Alesis Harmony 61 User Guide - Page 6

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Operation Note: To save energy, Harmony 61 will turn off automatically if it is not used for more than 30 minutes. To disable this feature, press and hold the lowest piano key while turning it on, or use the Function menu described in Other Features > Function Menu. Voices Harmony 61 has 320 built-in "voices" or sounds that you can select. See Appendix > Voices for the complete list of voices. Selection To select a voice: 1. Press Voice. VOICE R1 will appear in the display. 2. Use the number buttons to select the number of the voice you want to play. 3. Play the keyboard to hear the voice you selected. Dual Mode Dual Mode lets you play two voices simultaneously, creating a layered sound. To use Dual Mode: 1. Press Dual. VOICE R2 and DUAL will appear in the display. 2. Use the number buttons to select the number of the second voice you want to play. 3. Play the keyboard to hear the two voices at the same time. To turn Dual Mode off, press Dual so that DUAL is no longer in the display. Split Mode Split Mode lets you divide the keyboard into two independent sections. Each section can use a different voice. The point that divides the two sections is the split point. To use Split Mode: 1. Press Lower. VOICE L and LOWER will appear in the display. 2. Use the number buttons to select the number of the voice you want to play in the lower section (played with the left hand). 3. Play the keyboard to hear the voice you selected. To exit Split Mode, press Lower so that LOWER is no longer in the display. To select the Split Point: 1. Press and hold Lower/Split Pt for 2 seconds. Split Pt will appear in the display. 2. Press the key where you want the split point to be. This key will now be the highest key of the lower section (played with the left hand). 6

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Operation
Note:
To save energy, Harmony 61 will turn off automatically if it is not used for more than
30
minutes. To disable this feature, press and hold the lowest piano key while turning it on, or use
the Function menu described in
Other Features
>
Function Menu
.
Voices
Harmony 61 has 320 built-in “voices” or sounds that you can select. See
Appendix
>
Voices
for the complete list of voices.
Selection
To select a voice:
1.
Press
Voice
.
VOICE R1
will appear in the display.
2.
Use the
number buttons
to select the number of the voice you want to play.
3.
Play the keyboard to hear the voice you selected.
Dual Mode
Dual Mode lets you play two voices simultaneously, creating a layered sound.
To use Dual Mode:
1.
Press
Dual
.
VOICE R2
and
DUAL
will appear in the display.
2.
Use the
number buttons
to select the number of the second voice you want to play.
3.
Play the keyboard to hear the two voices at the same time.
To turn Dual Mode off,
press
Dual
so that
DUAL
is no longer in the display.
Split Mode
Split Mode lets you divide the keyboard into two independent sections. Each section can use
a different voice. The point that divides the two sections is the
split point
.
To use Split Mode:
1.
Press
Lower
.
VOICE L
and
LOWER
will appear in the display.
2.
Use the
number buttons
to select the number of the voice you want to play in the lower
section (played with the left hand).
3.
Play the keyboard to hear the voice you selected.
To exit Split Mode,
press
Lower
so that
LOWER
is no longer in the display.
To select the Split Point:
1.
Press and hold
Lower
/
Split Pt
for 2 seconds.
Split Pt
will appear in the display.
2.
Press the key where you want the split point to be. This key will now be the highest key of
the lower section (played with the left hand).