Casio CTK-571 manual Basic Operations, To play the keyboard, Selecting a Tone

Press the POWER button to turn the keyboard on. Set the MODE switch to NORMAL.

Basic Operations

METRONOMEBEAT

POWER

TONE

MODE VOLUME

TEMPO

START/STOP

[+]/[–]

Number buttons

This section provides information on performing basic keyboard op- erations.

To play the keyboard

1.

2.

3. Use the VOLUME slider to set the volume to a rela- tively low level.

4. Play something on the keyboard.

Selecting a Tone

This keyboard comes with 137 built-in tones. Use the following pro- cedure to select the tone you want to use.

To select a tone

1. Find the tone you want to use in the keyboard’s tone list and note its tone number.

2. Press the TONE button.

Indicator appears

3. Use the number buttons to input the three digit tone number for the tone you want to select.

Example: To select “032 ACOUSTIC BASS”, input 0, 3 and then 2.

❚ NOTES ❚

•Always input all three digits for the tone number, including leading zeros (if any). If you input one or two digits and stop, the display will automat- ically clear your input after a few seconds.

•You can also increment the displayed tone number by pressing [+] and decrement it by pressing [–].

•The names of tone numbers 080 through 103 and 112 through 127 are not marked on the keyboard console. See the “Tone List” (page A-6) for details.

•When one of the drum sets is selected (tone numbers 128 through 136), each keyboard key is assigned a different percussion sound. See page A-3 for details.

Polyphony

The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes you can play at the same time. The keyboard has 24-note polyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as the rhythms and auto-accom- paniment patterns that are played by the keyboard. This means that when a rhythm or auto-accompaniment pattern is being played by the keyboard, the number of notes (polyphony) available for key- board play is reduced. Also note that some of the tones offer only 12- note polyphony.

•When rhythm or auto accompaniment is playing, the number of sounds simultaneously played is reduced.

Digital Sampling

A number of the tones that are available with this keyboard have been recorded and processed using a technique called digital sam- pling. To ensure a high level of tonal quality, samples are taken in the low, mid, and high ranges and then combined to provide you with sounds that are amazingly close to the originals. You may notice very slight differences in volume or sound quality for some tones when you play them at different positions on the keyboard. This is an un- avoidable result of multiple sampling, and it is not a sign of malfunc- tion.

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