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GEM WK2 User Manual
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Reference
Section
• T
echnical Specifications
• Index
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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
2
Important Safety Instructions
2
Table of Contents
3
The Owner's Manual
9
Specifications
9
Sound Table WK2
9
Important Information
10
Technical Specifications WK2
10
Important Preliminary Notes
11
How to Update Your Instrument
11
System Reset
11
Style, Song, Performance Tables
11
Front Panel WK2
12
Rear Panel WK2 (Connections)
15
Get Started
16
Powering up and Preliminary Operations
16
Power On/Off
16
Select Performances and Play Keyboard Sounds
17
Select Styles and Play with Automatic Accompaniments
18
Play the Programmable Pads
18
Recognised Control Change Messages (MIDI Controllers)
18
Control Changes on the Track
18
Play Using the Pitch/Modulation Ball
19
Play with Effects or Bypass Them
19
Play with Headphones
19
Play with the Pedals
20
Regulate the General Effect Volumes
20
Transpose the Instrument (Semitones)
20
Demo
21
How to Listen to the Demo Styles
21
Song Play - Direct from Disk
21
Basic Concepts
22
Style, Song Style and Song
22
Style and Realtime Modes (Style Accompaniments Off)
22
STYLE LOCK and SINGLE TOUCH PLAY Buttons
23
Song Style Mode
23
Song Mode
23
Performance
24
Tracks
25
Sounds
25
ROM-Sounds
25
Drumkits
25
Samples
25
Connections
26
Power
26
Output: Right/Mono - Left
26
Input: Right/Mono - Left
26
Vocal Processor (OPTIONAL): MIC/Line + Gain
26
MIDI
26
Pedals
27
Computer
27
Video Interface
27
Headphones
27
Music Stand
27
The Display
28
Data Entry
29
Inserting Alphanumeric Data
29
Enter / Escape
29
Sounds & Performances
30
The Sounds and Tracks
30
The 3 Real Time Keyboard Tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower)
30
Sounds & the Keyboard Mode
30
Full Mode
30
Split Mode
30
Selecting Sounds
32
You Can Select Sounds Using One of the Following Methods
32
To Select Keyboard Sounds
32
BANK 1, 2, 3 and 4
32
Selecting Performances
33
How to Program the Performances
33
The Performance Parameters
34
Store Performance
36
Save Changes to a Different Performance (or Create a New One)
36
The Performance Name
36
To Restore the Original Performance Settings
37
The Styles
38
About the WK2 Styles
38
Selecting Styles
38
Recall a Style Using the Direct Style Memory Buttons
39
Recall a Style by Selecting the Performances
39
Total Cancellation of the User Style (CLEAR)
40
The Style Controls
41
Start / Stop
41
Key Start
41
Intro
41
Ending
41
Var 1, Var 2, Var 3, Var 4
42
Fill A, Fill, Fill B
42
Tap Tempo (also FILL B)
42
Fade In/Out
42
The Arranger Section
43
Arrange On/Off
43
Arrange Memory
43
Lower Memory
43
Bass to Lowest
43
The Style Tempo
44
Tempo Lock
44
Saving the Tempo to a Performance
44
Saving the TEMPO in One of the 16 DIRECT STYLE MEMORY Slots
44
The Split Point
45
Setting a New Split Point
45
Chord Lock (Cholock)
45
Maintaining the Chord Notes (Chord Lock)
45
Arrange Mode
46
Fingered 1
46
Fingered 2
46
One Finger
46
Freestyle
46
Single Touch Play, Store Performance/Performance Recall, Style/Tempo Lock
47
Single Touch Play
47
PERFORMANCE RECALL / Store Performance
47
Style/Tempo Lock
47
The Utility Section
48
Metronome
48
Sustain
48
Harmony
48
VOCAL P (Optional)
48
Reverb
49
Chorus
49
Disk & Hard Disk
50
Floppy Disk
50
The Hard Disk
50
The Floppy Disk and Hard Disk Functions
51
Incorporated Functions
51
What Is a MIDI File
51
General MIDI (GM)
51
GMX Format
52
Loading Songs and MIDI Files
52
Loading Styles
52
Loading Performances
52
Loading Samples
52
Loading Song Styles
52
Load Operations
53
The Load Procedure
53
Floppy Disk
53
Recognising Files with Extensions
53
Hard Disk
54
Save Operations
55
The Save Procedure
55
Floppy Disk
55
Hard Disk
56
Saving MIDI Files
56
Saving Song Styles
56
Delete
57
Disk
57
Hard Disk
57
Disk Formatting Procedures
58
Format 720 Kb
58
Format 1.44 Mb
58
Floppy Disk Formatting Procedure
58
Hard Disk Partition Formatting Procedure
59
Creating a New Partition (New Part)
59
Utility
60
Copy
60
Hard Disk Protect
61
Hard Disk Format
61
General Disk Handling Information
62
Inserting a Disk into the Drive
62
Ejecting a Floppy Disk
62
The Write Protect Tab
62
Handling Floppy Disks
62
Back-Up Copies
62
Disk Drive Head Cleaning
63
Precautions to Observe When Using WK2 Disks with a Computer
63
Songs
64
What Is a Song
64
The Song Performance
64
Selecting and Playing Back Songs
64
To Select a Song
64
Song Playback
64
Ff / Rew
65
CANCELLATION of a SONG (CLEAR Function)
65
Melody off
65
Play All Songs
65
Play a Song with a Track in Real Time
66
Displaying Lyrics
67
Song Styles
68
Song Style Performances
68
To Select and Playback a Song Style
68
Select a Song Style
68
Play a Song Style in Real Time
69
Song Style Recording
69
Entering the Song Style Record Mode
69
Listen to the Song Style Playback
70
Clear Song Style (User Song / Style)
71
Song Style Name
71
Digital Signal Processor
72
Reverb
72
Chorus
72
Assigning the Effect Types
72
How to Select the Effect Types
72
Deactivating (Bypassing) the Effects
73
Regulating the Send Levels
73
Revsend
73
Chosend
73
MIDI
74
What Is MIDI
74
The Computer Port
74
Tracks and MIDI Channels
74
MIDI Connection Rules
75
Assigning MIDI Channels
75
MIDI Lock
75
The Common Channel
75
Chord Channel
75
MIDI Numeration
76
Principal MIDI Applications
76
Piloting an Expander (or Other Keyboard) with WK2
76
Piloting WK2 from a MIDI Accordion
77
Using the WK2 in Song Mode with a Computer (or External Sequencer)
78
Piloting WK2 with a Master Keyboard
79
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE (Generalmusic System Exclusive)
82
Sampling / Vocal Processor & Programmable Pads
83
Digital Audio Sampler
83
Regulating the MIC/Line Signal
83
Sampling Procedure and Selection of the Sample
83
The Sample Edit Parameters
84
Reverb
84
Chorus
84
Volume
84
Pan
84
Tuning
84
Cancelling Samples
85
Programmable Pads Assign
86
The WK2 Pads
86
VOCAL PROCESSOR (Vocal Harmonizer)
87
Activation of the Vocal Processor
87
Vocal Processor Edit
87
Preset
87
PADS (Vocal P Active)
88
• 11 MIDI/General
89
MIDI Dump Procedure
91
To Receive the Data
92
Reference Section
93
Index
95
Appendix A•1
101
Reverb Table
104
Chorus Table
104
Drumkit Table
105
Recognised Chords- Examples in the Key of C
108
MIDI Implementation Chart
109
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GEM WK2 Specifications
General
Display
LCD
Effects
Reverb, Chorus
MIDI
In, Out
Presets
32
Connections
Headphone, MIDI In/Out, Pedal
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