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Korg SP-500 User's Manual

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3. H 0 00000 00 GUITAR J S Bach Bourree 000 Movement BASS KORG Original Movement 0000 Synth Pict SYNTH S E KORG Original Synth Pict PERCUSSION KORG Original A Target R Korsakov The Flight of The Bumble Bee 83 List of detected chords Each of the chords pictured rught are shown in root position with a root note of C In order for the SP 500 to correctly recognize major 6th and minor 6th chords they must be played in root position as pictured This is because these chords consist of the same notes as the minor 7th and minor 7th flatted 5th of the relative minor key For example the notes C E G and A could be either C6 or Am7 Root L Notes which can be used as tension Constituent notes of the chord Major 3 note 2 note I 9 9 D D 11 Si E E CH eiis omom 2 note 1 note I l DN II ei LIIII Major 6th
4. Charleston Style Name JAZZ FUNK BigBand 40 s Bolero New Age Classic Big Band Classic 3 4 Fast BigBand Waltz March Ragtime Swing Jazz Waltz Arpeggio 1 Arpeggio 2 Ballad Rock Ballad Pop 1 Pop 2 Pop 3 Country Shuffle Gospel Boogie Woogie 50 s Rock Bossa Nova Tango Ballad Trio 1 Ballad Trio 2 Ballad Quartet Jazz Trio Latin Quartet Latin BigBand Broadway Hollywood Jazz Waltz 5 4 Swing Ballad Medium Swing Be Bop Acid Jazz Latin Jazz Still Life Party Funk Groove D J Vov A CDI aoa lale aoao 1 ao oa E aoa J J EE EI of 79 80 Style Name USER Pop Ballad Pop Ballad Pop Ballad 2 Pop Ballad 2 4 4 Ballad 4 4 Ballad 4 4 Ballad 2 4 4 Ballad 2 8 Beat 5 8 Beat 5 Unplugged Unplugged 16 Beat 5 16 Beat 5 Analog Soul Analog Soul Red Rose Red Rose INIo on BRI WINMI O Sunflower Sunflower Lite Bossa Lite Bossa Black Shape Black Shape Light Rock 2 Light Rock 2 Light Crunch Light Crunch Man Country Mdn Country
5. The built in recorder is as easy to use as a tape recorder Since you can record five tracks in addition to the keyboard you can even input small chamber ensembles or band scores Of course you can record the automatic accompaniment by itself if desired Internal memory can store up to 100 songs which are preserved even when the power is turned off Step recording The step recording function lets you record an automatic accompaniment by inputting chords and panel operations one by one This function makes it easy to record an accompaniment from sheet music with chord symbols even if you are not a skilled pianist Touch control Playing touch is a vital aspect of a piano s response and you can choose from six differ ent touch settings This allows the SP 500 to be played by anyone from children who tend to have a lighter touch to experienced pianists You can also select a setting in which playing dynamics will have no effect on the sound ideal for playing organ sounds etc Temperaments You can use ten different temperaments including classical temperaments and tunings used in ethnic music Four user scales can also be created Pitch adjustment Transpose The Transpose function makes it easy to change the key pitch of your performance to match another instrument or vocal range MIDI MIDI connectors allow you to connect a computer or another MIDI device This allows you to record your playing to a computer
6. alo A 1 jo CI Hard Tines Small Orch ojal AINJA AINI oo Traverso Ocarina 2 BellPad Kawala Melody Organ BottleBlow MelodyMonica Shaku 2 ChurchOrgan Jaw Harp Reed Organ Hichiriki Organ 1 Whistle 2 Organ 2 PurePanLd Organ 3 Velo Flute Musette Flute Muted Bandoneon Folk Clar Harmonica SectWinds Euro Pipe Gospel Org ClickOrgan Rotary Org Poppin Pad Program Name Brass Choir Melody Trumpet DOP POPPA DO DOF ep a zl zb 0O10101 01 0101010 01 01 01 01 0101 0 0101 01 0 0 aA u z sz w z z z z z w vw z z v z z z vw z z z z z z z z z vwlojzjo z vololo ojojololojolololo z o z o PEP Pepe Fr Musette Melody MuteTp Cassotto Trumpet Akordeon Tone Wheel MuteTrumpet 70 Organ Trombone Tuba IC Theatre Org FrenchHorns z z z z w z w z z z z jojuojvo vo ojolo z jolo z z z z z z z z vjv v WIN e PO POP POP DO A AP Ay A Ol CO OO OO OO OO OG OF OH OF CO PO PO PO AH A AH OO oO Velo Organ No is the program number used in the Mi
7. EMPO DOWN switches to adjust the tempo that is dis played in the upper left of the main page Alternatively you can set the tempo by pressing the TAP TEMPO switch twice or more in time with the tempo of the song The tempo range is J 40 240 r p 39 ZA On the SP 500 tempo is displayed as the number of quarter notes per minute If you select 6 8 as the time signature you must input half the value of the actual 8th note tempo Example For 96 set this to 48 Using pedals Two pedals can be connected to the SP 500 The included pedal switch a DS 1H or a PS 1 both sold separately can be connected to the Damper pedal jack and or Assignable Switch jack located on the rear panel Assignable switch Connect the included pedal or a separately sold pedal to the Assignable Switch jack A variety of functions can be assigned to the Assignable Switch With the factory settings this is set to Soft p 66 Damper pedal Connect the included pedal to the Damper Pedal jack While you hold down the pedal the sound will be sustained producing a rich reso nance If you use a separately sold DS 1H you will be able to vary the amount of the damper effect by the depth to which you press the pedal half pedal effect To reverse the polarity of the pedal The SP 500 is designed to work with a variety of pedals When you want to use a pedal you must connect it to the SP 500 before turning on the
8. Grand Pianoi Changing sounds 1 Select the program group Press the DISPLAY HOLD switch to turn on the DISPLAY HOLD function Then press one of the PROGRAM GROUP switches to select that program group A popup screen will appear in the LCD screen A If you press the DISPLAY HOLD switch to turn it on popup screens will remain dis played without being closed automatically PROGRAM GROUP E PIANO BRASS ORGAN FLUTE SAX CHOIR STRINGS GUITAR BASS SYNTH S E PERCUSSION USER Selecta program In the popup screen that appears press the name of any displayed program to select it If the screen indicates 1 2 or 2 3 etc you can use the PAGE p switch or the dial to access the next page and select other programs For a list of the programs refer to the tables on p 75 Grand Piano Prog 173 Grand Fiare Gentle Piano lei E Honky tonk Return to the main page Press the EXIT switch to return to the main page When you play the keyboard the sound you have just selected will be heard note There are additional ways to select a program within a group e In the main page press W Upp 1 A This lets you select programs within that group e In the main page press the program name Then use the dial or the VALUE switches to select programs within that group e In the main page press an instrument icon graphic A popup screen will appear showing a list of the progra
9. Jungle Viola Vib Viola Vib Garage Cello Vib Cello Vib Euro Rap SlowAirSax SlowAirSax Hip Hop B BandSolo B BandSolo DancingTribe Flute Vib Flute Vib FluteVoice FluteVoice Soft Trp Soft Trp Energy Str Energy Str AnaLow Str AnaLow Sir Down Beat Basic Bossa AnaAnalogy AnaAnalogy Bossa nueva Digitoyd Digitoyd Miss Bossa Digi Brass Digi Brass Samba HybridBrs HybridBrs Sambalegre OB Brass OB Brass Beguine TrptsThing TrptsThing Last Rhumba Long Piano Long Piano Cha Cha Cha Planar 00 Planar 00 Tango Planar 07 Planar 07 Habanera Planar 09 Planar 09 Paso Doble E Pianarm1 E Pianarm1 Cumbia ParisPad 1 ParisPad 1 By on Stratopad1 Stratopad1 Calypso Arpa Pad Arpa Pad Reggae AmbassFret AmbassFret Trombobell Trombobell Paddonbelz Paddonbelz Marimboyd Marimboyd Sharp Edge Sharp Edge Undermetal Undermetal Radioactiv Radioactiv Introspect Introspect Techno Kit Techno Kit Rock Kit Rock Kit A BR OO CO CO CO GD C9 CO GO CO CD GD CO C9 CO CO CD GO CO CO GO CO CD GD GO GO GO GO CO GO GO GO GO GO CD GD GO CO GO CO CD GD CO CO GO GO 9 GD CO GO CO GO CO GO CO GO GO GO GD GO CO
10. MIXER FUNCTION DISPLAY H J 127 Jke Mixer B CDt CDT Low Upp2 Upp1 C Git a T 15 207 OST Gea _ orum _ Pere _ Bass Jee _ ace2 _Jacez Select the part whose volume you wish to adjust Press the Vol cell for the part whose volume you wish to adjust Upp1 Volume of the Upper if LAYER switch or SPLIT switch are on or volume of the keyboard if LAYER switch and SPLIT switch are off Upp2 Volume of layered sound if LAYER switch is on Low Volume of the sound to the left of the split point when SPLIT switch is on Drum Perc Bass Acc1 3 Volume of the automatic accompaniment parts Adjust the volume Use the dial or the VALUE switches to adjust the volume Muting a part Each part of the rhythm style can be muted silenced 1 Select the _ check box of the part you wish to mute When you press the check box the check box fills in that part will not sound To cancel muting When you press the check box once again the check box returns to an outline muting will be cancelled 2 Various automatic accompaniment functions Selecting how you will start and stop automatic accompaniment There are several ways to start stop automatic accompaniment Use the method that is appropriate for your perfor mance a Basic start and stop 1 Specify a chord Specify a chord by playing notes in the keyboard area selected for this purpose The name of the s
11. adu 1 OF DIGITAL PIANO Owner s Manual GENERAL E TouchView To ensure long trouble free operation please THE FCC REGULATION WARNING for U S A read this manual carefully Precautions Location Using the unit in the following locations can result in a mal function In direct sunlight e Locations of extreme temperature or humidity e Excessively dusty or dirty locations Locations of excessive vibration Power supply Please connect the designated AC AC power supply to an AC outlet of the correct voltage Do not connect it to an AC outlet of voltage other than that for which your unit is intended The AC AC power supply will produce a certain amount of heat during operation but this is not a malfunction When power is connected place it in a well ventilated location and avoid placing it on a plastic object or where heat buildup might occur Interference with other electrical devices This product contains a microcomputer Radios and televi sions placed nearby may experience reception interference Operate this unit at a suitable distance from radios and tele visions Handling To avoid breakage do not apply excessive force to the switches or controls Care If the exterior becomes dirty wipe it with a clean dry cloth Do not use liquid cleaners such as benzene or thinner or cleaning compounds or flammable polishes Keep this manual After reading this manual please keep it for
12. the previous settings will reappear when the power is next turned on amp Never turn off the power while data is being stored Restoring the factory set condition By pressing the factory Preset button you can return the contents of All Setup to the factory set condition amp If you turn off the power while data is being written the memory contents may be damaged If the memory contents are damaged the user rhythm styles user programs and All Setup data will automatically return to their factory set condition the next time the power is turned on If part of the recorded data has also been dam aged all of the recorded data will return to the factory set condition 67 68 5 Convenient functions Adjusting the left right balance Here s how to adjust the left right balance of the sound 1 Press the FUN CTION switch 2 Access the Func 2 10 screen Func 2 186 Pan up v RER Upp2 Low 3 Adjust the Pan If you are not using layer or split or if you wish to change the panning of Upp1 when using Layer press A or W for the Upp1 cell to change the value To change the panning of Upp2 when using Layer press A or W for the Upp2 cell to change the value To change the panning of the lower sound Low when using Split press A or W for the Low cell to change the value The available range is Off L15 left only Cnt cent
13. will apply to one or both sounds when you use the Layer or Split functions 1 Press the FUN CTIO N switch 2 Access the Func 3 10 page Press the PAGE switch twice to access the Func 3 10 page Func 3718 Damper Assignable Switch Hur Clow Upp2 3 Make the desired settings If you select off the Upp1 check box the damper will not apply to Upper 1 If you select off the Low Upp2 check box the damper will not apply to Upper 2 or Lower If you change rhythm styles this will change to the setting that is stored in the newly selected rhythm style p 46 4 Return to the main page Press the EXIT switch to return to the main page Specifying the function of the assignable switch A variety of functions can be assigned to a pedal connected to the Assignable Switch jack With the factory settings this is set to Soft 1 Press the FUN CTION switch 2 Access the Func 3 10 page Press the PAGE switch twice to access the Func 3 10 page Func 3 186 Damper Hur Clow Upp2 Assignable Switch 3 Change the Assignable Switch setting Use the dial or the VALUE switches to select the function that you want to con trol from the pedal connected to the Assignable Switch jack Soft The soft pedal of a piano Start Stop STRAT STOP or PLAY STOP Sync Start Same function as the SYNCHRO START STOP switches Acc Reset Same functi
14. 4 Return to the main page If the DISPLAY HOLD switch is on press the EXIT switch to return to the main page 29 30 To cancel Reverb Press the REVERB switch to make the REVERB indicator lamp turn off Adding Chorus or other modulation effects to the sound You can apply modulation to the selected sound to create a sensation of rich spaciousness or apply distortion to give the sound an Rock n Roll character These are called Effects 1 Press the CHO RUS etc switch The CHORUS etc switch indicator will light and an effect such as chorus will be applied to the sound EFFECTS REVERB CHORUS etc Be oBBlssssal5s Chorus etc Fell SFX Balance 2 Select the type of effect Press the Type cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to change the selection List of effect types 1 Stereo Delay Stereo delay 2 Cross Delay Delay that alternates between left and right channels 3 Dual Delay Independent mono delays for left and right channels 4 Multitap Dly1 A single sound will be repeated twice 5 Multitap Dly2 Same as above but with different spacing of the two sounds 6 Multitap Dly3 Same as above 7 Chorus 1 Stereo chorus with left and right channels in opposite phase 8 Chorus 2 Stereo chorus with left and right channels in the same phase 9 Quad Chorus Chorus where the left and right ch
15. action of automatically switching from record mode into playback at the specified measure LEA This function can be used on tracks 1 5 1 Select the performance data that you saved Load performance data that you saved in Basic recording or step recording p 51 2 Pause ata point earlier than the measures you wish to re record Set each track to Play and press the PLAY STOP switch Two or three mea sures before the measure at which you will begin re recording press the PAUSE switch 3 Select the track that you wish to re record For the track that you wish to re record press the Track button to select Rec The following settings cannot be made unless you select Rec 4 In the Rec 2 3 page set the Recording mode cell to AUTP Press the Recording mode cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to select AUTE Recording mode Start End J 120 Foni Count In Tracki 2 D Quantize 3 4 5 Set the start measure cell Press the start measure cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to specify the measure at which you will begin re recording Set the end measure cell Press the end measure cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to specify the last measure that you will re record Start recording When you press the RECORDER PAUSE switch the song will play back from the mea
16. but the Event Filter page will not appear 1 00 Bass Inv OFF Bar 4 4 1 00 Transpose 08 Set Bar 1 Ge Drum dei D PLAY INSERT E Ee GE Also the events that are displayed will be different r p 56 Control event type list Event editing procedure when the Chord track is selected The procedure is the same as for the Ctrl track ga 1 00 C C 6 ba WK E E ang Base 1 00 C C M7 ren Set Bar 1 00 C C M7 5 btb INSERT 4 4 Bar SES z If two or more chord events are input at the same location only one will be valid In the case of chord events the same chord will be used following that event If you set the event data to No Chord the performance following that event will con sist only of Drum and Perc note If you want to input a bass note that is differ ent than the tonic of the chord Oe as when Bass Inv is on press the Bass button to highlight it If you are not using an on chord input the same chord for the denominator and numera tor Event editing procedure when the Tempo track is selected The procedure is the same as for the Kbd track but the Event Filter page will not appear Only tempo events will be displayed Basic operation Bar 4 4 1 66 ad V gg 1 00 Bar aa2 4 4 set M Cg GH oc ai Zaza Bar a 1 00 AFTT 127 Moving between measures Press the measure cell and use the
17. 501 3 Event type Some event types contain two i items of data while other types have only Track cell Select the track that you wish to one edit The event editing procedure will differ Event data 1 depending on the track you select Event data 2 Start Measure cell Select the measure at which you wish to start editing Start button Begin event editing Cancel button Return to the previous screen V button Select the location Set button Finalize the specified event In the edit screens the Set button will be grayed out if the settings have not been modified The Set button will be displayed when you modify the settings so that you can press the Set button to finalize your changes After you press the Set button it will once again be grayed out Insert button Insert the event into the M location center of the page 9 Delete button Delete the event of the M location Event editing procedure when the Kbd track or Track 1 Track 5 is selected When you press the Start button the Event Filter page will appear Event Filter _ Pitch Bend _ after Touch Poly After Hr Bi contro Change BB vote Turn on the check boxes for the events that you wish to edit When you press the OK button the Event Edit page will appear The data in the center of the screen is what you will be e
18. Greyhound Greyhound 6 8 Swing 6 8 Swing Warm Ballad Warm Ballad Mood Swing Mood Swing Jimmy s mood Jimmy s mood SwingShuffle SwingShuffle All Star All Star The Duke The Duke The Count The Count 60 s Rock 60 s Rock Jhonny Jhonny 60 s Dance 60 s Dance VibraBeach VibraBeach Energy Energy Trance Trance Toonchi Toonchi Rave Party Rave Party Mondo Beat Mondo Beat Love Ballad Love Ballad On the road On the road Many Stories Many Stories True Love True Love Heart Beat Heart Beat Rock amp Soul Rock amp Soul Phaser Funk Phaser Funk Romance Romance SynphoBeat SynphoBeat Soft Beat Soft Beat Shuffle Beat Shuffle Beat Blue Tales Blue Tales 12 8 beat 12 8 beat Europe Europe Electro Pop Electro Pop DiscoTrance DiscoTrance Still Dance Still Dance Go on Go on GuitarDance GuitarDance Cool Cumbia Cool Cumbia Caribbean Caribbean HawaianDream HawaianDream Sirtaki Sirtaki Fast Walzer A Fast Walzer A Folk Mazurka Folk Mazurka Hit Polka Hit Polka Paris Valzer Paris Valzer Thin Fox Thin Fox Big Fox Big Fox Organ Swing Organ Swing Soft Bossa T
19. Op92 F Chopin Nocturne Op 9 2 5 Op 7 1 F Chopin Mazurka No 5 Op 7 1 OOO Op 15 7 R Schumann A Dream Op 15 7 G Lange Heidenroslein 116 00 A Ellmenreich Spinning Song des DUUDUI T Oesten Dolly s Dreaming and Awaking 0000000000000 C Debussy Golliwog s Cake walk 000000 C Debussy La fille aux cheveux de lin 0000 10 C Debussy Arabesque No 1 CI ICI IN C Debussy Claiar de lune 00000 Op 10 5 F Chopin Etude Op 10 5 0p 10 3 F Chopin Etude Op 10 3 000 10 E Satie Gymnopedie No 1 NGO E Elgar Salut d Amour Style Group 8 16 BEAT Style Name Analogyst DANCE Jungle LATIN Miss Bossa CI ICI T CI ICI ICC BALLROOM Salsa TRAD German Waltz JAZZ FUNK Big Band R amp B ROCK R amp B WORLD Country ola 1 m DU HAS Dl a 0000 Op 66 PIANIST Rock Ballad Prog Group PIANO Prog Name F Chopin Fantasy Impromptu Op G 10 000 O00 The Harp of Wind E PIANO ORGAN KORG Original The Harp of Wind 000 0 000000 0 000 Op 71a FLUTE SAX P Tschaikowsky Nutcracker March Op 71a UI DIOIUUDDUDDUDDUDDUI BRASS CHOIR M Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade STRINGS J S Bach Air on the G string
20. Source Style cell select the rhythm style that will be the copy source In the Custom Copy page press the Copy button When you press the Copy button in the Custom Copy page the source rhythm style will be loaded into a temporary memory area The Custom Style 1 2 page will appear Custom Style 1 2 Damper Enable Low Upp2 At this stage the previous rhythm style still remains Your new data will be written only when you press the Write button If you select another rhythm style or turn off the power without pressing the Write button the previous rhythm style will reappear 5 Edit the rhythm style OCustom style parameter list You can modify the settings in Custom Style pages 1 2 and 2 2 Custom Style 1 2 page For details on the settings that can be modified refer to Custom style parame Custom Style 172 Damper Enable ter list Tempo 70 Hur Low Upp2 Custom Style 1 2 Damper Enable Tempo EB Hur LC eine Tempo cell Specify the tempo of the rhythm style This is adjustable in a range of 40 240 PETER Damper Enable check box For each key s ig data z board part you can specify whether or not WrapAround Status Both JPan L 8 Vol the EE will GE to the sounds Part Octave 0 Reverb 4 played from the keyboard Rename Chorus 3 Upp1 Sound of the Upper1 if LAYER switch or SPLIT switch are on or sou
21. Split point Lowest note in the upper range Lower range Upper range Return to the main page If the DISPLAY HOLD switch is on press the EXIT switch to return to the main page The main page will display the names of the Low and Upp1 programs J 127 amp AnalogPad Grand Piano hey S ac cam a F r le A In this screen you can also use the V Low A and Y Upp1 A buttons to select dif ferent programs To cancel the Split function Press the SPLIT switch to make the SPLIT switch indicator turn off Playing the SP 500 as a piano PLAY PIANO mode When you press the PLAY PIANO switch the instrument will be set to the following settings This allows you to use the SP 500 simply as a piano The entire keyboard will sound SPLIT and LAYER will be off and KeyL muting will be defeated p 26 p 27 p 40 e The Uppl program will be set to Grand Piano 1 e The Uppl octave setting will be set to 0 p 63 All other settings will remain unchanged Applying effects to a sound A Depending on the program that you select it may be difficult to hear the reverb or chorus effects If you have selected a drum kit the effect will not apply even if you press the CHORUS etc switch 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 This is c
22. USER Ambipiano Ambipiano w O Respiano Respiano FusionEP FusionEP Click EP Click EP Rhythm style list Style Name 8 16 BEAT 8 Beat SoftEP Pad SoftEP Pad GuitarBallad Reed EP Reed EP L A R amp B BuzzBassEP BuzzBassEP Sweet Beat Syn Piano Syn Piano Analog Night ScannerOrg ScannerOrg CO N DJA A Go PO 8 Beat Rock Iced Organ Iced Organ ShuffleShade Cheese4Dnr Cheese4Dnr Rhythm amp Beat Gurgle Org Gurgle Org 16 Beat Glide Dark Glide Dark Windy Beat Late Comet Late Comet Home Beat Breathery Breathery ColorBeat Answer Pad Answer Pad Miami Beat SyntharGT1 SyntharGT1 Analogyst Guitarlog Guitarlog Thin Funk Electr Gap Electr Gap CompChorGT CompChorGT Si Guitar Si Guitar CompBuzzGT CompBuzzGT Over GT Over GT Easy Rock Style Name DANCE Party Polka Ethnic Str Ethnic Str NonstopParty Bass amp Lead2 Bass amp Lead2 Motown SpittingLd SpittingLd Love disco BlurredAtk BlurredAtk Disco 70 RunningLd RunningLd 80 s Dance Mayceinery Mayceinery House DistoFlute DistoFlute Techno DigiMeow DigiMeow Progressive Digi Bop Digi Bop Underground ViolinoVib ViolinoVib
23. appear SMALL ACC ACC RESET ten _ Right Tempo 090 C style L JSBach Play Mode CO Proe EG Core Gan L Song name Demo Group radio buttons 2 Select a Demo Group Use the Demo Group radio buttons to select the desired group of demo songs ten Jrioht Tempo Play Mode CO Proe EG Core Gan 3 Select a song Press the Song name cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to select the song that you wish to hear Refer to p 83 for the names of the demo songs note The Song name can be selected by pressing the following switches Pressing a rhythm style switch within the RHYTHM STYLE GROUP for the desired rhythm style will select Style Pressing a program group switch within the PRO GRAM GROUP will select Prog The demo songs of the selected song will play To hear all songs of the selected group If the Play Mode radio button All is pressed all songs in the Demo Group will be played consecutively starting with the selected song If the radio button One is pressed only the selected song will be played 19 20 4 Start demo playback Press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch RECORDER SONG SELECT PAUSE REW FF PLAY STOP RECORD J EJE Ela EL amp If the ACC VOLUME slider is set to 0 you will not be able to hear the demo perfor mance Use the ACC VOL
24. begins playing To repeat the intro If you press the same INTRO ENDING switch while the intro is playing that intro will continue playing repeatedly The repeated playback will be cancelled if you press the other INTRO ENDING switch or the FILL 1 2 switch or if you re select the Variation Cell To cancel the intro Before starting automatic accompani ment you can press a FILL 1 2 switch to cancel the intro After starting automatic accompaniment you can press the START STOP switch to stop playback and cancel the intro selection note Once the intro has started it cannot be can celled by pressing a FILL 1 2 switch note It is also possible to select either fill to be used an intro 43 44 Adding an ending 1 W hile automatic accompaniment is playing press the INTRO EN DING 1 switch or the INTRO ENDING 2 switch The ending will be played and then the accompaniment will stop automatically The switch indicator of the selected ending will continue blinking until the playback switches to that ending After the ending has begun the indicator will be lit until playback ends After the ending automatic accompaniment will stop automatically To cancel the ending before it is finished If you change the setting of the Varia tion Cell or press the FILL 1 2 switch after the accompaniment has switched to the ending the accompaniment will move to the selected variation
25. checking the tracks to be recorded in step 2 press the Style cell and select a rhythm style 4 It is not possible to turn off the SINGLE TOUCH switch Loading performance data that you recorded Performance data that you recorded on the SP 500 can be played back or edited You can also add to it by recording additional material 1 Press the RECORDER SONG SELECT switch The Rec 1 3 page will appear Press the SONG number Song name cell and use the dial or VALUE switches to select the song that you want to play back ee RECORDER q _ SONG SELECT PAUSE REW PLAY STOP RECORD Les ia Bs SCH iSSs5ealSs E OO OO E J 127 Meal Grand Pianot JS weu eee JD Gen a ES 2 Press the RECO RDER PLAY STO P switch Make sure that the KBD Control and Chord track buttons are all set to Play When you press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch the recorded song will be played back 51 52 To pause the playback Press the RECORDER PAUSE switch When you press the PAUSE switch once again playback will resume To fast forward Press the RECORDER FF switch while the recorder is stopped or paused To rewind Press the RECORDER REW switch while the recorder is stopped or paused To stop the playback When playback ends press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch About tracks
26. connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user s authority to operate this equipment CE mark for European Harmonized Standards CE mark which is attached to our company s products of AC mains operated apparatus until December 31 1996 means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC And CE mark which is attached after January 1 1997 means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC and Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC Also CE mark which is attached to our company s products of Battery operated apparatus means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC Data handling Unforeseen malfunctions can result in the loss of mem ory contents Please be sure to save important data on an external data filer storage device Korg can accept no responsibility for any loss or damage which you may incur as a result of data loss Table of Contents AJA fra uetleg eegene e 7 1 Before you begin spice min oa toni tarsi i a oa dier 7 Check the included em 7 2 How to use this manual 2222222vvvvvvvvunnuu 1 7 Printing conventions in this manual 7 3 Main features ss anis aaa di na aa ri ala d 8 4 Panel lA VOUS sie ine a ca ap aa 9 o ia Dn Rep nan 10 Fong NOI ss ese c mara dc neta a ni a aa Shain a a tt 10 Rear pa Nelu nemai e
27. currently selected part set to a volume of 0 t p 40 e Has the currently selected part been muted p 40 e Make sure that Local On is selected p 70 e In the Mixer page is the KeyL check box turned on r p 40 Sound is interrupted e The sounds of the SP 500 are created by sampling recording the sounds of actual instruments Some sounds play a single piece of sampled data when you press a key while other sounds play two pieces of sampled data When one of these two sample sounds are selected the maximum polyphony is 32 notes For other sounds i e one sample sounds the maximum polyphony is 64 notes If the maximum polyphony is exceeded some of the notes will be lost If you use layer or split to play two sounds simultaneously the max imum polyphony will depend on whether one sample or two sample sounds are used For example if you combine a one sample sound and a two sample sound the maximum polyphony will be 21 notes When using layer or split or when recording multiple parts on the recorder be aware of the sounds you combine so that you can take full advantage of the SP 500 s potential Piano pitch or tone seems wrong in specific ranges of pitch e The piano sounds of the SP 500 simulate a real piano as closely as possible For this reason it may appear that certain overtones are empha sized in certain ranges this is not a malfunction The high range does not sound or the pitch
28. jack The included pedal or a separately sold DS 1H damper pedal can be connected here sp 13 33 66 DAMPER pedal jack The included pedal or a separately sold DS 1H damper pedal can be connected here p 13 33 66 OUTPUT jacks These jacks can be connected to the input jacks of an audio devise to output the sound or to a tape recorder to record your performance Use the MASTER VOLUME slider of the SP 500 to adjust the volume When making connections in stereo use the L MONO jack and the R jack When making con nections in mono use only the L MONO jack Use cables with 1 4 inch monaural phone plugs IN PUT jack The output jack of a CD player or other audio device can be connected to this jack so that its sound can be heard through the SP 500 s head phones Use the controls of the connected audio device to adjust the volume Use a stereo mini plug 1 8 inch cable MIDI connectors These connectors can be connected to other MIDI devices such as a synthesizer sequencer or rhythm machine so that data can be exchanged with these devices p 69 1 Connecting MIDI equipment PUT ASSIGI L MONO DAMPER SWITCH ABLE ce 000 Oe Contrast This adjusts the contrast of the screen p 15 Holes for attaching the music stand r p 14 Attach the included music stand using these two holes F KORG 7 9 11 12 Operating panel 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
29. list of the rhythm styles refer to the tables on p 78 EPC Style 1 2 Big Band S P Hollywood B AZZ Fast Big Band eo Jazz Waltz 5 4 Swing Latin BigBand note There are other ways to select rhythm styles In the main page press the Y Style A buttons to select rhythm styles within the currently selected group Press the style name shown in the display Then use the dial or the VALUE switches to select rhythm styles within the currently selected group Select a sound for the part that you yourself will play Select a program in the same way as usual p 24 Use the keyboard to specify the chord To specify a chord play notes in the keyboard area below the Split Point that was displayed in the Accompaniment page The name of the chord you specify will appear in the LCD screen At this time the keyboard note that you use to specify the chord will not sound If you want this note to sound refer to p 42 Chord name display Grand Piano Style K If you press the ACC RESET switch you will return to a condition in which no chord has been specified If you do not specify a chord only Drum and Perc will play Press the START STO P switch The automatic accompaniment for the chord shown in the LCD screen will start Go ahead and play along with the automatic accompaniment note During the performance the BEAT indicators will light in time with the be
30. on or adjusted by 50 cents if the pedal is pressed twice Press the pedal once again to cancel 4 All setup Settings such as the FUNCTION settings are stored in internal memory If you execute this operation the settings will be preserved in internal memory even when the power is turned off so that the same settings will still be in effect when the power is next turned on The following items are remembered O Setting contents FUN CTIO N switch settings Func 1 10 page Tune Func 3 10 page Assignable Switch Func 4 10 page MIDI Transpose Func 5 10 page Prog ProgBank Control AfterTouch Exclusive Func 6 10 page Keyboard Upper 1 Low Upp2 Dr Perc Bass Accl Acc2 Acc3 Chord Rx1 Chord Rx2 Func 8 10 page User Scale 1 4 settings Func 10 10 page Popup Time TO UCH switch setting The following settings of the ACC switch One finger Fingered 1 Fingered 2 Split Point After Filll After Fill2 To store these settings into internal memory Here s how to store All Setup data into internal memory 1 Press the FUN CTION switch 2 Access the Func 7 10 page Func 7718 All Set Up If the current settings differ from the stored settings this page will show a message of Setup parameter modified In this case press the Write button to store the settings into internal memory If you turn off the power without storing
31. or fill from the next beat or the next measure and automatic accompaniment will continue Adding a fill 1 W hile automatic accompaniment is playing press the FILL 1 switch or FILL 2 switch A fill in will be inserted When the fill ends the accompaniment will switch to the variation you specified in the AfterFilll or AfterFill2 cell just as for the intro The timing at which the accompaniment changes from the variation to the fill is adjusted automatically to create a natural transition However depending on the timing at which you press the switch only the latter part may be played so it is important to pay attention to the timing To change the variation after a fill You can specify the variation to which auto matic accompaniment will change when fill 1 has finished _ Bass Inv After Filli Off Accompaniment _ Onefinger Fingered C Fingered2 FullKeyboard After Fill2 Off Split Point KI After Fill1 cell Specify the variation that the accompaniment will use after fill 1 has ended when you press the FILL 1 switch during rhythm style playback Off When fill 1 ends you will return to the variation that had been selected immediately before the fill began Var 1 amp 2 If Fill 1 ends when Variation 1 or Variation 2 are selected Variation 1 and Varia tion 2 will be selected alternately Var 1 amp 3 If Fill 1 ends when Variation 1 or Variation 3 are sel
32. specify the corresponding major chord Pressing the root together with the white key to the left of it will specify a seventh chord Pressing the root together with the black key to the left of it will specify a minor chord Pressing both will specify a minor sev enth chord Fingered1 This method is easy to under stand if you know how the chord is fingered You can press a note in the keyboard range to the left of the Split Point to input chords using the conventional fingering However if only the root is pressed a major chord will be input To input an inverted chord turn on Bass Inv Fingered2 This is the same as Fingered 1 but a chord will not be input unless you press three or more notes FullKeyboard This is the same as Fin gered 2 but chords can be specified from the entire keyboard regardless of the split point Changing the split point Except when the FullKeyboard chord input method is selected the keyboard area consisting of the displayed Split Point and the keys to the left of it will be used to input chords C4 is the middle C key of the keyboard In the Accompaniment page select the Split Point cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to change the setting Alternatively you can hold down the SPLIT switch and press a note on the keyboard to set the split point Muting the notes you use to specify chords If you press the ACC scree
33. the style name of the copy destina tion The rhythm style you select here will be replaced by the rhythm style you select in step 5 amp The rhythm style you select here will disappear when you execute the Write operation 3 Press the Custom button The Custom Style 1 2 page will appear Custom Style 1 2 Damper Enable E Low Upp2 4 Press the Copy button The Custom Copy page will appear 5 Select the copy source rhythm style Select the rhythm style that will be copied to the destination you specified in step 2 Make your selection in the same way as usual when selecting a rhythm style p 38 6 Press the Copy button The rhythm style will be copied and you will return to the Custom Style 1 2 page 46 To modify the name of the rhythm style If you wish to modify the name of the rhythm style press the Rename button before you write it and then modify the rhythm style name resp A9 Press the Write button to write the rhythm style If you are satisfied with the changed rhythm style press the Write button to write it into the USER rhythm style group If you do not write this data the copy operation will have no effect and the set tings prior to the copy will be restored when you select another rhythm style Once you press the Write button to write the data the original rhythm style will be overwritten and lost amp Never
34. to use an exter nal device to control the SP 500 via MIDI with the same operation as the SP 500 s own keyboard If LAYER or SPLIT is on note events will be sounded in the same way as when the SP 500 s own key board is used However program changes will not be received amp When DEMO is selected it is not possible to play the keyboard sound from an external device The default sounds for MIDI channels 1 16 will be the sounds of the demo song Transmit channel functions When the DEMO switch is lit your per formance on the keyboard will be trans mitted on this channel When you use Recorder Tracks please select Keyboard Channel 1 O The following channel settings are valid when the DEMO switch is dark Upper 1 Receive channel functions When MIDI note events of this channel are received the Upper 1 sound will be heard Transmit channel functions Performance data from the keyboard will be transmitted on this channel If the SPLIT switch is on notes will be output only for the Upper 1 range 4 If this is set to the same channel as Keyboard program changes will not be received Low Upp2 Receive channel functions When MIDI note events of this channel are received the Upper2 sound will be played if the LAYER switch is on or the Lower sound will be played if the SPLIT switch is on Transmit channel functions When the SPLIT switch is on only the notes of
35. turn off the power while data is being written 8 Change other rhythm styles as well Repeat steps 1 7 to collect the rhythm styles you like in the USER rhythm style group The state of the rhythm styles you collect here will be preserved even when the power is turned off To return to the factory set styles Press the factory Preset button When the confirmation screen appears press the OK button If you press the Cancel button the data will not be loaded amp Never turn off the power while data is being loaded 4 Creating a custom rhythm style Customizing a rhythm style Here it is possible to assign new sounds adjust the volume and effect setting of each sound change the transposition and otherwise custoimize a style and save it under a new name 1 2 Pop Ballad 2 4 4 Ballad 4 4 Ballad 2 Custom Preset Analog Soul Press the RHYTHM STYLE GRO UP USER switch Selecta style that you don t mind erasing Press the RHYTHM STYLE GROUP USER switch and in the USER rhythm style group select a rhythm style that you don t mind erasing Pop Ballad Style 1 8 Unplugged Factory 16 Beat 5 When you press the Custom button the Custom Style 1 2 page will appear In the Custom Style 1 2 page press the Copy button When you press the Copy button in the Custom Style 1 2 page the Custom Copy page will appear In the
36. with music software Touch View LCD screen The 64 240 pixel LCD graphic display makes operation intuitive and easy Selections shown in the LCD screen can be operated simply by touching them 4 Panel layouts Front panel C1 24 C2 36 C3 48 C4 60 C5 72 C6 84 C7 96 C8 108 MIDI note No 1 Operating panel 5 Screen with touch switch r p 15 For the names of each switch refer to p 12 Operating panel 6 Dial r p 16 2 ACC VOLUME accompaniment volume slider When using automatic accompaniment or when playing the demo songs this slider adjusts the volume of the sounds that are not being played from the keyboard If this slider is set to 0 there will be no sound other than from the keyboard 3 MASTER VOLUME slider This adjusts the overall volume that is pro duced from the headphone jacks and output jacks p 14 4 Headphone jacks Stereo headphones can be connected to these jacks Two pairs of headphones can be con nected simultaneously If using commercially available headphones use stereo headphones with a mini plug 1 8 inch connector p 13 Rear panel MIDI STEREO Gout On INPUT R AC 9V connector Connect the included AC AC power supply here p 14 PO W ER switch This switch turns the power on or off Each time you press it the power will be switched on or off r p 14 ASSIGNABLE SWITCH
37. 0 to the MIDI IN connector of the external MIDI device OUTPUT ASSIGNABLE R L MONO DAMPER SWITCH s nn D o O OOO MIDIIN J MIDI tone generator module MIDI channel settings After you have finished making connections to your MIDI devices set the MIDI channels of the SP 500 and the connected MIDI device to the same number There are sixteen MIDI channels 1 16 1 Press the FUN CTION switch 2 Access the Func 6 10 page Ch Func 6718 Ch Ch Chord Rx MG Ch Dr 1 jace1 12 Perc 11 Acc2 14 Bass 12 Ace3 15 Chord Rx2 Upper 1 Keyboard Low Upp2 3 Set the value of each cell Press each cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to set the MIDI chan nel Chord Rx1 Chord Rx2 Receive channel functions This is used when using an external MIDI device to control the chords for the auto matic accompaniment Chords can be specified by receiving MIDI note events from an external device on the specified channel With this type of input chords can be detected over the full range of the keyboard regardless of the split point setting Since the normal keyboard input and the Chord Rx channels can function simulta neously unexpected results may occur if you use keyboard input together with MIDI input 69 70 Keyboard Receive channel functions Use this when you wish
38. 18 HELP 15 QO O 3 4 5 MASTER VOLUME ACC VOLUME DIiIIIIIIIII 10 DitiIIIIIIIIII0 d 8 16 BEAT SMALL ACC ACC RESET JAZZ FUNK R amp B ROCK RHYTHM STYLE GROUP inal 1 0 DANCE LATIN BALLROOM ENSEMBLE UC 9 SINGLE Ge a Se en ios vars SYNCHRO PIANIST START STOP TOUCH B 2 Fl 3 OO OO G WORLD FILL Mi um P i 5 acut AE FR ier EE 19 pe n gH yg page Cs Ss UPBMBEH DEMO switch p 19 19 PAGE a gt switches p 16 HELP switch p 17 20 VALUE switches p 16 ACC accompaniment sw itch p 37 21 TEMPO UP DOWN switches p 39 SMALL ACC switch e p 45 22 TAP TEMPO switch p 39 ACC RESET switch p 38 23 METRO NO ME switch p 31 RHYTHM STYLE GROUP p 38 24 PROGRAM GROUP p 24 FILL 1 2 switches p 44 25 SONG SELECT switch p 51 INTRO ENDING 1 2 switches p 43 26 PAUSE switch p 52 EN SEM BLE switch p 42 27 REW rewind switch p 52 SIN GLE TO UCH switch p 44 28 FF fast forward switch p 52 SYNCHRO START STO P switch p 41 29 PLAY STOP switch p 50 TO UCH switch p 34 30 RECORD switch p 49 STA RT STO P switch p 38 31 REVERB switch p 29 BEAT indicators p 38 32 CHO RUS etc switch p 30 FUN CTIO N switch p 63 33 SPLIT switch p 27 MIXER switch p 40 34 LAYER switch p 26 DISPLAY HOLD switch p 16 35 PLAY PIANO switch p 28 EXIT sw
39. 217 p 78 Rhythm style list No Sty Element Off Var Var2 Var3 Var4 Int1 Int2 End1 End2 Fil1 EIS Kbd Assign Full Layer Split F Mute mutes the left hand keyboard for Full L Mute mutes the left hand keyboard for Layer Bass Inv Off On Transpose 11 11 Drum Mute Play Mute Perc Mute Play Mute Bass Mute Play Mute Acc1 Mute Play Mute Acc2 Mute Play Mute Acc3 Mute Play Mute Upp1 Prog O 411 p 75 Program list No Up2 Lo Prog O 411 p 75 Program list No Upp1 Oct 2 2 Up2 Lo Oct 2 2 Let s use step recording to input chords When you use step recording to input the chords shown in the music below the result will be the list shown below right Input the data as described on p 55 x I ve Been Working Traditional D OO Measme Location Root Bass Type Tention DMO03 1 00 G G M004 3 00 G G 7 Mo05 1 00 C c M005 3 00 C C m6 amp M006 1 00 G G M007 1 00 G G DMO08 3 00 E E m 009 1 00 A A 7 9 MO10 1 00 D D 011 1 00 D D 7 DMO12 1 00 G G M012 3 00 G G 7 M013 1 00 C c 014 1 00 B B 7 5 M015 1 00 C c 016 1 00 G G M017 1 00 E E m 017 2 48 C C m6 017 3 00 G G M017 4 00 D D 7 M018 1 00 G G 3 Editing functions Rec 3 3 page Rec 373 Insert Measure E
40. 4 note 2 note A lIl DN zi oto lolo le Major 7th 4 note 3 note II l E IS eise eis le 2 note EES Sus 4 3 note 2 note 9 Il ele Je lol Sus 2 3 note seis Dominant 7th 4 note 3 note TREI l 9 9 11 59 9 e II S LI LI LI obo loa obo 2 note I b9 a ola Dominant 7th Sus 4 C7sus4 Augmented Caug 4 note 3 note 3 note mut Ann Du b9 Ia 9 Il Il glo eg m omo Minor Cm Augmented 7th Caug7 3 note 2 note 4 note b9 9 DR II A Il om mei omeo
41. Bayati A use G For Rast Bb Bayati C use A Pythagorean Pythagorean This temperament is based on ancient Greek musical theories and is effective for playing melodies Werkmeister Werkmeister This is a temperament that was used in the Baroque period and is similar to equal tem perament Kirnberger Kirnberger This18th century temperament is used mainly for harpsichords Slendro Slendro This is an Indonesian Gamelan scale that divides the octave into five notes When the key is C use the C D F G and A notes Pelog Pelog This is an Indonesian Gamelan scale that divides the octave into seven notes When the key is C use the C D E F G A and B notes User 1 4 User scale note In addition you can make assignable pedal settings for the Quarter Tone scale that is used in middle eastern music p 66 Selecting a temperament 1 Press the FUN CTIO N switch 2 Access the Func 9 10 page Func 9 186 Main Scale Key Sub Scale Key 3 Select a temperament Use the dial or the VALUE switches to change the Main Scale cell or the Sub Scale cell Refer to the temperaments list on the pre vious page note When the power is turned on Main Scale will be selected You can use the assignable switch to switch to the Sub Scale r p 66 4 Specify the Key Specify the key of the selected scale However this is not av
42. GO CO CG Dance Reggae Style Name ooogg Style Name ooggg BALLROOM IONII R amp B ROCK amp BO Pop 6 8 ooo 6 8 R amp B Back to 60 s D 0 D 60 s 6 8 Blues Rock 6 8 6 8 Gospel Flipper 6 8 0 6 8 BluesShuffle Flipper 4 4 D 4 4 Pop Shuffle Twist Uncle Funk Hully Gully Beach Surfer Get Funked ElectricFunk Mambo Light Rock Salsa Pop Rock Merengue Open Rock Meneito Macarena Heavy Rock Rock Ballad Tikitikita Half Time Lambada Disco Samba Style Name TRAD Waltz Rock amp Roll Rock Hip Hop Style Name WORLD Country Mazurka Country Beat 1 DI jC Polka Country Bld German Waltz Dixieland Laendler German Polka OnTheBridge Tarantella W Musette Sevillana Vo GEO French March WienerWaltz co Slow Waltz1 Slow Waltz2 Ciftetelli Mariachi Operetta Raspa Fox Trot Club Fox Venezia Minuetto Quick Step
43. IDI Filter Hr Bank Batter Touch Exclusive Hr Bi contra 3 For the types of MIDI message that you do not wish to transmit or receive select the correspond ing check box to turn it off Prog Program change Programs of a connected MIDI device can be changed by transmitting program changes from the SP 500 71 72 When a program change number is received from an external device sound will be selected on the SP 500 as shown in the tables on p 75 To allow these messages to be transmitted and received turn on the Prog check box To prevent these messages from being transmitted or received turn off the Prog check box Prog Bank Program bank change If you want MIDI program bank mes sages to be transmitted and received turn on the Prog Bank check box If you do not want these messages to be transmit ted or received turn off the Prog Bank check box Control Control change These messages transmit data such as the SP 500 s damper pedal operation to an external MIDI device to control it or receive damper pedal and other messages from an external MIDI device to control the SP 500 If you wish to transmit receive these messages turn the Con trol check box on If you do not want to transmit receive these messages turn the Control check box off amp Control changes from an external device will always affect both sounds even in Layer or Split m
44. Minor 6th Cm6 Augmented Major 7th CaugM7 4 note 4 note O 9 9 DR II A Il om Hoo omo le Minor 7th Cm7 Major 7th 5 CM75 4 note 3 note 4 note Ji i ie l oale i lo Minor Major 7th CmM7 Major 7th Sus 4 CM7sus4 4 note 3 note 4 note Ir nn ANN oc eme of o oz oo le Diminished Cdim Dominant 7th 5 C75 3 note 4 note b9 e b9 9 p II 8 Sisi omo m Diminished Major 7th CdimM7 H no Minor 7th 5 Cm75 E HHE A 85 Digital Piano SP 500 MIDI Implementation Chart 2001 11 1 e Ire rere Channel Changed 1 16 1 16 Memorized 3 Messages x x Altered FOET Note 10 119 0 127 0 127 transmitted as recorder data Number True Voice 21 108 0 127 received by some sounds Note On O 9n V 1 127 O9n V 1 127 2 126 transmitted as recorder data Note Off Polyphonic Key Monophonic Channel Velocity Acts as channel aftertouch Aftertouch Pitch Bend OO Ox O0OOOOXO oko 0 32 1 2 7 11 10 91 93 64 66 67 120 121 0 101 Bank select MSB LSB Modulation pitch cutoff Volume Expression Panpot Reverb Chorus Damper pedal Sostenuto pedal Soft pedal All Sound Off Reset All Controllers C Recorder data OO scht N N Program Change Variable Range ep System Exclusive Song Position Song Select Tun
45. Nois1 GtCutNois1 StringSlap StringSlap uka O Laughing V uka M Scream Tambourine Punch Dara uka R Hart Beat Cow ell 1 Darabuka R Helicopter Mute Cuica Laser Gun Open Cuica Timbal1Pil Timbal1HiR Laser Gun Timball HO Explosion Slap Mute Cuica Mute Cuica Tambourine Mute Cuica Mute Cuica Open Cuica Open Cuica Rek Dom 2 Open Cuica Open Cuica Tambourine Til HI Res Mes iesi iesi kes Resi esl Reo Bes ies Bes ies kes ies ies ies ra Til Hil es Mes teed Res HS Res HO Res HO Demo songs list Piano demo songs H Piano Demo Songs 000010000 J S Bach The equal temperament No 1 Prelude K 545 100 W A Mozart Sonata K 545 0 K 331 30000000000 W A Mozart Sonata K 331 DUUDUI L v Beethoven For Elise Op 100 2 F Burgmuller Arabesque Op 100 2 0000 0p 100 14 F Burgmuller La styrienne Op 100 14 DD Op 100 25 F Burgmuller La chevaleresque Op 100 25 Op 62 6 F Mendelssohn Springs Song Op 62 6 00 H 0Op 64 1 F Chopin Waltz No 6 Db major Op 64 1 D 0 1 Op 64 2 F Chopin Waltz No 7 E minor Op 64 2 0 20
46. OUT Octave cell This setting can be made for the Bass Acc1 Acc2 and Acc3 parts You can adjust the pitch of each part in steps of an octave This can be adjusted in a range of 2 octaves By setting this in conjunction with Wrap Around you can prevent the accompani ment from sounding unnatural Prog cell Specify the sound program for each part Pan cell Specify the panning for each part Off Muting the part sound L15 L01 Increasing the value will move the sound further left Cnt Place the sound at the center R15 R01 Increasing the value will move the sound further right Prg The pan setting of the sound program itself will be used Vol cell Specify the volume level of each part The range is 0 127 Reverb cell Specify the reverb effect send level depth for each part which will be used when the REVERB switch is pressed Chorus cell Specify the effect send level depth for each part which will be used when the CHORUS etc switch is pressed Rename button When you write a cus tom voice style you can modify the style name Press the Rename button to modify the style name For details on modifying a style name refer to the procedure for Changing the program name on p 35 d Recording 1 Recording your performance Just as you would record your performance on a tape recorder you can capture your playing on the SP 500 song recorder You
47. Selecting different sounds for the lower and upper ranges of the keyboard TEES PIIGPUNCUON EE 27 Playing the SP 500 asa piano PLAY PIANO model 28 4 Applying effects to a sound ST V v n 29 Adding Reverb to the sound 29 Adding Chorus or other modulation effects to the sound 30 5 Playing along with the metronome eee 31 Starting the Metronome A 31 Adjusting the tempo nssstdoilaskavvnmiusa gusuuga as asdak 32 6 Using pedals LLLLLLLELLLLLLLELLLLLLLLLLELLLLLELLLELLLLLLELLLLLELLELLLLLLLELLLLLLLLLLLLLL 33 7 Changing the touch response of the keyboard 34 8 Using the USER program group seen ST in 34 Collecting favorite sounds into a USER program group 34 Changing the program NaMe seeen 35 J Automatic accompaniment sssssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 37 1 Performing with automatic accompaniment 37 Using automatic acCOMPANIMENE o oo eee nenea 37 Adjusting the tempo nenea nenea nana rea 39 Adjusting the overall volume ana 40 Adjusting the volume of individual parts 40 Muting a partani e ei i SS a 40 2 Various automatic accompaniment functions s iai Selecting how you will start and stop automatic accompaniment 41 Changing how you specify the chorde eset tteeeeteeeeenea 42 Performing with an ensemble 42 To change the variation i2aiiiaaasisassasssssnssntsnnsnnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnannninnnnninnnnnn
48. The recorder of the SP 500 consists of three tracks that independently record specific functions KBD Control and Chord and five tracks for multi track recording Each of these tracks can be independently set to Rec record Play playback or Mute muted If any track is set to Rec the RECORD switch will blink note Tracks 1 5 cannot be set to Mute Rec 1 3 page KBD The track that records the performance you play on the keyboard Control The track that records controllers and panel operations such as auto matic accompaniment fills and functions Chord The track that records the chord progression of the rhythm style A When the KBD Control or Chord track are set to Mute that track will not play back Rec 2 3 page Track 1 5 Tracks for multi track recording t p 53 2 Various recording methods Using Quantize while you record The Quantize function corrects the timing of your performance while you record In the Rec 2 3 page press the Quantize cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to specify the resolution timing precision J 128 Maal Rec 2 3 Po gt Per D Quantize Count In Track 2 3 4 Quantize cell High Data will be recorded at the maxi mum resolution a quarter note is divided into 96 parts and the timing will not be quan ti
49. UME slider and MASTER VOLUME slider to adjust the volume Stopping the demo performance To stop the performance press the PLAY STOP screen When you have finished lis tening to the demo songs press the EXIT switch The DEMO switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the main page Pausing the demo performance During the performance you can press the PAUSE switch to pause When you press the PAUSE switch once again the performance will resume Changing the keyboard sound during the demo performance You can also play along with the demo performance on the keyboard At this time the keyboard will play the sound that had been selected before you pressed the DEMO switch If you want to change this sound press the DEMO switch once again to return to the main page and then select a different sound p 24 2 Selecting sounds 2 Practicing along with a demo song If the Demo Group radio button Piano is selected you can use the following functions to practice playing along with the 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 demo you can also turn down the volume of the remaining part so that you can play along 1 Select the song that you wish to practice As described in steps 1 3 of Listening to a demo song select the Piano radio but ton in the Demo Group and u
50. XIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen Example 2 Using G fingering to play a song in Bb Set the Transpose setting to 3 Bb is a minor third above G three semi tones higher Thus we will make set Cha nging the key Tra nsposing tings so that when the C key is pressed When you wish to play a song that is written in a on a note tore scontonesiaveve C ts yed difficult key e g f c etc or when you need to tune to another instrument or accompany a vocalist it is convenient to use this function This function also allows you to use familiar fingerings to play songs 63 64 Changing the octave 1 Func 1 18 Tune 448 8 Hz Press the FUNCTION switch Octave v HE wv Upp2Z 2 a Transpose Change the desired Octave setting Press the A or W of the Octave cell to change the setting The range is 2 1 0 1 2 octaves Upp1 The first sound when LAYER or SPLIT are on or the keyboard when LAYER or SPLIT are off Upp2 The sound layered on Upp1 when LAYER is on Low The sound to the left of the split point when SPLIT is on When the power is turned off Upp1 will be set to 0 Upp2 to 1 and Low to 1 To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION
51. ailable for Equal Temp or Equal Temp2 To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen note About stretched tuning For some programs a more natural resonance is obtained by adjusting the lower range flat ter and the higher range sharper than the equal tempered pitches Creating your own temperament You can use the User Scale function to create and store four of your own scales 1 Press the FUNCTION switch 2 Access the Func 8 10 page Func 8 186 Gas Ga al Ga erGa e c E cleo GelepGaje Car Select the User Scale cell that you wish to modify From User Scale 1 4 use the dial or the VALUE switches to select the user scale that you wish to modify Specify the pitch of each key in one cent steps You can adjust the pitch over a range of 50 50 cents To write settings into internal memory In the Func 7 10 page execute Write button If you turn off the power without writing the previous settings will reappear To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen 65 3 Using the pedals Damper pedal settings for Layer and Split You can specify whether the damper pedal effect
52. alled Reverb 1 Press the REVERB switch The REVERB switch indicator will light and reverb will be applied to the sound EFFECTS REVERB CHORUS etc OARD ASSIGN LAYER LA Reverb FX Type Ze mmm Balance 2 Select the type of reverb effect Press the Type cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to change the reverb type List of reverb types 1 Pedal Simulat Simulates the natural resonance of a piano Pressing the pedal will strengthen the effect 2 Hall Reverb that simulates the acoustics of a small concert hall 3 Ensemble Hall Reverb that simulates the acoustics of a large hall 4 Concert Hall Reverb with emphasized early reflections 5 Room Reverb that simulates the acoustics of a room 6 Large Room Reverb that simulates the acoustics of a large room 7 Live Stage Reverb that simulates a live performance 8 Wet Plate Deep plate reverb 9 Dry Plate Light plate reverb 10 Spring Reverb Simulation of a spring reverb unit 11 Early Ref 1 Reverb that simulates only the early reflections of the reverberation 12 Early Ref 2 Reverb in which the early reflections decay slowly 13 Early Ref 3 Reverb in which the early reflections progressively increase 3 Adjust the reverb depth Press the Balance cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to adjust the setting The selectable range is Dry no effect 01 99 Fx maximum
53. annels are 90 degrees out of phase 10 XOver Chorus Crossover effect 11 Harmonic Cho A chorus that is effective on low instruments such as bass 12 Symphonic Ens A chorus that is effective on strings 13 Flanger 1 Modulation with left and right channels in the same phase 14 Flanger 2 Modulation with left and right channels in opposite phase 15 XOver Flanger Modulation in opposite phase but with channels applying feedback to each other 16 Exciter Adds sparkle to the sound to give it better definition 17 Enhancer Gives the sound a sense of spaciousness 18 Distortion Hard solid state distortion 19 Overdrive Warm tube amp distortion 20 Phaser 1 Left and right channels modulated in opposite phase 21 Phaser 2 Left and right channels modulated in the same phase 22 Rotary Speakr Simulation of a rotary speaker 23 Auto Pan An effect that automatically pans the sound in stereo 24 Tremolo Tremolo effect 5 3 Adjust the effect depth Press the Balance cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to adjust the setting The selectable range is Dry no effect 01 99 Fx maximum 4 Return to the main page If the DISPLAY HOLD switch is on press the EXIT switch to return to the main page To cancel the effect Press the CHORUS etc switch to make the CHORUS etc indicator lamp turn off Playing along with the metronome If you wish to play Practice with an accurate tempo it is con
54. at While playing you can change chords add a fill change variations for the rhythm style or automatically add harmony to the part that you yourself play p 42 To stop automatic accompaniment Press the START STOP switch once again The START STOP switch indicator will turn off and the accompaniment will stop note You can also start stop automatic accompaniment in other ways than described above Synchro Start Stop p 41 Intro Ending p 43 Adjusting the tempo 1 Press the TEMPO DOWN UP switches The tempo display in the main page will change and so will the playback tempo DEI Hm style Using the TAP TEMPO feature You can change the tempo by pressing the TAP TEMPO switch two times or more in rhythm to the beat The tempo will be set to the rhythm at which you press the TAP TEMPO switch TAP METRONOME 39 40 Adjusting the overall volume The ACC VOLUME slider will adjust the volume balance between the automatic accompani ment and the keyboard performance To adjust the overall volume including your keyboard performance use the MASTER VOL UME slider 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 1 3 Press the MIXER switch The MIXER switch indicator will light and the Mixer page will appear
55. at the specified measure and location Time signature cell Specify the time sig nature of the measure indicated by fi and can be input from the key board To input these from the keyboard turn on the ACC switch before you press the Step Rec button If necessary you can also turn on the Bass Inv button Ctrl Inputting control events D M ep 1 00 RhythmStyle aa1 TIE i 1 66 Bass Inv OFF 7062 Bar aia 662 1 00 Transpose 00 663 Bar 474 You can input INTRO ENDING Variation and KBD ASSIGN settings used for auto matic accompaniment and change the rhythm style during the performance Input control events at the desired locations in the same way as for the Chord track Bar 4 4 D Measure cell The event will be written into the measure specified here Location cell Specify the location within the measure at which the event will be writ ten Event type cell Refer to Control event type list 4 Value cell Refer to Control event type list 5 A V button Select the location Delete button The event indicated by fi will be deleted Put button Insert the specified control event at the specified measure and location O Control event type list Event name Value RhythmStyle 0
56. ay be shortened or lengthened If you want the time signature to match the other tracks select for Meter the inserted measures will have the same time sig nature as the other tracks Delete Measure page Here you can delete one or more measures Delete Measure Track Kbd Start End EE Track cell Specify the track s that will be affected To delete measures from all tracks specify All Start cell Specify the first measure that will be deleted End cell Specify the last measure that will be deleted Delete button When you press the Delete button the measures will be deleted Cancel button Return to the previous screen without executing If you delete measures from only one track the measures that are moved forward will be the same time signature as the corresponding measures of the other tracks as shown in the above diagram Measures whose number has changed as a result of the deletion may be shortened or lengthened Initial Edit Here you can edit the initial settings and effect settings located at the beginning of the song These settings can be made for each track Initial Edit 1 2 page Here you can make effect settings and spec ify the keyboard sound and octave Reverb E initia Edit 172 Octave Chorus __Fx__ Upper2 _ AltoBreath Ji Low _ AnalogPad Reverb cell Specify the depth of the reverb Reve
57. aying the SP 500 you can connect other MIDI equipped instruments When doing so your sound selections and damper pedal operations etc will control the other instru ment as well Conversely other MIDI keyboards or sequencers automatic playback devices can control the SP 500 to play its sounds By combining two or more MIDI devices you can expand the SP 500 s sound selection You can also use MIDI to transfer data from the SP 500 s built in recorder for external stor age This section will explain how you can take advan tage of the SP 500 s MIDI functionality If you would like to learn more about MIDI please refer to one of the many introductory books that are commercially available MIDI connections MIDI cables are used to transfer MIDI data Connect this cable to the MIDI connectors of the SP 500 and the MIDI connectors of an external MIDI device There are two MIDI port types MIDI IN connector MIDI messages are received at this connector This lets you use an external MIDI device e g MIDI keyboard or sequencer to play and control the sounds of the SP 500 Use a MIDI cable to con nect the SP 500 s MIDI IN connector to the MIDI OUT connector of the external MIDI device MIDI O UT connector MIDI messages are transmitted from this connec tor The MIDI messages that are transmitted when you play the SP 500 can control an external MIDI device Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT connector of the SP 50
58. be inserted Meter cell Specify the time signature Insert button When you press the Insert button the measures will be inserted Cancel button Return to the previous screen without executing To insert a measure of a different time signa ture The modified time signature will be valid if you set the Rec 1 3 page Tempo parameter to Auto When you insert a measure of a different time signature the corresponding measures of all tracks will use this time signature meaning that this measure will become shorter or longer Insert 2 Before insertion Track 1 Track 2 After insertion Track 2 Track 1 measures of time signature 7 8 oa 222 3 2 4 4w 56 oa 22 3 2 4 4 4 4 56 Time signature is Inserted changed with data N remaining the same 1 4 4 208 3 718 a 56m 66 76 Time signature is changed with data remaining the same Y oa 208 308 4 4 4 56 Regardless of whether or not you select a different time signature the measures fol lowing the inserted measures will be moved backward If you insert measures into only one track the measures that are moved backward will be the same time signature as the corresponding measures of the other tracks as shown in the above diagram Measures whose number has changed as a result of the insertion m
59. c 2 3 page Track cell Specify the track to which quantization will be applied J 128 Maat Rec 273 Kbd Ctrl Chord Track 1 5 Tempo Count In i Res cell Specify the note length resolution Tracki 2 z 4 5 Quantize High 1 96th of a quarter note J 30nd note triplet 32nd note Track 1 5 button These contain keyboard A 16th note triplet performance data that was recorded in the A 16th note Rec 2 3 page ds 8th note triplet 57 8th note J quarter note Start cell Specify the starting measure End cell Specify the ending measure For example the second quarter note beat would be displayed as 2 00 the third beat as 3 00 and beat 1 5 as 1 48 QNTZ button Execute the Quantize oper A A J J x ation 0 12 0 24 0 48 1 00 2 00 4 00 Cancel button Return to the previous screen without executing Quantize Dot d in d o 0 18 0 36 0 72 1 48 8 00 6 00 Event Edit page 3 3 3 3 3 3 Here you can directly rewrite or add to the Triplet E ele ea 0 08 0 16 0 32 0 64 1 32 2 64 data Select the track and measure that you wish to Example F edit and press the Start button Jl Event Edit Track Kbd Eet Ae D LL 1 00 2 00 3 00 4 00 2 48 3 48 4 32 4 64 1 00 2 00 3 00 4 00 Start Measure
60. cally cancelled by the Rec setting you make here Select a sound program Press the Program cell and select a pro gram for the track on which you will be performing p 24 J 120 Foni Rec Ei Z 21 e Tracki D Quantize C EEEE Count In note The Layer or Split functions cannot be used 5 for tracks 1 5 Start recording Press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch and the switch indicator will light After a two measure count off recording will begin To stop recording Press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch After a message informs you that the data is being stored into memory the RECORD switch indicator will go dark The Track button that was recorded will change to Play Record additional tracks Select another track as described in step 3 and record using the same procedure To record additional material on the same track Press the Recording mode cell and select OVDB The following record types can be selected OVWR overwrite The newly recorded data will overwrite and erase the previ ously recorded data 53 54 OVDB overdub The newly recorded data will be added to the previously recorded data AUTP auto punch in out Auto punch in out recording will be performed In the Rec 1 3 page OVWR will be used regardless of this setting For OVWR and OVDB the start mea sure cell and the end measure cel
61. can also record multiple tracks and edit any mistakes you may make Basic recording Realtime Recording Here s how to record a song you play from the keyboard without using automatic accompani ment 1 Press the RECO RDER RECORD switch When the basic screen is displayed press the RECORDER RECORD switch The Rec 1 3 page will appear and the RECORD switch will blink A New Song containing no performance data will be selected automatically If you want to record without using automatic accompaniment turn the ACC switch off r p 37 es RECORDER e SONG SELECT PAUSE REW FF PLAY STOP RECORD aa J 127 Maat Grand Piano1 Man Rec 1 3 KBD Control Chord 2 Check the tracks that you want to record and select a program Make sure that the KBD Control and Chord track buttons are set to Rec p 52 About tracks Press the Program cell and select the program for the track you will play p 24 J 127 Maat Grand Pianol Man Rec 1 3 KBD Control Chord If you want to use the Split or Layer function Press the SPLIT switch or LAYER switch to select Split or Layer and then select the desired program p 26 49 50 3 Specify the time signature Press the METRONOME switch to specify the time signature p 31 J AE Metronome Bi tempo Guide Lamp i Volume x Meter Oa Cafe C 3 4 4 4 C 574 Ceres note If you do not need the metronome duri
62. ctave Cowbell wv Uppl A SIE a Select each sound To select the Upp1 program press cell A To select the Upp2 program press cell B Then select the desired sound ep 24 2 Selecting sounds Upp1 Upp2 H A If the Layer function is turned on the total polyphony will be 32 notes If a program such as Grand piano 1 is selected the polyphony will be 21 notes 1 p 73 Trouble shooting Adjust the volume balance of the two sounds Use the dial or the VALUE switches to adjust the value of the Vol volume cell The volume can be adjusted from 0 minimum 127 maximum Specify the octave of each sound The pitch played by the keyboard can be adjusted for each program in one octave steps Use the Octave cell A or W to set the value The octave can be adjusted over a range of 2 1 0 1 2 5 Return to the main page If the DISPLAY HOLD switch is on press the EXIT switch to return to the main page The names of the Upp2 and Upp1 programs will be displayed in the main page J 127 amp AltoBreath Grand Piano 4 e stue In this screen you can also you can use the V Upp2 A and V Upp1 A buttons to select different programs To cancel the Layer function Press the LAYER switch to make the LAYER switch indicator turn off Selecting different sounds for the lower and upper ranges of the
63. ction press the EXIT switch to return to the previous screen Press the Copy button The program will be copied and you will return to the Custom Prog page To change the program name If you wish to change the name of the program press the Rename button before you write and change the name Changing the program name Write the program If this is the program you want press the Write button to write it amp Never turn off the power while data is being written If you decide not to write Press the Cancel button without writ ing the copied contents will be dis carded and the data will revert to the original program You will return to the main page Change other programs as well Repeat steps 1 7 to collect the desired programs in the USER program group Restoring the factory set condition Press the Preset button When the con firmation message appears press OK Changing the program name You can modify the name of a program that you Write to the USER program group Press the Rename 1 button and modify the filename Access the Rename button Press the Rename button and the Rename page will appear goe B1 23456789 lt gt 7 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUY WY 2 5 _ abedef ghijkIlmnopgrstuy wxyzi l NEW Rename Select a character Use the dial or the VALUE switches to select the first cha
64. dial or the VALUE switches to specify the measure At this time you will move in steps of the bar lines Bar at the beginning of each measure Selecting the type of event to edit Use the W and A buttons Inserting an event When you press the Insert button a new event will be inserted above the currently selected event The type and location of the event can be changed after it has been inserted Editing an event In the center line press a cell other than the measure and use the dial or the VALUE switches to edit the event When you have finished editing press the Set button note If you have changed the location the event will move to the specified location when you press the Set button Deleting an event Move to the event that you wish to delete and press the Delete button It is not possible to delete a bar line note To delete a measure use the Delete Measure page Completing event editing When you have finished editing press the EXIT switch to return to the Rec 3 3 page Song Name page Here you can edit the song name BF amp 0123456789 42270 A BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPOQORSTUVW Y2 _ abedef ghijkImnopgrstuywxyzil NEW Rename Characters Use the dial or the VALUE switches to select button Move the cursor to the left button Move the cursor to the right Set button Finalize
65. diting Event type list Event type C 1 G9 note data BEND pitch bend Value 2 0 00 5 00 length beat clock Value 1 V 002 V 126 velocity 8192 8191 upper lower value 000 127 value 000 127 program bank C000 C127 number C 1 G9 note number AFTT aftertouch PROG program change CTRL control change PAFT poly aftertouch 000 127 program number 000 127 value QO OOO 09 000 127 value D Measure cell The event will be written into the measure specified here 1 Location cell Specify the location within Displayed as TIE if the note continues to the following measure the measure into which the event will be written The displayed numbers indicate beat clock Beats are quarter note units Clocks are 1 96th of a quarter note 1 00 indicates the beginning of the mea sure 2 004 is the drum bank For the correspondence between 3 program numbers and drum programs refer to the Pro gram List p 75 in the Appendix For Value 1 the range 000 127 indicates the MIDI bank change LSB The MSB will be 0 With a setting of the program bank will not be transmit ted The previously specified bank will be maintained MIDI polyphonic key pressure will be transmitted Event editing procedure when the Ctrl track is selected The procedure is the same as for the Kbd track
66. diting previously saved data Event Edit Song Name Data that you recorded in realtime or by step Pounce recording can be recalled again so that you can edit the data or add an additional performance A variety of functions are provided for you to edit recorded data For details on each 1 Select the performance data that item refer to Details of the Rec 3 3 page you saved items Load performance data that you saved in ODetails of the Rec 3 3 page items Basic recording or step recording 2 p 51 The Rec 3 3 page provides the following func tions for editing recorded data To access these pages press the button for the item 2 Edit the data that you wish to edit You can edit data in the Rec 1 3 Rec The procedures explained below will assume that you have already pressed the appropriate button to access the page When you return to the Rec 3 3 page after edit ing the edited performance data will be stored automatically 2 3 and Rec 3 3 pages Rec 1 3 page J 127 Maat Grand Piano Man Rec 1 3 KBD Control Chord Q uantize page Here you can correct the timing of the C KBD button The track for data you Focorded performance dala This function is more flexible than the Quantize cell of the Rec 2 3 page Since you can select the range of measures and the type of data to be quantized other measures and other types of data will not b
67. e cell specifies the ending measure note In the case of a track you are recording for the first time you will be able to input as far as the measure you specify in the End Measure cell If the track has previously been recorded this cell will automatically be set to the last measure 4 Press the Start button The step recording page will appear To end step recording Press the EXIT switch The Rec 3 3 page will appear O Step recording procedure Chord Inputting chords HODNE C 01 Bar H oa cic 602 Bar GG 100 C C H D Measure cell The event will be written into the measure specified here 2 Location cell Specify the location within the measure into which the event will be written The displayed numbers indicate beat clock Beats are quarter note units Clocks are 1 96th of a quarter note 1 00 indicates the beginning of the mea sure For example the second quarter note beat would be displayed as 2 00 the third beat as 3 00 and beat 1 5 as 1 48 For step recording this is set to 48 8th note units 3 Chord root Chord bass note Chord type If you specify No Chord here only Drum and Perc will play 8 Chord tension A V button Select the location 55 56 Delete button The chord indicated by fi will be deleted Put button Insert the specified chord
68. e affected played on the keyboard and recorded in the Rec 1 3 page Control button The track that records controllers and panel operations such as switching automatic accompaniment fills and variations on off p 56 Control event type list Quantize An Not CTRL JAFTTC Bend Prog Chord button The track in which the ie O eg eeng rhythm style chord progression is recorded Tempo button Each time you press the Tempo button in the Rec 1 3 page the setting will alternate between Man Auto and Rec If the Func 4 10 page Sync parameter is set to Ext p 71 Quantize Radio buttons Select the type of data that will be quantized All All event data Note Data played from the keyboard the tempo display will be J EXT In this referred to as note on off events case it will not be possible to change the CTRL Damper soft and sostenuto pedal data tempo on the SP 500 so the setting here will referred to as control changes be ignored AFTT Aftertouch data this cannot be Man You can adjust the tempo manually recorded on the SP 500 Auto The tempo will change according to the Bend Pitch bend data this cannot be data in the tempo track recorded on the SP 500 Rec Tempo data will be recorded in the tempo Prog Data to switch programs referred to as track program changes Bank changes are also included Re
69. e x x System Clock x Real Time Command ai Local On Off O Aux All Notes Off O123 127 Messages Active Sense O Reset x x Remarks C Transmitted received when control changes are enabled xP Transmitted received when program changes are enabled E Transmitted received when exclusive are enabled x1 When Clock Source is Internal transmitted and not received When Clock Source is Exterual received and not transmitted 2 Half Damper output value 0 38 74 127 Only when separately sold DS 1H is used 3 Recorded by the recorder regardless of the C and P settings Data recorded in the recorder is likewise transmitted Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO O Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO x No System Common pe m wW Consult your local Korg distributor for more information on MIDI IMPLEMENTATION Index A Accompaniment essnee la ld Ia alta aaa 37 Assignable switchen 33 Automatic accompaniment 2 22 37 C Chords Specifying the chord ue 37 41 ET EE 30 Control event type eee a ae 56 COPY zei na aia aa ten b u 35 45 CUSTODE nad ne erties 45 D Damper Gedal nea eee ne a eee 33 Dr ISIC nenea poiana etansa da agata teen 25 E Effect atenga oee e e a 30 ENI AR EE a nota de Data cn hee 39 44 Ensemble a ye cica a mean aaa ta aaa tat 42 Event Et casein e ee nipona e c t 58 Event type ebe Eech eege edd 58 F el ub las r r R 39 44 Front Panel ces e einen deele 10 H Harmo
70. ected Variation 1 and Varia tion 3 will be selected alternately Var 1 amp 4 If Fill 1 ends when Variation 1 or Variation 4 are selected Variation 1 and Varia tion 4 will be selected alternately Var 2 amp 3 If Fill 1 ends when Variation 2 or Variation 3 are selected Variation 2 and Varia tion 3 will be selected alternately Var 2 amp 4 If Fill 1 ends when Variation 2 or Variation 4 are selected Variation 2 and Varia tion 4 will be selected alternately Var 3 amp 4 If Fill 1 ends when Variation 3 or Variation 4 are selected Variation 3 and Varia tion 4 will be selected alternately Var When fill 1 ends accompaniment will switch to the variation to the right of the varia tion that had been selected when the fill began Var When fill 1 ends accompaniment will switch to the variation to the left of the varia tion that had been selected when the fill began After Fill2 cell Specify the variation that the accompaniment will use after fill 2 has ended when you press the FILL 2 switch during rhythm style playback The selection is the same as for After Fill 1 Selecting the most appropriate program for a Rhythm Style 1 Press the SINGLE TOUCH switch When you turn on the SINGLE TOUCH switch and select a rhythm style a sound and automatic accompaniment settings suitable for that style will be selected SINGLE ENSEMBLE TOUCH Settings that will be made e Keyboard sou
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72. elected chord will appear in the main page 2 Press the START STO P switch Automatic accompaniment will start note The BEAT indicators will light in time with the meter 3 Press the START STO P switch once again Automatic accompaniment will stop b Synchro start Synchro stop You can use Synchro Start to start automatic accompaniment at the moment you press a key and Synchro Stop to stop automatic accompani ment at the moment you take your hand off of the keyboard 1 Press the SYNCHRO START STO P switch The SYNCHRO START STOP switch indicator will light SINGLE ENSEMBLE TOUCH SYNCHRO START STOP TOUCH 2 Specify a chord and playback will start Synchro start p 42 Changing how you specify the chords 3 4 While a chord is specified press the SYNCHRO START STO P switch When you take your hand off of the chord specifying keys auto matic accompaniment will stop Synchro Stop You can use this to break the accompani ment when you wish to add a right hand solo When you play notes in the chord speci fying area the accompaniment will begin from the first measure of the accompani ment pattern To cancel this press the SYNCHRO START STOP switch to make the indica tor go dark c Pedal Start Pedal Stop You can start stop the automatic accompaniment by pressing the assignable switch 1 Access the Func 3 10 page After pressing
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74. en of the SP 500 features the Touch View system that uses a one touch panel By directly touching buttons or cells referred to as objects that are displayed in the LCD screen you can directly select pages set values move a selected region or modify a setting Cells rectangular frames with rounded corners When you press a cell it will be highlighted Now you can use the dial or the VALUE switches to change its value If the cell has A Y symbols you can press these A Y symbols to change the value of the cell Buttons rectangular frames By pressing a button you can execute the operation of that button or open a page If the button has A W symbols you can press the A W symbols to modify the value of the corresponding cell Check boxes Bn oer Each time you select a check box its setting will be made When on the box will be displayed as solid Radio buttons iun Cer Radio buttons are used to select one of multiple choices When you press a button the corresponding choice will be selected LCD screen contrast Adjust the contrast of the screen by turning the CONTRAST knob on the rear panel 9 ten Using the LCD screen The objects displayed in the LCD screen can be chosen with a light touch of the finger tip If they are pressed with excessive force they may fail to respond or the screen may malfunction If a displayed object is shown in gray it is not
75. er R15 right only and Prg the value specified by the program Only the sound processed by the reverb or effect will be heard note For some programs Pan will have no effect To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen Adjusting the display time of a popup screen 1 2 Press the FUNCTION switch Access the Func 10 10 screen Func 16 186 Popup Time Prog Style Other Page Adjust the display time Use Prog Style to adjust the time that the popup screen that appears when you switch the program or rhythm style will remain visible Use Other Page to adjust the time that popup screens for other settings will be displayed The available range is 0 1 10 seconds To write settings into internal memory In the Func 7 10 page execute Write If you turn off the power without writing the previous settings will reappear To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen J gt Connecting other equipment 1 Connecting MIDI equipment W hat is MIDI MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface is a standard for connecting a variety of MIDI instru ments together allowing to talk to each other By pl
76. erator or if the SP 500 is con nected to a sequencer with an Echo Back setting that re transmits the incoming data and need to prevent notes from being heard in duplicate you can set the SP 500 to Local Off Normally you will leave this set to Local On so that when playing the SP 500 s keyboard will hear its own internal tone generator 1 Press the FUNCTION switch 2 Access the Func 4 10 page Func 4 186 Local Don m Syne Int Ext MIDI Transpose T ORx 3 Press a Loca radio button Press either the On or the Off radio button To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen When the power is turned on this setting will automatically be Local On Synchronizing to an external sequencer An external sequencer or drum machine connected via MIDI can be synchronized to the SP 500 s recorder for synchronized playback 1 Press the FUNCTION switch 2 Access the Func 4 10 page Func 4718 Local Don porr MIDI Transpose T ORx Sync int Ext 3 Select a Sync radio button Press either the Int or the Ext radio button Int The internal clock will be used Select Int when you are using the SP 500 by itself or when using it as the mas ter controlling device to synchronize
77. external MIDI devices to the MIDI clock transmitted by the SP 500 Ext The SP 500 s recorder will operate in synchronization with the MIDI clock messages it receives Select Ext when you are using the SP 500 as a slave device the device being controlled that is syn chronized to the MIDI clock transmitted from an external device To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen MIDI Transpose You can specify whether the Transpose setting of the Func 1 10 page will be applied to the data that is transmitted or received via MIDI 1 Press the FUNCTION switch 2 Access the Func 4 10 page Func 4718 Local Don porr MIDI Transpose T ORx Sync int Ext 3 Select one of the MIDI Trans pose radio buttons Press either the Tx or Rx radio but ton Tx Transpose will apply to the trans mitted note data that you input from the keyboard It will not affect the received note data Rx Transpose will apply to the received note data It will not affect the transmitted note data MIDI Filter You can specify whether or not each type of MIDI message e g program change control change will be transmitted and received 1 Press the FUN CTIO N switch 2 Access the Func 5 10 page Func 5718 M
78. hese are the numbers and MIDI numbers that are loaded into Soft Bossa USER with the factory settings Drum kits list GMKit 1 GM Kit 2 Room Kit Power Kit Electronic Kit Analog Kit Dance Kit Jazz Kit Nate Inst Excl Inst Excl Inst Excl Inst Excl Inst Excl mt Excl Inst Excl Inst Excl Syn Kick 2 plosion AmbiSnarel iSnarel Real Kick IGatedSnare PicloSnare Rock Snare Fat Kick Ambi Kick Gated Kick i Dance Kick Rock Snare FullRoomSD iSnare2 WhiteNoise Open HH 1 Real Kick Metronome2 Metronome2 AmbiSnare2 AmbiSnare2 GatedSnare PowerSnare PowerSnare Rock Kick Ambi Kick Side Stick GatedSnare Crash Cym ProcessTom 6 Tom2HiV 81 82 Brush Kit Orchestra Kit Percussion Kit Latin Perc Kit Arabian Kit SFX Kit Techno Kit Rock Kit Not Inst Excl ae Excl poet Excl ae Excl Inst Excl ae Excl Inst Excl Inst Excl Dry Kick 2 Rock Snare Gated Kic FullRoomSD PicloSnare Rock Snare PicloSnare ClosSynHH1 Ambi Kick Metronome2 DrySnare 1 LightSnare Metal Kick Orch B Drm Gated Kick Orch B Drm Metronome2 Rock Snare Metronome2 Metronomel Gtr Slide GtCut
79. is lowered Since some sounds have an upper limit to the pitch they can produce playing them in the high range may produce no sound or may re assign the notes to a lower octave Pedals do not produce the correct result e Has the pedal connected to the Damper Pedal jack been unplugged p 33 e Is the Assignable Pedal set appropriately r p 66 Effect does not apply when a DS 1H sold sepa rately is used You must connect the DS 1H sold separately before you turn on the power After turning on the power press the pedal deeply before you begin using it Cannot record e Is the part set to Rec p 49 External device does not respond to transmitted MIDI data e Make sure that the MIDI cable is connected cor rectly p 69 e Make sure that the SP 500 is transmitting MIDI data on the same channel that is being received by the external device p 69 e Is the MIDI channel part correct p 69 73 74 Specifications Keyboard 88 notes RH2 keyboard Touch control Six velocity curves Tone generator system Stereo sampling tone generator Polyphony 64 voices Number of sound programs ROM 332 RAM 64 Number of drum programs ROM 14 RAM 2 Sound program groups Piano Electric piano organ Flute sax Brass choir Strings Guitar Bass Synth sound effects Percussion User Automatic accompaniment function Number of rhythm styles ROM 128 use
80. itch p 16 J gt Preparations for playing 1 Before you turn on the power Before you turn on the power connect the included pedal and your powered monitor speaker audio system sold separately Connections E Ee RSS z O HIM ZL Audio system X IN R U I i d CD MD etc AC9V ASSIGNABLE DAMPER OUTPUT STEREO SWITCH L R INPUT W hen using headphones Connect the plug stereo mini plug of your headphones to one of the headphone jacks located at the front left of the instrument Since there are two headphone jacks two people can enjoy the performance at the same time Headphone Ki Stereo mini plug 4 When using headphones protect your hearing by avoiding long periods of use at high volume 13 14 Using the music stand To use the music stand insert it into the two holes located on the rear panel Turning the power on 1 Connect the AC AC power supply Insert the round connector of the AC AC power adaptor into the AC9V jack located on the rear of the SP 500 Connect the plug of the AC AC power supply to an electrical outlet amp The POWER switch of the SP 500 must be off when you connect the AC AC power supply Also you must connect the power supply to the rear panel AC9V jack before you connect it to the electrical outlet amp You must use only the included AC AC power supply Make sure that your e
81. keyboard the Split function You can select and play different programs for the lower and upper ranges of the keyboard This is called the Split function 1 Press the SPLIT switch The SPLIT switch indicator will light and the Split page will appear EFFECTS REVERB CHORUS etc KEYBOARD ASSIGN SPLIT LAYER See GC GG E IL O iere ier aes OOOO i so Split Point ESCH Program Octave 2 Select each sound Use the A cell to select the Upp1 upper range and the B cell to select the Low lower range p 24 2 Selecting sounds Upp1 MII Split point 27 28 Adjust the volume balance of the two sounds Use the dial or the VALUE switches to adjust the value of the Vol volume cell The volume can be adjusted from 0 minimum 127 maximum Specify the octave of each sound The pitch played by the keyboard can be adjusted for each sound in one octave steps Use the Octave cell A or W to set the value The octave can be adjusted over a range of 2 1 0 1 2 To change the split point To change the note the split point that divides the two ranges of the keyboard press the Point cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to change the setting Alter natively you can hold down the SPLIT switch and then press the desired note The note you pressed will be part of the upper range
82. l settings are ignored To change the name of the song Access the Rec 3 3 page press the Song Name button and edit the song name r p 59 Recording from the middle of the song 1 Select the performance data that you saved Load performance data that you saved in Basic recording or step recording p 51 2 Play back the recorded song Set each track to Play and press the PLAY STOP switch 3 When you come to the measure that you wish to record pause the playback When playback reaches the measure at which you wish to begin recording press the PAUSE switch to pause 4 Select the track that you wish to record Change the setting to Rec for the track that you wish to additionally record When recording with the ACC switch on the KBD CTRL and CHORD tracks When recording with the ACC switch off the KBD and CTRL tracks e When recording tracks 1 5 the corre sponding track 5 Defeat pause Press the PAUSE switch to defeat pause After a two measure pre count recording will begin Auto punch in out If you made a mistake or did not obtain the desired result in one location of a recorded song you can re record just that location without having to re record from the beginning of the song Auto Punch In is the action of automatically switching from playback into record mode at the previously speci fied measure Conversely Auto Punch Out is the
83. later reference Keeping foreign matter out of your equipment e Never set any container with liquid in it near this equip ment If liquid gets into the equipment it could cause a breakdown fire or electrical shock e Be careful not to let metal objects get into the equip ment If something does slip into the equipment unplug the AC AC power supply from the wall outlet Then con tact your nearest Korg dealer or the store where the equipment was purchased This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reason able protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interfer ence to radio communications However there is no guaran tee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
84. lectrical outlet is supplying the correct voltage for your SP 500 2 Turn on the power Press the POWER switch located on the rear panel When you turn on the power the panel indicators will light and the startup screen will appear EE EE EE EE E LE EE EE EE EE E r e pe pe ee E EE EE EE EE E DE EE EE EE E i SP SOO Turning the power off Press the POWER switch once again When the power is turned off the panel indica tors will all go dark 4 If you turn off the power while data is being written the memory contents may be damaged If the memory contents are damaged the user rhythm styles user programs and All Setup data will automatically return to their factory set condition the next time the power is turned on If part of the recorded data has also been damaged all of the recorded data will return to the factory set condition Adjusting the volume Use the MASTER VOLUME slider to adjust the volume of the head MASTER VOLUME phone jacks and rear panel OUTPUT jacks m NORII 8 BEL Raise the MASTER VOLUME slider to the middle position Moving the slider toward the right will increase the volume and moving it toward the left will decrease the volume At a position of 0 there will be no sound While actually playing the instrument adjust the volume to an appropriate level Softer Louder J Basic operation 1 LCD screen Items in the LCD screen The LCD scre
85. match the screens that appear on your instrument Main features Grand piano like touch The SP 500 features an RH2 Real Weighted Hammer Action 2 keyboard which pro vides a differing key weight in each of four keyboard ranges just as on a grand piano Diverse sounds Use the keyboard to play 412 different sounds including 16 drum kits produced by Korg s proprietary stereo sampling system You can use the Layer function to play two sounds simultaneously or the Split function to divide the keyboard and play two different sounds in separate ranges Versatile rhythm styles The automatic accompaniment styles include various rhythm styles from all around the world You can enjoy adding the musical flavors of different countries to your play ing Effects Two digital effect processors 37 effect types are built in letting you add reverberation to create the impression of playing in a concert hall or apply chorus to create fuller sounds Pedal effects The Damper pedal jack allows connection of a damper pedal indispensable for piano performance and a Assignable Switch jack allows you to connect a soft pedal or other switch If a separately sold DS 1H damper pedal is connected you can take advantage of the half pedal function that adjusts the amount of effect by the depth to which you press the pedal Metronome The included metronome is available at the touch of a switch The volume is also adjustable Recorder
86. ms for that group Select the desired program Selecting percussion instrument sounds You can play percussion instrument sounds from the keyboard 1 Press the PROGRAM GRO UP PERCUSSIO N switch PROGRAM GROUP E PIANO BRASS PIANO ORGAN FLUTE SAX CHOIR STRINGS GUITAR BASS SYNTH S E PERCUSSION USER 2 Select a program If you select one of the programs ending with the word kit GM kit 1 SFX kit on page 5 6 a different instrument will be assigned to each note of the keyboard Refer to the Drum Kit List Selecting sounds from the USER program group You can rearrange the USER program group so that the programs can be played more conve niently or create your own program group containing your favorite programs sp 24 1 Press the PROGRAM GROUP USER switch A list of the programs loaded into the SP 500 will appear PROGRAM GROUP E PIANO BRASS PIANO ORGAN FLUTE SAX CHOIR STRINGS GUITAR BASS SYNTH S E PERCUSSION USER 2 Select a program Now you can play the sounds from the keyboard 25 26 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 1 Press the LAYER switch The LAYER switch indicator will light and the Layer page will appear EFFECTS REVERB CHORUS etc KEYBOARD ASSIGN SPLIT LAYER Layer Program O
87. n Caribean AmbientPad ChurchBell Cowbell Bell Choir Fresh Air Claves Castanets WindChimes SlowSunset FallAngels Tsuzumi Oil Drum Lylesircs Ravel Pad Rev Tom Rev Snare vw lolo lo lz lolvlvlvlvolz Iz z z z v z vlov z z lvlvlvlvolvlvlvlo lvolvolz lv z Dark Pad GM Kit 1 Yoshi Pad Swell Pad GM Kit 2 Room Kit 1 O Z Z MonoLead Power Kit Space Wing SteamCloud Electronic Kit Analog Kit 1 Ip Dance Kit Jazz Kit Heart Beat Brush Kit Jet Star Ambience Orchestra Kit Percussion Kit Glide Fx Latin Perc Kit WhiteNoise Arabian Kit Seashore Bird Telephone 1 Train Stadium Explosion hl zl zi OJ Of OF Of OF OF POPP DO PO HAL HP POP POT POTD POT POPP POP POT POL DO DO gt s S a tp 0O00 010 1 01 01 01 0101 01 0 01 0 z z olo o zlo z o o z ololo z z o z o vols s z 2 z z z z z z s z z z z z z z z w z z uw z z z z z SFX Kit BIRIR IBRIRIBRIRIRIRIRIRIRIRIR maana aaa ulolbololoilololilololol loclololollolololo 77 78 Program Name
88. n the notes you use to specify a chord will automati cally be muted You may wish to do this so that these notes do not interfere with the accompaniment If you want to mute the other notes press the MIXER switch and then press the KeyL check box to turn it on muted To defeat muting of the keys used to specify chords e Press the MIXER switch and press the KeyL check box to turn it off e Press the PLAY PIANO switch amp Ifthe SPLIT switch is lit the left side of the keyboard cannot be muted When the Bass Inv check box is turned on If this check box is turned on the lowest note of the keys you press to specify a chord will be taken as the bass note and will be detected separately from the developed form of the chord This allows you to specify chords in which the bass note is independent such as Am7 G or F C Performing with an ensemble This function automatically adds harmony to the notes that you play in the keyboard area to the right of the split point Upp 1 amp This function is not available if chord detection is set to FullKeyboard 1 Press the EN SEMBLE switch When you press the ENSEMBLE switch the switch indicator will light The Ensemble page will appear SINGLE TOUCH ENSEMBLE RO STOP TOUCH Duet octave Ensemble Fourths C close Su HI LA Block Open D Gr C Brass Ens Open2 C Power Ens C Reed En
89. na 43 Addingan intro EN 43 Addingan endingi EE 44 ACOING RUE 44 Selecting the most appropriate program for a Rhythm Style ee 44 Reducing the number of parts in the accompaniment 45 3 Using the USER rhythm style group ccee 45 Collecting your favorite styles in the USER rhythm style group 45 4 Creating a custom rhythm style s F 46 Customizing a rhythm style 46 Custom style parameter et 47 AJA E BEE 49 1 Recording your DEMONMANCE wessiisincdscntabieveccntsededcitintnnen 49 Basic recording Realtime Recording ccccceeessstseeeeeeeeseeeeeeesseeeeesseeeeneees 49 Recording with automatic accompaniment mmm 51 Loading performance data that you recorded cccccceceeeeseeeeessteeeeeeeeseeee 51 2 Various recording methods nenea eee 53 Using Q uantize while you record 53 Multitrack recording mm eee 53 Recording from the middle of the song 54 Auto punehein UE 54 Recording the automatic accompaniment without performing Step Recording jaiari daan i kBa k kvr v aa da ai most mda aaa ah 55 Let s use step recording to Input chords cererii 56 3 Editing functions BERR ERR EERE RRR RRR 57 Editing previously Saved data 57 S Jj Jr EE 63 1 Adjusting the pitch ine aim aan golani aia c con e ati ji e OS Fine adjustments to the pitch eee 63 Changing the key UTransposlng nenea 63 Changing the octave ws ee e aaa a a 64 2 Selecting a t
90. nce or when you wish to create a pro gram group that contains only the programs you use frequently note For details on the factory set data refer to the table on p 78 Collecting favorite sounds into a USER program group Here s how to select your favorite programs from the various program groups of the SP 500 and arrange them in the desired order in the USER program group note Drum kits such as GM kit 1 in the PERCUS SION program group can be copied to page 9 9 Di 1 Press the PROGRAM GROUP USER switch The contents of the currently loaded USER program group will be displayed SoftEP Pad Reed EP Factory BuzzBassEP Prog 179 Ambipiano Respiano Clock EP 2 Select the copy destination pro gram Press the program name of the copy des tination The program you select here will be replaced by the program you select in step 5 amp When you execute the Write operation in step 7 the program you select here will be erased 3 Press the Custom button The Custom Prog page will appear Custom Prog 7 Press the Copy button The Custom Copy page will appear Custom Copy Source Prog Selectthe program thatyou wish to copy Press the Source Prog cell and select the program you wish to copy to the pro gram that was selected in step 2 Use the same procedure as usual when selecting a program 1 p 24 After making your sele
91. nd and pan volume octave and sound selections for the Upp1 Upp2 and Low parts e On off status of SPLIT and LAYER and the status of the KeyL check box e FullKeyboard select status e ENSEMBLE on off status and selected type Reducing the number of parts in the accompaniment 1 Press the SMALL ACC switch The Acc1 and Acc3 parts will automati cally be muted Use this when you want fewer parts than the normal accompaniment This function will have no effect if you have already muted the Accl and Acc3 parts in the Mixer page or if you are using a rhythm style such as that does not have these parts to begin with such as the PIANIST rhythm style HELP O O ACC SMALLACC ACC RESET 3 Using the USER rhythm style group Select the USER rhythm style group when you wish to use rhythm styles that are stored when you wish to arrange rhythm styles into an order that is more convenient for your needs or when you wish to create a rhythm style group that contains just the styles that you use frequently AA When shipped from the factory preset data is loaded in this memory Collecting your favorite styles in the USER rhythm style group Here s how you can select the rhythm styles you need and arrange them in any desired order in the USER rhythm style group 1 Press the RHYTHM STYLE GRO UP USER switch 2 Select the copy destination rhythm style Press
92. nd of the key board if LAYER switch and SPLIT switch 6 Name your custom style are off D Low Upp2 The left hand sound for SPLIT In the Custom Style 2 2 page press the PP F Rename button to access the Reneme SE ECKER 0 EN page Assign a name to the rhythm style Custom Style 2 2 page TRR You can make the settings listed below for B amp 0 0123456789 020 each accompaniment part Drum Perc Bass ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUYWSYZ MI iriver Accl Acc2 Acc3 Upp1 Upp2 and Low NEW Rename Custom Style 2 2 Prog wrap round el Status _Both_JPan La3 Vol Part Octave Reverb 4 7 Save your custom style to inter Rename chorus 2 nal memory Part cell To change the part use the cells In the Custom Style 1 2 page press the A W or the dial VALUE switches Write button note For the Upp1 Upp2 and Low parts it is not M possible to set the Prog cell Reverb cell To revert to the original style and Chorus cell If you press the Cancel button instead Wrap Around cell This can be specified of pressing the Write button you will for the Bass Acc1 Acc2 and Acc3 parts This return to the main page and the rhythm allows the pitch to be shifted upward or style you created will revert to the data downward by one octave if the accompani you selected in step 2 ment of that part becomes unnaturally low 4 Never turn off the power
93. ng recording press the METRONOME switch once again to turn it off note If recording with the ACC switch on you will not be able to specify the time signa ture here To change the time signature during a song After recording the entire song with the same time signature you can use the Rec 3 3 page Event Edit function to change the time signature All tracks will be in the same state as the track in which you last changed the time signature note If you record with the ACC switch on you can leave the Rec 1 3 page Tempo setting at Man so that the time signature will match the rhythm style However if you use Event Edit to modify the time signature and then re record the time signa ture with which you re recorded will be used To record the tempo as well In the Rec 1 3 page press the Tempo button to change Man to Rec and tempo changes you make during recording will be recorded When playing back the recorded data setting the Tempo button to Auto will cause the recorded tempo to play back Setting it to Man will allow you to change the tempo manually note When you stop recording the Tempo button will automatically change to Auto note It is not possible to record only the tempo by itself Start recording Press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch After a two measure count off recording will begin Play the keyboard to record yo
94. nt variations 1 W hile automatic accompaniment is playing select the Variation Cell Press the Variation Cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to specify the variation The accompaniment will switch to the selected variation at the next beat or measure Variation cell If you specify After Fill in the Accompani ment page p 44 playback will automati cally switch to the specified variation after a fill is played This lets you add variety to the way in which your song develops The content of the variations intros and end ings will differ according to the rhythm style Adding an intro You can add an intro to the beginning of the auto matic accompaniment After the intro has been played the variation will begin playing Each rhythm style has two intros and two endings When you press the INTRO ENDING 1 switch an intro or ending with a chord progression will be played When you press the INTRO ENDING 2 switch a simple intro or ending without a chord progres sion will be played 1 Press the INTRO ENDING 1 switch or the INTRO ENDING 2 switch 2 Press the START STO P switch The automatic accompaniment intro will play When the intro ends the accompaniment will switch to the variation you selected in the main page The indicator of the NTRO ENDING 1 2 switch you selected will be lit while the intro is playing and dark when the varia tion
95. nts you can use this function to tune the SP 500 to the other instruments The pitch can be adjusted in half step 0 5 Hz intervals over a range of 427 5 453 0 Hz Hertz 2 Change the Transpose setting Press the Transpose cell A or W to The factory setting is A4 440 Hz change the setting The available range is 11 11 1 Press the FU NCTION switch note When the power is turned oft this will be set The FUNCTION switch indicator will to 0 i d the Func 1 10 ill SS EE To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the Func 1718 Octave FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION Tune GEER Hz switch indicator will go dark and you b Transpose will return to the previous LCD screen va Example 1 To play a song a semitone higher i Set the Transpose setting to 1 2 A djust me ee With this setting pressing the C key will Use the dial or the VALUE switches to sound like a C If the pitch has been raised a semitone as in this example playing the notes shown at the lower left will produce the pitches shown at the lower right adjust the value of the Tune cell To write settings into internal memory In the Func 7 10 page execute Write button If you turn off the power without writing y the previous settings will GE previous settings will reappear r To return to the previous display If you press the E
96. ny e croata e ee a deed Ne atts 39 I et ace WEE 39 43 L Layer Unctionis tirienn a a e 26 IR e EE 55 M Metr n eeneiige isidan eet 31 MIDI ETENEE A la dedat ella Sta ea ba 69 Multitrack recording ee 53 Minte ss citi cae dacat atatea uta aia tie 40 0 Operating Panel 12 P Pat meteri ee s 47 E E 40 Pedale since zu tac c ci ay 33 PIANIST v sk la 37 PLAY PIANO gwitch eee eee ee 28 Popup screen 16 24 68 Progra Mis sie otet aaa ieee a n i n ahteedeans 24 Program group 24 Program name nana aan aan 35 USER program group 25 34 Q Quant Ze site tan Pas ata Wilda dna Da 53 57 R Kear gamgl ss ete nsa id EE Pa dle Ida ada 11 Recording mode 53 Renania acacia dana i nenea aan a ca 35 Resoluton nenea ila 53 57 Reverb effetti me iiini tona ea aaa d 29 Rhythm style eee nea e 37 38 Custom rhythm style 46 Rhythm style group 38 Rhythm style name nenea eee 46 USER rhythm style group ssssesssssses11ss115210 45 S SINGLE TOUCH switch aaiaaaaaaai iii ee 44 Split function nenea i ssedsje idslsssv s dutg irdun 27 Split Point es piore eee ksa mi uni 28 40 Synchro Start Stop cece 39 T TEMPO rn cee area pa a fa a aa co la e 32 39 Touch Control function cecene nenea ea eee 34 V WV ATIAUION WE 39 43 87
97. ode regardless of the pedal settings of the SP 500 itself p 66 Damper pedal settings for Layer and Split After Touch If you want MIDI aftertouch messages to be transmitted and received turn on the After Touch check box If you do not want these messages to be transmitted or received turn off the After Touch check box Exclusive If you want MIDI exclusive messages to be transmitted and received turn on the Exclusive check box If you do not want these messages to be transmitted or received turn off the Exclusive check box To write settings into internal memory In Func 7 10 page press the Write button If you turn off the power without writing the setting will revert to the pre vious setting To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen J Appendices Troubleshooting Power does not turn on e Is the AC AC power supply connected to an appropriate AC outlet p 14 e Is the AC AC power supply connected to the AC9V connector of the SP 500 p 14 e Is the power switch turned on r p 14 e If the power still does not turn on disconnect the AC AC power supply from the AC outlet and contact your local Korg distributor No sound e Are the MASTER VOLUME slider and ACC VOLUME slider turned up p 14 e Is the
98. on as the ACC RESET switches Intro Ending1 Same function as the INTRO ENDING 1 switches Intro Ending2 Same function as the INTRO ENDING 2 switches EI Same function as the FILL 1 switches Fill2 Same function as the FILL 2 switches Variation 1 Select 1 for the Variation Cell Variation 2 Select 2 for the Variation Cell Variation 3 Select 3 for the Variation Cell Variation 4 Select 4 for the Variation Cell Bass Inversion Turn the Bass Inv cell on off Scale Change Switch between Main Scale and Sub Scale r p 65 Variation Up Select next variation Variation Down Select previous variation Reverb On Off REVERB switch on off Effect On Off CHORUS etc switch on off Drum Mute Mute Drum part of automatic accompani ment p 40 Perc Mute Mute Perc part of automatic accompani ment p 40 Bass Mute Mute Bass part of automatic accompani ment p 40 Acci Mute Mute Acc1 part of automatic accompani ment p 40 Acc2 Mute Mute Acc2 part of automatic accompani ment p 40 Acc3 Mute Mute Acc3 part of automatic accompani ment p 40 Tap Tempo Same function as the TAP TEMPO switches Ensemble Same function as the ENSEMBLE switches Quarter Tone Used in middle eastern music The pitch will be adjusted by 50 cents for notes played while the pedal is
99. possible to select that object amp To avoid damaging the LCD screen you must observe the following cautions e Never press or rub the LCD screen with a pointed or hard object such as a mechan ical pencil Never scrape the edge of the LCD screen with a pen or fingernail etc 15 The main page This is the page that is displayed when the power is turned on Most of the time you will be playing the SP 500 in this main page Program cell Tempo display Program change button Grand Piano uta Chord name Style cell Variation cell display Style change button 4 Noise may appear in the LCD screen when the power is turned on or off but this is not a malfunction 2 Operating panel FUNCTION MIXER DISPLAY HOLD EXIT lt 4 PAGE gt VALUE PAGE lt gt switches If the LCD screen shows 1 2 or 1 3 when you are selecting a sound or style you can use these switches to move through the pages of the LCD screen EXIT switch Use this switch to return to the previous screen DISPLAY HOLD switch When the DISPLAY HOLD switch indicator is off using the PROGRAM GROUP or RHYTHM STYLE GROUP switches to select a sound or style will cause the screen of the selected sound or style to be displayed for several seconds and then automatically return to the previous screen This type of screen is called a popup screen When the DISPLAY HOLD switch indicator i
100. power In this way the SP 500 will automatically set each pedal jack to the correct polarity 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 p 66 33 34 7 Changing the touch response of the keyboard You can change the way the piano will respond to how hard you strike the keyboard This function is called Touch Control 1 Press the TO UCH switch Em START STOP TOUCH Heavy2 Heavy1 Normal 2 Select the desired touch Press a radio button to select the desired playing touch Light 1 2 Even soft playing can produce loud notes Light touch Normal This is the standard piano touch Heavy 1 2 You must play strongly to produce loud notes Heavy touch Fix Playing strength will have no effect suitable for organ playing amp This function does not change the physical weight of the keyboard itself 3 Return to the main page If the DISPLAY HOLD switch is on press the EXIT switch to return to the main page This setting can be stored in internal memory by selecting the Func 7 10 page Setup and executing Write so that the setting will be in effect when the power is turned on p 67 8 Using the USER pro gram group You can use the USER program group when you wish to rearrange programs in an order convenient for performa
101. r 64 Pianist rhythm styles ROM 26 Effects Reverb 13 types Other 24 types Recorder 8 tracks Control Chord KBD 5 tracks Song controls Pause Rew FF Play Stop Record Maximum 40 000 notes per song maximum 16 300 notes per track Maximum number of notes 128 000 when 12 songs are recorded Maximum number of songs 100 songs total for all songs 72 000 notes Help screen Switchable between Japanese kanji and kana and English Demo songs Style demos 9 songs Sounds 9 songs Piano songs right hand left hand can be divided 24 songs Metronome O on off tempo time signature volume Display 240 64 full graphic liquid crystal display with touch panel Key transpose 11 11 semitones Pitch control 427 5 453 0 Hz 0 5 Hz steps Temperaments 10 4 user scales Layer O Split O Pedal jacks Damper Assignable Output jacks L MONO R phone jacks Input jack Stereo mini jack 1 8 Headphone jacks Stereo mini jacks 1 8 2 MIDI connectors IN OUT Power supply Included AC AC power supply Power consumption 14W Dimensions 1 285 W 320 D 122 H mm Weight 19 4 kg Included items ment Pedal AC AC power supply Music stand Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice for improve e Other product names and company names are the registe
102. racters Finalize the first character Press the Set button to finalize the first character Select the next character Select characters as in steps 2 and 3 to assign the desired file name A file name of up to 16 characters can be assigned To make a correction Use the e button to move the cursor to the character that you wish to correct If you wish to delete the character press the Delete button the character at the cursor location will be deleted If you wish to insert a character press the Insert button the selected character will be inserted at the cursor location Finalize the program name After you have input the entire program name press the Return button To save the program name you must per form the Write operation ve Keier to step 7 of Collecting favorite sounds into a USER program group When you restore the factory set data the entire USER program contents will be lost 35 36 J gt Automatic accompaniment 1 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 These accompaniments a
103. rb type cell Specify the reverb type Chorus cell Specify the depth of the cho rus or other effect Chorus type cell Specify the type of the chorus or other effect Upper 1 2 Low cell Specify the program and octave setting for each part Initial Edit 2 2 page Here you can edit Program Pan Volume Reverb and Chorus settings for each track Initial Edit 2 2 Track 1 O2 Oz 04 O85 Program Pan Volume Reverb Chorus L fast Lee 3 KD Press the radio button for the track that you wish to edit Then press the appropriate cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to adjust the setting Track radio buttons Press a radio button to select the track that you wish to edit Program cell Select the program that will be the initial setting Pan cell Specify the initial panpot value Volume cell Specify the initial volume value Reverb cell Specify the reverb depth Chorus cell Specify the depth of the cho rus or other effect Memory Utility page Memory Utility Free 519 KB SongSG RecordDemo 864 KB Factory Dump rese elete x Song selection cell Selects the song Select the song that you want to play back or record in the Rec 1 3 page It is not possi ble to change the song while the recorder is running Preset button Returns to the factory set state Delete button Deletes the song data selected by the
104. re called rhythm styles a total of 217 styles are provided and are organized into ten rhythm style groups A Rhythm Style consists of six musical tracks Drum a conventional drum set as used in popular music Perc all percussion instruments other than drums Bass the low range instrument and Acc1 3 accompaniment instruments Using automatic accompaniment 1 Press the ACC switch The ACC switch indicator will light and the Accompaniment page will appear HELP ACC SMALL ACC ACC RESET _ Bass Inv Accompaniment Onefinger After Pm Off Fingered1 After Fill2 Off JFingered2 Split Point KI JFullkeyboard 2 Select how to specify chords Here you can select how you will be specifying chords For details on how to specify chords refer to Changing how you specify the chords p 42 3 Return to the main page Press the EXIT switch to return to the main page Grand Piano1 style 37 38 Selecting a rhythm style Select a rhythm style group Press one of the RHYTHM STYLE GROUP switches to select a rhythm style group By pressing the PIANIST switch you can select an accompaniment style for only piano sounds Select a rhythm style The rhythm styles in the selected group will appear in the LCD screen If the screen indicates 1 2 or 2 3 etc you can use the dial or the PAGE switch to access the next page and select other rhythm styles For a
105. red trademarks and trade marks of their respective owners e Sound processed with INFINITY Program list Program Name DDDIDDD Piano 100 Grand Piano1 u o Program Name Flute Sax Melody Flute Melody FItAtk Melody Tenor Soprano Sax Grand Piano2 Grand Piano3 Alto Sax Gentle Piano Tenor Sax Baritone Sax Piano 1 Piccolo Piano 2 Flute Piano 3 Clarinet Honky tonk Harpsichord Oboe 1 90 s Piano English Horn DUDDD DU Basson Rock Piano Recorder New Piano Ocarina 1 M1 Piano Pan Flute COOC HarpsiFunk Piano amp Strgs Bottle Blow Q I PianoPad Shaku 1 Bagpipe Midi Piano Shanai ICC SINI O MD OO PO olav PO o PO PianoVibes Whistle 1 SlSISlLSlSlSlPlSlSlSlPlSlSlM HlSlHlols DO POT POP PO PO Sf St A Al A oO oO O o oOo ajaja Lyle Stack w O Program Name E Piano ORGAN E Piano 1 CH R Syn Calliope Chiffer Lead AltoBreath Folk Sax SoftTenor E Piano 2 PerkySaxes 1 J J CI Clavi Synth Fife Whirly BreathFlute DW 8000 EP Clarn Ens Clavmation Oboe 2 Mark II bis Woodwinds
106. s Duet The melody will become two voices Close Two notes will normally be added close below the melody to create three voices sometimes three notes will be added to create four voices Open 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 Octave Two notes will be added an octave above and below the melody Power Ens Notes will be added a fourth below and an octave below the melody to cre ate three voices Fourths Notes will be added a fourth above and a minor seventh above the melody to cre ate three voices Block Three notes will be added below the melody plus an octave below it creating five voices Brass Ens Three notes will be added below the melody creating four voices Reed Ens A three note chord with a different inversion than added by Block will be added below the melody plus an octave below the melody creating five voices Select the type of ensemble Press one of the radio buttons to select the desired type of ensemble Different harmony will be added accord ing to the type of ensemble you select To turn off the Ensemble function Press the ENSEMBLE button once again To change the variation Each rhythm style allows you to choose four differ e
107. s lit the screen will continue to be dis played You can press the EXIT switch to return to the previous screen You can specify the length of time that a popup screen will be displayed p 68 When the power is turned on the DISPLAY HOLD switch will be off indicator dark but you may change this setting as desired VALUE switch switch dial The value of a cell in the LCD screen can be set using the front panel dial or the and switches Use the and switches to make small changes in the value and use the dial to make large changes in the value Help function By using the Help function you can view a simple explanation of the SP 500 s functions in the LCD screen 1 Press the HELP switch The HELP switch indicator will light and the LCD screen will show a list of the Help items CC ACC RESET Help Program O uapanese Sule erat 2 Select the language for display The contents of Help can be displayed in either English or Japanese To display in English press the English radio button To display in Japanese press the Japanese radio button To change the LCD screen for items other than Help You can use the same procedure to select either English display or Japanese display for items other than the Help screens such as program names and some button names 4 Never turn off the power while this is being switched 3 Select the item Press a button in the LCD screen for
108. se the Song name cell to select the song 4 These functions are not available if a Demo Group radio button other than Piano is selected 2 Turn down the volume of the part you wish to practice with If you wish to lower the volume of the left hand part select the Left check box If you wish to lower the volume of the right hand part select the Right check box Left check box Right check box Tempo style i Play Mode CO Proe SEG Core Gan 3 Start the demo playback Press the PLAY STOP switch to start demo playback Along with the demo playback play the part whose volume has been lowered note Use the MASTER VOLUME slider to adjust the volume of the keyboard Use the ACC VOLUME slider to adjust the volume of the part whose volume was lowered The selected part will be half the volume of the ACC VOLUME slider setting Changing the tempo of the demo playback If you find the song difficult you can play it back at a slower tempo so that you can play along more comfortably 1 Specify the Tempo In the Demo page press the Tempo cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to adjust the setting 00 is the original tempo is a faster tempo and is a slower tempo The available range is 50 50 mp 21 22 J gt Playing the SP 500 1 Playing a sound First let s turn on the power and play the keyboard to produce so
109. song selection cell All the recorded data will be erased Tx button Transmits the song data selected in the song selection cell from the MIDI OUT connector to a connected MIDI device Use this when you want to save song data on a MIDI data filer or similar device Data can be received from the data filer while this page is displayed At this time the received data will be overwritten onto the song that is selected in the song selection cell The song data is not SMF Standard MIDI File Remaining memory As this value approaches 0 the number of notes events that can be subsequently recorded will decrease We recommend that you delete unneeded songs to increase the amount of free memory before you continue recording note When there is little memory remaining recording will stop automatically In some cases this may happen before the remaining memory reaches 0 in order to ensure that the data is saved correctly Memory used This indicates the approxi mate amount of memory used by the song that is selected in the song selection cell This information will help you decide which song to delete 61 62 J Functions 1 Adjusting the pitch J Press the FUNCTION switch Fine adjustments to the pitch Func 1 18 Octave X Tune 440 0 Hz vy Uppit G a Here s how you can make fine adjustments to the b Transpose wv Upp2 1 A pitch When you are playing together with other instru me
110. sure you specified in step 2 Recording will begin automatically when you reach the measure specified in step 5 so start playing a few measures earlier than the recording start measure Stop recording When the recording end measure has passed recording will stop automatically and playback will resume Press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch to stop playback Recording the automatic accompa niment without performing Step Recording By using the Step Recording function you can input controllers such as automatic accompaniment chords and fills at the specified measures without having to actually play the keyboard yourself This means that you can record an automatic accompa niment from the chords or chord symbols of printed music even if you are not able to play the piano 1 Press the RECO RDER RECORD switch The Rec 1 3 page will appear NewSong will be selected automati cally Turn on the ACC switch Access the Rec 3 3 page Use the PAGE switches to access the Rec 3 3 page Rec 3 3 Event Edit Delete Measure 3 Press the Step Rec button The Step Rec page will appear Step Rec Track Start Measure 661 End Measure EDB To input a rhythm style chord set the Track cell to Chord To input a rhythm style controller set the Track cell to Ctrl The Start Measure cell specifies the beginning measure and the End Mea sur
111. switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen 2 Selecting a temperament Numerous classical pieces were composed using older temperaments that are slightly different than the equal temperament tuning commonly used today In order to re create the authentic resonances of such pieces you can select and use classical tem peraments such as Kirnberger or Werckmeister You can also select ethnic scales used in Arabian or Indonesian music Temperament name Remark Equal Temp Equal temperament The conventional temperament most widely used for keyboard instruments today Since semitone steps are arranged at equal inter vals the same scale can be played in any key Equal Temp2 Equal temperament random This adds a slight degree of randomness to the equal tempered pitches It is suitable for simulating acoustic instruments whose pitch tends to be naturally unstable Pure Major Temperament In this temperament the principal major chords in the key specified by the Key cell will be completely harmonious Pure Minor Just intonation major scale The principal major chords of the scale speci fied in the Key cell will be acoustically perfect in this temperament Arabic Arabic 1 4 This is a quarter tone scale used in Arabic music For Rast C Bayati D use C For Rast D Bayati E use D For Rast F Bayati G use F For Rast G
112. the FUNCTION switch use the PAGE switch to access the Func 3 10 page Set the Assignable Switch set ting to Start Stop The pedal connected to the Assignable Switch jack will now function in the same way as the START STOP switch p 66 Press the EXIT or FUN CTION switch You will return to the main page Specify a chord Specify a chord by playing notes in the keyboard area selected for this purpose The name of the selected chord will appear in the main page Press the pedal Automatic accompaniment will start when you press the pedal connected to the Assignable Switch jack It will stop when you press the pedal once again 41 42 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 1 Press the ACC switch The ACC switch indicator will light and the Accompaniment page will appear _ Eass Inv Accompaniment Jonefinger After Fill Off Fingered1 After Fil2 Off C Fingered2 Split Point KI FullKeyboard Select how you will specify the chord Press one of the radio buttons in the screen to select the method you will use to input chords Onefinger This method makes it easy to input chords even if you do not know how the chord is fingered In the keyboard range to the left of the Split Point simply press the root of the chord to
113. the Lower range will be output on this channel amp If this is set to the same channel as Keyboard or Upp1 program changes will not be received Drum Perc Bass Acc1 Acc2 Acc3 Receive channel functions When MIDI note events of this channel are received the corresponding auto matic accompaniment part will be played Transmit channel functions The performance data of each automatic accompaniment part will be output on this channel note Recorder Track 1 Track 5 are fixed at MIDI channels 2 6 To write settings into internal memory In the Func 7 10 page execute Write If you turn off the power without writing the previous settings will reappear mr To return to the previous display If you press the EXIT switch or the FUNCTION switch the FUNCTION switch indicator will go dark and you will return to the previous LCD screen Using the SP 500 as a multi tim bral tone generator The SP 500 can function as a multi timbral tone generator that can be played from an external MIDI device When the DEMO switch is on the SP 500 will function as a 16 timbre GM tone generator amp It is not possible to set the MIDI channel While the demo plays the sounds will change accord ing to the demo data Local on off setting If you wish to use the SP 500 s keyboard to trigger an external MIDI tone generator without hearing the internal tone gen
114. the desired explanation Introduction Help screen operations and easy functions Demo Listening to the demo Program Changing sounds Style Changing the rhythm style Accompaniment Using automatic accompaniment Recording Recording Function List the various FUNCTION pages Symbols in the screens indicates switches on the panel indicates buttons in the screen gt gt is the first page of Help lt lt is the last page of Help means that further pages are available L FON means that you should press the switch to turn on the indicator L OFF means that you should press the switch to turn off the indicator 17 18 Move through the pages Press the PAGE gt switch to advance to the next page Press the PAGE al switch to return to the previous page To view another item Press the EXIT switch You will return to the list of Help items To exit Help Press the HELP switch to turn off the indicator and you will return to the previous screen J Demo playback 1 Listening to the demo The SP 500 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 500 and their expressive potential To listen to the demo songs 1 Press the DEMO switch The DEMO switch indicator will light and the Demo page will
115. the selected character Delete button Delete the character at the cursor location Insert button Insert a character at the cur sor location Return button After editing the name press the Return button to return to the previous screen 59 60 Bounce Track page Here you can select two tracks from the Kbd track and Track 1 Track 5 and combine them into a single track Bounce Track Source EZD Destination Kbd Source cell Specify the first track Destination cell Specify the second track Bounce button When you press the Bounce button the two tracks will be com bined into the Destination track The data of the Source track will be erased Cancel button Return to the previous screen without executing If pitch bend damper pedal or other control events are used in both tracks combining the two tracks may produce unintended results if the location of this data overlaps The resulting track will use the program MIDI channel and other track settings of the merge destination track Insert Measure page Here you can insert one or more measures Insert Measure Track Kbd Start 661 Length 661 Meter 4 4 Track cell Specify the track s that will be affected To insert into all tracks specify AL Start cell Specify the beginning measure Length cell Specify the number of mea sures that will
116. ument to its fullest potential please read this owner s manual care fully and use the instrument as directed Before you begin Please read the sections entitled Precautions on p ii of this manual Check the included items Please make sure that the following items were included with the SP 500 e Owner s manual the book you are reading e AC AC power supply Pedal e Music stand How to use this manual Printing conventions in this manual t P M This indicates a page to which you can refer j These symbols respectively indicate points of caution and advice H D y P Panel switch dial slider The names enclosed by square brackets are printed on the front panel Operate the corresponding item LCD screen cell button The names enclosed by double quotation marks appear in the LCD screen and you can operate the corresponding cell button check box or radio button that is displayed AA A check box is considered to be on when it is displayed as an outlined box a check box that is filled in is considered to be off amp If you select English as the language for the Help function the display will be entirely in English If you select Japanese some of the display will not be in Japa nese LCD screen display The parameter values etc shown in the screens printed in this manual are only examples for explanatory purposes and may not necessarily
117. und Turing the power on As described in the connection procedure on p 14 connect the AC AC power supply head phones and pedal Then turn on the power of the SP 500 1 Turn on the power Leave the VOLUME slider set at about 0 Press the POWER switch located on the rear panel When you turn on the power the panel indicators will light and the startup screen will appear O etr eer eree OTe TEE E DT TEE E DE TEE TEE E E DT TEE E E KE EE EE EE E E 4 3 O orere TEEN Turning the power oft Press the POWER switch once again When the power is turned off the panel indica tors will all go dark 2 Play the keyboard While playing the keyboard gradually adjust the VOLUME slider to adjust the vol ume note If you are listening to the SP 500 through your monitor speakers cassette radio unit or audio system adjust the output volume of this equipment as well Adjusting the volume Raise the MASTER VOLUME slider to the middle position Moving the slider toward the right will increase the volume and moving it toward the left will decrease the volume At a position of 0 there will be no sound While actually playing the instrument adjust the volume to an appropriate level MASTER VOLUME Orlritibrrtttt 10 Softer gt Louder 23 24 2 Selecting sounds The 412 sounds of the SP 500 are organized into ten groups Each of the sounds stored in these groups is called a Program
118. ur performance E e SONG SELECT PAUSE REW FF PLAY STOP RECORD To change the number of measures in the pre count In the Rec 2 3 page Count In cell set the number of measures in the pre count to 0 7 H or 12 7 If you are using the metronome pressing the START STOP switch will start the met ronome from the first beat strong beat note If you wish to set the Count In cell to 0 and start recording from the first beat it is convenient to set the Assignable Switch cell of the Func 3 10 page to Start Stop and use the assignable switch to start recording J 120 Maat Rec 273 cl NW a1 201 oi Tracki D Quantize Ceo EEEE To stop recording When you are finished performing press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch You will return to the Rec 1 3 page and the track you had set to Rec will be set to Play A At this time the performance data will be automatically stored in internal memory A message will be displayed while this is occurring amp Never turn off the power while data is being stored 5 Play back the song you recorded When you press the RECORDER PLAY STOP switch the recorded song will play back Recording with automatic accompaniment Press the ACC switch to turn it on and then follow the Basic recording procedure sp A9 The rhythm styles or chords that you specify during your performance can also be recorded note When
119. venient to use the metronome The metronome also sets the time signature and tempo when you record your playing Starting the metronome 1 Press the METRO NO ME switch The METRONOME switch indicator will light and the metronome will start TAP METRONOME AED Metronome Bi tempo Guide Lamp Volume x Meter Oa Cafe C 3 4 4 4 C 574 Ceres To set the time signature Press one of the Meter radio buttons to select a time signature The available time signatures are 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 and 6 8 If you select 1 4 no accent strong note will sound note If the Tempo Guide check box is off the BEAT indicator will not light To adjust the volume Press the Volume cell and use the dial or the VALUE switches to adjust the volume The volume range is 0 minimum 127 maximum note The metronome will default to tempo 127 time signature Meter 4 4 and vol ume 100 default conditions upon power up 31 32 2 Return to the main page If the DISPLAY HOLD switch is on press the EXIT switch to return to the main page Stopping the metronome To stop the metronome press the METRONOME switch once again The METRONOME switch indicator will turn off and the metronome will stop Adjusting the tempo Press the Tempo cell in the Metronome page and use the dial or VALUE switches to adjust the tempo or use the EMPO UP or
120. while the Write or high The range of settings is Org 1 operation is in progress 12 With a setting of Org the style will use its original setting For example based on a C chord a Wrap Around setting of 1 would cause the accompaniment to be shifted downward one octave when a C chord was specified With a setting of 2 the accompaniment would be shifted downward one octave when a D chord was specified With setting 1 C chord fi Bass pattern CH chord fi 1 by a semitone and lower by an octave D chord fi by asemitone and lower by an octave 3 47 48 With setting 2 C chord fi C chord fi Raise by a semitone 4 D chord fi LE SS 2 2 F SES J D 2 Ze be Se Ze Status cell This setting can be made for the Drum Perc Bass Acc1 Acc2 and Acc3 parts You can whether the automatic accom paniment of each part will be played by the SP 500 itself or by an external MIDI tone device Off There will be no output either to the internal tone generator or to MIDI OUT Int The part will sound only the internal tone generator It will not be output to MIDI OUT Ext The part data will be transmitted from MIDI OUT The internal tone generator will not be played Both The part will be output both to the inter nal tone generator and to MIDI
121. xer 1 3 page etc e Programs with a MIDI Bank of 0 are GM programs e s Programs with up to 64 note polyphony w Programs with up to 32 note polyphony Brass Syn Brass1 Syn Brass2 FlugelHorn Mute Ens Dynabone OB Tuba Horn Ens Brass Band alo zi el Ol Ol O O O O o o an SlSlSlSlSlOlSlSlSlSlO O lO lwlolo 75 Program Name Brass Choir Syn Brass3 Sfz lt Brass Program Name Guitar Nylon Gtr SteelGtr DblBrass Trump Ens Brass Fall Jazz Gtr Clean Gtr Overdrive Choir Aahs Dist Gtr Solo Vox Muted Gtr o DR pee eee iC Space Voice Halo Pad Brightness Echo Drops Voice Oohs SynVox Breath Noise Charang GT Harm L amp R Ac Gtr 12 Strings PedalSteel L amp R El Gtr DistoMutes Solo Dist Clean Funk a 1 a Om 1 a Oa m J J J CIE H Heaven Dist Lead Polar Pad PowerChord ElastikPad Big Panner R amp R Guitar ResonatedGtr AirVoxDbl Glassglide ElectricAc Mr Clean Laughing Hackbrett DanceReMix LiteVoices Gtr Strings StereoDist DigitalAir Air Vox Sitar Banjo Ambi Voice Program Name Strings Melody Violin Santur
122. zed ch The timing will be corrected to the specified note value When N is selected the timing will be corrected to the nearest 32th note triplet When J is selected the timing will be corrected to the nearest quarter note unit With a setting of If you use a rough quantization such as Jor when recording damper pedal or other control data the result may sound unnatural when played back To avoid this record with a quantize setting of High and then use the Rec 3 3 page Quantize function to correct the timing of only the note data p 57 Multitrack recording You can layer up to five tracks of recording onto the data that was recorded in KBD Control and Chord Here s how to load the performance data you recorded in Basic recording and use it as the basis of a multi track recording 1 Load the performance data that you saved Load performance data that you saved in Basic recording or in step recording p 51 2 Access the Rec 2 3 page Press the PAGE P to access the Rec 2 3 page J 120 Maat Rec 2 3 Count In a Pei Tracki D Quantize CE ICE ICE JET rah Select the track that you wish to record Press the Track button for the track that you wish to record to should say Rec Only one track at a time can be set to Rec The Rec setting in the Rec 1 3 page is auto mati

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