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Baldwin Digital Pianos

Quick Training GuideFor The PS2600 Series

GPS2600 GPS3600PS2600

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Unique features of the PS2600 series Sounds Selecting Sounds Selecting Different Sound Banks After Selecting Sounds Layering 2 Sounds Creating A Split Keyboard Adding A Lower Layer Global Presets Selecting Global Presets Global Preset Groups The Drawbars Group Creating Global Presets Editing Global Presets Saving Global Presets “How Do I Get Around On This Thing?” (navigation) Soft Buttons, Cursor Keys and Rotary Dial Disk Operations Loading A Song From Hard Disk (1) Loading A Song From Hard Disk (2) Loading A Song From Hard Disk (3) Playing Songs w/Karaoke Switching Between Lyrics/Music View Adjusting The Microphone Level The Vocal Harmonizer: Live From The Keyboard Using The Arranger Style Presets

Aftertouch&

PITCH BEND

Pitch Bend Wheel / Aftertouch

Hard Drive

675 Floppy Disks

Internal Hard Drive w/220 Songs

Lyric & Music Display

Large LCD w/ lyric, chord, and music display for karaoke

Vocal Harmonizer

Unlimited Number of Sounds & Styles

Easy To Use

32 Track Recorder

Full General MIDI Compatibility

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Unique features of the PS2600 series

Sounds:

The GRAND PIANO button places a Grand Piano sound across the keyboardand sets the pedals and effects to their default settings.

When you begin each demo, press this button so you will always have the same starting point.

NOTE: The right pedal is damper, the middle pedal is sostenuto and the left pedalturns the Vocal Harmonizer off and on.

Press Grand Piano Button

This is called theSOUND VIEW page

The Display will looklike this

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Selecting Sounds:

Press Piano Sound Group

The Display Will Look Like This

There are 16 SOUND GROUPS to choose from.Each SOUND GROUP has 16 Banks with 8 Soundsin each Bank.

The PS2600 has 1064 sound locations located within the 16 Sound Groups/Banks.Not all of these locations have sounds stored in them from the factory. This allowsyou to load additional sounds of your choice in the remaining locations which isone way the instrument can be customized for each of your customer’s.

The Internal Hard Drive contains an addition 464 Sounds that can be loaded

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Selecting Different Sound Banks:Press the

Percussion Sound GroupThen Press the Page ‘+’ Button

REMEMBER:Each of the 16 SOUND GROUPS has 16 Bankswith 8 Sounds in each Bank.

The Display will now show the8 sounds within Bank 2 of thePercussion Sound Group

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After Selecting Sounds:

The Display willlook like this

Press the ENTER Button toreturn to the Sound View Screen

NOTE: The sounds that appearmay be different than those

shown, depending on the lastsound you selected

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Layering 2 Sounds:

To Layer the StereoStrg soundwith the Grand Piano sound,press the ‘E’ Soft Button. Thiswill select Upper 2

Once you have selected Upper 2,press the ‘E’ Soft Button again to activate that keyboardzone

Notice that when you activate a zone, the iconchanges to a icon.

GRAND PIANOFirst, press theGRAND PIANObutton to go to thedefault SOUND VIEWscreen

Notice that the display shows that the instrument is inFull Keyboard Mode. Upper 1 and Upper 2 can beactivated while in Full Keyboard Mode.

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Creating A Split Keyboard:

To Create a split keyboard, pressthe ‘F3’ Soft Button. This willactivate Upper/Lower Modeallowing the keyboard to split.

Now press the ‘C’ Soft Buttontwice to select and activate theLower 1 sound.

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Adding A Lower Layer:On the prior page, you created aSplit Keyboard. It is also possibleto Layer the Lower keyboard Zone

Press the ‘A’ Soft Buttontwice to select and activate theLower 2 sound.

To change the Split Point, press the‘F7’ Soft Button.

Play the note where you would likethe keyboard split, and then pressENTER

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Global Presets:Global Presets are one of the most powerful aspects of the PS2600 Seriesinstruments. A Global Preset remembers:•The Keyboard Mode (Full Keyboard or Split/Layered),•What sound(s) are active on the keyboard•Octave settings•Pedal settings•Effects routing•The Style and Variation that is selected•Individual Sound Edit Parameters (Filter, Touch, Tuning, etc.)

There are 64 Global Presets available arranged in 8 groups. Each group has8 Global Presets to choose from.

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Selecting Global Presets:

To select Global Preset Group 1, pressthe first Global Preset button.

The display will look like this

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Global Preset Groups:

Below are the 8 Global Preset Groupsand the 8 individual Presets withineach of those Groups

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The Drawbars Group:You will notice that the 8th Preset Group is called Drawbars. The Presetsin this Group use a special Keyboard Mode called Multi.The Multi Keyboard Mode, in conjunction with the 8 Volume Sliders onthe left side of the panel, allows the PS2600 Series to duplicate the Drawbarsof a Tone Wheel Organ.

8 Volume Sliders

These 2 Sliders control theleft hand side of thekeyboard (Lower Manual)

These 6 Sliders controlthe right hand side of thekeyboard (Upper Manual)

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GRAND PIANO

Press the GRAND PIANOButton

This takes you backto the defaultSound View

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Creating Global Presets:

Now, select Upp/Low KeyboardMode with the ‘F3’ Soft Button.Next, select and activate theremaining three Keyboard Zones(UPPER2, LOWER1 and LOWER2)using ‘E’, ‘C’ and ‘A’ Soft Buttons

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Editing Global Presets:Remember, you can change the sound(s) in the 4 Keyboard Zones by selecting that

zone and then press the SOUND GROUP of your choice, select a new sound followed by the ENTER Button

In this exercise,select LOWER 2

Next, press the SFX SOUNDGROUP, and goto BANK 4.Then selectRideIt

Press ENTER, and the displaywill look like this

Now, adjustthe volumesof each part

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Saving Global Presets:

Once you have edited the GLOBAL PRESETto your liking, press the STORE PRESET Buttonlocated directly below the Drawbars Global PresetGroup.

The Display willlook like this

Using the Cursor Keys and Rotary Dial, select the Group and Preset Number.

To name the Preset, press the ‘F7/F8’Soft Button and use the keyboard tospell out the new name. Then PressENTER. Press ENTER a second time,and your new Preset is now stored.

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How Do I Get Around On This Thing?

ENTER andESCAPE

These are Cursor Keys.Use these to select various

parameters within thecenter of the display.

The Rotary Dialraises or lowers

the value ofparameters in

the display

These are called Soft Buttons. They arecalled that because the PS2600 software

determines what function they servedepending on the mode the instrument

is in at any given time.

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Navigating around the PS2600 is easy, once you know how to read the screen.

Anything that is at the edge of the display, use the soft buttons.Anything in the center of the display, use the cursor keys.To raise or lower a value, use the rotary dial.

The Rules Are:

The Soft Buttons select functions that are at the very left and/or right of the display

The Rotary Dial will change the value of the selected parameter

(in this example, the Transpose value will be increased or decreased)

Cursor Keys move the shaded cursor inside the display(in this example, the

cursor will move up and down)

Cursor Keys

Rotary Dial

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Disk Operations:The PS2600 has a two types of disk storage: Floppy Disk and internalHard Disk.

The Floppy Disk is useful for transporting files to and froma computer or another digital piano, and for playing purchased SMF’s(Standard MIDI Files).

The internal Hard Disk is useful for storing massive amounts of data(Songs, Presets, Sounds, etc.) for fast and easy retrieval. The Hard Disk will hold about 675 Floppy Disks worth of data.

NOTE: Use the ‘F1 and F2’ Soft Buttons to select Floppy Disk or Hard Disk

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Loading A Song From Hard Disk:

Press the DISK Button

Then use theCursor Keys toselect Single Song

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Loading A Song From Hard Disk:

Press the ENTER Button and use theDown Cursor Key to select the foldernamed “S_HITS_1.BLK”

Press ENTER again and use theDown Cursor Key to select the SONGnamed “CALIF_DREA”. This isCalifornia Dreamin’ by the Mama’sand the Papa’s.

NOTE: The SONG files are towardthe end of the list. The first group offiles that start with “SN_” are SOUNDfiles. The second group “ST_” areSTYLE files

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Loading A Song From Hard Disk:

Press the ENTER Button andthe display will look like this

Press ENTER again toconfirm the load

Notice that “CALIF_DREA” nowappears in the RAM column

NOTE: You can load up to 16 SONGSby using the Cursor Keys to select otheropen locations

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Playing Songs w/ Karaoke:Press SONG to view song menu (& make a selection with a corresponding button) Press PLAY to

hear the SONG

Press SCORE to viewlyrics and/or music

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Switching Between Lyrics/Music View:After pressing the SCORE button, you can change what is displayedon the screen (and external TV, if connected)

To Change what is displayed on

the screen

1. Press the ‘F8’ Soft Button

The Display will look like this

2. Press the ‘F3’ Soft Buttonto view Music, Chords and

Lyrics

3. Press ENTER to returnto the previous display

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Adjusting the Microphone Level

1. Press the EDIT Button

2. Use the Cursor Keys to highlight General,then press ENTER

3. Use the Cursor Keysto highlight Mic./Line Inand Press ENTER

While talking into the microphone, adjust the Line 1Input Level Knob (located on the back of theinstrument) until the VU Meter moves into the darkenedarea.NOTE: Do not set the level so high as to allow the Peakindicator to be displayed. This will cause unwanteddistortion.

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1. Plug microphone into “Mic Line Input 1. Plug microphone into “Mic Line Input #1#1 in the back of the in the back of the instrument and adjust the gain pot (the inner of the two).instrument and adjust the gain pot (the inner of the two).

2. Press the “Grand Piano” button2. Press the “Grand Piano” button

3. To hear your voice “live,” bring up the Mic/Line 3. To hear your voice “live,” bring up the Mic/Line slider. To hear the sound of your pitch-corrected voice only slider. To hear the sound of your pitch-corrected voice only (assigned only to the notes you play on the keyboard), adjust (assigned only to the notes you play on the keyboard), adjust

the slider all the way down.the slider all the way down.

4. Lessen or mute the piano / keyboard sound (if 4. Lessen or mute the piano / keyboard sound (if desired) by minimizing the Upper 1 Slider. desired) by minimizing the Upper 1 Slider.

5. When you sing or even talk into the microphone, the sound 5. When you sing or even talk into the microphone, the sound of your voice will be assigned to the exact pitch of the key or of your voice will be assigned to the exact pitch of the key or

keys you are pressing on the keyboard.keys you are pressing on the keyboard.

Note: You can turn off the Harmonizer by pressing the left pedal once. To Note: You can turn off the Harmonizer by pressing the left pedal once. To turn back on press the pedal again, and be sure to play a chord before singing.turn back on press the pedal again, and be sure to play a chord before singing.

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2. (For best effect, press variation 4 & use the “Intro” & “Ending” buttons.)

Using The Arranger:

3. At any point, you may press “STYLE PRESET” button for more right hand melody presets, appropriate to the current style.

1. Select a Style, Press “SINGLE TOUCH PLAY” and Play!

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Style Presets:

Each Style has up to 8 Style Presets. Style Presets are similar to Global Presets.Style Presets store the Keyboard Mode (Full, Upp/Low or Multi), what soundsare assigned to keyboard and what sounds are assigned to the variousaccompaniment tracks. This allows quick access to a total of 8 sounds during a performance, drawing from the 1064 sounds onboard using the Soft Buttonsaround the display.

You can create your own Style Presets by using the same technique used in creating and storing Global Presets

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