OVERVIEW
This manual provides you with all 
the information you'll need  in 
order to take full advantage of 
the Concert Performer's music-
making potential.   Before you 
begin learning how to use the 
specific features, it is 
important to understand some of 
the basic ideas behind the 
instrument's design.

The Concert Performer has been 
designed to have an easy and 
intuitive user interface.  
However, the instrument has so 
many features that it is simply 
impractical to have a dedicated 
button for every single function.  
As a result, many features are 
accessed by choosing them from 
lists, or "menus", that are 
presented to you on the CP's 
large display screen.  Often 
times selecting a feature from a 
menu may call up another "sub-
menu" of options specific to 
that feature.  This system of 
menus and sub-menus keeps 
everything logical and 
straightforward, and becoming 
familiar with how to make your 
way through them is very easy. 


LCD SCREEN
The LCD Screen is the window 
through which the Concert 
Performer communicates with you 
all kinds of information 
concerning its settings.  The 
large display size allows many 
items to be clearly displayed at 
the same time, allowing for not 
only words but large, insightful 
graphics to be shown as well.

SELECT BUTTONS
The Select Buttons are used to 
directly choose a function on the 
CP that you would like to work 
with. In most cases, that 
specific function is printed on 
the front panel directly above 
the button. For example, there 
are buttons labeled 1-2 PLAY, 
FILL-IN, and one labeled CHORUS.  
In this manual, references to the 
Select Buttons are always printed 
in capital letters for clarity.

Most of these buttons have an LED 
Indicator (small light) on them.  
This Indicator will be turned on 
when the function is in use so 
that you can quickly glance over 
at the button to see if the 
function has been activated.

There are 17 buttons surrounding 
the LCD screen that do not have 
labels printed next to them 
because they do not have 
predetermined functions. Instead, 
they are used to select whatever 
item is currently displayed next 
to them on the LCD screen.  For 
example, a button might have the 
name of an instrument sound 
displayed next to it in one menu, 
and you could then select that 
instrument by pushing the button, 
while in another menu that exact 
same button might serve to 
activate a feature related to 
floppy disk operations.
To keep things simple, this 
manual will refer to the five 
buttons along the left side of 
the LCD screen as L1-L5.  
Likewise, the five buttons along 
the right side of the screen will 
be referred to as R1-R5.  And 
the seven buttons along the 
bottom of the screen, which are 
known as the function buttons, 
will be referred to as F1-F7. 

Many times when you see an item 
displayed on the screen and press 
the L or R button next to it, a 
box will appear around that item 
on the screen to acknowledge your 
choice.  Sometimes a sub-menu 
screen relating to your choice 
will be called up immediately to 
present you with further options. 

When you press one of the F 
buttons, its function on the LCD 
screen will be highlighted (shown 
in reverse color) to indicate 
that it has been activated.  


 DIAL
The Dial is used to change data 
values or scroll through options 
that are displayed on the LCD 
screen.  
When you turn the Dial, you will 
notice that whatever item in the 
display is currently selected 
(as identified by being boxed or
highlighted) will be affected.  
Or, in many cases when the screen 
is presenting you with a list of
choices, turning the Dial will 
allow you to quickly run down the
list until you arrive at your
choice.  At times it is 
another way of getting to an
item on the screen other than 
using the L or R buttons directly.

