Technics Keyboard Sx Kn7000 Owners Manual

							8.Use the TEMPO/PROGRAM to adjust the re-
cording tempo.
•The tempo is shown on the display as 
 =.
•If you wish to record the tempo setting and
tempo changes, store them in the control
(CTL) part, or use the step record to store
them in the rhythm (RHY) part.
9.Turn the metronome on or off as desired with
the ON/OFF button at the upper right of the
display.
•The metronome selection alternates between
ON and OFF each time the button is pressed.
•When set to ON, the metronome volume set-
ting display is momentarily shown.
•The metronome sound is not recorded.
10.Play the keyboard.
•Recording begins.
•You can also press the START/STOP button
to start the rhythm and begin recording.
•If the metronome is on, when you press the
START/STOP button, a two-measure count
plays, after which recording automatically
begins. In this case, the rhythm does not start.
Recording does not start until the two-measure
count is completed.
•The recording status is continuously updated
on the display:
MEASURE= indicates the current measure.
TIME SIG.= indicates the current time sig-
nature.
MEMORY= indicates the remaining memory
(%) available for recording.
•If you wish to redo the recording, press the
REC STOP button and then record again. To
change the sounds and effects, etc. please
set them again.
•If you make a mistake in recording, you can
correct a specific portion of your performance
without having to redo the whole part. (Refer
to page 87.)
11.When you have finished recording, press the
REC STOP button on the display, or turn off
the PROGRAM MENUS button.
•When the PROGRAM MENUS button is turned
off, the ending command (END) is recorded.
Note that, as long as the ending command is
not recorded, blank recording continues even
if you stop playing.
•The SEQUENCER PLAY button turns on.
Multi-track recording
Use the following procedure to record one track
while listening to the track or tracks already re-
corded.
1.Follow the procedure to record the first track,
and press the REC STOP button at the end
of the recording.
•The indication for the track just recorded
changes from “REC” to “PLAY”.
2.Turn on the “REC” indication for the track you
wish to record next, and select the sounds and
effects, etc.
3.Press the START/STOP button and begin re-
cording.
•Tracks for which “PLAY” is shown are played
back, and you can record in time with this.
•If you turn on the “REC” for the CONTROL
track and begin recording, the rhythm start will
not be recorded.
4.Press the REC STOP button at the end of the
recording.
5.Repeat steps 2 to 4 for other tracks, as
desired.
6.When multi-track recording is finished, turn off
the PROGRAM MENUS button.
•If you wish to store part settings that you mod-
ified after recording as beginning song data,
press the MIXER button and follow the PANEL
WRITE procedure. (Refer to page 86.)
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							CYCLE RECORD
This mode allows you to have specified recording
measures continuously repeated. Thus you can
record measures by adding notes during any
cycle.
1.On the REALTIME RECORD display, specify
“REC” for a track number you are going to
record, and “PLAY” for track numbers you wish
to have played back.
2.Press the CYCLE: OFF button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the START MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons
to specify the beginning measure number.
4.Use the END MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the ending measure number.
•The measure in which the END command has
been stored can also be specified.
5.Press the START/STOP button.
•If the metronome is on, cycle recording of the
specified measures begins after a two-
measure count.
6.Play the keyboard.
•The specified measures are repeated, during
which time you can record by adding notes
little by little at the correct timing (over-dub-
bing).
•If you wish to erase all the performance data
from the specified measures, press the
CLEAR button.
•If the CYCLE: ON button is pressed, it changes
to OFF. This button does not function during
recording.
•To return to the REALTIME RECORD display,
press the EXIT button.
•Cycle record can also be started from the
REALTIME RECORD display whenever the
CYCLE: ON indication is shown.
7.When you have finished recording, press the
REC STOP button on the display, or turn off
the PROGRAM MENUS button.
START
CYCLE END MEASURE: 41234END
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							Sequencer Play
Play back your recorded performance.
1.Press the SEQUENCER PLAY button to turn
it on.
•The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the SONG ∧ and ∨ button to select the
song number you wish to play back.
3.Use the balance buttons below the display to
show “PLAY” above the track numbers you
wish to have played back.
•Highlighted track numbers indicate tracks that
are already recorded. Only highlighted track
numbers can be selected for playback.
•You can select two or more tracks to play back
at one time.
4.Press the SEQUENCER RESET (FILL IN 1)
button.
•The SEQUENCER returns to the beginning of
the song and the beginning panel settings are
recalled.
5.To begin playback from a measure other than
measure 1, use the MEAS 
∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the beginning measure.
•“MEASURE=” indicates the current measure
number.
6.Press the START/STOP button.
•The recorded performance is played back from
the specified measure.
•When playback is begun from a measure in
which an INTRO, COUNT INTRO, FILL IN or
ENDING is recorded, the corresponding func-
tion does not work.
•You can press the MIXER button and modify
the settings for each part.
•For information about LYRICS, refer to page
128.
7.To stop playback, press the START/STOP but-
ton.
•If the START/STOP button is pressed again,
playback will continue from the point it was
interrupted.
8.When you are finished playing back your per-
formance, press the SEQUENCER PLAY but-
ton to turn it off.
SEQUENCERPLAY EASY REC
If a rhythm progression has been recorded in
the RHYTHM (RHY) part, the MEASURE dis-
play used in the STEP RECORD and EDIT dis-
plays conforms to the time signature data
stored in the RHYTHM part.
Adjusting the playback tempo
Even with a song having recorded tempo data, you can use TEMPO/PROGRAM or TAP TEMPO to
adjust the tempo to your liking.
•When the tempo is changed, all the tempo data of that song is automatically changed by the same
ratio. Accordingly, even in song data in which tempo change data is stored, a single adjustment
of the tempo produces a natural-sounding playback.
•To return to the original tempo, while the song is stopped press the SEQUENCER RESET button.
Note that the tempo change is also canceled when you switch to another song or load a new song.
•The adjusted tempo is canceled when you begin the recording procedure and the original tempo
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							CYCLE PLAY
You can have specified measures played back
repeatedly.
1.On the SEQUENCER PLAY display, specify
“PLAY” for track numbers you wish to have
played back.
2.Press the CYCLE button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the START MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons
to specify the beginning measure number.
4.Use the END MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the ending measure number.•The measure in which the END command has
been stored can also be specified.
5.Press the START/STOP button.
•Cycle playback of the specified measures
begins.
•Normally the rhythm pattern is not played
back.
6.To stop cycle playback, press the START/
STOP button again.
•During playback stop, if the SEQUENCER
RESET (FILL IN 1) button is pressed, the
SEQUENCER returns to the measure number
specified in step 3. If the SEQUENCER
RESET button is pressed again, the
SEQUENCER returns to measure 1.
•If you press the CYCLE: ON button to turn it
OFF, cycle playback is not possible.
•To return to the SEQUENCER PLAY display,
press the EXIT button.
•Cycle playback can also be specified on the
SEQUENCER PLAY display whenever the
CYCLE: ON indication is shown.
MEDLEY
Multiple recorded songs can be played back in a medley.
1.On the SEQUENCER PLAY display, press the
MEDLEY button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
2.Specify the order of songs in the medley.•If ALL is pressed, all the files are selected,
and the songs are played back in order in a
medley. If ALL is pressed again, the files are
deselected.
•You can use the buttons below the display to
select a song to add to the song list, then press
the ADD button to add it to the list. Repeat
these steps to create your own list of songs
to have played back. A M01, M02 etc. next to
the file name indicates its order in the list.
•You can delete a marked file from the medley
song list by selecting it and pressing the ADD
button.
•Use the LOOP button to specify ON or OFF
for repeat playback of the medley.
3.Press the START button.
•During medley playback, you can use the SKIP
button to skip to the next song.
START
CYCLE END MEASURE: 41234END
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							SEQUENCER VOLUME
When playing the keyboard along with a recorded
performance, you can adjust the total volume of
all the playback parts as one.
Use the APC/SEQUENCER VOLUME slide con-
trol to adjust the volume.•Use this control to lower the volume of the
recorded playback parts when it is too loud
relative to the volume of your manual perform-
ance.
•The volume of all sounds other than your
manual performance—including PERFORM-
ANCE PADS, MIDI input, etc.—is lowered.
•At the MAX position, the volume of the play-
back parts correspond to their current settings;
at the OFF position, the volume is 0.
•The volume can be adjusted for each part.
(Refer to page 29.)
•Except during SEQUENCER playback or
DIRECT PLAY of a disk, this slide control
adjusts the total volume of all the automatic
accompaniment parts.
•During SEQUENCER recording, the volume is
automatically at its maximum regardless of the
position of the slide control. During playback,
however, lowering the slide control from the
MAX position will lower the volume from its
recorded level. For this reason, the slide con-
trol should normally be left in the MAX posi-
tion.
Naming
Here is the way to assign a name to your recorded song.
1.On the SEQ MENU display use the SONG
SELECT 
∧ and ∨ buttons to select a song.
2.Press the NAMING button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the buttons below the display to assign a
name.
•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.
4.Press the OK button.
APC/SEQUENCER
VOLUME
MAX
MIN
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							Panel Write
You can change the panel status which is in effect at the beginning of the song. These are the settings
which are recalled when the SEQUENCER RESET button is pressed.
1.On the SEQ MENU display, use the SONG ∧
and ∨ buttons to select the song number. Then
select PANEL WRITE.
•The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the panel buttons to change to the desired
panel settings.
3.Press the OK button.
•“COMPLETED!” is shown on the display.
•PANEL WRITE is automatically activated at
the when you start to record.
•For rhythm data, the data in the RHYTHM part
has priority.
Song Select
You can select a desired song from the list of recorded songs.
1.On the SEQ MENU display, select RECORD
& EDIT.
2.On the RECORD & EDIT display, select SONG
SELECT.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the SONG SELECT 
 and  buttons to
select a song.
•The total amount of memory used for the cur-
rent song is shown as a percentage (%) to the
right of the song name.
•If the NAMING button is pressed, the NAMING
display appears.
•To optimize memory, songs you do not wish
to preserve should be deleted. (Refer to page
97.)
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							Punch Record
If you make a playing error during REALTIME RECORD or would like to change the recording for some
other reason, you can use the punch recording feature to correct a selected portion of the performance
without having to redo the whole part.
1.On the SEQ MENU display, use the SONG
SELECT 
∧ and ∨ buttons to select the song
number. Then select RECORD & EDIT.
2.On the RECORD & EDIT display, select
PUNCH RECORD.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Select the track which contains the portion you
want to correct.
•You cannot select a track in which no data is
stored.
•On the display “REC” indicates tracks which
are being recorded, and “PLAY” indicates
tracks which are being played back.
4.Use the MEAS ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify the
beginning measure of playback.
•“MEASURE=” indicates the current measure
number.
5.Press the START/STOP button to begin play-
back of the specified track.
6.During playback, press the PUNCH IN button
at the point you want to begin recording.
•Recording begins as soon as the PUNCH IN
button is pressed. Begin playing at this point.
•The REC indication changes to the PUNCH
indication.
•The PUNCH IN button switches to the REC
STOP button.
7.Press the REC STOP button at the point you
want to stop recording.
•Punch recording stops immediately.
•You can also begin punch-in recording by play-
ing the keyboard.
•You can specify the punch-in/punch-out points
with the optional Foot Switch (sold sepa-
rately). (Refer to page 179.)
AUTO PUNCH RECORD
You can also set the punch-in and punch-out
points beforehand, so that recording automat-
ically begins and ends at the specified points.
1.On the PUNCH RECORD display, press the
AUTO: OFF button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the FIRST MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons
to specify the number of the punch-in
measure.
3.Use the LAST MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the number of the punch-out measure.
•The number of the LAST measure must be
higher than the number of the FIRST measure.
•The specified measure is recorded. Recording the performancePlaying error
Punch out
Recording mode PlaybackPunch in
Replay this portion
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							4.Use the COUNT IN MEASURE ∧ and ∨ but-
tons to specify the number of lead-in measures
you wish to have played back before the
punch-in measure.
•Set the metronome to on or off with the ON
or OFF button.
5.Press the EXIT button.
•The display changes to the PUNCH RECORD
display.
6.Press the START/STOP button.
•Playback begins from the measure indicated
by CURRENT MEASURE on the display.
•Pertinent information, such as the FIRST
MEASURE, is shown in the upper section of
the display.
7.Correct the performance.
•The mode changes automatically to the re-
cording mode at the specified FIRST measure.
Begin playing at this point. The mode auto-
matically changes back to the playback mode
at the specified LAST measure.
•To discontinue punch recording in the middle,
press the CANCEL button. In this case, the
recorded contents up to that point are erased.
Step Record
STEP RECORD is simply a method of making a tune by storing the sounds note-by-note on the display.
Instead of playing the keyboard directly as in the REALTIME RECORD mode, you can take your time
to input each single note. This is an especially effective method for storing complicated passages that
are difficult to play or when the exact timing of a part is critical.
Recording procedure
Record the keyboard performance and panel
changes.
1.On the SEQ MENU display, use the SONG
SELECT 
∧ and ∨ buttons to select the song
number. Then select RECORD & EDIT.
2.On the RECORD & EDIT display, select STEP
RECORD.
•The display changes to the PART SELECT
display.
3.Use the balance buttons below the display to
specify the track for the part you are going to
record (only one track can be selected at a
time).•The display changes to the STEP RECORD
input display similar to the following.
•If you selected the track to which the CHORD
part has been assigned, the display changes
to the STEP RECORD: CHORD display.
(Refer to page 92.)
•If you selected the track to which the RHYTHM
part has been assigned, the display changes
to the STEP RECORD: RHYTHM display.
(Refer to page 94.)
•If you selected the track to which the CON-
TROL part has been assigned, the display
changes to the STEP RECORD: CONTROL
display.
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							4.Use the MEAS ∧ and ∨ buttons to select the
measure.
•This step is not necessary if you are recording
from measure 1 of a blank track.
5.Use the CURSOR < and > buttons to move
the cursor to the note position (dot) you are
going to store.
•Each dot represents one-eighth of a quarter-
note (a thirty-second note).
•When storing triplets, it may not be possible
to match the timing exactly with the 1/32-note
steps. However, if you select triplet-type notes
for the note length (LENGTH) in step 6 below,
the timing is automatically corrected.
6.Use the left LENGTH ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the note value. Select from 
3, , 3,
, 3, , 
3, 
, , ,  × 2 to 4. (A 3 denotes a
triplet-type note.)
•For note values other than these, use the right
LENGTH buttons to specify the note value to
be added to that which you specified with the
left buttons.
Example: To record a dotted quarter-note ( 
. )
      
 + 
7.Use the PHRS ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify the
actual length of the produced sound for the
desired legato or staccato effect.
8.Specify the pitch and velocity of the note by
playing the keyboard.
•The dot on the display where the note is stored
changes to a 
* mark.
•When recording chords, you can store multiple
notes at one position.
•Any panel setting changes—for example
changes in the sound selection, button opera-
tion, wheel operation, etc.—are recorded at
the cursor position.
•When a wheel or dial is operated, the input
value is indicated on the display. Confirm that
this is the correct value and press the YES
button to record the value or the NO button to
cancel it.REST:
To store a rest, after specifying the note
LENGTH, press the REST button.
•Positions at which nothing is stored are read
as rests.
ERS:
If you make a mistake, move the cursor to the
error, and  after displaying the data you wish
to erase, press the ERS button.
BAL:
To specify the volume at the cursor position,
after pressing the BAL button, use the VALUE
buttons to set the volume (0 to 127).
9.Repeat steps 5 through 8 to continue storing
notes.
•To input data on another track, press the but-
ton for the desired track and repeat the pro-
cedure from step 2.
10.When you have finished recording, press the
PROGRAM MENUS button to turn it off.
Storing control data
Various control data can be stored at the cursor
position.
1.On the STEP RECORD: MELODY display,
press the CTL button.
2.Use the CTL ∧ and ∨ buttons to select the
control data you wish to insert.
•Select from PAN, KEY SHIFT (COARSE
TUNE), TUNING (FINE TUNE), BEND SENS.
3.Use the VALUE ∧ and ∨ buttons to adjust the
numerical value of the setting.
4.Press YES button.
TENU (tenuto): Sound is produced for 95%
of the note length.
NORM (normal): 80%
STAC (staccato): 50%
CUTT (cutting): 25%
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							Correcting the data
1.In the STEP RECORD mode, specify the track
you wish to correct.
2.Use the MEAS buttons to go to the measure
you wish to modify. Use the CURSOR buttons
to move the cursor to the point ( 
* ) you wish
to edit.
•The data stored at that point is shown on the
display.
•When multiple data is stored at one point,
different data is displayed in order each time
a CURSOR button is pressed. When a chord
is recorded, a different note in the chord is
displayed each time a CURSOR button is
pressed.
3.Correct the data.
There are three types of data:Performance data
NOTE data (note pitch) and VEL data (how hard
the key was played) and LEN data  (1 = 1/96 of
a quarter note [ 
 ]) are displayed. Use the rele-
vant buttons to correct the data as desired.
Sound data
The name of the sound is displayed. Change the
sound as desired (the sound setting display is
interposed on the current display).
Control data
The name of the function is displayed. Change
the data as desired.
•Press the ERS button to erase the data which
is displayed.
•You can also correct data which was stored
in the REALTIME RECORD mode.
•Performance (NOTE) data can be recorded or
edited on a piano roll display, and there is also
a specialized display for recording and editing
the DRUMS part data. (Refer to page 99.)
Assigning the images
Assign images to the selected point (PIC) of a
song.
1.Use the SONG SELECT ∧ and ∨ of the
SEQUENCER MENU display to select a song
number to which the images will be assigned,
and select RECORD & EDIT.
2.Select STEP RECORD on the RECORD &
EDIT display.
3.Use the balance buttons below the display to
select CONTROL TRACK (CTL).
•The display looks similar to the following.
4.Use the MEAS ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify the
measure to assign.
5.Use the CURSOR buttons to move the cursor
(reversed box) to the point you are going to
assign an image.
•Each point represents one-eighth of a quarter
note (a thirty-second note).
6.Press the PIC button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
7.Use the PRESET/USER button to select one.
PRESET:
 preset images
USER:
your original images loaded beforehand
(Refer to page 91.)
8.Use the VALUE button to select the image
number.
9.Press the YES button.
•The image of the specified number is assigned
to that point (PIC).
10.Repeat the steps 4 to 9 to continue assigning.
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