Kohler KD-150, KD-160, KD-165, KD-60 Owner's Manual

Instructions pertaining to a risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

tions should be followed, including the following:

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— When using electrical products, basic precau-

Read all the instructions before using the product.

Do not use

near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet base­ment, or near a swimming pool, or the like.

This product, either alone or in combination with an
amplifier and headphones or speakers, may be capable
of producing sound levels that could cause permanent
hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at
a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If
you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears,
you should consult an audiologist.

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

The product should be located away from heat sources
such as radiators, heat registers, or other products that
produce heat.

The product should be connected to a power outlet of
the type described in the operating instructions or as
marked on the product.

The power cord of the product should be unplugged
from the outlet when left unused for a long period of
time.

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

The product should be serviced by qualified personnel
only when:

A. The power 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 a marked change in performance; or
E. The product has been dropped, or the enclosure dam-

aged.
Do not attempt to service the product beyond that

described in the user-maintenance instructions. All
other servicing should be referred to qualified service
personnel.

this product

near

water — for example,

KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND CLEAN ONLY WITH A DRY CLOTH

The lightning flash with the arrowhead sym­bol within an equilateral triangle, is intended
to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated
“dangerous voltage” within the product’s
enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude
to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral
triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and mainte­nance (servicing) instructions in the literature
accompanying the product.

GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS

This product must be grounded (earthed). If it should mal­function or breakdown, grounding provides a path of least
resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric
shock. This product is equipped with a cord ha ving an equip­ment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug
must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly
installed and grounded in accordance with the local codes
and ordinances.

DANGER

ing conductor can result in a risk of electric shock. Check
with a qualified electrician or serv iceman if you are in doubt
as to whether the product is properly grounded. Do not
modify the plug provided with the product – if it will not fit
the outlet, have a pr oper outlet installed b y a qualified electri­cian.

– Improper connection of the equipment-ground-

THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (FOR THE U.S.A. AND CANADA ONLY)

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 rea­sonable 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 interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee 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:

• 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 connected.

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

CANADA

THIS APPARATUS DOES NOT EXCEED THE “ CLASS B ”
LIMITS FOR RADIO NOISE EMISSIONS FROM DIGI­TAL APPARATUS SET OUT IN THE RADIO INTERFER­ENCE REGULATION OF THE CANADIAN
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.

LE PRESENT APPAREIL NUMERIQUE N’EMET PAS DE
BRUITS RADIOELECTRIQUES DEPASSANT LES LIM­ITES APPLICABLES AUX APPAREILS NUMERIQUES
DE LA “CLASSE B” PRESCRITES DANS LE REGLE­MENT SUR LE BROUILLAGE RADIOELECTRIQUE
EDICTE PAR LE MINISTERE DES COMMUNICA­TIONS DU CANADA.

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).

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

Warning-THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED
As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appa-

ratus may not correspond with the coloured markings
identifying the terminals in your plug,proceed as follows:

• the wire which is coloured green and yellow must be
connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked

with the letter E or by the earth symbol ,or coloured
green or green and yellow.

• the wire which is coloured blue must be connected to
the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured
black.

• the wire which is coloured brown must be connected
to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or
coloured red.

DATA HANDLING

Data in memory may sometimes be lost due to incorrect user
action. Be sure to save important data to floppy disk. SMC will
not be responsible for damages caused by data loss.

LCD DISPLAY

Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along with an
explanation of functions and operations. All sound names,
parameter names, and values are merely examples and may
not always match the actual display you are working on.

TRADEMARKS

Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. All trademarks or registered trade­marks are the property of their respective holders.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this manual have been care­fully revised and checked through. Due to our constant
efforts to improve our products, the specifications might dif­fer to those in the manual. SMC is not responsible for any
eventual differences found between the specifications and the
contents of the instruction manual - the specifications being
subject to change without prior notice

LIABILITY

Kohler products are manufactured under strict specifications
and voltages required by each country. These products are
warranted by the Kohler distributor only in each country.
Any Kohler product not sold with a warranty card or carry­ing a serial number disqualifies the product sold from the
manufacturer's/distributor's warranty and liability. This
requirement is for your own protection and safety.

SERVICE AND USER’S ASSISTANCE

For service, please contact your nearest Authorized Kohler
Service Center. For more information on Kohler products,
and to find software and accessories for your k eyboard, please
contact your local Authorized Kohler distributor.

THE BALANCE SLIDER

When turning the instrument on, please be assured the BALANCE slider is set to the

center. This sets both Sequencer 1 (SONG1) and Sequencer 2 (SONG2) to their max-

imum level.

KD ON THE WEB

For up-to-date information, please, point your web browser
to http://www.SMC.com.

Copyright © 2004Kohler KD50/150/160/165

SONG1

SONG2

HOW TO…

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Keyboard

…select a Sound Program 6-3
…select a Performance 6-2
…play a Sound Program across the
whole keyboard, as with a piano 6-1
…split the keyboard in two 6-1
…add sounds to the right hand 6-1
…mute/unmute sounds 6-1

Style Play mode

…select a Style 6-4
…start/stop the Style 7-2
…select a Fill or a Break 7-2
…select a Style Variation 7-3
…see the Style tracks 9-3
…create a new Style 10-1

Song Play mode

…play a Song (Standard MIDI File) 6-5
…see the Lyrics 11-5
…see the Song tracks 11-4
…start both Sequencers at the same time 3-2, 11-11

Backing Sequence mode

…record a new Backing Sequence (Song) 12-1

Song mode

…record a new Song 13-4
…edit a Standard MIDI File 13-1

In general

…turn the speakers off 15-2
…change the Damper polarity 15-3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Live PerformANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Making a backup copy of system files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Loading the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Reloading the Factory Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Connecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Turning the instrument on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Controlling the Volume (Master & Acc / Seq)

and Tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

The BALANCE slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

MIDI connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Damper Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Display and User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Display controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Interface structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Message windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Symbols and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Grayed-out non-available parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Basic Guide

Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Playing on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Selecting, muting/unmuting and soloing a track . . . . . . . 6-1

Selecting a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Selecting a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Selecting and using the Digital Drawbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Selecting a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Selecting a Single Touch Setting (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Changing all keyboard tracks at once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Playing a Song from Floppy disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Shortcut to see the original bank for a Style,

Performance or Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

2 - Playing a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

3 - Playing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

4 - Recording a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

5 - Editing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

What is MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Midifiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1

The General MIDI standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1

The Global channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2

The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2

MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2

Connecting KD to a Master keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2

Connecting the KD to a MIDI accordion . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-3

Connecting the KD to an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . .8-3

Playing another instrument with the KD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-4

Reference Guide

Style Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

What’s a Style? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1

Styles and Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1

Changing and resetting the Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1

The DIRECT HD bank (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1

The DIRECT FD bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-2

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-3

Style tracks page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-3

How to select Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-3

The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4

Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-5

Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-5

Page 3 - Mixer: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-5

Page 4 - Tuning: Detune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-6

Page 5 - Tuning: Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-6

Page 6 - Tuning: PitchBend Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7

Page 7 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7

Page 8 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7

Page 9 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7

Page 10 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7

Page 11 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8

Page 12 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8

Page 13 - Track: Easy edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8

Page 14 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9

Page 15 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9

Page 16 - R.T. controls: Damper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10

Page 17 - R.T. controls: MOD WHEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10

Page 18 - R.T. controls: Dynamic range . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10

Page 19 - R.T. controls: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10

Page 20 - Style controls: Drum/Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-11

Page 21 - Style controls: Wrap Around / Keyboard

range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-12

Page 22 - Input/Pad: Input Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-12

Page 23 - Input/Pad: Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-12

Page 24 - Preferences: Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-13

Page 25 - Preferences: controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-13

Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

The Style’s structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1

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Style Import/Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2

Entering the Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2

Listening to the Style while in Record/Edit mode . . . . . .10-2

Exit and Save/Abort Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2

The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3

List of recorded events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3

Fast Delete using the control panel buttons . . . . . . . . . . .10-3

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-4

Style Tracks page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-6

Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-6

Style Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-7

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11

Page 1 - Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-12

Page 2 - Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-13

Page 3 - Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-13

Page 4 - Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-14

Page 5 - Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-15

Event Edit procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-15

Page 6 - Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-17

Page 7 - Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-17

Page 8 - Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-18

Page 9 - Style Element Controls: Programs . . . . . . . . . .10-18

Page 10 - Style Element Controls: Expression . . . . . . . .10-19

Page 11 - Style Element Controls: Keyboard Range . . .10-19
Page 12 - Style Element Controls: Chord Variation

Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-19

Page 13 - Style Controls: Mode/Tension . . . . . . . . . . . .10-19

Page 14 - Import GRV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-20

Song Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format . . . . . . . .11-1

Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1

MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1

Switching between sequencers during editing . . . . . . . . .11-1

Selecting a Song composing its progressive number . . . .11-1

Realtime and sequencer tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1

Master Volume, Sequencer Volume, BALANCE . . . . . . .11-2

Effects in Song Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-2

Groove Quantize window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-2

The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-3

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-3

Tracks 1-8 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-4

Tracks 9-16 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-4

Song Select page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-4

The Lyrics page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-5

Playing a Jukebox file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-6

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-6

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-6

Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-7

Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-7

Page 3 - Mixer: FX send A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-8

Page 3 - Mixer: FX send C/D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-8

Page 4 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-8

Page 4 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-9

Page 5 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-9

Page 6 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-9

Page 5 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9

Page 6 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10

Page 7 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10

Page 8 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10

Page 9 - Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11

Page 10 - Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11

Saving a list of Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12

Backing Sequence operating mode . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

The Backing Sequence, Song and Song Play modes . . . . 12-1

How to play a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

Realtime Recording mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

Chord/Acc Step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Main Page (Backing Sequence Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Load Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

Save Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Chord/Acc Step Recording page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

How to delete a whole Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

Song operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

Master Volume and Sequencer Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format . . . . . . . . 13-1

Fast track delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

How to delete a whole Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

Tracks 1-8 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2

Tracks 9-16 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2

Song Select page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

Save Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

Realtime Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4

Step Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5

Song Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6

Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8

Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-9

Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-9

Page 3 - Mixer: FX Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10

Page 4 - Mixer: FX Send A/B (or C/D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10

Page 5 - Tuning: Detune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11

Page 6 - Tuning: Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11

Page 7 - Tuning: PitchBend/Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12

Page 8 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12

Page 9 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12

Page 10 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13

Page 11 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13

Page 12 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13

Page 13 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13

Page 14 - Track: Easy edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13

Page 15 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14

Page 16 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15

Page 17 - Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15

Page 18 - Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16

Page 19 - Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16

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Page 20 - Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16

Page 21 - Edit: Cut Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17

Page 22 - Edit: Insert Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17

Page 23 - Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17

Page 24 - Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18

Page 25 - Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19

Event Edit procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-20

Program operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

Digital Drawbars page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

Sound Programs and Drum Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2

The Compare function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

How to select oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

Erase Program/Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

The ‘Write’ window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

Page 1 - Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

Page 2 - Sample (Sound Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4

Page 2 - DK Samples (Drum Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5

Page 3 - Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6

Page 4 - Pitch LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7

Page 5 - Pitch LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8

Page 6 - Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8

Page 7 - Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-10

Page 8 - Filter Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-10

Page 9 - Filter LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-12

Page 10 - Filter LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-12

Page 11 - Filter EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13

Page 12 - Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14

Page 13 - Amp Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15

Page 14 - Amp LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16

Page 15 - Amp LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16

Page 16 - Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16

Page 17 - LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18

Page 18 - LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19

Page 19 - Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19

Page 20 - FX1 editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-20

Page 21 - FX2 editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-20

AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) list . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21

Global edit environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1

The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1

Page 1 - General controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2

Page 2 - Master Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2

Page 3 - Video Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

Page 4 - Assignable Pedal/Footswitch, Assignable

Slider, EC5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

Page 5 - MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

Page 6 - MIDI Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4

Page 7 - MIDI IN Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4

Page 8 - MIDI IN Controls (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5

Page 9 - MIDI IN Controls (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5

Page 10 - MIDI IN Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5

Page 11 - MIDI OUT Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6

Page 12 - MIDI OUT Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-6

Page 13 - Audio Output Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-6

Page 14 - Audio Input Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-7

Page 15 - Inputs / Internal FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-8

Page 16 - Internal FX controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-8

Page 17 - Vocal/Guitar Mode (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . .15-9

Page 18 - Vocal Setup 1 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-11

Page 19 - Vocal Setup 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-11

Page 20 - Vocal Setup 3 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-12

Page 18 - Guitar Setup 1 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-12

Page 19 - Guitar Setup 2 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-13

Page 20 - Guitar Setup 3 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-13

Disk edit environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1

The WRITE/DISK IN USE LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-1

Floppy disk handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-1

Hard disk partition size (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-2

Flash Card handling (FOR FUTURE

DEVELOPMENT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-2

Loading older i-Series data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-3

Disk structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-4

File types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-4

File and folder size display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-5

Page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-5

Navigation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-5

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-5

Page 1 - Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-6

Page 2 - Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-9

Page 3 - Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-13

Page 4 - Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-14

Page 5 - Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-15

Page 6 - New Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-15

Page 7 - Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-16

Page 8 - Utilities 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-16

Page 9 - Utilities 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17

Page 10 - Card Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-18

Page 11 - Card Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-19

Appendix

Factory Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1

Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-1

Style Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-3

Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-4

Programs (bank order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-5

Programs (Program Change order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-12

Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-19

Drum Kit instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-20

Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-32

MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-33

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1

Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-1

Dynamic Modulation sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-1

Filter/Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-1

Pitch/Phase Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-13

Mod./P.Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-24

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ER/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-31

Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-38

Mono – Mono Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-40

Assignable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1

List of functions assignable to the Footswitch or

pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-1

List of functions assignable to the Pedal or

Assignable Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-2

List of sounds assignable to the Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-2

List of functions assignable to the Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-3

Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-3

MIDI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1

MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-2

Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1

Recognized chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-1

Error messages & Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . 23-1

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-1

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-5

Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-1

Alphabetical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-1

TOC-6

INTRODUCTION

Welcome!

Live PerformANCE

1. WELCOME!

1-1

Welcome to the world of Kohler KD Digital Pianos! (Named
KD in this manual). KD is the most powerful Ensamble
Piano available today, both for professional and home enter­tainment use.

Here are some of the features of your new instrument:

• Award winning powerful HI (Hyper Integrated) Korg

sound generation system, used by many professional
musicians.

• OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) multi-

tasking operating system, to let you load data while
playing your instrument.

• Operating System updates, to load new features from

disk. Don’t let your instrument get old!

• Vocal harmony, a video out, an internal hard disk are

standard on the KD160/165 models.

• Solid State Disk (SSD), for any system update–a smart

way to replace the usual ROM memory.

• Direct Style access from floppy disk and hard disk.

• General MIDI Level 2 Sounds-compatible.

• More than 660 Sound Programs.

• 4 multieffect processors, each with 90 effect types.

• 160 Performances and 1,216 Single Touch Settings

(STS), for fast keyboard sounds and effect changes.

• 304 Styles.

• XDS Double Sequencer with Crossfader.

• Style Record and Edit.

• Full-featured sequencer (Song Record and Edit).

• Wide Custom Display.

• Wide Pitchbend and Modulation wheels.

• 88-note hammer weighted keyboard with aftertouch.

• Auto Play Function (moving keys) on KD165.

ABOUT THIS MANUAL

This manual is divided in three sections:

•A

•A

•An

Within the manual, you will find the following abbreviations:

Basic Guide

ment, as well as a series of practical guides (named
“Tutorials”).

Reference Guide

described in great detail.

Appendix

for the advanced user.

: containing an overview of the instru-

: where each feature and parameter

: with a list of data and useful information

This parameter can be saved onto a Perfor­mance by pressing the WRITE button.

This parameter can be saved onto the current
Style Performance by pressing the WRITE but­ton.

This parameter can be saved onto a Single
Touch Setting by pressing the WRITE button.

This parameter can be saved onto the Global,
by going to the Global environment (see “Glo­bal edit environment” on page 15-1) and
pressing the WRITE button.

MAKING A BACKUP COPY OF SYSTEM FILES

Before you start playing your new KD, we suggest that you
make a back-up copy of all the system data, including Pro­grams, Performances and Styles, in case the internal data is
changed.

To backup the Operating System, please see “Save OS” on
page 16-16.

To backup the Factory Data (Styles, Programs…), see
“Backup Data” on page 16-17.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

KD has been designed for ease of use.
instant selection of all the tracks on the keyboard and a Style.

STSs

allow instant selection of the keyboard tracks; and

Styles

are the realtime musical arrangements to accompany

your solos.
Useful links:
Your Kohler dealer can provide you with useful information

and support. Just give them a call for additional services.

A place to find operating system updates and various system
files (for example, a full backup of the factory data) is at the
following link:

www.samickmusicusa.com

Performances

allow

LOADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM

Your KD can be updated as new versions of the operating sys­tem are released by SMC. You can download the operating
system at www.samickmusicusa.com. Please, read the
Readme file included with the operating system itself.

You can see which operating systems version is installed in
your KD by keeping the SHIFT button pressed, and pressing
the ENTER and EXIT buttons together . The operating system
version number will appear on the display. Press EXIT to
close the message window.

To load a new system, follow these instructions:

Copy the three operating system’s files to an empty, MS-

1.

DOS® formatted, HD-type floppy disk. The files needed
are:

• OSPa.LZX

• BPa.SYS

• NBPa.SYS

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Welcome!

Reloading the Factory Data

2.

Turn off the instrument, and insert the operating system
disk into the disk drive.

Turn on the instrument. A message appears on the dis-

3.

play, asking if you want to load the operating system.

4.

Press ENTER to load, or EXIT to canc el the loading pro­cess. If you press ENTER, wait until the loading is com­pleted.

When the operating system loading is complete, a mes­sage appears, asking you to remove the floppy disk and
press any button.

5.

Remove the floppy disk, and press any button.

RELOADING THE FACTORY DATA

Should the internal memory get damaged, you can reload the
original Factory Data from the backup disks. See “Restore
Data” on page 16-17.

Start up

Connecting the power cord

2. START UP

2-1

CONNECTING THE POWER CORD

Connect the supplied power
cord to the dedicated connec­tor on the rear of the instru­ment. Then, plug it into a
wall outlet. You don’t need to
worry about the local volt­age, the KD has universal
power supply.

• Move it fully up to set SONG 1 to the maximum level

• Move it fully down to set Sequenc er 1 to z er o and SONG

• Move it to the center to set both Sequencers to the same

Note: When turning the instrument on, move this slider to the

center, to avoid starting a Song at the minimum level.

HEADPHONES

TURNING THE INSTRUMENT ON AND OFF

• Press the POWER switch on the front panel to turn on

the instrument. The display will light up, showing a wel­come message.

• Press again the POWER switch on the front panel to

turn the instrument off.

Warning: When turning the instrument off, all data con-

tained in RAM (a volatile memory, used for Song editing)
will be lost. On the contrary, data contained in the SSD
disk (a non-volatile memory, used for Factory and User
data) will be preserved (see “Memory Mode” on page 9-

14).

CONTROLLING THE VOLUME (MASTER & ACC / SEQ) AND TONE

• Use the MASTER VOLUME slider

to control the overall volume of the
instrument. This slider controls the
volume of the sound going to the
internal speakers, the main (L/
MONO & RIGHT) OUTPUTS,
and the HEADPHONES connector.

The 1 & 2 OUTPUT connectors are
not affected by this slider. So, use
the mixer’s or speaker’s level controls to adjust the vol­ume.

Note: Begin with a moderate level, then raise the MAS-

TER VOLUME slider. •Use the ACC/SEQ VOLUME slider
to control the Style tracks (drums, percussions, bass…)
volume. This slider also controls both Sequencers tracks,
excluding the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.

The TONE control adjusts the desired tone, from the center-

position upward boosting and downward cutting the
high frequencies.

THE BALANCE SLIDER

The BALANCE slider sets the relative volume of the two
onboard sequencers (Sequencer1 and Sequencer 2).

Connect a pair of headphones to one of the HEADPHONE
output, under the left side of the keyboard. You can use head­phones with an impedance of 16-200
Plugging a headphone into the left output will automatically
turn off the speaker system. The right headphone output will
not turn off the speakers.

AUDIO OUTPUTS

You can send the sound to an external amplification system,
instead of the internal speakers. This is useful when record­ing, or when higher volume is needed.

Stereo.

RIGHT) OUTPUTS. Connect the other end of the cables to a
stereo channel of your mixer, two mono channels, two pow­ered monitors, or the TAPE/AUX input of your audio system.
Don’t use the PHONO inputs of your audio system!

Mono.

Connect the other end of the cable to a mono channel of your
mixer, a powered monitor, or a channel of your TAPE/AUX
input of a hi-fi system (you will hear that channel only, unless
you can set the amplifier to Mono mode).

Separate outputs.

rate channels. This is useful when recor ding, or if you want to
send a sequencer’ s or backing track to a separate channel. For
example, by using the separate outputs, you can send the
Drum or Bass track to an external compressor or reverb unit.

Connect four mono cables to each of the main (L/MONO,
RIGHT) and 1, 2 OUTPUTS. To feed the sub-outputs (1, 2)
you must program the track(s) you wish to send them (see
“Physical output” on page 15-7).

Note: When a track is sent to the 1 or 2 OUTPUT, it is removed

from the main mix going to the internal speakers and the L/
MONO & RIGHT OUTPUTS.

Adjust the volume of the L/MONO & RIGHT OUTPUTS
with the MASTER VOLUME slider. Adjust the volume of the
1 & 2 OUTPUTS with the mixer’s or external speaker’s level
controls.

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Connect two mono cables to the main (L/MONO,

Connect a mono cable to the L/MONO OUTPUT.

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AUDIO INPUTS

Connect your microphone to the MIC input next to the
Headphone connectors under the piano keyboard. Connect a
guitar, or any other musical instrument, to INPUT 2 on the
back of the instrument. Input 2 on the KD165 model is
reserved for the AUTO PLAYER’s CD audio track.

Note: When the Vocal/Guitar Processing Board is installed,

(KD150 and 165) the audio signal entering the INPUTS is
automatically sent to the Board’s effect processors. You can later
change this setting (see “Input 1/2” on page 15-7).

1.

Lower the MASTER VOLUME input to minimum, and
connect the microphone or guitar.

Note: When the “Input 1/2” parameter is set to Direct (see

page 15-7), the MASTER VOLUME slider has no effect on
the INPUTS.

2.

Sing into the microphone, or play your guitar, and look
at the SIGNAL LED:

• if it is always
by routing the corresponding GAIN knob next to the
INPUT.

• if it is mostly orange, it is still low, but it’s ok.

• if it is rarely red, you have found the optimal level.

• if it turns to red too often, you should lower the gain
until the LED turns to red only during signal peaks.

3. Raise the MASTER VOLUME again, and keep it at a

comfortable level.

4. Adjust the INPUT’s volume using the “In1 Vol(ume)”

and “In2 Vol(ume)” parameters of the Global mode (see
page 15-8). Set the other parameters in the correspond­ing Global pages. (See “Page 14 - Audio Input Configu­ration” on page 15-7, and following).

5. You can further adjust the input volume using the Audio

In parameter on the main page of the Style Play (see “D
(Audio In)” on page 9-3) and Song Play (see “D (Audio
In)” on page 11-4) modes.

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, you should increase the input level

MIDI CONNECTIONS

You can play the internal sounds of your KD with an external
controller, i.e. a keyboard, a MIDI guitar, a wind controller, a
MIDI accordion, or another digital piano.

1. Connect a standard MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT of

your controller to the MIDI IN connector on the KD.

2. Select a transmission MIDI channel on your controller.

Some controllers, like the MIDI accordions, transmit on
more than one channel (see more information in the
MIDI chapter).

3. On the KD, select the MIDI Setup that matches the con-

trollers type (see “Page 5 - MIDI Setup” on page 15-3).

DAMPER PEDAL

The pedals will function as on an acoustic piano. To switch
the Damper polarity, see “Damper Pol. (Damper Polarit y)”
on page 15-3

DEMO

Listen to the built-in Demo Songs to hear the power of the
KD. There are 16 Demo Songs to choose from.

1. Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons

together. Their LEDs start blinking.

At this point, if you don’t press any other button, all the
Demo Songs will be played.

2. Choose a page using the PAGE buttons. There are two

different pages in the Demo mode.

3. Select a Demo Song by pressing the corresponding

VOLUME/VALUE button around the display. The
Demo will automatically start.

4. Stop the Demo by pressing START/STOP.

5. Exit the Demo mode by pressing one of the MODE but-

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4 MASTER VOLUME

This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument,
both of the internal speakers, the L/MONO and RIGHT out­puts, and the HEADPHONES output. It does not control the
volume of the 1 and 2 sub-outputs.

This slider also controls the volume of the signal entering the
INPUT 1-2 connectors, unless they are set in Direct mode
(see “Input 1/2” on page 15-7).

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Warning: At the maximum level, with rich-sounding Songs,
Styles or Programs, the internal speakers could distort during
signal peaks. Should this happen, lower the Master Volume a
little.

5 TONE CONTROL

6 ACC/SEQ VOLUME

This slider controls the accompaniment tracks volume (Style
Play mode) or the Song tracks volume, excluding the Real­time tracks (Song and Song Play modes). This is a relative
control, whose effective maximum value is determined by the
MASTER VOLUME slider position.

7 ASSIGN.SLIDER

This is a freely Programmable slider (see “Sld (Slider)” on
page 15-3). By default, it acts as the Audio In volume control.

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Note: When using high-gain effects, and the Audio Inputs are
sent to the Internal or Vocal/Guitar Board Effects, a residual
noise could be heard, amplified by the drive effect. When the
Audio Inputs are not in use, keep this slider at the minimum
level, or mute the Audio In track in the main page of the Style
Play (“Main page” on page 9-3) and Song Play (“Main page”
on page 11-3) operating modes.

8 BALANCE slider

In Song Play mode, this slider balances the volume of the two
on-board sequencers. When fully on the left, only the
Sequencer 1 can be heard. When fully on the right, only the
Sequencer 2 can be heard. When in the middle, both
sequencers play at full volume.

9 SEQUENCER TRANSPORT CONTROLS - SEQ1 and

SEQ2

The instrument is equipped with two sequencers (Sequencer
1 and Sequencer 2), each with its own set of transport con­trols.

<< and >> Rewind and Fast Forward commands. If you

use them while the Song is in play, they make it
scroll back or forward.

When pressed once, these buttons move the
Song to the previous or following measure.
When kept pressed, they make the Song scroll­ing continuously, until you release them.

In Jukebox mode (Sequencer 1), keep
the SHIFT button pressed, and press these but­tons to scroll to the previous or next Song in
the Jukebox list (see “Page 9 - Jukebox” on
page 11-11).

PAUSE Pauses the Song at the current position. Press

PAUSE or PLAY/STOP to start the Song play­ing again.

PLAY/STOP Starts or stops the current Song. When you

stop the Song, the Song Position goes back to
measure 1.

In Song Play mode, pressed while
keeping SHIFT pressed, starts both sequencers
at the same time.

0 MODE section

Each of these buttons recalls one of the operating modes of
the instrument. Each mode excludes the others.

STYLE PLAY

Style Play mode, where you can play Styles
(automatic accompaniments) and/or play up
to four Realtime tracks on the keyboard.

In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks
are shown on the right half of the display. You
can reach the main page by pressing EXIT
from any of the Style Play edit pages. If you are
in a different operating mode, press STYLE
PLAY to recall the Style Play mode. If the
TRACK SELECT LED is on, press TRACK

SELECT to turn it off and see the Realtime
tracks.

This operating mode is automatically selected
when turning the instrument on.

SONG PLAY Song Play mode, where you can playback 16-

track Songs in Standard Midi File (SMF) for­mat directly from disk. You can play “.MID”
and “.KAR” files directly from the floppy disk
or hard disk. Since the Pa80 is equipped w ith
two sequencers, y ou can even pla y tw o Songs at
the same time, and mix them with the BAL­ANCE slider.

In addition to the Song tracks, you can play
one to four Realtime (Keyboard) tracks, along
with the Song(s). In the main page, Realtime
(Keyboard) tracks are shown on the right half
of the display. You can reach the main page by
pressing EXIT from any of the Song Play edit
pages. If you are in a different operating mode,
press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play
mode. If the TRACK SELECT LED is on or
flashing, press TRACK SELECT one or two
times to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks.

B.SEQ Backing Sequence mode, where you can record

a new Song based on the Realtime and Style
tracks, and save it as a new Standard MIDI File.

SONG Song mode, where you can play, record or edit

a Song.

PROGRAM

Program mode, to play single Sound Programs
on the keyboard, or edit them.

DEMO Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY but-

tons together to select the Demo mode. This
mode lets you listen to some Demo Songs, to
let you hear the sound power of the Pa80.

A GLOBAL

This button recalls the Global edit environment, where you
can execute various global settings. This edit environment
overlaps any operating mode, that still remains active in the
background. Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operat­ing mode.

B DISK

This button recalls the Disk edit environment, where you can
execute various operations on files and disks (Load, Save,
Format, etc…). This edit environment overlaps any operat­ing mode, that still remains active in the background. Press
EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.

C MEMORY (TIE)

This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions
on or off. Go to the “Page 25 - Preferences: controls” edit
page (Style Play mode, see page 9-13) to decide if this button
should be a Chord Memory only, or a Lower/Chord Memory
button. When it works as a Lower/Chord Memory:

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ON The sound on the left of the split point, and the

chord for the automatic accompaniment, are
kept in memory even when you raise your
hand from the keyboard.

OFF The sound and chords are released as soon as

you raise your hand from the keyboard.

This button doubles as a TIE function for the Song mode

(see chapter 13).

D BASS INVERSION (REST)

This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off.
ON The lowest note of a chord played in inverted

form will always be detected as the root note of
the chord. Thus, you can specify to the
arranger composite chords such as Am7/G or
“F/C”.

OFF The lowest note is scanned together with the

other chord notes, and is not always consid­ered as the root note.

This button doubles as a REST function for the Song mode

(see chapter 13).

E MANUAL BASS

This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.

Note: When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass
track volume is automatically set to its maximum value. The
volume is automatically set back to the original value when the
MANUAL BASS button is deactivated.

ON The automatic accompaniment stops playing

(apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks),
and you can manually play the Bass track on
the Lower part of the keyboard. You can start
the automatic accompaniment again by press­ing one of the CHORD SCANNING buttons.

OFF The bass track is automatically played by the

Style.

F SPLIT POINT (<)

Keep this button pressed to open the Split Point window.
While this window is open, you can set the split point, simply
by playing the split point note on the keyboard. Then, release
the SPLIT POINT button.

To memorize the selected split point note, press the GLOBAL
button, then press WRITE to save the Global in memory (see
“The Write window” on page 15-1).

This button doubles as a PREVIOUS EVENT function for

the Song mode (see chapter 13).

G CHORD/FINGERING

Opens the Chord/Fingering window.

H TEMPO (= LOCK)

This button turns the Tempo Lock function on or off.
ON When you select a different Style or Perfor-

mance, the tempo doesn’t change. You can still

change it using the DIAL or the TEMPO but­tons.

OFF When you select a different Style or Perfor-

mance, the memorized tempo value is auto­matically selected.

I SINGLE TOUCH

This button turns the Single Touch function on or off.
ON When a different Style (or the same again) is

selected, a Single Touch Setting (STS1) is auto­matically selected, meaning that the Realtime
tracks and effects will change, together with
the Style tracks and effects.

OFF When you select a different Style (or the same

again), the Style tracks and effects are changed,
while the Realtime tracks are not changed.

J TRANSPOSE

These buttons transpose the whole instrument in semitone
steps (Master Transpose). The transposition value is shown
(as a note name) on the top right of the display.

Press both buttons together, to reset the Master Transpose to
zero.

Note: The Master Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum
mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and
Percussion tracks). See “Page 14 - Track: Mode” on page 9-9,
and “Page 7 - Track: Mode” on page 11-10.

 Lowers the Master Transpose a semitone.
 Raises the Master Transpose a semitone.

K OCTAVE

These buttons transpose the selected track in steps of a whole
octave (12 semitones; max ±2 octaves). The transposition
value is shown (in octaves) on the top right area of the dis­play.

Press both buttons together, to reset the Octave Transpose to
zero.

Note: The Octave Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum
mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and
Percussion tracks).

– Lowers the selected track an octave.
+ Raises the selected track an octave.

L STYLE section (NUMERIC KEYPAD)

Use these buttons to open the Style Select window and select
a Style. See “Selecting a Style” on page 6-4.

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The leftmost button lets you select the upper or lower row of
Style banks, or the DIRECT HD Style banks (only if the hard
disk is installed). Press it repeatedly to select one of the rows.
(After both LEDs have turned on, press the button again to
turn them off).

UPPER LED ON

Upper-row Styles selected.

LOWER LED ON

Lower-row Styles selected.

BOTH LED ON

DIRECT HD Styles selected (if any). Direct

HD Styles are accessed by pressing buttons [1­9].

A word about Style banks and names. Styles from “8/16
BEAT” to “WORLD 3”, and from “LATIN1” to “TRADI­TIONAL” are standard Styles, the user can’t normally over­write with a Load operation (unless you remove the
protection; see “Factory Style Protect” on page 16-18).

“DIRECT FD” Styles are Styles directly accessed from floppy
disk (no need to load from disk). See “The DIRECT FD
bank” on page 9-2.

“DIRECT HD” Styles are directly accessed from the hard
disk, if installed (again, no need to load from disk). See “The
DIRECT HD bank (KD160/165)” on page 9-1.

Styles from “USER1” to “USER3” are location where you can
load new Styles from disk.

Each button (Style bank) contains 2 pages, each with up to 8
Styles. Browse through the Styles using the PAGE buttons.

Shortcut to see the original bank for a Style. You can see the
original bank where a Style is contained. Just keep the SHIFT
button pressed, and press the lefmost button of the STYLE
section. A message window will appear, showing the name of
the original bank. Release the SHIFT button to exit the win­dow.

Shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank. To cycle all
pages for a selected bank, repeatedly press the bank’s button.

These buttons double as a numeric keypad on certain
pages (see “Selecting a Song composing its progressive num­ber” on page 11-1).

M FADE IN/OUT

When the Style is in stop, press this button to start it with a
volume fade-in (the volume goes from zero to the maxi­mum).

When the Style is in play, press this button to stop it with a
volume fade-out (the volume gradually decreases).

You don’t need to press START/STOP to start or stop the
Style.

N VARIATION 1-4 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

Each of these buttons select one of the four variations of the
current Style. Each variation can vary in patterns and sounds.

These buttons double as a NOTE LENGTH function for the

Song mode (see chapter 13).

O FILL 1-2 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

These two buttons trigger a fill-in. Press them twice (LED
blinking) to let them play in loop, and select any other Style
element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

They also double as a NOTE LENGTH function for the

Song mode (see chapter 13).

P COUNT IN / BREAK

While the Style is not running, press this button, then press
START/STOP. This combination triggers a one-bar initial
count, then the Style starts playing.

While the Style is already in play, this button triggers a break
(an empty measure beginning with a kick + crash shot). Press
it twice to let it play in loop, and select any other Style ele­ment (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

Q ENDING 1-2 (DOT, TRIPLET) buttons

While the Style is running, these two buttons trigger an End­ing, and stop the Style. Press one of them, and the Style will
stop running with an Ending. If pressed while the Style is
stopped, they act as an additional couple of Intros.

Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop , and
select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit
the loop.

ENDING1 also doubles as a DOT function, and ENDING2
doubles as a TRIPLET function, to be used in Song mode
(see chapter 13).

Note: Ending 1 plays a short sequence with different chords,
while Ending 2 plays on the last recognized chord.

R INTRO 1-2 buttons

These two buttons set the arranger in Intro mode. After
pressing one of these buttons, start the Style, and it will begin
with the selected intro. The INTRO LED automatically goes
off at the end of the intro.

Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop , and
select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit
the loop.

Note: Intro 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while
Intro 2 plays on the last recognized chord.

S START/STOP

Starts or stops the Style running.

You can reset all ‘frozen’ notes and controllers on the
Pa80 and any instrument connected to its MIDI OUT, by
using the “Panic” key combination. Just press SHIFT +
START/STOP to stop all notes and reset all controllers.

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T RECORD

This button sets the instrument in Record mode (depending
on the current operating mode).

U MENU

This button opens the Menu page for the current operating
mode or edit environment. After opening a menu, you can
jump to one of the edit pages by pressing the corresponding
VOLUME/VALUE buttons; or browse them using the PAGE
buttons. Otherwise, go back to the main page of the current
operating mode, or close the edit environment, by pressing
the EXIT button.

See the relevant chapter devoted to each operating mode or
edit environment, to see their “maps” in detail.

V VOLUME/VALUE (MUTE) A-H buttons

Within this user’s manual, each button pair is marked with
an alphabetic letter (A-H). See “Display and User Interface”
on page 4-1 for more details.

A
B
C
D

A corresponding track name is printed over each button pair.
These names show the corresponding track the button pair
affects in the main page of the Style Play mode.

• The left half is for the main page, where you can see the
Realtime tracks, and the Style tracks grouped together:

BossaNova |STS1

Drum/Perc Piano01
Bass01 Guitar01
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In VoxPad1

• The right half is for the St yle tr acks page, where you can
see each of the accompaniment tracks:

See “Symbols and Icons” on page 4-3.
Use these buttons to execute various operations on the com-

mands and functions appearing in the display.
SELECTING

Use each button pair to select the correspond­ing item in the display (i.e. a track, a parameter
or a command). Use either the left or right
button in a pair.

VOLUME While you are in the main pages of any operat-

ing mode, select a track and use these buttons
to change the track’s volume. Use the left but­ton to decrease it, or the right button to
increase it.

MUTE Press both buttons in a pair to mute the corre-

sponding track. Press both buttons again to
unmute the track.

SOLO While in the Style Play, Song Play and

Song modes, you can solo one of the tracks.
Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press
both VOL UME/VAL UE buttons corresponding
to the track you wish to solo.

To exit the solo mode, keep the SHIFT button
pressed again, and press both VOLUME/
VALUE buttons corresponding to the soloed
track.

VALUE Use each button pair to change the corre-

sponding parameter’s value. The left button
decreases the value, the right button increases
it.

W TRACK SELECT

Depending on the operating mode, this button switches
between the various tracks view.

STYLE PLAY MODE

Switches between the Realtime tracks and the
Style tracks.

SONG PLAY MODE

Switches between the main page (showing the
Realtime/Keyboard tracks), Song tracks 1-8,
and Song tracks 9-16.

SONG MODE

Switches between the main page, Song tracks
1-8 and Song tracks 9-16.

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The TRACK SELECT LED shows the current page view:
Off Main page (Realtime tracks, or Song controls)
On 2nd page (Style tracks, or Song tracks 1-8)
Flashing 3rd page (Song tracks 9-16)

X PAGE -/+

After pressing MENU to open a menu, use these buttons to
browse the edit pages of an operating mode or editing envi­ronment. Press EXIT to go back from an edit page to the
main page of the current operating mode, or to close the Glo­bal or Disk edit environment.

In addition, you can use these buttons to select a different
page in a Style Select or Program Select window.

Y SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (F1-F4 FUNCTION KEYS)

buttons

While in the main page of the Style Play or Backing Sequence
mode, these buttons select a Single Touch Setting each. Each
of the Styles includes a maximum of four Single Touch Set­tings (STS), to automatically configure the Realtime tracks
and effects at the touch of a finger. When the SINGLE
TOUCH LED is lit, an STS is automatically selected when
selecting a Style.

In Edit mode, these buttons double as function keys, to

select the corresponding items in the display.

Z SHIFT

With this button held down, pressing certain other buttons
accesses to a second function.

[ TEMPO/VALUE section

The DIAL and the DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons can be used
to control the Tempo, assign a different value to the selected
parameter in the display or scroll a list of files in the Song
Select and Disk pages. The VALUE LED shows the status of
this section.

DIAL Tur n the dial clockwise to increase the value or

tempo. Turn it counter-clockwise to decrease
the value or tempo.

When used while pressing the SHIFT
button, this control always acts as a Tempo
control.

DOWN/- and UP/+

DOWN/- decreases the value or tempo; UP/+
increases the value or tempo.

Keep the SHIFT button pressed down,
and press either the DOWN/- or
UP/+ button to reset the Tempo to the value
memorized onto the selected Style.

• exit the Menu window

• go back to the main page of the current operating mode

• exit the Global or Disk edit environment, and go back t o
the main page of the current operating mode

• exit from a Style, Performance or Program Select win­dow

] ENTER/YES

Use this button to perform various actions, agreeing the cur­rent selected status:

• answer “Yes” to any question that appears in the display

• confirm a command

` VALUE LED

This LED shows the status of the DIAL and DOWN/- and
UP/+ buttons.

ON The DIAL and DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons act

as Value controls, to change the value of the
selected parameter in the display.

OFF The DIAL and DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons

control the Tempo.

a SIGNAL LED

This LED shows the level of the audio signal entering the
INPUT connectors. Three different colors show the level.

OFF No signal entering.
Green Low- to mid-level signal entering. If the LED

turns off too often, the input gain is too low.
Use the GAIN controls and/or the external
device’s volume to raise the input level.

Orange Optimal level. Try to keep the GAIN at this

level.

Red Clipping is occurring at the input stage. It’s ok

if the LED goes to red only occasionally during
a signal peak. If it turns red too often, the input
level is too high, and you should reduce it by
using the GAIN controls and/or the external
device’s volume control.

See page 5-1 for more information on the INPUT and GAIN
control.

b DISPLAY HOLD

This button turns the Display Hold function on or off.
ON When you open a temporary windows (like the

Program Select window), it remains in the dis­play until you press EXIT/NO or an operating
mode button.

OFF Any temporary window closes after a certain

time, or after selecting an item in the window.

\ EXIT/NO

Use this button to perform various actions, leaving from the
current status:

• exit a dialog box

• answer “No” to any question that appears in the display

c CHORD SCANNING section

In Style Play and Backing Sequence mode, use these buttons
to define the way chords are recognized by the arranger.

LOWER Chords are detected below the split point. The

number of notes you should play to form a
chord is defined by the Chord Scanning Mode

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parameter (see “Chord Recognition Mode” on
page 9-13).

UPPER Chords are detected above the split point. You

must always play three or more notes to let the
arranger recognize a chord.

FULL (both LEDs on)

Chords are detected on the full keyboard
range. You must always play three or more
notes to let the arranger recognize a chord.
(You can use this mode even when the Split
Keyboard Mode is selected).

OFF No chords detected. After pressing START/

STOP, only the Drum and Percussion accom­paniment tracks can play.

d KEYBOARD MODE section

These buttons define how the four Keyboard (or Realtime)
tracks are positioned on the keyboard.

SPLIT The Lower track plays below the split point,

while the Upper 1, Upper 2 and Upper 3 tracks
play above it. By default, selecting this key­board mode automatically selects the Lower
chord scanning mode (see “Chord R ec ognition
Mode” on page 9-13).

FULL UPPER

The Upper 1, Upper 2 and/or Upper 3 tracks
play on the whole keyboard range. The Lower
track does not play. By default, selecting this
keyboard mode automatically selects the Full
chord scanning mode (see “Chord R ec ognition
Mode” on page 9-13).

e STYLE CHANGE

This button turns the Style Change function on or off.
ON When you select a Performance, the Style

could change, according to which Style num­ber is memorized onto the Performance.

OFF When you select a Performance, the Style and

Style track settings remain unchanged. Only
Realtime (Keyboard) tracks settings are
changed.

f PERFORM.

Press this button to use the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE
section to select a Performance.

g PROGRAM

Press this button to use the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE
section to select a Program, and assign it to the selected track.

h PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section

Use these buttons to open the P r ogram Select or P erformance
Select window, and select a Program or a Performance. See
“Selecting a Program” on page 6-3, or “Selecting a Perfor­mance” on page 6-2. For a list of available Programs, see
“Programs (Program Change order)” on page 17-12.

The leftmost button selects the upper or lower row of Pro­gram or Performance banks. Press it repeatedly to select one
of the rows. (After both LEDs have turned on, press the but­ton again to turn them off).

UPPER LED ON

Upper row of Programs or Performances
selected.

LOWER LED ON

Lower row of Programs or Performances
selected.

On the front panel, Program banks are identified by the
instrument names, while Performance banks are identified
by numbers (1-10; 0=bank 10).

A note about Program banks and names. Programs from
“PIANO” to “SFX” are standard Programs, the user can’t
directly modify.

Programs “USER1” and “USER2” are locations where you
can load new Programs from disk.

“USER DK” is where you can load new drum kits.
Each Program bank contains various pages, each with up to 8

Programs. You can browse them using the P AGE buttons.

Shortcut to see the original bank for a Performance or Pro-

gram. You can see the original bank where a Performance or

Program is contained. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed,
and press the lefmost button of the PROGRAM/PERFOR­MANCE section. A message window will appear, showing the
name of the original bank. Release the SHIFT button to exit
the window.

Shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank. To cycle all
pages for a selected bank, repeatedly press the bank’s button.

i SYNCHRO START / STOP (DELETE)

This button turns the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop func­tions on or off. Press it repeatedly to turn the functions on or
off. The LEDs cycle in this order: START ➛ START+STOP ➛
OFF.

START LED ON

When this LED is lit, just play a chord in the
chord recognition area (usually under the split
point, see “CHORD SCANNING section” on
page 3-6) to automatically start the Style run­ning. If you like, you can turn one of the
INTROs on before starting the Style.

START+STOP LEDs ON

When both LEDs are lit, raising your hand
from the keyboard momentarily stops the Style
running. If you play a chord again, the Style
starts again.

OFF All Synchro functions are turned off.

This button doubles as a DELETE function for the Backing

Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13).
It is also used to delete the selected character, during text

editing.

3-8

Front panel

j TAP TEMPO/RESET (INSERT)

This is a double-function button, acting in a different way
depending on the Style status (stop/play).

Tap Tempo: When the Style is not playing, you can “beat” the
tempo on this button. At the end, the accompaniment starts
playing, using the “tapped in” tempo.

Reset: When you press this button while the Style is in play,
the Style pattern goes back to the previous strong beat.

This button doubles as a INSERT function for the Backing

Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13).
It is also used to insert a character at the cursor position, dur -

ing text editing.

k WRITE/DISK IN USE

In Style Play mode, this button opens the Write window, that
lets you save all the tracks onto a Performance, the Realtime
(Keyboard) tracks in a Single Touch Setting (STS), or the
accompaniment tracks onto a Style Performance. (See “The
Write window” on page 9-4).

In the Global edit environment, press it to save Global
parameters in memory. (See “The Write window” on
page 15-1).

This button’s LED doubles as a DISK IN USE indicator,

flashing when either the floppy disk drive, hard disk is in use.

l ENSEMBLE

This button turns the Ensemble function on or off. When on,
the right-hand melody is harmonized with the left-hand
chords.

Note: The Ensemble function works only when the keyboard is
in SPLIT mode, and the LOWER Chord Scanning mode
selected.

m PADS (1-4, STOP)

These programmable pads can be used to trigger a sound
effect. Use the STOP button to stop a cyclic sound. (See “List
of sounds assignable to the Pads” on page 19-2).

Each Pad corresponds to a dedicated Pad track.

n AUTO PLAYER (KD165 ONLY)

In SONG PLAY or CD PLAY mode turns on the AUTO
PLAYER (player piano) function where the piano keys move.

o PIANO

This is the default GRAND PIANO sound in full keyboard
mode.

p DISK DRIVE

q POWER switch

Use this switch to turn the instrument on or off.

Display and User Interface

Display controls

4. DISPLAY AND USER INTERFACE

- - - - - - C:100 D:050
A:127 B:020 C:100 D:050

- - - - - - C:100 D:050

- - - - - - C:100 D:050

Mixer:FX Send

4-1

The display shows the current status of the KD, the perfor­mance and editing parameters. You can select each parameter
by using the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons on the left and
right side of the display, or each page command appearing

Status icons area

BossaNova |STS1

A
B
C
D

Drum/Perc Piano01
Bass01 Guitar01
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In VoxPad1

along the last line using the F1-F4 buttons. You can change
many of the parameter’s values by pressing the left

(-) or right (+) button of any VOLUME/VALUE pair.

E
F

G
H

Style (accompaniment/backing) tracks

DISPLAY CONTROLS

VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons and display parame-

ters. These buttons are used to select the corresponding

parameter or command on the display, to change the param­eter’s value, or to change the volume of the corresponding
track.

While you are in the main page, these buttons can select a
track, change the track’s volume, or mute/unmute a track.

See “VOLUME/VALUE (MUTE) A-H buttons” on page 3-5
for more information.

Realtime (Keyboard) tracks

F1-F4 buttons. While in an Edit page, these buttons can be
used when there are four parameters in a row, as in the fol­lowing example:

First, select the line using a VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) button.
Then, select a column using the F1-F4 function key.

4-2

Display and User Interface

Interface structure

In the Disk edit environment, the F1-F4 buttons can be used
to select one of the page commands appearing in the last line
of the display.

Disk:Load

NEWNAME.SET |
LIVE.SET
ETHNICA.SET |
FD LOAD OPEN CLOSE

See “SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (F1-F4 FUNCTION KEYS)
buttons” on page 3-6 for more information.

PAGE. The PAGE buttons select the previous or next edit
page. When selecting a Style or a Program, they select a dif­ferent page of Styles or Programs. See “PAGE -/+” on page 3­6 for more information.

MENU. The MENU button opens the current operating
mode or edit environment’s Menu. When in a Menu, you can
use the VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select an edit section to
jump to.

TRACK SELECT. Each of the operating modes have a differ­ent number of tracks:

Style Play 4 Realtime tracks, 8 Style tracks, 4 Pads.
Song Play 4 Realtime tracks, 2 x 16 Song Tracks, 4 Pads.
Backing Sequence
4 Realtime tracks, 8 Style tracks, 4 Pads.
Song16 Song tracks.
You can only see up to 8 tracks in the display. So, use the

TRACK SELECT button to switch to the other (hidden)
tracks. For example, when in Style Play, you can use this but­ton to switch from the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks.

INTERFACE STRUCTURE

Thanks to its multitasking operating system, the KD user
interface is structured in “overlapping”, active layers. From
the lower level:

• operating modes (Style Play, Backing Sequence, Song
Play, Song, Program)

• edit environments (Global, Disk)

• selecting windows (Style Select, Song Select, Program
Select, Performance Select).

When opening an edit environment or a selecting page, the
current operating mode is still working in the background.

Operating modes. (See diagram at the bottom of this
page). At the lowest level, an operating mode is always active.
The current operating mode is indicated by the lit LED on
the STYLE PLAY, B.SEQ, SONG PLAY, SONG or PROGRAM
button in the MODE section. The relevant icon lights up in
the display.
An operating mode is divided into a main page (the page
where you usually play a Style, a Song or a P rogram), a menu,
and a series of edit pages.

Operating modes

BossaNova |STS1

Drum/Perc Piano01
Bass01 Guitar01
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In VoxPad1

Main page Menu Edit pages

Style Play Menu

Mixer RT Ctrls
Tuning Sty Ctrls
Effects Input/Pad
Track Edit Preferences

Mixer:Volume

|||||| 127 ||||| 090
||||| 100 ||| | 092
|||||| 127 || || 086
|||||| 127 |||||| 112

4-3

Display and User Interface

Message windows

Press MENU to access the Menu. Use the MENU and PAGE
buttons to browse across the various edit pages. P r ess EXIT to
go back to the main page.

Edit environment. (See diagram at the bottom of this
page). When you press GLOBAL or DISK, an edit environ­ment overlaps the current operating mode. Press EXIT to go
back to the current operating mode.
An edit environment is made up of a menu and a series of
edit pages. Use the MENU and PAGE buttons to browse
across the various edit pages.

Selecting windows. When you press one of the STYLE or
PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE buttons, you open a selecting
window. This window closes after selecting one of the items
in it, or after pressing EXIT.

If the DISPLAY HOLD LED is light up, the window doesn’t
close after selecting an item. Press EXIT to close the window,
and go back to the underlying page.

MESSAGE WINDOWS

Sometimes, a message appears on the display, warning about
an error or a wrong operation:

Not a Standard
MIDI File

Press ENTER or EXIT to exit one of these windows.
Other messages ask for an answer, as in the “Are you sure”

window below:

Press ENTER/YES for Yes, or EXIT/NO for No.

Realtime/K eyboard track (Upper 1-3, Lower).
Drum track (Style track view).

Percussion track (Style track view).
Grouped Drum and Percussion tracks.
Bass track (Style track view).

Grouped accompaniment tracks. This symbol
indicates the five grouped accompaniment
tracks (Acc1-5).

Accompaniment tracks (Style track view).
Sequencer tracks.

Audio Input track. This symbol appears in the
main page of various operating modes. It indi­cates the volume and mute/unmute controls of
the audio inputs on the rear panel. It doesn’t
work, when the Audio Inputs are set in Direct
mode (see “Input 1/2” on page 15-7).

Selected track or parameter. When this symbol
appears, you can execute any available opera-

tion on the selected item.

(no icon) The track is in mute, and can’t play on the key-

board.

GRAYED-OUT NON-AVAILABLE PARAMETERS

Currently non-available parameters are now shown in “gray”
in the display, i.e. with a “ghost” texture. Here is an example
of a grayed-out parameter, compared to a normal parameter:

SYMBOLS AND ICONS

Many icons and symbols, on the custom display, show the
status of a parameter or the display content.

Edit environment

Disk Menu

Load Format
Save New Dir
Copy Rename
Erase Utilities

Menu Edit pages

Disk:Load

NEWNAME.SET |
LIVE.SET
ETHNICA.SET |
FD LOAD OPEN CLOSE

Text in solid black

Text in gray

4-4

Display and User Interface

Grayed-out non-available parameters

Rear panel

5. REAR PANEL

5-1

3

45 6 7 9

1 AC CABLE CONNECTOR

Plug the supplied AC cable into this connector.

2 FUSE

Fuse holder.

3 VIDEO INTERFACE (KD160/165 only)

If available, this is the video output, to connect the KD to a
TV or monitor. See “Video Interface (VIF1)” on page 26-1
for more information.

4 GAIN 1 and 2

Use these controls to separately adjust the
input sensitivity of the INPUTS 1 and 2
connectors. F r om one extr eme t o the other,
you can adjust the optimal sensitivity for
LINE devices (0dB), microphones, guitars
(-40dB).

LINE MIC

2

8

Set the output level with the MASTER VOL­UME slider.

1, 2 These are the sub outputs. Use them to create a

stereo sub-mix of just some tracks, or to out­put just a single instrument to be mixed alone,
or to be processed or amplified externally.

Note: The MASTER VOLUME slider has no
effect on these outputs.

0

1

A

7 DAMPER

Use this to connect a Damper pedal, like the KORG PS1, PS
or DS1H. To change its polarity, see “Damper Pol. (Damper
Polarity)” on page 15-3.

8 ASSIGNABLE PEDAL/FOOTSWITCH

Use this to connect a continuous or footswitch pedal, like the
KORG EXP2 or XVP10. To program it, see “P/S (Pedal/
Switch)” on page 15-3.

5 INPUT 1 and 2

Use these unbalanced connectors to input a dynamic micro­phone (microphone impedance), a guitar (guitar imped­ance), another keyboard/synthesizer or a CD player (line
impedance). Set the input gain with the GAIN control.

To connect a condenser microphone, you need an external
phantom power supply. Refer to your microphone user’s
manual.

6 OUTPUTS

Use these unbalanced connectors to send the audio signal
(sound) to a mixer, a PA system, a set of powered monitors,
or your hi-fi system.

To set the output for each track of the Style or the Song, see
“Physical output” on page 15-7.

L/MONO, RIGHT

These are the main stereo outputs. Use them to
send the final stereo mix to an external device.

9 EC5

This connects to the 3 piano pedals, functioning as on an
acoustic piano, and to control many functions in realtime. To
program the EC5, see “EC5-A…E” on page 15-3.

0 MIDI INTERFACE

The MIDI interface allows your KD to be connected to an
external controller (master keyboar d, MIDI guitar, wind con­troller, MIDI accordion…), to an expander, or to a computer
running a sequencer or an editor. For more information on
how to use the MIDI interface, see the MIDI chapter.

IN This connector receives MIDI data from a

computer or a controller. Connect it to an
external controller’s or computer’s MIDI OUT.

OUT This connector sends MIDI data generated by

KD’s keyboard, controllers, and/or the internal
sequencer . Connect it to an expander’s or com­puter’s MIDI IN.

5-2

Rear panel

THRU This connector sends an exact copy of the data

received on the IN connector. Use it to cascade
the KD with other MIDI instruments.

A PC TO HOST

Use this connector t o dir ectly connect a PC or M ac t o the KD,
without any MIDI interface. Your PC or Mac should include

a serial interface, or a USB-to-serial adapter suitable for
MIDI applications. On the KD165 this connects to the AUTO
PLAYER. Do not disconnect!

BASIC GUIDE

Basic operations

Playing on the keyboard

6. BASIC OPERATIONS

Drum/Perc Piano01
Bass01 Guitar01
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In VoxPad1

BossaNova |STS1

A
B
C
D

E
F

G
H

Selected track

6-1

PLAYING ON THE KEYBOARD

Play on the keyboard. You will hear the Realtime tracks
(sounds) playing. There are four Realtime tracks: Upper 1-3
and Lower. They may play all at the same time, or just one or
a few of them, depending on their Mute status. If you cannot
hear a track, check the mute status of that part.

Tracks can be set different ways: use the KEYBOARD MODE
section to select the way you want to access the sounds from
the keyboard.

•Press FULL UPPER to play the Upper 1-3 tracks on the full
range of the keyboard, just as you would play on a piano.

Upper 1

Upper 2

Upper 3

• Press SPLIT to let the Upper 1-3 tracks play sounds on
the right of the Split Point, and the Lower track on the
left.

Upper 1

Lower

Upper 2

Upper 3

SELECTING, MUTING/UNMUTING AND SOLOING A TRACK

Selecting. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons to

select a track.

The selected track is shown with a solid square surrounding
its status icons.

If you can’t see the track you are looking for, use the TRACK
SELECT button to scroll up or down the tracks, and find the
hidden ones.

Split Point

• Keep the SPLIT POINT button pressed, and play a note
to change the point where the keyboard is divided into
an Upper and a Lower part.

Mute/unmute. Press both VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) but­tons to mute or unmute a track. F or example, if you are in the
main page after turning the instrument on, and you want to
mute the Upper 1 track, pr ess the E (UPPER1/ACC2) buttons
together.

Lower Upper

The mute/play status is shown by the relevant icon on the
display:

Play status; the track plays on the keyboard.

To memorize the selected split point note, press the GLOBAL
button, then press WRITE to save the new setting into

the GLOBAL memory (see “The Write window” on page 15-

1).

(no icon) Mute status; the track doesn’t play on the key-

board.

Solo. While in the Style Play, Song Play and Song modes,
you can solo one of the tracks. Just keep the SHIFT button
pressed, and press both VOLUME/VALUE buttons corre­sponding to the track you wish to solo.

To exit the solo mode, keep the SHIFT button pressed again,
and press both VOLUME/VALUE buttons corresponding to
the soloed track.

6-2

Basic operations

Selecting a Performance

SELECTING A PERFORMANCE

A Performance is a set of Programs and settings for the Key­board and Style tracks, allowing the selection of complex
combinations quick and easy. When the STYLE CHANGE
LED is on, a Performance can also select a Style.

It is always advisable to use Performances, rather than single
Programs, even when playing a solo sound, since a Perfor­mance lets you select effects, transposition, and many other
parameters, together with the Programs.

Data type Parameters

Realtime
Tracks

Style
Tracks

Other “performance” parameters are saved in the Global.

Global Chord Recognition Mode, Memory Mode, Velocity

1. Press the PERFORM button. This changes the PRO-

GRAM/PERFORMANCE section into a Performance
selector.

Upper 1, Upper 2,
Upper 3, Lower

Drum, Percussion,
Bass, Acc1, Acc2, Acc3,
Acc4, Acc5,

Trigger, Lock

Master Transpose, Pro­gram, Volume, Pan,
Octave, Scale, Detune,
Pitch Bend, Poly/Mono/
Drum, Int/Ext, Damper,
Dynamic Range, Joystick
C&D Effect Send level,
Type, Parameters
Program parameters
Audio Input Setup, Pads

Program, Volume, Pan,
Octave, Detune, Pitch
Bend, Poly/Mono/Drum,
Int/Ext, Wrap Around,
Keyboard Range
A&B Effect Send level,
Type, Parameters
Program parameters
Drum Mapping,
Kick&Snare Assignation

banks (1-10, upper LED turned on), and the lower row
of ten banks (11-20, lower LED turned on).

3. Press one of the 1-0 buttons to select the PROGRAM/

PERFORMANCE bank containing the Performance you
are looking for.

The Performance Select window appears. There are 8
Performances for each bank.

Last selected Performance

StereoGrand

StereoGrand Blue
ClupPiano Legend
ForrestStr MrJazz
ResonPads OxydBrass

4. Select a Performance using the VOLUME/V ALUE (A-H)

buttons.

5. If the DISPLA Y HOLD LED is on, press EXIT to exit this

window.

The STYLE CHANGE button

When you select a Performance, the Style may or may not
change, depending on the status of the STYLE CHANGE
button. (When you save a Performance, the current Style
number is always memorized).

• If the STYLE CHANGE LED is on, the Style memorized
in the Performance will be selected.

• If the STYLE CHANGE LED is off, the Style doesn’t
change.

2. Use the leftmost button of the PROGRAM/PERFOR-

MANCE section toggles between the upper row of ten

6-3

Basic operations

Selecting a Program

E
F

G
H

Piano1 E.Piano2
Piano2 E.Piano3
Piano3 Harpsi
E.Piano1 Clavinet

Piano T:U1

Last selected Program

Selected track

SELECTING A PROGRAM

You can select a different Program (i.e., sound) to be played
by a track. Before selecting a Program, you must select the
track you want to assign the Program to.

Note: To assign different Programs to the Style tracks, press
TRACK SELECT to see the Style tracks. If you select a Program
while grouped tracks (Drum/Percussion or ACC) are selected,
the Program will be assigned to the last selected track.

Each Style Element (Variations, Fills…) can have different
Programs, so your selection might be automatically reset
when selecting a different Element. To avoid this reset, see
“Prog (Program)” on page 9-12.

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (E-H) buttons on the right

side of the display, to select the Realtime (Keyboard)
track you wish to assign a different Program to.

A
B
C
D

2. Press the PROGRAM button. This changes the PRO-

GRAM/PERFORMANCE section into a Program selec­tor.

3. Use the leftmost PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE button

to select a row of Program banks (upper, lower). CARD
is reserved for future development.

BossaNova |STS1

Drum/Perc Piano01
Bass01 Guitar01
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In VoxPad1

4. Select the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE bank contain-

ing the Program you are looking for (Pr ogram banks are
identified by instrument names).

The Program Select window appears. See “Programs
(Program Change order)” on page 17-12 for a list of
Factory Programs.

5. Browse the Programs in the selected bank using the

PAGE buttons. There can be different number of pages
for each bank, containing up to 8 Programs each.

6. Once you find the Program you are looking for, select it

using the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons.

7. If the DISPLA Y HOLD LED is on, press EXIT to exit this

window.

SELECTING AND USING THE DIGITAL DRAWBARS

The KD offers realistic simulation of the classic rock organs.
You can select these special Programs by pressing the DIGI­TAL DRAWBARS button. Unlike other Programs, the Digital
Drawbars follow different rules.

• In Style Play and Backing Sequence mode, only one Dig­ital Drawbar Program is available for the Realtime
tracks, and one for the Style tracks. Save them into a
Performance (see “The Write window” on page 9-4).

• In Song Play mode, there is one Digital Drawbar Pro­gram for the Realtime tracks, one for Song tracks 1-8,
another one for Song tracks 9-16.

• In Song mode there is one Digital Drawbar Program for
Song tracks 1-8, one for Song tracks 9-16.

6-4

Basic operations

Selecting a Style

E
F

G
H

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (E-H) buttons on the right

side of the display, to select the Realtime (Keyboard)
track you wish to assign a different Program to.

A
B
C
D

2. Press the PROGRAM button. This changes the PRO-

BossaNova |STS1

Drum/Perc Piano01
Bass01 Guitar01
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In VoxPad1

GRAM/PERFORMANCE section into a Program selec­tor.

3. Use the leftmost PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE button

to select the upper row of Program banks.

7. Change the parameter value as you prefer. See “Digital

Drawbars page” on page 14-1 for more details.

8. Press EXIT to go back to the current operating mode.

SELECTING A STYLE

A Style is a set of rhythm and accompaniment patterns. You
can select a Style from the internal memory, from a floppy
disk (see “The DIRECT FD bank” on page 9-2), or from the
hard disk on the KD 160 and 165 models. (see “The DIRECT
HD bank (KD160/165)” on page 9-1)

1. Use the leftmost STYLE button to select a row of Style

banks (upper, lower, DIRECT HD).

2. Select the STYLE bank containing the Style you are

looking for.

The Style Select window appears.

4. Select the DIGITAL DRAWBAR bank. The Digital

Drawbar window appears, and the current setting is
assigned to the selected track.

Drawbars

|||||| 16' |||||| 2
|||||| 5
|||||||| 8' ||||| 1
|||||| 4' |||||||| 1'

1/3

' |||||||| 2'

5. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons to change

2/3

'

1/3

'

each foot volume.

6. Press PAGE+ to see the Drawbar Setting page.

Drawbars Setting

Perc.:Off P.Mode:All
P.Length:3 NoisAtk:7
Perc.Vol:7 DwWave:Vint

Jazz Waltz 1

Mod.Swing1 Slow Blues
Mod.Swing2 Cay Blues
JazzWaltz1 St.LouisB
JazzWaltz2 Big Band1

3. There are 2 pages for each bank, each containing 8

Styles. Select a page using the PAGE buttons.

4. As you find the Style you are looking for, select it using

the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons.

Note: The new Style will enter at the next strong beat.

5. If the DISPLA Y HOLD LED is on, press EXIT to exit this

window.

The SINGLE TOUCH button

When you select a Style, the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks can
be changed or not.

• If the SINGLE TOUCH LED is on, the Single Touch Set­ting (STS) #1 is automatically selected, and the Realtime
tracks are changed. Programs, and the Keyboard Mode,
may change.

• If the SINGLE TOUCH LED is off, Realtime tracks don’t
change.

6-5

Basic operations

Selecting a Single Touch Setting (STS)

SELECTING A SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (STS)

A Single Touch Setting (STS) contains Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks’ settings. Four STS are included in each Style, and can
be recalled by pressing the SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (F1­F4) buttons under the display.

Note: You can select a STS only when you are in the main page
of the Style Play or Backing Sequence operating mode.

CHANGING ALL KEYBOARD TRACKS AT ONCE

Select a Performance or a Single Touch Setting (F1-F4 but­tons, when you are in the Style Play main page) to change
keyboard Programs and effects at the touch of a button.

PLAYING A SONG FROM FLOPPY DISK

1. Insert the floppy disk containing the Song into the

floppy disk drive.

2. Press the SONG PLAY button to access the Song Play

mode.

No song

S1: Piano01
S2: Guitar01
Lyrics StrngEns2
AudioIn VoxPad1

3. Press the A (S1:) VOLUME/VALUE button to open the

Song Select window.

Song Selection

CLUB |
BALLADS
0001 MYSONG.MID |
FD SELECT OPEN CLOSE

Page commands

Note: You can access the Song Select window also by press­ing the PAGE+ button from the main page. You can exit
this window either by pressing EXIT or PAGE-.

4. Press the F1 button to select the floppy disk drive (FD).

The disk content appears.

5. Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls, or the VOLUME/

VALUE (E-H) buttons to scroll the list. The E-F buttons
are the Scroll Up ( ), while the G-H buttons are the
Scroll Down ( ).
Move the file you are looking for to the first line of the
display.

6. If the file you are

looking for is in a

0001 MYSONG.MID

folder (a file which
names begins with “ ”), move the folder to the first

line in the display, then select the F3 (OPEN) command.
Select the F4 (CLOSE) command to close a folder and
go back to the upper level.

7. When the file you are looking for is on the first line of

the display, press the F2 (SELECT) button.

8. When the Song appears in

the S1 line on the main page

S1:MySong

of the Song Play mode, press
the left (SEQ 1) PLAY/STOP button to start the play­back.

Note: If the BALANCE slider is all the way to the lower
position, Sequencer 1 is at the minimum volume and
can’t be heard.

9. If you wish to play a different Song on the Sequencer 2

at the same time, press the B (S2:) VOLUME/VALUE
button (press it twice if a Song is already selected for
Sequencer 2), and repeat the above steps to select a Song
for Sequencer 2. Use the right (SEQ 2) PLAY/STOP but­ton to start/stop the second Song. Use the BALANCE
cursor to mix between Sequencer 1 and Sequencer 2.

10. Stop the Song(s) using the PLAY/STOP button for the

corresponding Sequencer.

SHORTCUT TO SEE THE ORIGINAL BANK FOR A STYLE, PERFORMANCE OR PROGRAM

You can see the original bank where your Style, Performance
or Program originated from. Just keep the SHIFT button
pressed, and press the lefmost button of the STYLE or PRO­GRAM/PERFORMANCE section. A message window will
appear, showing the name of the original bank.

Release the SHIFT button to exit the window.

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Shortcut to see the original bank for a Style, Performance or Program

Tutorial

7. TUTORIAL

Drum/Perc GrandPiano
Bass01 DarkPad
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In AnalogStr

SoftBeat |STS1

Press the F VOLUME/VALUE buttons

Drum/Perc GrandPiano
Bass01 DarkPad
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In AnalogStr

SoftBeat |STS1

Press the H VOLUME/VALUE buttons

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This chapter is a step-by-step introduction of your KD digital
piano’s basic functions.

1 - Playing in realtime

As soon as you turn your KD on, it is in Style Play mode, and
you can play it in realtime.

1 Play on the keyboard.

When you turn the KD on, Performance 1-1 (“StereoGrand”)
is automatically selected. This sets the Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks for you. In this setup (unless someone modified this
Performance earlier) the Upper 1 track playing on the full
keyboard range, with the Grand Piano Program selected.

There are four available Realtime tracks (sounds): Upper 1-3
and Lower. Upper Realtime tracks may play on the full range
of the keyboard (if the selected KEYBOARD MODE is FULL
UPPER). Or, the Lower track plays on the left of the Split
Point, and the Upper tracks on the right (if the KEYBOARD
MODE is set to SPLIT).

You can of course select another Performance. Or change the
track’s settings - as you will see in this tutorial - and save
them into Performance 1-1. You will soon learn how to do it.

2 Select a different Performance.

Is the PERFORM. LED on?

4 Unmute the Upper 2 track.

Press both F VOLUME/VALUE buttons.
The Upper 2 track will be selected and
unmuted. The Play icon will appear, sur­rounded by the “selected track” fr ame and accompanied by
the pointing arrow. You will hear another sound (layer) play
together with the Grand Piano.

5 Press SPLIT on the KEYBOARD MODE section,

and play.

Now, the keyboard splits into two parts: the Lower part on
the left, and the Upper part on the right. The AnalogStr Pro­gram is playing on the Lower part, while the Grand Piano
and the layer sound are playing on the Upper part.

If yes, press one of the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE but­tons, and select a Performance with the VOLUME/VALUE
buttons (on the side of the display).

StereoGrand

Select a Performance with the VOLUME/VALUE buttons

Go on try the different Performances. There are 160 of them
ready for you.

3 Select Performance 1-1 (“Grand Piano”) again.

As above: press Performance bank 1, and use the A VOL­UME/VALUE buttons to select Performance 1-1.

6 Set the split point.

To select a different split point, by holding the SPLIT POINT
button down, and pressing the desired key on the keyboard.
This becomes the new Split Point. You can even save this set­ting in memory (see “The Write window” on page 15-1).

7 Mute/unmute various tracks.

Press both H VOLUME/VALUE buttons. The Lower track is
muted.

StereoGrand Blue
ClupPiano Legend
ForrestStr MrJazz
ResonPads OxydBrass

Press them again to unmute the Lower track.
Tr y also with the Upper tracks, using the E, F and G VOL-

UME/VALUE buttons. You will notice the sound becomes

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2 - Playing a Style

fuller-sounding, depending on the number of tracks muted
or unmuted.

SoftBeat |STS1

Drum/Perc GrandPiano
Bass01 DarkPad
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In AnalogStr

Press the E-G VOLUME/VALUE buttons

8 Set the relative volume of the Realtime tracks.

Use each E-H VOLUME/VALUE button pair to set the vol­ume of the Realtime tracks. Press one of the VOLUME/
VALUE button to select a track. Then press the right one to
increase the volume, the left one to lower it.

Press the left one to lower…

…and the right one to raise.

2 - PLAYING A STYLE

A Style will be your virtual band. Select one of the 304 Styles
available from the internal memory.

1 Select your favorite musical Style.

There are plenty of Styles to choose from. Select the Jazz Style

- “Jazz Brush”.

Select the lower row of Styles. Press the leftmost STYLE but­ton to turn the lower LED on.

Now, you can press button number 4, called “JAZZ 1”. The
Style Select window appears.

SoftBeat

JazzBrush JazzWaltz1
Med.Swing JazzWaltz2
SlowSwing 5/4 Swing
SwingBallad Mood Swing

9 Press FULL UPPER on the KEYBOARD MODE sec-

tion, and play.

Again, the Upper tracks can play across the full keyboard
range.

0 Save your track configuration in a Performance.

When you find the right sound, you can press the WRITE
button to save it into a Performance, a Single Touch Setting
(STS), or a Style Performance. The Performance is a good
choice to save Realtime tracks. See “The Wr ite window” on
page 9-4 for more information.

Press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select “Jazz
Brush”.

2 Press Intro.

You can eselect an Intro, to be played before the Style. Press
INTRO1 or INTRO2. INTRO1 has preprogrammed chord
progressions. INTRO2 lets you play the chord progression
during the introduction.

3 Start the Style!

Play a chord, and press the START/STOP button. Then start
playing. Usually (when the SPLIT LED is on) chords are rec­ognized left to the split point. With the UPPER or FULL
Chord Scanning mode, you must pla y thr ee or more not es for
chord recognition.

4 Play your chords and your melody.

Go on and play. As you notice, the KD has a very sophisticate
chord recognition engine. Recognized chords are shown on
the display.

5 Call a “break”- or a “fill”.

While your are playing, you are can to call a one-bar break.
Try it:

PRESS BREAK

The music stops for one measure. Then, it starts again. After
a while, let’s go for something different…

PRESS FILL1 OR FILL2

No silence, this time. KD plays a complex passage to let you
take a breath. FILL1 is the simpler one, where the FILL2 is
more complex. Usually, you will use FILL1 when playing with

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Var iations 1 and 2 (simpler pattern), FILL2 when using Vari­ations 3 and 4 (more complex ones).

6 Select other Variations.

There are four VARIATION buttons. These are four different
versions of the same Style. Try them all!

You can switch to a different Variation after a Fill. Just press a
FILL button, then, immediately after, a VARIATION button.

7 Stop it!

OK, you could say: “O, that’s easy, I know how to do it, I can
just press that red START/STOP button again”.

Yes, you are perfectly right. But that is only one way. Let us
suggest a different way:

PRESS ENDING1 OR ENDING2

An instant orchestrated ending is called, and will take the
Style to a colorful end. ENDING1 is pre-programmed, while
ENDING2 lets you play your own chord progression.

In Sync

You can also start a style using SYNCHRO. The style will start
the moment you play a note or a chord (depending on the
Chord Recognition Setting).

1 While the Style is stopped, press the SYN-

CHRO button.

The SYNCHRO-START LED begins flashing on. The Syn­chro Start function is enabled.

3 - PLAYING A SONG

Nothing is easier than playing a Song on the KD. You don’t
even have to load it from disk.

1 Move the BALANCE slider to the center.

This sets both onboard sequencers to the same level.

2 Insert the floppy disk containing the Song into

the disk drive.

Make sure your disk is DOS formatted. This is the typical
Windows format. You can also mak e this type of a disk on the
Mac, by selecting the “DOS” option when initializing a disk.

3 Press the SONG PLAY button to access the Song

Play mode.

No song

S1: Piano01
S2: Guitar01
Lyrics StrngEns2
AudioIn VoxPad1

4 Select a Song.

Another easy task. Press the A (S1:) VOLUME/VALUE button
to open the Song Select window.

2 Play a chord on the keyboard.

You must play a chord for the chord recognition engine. Usu­ally, it w ill be on the left of the split point, but it depends on
the CHORD SCANNING section.

The Style starts.

3 Stop the Style.

Need more information?

Go to “Style Play operating mode” on page 9-1. The Refer­ence Guide includes all the information you need.

Song Selection

CLUB |
BALLADS
0001 MYSONG.MID |
FD SELECT OPEN CLOSE

Press the F1 button to select the floppy disk drive. The list of
files on the disk appears. Songs are files with the “.MID” or
“.KAR” extension. KD filters out all other file types.

Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls, or the VOLUME/VALUE
(E-H) buttons to scroll the list. The E-F butt ons are the Scroll
Up ( ), while the G-H buttons are the Scroll Down ( ).

Move the Song to play to the first line of the display. Then
press the F2 (SELECT) button.

5 Press PLAY/STOP (SEQ1).

The playback begins.

6 If you like, select a Song for the Sequencer 2.

Press the B (S2:) VOLUME/VALUE button, and repeat the
above steps to select the Song for Sequencer 2. Use the right
(SEQ 2) PLAY/STOP button to start/stop the second Song.
Use the BALANCE cursor to mix between Sequencer 1 and
Sequencer 2.

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7 Take a pause.

Press PAUSE to stop the playback without going back to mea­sure 1. The PAUSE LED begins flashing.

Press PAUSE again to resume the playback.

8 Stop it.

The Song automatically stops when reaches the end, but you
can stop it sooner by pressing PLAY/STOP again.

4 - RECORDING A SONG

The Backing Sequence (Record) mode is a quick and effecti v e
way to record a new Song, making full use of the Style Play
mode. So, arm your recorder, and play live with the Styles. A
song will be completed in seconds!

1 First, enter Backing Sequence mode

Press RECORD to access the Backing Sequence mode. The
Realtime tracks, on the keyboard, w ill remain the same you
selected in the Style Play mode.

BS:New Song

Load Song Metro:Off
Save Song Meter:4/4
Sel.Tempo Tempo:Auto

Don’t worry about this display: it’s something you don’t need
to learn at this point. You may find more information about
it, going to the Reference Guide (see “Backing Sequence
operating mode” on page 12-1).

Remember that this is the Backing Sequence Play page, where
you can load, play or save a Song.

2 Now, press RECORD.

You are prompted to select either the Realtime recording
mode, or the Chord/Acc Step recording mode.

3 Select the Realtime recording mode.

Simply press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons. The
Record page appears.

Rec:NewSong

Style:NewBossa
Perf:01-01 Metro:On1
Resol:HI RT/Pad:REC
Sel.Tempo Ch/Acc:REC

4 If you think the selected Style is not what you

like for your backing tracks, select a different one.

Well, you already know how to do it (see “Selecting a Style”
on page 6-4). But here is a quick reminder:

1. Select one of the Style rows in the STYLE section, using

the leftmost button.

2. Select one of the Style Banks, by pressing one of the

STYLE section buttons.

3. Select one of the pages, using the PAGE buttons.

4. Select a Style, using the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) but-

tons.

The Style Bank and number appear after the “Style” parame­ter in the display.

5 And how about changing the Performance or

Single Touch Setting?

Here is a short recap about the Performances:

1. Press the PERFORM button to set the PROGRAM/PER-

FORMANCE section act as a Performance selector.

2. Select one of the Performance Banks, by pressing one of

the buttons of the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE sec­tion.

3. Select a Performance, using the VOLUME/VALUE (A-

H) buttons.

…and for the Single Touch Settings (STS):

• Press one of the SINGLE TOUCH SETTING buttons.

Record

Realtime Recording
Chord/Acc Step Mode

6 Ok, we can start now.

As you see, both the RT t rack and the Ch/Acc track are in
RECord mode. This means you can start recording in real­time with the Styles.

PRESS START/STOP

WAIT FOR THE COUNTDOWN TO REACH BAR 1

AND START PLAYING!

7 Play as if you were playing live.

You can do exactly what you do when playing with the Styles:
select a different Style, Performance, STS, different Variation,
a Fill, and Ending…

You can even start your recording with an Intro: just press
one of the INTRO buttons before pressing START/STOP.

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8 Stop the Song.

To stop the Song, press either START/STOP or one of the
ENDING buttons. The Song will stop, but not the Recording.
So, y ou can start recor ding another Song within the same ses­sion (go back to step 6, if you like).

Otherwise, to finish the Recording, go to the next step:

9 Finish the recording.

PRESS PLAY/STOP (SEQ1)

and the Recording status will be turned off. Both Backing
Sequence tracks (RT and Ch/Acc) will be set to the PLAY sta­tus.

10 Listen to the song.

When back in the Backing Sequence Play page, press PLAY/
STOP (SEQ1) to listen to the new Song.

If the Song is fine, you can switch to the Song mode and do
some editing. Or you can save it (as seen below), and play it
in Song Play mode.

You can also delate tracs or the whole song.

1. Press RECORD again to enter Record mode.

Rec:NewSong

Style:NewBossa
Perf:01-01 Metro:On1
Resol:HI RT/Pad:REC
Sel.Tempo Ch/Acc:REC

2. Set the track to delete and record again to the REC sta-

tus.

3. Set the track you want to listen to during recording to

the PLAY status. If you don’t want to delete it, but you
don’t want to listen to it, set the track to the MUTE sta­tus.

4. Start recording again. If you are recording the RT track,

you can’t use the Style controls.

5. Press PLAY/STOP (SEQ1) to finish the Song and exit

Recording mode.

6. Time to save your song?

If you don’t save your Song, it is lost when you turn the
instrument off, or switch to the Song Play mode. So, save it
on a disk. See “Save Song page” on page 12-4.

Need more information?

Go to “Backing Sequence operating mode” on page 12-1. The
Reference Guide includes all the information you need.

5 - EDITING A SONG

You can edit a Song, both a Standard MIDI File, or one of
your Songs recorded in Backing Sequence mode.

How about replacing the General MIDI sounds with the
award winning original Kohler/Korg sounds? You can do it ­in Song mode.

1 Press SONG to enter the Song mode.

This is the Song toolbox, wher e y ou find the t ools to edit y our
Song.

New Song

Load Song Metro:Off
Save Song Meter:4/4
Sel.Tempo Tempo:Auto

2 Insert a disk into the disk drive containing the

midifile you wish to edit.

Midifiles are files generated by a computer sequencer or a
musical instrument. A MIDI files have the .mid or .kar exten­tion.

Load the Song.
Press one of the B VOLUME/VALUE buttons (corresponding

to the Load Song command). As expected, the Load page will
appear.

Load Song

BALLADS |
MYSONGS
MYSONG.MID |
FD LOAD OPEN CLOSE

If it is not yet selected, press F1 to select the FD (Floppy Disk)
device.

Move the midifile to load to the first line of the display. Use
the DIAL or the UP and DOWN buttons to scroll the list; or
use the E-F (Scroll Up) or G-H (Scroll down) VOLUME/
VALUE buttons.

When the midifile is on the first line of the display, press F2
(Load) to load it. The “Are you sure?” message will appear.
Press ENTER to confirm.

Note: When loading a Standard MIDI File, the first MIDI
events are converted to the Song Performance events. You will
see them as the Programs, Volume, Pan, Effect settings assigned
to the tracks.

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3 Listen to the Song.

After loading is complete, you are back on the main page of
the Song mode.

MySong

Load Song Metro:Off
Save Song Meter:4/4
Sel.Tempo Tempo:Auto

Press PLAY/STOP (SEQ1) to listen to the Song. The LED on
the button turns on.

Does it sound good? If it is a General MIDI midi file, there is
a good chance that it does. But you can further improve it.

4 Stop the Song.

This one is easy: press PLAY/STOP (SEQ1). The LED on the
PLAY/STOP button turns off.

Please, always remember: make any changes to the Song
when the sequencer is not playing. Otherwise, a Stop com­mand will reset all your changes.

2. Select the track you wish to assign a different Program

to by using the VOLUME/VALUE buttons. Press one of
the buttons corresponding to the track to select. For
example, one of the A buttons to select track 1:

MySong

Piano1 Piano1
DkStrings Guitar01
Legato StrngEns2
BrassyHorn VoxPad1

3. Select a Program. You know how to do it. If not, go to

the “Basic operations” chapter, “Selecting a Program”
section, page 6-3?

4. Which Programs to choose? With over 660 Programs,

you will for sure find the sound you like. Just browse any
Program bank, and listen to them. Turn on the DIS­PLAY HOLD LED, to stay in the Selecting Window until
you have found the right Program. (Then, pr ess EXIT or
DISPLAY HOLD to exit the window.)

5. Make as many changes as you like to the other tracks.

5 Select different Programs.

You can replace the General MIDI Programs with Kohler
Programs. It will sound richer.

1. Press TRACK SELECT to see tracks 1-8. The LED turns

on.

MySong

Piano1 Piano1
DkStrings Guitar01
Legato StrngEns2
BrassyHorn VoxPad1

You are looking at tracks 1-8. You can switch to tracks 9­16 by pressing the TRACK SELECT button again.

MySong

Strings1 VocaEns
DkStrings Bassi
Legato StrngEns2
BrassyHorn Strings2

If you press TRACK SELECT again, you are back to the
main page. Press TRACK SELECT AGAIN to go to
tracks 1-8…

6 Change the volume.

Press MENU to open the edit menu.

Song Edit MENU

Mixer/Tun. Transp/Vel
Effects Del/Cut-Ins
Track Edit Copy
Quantize Event Edit

Press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons, to select the
Mixer/Tuning item. The Volume edit page appears…

Mixer:Volume

|||| 090 |||| 090
|||| 090 |||| 092
|||| 090 |||| 086
|||| 090 ||||| 112

Select a track, and use the DIAL or the UP and DOWN but­tons, or the VOLUME/VALUE buttons, to change the track’s
volume.

Modify all tracks you think need to be modified.

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7 Save the Song.

Your changes will be lost when you load a new Song, switch
to the Song Play mode, or turn the instrument off. So, press
EXIT to go back to the main page of the Song mode.

MySong

Load Song Metro:Off
Save Song Meter:4/4
Sel.Tempo Tempo:Auto

Press one of the C VOLUME/VALUE buttons, to select the
Save Song command. Save your Song with a new name.

How to accomplish this simple operation is described in
great details on page 13-3 (“Save Song page”).

Note: When saving a Song the Song Performance events (initial
Program, Volume, Pan, Effect Send settings) are saved at the
beginning of the Standard MIDI File. Effect settings are saved as
KD SysEx events, ignored by other musical instruments.

Other editings

The Volume is not the only parameter you can edit. You can
edit many parameters, like the Pan, the Effects, the Tuning…
you can even use up to 4 effects (A-D Internal FX Proces­sors), but this will be only fully aplied when playing the Song
on the KD, since other General MIDI-compatible instru­ments use 2 effets only.

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MIDI

What is MIDI?

8. MIDI

8-1

WHAT IS MIDI?

Here is a brief overview of MIDI, related to the KD. There are
many publications on MIDI specification in great details - if
inetersted.

MIDI stands for Musical Instruments Digital Interface. This
interface lets you connect two or more musical instruments,
or a computer and they will communicate with each other.

There are three types of physical MIDI connections: The
MIDI IN receives data from another device; the MIDI OUT
sends data to another device; the MIDI THRU sends to
another device exactly what was received on the MIDI IN
(this is useful to daisy-chain multiple instruments).

Channels and messages

A MIDI cable transmits data on 16 channels at the same time.
Think about each MIDI channel as a TV channel: the receiv er
must be set to the same channel as the transmitter . When you
send a Note On message on channel 1, it will be received on
channel 1 only. This allows for multitimbricity: you can have
more than one sound playing on the same MIDI instrument
at the same time.

There are various MIDI messages. The most commonly used
ones are:

Note On – This message instructs an instrument to play a
note on a specific channel. Notes have both a name (C4
standing for the center C) and a number (60 being the equiv­alent to C4). Note Off message are generated when the note
has been released. In some case, a Note On with value “0” is
used instead.

Together with the Note On message, also a Velocity value is
transmitted. This value tells the instrument how loud the
note must play.

After Touch – This message is generated by pressing on the
keyboard, after the note has been struck. It usually activates
vibrato, or other sound parameters.

Pitch Bend (PB) – You can generate this message moving the
wheel (X movement). The pitch is modified up or down.

Program Change (PC)– When you select a Program, a Pro­gram Change message is generated on the channel. Use this
message, together with Control Change 00 and 32, to
remotely select KD data from a sequencer or a master key­board.

Control Change (CC) – There are many control change mes­sages assigning paramer changes.

Like:

• CC00, or Bank Select MSB, and CC32, or Bank Select
LSB. This message pair is used, together with the Pro­gram Change message, to select a Program.

• CC01, or Modulation. This is the equivalent of moving
the MOD wheel. A vibrato effect is usually triggered on.

• CC07, or Master Volume. Use this controller to set the
channel’s volume.

• CC10, or Pan. This one sets the sound position in the
stereo field.

• CC64, or Damper Pedal. Use this controller to simulate
the Damper pedal.

Tempo

Tempo is a global MIDI message, that is not tied to a particu­lar channel. Each Song includes Tempo data.

Lyrics

Lyrics are non-standard MIDI events, made to display text
together with the music. KD can read many of the available
Lyrics format on the market.

MIDIFILES

Midifiles, or Standard MIDI Files (SMF), allow to exchange
songs between different instruments and computers. KD uses
the SMF format as its default song format, so reading a song
from a computer, or saving a song that a computer software
can read, is not a problem at all.

The KD sequencers are compatible with the SMF in format 0
(all data in one track; it is the most common format) and 1
(multitrack). It can read the SMF in Song Play mode and
modify/save them in Song mode. It can save a Song in SMF 0
format in the Backing Sequence or Song mode.

When in Song Play mode, the KD can also display SMF lyrics
in Solton, M-Live (Midisoft), Tune1000 and compatible
(Edirol, GMX, HitBit, XF) formats, and the chord abbrevia­tions of SMF in Solton, M-live (Midisoft), GMX, and XF for­mat.

THE GENERAL MIDI STANDARD

Some years ago, the musical instruments industry felt a need
for further standardization. Then, the General MIDI Stan­dard (GM) was established. This extension of the basic MIDI
sets new rules for compatibility between instruments:

• A minimum of 16 MIDI channels are required.

• A basic set of 128 Programs, in standard order, is man­datory.

• The Drum Kit has a standard order.

• Channel 10 had to be dedicated to the Drum Kit.

The latest extension is the GM2, further expanding the speci­fications. The KD in sound generation is compatible with the
GM2 standard.

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MIDI

The Global channel

THE GLOBAL CHANNEL

Any channel with the Global option assigned (see “Page 7 ­MIDI IN Channels” on page 15-4) can simulate the KD inte­grated keyboard. When the KD is connected to a master key­board, transmission should take place over the Global
channel of the KD. MIDI messages received over a Global
channel and not over a standard channel are affected by the
buttons of the KEYBOARD MODE section, as well from the
split point. Therefore, if the SPLIT button LED is lit up, the
notes that arrive to the KD over this channel will be divided
by the split point into the Upper (above the split point) and
Lower (below the split point) parts.

The notes that arrive to a Global channel are used for the
chord recognition of the automatic accompaniment. If the
KEYBOARD MODE is SPLIT, only the notes below the split
point will be used. These notes will be combined with the
ones of the special Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels.

THE CHORD 1 AND CHORD 2 CHANNELS

You can set two special Chord channels (see page 15-5) to
send to the KD notes for the chord recognition. The notes
will be combined with the notes that go through the channel
set as Global (Global notes are recognized only under the
split point, if the SPLIT LED is lit up).

The Chord channels are not affected by the split point and
the KEYBOARD MODE section of the control panel. All the
notes – both above and below the split point – will be sent to
the chord recognition.

The buttons of the CHORD SCANNING section have a par­ticular effect on the Chord channels:

• if you have selected LOWER, the chord recognition
mode will be set by the “Chord Recognition Mode”
parameter in the Style Play mode (see page 9-13);

• if you have selected UPPER or FULL, the c hord recogni­tion mode will always be Fingered 2 (you need to play at
least three notes in order for the chord to be detected).

These two channels are especially useful for accor dion pla y ers
to assign a different Chord channel to the chords and the bass
played with the left hand.

THE CONTROL CHANEL
You can set a MIDI IN channel as the Control channel (see

page 15-4), to select Styles and Performance from an external
device. See the Appendix for a list of messages corresponding
to KD internal data.

MIDI SETUP

You can play the KD with an external controller, and use it
simply as a sound generator. To help you configure the MIDI
channels, we have provided a set of MIDI Setups. Go to Glo­bal mode to select the one that fits your MIDI needs. (See
“Page 5 - MIDI Setup” on page 15-3 for more information).

We recommend you to consider each MIDI Setup as a start­ing point you can freely tweak. Once you have selected the
most appropriate MIDI Setup for the connection to be made,
you can modify the parameters as necessary and save the Glo­bal in the memory with the Write function (see “The Write
window” on page 15-1).

CONNECTING KD TO A MASTER KEYBOARD

You can control the KD with a master keyboard or any other
MIDI keyboard. You only need to connect the MIDI OUT
connector of the master keyboard to the MIDI IN connector
of the KD. The master keyboard will become the integrated
keyboard of the KD if it transmits over the same channel pro­grammed as Global in the KD.

MIDI IN

MIDI OUT

If the master keyboard transmits over the Global channel of
the KD, the split point and the status of the KEYBOARD
MODE section in the control panel will affect the notes
received from the master keyboard.

Connections and settings

To connect the master keyboard to the KD follow this proce­dure:

1. Connect the MIDI OUT connector of the master key-

board to the MIDI IN connector of the KD.

2. Program the master keyboard to transmit over the Glo-

bal channel of the KD (see “Page 7 - MIDI IN Channels”
on page 15-4).

For information on the master keyboard programming,
see the user’s manual of the master keyboard.

3. Press GLOBAL to enter the Global mode, then go to

“Page 5 - MIDI Setup” (see page 15-3).

4. Select the Master Keyboard Setup.

Note: The settings can change when new data is loaded
from disk. To protect the settings from loading, use the
Global Protect function (see “Global Protect” on page 16-

18).

5. Press WRITE, select Global, and press ENTER to save

the Global. The “Are you sure?” message will appear.
Press ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.

8-3

MIDI

Connecting the KD to a MIDI accordion

6. Press one of the buttons in the MODE section to go to

the desired operative mode.

CONNECTING THE KD TO A MIDI ACCORDION

There are different types of MIDI accordions and each type
requires a different configuration of the KD. Select one of the
MIDI “Accordion” Setups to configure the module properly
(see page 15-3).

Connection and settings

To connect the accordion to the KD following this procedure:

1. Connect the MIDI OUT connector of the accordion to

the MIDI IN connector of the KD.

2. Press GLOBAL to enter the Global mode, then go to

“Page 5 - MIDI Setup” (see page 15-3).

3. Select one of the Accordion Setups.

Note: The settings may change when new data is loaded
from disk. To protect the settings , use the Global Protect
function (see “Global Protect” on page 16-18).

4. Press WRITE, select Global, and press ENTER to save

the Global. The “Are you sure?” message will appear.
Press ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.

5. Press one of the buttons in the MODE section to go to

the desired operative mode.

CONNECTING THE KD TO AN EXTERNAL SEQUENCER

You can play songs on an external sequencer, using KD as a
multi-timbral expander.

Connections and settings

In order to connect the KD to a computer, your computer
needs a MIDI interface.

1. Connect the KD and the computer as in the following

diagram.

MIDI OUT

MIDI IN

MIDI INMIDI THRU

2. Press GLOBAL, and go to “Page 6 - MIDI Controls”. Set

the Local parameter to Off (see page 15-4).

3. Go to “Page 5 - MIDI Setup” (see page 15-3). Select the

Ext.Seq Setup.

MIDI IN

MIDI OUT

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MIDI

Playing another instrument with the KD

Note: The settings can change when new data is loaded
from disk. To protect the settings from changing, use the
Global Protect function (see “Global Protect” on page 16-

18).

4. Press WRITE, select Global, and press ENTER to save

the Global. The “Are you sure?” message will appear.
Press ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.

5. Set the Upper 1 track in play, and press FULL UPPER in

the KEYBOARD MODE section. This way, you can
transmit to the external sequencer on the full keyboard
range.

6. At this point, the notes played on the Upper 1 track go

from the MIDI OUT of the KD to the MIDI IN of the
computer/MIDI interface.

The notes generated by the computer (i.e. a Song played
by its sequencer) are sent thru the MIDI OUT of the
MIDI interface to the MIDI IN connector of the KD.

The Local Off

When the KD is connected to an external sequencer, we rec­ommend you to set the KD in Local Off mode (see “Local”
on page 15-4) to avoid that the notes are simultaneously
played by both keyboard and the external sequencer.

When the KD is in Local Off, the KD k eyboard transmits data
to the external sequencer, but not to the internal sound
engine. The sequencer will receive the notes played on the
KD keyboard (Upper 1) and sends them to the selected track
of the song. The track will transmit the data to the internal
sound generation of the KD.

Note: In order to send data to the KD sound generation, the
“MIDI Thru” function must be activated in the external
sequencer (normally active; the name may be different accord­ing to the type of sequencer). For more information refer to the
instructions manual of the sequencer.

PLAYING ANOTHER INSTRUMENT WITH THE
KD

You can use the KD as the master controller for your MIDI
setup.

1. Connect KD’s MIDI OUT to the other instrument’s

MIDI IN.

2. Setup the other instrument’s tracks to the same channels

you want to play from KD. For example, if you wish to
play the Upper 1 and Upper 2 tracks with the other
instrument’s sound, set the other instrument to receive
on the same channels of the Upper 1 and Upper 2 tracks
(by default, channels 1 and 2).

3. Set the general volume of the other instrument with its

own volume controls.

4. Mute/unmute any track right from the KD front panel.

Set each track’s volume using KD own VOLUME/
VALUE controls.

5. Play on KD’s keyboard.

The Keyboard

KD’s physical keyboard can drive up to 4 tracks via the MIDI
OUT (Upper 1-3 and Lower). MIDI output channels are set
in Global mode (see “Page 11 - MIDI OUT Channels” on
page 15-6).

As default (Default Setup), each of KD Realtime Tracks trans­mit on these channels:

Track Out Channel

Upper1 1

Upper2 2

Upper3 3

Lower 4

The programs

The Song that is played back by the computer sequencer can
select the KD Programs through the MIDI messages Bank
Select MSB and Bank Select LSB (bank selection, two mes-

sages) and Program Change (program selection). For a list of
Programs and MIDI values, see “Programs (Program Change
order)” on page 17-12.

A suggestion for those who program songs on computer:
Even though it is not arule, you usually set the bass on chan­nel 2, melody on channel 4, drum kit on channel 10, control
of the KD voice harmonizer on channel 5.

When a track is in mute, it cannot transmit any MIDI data to
an external expander or sequencer connected KD’s MIDI
OUT.

To hear only the expander’s sounds, you can lower the MAS­TER VOLUME control on the KD, or set the Realtime Tracks
to the External status (see “Page 15 - Track: Internal/Exter­nal” on page 9-9).

The Sequencer

Any Sequencer’s track can drive a channel on an external
instrument. To set each track’s MIDI output channel, see
“Page 11 - MIDI OUT Channels” on page 15-6.

To hear only the expander’s sounds, you can lower the MAS­TER VOLUME control on the KD, or set the Song tracks to
the External status (see “Page 8 - Track: Internal/External” on
page 11-10).

8-5

MIDI

Playing another instrument with the KD

Select the Sequencer 1 or Sequencer 2 MIDI Setup (depend­ing on the Sequencer you are using on the KD) to set the
channels as follows.

Track Out Channel

Song 1…16 1…16

The Arranger

One of the most interesting aspect of MIDI, is that you can
use your KD to play an external instrument with its onboard
arranger. Yes, it’s hard to match the audio quality of KD, but
you may want to experiment with other sounds from external
modules.

To assign some of KD St yle tracks to an external instrument,
set them to the External status (see “Page 15 - Track: Internal/
External” on page 9-9).

Select the Default MIDI Setup to set the channels as follows
(this is the default status of KD).

Track Out Channel

Bass 9

Drums 10

Percussion 11

Acc1…5 12…16

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MIDI

Playing another instrument with the KD

REFERENCE GUIDE

Style Play operating mode

What’s a Style?

9. STYLE PLAY OPERATING MODE

9-1

The Style Play mode is the boot-up operating mode. W hen in
this mode, you can play Styles (i.e. automatic accompani­ments), or just play with one to four Realtime tracks on the
keyboard (Upper 1…3 and Lower).

WHAT’S A STYLE?

A Style is a rhythm/accompaniment setup, that simulates a
band backing up you.

In a vertical direction, it is composed of 8 different tracks
(Drums, Percussion, Bass, and 5 different harmonic or
melodic instruments). You can play on the keyboard with 4
more Realtime tracks (Upper 1-3 and Lower).

In a horizontal direction, it is a series of Style Elements (i.e.,
the various sets of patterns for each chord and each of the
Intros, Variations, Fills, Breaks and Endings).

STYLES AND PERFORMANCES

Styles and Performances are linked in many ways.

• When the SINGLE TOUCH LED is on, selecting a Style
also changes the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks (a Single
Touch Setting is selected). The Performance settings are
overridden.

• When the STYLE CHANGE LED is on, selecting a Per­formance also selects a Style (the one whose number is
memorized with the Performance).

• When pressing the WRITE button, you can save the
track’s settings either in a Perfor mance, a Style Perfor­mance, or a Single Touch Setting (STS).

CHANGING AND RESETTING THE TEMPO

While in the main page of the Style Play mode, you can
change the Tempo using the DIAL or the DOWN/- and UP/+
buttons.

In any other page, keep the SHIFT button pressed, and use
the DIAL to change the Tempo.

To recall the Tempo stored in the current Style, keep the
SHIFT button pressed, and press one of the DOWN/- or UP/
+ buttons.

The DIRECT HD Styles are in three folders on the hard disk.
These folders, automatically created by the KD, with fixed
names:

Folder DIRECT HD banks

!123.SET 1, 2, 3

!456.SET 4, 5, 6

!789.SET 7, 8, 9

How to create the DIRECT HD banks

To configure DIRECT HD banks, just save any Style into the
DIRECT HD folders. See the Disk chapter for more informa­tion on the disk procedures.

Note: The following procedures require to overwrite the User
Style banks. Save these banks before proceeding, to avoid loosing
important data.

1. Remove any floppy disk from the disk drive.

2. Press DISK and go to the Load page.

Disk:Load

NEWNAME.SET |
LIVE.SET
ETHNICA.SET |
FD LOAD OPEN CLOSE

3. Load three banks of Styles, to be transformed in

DIRECT HD banks 1, 2 and 3, into the USER01, USER
02 and USER03 banks.

4. Go to the Save page.

Disk:Save

ALL

FD SAVE OPEN CLOSE

THE DIRECT HD BANK (KD160/165)

You can expand the internal memory User Styles with nine
additional banks residing on the hard disk. When both LEDs
of the leftmost STYLE button are lit, the DIRECT HD banks
are selected. No loading is required.

Use the first nine STYLE bank buttons to select these banks.
Each bank can include up to 16 Styles; browse them using the
PAGE buttons.

5. While the “ALL” item is selected, press F3 (Open) to

open it.

6. Use the E-F (Scroll Up) and G-H (Scroll Down) VOL-

UME/VALUE buttons (or the TEMPO/VALUE section
controls) to move the “STYLE” item to the first line of
the display, and press F2 (Save).

7. Select the hard disk (HD), using the F1 button.

8. The hard disk directory appears. Use the E-F (Scroll Up)

and G-H (Scroll Down) VOLUME/VALUE buttons (or
the TEMPO/VALUE section controls), to scroll the disk

9-2

Style Play operating mode

The DIRECT FD bank

content. Move the “!123.SET” folder to the first line of
the display.

9. Press ENTER twice to save the banks.

10. Load other Styles into the USER01-USER03 banks. Save

them onto the “!456.SET” folder.

11. Load other Styles into the USER01-USER03 banks. Save

them onto the “!789.SET” folder.

THE DIRECT FD BANK

In addition to the internal memory and DIRECT HD Styles,
you can have DIRECT FD Styles, directly accessed by the
floppy disk.

Just insert a disk, and press the DIRECT FD Style bank. The
disk drive will read the first (in alphabetical order) “.SET”
folder in the floppy disk, and will give you direct access to the
Styles it contains (no loading required).

Note: Reading from floppy disk may take some time, before the
Styles appear on the display.

Browse through the DIRECT FD Styles using the PAGE but­tons. You can have up to 6 pages, and up to 48 DIRECT FD
Styles in a disk.

Folder DIRECT FD pages

*.SET > STYLE > USER01 1, 2

*.SET > STYLE > USER02 3, 4

*.SET > STYLE > USER03 5, 6

Note: Reading from floppy disk is slower than reading from the
internal memory or the hard disk. So, there is a chance that you
will have to wait a few seconds before the selected DIRECT FD
Style is ready to play. The Style will enter at the next beginning
of measure.

How to make the DIRECT FD bank

To configure the DIRECT FD bank, save your Styles into the
first folder in the floppy disk. Folders are read in alphabetical
order.

Note: The following procedures requires you overwrite the User
Style banks. Save these banks before proceeding, to avoid loosing
important data.

1. Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive.

2. Press DISK and go to the Load page.

Disk:Load

NEWNAME.SET |
LIVE.SET
ETHNICA.SET |
FD LOAD OPEN CLOSE

3. Use the F1 (Disk device) button to select the FD (Floppy

Disk) device.

4. Load three banks of Styles, to be transformed into the

DIRECT FD bank.

5. Go to the Save page.

Disk:Save

ALL

FD SAVE OPEN CLOSE

6. While the “ALL” item is selected, press F3 (Open) to

open it.

7. Use the E-F (Scroll Up) and G-H (Scroll Down) VOL-

UME/VALUE buttons (or the TEMPO/VALUE section
controls) to move the “STYLE” item to the first line of
the display, and press F2 (Save).

8. Select the floppy disk (FD) as the target, using the F1

button.

9. The floppy disk directory appears. Use the E-F (Scroll

Up) and G-H (Scroll Down) VOLUME/VALUE buttons
(or the TEMPO/VALUE section controls), to scroll the
disk content. Move the first folder of the directory to the
first line of the display.

10. Press ENTER twice to save the banks.

9-3

Style Play operating mode

Main page

MAIN PAGE

This is the page you see after you turn the instrument on.
To access this page from another operating mode, press the

STYLE PLAY button.

Note: When switching from Song Play to Style Play, a Perfor­mance is automatically selected, and various track parameters
may change.

To return to this page from one of the Style Play edit pages,
press the EXIT/NO button.

To switch between the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks and the
Style tracks, use the TRACK SELECT button.

Style Play icon

Selected Style

SoftBeat |STS1

Drum/Perc GrandPiano
Bass01 DarkPad
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
Audio In AnalogStr

Selected STS or

Performance

C (Acc.1-5 grouped tracks)

Use these buttons to select, mute/unmute or change the vol­ume of the instrumental accompaniment tracks (tracks 1-5,
other than Bass, Drum and Percussion). To mute these
tracks, press both VOLUME/VALUE buttons. To unmute
them, press both buttons again. To change the volume, keep
one of the buttons pressed.

D (Audio In)

Use these buttons to mute/unmute or change the volume of
the audio inputs.

Note: If the “Input 1/2” parameter is set to Direct (see page 15-

7), these buttons have no effect on the audio inputs.

E (Upper 1 Program), F (Upper 2 Program), G (Upper 3 Pro­gram), H (Lower Program)

Name of the Programs assigned to the Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks. Use these buttons to select, mute/unmute or change
the volume of the corresponding tracks.

STYLE TRACKS PAGE

To see and edit the Style tr acks, press TRACK SELECT from
the main page. The TRACK SELECT LED turns on.

Accompaniment (backing) tracks (grouped)

Realtime (Keyboard) tracks

Style Play icon

When on, this icon indicates that the instrument is in Style
Play mode.

Selected Style

Currently selected Style.

Selected STS or Performance

The last selected Single Touch Setting (STS) or Performance.

A (Drum/Perc grouped tracks)

Use these buttons to select, mute/unmute or change the vol­ume of both Drum and Percussion tracks (grouped together)
at the same time. To mute these tracks, press both VOLUME/
VALUE buttons. To unmute, press both buttons again. To
change the volume, select the track, then keep one of the but­tons pressed.

B (Bass track Program name)

Name of the Program assigned to the Bass backing track. Use
these buttons to select, mute/unmute or change the volume
of the Bass track. To mute this track, press both VOLUME/
VALUE buttons. To unmute, press both buttons again. To
change the volume, select the track, then keep one of the but­tons pressed.

SoftBeat |STS1

Brush 2 Piano01
Perc Kit Guitar01
*AcouBass StrngEns2
AcouPiano2 VoxPad1

Press the TRACK SELECT button once again to go back to
the main page.

A-H (Style Track Programs)

Name of the Programs are assigned to the Style tracks. Use
these buttons to select, mute/unmute or change the volume
of the corresponding tracks.

HOW TO SELECT PROGRAMS

You can assign a different Program to each of the Realtime
(Keyboard) and Style tracks. See “Selecting a Program” on
page 6-3 for more information.

After selecting a new Program, save your changes into a Per­formance, Style or STS (see below “The Write window” sec­tion).

Note: If you select a Program while grouped tracks (Drum/Per­cussion or ACC) are selected, the Program will be assigned to
the last selected track.

9-4

Style Play operating mode

The Write window

THE WRITE WINDOW

Open this window by pressing the WRITE button. Here, you
can save all track settings into a Performance, the Realtime
(Keyboard) track settings into a Single Touch Setting, or the
Style track settings into the current Style Performance.

Write to

Perf.Name:
Perf.No.:
STS No.:
Current Style

1. Select the kind of object you want to save your tracks

into.

• Select the “Perf No.” line to save all tracks (and the cur­rent selected Style settings) into a Performance. Use the
corresponding VOLUME/VALUE buttons, or the
TEMPO/VALUE section controls, to select a Perfor­mance location in memory. The name of the Perfor­mance already at the target destination will be shown.

• Select the “STS No.” line to save the Realtime (Key­board) tracks into a Single Touch Setting (STS). Use the
corresponding VOLUME/VALUE buttons or the
TEMPO/VALUE section controls, to select a Single
Touch Setting number.

• Select the Current Style line, to save the Style tracks
into the current Style Performance.

MENU

From any page, press MENU to open the Style Play edit
menu. This menu gives access to the various Style Play edit
sections.

When in the menu, select an edit section using the VOLUME/
VALUE (A-H) buttons, select an edit page using PAGE +, or
press EXIT to exit the menu.

When in an edit page, pr ess EXIT to go back t o the main page
of the Style Play operating mode.

Style Play Menu

Mixer RT Ctrls
Tuning Sty Ctrls
Effects Input/Pad
Track Edit Preferences

Each item in this menu corresponds to an edit section. Each
edit section groups various edit pages.

EDIT PAGE STRUCTURE

Select an edit section from the Menu, and/or use the PAGE
buttons to reach the desired page.

Press EXIT to go back to the main page of the Style Play
mode.

All edit pages share the same structure.

Style Play icon

Page header Page number

If you select… …you save… …to this location…

Performance All track settings,

selected Style
number, Master
Transpose

STS Realtime (Key-

board) track set­tings

Current Style Style track set-

tings, Master
Transpose

2. If you are saving a Performance, you can change its

Selected Performance

Selected Single Touch
Setting (a part of the
current Style)

Current Style Perfor­mance

name. Select the “Perf name” line.
Move the cursor using the DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons.

Select a character using the DIAL. Insert a character at
the cursor position by pressing the INSERT button.
Delete a character at the cursor position by pressing the
DELETE button.

3. Press ENTER to save the settings in memory. The “Are

you sure?” message appears. Press ENTER to confirm,
or EXIT to abort.

Mixer:Volume

|||||| 127 ||||| 090
||||| 100 ||| | 092
|||||| 127 || || 086
|||||| 127 |||||| 112

Style Play icon

When on, this icon indicates that the instrument is in Style
Play mode.

Page header

The header shows the name of the current edit page. As a
general rule, the header is divided into a first word, identify­ing the section name (e.g., “Mixer:FX Send” is a “Mixer” sec­tion page), and a second word, referring to the page name
(e.g. “FX Send”).

Section name Page name

Mixer:FX Send

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Style Play operating mode

Page 1 - Mixer: Volume

Page number

This area shows the current page number.

A-H

Each pair of V OLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons selects a differ­ent parameter of command, depending on the edit page.
After selecting a parameter, you can change its value b y pr ess­ing one of the two buttons in a pair, or using the TEMPO/
VALUE controls.

PAGE 1 - MIXER: VOLUME

This page lets you set the volume for each of the Realtime
(Keyboard) or Style tracks.

Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from the Realtime
(Keyboard) tracks to the Style tracks, and vice versa.

Mixer:Volume

|||||| 127 ||||| 090
||||| 100 ||| | 092
|||||| 127 || || 086
|||||| 127 |||||| 112

Mixer:Volume

|||||| 110 ||||| 090
||||| 100 ||| | 092
|||||| 110 || || 086
|||||| 110 |||||| 112

Volume

Track’s volume.
0…127 MIDI value of the track’s volume.

PAGE 2 - MIXER: PAN

This page lets you set the pan (position in the stereo field) for
each track.

Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from the Realtime
(Keyboard) tracks to the Style tracks, and vice-versa.

Mixer:Pan

- - - - - C+00
R+20 || C+00

- - - - - C+10 |

- - - - - C+00

Mixer:Pan

|||L-64 C+00
R+10 || C+00
C+00 |L-10
C+00 C+00

Pan

L-64 Hard Left.
C+00 Center.
R+63 Hard Right.
Off If the track’s output status is Left&Right, the

direct (uneffected) signal does not go to the
outputs; only the FX signal is heard for this
track.

To program the output status for each track,
see “Physical output” on page 15-7.

PAGE 3 - MIXER: FX SEND

This page lets you set the level of the track’s direct (unef­fected) signal going to the Internal FX processors. The effect
processors included in KD are connected in parallel, so you
can decide what percentage of the direct signal can be
effected:

Track Output

There are four Internal FX processors in Style Play mode. You
can assign them as you wish, but we suggest to arrange them
as follows:

A Reverb processor for the Style tracks.
B Modulating FX processor for the Style tracks.
C Reverb processor for the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.
D Modulating FX processor for the Realtime (Ke yboard)

FX Processor

tracks.

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Style Play operating mode

Page 4 - Tuning: Detune

Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from the Realtime
(Keyboard) tracks to the Style tracks, and vice-versa.

Mixer:FX Send

- - - - - - C:100 D:050
A:127 B:020 C:100 D:050

- - - - - - C:100 D:050

- - - - - - C:100 D:050

Mixer:FX Send

A:100 B:050 A:100 B:050
A:127 B:020 A:100 B:050
A:110 B:050 A:100 B:050
A:100 B:050 A:100 B:050

To select a parameter and edit its value:

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons to select a

track.

2. Use the F1-F4 buttons to select one of the effect proces-

sors.

3. Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls to change the value.

Send level

000 No effect. Only the direct (uneffected) signal

goes to the outputs.

127 100% effect. The direct (uneffected) and

effected signals go to the outputs with the same
level.

PAGE 4 - TUNING: DETUNE

This page is where you can set the fine tuning for each track.
Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from the Realtime

(Keyboard) tracks to the Style tracks, and vice-versa.

Tuning:Detune

- - - - - +00
+00 +00

- - - - - +00

- - - - - +00

Tuning:Detune

- - - - - +00

- - - - - +00
+00 +00
+00 +00

Detune

This is the fine tuning value.

-64 Lowest pitch.
00 Standard tuning.
+63 Highest pitch.

PAGE 5 - TUNING: SCALE

This page lets you program the alternative scale for the
selected tracks (see “Scale Mode” on page 9-14). The remain­ing tracks use the Scale set in the Global mode (see “Scale” on
page 15-2).

Tuning:Scale

Scale:User
Key:C
Note:C#
Detune:+63

Scale

Selected scale. See “Scales” on page 19-3 for a list of the avail­able scales.

Key

Parameter required for some Scales, when you should select a
preferred key.

Note

Note in edit, to be detuned. This parameter can be accessed
when a User Scale is selected.

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Style Play operating mode

Page 6 - Tuning: PitchBend Sensitivity

Detune

Note detune, relative to the standard Equal tuning. This
parameter can be accessed when a User Scale is selected.

PAGE 6 - TUNING: PITCHBEND SENSITIVITY

This page lets you program the Pitch Bend range for the Real­time (Keyboard) tracks.

Tuning:PB sens.

- - - - - 02

- - - - - 02

- - - - - 02

- - - - - 02

Parameters

These parameters show the Pitch Bend range for each track,
in semitones.

01…12 Maximum up/down pitchbend range (in semi-

tones). 12 = ±1 octave.

Off No pitchbend allowed.

PAGE 7 - FX: A/B SELECT

This page enables you to select the A and B effects. Usually,
the A effect is the reverb, and the B effect is the modulating
effect for the Style tracks.

PAGE 8 - FX: C/D SELECT

This page lets you select the C and D effects. Usually, the C
effect is the reverb, and the D effect is the modulating effect
for the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.

FX:C/D Select

C:02 D:89
Compressor Rev-Gate

ModTrk:Up1 D>Csend:127

C, D

Effects assigned to the C and D effect processors. Usually, C is
the reverb, while D is the modulating effect (chorus, flanger,
delay…). For a list of the available effects, see “Effects” on
page 18-1.

ModTrk (Modulating Track)

Source track for modulating MIDI messages. You can modu­late an effect parameter with a MIDI message generated by a
physical controller.

D>Csend (D>C Send)

Amount of the D effect going back to the input of the C
effect.

PAGE 9 - FX: A EDITING

This page contains the editing parameters for the A effect
(usually, reverb for the Style tracks).

FX:A/B Select

A:02 B:89
Compressor Rev-Gate

ModTrk:Up1 B>Asend:127

A, B

Effects assigned to the A and B effect processors. Usually, A is
the reverb, while B is the modulating effect (chorus, flanger,
delay…). For a list of the available effects, see “Effects” on
page 18-1.

ModTrk (Modulating Track)

Source track for modulating MIDI messages. You can modu­late an effect parameter with a MIDI message generated by a
physical controller.

B>Asend (B>A Send)

Amount of the B effect going back to the input of the A effect.

FX:A Edit (Sty)

Mix mod. source:JS-Y |
Mix mod. amt.: +127
Reverb Time: 3.07 sec
HF Damping: 30 % |

Use the E and H VOLUME/VALUE buttons to scroll the
parameter list.

Parameters

See “Effects” on page 18-1 for a list of available parameters
for each effect type.

PAGE 10 - FX: B EDITING

This page contains the editing parameters for the B effect
(usually modulating effect for the Style tracks). For more
details, see “Page 9 - FX: A editing” above.

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Page 11 - FX: C editing

Parameters

PAGE 11 - FX: C EDITING

This page contains the editing parameters for the C effect
(usually reverb for the Realtime tracks). For more details, see
“Page 9 - FX: A editing” above.

Parameters

PAGE 12 - FX: D EDITING

This page contains the editing parameters for the D effect
(usually modulating effect for the Realtime tracks). For more
details, see “Page 9 - FX: A editing” above.

Parameters

PAGE 13 - TRACK: EASY EDIT

In this page you can edit the main parameters of the Pro­grams assigned to each track.

Note: All values are relative to the value of the original Pro­gram.

You can also change the volume for each type of Drums and
Percussion, if the selected track is set in Drum mode (see
below “Page 14 - Track: Mode”).

Track:Easy Edit

- - - - - Attack:0
Attack:0 Attack:0

- - - - - Attack:0

- - - - - Attack:0

3. Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls to change the Pro-

gram parameter or its value.

Parameters

Attack Attack time. This is the time during which the

sound goes from zero (at the moment when
you strike a key) to it’s maximum level.

Decay Decay time. Time to go from the final Attack

level to the beginning of the Release.

Release Release time. This is the time during which the

sound goes from the sustaining (or Decay)
phase, to zero. The Release is triggered by

releasing a key.
Cutoff Filter cutoff. This sets the sound brightness.
Resonance Use the Filter Resonance to define the width of

the frequency range affected by the Filter.
Vibrato Rate Speed of the Vibrato.
Vibrato Depth

Intensity of the Vibrato.
Vibrato Delay

Delay time before the Vibr ato begins, after the

sound starts.

Drum tracks

When a track is set in Drum Mode (like the Drum and Per­cussion tracks), you can adjust the volume for each of the
Drum and Percussion categories.

Kick V Kick drums volume.
Snare V Snare drums volume.
Tom V T oms volume.
HiHat V Hi-Hat volume.
CymbalV Ride, Crash and other cymbals volume.
Percus1V “Classic” percussion set volume.
Percus2V “Ethnic” percussion set volume.
SFX V Special effects volume.

Track:Easy Edit

Kick V:127 Attack:0
Perc1V:127 Attack:0
Attack:0 Attack:0
Attack:0 Attack:0

Here is how to edit:

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons to select a

track.

2. Use the F1-F4 buttons to select a Program parameter, or

its value. (For the Drum and Percussion tracks, see
below the “Drum tracks” section).

Reset

You can reset the parameters’ value by keeping the SHIFT
button pressed, while pressing one of the selected track VOL­UME/VALUE buttons. A ft er y ou pr ess the abo v e butt on c om­bination, the Reset window appears:

RESET NO=Cancel
YES=Trk SHFT+YES=All

Press ENTER/YES to reset the currently selected track. Keep
SHIFT pressed, and press ENTER/YES, to reset all tracks.
Press EXIT/NO to abort and keep all parameters unchanged.

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Page 14 - Track: Mode

PAGE 14 - TRACK: MODE

This page lets you set the polyphony mode for each track.

Track:Mode

- - - - - Mono Right
Poly Poly

- - - - - Poly

- - - - - Poly

Track:Mode

Drum Mono Right
Drum Poly
Poly Poly
Poly Poly

Parameters

Drum This is a Drum/Percussion track. No Master or

Octave Transpose applies to this track. You can
set a different volume (“Page 13 - Track: Easy
edit” on page 9-8) and a separate output
(“Page 13 - Audio Output Configuration” on
page 15-6) for each class of percussive instru­ments.

Poly Tracks of this kind are polyphonic, i.e. they can

play more than one note at the same time.

Mono Tracks of this kind are monophonic, i.e. each

new note stops the previous note.

Mono Right A Mono track, but with priority assigned to

the rightmost (highest) note.

PAGE 15 - TRACK: INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

This page lets you set the Internal or External status for each
track. It is very useful to let a Style track drive an external
expander, or play another digital piano with one of KD’s
Realtime tracks.

Track:Int/Ext

Both Both
Both Both
Both External
Both Both

Track:Int/Ext

External Both
External Both
Both Both
Both Both

Parameters

Internal The track plays the sounds generated by the

internal sound engine. It does not play an
external instrument connected to the MIDI
OUT.

External The track plays an external instrument con-

nected to the MIDI OUT. It does not play the
internal sounds, therefore saving polyphony.

When a track is set to “External”, a strings of
transmitted Control Change and Program
Change data is shown instead of the Program
name assigned to the track. In the following
example, CC#0 is the Control Change 0 (Bank
Select MSB), CC#32 is the Control Change 32
(Bank Select LSB), PC is the Program Change.

Both The track plays both the internal sounds and

121- 3- 0

CC#0

an external instrument connected to the MIDI
OUT.

CC#32

PC

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Page 16 - R.T. controls: Damper

PAGE 16 - R.T. CONTROLS: DAMPER

This page lets you enable/disable the Damper pedal for each
of the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.

RT Ctl:Dmpr&Expr

- - - - - D:On E:On

- - - - - D:On E:On

- - - - - D:On E:On

- - - - - D:On E:On

D (Damper)

On When you press the Damper pedal and release

the keys, the track’s sound is kept sustained.

Off The Damper pedal is not active on any track

set to this status.

E (Expression)

This parameters allows you to switch the Expression control
on/off on each individual Realtime track. The Expression
control is a relative level control, always subtracted from the
Volume value of the track.

As an example, imagine you have a Piano sound assigned to
Upper 1, and a Strings sound assigned to U pper 2. If you turn
the Expression switch on on Upper 2, and off on Upper 1,
you can use a pedal to control only the Strings’ volume, while
the Piano remains unchanged.

To program a pedal or the Assignable Slider to act as an
Expression control, see “Page 4 - Assignable Pedal/Foot­switch, Assignable Slider, EC5” on page 15-3. You can only
assign this function to a volume-type pedal, not to a switch­type one. Assign the “KB Expression” option to the pedal or
Assignable Slider, then press WRITE to save the setting into
the Global.

PAGE 17 - R.T. CONTROLS: MOD WHEEL

This page lets you enable/disable the wheel for each of the
Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.

X

This enables/disables the up/down movement of the Wheel
(Pitch Bend, and sometimes the sound parameter’s control).

Y

This enables/disables the front/rear movement of the Wheel
(Y+: Modulation, and sometimes the sound parameter’s con­trol; Y-: Various controls, or non-active).

PAGE 18 - R.T. CONTROLS: DYNAMIC RANGE

This page lets you program a dynamic range for each of the
Realtime (Keyboard) tracks. This is useful to create a sound
made of up to three dynamic layers, assigning each of the
Upper tracks to a different dynamic range.

As an example, you may assign the El.Piano 1 Program to the
Upper 1, and the El.Piano 2 Program to the Upper 2 track.
Then, set Upper 1 to [L=0, H=80], and Upper 2 to [L=81,
H=127]. The El.Piano 1 will play when playing softer, the
El.Piano 2 when playing louder.

RT Ctl:DynRange

- - - - - L:0 H:127

- - - - - L:0 H:127

- - - - - L:0 H:127

- - - - - L:0 H:127

Here is the edit procedure:

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (E-H) buttons to select a

track.

2. Use the F3-F4 buttons to select the L or H parameter for

that track.

3. Use the TEMPO/VALUE contr ols to c hange the parame-

ter’s value.

L/H

This parameter pair sets the Lower and Higher dynamic
range for the track.

0 Lowest velocity value.
127 Highest velocity value.

RT Ctl:Joystick

- - - - - X:On Y:On

- - - - - X:On Y:On

- - - - - X:On Y:On

- - - - - X:On Y:On

Here is the edit procedure:

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (E-H) buttons to select a

track.

2. Use the F3-F4 buttons to select the X or Y par ameter for

that track.

3. Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls to change the status.

PAGE 19 - R.T. CONTROLS: ENSEMBLE

This page lets you program the Ensemble function. This
function harmonizes the right-hand played melody with the
left-hand recognized chords.

RT Ctl:Ensemble

E:Dual Up1:Normal
Dyn :- 2 Up2:Off
Note:+ 0 Up3:Off

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Page 20 - Style controls: Drum/Fill

Up1…Up3

Right-hand (Upper) tracks.
Off There is no harmony on this track.
Normal This track is included in the harmonization.
Mute This track only plays the Ensemble notes, but

not the original note.

E(nsemble)

Harmony type.
Duet Adds a single note to the melody.
Close Adds a closed-position chord to the melody.
Open 1 Adds an open-position chord to the melody.
Open 2 As the above, but with a different algorhythm.
Block Block harmonization – typical for jazz voicing.
Power Ensemble

Adds a fifth and an octave to the melody, as
heard in hard rock.

Fourths LO Typical jazz voicing, this option adds a perfect

fourth and a minor seventh under the melody.

Fourths UP As the above, but with notes added over the

melody.

Fifths This adds a series of Fifths below the original

note.
Octave Adds one or more octaves to the melody.
Dual This option adds to the melody line a second

note, at a fixed interval set with the “Note”

parameter. When selecting this option, a trans-

position value appears (-24…+24 semitones to

the original note).
Brass Typical Brass section harmonization.
Reed Typical Reed section harmonization.
Trill This option trills the melody note. You can set

the trill speed by using the Tempo parameter

(see below).

Note: You must play at least two notes with this

option!

Repeat The played note is repeated in sync with the

Tempo parameter (see below). When playing a

chord, only the first note is repeated.
Echo As the Repeat option, but with the repeated

notes fading away after the time set with the

Feedback parameter (see below).

Dyn(amics)

This parameter sets the velocity difference between the right­hand melody and the added harmonization notes.

-10…0 Subtracted velocity value.

Tempo

Note: This parameter only appears when the Trill, Repeat or
Echo options are selected.

Note value for the Trill, Repeat or Echo Ensemble options.
This is in sync with the Metronome Tempo.

Feedback

Note: This parameter only appears when the Echo option is
selected.

This parameter sets how many times the original note/chord
is repeated by the Echo option.

PAGE 20 - STYLE CONTROLS: DRUM/FILL

In this page you can select various general parameters for the
Style.

StyCtl:Drums

V1 DR.map:5 KickDes:Off
V2 DR.map:5 SnarDes:Off
V3 DrMap:5 Fill1:->1
V4 DrMap:5 Fill2:->3

V1-V4 Drum Map

The Drum Mapping lets you select an alternative arrange­ment of percussive instruments for the selected Drum Kit,
without any additional programming. Just select a Drum
Map, and some percussive instruments will be replaced with
different instruments.

0…7 Drum Map number. Number 0 is the standard

mapping.

Kick D(esignation)

The Kick Designation replaces the original Kick (Bass Drum)
sound with a different Kick of the same Drum Kit.

Off, 1…3 Kick replacing the original one. Off corre-

sponds to the original Kick.

Snare D(esignation)

The Snare Designation replaces the original Snare Drum
sound with a different Snare of the same Drum Kit.

Off, 1…3 Snare replacing the original one. Off corre-

sponds to the original Snare.

Fill1/2

These parameters set a Variation to be automatically selected
at the end of the Fill.

Off The same Variation, playing before selecting a

Fill, will be selected again.

1&2…3&4 The specified Variations will be alternatively

selected. For example, with the “1&2” option,
Variation 1 and Variation 2 will be alternatively
selected after the end of the Fill.

Up/Down The next higher/lower numbered Var iation is

selected, in cycle. After Variation 4, an Up
command will select Variation 1. After Var ia­tion 1, a Down command will select Variation

4.

Inc/Dec The next higher/lower numbered Variation is

selected. When Variation 4 is reached, an Inc
command will select Variation 4 again. When
Variation 1 is reached, a Dec command will
select Variation 1 again.

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Page 21 - Style controls: Wrap Around / Keyboard range

->1…->4 “Fill to Variation” (->1, ->2, ->3, ->4) auto­matically selects one of the four available Style
Variations at the end of the fill.

PAGE 21 - STYLE CONTROLS: WRAP AROUND /
KEYBOARD RANGE

In this page you can program the Wrap Around function and
the Keyboard Range for the Style tracks.

StyCtl:Wrap/Rng

Prog:Orig W:7 KR:Or
W:12 KR:Or
W:12 KR:Or W:12 KR:Or
W:12 KR:Or W:12 KR:Or

Here is the edit procedure:

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons to select a

parameter.

2. Use the F1-F4 buttons to move the cursor between the

parameter and its status or value.

3. Use the TEMPO/VALUE contr ols to c hange the parame-

ter’s status or value.

Prog (Program)

This parameter lets you select a different Program, other than
the one recorded into the Style Element (Variations, Fills,
Intros, Endings).

Note: This parameter is automatically set to On each time you
assign a different Program to one of the Style tracks, either from
the front panel or via MIDI.

Original Style tracks always use the original Programs.

If you assign a different Program to a Style
track, it may be reset to the original one when
selecting a different Style Element.

On You can assign different Programs to each Style

track, and save them in a Performance or Style
Performance. This becomes the only track’s
Program for all Style Elements.

W (Wrap Around)

The wrap-around point is the highest register limit for the
backing track. The accompaniment patterns will be trans­posed according to the detected chord. If the chord is too
high, the Style tracks might play in a register that is too high,
and therefore unnatural. If, however, it reaches the wrap­around point, it will be automatically transposed an octave
lower.

The wrap-around point can be set for each track in semitone
steps up to a maximum of 12 semitones, relative to the chord
root. This value will be the interval between the key specified
by the Style Element and the wrap-around point.

1…12 Maximum transposition (in semitones) of the

track, referred to the original key of the pat­tern.

KR (Keyboard Range)

This parameter is an on/off switch for the Key Range param­eter memorized into the Style.

Or(iginal) The Keyboard Range is used. When a track

goes over the lower or higher limit set by this
(hidden) parameter, it is transposed, to play
into the programmed range.

Off No Keyboard Range used.

PAGE 22 - INPUT/PAD: INPUT SETUP

This page lets you select one of the available Setups for the
Internal FX, Vocal/Guitar Processing Board effects, for the
Audio Inputs.

In/Pad:InputStp

Input1/2 :1/2IntFX
InternalFX:MicroSet1
Vocal/Gtr :GtrSet1

Inputs 1/2 (non-editable)

This parameter shows the signal path for the Audio Inputs.
This lets you see if the input signal goes to the Internal FX
processors, or to the Vocal/Guitar Processing Board (KD160/

165). See “Page 14 - Audio Input Configuration” on page 15-

7.

Internal FX

One of the 16 available settings for the Internal FX processors
applied to the Audio Inputs. See “Internal FX Setup” on
page 15-8.

Vocal/Guitar Processor Board (KD160/165)

One of the 16 available settings for the Vocal/Guitar Process­ing Board effects, applied to the Audio Inputs. “Vocal/Gtr
Setup” on page 15-8

Note: This parameter is effective only when the Vocal/Guitar
Processor Board is installed.

PAGE 23 - INPUT/PAD: PADS

This page lets you select a different sound or function for
each of the four PAD buttons.

In/Pad:Pads

1:Crash Volume:127
2:Ride Pan:+00
3:China C Send:100
4:*StyleUp D Send:100

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Page 24 - Preferences: Lock

1-4

Each of the four PAD buttons. See “List of sounds assignable
to the Pads” on page 19-2 and “List of functions assignable to
the Pads” on page 19-3.

Note: Function names are preceded by an asterisk (*)

Volume

Volume for each of the four Pad tracks.

Pan

Pan for each of the four Pad tracks.

-64 F u lly Left.
00 Centered.
+63 Fully Right.

C Send

Send level to the C Internal FX processor (usually reverb) for
each of the four Pad tracks.

D Send

Send level to the D Internal FX processor (usually modulat­ing effect) for each of the four Pad tracks.

PAGE 24 - PREFERENCES: LOCK

You can “lock” various functions, so those cannot be changed
when selecting a different Performance, Style or Single Touch
Setting.

Auto Octave

This lock lets the instrument automatically transpose the
Upper tracks when switching between the FULL UPPER and
the SPLIT Keyboard modes.

On When switching to the FULL UPPER or SPLIT

Keyboard Mode, the Upper tracks transposi­tion is left unchanged.

Off When switching to the FULL UPPER Key-

board Mode, the Upper tracks Octave Trans­pose is automatically set to “0”.

When switching to the SPLIT Keyboard Mode,
the Upper tracks Octave Transpose is automat­ically set to “-1”.

M.Trnsp (Master Transpose)

The Master Transpose value is memorized into the Perfor­mance or Style Performance. To prevent the Master Trans­pose to be automatically changed when selecting a Style or
Performance, this lock should be set to On.

On (Default) The lock is engaged. When selecting

a Style or Performance, the Master Transpose
will not change.

Off The lock is turned off. When selecting a Style

or Performance, the Master Transpose value
may change, according to the data memorized
into the Performance or Style Performance.

Pref:Lock (Gbl)

In1/In2:Off M.Trnsp:On
Pads :Off
Scale :On
AutoOct:On

Hint: When turning the instrument on, Performance 1 is auto­matically selected. Therefore, if you wish your parameters to
stay unchanged, save your preferred default settings into Perfor­mance 1 (see “The Write window” on page 9-4), and turn these
locks on.

Note: These settings are stored in the Global file. After changing
these settings, press WRITE to save them into the Global. The
Write Global window will appear (see “The Write window” on
page 15-1).

In1/In2

Settings for the Audio Inputs.

Pads

Sounds or functions assigned to the Pads.

Scale

When this lock function is On, the Scale parameter does not
change when selecting a different Performance, St yle or Sin­gle Touch Setting.

PAGE 25 - PREFERENCES: CONTROLS

In this page you can set various general parameters for the
Style.

Pref:Ctl (Gbl)

ChrdRecMode:One Finger
Scale Mode:RT Tracks
Memory Mode:Chord
Velocity Ctl:Start/Stop

Note: These settings are stored in the Global file. After changing
these settings, press WRITE to save them into the Global. The
Write Global window will appear (see “The Write window” on
page 15-1).

Chord Recognition Mode

This parameter sets how chords are recognized by the auto­accompaniment engine. Please note that when in Full or
Upper Chord Scanning mode, the Fingered 3 mode is always
selected, and you must always play at least three notes, to let a
chord be recognized.

Fingered 1 Play one or more notes, according to the

selected Chord Scanning Mode. A full Major
chord will be recognized even if only a single
note is played.

Fingered 2 You must always play three or more notes for a

full chord to be recognized. If you play just one

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Page 25 - Preferences: controls

note, a unison will be played. If you play a sus­pended 5th, a suspended chord will be played.
The full chord will be recognized when you
play three or more notes.

Fingered 3 You must always play three or more notes for a

chord to be recognized.

One Finger You can also compose a chord using a simpli-

fied chord playing technique:

• If you play only one note, a Major chord is
recognized.

• Play the root note, plus a white key on the
left, for a 7th. Ex.: C3 + B2.

• Play the root note, plus a black key on the left,
for a Minor chord. Ex.: C3 + Bb2.

• Play the root note, plus a white and a black
key on the left, for a Minor 7th. Ex.: C3 + B2 +
Bb2.

Scale Mode

This parameter determines which tracks will use the selected
alternative scale (see “Scale” on page 9-6).

Realtime tracks

The scale will only affect the Realtime (Key­board) tracks.

Upper tracks

The scale will only affect the Upper 1-3 Real­time (Keyboard) tracks.

All Tracks The scale will affect all tracks (Realtime, Style,

Pads).

Memory Mode

This parameter sets the way the MEMORY button works.
Chord When its LED is on, the MEMORY button

keeps the recognized chord in memory. When
its LED is off, the chord is reset when raising
the hand from the keyboard.

Chord + Lower

When its LED is on, the MEMORY button
keeps the recognized chord in memory, and
keeps the Lower track held until the next note
or chord is played. When its LED is off, the
chord is reset when raising the hand from the
keyboard, and the Low er track is not sustained.

Lower When its LED is on, the MEMORY button

keeps the Lower track held until the next note
or chord is played. When off, the Lo wer track is
not sustained when raising the hand from the
keyboard. The chor d is always kept in memory.

Velocity Control

Set this parameter to trigger a Fill or a Break simply by play­ing louder with your left hand. When playing on the Lower
track with a velocity higher than 95, the selected Style Ele­ment will start. For this function to work, the SPLIT Key­board Mode and LOWER Chord Scanning Mode must be
selected.

Off The function is turned off.
Break, Fill 1, Fill 2

When playing with a velocity higher than 95
on the Lower track, the selected element is
automatically triggered.

Start/Stop You can start or stop the Style by playing

harder on the keyboard.

Style Record mode

The Style’s structure

10. STYLE RECORD MODE

10-1

By entering the Style Record mode, you can create your own
Styles, or edit an existing Style.

THE STYLE’S STRUCTURE

The term “Style” relates to music sequences automatically
played by the KD’s arr anger. A Style consists of a predefined
number of Style Elements (E) (KD features ten different
Style Elements: Variation 1-4, Intro 1-2, Fill 1-2, Ending 1-2).
When playing, these Style Elements can be selected directly
from the control panel, using the corresponding buttons.

To explain the Style structure, we can use a tree-structure, as
shown in the following diagram:

Pop Ballad

Variation 1

CV1

Drum
Perc
Bass
Acc1
Acc2
Acc3
Acc4
Acc5

CV2

CV3

CV4

CV5

CV6

Variation 2

Variation 3

Variation 4

Intro1

CV1

CV2

Intro 2

Fill 1

Fill 2

Ending 1

Ending 2

Each Style Element is made up of smaller units, called Chord
Variations (CV), but not all of them have the same number

of CVs. Variations 1-4 have up to 6 CVs each, while the other
Style Elements have only up to 2 CVs.

When you play on the chord recognition area (Lower, Upper
or Full, depending on the Chord Scanning section on the
control panel), the arranger scans the keyboard and deter­mines which chord you are playing. Then, depending on the
selected Style Element, it determines which Chord Variation
(CV) should be played for the scanned chord. Which Chord
Var iation corresponds to each scanned chord is a setting of
the Style: the Chord Variation Table. Each Style Element
contains a Chord Variation Table like:

Chord Chord Variations (CVs)

Variation 1-4 Intro 1-2, Fill 1-2, Ending 1-2

Maj

6

M7

M7b5

Sus4

Sus2

M7sus4

min

m6

m7

m7b5

mM7

7

7b5

7sus4

dim

dimM7

aug

aug7

augM7

no 3rd

no 3rd, no 5th

CV1 – CV6 CV1 – CV2

After deciding what CV to play, the arranger triggers the right
sequence for each track. Since each sequence is written in a
particular key (for example, CMajor, GMajor or Emin), the
arranger transposes it according to the scanned chord. Notes
in the sequence are carefully transposed according to the
Note Transposition Tables (NTT), to make them work cor­rectly with all recognized chords. The NTT allows you to
record just a few Chord Variations, and have all the notes play
in the right place, avoiding dissonances and transposing the
pattern notes to the notes of the recognized chord.

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Style Record mode

Style Import/Export

Going deeper into the Style structure, we can see that each
Chord Variation is made up of Track Sequences, and the KD
supports 8 different tracks. DRUM and PERC are used for
drum and percussion sequences, BASS for bass and ACC1-5
are for accompaniment sequences (string, guitar, piano or
other accompaniment instruments).

Just to summarize, when you play a chord on the chord rec­ognition area, the arranger determines which Style Element
to use, then selects the Chord Variation should be used for
the chord, which Style sequence used for every track of that
Chord Variation and transposes from the original chord to
the recognized chord using the NTT. This is the process every
time you play a chord.

Note: The Break and the Count In are not Style Elements, and
cannot be programmed by the user. While in record/edit, the
BREAK/COUNT IN button does not work.

What to record

Recording a Style is a matter of recording tracks, within a
series of Chord Variations, within a series of Style Elements
and within the Style itself.

You don’t need to record all the Chord Variations for all Style
Elements. It is often only enough to record just one Chord
Var iation for each Style Element. Exceptions are the Intro 1
and Ending 1, where we suggest to record both a Major and
minor Chord Variations.

STYLE IMPORT/EXPORT

You can use KD’s Style To Midi converter to exchange Styles
between your computer and the KD using the Standard
MIDI File (SMF) format. The application is downloadable
from www.samickmusicusa.com. Please read the included
instructions.

ENTERING THE RECORD MODE

While in the Style Play operating mode, press RECORD. The
following page will appear in the display:

Record

Current Style
New Style

• Select Current Style to edit the current Style. If it is a

Factory Style, you will not be able to save it to the origi­nal location, but to a User Style location instead.

When editing an existing Style, the original Style Perfor­mance is recalled, but the following parameters are reset
to their default values: Drum Mapping (0), Snar e & K ick
Designation (Off), Program (Original), Keyboard
Range (Original). This means that you can hear some

differences between the Style in play and the same Style
being edited; for example, resetting the Drum Mapping
may lead to some instrument’s replacement.

After editing the Style, please save it (see “Exit and Save/
Abort Style” below). Then, edit the Style Performance to
adjust the track’s settings (Tempo, Volume, Pan, FX
Send… see page 9-5 and following in the “Style Play
operating mode” chapter) and save it by pressing the
WRITE button.

•Select New Style to start from a new, empty Style. A
default Style Performance will be recalled. When fin­ished recording, you will save the new Style to a User
Style location.

After recording the Style, please save it (see “Exit and
Save/Abort Style” below). Then, edit the Style Perfor­mance to adjust the track’s settings (Tempo, Volume,
Pan, FX Send… see page 9-5 and following in the “Style
Play operating mode” chapter) and save it by pressing
the WRITE button.

Note: After a record or edit operation, the Style is rewritten
in memory. When you press START/STOP there is a delay
before you can actually listen to the Style. This delay is
longer if a Style contains high number of MIDI events.

Note: While in Record mode, all footswitches and EC5 ped­als are disabled.

LISTENING TO THE STYLE WHILE IN RECORD/ EDIT MODE

While you are in Record/Edit mode, you can listen to the
selected Chord Variation or to the whole Style, depending
on the page you are in.

To select a Chord Variation, go to the Main page of the
Record/Edit mode (see “E (Style Element)” and “CV
(Chord Variation)” on page 10-4).

• When you are in the Quantize, Transpose, Velocity, or
Delete pages, you can listen to the selected Chord Vari­ation. Press START/STOP to check how it works. Press
START/STOP again to stop the playback.

• When you are in the Delete All, Copy, Style Element
Controls or Style Control pages, you can listen to the
complete Style. Press START/STOP and play a few
chords to run a tests. Select any Style Element using
the control panel buttons (VARIATION 1-4, INTRO 1­2, FILL 1-2, ENDING 1-2). Press START/STOP again to
stop the playback.

Note: During the above tests, the Fingered 3 Chord Scanning
mode is automatically selected.

EXIT AND SAVE/ABORT STYLE

When finished editing, you can save your Style in the mem­ory, or abort any changes. Press WRITE or RECORD to go to
the Write page (see “The Write window” on page 10-3).

Note: When saving the Style in memory, KD automatically
compresses it to reduce its size and save memory.

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Style Record mode

The Write window

Hint: Save often while recording, to avoid accidentally losing
your Style.

THE WRITE WINDOW

This page appears when you press the WRITE or RECORD
button while in Record mode. Here you can sa v e the r eco rded
or edited Style in memory.

Write to

Style name: NewBossa
To: U1-01 Bossa

Abort

• To save the Style into the internal memory, press the A
or B VOLUME/VALUE buttons, then press ENTER. The
“Are you sure?” message will appear. Press ENTER to
confirm, or EXIT to abort.

• To return to the previous Style Record page, without any
changes or save command, press EXIT.

• To delete all the changes to the Style, press one of the D
VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select the Abort com­mand. The “Are you sure message?” will appear. Press
ENTER to confirm deletion, or EXIT to return to the
Write page.

Style name

Use this parameter to change the Style’s name. Press the right
A VOLUME/VALUE button to enter editing, and modify the
name using the UP/DOWN buttons to move the cursor, and
the DIAL to select a character. Press INSERT to insert a char­acter at the cursor position, or DELETE to delete it

To (Style number)

Use the B VOLUME/VALUE buttons, or the TEMPO/VALUE
controls, to select a different User Style location in memory.

Note: Only User locations are available.

Abort

Select this command to delete any c hange to the Style.

LIST OF RECORDED EVENTS

The Style Record mode filters out some events that ma y dam­age the correct operation of the Style. Here are the recorded
events, and the most important filtered-out events.

Control function CC# (Control Change Number)

Control function CC# (Control Change Number)

Note On

Note Off*

Pitch Bend

Modulation 1 1

Modulation 2 2

Pan 10

Expression 11

CC#12 12

CC#13 13

Damper 64

Filter Resonance 71

Low Pass Filter Cutoff 74

CC#80 80

CC#81 81

CC#82 82

Not allowed

After Touch

Volume 7

All other Control Change messages

(*) A Note Off will always be inserted at the end of the

Chord Variation.

Note: Some Control Change messages cannot be recorded
directly using KD integrated controls.

FAST DELETE USING THE CONTROL PANEL BUTTONS

While in the Main page or the Style Tracks page, you can use
the control panel buttons to delete various elements of the
Style:

DELETE + note

When a track is selected, you can use this key sequence to
delete a single note or a single percussive instrument.

If the Style is playing, this shortcut deletes the instrument
only while the key is kept pressed, leaving all other notes
untouched within the track.

DELETE + Track

While in the Style Tracks page, you can delete a whole track
with a single shortcut. Keep the DELETE button pressed,
then press one of the VOLUME/VALUE buttons correspond­ing to the track to be deleted. The “Are you sure?” message
appear. Press ENTER to confirm, EXIT to abort.

Allowed

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Style Record mode

Main page

MAIN PAGE

After pressing the RECORD button, and selecting the Style to
record/edit, the Main page of the Style Record mode appears.

Chord

Style Play icon

NewBossa |T:DR

e:v1 cv:cv1 R:RT RL:2
CV Len:16 Metro:On1
Resol: Meter:4/4
C maj7 NTT:5th

Style name

Style Play icon

When this icon appears on the display, you are in Style Play
or Style Record mode.

Chord

While in the Main and Style Tracks page, this area shows the
Original Key/Chord (see “Original Key/Chord” on page 10-

5) for the selected track.

Style name

This is the name of the Style in record/edit.

Measure counter

This counter shows the measure in record. The measure
range is specified by the “RecLen” parameter (see “RL
(Recording Length)” on page 10-4).

Track in record/edit

Most editing in this edit mode are executed on a single track.
While in the main page, the currently selected track is shown
on the upper right area of the display. The abbreviations are:
DR (Drums), PC (Percussion), BS (Bass), A1…A5 (Accom­paniment 1…5).

To select the track to edit, press TRACK SELECT to jump to
the Style Ta cks page (see “Style Tracks page” on page 10-6)
and use the VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select it.

E (Style Element)

Use the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select the line, and
the F1 button to select this parameter.

This parameter lets you select the Style Element to put in
edit. Each Style Element corresponds to one of the buttons
on the control panel carrying the same name.

Note: When this parameter and the assigned value is in small
letters (e:v1), the Style Element is empty; when it is in capitals
(E:V1), it is already recorded

V1…V4 Variation 1 to Variation 4
I1…I2 Intro 1 to Intro 2
F1…F2 Fill 1 to Fill 2
E1…E2 Ending 1 to Ending 2

Measure counter

Track in record/edit

CV (Chord Variation)

Use the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select the line, and
the F2 button to select this parameter. This parameter lets
you select the Chord Variation to edit, after selecting the Style
Element this Chord Variation pertains to.

Note: When this parameter and the assigned value is in small
letters (cv:cv1), the Chord Variation is empty; when it is in cap­itals (CV:CV1), it is already recorded

SE:V1…V4 You can select one of 6 Chord Variations to

edit.

SE:I1…E4 You can select one of 2 Chord Variations to

edit.

R (Recording Mode)

These parameters let you select between the Realtime and the
Step recording modes. Use one of the E VOLUME/VALUE
buttons and the F3 function key to select this parameter.
Change its status using the E VOLUME/VALUE buttons, or
the TEMPO/VALUE controls.

RT Realtime. This methods allows you to record

each Style paatern in realtime.

Stp Step Record. This method allows you to enter

the events one at a time. See “Style Record pro­cedure” below for more information.

RL (Recording Length)

This parameter sets the recording length (in measures) of the
selected track. Its value is always equal to, or a divider of, the
Chord Variation Length (see next parameter).

This is not the full length of the Chord Variation, only the
lenght of the current track. For example, you may have a
Chord Variation eight measures long, with a drum pattern
repeating each two measures. If so, set the CV Len parameter
to “8”, and the RecLen parameter to “2” before starting
recording the Drum track. When saving the St yle, or execut­ing any edit operation on the Style, the 2-measures pattern
will be extended to the full 8-measures length of the Chord
Variation.

Warning: If you assign CVLen a value lower than RecLen,
the value of RecLen is not immediately updated in the dis­play. Therefore, you are still free to change the value of
CVLen before the number of measures exceed the numbers
that are deleted (see warning in “CVLen (Chord Variation
Length)” below).

However, if you press START/STOP to start recording, the
real RecLen value is changed to the new one, even if the dis­play still shows the old value.

For example, you may have CVLen = 4 and RecLen = 4. If
you set CVLen to 2, and press START/STOP to begin record­ing, RecLen is still shown as 4, but it is in reality set to 2, and
recording will cycle for just 2 measures. After you press
START/STOP to stop recording, RecLen is updated to 2, and
all measures after the second measure are deleted.

CVLen (Chord Variation Length)

This parameter sets the total length (in measures) for the
selected Chord Variation. When playing a Style, this will be
the length of the accompaniment pattern to be cycled, when

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Style Record mode

Main page

the chord corresponding to the Chord Variation is recognized
on the keyboard.

Warning: If you reduce the Chord Variation Length after
recording, any measure after the selected length will be
deleted. Be very careful when setting the CVLen to a lower
value after recording!

Metro (Metronome)

This is the metronome heard during recording.
Off No metronome click will be heard during

recording. A one-bar precount will be played
before starting recording.

On1 Metronome on, with a one-bar precount

before starting recording.

On2 Metronome on, with a two-bar precount

before starting recording.

Resol (Resolution)

This parameter sets the quantization during recording.
 (1/32)… (1/8)

Grid resolution, in musical values. For exam­ple, when you select 1/16, all notes are moved
to the nearest 1/16 division. When you select 1/
8, all notes are moved to the nearest 1/8 divi­sion.

No quanti-

zation

1/16

1/8

Meter

This is the meter (time signature) of the Style. You can edit
this parameter only when the Style is empty, i.e. before you
begin recording.

Original Key/Chord

This is the track’s original key and chord. Use the D VOL­UME/VALUE buttons to select the line, and the F1 and F2
buttons to switch from the key/chord name and the key/
chord type (Maj, min…).

When in Style Play mode, this chord will be played back
exactly as it was recorded, without any NTT processing (see
below). To record just one Chord Variation for a St yle Ele­ment, the suggested original key/chord is “maj7”. Be very
careful to play the 7th+ note (i.e., with a “Cmaj7th” key/
chord, the B), to avoid the lack of notes, or a bad NTT con­version when playing different chords.

Note: To conform to KD specifications, it is advisable to record
both the “Major” and “Minor” Chord Variations for the Intro 1
and Ending 1 Style Elements.

When you select a track, the original key/chord assigned to
the selected track will be activated. All recorded tracks will
play back on that key/chord. For example, if the original key/
chord for the Acc1 track is A7th, when selecting the Acc1
tracks all the remaining tracks will play according to the A7th
key/chord.

In the above example, you will record the Acc1 track in the
AMajor key, with notes that will comply with the A7th chord.
This is the pattern that will be recalled exactly as it was
recorded, when playing an A7th chord.

Copying the Key/Chord value to all other tracks of the same

Chord Variation. While in this page, you can keep the SHIFT

button pressed, while pressing one of the [D] VOLUME/
VALUE buttons, to copy the Key of the currently selected
track to all other tracks of the same Chord Var iation. This
function is useful to speed-up pattern programming, and to
avoid having different tracks in different keys within the same
Chord Variation.

NTT

The Note Transposition Table (NTT) determines how the
arranger will transpose pattern notes, when playing a chord
that does not exactly match to the original chord of a Chord
Var iation. For example, if you only recorded a Chord Var ia­tion for the CMaj chord, when a CMaj7 is recognized on the
keyboard the arranger must transpose some notes to create
the missing 7th.

Note: To meet the KD specifications, it is advisable to set the
NTT to “No Transpose” on the Intro 1 and Ending 1.

Root The root note (in CMaj = C) is transposed to

the missing notes.

5th The 5th note (in CMaj = G) is transposed to

the missing notes.

i-Series All original patterns must be programmed on

the “Maj7” or “min7” chords. When loading
old KD i-Series instruments, this option is
automatically selected.

No Transp No transposition applied. The pattern will

always play as recorded. This is the standard
setting of Intro 1 and Ending 1 in KD’s original
Styles.

As recorded with
NTT = Root or 5th
(Key/Chord = CMaj)

As recorded with
NTT = i-Series
(Key/Chord = CM7)

When you play a CM7
with NTT = Root

When you play a CMaj
with NTT = i-Series

When you play a CM7
with NTT = 5th

When you play a CM7
with NTT = i-Series

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Style Record mode

Style Tracks page

STYLE TRACKS PAGE

While in the main Style Record page, press TRACK SELECT
to jump to this page. Here you can see and select any Style
track.

Style Element-Chord Variation

Style in record/edit

NewBossa |V1-CV1

Brush 2 Piano01
Perc Kit Guitar01
*AcouBass StrngEns2
AcouPiano2 VoxPad1

Style tracks

Program name

Select a track using the VOLUME/VALUE buttons. Select a
Program using the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section.

While in this page, you can set the track’s volume using the
VOLUME/VALUE buttons. Since the track’s volume is mem­orized in the Style Performance and not in the pattern, this
setting will not be recorded and saved. However, this will
allow you to play back any reference track louder , or the track
you are recor ding.

Track status

When in the Style Tracks page, each track can be in one of
three status.

Play (Visible status icon). This status is available

only for non-selected tracks. When in play, a
track can play back the recorded pattern.

Mute (Hidden status icon). When in this status, you

can play the track on the keyboard, but you
can’t record on it. This is useful to do some
preliminary test, before actually start record­ing.

To set a track in mute, first select it, then press
both corresponding VOLUME/VALUE buttons
to hide the status icon. To set the track in
record again, press again the corresponding
VOLUME/VALUE buttons.

Record (Flashing status icon). When in this status, the

track is ready to record. Just select a track to set
it in record status.

in record/edit

STEP RECORD PAGE

Access this page from the Main page of the Style Record
mode, by selecting the “Stp” recording mode (“R” parame­ter), and pressing START/STOP.

Previous event

Step V1-CV1 T:DR

(a)

M001.01.000
C4 V:64 D:85%
M001.01.192 Meter: 4/4

(b)

key? V:64 D:85%

Current position

Waiting for a keystroke…

(a) section

Previously inserted event. You may delete this event, and set it
in edit again, by pressing the < button.

(b) section

Event to be inserted. See the following parameters for infor­mation on each element of this section.

M (Measure)

This is the position of the event (note, rest or chord) to be
inserted.

Meter

Meter of the current measure. This parameter cannot be
edited. You can set the Meter in the Main page for the Style
Record mode, before actually starting recording (see step 6
on page 10-7 for more information).

Key

This is a prompt, asking for a note or chord to be played on
the keyboard, to enter an event on the current step.

Step value

Length of the event to be inserted. Use the NOTE VALUE
buttons, on the lower left area of the control panel, to change
this value.

 …  Note value.

Dot (.) Augments the selected note by one half of its

value.

Triplet (3) Makes the selected note a triplet note.

V (Velocity)

Set this parameter before entering a note or chord. This will
be the velocity level of the event to be inserted.

KBD Keyboard. You can select this parameter, by

turning the dial counter-clockwise . When this
option is selected, the velocity level of the
played note is recognized and played.

Event to be inserted

Step value

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Style Record mode

Style Record procedure

1…127 Velocit y value. The event will be inserted with

this velocity value, and the actual playing
strength of the note played on the keyboard
will be ignored.

D (Duration)

Relative duration of the inserted note. The percentage is
always referred to the step value.

50% Staccato.
85% Ordinary articulation.
100% Legato.

Buttons used in Step Record mode

TIE button

Ties the note to be inserted to the previous note.

REST button

Inserts a rest.

NOTE VALUE buttons

Select the step value.

START/STOP button

Exits the Step Record mode.

< (Previous step)

Goes to the previous step, deleting the inserted step.

>> (Fast Forward)

Goes to the next measure, and fill the remaining space with
rests.

STYLE RECORD PROCEDURE

There are two different methods for recording a Style: Real­time and Step.

• Realtime Recording allows you to record Style patterns
in realtime.

• Step Recording allo ws y ou to cr eate a new Style by ent er ­ing single notes or chords in each track. This is very use­ful when transcribing an existing score, or when a
higher grade of detail is needed. It is particularly suitable
to create drum and percussion tracks.

Preparing to record

1. If you like to edit an existing Style, select that Style.

2. Press RECORD to enter the Style Record mode. You are

prompted to select either the Current Style, or a New
Style.

Record

Current Style
New Style

Select “Current Style” if you want to edit the current
Style, or create a new Style starting from an existing one.
Select “New Style” if you want to start from scratch with
an empty Style.

3. After you select your preferred option, the Main page of

the Style Record mode will appear.

4. Use the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons, and the F1 and F2

5. Use the RL (Recording Length) parameter to set the

6. Use the Met er paramet er t o set the Style ’s meter. You can

NewBossa |T:DR

e:v1 cv:cv1 R:RT RL:2
CV Len:16 Metro:On1
Resol: Meter:4/4
C maj7 NTT:5th

function keys to select the E (Style Element) and CV
(Chord Variation) parameter.

Note: For more information on the Style Elements and
Chord Variations, and the Style structure in general, see
“The Style’s structure” on page 10-1.

length (in measures) of the pattern to step-record. Select
this parameter using the E VOLUME/VALUE buttons
and the F4 function key. Use the TEMPO/VALUE con­trols to set the value.

edit this parameter only if you selected the New Style
option when entering the Record mode.

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Style Record mode

Style Record procedure

7. Set the tempo. Keep the SHIFT button pressed, and use

the TEMPO/VALUE controls to change the tempo.

8. At this point, if you want to do a Realtime Recording go

on reading “Realtime Record procedure” below. Other­wise, if you prefer to do a Step Record, jump to “Step
Record procedure” on page 10-8.

Realtime Record procedure

1. When still in the Main page of the Style Record mode,

press one of the E VOLUME/VALUE buttons, to select
the “R” parameter. Use these buttons, or the TEMPO/
VALUE controls, to select the “RT” (Realtime) recording
mode.

R:RT

2. Press TRK SELECT to switch to the Style Tracks page.

Here you can assign the right Program to each Style
track. (For more details, see “Style Tracks page” on
page 10-6).

NewBossa |V1-CV1

Brush 2 Piano01
Perc Kit Guitar01
*AcouBass StrngEns2
AcouPiano2 VoxPad1

nome) option you selected, a 1- or 2-bars precount may
play before the recording actually begins. When it
begins, play freely. The pattern will last for some mea­sures, according to the RecLen value, then restart.

Since the recording will happen in overdub, you can add
notes on any following passage. This is very useful to
record different percussive instruments at any cycle on a
Drum or Percussion track.

Note: While recording, the track’s Keyboard Range (see
page 10-19) is ignored, and the track can play over the
whole keyboard range. The Local parameter (see “Local”
on page 15-4) is also automatically set to On, to allow
playing on the keyboard.

8. When finished recording, press START/STOP to stop

the arranger. Select a different track, and start recording
the whole Chord Variation.

Note: You can select a different track only when the
arranger is not running.

9. When finished recording the Chord Variation, select a

different Chord Variation or Style Element to go on
recording the whole Style.

10. When finished recording the new Style, press WRITE or

RECORD to save it in memory. The Write page will
appear:

3. If you like, you can set the tempo again from this page:

just use the TEMPO/VALUE controls.

4. Assign a Program to each track, by using the PRO-

GRAM/PERFORMANCE section. You can’t select Digi­tal Drawbars Programs.

5. If needed, set the Octave Transpose for each track. Note:

The Octave Transpose will affect only the notes coming
from the keyboard, and not from the arranger.

6. Select the track to put in record. Its status icon will

begin flashing.

Note: When entering the Record mode, the last selected
track is already in record. When you press START/
STOP after entering the Record mode, you can immedi­ately start recording.

If you like, you can try your part before recording:

• Set the track into mute, by pressing both correspond­ing VOLUME/VALUE buttons; the status icon disap­pears.

• Press START/STOP to play back the other tracks, if
already recorded, and practice on the keyboard.

• When you have finished practicing, press START/
STOP to stop the arranger, and unmute the track by
pressing both VOLUME/VALUE buttons; the track will
be in record again.

7. While the status icon is flashing, press START/STOP to

begin recording. Depending on the “Metro” (metro-

Write to

Style name: NewBossa
To: U1-01 Bossa

Abort

• To change the Style’s name: press the right A VOL­UME/VALUE button to enter editing, and modify the
name using the UP/DOWN buttons to move the cursor,
and the DIAL to select a character. Press INSERT to
insert a character at the cursor position, or DELETE to
delete it.

• To select a different location in memory, press one of
the B VOLUME/VALUE buttons, then select a location
with these buttons or the TEMPO/VALUE controls.

Press ENTER to confirm, or one of the D (Abort) VOL­UME/VALUE buttons to abort the save. The “Are you
sure?” message will appear in the display. Press ENTER
to confirm, EXIT to abort. After pressing ENTER, you
will exit from the Record mode.

If you press EXIT while in the Write page, you will go
back to the previous Style Record page, without any
change.

Step Record procedure

1. When still in the Main page of the Style Record mode,

press one of the E VOLUME/VALUE buttons, to select

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Style Record mode

Style Record procedure

the “R” parameter. Use these buttons, or the TEMPO/
VALUE controls, to select the “Stp” recording mode.

R:Stp

2. Press TRK SELECT to switch to the Style Tracks page.

Here you can assign the right Program to each Style
track. (For more details, see “Style Tracks page” on
page 10-6).

NewBossa |V1-CV1

Brush 2 Piano01
Perc Kit Guitar01
*AcouBass StrngEns2
AcouPiano2 VoxPad1

3. Assign a Program to each track, by using the PRO-

GRAM/PERFORMANCE section. You can’t select Digi­tal Drawbars Programs.

4. Press START/STOP to turn on its LED and enter the

Step Record page. (See “Step Record page” on page 10-6
for more information on each parameter of this page).

Previous event

Step V1-CV1 T:DR

(a)

(b)

Current position

Waiting for a keystroke…

M---.--.--- Empty

-­M001.01.000 Meter: 4/4
key? V:64 D:85%

Event to be inserted

Step value

7. Insert a note, rest or chord at the current position.

• To insert a single note, just play it on the keyboar d. The
inserted note length will match the step length. You may
change the velocity and relative duration of the note, by
editing the V (Velocity) and D (Duration) parameters.
See “V (Velocity)” and “D (Duration)” on page 10-7.

• To insert a rest, just press the REST button. Its length
will match the step value.

• To tie the note to be inserted to the previous one, press
the TIE button. A not e will be inserted, tied to the previ­ous one, with exactly the same name. You don’t need to
play it on the keyboard again.

• To insert a chord or a second voice, see “Chords and
second voices in Step Record mode” below.

8. After inserting a new event, you may go back b y pr essing

the < button. This will delete the previously inserted
event, and set the step in edit again.

9. When the end of the pattern is reached, the “End Loop”

(End of Loop) event is shown in the first two lines of the
display (a), and the recording restarts from the
“M001.01.000” position. Any note exceeding the pattern
length, inserted at its end, will be reduced to fit the total
length of the pattern.

At this point, you may go on, inserting new events in
overdub mode (the previously inserted events will not
be deleted). This is very useful when recording a drum
or percussion track, where you may want to record the
bass drum on a first cycle, the snare drum on the second
cycle, and the hi-hat and cymbals during the following
cycles.

10. When finished recording, pr ess START/STOP to turn off

its LED. The Main page of the Style Record mode
appears.

The first two lines (a) are the latest inserted event. The
last two lines (b) are the event currently in edit, ready to
be inserted.

The “Empty” event marks the beginning of the pattern,
when there are no events inserted. It is automatically
inserted when entering the Record mode. It will be
removed when an event is inserted.

5. The “Maaa.bb.ccc” parameter in (b) is the current posi-

tion. This is the place where the note in edit will be
inserted.

• If you don’t want to insert a note at this position,
insert a rest instead, as shown in step 7.

• To jump to the next measure, filling the remaining
beats with rests, press the >> button.

6. To change the step value, use the NOTE VAL UE butt ons,

on the lower left area of the control panel.

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E:V1 CV:CV1 R:RT RL:2
CV Len:16 Metro:On1
Resol: Meter:4/4
C maj7 NTT:5th

When exiting, the “RT” recording mode is automati-

cally selected. You may press START/STOP to listen to

the Style. Press START/STOP again to stop the playback.
To enter the Step Record mode again, select the “Stp”

recording mode, and press START/STOP.

11. From the Main page of the Style Record mode, press

RECORD to exit the Record mode. You will be
prompted to assign a new name to the Style, and select a
memory location where to save it. See “The Write win­dow” on page 10-3 for information on how to save a
Style.

10-10

Style Record mode

Style Record procedure

Chords and second voices in Step Record mode

With KD, you are not obliged to insert single notes in a track.
There are several ways to insert chords and double voices.
Lets look at some.

Inserting a chord. When the “key?” prompt appears in the
display, play a chord instead of a single note. The event’s
name will be the first note of the chord you pressed, followed
by the “…” marking.

C4 , V:64 D:85%

Inserting a chord with notes with different velocity values.

You can make the upper or lower note of a chord, for exam­ple, louder than the remaining ones, to make the most
important note emerge from the chord. Here is how to insert
a three-note chord:

1. Edit the Velocity value of the first note.

2. Press the first note and keep it pressed.

3. Edit the Velocity value of the second note.

4. Press the second note and keep it pressed.

5. Edit the Velocity value of the third note.

4. Press the third note, then release all notes.
Inserting a second voice. You can insert passages where one

note is kept pressed, and another voice moves freely.

Ex. 1:

Ex.2:

Ex.3:

Step Time =

Step Time =

Press F and C

Step Time =

(continue holding C)



On

Press C

Off On

Release G



Tie

Press G (continue holding C)





Step Time =

OffOn On

Release F

(continue holding C)



Step Time =

(continue holding C)



Step Time =



Press D



On



Step Time =

(continue holding C)





Release G and C



Press G

Step Time =

Off

(continue holding C)



Release D

Off

Step Time =

On

Press E and C





Step Time =

On

Press G







Off

Release E (continue holding C)



Off

Release G and C

Step Time =

Press E

(continue holding C)



Step Time =



OffOn

Release E and C

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Style Record mode

Menu

MENU

From any page of the Style Record mode, press MENU to
open the Style Record edit menu. This menu gives access
to the various Style Record edit sections.

Note: While the Style is in play, you cannot access the Edit sec­tion pages from the Main page and the Style Tracks page (see
page 10-4 and page 10-6). Stop the playback before pressing
MENU.

When in the menu, select an edit section using the VOL­UME/VALUE (A-H) buttons, select an edit page using
PAGE +, or press EXIT to exit the menu.

When in an edit page, press EXIT to go back to the main
page (or the Style Tracks page) of the Style Record mode.

Record MENU

Quantize Copy
Transp/Vel. S.Elem.Ctl.
Event Edit Style Ctl.
Delete Import GRV

Each item in this menu corresponds to an edit section.
Each edit section groups various edit pages.

Note: When switching from the Edit section pages (Quantize,
Transpose, Velocity, Delete) to the other pages, or vice-versa, the
Style (if in play) is automatically stopped.

EDIT PAGE STRUCTURE

Select an edit section from the Menu, and/or use the PA GE
buttons to reach the desired page.

Press EXIT to go back to the main pag e of the Style Recor d
mode.

All edit pages share the same structure.

Style Play icon

Page header Page number

Edit:Quantize

E:V1 CV:CV1 Trk:All
Resol:
S001-01-000 E001-01-192
Bottom:G-1 Top:C8

Style Play icon

When on, this icon indicates that the instrument is in Style
Play mode.

Page header

The header shows the name of the current edit page. As a
general rule, the header is divided in a first word, identifying
the section name (e.g., “Edit:Quantize” is an “Edit” section
page), and a second word, referring to the page name (e.g.
“Quantize”).

Section name Page name

Edit:Quantize

Page number

This area shows the current page number.

A-H

Each pair of V OLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons selects a differ­ent parameter of command, depending on the edit page.
After selecting a parameter, you can change its value by pr ess­ing one of the two buttons in a pair, or using the TEMPO/
VALUE controls.

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Style Record mode

Page 1 - Edit: Quantize

PAGE 1 - EDIT: QUANTIZE

The quantize function can be used to correct any timing
error after recording, or to give the pattern a “groovy” feeling.

Edit:Quantize

E:V1 CV:CV1 Trk:All
Resol:
S001-01-000 E001-01-192
Bottom:G-1 Top:C8

After setting the various parameters, press ENTER to e xecute.
The “Are you sure?” message will appear. Press ENTER to
confirm, EXIT to abort.

E/CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

(Non editable) These read-only parameters show which Style
Element and Chord Variation are currently selected for edit­ing. See the Main page “E (Style Element)” and “CV (Chord
Variation)” parameters on page 10-4 for information on
selecting a different Style Element and Chord Variation.

Trk (Track)

Use this parameter to select a track.
All All tracks selected.
Drum…Acc5 Selected track.

Resol (Resolution)

This parameter sets the quantization after recording. For
example, when you select 1/8a, all notes are moved to the

nearest 1/8 division. When you select 1/4, all notes are moved
to the nearest 1/4 division.

No quanti-

zation

1/8

1/4

 (1/32)… (1/4)

Grid resolution, in musical values. An “a” after
the value means no swing. A “b…f ” after the
value means swing-quantization.

S / E (Start/End)

Use these parameters to set the starting (S) and ending (E)
points of the range to quantize.

If a Chord Variation is four measures long, and you want to
select it all, the Start will be positioned at 1.01.000, and the
End at 5.01.000.

Bottom / Top

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the key­board range to quantize. If you select the same note as the
Bottom and Top parameters, you can select a single percus­sive instrument in a Drum or Percussion track.

Note: These parameters are available only when a Drum or
Percussion track is selected.

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Style Record mode

Page 2 - Edit: Transpose

PAGE 2 - EDIT: TRANSPOSE

In this page you can transpose the selected track(s).

Note: After transposing, please don’t forget to readjust the
“Original Key/Chord” parameter in the Style Record page (see
page 10-5).

Edit:Transpose

E:V1 CV:CV1 Trk:DRUM
Value:+000
S001-01-000 E001-01-192
Bottom:G-1 Top:C8

After setting the various parameters, press ENTER to e xecute.
The “Are you sure?” message will appear. Press ENTER to
confirm, EXIT to abort.

E/CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

(Non editable) These read-only parameters show which Style
Element and Chord Variation are currently selected for edit­ing. See the Main page “E (Style Element)” and “CV (Chord
Variation)” parameters on page 10-4 for information on
selecting a different Style Element and Chord Variation.

Trk (Track)

Use this parameter to select a track.
All All tracks selected, apart for tracks set in Drum

mode (like the Drum and Percussion tracks).
The whole selected Chord Variation will be
transposed.

Drum…Acc5 Single selected track.

Value

Transpose value (±127 semitones).

S / E (Start/End)

Use these parameters to set the starting (S) and ending (E)
points of the range to be transposed.

If a Chord Variation is four measures long, and you want to
select it all, the Start will be positioned at 1.01.000, and the
End at 5.01.000.

Bottom / Top

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the key­board range to be transposed. If you select the same note as
the Bottom and Top parameters, you can select a single per­cussive instrument in a Drum or Percussion track. Since in a
Drum Kit each instrument is assigned to a different note of
the scale, transposing a percussive instrument means assign­ing the part to a different instrument.

Note: These parameters are available only when a Drum or
Percussion track is selected.

PAGE 3 - EDIT: VELOCITY

In this page you can change the velocity (dynamics) value of
notes in the selected track.

Edit:Velocity

EV1 CV:CV1 Trk:DRUM
Value:+000
S001-01-000 E001-01-192
Bottom:G-1 Top:C8

After setting the various parameters, press ENTER to e xecute.
The “Are you sure?” message will appear. Press ENTER to
confirm, EXIT to abort.

E/CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

(Non editable) These read-only parameters show which Style
Element and Chord Variation are currently selected for edit­ing. See the Main page “E (Style Element)” and “CV (Chord
Variation)” parameters on page 10-4 for information on
selecting a different Style Element and Chord Variation.

Trk (Track)

Use this parameter to select a track.
All All tracks selected. The velocity for all notes of

the whole selected Chord Variation will be
changed.

Drum…Acc5 Selected track.

Value

Velocity change value (±127).

S / E (Start/End)

Use these parameters to set the starting (S) and ending (E)
points of the range to be modified.

If a Chord Variation is four measures long, and you want to
select it all, the Start will be positioned at 1.01.000, and the
End at 5.01.000.

Bottom / Top

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the key­board range to be modified. If you select the same note as the
Bottom and Top parameters, you can select a single percus­sive instrument in a Drum or Percussion track.

Note: These parameters are available only when a Drum or
Percussion track is selected.

10-14

Style Record mode

Page 4 - Event Edit

PAGE 4 - EVENT EDIT

The Event Edit page allows you to edit each event in a single
track. See “Event Edit procedure” on page 10-15 for more
information on the event editing procedure.

Event Edit

Trk: DRUM E:V1 CV:CV1
Position: 001.01.000 |
Ev: Note F#2 72
Lenght:000.00.000 |

Event Type

Trk (Track)

Track in edit. To select a different track, press one of the A
VOLUME/VALUE buttons to open the Go To Track window.

Go to Track: DRUM
Enter=Ok Exit=Cancel

Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls to select a track, and press
ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.

E/CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Selected Style Element and Chord Variation. This parameter
can’t be edited. To select a different Style Element and Chord
Variation, press EXIT to go back to the M ain page of the Style
Record mode (see “Main page” on page 10-4).

Position

Position of the event shown in the display, expressed in the
form ‘aaa.bb.ccc’:

• ‘aaa’ is the measure

• ‘bb’ is the beat

• ‘ccc’ is the tick (each quarter beat = 384 ticks)
You can edit this parameter to move the event to a different

position.

Ev (Event)

Type and values of the event shown in the display. Depending
on the selected event, the value may change. This parameter
also shows the (non-editable) “End Loop” marking, when the
end of a track is reached.

Event First value Second value

Note Note name Velocity

Ctrl Control Change number Control Change value

Bend Bending value –

First value

Second value

To change the event type, use the C VOLUME/VALUE but­tons to select the Event line, then use the same buttons or the
TEMPO/VALUE controls to select a different event type.

To select and edit the event’s value, use the F3 and F4 func­tion keys, and use the G/VOLUME/VALUE buttons or the
TEMPO/VALUE controls.

Length

Length of the selected Note event. The value format is the
same as the Position value.

Note: If you change a length of “000.00.000” to a different
value, you can’t go back to the original value. This rather
uncommon zero-length value may be found in some drum or
percussion tracks.

Transport, navigation and editing controls

E/F and H VOLUME/VALUE buttons

These buttons are the “Scroll to previous event” (E/F) and
“Scroll to next event” (H) controls. They corresponds to the
scrolling arrows shown on the screen.

G VOLUME/VALUE buttons

Use these buttons to select the corresponding parameter
value area.

F3 and F4 buttons

After selecting the parameter value area with the G VOL­UME/VALUE buttons, use these buttons to select, respec­tively, the first and second value of the event in edit.

START/STOP button

Press START/STOP and play some chords on the k eyboar d to
test the pattern in edit. Press START/STOP again to stop the
pattern running.

SHIFT + << or >>

Keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the << or >> but­ton to open the Go to Measure window.

Go to Measure: 1
Enter=Ok Exit=Cancel

Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls to select a measure, then
press ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.

INSERT

Press the INSERT button to insert a new event at the current
shown Position. The default values are Type = Note, Pitch =
C4, Velocity = 100, Length = 192.

After inserting an event, use the C VOLUME/VALUE buttons
to select the Event line, and the same buttons or the TEMPO/
VALUE controls to select a different event type.

DELETE

Press the DELETE button to delete the event shown in the
display.

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Style Record mode

Page 5 - Event Filter

e:v1 cv:cv1 R:RT RL:2
CV Len:16 Metro:On1
Resol: Meter:4/4
C maj7 NTT:5th

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Style Element

Chord Variation

PAGE 5 - EVENT FILTER

This page is where you can select the event types to be shown
in the Event Edit page. You can access this page by pressing
the PAGE+ button, while you are in the Event Edit page.

Edit: Ev. Filter

Note: Off Aftt: Off
Prog: Off PAft: Off
Ctrl: Off Bend: Off
T/Meter: Off SysEx: Off

Turn Off the filter for all event types you wish to see in the
Event Edit page.

Note: Some of the events are “ghosted”, and non editable, since
the corresponding events are not editable in a Style.

Note Notes.
Ctrl Control Change events. Only the following

Control Change numbers are allowed.

Control function CC# (Control Change Number)

Modulation 1 1

Modulation 2 2

Pan 10

Expression

CC#12 12

CC#13 13

Damper 64

Filter Resonance 71

Low Pass Filter Cutoff 74

CC#80 80

CC#81 81

CC#82 82

a. Expression events cannot be inserted at the starting Position
(001.01.000). An Expression value is already among the default
“header” parameters of the Style Element.

a

11

the RECORD button will turn on, and the Main page of
the Style Record mode will appear.

2. Use the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons, and the F1 and F2

function keys to select the E (Style Element) and CV
(Chord Variation) parameters.

Note: For more information on the Style Elements and
Chord Variations, and the Style structure in general, see
“The Style’s structure” on page 10-1.

3. Press MENU, and use the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) but-

tons to select the Ev ent Edit section. The Event Edit page
appears (see “Page 4 - Event Edit” on page 10-14 for
more information).

Event Edit

Trk: DRUM E:V1 CV:CV1
Position: 001.01.000 |
Ev: Ctrl 11 110
|

4. Press START/STOP to listen to the selected Chor d Varia-

tion. If you like, play some chords on the keyboard, to
test the pattern. Press START/STOP to stop it.

5. Press PAGE+ to go to the Event Filter page, and turn

“Off” the filters for the event types you wish to see in the
display (see “Page 5 - Event Filter” on page 10-15 for
more information).

Bend Pitch Bend events.

EVENT EDIT PROCEDURE

The Event Edit is the page where you can edit each single
MIDI event of the selected Style Element. You can, for exam­ple, replace a note with a different one, or change its playing
strength (i.e., velocity value). H er e is the general event editing
procedure.

1. Select the Style to edit, and press RECORD. Select the

“Current Style” option to enter recording. The LED on

Edit: Ev. Filter

Note: Off Aftt: Off
Prog: Off PAft: Off
Ctrl: Off Bend: Off
T/Meter: Off SysEx: Off

6. Press PAGE- to go back to the Event Edit page.

7. Press the A VOLUME/VALUE button (Trk), to select the

track to edit. The Go To Track window appears.

Go to Track: DRUM
Enter=Ok Exit=Cancel

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Style Record mode

Event Edit procedure

|

Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls to select a track, and
press ENTER to confirm (or EXIT to abort).

8. The list of events contained in the selected track (in the

Style Element and Chord Variation selected on step 2)
will appear in the display. The first step, or Measure
Start, is currently shown. Since it contains an initializa­tion event, it is not editable and appears “in g rey” (i.e.,
written with a “ghost” character).

Position: 001.01.000
Ev: Ctrl 11 110

9. Press one of the H VOLUME VALUE buttons (Scroll

Down arrow), to go to the next step. This is usually a
note, that you can edit.

Event Edit

Trk: DRUM E:V1 CV:CV1
Position: 001.01.000 |
Ev: Note F#2 72
Lenght:000.00.000 |

For more information on the event types and their val­ues, see “Page 4 - Event Edit” on page 10-14.

10. Use the B VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select the Posi-

tion line. Use these buttons or the TEMPO/VALUE con­trols to change the event’s position.

Position: 001.01.001

Measure Beat Tick

11. Use the C VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select the Event

line. You may use the C VOLUME/VALUE buttons or
the TEMPO/VALUE controls to change the event type.
Use the G VOLUME/VALUE buttons, and the F3 and F4
function keys to respectively select the first and second
value of the parameter. Use the G VOLUME/VALUE
buttons or the TEMPO/VALUE controls to modify the
selected value.

Ev: Note F#2 72

Event Type

12. If a Note event is selected, use the D VOLUME/VALUE

buttons to select the Length line, and use the same but­tons, or the TEMPO/VALUE controls, to change the
event’s length.

First value

Second value

• After the shown event has been modofied, you may
scroll to the next event with the H VOLUME/VALUE
buttons (Scroll to next), or to the previous event with
the E/F VOLUME/VALUE buttons (Scroll to previous).

• You may use the SHIFT + << or >> shortcut to go to a
different measure (see “SHIFT + << or >>” on page 10-

14)

• As described in step 4, you may press START/STOP
and play some chords to listen how the pattern sounds
after your changes. Press START/STOP again to stop the
pattern running.

13. Use the INSER T butt on to insert an event at the Position

shown in the display (a Note event with default values
will be inserted). Use the DELETE button to delete the
event shown in the display.

14. When the editing is complete, you may select a different

track (go to step 7), or a different Style Element and
Chord Variation (press EXIT to go back to the Main
page of the Style Record mode, then go to step 2).

15. When finished editing the whole Style, press WRITE to

open the Write Style page.

WRITE to:

Style name: Groove Bld
To: U01-01 Foxtrot 3

Abort

• Use the A or E VOLUME/VALUE buttons to enter the
Text Editing mode. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to
move the cursor, and the dial to select a character.

• Use the B VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select a target
location. The name of the Style already existing at the
selected location is shown after the Style Bank-Location
number.

Warning: If you select an existing Style and confirm writ­ing, the older Style is deleted and replaced by the new one.
Save the Styles you don’t want to loose on disk, before over­writing them.

16. Press ENTER to save the Style to the internal memory,

or one of the D VOLUME/VALUE buttons (Abort) to
delete any changes made in Style Record mode. When
the “Are you sure?” message appears, press ENTER to
confirm, or EXIT to go back to the Write Style page.

Lenght:000.00.000

Measure Beat Tick

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Style Record mode

Page 6 - Edit: Delete

PAGE 6 - EDIT: DELETE

This page is where you can delete single elements or MIDI
events out of the Style.

Edit:Delete

E:V1 CV:CV1 Trk:All
Ev:Note
S001-01-000 E001-01-192
Bottom:G-1 Top:C8

After setting the various parameters, press ENTER to e xecute.
The “Are you sure?” message will appear. Press ENTER to
confirm, EXIT to abort.

E/CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

(Non editable) These read-only parameters show which Style
Element and Chord Variation are currently selected for edit­ing. See the Main page “E (Style Element)” and “CV (Chord
Variation)” parameters on page 10-4 for information on
selecting a different Style Element and Chord Variation.

Trk (Track)

Use this parameter to select a track.
All All tracks selected. After deletion, the selected

Chord Variation will remain empty.

Drum…Acc5 Selected track.

Ev (Event)

Type of MIDI event to delete.
All All events. The measures are not r e mo v ed fr om

the Chord Variation.
Note All notes in the selected range.
Dup.Note All duplicate notes. When two notes with the

same pitch are encountered on the same tick,

the one with the lowest velocity is deleted.
A.Touch After Touch events.

Note: This kind of data is automatically removed

during recording.

P.Bend Pitch Bend events.
PrChange Program Change events, excluding the bun-

dled Control Change #00 (Bank Select MSB)

and #32 (Bank Select LSB).

Note: This kind of data is automatically removed

during recording.

C.Change All Control Change events, for example Bank

Select, Modulation, Damper, Soft Pedal…
CC00/32…CC127

Single Control Change events. Double Control

Change numbers (like 00/32) are MSB/LSB

bundles.

Note: Some CC data are automatically removed
during recording. See the table on page 10-3 for
more information on the allowed data.

S / E (Start/End)

Use these parameters to set the starting (S) and ending (E)
points of the range to delete.

If a Chord Variation is four measures long, and you want to
select it all, the Start will be positioned at 1.01.000, and the
End at 5.01.000.

Bottom / Top

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the key­board range to delete. If you select the same note as the Bot­tom and Top parameters, you can select a single percussive
instrument in a Drum or Percussion track.

Note: These parameters are available only when the All or Note
option is selected.

PAGE 7 - EDIT: DELETE ALL

This function lets you quickly delete a selected Style Element
or Chord Variation, or the whole Style, resetting it to the
default parameter’s values.

Edit:Delete All

Del:V1-CV1 Trk:All

After setting the various parameters, press ENTER to e xecute.
The “Are you sure?” message will appear. Press ENTER to
confirm, EXIT to abort.

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the
control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 …
ENDING2).

Del (Delete)

Use this parameter to select the whole Style, a single Style
Element, or a single Chord Variation.

All All Style Elements, i.e. the whole Style. When

Del=All and Trk=All, the whole Style is
deleted, and all parameters set to the default

status.
Var1…End2 Single Style Element.
V1-CV1…E2-CV2

Single Chord Variation.

Trk (Track)

All All tracks of the selected Style, Style Element or

Chord Variation.
Drum-Acc5 Sing le t r ack of the selected Style, Style Element

or Chord Variation.

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Style Record mode

Page 8 - Edit: Copy

PAGE 8 - EDIT: COPY

Here you can copy a track, Chord Variation or Style Element
inside the same Style, or from a different one. Furthermore,
you can copy a whole Style.

Warning: The Copy operation deletes all data at the target
location (overwrite).

Edit:Copy

From:S01-01 8BeatMax
From:V1-CV1 To:V1-CV2
FromTrk:DR ToTrk:DR

After setting the various parameters, press ENTER to e xecute.
The “Are you sure?” message will appear. Press ENTER to
confirm, EXIT to abort.

Note: If you copy too many events on the same “tick”, the “Too
many events!” message appears, and the copy operation is
aborted.

Note: When you copy over an existing Chord Variation, Pro­gram Change data is not copied, to leave the original Programs
unchanged for that Chord Variation.

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the
control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 …
ENDING2).

From Style

Use the first parameter to select the source Style to copy the
track, Chord Variation or Style Element from.

From… to Style Element/Chord Variation

Use these parameters to select the source and target Style Ele­ments or Chord Variations.

Note: You can’t copy from a Variation to a different Style Ele­ment (or vice-versa), because of their different structure.

All All Style Elements, i.e. the whole Style. You

can’t c hange the target, that is automatically set

to All.
Var1…End2 Single Style Element.
V1-CV1…E2-CV2

Single Chord Variation.

From… to Track

Use this parameter to select the source and target track to
copy. You can double a track, to strengthen a pattern.

All All tracks of the selected Style, Style Element or

Chord Variation.
Drum-Acc5 Sing le t r ack of the selected Style, Style Element

or Chord Variation.

Copying on a Chord Variation with a different length

You can copy a Chord Element on a different Chord Element
with a different length. Just keep in mind the following:

• If the source length is a divider of the target length, the
source Chord Variation will be multiplied to fit the tar­get Chord Variation. For example, if the source is 4­measures long, and the target 8-measures, the source
will be copied two times.

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

• If the source length is not a divider of the target length,
the source Chord Variation will be copied for as many
measures as can fit the target Chord Variation. For
example, if the source is 6-measures long, and the target
8-measures, the source will be copied once, then the fist
2 measures will be copied to fit the remaining 2 mea­sures.

1 2 3 4

5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2

Note: Avoid copying on a Chord Variation with a different
meter, for example a 4/4 Chord Variation onto a 3/4 one.

PAGE 9 - STYLE ELEMENT CONTROLS: PROGRAMS

In this page you can assign a different Program to each track
of the selected Style Element. Each Style Element can have
different Programs; after saving the new Style, please don’t
forget to set the “Prog” parameter to “Original” (see “Prog
(Program)” on page 9-12), to let the Style select the Program
bypassing the Style Performance settings.

SECtl:Program V1

StandardDK Jazz GT
PercKit 1 Brass
FingerBass Vibes
Ac.Piano VoxPad

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the
control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 …
ENDING2).

To copy the settings of this page to another Style Element,
keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press the button of the
target Style Element.

Program

Use the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section to assign a
Program to the selected track.

Note: You can’t select a Digital Drawbars Program from this
page. Assign it to a Performance track instead.

10-19

Style Record mode

Page 10 - Style Element Controls: Expression

PAGE 10 - STYLE ELEMENT CONTROLS:
EXPRESSION

In this page you can modify the Expression (CC#11) value
for each of the Style tracks. This lets you reduce the relative
level of a track in a single Style Element, without reducing the
overall Volume of the Style.

This is a very useful control, when you have different Pro­grams assigned to the same track in different Style Elements,
and the internal level of these Programs is different.

SECtl:Express.V1

Value: 100 Value: 100
Value: 100 Value: 100
Value: 100 Value: 100
Value: 100 Value: 100

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the
control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 …
ENDING2).

To copy the settings of this page to another Style Element,
keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press the button of the
target Style Element.

Value

Use this parameter to set the Expression value for the corre­sponding track.

PAGE 11 - STYLE ELEMENT CONTROLS: KEYBOARD RANGE

The Keyboard Range automatically transposes any pattern
note that would otherwise play too high or too low in pitch,
compared to the original acoustic instrument, when trans­posed by the arranger. This will result in a more natural
sound for each accompaniment instrument.

For example, the lower limit for a guitar is E2. If you play a
chord under the E2, the transposed pattern could exceed this
limit, and sound unnatural. A Bottom limit set to E2 for the
guitar track will solve the problem.

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the
control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 …
ENDING2).

To copy the settings of this page to another Style Element,
keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press the button of the
target Style Element.

Bottom/Top

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the key­board range for the corresponding track.

PAGE 12 - STYLE ELEMENT CONTROLS: CHORD VARIATION TABLE

This is the page where you can assign a Chord Variation to
each recognized chord. When a chord is recognized, the
assigned Chord Variation will be automatically selected by
the arranger to play the accompaniment.

SECtl:ChTable V1

Major: CV1
Minor: CV2
Seventh: CV1
Maj7th: CV2

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the
control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 …
ENDING2).

E-F (Scroll Up), G-H (Scroll Down)

Use these buttons to scr oll the available paramete rs in the dis­play.

Chords / Chord Variation

Use these parameters to assign a Chord Variation to each of
the enlisted chords.

PAGE 13 - STYLE CONTROLS: MODE/TENSION

In this page you can set the Retrigger mode for the Style
tracks, and activate/deactivate the Tension for the Accompa­niment tracks.

SECtl:KbdRng V1

- - - - - - C-1 G#9

- - - - - - C-1 G#9
C-1 G#9 C-1 G#9
C-1 G#9 C-1 G#9

Bottom

Top

Note: The Keyboard Range is ignored while recording. The
selected track can play on the full range of the keyboard.

StCtl:Mode/Tens

- - - - - - M:Off T:On

- - - - - - M:Rt T:On
M:Rp M:Rp T:On
M:Rt T:On M:Rp T:Off

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the
control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 …
ENDING2).

10-20

Style Record mode

Page 14 - Import GRV

M (Mode)

This setting harmonizes the notes of the Bass track or the
Acc1-5 tracks to the new chord when the chord is changed.

Off Each time you play a new chord, the current

notes will be stopped. The track will remain
silent until a new note will be encountered in
the pattern.

Rt (Retrigger) The sound will be stopped, and

new notes matching the recognized chord will
be played back.

Rp (Repitch) New notes matching the recognized

chord will be played back, by repitching notes
already playing. There will be no break in the
sound. This is very useful on Guitar and Bass
tracks.

T (Tension)

Tension adds notes (a 9th, 11th and/or 13th) that have actu­ally been played to the accompaniment, e ven if they haven't
been written in the Style pattern. This parameter specifies
whether or not the Tension included in the recognized chord
will be added to the Acc1-5 tracks.

On The Tension will be added.
Off No Tension will be added.

PAGE 14 - IMPORT GRV

The Impot Groove function allo ws the loading of “.GRV” files
generated by the Slice function (see “Page 2 - Time Slice” on
page 15-3). By importing these data to a track, and assigning

the Program based on the sliced samples to the same track,
you can play the original audio groove, and c hange its t empo.

Edit:Import GRV

From:MYGROOVE.GRV
to:V1-CV1
Trk: PERC

Note: The parameters of this page are “ghosted”, and are not
accessible when no card is inserted. The <empty> remark is
given as the “From” value.

From:<empty>

Note: After importing a groove generated by a melody line (not
by a percussive groove), the imported groove and samples will
not be transposed together with the other Style tracks. Audio
data cannot be transposed by the automatic accompaniment
engine.

From

After you insert a Flash Card, use this parameter to select one
of the generated MIDI Groove patterns (“.GRV” files) that
has been saved on the card after a Time Slice operation.

To

Use this parameter to select the target Style Element and
Chord Variation.

Trk

Use this parameter to select the target track inside the
selected Chord Variation. The Percussion track is usually
suggested, since the Drum track is still suitable for standard
Drum Kit sounds (count-in, break etc.). After importing the
MIDI Groove pattern, assign the Card Program (to which the
sliced samples are assigned) to the track playing the MIDI
Groove pattern.

Song Play operating mode

The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format

11. SONG PLAY OPERATING MODE

11-1

The Song Play operating mode is where you can listen to
Songs (played directly from disk), and play along with the
Song using the four Realtime (Keyboard) tracks (Upper 1-3,
Lower). Sinc e the KD is equipped with two onboard sequenc­ers, you can play tw o Songs at the same time. This is very use­ful to mix between two Songs during a live performance.

THE SONGS AND THE STANDARD MIDI FILE
FORMAT

The native Song file format of the KD is Standard MIDI File
(SMF), the universal standard set by all manufacturers. You
can read these files with any musical instrument or computer.

A difference can be in the sound played by each track. If you
recorded a Song with the KD (Song mode), using only Gen­eral MIDI programs, you can play the same Song on virtually
any other musical instrument or computer. If you used KD
native programs, you cannot reproduce the same sounds on
instruments from other brands.

When you play SMFs in Song Play mode, there is no problem
reading files created by using only General MIDI sounds.
Sounds could be different when playing a Song madere­corded on a different instrument: despite the extensive com­patibility of KD with other, non-standard formats,
differences may arise.

If so, go to the Song operating mode and load the SMF. Then,
manually reassign the non-matching Programs, replacing
them with similar Programs on the KD. Then, save the SMF
again, and you will be able to play it in Song Play mode with
the correct Programs.

TRANSPORT CONTROLS

You can use the separate transpor t controls for each of the
two onboard sequencers. Use the SEQ1 controls for
Sequencer 1, and SEQ2 controls for Sequencer 2. See
“SEQUENCER TRANSPORT CONTROLS - SEQ1 and
SEQ2” on page 3-2 for more information).

SELECTING A SONG COMPOSING ITS PROGRESSIVE NUMBER

Each Song on disk (up to 9,999) has a progressive number
assigned. You can see this number before the Song’s name in
the Song Select page.

While in the Main, Song Select, or Lyrics page, the STYLE
section doubles as a numeric keypad. You can use it for com­posing the 4-digit number corresponding to the Song you
wish to select; the folder selected in the Song Select page will
become the current folder. This way, you can speed up the
Song retrieval, when you are using an hard disk filled with
midifiles.

Selecting a Song in the Song Select page

1. Open the Song Select page.

2. Select the disk and open the folder containing the Song

to be selected. This folder will be used also in the Main
and Lyrics page.

3. Compose the 4-digit number corresponding to the Song

you wish to select (for example: if the Song is number
“1043”, dial 1, 0, 4, 3).

After the fourth digit has been inserted, the window
automatically disappears, and the Song is selected.

• If the Song number is only 1, 2 or 3-digit long, dial the
number, then press ENTER to confirm (for example: if
the Song is number “52”, dial 5, 2, ENTER).

Note: If no Song corresponds to the dialed number, the
“Song not available” message appears. Press any button to
make it disappear.

Selecting a Song in the Main page

MIDI CLOCK

In Song Play mode the MIDI Clock is always generated by the
internal sequencer, even if the Clock parameter is set to
External (see “Clock” on page 15-4). KD transmits only the
MIDI Clock message generated by Sequencer 1.

SWITCHING BETWEEN SEQUENCERS DURING EDITING

When you enter Edit mode, you can edit the selected
sequencer’s parameters. Go to the main page of Song Play
mode, and select the S1 (A buttons) or S2 (B buttons) to
select the sequencer you wish to edit (see “Main page” on
page 11-3).

While the S1 or S2 field is selected, enter the number cor­responding to the Song you wish to select. The current
folder is the one selected in the Song Select page.

Selecting a Song in the Lyrics page

Compose the number corresponding to the Song y ou wish
to select. The current folder is the one selected in the Song
Select page.

REALTIME AND SEQUENCER TRACKS

The KD is equipped with a double sequencer. Each Song can
play a maximum of 16 tracks, for a total of 32 sequencer
tracks.

0001 MYSONG.MID

Song number:

000-

11-2

Song Play operating mode

Master Volume, Sequencer Volume, BALANCE

In addition, you can play on the keyboard with four addi­tional Realtime tracks (Upper 1-3 and Lower). You can edit
the Volume, Mute status, and Program selection for these
tracks on the main page of the Song Play mode.

When you enter Song Play mode from the Style Play mode,
the Realtime tracks are the same as the Style Play mode. A
quick way to select Programs and Effects for the Realtime
tracks is choosing a different Performance.

MASTER VOLUME, SEQUENCER VOLUME,
BALANCE

While the MASTER VOLUME slider controls the general vol­ume of the instrument, you can use the ACC/SEQ VOLUME
slider to control only the Sequencer’s t r acks volume. This lets
you adjust the Sequencer’s volume only, while the Realtime
(Keyboard) tracks are not affected by this slider.

Use the BALANCE slider to mix between Sequencer 1 and
Sequencer 2. Move it to the center for the maximum volume
of both sequencers.

EFFECTS IN SONG PLAY MODE

The KD is equipped with four effect processors, or DSPs
(Digital Signal Processors). In Song Play mode you can have
two or four effects at the same time, depending on the midi­file you are playing.

Note: When playing a Song that makes use of all four effects (A­D), you can’t edit any parameter assigned to the effects. These
parameters appear greyed out in the display.

• A Song created on the KD (in Song or Backing Sequence
mode) can use up to 4 effects (usually 2 reverbs + 2
modulating effects); each track may use the A/B or C/D
pair.

• A Standard MIDI File will only use 2 effects (usually 1
reverb + 1 modulating effect). This lets you use the
remaining 2 effects for the Realtime tracks.

• When using both sequencers at the same time, and the
“S2 FX Mode” is set to “A/B Mode” (see page 11-12),
they only use the A/B pair , while the C/D pair is reserved
to the Realtime (keyboard tracks).

• When using both sequencers at the same time, and the
“S2 FX Mode” is set to “C/D Mode” (see page 11-12),
Sequencer 1 uses the A/B pair, while Sequencer 2 uses
the C/D pair, sharing it with the Realtime (keyboard
tracks).

GROOVE QUANTIZE WINDOW

You can apply a realtime “groove-quantization” to Sequencer

1. Groove-quantization is a way of changing the music

groove during the playback, moving notes to the nearest axis
of a rhythmic “grid”. Please feel free to experiment: this func­tion is a great source of musical invention.

While in Song Play, press G.QUANTIZE. The following win­dow will appear.

Groove Quantize

Enable:On
NStart:On Acc(%):100
NDurat:On Swng(%):100
Res: Wndw(%):100

Press EXIT to exit this window.

Enable

Enables/disable the quantize. It is automatically set to Off
each time the instrument is turned on, or when selecting a
different Song.

NStart (Note Start)

Enables/disables the quantization of the Note On event (i.e.
beginning of the note).

NDurat (Note Duration)

Enables/disables the quantization of the Note Off event (i.e.
the length of the note).

Res (Resolution)

Coarse quantize grill resolution. This parameter is the main
quantization value, to be varied with the Acc, Swing and
Window values.

 (1/32)… (1/4)

Grid resolution, in musical values (a “3” after
the value means “triplet”). For example, when
you select 1/8, all notes are moved to the near­est 1/8 division. When you select 1/4, all notes
are moved to the nearest 1/4 division.

No quanti-

zation

1/8

1/4

Acc (Accuracy)

Accuracy percentage of quantize. F or e xample, if Acc=50, and
the note is 20 tics away from the coarse grid, it is moved to
the grid of only 10 tics.

0 No accuracy. The quantize is not executed.
100 Maximum accuracy. The note is moved exactly

at the grid position.

Swing

Asymmetry of quantization. Grid axis are moved to the near­est grid axis.

0 Even-numbered axis are totally mo ved over the

previous odd-numbered axis.

50 Axis are perfectly equidistant.

11-3

Song Play operating mode

The Write window

S1: Piano01
S2: Guitar01
Lyrics StrngEns2
AudioIn VoxPad1

No song

Song Play icon

Page header

Realtime (Keyboard) tracks

Song select commands

Selected Sequencer

Measure number

100 Even-number ed axis ar e t otally mo v ed o v er the

following odd-numbered axis.

Swng=50

Swng=25

Swng=75

Window

Area of quantize intervention, bordering the grid axis.
0 The quantize window corresponds to the axis.

No quantization happens.

100 The quantize window extends to the nearest

window; all events are quantized.

Win=0

Win=50

Win=100

THE WRITE WINDOW

You can save onto the internal memory a Seq1+Seq2 Setup.
There is a separate Setup for each of the two onboard
sequencers.

This Setup memorizes the Internal FX settings, the Internal/
External status of each track, and the Play/Mute status of
each track. When a new Song is selected, the saved Setup is
automatically recalled, and all parameters are reset.

• Global setting of the Internal FX parameters allows for
example to assign to all Songs a Reverb suitable for the
venue where you are performing, without having to
modify any of the Songs.

• Global setting of the Internal/External status allows you,
for example, to send the Piano track of all Songs to a
dedicated expander (just set globally the Piano track to
the External mode).

• The Play/Mute status allows you to globally mute tracks
that you don’t want to play, for example the melody
track.

For more information on the Internal FX settings for the
Song Play mode, see “Page 3 - Mixer: FX send A/B” or “Page
3 - Mixer: FX send C/D”, and following, on page 11-8.

Here is the procedure how to save the Seq1+Seq2 Setup in
memory.

1. Press WRITE. The Write page appears.

WRITE:

Press 'Enter/Yes'
to memorize
the Seq 1/2 Setup

2. Press ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.

If you confirm, the Setup is saved into the Global. You
may then save this Setup on disk together with the Glo­bal data.

MAIN PAGE

Press SONG PLAY to access this page from another operating
mode.

Note: When switching from Style Play to Song Play, the Song
Setup is automatically selected, and various track parameters
may change.

Press EXIT/NO to access this page from the Menu or any of
the Song Play edit pages.

To see the Song’s tracks, use the TRACK SELECT button to
switch from the main page (showing the Realtime tracks), to
the other tracks. Pressed the first time, you will see tracks 1-8
(TRACK SELECT LED on); a second press will show tracks
9-16 (TRACK SELECT LED flashing); pressed again, you will
be back to the Realtime tracks (TRACK SELECT LED
switched off).

Song Play icon

When on, this icon shows that the instrument is in Song Play
mode.

Page header

This line shows the currently selected sequencer, and the
assigned Song (“S1:Song Name” or “S2:Song Name”).

When no Song is assigned to the current sequencer, this line
shows only the selected sequencer number (“S1:” or “S2:”,
depending on the selected sequencer).

11-4

Song Play operating mode

Tracks 1-8 page

When no sequencer or Song is selected, only the “No Song”
text appears.

Press either A (S1:) or B (S1:) to switch between Sequencer 1
and Sequencer 2. When one of the sequencers is selected, the
sequencer number is also shown at the right of the metro­nome Tempo.

When a Jukebox file is in play, its name appears on the page
header.

Selected Sequencer

These indicators show if the currently selected sequencer is
Seq1 or Seq2. Use the A and B VOLUME/VALUE buttons to
select a sequencer.

Bar number

This counter shows the current bar number position of the
selected Song.

A (S1:SongName)

Pressed the first time (with a Song already selected) this but­ton pair selects Sequencer 1. Pressed a second time (or with
no Song selected), it opens the Song Selection page (see
“Song Select page” on page 11-4), allows the selection of a
single Song or a Jukebox file for Sequencer 1.

If you select another Song, while a Song is in play within the
same Sequencer, the new Song will start playing.

While this parameter is selected, you can select a Song by
composing its progressive number (see “Selecting a Song
composing its progressive number” on page 11-1).

B (S2:SongName)

Pressed a first time (with a Song already selected) this button
pair selects Sequencer 2. Pressed a second time (or with no
Song selected), it opens the Song Selection page (see “Song
Select page” on page 11-4), allowing the selection of a single
Song for Sequencer 2.

If you select another Song, while a Song is in play within the
same Sequencer, the new Song will start playing.

While this parameter is selected, you can select a Song by
entering its progressive number (see “Selecting a Song com­posing its progressive number” on page 11-1).

C (Lyrics)

Open the Lyrics page (see “The Lyrics page” on page 11-5).
Lyrics will be displayed only if included in the selected Song,
and compatible with a standard format that KD can recog­nize.

D (Audio In)

Use these buttons to mute/unmute or change the volume of
the audio inputs.

E (Upper 1 Program), F (Upper 2 Program), G (Upper 3 Pro­gram), H (Lower)

Name of the Programs assigned to the Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks. Use these buttons to select, mute/unmute or change
the volume of the corresponding tracks.

TRACKS 1-8 PAGE

To see and edit tracks 1-8, press TRACK SELECT from the
main page. The TRACK SELECT LED turns on.

Press the TRACK SELECT button twice, to go back to the
main page.

S1:MySong

Piano1 Piano1
DkStrings Guitar01
Legato StrngEns2
BrassyHorn VoxPad1

A-H (Tracks 1-8 Programs)

Name of the Programs assigned to tracks 1-8. Use these but­tons to select, mut e/unm ut e or change the volume of the cor­responding tracks.

TRACKS 9-16 PAGE

To see and edit tracks 9-16, press TRACK SELECT once from
the Tracks 1-8 page, or twice from the main page. The
TRACK SELECT LED begins flashing.

Press the TRACK SELECT button again, to return to the
main page.

S1:MySong

Strings1 VocaEns
DkStrings Bassi
Legato StrngEns2
BrassyHorn Strings2

A-H (Tracks 9-16 Programs)

Name of the Programs assigned to tracks 9-16. Use these but­tons to select, mut e/unm ut e or change the volume of the cor­responding tracks.

SONG SELECT PAGE

This page appears when you press either the A (S1:) or B (S2:)
button while you are in the main page. You can also access the
Song Select page by pressing PAGE +.

11-5

Song Play operating mode

The Lyrics page

Michelle, ma belle

S1:Michelle

Chords

Press EXIT (or PAGE-) to go back to the main page of the
Song Play operating mode, without selecting a Song.

Song Selection

CLUB |
BALLADS
0001 MYSONG.MID |
FD SELECT OPEN CLOSE

While in this page, select a Song for the selected Sequenc er, or
a Jukebox file for Sequencer 1.

Note: There is a separate working directory for each onboard
sequencer.

A-C (File, folder)

Move the “.MID”, “.KAR” or “.JBX” file, or folder, to be
selected to the first line of the display . To select a file, press the
F2 (Select) button. To open a folder, press the F3 (Open) but­ton.

The “ ” symbol identifies a folder.

E-F (Scroll Up)

Scroll the list up. Keep SHIFT pressed and press one of these
buttons to jump to the previous alphabetical section.

G-H (Scroll Down)

Scroll the list down. Keep SHIFT pressed and press one of
these buttons to jump to the next alphabetical section.

F1 (Disk device)

Selects a different disk device. Devices are selected in this
order: HD ➛ FD ➛ HD…

Device Type

HD Hard disk

FD Floppy disk

CRD Flash Card (Reserved for future development)

F2 (Select)

Selects the item on the first line in the display (Song or Juke­box file). If a Song is already playing, it stops, and the new
Song starts playing. You are returned to the Main page.

F3 (Open)

Opens the selected folder (item whose name begins with
“ ”).

F4 (Close)

Closes the current folder, returning to the parent (“upper”)
folder.

THE LYRICS PAGE

This page shows the lyrics and chord abbreviations included
in the midifile (if any).

To access this page, select the Lyrics command, or press
P AGE+ twice, from the main page of the Song Play mode (see
“Main page” on page 11-3).

Exit from this display, and go back to the main page of the
Song Play mode, by pressing the EXIT button.

While the Song is playing, the text scrolls on the display, and
the chord abbreviations (if any) will appear on the chords
area of the display. The lyrics at the current position are
underlined:

Michelle, ma belle

A (1)

Press this button pair to show Lyrics and Chords of
Sequencer 1.

B (2)

Press this button pair to show Lyrics and Chords of
Sequencer 2.

11-6

Song Play operating mode

Playing a Jukebox file

Lyrics display on an external monitor

As soon as you enter the Song Play mode, lyrics included in
the Song assigned to the Sequencer 1 are shown on the dis­play. To select a different sequencer , go to the Lyrics page, and
press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select
Sequencer 1, or one of the B VOLUME/VALUE buttons to
select Sequencer 2.

S1:Michelle

Michelle, ma belle

Sequencer 2

Sequencer 1

Note: You can have Sequencer 2 selected in the Main page of the
Song Play mode, and Sequencer 1 selected in the Lyrics page, or
vice-versa. In this way, you can select a Song whose lyrics to dis­play on the external monitor, while selecting a different
sequencer for editing operations.

PLAYING A JUKEBOX FILE

With Sequencer 1, y ou can select a Jukebox file (a file with the
“.JBX” extension) instead of a single Song. This lets you play a
list of Songs without multiple selections.

PAUSE Pauses the Song at the current position. Press

PAUSE or PLAY/STOP to start the Song play­ing again.

PLAY/STOP Starts or stops the current Song. When you

stop the Song, the sequencer goes back to mea­sure 1 of the current Song.

If the Jukebox page is open, you can start from
the Song at the first line of the display. See
“Page 9 - Jukebox” on page 11-11.

MENU

From any page, press MENU to open the Song Play edit
menu. This menu gives access to the various Song Play edit
sections.

When in the menu, select a section using the VOLUME/
VALUE buttons, press PAGE+ to select a page, or press EXIT
to exit the menu.

When in an edit page, press EXIT to go back to the Song Play
mode main page.

Song Play Menu

Mixer Preferences
Effects
Track ctrls
Jukebox

Each item of this menu corresponds to an edit section. Each
edit section groups many edit pages.

S1:MEDLEY1.JBX

S1:Sunday Piano01
S2:no song Guitar01
Lyrics StrngEns2
Microphone VoxPad1

Note: The Jukebox file can be assigned to the Sequencer 1
only.

Note: To create a Jukebox file, go to the Jukebox page (see

page 11-11).
Warning: Should you delete a Song included in the Jukebox list

currently playing, the sequencer will stop, and the “No Song”
message will appear. At this point, press SHIFT+>> (Seq1) to
go to the next Song, and press PLAY/STOP again.

Transport controls

When you select a Jukebox file, Sequencer 1 transport con­trols are slightly different than with single Songs.

<< and >> Pressed alone, these buttons are the Rewind

and Fast Forward commands.

Keep the SHIFT button pressed, and
press these buttons to scroll to the previous or
next Song in the Jukebox list.

EDIT PAGE STRUCTURE

Select an edit section from the Menu, and/or use the PAGE
buttons to reach the desired page.

Press EXIT to go back to the main page of the Song Play
mode.

All edit pages share the same structure.

Selected Sequencer

Song Play icon

Song Play icon

When on, this icon indicates that the instrument is in Song
Play mode.

Page header Page number

Mixer:Volume

|||| 090 |||| 090
|||| 090 |||| 092
|||| 090 |||| 086
|||| 090 ||||| 112

11-7

Song Play operating mode

Page 1 - Mixer: Volume

Page header

The header shows the name of the current edit page. Usually,
the header is divided into a first word, identifying the section
name (e.g., “Mixer:FX Send” is a “Mixer” section page), and a
second word, referring to the page name (e.g. “FX Send”).

Section name Page name

Mixer:FX Send

Selected Sequencer

These indicators show if the currently selected sequencer is
Seq1 or Seq2. Go to the Main page and use the A and B VOL­UME/VALUE buttons to select a sequencer.

Page

This area shows the current page number.

A-H

Each pair of VOLUME/VALUE buttons select a different
parameter of command, depending on the edit page.

PAGE 1 - MIXER: VOLUME

Here you can adjust the volume for each of the 16 sequencer
tracks. Press both VOLUME/VALUE button to mute/unmute
the corresponding track.

A muted track remains muted even when selecting a different
Song.

Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch between Song
tracks 1-8, Song tracks 9-16, and back again.

Mixer:Volume

|||| 090 |||| 090
|||| 090 |||| 092
|||| 090 |||| 086
|||| 090 ||||| 112

PAGE 2 - MIXER: PAN

Here you can adjust the pan for each Song track.
Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch between Song

tracks 1-8, Song tracks 9-16, and back again.

Mixer:Pan

C+00 C+00
C+00 C+00
C+00 C+00
C+00 C+00

Mixer:Pan

C+00 C+00
C+00 C+00
C+00 C+00
C+00 C+00

Pan

-64 Hard Left.
+00 Center.
+63 Hard Right.
Off If the track’s output status is Left/Right, the

direct (uneffected) signal does not go to the
outputs; only the FX signal is heard for this
track.

To program the output status, see “Physical
output” on page 15-7.

Mixer:Volume

|||| 090 |||| 090
|||| 090 |||| 092
|||| 090 |||| 086
|||| 090 ||||| 112

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Song Play operating mode

Page 3 - Mixer: FX send A/B

PAGE 3 - MIXER: FX SEND A/B

This page lets you set the level of the track’s direct (unef­fected) signal going to the A and B Internal FX processors
(usually assigned to Sequencer 1).

Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from tracks 1-8 to
tracks 9-16.

Mixer:FXSend

A:100 B:050 A:100 B:050
A:127 B:020 A:100 B:050
A:110 B:050 A:100 B:050
A:100 B:050 A:100 B:050

Mixer:FXSend

A:100 B:050 A:100 B:050
A:127 B:020 A:100 B:050
A:110 B:050 A:100 B:050
A:100 B:050 A:100 B:050

Note: When playing a Song that makes use of all four effects (A­D), you can’t edit any of the effect parameters. These parame­ters appear greyed out in the display.

Note: When you stop the Song, or select a different Song, the
default effects are selected again. You can, however, stop the
Song, change the effects, then start the Song again. Edit the Song
in Song mode to permanently change the effects.

Here is the edit procedure:

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons to select a

track.

2. Use the F1-F4 buttons to select a parameter for that

track.

3. Use the TEMPO/VALUE contr ols to c hange the parame-

ter’s value.

Parameters

000 No effect. Only the direct (uneffected) signal

goes to the outputs.

127 100% effect. The direct (uneffected) and

effected signals go to the outputs with the same
level.

PAGE 3 - MIXER: FX SEND C/D

This page lets you set the level of the track’s direct (unef­fected) signal going to the C and D Internal FX processors.

Note: You can access this page only while editing the Sequencer
2, and the “S2 FX Mode” parameter is set to “CD Mode” (see
page 11-12).

Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from tracks 1-8 to
tracks 9-16.

Mixer:FXSend

C:100 D:050 C:100 D:050
C:127 D:020 C:100 D:050
C:110 D:050 C:100 D:050
C:100 D:050 C:100 D:050

Mixer:FXSend

C:100 D:050 C:100 D:050
C:127 D:020 C:100 D:050
C:110 D:050 C:100 D:050
C:100 D:050 C:100 D:050

Here is the edit procedure:

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (A-H) buttons to select a

track.

2. Use the F1-F4 buttons to select a parameter for that

track.

3. Use the TEMPO/VALUE contr ols to c hange the parame-

ter’s value.

Parameters

000 No effect. Only the direct (uneffected) signal

goes to the outputs.

127 100% effect. The direct (uneffected) and

effected signals go to the outputs with the same
level.

PAGE 4 - FX: A/B SELECT

This page lets you select the A and B effects. Usually, the A
effect is a reverb, while the B effect is a modulating effect.

Effects A and B are usually reserved for Sequencer 1. You can,
however, create Songs by using all four effects in Song mode.
Depending on the status of the “S2 FX Mode” parameter, this

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Song Play operating mode

Page 4 - FX: C/D Select

effect pair could be reserved to Sequencer 2, t oo (see page 11-

12).

FX:A/B Select

A:02 B:97
BigHall MlwChrs

ModTrk:Up1 B>Asend:127

Note: When playing a Song that makes use of all four effects (A­D), you can’t edit any of thr effect parameters. These parameters
appear greyed out in the display.

Note: When you stop the Song, or select a different Song, the
default effects are selected again. You can, however, stop the
Song, change the effects, then start the Song again. Edit the Song
in Song mode to permanently change the effects.

A, B

Effects assigned to the A and B effect processors. Usually, A is
the reverb, while B is the modulating effect (chorus, flanger,
delay…). For a list of the available effects, see “Effects” on
page 18-1.

ModTrk (Modulating Track)

Source track for modulating MIDI messages. You can modu­late an effect parameter with a MIDI message generated by a
physical controller.

B>Asend (B>A Send)

Amount of the B effect going back to the input of the A effect.

PAGE 4 - FX: C/D SELECT

This page lets you select the C and D effects. Usually, the C
effect is a reverb, while the D effect is a modulating effect.

Effects C and D are usually reserved for Sequencer 2 and the
Realtime tracks. You can, however, create Songs using all four
effects in Song mode. Depending on the status of the “S2 FX
Mode” parameter, Sequencer 2 might also use the A/B effect
pair (see page 11-12).

FX:C/D Select

C:02 D:97
BigHall MlwChrs

ModTrk:Up1 D>Csend:127

Note: When playing a Song that makes use of all four effects (A­D), you can’t edit any of the effect parameters. These parame­ters appear greyed out on the display.

Note: When you stop the Song, or select a different Song, the
default effects are selected again. You can, however, stop the
Song, change the effects, then start the Song again. Edit the Song
in Song mode to permanently change the effects.

C, D

Effects assigned to the C and D effect processors. Usually, C is
the reverb, while D is the modulating effect (chorus, flanger,
delay…). For a list of the available effects, see “Effects” on
page 18-1.

ModTrk (Modulating Track)

Source track for modulating MIDI messages. You can modu­late an effect parameter with a MIDI message generated by a
physical controller.

D>Csend (D>C Send)

Amount of the D effect going back to the input of the C
effect.

PAGE 5 - FX: A EDITING

This page contains the editing parameters for the A effect
(usually, reverb for Sequencer 1).

FX:A Edit

Rev Time [sec]: 3.07 |
High Damp [%]:0
Pre Dly [ms]:0
Pre Dly Thru [%]:0 |

Use the E-F and G-H VOLUME/VALUE button pairs to scroll
the parameter list.

Use the A-D VOLUMME/VALUE button pairs to select and
edit a parameter.

Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls to edit the selected param­eter.

Note: When playing a Song that makes use of all four effects (A­D), you can’t edit any of the effect parameters. These parame­ters appear greyed out in the display.

Note: When you stop the Song, or select a different Song, the
default effects are selected again. You can, however, stop the
Song, change the effects, then start the Song again. Edit the Song
in Song mode to permanently change the effects.

Parameters

See “Effects” on page 18-1 for a list of available parameters
for each effect type.

PAGE 6 - FX: B EDITING

This page contains the editing parameters for the B effect
(usually modulating effect for Sequencer 1). For mor e details,
see “Page 5 - FX: A editing” above.

PAGE 5 - FX: C EDITING

This page contains the editing parameters for the C effect.
You can access this page only when the “S2 FX Mode” param­eter is set to C/D (see “S2 FX Mode” on page 11-12). For
more details, see “Page 5 - FX: A editing” above.

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Song Play operating mode

Page 6 - FX: D editing

Note: C and D effects are used also by the Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks.

PAGE 6 - FX: D EDITING

This page contains the editing parameters for the D effect.
You can access this page only when the “S2 FX Mode” param­eter is set to C/D (see “S2 FX Mode” on page 11-12). For
more details, see “Page 5 - FX: A editing” above.

Note: C and D effects are used also by the Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks.

PAGE 7 - TRACK: MODE

This page lets you set the polyphony mode for each Song
track.

Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from tracks 1-8 to
tracks 9-16.

Track:Mode

Poly Poly
Poly Poly
Poly Poly
Poly Poly

Track:Mode

Poly Mono Right
Drum Poly
Drum Poly
Poly Poly

Parameters

Drum This is a Drum/Percussion track. No Master or

Octave Transpose applies to this track.

Poly Tracks of this kind are polyphonic, i.e. they can

play more than one note at the same time.

Mono Tracks of this kind are monophonic, i.e. each

new note stops the previous note.

Mono Right A Mono track, but with priority assigned to

the rightmost (highest) note.

PAGE 8 - TRACK: INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

This page lets you set the Internal or External status for each
track. It is very useful to let a Song track drive an external
expander.

Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from tracks 1-8 to
tracks 9-16.

Track:Int/Ext

Internal Internal
Internal Internal
Internal External
Internal Internal

Track:Int/Ext

Internal Internal
Internal Internal
Internal External
Internal Internal

Parameters

Internal The track plays the sounds generated by the

internal sound engine. It does not play an
external instrument connected to the MIDI
OUT.

External The track plays an external instrument con-

nected to the MIDI OUT. It does not play the
internal sounds, therefore saves polyphony.

When a track is set to “External”, a string of
transmitted Control Change and Program
Change data is shown instead of the Program
name assigned to the track. In the following
example, CC#0 is the Control Change 0 (Bank
Select MSB), CC#32 is the Control Change 32
(Bank Select LSB), PC is the Program Change.

121- 3- 0

CC#0

Both The track plays both the internal sounds and

an external instrument connected to the MIDI
OUT.

CC#32

PC

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Song Play operating mode

Page 9 - Jukebox

PAGE 9 - JUKEBOX

The Jukebox function lets you play a list of Songs (127 max),
at the touch of a button. You can play a Jukebox file by select­ing it in the Song Select page (see “Playing a Jukebox file” on
page 11-6), just as if it was a normal Song.

JB List:NEW_NAME

01 Sunday.mid |
02 Likeavrg.mid
|
SAVE ADD INS DEL

In this page, you can create, edit and save a Jukebox file. If a
Jukebox file is already selected into a Sequencer, you will
enter this page with that file ready to be edited. Otherwise,
you will enter this page with an empty “NEW_NAME.JBX”
file.

To create a new file, even if a Jukebox file is already selected,
press SHIFT+ F4 (Del), and confirm with ENTER (see below
the “F4 (Del)” paragraph).

When you press PLAY/STOP from this page, the Jukebox
playback begins from the currently selected Song (i.e., the
Song on the fist line of the display).

F1 (Save)

Press this button to sav e the Jukebox file on disk. The Jukebox
Save page appears, allowing you to save your file on disk.

3. Move the cursor using the DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons.

Select a character using the DIAL. Insert a character at
the cursor position by pressing the INSERT button.
Delete a character at the cursor position by pressing the
DELETE button.

4. When you have finished writing a name, press F2 (Save)

to confirm. The “Are you sure?” message appears. Press
ENTER to confirm, EXIT to abort.

F2 (Add)

Adds a Song at the end of the current list. You can add up to
127 Songs in a list.

Note: A Jukebox list can include only Songs contained in the
same folder.

F3 (Ins)

Inserts a Song at the cursor position (i.e., the first line of the
display). All subsequent Songs are moved to the next higher­numbered slot. You can add up to 127 Songs in a list.

Note: A Jukebox list can include only Songs contained in the
same folder.

F4 (Del)

This command let’ s y ou delete the Song on the first line of the
display.

Pressed while keeping SHIFT pressed, the whole
Jukebox list is deleted. (The instrument asks for a confirma­tion with the “Are you sure?” message; press ENTER to con­firm, EXIT to abort).

The Jukebox file name changes to “NEW_NAME.JBX”.

JBX Save

NEW_NAME.JBX |
MEDLEY1.JBX
|
HD SAVE ABORT

Note: You can save your “.JBX” file only in the same folder as
the Songs in the list.

You can create a new file, or overwrite an existing one.

1. Move to the first line of the display the “.JBX” file you

want to save your list into. Select an existing file if you
want to overwrite it. Select the “NEW_NAME.JBX”
item to create a new file.

Use the E-F (Scroll Up) and G-H (Scroll Down) VOL­UME/VALUE buttons, or the TEMPO/VALUE controls
to scroll the list.

2. If you are making a new file, when the

“NEW_NAME.JBX” item is on the first line of the dis­play, press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons. You
are prompted to assign a name to the selected item:

NEW_NAME

PAGE 10 - PREFERENCES

In this page, you can set various general parameters.

Preferences (Gbl)

Link Mode:Off
S2 FX Mode:CD
Perf. FX Mode:CD
Harmony Track:S1-Tr05

Use the A-D VOLUME/VALUE button pairs to select a
parameter.

Note: These settings are stored in the Global file. After changing
these settings, press WRITE to save them into the Global. The
Write Global window will appear (see “The Write window” on
page 11-3).

Note: You can always start both sequencers simultaneously.
Start both sequencers simultaneously by keeping SHIFT held
down while pressing one of the PLAY/STOP controls.

Link Mode

The two onboard Sequencers can work each with a different
Tempo (Off), or use the same Tempo (Link modes).

Off The sequencers Tempo are not linked. Each

sequencer uses its own Tempo.