EXIT While the setting display is shown, press this button to go back to the previous display. DISPLAY HOLD EXIT HELP DISPLAY HOLD Press this button to turn it on when you wish to maintain the current display. You can keep a display which is normally automatically canceled, for example, or even during a performance, you can monitor information which is not shown on the normal display. DISPLAY HOLD EXIT HELP • The indicator for this button may flash if the current display is one which is normally automatically canceled. • If the PROGRAM MENUS button, for example, is pressed, the DISPLAY HOLD mode is canceled. CONTRAST Press the CONTRAST button and adjust the dis- play's viewability using the . and . buttons on the screen. CONTRAST • When adjusting the CONTRAST, the set value is shown shortly on the display. 32 QQTG0692 HELP You can find an explanation of each button’s function on the display. 1. Press the HELP button. DISPLAY HOLD EXIT HELP • The following display appears. 2. Use the buttons below the display to select a language. 3. Press the OK button. 4. Press a button on the panel whose explanation you wish to read. • An explanation of the button’s function is shown on the display. 5.Press the HELP button again to exit the help mode. • Attention display messages and error messages are also shown in the selected language. • The appearance of the display on your instrument may be different from the illustrated display in this manual depending on the region in which your instrument was purchased and the selected display language. About the dispoay Favorites With up to 9 types of sounds, rhythms, functions, etc., you can arrange them to make up your own unique screen pattern. 1. Press the FAVORITES button to turn it on. FAVORITES • The display looks similar to the following. 2. Press the FAVORITES SETTING button. • The display looks similar to the following. 3.Select the desired item. • Use the CATEGORY . and . buttons to specify a category, and then the ITEM . and . buttons to select an item. • The MUTE KEYS function silences the sound of the keyboard keys. This is convenient when you wish to pretend to play the keyboard while playing back a recorded performance. • The PANIC function interrupts the sound, for example, when it fails to cease during a MIDI performance. (Continued on the next page) 33 QQTG0692 4. While pressing the SET button, specify where you wish to paste (put) the item. • While the SET button is depressed, the display appears as shown below. Use the buttons to the left and right of the display to specify where you wish to paste the item. 5.Repeat steps 3 and 4 to create the display you want. • There are nine settable items on the display. 6.On the FAVORITES SETTINGS display, press the OK button. • Your customized display is stored. About the display . Recall a FAVORITES display 1. Press the FAVORITES button to turn it on. 2. Use the buttons to the left and right of the display to specify the ITEM you wish to recall. • The FAVORITES settings can be saved to a disk/card. 34 QQTG0692 Part I Sounds and effects Overview of sounds and effects The following is an overview of the sound parts of this instrument. NX SOUND Part NX SOUND is the Technics original sound gen-This instrument is organized into the following erator format which evokes realtime perform-parts. ance quality and expressive power, and dramatically expands the number of sounds RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, LEFT: and effects generated. This format includes These are the parts the performer plays on GM2 (General MIDI Level 2), and make various the keyboard. controls possible when data is created and • These are independent from the playback reproduced by computer. parts. For example one can to perform on the keyboard while playing back a song disk with • For information about GM2, refer to page 16-part standard MIDI files (SMF). 118. PART1 to 16: • Equipment with the logo shown below is SMF song disk playback parts, or parts for compatible with NX SOUND song data. MIDI receive. ACCOMP1 to 5, BASS, DRUMS 1, 2: Parts for the automatic accompaniment. PADS: Parts for the PERFORMANCE PADS Sounds and effects 35 QQTG0692 Part I Sounds and effects Selecting sounds Select the sounds for the three parts you can play on the keyboard—RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT. After first selecting a part and a SOUND GROUP, choose the desired sound from the display. Sounds and effects Select a sound 1. In the PART SELECT section, choose RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 or LEFT. PART SELECT LEFT RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1 •The CONDUCTOR buttons are used to specify which part is heard. (Refer to page 39.) • For the RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts, when a CONDUCTOR button is selected, the corresponding PART SELECT button is also activated. 2. In the SOUND GROUP section, select a sound group. SOUND GROUP STRINGS & GUITAR & ORGAN & PIANO VOCAL HARPSI ACCORDION ..SYNTHSOUNDDRUM EXPLORERKITS DIGITAL DRAWBAR SAX & MALLET & BRASS WOODWINDORCH PERC BASS MEMORY • The sounds in DRUM KITS are percussion sounds that y...