Technics sx-PR604/M Manuel D’Utilisation

Selecting sounds

Select the sounds for the three parts you can play on the keyboard—RIGHT 1,  RIGHT 2 and LEFT. After first selecting a part
and a SOUND GROUP, choose the desired sound from the display.

Select a sound

1.

In the PART SELECT section, choose RIGHT
1, RIGHT 2 or LEFT.

• The CONDUCTOR buttons are used to specify which part

is heard. (Refer to page 36.)

• For the RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts, when a CONDUC-

TOR button is selected, the corresponding PART SELECT
button is also activated.

2.

Select a sound group.

• The sounds in DRUM KITS are percussion sounds that

you play by striking the keyboard keys.

• MEMORY is reserved for storing sounds you modify.

(Refer to page 119.)

3.

Select the desired sound from the list on the
display.

• You can use the PAGE buttons to view a different part of

the list (except for a portion of the PIANO group).

• The sound you select is memorized for the part you

selected in step 1.

• The sound display may differ depending on the effect

settings.

4.

Play the keyboard.

SPLIT
POINT

MAIN

VOLUME

APC/SEQUENCER

VOLUME

MODE

CHORD FINDER

OFF/ON

AUTO SETTING

BANK

STOP

8&16
BEAT

ROCK & POP

BALLAD

JAZZ & SWING

MOVIE &

SHOW

SOUND

ARRANGER

ONE TOUCH

PLAY

SIMPLE PIANO

FADE

IN

OUT

INTRO & ENDING

START / STOP

SYNCHRO

START

TAP TEMPO

FILL IN

1

2

1

1

2

3

4

BEAT

2

METRONOME

SET

OFF/ON

1

2

3

4

GOSPEL
& BLUES

SOUL &
DISCO

COUNTRY &
WESTERN

LATIN &
WORLD

MARCH &

WALTZ

MEMORY

LOAD

1

2

3

4

5

6

MAX

MIN

MAX

OFF

SOLO

SOLO

SAX &

WOODWIND

ORGAN &

ACCORDION

SOUND

EXPLORER

BRASS

SYNTH

SOLOIST

MULTI EFFECT CHORUS

REVERB

PLAY

EASY REC

SET

NEXT BANK

BANK VIEW

PROGRAM

MENUS

DISK

LOAD

CHORD STEP REC

DISK

IN USE

SOLO

TECHNI-CHORD

DIGITAL EFFECT BRILLIANCE

STRINGS

TRANSPOSE

R1/R2 OCTAVE

–

LEFT

RIGHT 2

RIGHT 1

LEFT

RIGHT 2

RIGHT 1

+

–

+

GRAND

UPRIGHT

ELECTRIC

MODERN

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

DIGITAL

DRAWBAR

VOCAL

BASS

DRUM KITS

MIXTURES

MEMORY

GUITAR

& HARPSI

MALLET &

ORCH PERC

FAVORITES

OTHER PARTS/TR

HELP

DISPLAY HOLD EXIT

LCD CONTRAST

PAGE

MUTE

SEQUENCER

RESET

COUNT
INTRO

SX-PR804

(PR804)

LEFT

RIGHT 2

RIGHT 1

SAX &

WOODWIND

ORGAN &

ACCORDION

SOUND

EXPLORER

BRASS

SYNTH

SOLOIST

STRINGS

GRAND

UPRIGHT

ELECTRIC

MODERN

DIGITAL

DRAWBAR

VOCAL

BASS

DRUM KITS

MIXTURES

MEMORY

GUITAR

& HARPSI

MALLET &

ORCH PERC

(PR804)

Part I  Sounds and effects

Overview of sounds and effects

The following is an overview of the sound parts of this instrument.

NX SOUND

NX SOUND is the Technics original sound generator format
which evokes realtime performance quality and expressive
power, and dramatically expands the number of sounds and
effects generated. This format includes GM2 (General MIDI
Level 2), and make various controls possible when data is
created and reproduced by computer. 
• For information about GM2, refer to page 95.

• Equipment with the logo shown below is compatible with

NX SOUND song data.

Part

This instrument is mainly organized into the following parts.

RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, LEFT:

These are the parts the performer plays on the keyboard.

• These are independent from the playback parts. For

example one can to perform on the keyboard while
playing back a song disk with 16-part standard MIDI files
(SMF).

PART1 to 16:

SMF song disk playback parts, or parts for MIDI receive.

ACCOMP1 to 5, BASS, DRUMS 1, 2:

Parts for the automatic accompaniment.

PADS:

Parts for the PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS (PR804)

METRONOME:

The part for the METRONOME sounds.

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