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OWNER’S
MANUAL
Cod. 271101
U.S.English
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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert CAUTION the user to the presence of uninsulated “dan- gerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK that may be of sufficient magnitude to consti- DO NOT OPEN tute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF The exclamation point within an equilateral tri- ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER angle is intended to alert the user to the pres- (OR BACK). NO
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there
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Stock Code 271101 Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. PRINTED IN ITALY Baldwin Piano & Organ Company, 422 Wards Corner Rd., Loveland, Ohio, 45140 - 8390 - USA
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aaaaa aaaaaa Contents USER GUIDE Introduction How to use the owner’s manual i Specifications ii Update the Operating System with OS-Disks v System Reset v • 1 Quick Guide 1. 1 Power up and get to know the basics. 1. 1 The initial status (default) 1. 2 Adjusting the General Volume 1. 2 Play with Auto Accompaniment Styles 1. 3 Listen to the Demo Styles 1. 5 Demo Style 1. 5 Multimedia 1. 6 Selecting instrument Sounds 1. 8 Selecting the Programmable Presets 1. 1
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aaaaaa aaaaa • 4 Sounds & Presets 4. 1 The Sounds and Tracks 4. 1 Selecting Single Sounds 4. 3 Selecting Presets 4. 6 The Grand Piano Preset 4. 8 How to Program Presets 4. 10 How to Store Presets 4. 19 Restore Preset 4. 23 • 5 The Styles 5. 1 About PS1500 Styles 5. 1 Selecting Styles 5. 2 The Accompaniment tracks 5. 5 The Style Controls 5. 6 Variation, Fill, Style Lock 5. 8 The Accompaniment section 5. 9 Examples of using Styles 5. 16 Tempo 5. 2
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aaaaa aaaaaa Song/Style Playback 8. 3 Restore Song/Style memory 8. 9 • 9 Digital Effects 9. 1 Selecting the effect types 9. 2 Bypassing the effects 9. 4 Regulating the Send levels 9. 5 • 10 MIDI 10. 1 What is MIDI? 10. 1 Playing PS1500 with a master keyboard 10. 4 PS1500 in Song mode used as a controlling device 10. 7 Programming Songs on an external sequencer 10. 8 MIDI Panic 10. 10 REFERENCE GUIDE • 11 Selection/Display Hold/Metronome 11. 1 Selection 1
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aaaaaa aaaaa • 18 Song Edit 18.1 Quantize function 18. 2 Clear function 18. 4 Master Track function 18. 9 Copy function 18.1 3 • 19 SAMPLE / RECORD 19.1 Regulating the Mic/Line signal 19. 3 Preparing to sample - select the Splits 19. 4 Programmable Pads Assign 19. 12 • 20 Play All Songs - Restore 20. 1 Play all Songs 20. 1 Restore 20. 2 Software Release Date 20. 3 APPENDIX Tables A i MIDI Implementation Chart A. xiv Glossary A. xvii Index A. xxi aaa
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations and thanks for purchasing Baldwin’s Pianovelle PS1500. This instrument provides high quality sounds and accompaniments, and a simple user interface with a 2x40 LCD backlit display which allows total control of all performance and programming activities. MULTIMEDIA FACILITIES PS1500 is a multimedia piano workstation which offers several ways of interfacing with the instrument. With the optional Audio/Video Interface, a guitar player can
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• Digital Effects Processor SPECIFICATIONS Two Digital Effects Processors, controlled in • Polyphony & multitimbricity real time, enrich the sound with effects (re- Maximum polphony: 32 voices. Multitimbric- verbs and modulations). Two different effects ity: 8 parts (Style/Preset modes) or 16 parts (1 Reverb and 1 Modulation) can be assigned (Song mode). Each part is assigned to a track. to each Preset and an editor is available to In Style/Preset mode, 3 tracks (maximum) are create user-eff
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa - Ms-Dos format). PS1500 is able to initialize the outputs for further external amplification. disks for both formats. If the Sample-RAM is The Audio/Video Interface renders the Mic/ installed, it is also possible to load Sample- Line input operational, suitable for sampling kits from disk. Ms-Dos compatibility permits purposes and processing the input signals with MIDI File exchange with other instruments and the instrument’s on-board Digital Effects proc- computer
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION 1. The PS1500 should contain the following items from the factory. a) Instrument; b) Bench; c) 3 Floppy disks (2 OS-Disks, 1 Demo); d) Owner’s manual. 2. When contacting your retailer or authorized Baldwin technical assistance center, always provide the model name and serial number of your instrument (found on the identification plate). The information in this publication has been carefully prepared and checked. The manufacturers however decline all liability for eventual e
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY NOTES Observe these important preliminary notes before using your instrument. AVOID PLACING DISKS NEAR MAGNETS - Do not place floppy disks on top of speakers, near mag- nets, telephones or other sources of electromagnetic fields. The disk contents could be damaged. UPDATEABLE OPERATING SYSTEM - two disks containing the operating system are supplied with the instrument. The disks can contain a more recent version of the operating system than th
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa vi Introduction
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User Guide • 1 Guick Guide • 2 Layouts • 3 Basic concepts • 4 Sounds & Presets • 5 Styles • 6. Disk • 7. Songs & MIDI Files • 8 Song/Styles • 9 Digital Effects • 10 MIDI
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aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Power source • Be sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate before connecting to the mains. • DC power cannot be used to power this instrument. • If the instrument is to remain unused for long periods of time, remove the power cord from its wall outlet. For safety purposes, remove the power cord in cases of storms with lightning. Handling the power cord • Never touch the power cord or its plug wit
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aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa • 1 Quick Guide POWER UP AND GET TO KNOW THE BASICS 1. Be sure that the power switch on the left key POWER 1 block is in the “OFF” position before connecting OFF ON the power cord. 2. Insert the instrument’s power cord into a suit- able grounded wall outlet. 2 3. Press the power switch to turn on PS1500. POWER After a few seconds the instrument sets to OFF ON the default situation. If necessary, regulate the display contrast us- 3 ing the DISPLAY CONTRAST panel knob o
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The initial status / Adjusting the General Volume aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa THE INITIAL STATUS (DEFAULT) After turning on, PS1500 sets to Style/Preset mode with the Grand Piano preset ready to play across the full keyboard. ****** Pianovelle PS1500 ****** The main display shown a short period after copyright 1996 Baldwin powering up corresponds to the GRAND PIANO Preset. PS1500 defaults to this mode every time you turn on the instrument. 178 SoulBB *********** Bk1: SLOSTR The display sh
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Automatic Accompaniment aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES PS1500 has 96 auto accompaniment Styles with four Variations four Intros, a Fill and four End- ings for each Style. You can also load up to 16 disk based User Styles of your choice into the 2 User Style banks available. 1. Press SINGLE TOUCH PLAY. Pressing this button activates the KEY START function automatically. The EASY KEY START SINGLE TOUCH PLAY CONTINUE 1 PLAY and MEMORY buttons will activate if INT
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Automatic Accompanment aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa 2” or “Free”, either by selecting a Preset or by entering the PIANO STYLE options. See the PIANO STYLE function in the Styles chapter 5, page 12. 5. Play a different chord. 5/6 Note how the accompaniment pattern is transposed. 6. Start to play a melody with the right hand. The combination of sounds that play and the current keyboard mode will depend on the Style selected. KEY START CONTINUE 7 7. Stop the Style with Start/Stop or Ending. INTRO EN
