Technics Digital Ensemble Sx Pr604 Owners Manual

About the display
A large-size display, easy to operate with excellent readability, is used for displaying various information such as the names of
the selected sounds and rhythms etc. and when setting the functions. Let’s take a look.
•The display illustrations shown in this User’s Manual are examples for the sake of clarification; the actual displays on your
instrument may differ from the illustrations.
Normal display (HOME PAGE)
This is the kind of information you see on the display during
a normal...

PAGE
When there are additional parts to the current display, a page
number indication, for example PAGE1/2, appears in the
upper right corner of the screen. For example, 1/2 indicates
that there are two pages of the display, and the current page
is page 1. In this case, you can use the upper and lower
PAGE buttons, to the right of the balance buttons, to view
different “pages” of the display.
•Press the upper button to view the next page of the display,
and the lower button to view the previous page of...

HELP
You can find an explanation of each button’s function on the
display.
1.Press the HELP button.
•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...

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.
Select a sound
1.In the PART SELECT section, choose RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 or LEFT.
•The CONDUCTOR buttons are used to specify which part
is heard. (Refer to page 36.)
•For the RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts, when a CONDUC-
TOR button is selected, the corresponding PART SELECT
button is also activated.
2.Select a...

SOUND EXPLORER
This is a convenient feature for finding the sound you want
from the many available sounds.
1.In the PART SELECT section, select a part.
2.Press the SOUND EXPLORER button to turn
it on.
•Use the buttons to the left and right of the display to select
the sound.
3.Use the ∧ and ∨ buttons to select a GROUP
of sound.
4.Use the buttons on both side of the display to
select the sound.
•The list of sounds is contained on several screen “pages.”
Use the PAGE buttons to see a different part of the...

Assigning parts to the keyboard
The CONDUCTOR buttons are used to assign the parts (RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, LEFT) to the keyboard in many different ways. 
CONDUCTOR
•The volume for each part can be adjusted independently. (Refer to page 31.)
•The following conditions are in effect when the AUTO PLAY CHORD is used.
  BASIC, ADVANCED mode: You cannot assign sounds to all the keys.
  PIANIST mode: The keyboard cannot be split.
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About foot marks
The foot indication on each...

SPLIT
You can split the keyboard into right and left sections (SPLIT),
and assign a different sound to each section.
1.Press the LEFT button in the CONDUCTOR
to turn it on.
•If the LEFT part does not turn on, then turn off the AUTO
PLAY CHORD, or select any mode except PIANIST.
2.Use the SPLIT POINT button to define the
point that divides the left and right keyboard
sections.
•Each time the SPLIT POINT button is pressed, the indica-
tion moves to the next split point in the following order.
G2 ➝ C3 ➝ C4...

Pedals
Sustain pedal
When a key is released while this pedal is depressed, the
sound is sustained so that it lingers and slowly fades out.
•This effect does not work for the sounds in the DRUM
KITS group.
•This effect does not work for some sounds.
•The length of the sustain can be set for each part. (Refer
to page 104.)
•PR804: This pedal is an eight-stage pedal, and the length
of the sustain is controlled by the degree to which the
pedal is depressed.
Sostenuto pedal
If this pedal is pressed while the...

Touch Sensitivity
Adjust keyboard touch response.
1.Press the PROGRAM MENUS button to turn
it on.
•The display looks similar to the following.
2.Select TOUCH SENSITIVITY.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the buttons to the left of the display to
select the function you wish to set. Use the 

and  buttons to adjust the setting.
TOUCH SENSITIVITY: This is the keyboard touch response
setting.
•Select from HEAVY 3, HEAVY 2, HEAVY 1, NORMAL and
LIGHT.
MINIMUM RANGE: Specify whether or not...

2.Use the 
 and  buttons to select an effect
group.
•The EFFECT MEMORY is for edited effects (see below).
3.Use the buttons to the right of the display to
select the type.
•If the types comprise more than one display “page,” use
the PAGE buttons to switch pages.
•If you press the VARI button to turn it ON, the effect
variation is selected.
•This display can also be accessed from the REVERB &
EFFECT MENU display. (Refer to page 109.)
EFFECT EDIT
The effects can be edited and then stored in a memory....