Ashton Ak250 User Manual
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Ashton AK-250: A Keyboard with Portamento Option
The Ashton AK-250 is a home keyboard that features 61 touch response full-sized keys, 100 styles and 147 tone settings. It also has a portamento option that allows you to glide smoothly from one note to another. This article will provide you with a user manual for the Ashton AK-250 keyboard, covering its basic functions, features and settings.
Basic Functions
The Ashton AK-250 keyboard has a power switch on the rear panel. To turn on the keyboard, plug the power cord into an AC outlet and press the power switch to the ON position. To turn off the keyboard, press the power switch to the OFF position and unplug the power cord from the outlet.
The keyboard has a volume control knob on the front panel. To adjust the volume, turn the knob clockwise to increase the volume or counterclockwise to decrease the volume.
The keyboard has a tempo control knob on the front panel. To adjust the tempo of the rhythm or accompaniment, turn the knob clockwise to increase the tempo or counterclockwise to decrease the tempo.
The keyboard has a transpose button on the front panel. To transpose the pitch of the keyboard, press the transpose button repeatedly until you see the desired value on the display. The value ranges from -12 to +12 semitones.
Features and Settings
The Ashton AK-250 keyboard has various features and settings that you can access by pressing different buttons on the front panel. Here are some of them:
Tone: The tone button allows you to select from 147 different tones, such as piano, organ, guitar, violin, etc. To select a tone, press the tone button and then use the numeric keypad or the +/- buttons to enter the tone number. The tone number and name will appear on the display.
Style: The style button allows you to select from 100 different styles, such as rock, pop, jazz, waltz, etc. To select a style, press the style button and then use the numeric keypad or the +/- buttons to enter the style number. The style number and name will appear on the display.
Sync/Start: The sync/start button allows you to start or stop the rhythm or accompaniment of the selected style. To start the rhythm or accompaniment, press the sync/start button once. To stop it, press it again.
Fill-in: The fill-in button allows you to insert a fill-in pattern into the rhythm or accompaniment of the selected style. To insert a fill-in pattern, press the fill-in button once while the rhythm or accompaniment is playing.
Intro/Ending: The intro/ending button allows you to play an intro or an ending for the selected style. To play an intro, press and hold the intro/ending button before starting
the rhythm or accompaniment with the sync/start button. To play an ending, press and hold
the intro/ending button while the rhythm or accompaniment is playing.
Portamento: The portamento button allows you to activate or deactivate
the portamento option for the selected tone. When portamento is activated,
the pitch of each note will glide smoothly from one note to another,
creating a sliding effect. To activate portamento,
press and hold
the portamento button until you see \"ON\" on
the display.
To deactivate portamento,
press and hold
the portamento button until you see \"OFF\" on
the display.
This is just a brief overview of some of
the features and settings of
the Ashton AK-250 keyboard.
For more information,
please refer to
the user manual that came with
the keyboard or visit
the Ashton website[^2^]. aa16f39245