START When pressed it starts to play the automatic accompaniment. If START is pressed while the Arranger is already play-
ing then everything is stopped, in other words it acts as a Stop push button.
HOLD When the LED is on the last chord played to the left of the Split point on the keyboard is memorised and kept active
driving the Arranger which carries on playing normally even after the left hand is taken off the keys. This chord is
held as the harmonic basis of all the Arranger parts until a new chord is actually played below the split point which
the Arranger follows by changing the parts to suit. If the LED is switched off, the accompaniment will only work as
long as the chord is held down on the keyboard, but the drum tracks will continue to play regardless.
SLOW This decreases the Tempo value of the Arranger or of the Sequencer.
FAST This increases the Tempo value of the Arranger or of the Sequencer. By pressing SLOW and FAST together at the
same time, the Tempo value is locked (marked by an asterisk) so that it cannot be modified by calling up another
Style with a different Tempo. To disable this locking, press SLOW and FAST together at the same time . To restore
the default Tempo of the style press PAGE + and PAGE – together at the same time.
A, B, C, D Each of these push buttons corresponds to a variation of the style, from the most simple to the most complex.
Further to these push buttons, also Jump Fill in the Left Control menu can be used to move forward or back
between the variations.
INTRO 1, 2, 3 (REMIX SELECT, DRUM MIXER, DRUM&BASS)
If one of these three push buttons is pressed while the Arranger is stopped an Intro is enabled, of which there are three with varying complex-
ity. If one of these three push buttons is pressed while the Arranger is playing, an Ending is enabled with three available variations having dif-
ferent levels of complexity. If the Jump Fill push button is enabled and an Intro push button is pressed, the Intro selected will be played. While
in Song Play mode, the three pushbuttons enable the Remix functions to be controlled on the piece of music being played. When in drum remix
mode,
RREEMMIIXX SSEELLEECCTT
is used to toggle between song selection and style selection; (ie which of these will the style numeric pad be used to make
selections of?).
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Control panel and push button functions