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Princeton SP-88 Portable Ensemble
USER’S MANUAL
For a more musical life™
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Using the Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing this high quality Digital Piano. Your new Piano is easy to use and easy to transport. It has powerful and useful features that make it perfect for real-time performance or as a versatile instrument for your home. Your piano offers powerful and useful features including: programmable panel memories, SYNTH-feature (create your own sounds!), multi-track record, built-in music styles, EZ-play features and lots more!!!
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When the piano is not in use or during electrical storms, please disconnect the power supply Avoid adjusting the volume to the maximum level or to a level that you feel uncomfortable, it is recommended that you limit the volume level to two-thirds of the max to prevent any damage of your auditory sense Unplug the power cable before cleaning the piano. Do not connect or disconnect the power cable with a wet hand. Check and clean the power plug periodically. To avoid da
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accompaniment track. Read and write SM (smartmedia®) card: the piano can play or record Standard MIDI files from your SM card - save songs and other storage data onto your SM card. Supports 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, and 128MB SM cards Panel Memories: 48 total – with 8 Banks - 6 Memories each PitchBend & Modulation “joystick”: horizontal movement of the joystick controls Pitch Bend., vertical movement controls the Modulation effect Album: your piano provides a set of default parameters f
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20 5 1 6 2 19 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 3 22 4 21 23 18 8 9 16 15 14 2. L.H. SIDE 3. LCD DISPLAY 1) DC12V POWER JACK 1) A.B.C. 14) MELODY 1-4 2) POWER 2) HARMONY 15) ACCOMP 3) MIDI IN/MIDI OUT 3) LOWER 16) PLAY 4) SUSTAIN PEDAL 4) DSP 17) RECORD SONG 1/2 5) VOLUME PEDAL 5) TOUCH 18) SYNTH/NOR/VAR/SMC/ 6) AUX.IN 6) SUAL 19) DISK 7) AUX.OUT L/MONO 7) SUSTAIN 20) CHORD 8) AUX.OUT RIGHT 8) METRONOME 21) VOICE/STYLE/SONG/ 9) PHONES1/PHONES 2 9) TEMPO VEL 22) DEMO/ALBUM/PHRASE 10) MEASU
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Use of a different type of adaptor risks fire and/or electrical shock. For safety sake, make sure to unplug the AC adaptor from the wall outlet whenever leaving the piano unattended for a long time or during an electrical storm. The headphone jack There are two headphones jacks – jack “1” lets you listen through BOTH the headphones and internal speakers, jack “2” lets you listen through the HEADPHONES ONLY (disconnects the internal speakers). Caution! Never use the he
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The volume jack An optional footswitch can be plugged into the VOLUME jack for adjusting the volume of your piano – this is particularly useful for live performance situations. The MIDI IN/OUT jack MIDI stands for “Musical Instrument Digital Interface.”. MIDI is a world wide standard that makes it possible for various electronic musical instruments and devices (including computers) to communicate with one another. MIDI IN: Data transmitted from other MIDI instruments
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Master volume control Turn the VOLUME KNOB to adjust the MASTER VOLUME. MIN MAX VOLUME Brilliance For a brighter sound, move the BRILLIANCE slider to the right. For a mellower sound, move the BRILLIANCE slider to the left. You can change the keyboard brilliance as you wish. Demo There are 3 Built-in Demos. Press the [DEMO] button, the DEMO icon on the LCD lights. It displays the first demo name "World", and plays all 3 demos. Press the [DEMO] button again or pres
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Voice effect Voice select There are 350 VOICES. (See "APPENDIX 1 VOICE LIST") which includes 293 GM Sounds, 35 Chinese Sounds, 13 percussion Sets and 9 User Sounds. When the voice feature is activated, the LCD highlights the "VOICE R1" flag and the selected sound appears in the upper line. ex: "001 Piano). It displays the style name "001 8 Beat 1" on a second line. Use the [+] & the [-] button and numeric keypad to select the voice you desire. Note: The k
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Lower voice Press the [LOWER VOICE] button. LCD lights the lower icon and "VOICE L" . The LO WER VOICE LOWER LCD highlights the Voice name on upper line "144 Sound Track1". Use the [+] & the [-] button or the DIAL and numeric keypad to select the LOWER VOICE. In LOWER VOICE mode, press the [VOICE] button to switch to other voice modes ( VOICE R1/DUAL). Note: The piano will check the validity of your number input when you use the numeric keypad t
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DSP effect DSP effects help enhance the sounds in your keyboard. The default DSP setting is ON. DSP icon is lit. Press the [DSP] to turn on/off the DSP effect. The DSP effect is determined by 4 parameters including REVERB TYPE, REVERB LEVEL, CHORUS TYPE and REVERB LEVEL. (See FUNCTION menu for details) It offers 8 REVERB & CHORUS TYPES. These levels can be adjusted from 0~127. The default REVERB TYPE and LEVEL is HALL2 and 92;The default CHORUS TYPE and LE
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Touch response There are 3 types of Touch Response. (See TOUCH FUNCTION menu for details). TOUCH The default Touch setting is Medium. Touch icon is lit on the LCD. Press the [TOUCH] button. The LCD displays the current Touch Response type "Touch Mode: Medium" Press the [TOUCH] again to turn off the Touch Response and displays "Touch Mode: Off". Transpose Press the [TRANSPOSE] button. LCD displays "Transpose = 000? Use the [+]& [-] button or the DIAL to a
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button to insert 1 measure fill and LCD flashes Style start "NOR" icon. Then, it changes to the NORMAL Start directly: style playing. Press the [START/STOP] button to start playing the style. Note: If you press the [FILL-IN A] or the [FILL-IN B] Start after INTRO: When the style is not playing, press the [INTRO] in the last beat of a measure, a fill is inserted button, and then press the [START/STOP] after the current measure finished. button to start the INTRO. The NORMAL style
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simultaneously press the root key and both a ACCOMP volume white and black key to its left. Press the [ACCOMP VOLUME +] or the [ACCOMP VOLUME-] button. LCD displays Fingered Chord: the Fingered Chord detect "Accomp Volume = 021 ". Press the mode lets you finger your own chords on the [ACCOMP VOLUME +] & the [ACCOMP AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT section of the VOLUME -] button or the [+] & [-] button and keyboard. The piano supplies appropriately the DIAL can adjust the accompaniment orch
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First serie s Second serie s Third ser ies Defaul t Next Next Next Back Back Back Metronome Off 、 Voice 、 Pad Off Reverb Type Room 1/ Room 2/ Room 3/ Hall 1/ Hall2/ Plate/ Hall2 Delay/ Pan Delay Reverb Level 0~127 92 Chorus Type Chours1/ Chours2/ Chours3/Chours4/Feedback/ Chorus 3 Digital Effect Flanger/ Short DElay/ FB Delay Chorus Level 0~127 0 Duet Duet/ 1+5/ COuntry/TRio/ BLock/4 Close 1/ Harm
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button or the [-] button to adjust the level value. Press the [+] button and the [-] button The LCD displays the current level value. The simultaneously will set the tune value to the default value is 92. default. The default value is 000. Chorus Type Note: A total of 8 different chorus types are available. When the tune value is +50, the note has Use the dial,the [+] button or the [-] button to changed 100 cents. select the chorus type. LCD takes turns to When the tune value is
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VOICE L OCTAVE Select Pedal circularly. The default value is In the voice L octave setting, LCD displays the Sustain Pedal. current octave value. Use the dial, the [+] MIDI button or the [-] button to adjust the voice L octave value. This function can apply to the Press the [FUNCTION] button and select "Midi" right area of keyboard. The parameter range -1 menu. Press the [NEXT] button, the LCD to1. The default value is 0. displays transmit and receive. Use the dial, the Press the [+]
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Keyboard the [-] button to cycle select the bank (1-8). In the keyboard setting, the LCD displays Voice The LCD displays your selected bank number. R1 Volume 、 Voice R2 Volume 、 Voice L Volume value circularly. The default value is 27 、 28 、 Store and load 12 respectively. Set the value with the dial, the [+] button or the[-] button from 0 to 31. In this Press [STORE] and hold the button, press M1 mode, press the [+] and the [-] simultaneously to (or M2-M6) at the same timee. The data w
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When the style is playing, press the [O.T.S] Freeze button to turn on the O.T.S. It will automatically When the FREEZE function is engaged, insert "FILL A'' or " FILL B" according to the selecting a different memory setup will not memory number. change any of the accompaniment and Voice L parameters (all other parameters will changes as Press the [O.T.S] button again to exit O.T.S programmed). This allows you to use the auto mode. accompaniment and select different memory setups w
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the 328 tones and edit its parameters to create Sustain pedal your own original sound. When pedal assign is set as "sustain pedal " , it has the sustain effect when stepping on the Press the [SYNTH] button. The SYNTH icon pedal. Release it to turn off sustain effect. appears on the LCD. The User Voice number "USER Voice = 342 " displays on the lattice area. Then, select the desired number with Soft pedal the dial, the [+]/[-] button between 342-350 for When pedal assign is s
