Portamento for the Solo Part

The Solo Part is monophonic (only plays one note at a time) regardless of which sound is assigned to it. You can use Portamento on this Part. Portamento is a gradual slide in pitch from one note to the next, and is useful for adding very expressive qualities to many instruments.

To use Portamento:

1)Press the PORTAMENTO button. The PORTAMENTO button LED will light.

2)Press the button again to turn Portamento off.

You can adjust the Portamento Time, which determines how quickly the pitch will slide from one note to the next. You can also set the note priority for Portamento. (See “Solo Settings” on page 131).

Selecting Sounds

The Concert Performer has over 900 instrument and drum sounds available from the front panel. You can freely assign any of these sounds to the four Parts. Remember that there is always a sound assigned to each of the Parts, even if some of the Parts are not currently active.

The sounds span a tremendous variety of instruments, ranging from traditional acoustic sounds to modern electronic tones. To help you quickly find the sound that you want, the sounds have been organized into 15 categories. Each category has a dedicated Sound Selection button on the front panel.

To select a Sound:

1)In the main play screen, select the Part to which you wish to assign a new sound using the L3, or R1- R3 buttons. The selected Part will become highlighted.

 

 

 

SOUND

 

WOOD-

 

PIANO

FEATURE

VOCAL

DRAWBAR

ORGAN

STRING

BRASS

WIND

HARPSI &

GUITAR

BASS

PAD &

SPECIALTY

DRUM

SFX

USER

MALLET

SYNTH

The USER button lets you select any sounds that may be stored in the User Sound category.

Basic Controls

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Kawai CP205/CP185 manual Selecting Sounds, Portamento for the Solo Part