wk2000 oriental

With its comprehensive range of instruments dedicated to the music of the Mediterranean and Middle East, designed in collaboration with the top musicians of this sector, GEM is leading in the field of Oriental keyboards. These instruments are characterized by special functions, created for the exclusive and stylistic peculiarities of this musical reality. The WK2000 Oriental is GEM's new feature-packed oriental keyboard and offers a vast array of fascinating sounds and lively rhythms of Arabic, Greek and Turkish music.

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WK2000 Oriental is a 16 part multitimbral instrument with 32 notes polyphony. The internal sound library features 34 Oriental sounds, 16 drumkits, 3 Oriental drumkits out of a total of 480 sounds for rich and complex sound textures. The WK2000 Oriental also includes 2 digital processors with 22 reverbs and 22 effects. A range of carefully developed functions, including the Arabic scales, a special section which lets you select and play the typical scales of Oriental music and provides unlimited freedom of expression. WK2000 Oriental contains 96 styles with 4 variations each. 10 different performances are assigned to each of the internal styles, allowing to completely reconfigure the setting of the styles. It is possible to program and save up to 8 different user styles. A number of dedicated buttons for the direct selection of 16 sounds and 16 styles among the most frequently used in Oriental music are included. Favourite configurations of sounds, effects, controls, MIDI channels, track status, styles, etc. can be memorized in any of the 63 General Performances to be recalled instantly. The WK2000 Oriental comes complete with a sequencer (SMF compatible) record up to 7 Song Styles instantly, using any of the on-board sounds and styles. An optional hard disk is also available that provides a vast range of additional software and lets you manage an enormous variety of files ready to use. The optional vocal processor interface gives the possibility to process the voice through a connected microphone with the internal digital effects, 3 band eq and a compressor. Up to 4 harmony lines can be added to your voice for extraordinary vocal real time harmonies. The digital sampling function allows you to create your personalized sound palette by sampling any sound with the microphone or line input.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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keyboard polyphony sounds memories digital effect operating mode controls
display styles styles control sequencer song player floppy disk hard disk vocal processor connections extras amplification dimensions (LxHxD) weight
61 keys with velocity sensitivity 32 notes max. 480 sounds, including 34 oriental sounds, 16 drumkits, 3 oriental drumkits 63 realtime performances (progr.), 960 style performances (10 per style) 22 reverbs, 22 effects, with separate sends 3 realtime sections (lower, upper 1, upper 2), monophonic mode, split (progr.) volume, pitch/modulation ball, arabic scale keypad, 4 arabic scale progr. memories, store/cancel arabic scale memory, 16 direct style memory, style/song selection keypad, cursor/page, melody off, demo, single touch play, performance recall, function buttons (f1/f9), style/tempo lock, play all songs, upper 1, upper 2, lower, floppy disk. hard disk, sound selection keypad, octave -/+, transpose b/#, 4 programmable pads, lyrics, vocal processor, rev/chorus, sustain, metronome, harmony, sampling (record, samples), 16 direct sound memory, enter, escape, dial lcd multifunction backlit display, lyrics on display (2 x 24 characters) 96 styles (32 standard + 64 oriental), 8 user (progr.), 4 variations, 5 tracks (drums, bass, acc 1, acc 2, acc 3) start/stop, key start/stop/continue, intro, ending, arrange on/off, arrange memory, lower memory, bass to lowest, var 1, var 2, var 3, var 4, fade in/out, fill in a <, fill in <>, fill in b >/tap tempo 7 song style, 8 tracks recorder (upper 1, upper 2, lower, 5 tracks style), 16 tracks player, record, play/stop compatibility: standard midi files type 0, 1 and 1+ lyrics, gmx, wk3, pk7, rass, word box mk1 load, save, delete, format, utility, direct from disk, play all songs, optional 2,5" ide hard disk optional vocal processor 2 headphones, stereo out, damper pedal, pedal (progr.), volume pedal, computer (pc1, pc2, mac), midi in/out/thru, video out (rgb/s-vhs) upgradeable operating system via floppy disk 15w + 15w, 2 ways, 4 speakers 1.100 x 150 x 390mm/43,3 x 5,9 x 15,3 14,3kg / 31,5lbs

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Technical specications are subject to change
The information contained in this manual are considered correct at the moment of printing. Generalmusic reserves the right to change or modify any technical specication without prior notice or obbligation to upgrade existing units.
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MANUAL INDEX
INTRODUCTION Specifications WK2000 Oriental front panel WK2000 Rear Panel GETTING STARTED Powering up and preliminary operations Power On/Off Hot to listen to a Demo song Playing a song or a midifile Listen to a song directly from a floppy disk Listen to a song directly from the hard disk (optional) Play on the keyboard and change the sound Select performances and listen to the sounds Select styles and play with automatic accompaniments Set up the general effects volume Use the pitch/modulation ball Use the effects Play with headphones Use the pedals Transpose the instrument Clear the transpose setting Play with a preset Arabic scale BASIC CONCEPTS Style, Song Style and Song Styles and real time modes Style lock and single touch play buttons Song Style Mode Song Mode Performance Real Time Performance Style Performance Single touch play settings Song Style Performance Song Performance Tracks Sounds Connections Output: Right/Mono Left Input: Right/Mono Left Vocal Processor (optional card): MIC/LINE, GAIN MIDI Pedals Computer Video interface Headphones Music Stand Display Data entry Entering Alphanumeric/data ENTER/ESCAPE SOUNDS&PERFORMANCES The real time keyboard sections Sounds and keyboards modes Full Mode Split Mode Arrange On/Off Sound Selection Direct sound memory buttons Keyboard sounds Selecting a Performances HOW TO PROGRAM A PERFORMANCE The performance parameters Store Performance THE STYLES About WK2000 Oriental Styles Selecting a Style Recall a style using the style memories buttons Recalling a style performances THE STYLE CONTROLS Start/Stop Key Start Intro Ending Var1-2-3-4 Fade In/Out, Fill A, Fill, Fill B Tap Tempo Arrange On/Off Arrange Memory Lower memory Bass to lowest Page Page Page Page Page 2-5

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Style Tempo Tempo Lock Saving tempo to a performance The SPLIT point How to set a new SPLIT point Arrange mode Fingered 1 Fingered 2 One finger Freestyle Single touch play Store performance Performance recall Style/Tempo lock The Utility section Lyrics Vocal P. Rev/Cho Sustain Metronome Harmony Harmony types FLOPPY AND HARD DISK (optional) THE FLOPPY DISK The floppy disk formats File types and extensions THE HARD DISK (optional device) Access to the hard disk THE FLOPPY AND THE HARD DISK FUNCTIONS LOADING SONGS AND MIDIFILES Loading Styles Loading Performances Loading Samples Loading Song styles THE LOADING OPERATION The loading procedure from a floppy disk The loading procedure from the hard disk (optional) Recognising files with extensions To load all the styles as a group To load all the files on disk To listen to the song loaded in memory To play a USER style loaded in memory THE SAVING OPERATIONS The saving procedure to the floppy disk The saving procedure to the hard disk (optional) THE COPY FUNCTION How to copy a file from the floppy disk to the hard disk (optional) Unprotect the hard disk procedure How to copy an entire content of a floppy on the hard disk (optional) Create a new partition on the hard disk (optional) THE DELETE FUNCTION Deleting files procedure in the floppy disk Deleting files procedure in the hard disk (optional) FLOPPY DISK FORMATTING Floppy disk handling tips To save a GEM format song in Midifile format THE SONGS What is a song? The song performance Selecting a song SONG PLAYBACK FF/REW CANCELLATION OF A SONG (Clear function) Melody off Play all songs Play a Song with a track in real time DISPLAYING LYRICS SONG STYLE Song style performance SONG STYLE SELECTION Selecting a Song Style To play a Song Style in real time Song Style recording Entering the Song Style recording mode Song Style name Recording Listen to the Song Style playback Clear Song Style (USER Song Style) PROGRAMMABLE STYLES (USER STYLES) The basic structure of a Style RIFF Setting the USER style parameters Page 21

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wk2000 Oriental manual index
Selecting a variation Modifying the recording tempo Selecting a different recording track Selecting a different RIFF USER style basic parameters setting: Setting the TIME SIGNATURE Changing the Pitch To Set the number of beat in a RIFF RECORDING A USER STYLE USER STYLE PLAYBACK USER STYLE EDITING Overdub Quantize Clear note Clear RIFF Clear Tempo Clear All Styles Saving the USER style to a floppy disk Style copy The USER Style performance How to program a USER style performance Recording a program change Recording controllers DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR REV/CHO To Assign the effects How to assign the type of effect Disabling the effects Controlling the effect send level SAMPLING/VOCAL PROCESSOR (optional unit) Digital audio sampler Set up the MIC/LINE signal level Sampling procedure and Sample selection The sample edit parameters VOCAL PROCESSOR Vocal Processor Activation Vocal Processor Edit The Programmable PADS The PADS assign procedure MIDI The computer port Tracks and MIDI Channels Rules for MIDI connection Assign MIDI channel MIDI Lock Common and Chord channel MIDI numeration The main applications of MIDI Controlling an expander or other keyboards Controlling the WK2000 Oriental from a MIDI accordion Using the WK2000 Oriental in Song mode with a computer The computer port Playing the WK2000 Oriental with a master keyboard Selecting styles via MIDI common Controlling styles via MIDI common Selecting effects via MIDI common Selecting songs and styles via MIDI common Selecting song banks via MIDI Additional MIDI parameters MIDI/GENERAL Pedal Volume pedal Tuning Key Touch Serial TV TV text MIDI Channel MIDI Local MIDI Page MIDI Clock G.MIDI START/STOP Channel Lock MIDI Dump APPENDIX Internal Sound List Internal Styles List MIDI Implementation chart Page 39

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Important warning
1. Make sure that the package is complete and contains: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) WK2000 Oriental Multimedia Workstation (the instrument) One oppy disk containing the operating system Music stand Owners Manual Power cord RGB/SCART video cable to display song lyrics on a screen Warranty certicate Generalmusic distributors list
2. When contacting your retailer or authorised Generalmusic technical assistance centre, always quote the model name and serial number of your instrument.

owner's manual SOUNDS & PERFORMANCES
A Sound is assigned to each Performance track. THE REAL TIME KEYBOARD SECTIONS (UPPER 1, UPPER2, LOWER)
The display constantly shows which tracks are assigned to the accompaniment and which ones are assigned to the keyboard section (this does not happen only when a special mode is selected, where the deactivation of the tracks is required). The sections that can be played in Real Time are : Upper 1, Upper 2 e Lower; they correspond respectively to tracks 7, 8 e 9. SOUNDS AND KEYBOARD MODES The keyboard sounds can be combined in different congurations, by using the LOWER, UPPER 1 e UPPER 2 (keyboard section) keys, located to the right of the display. A LED placed next to each of them shows their ON or OFF status. It is possible to set the keyboard to FULL or SPLIT modes. By selecting one of them, the keyboard will work in two different ways.
FULL MODE In FULL Mode, you can play over the entire extension of the keyboard , either using a single Sound or two Sounds layered. If you wish to play in Full mode, just turn off the LOWER section by hitting the LOWER key (the led will go out) as well as the ARRANGE ON/OFF key. By doing this, the UPPER 1 e UPPER 2 sections, whether single or layered, will be assigned to the entire range of the keyboard (make sure that ARRANGE ON/OFF is turned off). In this mode, when you play with Styles (and the ARRANGE ON/OFF led is ON), the automatic accompaniment will recognize the current SPLIT point and will assign the part of the keyboard to the left of the Split to the LOWER section. If the LOWER section is turned off, the part of the keyboard to the left of the Split point will be silent. The UPPER 1 e UPPER 2 sections can be activated or deactivated, according to your requirements.
Enables the sound assigned to the UPPER1 section Enables the sound assigned to the UPPER1 section
SPLIT MODE The SPLIT mode gives the opportunity to divide the keyboard into two separate sections, so that two different Sounds can be used at the same time: one Sound will be assigned to the section of the keyboard on the left of the Split point (LOWER) and the other one to the section on the right (UPPER 1 e/o UPPER 2). When playing in Real Time you can switch to Split mode by simply turning the LOWER section on (the LED is on): to do this, press the LOWER key located to the right of the display. In this way the keyboard will be divided into two sections, one to the left and one to the right of the Split point, as standard mode for the instrument. To recap, the possible situations are as follows: ARRANGE ON/OFF is off (the accompaniment is off) A Only UPPER 1 on: the Sound from track 9 play over the entire keyboard range Only UPPER 2 on: the Sound from track 8 play over the entire keyboard range UPPER 1 and 2 both on: the Sound 8 and 9 are layered over the entire keyboard UPPER 1 and LOWER both on: the Sound from track 7 left of the split and Sound from track 9 on the right UPPER 2 and LOWER both on: Sound from track 7 left of the split and Sound from track 8 on the right All on: Sound from track 7 left of the split, and Sounds from tracks 8 and 9 layered on the right

3 Press and hold the MIDI/GENERAL button for a few seconds Scroll to the INIT page with the PAGE button. Rotate the DIAL to select the parts you wish to restore. All Memory Sequencer Performance Samples Press the ENTER button. Page17
owner's manual THE STYLES
You can enjoy playing the keyboard sounds in real time while WK2000 Oriental automatically adds the accompaniment, as if you were playing with a band of musicians. The automatic arrangements are provided by the WK2000 Oriental 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 Oriental,WK2, PK7 and WK3. 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. About WK2000 Oriental Styles 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 Oriental 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 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 Oriental 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). Selecting a Style 1 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 (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) 2 Specify the number corresponding to the desired STYLE on the left hand selection keypad. WK2000 Oriental sets automatically to Style mode 3 If you wish to change the Sound assigned to one or more tracks, 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 4 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 Recall a Style using the Direct Style Memory buttons

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 conguration of the direct access buttons (Style and Sound) can be saved to oppy disk or Hard disk using the Save Performance operation. 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 conrm with ENTER. The current panel conguration, 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. 1 Disable STYLE LOCK (if this is ON, the display indicator to must be OFF) 2 Press the PERFORMANCE RECALL key if you are not yet in Performance mode The name of the rst Performance in the 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. 3 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.
Recalling a Performance automatically disables the SINGLE TOUCH PLAY function and restores WK2000 Oriental to the default status of the Performance. If the TEMPO LOCK function is disabled, the Tempo is also updated 4 Press START/STOP to run the Style

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Styles
owner's manual THE STYLE CONTROLS
The Style functions buttons and controls are explained in the next paragraphs.

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THE SPLIT POINT
The Split corresponds to the point which divides the keyboard into two parts, left (lower) and right (upper). The Split point can be set to any note of the keyboard, allowing you to modify the keyboard extension dedicated to the recognition of the chords that trigger the auto accompaniments. By changing the Split point, you automatically modify the extensions of the LOWER and UPPER keyboard sections. HOW TO SET A NEW SPLIT POINT 1 Press the ARRANGE ON/OFF key for a few seconds The display will show the default split setting with a message: B3/CPress the CURSOR button to move to the split point selection 3 Press the keyboard note you wish to set as the new Split point 4 Press ESCAPE to exit The new Split point is now set to all the instrument. It will remain in WK2000 Oriental memory even if this is turned off. ARRANGE MODE The WK2000 Oriental has 4 different Chord recognition modes which trigger the automatic accompaniment in different ways:
FINGERED 1 FINGERED 2 ONE FINGER FREESTYLE Press and hold down ARRANGE ON/OFF for a few seconds to get into Arrange mode: the display will show the following messages: Arrange Mode: Fingered 1; Keyboard split. Use the Cursor key to select the mode you wish to modify, and rotate the DIAL to change the selection. FINGERED 1 At least three notes are needed for the chords to be recognised. FINGERED 2 The chord will play according to the actual notes pressed. A three note chord will trigger the full accompaniment. With one or two notes, the chord will be recognised but the notes played of the accompaniment will be limited to those actually played. ONE FINGER A single note played below the Split Point is recognised as the root of a major chord.

C (maj)

To obtain a minor chord play the root and the minor third (e.g. C and Eb).
For a diminished, play the root and the diminished fth (C + Gb above or below C).
For a seventh chord play the root and the seventh (C + Bb above or below C)
For a major 7th, play the root and the major seventh (C + B above or below C)

C maj7

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FREESTYLE A three note chord is recognised anywhere on the keyboard, even if played above the current split point. If you play one or two notes, the chord is not recognised and the accompaniment does not change. This chord recognition option allows you to play your melody anywhere along the keyboard with the Upper 1 and /or Upper 2 keyboard sounds. Selecting FreeStyle disables the Lower keyboard section, if active. Use the following procedure to select the desired chord recognition option 1 Press the Cursor buttons as many times as necessary until the arrowhead is

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owner's manual THE DELETE FUNCTION
The Delete function allows the cancellation of a single le from a oppy disk or Hard Disk partition. DELETING FILE PROCEDURE IN THE FLOPPY DISK 1 Insert a the oppy disk that contains the le to erase into the drive 2 Press the FLOPPY DISK button then move the right display arrowhead next to
the DELETE disk menu function with the cursor buttons.
3 Rotate the DIAL until the name of the le you wish to cancel is displayed 4 Press ENTER twice to cancel the le.
After a short period, the le on disk is cancelled
DELETING FILE PROCEDURE IN THE HARD DISK (optional) 1 Press the H DISK button and rotate the DIAL until the partition you wish to

work on is displayed

2 Press ENTER
3 Move the right display arrowhead next to the DELETE disk menu function with

the cursor buttons

4 Rotate the DIAL until the name of the le you wish to cancel is displayed
5 Press ENTER twice to cancel the le
FLOPPY DISK FORMATTING (1.44MB) This operation formats a 3.5. HD oppy disk for WK2000 Oriental use with a capacity of 1.44 Mega-bytes. The format is completely compatible with the standard MS-DOS format to permit the exchange of les with the WK and PK Series instruments, computers running MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Macintosh, some models of Atari and Amiga. The formatting process can be carried out regardless of the current mode. For example. Floppy Disk Formatting procedure Formatting tasks are carried out in the last page of the Disk functions. If you are formatting a used disk, remember that the format process cancels all data present on the disk. 1. Insert a new (or used) disk (HD or DD type) into the drive and press the DISK button. 1 Insert a new (or used) disk (HD or DD type) into the drive and press the

FDISK button.

2 Move the right display arrowhead next to the FORMAT function with the

CURSOR buttons

3 Use the CURSOR buttons If necessary, to select the next procedure

[720Kb?]

4 Press ENTER twice to start the formatting procedure

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FLOPPY DISK HANDLING TIPS
If this is the rst time you use a Floppy Disk and do not feel comfortable about handling such delicate magnetic aids, read this section very carefully. Inserting a Floppy disk into the drive Floppy Disks are inserted in the disk drive with the lablel side up, and the metallic shutter rst in. Push the disk smoothly and rmly until it clicks into place. Hold the disk straight and avoid forcing it in while inserting. Ejecting a Floppy disk Before ejecting a Floppy Disk, make sure that the operation led in the drive is OFF, and that WK2000 Oriental display shows no disk operation being in progress. To extract the Disk, press the eject button and remove the disk. Disk protection Floppy disks feature a protection tab that safeguard valuable data and prevent accidental cancellation. To remove the protection and be able to write on the disk, slide the plastic tab upwards, closing the hole. To protect the Floppy Disk so that it is not possible to erase or overwrite the contents, slide the plastic tab downwards, opening the hole. You can use a pen or a pointed object to

To [rewind] the Song at high speed, hold down the REW<< button and release it when you want reach the desired stop point. To go directly to a specic measure 1 Hold down both FF and REW buttons 2 specify the required measure number using the numeric keys of the keyboard (the last two higher octaves) The number appears in an entry zone which activates when both FF/REW buttons are pressed. 3 Press ENTER to conrm the number and move to the specied measure.

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The songs
CANCELLATION OF A SONG (CLEAR FUNCTION)
If you are not satised with how a track of a Song or MIDI File plays, you can cancel the track using the instructions explained in the Song Style chapter, under the CLEAR function. After selecting the Song (111-117), it is possible to cancel the entire song le (ALL), the tempo (TEMPO), the Common track (COMMON), any of the 16 tracks that you select with the Dial.

MELODY OFF

The MELODY OFF function allows you to listen to the Song playback without the melody, useful for a singer to sing along with the backing, or to play along with the song. Press MELODY OFF to cancel the playback of the melody - the corresponding display indicator turns on to show the activation of the function.

PLAY ALL SONGS

This function allows you to playback all the Songs or MIDI Files present in a Disk or Hard Disk Partition without at rst loading all the data to memory. After inserting the disk in the drive, or selecting a Hard Disk Partition and pressing ENTER, simply press the PLAY ALL SONGS button to start the playback.
PLAY A SONG WITH A TRACK IN REAL TIME
Most of the Songs that you load into your WK2000 Oriental will most probably have all the tracks engaged by the sequencer. You can check this at a glance by looking at the status of the tracks in the display. If they are all on, including tracks 09-16 (use function button F9 toggle between tracks [01-08] and [09-16], youll nd that there are no free tracks to play along with the Song during playback. If one or more tracks are off, this indicates that they are not engaged by the sequencer. If you want to play along with your Song, you can either: A Disengage one of the tracks used by the Song B Activate one of the tracks not used by the Song Disengage one of the tracks used by the Sequencer 1 Select a Song and press PLAY/STOP to start the playback. Check which

tracks are not engaged for the Song
2 Press one of the function buttons corresponding to an engaged track The Volume bars start to ash, indicating that the track is active 3 Press the same function button corresponding to the activated track a second time The sound number of the track is cancelled and the track stops playing 4 Press the same function button once more time The track.s sound number starts to ash. The corresponding track is disengaged from the sequencer and is active to play in real time. 5 Play on the keyboard Youll hear the sound that was previously assigned to the sequencer track. Now you can play along with the Song. 6 Press the same function button To re-engage the track to the sequencer The track turns on, it is re-engaged by the sequencer and starts to play the recorded notes of the Song. Activate one of the tracks not used by the Song 1 Press twice the function button corresponding to a track not used by the Song (off). The track starts to ash 2 Play on the keyboard 3 Press the same button again to deactivate the track. The turns is deactivated for play

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DISPLAYING LYRICS
If your Song or MIDI File contain the Lyrics track (the text of the song), you can have them displayed both to on an external monitor, and to WK2000 Oriental display. In this way you will be ready to sing in Karaoke style. If you wish to do so on the display, proceed as follows 1 Select the MIDI le and press the START/STOP key to start the playback 2 Press the LYRICS key to enable Karaoke function (led ON) The display will show the lyrics in the rst two rows. If you wish the Lyrics to be displayed by o an external monitor, or by a domestic TV set, follow the instructions below very carefully: 1 Connect the RGB or S-VHS cable to the TV set or to the monitor. WK2000 Oriental is default set to communicate with video devices which comply with the European PAL Standard. To communicate with American NTSC standard, it is necessary to set the. Video Select Mode. in the MIDI/GENERAL mode to NTSC. If your TV-set features a S-VHS connection, it is best to use the S-VHS connector provided with WK2000 Oriental. Refer to the MIDI/GENERAL chapter, or to the Connections. paragraph in Chapter 2 for better details. 2 Scroll to page 3 in the MIDI/GENERAL section and set the TEXT LYRICS function to ON by rotating the DIAL. 3 Turn the TV to the AV channel. Refer to the instruction booklet of your TV set to select AV channel. If you are using an external monitor, it should normally be set to AV channel. 4 Select the desired Song 4 Press the PLAY/STOP key to start the selected Song
Note: loading a Song to memory, the destination selected corresponds to the next available location and the procedure is cyclic. For example, if Song location 111 is already occupied, the next loading destination will take place at location 112. When all locations are occupied, the procedure starts from the beginning and selects location 111, cancelling the song previously loaded.

Connect the accordions MIDI OUT port to the WK2000 Oriental MIDI IN then proceed as explained below to control WK2000 Oriental from the accordion MIDI Accordion settings 1 Enable the MIDI LOCK function Set the parameter ON, in the MIDI/GENERAL menu. Refer to the MIDI/ GENERAL chapter, for specic information. 2 Set the CHORD channel of WK2000 Oriental to the same channel as the accordions chord section (MIDI accordions generally use) 3 Congure the MIDI channels of the WK2000 Oriental tracks Use as reference the table: Midi Accordion settings 4 Set the COMMON channel to OFF 5 Be sure that WK2000 Orientals Chord Recognition mode is set to operate in ONE FINGER mode (see ARRANGE MODE) 6 Extend the SPLIT Point setting to its maximum setting for the chords (see SPLIT) Track DRUM BASS ACC1 Acc2 Acc3 LOWER UPPER2 UPPER1 COMMON CHORD Midi Channel Ch 10 Ch 3 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 Ch 2 Ch 1 Ch 1 OFF 2
NOTE: If you want to hear the WK2000 Oriental sounds together with the accordion melody section, assign the UPPER 1 (or UPPER 1 and UPPER 2) sections the same MIDI channel as the accordions right hand section (generally, MIDI accordions use channels 1 and/or 4 for the right hand). You can memorise your congurations for accordion use in one or more of the 63 Performances available and save the entire set of Performances to Floppy Disk (or Hard Disk). Using the WK2000 Oriental in song mode with a computer (or external sequencer) If you prefer to use a computer software sequencer to record your Songs in order to exploit some of the advanced editing functions, proceed with the following general instructions. The idea is to use the WK2000 Oriental to generate the MIDI messages to send to the computer.s sequencer. Connect the WK2000 Oriental MIDI OUT port to the sequencers MIDI IN port. Connect the Sequencer.s MIDI OUT port to the WK2000 Oriental MIDI IN port. In this setup (Song mode) and with the correctly assigned MIDI channels, the MIDI messages generated by the WK2000 Oriental keyboard are sent from the WK2000 Oriental MIDI OUT, received by the MIDI IN of the computer.s MIDI interface and recorded by the sequencer. When you launch the Play command in the sequencer, the MIDI messages are sent via the computers MIDI OUT port and received at the WK2000 Oriental MIDI IN. Via MIDI, you can send messages from the computer and perform all the operations that you would normally carry out on the WK2000 Oriental control panel. You can change sounds, set volumes and pan levels, select and control the effects, etc. When you send messages to WK2000 Oriental to select Sounds, the Sound selection message must be received on the MIDI channel assigned to the track to which the Sound is assigned. WK2000 Oriental. To select WK2000 Oriental Sounds, rst send a Control Change 00 message (Bank Select) followed by a Program Change (PC) message. The Sound table, with corresponding MIDI selection messages is listed in the Appendix. To use the described setting, it is advisable to set the track used to send data to the computer sequencer to [LOCAL OFF]. Set the computer sequencer to retransmit all the MIDI messages received to WK2000 Oriental. Depending on the software used, this retransmitting function is identied by different designations: ECHO, ECHO ON, ECHO BACK., PATCH THRU, SOFT THRU, MIDI THRU, etc. By setting the track used to send data to the computer sequencer to [LOCAL OFF] , playing on the keyboard will produce no sound. Nevertheless, data are transmitted to the sequencer via MIDI. The sequener echoing function retransits the same MIDI received data directly to WK2000 Oriental sound generator. Consequently, you can hear the sounds coming again from WK2000 Oriental keyboard. If you do not set the track to [LOCAL OFF], when the [ECHO] function is active on the computer, you will hear a double note sound with each note played: the rst note is generated by the internal (LOCAL) connection between the keyboard and the sound generator, the second is generated by the external MIDI connection from the keyboard to the sequencer, back to the sound generator. The Computer Port The Computer Port is an alternative to the MIDI connections just described, you can use the COMPUTER port and a single serial cable. The COMPUTER port disables the MIDI port. Apple Macintosh Macintosh (o compatibles) communicate at the speed of 1 MHz. Read the computer Software manual for reference.Use a standard serial cable of the DB8 type to connect WK2000 Oriental to the MacIntosh MODEM port. Set the COMPUTER parameters to MAC in [MIDI/GENERAL]. IBM PC IBM PC (or compatibles) may communicate at the speed of 31250 baud (PC1) or 38400 baud (PC2). Use standard serial cables of the DB8-DB9, DB8-DB25 types connect WK2000 Oriental to the PC serial port. Set the COMPUTER parameters to PC1 or PC2 in.MIDI/GENERAL

Style Controller Fill >< Fill < Fill > Intro Ending Var 1 Var 2 Var 3 Var 4 Key Start Fade In/Out Rotary Tempo increment Tempo decrement Next Performance Previous Performance
CC80 Value ONE SHOT (single function buttons) CC80=00 CC80=01 CC80=02 CC80=08 CC80=16 CC80=24 CC80=25 CC80=26 CC80=27 CC80=40 CC80=59 CC80=61 CC80=66 CC80=67 CC80=68 CC80=69
Fill >< Fill < Fill > Intro Ending Harmony ON/OFF Arrange ON/OFF Arrange Memory ON/OFF Lower Memory ON/OFF Key Start ON/OFF Single Touch Play ON/OFF Style Lock ON/OFF Tempo Lock ON/OFF Fade In ON/OFF Fade OUT ON/OFF Rotary ON/OFF
Selecting the Effects via MIDI COMMON To select the Effects from a Master keyboard or computer via Common channel, you must send two Control Change messages relative to the Effects change CC 16 - 0 / 64, CC 48 - nn (number of the effect), with the values shown in the tables listed in the Appendix. Note: the Control Change 16 with value 0 selects the REVERB mode, with value 64 the CHORUS mode. Control Change 48 must always be followed by the number of the Effect required (see the tables listed in the Appendix).

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Selecting Songs and Song Styles via MIDI COMMON
To select a Song from a Master keyboard or a computer, you must send a Control Change message relative to BankSelect (CC00) followed by a Program Change (PC) message with the values listed in the table.
SONG SELECTION CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC SONG STYLE SELECTION CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC PERFORMANCE SELECTION CC CC CC CC Prg Chng 1 Prg Chng 64 Prg Chng 1 Prg Chng 2 Prg Chng 3 Prg Chng 4 Prg Chng 5 Prg Chng 6 Prg Chng 7 Prg Chng 1 Prg Chng 2 Prg Chng 3 Prg Chng 4 Prg Chng 5 Prg Chng 6 Prg Chng 7 Song location 111 - Song Styles locations 104 - RAM RealTime Performances locations 0 - 63
Selecting Sound banks via MIDI ( Bk 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 ) The WK2000 Oriental banks that can be selected via MIDI (Bank Select - CC 00 + value of the bank) to command a Sound change are the following ones: Bank 1, 2, 3, relative to GMX (standard Generalmusic) sound map, Bank 5, used to recall SAMPLES (1-a 8) and Bank 6, extension of WK2000 Oriental sound map ( 00-59 + 1 Effects Kit: location 112). Furthermore, there are other sound banks that are not available to the user for selection, but necessary to WK2000 Oriental internal structure to guarantee compatibility with other Generalmusic instruments. CC 00 = vv (vv=bank value) Prg Chng from 1 to128 Additional MIDI parameters WK2000 Oriental offers additionale MIDI paramters which add versatility to the instrument. The parameters can be recalled from MIDI/GENERAL mode: General MIDI ON/OFF Channel Lock More details are explained in the MIDI/GENERAL chapter of the Owners Manual. Additional MIDI parameters Generalmusic System Exclusive Via MIDI, WK2000 Oriental recognizes Generalmusic System Exclusive messages that control the values of various features, such as: effects, master tune, master transpose. The system exclusive strings for each requested parameters are listed below. REVERB CHANGE REVERB LEVEL REVERB TIME CHORUS CHANGE CHORUS LEVEL CHORUS RATE CHORUS DEPTH MASTER TUNE MASTER TRANSPOSE Note: F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,13,00,vv,F7 F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,13,01,vv,F7 F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,13,02,vv,F7 F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,13,05,vv,F7 F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,13,06,vv,F7 F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,13,07,vv,F7 F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,13,08,vv,F7 F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,07,00,vv,F7 F0,2F,30,01,00,00,00,09,02,vv,F7 vv= effect number 00h-15h vv= reverb volume 00h-7Fh vv= reverb time 00h-7Fh vv= effect number 00h-15h vv= effect volume 00h-7Fh vv= value effect rate 00h-7Fh vv= value effect depth 00h-7Fh vv= central value 40h + / - 40h vv= central value 18 h+/-18 h semitones

REED group 64 Soprano 65 SoftSax 66 TenorSax 67 BaritonSax 68 Oboe Oboe 69 EnglisHornBassoon 71 Clarinet PIPE group 72 Piccolo 73 Flute 74 RecorderPanFlute 76 BottleBlow 77 ShakuhachiWhistle 79 Ocarina SYN LEAD group 80 SquareWaveSawWave 82 SynCalliopChiffLeadCharang 85 SoloVox 86 5thSaw 87 BassLead SYN PAD group 88 FantasiaWarmPad 90 PolysynthSpaceVoice 92 BowedGlassMetalPadHaloPadSweepPad SYN SFX group 96 IceRainSoundtrackCrystal 99 AtmosphereBrightness 101 Goblin 102 EchoDrops 103 StarTheme2 ETHNIC group 104 Sitar 105 Banjo 106 Shamisen 107 Koto 108 Kalimba 109 Bagpipe 110 Fiddle 111 Shanai PERCUSSIVE group 112 TinkleBellAgogo 114 SteelDrumsWoodblock 116 Taiko 117 Melo.TomSynthDrum 119 ReverseCym SFX group 120 GtFretNois 121 BreathNois 122 SeashoreBird 124 TelephoneHelicopterApplause 127 GunShot
Soprano2 SaxNoise2 OctaveSax2 BaritDet2 Chiff2 EngHorn22 Bassoon2 ClarSolo HardFlute12 Dyn.Flute1* HardFlute22 PanFlute2 BottleNois Shakupad2 Whistle1WX OcarinaPan2 Pulse12 ObxFilter2 Azimut2 Chopper2 Jump2 FiltRes12 Wave2Decay12 Obx22 NewAge2 Obx12 Fantasy22 VocBells2 Prophet12 Bright22 Slave2 Machiner2 Noiseres MoonWind2 Wind2 Arp26000 WithGas2 Resonance2 Synthex12 StarTheme22 SitarDet2 BanjoOct2 ShamSitar2 Kanoun2 ShrtKalimb BagpipeEns2 Hukin BacktoWS2 Dk_Stand.1D Dk_RoomD Dk_PowerD Dk_Elect.D Dk_HouseD Dk_Jazz1D Dk_BrushD Dk_OrchD Gtr.WhaWha Zapp Key TickTack Scratch1 Telephone2 SynPerc32 HeartBeat Explosion2
SoprFilter SoftFilt TenFilter BariFilter OboeFilter HornFilter BassoonFlt ClarFilter HardFlt22 DynHiFlute2 Bubbler Dyn.Pan Tube ShakuVoice2 Whistle3WX2 OcarinaSyn2 Pulse22 Lyle2 SynLead12 Digital2 SoundTrk2 FiltRes22 Decay22 Obx32 PPG2 AnlgPad2 Fantasy32 Angels2 Prophet22 Analogic2 Atmosphere2 Decay32 BigRoom Slope2 SynLead22 GlockAthm2 PopUp2 NoGravity2 Synthex22 PowerBad2 SynSitar2 EthnicGtr2 SynSham TrpClarin SaxTrumpt BrassEns2 FiddleBell2 VoiceSpect Dk_Stand.2D Dk_WSD Dk_Std.1WXD Dk_DanceD Dk_TechnoD Dk_Jazz2D Dk_M1D Dk_SY77D GtrNoise Click Drop Water Door Clackson2 PickScrape Bomb
BalaDyn MizmarDu Mey Zurna Sourna Goshme NayAn Saz Rababa TarUp Tambur Santur Kanoun Aoud Nay Cawala2 Mizmar1 Bouzouk Ar.Accord1 Ar.Strings1 Cawala 2 KnounOct Nay 2 OudOct Oriental Kit 1 Nay 3 Oriental Kit 2 Oriental Kit 3 KanounWS Aoud WS Aoud 2 AoudTremolo Mizmar 22 Arab Organ2 Ar. Accord22 Ar. Strings22 PageDrumSFX
WK2000 Oriental STYLES LIST
8BtStand 8BtFolk Shufe EasyBeat BlBallad PopShu Rap EuroFox 15 16

Rock/Dance

SlowRock Blues RocknRl HeavyRck Twist Dance70 DanceRMX AciDance 23 24

Swing/ Classic

MidSwing SlwSwing FoxTrot DixAndC Country Waltz SlowWltz Tango 31 32

Latin/World

Bossa Samba ChaCha Beguine Salsa Merengue PasoDobl Sevillan

Arab 1

Azary Bandary1 Bandary2 Bastaki Kordi Kazak Reng Molaiem 47 48

Arab 2

Baladi Saidi1 Saidi2 SaidiMd1 Katakuft Maksum MaksumMd MaksumSa 55 56

Arab 3

Wehda Ciftetel Masmudik SumaiTh SumaiDa Bambi Hajaa Dalaona 63 64

Arab 4

Malfouf Ayoub Aadani1 Aadani2 Karatchi Fallahi Ibrahimi Fox

Arab 5

RumbaMs RumbaKh SambaMs Conga Ougroug ArWaltz Shareh Zaffa 79 80

Arab 6

ArGipsy ArMeneit SaidiMd2 SaidiEg Shaeri Khebeiti Arabi Rhumbak 87 88

Arab 7

Zeibeki Syrtos Kalamat Tsamiko Turk9_8 Turk7_8 Turk5_8 Duek 95 96

Arab 8

Turk2_4 Turk4_4 Turk9_8N Turk6_8 Turk5_8N Laz Cifte Oryt
Reverb table Reverb CC16-vv (vv=0) CC48-nn (nn=reverb number) Page58 Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Warm Hall Long Hall Stereo Concert Chamber Studio Room1 Studio Room2 Studio Room3 Club Room 1 Club Room 2 Club Room 3 Vocal Metal Vocal Plate 1 Plate 2 Church Mountains Falling Early 1 Early 96
Chorus table Chorus CC16 - vv (vv=64) CC48 nn (nn=effect number) Mono Delay 1 Mono Delay 2 Stereo Delay 1 Stereo Delay 2 Multitap Delay 1 Multitap Delay 2 Ping-pong Panmix Dubbing Chorus 1 Chorus 2 ChorusDelay 1 ChorusDelay 2 Ensemble 1 Ensemble 2 Phaser 1 Phaser 2 Flanger 1 Flanger 2 FlangerDelay 1 FlangerDelay 2 Rotary
MIDI Implementation Chart
Manufacturer: Generalmusic S.p.A. Function Basic Channel Mode Default Changed Default Messages Altered True voice Note ON Note OFF Key' s Ch's Model: WK2000 Oriental T ransmitted Recognized 1-16 1-16 1-16 1-16 Mode 3 Mode 3 X X ***** X 0-127 0-127 ***** o o o o x x x o o o 0,32 Bank change 0,32 Bank change 4 Foot controller 1 Modulation 6,38 Data Entry 4 Foot controller 7 Volume 6,38 Data Entry 10 Pan 7 Volume 11 Expression Contr. 10 Pan 18,50 Oriental control 11 Expression Controller 64 Damper Pedal 16,48 Ef fects selection 66 Sustain 18,50 Oriental control 67 Soft pedal 64 Damper Pedal 91 Reverb depth 66 Sustain 93 Chorus depth 67 Soft pedal 98-99 NRPN 72 Attack time 100,101 RPN 73 Release time 74 Filter 1 cut-off freq. 91 Reverb depth 93 Chorus depth 98,99 NRPN 100,101 RPN Cntrl 50 (ONE SHOT): 0 Fill Equal-Plus-Minus 8 Intro 16 End 24-27 Variations 1-2-3-Key start 59 Fade 61 Rotary slow/fast 66,67 Tempo inc. dec. 68,69 Performance inc. dec. Cntrl 51 ON [0,63] OFF[64,127] 0 Fill Equal-Plus-Minus 8 Intro 16 End 32 Harmony 33 Arrange 37 Arrange Memory 38 Lower Memory 40 Key start 48 Single touch play 49 Style Lock 51 Tempo Lock 59,60 Fade in-out 61 Rotary (OFF=slow) 0-127
Remarks 1 MIDI IN; 1 THRU; OUT EXTRA COMMON/CHORD CH.
Note Number Velocity After Touch Pitch/Mod Control Change
true voice on banks 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 depend on selected sound
Bank change recognised on common channel, only in reception:
Bank 32-43 44-47 48-55 56-61 62
P.change 0-95 0-15 0-63 0-6 0-6 Internal styles. Prog.Styles Real time Perf. Songs Song Styles
Pr ogram 0-127 0-127 Change True number ***** System Exclusive o o System Song Position x x Song Select x x Common Tune x x System Clock o o Real T ime Commands o o Aux Active sensing o o Messages All Suond Off o o Reset All Contr. o o Local ON OFF o o All Note Off o o Notes These messages travel on the Common channel only