Playing The Sp-280; Playing A Single Sound (Single Mode); Playing Two Sounds At The Same Time (Layer Mode) - Korg SP-280 Manual De Usuario

Playing a single sound (Single mode)

You can select a sound from the thirty sounds supplied
with the instrument (10 sounds x 3 banks).
Sound button Bank
PIANO1 1
2
3
PIANO2 1
2
3
E.PIANO1 1
2
3
E.PIANO2 1
2
3
HARPSI/CLAV 1
2
3
VIBES/GUITAR 1
2
3
ORGAN1 1
2
3
ORGAN2 1
2
3
STRINGS 1
2
3
CHOIR 1
2
3
(#) These columns show the number of oscillators per voice
that are used by each sound. (refer to "About maximum
polyphony" on page 15.)
1. Press the sound button for the sound that you want
to play.
The LED for that button will light up.
2. Press the BANK button to select one of the three
sounds.
Each press of the BANK button switches the bank in
the order 1, 2, 3, 1, ..., and the corresponding LED to the
right of the BANK button will light up.
For example, to select the electric grand piano sound,
press the PIANO2 button, after which its LED lights up.
Then, press the BANK button twice to select bank 3
(electric grand piano); the LED below and to the right
of the BANK button will light up.
In addition, the bank selected for a sound button re-
mains the same, even if a different sound button is
pressed.
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Each time the SP-280 is turned on, the sound in bank 1
is selected for all sound buttons.

Playing the SP-280

Sound name #
Classic Piano 3
Grand Piano 3
Jazz Piano 2
Live Piano 2
Honky-Tonk 2
Elec.Grand 1
Stage E.piano 1
Bright E.Piano 2
Tremolo EP 3
Dig.E.Piano1 2
60's E.Piano 1
Dig.E.Piano2 2
Harpsichord 2
Clav 1
Synth Clav 2
Vibraphone 1
Marimba 1
Acoustic Guitar 2
Jazz Organ1 2
Jazz Organ2 2
Jazz Organ3 2
Pipe Organ1 2
Pipe Organ2 2
Positive Organ 2
Strings 2
Cinema Strings 2
Analog Strings 2
Aah Choir 2
Ooh Voices 2
Classical Choir 3
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Playing two sounds at the same time
(Layer mode)
You can play two sounds at the same time on the key-
board. This is called the Layer mode.
Simultaneously press the two sound buttons for the
sounds to be played at the same time. The LEDs for the
two pressed sound buttons will light up.
The leftmost or uppermost selected sound button is layer 1,
and the other (rightmost or lowermost) one is layer 2 (see
the diagram at the below).
Layer 1
For example, if E.PIANO1 and ORGAN1 are selected,
E.PIANO1 is layer 1 and ORGAN1 is layer 2.
In order to use sounds in different banks, first select the
banks in the Single mode for the sound buttons to be
pressed.
For example, to play by layering the grand piano and
jazz organ 2 sounds, select bank 1 (classic piano) for the
PIANO1 button and bank 2 (jazz organ 2) for the ORGAN1
button, and then press both buttons simultaneously.
When selecting Layer mode, the total number of voices
that can play at the same time is reduced, depending
on the total number of oscillators used by the selected
sounds. (refer to "About maximum polyphony" on
page 15.)
Sounds in different banks for the same sound button
(grand piano and jazz piano for the PIANO1 button)
cannot be selected.
Returning to the Single mode
To return to Single mode, just press a single sound se-
lection button.
Layer mode settings
In Layer mode, the volume balance between sounds
can be adjusted, the octave for each sound can be shift-
ed, and the damper pedal can be enabled or disabled
for each sound. (refer to "Function mode" on page 10.)
Layer 2
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