Playing with Different Tones

Selecting and Playing a Tone

The piano comes with 11 built-in tones.

1 Press the POWER button.

POWER button

2 Use the VOLUME knob to adjust the volume level.

3 Press the TONE button of the tone you want to select.

This causes the indicator lamp above the TONE button to light.

4 Now try playing something on the keyboard.

NOTE

Hold down the FUNCTION button and press the ACOUSTIC BASS button to select the RIDE ACO BASS tone.

Changing the tone selection causes DSP* to switch automatically to the default setting for the newly selected tone. This causes any notes that are sounding at the time of the change to be interrupted momentarily. The DSP* will be set to the default setting for the newly selected tone when the note resumes. (*See page E-8)

Adjusting the Brilliance of a Tone

You can adjust the clarity and sharpness of a tone to suit your music and personal preferences.

FUNCTION

VOLUME

METRONOME

TEMPO

1 Holding down the FUNCTION button, press the BRILLIANCE buttons to adjust the brilliance of a tone to the level that you want.

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: produces a more mellow sound

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: produces a brighter sound

To return the brilliance setting to its initial default, hold down the FUNCTION button and press both of the BRILLIANCE buttons at the same time.

Layering Two Tones

Use the following procedure to layer to two tones, so they sound at the same time.

Of the two TONE buttons you press to layer two tones, the one on the left is the main tone, while the one on the right is the layered tone.

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Simultaneously press the TONE buttons of

 

the two tones that you want to layer.

Example: Press GRAND PIANO 2 button and STRINGS button at the same time.

GRAND PIANO 2

STRINGS

The tones are now layered.

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

TONE

SPLIT

CHORUS

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