EDITING SOUNDS
Even though the Concert 
Performer already has 300 high 
quality sounds built-in, there 
are bound to be times when none 
of them are exactly the sound 
you are looking for.  It may be 
that you can find a sound that 
comes close, but you'd like to 
change some of its qualities to 
really get the sound that you 
have in mind.

The CP allows you this ability.  
You can choose to change subtle 
nuances of the sound to make it 
fit better in your song, or even 
drastically change the sound's 
character to the point where you 
can no longer recognize what it 
was originally! Once you've made 
these changes, you can save the 
sound as one of 20 User sounds 
onboard, or onto a floppy disk.

PRESET EFFECT SETTINGS
Each of the 300 preset sounds 
has been pre-assigned settings 
for Chorus On/Off, Chorus Level, 
Effect On/Off, Effect Type and 
its values to be called up 
automatically whenever the sound 
is selected.  These can be 
adjusted by you to suit your 
tastes and saved so that your 
values will be the ones 
automatically recalled with the 
sound.

Effect Settings can be changed 
by using the EFFECT and CHORUS 
buttons on the front panel, as 
well as from within the Advanced 
Conductor.  The Preset Effect 
Settings override the panel 
settings according to part 
priority. However the Preset 
Effect Settings do not take 
precedent over the ones assigned 
to each Style.  Each Style has 
separate settings that can only 
be adjusted from the Advanced 
Conductor.  (See page 74)

To adjust the settings:

1) Press the SOUND EDIT button.  
The Sound Edit menu will be 
displayed.

2) Press the L2 to select Edit 
Preset Sound Settings.  The 
Preset Sound Settings menu will 
be displayed.

3) Press the L1 button and then 
turn the Dial to select which 
preset sound you wish to modify.

4) Use the L and R buttons to 
select the effect settings and  
turn the Dial to change their 
value.

5) Press the SAVE button (F7) to 
save.

Pressing the SAVE (F7) button 
will save all changes made in 
the Preset Effect Settings menu.  
If you exit the Preset Effect 
Settings menu without saving 
your changes, the settings will 
remain unchanged.

MAKING A USER SOUND
There are two parts to making a 
User Sound:  Editing the effect 
settings-same as described in 
the previous chapter-and 
editing the sound's character.

You can adjust five aspects of 
sound character: Vibrato Depth, 
Brightness, Attack, Decay and 
Release.

Brightness 
controls the "clearness" of a 
sound by influencing the high 
frequencies.

Vibrato Depth 
controls the amount of the 
vibrato effect.  The actual 
speed of the vibrato is preset 
for each sound. 

Attack 
portion of the sound determines 
how quickly a sound reaches its 
maximum volume from the moment a 
key is pressed.  Sounds with 
faster attacks are more 
percussive in nature, while 
sounds with slower attacks are 
more gradual and smooth.

Decay 
portion of the sound determines 
how quickly the volume of the 
sound drops away after hitting 
its maximum value while the key 
is still held down.  A sound can 
end very abruptly with a short 
decay, or sustain for a while 
with a long decay.

Release 
determines how long it takes for 
the sound to fade away to 
silence after you release the 
key.  


To make a User Sound:

1) In the Sound Edit menu, 
select Make User Sound (L3).  
The User Sound Settings menu 
will be displayed.

2) Make adjustments as described 
in the previous chapter.

3) Press the MORE button (F2) to 
go to the next screen in the 
User Sound Settings menu, where 
you can adjust settings for 
Vibrato, Brightness, Attack, 
Decay, and Release.

4) Use the L and R buttons to 
select a setting and use the 
Dial to change its value.  You 
can always play the keys as you 
edit the sound, enabling you to 
hear what changes are being 
made.

5) If you would like to save the 
changes made, press SAVE (F7).  
Otherwise press BACK (F1) to 
return to the previous menu or 
use the EXIT button to get back 
to the main Sound Edit menu.

6) If you pressed SAVE (F7), you 
will be presented with the Save 
To User Sound screen.  Use the 
L3 button and the Dial to select 
the User Sound number where you 
would like this changed sound to 
be stored. The name the sound 
using the F2-F5 buttons.  
Pressing the SAVE button (F7) 
one more time will save the 
sound.

The next time you wish to play 
this new User Sound, simply find 
it in the User Sound category, 
which has a dedicated select 
button right next to the other 
15 preset sound categories.

