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wk2000 se
Styles
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Styles are a collection of musical patterns typical of various forms of making music, ranging from rock and pop to
traditional and Latin music. Each WK2000 SE Style features 4 Variations, 4 Intros, 4 Fills and 4 Endings. A Style,
therefore, provides a complete range of musical structures with which you can play whatever type of music you prefer.
Styles provide automatic accompaniments that are based on the chord played on the keyboard: the accompaniment
patterns change to suit the current chord. Each Style consists of 8 tracks: the fi rst 5 are engaged by the sequencer
for the auto accompaniments, and the remaining 3 belong to the real time keyboard sections. The 5 accompaniment
tracks are divided as follows: track 1 Drums (drum sets), track 2 BASS, tracks 3, 4 and 5 correspond to ACC1, ACC2,
ACC3 respectively (accompaniments 1, 2 and 3). WK2000 SE contains 96 permanent ROM Styles in the machine
memory and can store additional 8 USER Styles to load from disk in the RAM memory. The Styles are arranged in
groups of 8, as shown in the Style table on the top of the instrument panel (STYLE/SONG).
THE STYLES
Disable STYLE LOCK (if this is ON, the display indicator to must be OFF)
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IMPORTANT: If the disk-based User Style contains less than 4 Variations (e.g. only 2), after loading the Styles, be sure
that the Variation indicator in the display indicates either Variation 1 or 2. This is to prevent total silence at Style Start.
You can enjoy playing the keyboard sounds in real time while WK2000 SE automatically adds the accompaniment, as if you
were playing with a band of musicians. The automatic arrangements are provided by the WK2000 SE Styles.This chapter
describes the automatic arrangements of the Styles, how to select them and how to store them to the Performances. The
tracks contain several programmable parameters: sound, volume, pan, transpose, detune reverb, chorus, pitch bend,
pedal volume and damper. The arrangement patterns cannot be changed in the ROM Styles; in the USER Style locations
(96-103), it is possible to load disk-based Styles in the following formats: WK2000 SE, WK2, PK7 and WK3.
About WK2000 SE Styles
Selecting a Style
A quick and easy way of recalling a Style is by pressing one of the DIRECT STYLE MEMORY buttons. You can save your most
frequently used Styles in the 16 available locations simply by selecting the Style, then holding down one of the Direct Style
Memory buttons for a few seconds. The displayed Style name disappears for an instant, then reappears again. The memory
button stores the memorised Style until you decided to save a different Style to the same location The confi guration of the
direct access buttons (Style and Sound) can be saved to fl oppy disk (or Hard disk) using the Save Performance operation.
Recall a Style using the Direct Style Memory buttons
Recalling a Style from a Performance
Each Performance contains a Style that can be recalled at any time. Press and hold down the STORE PERFORMANCE key
for a few seconds. When the [?] message appears in the display confi rm with ENTER. The current panel confi guration,
including the active Variation and Tempo will be stored to the Performance. Therefore it is possible to recall a Style (and
the relative Variation/Tempo) by selecting a Performance, provided that the STYLE LOCK function is not active.
Press the PERFORMANCE RECALL key if you are not yet in Performance mode
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The name of the fi rst Performance in the fi rst group and the name of the
current group (es. P11: GranPNO) will appear in the display. Each function
key selects one of the 9 Performances of the selected group.
Use the PAGE+ e PAGE- button to change group (7 groups are available), or
the +/- button in the numeric keypad. Rotate the DIAL to control Tempo.
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Recalling a Performance automatically disables the SINGLE TOUCH PLAY
function and restores WK2000 SE to the default status of the Performance. If
the TEMPO LOCK function is disabled, the Tempo is also updated
Press START/STOP to run the Style
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Press START/STOP to start the Style. This operation may be also performed while a Style is playing. In this case the new
Style selected will start on the successive beat
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If you wish to change the Sound assigned to one or more tracks, fi rst check that the PERF menu funcion IS NOT selected
and that the S.T. PLAY function is OFF, then press the corresponding function key (F1-F9) to enable the track, that will start
blinking in the display. You can now change the Sound by digiting the corresponding number on the right hand selection
keypad. If you wish to modify the track volume level, rotate the DIAL
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Specify the number corresponding to the desired STYLE on the left hand selection keypad. WK2000 SE sets automatically
to Style mode
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Press the SINGLE TOUCH PLAY button (the corresponding display indicator turns on). With the S. T. PLAY function ON
the Style you select will always be recalled from the machine ROM version (fi xed) and any operation carried out on the
panel will not be stored. The S.T.PLAY key also automatically activates the ARRANGE ON/OFF and ARRANGE MEMORY
functions (in the ARRANGER panel section - the ARR. MEM display indicator also turns on)
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