Contents

 

USING THE UNIT SAFELY

2

IMPORTANT NOTES

4

Panel Descriptions

6

Before You Play

8

Making Connections

8

Installing the Music Stand

9

Using the stand

9

Connecting Pedals

9

Turning the Power On and Off

10

Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance

10

Connecting Headphones

10

Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard

11

Listening to Demo Songs

11

Listening to Internal Songs

12

Playing Back All Songs Continuously

 

(All Song Play)

12

Listening to Each Part Separately

13

Performing with a Variety of Sounds

14

Performing With Two Layered Tones (Dual Play)

15

Changing the Tone variations

15

Performing With Different Tones in the Left and Right

Sides of the Keyboard (Split Play)

16

Changing Tone Group and Tone Variation

17

Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point

18

Changing the Volume Balance for Dual Play and

 

Split Play

18

Changing the Keyboard’s Touch

19

Changing the Velocity When the Key Touch Is

 

Set to “Fixed”

20

Adding Reverberation to Sounds (The Reverb Effect) ...

21

Changing the Depth of Reverb Effect

21

Adding a Variety Effects to the Sound

22

Changing the Depth of Effect

22

Adding a Spinning Sound to Organ Tones

 

(Rotary Effect)

23

Transposing the Key of the Keyboard

 

(Key Transpose)

24

Using the Metronome

25

Changing the Tempo

25

Changing the Volume

25

Boosting the Low-Frequency Range (Sound Control) ....

26

Changing the Tonal Quality (Equalizer)

26

Chapter 2

 

Playing Along with Rhythms

27

What is Session Partner?

27

Performing Along With Session Partner

28

Changing the Volume

28

Selecting Parts

29

Selecting a Rhythm

29

Changing a Rhythm’s Tempo

30

Selecting a Rhythm’s Chord Progression

30

Performing With the Chord Progression Specified in the

Left Hand (Chord Progression off)

31

Recording the Chord Progression

 

(Chord Progression)

32

Storing Settings (Setup)

33

Selecting Stored Settings

33

Chapter 3 Recording a Performance

34

Recording a Performance

34

Recording a Performance Using Session Partner

35

Recording Selected Track buttons

36

Erasing Recorded Performances

37

Chapter 4 Other Functions

38

How to Make Settings

38

Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied

39

Changing How the Pedals Work

39

Changing the Effect Type

40

Setting the Part to Which Effects Are Added

41

Changing the Pitch of the Lower Tone in Octave Steps

(Octave Shift)

41

Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tuning) . 41

Adjusting the Tuning (Temperament)

42

Changing the Beat of Metronome

42

Setting the Intro and Ending On or Off

43

Fixing a Set Chord Progression

43

Setting the Root Note of the Chord Progression

43

Setting the Chord Display On or Off

43

Changing the Equalizer Settings

44

Connecting to Audio Equipment

44

About the FP-2 Sound Generator

45

Connecting to the USB Connector

45

Connecting MIDI Devices

46

Using the V-LINK function

49

Making the Settings for the USB Driver

50

Restoring the Settings to the Factory Condition

 

(Factory Reset)

50

Disabling Everything Except Piano Play (Panel Lock) ...

50

Appendices

51

Troubleshooting

51

Error Messages/Other Messages

53

Tone List

54

Rhythm Set List

56

Rhythm List

59

Chord Progression Pattern List

60

Chord Fingering List

62

Internal Song List

66

Settings Stored in the Setup

68

Easy Operation List

69

Main Specifications

72

Index

73

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