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 8 built-in tones.

TONE Buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRAND

 

MELLOW

 

 

ELEC

HARPSI-

 

PIANO 2

 

PIANO

 

 

PIANO 2

CHORD

GRAND

BRIGHT

ELEC

 

VIBRAPHONE

PIANO 1

PIANO

PIANO 1

 

 

 

 

NOTE

The eight tones that can be selected with the TONE buttons are for normal keyboard play. The GRAND PIANO 1 tone was recorded with stereo sampling.

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 knob to adjust the volume.

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

Moving the knob 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.

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More about tones

Polyphony

This digital piano can play up to 64 notes at the same time. Also note that the tones below offer only 32-note polyphony.

GRAND PIANO 1, BRIGHT PIANO, MELLOW PIANO, ELEC PIANO 2, HARPSICHORD

Touch Response

The touch response feature of this digital piano causes the volume of the tones and the sound of the tones themselves to change slightly in accordance with how much pressure you apply to the keyboard, just like with an acoustic piano.

Touch response affects the HARPSICHORD tone only slightly, because the original musical instrument normally produces the same sound, no matter how much pressure is applied.

Digitally Sampled Tones

The tones of this digital piano are produced using digitally recorded samples of actual musical instruments. Not all of the instruments, however, can produce tones across the entire range played by this digital piano (A0 through C8). In such a case, digital recordings are used for the range that actually can be produced by the original instrument, and synthesized tones are used for notes that cannot be produced naturally. Because of this, you may notice very slight differences 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.

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