Playing with Different Tones

Adjusting Acoustic Piano Sound Characteristics

The tones of your Digital Piano have built-in elements that give them the characteristic reverberation of an acoustic piano. Each of these elements can be individually adjusted to one of four levels.

zHAMMER RESPONSE

Controls the time deviation between when a key is pressed and when the note actually sounds.

Settings

1:Fast 2: Grand piano feel 3: Slightly slower 4: Slow

zSTRING RESONANCE

Adjusts the characteristic reverberation (string resonance) of an acoustic piano.

You can select a reverberation setting that matches the song being played or your own personal preference.

Settings

1:Suppressed 2: Slightly suppressed

3: Reverberation 4: Strong reverberation

zLID SIMULATOR

Adjusts how sound resonates in accordance with the opening state of a grand piano lid.

Settings

1:Lid closed 2: Lid opened slightly 3: Lid fully open

4:Lid removed

NOTE

•Opening or closing the Digital Piano’s lid does not affect the LID SIMULATOR setting.

1. While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the button that corresponds to the element whose setting you want to change.

•Each press of the button cycles to the next option for that setting. The Digital Piano emits a beep pattern that indicates the currently selected option:

One beep: Option 1 3 Two beeps: Option 2 3

Three beeps: Option 3 3 Four beeps: Option 4 3

One beep: Option 1, etc.

•The lamp of each button lights whenever the standard setting of its element is selected.

NOTE

•In addition to the above, piano tones also have a

KEY OFF SIMULATOR.

zKEY OFF SIMULATOR

Causes notes to decay when keyboard keys are released.

Layering Two Tones

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

When specifying two tones for layering, first tone you select will be the main tone, while the second tone will be the layered tone.

1. While holding down the FUNCTION button, press down the keyboard key for the first tone you want to layer and then the key for the second tone.

Example: First press the HARPSICHORD key and then the STRINGS 1 key.

HARPSICHORD

STRINGS 1

2. To unlayer the keyboard, select another tone by pressing the GRAND PIANO button or by using the procedure under “Selecting and Playing a Tone” (page E-5).

NOTE

•You cannot layer the BASS 1 or BASS 2 tone with another tone.

•You cannot perform the layer operation when recording to Track 2.

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