Kawai MP8II manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME TO THE MP8II					7
1. NAMES AND FUNCTIONS					10
1.1	FRONT PANEL			10
1.2	HEADPHONE JACK				12
1.3	REAR PANEL		12
2. Basic Operations			14
2.1	Getting Ready			14
2.2	Selecting a Sound				15
2.3	Layer	17
2.4	Split	17
2.5	Piano Only		18
2.6	Metronome		18
2.7 Transpose			18
2.8	Using the MP8II as a MIDI controller.....19
2.9	Selecting a SETUP				20
3. SW Button		21
3.1	Panel Lock		21
3.2	Touch Curve		21
3.3	Rotary Slow/Fast				21
3.4	EQ Bypass On/Off				22
3.5	Wheel Lock		22
3.6	Foot Switch Lock				23
3.7 Expression Pedal Lock.....23
3.8	External Sequencer Start/Stop.....24

4.EFX/REVERB.....25

4.1EFX.....25

4.2REVERB.....26

5. Control Knobs		27
5.1 EFFECT		27
5.2	EQ (EQUALIZER)		29
5.3	TONE MODIFY		29
5.4 MIDI CC# (Control Change).....30

6. MENU	32
6.1 Editing Procedure and Parameters				33
6.2 Edit Parameters		33
6.2.1 Zone Mode.....33
6.2.2 Sound (Int only)		33
6.2.3 Damper Resonance (Int Piano only)				33
6.2.4 String resonance (Int Piano only)			34
6.2.5 Key-Off Effect (Int Piano only)			34
6.2.6 Voicing (Int Piano only).....34
6.2.7 TX Ch (Ext only)		34
6.2.8 TX Prg # (Ext only)		35

6.2.9 Prg # (Ext only)	35
6.2.10 TX Bank (Ext only)		35
6.2.11 Bank MSB/LSB (Ext only)			35
6.2.12 Keyboard On/Off (Ext only)			35
6.2.13 Key Range Hi/Lo	36
6.2.14 Velocity Switch	36
6.2.15 Velocity Switch Value		36
6.2.16 Velocity Compression		37
6.2.17 Velocity Offset	37
6.2.18 Zone Transpose	37

6.2.19 Transmitting Volume (Ext only)		38
6.2.20 Volume	38
6.2.21 Transmitting Control Change		38
6.2.22 Pan.....38
6.2.23 Fine Tune	38
6.2.24 Damper	38

6.2.25	Foot Switch	39
6.2.26	Expression Pedal		39

6.2.27Modulation.....39

6.2.28Bender.....39

6.2.29 Transmitting Bender Range (Ext only).....39

6.2.30 Bender Range		39
6.2.31 Solo.....39
6.2.32 Solo Mode	40
6.3 Common Parameters			40
6.3.1 Stretch Tuning		40
6.3.2 Temperament		40
6.3.3 Key of Temperament			41
6.3.4 Tuning C-B	41
6.3.5 Foot SW Control Change Number.....41
6.3.6 EXP Control Change Number.....41
6.3.7 Modulation Wheel Control Change Number.....42
6.3.8 Left Pedal Mode		42
6.3.9 Master Volume		42

7. STORE	.....43
7.1	Storing the settings as a SOUND	43
7.2	Storing the COMMON settings	44
7.3	Storing the settings as a SETUP	44

8. SYSTEM	45
8.1 System Menu			45
8.2 System Parameters				45
8.2.1 System Channel			45
8.2.2 Touch		46
8.2.3 System Tuning			47
8.2.4 Volume Slider Action				47
8.2.5 Reverb Offset			47
8.2.6 EQ Offset On/Off.....47
8.2.7 EQ Offset		47
8.2.8 Local Control			47
8.2.9 Multi-Timbral Mode				48
8.2.10 System Ch Mode				48

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