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Owner’s manual
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DEUTSCH FRANÇAIS ITALIANO ENGLISH
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Owner’s manual ENGLISH
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Care of your keyboard Your keyboard will give you years of playing pleasure if you follow the simple rules outlined below: u Do not expose the keyboard to high temperature, direct sunlight and excessively dusty places. u Avoid physical shocks caused by dropping, bumping, or placing heavy objects on the key- board. u Never use cleaners such as alcohol or solvents to clean the keyboard. u Always turn the power off when making any connections. Generalmusic web site: http://www.generalmusic.com The
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Contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................1 The GK310 features: ...........................................................................................1 Power supply .......................................................................................................1 Using the AC adaptor ..........................................................................................1 Using batteries...........
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About the Chord Recognition Modes.................................................................10 Using the Style Auto functions ...........................................................................10 Select the Fill In and change Style Variation ..................................................... 10 Start the Style accompaniments with Key Start................................................. 11 Start the Style with an Intro pattern ...................................................
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the new GEM GK310 electronic keyboard. The GK310 offers the following features: • 61 note keyboard with Touch Response; • 132 PCM voices + 1 keyboard percussion kit; • 96 Styles (automatic accompaniments) with 2 Variations; • Two chord recognition modes for the Styles: Fingered and One Finger; • 384 Single Touch Play settings; • 50 Demo songs with the play along feature; • On-board Sequencer with Record, Play/Stop and Melody Off functions; • MIDI compatibili
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Connections The Phones jack If you prefer to play with headphones for high quality personal monitoring, plug a standard stereo headphone set into the rear panel PHONES jack. The internal speak- ers are automatically disconnected. Use the VOLUME slider to adjust the headphone volume. The Damper jack An optional footswitch can be plugged into the DAMPER jack for sustain control. The footswitch operates like the damper pedal of an acoustic piano. Press for sus- tain, release for normal sound. The
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3. Press the [DEMO ALL] button to start a chained Demonstration. The display shows the first Demo Song number: Playback starts automatically from the first Demo song and continues non stop until you either change demo or stop the playback. 4. Press the [DEMO ALL] button again to stop the playback. Select a single Demo Song 1. Select SONG mode by pressing the [VOICE/STYLE/SONG] button as many times as necessary until the right display arrow points to the SONG function. The number of the first de
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Basic Operation This section explains all the basic operations that you can carry out when the instru- ment is in NORMAL mode. If you are uncertain how to return the instrument to NORMAL mode, press the [MODE] button as many times as necessary until the left display arrowhead points to NORMAL. Selecting & playing Voices The GK310 has 132 PCM voices and 1 percussion kit that you can select and play on the keyboard. After turning on, the GK310 sets to NORMAL/VOICE mode with the display showing a
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Dual voice (play two layered voices) To play the DUAL effect, (with two layered sounds), press the [DUAL] button. The word “VOICE 2” appears in the display as well as the voice number assigned to the layered section. If you play on the keyboard, you will hear two sounds for every note played. In our example, you will hear the Piano voice (01) together with Slow Strings (50). <----------------------- PIANO 1 -----------------------> In DUAL mode, whatever voice selection you make will always co
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The Performances So far, you have learnt how to select single and combined Voices in Normal, Dual and Split modes using several panel interventions. If, every time you want to create a preferred sound combination, you have to take several steps to arrive at your goal, you would ask yourself if there wasn’t a quicker way of selecting what you want. The answer lies in the PERFORMANCES which offer a quick and simple method of re- calling a panel situation at the touch of a single button. A PERFOR
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To decrease the volume, press the bottom [DECREASE VOLUME] control. If the Upper section is playing with the DUAL effect, the [UPPER MIXER] controls adjust both voices at the same time. Muting the sections If you want to exclude a section (mute, or turn off), you can use the MIXER control buttons. Simply press both [INCREASE VOLUME] and [DECREASE VOLUME] buttons at the same time to mute the section required. For example, if you press both the top and bottom buttons of the [UPPER MIXER], the dis
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PITCH UP Add Pitch Bend to your playing While you play, you can add Pitch Bend to your keyboard sounds by using the [PITCH BEND] buttons located to the left of the control panel. You can obtain a Pitch Bend excursion of 2 semitones above or below normal pitch with these controls. Hold down the top [PITCH BEND] button to bend the notes up. Hold down the bottom [PITCH BEND] button to bend the notes down. The pitch returns to normal when you release the button. Pitch Bend is a “glide” (or glissato
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Selecting the Styles using the [-/OFF] and [+/ON] buttons In STYLE mode, the [–/OFF] and [+/ON] buttons of the numeric keypad step through the individual Styles one by one. 3. Press the [+/ON] button to select the Styles in increasing numerical order. 4. Press the [–/OFF] button to select the Styles in reverse order. Holding the button down scrolls rapidly forwards or backwards through all the Styles. The selected Style number is shown at the center of the display. Selecting the Styles using t
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Changing the Style Tempo Note: If you change Style while the rhythms are play- Every time you select a Style, you also recall a memorized playing speed, (TEMPO), ing, the current Tempo rests unchanged. The memo- shown in the top left hand corner of the display. You can speed up or slow down the rized Style Tempo is recalled only when the Style is not playing. tempo, before or after starting the Style, by pressing the [TEMPO] buttons. • Press the [TEMPO ] button to increase the Tempo value, or
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Start the Style accompaniments with Key Start The KEY START function allows you to synchronize the start of your Style with a note or chord pressed on the keyboard without using the Start/Stop button. When you press the [KEY START] button, the display shows 4 flashing black dots after the word TEMPO to indicate the synchro start standby. Now, if you play a note or chord on the lower part of the keyboard, the Style pattern stgarts automatically. Start the Style with an Intro pattern Before sta
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Using the Single Touch Play settings in Style mode When you play the Styles with the [SINGLE TOUCH PLAY] button on, each Style you select recalls a panel configuration (voices and volume settings) for the accom- paniment sections (Drums, Bass, Accomp) as well as for the Upper and Lower sec- tions. This means that for the 96 Styles, you have 96 factory set voice configura- tions. The SINGLE TOUCH PLAY settings increases this number by four, giving you 96 x 4 = 384 different panel configurations
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4. Hold down the [STORE PERFORMANCE] button, then simultaneously press one of the PERFORMANCE/PADS buttons [P1] - [P6]. For example, if you press [P5]: NOTE: All the data memorized to the PERFORMANCE Whatever information was previously stored in the selected button will be erased buttons remains intact while the instrument is being used. The instant you turn your GK310 off, you will by the new data. lose all memorized data, including any other settings 5. At this point, you can check if your n
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Cancelling the Octave Transpose setting 3. To cancel the octave transposition, press both OCTAVE buttons at the same time. Record & Play - the Sequencer Your GK310 contains a very simple and easy-to-use sequencer which records what- ever you play, and plays back the recorded sequence just as you played it. You can record in Voice mode or Style mode. The following example explains how to record a sequence using a Style. 1. Set the instrument for Style play and select a Style. 2. Press the [REC]
