Peavey Pro 1, Pro 2 User Manual

GENERALMUSIC

OWNERS MANUAL English

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Table of contents

Section 1: Instrument Layout

Front panel layout;

PRO 1......................................4

PRO 2......................................5

Back panel ...................................6

Power and headphones ................7

Pedal connections ........................8

Section 2: Quick Study Guide

Sounds and effects .....................10

Performances .............................12

Section 3: Basic Features

Sounds and performances .......... 16

Tuning and tone controls ...........18

Effects and touch ....................... 20

Other controls ............................22

Section 5: Master/Midi

Midi functions............................30

Master functions ........................32

Section 6: Sequencer / Recorder

Description of controls ..............36

Recording...................................37

Advanced features .....................40

Section 7: Reference

Technical specifications;

PRO 1....................................43

PRO 2....................................44

Description of technology..........45

Alphabetical index ..................... 47

Appendix

Section 4: Performance Edit

List of functions.........................24

Special features..........................28

MIDI Implementation chart;

PRO 1.................................... iii

PRO 2......................................v

Special Control Messages;

PRO 1.....................................iv

PRO 2.....................................vi

PRO 2 Effects Selection ............vii

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Section 1

Instrument Layout

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Front and rear panel

Front panel - PRO 1

(6) (7) (8) (12)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (9) (10) (11) (13) (14) (15) (16)(17)

(1) VOLUME SLIDER Controls the main volume of the instrument. (2) DATA SLIDER Adjusts values shown in the display when using programmable functions. (3) PAGE UP/DOWN BUTTONS Use these buttons to step through the various functions in the PERF EDIT and

MASTER/MIDI menus.

(4) MASTER/MIDI This button provides access to the various MIDI functions of the instrument plus

some additional master features such as "Restore Performances" and "EQ Lock".

(5) PERF EDIT Use this button to edit a variety of performance features such as reverb and effect

levels, pedal functions and alternative tunings. Any changes made here will be memorized when the performance is saved.

(6) STORE Press this button when you are ready to store the changes you have made. Complete

storage by choosing a bank, (A-H) and a program, (1-8).

(7) SPLIT Turning this b utton on will split the keyboard into separate left and right parts. While

the button is held you can choose the split note and the lower, (left) sound.

(8) BRILLIANCE Use these buttons to adjust the overall tone of the instrument. (9) TRANSPOSE Increases or decreases the overall pitch of the instrument in half-step, (semitone)

increments

(10) SELECTION BUTTONS Use these buttons to select sounds or performances, (depending on the state of the

SOUNDS/PERF button).

(11) SOUNDS/PERF This button switches between SOUNDS mode and PERFORMANCE mode. (12) VARIATION Pressing this button in SOUNDS mode will provide a variation of the current sound. (13) REVERB Use this button to select a rev erb type. When all LEDs are of f the rev erb is cancelled. (14) EFFECT Use this button to select an ef fect type. When all LEDs are of f the effects are cancelled. (15) TOUCH This button adjusts the touch of the keyboard according to your playing style. (16) LOCAL OFF This disconnects the keyboard from the internal voices allowing the instrument to be

connected in a "midi loop", (a typical configuration for using external sequencers.)

(17) DEMO Activates the factory programmed demonstration of the internal sounds.

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Front panel - PRO 2

(6) (7) (8) (13)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (9)(10) (1 1) (12) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)(20)

MASTER/MIDI menus.

(4) EQ SECTION Provides accurate control of the instrument's tone. (5) EQ ON/OFF Activates and deactivates the EQ section. (6) STORE Press this button when you are ready to store the changes you have made. Complete

storage by choosing a bank, (A-H) and a program, (1-8).

(7) SPLIT Turning this b utton on will split the keyboard into separate left and right parts. While

the button is held you can choose the split note and the lower, (left) sound.

(8) TUNE Use these buttons to adjust the tuning of the instrument. (9) MASTER/MIDI This button provides access to the various MIDI functions of the instrument plus

some additional master features such as "Restore Performances" and "EQ Lock".

(10) PERF EDIT Use this button to edit a variety of performance features such as reverb and effect

levels, pedal functions and alternative tunings. Any changes made here will be memorized when the performance is saved.

(11) TRANSPOSE Increases or decreases the overall pitch of the instrument in half-step, (semitone)

increments

(12) SELECTION BUTTONS Use these buttons to select sounds or performances, (depending on the state of the

SOUNDS/PERF button).

(13) VARIATION Pressing this button in SOUNDS mode will provide two variations of the current

sound.

(14) SOUNDS/PERF This button switches between SOUNDS mode and PERFORMANCE mode. (15) REVERB Use this button to select a reverb type . When all LEDs are of f the rev erb is cancelled. (16) EFFECT Use this button to select an ef fect type. When all LEDs are off the ef fects are cancelled. (17) TOUCH This button adjusts the touch of the keyboard according to your playing style. Selecting

USER allows you to vary the touch with the DATA slider.

(18) PLAY AND RECORD The on board digital recording section, (sequencer) allows you to record what you

play . See the dedicated "Sequencer/recorder" section of this manual for more details.

(19) LOCAL OFF This isolates the keyboard from the internal voices allowing the instrument to be

connected in a "midi loop", (a typical configuration for using external sequencers.)

(20) DEMO Activates the factory programmed demonstration of the internal sounds.

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Rear panel - PRO 1 / PRO 2

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

(1) SPEAKER JACK This jack allows you to connect a pair of multimedia monitor speakers for practice.

This output offers a small amount of power to drive the speakers at a low level.

(2) RIGHT INPUT (3) LEFT /MONO INPUT Y ou can use these inputs to connect another instrument or sound module to the piano.

The output of the other instrument will be mixed with the main signal of the piano and sent to the OUTPUT , SPEAKER and HEADPHONE jacks. If you are connecting a mono signal, (e.g. a microphone) then you should use only the Left/Mono connector.

(4) RIGHT OUTPUT (5) LEFT/MONO OUTPUT These outputs are used to connect the instrument to an amplifier , mix er or recording

device in stereo. If you are connecting to mono equipment, (e.g. a guitar amplifier) then you should use only the Left/Mono connector.

(6) DAMPER You can connect either a standard footswitch or the special Real Piano Continuous

Damper Pedal, (available from your Generalmusic dealer) to simulate the right pedal of a piano.

(7) PEDAL 1 Each socket can accept either a footswitch or a continuous, (volume) type pedal. (8) PEDAL 2 The function for each pedal can be selected in the PERF EDIT section.

(9) MIDI IN Allows the sounds of the PRO1/2 to be played by an external device e.g. a controller

keyboard or a sequencer.

(10) MIDI THRU Provides a copy of the information being received by the MIDI IN. Use MIDI THR U

when connecting a number of different instruments together.

(11) MIDI OUT Sends MIDI information from the PRO 1/2 to other equipment so that the instrument

can be used as a controller.

(12) COMPUTER JACK Allows direct connection of the instrument to an IBM or Macintosh computer without

the need to use a MIDI interface.

(13) D.C. POWER JACK Connection for the power supply unit. Use only the unit supplied with your instrument.

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Power switch and headphones

Power switch

The power switch is located on the back panel at the lower left side. You should always ensure that the power switch is in off position when connecting or disconnecting the power adaptor. Applying power while the switch is on may damage the components inside the unit.

Power switch

Headphone jack

The headphone jack is located at the extreme left side of the metal rail which runs beneath the keyboard.

Headphone jack

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Pedal connections

There are three pedal jacks on the back panel of the PRO 1/PRO 2.

The DAMPER pedal jack can accept any type of generic footswitch to provide a "sustain pedal" effect. It should be noted however that this socket can also accept a special "continuous damper pedal", (available from your Generalmusic dealer), which more faithfully replicates the action of an acoustic piano's damper pedal. When this continuous type of pedal is used, the amount of damping will vary according to the position of the pedal.

The other two pedal jacks, PED1 and PED2, can accept either a pedal switch or a continuous type pedal. These pedals, when connected can be used for a variety of dif ferent functions. These functions are detailed in section 4 of this manual - PERF EDIT, Pedal 1 Function/Pedal 2 Function.

Pedal switch Continuous pedal

A note about pedals and footswitches

There are four types of pedals which may be connected to the PRO 1/PRO 2;

1. Footswitch - normal polarity, (or "normally open")

2. Footswitch - reverse polarity, (or normally closed")

3. Continuous volume pedal

4. Generalmusic continuous damper pedal

Whenever one of the above pedal types is connected to either the DAMPER, PED 1 or PED 2 jacks the instrument will automatically detect which type of pedal it is. This "auto detect" procedure normally takes about 1-2 seconds. In order for the system to correctly evaluate the pedal type, it is important not to press or move the pedal until the pedal change screen, (Fig. 1) has disappeared.

--PEDAL CHANGE- Pedal1 On/Off

Fig. 1: Detecting the pedal type

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Section 2

Quick Study Guide

For those of you who don't like to read manuals or wish to read the manual in detail later, here is everything you need to get started.

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Basic Functions and Features

If you are eager to “dive in” to your new keyboard or if you plan to study the manual more carefully at a later date, read this section first to get an overall feel for the basic operation of the PR O1 and PR O2. These instruments follow a simple and logical design so you should be able to use and understand many of the features without exhaustive description. If you need more explanation of a particular feature, you will find a comprehensive description of each function further on in this manual.

Simple Operation

There are two different ways of using the instrument;

1: SOUNDS mode

2: PERF mode, (“Performance” mode)

Either mode can be selected by use of the SOUNDS/PERF button to the right of the sound selection buttons. When the light above the button is ON, the instrument is in SOUNDS mode. When this light is OFF the instrument is in PERF mode.

SOUNDS mode is used for normal operation of the instrument and this is where you should start if you are new to the instrument. In this mode you can use the sound selection buttons in conjunction with the VAR, (variation) button to choose any desired sound.

You can easily add effects to the selected sound by using the REVERB and EFFECTS buttons.

If you want to mix two sounds together, this can be achieved by simply pressing the two required sound buttons together at the same time. You may also split the keyboard by pressing SPLIT. If you select a sound while holding the split button, this assigns that sound to the left side of the keyboard. If you press a key while holding the split button, the note you pressed will become the new split point, (it actually becomes the lowest note of the right or upper section.)

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If you wish to further edit the sound combination you are making, for example, to adjust the relative volumes of the two sounds or to change the effect send amount for each sound, you can use the features in the PERF EDIT menu.

Pressing PERF EDIT will display one of the many available edit pages allowing you to change some aspect of the current combination. The DATA slider is used to adjust the value of whatever is currently displayed. Other screens can be selected by pressing the PAGE buttons to the right of the DATA slider.

Page up

Data slider

Page down

The number of features available in the PERF EDIT menu will be different depending on whether you have one sound or two sounds currently active. When you hav e two sounds selected, (either mixed together or using a split keyboard), you will see many of the screens twice. For e xample; if you hav e two sounds mixed together , the first PERF EDIT screen allows you to adjust the v olume of Sound 1 with the DATA slider. When you page forward to the next screen you can now adjust the volume of Sound 2 with the DATA slider. If you had selected only one sound you would not see this second screen.

After you have spent some time adjusting things like the effect levels, mixing, pedal assignments and other features contained in PERF EDIT, you will have created what we call a PERFORMANCE. In simple terms, a PERFORMANCE is just the end result of some tweaking and editing where the instrument now sounds the way you want it to. At this stage your PERFORMANCE can be saved in memory so that you can instantly recall it the next time you need to use it.

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Storing a Performance

Performance

selection

There are 64 PERFORMANCE memories on-board the PRO1 and PRO2. They are arranged in eight banks from A to H. Each bank contains eight P erformances numbered 1 - 8. The sound selection buttons are used to select Performances when the instrument is in PERF mode. Beneath each button you will see dif ferent coloured print which indicates that button’ s function when the instrument is in PERF mode. Each Performance has both an alpha- numeric reference, (e.g. C5 or F2), and an actual text name which is displayed in the screen after it has been selected.

Although the procedure for saving and naming a Performance is described in detail elsewhere in this manual, the basic steps are very simple. After creating a performance which you want to store, press the STORE b utton.

Next, choose the BANK, (A - H), by pressing one of the lo wer ro w of sound selection keys. Finally , choose one of the eight locations in that bank by pressing one of the upper row of sound selection keys. Your performance is now stored. You can recall it at any time by activating PERF mode, (SOUNDS / PERF light OFF), and selecting first the BANK letter followed by the location number.

EXAMPLE: Saving the current sound settings into Performance “E6”

With the instrument in SOUNDS mode and a performance ready to be saved;

1. Press STORE, (at this stage you can use the DATA slider and the page buttons to enter a text name for this performance)

2. Press “E” (the E. PIANO 2 button)

3. Press “6” (the PAD 1 button)

You have now stored this sound setting into Performance E6.

When your PRO1 or PRO 2 leaves the factory, many of the performances have been pre-programmed to let you hear some of the possibilities of the instrument. The first of these is a basic piano setting which has been stored in Performance A1. You can listen to some of the instrument’s powerful capabilities by listening to the combinations stored in A2, A3, A4 etc. Even if you have erased or overwritten some of these factory performances, they can be fully restored at any time by turning the power on while holding the PERF EDIT button, or by using the RESTORE PERFs function in the MASTER/MIDI section. This function will erase any Performances you had previously saved.

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Making a Performance from scratch

Lets try a complete step by step example.

The aim is to make a combination of E. Piano 1, (without variation) and Choir Variation 1. We need the Choir sound to be about half the volume of the Electric Piano. We will add some hall reverb to the sound but we need to have much more reverb on the Choir than on the Electric Piano. When we have finished making this sound combination, we will store it in performance B1.

1. Switch the instrument on, (just to be sure that we are really starting from scratch.)

2. While holding E. Piano 1, press Choir.

This mixes the basic E Piano 1 sound with the basic Choir sound. Now we need to select Choir variation 1 without changing the piano.

3. Use the PAGE buttons so that the arrow in the display appears next to the Choir sound.

4. Press the VAR button to select variation 1.

Now let’s add the reverb effect.

5. Repeatedly press the REVERB button until the HALL effect is selected.

At this stage we have mixed our two sounds and selected the effect. This gives us a basic combination. We now need to edit the combination so that each sound has a different volume level and a different amount of reverb.

6. Press PERF EDIT

7. If you do not see page 1, use the page buttons to step back to it.

8. Adjust the volume of the E. Piano 1 sound to maximum.

9. Now page forward to Page 1b, (volume for the Choir sound.)

10. Adjust the level to about 64.

11. Use the page buttons to select REVERB SEND for the piano, (Page 2.)

12. Choose a small value such as 40 or 50.

13. Now move to page 2b - REVERB SEND for the Choir.

14. Choose a high value such as 100.

This completes the editing.

15. Press PERF EDIT to turn it off.

Let’s now store this sound combination into performance B1.

16. Press STORE

17. Press “B”, (PIANO 2 button)

18. Press “1”, (HARPSI button)

That’s it. To recall this sound combination at any time, simply switch to PERFORMANCE mode and press “B” followed by “1”.

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“Quick Piano” feature

Since the PRO 1 and PRO 2 are designed to be played primarily as a piano, both instruments include a function designed to quickly return the instrument to a basic piano sound with no effects.

To activate this “Quick Piano” feature, first hold the PIANO 1 button and then press the SOUNDS/PERF button.

“Quick Piano” function

It is important to remember that PIANO 1 must be held down before you press SOUNDS/PERF.

NOTE: Using “Quick Piano” will not affect any settings which have been stored in the instrument’s memory.

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