Technics Digital Ensemble Sx Pr54 Owners Manual

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Three ways to record in the COMPOSER
There are three ways to create and record a
rhythm.




 
Simple recording method
Use EASY COMPOSER to quickly create a
unique rhythm just by selecting a pattern for
each part.

Create a completely new rhythm (page 82)
Compose all the parts of a completely new
rhythm from scratch.
 You can use either realtime recording or step record for
any part of the recording.

Pattern Copy (page 88)
Copy a preset rhythm or SEQUENCER data to a
COMPOSER memory, edit it as you like, and
then store it as a new rhythm.
Simple recording method
With EASY COMPOSER you can easily create a unique rhythm pattern by selecting a different style for
each part of the rhythm.
1.On the COMPOSER MENU display, select
EASY COMPOSER.
 The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the MEM ∧ and ∨ buttons to select the
memory in which to record your rhythm.
 Select from A-vari 1 to 4, B-vari 1 to 4 and C-vari 1 to 4.
3.Use the PART 
 and  buttons to select the
part.
 In the EASY COMPOSER, the new rhythm pattern is
divided into 9 parts, to each of which a style and variation
is assigned.
4.Use the STYLE ∧ and ∨ buttons to select a
style.
5.Use the VARI ∧ and ∨ buttons to select the
variation number.
 The number of variations differs depending on the
selected style.
 A part which is set to OFF does not sound. Note that the
“BsDrum&Snare” part cannot be set to OFF.
6.Repeat steps 3 to 5 to select styles for the
other parts.
7.Press the SET button.
 The rhythm pattern is played back.
 If you are not satisfied with the rhythm pattern, repeat
steps 3 to 7.
 If you wish to correct the sounds or phrases in your
rhythm pattern, press the EDIT button. The display
changes to the recording display. (Refer to page 83.)
 For playback, refer to page 85.
RECORDING MEMORY-A
Create a memory in the MEMORY A bank.
RECORDING MEMORY-B
Create a memory in the MEMORY B bank.
RECORDING MEMORY-C
Create a memory in the MEMORY C bank.
EASY COMPOSER
Create a rhythm pattern with a simplified
procedure.PATTERN COPY (page 88)
Copy a rhythm pattern into a memory.
SEQ TO COMPOSER COPY (page 89)
Copy recorded data in the SEQUENCER to
the COMPOSER.
LOAD SINGLE COMPOSER
Recall the desired COMPOSER data from
data saved on a disk. This procedure is the
same as when COMPOSER is selected for
SINGLE LOAD. (Refer to page 93.)
Summary of the COMPOSER menu items
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Create a completely new rhythm
Clear the memories and compose a completely new rhythm from scratch.
 You can also use this method when copying a pattern from a preset rhythm or the SEQUENCER.
Prepare to record
1.On the COMPOSER MENU display, select a
memory in which to record (RECORDING
MEMORY A, B, or C).
 The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the buttons below the display to select the
pattern you want to create.
 If the MEM CLR button is pressed, all the current con-
tents of the MEMORY (A/B/C) are erased (a confirmation
display appears).
 You can press the NAMING button and assign a name to
the MEMORY.
 To assign a name to each VARIATION, press the VARI
button and select a number.
3.On the RECORD MEMORY display, press the
OK button.
 The display looks similar to the following.
4.Press the CLEAR THE ENTIRE PATTERN
button.
 The display looks similar to the following.
5.Press the YES button.
 All the data for the selected pattern is erased.
6.Press the MEASURE SETTING button.
7.Use the MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to spec-
ify the number of measures in your new
rhythm pattern (1 to 16).
8.Use the TIME SIGNATURE ∧ and ∨ buttons
to specify the meter of the pattern (1/4 to
8/4).
 When the settings for the MEASURE and TIME SIGNA-
TURE of the INTRO or ENDING patterns are changed,
the Maj and Min settings change at the same time.
9.Press the OK button.
10.Press the EXIT button.
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KEY SETTING
Set the key and chord in which you wish the
recorded pattern to be played. If the recorded
performance is played in a key or chord different
from this setting, the automatic accompaniment
will not be able to distinguish the correct chord.
1.On the RECORDING display press the KEY
SETTING button.
 The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the KEY ∧ and ∨ buttons to set the key.
Use the CHORD 
∧ and ∨ buttons to set the
chord type (Maj/Min).
3.When you have finished making the settings,
press the EXIT button.
Recording procedure
1.In the START RECORDING area on the dis-
play, select the rhythm part you want to record
first.
BAS: BASS
AC1–5: ACCOMP 1–5
DR1, 2: DRUMS 1, 2
 The metronome sound starts and the display looks simi-
lar to the following.
2.Adjust the tempo.
 The tempo is shown on the display as q =.
 The tempo can be freely adjusted when you play back
the rhythm pattern, so record at the tempo which is easi-
est for you to play.
3.Select the sound.
For the DRUMS part, only sounds from the DRUM KITS
sound group can be selected. For the ACCOMP and BASS parts, select sounds from
groups other than the DIGITAL DRAWBAR sound
groups.
 The sounds marked with # represent special guitar per-
formances and changing them to other sounds may
result in an unnatural, awkward sound expression.
4.Record the part.
 The specified number of measures are repeatedly played
back, during which time any newly played notes are
added to those already recorded. The current measure
number is shown on the display as “MEASURE=”.
 Record the performance in C major for correct chord pro-
gressions during playback. Follow the KEY SETTING
procedure if you wish to record the performance in a dif-
ferent scale.
 The sustain pedal operation or PITCH BEND and MODU-
LATION effects when MIDI data is received are also
recorded (except for the DRUMS part).




 
Button functions
PART BALANCE: 
Adjust the volume of each part on the PART
BALANCE display. (These settings are not
recorded.)
PART SETTING:
You can make detailed settings for each part.
(Refer to page 84.)
STEP RECORD: 
Change to the STEP RECORD mode. (Refer
to page 86.)
SOLO: 
Mute all parts except the part which is cur-
rently being recorded.
 A MUTE mark is shown for the other parts on the display.
 To turn off the SOLO function, press this button again.
PART CLR: 
Erase all recorded contents of the currently
selected part.
NOTE CLR:
Data is erased one note or one percussion
instrument (DRUMS part) sound at a time.
 Hold and press this button, and press the keyboard key
that corresponds to the note or percussion instrument
(DRUMS part) sound you wish to erase.
ALL ERAS: 
The performance recorded in the selected part
is erased for as long as this button is pressed.
(Continued on the next page)
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QUANTIZE: 
Smooth out any unevenness in the timing of
your performance.
Before recording, select the note value for the desired
quantize level. (The quantize level is shown on the dis-
play as QUANTIZE=.)
KEY IN CHORD MODIFY  (except
for INTRO, ENDING, DRUMS):
Use the GROUP and TYPE 
∧ and ∨ buttons
to select the type of pattern progression. 
This setting is for the sound that is going to be recorded
from this time.
5.Use the buttons below the display to switch to
a different recording part, and proceed to
record each part in turn.
6.When you have finished recording the rhythm,
turn off the PROGRAM MENUS button.
Chord Modify Change
For data that has already been recorded, you can select the type of pattern progression for the bass and
accomp parts.
This function cannot be used for the INTRO and ENDING patterns.
1.On the RECORDING display, press the
CHORD MODIFY CHANGE button.
The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the PART 
 and  buttons to select the
part you wish to set.
3.Use the GROUP and MODIFY TYPE ∧ and ∨
buttons to select the corresponding progres-
sion type.
If a progression type for which the note name is displayed
(in C key) was selected for the chord group, played notes
which are not displayed are changed to notes which are
displayed.
4.Use the FUNCTION ∧ and ∨ buttons to
enable or disable the function.
KEEP: No change.
CHANGE: The change is enabled.
5.When you have finished making the settings
for each part, press the OK button.
6.Press the EXIT button.
Part Setting
You can make detailed settings for each part.
1.On the REALTIME RECORDING display,
press the PART SETTING button.
The settings comprise 3 pages of the display. Use the
PAGE buttons to switch pages.
2.Use the PART 
 and  buttons to select a
part.
3.Use the ∧ and ∨ buttons to set the corre-
sponding item.
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PITCH POINT: 
The pitch at which the pattern progression
sound is lowered by one octave.
When the root note of the specified chord is higher than
the set pitch point, the pitch of that part is automatically
lowered by one octave, thus avoiding an unnaturally high
accompaniment pitch.
This is effective only for the part for which the Melody
group was selected in CHORD MODIFY CHANGE.
SOUND:
Use the panel buttons to select the sound.
DIGI EFF: 
 Set the DIGITAL EFFECT to on or off.
(SOUND) is the initialized setting of the sound.

BALANCE: 
Adjust the volume balance.
PAN: 
Adjust the stereo balance of each part (LEFT
64 – CENTER – RIGHT 63).
At “LEFT 64”, the sound is all the way to the left, at
“RIGHT 63” all the way to the right. The center point is
CENTER.
REV: 
Depth of the REVERB (0 to 127).
CHO: 
Depth of the CHORUS (0 to 127).
BEND RANGE: 
Adjust the range of pitch change when the
PITCH BEND data is received (0 to 12).

EQ-Hi: 
Sound correction in the high range.
Use the FC ∧ and ∨ buttons to adjust the standard fre-
quency. Use the GAIN ∧ and ∨ buttons to set the ratio of
change.
EQ-Low: 
Sound correction in the low range.
Use the FC ∧ and ∨ buttons to adjust the standard fre-
quency. Use the GAIN ∧ and ∨ buttons to set the ratio of
change.
Playback
1.In the RHYTHM GROUP section, press the
MEMORY button.The display looks similar to the following.
2.Select the desired memory (A/B/C).
3.Use the VARIATION buttons to select a varia-
tion.
4.Press the START/STOP button.
The DRUMS part begins to play back.
The BASS and ACCOMP parts are played back when
you use the AUTO PLAY CHORD.
RHYTHM GROUP
METRONOMEPOP ROCKFUNK &
SOUL DISCOPOP BALLADBALLADBALLROOM
& SHOW
MEMORY LATIN &
WORLD JAZZ &
SWING WALTZ
& TRAD USA 16 BEAT 8 BEAT
LOAD
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Step Record
Use STEP RECORD to store the notes one-by-one on the display. This is a convenient way to store com-
plicated patterns that are difficult to play.
Recording procedure
1.While you are recording, press the STEP
RECORD button.
The display changes to the STEP RECORD display simi-
lar to the following.
2.Use the CURSOR buttons to move the cursor
to the note position you are going to store.
Each dot represents one-eighth of a quarter-note (a
thirty-second note).
When storing triplets, it may not be possible to match the
timing exactly with the 1/32-note steps. However, if you
select triplet-type notes for the note length (LENGTH) in
step 4 below, the timing is automatically corrected.
3.Use the PAGE button to access the PAGE 2/2
display.
4.Use the left LENGTH buttons to specify the
note value. Select from 
r3, r, x3, x, e3, e, q3, q,
h, w, w   × 2 to 4. (A 3 denotes a triplet-type
note.)
For note values other than these, use the right LENGTH
buttons to specify the note value to be added to that
which you specified with the left buttons. 
Example: To record a dotted quarter-note (q.) 
q + e
5.Use the PHRS ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify the
actual length of the produced sound for the
desired legato or staccato effect.
6.Specify the pitch and velocity of the note by
playing the keyboard.
The dot on the display where the note is stored changes
to a ∗ mark.
When recording chords, you can store multiple notes at
one position.
REST:To store a rest, after specifying the note
LENGTH, press the REST button.
Positions at which nothing is stored are read as rests.
ERS:If you make a mistake, move the cursor to
the error, and after displaying the data
you wish to erase, press the ERS button.
7.Repeat steps 2 through 6 to continue storing
notes.
To record a different part, use the PART ∧ and ∨ buttons
to select another part.
The NOTE, VELOCITY, LENGTH, CHORD MODIFY and
CONTROL can be revised later. Press the OK button
after the revision.
You can easily switch between the REALTIME mode and
the STEP mode any time during recording. To return to
the realtime recording display during the STEP RECORD
mode, press the EXIT button.
TENU (tenuto): Sound is produced for 95%
of the note length.
NORM (normal): 80%
STAC (staccato): 50%
CUTT (cutting): 25%
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Measure Edit
You can edit the recorded data one measure at a time.
Select the function you wish to edit.
1.During recording, press the MEASURE EDIT
button.
• The display looks similar to the following.
2.Select the function.
3.Follow the procedure to edit the function (see
below).
 Only the contents of the same pattern can be edited.
MEASURE COPY
Copy recorded data of specified measures to a
specified point.
 On the destination track, the new data replaces the cur-
rent measure contents.
1.Specify the measures you wish to copy from
the source track (FROM).
 On the FROM side, specify the settings with the corre-
sponding buttons.
PART: 
Select the part to copy from. (If ALL is
selected, all parts are copied.)
FIRST MEASURE: 
Specify the first measure to copy.
LAST MEASURE: 
Specify the last measure to copy.
2.Specify where you wish to copy the selected
measures to.
 On the TO side, specify the settings with the correspond-
ing buttons.
PART: 
Select the part to copy to.START MEASURE: 
Specify the start point to copy the selected
measures to.
3.Press the OK button.
 The confirmation display appears. Press the YES button
to execute the function, or press the NO button to cancel
the function.
 If the FROM and TO parts are the same and the FROM
and TO measures overlap, copy is not possible.
MEASURE ERASE
Erase the recorded contents of specific mea-
sures.
 Note that only the contents of the measures are erased,
not the measures themselves; the length of the perfor-
mance remains the same.
1.Use the PART ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify the
part.
 If ALL is selected, data is erased from the specified mea-
sures of all the parts at one time.
2.Use the FIRST MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the start point (measure number).
3.Use the LAST MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the end point (measure number).
4.Press the OK button.
 The confirmation display appears. Press the YES button
to execute the function, or press the NO button to cancel
the function.
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MEASURE DELETE
Delete specified measures from all parts at once.
 The length of the performance accordingly decreases by
the number of deleted measures.
1.Use the FIRST MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons, to
specify the first measure to delete.
2.Use the LAST MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the last measure to delete.
 One measure is the smallest unit that can be deleted.
3.Press the OK button.
 The confirmation display appears. Press the YES button
to execute the function, or press the NO button to cancel
the function.
 When the INTRO or ENDING measures are deleted, the
Maj and Min data are erased at the same time.
MEASURE INSERT
Insert blank measures at a specified point.
 The length of the performance accordingly increases by
the number of inserted measures.
1.Use the FIRST MEASURE button to select the
point (measure) where the measures are to be
inserted.
2.Use the NUMBER OF MEASURE button to
select the number of blank measures to insert.
 No more than 16 measures total can be inserted.
3.Press the OK button.
 The confirmation display appears. Press the YES button
to execute the function, or press the NO button to cancel
the function.
 The Maj or Min data is inserted in the INTRO and END-
ING at the same time.
Pattern Copy
Use this function to copy a pattern from a rhythm or from SEQUENCER data.
PATTERN COPY
Copy a rhythm to the COMPOSER.
 You can also copy a pattern from the MEMORY.
1.On the COMPOSER MENU display, select
PATTERN COPY.
 The display looks similar to the following.
2.Select the pattern you wish to copy.
 In the FROM box, specify the settings with the corre-
sponding buttons.
GROUP: Group name
RHYTHM: Rhythm name
PATTERN: Pattern name
If ALL is selected, all the patterns are copied.
3.Select the memory you wish to copy to.
 In the TO box, specify the settings with the corresponding
buttons.
MEMORY: Memory name (A, B or C)
PATTERN: Pattern name
If ALL is selected, all the patterns are copied.
4.Press the OK button.
 When copying has been successfully completed, “COM-
PLETED!” appears on the display.
 If you wish to use the COMPOSER functions to edit the
copied data, press the EDIT button, and follow the proce-
dure to record a pattern.
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Copying individual parts
1.Use the PAGE ∧ and ∨ buttons to select
PAGE 2/2.
 The display looks similar to the following.
2.On the FROM side, use the buttons to specify
the part to copy from.
 For the DRUM part you can specify the DRUMS 1 or 2
part; for other parts you can specify a part other than a
DRUMS part.
3.Specify the destination on the TO side to
which the part will be copied.
4.Press the OK button.
SEQ TO COMPOSER COPY
Data from the SEQUENCER can be copied to a
COMPOSER memory. For example, you can
use a rhythm pattern on a song disk as the auto-
matic accompaniment for your own performance.
1.Play back the song you wish to copy from
SEQUENCER to confirm the tracks, the mea-
sures and the time signature you wish to copy.
2.Follow the procedure in “Prepare to record” to
prepare the COMPOSER memory you will be
copying to. (Refer to page 82.)
 Be sure that time signature setting in the SEQUENCER
data you are copying from and the time signature in the
COMPOSER memory you are copying to are the same,
or the data will not be copied successfully.
3.On the COMPOSER MENU display, select
SEQ TO COMPOSER COPY.
 The display looks similar to the following.
4.Use the FIRST MEAS ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the number of the first measure to
copy.
5.Use the LAST MEAS ∧ and ∨ buttons to spec-
ify the number of the last measure to copy.
6.Use the TRANSPOSE ∧ and ∨ buttons to
change the key of the copied measures (−24
to +24).
 Units are in semitones.
7.Use the MEMORY ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify
the COMPOSER memory to copy to.
8.Use the PATTERN ∧ and ∨ buttons to specify
the pattern to copy to.
9.For each COMPOSER part, specify the
SEQUENCER track from which to copy data.
 Use the PART 
 and  buttons to specify the part name,
and the TRACK 
∧ and ∨ buttons to specify the track
number.
 Parts which are set to OFF are blank.
10.Press the OK button.
 “COMPLETED!” is shown on the display.
 If you wish to use the COMPOSER function to edit the
copied data, press the EDIT button, and follow the proce-
dure to record a pattern.
 In the case of INTRO or ENDING, if a measure contains
a Maj or Min command, it is reproduced in the other pat-
tern as well.
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Part V   Disk Drive
Outline of the Disk Drive function
The Disk Drive enables you to store recorded and stored data from this instrument’s memories on disks,
as well as play commercial recorded disks on this instrument.
Internal memory and Disk Drive
The storable internal memory of this instrument
as well as the backup time are limited. However,
the Disk Drive maximizes your control of data
management by allowing you to store (SAVE)
this instrument’s data on disks, and then to recall
(LOAD) it at any time.
 The BACK UP data will not be erased even with the pas-
sage of time.

The following data can be saved/loaded:
PERFORMANCE
BACKUP
 When creating or saving song data, it is recommended
that you use the performance data in the PERFOR-
MANCE group. Instead of using MIDI & FAVORITES as frequently
loaded and saved data, it is recommended that you save
it with other data as backup data.
The SEQUENCER contents can be saved in one-song
increments (SEQUENCER SONG SAVE).
 Please use 2HD disks to load/save BACKUP data.
Main parts of the Disk Drive
Eject button
Press to remove the disk from the Disk Drive.
 You can use 3.5 inch 2DD (720 KB) or 2HD (1.44 MB)
disks; however, 2HD disks formatted as 2DD cannot be
used.
CURRENT PANEL (The current panel settings)
PANEL MEMORY
SEQUENCER
COMPOSER (MEMORY contents)
SOUND MEMORY
EFFECT MEMORY
MIDI & FAVORITES
Floppy Disk Drive
Floppy disk SAVE LOAD
Disk slot
Eject button
This indicator is lit continuously
as long as the power is on.
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