Kawai MP5 manual Selecting a Sound

2.2 Selecting a Sound

The MP5 always starts up in SOUND mode when the power is turned ON. The SOUND button will be lit to indicate SOUND mode is active.

Operation 1

Select the sound category by pressing a sound select button in the top row. There are 3 rows of sound select buttons, the top row is for selecting a sound category and the second and third rows are for selecting a variation.

For example, to select "60’s EP2", first press the E.PIANO in the top row and the first sound in the E.PIANO category "Classic EP" is recalled. (If any other variation was selected before, the last selected sound is recalled as long as the power is on.)

Operation 2

Select the first variation by pressing a sound select button in the second row. Press one of the 1-8 buttons in the second row. If you press 3, the variation 3 "60’s EP" is recalled. (If any other variation was selected before, the last selected sound is recalled as long as the power is on.)

Operation 3

Select the second variation by pressing a sound select button in the third row. Press one of the A-D buttons in the second row. If you press B, a variation sound "60’s EP2" is recalled.

Select the variations with the sound select buttons in the second and third rows.

The display shows the currently selected sound name.

Note:

Internal sounds or Setups can be also selected using the VALUE buttons.

You should also listen to the preprogrammed Setups.

Setups are organized in 8 Banks with 32 Numbers each (total 256 Setups). Press the SETUP button to change to SETUP mode and select a Setup by pressing one of the Bank buttons in the upper row followed by a Number button in the second and third row.

The display shows the currently selected Setup name.

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