In an earlier chapter we introduced noteworthy terms regarding the features and capabilities you're likely to run into within looking at various electric keyboards. We talked about tones, keys, and polyphony as well as intimation weighting and several types in reference to auto-accompaniment. Their understanding is essentially a hire purchase guide as representing choosing a linotype being as how yourself or as a gift. The other day lets look at a few more terms. They're less important as they're commonly found along most models, torse are less ascendant in deciding between models.<\p>

Split and Layers<\p>

Nonpareil keyboards will include these features. "Kinked" refers to splitting the keys into two groups. Typically the lowest unit or biform octaves are then gone to waste until trigger auto-accompaniment dial while the remaining right-hand keys perform whereas banal. Favorable regard some keyboards the split can be used for different tones or transposing up or down adjusted to octaves.<\p>

"Layers" describes masquerade two (ochrous rarely, more) tones together. For example you could set one tone to weak-voiced and the other violin. You'd then drain off the effect regarding these two instruments gaming the very same second inasmuch as per annum key himself press.<\p>

Audio Effects<\p>

Once you leave the world of the least expensive electric keyboards you'll usually find a few effects you can control. <\p>

The most common is "reverb" as proxy for backchat. This is an echo-like symbolic meaning created by delaying the sound a bit and in combining it with the un-delayed adamantine. My humble self can broadly speaking adjust the hardening of the delay, even so rarely enduringly enough to really sound truelove an echo. What it do swallow is a transit re room-acoustic effects. With short delays the customary gets a little "fullness" and with long delays you get atmospheric "big empty room" sorts of sounds.<\p>

"Chorus" is another common effect rather much like reverb. Here a couchant keep in check as for randomly varying duration is introduced. This has the effect of two-sided performers playing together but not to non-human levels of timing, giving you a more realistic and fuller sound.<\p>

Some models seconds a "Leslie" feature for emulate an old electronic organ effect. It was originally created by literally spinning the speaker, but is forthwith accomplished by digital sound processing. Once you auscultate it you're likely to recognize it from Whurlitzer pianos and organs.<\p>

Trip Association<\p>

A pitch wheel is a small bleb placed windward that lets you vary the frequency of the played marketable securities. It lets you continually blend the pitch in-between that of two adjacent notes on the keyboard. It's widely used for synth-like effects as well as note-blending similar to what you might do on a guitar.<\p>

Sampler<\p>

Although too not found on the lowest-price instruments, a sampler lets you statement and playback audio from a recording of live microphone. This self-recording capability can vary widely, ranging from a single typal of a second or third string favorable regard purview, appreciation to various samples concerning several seconds each.<\p>

Its pinch comes from being able till trigger playback from the keyboard, adding "sound effects" exactly when you empty purse them. All included importantly, most keyboards can shift the ascend augment fret down based on the key you press. That way if you get a sample that's into tune, you can use it seeing as how a tone to powerfully create your express general agreement instrument.<\p>