Button Summary

for the original (ORK) Synclavier Keyboard

The essential button summary and Index!
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Keyboard Button	What you do	What the Sync II does
Recalling A Timbre	Load a preprogrammed sound to keyboard
Timbre Bank 1 - 8	Press 1 Timbre Bank button	Loads selected timbre bank into memory
Timbre Entry 1- 8	Press 1 Timbre Entry button	Loads selected timbre onto keyboard
	Example: Press buttons - Timbre bank 1, then Entry 8	The sound in Bank 1, Entry 8 is playable on the keyboard
Recalling Two Timbres	Splitting the keyboard
SKT	Press SKT once, then press a Timbre ENTRY button	Establishes split keyboard, with selected timbre on upper section
	Press SKT twice, then press a Timbre ENTRY button	Establishes split keyboard, with selected timbre on lower section
	Press SKT once or twice, then press a Keyboard note (e.g., C3), then press a Timbre ENTRY button	Establishes split keyboard, with new split point at key pressed
	Press SKT once, then keyboard note, then press STOP button	Establishes new split point, with same timbres
Modifying Partial Timbres
Partial Timbre 1 - 4	Press 1 or more buttons	If the button(s) become lit or blinks selected partial timbres(s) can be programmed If the partial timbre button(s) blinks, these will be soloed on the keyboard
Harmonic Group Select 1-12 and 13-24	Press 1 button	Assigns appropriate harmonic control function to 12 PITCH AND HARMONIC CONTROL buttons
Pitch and Harmonic Control 1-12 and 13-24	Press 1 or more buttons, turn knob	Changes relative strength of selected harmonic coefficients. Range .0 to 100
Volume Envelope
DELAY	Press button, turn knob	Changes volume delay time Range 0 to 9999 msec
ATTACK	Press button, turn knob	Changes volume attack time Range 0 to 9999 msec
INITIAL DECAY	Press button, turn knob	Changes volume initial decay time Range 0 to 9999 msec
FINAL DECAY	Press button, turn knob	Changes volume final decay time Range 0 to 9999 msec
PEAK	Press button, turn knob	Changes volume level during attack Range 0 to 100 dB
SUSTAIN	Press button, turn knob	Changes volume level during sustain Range 0 to 100 dB
Harmonic Envelope
DELAY	Press button, turn knob	Changes FM delay time Range 0 to 9999 msec
ATTACK	Press button, turn knob	Changes FM attack time Range 0 to 9999 msec
INITIAL DECAY	Press button, turn knob	Changes FM initial decay time Range 0 to 9999 msec
FINAL DECAY	Press button, turn knob	Changes FM final decay time Range 0 to 9999 msec
PEAK	Press button, turn knob	Changes FM level during attack Range 0 to 100 dB
SUSTAIN	Press button, turn knob	Changes FM level during sustain Range 0 to 100 dB
PARTIAL TUNING	Press button, turn knob or repeatedly press button	Changes tuning base for partial timbre. Range: .0000 to 1760 Hz
VIBRATO
WAVE	Press button, turn knob or repeatedly press button	Changes vibrato wave shape. Range: Symbolic numbers for wave shapes. 1-5, vibrato on carrier, 6-10, vibrato on carrier and modulator
RATE	Press button, turn knob	Changes vibrato rate. Range: .00 to 50 Hz
DEPTH	Press button, turn knob	Changes vibrato depth. Range: .00 to 24 semitones
ATTACK	Press button, turn knob	Changes vibrato attack time. Range: 0 to 9999 msec.
PORTAMENTO
ON/OFF	Press button (lit = on)	Turn portamento on and off
RATE	Press button, turn knob	Changes portamento rate. Range: .000 to 1.000
LOG/LIN	Press button (lit = log)	Use Logarithmic or linear glide
FM RATIO	Press button, turn knob	Changes modulator to carrier frequency ratio. Range: 0.000 to 16. Or for constant modulator: -.1 to -999 Hz
DECAY ADJUST	Press button, turn knob	Changes final decay to lower notes only. Range: .000 to 1.000
MODIFYING COMPLETE TIMBRE
REPEAT	Press REPEAT (lit = on)	Turns repeat on and off
ARPEGGIATE	Press ARPEGGIATE (lit = on)	Turns arpeggiate on and off
RATE	Press RATE, turn knob	Changes repeat and arpeggiate rate. Range: .00 to 100 Hz
CHORUS	Press CHORUS, turn knob	Establishes and tunes chorus effect Range:.000 to 10.00 (a setting of 1 cancels chorus effect)
PARTIAL TIMBRE SELECT 1-4	Make all 4 buttons blink, turn knob	Changes keyboard polyphony. Range:1 to 128
BOUNCE	Press BOUNCE, then a partial timbre, then a destination partial timbre	Duplicates all settings from 1 partial timbre to another
MEMORY RECORDER
START	Press once Press twice	Starts playback at first beat Starts playback at first event
STOP	Press once	Stops recording or playback
RECORD	Press once	Starts recording on blinking track. If none soloed (blinking) the first empty track will be selected.
PUNCH IN	Press once Press again	Starts erasing and recording on soloed track Stops recording and continues playing
CONTINUE	Press once	Continues playback from current point in sequence
REW. (REWIND)	Press once	Plays backward at high speed
F.F. (FAST FORWARD)	Press once	Plays forward at high speed
ERASE	Press twice	Erases sequence in memory, if tracks are soloed only these tracks are erased, if not all are erased.
LOOP	Press once at point during playback	Returns to first note and plays to loop point until STOP is pressed. (Sequence loop)
LOOP	Hold down Track button and press LOOP	Creates an independent loop on held track (track loop)
TRANSPOSE	Press TRANSPOSE then keyboard note with no tracks soloed Press TRANSPOSE again to confirm	Transposes sequence based on route of C3
TRANSPOSE	Press TRANSPOSE then keyboard note with track soloed Press TRANSPOSE again to confirm	Transposes soloed sequence track only
SPEED	Press SPEED, turn knob	Changes sequence speed. Range .00 to 10 times speed
BOUNCE	Press BOUNCE, then a source TRACK, then a destination TRACK	Moves source track to new destination, deletes source track
BOUNCE	Press BOUNCE, then a source TRACK twice, then a destination TRACK	Copies source track to new destination, leaves source track intact
SMT	Press SMT then TRACK then SKT	Replaces track timbre with keyboard timbre
SMT	Press SMT then TRACK then other TRACK	Replaces track timbre with selected track timbre
SMT	Press SMT then TIMBRE ENTRY	Replaces track timbre with selected Timbre Entry
SKT	Press SKT then a TRACK	Brings selected track timbre to keyboard
CLICK RATE	Press CLICK (lit = on)	Turns click track on and off.
EXT. SYNC	Press Sync (lit = on)	Turns on and off external sync.
KEYBOARD TUNING
TUNING BASE	Press button, turn knob or repeatedly press button	Changes overall pitch in .1 Hz steps or in octave jumps. Range: 00.0 to 1760 Hz (default 440 Hz)
OCTAVE RATIO	Press button, turn knob	Changes octave ratio. Range .0000 to 4 (default 1)
SCALE ADJUST	Press button	Assigns pitch control function to 12 PITCH and HARMONIC CONTROL buttons
PITCH AND HARMONIC CONTROL	Press one button, turn knob	Changes pitch of selected key
PITCH AND HARMONIC CONTROL	Press button again	Restores tempered tuning for that pitch
SCALE RESET	Press button twice	Restores tempered tuning for all pitches
KEYBOARD PITCH BEND
SCALE RESET	Hold down, turn knob	Changes pitch bend sensitivity. Range: .01 to 24 semitones
SCALE RESET	Release button (lit), turn knob	Activates knob pitch bend mode
SCALE RESET	Repeatedly press button	Increments pitch bend sensitivity by semitones.

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Button Summary

for the original (ORK) Synclavier Keyboard

The essential button summary and Index! Tape these pages to the wall above your Sync II for Quick reference.

Keyboard Button

What you do

What the Sync II does

Recalling A Timbre

Recalling Two Timbres

Modifying Partial Timbres

Volume Envelope

Harmonic Envelope

PARTIAL TUNING

VIBRATO

PORTAMENTO

MODIFYING COMPLETE TIMBRE

MEMORY RECORDER

KEYBOARD TUNING

KEYBOARD PITCH BEND

The essential button summary and Index!
Tape these pages to the wall above your Sync II for Quick reference.