Samick DCP-8 Manual - Selecting Voices

SOSTENUTO

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Sostenuto Pedal (Center)

The sostenuto pedal also allows you to su stain notes, but it works a little 

different f rom the damper pedal. If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and 

press the sostenuto pedal while the notes are held, those notes will be sustained 

as long as the pedal is held. All subsequently played notes will not be sustai ned.

SOFT

Soft Pedal (Left)

The soft pedal on an acoustic piano changes the character of the sound, making 

it softer and quieter. The soft pedal on your DCP-8 does exactly the same. 

Press the soft pedal when you need to play passages that require extreme pianissimo.

Selecting Voices

The DCP-8 feature a total of eight (8) voices for you to choose from. To select 

a new voice, turn the Data Control knob until the desired sound is shown in the 

LED display.

Data Control

[Assignable]

Voice Name                LED Display

Grand Piano 

Bright Piano 

Vintage Electric Piano

Church Organ 

Harpsichord 

Strings 

Upright Bass

FM Electric Piano 2

Turning the Data Control knob

clockwise scrolls down the list

(ultimately stopping at Upright 

Bass), while turning the Data 

Control knob counter-clockwise 

scrolls up the list (ultimately 

stopping at Grand Piano).

Note that the sound selections 

do not repeat in an endless loop 

if you keep turning the Data 

Control knob in one direction.

The below list show the eight sounds available in your DCP-8, as well as the 

way the voice names are abbreviated for the LED display.