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The Utility section
The UTILITY section, on the right of the control panel, consists of 6 buttons:
METRONOME, TOUCH, HARMONY, SUSTAIN, REVERB and CHORUS.
METRONOME
This button activates the Metronome in Play and Record situations.
When active, the corresponding icon turns on in the display.
TOUCH
This function allows you to regulate the touch response (velocity sensitivity) of the key-
board.
The corresponding display indicator shows the TOUCH ON/OFF status. To change the
keyboard velocity response, TOUCH must be on.
If you press and hold the TOUCH button for about 2 seconds, the display shows a Touch
setting between 0 and 127; by changing the setting you can modify the keyboard re-
sponse to your liking.
HARMONY
Enables or disables the HARMONY function, a feature which can orchestrate your play-
ing, making simple one-note melodies sound as if they are being played by a full orches-
tra. The corresponding display indicator turns on when HARMONY is active.
The structure of the automatic harmony is based on the current Harmony Type setting
and operates only when the keyboard is split.
By holding down the HARMONY button for about 2 seconds, the display shows the
currently selected Harmony Type.
With the PAGE buttons, you can select the Harmony type that best suits the kind of music
that you are playing.
The types of Harmony available are divided into two categories, according to whether
the Harmony depends on the notes played with the left hand or not.
Harmony types that depend on the notes played below the split point:
Closed : The notes played on the left hand are added to the melody note exactly
as played. The harmonising chord is a closed (or tight) position (notes
fall within the same octave).
Open 1 : same as close but with an open chord (notes spread over 2 octaves).
Open 2 : similar to Open 1 but with the notes played on the left hand randomly
assigned to the right.
Block : transforms the melody note into a full four or five note chord, each note
in perfect harmony.
Harmony types that are independent of the notes played below the split point:
Octave 1 : doubles the note of the right hand by playing an octave higher. No left
hand chord required.
Oscar : doubles the note of the right hand with a note two octaves below. No
left hand chord required. This structure is based on the harmony typi-
cally used by the jazz musician Oscar Peterson.
Jazz : adds two notes above the note played by the right hand, at intervals of
a fourth and a minor seventh. No left hand chord required.
Rock : creates a three note chord consisting of the melody note, a fifth interval
and an octave interval (e.g. C-G-C’). No left hand chord required.
TOUCH
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