record the tempo as well. When playing back the recor ded. It is not possible to recor d only the tempo by itself. After a two-measure count-of f, recor ding will begin. Play the keyboard to r ecord your performance. T o change the number of measures in the pre-count. At this time the performance data will be automatically stored in internal memory. Never turn off the power while data is being stored. The rhythm styles or chor ds that you specify during your performance can also be recor ded.
Loading per formance data that you recorded. Performance data that you recor ded on the SP can be played back or edited. Y ou can also. T o fast-for ward. T o stop the playback. V arious recording. The Quantize function corrects the timing of your. T o avoid this, r ecord with a. After a two-measure count-of f, recor ding. After a message informs you that. T o record additional material on the same. The following recor d types can be selected. OVWR overwrite : The newly-recor ded.
OVDB overdub : The newly r ecorded. T o change the name of the song. When playback reaches the measur e at. After a two-measure pr e-count, recor ding. If you made a mistake or did not obtain the desired. Auto Punch. In is the action of automatically switching from. Conversely , Auto Punch Out is the. T wo or three mea-. For the track that you wish to re-r ecord,.
When the recor ding end measure has. Pr ess the. By using the Step Recording function you can input. T urn on the [ACC] switch. T o input a rhythm style chord, set the. T o input a rhythm style controller , set the. In the case of a track you are r ecording for the.
If the track has previously been r ecorded,. The step recor ding page will appear. T o end step recording. Beats are quarter -note units. For step recor ding, this is set to 48 8th note. T o input these from the keyboard, turn. If necessary , you can also. Input control events at the desir ed locations. When you use step recor ding to input the chords shown in the music below , the result will be the.
Event name V alue. Bass Inv. Off, On. Drum Mute Play , Mute. P erc Mute Play , Mute. Bass Mute Play , Mute. Acc1 Mute Play , Mute. Acc2 Mute Play , Mute. Acc3 Mute Play , Mute. Upp1 Prog. Upp1 Oct. Location Root Bass. T ype T ention. Editing functions. Data that you recor ded in realtime or by step. Man: Y ou can adjust the tempo manually. Auto: The tempo will change according to the.
Rec: T empo data will be r ecorded in the tempo. T rack 1—5 button: These contain keyboard. A variety of functions are provided for you. For details on each. T o access these pages, press the button for the item. The procedur es explained below will assume that. Here you can corr ect the timing of the. All: All event data. Note: Data played from the keyboar d.
CTRL: Damper , soft, and sostenuto pedal data. AFTT : Aftertouch data this cannot be. Bend: Pitch bend data this cannot be. Kbd, Ctrl, Chord, T rack 1—5, T empo. Here you can dir ectly rewrite or add to the. The event editing procedur e will differ. T urn on the check boxes for the events that.
Event type V alue 1 V alue 2. V — V AFTT after touch — v alue. C — C For the correspondence betw een. For V alue 1, the range The MSB will be 0. With a setting of … , the program bank will not be transmit-. The procedur e is the same as for the Kbd. The procedur e is the same as for the Ctrl.
If two or more chor d events are input at the. In the case of chord events, the same chor d. If you want to input a bass note that is differ -. Event editing procedure when the T empo track. Press the measur e cell, and use the dial or the. In the center line, press a cell other than the. Here you can select two tracks fr om the Kbd. The resulting track will use the pr ogram,. Here you can insert one or mor e measures. T o insert into all tracks, specify. T o inser t a measure of a dif ferent time signa-.
If you insert measur es. Here you can delete one or mor e measures. T o delete measures fr om all tracks,. If you delete measures fr om only one track,. Time signature is changed, with data remaining the same. Here you can make ef fect settings, and spec-. Here you can edit Pr ogram, Pan, V olume,. Then press the appr opriate cell. Song selection cell: Selects the song. It is not possi-. All the recor ded data will be erased.
Remaining memory: As this value. W e recommend that you delete unneeded. When there is little memory r emaining,. In some. Memory used: This indicates the approxi-. Adjusting the pitch. When you are playing together with other instr u-. The pitch can be adjusted in half-step 0. T o write settings into internal memor y. T o return to the previous display. Changing the key T ransposing. When you wish to play a song that is written in a.
This function. When the power is turned off, this will be set. Example 1: T o play a song a semitone. W ith this setting, pressing the C key will. Bb is a minor third above G thr ee semi-. Upp2: The sound layered on Upp1 when. Low: The sound to the left of the split. Selecting a temperament. Numerous classical pieces wer e composed using. In order to r e-create the authentic r esonances of. Y ou can also select ethnic scales used in Arabian or. Equal T emp Equal temperament.
The conv entional temperament most widely. Equal T emp2 Equal temperament r andom. It is suitable f or. Pure Major T emperament. Pure Minor Just intonation, major scale. The principal major chords of the scale speci-. This is a quar ter tone scale used in Arabic.
F or Rast-. Bay ati-C , use A. Werkmeister W erkmeister. Kirnberger Kir nberger. When the. P elog P elog. User 1 — 4 User scale. Y ou can use the assignable. For some programs, a mor e natural resonance. Y ou can use the User Scale function to create and. Y ou can adjust the pitch over a range of.
Y ou can specify whether the damper pedal effect. Press the [EXIT] switch to r eturn to the. A variety of functions can be assigned to a pedal. Soft The soft pedal of a piano. V ariation Up Select next v ariation. V ariation Down Select pre vious variation. Drum Mute Mute Drum par t of automatic accompani-. P erc. Mute Mute P erc. Bass Mute Mute Bass par t of automatic accompani-. Acc1 Mute Mute Acc1 par t of automatic accompani-.
Acc2 Mute Mute Acc2 par t of automatic accompani-. Acc3 Mute Mute Acc3 par t of automatic accompani-. Quar ter T one Used in middle-eastern music. The pitch. If you execute this operation, the settings will be. The following items are r emembered. Chord Rx1, Chor d Rx2. Point, After Fill1, After Fill2.
T o store these settings into internal. If the current settings dif fer from the. If part of the recorded data has also been dam-. Convenient functions. T o change the panning of Upp2 when. T o change the panning of the lower. When doing so, your sound selections and damper. Conversely , other MIDI keyboards or sequencers.
By combining two or more. Y ou can also use MIDI to transfer data. This section will explain how you can take advan-. Connect this cable to the MIDI connectors of the. MIDI device. There ar e two MIDI port types. MIDI messages are r eceived at this connector. This lets you use an external MIDI device e. MIDI keyboard or sequencer to play and contr ol. Use a MIDI cable to con-. MIDI messages are transmitted fr om this connec-. The MIDI messages that are transmitted when you.
There ar e sixteen MIDI channels; 1— W ith this type of. However , program. T ransmit channel functions. When you use Recorder T racks, please select. Performance data from the keyboar d will. The SP can function as a multi-timbral tone. It is not possible to set the MIDI channel. Normally you will. When the power is turned on, this setting will. An external sequencer or drum machine connected. It will not af fect the received. Y ou can specify whether or not each type of MIDI. T o allow these messages to be transmitted.
T o prevent these messages from. If you do not. AC9V connector of the SP? Some sounds play a single piece of sampled data. For other sounds i. If you use layer or. When using layer or split, or. For this reason, it. The high range does not sound, or the pitch is. Effect does not apply when a DS-1H sold sepa-. After turning on. Page Demo Playback Demo playback Listening to the demo The SP contains twenty-fourth piano demo songs, nine style demo songs, and nine sound demo songs.
Listen to these demo performances to get an introduction to the rich sounds of the SP and their expressive potential. Practicing right hand and left hand separately For the piano demo songs, you can select either the right or left hand part to be played by the demo; If you are listening to the SP through your monitor speakers, cassette-radio unit, or audio system, adjust the output volume of this equipment as well. Each of the sounds stored in these groups is called a Program.
Page Selecting Percussion Instrument Sounds p. Select a program Now you can play the sounds from the keyboard. Page Combining Sounds Combining sounds Layer function play two sounds together This allows you to combine two programs to be played together when you play a single note. This is called the Layer function. This allows you to use the SP simply as a piano. Adding Reverb to the sound Applying this effect to a selected sound will create the illusion that you are playing in various acoustical spaces such as a concert hall.
The selectable range is Dry no effect , 01—99, Fx maximum. When you want to use a pedal, you must connect it to the SP before turning on the power. In this way, the SP will automatically set each pedal jack to the correct polarity. Use the same procedure as usual when selecting a program. Page Automatic Accompaniment Automatic accompaniment Performing with automatic accompaniment When using the Automatic Accompaniment function, you can simply specify a chord from the keyboard, and an accompaniment appropriate for that chord will be added automatically.
A variety of accompaniment styles are provided, including [PIANIST] which mainly uses piano sounds suitable for a piano performance , and styles such as pops, rock, jazz, and dance music. Select a rhythm style The rhythm styles in the selected group will appear in the LCD screen. Adjusting the volume of individual parts To adjust the volume of each automatic accompaniment part and of the keyboard, make settings in the screen that appears when you press the [MIXER] switch.
Page Various Automatic Accompaniment Functions 2. Use the method that is appropriate for your perfor- mance. Basic start and stop Specify a chord Specify a chord by playing notes in the keyboard area selected for this purpose. Page Changing How You Specify The Chords Changing how you specify the chords There are several different ways to use the key- board to specify chords, as appropriate for your preferences and abilities.
Page To Change The Variation Open1: Two notes will normally be added below the melody to create three voices sometimes three notes will be added to create four voices. Open2: Two notes will normally be added above the melody to create three voices some- times three notes will be added to create four voices.
The switch indicator of the selected ending will continue blinking until the playback switches to that ending. Use this when you want fewer parts than the normal accompaniment. You can whether the automatic accom- paniment of each part will be played by the SP itself, or by an external MIDI tone device. Page Recording Recording your performance Just as you would record your performance on a tape recorder, you can capture your playing on the SP song recorder.
You can also record multiple tracks and edit any mistakes you may make. All tracks will be in the same state as the track in which you last changed the time signature. Loading performance data that you recorded Performance data that you recorded on the SP can be played back or edited. You can also add to it by recording additional material. Page Various Recording Methods 2. Various recording methods Using Quantize while you record The Quantize function corrects the timing of your performance while you record.
Man: You can adjust the tempo manually. Also, the events that are displayed will be different. When you are playing together with other instru- ments, you can use this function to tune the SP to the other instruments. The pitch can be adjusted in half-step 0. Refer to the temperaments list on the pre- vious page. Page Using The Pedals 3. Using the pedals Damper pedal settings for Layer and Split You can specify whether the damper pedal effect will apply to one or both sounds when you use the Layer or Split functions.
The SP is loaded with sound programs, all taken from Korg's professional synthesizers. In addition to 19 different piano sounds, the SP boasts a. Thank you for purchasing the Korg SP digital piano. In order to enjoy this instrument to its fullest potential, please read this owner's manual care-. The Korg SP Stage Piano is a professional level device for your gigging and performance needs. This keyboard features 88 Hammer Action II weighted keys.