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General Music WK4 User Manual

General Music WK4
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Cod. 271054
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General Music WK4 Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandGeneral Music
ModelWK4
CategoryElectronic Keyboard
LanguageEnglish

Summary

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1 Quick Guide

POWER UP

Instructions for powering on the WK4 and initial display adjustments.

THE INITIAL STATUS (DEFAULT)

Describes the default state of the WK4 after powering on.

PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES

Guide to playing with auto accompaniment styles.

SELECTING INSTRUMENT SOUNDS

Instructions on how to select and assign instrument sounds.

SELECTING THE PERFORMANCES

Guide to selecting available Performances.

2 Front & Rear Panel

Front panel

Detailed description of the front panel controls and layout.

Rear Panel (Connections)

Explanation of the rear panel connectors and their functions.

3 Basic concepts

SOUNDS

Details on WK4 sounds, including types, editing, and arrangement.

4 Sounds and Performances

Selecting single Sounds

Methods for selecting and listening to individual instrument sounds.

Selecting Performances

Guide on how to select and change sound combinations (Performances).

ASSIGNING SOUNDS TO THE TRACKS

Procedure for assigning sounds to specific tracks within a Performance.

5 Styles

Selecting Styles

Instructions for selecting Styles via panel or MIDI.

SELECT A STYLE WITH THE PERFORMANCES

6 Disk & Hard disk

FLOPPY DISK FORMATS

Details on the floppy disk formats recognized by the WK4.

Load Operations

Detailed steps for loading data from disk or hard disk into RAM.

LOAD SINGLE SOUND

Instructions for loading single sounds to Sound Bank destinations.

Save operations

Detailed steps for saving data from RAM to disk or hard disk.

7 Songs & MIDI files

WHAT IS A SONG

Definition of a Song as a multitrack recording and its formats.

Song Playback/Jukebox

Instructions for controlling Song playback and using the Jukebox function.

Rapid Song recording (QuickRec)

FIRST PHASE: ENTER THE ‘RECORD PENDING’ STATUS

SECOND PHASE: PREPARATION

THIRD PHASE: RECORDING AND ESCAP ING FROM ‘RECORD PENDING’ STATUS

RECORDING

8 MIDI

WHAT IS MIDI?

Definition and capabilities of MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface).

CONNECTION RULES

Basic rules for connecting MIDI devices (master/slave configuration).

WK4 used as a controlling device

9 Digital Signal Processor

Selecting the effect types

Method to select and assign effects to the current Performance.

10 Selection/Help

SELECTING SOUNDS

Recalling Sounds by selecting Performances or Styles, and via MIDI.

11 Recording a Song

QUICK REC RECORDING

Simple method for recording songs using existing styles and auto-accompaniments.

RECORDING

Detailed procedures for recording tracks and managing recording modes.

The Quick Rec method

PREPARATION

12 User Style recording

14 Edit Effects

EFFECTS TYPE (F1)

Function to assign and edit effects (Reverb, Modulation) to Performances.

15 Edit MIDI

16 Edit Mixer

VOLUME (F1)

Regulates the track volume using the DIAL or sliders.

17 Edit Controllers/Pads

18 Edit Tracks/Split

19 Edit Perf Sound/Sound Patch

Edit Perf Sound

Programming parameters exclusive to tracks affecting assigned sounds.

Edit Sound Patch

Programming parameters exclusive to Drumkits or Sound Patches.

21 Edit General

22 Edit Song

HOW TO ENTER «EDIT SONG»

Procedure to enter the Edit Song environment.

23 Edit Style

ENTERING «EDIT STYLE»

Procedure to enter the Edit Style environment.

24 Preload

25 Edit Disk & Hard Disk

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