GEM WK2 User Manual

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Styles 33
The Style controls
The next few paragraphs explain buttons dedicated to the control of the Styles.
START / STOP
Starts or stops the Style auto accompaniment.
In Song Style record mode, this button triggers the auto accompaniments; the Song Style
recording is started with the PLAY/STOP button.
While the Style (or Song) is playing, the display shows 4 Tempo monitoring signals under
the Metronome icon which monitor the playback Tempo.
Before pressing START/STOP you can preset one of either INTRO, FILL or ENDING to
play as an Introduction to the Style.
KEY START
This function synchronises the start of the automatic accompaniments with a note pressed
on the lower split keyboard without having to use START/STOP. If you are using Free/Style,
you can key-start a Style by playing a chord anywhere on the keyboard.
KEY START can be deactivated by:
• pressing ENDING and allow the Style to run freely to the end.
• pressing KEY START once more.
KEY START cannot be deactivated by:
• pressing START/STOP while the accompaniment is playing.
• pressing INTRO, FILL or ENDING before starting the accompaniment.
The KEY START function can be activated or deactivated during Style play.
INTRO
Plays an introductory sequence of one or two measures. After pressing INTRO (the corre-
sponding display indicator turns on), press START/STOP to start the Style with the Intro.
INTRO can also play as a Fill In if pressed during Style play.
ENDING
Stops a Style accompaniment with an ending (“coda”). The corresponding display indicator
turns on when ending is selected.
If you preset ENDING before Style start, it plays as an Introduction.
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METRONOME TEMPO
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METRONOME TEMPO
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Note 1: When KEY START is selected, the 4 Tempo indi-
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cators under the word TEMPO start to flash.
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Note 2: The Continue function does not operate in STYLE
mode. Refer to the SONG STYLES chapter for an expla-
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nation.

GEM WK2 Specifications

General

Display	LCD
Effects	Reverb, Chorus
MIDI	In, Out
Presets	32
Connections	Headphone, MIDI In/Out, Pedal