Korg SP-500 User Manual
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Automatic
accompaniment
Open1:
Two notes will normally be added
below the melody to create three voices
(sometimes three notes will be added to create
four voices).
Open2:
(sometimes three notes will be added to create
four voices).
Open2:
Two notes will normally be added
above the melody to create three voices (some-
times three notes will be added to create four
voices).
Octave:
times three notes will be added to create four
voices).
Octave:
Two notes will be added an octave
above and below the melody.
Power Ens.:
Power Ens.:
Notes will be added a fourth
below and an octave below the melody to cre-
ate three voices.
Fourths:
ate three voices.
Fourths:
Notes will be added a fourth above
and a minor seventh above the melody to cre-
ate three voices.
Block:
ate three voices.
Block:
Three notes will be added below the
melody plus an octave below it, creating five
voices.
Brass Ens.:
voices.
Brass Ens.:
Three notes will be added below
the melody, creating four voices.
Reed Ens.:
Reed Ens.:
A three-note chord with a different
inversion than added by “Block” will be
added below the melody, plus an octave
below the melody, creating five voices.
added below the melody, plus an octave
below the melody, creating five voices.
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Select the type of ensemble
Press one of the radio buttons to select the
desired type of ensemble.
Different harmony will be added accord-
ing to the type of ensemble you select.
desired type of ensemble.
Different harmony will be added accord-
ing to the type of ensemble you select.
To turn off the Ensemble function
Press the [ENSEMBLE] button once again.
To change the variation
Each rhythm style allows you to choose four differ-
ent variations.
ent variations.
1
While automatic accompaniment
is playing, select the “Variation”
Cell
is playing, select the “Variation”
Cell
Press the “Variation” Cell, and use the
dial or the [VALUE] switches to specify
the variation. The accompaniment will
switch to the selected variation at the next
beat or measure.
dial or the [VALUE] switches to specify
the variation. The accompaniment will
switch to the selected variation at the next
beat or measure.
If you specify “After Fill” in the “Accompani-
ment” page (☞p.44), playback will automati-
cally switch to the specified variation after a
fill is played. This lets you add variety to the
way in which your song develops.
ment” page (☞p.44), playback will automati-
cally switch to the specified variation after a
fill is played. This lets you add variety to the
way in which your song develops.
The content of the variations, intros, and end-
ings will differ according to the rhythm style.
ings will differ according to the rhythm style.
Adding an intro
You can add an intro to the beginning of the auto-
matic accompaniment. After the intro has been
played, the variation will begin playing.
Each rhythm style has two intros and two endings.
• When you press the [INTRO/ENDING 1] switch,
matic accompaniment. After the intro has been
played, the variation will begin playing.
Each rhythm style has two intros and two endings.
• When you press the [INTRO/ENDING 1] switch,
an intro or ending with a chord progression will
be played.
be played.
• When you press the [INTRO/ENDING 2] switch,
a simple intro or ending without a chord progres-
sion will be played.
sion will be played.
1
Press the [INTRO/ENDING 1]
switch or the [INTRO/ENDING 2]
switch
switch or the [INTRO/ENDING 2]
switch
2
Press the [START/STOP] switch
The automatic accompaniment intro will
play.
When the intro ends, the accompaniment
will switch to the variation you selected
in the main page.
The indicator of the [INTRO/ENDING 1,
2] switch you selected will be lit while the
intro is playing, and dark when the varia-
tion begins playing.
play.
When the intro ends, the accompaniment
will switch to the variation you selected
in the main page.
The indicator of the [INTRO/ENDING 1,
2] switch you selected will be lit while the
intro is playing, and dark when the varia-
tion begins playing.
To repeat the intro
If you press the same [INTRO/ENDING]
switch while the intro is playing, that
intro will continue playing repeatedly.
The repeated playback will be cancelled if
you press the other [INTRO/ENDING]
switch or the [FILL 1, 2] switch, or if you
re-select the “Variation” Cell.
switch while the intro is playing, that
intro will continue playing repeatedly.
The repeated playback will be cancelled if
you press the other [INTRO/ENDING]
switch or the [FILL 1, 2] switch, or if you
re-select the “Variation” Cell.
To cancel the intro
Before starting automatic accompani-
ment, you can press a [FILL 1, 2] switch to
cancel the intro.
After starting automatic accompaniment,
you can press the [START/STOP] switch
to stop playback and cancel the intro
selection.
ment, you can press a [FILL 1, 2] switch to
cancel the intro.
After starting automatic accompaniment,
you can press the [START/STOP] switch
to stop playback and cancel the intro
selection.
Once the intro has started, it cannot be can-
celled by pressing a [FILL 1, 2] switch.
celled by pressing a [FILL 1, 2] switch.
It is also possible to select either fill to be used
an intro.
an intro.
“Variation” cell