IBM PS1500 User Manual

OWNER’S

MANUAL

Cod. 271101

U.S.English

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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1. Read all the instructions (Safety, Installation and FCC if applicable) before using the product.

2. Do not use this product near water (example, near a swimming pool, spa, tub, sink or wet basement) and do not

expose to rain.

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

used with the components supplied. If this product requires assembly before being played, take special care to follow the assembly instructions found at the back of the manual.

4. This product, whether alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers, may be capable

of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for long periods of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist.

5. WARNING: Do not place this product or any other objects on the power cord, or place it in a position where

one could walk on, trip over or roll anything over power or connecting cords of any kind.

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produce heat.

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a) the power supply cord or the plug has been damaged; or b) objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the product; or c) the product has been exposed to rain; or d) the product does not appear to operate normally or exhibits marked changes in performance; or e) the product has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged.

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should be referred to qualified service personnel.

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part of the product or as optional accessories. Please ensure that benches are correctly assembled and stable and any optional fixtures (where applicable) are well secured before use.

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(S.W.P.) that may adversely affect radio/TV reception. Read the FCC note on the inside back cover of the owner’s manual for additional information.

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- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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Baldwin Piano & Organ Company, 422 Wards Corner Rd., Loveland, Ohio, 45140 - 8390 - USA

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USER GUIDE

Introduction

• 1 Quick Guide 1. 1

Contents

How to use the owner’s manual i Specifications ii Update the Operating System with OS-Disks v System Reset v

Power up and get to know the basics. 1. 1 The initial status (default) 1. 2 Adjusting the General Volume 1. 2 Play with Auto Accompaniment Styles 1. 3 Listen to the Demo Styles 1. 5 Demo Style 1. 5 Multimedia 1. 6 Selecting instrument Sounds 1. 8 Selecting the Programmable Presets 1. 10 Change the touch sensitivity 1. 12 Play the Programmable Pads 1. 12 Play with Effects or bypass them 1. 13 Play with headphones 1. 14 Play with the pedals 1. 14 Regulate the general Effect volumes and activate loudness 1. 15 Transpose the instrument (Semitones) 1. 16 Play All Songs 1. 17 Song Play - Direct from Disk 1. 18 Recording a Song/Style 1. 20

• 2 Front & Rear Panel 2. 1

Front Panel (buttons & controls) 2. 6 Rear Panel (Connections) 2. 10

• 3 Basic concepts 3. 1

Play modes 3. 1 Presets 3. 3 Tracks 3. 5 Sounds 3. 5 Edit Modes 3. 6 Connections 3. 7 The Display 3. 10 Data Entry 3. 13

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• 4 Sounds & Presets 4. 1

• 5 The Styles 5. 1

• 6 Disk 6. 1

The Sounds and Tracks 4. 1 Selecting Single Sounds 4. 3 Selecting Presets 4. 6 The Grand Piano Preset 4. 8 How to Program Presets 4. 10 How to Store Presets 4. 19 Restore Preset 4. 23

About PS1500 Styles 5. 1 Selecting Styles 5. 2 The Accompaniment tracks 5. 5 The Style Controls 5. 6 Variation, Fill, Style Lock 5. 8 The Accompaniment section 5. 9 Examples of using Styles 5. 16 Tempo 5. 23 Restore Sequencer 5. 24

Floppy disk formats 6. 1 Files 6. 1 Load operations - Play directly from disk 6. 5 Load Song, SMF, Style 6. 5 Load Styles, Load Presets 6. 9 Load Sample 6. 10 Load All 6. 11 Loading WS and CD compatible files 6. 13 Save operations 6. 16 Save Song, SMF, Style 6. 18 Save Styles, Save Presets 6. 20 Save Sample 6. 21 Save All 6. 22 Utility functions 6. 23 General disk handling information 6. 28 Precautions to observe when using PS disks with a computer 6. 30

• 7 Songs & MIDI Files 7. 1

What is a Song 7. 1 What is a MIDI File 7. 1 Selecting Songs 7. 3 Song Playback 7. 4 Displaying lyrics 7. 10 Restore Songs memory 7. 13

• 8 Song/Styles 8. 1

What is a Song/Style 8. 1 Selecting Song/Styles 8. 2

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Song/Style Playback 8. 3 Restore Song/Style memory 8. 9

• 9 Digital Effects 9. 1

Selecting the effect types 9. 2 Bypassing the effects 9. 4 Regulating the Send levels 9. 5

• 10 MIDI 10. 1

What is MIDI? 10. 1 Playing PS1500 with a master keyboard 10. 4 PS1500 in Song mode used as a controlling device 10. 7 Programming Songs on an external sequencer 10. 8 MIDI Panic 10. 10

REFERENCE GUIDE

• 11 Selection/Display Hold/Metronome 11. 1

Selection 11. 1 Display Hold 11. 6 Metronome 11. 6

• 12 Edit Preset section 12. 1

Overview 12. 1

• Preset 12. 3

The Preset functions 12. 3

• MIDI 12. 7

The MIDI functions 12. 8

• Mixer 12. 15

• Sound 12. 17

The Sound parameters 12. 20 Clear Sound and Clear All 12. 24

• Drumkit 12. 27

The Drumkit parameters 12. 31 Erase “Drumkit” and Clear “Drumkit” 12. 34

• 13 General 13. 1

• 14 Edit effects 14. 1

• 15 User Style recording 15. 1

Recording User Styles 15. 3 Programming the User Style Preset 15. 7

• 16 Song/Style Recording 16. 1

Recording Song/Styles 16. 2 Programming the Song/Style Preset 16. 7

• 17 Song Recording 17. 1

Recording Songs 17. 2 Programming the Song Preset 17. 7

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• 18 Song Edit 18.1

Quantize function 18. 2 Clear function 18. 4 Master Track function 18. 9 Copy function 18.1 3

• 19 SAMPLE / RECORD 19.1

Regulating the Mic/Line signal 19. 3 Preparing to sample - select the Splits 19. 4 Programmable Pads Assign 19. 12

• 20 Play All Songs - Restore 20. 1

Play all Songs 20. 1 Restore 20. 2 Software Release Date 20. 3

APPENDIX

Tables A i MIDI Implementation Chart A. xiv Glossary A. xvii Index A. xxi

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations and thanks for purchasing Baldwin’s Pianovelle PS1500. This instrument provides high quality sounds and accompaniments, and a simple user interface with a 2x40 LCD backlit display which allows total control of all performance and programming activities.

MULTIMEDIA FACILITIES

PS1500 is a multimedia piano workstation which offers several ways of interfacing with the instrument. With the optional Audio/Video Interface, a guitar player can connect to the Mic/Line inputs of the PS1500 and mix his sounds with those of the workstation (complete with effects processing). At the same time, a group of singers can follow the lyrics projected on a television (or other video projection device) by the

PS1500.

THE OWNER’S MANUAL

The Owner’s Manual is supplied as a 3-ring binder with instructions inserted inside.

How to use the manual

Do not use it as a paperweight: read it. If you understand how PS1500 operates, you can save a lot of time. You are encouraged to experiment with alternative operating methods: the PS1500 is sufficiently flexible to permit several choices to obtain the same results. The User Guide offers information on three different levels of complexity: as numbered images or pictures, as brief instructions and as detailed instructions. Y ou can limit yourself to following the images only, or by reading the bold black type, or by referring to the normal text containing detailed instructions.

2nd level - procedure in

concise form

3rd level - detailed

instructions

1. Insert the disk into the disk drive.

The first step in loading songs from disk is to insert a disk xontaining com-

patible songs into the disk drive of the PS1500. This instrument is compatible with CD and WS Series songs, Standard MIDI Files and, of course, PS series songs.

1st. level - numbered

images

The second part of the manual contains the Reference Guides which describe all the instrument’s functions in detail without discussing procedures. Experienced users can limit themselves to the Reference chapters.

At the end of the manual is the Appendix containing tables, midi specs, a Glossary and an Index.

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Introduction i

SPECIFICATIONS

• Polyphony & multitimbricity

Maximum polphony: 32 voices. Multitimbricity: 8 parts (Style/Preset modes) or 16 parts (Song mode). Each part is assigned to a track. In Style/Preset mode, 3 tracks (maximum) are assigned to the keyboard and the other 5 to the auto-accompaniments.

• Sound Generation

The Sounds are based on sampled waveforms (PCM, Wavetables and Subtractive Synthesis technology) and elaborated by a series of macro functions. The instrument’s 32 oscillators generate “single” Sounds (32-note polyphonic) or “layered” Sounds (16 note polyphonic), depending on the number of oscillators used to elaborate the Sound (1 or 2).

• ROM Sounds

ROM (permanent memory) contains 4 Megabytes of ROM Sounds, totalling almost 400 permanent Sounds and Drumkits.

• Sound Edit

PS1500’s macro-edit facilities permit rapid and easy Sound and Drumkit editing to produce edited Sounds (E-Sounds) which are stored in the Presets. The modifications are stored in the Presets to allow Songs, Styles or Presets to load the correct sounds. Y ou can also opt to recall your modified Presets with original Sounds instead of edited ones.

• Sample-RAM

PS1500 is fitted with a battery-backed Sample-RAM dedicated to the storage of Samples. PCM Sample kits can be loaded into SampleRAM from disk, or can be recorded with the PS1500 sampler, accessed via the Audio/Video Interface.

• Digital Effects Processor

Two Digital Effects Processors, controlled in real time, enrich the sound with effects (reverbs and modulations). T wo different effects (1 Reverb and 1 Modulation) can be assigned to each Preset and an editor is available to create user-effects which are stored in the Presets.

• 16 Track Recording Studio

The 16-track Sequencer includes a series of functions that allow Style, Song/Style and Song recording (real time system), playback and editing. Also featured is a Text function (to display Song lyrics). Song/Style recording allows the rapd recording of an 8-track song by using existing Styles. Sequence data is conserved in the battery-backed SystemRAM.

• Play All Songs, Chain

The Play All Songs function allows the direct playback of all Songs or MidiFiles present on disk without loading the data into memory. The Songs or MidiFiles play as a medley which you can stop at any time with the Play All Songs button. Song/Styles and Songs feature the Chain function which allows you to chain the Song or Song/Styles in memory and play them one after the other with a single command.

• Automatic Accompaniment

Styles provide autoomatic musical accompaniment, consisting of 5 tracks. Every Style has 4 Variations. Up to 16 disk based Styles (User programmable) can be loaded and automatically stored in the battery-backed System-RAM.

• Disk Drive

Data can be stored on 3.5” HD Floppy disks on PS1500 format (1.4 Megabytes - Ms-Dos standard) or Atari/Falcon format (720 Kbytes

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- Ms-Dos format). PS1500 is able to initialize disks for both formats. If the Sample-RAM is installed, it is also possible to load Samplekits from disk. Ms-Dos compatibility permits MIDI File exchange with other instruments and computers. The Disk Drive features the ‘Slow’ and ‘Fast’ loading options; Slow allows data to be loaded without blocking the instrument (background loading) while ‘Fast’ provides faster loading times without background loading.

• Sampling

The Audio/Video Interface (AVI) renders the Microphone/Line inputs operational for Sam- pling. The captured sample can be edited with specific Sample Edit parameters and processed by the on-board Digital Effects Processor. PCM Samples can also be loaded directly to the Sample-RAM from disk.

• Updateable Operating System (OS) from floppy disk

Since the operating system resides in a flashROM, it is possible to load updates from floppy disk. Operating System updates can add new functions to the instrument.

the outputs for further external amplification. The Audio/Video Interface renders the Mic/ Line input operational, suitable for sampling purposes and processing the input signals with the instrument’s on-board Digital Effects processor.

• MIDI operation

PS1500 is fully implemented for MIDI operation. The instrument can act as a Master controlling device, or as a 16 part multi-timbral slave device, regardless of the currently selected playing mode. A General MIDI compatibility switch, MIDI Filters and MIDI Dump facilities completes the MIDI features.

• Direct Connection with a computer

The Computer jack permits the connection of computers (MAC/PC/Atari) not fitted with a MIDI interface to PS1500 via a single serial cable. The communication speeds can also be configured to suit your specific computer system.

• Karaoke

The Karaoke function allows Song and MidiFile lyrics to be displayed on the instrument’s 2x40 LCD display. The A VI allows lyrics to be projected onto a television or other video device during a performance to allow others to sing along with the player. The AVI is configured by default for the USA NTSC video standard.

• Audio Inputs

PS1500 is fitted with a set of audio inputs suitable for the connection of musical instruments, mixer or homle stereo outputs. The level of the input signal can be regulated by an appropriate volume control situated close to the inputs. The signal can be directed to

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Introduction iii

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

1. The PS1500 should contain the following items from the factory. a) Instrument;

b) Bench; c) 3 Floppy disks (2 OS-Disks, 1 Demo); d) Owner’s manual.

2. When contacting your retailer or authorized Baldwin technical assistance center, always provide the model name and serial number of your instrument (found on the identification plate).

The information in this publication has been carefully prepared and checked. The manufacturers however decline all liability for eventual errors. All rights are reserved. This publication may not be copied, photocopied or reproduced in part or in whole without prior written consent from Baldwin Piano & Organ Company. Baldwin reserves the right to apply any aesthetic, design or function modifications it considers necessary to any of its products without prior notice. Baldwin declines all liability for damage to property or persons resulting from improper use of the instrument.

Make sure that all electronic options are installed by an authorised Baldwin Pianovelle service technician. Chack with the authorised Baldwin Pianovelle dealer for information on the closest service center.

Apple, IBM, Macintosh, Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Atari, are regisatered trademarks of the respective companies.

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PROGRAMMABLE PADS

IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY NOTES

Observe these important preliminary notes before using your instrument.

AVOID PLACING DISKS NEAR MAGNETS - Do not place floppy disks on top of speakers, near magnets, telephones or other sources of electromagnetic fields. The disk contents could be damaged.

UPDATEABLE OPERATING SYSTEM - two disks containing the operating system are supplied with the instrument. The disks can contain a more recent version of the operating system than the one contained in the instrument’s Flash ROM.

To load the operating system contained in the floppy disks: (1) turn off the instrument, (2) insert OS-disk 1 in the drive, (3) turn on the instrument, (4) When the

message “Loading OS-DISK clears ALL MEMORY !! < Enter to load / Escape to abort >” appears, press ENTER to start the OS update, (5) when the message, “INSERT NEXT OS-DISK please < Enter to load >” appears, extract the first disk, insert OS-Disk 2 and press ENTER to continue (6) when the operation is complete, the instrument sets to the default Style/Preset situation. After completing this process, proceed with the reset that follows below to ensure proper operation. Remember to extract the second disk and store both OS-disks in a safe place.

SYSTEM RESET

SYSTEM RESET - If the data contained in the instrument’s memory has been damaged, either by being exposed to the effects of a strong magnetic field, or other unknown reason, the instrument may not operate properly. The remedy is a System Reset:

(1) press and hold the UPPER 1 selector button located to the right of the LCD display, (2) simultaneously press the three buttons 2, 3 & 4 of the PROGRAMMABLE PADS section while still holding the UPPER 1 selector button, (3) the message «System Reset» appears for an instant then the instrument resets to the factory-set situation. All user-programmed data is irremediably lost.

S E L E C T

UPPER 2

LOWER

UPPER 1

HOLD

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vi Introduction

User Guide

• 1 Guick Guide

• 2 Layouts

• 3 Basic concepts

• 4 Sounds & Presets

• 5 Styles

• 6. Disk

• 7. Songs & MIDI Files

• 8 Song/Styles

• 9 Digital Effects

• 10 MIDI

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GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Power source

• Be sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate before connecting to the mains.

• DC power cannot be used to power this instrument.

• If the instrument is to remain unused for long periods of time, remove the power cord from its wall outlet. For safety purposes, remove the power cord in cases of storms with lightning.

Handling the power cord

• Never touch the power cord or its plug with wet hands.

• Never pull on the cord to remove it from the wall socket, always pull the plug.

• Never forcibly bend the power cord.

• If the power cord is scarred, cut or broken, or has a bad contact, it will be a potential fire hazard or source of serious electric shock. NEVER use a damaged power cord; have it replaced by a qualified technician.

If water (or other liquid) gets into the instrument

• Do not allow liquids to penetrate the instrument. Do not place containers of liquids on the instrument. If water or liquids penetrate the instrument, remove the power cord from the wall socket at once, and contact the store where the unit was purchased.

• As a general precaution, never open the unit and touch or tamper with the internal circuitry.

If the instrument plays in an abnormal way

• Turn off the power immediately, remove the power cord from the mains outlet and contact the store where it was purchased.

• Discontinue using the unit at once. Failure to do so may result in additional damage or other unexpected damage or accident.

Important notes

• Do not place heavy objects on the instrument and avoid leaning on it.

• Before turning on the instrument, be sure to set the volume to a reasonable level (master volume slider at about two thirds of the course).

• Before connecting your instrument to other devices, always remember to turn off the power to all units; this will help to prevent damage or malfunction.

General user maintenance

• Clean the outer surface of your instrument using a soft, clean, slightly damp cloth and polish with a soft, dry cloth.

• Never use industrial cleaners, detergents, abrasive cleansers, waxes, solvents or polishes as they may damage the instrument finish.

• Always turn off the power supply after use and never turn the unit on and off repeatedly in quick succession as this places an undue load on the electronic components.

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• 1 Quick Guide

POWER UP AND GET TO KNOW THE BASICS

1. Be sure that the power switch on the left key block is in the “OFF” position before connecting the power cord.

2. Insert the instrument’s power cord into a suitable grounded wall outlet.

3. Press the power switch to turn on PS1500.

After a few seconds the instrument sets to the default situation.

If necessary, regulate the display contrast using the DISPLAY CONTRAST panel knob on the left of the display. Different viewing angles may require an adjustment of the display contrast.

At this point, PS1500 is ready to play.

POWER OFF ON

DISPLAY

CONTRAST

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Quick guide 1•1

178 SoulBB *********** Bk1: SLOSTR

GPiano POP Bk1: SLOSTR Bk1: PIANO1

The initial status / Adjusting the General Volume

****** Pianovelle PS1500 ******

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THE INITIAL STATUS (DEFAULT)

After turning on, PS1500 sets to Style/Preset mode with the Grand Piano preset ready to play across the full keyboard.

The main display shown a short period after powering up corresponds to the GRAND PIANO Preset. PS1500 defaults to this mode every time you turn on the instrument.

The display shows the name of the current Style and Preset, the tempo and the sounds assigned to the three keyboard sections (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower).

Let’s go through some of the basic operations that you can carry out after powering up.

ADJUSTING THE GENERAL VOLUME

Adjust the general volume with the MASTER VOLUME panel slider.

A comfortable level is around two thirds of the slider’s travel distance.

If you are using external amplification, better results are obtained by adjusting the volume with mixer or amplifier controls rather than lowering the volume of the instrument.

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WARNING: Playing at high volume levels could be harmful to your hearing and could damage the amplifier and speakers.

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Note: If no sound is heard, check that the cable running from the speaker box is properly connected to the SPEAKERS jack on the rear panel of the instrument. This applies to PS1500 models with a speaker box under the keyboard.

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VOLUME

MASTER

MIC / LINE

MAX

MIN

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INTRO

KEY START CONTINUE

ENDING

START / STOP

8 BEAT

SWING COUNTRY

16 BEAT

ROCK

LATIN 1

FUNK

LATIN 2

DANCE POP WORLD ETHNIC

USER 1–8

SONG /STYLE

USER 9–16

SONG

STYLE SONG GROUPS

PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES

PS1500 has 96 auto accompaniment Styles with four Variations four Intros, a Fill and four Endings for each Style. You can also load up to 16 disk based User Styles of your choice into the 2 User Style banks available.

1. Press SINGLE TOUCH PLAY.

Pressing this button activates the KEY START function automatically. The EASY PLAY and MEMORY buttons will activate if not already on.

When SINGLE TOUCH PLAY is on, the sound memorized in the Style Preset are assigned to all the tracks. Selecting a Style changes the sounds of the accompaniment section as well as those of the keyboard sections.

SINGLE TOUCH PLAY

Automatic Accompaniment

EASY PLAY

SPLIT

MEMORY

2. Press a Style Group button in the SONG/STYLE GROUPS (Swing, Country, Rock, etc.).

3. Select a Style.

Use Function buttons F1…F8 under the display to select one of the 8 Style names.

4. Play a single note or a chord (at least three notes) below the Chord Split Point (note F#3) to start Style play.

A single note or chord triggers a fully orchestrated auto accompaniment pattern. The KEY START function allows you to start the Style by playing a note or chord on the keyboard area below the Split point.

In default conditions, the keyboard’s chord recognition mode is set to “One Finger” which allows you to play Styles using “one finger” chords on a split keyboard.

Y ou can change the chord recognition mode from “One Finger” to “Fingered1”, “Fingered

MetalR SlowRk Boogie SlBlue

OpenRk HardRk SoftRk Blues

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8

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Quick guide 1•3

Automatic Accompanment

INTRO

KEY START

CONTINUE

ENDING

START / STOP

2” or “Free”, either by selecting a Preset or by entering the PIANO STYLE options. See the PIANO STYLE function in the Styles chapter 5, page 12.

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5. Play a different chord.

Note how the accompaniment pattern is transposed.

6. Start to play a melody with the right hand.

The combination of sounds that play and the current keyboard mode will depend on the Style selected.

7. Stop the Style with Start/Stop or Ending.

If you use the Ending, the KEY START function is cancelled.

Styles are discussed in detail in the relative chapter afterwards.

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* * * STYLES DEMO * * *

TodayStyle WorldStyle LatinStyle AllDEMO

* * * STYLES DEMO * * *

TodayStyle WorldStyle LatinStyle AllDEMO

* * * STYLES DEMO * * *

TodayStyle WorldStyle LatinStyle AllDEMO

ENTER ESCAPE

Demo Style

LISTEN TO THE DEMO STYLES

You can listen to the automatic playback of your PS1500 to get an idea of what the instrument is capable of doing.

1. Press the DEMO button in the SYSTEM section.

The 2x40 backlit Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) shows three Styles and the “ALL” options to choose from.

2. Select a Style with the corresponding Function button.

The selected demo Style playback starts. When the end is reached, the demo stops.

3. Select the “ALL” option to chain all three demos.

Playback starts automatically from the first Style (TodayStyle). The demo current playing is shown flashing in the display.

While the demo plays, all the buttons on the control panel (except DEMO, the Function buttons and ESCAPE) and the keyboard are disabled.

4. To stop the Demo Style without closing the DEMO display, press the corresponding Function button. To stop the Demo Style and close the DEMO display, press ESCAPE or DEMO.

SYSTEM

DEMORESTORE

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8

DEMO

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Quick guide 1•5

Multimedia

1/4 LOAD: Styles Style Sample

Slow Song MidiFile Preset All

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8

ENTER ESCAPE

F1 F2

MySong

BallGm W

Multimedia

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PS1500 can display Lyrics when playing PS Series Disks. There are a large number of disks that display lyrics when played. Furthermore, if you connect the RGB socket of the Audio/Video Interface to a domestic TV or computer monitor, you can project the Lyrics onto the external monitor. You may have to load a Song into memory.

1. Insert a disk containing PS Songs into the disk drive and press DISK.

2. Select the FAST Disk option (optional step) and the SONG option from the Disk Load page.

Use Function button F1 to select FAST and Function button F2 to select LOAD SONG

3. Select a Song by rotating the DIAL.

The Dial scrolls through all the songs present on disk.

4. Press ENTER twice to load the Song into memory.

If you select the FAST loading option, the instrument’s panel buttons and keyboard will be temporarily disabled while data is loaded into memory.

DISK

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5. Press SONG in the Style/Song Groups section.

6. Select the SONG with the corresponding Function button.

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GROUPS

DANCE POP WORLD ETHNIC

USER 1–8

SONG /STYLE

USER 9–16

SONG

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START / STOP

7. Press PLAY or START/STOP to start the SONG playback.

Multimedia

PLAY

8. Press TEXT in the Song Edit section.

While the Song plays, the lyrics are scrolled across the display in synchronization with the Song.

If you have connected to an external monitor, the lyrics can also be shown on the screen in larger type. In «Edit General», you can choose from 4 different Video color setups.

9. Press TEXT or ESCAPE to close the lyrics display. Stop the Song playback with START/STOP or STOP.

START / STOP

TEXT QUANTIZE CO

take ME out to the ballgame, take me

out to the crowd, buy me some peanuts

SONG EDIT

MASTERERASE

TEXT

STOP

ESCAPE

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Quick guide 1•7

Selecting instrument sounds

178 SoulBB *********** Bk1: SLOSTR

GPiano POP Bk1: SLOSTR Bk1: PIANO1

* * GRAND PIANO PRESET * *

REED

PIANO MALLET

FLUTE

ORGAN

SYN LEAD

GUITAR

SYN PAD

BASS STRINGS

SYN SFX ETHNIC

ENSEMBLE

PERCUSSIVE

BRASS

SFX

SOUND GROUPS

Bk1 ORGAN2 CHURCH MUSETT BANDON

ORGAN1 ORGAN3 REEDOR HARMON

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8

SELECTING INSTRUMENT SOUNDS

PS1500 has almost 400 instrument Sounds, including orchestral, percussion and contemporary musical instruments. You can customize any sound to your tastes with the built in sound edit capabilities.

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1. Press the GRAND PIANO button.

The display shows the GRAND PIANO PRESET for a short period then returns to the default situation automatically with the EASY PLAY, MEMORY and STYLE LOCK buttons activated (LED on) and VARIA TION 2 of Style Soul BB from the POP group selected.

The GRAND PIANO button always returns you to a single instrument sound (Piano 1) playing across the full keyboard. You may use the “Grand Piano” button as a ‘return to start’ button whenever you wish to have only one sound active across all 88 keys.

The Grand Piano Preset is discussed in detail in chapter 4, “Sounds and Presets”.

2. Press a SOUND GROUPS button.

Select a Sound by pressing the Function button corresponding to the Sound name in the display (Organ 2 in this example).

3. Play on the keyboard and listen to the Sound

The Sound plays across the full keyboard

GRAND PIANO

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< ----------------------------- Sound----------------------------- >

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Bk2 12STGT EL.GT1 WHAGT1 SLHARX

SOLOGT OCT.GT MUTED2 FUZZGT

REED

PIANO MALLET

FLUTE

ORGAN

SYN LEAD

GUITAR

SYN PAD

BASS

SYN SFX

SOUND GROUPS

Selecting instrument sounds

4. Repeat step 2 and listen to other Sounds.

This time, after pressing a SOUND GROUPS button, select a Sound Bank with the PAGE+/ BANK+ button once or twice then select a Sound. Each Sound Group button consists of 3 Sound Banks, each containing 8 Sounds.

5. Press the UPPER 2 keyboard activator button then press a single note anywhere along the keyboard.

You’ll hear two sounds for each single note played.

Activating Upper 2 introduces a second Sound (String) layered with the first.

If you press the LOWER button, it won’t activate and a user message appears in the display - more about this later. The user message cancels automatically after 2/3 seconds..

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8

UPPER 2

PAGE+ / BANK+

PAGE– / BANK–

UPPER 1

LOWER

< ----------- Layered Sounds (Upp 1 & Upp 2)------------ >

LOWER

* * BUTTON DISABLED IN FULL MODE * *

Set SPLIT MODE in Easy Play/Split

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Quick guide 1•9

Selecting the Programmable Presets

80 8BtStd EasyPlay=Off Bk1: STRING

GrandP 8 BEAT Bk1: ORGAN3 Bk1: PIANO1

1234 5

678

PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS

PnoStr Theme Jazzed KeyPad

GrandP SloSax StGuit Mstone

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8

SELECTING THE PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS

The Pianovelle PS1500 contains 64 Programmable Presets organized into eight different banks: 32 programmed at the factory (buttons 1

- 4) and the other 32 “empty” (buttons 5 - 8), ready to be user-programmed. These presets feature combinations of up to 3 keyboard Sounds, custom effect settings, split keyboard combinations and more. You can create your own Presets or load new ones from disk.

1. Press button 1 in the PROGRAMMABLE PRESETS section.

The display shows 8 Presets to choose from, each with a different name.

2. Select the Preset called “GrandP”.

Use Function button F1 to select the Preset. The display shows a change of keyboard sounds and a change in the name of the Preset in the bottom left hand corner of the display (from “GPiano” to “GrandP”).

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Note: If you do not select a Preset within the first 2/3 seconds, the display returns to the previous situation with no changes.

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3. Play on the keyboard.

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This time you’ll hear a different piano sound with respect to the previous. The “Piano1” sound plays across the full keyboard extension as before.

To play with the Metronome

If you want to practice using a Metronome, press the METRONOME button in the SONG EDIT section. The top left hand side of the display shows the symbol “MT” to indicate the activation of the metronome. For live playing, you can acitvate or deactivate the Metronome whenever you want. In record mode, the Metronome is activated automatically.

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UPPER 2

UPPER 1

LOWER

METRONOME

< ----------------- Single sound (Upper 1)------------------ >

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Selecting the Programmable Presets

4. Press the UPPER 2 activator.

A second sound is introduced (String), layered with the first.

5. Press the LOWER activator.

A: In the case of the GrandP Preset (F1), the LOWER activator will be disabled because this Preset recalls the Full keyboard mode.

B: If, in point 2 overleaf, you selected a different Preset, say Preset PnoStr (F2), the keyboard mode recalled will be Split mode.

In this case, the LOWER activator will introduce a third sound and the keyboard will be divided with a Split Point at note F#3.

The LOWER keyboard plays a Sound over the range A0 - F#3. The UPPER 1 and UPPER 2 sections are assigned to the range G3 - C8.

Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make additional changes.

< ------------ Layered sounds (Upp 1 & Upp 2)------------ >

UPPER 2

UPPER 1

LOWER

* * BUTTON DISABLED IN FULL MODE * *

Set SPLIT MODE in Easy Play/Split

LOWER

< ------- Lower ------- >< ----- Upp 1 &/or Upp 2 ------- >

Split keyboard

Observations

Depending on the Preset selected, the keyboard sound combinations will change and the keyboard mode may change from Full to Split and vice versa. The chord recognition mode may also change from “Free” to “One finger” or “Fingered 1” or “Fingered 2”.

If Full mode is recalled, the Lower keyboard section is automatically disabled for selection leaving Upper 1 and Upper 2 only active for selection or muting.

If Split mode is recalled, all three keyboard sections will be enabled for selection or muting.

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Change the touch sensitivity/Play the Pads

1/1 TOUCH SENSITIVITY

Off Soft Medium Hard

ENTER ESCAPE

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8

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CHANGE THE TOUCH SENSITIVITY

If the keyboard of your PS1500 is too “hard” or “soft”, you may want to modify the touch sensitivity setting.

1. Press TOUCH SENSITIVITY

The display shows four settings to choose from.

2. Select the setting required.

Use the corresponding Function button to select the setting and play on the keyboard at the same time. The options are:

Off, Soft, Medium, Hard.

3. Close the display with TOUCH SENSITIVITY or ESCAPE.

The setting remains in memory until changed again and also after power down.

TOUCH

SENSITIVITY

TOUCH

SENSITIVITY

PLAY THE PROGRAMMABLE PADS

The four Programmable Pads buttons provide quick and easy ways of adding extra sounds to your playing. You can program each pad to produce an instrumental sound, a percussive sound or sample.

• Strike the Pads freely.

While you play, add additional sounds from the pads in real time.

The configuration of the Programmable Pads can be stored in the Programmable Presets.

The sound configuration of the pads is userprogrammable. (Refer to the Sample/Record chapter 19).

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PROGRAMMABLE PADS

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PLAY WITH EFFECTS OR BYPASS THEM

One or both effects buttons in the Digital Effect section will be active (LED on), showing that the current Preset is being processed by one or both effect types (Reverb and/or Mod/Delay effect).

You can temporarily modify the way in which a Preset is processed by changing the On/Off configuration of the Reverbs and Effects buttons.

When the LEDs are on, the current Preset is being processed by the effects; when off, the respective effect is bypassed.

Bypass

Play with Effects or bypass them

1. To bypass an effect, press an active button.

The LED of the button goes off, indicating that the current Preset is no longer processed by the relative Digital Effect.

To activate an effect

2. Press a deactivated button.

The LED of the button turns on to indicate that the current Preset is processed by the relative Digital Effect.

22 Reverbs and 22 Mod/Delays are available and both Effects units are user-programmable (See chapter 15, «Edit Effects»). How to select the effects is discussed in chapter 9, «Digital Effects».

REVERB EFFECTS

DIGITAL EFFECTS

REVERB EFFECTS

DIGITAL EFFECTS

REVERB EFFECTS

DIGITAL EFFECTS

REVERB EFFECTS

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Headphones/Pedals

PLAY WITH HEADPHONES

• Plug a set of headphones into the left headphone socket.

The headphones sockets panel is located on the left side of the instrument, under the keyboard. Inserting the headphones plug into the PHONES 1 jack excludes the internal speakers to allows you to play in total silence without disturbing others in the same room. Plugging into the PHONES 2 jack does not exclude the internal speakers.

Use the Master Volume slider to control the headphone volume.

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PLAY WITH THE PEDALS

The group of three pedals, denoted Ped1, Ped2 and Damper, provide preset functions.

The default configuration of the pedals is as follows:

• Ped1 = Soft

• Ped2 = Sostenuto

• Damper = Damper (sustain)

The pedals are function assignable and can be independently enabled or disabled to react with the keyboard sections of a Preset.

All three pedals are switch action controls.

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Note: If the Pedals do not appear to operate, check that the cable running from the pedal groups is properly connected to the PEDALS socket on the rear panel of the instrument.

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SOFT

SOSTENUTO

DAMPER

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