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Operation
mony by using the keyboard’s mixer
(see “Using the Mixer” on Page 20).
Using One-Touch Preset
The keyboard’s one-touch preset feature re-
calls the following characteristics for a
rhythm you select:
•tone
• tempo
• volume
• layer on/off
• auto harmonize on/off
• selection of tones for layer or auto har-
monize
• accompaniment volume
After selecting a rhythm, press
ONE TOUCH
PRESET
, then start the accompaniment. As
you play, the rhythm plays at the settings you
selected, and the keyboard sounds the se-
lected tone for the rhythm you selected.
Using Free Session
You can set the keyboard so it plays an auto-
matic accompaniment (based on your auto-
rhythm selection) while you play a melody
using a tone you select. Refer to the “Free
Session Chord Progression Chart” on Page
52 for the chord progression, tempo, and
tone associated with each auto-rhythm.
1. Press
RHYTHM
.
2. Select and enter an auto-rhythm.
3. Press
FREE SESSION
. The Free Session
indicator lights.
4. To start the free session accompani-
ment, press the accompaniment key for
the root of the first chord key. For exam-
ple, if the tune you are going to play is in
G, press the key for G on the accompa-
niment keyboard.
Notes:
• Pressing
START/STOP
also starts a
free session, but the root key is auto-
matically set to C. To use a key other
than C, press
SYNCHRO
to enter the
free session standby mode, then
press
INTRO
and play the note(s) to
specify the key. The free session
starts with the Intro pattern in the
specified key.
• You can start free session accompa-
niment with a short introduction by
pressing
INTRO
, but the root key is
automatically set to C.
5. Each free session has its default tone.
You can change the tone by pressing
TONE
and entering the tone number.
6. Adjust
TEMPO
and
VOLUME
to the
desired levels.
7. Play your melody using the entire key-
board.
8. To stop the free session accompani-
ment, press
START/STOP
.
To end the Free Session accompaniment
with a short automatic ending, press
SYN-
CHRO/ENDING
.
USING THE MIXER
The keyboard plays multiple parts at the
same time during Auto Accompaniment,
while using the sequencer, or when receiving
MIDI data, in up to 16 separate channels.
You can control the on/off setting, volume,
and parameters of each of the keyboard’s
channels just as you would with a sound mix-
er.
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