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Playing Other Tones

Assigning Organ Sounds and Other
Tones Across the Keyboard (Split)

When the Organ Voice and Other Tones are layered together, you can press the

[SPLIT] button to divide the keyboard into two zones, splitting the organ voice.

The organ voice will sound the Upper part in the right-hand zone, and the Lower

part in the left-hand zone. Other Tones will be layered with the Upper part.

1

Select a preset organ voice (p. 22), or use the harmonic bars and other

knobs and buttons to create the desired organ sound.

2

Press the [PRESET] button, extinguishing its indicator.

3

Press one of the buttons from [1] through [8] to select an Other Tone.

The selected Other Tone will sound together with the organ voice.

4

Press the [SPLIT] button.

The organ voice will be divided into upper and lower. The Other Tone will sound in

the upper area.

fig.01-43-1

Playing the Other Tone in the upper, and the organ voice in the
lower part

5

Press the HARMONIC BAR PART [UPPER] button to make its indicator

light.

6

Press the harmonic bars inward until you can no longer see the numbers.

7

Get the indicators for the PERCUSSION [SECOND] button and

PERCUSSION [THIRD] button to go out (off).

The lower part of the organ voice will sound in the lower area, and only the Other

Tone will sound in the upper area.

fig.01-43-2

Organ Upper Part

Organ Lower Part

OTHER TONES

Split Point

You can change the part that

plays the Other Tones (p. 57).

Organ Lower Part

OTHER TONES

Split Point