Casio AP-470 User Manual

AP470-E-3A

USER’S GUIDE (Full)

Before using this Digital Piano for the first time, be sure to read the separate USER’S GUIDE to familiarize yourself with basic operations.

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Contents

Getting Ready ..................................................................................................... EN-49

Assembling the Stand ............................................... EN-49

To connect the cable................................................. EN-52

To install the music stand............................................ EN-53

Install the Headphones Hook ...................................... EN-53

Removing the Protective Tape from the Keyboard

..... EN-53

General Guide .................................EN-3

FUNCTION Button......................................................... EN-4

Auto Resume and Operation Lock ................................ EN-4

About Music Score data ................................................ EN-4

Power Outlet....................................EN-5

Turning Power On or Off ............................................... EN-5

Returning the Digital Piano to Its Factory Default

Settings.......................................................................... EN-5

Playing with Different Tones .........EN-6

Selecting and Playing a Tone........................................ EN-6

Adjusting Acoustic Piano Sound Characteristics........... EN-7

Layering Two Tones ...................................................... EN-8

Using Effects ................................................................. EN-9

Using the Digital Piano’s Pedals.................................. EN-10

Using the Metronome .................................................. EN-11

Splitting the Keyboard for Duet Play............................ EN-12

Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music Library,

Demo Tunes) ................................. EN-14

Performing Demo Play ................................................ EN-14

Concert Play ................................................................ EN-14

Practicing with a Concert Play Song ........................... EN-14

Music Library ............................................................... EN-16

Playing Back a Specific Music Library Song ............... EN-16

Practicing with a Music Library Song........................... EN-17

Playing Back Audio Data Stored on

a USB Flash Drive ....................................................... EN-17

Recording and Playback ..............EN-18

Recording to Built-in MIDI Recorder ............................ EN-18

Using the MIDI REC Button......................................... EN-18

Recording to a USB Flash Drive (Audio Recorder) ..... EN-21

Opening and Closing the Piano Lid ...........................EN-54

Connecting Headphones ...........................................EN-54

Connecting Audio Equipment or an Amplifier............EN-55

Bundled and Optional Accessories............................EN-55

Configuring Settings with

the Keyboard .................................EN-25

To configure settings with the keyboard ...................... EN-25

Keyboard Keys Used for Configuring Settings ............ EN-26

Parameter List ............................................................. EN-28

Hall simulator ........................................................... EN-28

Tone selection..........................................................EN-28

Chorus...................................................................... EN-28

Brilliance................................................................... EN-28

Layer balance........................................................... EN-28

Lower Pedal .............................................................EN-28

Damper noise...........................................................EN-28

Hammer response.................................................... EN-28

String resonance...................................................... EN-28

Lid simulator.............................................................EN-28

Key-on action noise.................................................. EN-28

Key-off action noise.................................................. EN-28

Select layer tone ...................................................... EN-29

Duet mode................................................................ EN-29

Music Library song select

(MUSIC LIBRARY SELECT) ....................................EN-30

Tempo (TEMPO)......................................................EN-30

Beat (BEAT) ............................................................. EN-30

METRONOME TEMPO............................................ EN-30

METRONOME BEAT ............................................... EN-30

CONCERT PLAY a

LISTEN..................................................................... EN-30

LESSON................................................................... EN-30

PLAY ........................................................................ EN-30

CONCERT PLAY SELECT (Song) (SELECT +/–) ... EN-30

CONCERT PLAY VOLUME (VOLUME +/–) ............ EN-30

Music Library Song Volume ..................................... EN-30

Metronome volume ..................................................EN-30

Temperament...........................................................EN-31

Temperament Base note.......................................... EN-31

Temperament select ................................................ EN-31

Touch response .......................................................EN-31

Transpose ................................................................EN-31

A-tuning....................................................................EN-31

Octave shift .............................................................. EN-31

Keyboard volume ..................................................... EN-31

USB flash drive mode .............................................. EN-32

Local control.............................................................EN-32

Send channel ...........................................................EN-32

Audio Recorder Volume ...........................................EN-32

Operation tone ......................................................... EN-32

Panel lock................................................................. EN-32

USB flash drive mode .............................................. EN-33

Format......................................................................EN-33

Save ......................................................................... E

Load ......................................................................... EN-33

Delete.......................................................................EN-33

.............................................EN-30

N-33

EN-1

Contents

Speaker out.............................................................. EN-33

Head phone mode ................................................... EN-33

Volume Sync Equalizer............................................ EN-33

Auto Resume ........................................................... EN-33

Linking with an Application (APP Function)................. EN-34

USB Flash Drive............................EN-35

Storing Standard Audio Data (WAV Files) to

a USB Flash Drive ....................................................... EN-36

Connecting a USB Flash Drive to and

Detaching It from the Digital Piano .............................. EN-37

Formatting a USB Flash Drive ..................................... EN-37

Saving a Recorded Song to a USB Flash Drive.......... EN-38

Loading Song Data from a USB Flash Drive into

Digital Piano Memory .................................................. EN-40

Deleting Data from a USB Flash Drive........................ EN-41

Simple Play Back of a Song on a USB Flash Drive..... EN-42

Error Indicators ............................................................ EN-43

Connecting to a Computer...........EN-45

Minimum Computer System Requirements................. EN-45

Connecting the Digital Piano to Your Computer.......... EN-45

Using MIDI................................................................... EN-46

Transferring Song Data with a Computer .................... EN-46

Reference ......................................EN-56

Troubleshooting........................................................... EN-56

Product Specifications ................................................. EN-57

Appendix ........................................... A-1

Tone List...........................................................................A-1

Concert Play List ..............................................................A-1

Music Library List.............................................................. A-1

MIDI Implementation Chart

EN-2

Company and product names used in this manual may be registered trademarks of others.

General Guide

Front

Bottom

Rear

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General Guide

NOTE

 P (POWER) button

 VOLUME controller

 FUNCTION button

 METRONOME button

 AUDIO REC button

 MIDI REC button

 a button

 GRAND PIANO 1 button

 GRAND PIANO 2 button

 Pedal connector

 USB port

 Power terminal (DC 24V)

 USB flash drive port

 PHONES/OUTPUT jacks

 Power lamp

*CAUTION

• Make sure that the cover is fully open whenever you are playing on the keyboard. A partially open cover can suddenly close unexpectedly and pinch your fingers.

• The names shown here are always indicated in bold when they appear within the text of this manual.

FUNCTION Button

The FUNCTION button is used in combination with other buttons and keys. To change a setting, hold down the FUNCTION button as you press the button or key that is assigned the setting you want to configure.

 When you press a key, the Digital Piano beeps to indicate the

current setting.

 A long beep indicates that a setting is turned off.

• For details about operations and settings, see “Configuring Settings with the Keyboard” on page EN-25.

Auto Resume and Operation Lock

Your Digital Piano can be configured to save its current settings when power is turned off and restore them when turned back on again (Auto Resume). You can also lock its buttons to protect against operation errors (Operation Lock). For details, see “Parameter List” on pages EN-28 - EN-33.

About Music Score data

You can use a computer to download music score data from the CASIO Website. For more information, visit the URL below.

http://world.casio.com/

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Power Outlet

NOTE

After you finish assembling the stand, turn on the Digital Piano. For details, see “Getting Ready” on page EN-49.

Turning Power On or Off

Press the P (POWER) button to turn on Digital Piano power.

• The power lamp lights and the Digital Piano powers

up. The power up operation takes about 5 seconds.

To turn off the Digital Piano, hold down the P (POWER) button until the power lamp goes out.

• Pressing the P (POWER) button to turn off power

actually puts the Digital Piano into a standby state. Minute amounts of current continue to flow within the Digital Piano in the standby state. If you do not plan to use the Digital Piano for a long time or if there is a lightning storm in your area, be sure to unplug the AC adaptor from the power outlet.

NOTE

• Turning off the Digital Piano after performing the above steps will re-enable Auto Power Off.

Returning the Digital Piano to Its Factory Default Settings

Perform the following procedure when you want to return the Digital Piano’s stored data and settings to their initial factory defaults.

Turn off the Digital Piano.

Holding down the FUNCTION, MIDI REC and GRAND PIANO 2 buttons, press the P

(POWER) button.

Hold down the FUNCTION, MIDI REC and GRAND PIANO 2 buttons until the GRAND

PIANO 2 lamp, and then the GRAND PIANO 1 lamp, and then the R lamp start to flash.

• After some time, the flashing will stop.

Release the FUNCTION, MIDI REC and GRAND PIANO 2 buttons.

• The Digital Piano will initialize its internal system. You will be able to use the Digital Piano in a short while.

Auto Power Off

This Digital Piano is designed to turn off automatically to avoid wasting power after no operation is performed for a preset amount of time. The Auto Power Off trigger time is about four hours.

• You also can use the procedure below to temporarily suspend Auto Power Off.

■ To disable Auto Power Off

While the Digital Piano is turned on, press the

P (POWER) button to turn it off.

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the P (POWER) button to turn on the Digital Piano.

NOTE

• See “Turning Power On or Off” (page EN-5) for information about turning power on and off.

• Auto Power Off will be disabled at this time.

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Playing with Different Tones

Select the tone you want.

 To select GRAND PIANO 1 CONCERT or

GRAND PIANO 2 CONCERT

• Press the GRAND PIANO 1 button or GRAND PIANO 2 button.

• The button lamp of the selected tone will light.

 To select one of the other tones

• While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the tone you want to select.

Use the VOLUME controller to adjust the volume.

• Some keys may have more than one tone assigned.

In this case, each press of the key cycles to the next assigned tone. Which tone is selected by the key press is indicated by beeps.

Example: Cycling through MODERN, ROCK, and

JAZZ settings MODERN: (1 beep) ROCK: (2 beeps) JAZZ: (3 beeps)

• Of the Digital Piano’s 22 built-in tones, the first six are grand piano tone. Each tone has its own distinctive merits, so you should select the tone that suits the song you are playing along with or your own personal preferences.

Tone Name Characteristics

CONCERT This is a full concert grand piano tone

for dynamic and natural tone changes. This tone is designed to reproduce damper, resonance, and other piano nuances, which makes it ideal for virtually any type of piano

performance. MELLOW A warm, subdued grand piano tone. BRIGHT A bright and clear grand piano tone.

Selecting and Playing a Tone

The Digital Piano comes with 22 built-in tones.

*1: The names of the tones are marked above the keyboard keys to which they are assigned. *2: In this manual, these nine tones are collectively referred to as “piano tones”. The CONCERT, MELLOW, and

BRIGHT tones are collectively referred to as “GRAND PIANO tones”.

To select a tone

NOTE

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Playing with Different Tones

NOTE

Split Point

Low Range High Range

BASS GRAND PIANO 2 MELLOW

(Currently selected tone)

Bass Tone (BASS)

Selecting the BASS (LOWER) tone in step 1 of the above procedure will assign the bass tone to the low range (left side) of the keyboard. The high range (right side) will be assigned the tone that was selected when you pressed the BASS key.

• BASS tone lets you effectively split the keyboard between two different tones.

• To return the keyboard to a single tone, select any tone other than BASS.

• You cannot select BASS when recording to Track 2.

• You can configure settings to sustain reverberation

of the BASS (LOWER) tone while the damper pedal or sostenuto pedal is pressed. For more information, see “Lower Pedal” (page EN-28).

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 (ACOUSTIC SIMULATOR). Each of these elements can be individually adjusted to one of four levels.

 HAMMER 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

 STRING 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

 LID 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.

Hold down the FUNCTION button and press the desired tone key.

• Each press of the keyboard key 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.

EN-7

Playing with Different Tones

NOTE

GRAND PIANO 1 BRIGHT

STRINGS 2

In addition to piano tones, the elements below are also available.

Layering Two Tones

 KEY OFF SIMULATOR

Causes notes to decay when keyboard keys are released.

 KEY-ON ACTION NOISE*

Reproduces the mechanical operation sound (noise) that can be heard when keys of an acoustic piano are tapped with extremely light pressure.

 KEY-OFF ACTION NOISE*

Reproduces the mechanical operation sound (noise) that can be heard when keys of an acoustic piano are released.

* Can be applied for any piano tone other than ROCK

PIANO and JAZZ PIANO. For details, see “Parameter List” on pages EN-28 - EN-33.

• If you change the ACOUSTIC SIMULATOR setting, the newly applied setting is saved. To return the piano tones to their initial default settings, disable Auto Resume and then turn power off and then back on again.

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.

Hold down the FUNCTION button and press the Select Layer Tone key.

• For details about using the keyboard keys for

settings, see “Keyboard Keys Used for Configuring Settings” (page EN-26).

• Each press of the keyboard key toggles between on and off.

Hold down the FUNCTION button and press key of the tone to be layered.

To return to the original tone, hold down the FUNCTION button and press the Select Layer Tone key (which exits the Layer Mode).

NOTE

• You cannot layer the BASS tone with another tone.

• You cannot perform the layer operation when

recording to Track 2.

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Playing with Different Tones

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8

Center

Volume of the main tone

(First tone you selected)

Volume of the layered tone (Second tone you selected)

To adjust the volume balance between two layered tones

While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the keyboard keys shown below to adjust

the volume of the layered tones.

• To return the volume setting to its initial default, hold

down the FUNCTION button and press both of the keys at the same time.

Using Effects

Hall simulator: Makes your notes resonate. Chorus : Adds more breadth to your notes.

• For details about using the keyboard keys for settings, see “Keyboard Keys Used for Configuring Settings” (page EN-26).

To apply a hall simulator

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the hall simulator name you want to select.

Hall simulator Name

DUTCH CHURCH Amsterdam church with acoustics

STANDARD HALL Standard concert hall BERLIN HALL Berlin arena type classic concert hall FRENCH

CATHEDRAL

Description

that are suitable for music

Large gothic cathedral in Paris

To apply chorus to a tone

While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the Chorus keyboard key to cycle

through the available settings.

• Each press of the Chorus keyboard key causes the

Digital Piano to beep according to which setting is selected, as shown in the table below.

• Chorus

Number of Beeps Setting

1 (long) 1 (short) 2 3 4

Off (OFF) Light Chorus Medium Chorus Deep Chorus Flanger (whooshing effect)

About DSP

DSP makes it possible to digitally produce complex acoustic effects. The DSP is assigned to each tone whenever you turn on Digital Piano power.

EN-9

Playing with Different Tones

NOTE

Soft pedal

Damper pedal

Sostenuto pedal

Using the Digital Piano’s Pedals

Your Digital Piano comes equipped with three pedals: damper, soft, and sostenuto

Pedal Functions

 Damper Pedal

Pressing the damper pedal while playing will cause the notes you play to reverberate.

• When one of the piano tone is selected, using the damper pedal adds damper resonance that is similar to that produced on an acoustic grand piano.

Disabling Damper Noise Output

Damper noise is a slight metallic ringing sound that is generated as the damper of an acoustic piano separates from the wires pedal when the damper pedal is pressed. The damper resonance of your Digital Piano normally includes damper noise, but you can perform the procedure below to disable its output. Damper noise can be applied to the six GRAND PIANO tones and MODERN.

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the Damper Noise keyboard key.

• For details about using the keyboard keys for

settings, see “Keyboard Keys Used for Configuring Settings” (page EN-26).

• Each press of the key toggles the setting and causes the Digital Piano to beep as described below.

– Long beep: Damper noise output disabled – Short beep: Damper noise output enabled

 Sostenuto Pedal

Only the notes of the keys that are depressed when this pedal is pressed are sustained, even if the keyboard keys are released, until the pedal is released.

 Soft Pedal

Pressing this pedal while playing suppresses notes played on the keyboard after the pedal was pressed, and makes them sound softer.

• If pressing the pedal does not produce the desired effect, it could mean that the pedal cord is not connected properly. Refer to step 1 under “To connect the cable” (page EN-52).

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Using the Metronome

Press the METRONOME button.

• This starts the metronome.

• The lamp flashes with each beat.

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the METRONOME BEAT keyboard key.

• Keep the FUNCTION button depressed as you

advance to step 3.

Hold down the FUNCTION button and press the BEAT keyboard key (0 to 9) that corresponds to the beat you want to specify.

Playing with Different Tones

While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the TEMPO keys to specify a tempo

value in the range of 20 to 255 beats per minute.

• Each press of the + or – key raises or lowers the

tempo value by 1.

• You can also use the tempo value input keys (0 to 9) to enter a specific tempo value.

• Input three digits as the tempo value. Example: To set a tempo of 20, press keys 0, 2, and

then 0.

• You can specify a beat value in the range of 0 to 9 (beats per measure). A chime will sound on the first beat of each measure, and clicks will sound for the remaining beats. Specifying 0 plays a straight click, without any chime. This setting lets you practice with a steady beat.

Release the FUNCTION button and then hold it down again as you press the METRONOME TEMPO keyboard key.

• Keep the FUNCTION button depressed as you

advance to step 5.

Press the METRONOME button to turn off the metronome.

NOTE

• If you used the numeric input (0 to 9) keyboard keys to input beat and/or tempo values and the values are within the allowable setting ranges, the Digital Piano will emit a high pitch beep when you release the FUNCTION button. If a value is outside the allowable range, a low-pitch sound will be emitted.

• You could also use the procedure below in place of steps 4 and 5 of the above procedure to specify a tempo value. – While holding down the FUNCTION button, use

the TEMPO keyboard keys to specify a tempo value in the range of 20 to 255 (beats per minute).

• In step 5 of the above procedure, pressing the + and – keys at the same time will set the tempo of the Concert Play lesson song or Music Library song (in the case of a recorded song, the tempo when the song was recorded) that was last selected on the Digital Piano.

EN-11

Playing with Different Tones

NOTE

IMPORTANT!

C3 C4 C5 C6 C3 C4 C5 C6

Keyboard

Split point

Left keyboard Right keyboard

(middle C)(middle C)

Pedals

Left side damper pedal

Left and right side damper pedal

Right side damper pedal

To adjust the metronome volume

You can perform the following procedure at any time, regardless of whether or not the metronome is sounding.

While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the Metronome Volume keys to specify a

volume value in the range of 0 to 42.

• For details about using the keyboard keys for

settings, see “Keyboard Keys Used for Configuring Settings” on page EN-26.

• Each press of the + and – key raises or lowers the metronome volume value by 1.

• To return to the initial default setting, press + and – at the same time.

Splitting the Keyboard for

Select the piano tone you want to use for the duet.

Example: GRAND PIANO 1 (BRIGHT)

To cycle between the Duet Mode settings below, hold down the FUNCTION button and press the Duet Mode key.

Off On Pan: Outputs left side keyboard tone from the left

speaker and right side keyboard tone from the right speaker.

• The Octave Shift and Transpose settings cannot be changed while On or Pan is selected for the Duet Mode setting.

• While “Pan” is selected for the Duet Mode settings, the Hall Simulator, and Chorus settings cannot be changed.

Duet Play

You can split the keyboard in the center so the left and right sides have the same range. The left outer pedal is the left side damper pedal, while the right outer pedal is the right side damper pedal.

• Only the damper pedal for the right side keyboard supports half-pedal operations.

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Changing the Octaves of the duet

NOTE

C4 C5 C6 C7 C3 C4 C5 C6

Left keyboard Right keyboard

(Pressed key)

1 octave higher than initial

setting

Unchanged

keyboards

You can change the ranges of the left and right keyboards in octave units from their initial default settings. This comes in handy, for example, if the initial default range is not enough when one person is playing the left hand part and another person is playing the right hand part.

While holding down the FUNCTION and GRAND PIANO 1 buttons, press the

keyboard C key that you want located at C4 (middle C) of the left keyboard. Keep FUNCTION and GRAND PIANO 1 buttons depressed as you advance to step 2, below.

• This will sound the note assigned to C4 and change

the octave of the left keyboard.

Playing with Different Tones

Example:Press the keyboard key of the leftmost C (C4)

will assign the range shown below.

While still holding down the FUNCTION and GRAND PIANO 1 buttons, press the

keyboard C key that you want located at C4 (middle C) of the right keyboard.

• This will sound the note assigned to C4 and change

the octave of the right keyboard.

• Exiting the Duet Mode and then selecting On or Pan for the Duet Mode setting again will return the keyboards to their initial default ranges.

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Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music

IMPORTANT!

NOTE

Library, Demo Tunes)

Your Digital Piano comes with 10 built-in piano and orchestra tunes (Concert Play 1 through 10), and 60 piano solos (Music Library 1 to 60). Concert Play lets you enjoy playing along with orchestral accompaniment. You can use Music Library to practice famous piano pieces.

• Whenever you change to another song, this Digital Piano loads the song data. Note that button operations are disabled while song loading is in progress. If you are playing something on the keyboard, changing the song may cause note output to stop.

Performing Demo Play

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the METRONOME button.

• This starts sequentially looped playback of all

Concert Play (Listen) songs and Music Library songs.

• You can play along with a song on the keyboard as it is playing. The tone assigned to the keyboard is the one that is preset for the song that is playing.

To change the demo song, hold down the

FUNCTION button and press the MIDI REC button or AUDIO REC button.

• To advance to the next demo song, hold down the

FUNCTION button and press the MIDI REC button.

• To return to the previous demo song, hold down the

FUNCTION button and press the AUDIO REC button.

• For a list of songs, see page A-1.

Press the a button again to stop built-in song play.

Concert Play

Concert Play has recordings of a live orchestra, which you can use to play along with authentic accompaniment. You can also use Concert Play for 3-step practice.

Step 1: LISTEN

Listen to playback of the piano and orchestra to familiarize yourself with the music.

Step 2: LESSON

Practice the Concert Play piano part.

• You can turn off the left hand part or right hand part of a built-in song and play along on the piano.

Step 3: PLAY

Play along with the orchestra accompaniment.

• The Concert Play contains actual recordings of an orchestra. Because of this, the instrument sounds are different from the tones that can be selected with this piano (page EN-6). This also means that Concert Play playback includes breath sounds and performance noises.

Practicing with a Concert Play Song

To listen to a Concert Play song (LISTEN)

While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the CONCERT PLAY SELECT + and –

keyboard keys to scroll song numbers in sequences (from 1 to 10).

• For information about Concert Play songs, see the

“Concert Play List

” on page A-1.

• Pressing the METRONOME button while holding down the FUNCTION button during Concert Play jumps to the first Music Library song. Performing the same operation during Music Library play jumps to the first Concert Play song.

• The tune selection and playback stop operations described above are the only operations that are possible during demo tune play.

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NOTE

PREPARATION

Left hand Right hand

Both parts on

Right hand

part off

Left hand

part off

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the LISTEN keyboard key.

• This enters the Listen Mode for listening to the piano

and orchestra performance.

• Playback tempo is fixed and cannot be changed during Listen Mode playback.

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the CONCERT PLAY a keyboard key to start playback.

• Playback will stop automatically when the end of the

song is reached.

Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music Library, Demo Tunes)

To practice the piano part (LESSON)

• You can change tempo of the playback, if you want. See “Configuring Settings with the Keyboard” (page EN-25) for more information.

NOTE

• Some Concert Play tunes incorporate tempo changes in their arrangements. Because of this, the playback tempo may at times be faster or slower than the tempo setting.

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the LESSON keyboard key.

• This enters the Lesson Mode, which allows simple

play along with the piano part.

To stop playback, hold down the FUNCTION button as you press the CONCERT PLAY

a keyboard key again.

• You can use adjust the volume level of the playback,

if you want. See “Configuring Settings with the Keyboard” (page EN-25) for more information.

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the a button to select the part you want to turn off.

• Pressing a button toggles its part on (button lamp on)

and off (button lamp off).

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the CONCERT PLAY a keyboard key.

• This starts playback, without the part you turned off

in step 2.

Play the missing part on the keyboard.

To stop playback, hold down the FUNCTION button as you press the CONCERT PLAY a keyboard key again.

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Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music Library, Demo Tunes)

To play along with the orchestra accompaniment (PLAY)

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the PLAY keyboard key.

• This will enter the Play Mode, which plays the

orchestra part without the piano part.

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the CONCERT PLAY a keyboard key to start playback.

• Playback tempo is fixed and cannot be changed

during Play Mode playback.

Playing Back a Specific Music Library Song

Find the song number of the song you want to play in the “Music Library List” on page A-1.

To change to another song, hold down the FUNCTION button as you use the MUSIC LIBRARY SELECT (+, –, 0 to 9) keys to specify a song number.

• Each press of the + or – key raises or lowers the song

number by 1.

• You can also input a value from 0 to 9 to specify a Music Library song number.

• Input two digits as the song number. Example: To specify song number 5, press keys 0 and

then 5.

Play the piano part on the keyboard.

To stop playback, hold down the FUNCTION button as you press the CONCERT PLAY a keyboard key again.

Music Library

You can use the Music Library for your listening enjoyment or to practice piano songs.

• The Music Library includes 60 songs, numbered 1 through 60.

• You can also import up to 10 songs* from a computer to Digital Piano memory, and assign them Music Library song numbers 61 through 70.

* You can download music data from the Internet and

then transfer it from your computer to Digital Piano memory. See “Transferring Song Data with a Computer” on page EN-46 for more information.

Press the a button.

• This starts the playback of the song.

To stop playback, press the a button again.

• Playback will stop automatically when the end of the

song is reached.

NOTE

• Pressing the + and – keys at the same time in step 2 of the above procedure will select song number 1.

• You also can adjust the playback tempo and volume of the song. See “Configuring Settings with the Keyboard” on page EN-25 for more information.

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Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music Library, Demo Tunes)

NOTE

PREPARATION

Left hand Right hand

Both parts on

Right hand

part off

Left hand

part off

Practicing with a Music Library Song

You can turn off the left hand part or right hand part of a song and play along on the Digital Piano.

• The Music Library includes a number of duets. While a duet is selected, you can turn off the first piano (Primo) or second piano (Secondo) tone and play along with the song.

• Some music library tunes incorporate tempo changes in their arrangements. Because of this, the playback tempo may at times be faster or slower than the tempo setting.

• Select the song you want to practice and adjust the tempo. See step 3 under “Using the Metronome” (page EN-11).

While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the a button to select the part you want to turn off.

• Pressing a button toggles its part on (button lamp on)

and off (button lamp off).

Playing Back Audio Data Stored on a USB Flash Drive

You can use your Digital Piano to play back audio data (WAV files*) stored on a commercially available USB flash drive. See “USB Flash Drive” on page EN-35 for more information.

* Linear PCM, 16bit, 44.1 kHz, Stereo

• Prepare a USB flash drive that contains data recorded to it using the Digital Piano’s Audio Recorder. See “Recording to a USB Flash Drive (Audio Recorder)” on page EN-21 for more information.

• You can also use a computer to save audio data (WAV file) to the USB Flash Drive for playback. See “Storing Standard Audio Data (WAV Files) to a USB Flash Drive” on page EN-36 for more information.

• Insert the USB flash drive that contains the data you want to play back into your Digital Piano’s USB flash drive port.

Press the AUDIO REC button once or twice so the AUDIO REC lamp is lit.

• This enters playback standby.

Press the a button.

• This starts playback, without the part you turned off

in step 1.

Play the missing part on the keyboard.

To stop playback, press the a button again.

Hold down the FUNCTION button and press a MUSIC LIBRARY SELECT keyboard key.

• Pressing the plus (+) key scrolls forward through

song file names (TAKE01.WAV, TAKE02.WAV, etc.) Pressing the minus (–) key scrolls backward.

• You also can use the number (0 through 9) keyboard keys to specify a file number (1 to 99) directly. The Digital Piano will beep if there is no file that corresponds to the number you input.

Press the a button.

• This will start playback of the selected song.

To stop playback of the song, press the a button.

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Recording and Playback

IMPORTANT!

Track 1 Record

While playing

back. . .

Track 2 Record

Song

Playback

Standby

Record

Standby

Normal

Lit Flashing Off

You can record notes you play with the Digital Piano’s MIDI recorder for later playback. When a commercially available USB flash drive is inserted in the Digital Piano’s USB flash drive port, audio data is recorded to and played back from the USB flash drive (Audio Recorder).

• CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. takes no responsibility for any damages, lost profits, or claims by third parties arising from the deletion of recorded data due to malfunction, repair, or for any other reason.

Recording to Built-in MIDI Recorder

Tracks

A track is a container of recorded data, and a song consists of two tracks: Track 1 and Track 2. You can record each track separately and then combine them so they play back together as a single song.

Memory Capacity

• You can record approximately 5,000 notes in Digital Piano memory.

• The MIDI REC button lamp will flash at high speed when memory runs low.

• Recording stops automatically if the number of notes in memory exceeds the maximum.

Using the MIDI REC Button

Each press of the MIDI REC button cycles through the recording options in the sequence shown below.

Recording to a Specific Song Track

After recording to either of the tracks of a song, you can record to the other track while listening to playback what you recorded in the first track.

Press the MIDI REC button once or twice so the MIDI REC lamp is flashing.

• Keyboard play

• Tone used for keyboard play

• Beat (Track 1 only)

• Tempo setting (Track 1 only)

• Layer setting (Track 1 only)

• Duet (Track 1 only)

• Temperament (Track 1 only)

• Keyboard volume (Track 1 only)

• Chorus (Track 1 only)

• Brilliance (Track 1 only)

• Hall Simulator setting (Track 1 only)

• Acoustic Simulator (Track 1 only)

• Starting a new recording deletes any data that was

• Should power fail during recording, all of the data in

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Recorded Data

Recording Data Storage

previously recorded in memory.

the track you are recording will be deleted.

• At this time the L lamp will flash to indicate that the Digital Piano is standing by for recording to Track 1.

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