Basic Operation

To adjust the volume of the split tone

More about tones

1 Hold down the SETTING button, and keep it

Polyphony

depressed until you reach step 4 of this procedure.

This digital piano can play up to 64 notes at the same time.

2 Press the ELEC PIANO 1 button.

Note, however, that the tones listed below are capable of only

32-note polyphony. GRAND PIANO 1, BRIGHT PIANO,

• This causes the indicator lamp above the button to

HONKY-TONK, ELEC PIANO 1, HARPSICHORD, STRINGS

flash.

1, CHOIR, SYNTH-PAD, RIDE ACO BASS

3 Use one of the procedures below to set the split

Touch Response

tone volume to a value in the range of 40 to 127.

The touch response feature causes changes in the volume and

• To scroll the volume setting value: While holding

the sound of the tone in accordance with how much pressure

you apply to the keyboard, just like an acoustic piano.

down the SETTING button, use the + (increase) and –

Touch response affects the HARPSICHORD tone only slightly,

(decrease) keys to scroll the volume setting value.

because the original musical instrument normally produces

Holding down either key changes the setting at high

the same sound, no matter how much pressure is applied.

speed.

 

Pressing + and – at the same time automatically selects

Digitally Sampled Tones

a volume setting value of 127.

The tones of this digital piano are produced using digitally

• To input the volume setting value: While holding

down the SETTING button, use the number input

recorded samples of actual musical instruments. Not all of

keys to input a two-digit or three-digit volume setting

the instruments, however, can produce tones across the entire

value in the range of 40 to 127. You can input a two

range played by this digital piano (A0 through C8). In such a

digit or a three-digit value. The level you input is

case, digital recordings are used for the range that actually

applied to the volume setting value when you release

can be produced by the original instrument, and synthesized

the SETTING button. The volume setting does not

tones are used for notes that cannot be produced naturally.

change if you input a one-digit value or a value that

Because of this, you may notice very slight differences

is outside of the allowable range.

between natural notes and synthesized notes in sound quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and in results produced when using effects. These differences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

are normal and do not indicate malfunction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusting the Brilliance of a Tone

 

 

B2 C3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can use the BRILLIANCE slider to adjust the clarity and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sharpness of a tone to suit your music and personal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

preferences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+/–

 

 

Number Input keys

 

 

 

 

 

keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Slide the BRILLIANCE slider left and right to adjust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• A note does not sound when you press a keyboard

the brilliance of a tone to the level that you want.

key at this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Moving the slider towards MELLOW produces a more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Release the SETTING button to complete the

mellow sound, while moving it toward BRIGHT

produces a brighter sound.

procedure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE

•The setting you make for the split tone volume remains in effect even if you change to another tone.

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