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owners manual gk360

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The information contained in this manual are considered correct at the moment of printing. Generalmusic reserves the

right to change or modify any technical speciﬁ cation without prior notice or obbligation to upgrade existing units.

SPECIAL MESSAGES

IMPORTANT NOTE: To reduce the risk related to the correct and normal use of the instrument, all Generalmusic products are accuralety tested

in a safety laboratory. DO NOT modify the present unit, the safety standard and the correct instrument operativity could be compromised, and as

a further consequence the warranty will be invalidated.

ALARM SYMBOLS:

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could present labels similar to that

displayed in this section. Please follow

accurately the precautions descripted

in the safety instructions.

The exclamation mark within an equilateral triangle is

intended to alert.

The lightning ﬂash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilat-

eral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of

uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclo-

sure that may be of sufﬁcient magnitude to constitute a risk of

electric shock to persons.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

Generalmusic cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modiﬁ cations to the

instrument, or data lost or destroyed

IMPORTANT SAFETY AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:

1. Read all the Safety and Installation instructions and explanations of Graphic Symbols before using the product.

2. This product must be earthed. If it should malfunction or breakdown, grounding provides a path of least resistance for electric

current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and a

grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly installed and earthed in accordance with all

local codes and ordinances.

DANGER:Improper connection of the equipment grounding conductor can result in a risk of electric shock. Check with a qualiﬁed electrician or serviceman if you are

in doubt as to whether the product is properly grounded. Do not modify the plug provided with the product, if it will not ﬁt the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a

qualiﬁed electrician.

3. To reduce the risk of injury, close supervision is necessary when this product is used near children.

4. Do not use this product near water for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement, or near a swimming

pool or the like.

5. This product should only be used by a stand or cart that is recommended by the manufacturer.

6. This product, either alone or in combination with an ampliﬁer and headphones or speakers, may be capable of producing sound levels that could

cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience

any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist.

7. This product should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation.

8. This product should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, or other products that produce heat.

9. The product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the product.

10. This product may be equipped with a polarized line plug (one blade wider than the other). This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug

into the outlet, contact an electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug.

11. The power-supply cord of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time. When unplugging the power

supply cord, do not pull on the cord but grasp it by the plug.

12. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings.

13. The product should be serviced by qualiﬁed service personnel when:

A. The power-supply cord or the plug has been damaged

B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the product;or

C. The products has been exposed to rain or moisture

D. The product does not appear to be operating normally or exhibits a marked change in performance

E. The product has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged.

14. Do not attempt to service the product beyond that described in the user-maintenance instructions. All other servicing should be referred to qualiﬁed

service personnel.

15. WARNING - Do not place objects on product power cord or place it in a position where anyone could trip over, walk on or roll anything over it. Do

not allow the product, or its bench, or its pedal board to rest on or to be installed over power cords of any type. Improper installations of this type

create the possibility of ﬁre hazard and/or personal injury.

16. Electromagnetic interference (RFI). This electronic product utilizes digital sampled wave processing technology (S.W.P.) that may adversely affect

radio/tv reception. Read FCC information inside back cover for additional information.

The illustrations and the screens of this manual are for instructional purposes only and may

appear different from those on your instrument.

INSTRUCTION PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS.

WARNING!

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 1

Power supply................................................................................................................................................................ 1

Using the AC adaptor...................................................................................................................................................1

Using batteries............................................................................................................................................................. 1

Connections................................................................................................................................................................. 2

The Phones jack ........................................................................................................................................................... 2

The Sustain jack ........................................................................................................................................................... 2

The Aux. Out jack......................................................................................................................................................... 2

The MIDI IN, MIDI OUT and MIDI THRU ports ............................................................................................................... 2

Listen to the Demo Song .............................................................................................................................................. 3

Basic Operation ........................................................................................................................................................... 3

Selecting & playing Voices ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Play a single Voice........................................................................................................................................................ 3

Select a Voice with the [–] and [+] buttons ....................................................................................................................3

Select a Voice with the numeric keypad ........................................................................................................................ 4

Dual voice (play two layered voices).............................................................................................................................. 4

Keyboard percussion .................................................................................................................................................... 4

The MEMORY............................................................................................................................................................... 5

Selecting the Memory................................................................................................................................................... 5

Split keyboard .............................................................................................................................................................. 5

Play in Split mode with a Dual option on the Upper keyboard ....................................................................................... 5

To cancel Split mode..................................................................................................................................................... 5

Muting the sections ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

Instant Piano Voice....................................................................................................................................................... 6

Balancing the Lower and Upper sections....................................................................................................................... 6

Add Pitch Bend to your playing ..................................................................................................................................... 7

Play with Effects or bypass them.................................................................................................................................... 7

Touch Response............................................................................................................................................................ 7

The Octave – transposer............................................................................................................................................... 8

Cancelling the Octave Transpose setting....................................................................................................................... 8

Styles - Auto-Accompaniment....................................................................................................................................... 8

What are the Styles? ....................................................................................................................................................8

Selecting Style Mode .................................................................................................................................................... 8

Use the [-] and [+] buttons to select a Style .................................................................................................................. 9

Use the numeric keypad to select a Style ......................................................................................................................9

Selecting the Styles by recalling the Memory ................................................................................................................. 9

Changing the Style Tempo.......................................................................................................................................... 10

Restoring the memorized Tempo................................................................................................................................. 10

About the Chord Recognition Modes........................................................................................................................... 10

Using the Style Auto functions .................................................................................................................................... 11

Select the Fill In and change Style Variation ................................................................................................................ 11

Start the Style accompaniments with Key Start ............................................................................................................ 11

Start the Style with an Intro pattern............................................................................................................................. 11

Stop the Style with an Ending phrase .......................................................................................................................... 11

Balancing the Style accompaniment tracks with the Mixer............................................................................................ 12

Muting the Style tracks ............................................................................................................................................... 12

Using the Single Touch Play settings in Style mode ...................................................................................................... 12

Selecting the S.T. Play settings..................................................................................................................................... 13

Changing the accompaniment Split Point.................................................................................................................... 13

Digital Effects ............................................................................................................................................................. 14

The Reverb and Chorus indicators............................................................................................................................... 14

The Memory buttons and Store Memory...................................................................................................................... 14

How to Store a Memory.............................................................................................................................................. 14

The Sequencer ........................................................................................................................................................... 15

Listen to the playback of a recorded Song................................................................................................................... 15

Record a new song..................................................................................................................................................... 15

The Metronome.......................................................................................................................................................... 16

The GK360 Utility functions ........................................................................................................................................ 16

Transpose .................................................................................................................................................................. 16

Tune .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Pan ............................................................................................................................................................................ 16

MIDI .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Midi channel selection................................................................................................................................................ 17

Control Change ﬁlter ................................................................................................................................................. 17

The Beat function ....................................................................................................................................................... 17

PERCUS function ........................................................................................................................................................ 17

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................................................................................... 18

APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................................................. 19

MANUAL INDEX

Your keyboard will give you years of playing pleasure if you follow the simple rules outlined below:

• Do not expose the keyboard to high temperature, direct sunlight and excessively dusty

places.

• Avoid physical shocks caused by dropping, bumping, or placing heavy objects on the

keyboard.

• Never use cleaners such as alcohol or solvents to clean the keyboard.

• Always turn the power off when making any connections.

The keyboard is provided with a replaceable NON- RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY (CR2032 3 Volts), to maintain

user programmed data intact while the instrument is off. The battery is internally mounted and has an approximate

life-span of 1 year. When data is no longer retained, contact your authorized technical assistance centre to have the

lithium battery replaced with the same or equivalent type reccommended by the manufacturer.

Care of your keyboard

NB Danger of explosion or damage of the battery if it is incorrectly replaced (reversed polarities, +,–).

GK360 CONTROL PANEL LAYOUT

GK360

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1. Carefully turn the instrument upside-down and remove the battery

compartment cover.

2. Insert six D size (SUM-1 or R-20) batteries into the battery com

partment, being careful to follow the polarity markings on the cabinet.

3. Replace the compartment cover, making sure that it locks ﬁrmly in pla

ce, then turn the instrument the right way up.

CAUTIONS:

Use only the speciﬁed AC adaptor. Use of another type of adaptor creates the danger of ﬁre and electric shock. For safety

sake, be sure to unplug the AC adaptor from the wall outlet whenever leaving the keyboard unattended for a long time.

Thank you for purchasing the new GEM gk360 electronic keyboard. The gk360 offers the

following features:

• 61 note keyboard with Touch Response;

• 178 PCM voices GeneralMidi Compatible

• On-board Digital multi-effects processor with 8 Reverb and 8 Chorus effects.

• 96 Styles (automatic accompaniments) with 2 Variations;

• Two chord recognition modes for the Styles: Fingered and One Finger;

• 384 Single Touch Play settings;

• 50 Demo songs;

• On-board Sequencer with Record, Play/Stop.

• MIDI compatibility.

Introduction

Power supply

This keyboard can be powered by current from a standard household wall outlet (using the

speciﬁed AC adaptor) or by batteries.

Using the AC adaptor

Always ensure that the instrument is turned OFF when connecting or

disconnecting the power adaptor. Applying power while the power

switch in depressed may damage the components inside the unit. Do

not use adapters other than the one speciﬁed for this keyboard. The te-

chnical speciﬁcations of the adapter must be: 12V DC output, 1800mA,

centre positive type.

Using batteries

Always make sure you turn the keyboard off before inserting new batteries or replacing old

ones.

To insert the batteries

Any of the following symptoms indicate low battery power. Replace the batteries

as soon as possible whenever any of the following occurs.

• A dim and difﬁcult-to-read LCD display.

• Abnormally low speaker/headphone volume.

• Distortion of the sound output.

• Sudden power failure when playing at high volume.

• Abnormal playing of the rhythms or demo songs.

• Dimming of the display when playing at high volume.

Important battery information

CAUTIONS:

Improper handling of the batteries can cause them to burst and leak, creating the danger of personal injury or damage of the key-

board. Be sure to take the following important precautions when using batteries:

• Never use batteries of different types.

• Never mix old batteries with new ones.

• Replace the batteries as soon as possible after any sign of discharge.

• Always make sure to remove the batteries from the keyboard’s battery compartment when the keyboard is not expected to be

used for a long period of time.

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SUSTAIN

The gk360 is ﬁtted with a standard MIDI interface consisting of

In, Out and Thru ports for MIDI connections. The MIDI IN port

receives MIDI data from an external MIDI device. The MIDI OUT

port transmits MIDI data to an external MIDI device. The MIDI

THRU port retransmits the same MIDI data received at the MIDI

IN port to another external MIDI device.

Connections

The Phones jack

If you prefer to play with headphones for high quality personal

monitoring, plug a standard stereo headphone set into the rear

panel PHONES jack. The internal speakers are automatically

disconnected. Use the VOLUME slider to adjust the headphone

volume

The Sustain jack

An optional footswitch can be plugged into the Sustain jack for

sustain control. The footswitch operates like the Sustain pedal of

an acoustic piano. Press for sustain, release for normal sound.

The Aux. Out jack

Connect the rear-panel AUX. OUT jack to ampliﬁed speakers,

ampliﬁers or domestic hi-ﬁ units for external ampliﬁcation. Use

audio cables with standard 1/4” jacks and plug into the LINE

IN or AUX. IN of the external amp. system. To use the external

amp. system only and exclude the internal speakers of the gk360,

plug a jack into the PHONES jack.

The MIDI IN OUT and THRU ports

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The gk360 has 178 PCM voices including 1 percussion kits that you can select and play on the

keyboard. After turning on, the gk360 sets to NORMAL/VOICE mode with the display showing

a black arrow pointing to the NORMAL mode in the top left hand corner of the display and

the VOICE 1 message at the center. In VOICE mode, you can select and play voices.

The playback starts automatically; when the Song reaches the end, it

goes to the next Song until you stop the playback; the 50 Demo songs

can also be selected with the numeric keypad. During the playback, it

is also possible to exclude the melodic line [MELODY OFF] and learn

to play the melody by following the notes shown on the display.

Listen to the Demo Songs

You can listen to the automatic playback of your gk360 to get an idea of what the instrument

is capable of doing.

1Turn the power ON by pressing the [POWER] switch. After

a short period, the display will appear showing the NOR-

MAL playing mode with a piano sound (Piano1) ready to

play across the full keyboard

2Turn the power ON by pressing the [POWER] switch. After

a short period, the display will appear showing the NOR-

MAL playing mode with a piano sound (Piano1) ready to

play across the full keyboard

3Press the [DEMO] button to stop the Song at any point

of the playback. It is also possible stop the Demo with the

[START/STOP] button.

Note: While the Demo song is playing, the buttons of the control

panel will be temporarily deactivated and it will not be possible

to play along with the song.

Basic Operation

This section explains all the basic operations that you can carry out when the instrument is in

NORMAL mode. Every time you turn on your instrument, it sets to NORMAL mode.

To return the instrument to NORMAL mode, press the

[MODE] button to the left of the display.

Selecting & playing Voices

If you play on the keyboard after turning the instrument on,

you will hear a piano sound (in this example, Voice 01, “Piano

1”) play across the entire keyboard. Select a Voice with the [–]

and [+] buttons In VOICE mode, the [–] and [+] buttons of

the numeric keypad allow you to step through the individual

Voices one by one. The [+] button selects in increasing nume-

rical order while the [–] button selects in reverse order. Holding

either button down scrolls rapidly forwards or backwards

through all the voices. The selected voice number is shown

in the bottom right hand corner of the display.

Play a single Voice

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<----------- PIANO 1 ------------>

<------- SLOW STRINGS -------->

<------PERCUSSION Sound ----->

Using the numeric keypad is the quickest way to go directly

to the Voice you need, but you must know the exact number

of the voice. The name and corresponding number of all

the Voices in memory are silkscreened above the display on

the right. You’ll see that they start from number 01 through

to number 178. Two-digit voice numbers are selected by

entering the two digits in sequence. For example, to select

Voice number 17 (Organ 1), press button [1] then button

[7]. Three digit voice numbers are entered by ﬁrst pressing

the [VOICE]/[+100] button to specify the “hundreds”, then

pressing the remaining two digits in sequence.

Select a Voice with the numeric keypad

To play with the DUAL option (with two layered sounds), press

the [DUAL] button. The message “VOICE 2” appears in the

display as well as the voice number assigned to the layered

section. If you play on the keyboard, you will hear two sounds

for every note played. In our example, you will hear the

Piano voice (01) together with Strings (49). In DUAL mode,

whatever voice selection you make will always be assigned

to the second voice. To return to NORMAL single voice play,

press the [DUAL] button again.

Dual voice (play two layered voices)

Keyboard percussion

To play percussive instruments on the keyboard, select the

DrumKit from the DRUMKIT group. The DrumKit is recalled

using exactly the same method used to recall a Voice; by

inserting the corresponding number on the numeric keypad

when the instrument is in NORMAL mode (not DUAL or

SPLIT). To recall the STANDARD Drum Kit, simply input voice

number 129.

1Press the [VOICE]/[+100] button to select the “hun-

dreds”

2Insert the two remaining digits; “2” then “9”. With the

DRUMKIT selected, the keyboard transform into a device

which plays all the percussive sounds of a real drum kit.

You can see what kind of percussive instrument each note

plays by referring to the silkscreened markings on the rail

under the keyboard

To return to normal playing, simply recall a Voice from any

group except the Drum Kit group.

Note: To play all the sounds of a Drum Kit, it is important to remember that the keyboard must not be in

Split or Dual mode. Be sure, therefore, that the left display arrow is pointing to the NORMAL function.

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<----- PIANO 1----->

<-STRINGS->

Split point (Fa#3)

<------PIANO 1 ----->

<-SLOW STRINGS-->

<-STRINGS->

To play on a split keyboard with one or two voices on the

right hand side (UPPER keyboard) and one voice on the left

(LOWER keyboard), press the [MODE] button as many times

as necessary until the left display arrowhead points to the

SPLIT function. The keyboard will be split into a Lower section

and an Upper section. If you play on the keyboard, you will

hear one sound (01: Piano 1) on the right hand side of the

keyboard and another sound (49: Strings) on the left. You can

check the sound assigned to the lower section . Play in Split

mode with a Dual option on the Upper keyboard To play with

two layered sounds on the Upper keyboard and one on the

Lower, simply press the [DUAL] button while you are in SPLIT

mode. If you want to change the voices on the Upper key-

board, proceed as already described on the previous pages

for Single and Dual voice selection. To change the Voice of

the Lower section, hold down the [MODE] button and proceed

as already described to change the voice number.

Repeat the selections for all the other Performance buttons, observe

the changes in the display and play on the keyboard to listen to

the change of voices.

Split keyboard

To escape Split mode and return to a full NORMAL keyboard,

press the [MODE] button once.

To cancel Split mode

The MEMORY

So far, you have learn how to select single and combined

Voices in Normal, Dual and Split modes using a number of

panel operations. If, every time you want to create a preferred

sound combination, you have to take several steps to arrive at

your goal, you would ask yourself if there wasn’t a quicker way

of selecting what you want. The answer lies in the MEMORY-

which offers a quick and simple method of recalling a panel

situation at the touch of a single button. A MEMORYis simply

a combination of voices and other panel settings (Voices,

Track Volumes, Effect type and level, Style, Variation, Chord

Recognition mode, Split Point, etc.). The gk360 contains six

Memory which recall factory-set panel conﬁgurations, but you

can also memorize your own combinations using the STORE

MEMORY feature.

Selecting the Memory

1Take a quick look at the display, then press one of MEMORY but-

tons (M1 - M6); for example, press the [M1] button. The display

shows the situation recalled by the MEMORY. If you were playing

in NORMAL mode, after selecting the Performance you will ﬁnd

that the keyboard will be split and the mode will have changed

to either Fingered, or One Finger, to enable the Styles. You will

also see a change of Style number. For more information about

how to recall Styles by selecting the MEMORY, refer to the section

entitled “The Styles” on page 8)

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DECREASE VOLUME

INCREASE VOLUME

MUTE SECTION

If you are playing in Normal mode with Voices on a Split

keyboard, you may at some stage want to adjust the volume

of one section with respect to the other. Using the [MIXER]

Volume controls, you will be able to balance your Upper and

Lower voices to the levels required very easily. The MIXER

consists of 5 twin buttons organized in two rows. The top row

of buttons are [INCREASE VOLUME] controls while the bot-

tom row are [DECREASE VOLUME] controls. When you are

playing with voices only, voice balancing tasks require the use

of the [UPPER] and [LOWER] controls only. The other three

controls, (Drums, Bass and Accomp), are explained under

Styles on page 12.

The [PIANO] button always returns you to a single piano voice playing across the full keyboard. You may use

the PIANO button as a “return to start” button whenever you wish to have only one sound active across all 61

keys.

Balancing the Lower and Upper sections

To increase the volume of, the Upper section, for example,

press the top [INCREASE VOLUME] button and hold it down

until you reach the Volume required. The display shows the

Volume level of the Upper section.

To decrease the volume, press the bottom [DECREASE VO-

LUME] control. If the Upper section is playing with the DUAL

effect, the [UPPER MIXER] controls adjust both voices at the

same time.

Muting the sections

If you want to exclude a section (mute, or turn off), you can

use the MIXER control buttons. Simply press both [INCREASE

VOLUME] and [DECREASE VOLUME] buttons at the same time

to mute the section required. For example, if you press both

the top and bottom buttons of the [UPPER MIXER], the display

will show UPPER OFF. To restore the volume to normal, press

both the [INCREASE] and [DECREASE VOLUME] buttons again

at the same time.

Instant Piano Voice

Regardless of the current situation, you can recall the Piano Voice in-

stantly by pressing the [PIANO] button. Pressing this button returns the

keyboard to NORMAL single voice play with the PIANO voice active

across the entire keyboard. Press the [PIANO] button again to return to

the previously selected situation.

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