Playing with Different Tones

Selecting and Playing a Tone

The piano comes with 11 built-in tones.

The names of the tones are marked above the keyboard keys to which they are assigned.

Tone Keys

 

 

B￿0

 

 

C￿1

 

E￿1

 

G￿1

 

 

A0 B0 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1

1 GRAND PIANO

 

 

 

 

 

A RIDE ACO BASS

2 GRAND PIANO 2

 

 

 

 

 

> ACOUSTIC BASS

3 ELEC PIANO 1

 

 

 

 

9 STRINGS

4 ELEC PIANO 2

 

 

 

8 PERC ORGAN

5 HARPSICHORD

 

 

 

7 PIPE ORGAN

6VIBRAPHONE

The GRAND PIANO tone was recorded with stereo sampling.

To select a tone

1

Press the POWER button.

2

Select the tone you want.

To select GRAND PIANO

Press the GRAND PIANO button.

To select one of the other tones

• While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the tone you want to select.

You can also select a tone by holding down the FUNCTION button and pressing the GRAND PIANO button. Each press of the GRAND PIANO button cycles through the tone settings in sequence from 1 through A as shown in the illustration.

*A note does not sound when you press a keyboard key while holding down the FUNCTION button.

3 Use the VOLUME knob to adjust the volume.

NOTE

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-7)

Adjusting the Brilliance of a Tone

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

1 While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the keyboard keys shown below to adjust the brilliance of a tone to the level that you want.

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

C7

C8

￿: produces a more mellow sound

￿: produces a brighter sound

To return the brilliance setting to its initial

default, hold down the FUNCTION button and press both of the keyboard keys [￿] and [￿] at the same time.

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