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58 Owner’s Manual
Play a Song Style in Real Time
In almost all cases, the Song Styles will have all tracks engaged by the sequencer. You can
check this at a glance by looking at the status of the tracks in the display. If they are all on,
this means that they are all used by the sequencer.
If one or more tracks are off, this indicates that they are not engaged by the sequencer. If
you want to play along with the Song Style during playback with one of the keyboard tracks,
you can either:
• A) deactivate one of the Real Time tracks used by the Sequencer.
• B) engage one of the Real Time tracks not used by the Song Style.
N.B. The accompaniment tracks can only be deactivated.
Refer to the “SONG” chapter for the instructions referred to the above operations.
When a Song Style is in Play mode, access is possible to UPPER1, UPPER2 and LOWER
sections with the relative keys and with the F7, F8, F9 function keys.
Recording a Song Style
Styles offer an excellent means of preparing backings for a soloist. For example, you can record
two keyboard tracks (Upper 2 & Lower) with accompaniments, then use Upper 1 to play the
melody in real time with the Song Style in playback
Song Styles record all panel interventions made while recording: changes of Style, use of the
Intro, Fills, Endings, Fade In/Out, activation/deactivation of the effects, Harmony On/Off and
more. The events generated by the panel interventions are recorded in the COMMON track.
COMMON and CHORDS tracks activate automatically when you enter Song Style Record mode.
Before recording a Song Style, it is advisable to completely clear the sequencer memory in
order to use the total RAM capacity and avoid undesired parts when saving a Song Style. In
fact, the Song Style is saved as an ALL data set, therefore, whatever is contained in RAM will
also form part of the Song Style.
To clear all data from the Sequencer, move with the CURSOR key to MIDI/GENERAL mode.
Use the PAGE keys until the message “InitALL” appears in the display. You can now rotate the
dial to choose whether to clear all the instrument (ALL), the Sequencer (SEQ), the Sample
memory (SMP) or the Performances (PFM); select the “InitSEQ” option (if you select “InitALL”
Performances and Samples will be erased), then press ENTER twice: WK1 Or is now ready to
record Song Styles.
ENTER THE SONG STYLE RECORDING MODE
Press the RECORD key: the first free location is made available.
Press PLAY/STOP, to start the recording.
While you play, WK1 Or records the panel status and all the operations that you carry
out.
The CHORD track is automatically activated only if empty. The keyboard tracks are
recorded only if their relative indicators are shown on in the display.
You can decide whether to start with a free Intro, with no Style, or with an automatic
accompaniment straightaway.
1. Press INTRO (if you wish to start with an INTRO).
You alternatively use, Intro, Fills or Ending.
2. Press START/STOP to start the accompaniment.