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Glossary of Terms

Sound

Introduction

Before you begin, take a few moments to familiarize yourself

with the names and terms we will be using to talk about the vari-

ous elements of the Pa900.

In this section, you will find a brief description of various key

elements of the Pa900. A professional arranger (Pa) keyboard

uses different terminology than a traditional synthesizer or

workstation. By familiarizing yourself with the names and func-

tions in this section, you will get a better understanding of how

all the different parts of the Pa900 work together to create a real-

istic musical performance. This will also help you to get the most

out of the rest of the manual.

Sound

A Sound is the most basic unit of an Arranger Keyboard perfor-

mance. A Sound is basically a playable instrument timbre (piano,

bass, sax, guitar…) that can be edited, saved, recalled and

assigned to any track. An individual Sound can be played on the

keyboard in the Sound mode. In the Style Play, Song Play or

Sequencer mode, Sounds may be freely assigned to Sequencer

tracks, Style tracks, or Keyboard tracks.

Style

The Style is the heart of a professional arranger keyboard. At its

basic level, a Style will consist of up to eight parts, or “Tracks”.

Drums

The Drum track will provide a repeating rhythmic phrase,

played by the standard instruments of a Drum Kit.

Percussion

An additional rhythmic phrase played by various percussion

instruments (conga, shaker, cowbell, etc.) is provided by the Per-

cussion track.

Bass & Accompaniment

The Bass track and the (up to) five additional Accompaniment

tracks will each play musical phrases that are musically related to

and in sync with the Drum and Percussion tracks. However, the

notes being played by these tracks will change to follow the

chord progression that you play on the keyboard.

Again, any Sound you choose may be assigned to any track in a

Style.

Variation

For each Style, there are four Variations, to be used for the Verse,

Bridge and Chorus of a song. In general, each Variation is a

slightly different version of the others. As you progress from

Variation one to Variation four, the arrangements will become

more complex, and more parts (Tracks) may be added. This

allows your performance to have a more dynamic arrangement,

without losing the original “feel” of the Style.

Fill-in & Break

During a performance, a drummer may often perform a “fill” -

such as when transitioning from a verse to a chorus – adding

extra dynamics and keeping the beat from getting too repetitive.

The Pa900 offers four Fill-ins specifically programmed for each

Style, that may be automatically recalled when choosing the cor-

responding Variation (Auto Fill). A Fill-in may be drums alone

or drums with instrumentation. Then, there is even a silent

“break”.

Intro & Ending

Each Style also allows you to complete your performance with a

set of musical introductions and endings. A long and short ver-

sion of the Intro and Ending are usually provided, with the for-

mer more harmonically elaborated, and the latter with a fixed

chord. A “count-in” Style Intro is also provided, as well as the

quick Ending 3.

Pad

Pads are single sounds or single-track patterns, that can be trig-

gered by using the dedicated PAD buttons. They can be used to

play in realtime single sounds, as well as short, cycling sequences

that play in time with the Style or Standard MIDI File, and are

transposed according to the recognized chords.

Keyboard tracks

In addition to the Style and Pad tracks, up to four additional

parts can be played on the keyboard in real-time. Each of these

Keyboard tracks can be limited to a particular range of keys or

velocities, but in general up to three can be assigned to play

above the split point (Upper), and one below (Lower). This

allows the Upper Sounds to be layered together. The split point

can be set to any note on the keyboard. In addition to perform-

ing along with a Style, these same Keyboard tracks will allow you

to play along with the Players.

STS (Single Touch Settings)

Single Touch Settings allow you to instantly change the sounds

assigned to each of the Keyboard tracks with a single button

press, allowing for wide variation in sounds during a perfor-

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