User manual PEAVEY GK 310

[. . . ] Owner's manual 271284 DEUTSCH FRANÇAIS ITALIANO ENGLISH Owner's manual ENGLISH Care of your keyboard Your keyboard will give you years of playing pleasure if you follow the simple rules outlined below: x x x x Do not expose the keyboard to high temperature, direct sunlight and excessively dusty places. Avoid physical shocks caused by dropping, bumping, or placing heavy objects on the keyboard. Never use cleaners such as alcohol or solvents to clean the keyboard. Always turn the power off when making any connections. Generalmusic web site: http://www. generalmusic. com The information in this publication has been carefully prepared and checked. [. . . ] To increase the volume of, the Upper section, for example, press the top [INCREASE VOLUME] button and hold it down until you reach the Volume required. The display shows the Volume level of the Upper section. INCREASE VOLUME DECREASE VOLUME 6 GK310 Owner's manual To decrease the volume, press the bottom [DECREASE VOLUME] control. If the Upper section is playing with the DUAL effect, the [UPPER MIXER] controls adjust both voices at the same time. Muting the sections If you want to exclude a section (mute, or turn off), you can use the MIXER control buttons. Simply press both [INCREASE VOLUME] and [DECREASE VOLUME] buttons at the same time to mute the section required. For example, if you press both the top and bottom buttons of the [UPPER MIXER], the display will show UPPER OFF. MUTE SECTION To restore the volume to normal, press both the [INCREASE] and [DECREASE VOLUME] buttons again at the same time. Instant Piano Voice Regardless of the current situation, you can recall the Piano Voice instantly by pressing the [PIANO] button. <----------------------- PIANO 1 -----------------------> Pressing this button returns the keyboard to NORMAL single voice play with the PIANO voice active across the entire keyboard. Press the [PIANO] button again to return to the previously selected situation. The [PIANO] button always returns you to a single piano voice playing across the full keyboard. You may use the PIANO button as a "return to start" button whenever you wish to have only one sound active across all 61 keys. Sustain effect To add the Sustain effect to the overall sound, press the [SUSTAIN] button. This is useful if you haven't yet purchased the optional footswitch which plugs into the rearpanel DAMPER jack. The display shows the SUSTAIN ON message for a short period, then returns to the previous display: Press the [SUSTAIN] button again to turn off the effect. GK310 7 Add Pitch Bend to your playing While you play, you can add Pitch Bend to your keyboard sounds by using the [PITCH BEND] buttons located to the left of the control panel. You can obtain a Pitch Bend excursion of 2 semitones above or below normal pitch with these controls. Hold down the top [PITCH BEND] button to bend the notes up. Hold down the bottom [PITCH BEND] button to bend the notes down. The pitch returns to normal when you release the button. Pitch Bend is a "glide" (or glissato) effect which simulates the effect heard in certain instruments (trombone, guitar, violin, etc. ). PITCH UP PITCH DOWN Styles - Auto-Accompaniment What are the Styles? Styles are a collection of musical patterns representing many types of music, ranging from rock and pop to traditional and ethnic music. The GK310 contains 96 different auto-accompaniment Styles that can be used to provide fully-orchestrated arrangements. The sophisticated Auto Accompaniment system can provide automated bass and chord backing that is perfectly matched to the selected accompaniment Style. The Styles a formed by 5 sections, or tracks, that generate the automatic arrangements: Drums, Bass and 3 Accomp, and an additional two tracks, Upper and Lower, for the keyboard sounds. The automatic arrangements are triggered by playing chords (fingered or one-finger) on the lower part of the keyboard below the split point. Selecting Style Mode To select the Styles, you must set the GK310 to STYLE mode. Press the [VOICE/STYLE/SONG] button as many times as necessary until the right display arrowhead points to the STYLE function. To enable the Style auto-accompaniments, you must select one of the two chord recognition modes (ONE FINGER or FINGERED). Pressing this button activates the KEY START function automatically and enables the Style auto-accompaniments by recalling one of the two chord recognition modes (ONE FINGER or FINGERED). The left display arrowhead points to FINGERED or ONE FINGER. The display example below shows FINGERED selected. Note: When SINGLE TOUCH PLAY is on, the sounds memorised in the Style Performance are assigned to all the tracks. [. . . ] Setting a value of 0 deactivates the Metronome. Touch Response The [TOUCH] button is also a General function which affects the keyboard globally. The GK310 keyboard is Velocity Sensitive; in other words, the harder you play on the keys, the louder the sound becomes, as occurs in an acoustic piano. If you prefer to play on the keyboard without TOUCH RESPONSE, you can disable the function by pressing the [TOUCH] button. The display shows the Touch Off setting for a short period of time, then returns to the previous situation. To restore the Touch Response function to normal, press the [TOUCH] button again. Practice using the Metronome At any time, you can activate the METRONOME for practicing purposes. [. . . ]