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Front panel

JOYSTICK

This joystick triggers different functions, depending on the
direction it is moved towards.

X (+/–)

Move the joystick towards the left (–) to lower the
pitch, or towards the right (+) to raise it. This is
also called Pitch Bend.

Y+

Move the joystick forward to trigger Modulation.

Y–

Move the joystick backward, to trigger the func-
tion assigned in Sound mode.

MASTER VOLUME

This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument, both
of the internal speakers, the L/MONO (Left/Mono) and R
(Right) audio outputs, and the PHONES output.

This slider does not control the signal entering the L/MONO
(Left/Mono) and R (Right) audio inputs.

Warning:

At the maximum level, with rich-sounding Songs, Styles

or Sounds, the internal speakers of Pa588 might distort during sig-
nal peaks. Should this happen, lower the Master Volume a little.

BALANCE

While in Style Play and Song Play mode, this slider balances the
volume of the Keyboard tracks, against the Style (Accompani-
ment), Pad and Song tracks. This is a relative control, whose
effective maximum value is determined by the MASTER VOL-
UME slider position.

When moved, a magnified version of the virtual slider appears in
the display, for more accurate positioning.

Note:

This does not work in Sequencer mode.

ASSIGNABLE SLIDER

This is a freely assignable slider (see “Controllers: Pedals/Slider”
on page 206 for information on how to assign it a function). By
default it controls Upper VDF Cutoff (filter/brilliance for the
Upper tracks).

You can use this slider to change the volume of several

tracks at once. While in Style Play or Sequencer mode, select one
of the Upper tracks, or one of the separate Style or Song tracks in
the display; then keep the SHIFT button pressed, and move this
slider to proportionally change the volume of all similar tracks.

Note:

This does not work in Song Play mode on the Song tracks, but

still work on the keyboard tracks.

•

In Style Play and Song Play mode:

First select one of the

Upper tracks. Then keep SHIFT pressed and move the
slider, to proportionally change the volume of all Upper
tracks at the same time.

•

In Style Play mode

: First press TRACK SELECT and select

one of the separate Style tracks. Then keep SHIFT pressed
and move the slider, to proportionally change the volume
of all Style tracks at the same time.

•

In Sequencer mode:

Keep SHIFT pressed and move the

slider, to proportionally change the volume of all Song
tracks at the same time.

PLAY PIANO

Press this button to recall a single Grand Piano RX sound play-
ing over the full keyboard. The sound is assigned to the Upper 1
track; all other tracks are automatically muted.

You can jump to the Global > General Controls > Basic

> Velocity Curve parameter, and set the keyboard’s touch
response, by keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing the PLAY
PIANO button (see page 201).

ACCOMP. (Accompaniment)

In Style Play and Sequencer-Backing Sequence mode, use this
button to turn the Accompaniment tracks (ACC1 ~ ACC5) on
or off.

After pressing START/STOP, the full accompani-
ment plays, according to the detected chords.

Off

No chords detected. After pressing START/STOP,
only the Drum and Percussion accompaniment
tracks can play.

(With Easy Mode turned off)

You can jump to the Style

Play > Split pane > Chord Recognition parameter by keeping
SHIFT pressed, and pressing the ACCOMP. button.

MEMORY

This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions on
or off. Go to the “Preferences: Style Preferences” edit page (Style
Play mode, see page 99) to decide if this button should be a
Chord Memory only, or a Lower/Chord Memory button. When
it works as a Lower/Chord Memory:

Note:

This function can be automatically activated by playing the

keyboard harder. See “Velocity Control” on page 100.

The sound on the left of the split point, and the
chord for the automatic accompaniment, are kept
in memory even when you raise your hand from
the keyboard.

Off

The sound and chords are released as soon as you
raise your hand from the keyboard.

You can jump to the Style Play > Style Preferences page

by keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing the MEMORY button.

MANUAL BASS

This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.

Note:

When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass track

volume is automatically set to its maximum value. The volume is
automatically set back to the original value when the MANUAL
BASS button is deactivated.

The automatic accompaniment stops playing
(apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks), and
you can manually play the Bass track on the
Lower part of the keyboard. You can start the
automatic accompaniment again by pressing the
ACCOMP. button.

Off

The bass track is automatically played by the
Style.

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