Basic Operation

Using Tones

The following procedures describe everything you need to know about selecting and using tones.

Selecting a Tone

This digital piano has a selection of 16 built-in tones.

Tone Buttons

GRAND

ELEC

PIPE

 

 

VARIATION

PIANO 1

PIANO 1

ORGAN 1

CHOIR

button

GRAND

HARPSI-

 

 

 

ACOUSTIC

PIANO 2

CHORD

 

STRINGS 1

BASS

BRIGHT

ELEC

PIPE

 

SYNTH-PAD

PIANO

PIANO 2

ORGAN 2

 

 

HONKY-

VIBRAPHONE

STRINGS 2

RIDE ACO

TONK

 

 

 

 

BASS

 

Variation Tones

 

 

Variation Button

Each tone button is assigned two tones: a “normal tone” (whose name is above the tone button) and a “variation tone” (whose name is below the tone button). Which tone is selected when you press a tone button depends on the current status of the indicator lamp above the VARIATION button, as shown below.

To select this type of tone:

The VARIATION button

lamp should be:

 

Normal tone

Off

 

 

Variation tone

On

 

 

•Press the VARIATION button to toggle its indicator lamp on and off.

•Pressing the tone button of the currently selected tone toggles it between the normal tone and the variation tone.

❚NOTE

•The tone buttons provide you with a selection of 16 tones that you can assign to and play on the keyboard.

•The GRAND PIANO 1 tone was recorded with stereo sampling.

•See “Selecting a Variation Tone” for information on selecting the tones whose names are marked below each tone button.

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To select a tone

1. Press the POWER button to turn on the digital piano power.

2. Press one of the tone buttons to select the tone you want.

3. Use the VOLUME slider to adjust the volume.

•It is a good idea to set the volume to a relatively low level at first.

•Moving the slider towards MIN decreases volume, while moving it towards MAX increases volume.

4.Play something on the keyboard.

•Adjust volume to the level you want as you play.

5.After you are finished playing, press the POWER button to turn off power.

❚NOTE

•The GRAND PIANO 1 tone is selected automatically whenever you turn on the digital piano power.

Selecting a Variation Tone

The tone buttons that are marked as shown below are for selecting variation tones.

1. Press the tone button for the tone you want to select.

2. Press the VARIATION button.

•This causes the indicator lamp above the button to light, which indicates that the variation tone is selected.

3.To switch back from variation tone to normal tone, press the VARIATION button again to the indicator lamp goes out.

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