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Shifting Keyboard Pitch in Octaves, OCTAVE [DOWN] button indicator lights.

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Handy Performance Features Shifting Keyboard Pitch in Octaves Sometimes you may wish to play in a lower or higher pitch range. For example, you may want to shift the pitch down to get extra bass notes, or up to get higher notes for leads and solos. The OCTAVE [UP] / [DOWN] buttons let you do this quickly and easily. Each time you press the OCTAVE [UP] button on the panel, the overall pitch of the voice goes up by one octave. Press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button to shift the keyboard pitch down one octave. The range is from -1 to +1, with 0 being standard pitch. When the octave is shifted up the OCTAVE [UP] button indicator lights, and when shifted down the OCTAVE [DOWN] button indicator lights. You can instantly restore standard pitch (0) by simultaneously pressing both the OCTAVE [UP] and [DOWN] buttons (both indicators go out). Octave Display ● OCTAVE +1 One octave up ● OCTAVE -1 One octave down NOTE • When a Drum Kit is selected, the percussion voices assigned to the keyboard are shifted in location but not pitch. 50 MM6/MM8 Owner's Manual

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Handy Performance Features
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MM6/MM8
Owner’s Manual
Sometimes you may wish to play in a lower or higher pitch range. For example, you may want to shift the
pitch down to get extra bass notes, or up to get higher notes for leads and solos. The OCTAVE [UP] /
[DOWN] buttons let you do this quickly and easily.
Each time you press the OCTAVE [UP] button on the panel, the overall pitch of the voice goes up by one
octave. Press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button to shift the keyboard pitch down one octave. The range is from
-1 to +1, with 0 being standard pitch.
When the octave is shifted up the OCTAVE [UP] button indicator lights, and when shifted down the
OCTAVE [DOWN] button indicator lights.
You can instantly restore standard pitch (0) by simultaneously pressing both the OCTAVE [UP] and
[DOWN] buttons (both indicators go out).
Shifting Keyboard Pitch in Octaves
●
OCTAVE -1
One octave down
●
OCTAVE +1
One octave up
Octave Display
•
When a Drum Kit is selected, the percussion voices assigned to the
keyboard are shifted in location but not pitch.
NOTE