Technics Digital Ensemble Sx Pr604 Owners Manual

REVERB
REVERB applies a reverberation effect to the sound. This
effect is applied to all the parts in common.
⇒Press the REVERB button to turn it on.
•This effect does not work for the METRONOME.
Type and parameter settings
1.Press and hold the REVERB button for a few
seconds.
•The display changes to the following.
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...

4.Use the buttons to the left of the display to
select an item you wish to set (MIC REVERB
SETTING/MIC EFFECT SETTING).
5.Use the PARAMETER 
 and  buttons to
select the function, and use the VALUE 
∧ and
∨ buttons to change the setting.
MIC REVERB (separate reverb for mic input)
TYPE:
Type of reverb (ROOM/KARAOKE/STAGE/CAVE)
REVERB TIME:
The time it takes for the reverb sound to die out
VOLUME:
Reverb volume
MIC EFFECT
(separate effect for microphone input)
TYPE: Effect type setting
CHORUS:
The effect...

Techni-chord
TECHNI-CHORD turns your single note melodies into full chords and offers you a choice of different types from a simple duet
which adds one harmony note to your melody note, to big band reeds which adds four harmony notes to your melody note. If
TECHNI-CHORD is part of a ONE TOUCH PLAY or PIANO STYLIST registration, a suitable TECHNI-CHORD type will be selected
automatically.
1.Split the keyboard into left and right sections.
2.Press the TECHNI-CHORD button to turn it
on.
3.Play the...

Selecting rhythms
Many exciting rhythms are stored in the memory of this instrument. First select one of the rhythm groups and then choose the
desired rhythm.
Select a rhythm
1.In the RHYTHM GROUP section, select a
rhythm group.
•For information about the METRONOME, see the follow-
ing section.
•MEMORY is the group in which you store the rhythms
you create with the COMPOSER. (Refer to page 85.)
2.Select the desired rhythm from the list on the
display.
•A list of rhythms available for each rhythm group...

METRONOME
1.In the RHYTHM GROUP section, select
METRONOME.
•The following display appears.
2.Select the time signature for the metronome.
•Select “Metronome Off” if you do not wish the first beat
of the measure to be accented.
•Press the START/STOP button to start the metronome.
Start the rhythm
There are two ways to start the rhythm.
Normal start
1.Select a rhythm.
2.Press the START/STOP button to turn it on.
•The selected rhythm pattern immediately begins to play.
•You can stop the rhythm by pressing...

Playing the rhythm
Intro, fill-in and ending patterns fitting each different rhythm pattern are permanently recorded in your instrument, thus allowing a
versatile rhythm performance.
•These patterns are not available for the METRONOME.
INTRO
Begin the rhythm performance with an intro pattern.
1.Press the INTRO & ENDING 1 or INTRO &
ENDING 2 button to turn it on.
2.Press the START/STOP button to start the
rhythm.
•An intro pattern is played, after which the normal rhythm
pattern begins.
COUNT INTRO
You...

FILL IN
You can insert a fill-in pattern any time during the rhythm
performance. Choose from two different fill-in patterns.
1.Select a rhythm and press the START/STOP
button.
2.Press the FILL IN 1 or FILL IN 2 button.
•A fill-in pattern is heard immediately for the remainder of
the measure.
•When a FILL IN button is pressed on the last beat of the
measure, the fill-in pattern continues to the end of the
following measure.
ENDING
Finish the rhythm performance with an ending pattern.
1.Select a rhythm and...

Press a key in the left keyboard section to specify the root
note. The major chord corresponding to this root note is auto-
matically played in an accompaniment pattern.
•When three or more keys of a chord are pressed, it is
recognized as a  chord.
Minor, seventh and minor seventh chords are also easily produced.

Specify the chord by playing all the notes in the chord. When
you play chords this way, the AUTO PLAY CHORD recog-
nizes more chord types, and thus the scope of your perform-
ance expression...

How to use the AUTO PLAY CHORD
1.Select the desired rhythm and sound(s), and
set the tempo.
•Do not select METRONOME.
2.Press the AUTO PLAY CHORD’s OFF/ON
button to turn it on.
3.Press the AUTO PLAY CHORD’s MODE but-
ton to turn it on.
•The display looks similar to the following.
4.Select an AUTO PLAY CHORD mode.
•After a few seconds, the display returns to the previous
display.
•If the BASIC or an ADVANCED mode was selected, the
keyboard automatically splits into right and left sections.
ON BASS
If the...

APC VOLUME
To adjust the volume balance between the automatic accom-
paniment and the parts you play manually on the keyboard,
the volume of all the automatic accompaniment parts can be
lowered as one.
⇒Use the APC/SEQUENCER VOLUME slide
control to adjust the volume.
•Use this control to lower the automatic accompaniment
volume when it is too loud relative to your manual per-
formance.
•At the MAX position, the volumes of the automatic ac-
companiment parts correspond to their current settings;
at the...