Technics Keyboard Sx Kn7000 Owners Manual

							Setting display
When you select an item from the menu display,
the setting display for the item is shown.
The buttons to the right, left and/or directly below
the display are used to select and adjust the set-
tings.
Example of setting display: MASTER
TUNING
Press the button corresponding to the 
∧ or ∨ but-
ton on the display to change the value.
•In this manual, this procedure is written as
follows: “Use the 
∧ and ∨ buttons to adjust
the pitch.”
TEMPO/PROGRAM 
If the TEMPO/PROGRAM indicator is lit while
you are using the display to adjust the setting, it
indicates that this dial can be used to quickly
change the displayed value or setting.
•The setting which can be adjusted is
highlighted on the display.
EXIT
While the setting display is shown, press this but-
ton to go back to the previous display.
DISPLAY HOLD
Press this button to turn it on when you wish to
maintain the current display. You can keep a dis-
play which is normally automatically canceled,
for example, or even during a performance, you
can monitor information which is not shown on
the normal display.
•The indicator for this button may flash if the
current display is one which is normally auto-
matically canceled.
•If the PROGRAM MENUS button, for example,
is pressed, the DISPLAY HOLD mode is can-
celed.
CONTRAST
Use the CONTRAST buttons to adjust the read-
ability of the display.
•When adjusting the CONTRAST, the set value
is shown shortly on the display.
•If you want to keep the set value, press the
WRITE button. The instrument keeps the
memorized value even after the power is
turned off.
MUTE
TEMPO/PROGRAM
DISPLAY
HOLD
EXIT
DISPLAY
HOLD
EXIT
CONTRAST
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							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 mes-
sages are also shown in the selected lan-
guage.
•The appearance of the display on your instru-
ment may be different from the illustrated dis-
play in this manual depending on the region
in which your instrument was purchased and
the selected display language.
Favorites
You can record four different special displays of your favorite sounds and rhythms, functions, etc.
1.Press the FAVORITES button to turn it on.
•The display looks similar to the following.
2.Press the FAVORITES SETTING button.•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the number buttons to select a BANK
number (1 to 4).
4.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.
HELP
FAVORITES
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							•The PANIC function interrupts the sound, for
example, when it fails to cease during a MIDI
performance.
5.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.
6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 to create the display you
want.
•There are nine settable items on the display.
7.On the FAVORITES SETTINGS display, press
the OK button.
•Your customized display is stored.
8.Press the BANK NAMING button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
9.Use the buttons below the display to assign a
name to your customized display.
•Press the ABC button to enter alphabetical
characters. While the SHIFT button is
pressed, upper case letters are entered.
•Press the 123 button to enter numbers, etc.
While the SHIFT button is pressed, you can
enter symbols.
•Press the POSITION button to move the cur-
sor.
•You can also use the TEMPO/PROGRAM dial
to select the characters.
•Press the INS button to enter a space at the
cursor position.
•Press the DEL button to erase the character
at the cursor position.
•Press the CLR button to erase the entire
name.
•Press the →← button to center the name.
10.When you have finished assigning a name to
your customized display, press the OK button.
Recall a FAVORITES display
1.Press the FAVORITES button to turn it on.
2.Press the 1, 2, 3 or 4 button to specify the
bank you wish to recall.
3.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.
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							Overview of sounds and effects
The following is an overview of the sound parts and the SOUND DSP (the basic effects) of this in-
strument.
NX SOUND
NX SOUND is the Technics original sound gen-
erator format which evokes realtime perform-
ance quality and expressive power, and
dramatically expands the number of sounds and
effects generated. This format includes GM2
(General MIDI Level 2), and make various con-
trols possible when data is created and repro-
duced by computer. 
 @BULLET = For information about GM2, refer
to page 123.
•Equipment with the logo
shown below is compa-
tible with NX SOUND
song data.
•When the separately sold WAVE EXPAN-
SION BOARD is installed, the number of
sounds that can be selected is even greater.
(Installation should be carried out by your
dealer.)
Part
This instrument is organized into the following
parts.
RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, LEFT:
These are the parts the performer plays on
the keyboard.
•These are independent from the playback
parts. For example one can to perform on
the keyboard while playing back a song disk
with 16-part standard MIDI files (SMF).
PART1 to 16:
SMF song disk playback parts, or parts for
MIDI receive.
ACCOMP1 to 5, BASS, DRUMS 1, 2:
Parts for the automatic accompaniment.
PADS:
Parts for the PERFORMANCE PADS
BASS PEDAL: 
Special part for the connecting pedal key-
board (sold separately)
Sound DSP
This instrument employs five SOUND DSP’s to
create the sounds.
Three of them are for the RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2
and LEFT parts; for these parts you can use
the SOUND DSP and select lifelike sounds.
The remaining two are used in the normal mode
of the automatic accompaniment; the optimum
effects for the selected rhythm are automatically
set.
•The DSP for the ACCOMP parts can also be
used for the SEQUENCER parts. (Refer to
page 163.)
•The types and number of sounds that can be
selected for parts that can use the SOUND
DSP and parts that cannot use the SOUND
DSP differ.
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							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 39.)
•For the RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts, when a
CONDUCTOR button is selected, the corre-
sponding PART SELECT button is also acti-
vated.
2.In the SOUND GROUP section, select a sound
group.
•The sounds in DRUM KITS are percussion
sounds that you play by striking the keyboard
keys.
•MEMORY is reserved for storing sounds you
modify. (Refer to page 177.)
•EW EXPANSION is used to select preset
sounds of the WAVE EXPANSION BOARD
(sold separately) when it has been installed.
3.Select the desired sound from the list on the
display.
•When you select a sound, the optimum effects
for the sound are automatically applied.
You can also choose to cancel this automatic
feature. (Refer to page 160.)
•You can use the PAGE buttons to view a
different part of the list.
•The sound you select is memorized for the
part you selected in step 1.
•The sounds that can be selected for the RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT parts and for PART 1-16
vary.
•The illustrated display shows one example,
and the actual display may be different.
4.Play the keyboard.
•This instrument features INITIAL TOUCH (the
volume, for example, changes depending on
how hard the keyboard is played) and AFTER
TOUCH (effects are added by pressing the
keys harder).
SOUND EXPLORER
This is a convenient feature for finding the sound
you want from the many available sounds.
1.In the PART SELECT section, choose RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 or LEFT.
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.
SEQUENCER
SD CARD
CUSOMIZE
FAVORITES CUSTOM
PANELPLAY EASY REC
DISK
LOAD
DISK
IN USE
+ –
+ –LOADPROGRAM
MENUS
SOUND
DSPVARIATION
REVERB DIGITAL
EFFECT
MULTI SUSTAIN SOUND
EXPLORER
IW
EXPANSION ACCORDION
REGISTER DIGITAL
DRAWBARTAB
ORGANSAX &
WOODWIND ORGAN &
ACCORDION MALLET &
ORCH PERC STRINGS
& VOCALWORLD BRASS GUITAR PIANO
CHORUS MEMORY DRUM KITS BASS SYNTH LATIN
& WORLDMOVE
SHOWBIG BAND
& SWING BALL ROOM OFF/ON SOUND & ARRANGER
MUSIC STYLIST SETENTERTAINERJAZZ COMBO CUSTOM MEMORY
LOADPADMIC PART EFFECTSOUND GROUPMODERN
DANCEGOSPEL
& BLUESROCK
& POPSOUL
& FUNK COUNTRY OFF/ON
AUTO SETTING BANK DEMO STOPAUTO PLAY CHORD APC/SEQUENCER
VOLUME MAIN
VOLUME
MIC
VOLUME
MAX MAX
MIN MINLINE IN
VOLUMEMODEMARCH 8 & 16 BALLADRHYTHM GROUP
RHYTHM GROUPGLOBAL EFFECT
RIGHT2 LEFT DISPLAY
HOLD PAGE
EXITR1/R2 OCTAVE RIGHT1SOLO TECHNI-CHORD
PART SELECT TRANSPOSE
START/STOPSYNCHRO
& BREAK
OTHER
PART & FR
CONTRAST
HELP INTRO & ENDINGTAP
TEMPO
FILL IN VARIATION & MSA
1
COUNT
INTROSEQUENCER
RESET4 3 2 1212 FADE MUSIC STYLE
ARRANGERONE TOUCH
PLAYSPLIT
POINT
IN OUTTEMPO/PROGRAMCONDUCTORMUTE
NEXT BANK
PANEL MEMORY BANK VIEW
7
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6
5 2
MAX
MINMAX
OFF
RIGHT2 LEFT RIGHT1PART SELECT
SOUND
EXPLORER
EW
EXPANSION DIGITAL
DRAWBARORGAN
TABSACCORDION
REGISTERORGAN &
ACCORDION SAX &
WOODWIND STRINGS
& VOCAL MALLET &
ORCH PERCBRASS WORLD GUITAR PIANO
MEMORY BASS DRUM KITS SYNTH PADSOUND GROUP
(Continued on the next page)
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							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 numerical value that is displayed for each
sound is the MIDI [BANK MSB, LSB]-PRO-
GRAM CHANGE number.
•GM2 sounds are selected on this display.
ALPHABET
Press the CATEGORY button to show the sound
names in alphabetical order.
•Press the ALPHABET button to return to the
CATEGORY display.
Digital Drawbar
You can play organ sounds while controlling the drawbars on the display.
1.In the PART SELECT section, select a part.
2.Press the DIGITAL DRAWBAR button to turn
it on.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the balance buttons below the display to
adjust the volume of each drawbar.
•The volume of each drawbar is illustrated on
the display and changes when you press the
corresponding balance buttons to adjust the
volume.
•The DIGITAL DRAWBAR can not be selected
for the ACCOMP and BASS parts of the COM-
POSER or PERFORMANCE PADS.
Change the sound type
Use the  / 
button to select the type of sound.
PERCUSSIVE TONE
PERCUSSIVE TONE adds a tone with a fast ini-
tial attack to the drawbar sounds. You can select
two pitch levels of attack tones.
Use the PERCUSSIVE TONE 2 2/3’ and 4’ but-
tons to turn the respective tone on or off.
•The buttons are red when they are on.
TREMOLO
Tremolo is a rapid oscillation in volume, like the
effect of a rotating speaker. The tremolo speed
can be changed while you are playing.
•The SOUND DSP (ROTARY SPEAKER/
ROCK ROTARY) is used for the tremolo effect.
This effect does not work if the SOUND DSP
button is turned off.
Use the TREMOLO button to switch between the
SLOW and FAST rotating speeds.
•The tremolo setting is effective for each part
in common.
•The types of SOUND DSP used with the
TREMOLO effect are as follows:
Jazz Drawbars: ROTARY SPEAKER
Rock Drawbars: ROCK ROTARY
•TREMOLO does not work for parts which can-
not use the SOUND DSP.
Other settings
DRAWBAR ATTACK TIME:
Use the ATTACK 
∧ and ∨ buttons to adjust
the time it takes for the drawbar sound to
sound after a key is played.
DRAWBAR RELEASE TIME:
Use the RELEASE 
∧ and ∨ buttons to ad-
just the time it takes for the drawbar sound
to die out after the keys are released.
PERCUSSIVE TONE DECAY:
Use the DECAY 
∧ and ∨ buttons to adjust
the time it takes for the percussive tone to
die out.
PERCUSSIVE TONE LEVEL:
Use the LEVEL 
∧ and ∨ buttons to adjust
the volume of the percussive tone.
•The above settings are effective for the RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT parts in common.
DIGITAL
DRAWBAR
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							Organ Tabs
You can play organ sounds for which the tab can be turned on or off on the display.
1.In the CONDUCTOR or PART SELECT sec-
tion, select the part.
2.Press the ORGAN TABS button to turn it on.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the balance buttons below the display to
turn on or off each tab.
•Note that the ORGAN TABS can not be
selected for the ACCOMP and BASS parts of
the COMPOSER or PERFORMANCE PADS.
Change the sound type and make each
type setting
You can select from three sound types.
Use the TYPE 
∧ and ∨  buttons to select the
sound type (USA Tabs/European Tabs/Theatre
Pipes).
PERCUSSIVE TONE
PERCUSSIVE TONE adds a tone with a fast ini-
tial attack to the ORGAN TABS sounds. You can
select two pitch levels of attack tones.
Use the PERCUSSIVE TONE 2 2/3’ and 4’ but-
tons to turn the respective tone on or off.
•The buttons are red when they are on.
c3de f ga b333 33 3c4de f ga b444 444c5de f ga b555 555c6
245  /  168 c
2def
gab222
22 2
13 12  /  3 21  /  3
51  /  3 1
About foot marks
The foot indication (for example 8’) refers to the pitch of a rank of pipes in a pipe organ. If 8’ is used
as the standard (the pitch as played on the keyboard), a 16’ rank pitch will be one octave below the
8’ rank pitch, and a 4’ rank pitch one octave above.
When the C
3 key is pressed, the sounds of the different pitch ranks are as follows.
DIGITAL
DRAWBARORGAN
TABS

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							TREMOLO
Tremolo is a rapid oscillation in volume, like the
effect of a rotating speaker. The tremolo speed
can be changed while you are playing.
•The SOUND DSP (ROTARY SPEAKER/
ROCK ROTARY) is used for the tremolo effect.
This effect does not work if the SOUND DSP
button is turned off.
Use the TREMOLO button to switch between the
SLOW and FAST rotating speeds.
•The tremolo setting is effective for each part
in common.
•TREMOLO does not work for parts which can-
not use the SOUND DSP.
VIBRATO
Effective for the tabs except for the FLUTE/TIBIA
tab.
Use the VIBRATO 
∧ and ∨ buttons to set on or
off the vibrato effect.
TREMULANT
A distinctive vibrating effect, peculiar to pipe or-
gans, of air flowing through the pipes.
Use the buttons to the right of the display to turn
on or off.
TIBIA TREMULANT: 
Effective for the TIBIA tab.
VOX TREMULANT:
Effective for the VOX HUMANA tab.
MAIN TREMULANT:
Effective for the TRUMPET, ENGLISH HORN
and STRING CELESTE tabs.
•The above settings are effective for the RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT parts in common.
Accordion Register
You can play accordion sounds on a special display.
1.In the PART SELECT section, select a part.
2.Press the ACCORDION REGISTER button to
turn it on.•The display looks similar to the following3.Use the TYPE ∧ and ∨ buttons to select a
type of accordion (GERMAN, FRENCH, ITAL-
IAN).
4.Select the register (sound) from the lower dis-
play or from BASS1 and BASS2.
•The buttons are red when they are on.
•Only one register can be selected.

RIGHT2 LEFT RIGHT1PART SELECT
ACCORDION
REGISTER
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							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. For example, you can split the keyboard into right and left sections (SPLIT), and
assign a different sound to each section.
CONDUCTOR
•The volume for each part can be adjusted independently. (Refer to page 29.)
•The following conditions are in effect when the AUTO PLAY CHORD is used.
—BASIC, FINGERED mode: You cannot assign sounds to all the keys.
—PIANIST mode: The keyboard cannot be split.
SEQUENCER
SD CARD
CUSOMIZE
FAVORITES CUSTOM
PANELPLAY EASY REC
DISK
LOAD
DISK
IN USE
+ –
+ –LOADPROGRAM
MENUS
SOUND
DSPVARIATION
REVERB DIGITAL
EFFECT
MULTI SUSTAIN SOUND
EXPLORER
IW
EXPANSION ACCORDION
REGISTER DIGITAL
DRAWBARTAB
ORGANSAX &
WOODWIND ORGAN &
ACCORDION MALLET &
ORCH PERC STRINGS
& VOCALWORLD BRASS GUITAR PIANO
CHORUS MEMORY DRUM KITS BASS SYNTH LATIN
& WORLDMOVE
SHOWBIG BAND
& SWING BALL ROOM OFF/ON SOUND & ARRANGER
MUSIC STYLIST SETENTERTAINERJAZZ COMBO CUSTOM MEMORY
LOADPADMIC PART EFFECTSOUND GROUPMODERN
DANCEGOSPEL
& BLUESROCK
& POPSOUL
& FUNK COUNTRY OFF/ON
AUTO SETTING BANK DEMO STOPAUTO PLAY CHORD APC/SEQUENCER
VOLUME MAIN
VOLUME
MIC
VOLUME
MAX MAX
MIN MINLINE IN
VOLUMEMODEMARCH 8 & 16 BALLADRHYTHM GROUP
RHYTHM GROUPGLOBAL EFFECT
RIGHT2 LEFT DISPLAY
HOLD PAGE
EXITR1/R2 OCTAVE RIGHT1SOLO TECHNI-CHORD
PART SELECT TRANSPOSE
START/STOPSYNCHRO
& BREAK
OTHER
PART & FR
CONTRAST
HELP INTRO & ENDINGTAP
TEMPO
FILL IN VARIATION & MSA
1
COUNT
INTROSEQUENCER
RESET4 3 2 1212 FADE MUSIC STYLE
ARRANGERONE TOUCH
PLAYSPLIT
POINT IN OUTTEMPO/PROGRAMCONDUCTORMUTE
NEXT BANK
PANEL MEMORY BANK VIEW
7
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146
23SET
1
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6
5 2
MAX
MINMAX
OFF
CONDUCTOR settings How sounds are assigned to the keyboard
All keys produce the RIGHT 1 sound.
All keys produce the RIGHT 2 sound.
All keys produce both the RIGHT 1 sound and the RIGHT 2 sound.
The left keys produce the LEFT sound and the right keys produce the
RIGHT 1 sound and the RIGHT 2 sound.
The left keys produce the LEFT sound and the right keys produce the
RIGHT 1 sound.
The left keys produce the LEFT sound and the right keys produce the
RIGHT 2 sound.
RIGHT 1
RIGHT 2
RIGHT 1 + RIGHT 2
LEFT
RIGHT 1
LEFTRIGHT 1 + RIGHT 2
RIGHT 2 LEFT
RIGHT2 LEFT RIGHT1
CONDUCTOR
RIGHT2 LEFT RIGHT1
CONDUCTOR
RIGHT2 LEFT RIGHT1
CONDUCTOR
RIGHT2 LEFT RIGHT1
CONDUCTOR
RIGHT2 LEFT RIGHT1
CONDUCTOR
RIGHT2 LEFT RIGHT1
CONDUCTOR
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							SPLIT POINT
When the keyboard is divided into left and right
sections, the split point is indicated by the lit in-
dicator. You can change the location of the split
point.
•Each time the SPLIT POINT button is pressed,
the indication moves to the next split point in
the following order. G2 → C3 → G3 → cus-
tomized split point (all indicators off) (see
below).
Customized split point
Use the following procedure if you wish to store
a split point at a location other than G2, C3 or
G3.
1.Press and hold the SPLIT POINT button for a
few seconds.
•The following display appears.
2.Press a key on the keyboard to specify the
desired split point.
•A split point is set at the location of the pressed
key, and is indicated on the keyboard illustra-
tion on the display.
•The key at the split point is the lowest note of
the right keyboard section.
•After a few seconds, the display exits the set-
ting mode.
•Whenever the keyboard is split, you can select
your customized split point by pressing the
SPLIT POINT button until none of the split
point indicators is lit. In this case, the cus-
tomized split point is indicated on the display.
SPLIT
POINT
G2
C3G3
SPLIT
POINT
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