Kawai CP117 User Manual

Concert Performer Series Digital Piano

Owner’s Manual

Model: CP117

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All descriptions and specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice.

Important Safety Instructions

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS

WARNING

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

AVIS : RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The lighting flash with arrowhead symbol, within
an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user
to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"
within the product's enclosure that may be of
sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric
shock to persons.

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
FIRE OR ELECTRIC
SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE
THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN
OR MOISTURE.

- NE PAS OUVRIR.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle
is intended to alert the user to the presence of
important operating and maintenance (servicing)
instructions in the leterature accompanying the
product.

Examples of Picture Symbols

denotes that care should be taken.

The example instructs the user to take care
not to allow fingers to be trapped.

denotes a prohibited operation.

The example instructs that disassembly of
the product is prohibited.

denotes an operation that should be
carried out.

The example instructs the user to remove the
power cord plug from the AC outlet.

Read all the instructions before using the product.

WARNING - When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following.

Indicates a potential hazard that could result in death

WARNING

Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bathtub,
washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement, or near a swimming
pool, or the like.

or serious injury if the product is handled incorrectly.

Pulling the AC power cord itself may damage
the cord, causing a fire, electric shock or
short-circuit.

Do not touch the power plug with wet
hands. There is a risk of electrical shock.
Treat the power cord with care as well.
Stepping on or tripping over it can break
or short-circuit the wire inside.

The product should be connected to a
power supply only of the type described
in the operatiing instructions or as
marked on the product.

120V 240V230V

When disconnecting the AC power cord's plug,
always hold the plug and pull it to remove it.

Do not attempt to service the product beyond that
described in the user-maintenance instructions. All
other servicing should be reffered to qualified
service personnel.

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over, resulting in injury.
Doing so may cause the product to fall
Do not lean against the keyboard.

OFF

breakdown.
Dropping the product may result in
must be carried by more than one person.
Please note that the product is heavy and
Take care not to drop the product.

in fire, electric shock or short-circuit.
Failure to do so may damage them, resulting
other cords, take care not to get them tangled.
When connecting the AC power cord and

placed on the product.

OFF

objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be
not be exposed to dripping or splashing. No
enclosure through openings. The product shall
fall and liquids are not spilled into the
Care should be taken so that objects do not

noises.
fixture, and other sources of electrical
motors, neon signs, fluorescent light
Keep the instrument away from electrical

does not interfere with its proper ventilation.
The product should be located so that its location or position

this product and other devices.
Failure to do so may cause breakdown of
is turned OFF.
the power to this product and other devices
Before connecting cords, make sure that

disconnected in an emergency.
and the power cord plug in a position so that it can readily be
It is a good practice to have the instrument near the AC outlet

for a long period of time.
should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused
turned off. The power supply cord of the product
the power supply even when the power switch is
use. The product is not completely disconnected from
Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in

breakdown.
Using the product in such areas may result in product

● Areas where the product is exposed to excessive vibrations

● Areas where a large amount of sand or dust is present

● Extremely humid areas

● Extremely cold areas, such as outside

radiators, heat registers, or other products that produce heat.

● Extremely hot areas, or close to heat sources such as

exposed to direct sunlight

● Areas, such as those near windows, where the product is

Do not use the product in the following areas.

the product or other property if the product is handled incorrectly.
Indicates a potential hazard that could result in injury or damage to

CAUTION

Do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug.
obsolete outlet.
outlet, contact an electrician to replace your
If you are unable to insert the plug into the
is a safety feature.
line plug (one blade wider than the other). This
This product may be equipped with a polarized

should consult an audiologist.
any hearing loss or ringing in the ear, you
a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience
long period of time at a high volume level or at
permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a
or producing sound level that could cause
and headphones or speakers, may be capable
This product in combination with an amplifier

Do not stand on the product or exert
excessive force.
Doing so may cause the product to become
deformed or fall over, resulting in breakdown
or injury.

Do not wipe the product with benzene or thinner.
Doing so may result in discoloration or deformation of
the product.
When cleaning the product, put a soft cloth in
lukewarm water, squeeze it well, then wipe the
product.

To reduce the risk of injury, close supervision is necessary
when a product is used near children.

This product should be used only with the stand that is
provided by the manufacturer.

CAUTION:

To prevent electric shock, match wide blade of plug to wide slot, fully
insert.

ATTENTION:

Pour éviter les chocs électriques, introduire la lame la plus large de
la fiche dans la borne correspondante de la prise et pousser jusqu'au
fond.

The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel
when:

●

The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged.

●

Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the product.

●

The product has been exposed to rain.

●

The product does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a

marked change in performance.

●

The product has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged.

Should an abnormality occur in the product, immediately turn
the power OFF, disconnect the power cord plug, and
then contact the shop from which the product was purchased.

FCC Information

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a different electrical circuit from the
receiver.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Canadian Radio Interference Regulations

This instrument complies with the limits for a class B digital apparatus, pursuant to
the Radio Interference
Regulations, C.R.C., c. 1374.

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Style Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Loop Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Track Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Real-time Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Advanced Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Erasing the song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Saving the song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Part Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Easy Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Recording a Song

Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Song Stylist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Style Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Registration Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

1-2 Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Bass Inversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Auto Accompaniment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Fill-In and Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Selecting and Playing a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using a Style

Piano Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Transpose and Octave Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Effect Priority Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Effect Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Selecting Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Splitting the keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Selecting a Part to Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Basic Controls

Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Select Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

LCD Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Overview

Parts and Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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We hope you enjoy every moment that you spend with your

instrument.
a reference so that you can get the most out of this incredible
music. Please read this manual thoroughly and keep it handy as
for anyone who is interested in learning, playing, and listening to

The Concert Performer offers tremendous opportunities

any key on the keyboard.
creates the thrill of being a performing musician simply by tapping
Drive. For the non-player, Kawai’s unique Concert Magic feature
features, such as a 16-track Recorder and a 3.5-inch Floppy Disk

The Concert Performer incorporates many professional

the best sounds and style to perform a particular song.
the Song Stylist feature, you will never have to worry about finding
orchestrated music in hundreds of musical genres. Thanks to
Accompaniment Styles provide the enjoyment of playing rich, fully
ranging from traditional to contemporary. The Auto­disposal, you will have the flexibility to perform any kind of music

With over 600 different instrument and drum sounds at your

digital music technologies.
experience in making acoustic pianos, along with cutting-edge
resulting from the combination of Kawai’s seventy-plus years
crafted keyboard in its class, the CP is a unique musical instrument
Featuring superbly realistic instrument tones and the most finely
the ultimate musical experience, no matter your skill level.

The CP Series piano has been designed to provide you with

(CP) Series Ensemble Digital Piano.

Thank you for purchasing the Kawai Concert Performer

Table of Contents

Introduction

Punch-In Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Song Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Bar Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating Your Own Styles

Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Making a Style with Get Phrase from Recorder . 77

Auto-accompaniment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Making a Style with Phrase Combination . . . . . 83

Editing Sounds

Editing the Preset Effect Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Playing Songs from a Floppy Disk

About songs on Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Selecting a Song from Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Controlling Playback of a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Playing with Concert Magic

Selecting a Concert Magic Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Performing a Concert Magic Song . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Concert Magic Song Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Creating a Concert Magic Song . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Touch Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Virtual Voicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Resonance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Concert Magic Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Pedal Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Fill-in Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Effect for Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Temperament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

MIDI Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Power Up Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Soft Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Screen Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Floppy Disk Operations

Disk Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Saving Data to a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Loading Data from a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . 132

Erasing Data from a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Formatting a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Getting Assistance: Using Help and Demo

Using the Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Using the Demonstrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Appendices

Preset Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Preset Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Song Stylists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Concert Magic Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Table of Chord Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Example of Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Program Change Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Drum/SFX Kit Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Introduction

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stopping.
press this button while the stye is playing an ending section will be played before
These buttons are used to play an intro section that leads into the style. If you

15. Intro/Ending (page 27)

This button is used to start and stop the accompaniment style.

14. Start/Stop (page 27)

Style.
on the keyboard. Press this button while a Style is playing to fade in or out of the
When active, the accompaniment style will start as soon as you play a note or chord

13. Sync/Fade out (page 27)

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These buttons are used to select an Accompaniment Style to play along with.

8. Style (page 26)

These buttons are used to modify or create your own Accompaniment Styles.

7. Style Conductor (page 74)

This button is used to select the Song Stylist Registrations.

6. Song Stylist (page 36)

This button is used to select the built-in Concert Magic songs.

5. Concert Magic (page 94)

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This button is used to tap in the desired tempo for a song or Style.

12. Tap (page 24, 26)

This button is used to turn the Metronome on/off.

11. Metronome (page 24)

selected style.
This button is used to automatically choose an appropriate sound and setup for the

10. 1-2 Play (page 30)

the Auto-Accompaniment mode.
These buttons are used to turn the Auto-Accompaniment function on/off, and select

9. Accompaniment (page 28)

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5

4

This button is used to select the built-in demo songs.

4. Demo (page 140)

from a floppy disk. This slider does not affect the Master Volume Slider setting.
Also used to adjust the volume level of a song played from the CP Recorder or directly
This slider is used to adjust the volume level of the Auto Accompaniment Styles.

3. Accomp/Song Volume Slider

This slider is used to adjust the overall volume level of the instrument.

2. Master Volume Slider

Turns the piano on/off.

1. Power

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Parts and Names

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16. Fill-in (page 28)

These buttons are used to select one of the four short fill-in sections that embellish
the style and lead into the different variation sections of the Style.

17. Variation (page 28)

These buttons are used to select one of the four variation sections within the chosen
Style.

18. Help (page 138)

These buttons are used to access Help menus which contain explanations of the CP
piano’s features.

19. Exit

This button is used to back up to the next-higher screen level. Repeatedly pressing
the Exit button from any screen on the CP will bring you back to the CP’s main play
screen.

20. LCD Screen

Displays information about the CP’s current sound selections, settings, options,
etc.

21. Select Buttons

These buttons are used to select items displayed on the LCD screen.

22. Save Regist

This button is used to save up to 80 of your own favorite panel settings.

23. Regist Groups (page 31)

This button is used to select one of the 10 groups of panel settings.

24 Contrast

Adjusts the contrast of the LCD screen for easier viewing.

25. Tempo/Value Dial (page 8)

This dial is used to adjust tempo, scroll through different selections, and adjust data
values for items on the LCD screen.

26. Transpose (page 22)

This button is used to change the overall pitch of the CP in half-note steps.

27. Octave Shift (page 22)

These buttons are used to change the overall pitch of the CP in octave steps.

28. Sound Selection (page 11)

These buttons are used to select the desired sound category. Use the SELECT buttons
or the DIAL to select a sound within the category.

29. Part (page 9)

Selects which of the three parts (Left/Split, Right 1, Right 2) are active and
ready to be played with the sounds assigned to them.

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to control other functions. (See page 109)
sustains the sound of only the keys just played. This pedal can also be assigned
Depressing this pedal after playing the keyboard and before releasing the keys

42. Sostenuto Pedal

also be assigned to control other functions. (See page 109)
Depressing this pedal softens the sound and reduces its volume. This pedal can

41. Soft Pedal

Reads and writes data to a standard 3.5” floppy disk..

40. Disk Drive

Used to record and play back a song.

39. Recorder (page 42)

This button is used to access the Floppy Disk functions..

38. Disk (page 88, 128)

This button is used to access the system settings menu.

37. System (page 102)

This button is used to access the Advanced Recorder functions.

36. Advanced Recorder (page 47)

button to select the Harmony settings menu.
This button turns on/off the Harmony for the instrument sounds. Press and hold the

35. Harmony (page 40)

settings menu.
This button turns on/off the Effects. Press and hold the button to select the Effect

34. Effects (page 18)

settings menu.
This button turns on/off the Chorus. Press and hold the button to select the Chorus

33. Chorus (page 16)

settings menu.
This button turns on/off the Reverb. Press and hold the button to select the Reverb

32. Reverb (page 15)

currently selected Registration group.
These buttons are used to recall one of the eight panel settings available in the

31. Registrations (page 31)

part.
This button is used to automatically assign the Concert Grand sound to the Right 1

30. Piano Only (page 25)

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Rear Terminals

43. Sustain Pedal

Sustains the sound after lifting your hands from the keyboard.

44. Headphone Jacks

There are two jacks for headphones provided at the left end on the bottom of the
piano. These jacks are used to connect up to two headphones to the CP piano.

45. MIDI Jacks

These jacks are used to connect external MIDI devices to the CP. Enabled only
when the MIDI is selected in the System menu. (See page 119)

46. USB Jack

This jack is used to connect a personal computer to the CP. Enabled only when the
USB is selected in the System menu. (See page 119)

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47. Line Out Jacks

These jacks are used to provide stereo output of the CP’s sound to amplifiers,
tape recorders or similar equipment. The audio signal coming through the LINE
IN jacks is also routed to these jacks.

48. Line In Jacks

These jacks are used to connect stereo outputs from other audio equipment or
electronic instruments to the CP’s speakers. The audio signal coming through
these jacks bypasses the CP’s volume control.

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SELECT button might serve to activate a feature related to Floppy Disk.
might be used to select an instrument sound on one screen, while on another screen the same
items are currently displayed next to them on the LCD screen. For example, a SELECT button
them because they do not have predetermined functions. Instead, they are used to select whatever
There are 17 SELECT buttons surrounding the LCD screen that do not have labels printed next to

a function is in use so that you can quickly see if that function is active.
these buttons have an LED Indicator (small light) on them. This Indicator will be turned ON when
this manual, references to these buttons are always printed in capital letters for clarity. Most of
directly above the button. For example, there are buttons labeled 1-2 PLAY, FILL-IN, and so on. In
would like to work with. In most cases, the specific function name is printed on the front panel
Most of the buttons on the front panel are used to directly select a function on the CP that you

Select Buttons

words but graphics to be shown as well.
large display size allows many items to be clearly displayed at the same time, allowing for not only
The LCD Screen is the window through which the Concert Performer communicates with you. The

LCD Screen

how to make your way through them is very easy.
everything logical and straightforward and becoming familiar with
specific to that item. This system of menus and sub-menus keeps
item from a menu may access another “sub-menu” of options
to you on the CP’s large display screen. Often times selecting an
selected by choosing them from lists, or “menus”, that are presented
every single one. As a result, many features and functions are
features that it is simply impractical to have a dedicated button for

intuitive user interface. However, the instrument has so many
The Concert Performer has been designed to have an easy and

instrument’s design.
important to understand some of the basic ideas behind the
Before you begin learning how to use the specific features, it is
order to take full advantage of the Concert Performer’s potential.
This manual provides you with all the information you will need in

Overview

To keep things simple, this manual will refer to the five SELECT buttons along the left side of the
LCD screen as L1-L5. Likewise, the five SELECT buttons along the right side of the screen will be
referred to as R1-R5. The seven SELECT buttons along the bottom of the screen, which are also
known as function buttons, will be referred to as F1-F7.

In some cases when you see an item displayed on the screen and press the L or R button next to it,
that item on the screen will become highlighted (shown in reverse color) to indicate you have
selected that item. Sometimes a submenu screen relating to that item will be displayed and present
you with further options.

When you press one of the F buttons, the corrosponding function on the LCD screen will be
highlighted to indicate that it has been selected.

L1 Selects Style. Use the F2,F3

buttons, Style buttons, or the Dial
to change the active Style.

L2 Selects Tempo. Use the Dial or the

TAP TEMPO button to change the
Tempo

L3 Selects the LEFT Part. Use the F6,

F7buttons, Sound buttons, or the
Dial to change the Sound.

No functions are assigned to the L4 and L5
buttons on this screen.

R2 Selects the RIGHT1 Part. Use the F6, F7

buttons, Sound buttons, or the Dial to
change the Sound.

R3 Selects the RIGHT2 Part. Use the F6,

F7buttons, Sound buttons, or the Dial to
change the Sound.

No functions are assigned to the R1, R4 and R5
buttons on this screen.

"RIGHT 1" is highlighted to indicate that this Part
is now selected.

F1 Takes you to the MIXER settings screen.
F2, F3 Selects a Style.
F4, F5 Adjusts the volume level for the Part currently selected.
F6, F7 Selects a sound for the selected Part. "Sound" is highlighted

to indicate this graphic button is active.

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or value on the LCD screen.
can also be used instead of the L, R, and F buttons as another way of selecting or changing an item
turning the Dial will allow you to quickly scroll through the list until you arrive at your choice. It
(highlighted) will be affected. Or in some cases when the screen presents you with a list of choices,
When you turn the Dial, you will notice that whatever item on the LCD screen is currently selected
screen.
The Dial is used to change data values and scroll through options that are displayed on the LCD

Dial

Basic Controls

This chapter discusses the basic operations that are used to play
the Concert Performer, such as sound selection, Part configuration
and effect settings.

Selecting a Part to Play

When the CP’s main play screen is displayed (For example, when the CP is first turned on), you are
presented with three sound Parts that can be played from the keyboard. These three Parts are
named LEFT/SPLIT, RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2, and each one has an instrument sound assigned to it.
You can selectively turn on/off any combination of these three Parts, allowing you to have up to
three different sounds at the same time across the keyboard.
Sounds assigned to Parts RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 will be layered on top of each other when both
Parts are active at the same time. Activating the LEFT/SPLIT Part automatically splits the keyboard
so that only the sound that is assigned to the LEFT/SPLIT Part is heard when you play in the lower
octave keys. Each Part has a dedicated button on the front panel that selects and turns on/off that
Part. You can also select a Part by pressing the appropriate L or R button.

Selecting a Part is easy:

Basic Controls

1) Press the PART button for the Part you wish to activate. The PART button LED will light.

2) Press the PART button again to turn that Part off.

• If the LCD screen is currently showing the main play screen, you can tell which Parts are active
by looking at the name of the sound assigned to it. If the name of a sound is in large typeface,
then the Part it is assigned to is active. If the sound name is displayed in small typeface, then the
Part is not active.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

This example indicates:

RIGHT1 is currently active

RIGHT2, LEFT are inactive.

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part layer across the entire keyboard.
Part to function as a layer with the two right hand Parts. In this manner you can create a three-

• Moving the split point completely to the LEFT end of the keyboard will allow the LEFT/SPLIT

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R4 Raises the split point.

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

L4 Lowers the split point.

marker will move across the 88 note keyboard diagram as you press these buttons.
You may also use the L4 and R4 buttons to move the split point. On the LCD screen the split point
the split point are played.
hand Parts will play (RIGHT1 and RIGHT2). The LEFT/SPLIT sound will be heard when keys below
that you want to serve as the split point. The key you press will become the lowest note the Right

2) Press the LEFT/SPLIT button again, and while holding it down, press the desired key on the keyboard

and the LCD screen will display a diagram of the CP’s 88 note keyboard.

1) Press the LEFT/SPLIT button to activate the LEFT/SPLIT Part. The LEFT/SPLIT button LED will light

To change the split point:

split point to any key on the keyboard.
point) on the keyboard. The default split point is between F2 and F#2 but you can freely change the
sound assigned to the LEFT/SPLIT Part will be heard when you play below a specified key (split
When the LEFT/SPLIT Part is activated, the CP automatically splits the keyboard and only the

Splitting the keyboard.

Selecting Sounds

The Concert Performer has over 600 instrument and drum sounds available from the front panel.
You can freely assign any of these sounds to the three 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 14 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 R2­R3 buttons. The selected Part will become highlighted.

Basic Controls

2) Press the SOUND button for the sound category that you are interested in. The first page of sounds in
that category will be displayed. There are at least three pages of sounds in each category. Use the
F1-5 buttons to view the other pages in a category.

3) Select a sound by pressing the L or R button that is next to the displayed name.

4) Press the F1-F5 buttons to show the Sounds on the other pages for the same category.

5) You can also use the Dial to scroll through all of the categories and sounds one by one.

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on page 86.)

F7 Takes you to the Sound Edit menu. (See "Editing Sounds"

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

Use the L or R buttons to select your desired Sound.

R 1

F1-F4 Selects the different pages of Sounds within a category.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

Mixer

This Mixer screen allows you to change the volume, panning, reverb and chorus levels, as well as
turn the effect on/off for each Part.

To use the Mixer:

1) Press the MIXER button (F1) while on the main play screen.

2) Use the F2–F5 and F7 buttons to select which Part you wish to adjust.

3) Use the L and R buttons to select a setting to change.

4) Use the Dial to change the value.

L1 Selects the Effect On and Off.

L2 Selects reverb level.

L3 Selects chorus level.

L4 Selects Panning.

L5 Selects volume level.

After you make your desired selection, use the Dial to
change the value.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the next page of the Mixer.
F2–F5 Selects the part to change.
F7 Adjusts the volume level for the Harmony.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

• Volume level can be also adjusted from the main play screen, using the VOLUME buttons (F4,
F5).

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F2–F7 Selects the Section that you wish to change.
F1 Takes you to the previous Mixer screen.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

to the main play screen.

3) Press the BACK button (F1) to go back the previous Mixer screen, or press the EXIT button to go back

2) Use the F2–F7 buttons to choose a Section, then use the Dial to change the volume.

1) On the Mixer screen, press the STYLE MIXER button (F1). The Style Mixer screen will be selected.

To adjust the individual Section level:

levels for the 6 Sections within a Style.
The Mixer not only lets you set the overall volume level for the Style, but set individual volume

Effects

You might have noticed that when you select some of the sounds, the LED indicator for the REVERB,
CHORUS, or EFFECTS button is turned on. The reason for this is some of the sounds are set up
with one or more of these effects on as part of their initial setting.

Adding an effect to the sound enhances tonal quality and improves acoustical realism. The CP
piano is provided with three separate groups of effects. The first is REVERB, the second is CHORUS,
and third group EFFECTS contains other useful effects such as Delay, Phaser, Rotary Speaker etc.
There is a dedicated button on the front panel for each Effects group and each of the three Effect
groups can be turned on/off separately or used in combination for each part. The Concert Performer
has a selection of 27 different Reverb, Chorus, and Effect types that can be used to enhance or even
dramatically alter the instrument sounds. Each of the over 600 instrument and drum sounds has
already been assigned a REVERB and CHORUS setting and an additional EFFECT that suits that
particular type of instrument. For example, a moderate Delay effect is used on the Church Organ to
recreate the sense of being in a large church, and a Rotary speaker effect is used on the Drawbar
organ to give it an authentic, vintage feel.

If you wish, you can change any of these effect settings to suit your tastes separately for each sound
save them as the new Preset effect settings for that Sound (See Sound Edit on page 86). In addtion,
by setting the Effect For Sound function in the System to “Panel” the CP will ignore the preset
effect settings for each Sound (see Effect For Sound on page 113).
(The CP piano can also remember your Effect settings as part of a Registration. See Registration on
page 31.)

Basic Controls

To add Reverb:

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

2) If you wish to edit the settings, hold down the REVERB button for a moment until the Reverb Settings
screen is displayed.

3) Use the F3-F6 buttons to select the Part you want to edit.

4) Use the L2-L4 buttons to select the specific setting that you wish to change.

5) Use the Dial to change the value.

6) Press the EXIT button to leave the Reverb Settings menu.

7) If you wish to turn the reverb effect off, press the REVERB button again.

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4) Use the L2–L4 buttons to select the specific setting that you wish to change.

3) Use the F3–F5 buttons to select the Part you want to edit

screen is displayed.

2) If you wish to edit the settings, hold down the CHORUS button for a moment until the Chorus Settings

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

To add Chorus:

in this chapter for an explanation of Effect Priority.
Part except ACC (regardless of each part’s Effect Priority). See “Effect Priority Guidelines” later

• The LED Indicator on the REVERB button will be lit whenever Reverb is turned on for the any

Plate Simulates the sound of a metallic plate reverb.
Room 1, Room 2 Simulates the ambiance of a living room or small rehearsal room.
Stage 1, Stage 2 Simulates the ambiance of a small hall or live house.
Hall 1, Hall 2 Simulates the ambiance of a concert hall or theater.

Type of Reverb

that Part.
the appropriate button also turns the Reverb on/off for

F3–F6 Selects the Part you want to change. Repeatedly pressing

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

the Reverb depth for the selected Part.

L4 Selects Reverb depth. Use the Dial to change

Reverb on/off for the selected Part.

L3 Selects Reverb on/off. Use the Dial to turn the

one of the 7 Reverb types.

L2 Selects the Reverb type. Use the Dial to choose

5) Turn the Dial to change the value.

6) Press the EXIT button to leave the Chorus Settings menu.

7) If you wish to turn the chorus off, press the CHORUS button again.

L2 Selects the Chorus type. Use the Dial to choose

one of the 4 Chorus types.

L3 Selects Chorus on/off. Use the Dial to turn the

Chorus on/off for the selected Part.

L4 Selects Chorus depth. Use the Dial to change

the Chorus depth for the selected Part.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

F3–F5 Selects the Part you want to change. Repeatedly pressing the

appropriate button also turns the Chorus on/off for that Part.

• The Indicator light on the CHORUS button will be lit only when Chorus is turned on for the
active “Priority Part”. See “Effect Priority Guidelines” later in this chapter for an explanation of
this.

• You can select from four chorus types when in the Chorus Settings menu. There is a fifth chorus
type which is assigned as an Effect from the Effect Settings menu. In this way, you can actually
have two chorus effects active if so desired.

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F3–F5 Turns the Effect on/off for each Part.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

change the value.

R 4

each Effect type. Use the Dial to

R3 Selects a different editable setting for

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

type. Use the Dial to change the value.

L4 Selects a different editable setting for each Effect

value.

L 3

L 2

L3 Selects Wet Balance. Use the Dial to change the

of the 16 Effect types.

L2 Selects Effect type. Use the Dial to choose one

L 1

7) If you wish to turn the Effect off, push the EFFECTS button again.

6) Press the EXIT button to leave the Effect Settings screen.

5) Turn the Dial to change the value.

4) Use the L2–L5, R3 buttons to select the specific setting that you wish to change.

3) Use the F3–F5 button to turn ON/OFF the Effect for each part.

displayed.

2) If you wish to edit the settings, hold down the button for a moment until the Effect Settings screen is

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

To add an Effect:

Effect Types

Chorus Simulates the rich character of a vocal choir or string ensemble, by layering a

slightly detuned version of the sound over the original to enrich it.

Flanger Creates a shifting comb-filter, which adds motion and a “hollow” tone to the

sound.

Celeste A three-phase chorus without modulation.

Ensemble A three-phase chorus with a slight modulation to each phase.

Delay 1-3 Adds echoes to the sound. The three types differ in the length of time between

the echoes.

Auto Pan Moves the sound left and right across the stereo field at a variable rate.

Tremolo Modulates the volume of the sound. This is a vibrato type effect.

Tremulant A combination of Tremolo and Vibrato. It simulates the tremulant pipes of a

church organ.

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Phaser Creates a phase change, adding motion to the sound.

Rotary 1-2 This effect simulates the sound of the Rotary Speaker cabinet commonly used

with electric organs. Rotary 2 adds distortion. The soft pedal is used to change
the speed of the rotor between SLOW and FAST.

Auto Wah Sweeps a tone filter up and down at the beginning of a note, recreating the popular

vintage wah wah pedal sound.

Enhancer Emphasizes high frequencies to make a sound more easily discernible in a mix.

Distortion Adds frequencies that were not present in the original sound, resulting in a “fuzzy”

or warmer tone.

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display for that Part.

• You can, however, turn the effect on for any Part by adjusting the Effect On/Off option in the
by the Distortion settings of the Electric Guitar that you’ve just assigned to the RIGHT1 Part!)
for the other Parts. (This is so that your Flute sound on RIGHT2 doesn’t suddenly get effected

• When the Effect settings change for the Piority Part, the Effects will be automatically turned off
sound.
In the latter case, the new Effect settings will reflect the Preset effect settings for the new
Priority Part being activated/deactivated, or a new sound is assigned to an active Priority Part.

• Unlees you change them, the Effect settings will only change in response to a change in the
LEFT Part’s settings will be applied is if the other 2 Parts are inactive.
any sound in any other Part, that you want to add effects to. Likewise, the only time an active
anytime the RIGHT1 Part is active, its Effect settings will be used, not only for its sound but for

• Priority is given to the Parts in the following order: RIGHT1>RIGHT2>LEFT. This means that

Here are some guidelines for Effect Priority:

will be ignored and the Part Priority will be ignored. (See Effect For Sound on page 113).
If the Effect For Sound is set to “Panel” in the System then the Preset effect settings for each Sound
other(s).
Parts active, then the CP will treat one of them as the Priority Part, and ignore the settings of the
of which Part it is, the preset effect settings for that sound will be used. If you have two or more
This “Priority Part” depends on the current situation. If you only have one Part active, regardless

have their Effects automatically turned off.
settings for the Priority Part will be used and the other Parts will either share these settings or may
for each of the Parts. The Priority order is RIGHT 1> RIGHT 2 > LEFT/SPLIT. The preset effect
EFFECT section chooses which Effect settings to use based upon a predetermined priority order
In these cases, the CP’s Effects section can only use the Effect settings for one of the Parts. The
more) Parts active, with entirely different sounds, each with a different Effect setting?
turned on at a time (in addition to the REVERB and CHORUS), what happens if you have two (or
turned on/off for each part. However, since the CP’s EFFECT section can only have one Effect
amount of Reverb and Chorus applied to them. In addition Reverb and Chorus can be independently
must share the same Reverb and Chorus type. However each of these Parts can have a different
Reverb and Chorus are global effects. In other words, all of the Parts and the Accompaniment Style

Effect Priority Guidelines

• The LED Indicator on the EFFECT and CHORUS buttons will be on only when the active Priority
Part has these effects turned on.

Example

Assume that your CP is set up according to the following chart:

RIGHT1 RIGHT 2 LEFT INDICATOR

Part Inactive Active Active

Effect On On On On

If you then select a different sound for RIGHT2, the Effect setting for the RIGHT1, LEFT will be
turned off automatically. This is because RIGHT2 is the Priority Part (note that the RIGHT1 Part is
NOT the Priority Part because it was inactive).
The chart would now look like this:

RIGHT1 RIGHT 2 LEFT INDICATOR

Part Inactive Active Active

Effect Off On Off On

Even if you now assign a new sound to the RIGHT1 Part, the Effect settings for the other Parts
won’t change, because RIGHT1 is still inactive, so therefore would not have priority.
Once you make the RIGHT1 Part active, however, it would now be considered the Priority Part.
The Effect settings for the other Parts will again be turned off. The Indicator light on the EFFECT
button will now reflect the Effect status for the sound assigned to RIGHT1.

Basic Controls

RIGHT1 RIGHT 2 LEFT INDICATOR

Part Active Active Active

Effect Off Off Off Off

At this point, if the Effect that has been called up along with the RIGHT1 sound is one that you’d
like to use for the other Parts, simply select Effect On in the LCD display for those Parts.

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disappear from the screen, indicating that the selected Part is back to its normal octave range.

3) To cancel the octave shift, press both the ß and † buttons at the same time. The symbols will

displayed with an “ß” in the LCD screen.

2) Press either the ß or † OCTAVE SHIFT buttons. The number of shifted octaves (up or down) will be

1) Select the Part that you would like to apply the shift to.

To use the Octave Shift:

amount will disappear from the LCD screen, indicating that the CP is now back to its original setting.

2) To cancel the Transpose setting, press both the ß and † buttons at the same time. The transpose

that is 5 half steps lower.
many half steps up or down you have transposed the piano. -5, for example, represents a transposition

1) Press either the ß or † TRANSPOSE buttons. The LCD screen shows you a number telling you how

To Transpose:

RIGHT1 and RIGHT 2.
well with other sounds in the layer. Octave shift is only available for the three Parts: LEFT/SPLIT,
the proper pitch range, or to set one sound in a layer to play in a different octave so that it mixes
may want to use the octave shift to adjust a bass sound assigned to the LEFT/SPLIT Part to play in
Octave shift can be very useful when you are playing multiple sounds across the keyboard. You

available in the CP.
played back by the Easy/Advanced Recorder and any of the over 600 instrument and drum sounds
another key. You can transpose the Concert Magic songs, the Accompaniment Styles, any songs
another key. The transpose feature allows you to play the song in the original key, but hear it in
Transpose can be especially useful when you have learned a song in one key and have to play it in

in octave increments.
Transpose raises or lowers the CP’s pitch in half- step increments. Octave Shift does the same but

Transpose and Octave Shift

L 1

R 1

L3 Selects the LEFT Part to be Transposed or Octave

Shifted.

L 2

R 2

R2 Selects the RIGHT1 Part to be Transposed

or Octave Shifted.

L 3

R 3

R3 Selects the RIGHT2 Part to be Transposed

L 4

L 5

R 4

R 5

or Octave Shifted.

The number of octaves shifted is represented by
the number of triangles shown above the sound
name for each Part.

Transpose amount is shown at the bottom of the

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

screen.

• The Octave Shift has a range of four octaves in each direction. However, some on board sounds
may have a limited range in which they play properly. If you shift too far out of this range, the
instrument may sound strange or may not play at all. This has no affect on the CP’s proper
function though, and you should feel encouraged to use this feature as a means of getting
interesting tonal variations out of the preset Sounds.

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F6, F7 Adjusts the tempo.
F4, F5 Adjusts the volume level.

6/8, 7/8, 9/8 and 12/8 time signatures.

F2, F3 Changes the Beat. Choose from 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4,
F1 Takes you to the Mixer menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

4) To stop the metronome, press the METRONOME button again.
into a tempo value on the screen!
your finger three or more times at the desired tempo, and the CP will automatically translate that
You can also adjust the tempo by tapping on the TAP TEMPO button. Simply tap on the button with

3) Use the F buttons (F2-F7) or the Dial to change the values.

2) Use the BEAT, VOLUME, or TEMPO buttons (F2–F7) to select the setting you wish to change.
screen next to the Tempo value.
will see Volume level, Beat (time signature), as well as the Metronome icon appear in the LCD

1) Press the METRONOME button. The CP piano will start counting with an audible steady beat. You

To use the Metronome:

tool that helps you to achieve this by providing a steady beat for you play along with.
playing the piano at the correct tempo and with a steady rhythm. The CP piano’s metronome is a
Rhythm is one of the most important elements when learning music. It is important to practice

Metronome

Piano Only

The Piano Only button provides a way to quickly set the Concert Performer up to play the Concert
Grand piano sound. Pressing the Piano Only button immediately turns off all Parts except the Right
1 part and sets the Right 1 sound to Concert Grand.

The Piano Only button also turns off all auto-accompaniment functions and stops the Easy/Advanced
Recorder. Additionally, pressing the Piano Only button will cause the CP to exit any function or
editing screen (except for Concert Magic) and immediately return to the Main Screen.

When you are using Concert Magic, pressing the Piano Only button will change the Concert Magic
song’s preset sounds to Concert Grand piano.

• You can also use the Piano Only button as a “panic button” to immediately stop any unintended
accompaniment style or recording, or to quickly exit any confusing situation and return to a
familiar piano sound.

To use Piano Only:

Press the PIANO ONLY button. The Main Screen is displayed and the Concert Grand sound is assigned
to RIGHT1.

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You can also press the SYNC/FADE OUT button and have the Style fade out gradually.
or the INTRO/ENDING button to stop with an ending pattern,
the START/STOP button to stop the Style immediately,

6) To stop the Style, press either,
and the CP will automatically translate your taps into an on-screen Tempo value.
You can also use the TAP TEMPO button. Tap the button three or more times at the desired tempo,
Tempo.

5) To adjust the tempo of the Style, select Tempo on the main play screen and use the Dial to change the
chord on the keyboard.
buttons. When the SYNC/FADE OUT button is pressed, the Style will not start until you play a note or
You can also press the SYNC/FADE OUT button before starting a Style or pressing the INTRO/ENDING
or the INTRO/ENDING button to start the Style with an Intro pattern.
the START/STOP button to start the Style playing immediately,

4) If you wish play the selected Style, press either
to jump to another category, or turn the Dial to scroll through all the Styles one by one.
displayed page, you can use the F1- F2 buttons to select the other page. Press another STYLE button

3) Each Style category has two pages of styles. If you don't see your desired Style on the currently

2) Press the L or R button next to the on-screen name of the Style you wish to select.
Selection page for that category.

1) Press the STYLE button for the category of your choice. The LCD screen will display the first Style

To select a Style:

front panel.
The Styles are organized into 13 categories, each with a dedicated STYLE SELECT button on the

Selecting and Playing a Style

the section of this manual “Creating Your Own Styles”, page 74.
create your own custom Styles. These features are explained in
features such as Style Maker and Conductor to help you edit or
if you have creative ideas of your own, the CP contains other
accompaniment. If the on board variety of styles is not enough, or
Solo Piano Styles if you just want to play along with a piano

and other accompanying instruments, there are Intimate Styles with
which provide a full musical arrangement including Drums, Bass,
in a fully orchestrated arrangement. In addition to the Full Styles
choose from a simple drum or percussion accompaniment or add
along with, covering a wide variety of musical genres. You can
The Concert Performer contains 182 built-in Styles for you to play

Using a Style

L 1

R 1

Use the L or R buttons to select your desired Style.

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1, F2 Select the different pages within a Style category.

When this button is pressed before starting a Style or before pressing the
INTRO/ENDING button, the Style will not start until you play a note or chord
on the keyboard. When this button is pressed while the Style is running the
Style will gradually fade out. When this button is pressed during a fade out
the Style will gradually fade back in and you may resume playing the Style.
You can press the SYNC/FADE OUT button at any time while any of the
patterns (Intro, Variation, Ending) in the Style are running to fade in or out
of the Style.

Starts or stops the Style immediately.

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

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When one of these buttons is pressed to start a Style the selected Intro
pattern will be played before the selected Variation pattern plays. There are
both major and minor versions for each Intro. The Auto-accompaniment
System will decide which Intro to use based upon the first Chord you play
(major or minor). The LCD screen will display a countdown in bars to show
how many bars you have until the variation begins playing. When one
of these buttons is pressed while the Style is running the selected Ending
pattern will be played before the Style stops. There are major and minor
versions for each Ending.

• When you are in the main play screen, you can select a Style by just using the Dial. Press the L1
button or F2–F3 (STYLE) and “Style” will become highlighted. Use the Dial or press the F2–F3
button to select another Style.

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depends on your skill level and the selected musical style.
key recognition—One Finger, Fingered, and Full Keyboard. Your choice of which mode to use
types as well as most of their inversions. (See page 158 for a chord table.) There are three modes of
recognizing single finger as well as more complex chord voicings. The CP recognizes 61 chord
Style plays to follow the Chords that you play on the keyboard. The ACC System is capable of
interact with you as you play. The ACC System analyzes your playing and adjusts the notes the
The Auto-accompaniment System (ACC) is a powerful feature that determines how the Styles will

Auto Accompaniment System

112)
switch from one Variation to another. Select your preferred option in the Fill-in mode. (See page

• You can set the CP to automatically play a Fill-in anytime you press a VARIATION button as you

Selected VARIATION button LED will light.
To select a Variation, press one of the four VARIATION buttons to select the desired Variation. The

the Fill-in plays, the selected Variation will play.
the FILL-IN buttons to select a desired Fill-in. Press any key on the keyboard to start the style. After
Fill-ins can also be used as a short intro. First press the SYNC/FADE OUT button then press one of

musically appropriate spot.
in, just press one of the FILL IN buttons. You will hear the fill-in begin playing immediately from a
rhythmic change to the Style and be used as a musical lead in between the Variations. To use a Fill­Fill-ins are short patterns that temporarily embellish the Style. Fill-ins can add excitement and

Each Style is made of four Variation patterns and four Fill-in patterns.

Fill-In and Variation

beginning of the next measure before it begins to play.

• When you switch from one Style to another while it is running, the new Style will wait until the
chosen in the same category.
is on. When you press a STYLE button, the CP will automatically select the Style previously

• The CP remembers the last Style selection that you made within each category while the power

Fingered The player must play at least three notes of a chord below the split point (LEFT/

SPLIT Part) before the ACC System will recognize the chord type. (See page 158
for chord table.)

One Finger Uses a simplified chord method that allows beginners to specify a chord type by

playing only one or two notes below the split point. The types of chords that can
be recognized in this manner are limited to Major, Minor, 7th and Major 7th.
While the player can trigger basic chords with as little as one finger, the ACC
System will recognize more complex chord types if you play them, even you are
in the One Finger mode.

Full Keyboard The player must play at least three notes of a chord anywhere across the 88 keys

before the ACC System will recognize the chord type. This mode is similar to
Fingered however, Full Keyboard recognizes chord types from three or more
notes played anywhere across the 88 keys not just below the split point.

Bass Inversion

When Bass Inversion is on, the Bass Section of the Style will follow the lowest note of the chord
voicing played on the keyboard. With Bass Inversion on it is possible to specify a chord over a
certain bass note by the chord voicing you play. For example, a C chord over a G bass, or a Bb7
chord over a C Bass. Bass Inversion will work with all three key recognition modes but when in
One Finger mode, you play at least two notes of a chord for Bass Inversion to function.

Basic Controls

To turn Auto-accompaniment (ACC) on:

1) Select a Style that you would like to play.

2) Press one of the ACCOMPANIMENT buttons to select the Key Recognition mode. The selected Key
recognition mode will be displayed at the bottom of the LCD screen if you're on the main play screen.

3) Press the BASS INVERSION button if you would like to turn it on.

4) Press the ACC ON/OFF button to activate the Auto-accompaniment System (ACC).

5) Press the START/STOP button to start the Style, and play some chords in the LEFT/SPLIT Part. You
will hear the Style start and also change keys and chord types as you play different chords.

6) If you want to cancel or stop the Auto-accompaniment, press the ACC ON/OFF button again. If you
turn the ACC off without stopping the Style the drum rhythms will continue to play.

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4) Press the 1-2 PLAY button again to turn it off.

Style by playing a key on the left side of the keyboard, or by pressing the START/STOP button.

3) Activate one of the INTO/ENDING buttons if you want the Style to begin with an introduction. Start the

displayed in the Main Screen. The SYNC/FADE OUT button is activated as well.

2) Press the 1-2 PLAY button. The 1-2 Play indicator will become lit, and the words “1-2 Play” are

1) Select the Style you would like to play.

To use 1-2 Play:

preprogrammed panel setup with appropriate sounds and settings for the Style you have chosen.
use for the right and left-hand parts, try using the 1-2 Play feature. This feature gives you a
If you want to play using an Accompaniment Style, but have no idea as to what sounds you should

1-2 Play

accompany you.
You can also start a Style without the ACC on. In this way you can have just drums and percussion

the LEFT/SPLIT Part active.
sound with the sound chosen for the LEFT/SPLIT Part. Assign your preferred sound and make
you cannot alter them. When playing in One Finger mode, however, you can replace the chord
drums. The accompaniment sounds are pre programmed to best suit the different Styles, and
chord parts only. This may be useful when you play a musical piece that is not played with
playing. Just turn the ACC on and play without starting the Style. You will hear the bass and
can make use of the chord recognition without having the pre programmed rhythms or patterns

• You can use the Auto-accompaniment (ACC) System without the Style running. In this way you

effect is undesirable, try turning the LEFT/SPLIT Part off and let the accompaniment play alone.
however, you may hear different notes or an unexpected chord inversion. If the overall musical
In most cases, these are just duplicate notes being played using different sounds. In some cases

instrument sounds played by your hand as well as those generated by the accompaniment.
Style are independent of the Left and Right Part sound settings. Therefore you will hear the
pre programmed for the Style. This is because the sounds used by the Auto-accompaniment
you may hear two sounds playing the chords: one is selected by the front panel and the other is

• When you play along with the Auto-accompaniment using the Fingered or Full Keyboard modes,

• Among the settings contained in the 1-2 Play setting are the Sounds assigned to the keyboard
Parts (Right 1/2, Left), Tempo, and Mixer settings.

Registration

A Registration is a setup that remembers the panel settings along with many other performance
functions so that you can recall them at the touch of a button. This lets you begin to play quickly
instead of spending a lot of time programming all the settings and values manually.

There are 8 Registration buttons on the panel of the Concert Performer. Each button contains a
different registration. Pressing any of the Registration buttons activates the setup stored there.
Pressing another Registration button changes to the registration stored in that button. Pressing the
active Registration button again deactivates the registration and returns you to the original panel
setup.

Registration Groups

There are 10 Registration Groups in the Concert Performer. Each group contains settings for the 8
Registration buttons on the panel. Each group represents a “family” of settings for the CP. The
sound and performance capability of the Concert Performer is remarkable, and each registration
group is designed to take full advantage of certain types of sounds available in the instrument.
Switching from one Registration Group to another instantly changes the Registration buttons from
Pipe Organ settings to Orchestra settings, for example.

Basic Controls

• The default Registration Group is “American Pop”, a family of registrations designed to play
popular music from the 1940’s through today.

With 8 Registration buttons and 10 Registration Groups, you have a total of 80 preprogrammed
Registrations available. Plus, you can overwrite any registration with your own unique setups.

To use a Registration:

1) Press the REGIST GROUPS button. Ten Registration Groups will be displayed.

2) Highlight any Group from the list by using the L and R buttons.

3) Press one of the eight REGISTRATION buttons to activate a Registration from your selected Registration
Group.

4) To return to the Main Screen, press the EXIT button.

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cancels the other.

• You cannot use the 1-2 Play function and Registrations at the same time. Choosing one always

long as the power remains on.
activate a setup from that group. The CP will remember the Registration Group last chosen as
If the group you want to use is already selected, pressing one of the REGISTRATION buttons will

• It is not necessary to always begin with the REGIST GROUPS button when selecting a Registration.

exiting the Registration, the prior settings will be restored.

• The CP remembers how the front panel was setup before you chose a Registration so that after

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

the desired setup.
press one of eight REGISTRATION buttons to call
Use the L and R buttons to select the Group. Then

R 1

F6, F7 Takes you to the Registration Group Name screen.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

To create your own Registration:

1) Set up the panel and functions in the way that you’d like to save them.

2) Press the SAVE REGIST button. Use the R1 – R5 buttons to select the Registration Group in which to
save your setup. Use the F1 – F2 buttons to view the 10 Registration Groups in sets of five.

3) Press one of the 8 REGISTRATION buttons to specify which location you’d like to save your Registration
to.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R1–R5 Selects the Registration Group to save in.

Press the F1-F2 buttons to display the Registration
Groups on the other pages.

Press the specific REGISTRATION button where
you’d like to save to.

• The following settings can be stored in a Registration:
Sounds (Right1, Right2, Left), Split Point, Style and Variation, Fill-in mode, Tempo,
Accompaniment settings, Mixer settings, Chorus settings, Effect settings, Harmony settings,
Voicing, Detune, Resonance and Left Pedal functions.

Basic Controls

• You can save your Registrations on a floppy disk and load them into the CP later. (See page 128)

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5) Press the SAVE (F6, F7) button to confirm the name.

F5) buttons to change the name. You can also use the Dial to change the characters.

4) In the Registration Group Name screen, use the CURSOR (F2, F3) buttons and the CHARACTER (F4,

Use the L and R buttons to select the Group to rename.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

3) Press the NAME (F6, F7) button.

2) Use the L and R buttons to select the Group to rename.

1) Press the REGIST GROUPS button.

To rename the Registration Group:

L 1

R 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

F1 Takes you to the previous menu.
F2, F3 Moves the cursor over the characters in the name.
F4, F5 Selects a character.
F6, F7 Saves the name

Style Lock

Pressing the STYLE LOCK button keeps the current Style, even if another Registration is selected.
This allows you to change Sounds and settings by the Registration button while keeping the Style
as-is. As long as the STYLE LOCK button is on, changing registrations will not change the style.
However, you can always manually change the style, even if the Style Lock is on.

Basic Controls

Press the STYLE LOCK button again to turn it off.

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within that musical category appears.
When you have found the category you want, use the L and R buttons to select it. A list of songs

3) Use the SEARCH BY CATEGORY buttons (F1, F2) to display the Category choices on the other page.

genres for the SONG STYLIST.

2) Press the SEARCH BY CATEGORY button. The Category list appears, showing the different musical

SONG STYLIST. Use the L and R buttons to search for the title in alphabetical order.

1) Press the SONG STYLIST button. The Name Menu list appears, showing alphabet to search for the

To use the Song Stylist:

must play the actual music yourself.

• The Song Stylist contains no prerecorded music, only the setup to play the chosen song. You

one button and the CP is immediately setup for that song and ready for you to begin.
name, or by category of musical genre. Once you’ve found the song you want to play, simply press
setup for each of those songs. You may search for your favorite title either alphabetically by song
The Song Stylist contains a list of 514 popular song titles. In the Song Stylist, there is an appropriate
Concert Performer sets up everything for you.
handle this situation for you. You simply pick the name of the song you want to play and the
quick way to change the CP’s setup to play another song. The Song Stylist feature was created to
which to play a song. Even if you are very familiar with the Concert Performer, you may want a
With over 600 Sounds and 182 Styles, it can sometimes be difficult to decide the best settings with

Song Stylist

L 1

R 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1,F2 Jumps to the Song Stylist Category menu.
F6 Search for a title from a floppy disk.

L 1

L 2

L 3

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R 1

R 2

R 3

Use the L, R buttons to search for a title listed in
alphabetical order.

Use the L, R buttons to select your desired category.

Basic Controls

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1, F2 Shows the other categories.
F3, F4 Shows the song list in alphabetical order.
F6 Searches for a title from a floppy disk.

R 4

R 5

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F7 Selects the song.
F6 Searches for a title from the internal presets.
F4 Starts the Chain Play.
F1, F2 Searches for a title on the other pages.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 5

R 4

R 3

Use the L or R buttons to select your desired song.

R 2

R 1

L 5

Selecting a song from a floppy disk.

F7 Selects the Song.
F6 Searches for a title from a floppy disk.
F4 Searches for a title in alphabetical order.
F3 Jumps to the Song Stylist Category menu.
F1, F2 Searches for a title on the other pages.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

or press the EXIT button.

7) To play another song, press the Songlist (F7) button. To exit, press the SONG STYLIST button again

any changes to the Song Stylist setup that you wish.

6) You may start and play the song in your usual manner. You can operate the CP normally and make

returns to the Main Screen ready with all of the settings for that song.

5) Use the L and R buttons to select one of the ten songs displayed in the screen. The CP automatically

4) Use the PAGE buttons (F1, F2) to display the Song Titles on the other pages in the same category.

L1 Highlights the Style.

L 1

R 1

L2 Adjusts the Tempo.

L3 Highlights the LEFT Part.

L4 Changes the split point.

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1, F2 Turns on the Auto Chord Progression (if available).
F3, F4 Turns on the Melody part (if available).
F5, F6 Adjusts the volume level for the sound.
F7 Takes you back to the Song Stylist menu.

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R2 Highlights the RIGHT 1 Part.

R3 Highlights the RIGHT 2 Part.

R4 Changes the split point.

• You may use different Sounds, Styles, Tempo and other settings to customize to your taste.

• When choosing a Song Stylist created by you (or someone else) and saved to floppy disk, there
may be a recorded melody and chord track available. The chord track, called the Auto Chord
Progression, will provide you with the chord changes to the song.

You may also find a song title by searching the list alphabetically.

Basic Controls

To search the Song Stylist by Song Title:

1) Press the SONG LIST (F7) button. The Category list appears, showing the different musical genres
for the SONG STYLIST.

2) Press the SEARCH BY NAME (F3, F4) buttons. In the Name Menu, press the L or R buttons to take you
to the first letter of the name of the song. For example, if your song title starts with “G”, press the L3
button.

3) Use the PAGE (F1, F2) to search for the name of your song. When you find the song, press the
corresponding L or R button. The CP automatically returns to the Main Screen ready with all of the
settings for that song.

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the chord.

Vocal 2 Adds three notes based on the chord. The lowest note will always be the root of

Vocal 1 Adds a single note above the top note of the right hand based on the chord.

Octave Duet Adds an Octave note and a Duet note.

Octave Takes the highest note played in the right hand and doubles it an octave down.

chord.

Duet Adds a note according to the lowest note played in the right hand and based on the

one octave below the lowest note played in the right hand.

Dynamic Adds three or four notes based on the chord. Harmony notes are played within

Part.

Rockn’ Adds a note at a fifth (or fourth) interval to the lowest note played in the RIGHT

Jazz Adds three or four notes based on the chord.

octave below the lowest right-hand note.

Open Adds three or four notes based on the chord. Harmony notes may extend over one

Block Adds three or four notes based on the chord.

There are 10 types of Harmony.

if you are only playing single notes in the left and right hands).
chord (shown in the Main Screen when the Accompaniment is on), creating a “harmony” part (even
This function analyzes the notes you play and automatically adds notes from the Accompaniment
automatically adds notes to your right hand (melody) part to help you sound more professional.
When the Auto-Accompaniment is on, you can use Harmony function. The Harmony function

Harmony

To use Harmony:

1) Press the HARMONY button. The button will be lit to show that it is active. The Harmony symbol will
also appear in the Main Screen.

2) To change the Harmony type, hold down the Harmony button for a moment until the Harmony Select
menu is displayed.

3) Choose the Harmony type using the L and R buttons.

4) Press the EXIT button to leave the Harmony Select menu.

5) To turn off the Harmony, press the HARMONY button again.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

Use the L or R buttons to select your desired
Harmony type.

• The additional notes created by Harmony are added to the RIGHT 1 Part, if that part is on. If the
RIGHT 1 Part is off, the additional notes are added to the RIGHT 2 Part. If both parts are off,
there will be no Harmony even though the HARMONY button is lit. The Harmony notes are
played with the same sound as the part they are added to.

• You can volume mix the Harmony separately in the MIXER screen.

• If the Accompaniment in not on, you will not be able to activate Harmony.

Basic Controls

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You may resume recording from the point where you stopped by repeating these steps from step 2.

3) When you are finished recording, press the PLAY/STOP button.
D. Press the PLAY/STOP button to start with a 2-bar countdown to help you get ready.
C. You can also press the SYNC button to begin recording the Style and your own playing together.
Pressing the INTRO/ENDING button will include an Intro phrase at the beginning of the recording.
B. If you are recording with a Style, press the START/STOP button to start the recorder with the Style.
A. Play the keys and the CP will automatically start recording with the first note you play.

2) Start recording in one of the following ways:
want to, you can still change sounds or panel settings before proceeding.

1) Press the REC button. The REC button LED will blink and the LCD screen will show Rec Ready. If you

To record:

panel settings you would like to record.
you like. Before you begin recording its a good idea to select your desired sound(s) and make any
begin recording with the first note you play. You can also record a Style along with your playing if
panel or in the mixer screen at the touch of a button. Simply press the REC button and the CP will
The Easy Recorder will record all of your playing as well as any settings you have made on the front

Easy Recording

the capabilities of the Easy and Advanced recorder.
Please read the following sections carefully to learn more about

or edited. The CP’s recorder can read both Type 1 and 0 SMF files.
format (SMF) can also be loaded into the CP’s recorder to be played
Song data created on other instruments in the Standard MIDI File

one note at a time.
Recorder you can edit your recorded data one measure or even
independent tracks separately. In addition, with Advanced

Advanced Recorder gives you the ability to record on up to 16
Advanced Recorder is useful for creating more complex recordings.

recording.
as any changes you make to the front panel settings during the
is just as easy to use. The CP will record all of your playing as well
Easy Recorder records your playing much like a tape recorder and

use the CP’s recording feature:
your performances after recording them. There are two ways to
performances as digital data, not audio data, you can easily edit
and play back your performances. Since the CP records your
The CP has built-in recording capabilities that allow you to record

Recording a Song

The current bar number is displayed.

L 1

L 2

R 1

R 2

You can make changes to the panel settings before
and during recording using the L and R buttons.

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 3

R 4

R 5

F1 Takes you to the Mixer menu.
F2 Deletes the recorded song data
F3-F6 Changes the part status.

• You may resume recording from the bar where you stopped by repeating these steps. You can
also change sounds, tempo, and make other changes to the panel settings before you continue
recording.

• To Re-record or make other changes to a previously recorded section of a song, please read the
section titled “Re-recording or adding another Part” on page 44.

To play back the recorded song:

Recording a Song

1) Press the RESET button in the RECORDER section of the front panel to return to the first bar of the
song.

2) Press the PLAY/STOP button to play back the song.

3) Press the PLAY/STOP button again to stop at any time.

4) Pressing the PLAY/STOP button again resumes the playback from the bar where you stopped.

5) Use the RWD or FWD buttons to rewind or fast-forward through the recording.

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settings as desired.

1) Make sure the Part(s) you wish to Re-record are active, then select any sounds or change panel

To Re-record or add a Part:

that Part automatically.
with the following procedure. Re-recording a Part completely erases the previous performance for
After you have recorded a song you can Re-record a Part or add (overdub) other Parts if you like

Re-recording or adding another Part

heard.
When you press the PLAY/STOP button to listen to your song any Parts set to PLAY status will be

to - - - to show they have not been recorded yet.
status for any RIGHT/LEFT Parts that were not active during recording will be automatically changed
for any active Parts and the Style will automatically change from REC to PLAY. After recording, the
but only the active Parts and the Style will be recorded. When you are finished recording the status
you choose. When you first record a song all Parts and the Style will be automatically set to REC
You can record all RIGHT/LEFT Parts as well as the Style simultaneously or only certain Parts as

button.
During recording you can however set any Part to PLAY or MUTE by pressing the appropriate F
MUTE. REC can only be selected after you press the REC button but before you begin recording.
button, F3-6 below the LCD screen. Pressing the F buttons during playback will select PLAY or
After you have recorded a song you can change the status for a Part by pressing the appropriate

– – – This part has not been recorded.
MUTE This Part has been recorded but will be silent both on playback and while recording.
PLAY This Part has been recorded and will be heard both on playback and while recording.

been pressed.

REC This Part is ready to be recorded. This message is only displayed after the REC button has

The LCD screen will show the following Part status messages at the bottom of the screen:
helpful to know the status for each of these Parts.
of the LCD screen. Whether you are in the process of recording or playing back your song it is
The playback and record status for the RIGHT/ LEFT Parts and the Style are displayed at the bottom

Part Status

2) Press the REC button.

3) Press the appropriate F button(s) below the LCD screen to set the desired Part(s) to REC.

4) Begin recording by following step 2 in the “To Record” section on page 42.

Remember Re-Recording a Part completely erases the previously recorded performance for that
Part. You can Re-record or add any of the RIGHT/LEFT Parts as many times as you like but you can
only have one performance/sound for each RIGHT/LEFT Part.

Saving the song

Once you finish recording a song you should save it to disk before you turn the power OFF. Once
the power is turned OFF your song data will be lost.

See the section titled “Saving Data to a Floppy Disk” on page 129.

• If you press the EXIT button to get out of the Easy Recorder, the CP will automatically prompt
you to save your work.

Erasing the song

Whenever a Part is selected for recording, the new performance is written right over any existing
one that may be there for that Part. In this sense, the Easy Recorder is just like a tape machine. A
new song will simply erase the old song during the recording process.

Recording a Song

However, if you wish to simply erase all the Parts and the Style in a song at once you can use the
Delete function.

To delete a song:

1) Press the DELETE button (F2) while the Recorder is not recording or currently ready to record. The
CP will ask if you are sure.

2) Use either the YES (F7) button to proceed or NO (F1) to cancel.

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setup, such as Style, Tempo, and Sound settings are not erased by the DELETE function.

• DELETE erases all of the performance data for all Parts and the Style in the song. The panel

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

F7 Proceeds with erasing the song.
F1 Cancels erasing the song.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

Advanced Recording

The Advanced Recorder is a full featured sixteen track MIDI recorder that includes many of the
same professional features found on dedicated MIDI sequencing (recording) devices. In addition
to sixteen MIDI tracks the CP Advanced recorder provides a separate Style, chord, and tempo track
for even more flexibility.
Even though you can create recordings of great musical complexity using the Advanced recorder
you will find that it is still very straightforward and easy to use.
Using the Advanced Recorder allows you much greater control over the recording and compositional
process than that offered by the Easy Recorder. However, songs created using the Easy Recorder
can also be edited using the Advanced Recorder by simply pressing the ADVANCED RECORDER
button.

To go to the Advanced Recorder Menu:

Press the ADVANCED RECORDER button. The recording options will be displayed on the screen.

L1 Change the Reverb, Effect, Panning, Volume level

and Chorus for each of the 16 tracks.

L2 Prepares the track for real-time recording.

L3 Re-record specific measures within your song.

L4 Select the sound to be assigned to each of the

16 tracks, and change the track's recording and
play back status.

L5 Edit loop settings for the song.

Recording a Song

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Converts recorded Style data into MIDI note data that can then

be edited in the Advanced Recorder. Style Paste will only be
displayed if the current song was recorded using a Style.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R1 Edit the general settings for the song.

R2 Edit the song by bars.

R3 Edit the song by MIDI events.

R4 Create your own new user Style.

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F6 Turns the Loop feature on/off
F4, F5 Takes you to the Track Settings menu.
F2 Takes you to the Mixer menu.

Recorder menu.

F1 Cancels the real-time recording setup and returns you to the Advanced

is turned on.
This function is available only when Loop

R4 Selects the ending bar for the Loop feature.

and OVERDUB.
R3 button switches between the REPLACE
are heard together. Repeatedly pressing the
new data with the previous data so that both
new data in its place. OVERDUB mixes the
erases the previous data and records the

R3 Selects the recording mode. REPLACE

R2 Changes the tempo.

R1 Changes the time signature.

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

ON.
function is a available only when Loop is turned

L4 Selects the starting bar for the Loop feature. This

L3 Shows the current bar and beat number.

record with.

L2 Selects the sound or Style that you want to

and 1 Style track.
There are 16 Instrument tracks, 1 Tempo track,

L1 Selects the track on which you want to record.

buttons.

3) If necessary, you can go to the Mixer and Track Settings screens by pressing the appropriate F

2) Use the F, L and R buttons to select a function to edit. Use the Dial to change the values.
screen.
the REC button. The REC button LED will blink and the LCD screen will display the “Real Time REC”

1) From the Advanced Recorder menu, press the L2 button to select “Real Time REC”, or simply press

To use Real-time recording:

Real-time recording functions.
selecting the desired track to record, the Real-time recording screen provides many other useful
automatically turned OFF when the ADVANCED RECORDER button is pressed. In addition to
time, only the RIGHT 1 Part is active in the Advanced Recorder. Any other active Parts are
only record on one track at a time. Since the Advanced Recorder only records on one track at a
select any of the sixteen instrument tracks or the Style and tempo tracks to record, but you can
With Real-time record, the CP records your performance as you are playing it, in real-time. You can

Real-time Recording

4) Start recording by pressing the PLAY/STOP button while the REC button LED is blinking. There is an
automatic two bar count in before the CP begins recording. If you are recording on the Style track you
must press the START/STOP or INTRO buttons instead of the PLAY/STOP button. When recording a
Style there is no two bar count in, recording begins immediately.
You can cancel recording at anytime by pressing the REC button again or by pressing the F1 button to
return to the Advanced Recorder menu.

• When you select a Style to record the default tempo for that Style is ignored. The Style will use
the current tempo setting for the song instead. You can set the desired tempo on the Real-time
record screen before recording or change the tempo after you have recorded in Song Edit or on
the tempo track in Event Edit.

• When you are recording on the Style track only the Style will be recorded. The style track will
record any chords (to the chord track) you play but the actual notes you are playing will not be
recorded.

• When the recording is done, the Mixer screen will automatically be displayed.

To play back the recorded song:

1) Press the RESET button in the RECORDER section of the front panel to return to the first bar of the
song.

2) Press the PLAY/STOP button to play back the song.

3) Press the PLAY/STOP button again to stop at any time.

4) Pressing the PLAY/STOP button again resumes the playback from the bar where you stopped.

5) Use the RWD or FWD buttons to rewind or fast-forward through the recording.

Recording a Song

Mixer

On the Mixer screen, you can change the following settings for each of the 16 tracks: Reverb level,
Chorus level, Effect on/off, Panning, Track mute, Volume level.

To use the Mixer:

1) Use the TRACK buttons (F2, F3) to select which of the 16 tracks you wish to make changes to.

2) Use the L1 and L5 buttons to choose the track setting that you want to change.

3) Use the Dial to change the value.

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F7 Saves the Mixer settings as part of the song.
F6 Turns Loop ON/OFF.
F4, F5 Takes you to the Track Settings menu.
F2, F3 Selects the track that you wish to edit.
F1 Returns you to the Advanced Recorder menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

change. Use the Dial to change the value.

L 1

L1, L5 Used to select the track setting you want to

See the section titled “Saving Data to a Floppy Disk” on page 129.
changes you have made will be lost.
it to disk before you turn the power OFF. Once the power is turned OFF your song data and any
song. Once you finish recording a song or after you make any important changes you should save
“Saving” here only means any changes you made on the Mixer screen were saved as part of the

Note

many times and in as many places within your song as you wish.
Make any changes on the Mixer screen, then press the SAVE button (F7). You can do this as
exact bar and beat where you want to make changes to the Mixer settings and stop the song.
in your song. Simply play back the song or press the FWD/RWD buttons until you reach the

• You can save any changes you have made to the settings on the Mixer screen at any bar or beat

Real-time Rec screen.
The Mixer screen is accessible from the Advanced Recorder menu, Track Settings screen and

• You can make changes on the Mixer screen at any time except while the CP is busy recording.

4) At this point, you can start recording or go to another menu to continue setting up.

Track Settings

The Track Settings screen shows you the Play, Record, and Mute status for each track. In addition
it shows you what sound is assigned for the sixteen instrument tracks. You can change the track
status or select a different sound for each track.

The Track Status screen will show the following Status messages.

Rec This track is ready to be recorded.
Play This track has been recorded and will be heard both on playback and while recording.
MIDI Rec MIDI Rec enables the CP to record incoming MIDI data from an external MIDI

instrument connected to the MIDI jacks. You can set more than one track to MIDI
Rec, enabling the CP to record on several tracks simultaneously over MIDI.

Mute This track has been recorded but will be silent both on playback and while recording.
Empty This track has not been recorded.

After you have recorded a song you can change the status for a track by pressing the STATUS
button (F3) below the LCD screen. Pressing the STATUS button during playback will select Play or
Mute. Pressing the STATUS button after entering Real-time record but before recording begins, will
select Play, MIDI Rec, or Mute. Rec can only be selected from the Real-time Record screen. The
Track settings screen cannot be accessed during recording.

To use the Track Settings screen:

Recording a Song

1) Press the TRACK SETTINGS button (L4) on the Advanced Recorder menu.

2) Press the L3 and L4 buttons to select the track that you wish to edit. If you wish to select tracks 10­16, the Style, or Tempo tracks, press the L5 button to jump to these tracks. Press the L2 button to
return to tracks 1-9.

3) Press the STATUS button (F3) to change the status to PLAY, MUTE or MIDI REC.

4) If you wish to change the sound assigned to the track, press the SOUND buttons (F5, F6). You can
also select sounds by pressing any of the SOUND buttons.

5) When you are finished, press the MENU button (F1) to return to the Advanced Recorder menu or
press the MIXER button (F2) to go to the Mixer menu.

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4) Press the L3 button to specify the bar where you want the Loop to start.

3) Press the L2 button to turn the Loop ON/OFF.

2) Use the L2–L4 buttons to select the different settings, then use the Dial to change the values.

1) Go to the Loop Settings screen by pressing the L5 button in the Advanced Recorder menu.

To set the Loop:

each track.
a global function and all tracks will be looped equally. You cannot have different loop settings for
The Loop function lets you specify certain bars or your entire song to repeat over and over. Loop is

Loop Settings

1 records MIDI channel 1 and so on.
Rec track will record on the incoming MIDI channel that corresponds to its track number. Track
MIDI REC, enabling the CP to record on several tracks simultaneously over MIDI. Each MIDI
an external MIDI instrument connected to the MIDI jacks. You can set more than one track to

• As discussed in the above section, MIDI Rec enables the CP to record incoming MIDI data from

F7 Saves the Track settings as part of the song.
F5, F6 Selects a different sound for the track.
F3 Changes the track’s status.
F2 Takes you to the Mixer.
F1 Returns you to the Advanced Recorder menu.

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

the value.

R1 Changes the tempo. Use the Dial to change

R 1

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

L5 Jumps to tracks 10-16, Tempo, and Style.

L3, L4 Selects the tracks one at a time.

L2 Jumps to tracks 1-9.

5) Press the L4 button to specify the bar where you want the Loop to end.

6) Press the MENU button (F1) to return to the Advanced Recorder menu when you are finished.

L2 Turns the Loop ON/OFF.

L3 Specifies the starting bar.

L4 Specifies the ending bar.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you back to the Advanced Recorder menu.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

• You can turn looping on and off in the Mixer menu. However, you still have to set the Start and
End Bar from the Loop Settings menu.

• You can set up looping for recording in the Real-time REC menu as well. In the Real-time REC
menu, when you turn on the looping, the Start Bar and End Bar information will be automatically
copied from the Loop Settings menu.

Recording a Song

Style Paste

When you record a Style as part of your song, the Style data is automatically recorded on the Style
track. This data is unique to the CP, and cannot be used with any other musical instruments.
Additionally the instrument tracks that are part of the Style cannot be edited individually.
Style Paste converts any Style data recorded on the Style track into MIDI note and event data and
places it on separate tracks (Trks 9-16). Once the Style data is converted into actual note data, you
can view and edit the individual Style tracks as if you had recorded the data yourself. Also your
song including the Style can now be played back by any other MIDI instrument that reads Standard
MIDI File (SMF) format song data.

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spot.
track, but would like to preserve the music in the measures leading up to, and following, the trouble
end. This tool is very valuable if you wish to record over some misplayed notes in the middle of a
then automatically stop recording at a specific measure and hear the rest of the track play to the
playing back, continue recording new data on that track for a specified number of measures, and
Punching In means being able to automatically start recording right in the middle of a track that is

Punch-In Recording

F7 Proceeds with Style Paste.
F1 Cancels the Style Paste.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

2) If you would like to proceed, press the YES button (F7), or press the NO button (F1) to cancel.

will prompt you for confirmation.

1) Press the STYLE PASTE button (F1) while you are in the Advanced Recorder menu. The LCD screen

To use Style Paste:

will replace any existing data.
data. When the Style is pasted, the data from the Style track will be pasted into these tracks and

• Before you use Style Paste, you need to make sure Tracks 9-16 are empty or don’t contain important

To use Punch-in recording:

1) Select Punch In/Out in the Advanced Recorder menu.

2) Use the L and R buttons to select the options and change their values using the Dial. Select AUTO
with the R5 button to have the CP automatically handle the punching in/out while you play.

3) Press the REHEARSAL button (F4, F5) to listen to the song for rehearsal. If you need to adjust mixing
or if you would like to loop the song, use the MIXER (F2) or LOOP ON/OFF (F6) button.

4) When you are ready to record, press the REC button and then the PLAY button. The music will start
immediately from the Start Bar that you have chosen. Once the song reaches the Punch In Bar, any
notes that you play on the keyboard will be recorded.
Recording will stop when the song reaches the Punch-Out Bar, but the CP will keep playing back the
song to the end unless you press the STOP button.
You can repeat the punch-in/out section by turning the looping on with the F6 button.

5) Listen to what you have recorded and re-record if necessary.

L1 Selects the track to Punch in on.

L3 Selects the measure in the song from where you

want the CP to start playing.

L4 Selects the measure where the CP will punch-in

and start recording.

L5 Selects the measure where the CP will punch-

out and stop recording.

Recording a Song

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F2 Takes you to the Mixer Settings menu.
F4, F5 Plays the song for rehearsal.
F6 Turns Loop on/off.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R1 Changes the time signature.

R2 Changes the tempo.

R3 Selects the recording mode. REPLACE

erases the previous data and records the
new data in its place. OVERDUB mixes the
new data with the previous data so that both
are heard together. Repeatedly pressing the
R3 button switches between the REPLACE
and OVERDUB.

R5 Selects the Punch-in method, Auto or Pedal.

Repeatedly pressing the R5 button switches
between the Auto and Pedal.

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switches between the Auto and Pedal.
method. Repeatedly pressing the R5 button

R5 Selects Auto or Pedal as the Punch-In

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F6 Turns Loop on/off.
F4, F5 Plays the song for reharsal.
F2 Takes you to the Mixer Settings menu.
F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

OVERDUB.
button switches between the REPLACE and
heard together. Repeatedly pressing the R3
data with the previous data so that both are
data in its place. OVERDUB mixes the new
erases the previous data and records the new

R 5

R 4

R 3

R3 Selects the recording mode. REPLACE

R 2

R2 Changes the tempo.

R1 Changes the time signature.

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

want the CP to start playing.

L3 Selects the measure in the song from where you

L1 Selects the track to Punch in.

that the song keeps playing to the end (it’s just no longer recording) or until you press STOP.

5) When you reach the bar where you wish to punch out, press the pedal again to stop recording. Notice

keyboard.

4) When the song reaches the bar where you wish to punch in, press the center pedal and play the

3) Press the REC button to start. The song will start playing.

2) Use the L and R buttons to set up other recording options.

1) Use the R5 button to select Pedal in the Punch In/Out menu.

To use the pedal to Punch-In/Out:

• You can punch in and out with pedal one time for each pass over the track that you make.

pedal to manually Punch In and Out.
Instead of specifically setting an automatic Punch-In and Punch-Out Bar, you can use the center

Punch-In recording using the pedal

recorded as part of the track.
automatically play a two-measure intro to assist you with the timing. These “ticks” will not be

• If you set the CP to Punch-In at the very first measure of the song, the metronome will

Song Edit

Song Edit lets you name, transpose, and change initial tempo settings for your song.

To edit the song:

1) Select Song Edit from the Advanced Recorder menu. The Song Edit screen is displayed.

2) Use the L and R buttons to select the setting that you wish to change, then use the Dial to change the
value.

3) To name to the song, use the F2 and F3 buttons to move the cursor over the characters in the name,
then use the Dial to select characters.

4) Press the L3 button to set the transpose amount. You can transpose your song +/- 24 in half step
increments.

5) Press L4 to change the initial tempo setting of the song.

6) When you are finished, press the MENU button (F1) to return to the Advanced Recorder menu.

L2 Names the song.

L3 Adjusts transposition.

L4 Sets the initial tempo of the song.

Recording a Song

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F2, F3 Moves the cursor over the characters when naming the song.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

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F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

function.
Use the L and R buttons to select the desired edit

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

will be displayed.

2) Use the L and R buttons to select the desired editing function. The editing screen for that function

1) In the Advanced Recorder menu select Bar Edit (R2). The Bar Edit screen will be displayed.

To use Bar Edit:

bars at a time.
Bar Edit contains many useful editing functions. You can edit your song one bar or any number of

Bar Editing

Quantize

Quantize automatically shifts the timing of a note. This can be used to correct imperfect timing in
a performance by shifting notes that were played either too early or too late so they will fall exactly
on the correct beat. For example, you can accurately align any out of time notes to the nearest 8th­or 16th-note beat depending on the type of song you are quantizing. Sometimes quantizing all of
your notes to exactly the same beat can make your playing sound too stiff. The Advanced Recorder
quantize function allows you to set a quantize “Range” so only the notes that were very early or late
are quantized. Notes that were almost perfect are not quantized thus keeping more of the original
feeling in your music.

L1 Selects the track that you wish to quantize.

L2, L3 Selects the bar range that you want to quantize.

Use the Dial to set the bar numbers.

L4 Selects the lowest note that you want to quantize.

Use the Dial to change the note value.

L5 Selects the highest note that you want to

quantize. Use the Dial to change the note value.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Returns you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F2 Undoes the quantization which was just applied. This option

is not always available.

F7 Applies the quantization to your recording.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R2 Selects the note Resolution for quantization.

Use the Dial to change the value.

R3, R4 Sets the Low and High Range for

quantization. Use the Dial to change the
value.

• Resolution determines the timing value the quantize function will use to shift the notes you want
to quantize. For example, setting a quarter note resolution will shift all of the quantized notes to
the nearest quarter beat. Setting an eighth note resolution will shift all of the quantized notes to
the nearest eighth beat and so on. In the Advanced Recorder, quantize values are expressed in
note values and as a number that indicates how many clock beats each note value contains. The
Advanced Recorder divides each beat in a bar into 96 smaller clock beats. A Quarter note is 96
clock beats, an eighth note is 48 clock beats, and a sixteenth note is 24 clock beats and so on.
The quantize resolution range is from quarter notes (96 clocks), to 64th note triplets (4 clocks).

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recording while still allowing for a natural, human feel.
By experimenting with Resolution and Range settings, you can correct the timing of the notes in your

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are not shifted at all.
The notes that fall inside the Range

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Range

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to the precise beat.
“range”, and all notes are shifted
Selecting zero Range results in no

Resolution

specified beat.
the “border” after the beat. Together, these two “borders” form a timing “range” around the
the placement of the “border” before the beat, and the positive value represents the placement
specified by the resolution value (Quarter note, Eighth note, etc.). The negative value represents
borders will not be quantized and notes outside the borders will be moved to the nearest beat

• Range sets up timing “borders” around the Resolution value you specify. Notes within these

Copy

The Copy function allows you to copy a section or all of the data on a track to another location.
The destination may be on the same track, or it can be on another track.

• The destination of the copied data must either be:

1) A location that already has data in it.

2) The first blank bar after the end of a track (Bar 1 if the destination track is empty).

For example, if a track only has 10 bars in it, you cannot copy data onto bar 20. You can, however,
copy data to bars 1 through 11.

• Copied data replaces any current data that may be at the destination.

L2 Selects the track to be copied. Use the Dial to

select the track numbers 1-16, Tempo, or Chord.

L3 Selects the bar where the data that you are

copying starts. Use the Dial to change the bar
number.

L4 Selects the bar where the data that you are

copying ends. Use the Dial to change the bar
number.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Returns you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F2 Undoes the copying. This option is not always available.
F7 Proceed with copying.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R2 Selects the destination track. Use the Dial

to select the track number 1-16, Tempo, or
Chord.

R3 Selects the bar in the destination track where

the copied data will be placed.

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F7 Proceed with the deletion.
F2 Undoes the deletion. This option is not always available.
F1 Returns you to the Advanced Recorder menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

you want to delete. Use the Dial to change bars.

L4 Selects the last bar that contains the data that

to delete. Use the Dial to change bars.

L3 Selects the first bar that has the data you want

choose 1-16, Tempo, Chord or All.

L2 Selects the track to be deleted. Use the Dial to

Delete completely erases and removes the bars that you specify.

Delete

Insert

The Insert function duplicates data from specified bars and copies it to a certain location. However,
the current data at the destination is not erased, but instead is pushed back to make room for the
copied data.

L2 Selects the track that contains the data you wish

to duplicate. Choose from 1-16, Tempo, Chord
or All.

L3 Selects the first bar that has the data you want

to duplicate.

L4 Selects the last bar that has the data you want to

duplicate.

L 1

R 1

R2 Selects the destination track where you want

L 2

R 2

this data inserted. Choose from 1-16,
Tempo, Chord or All.

L 3

R 3

R3 Selects the bar in the destination track where

L 4

L 5

R 4

R 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

you want this data inserted.

F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F2 Undoes the Insert. This option is not always available.
F3, F4 Takes you to the Insert Bar menu.
F7 Proceeds with the Insert.

• If you just wish to insert empty bars into a track, select INSERT BAR (F3 or F4), and a sub-menu
will be displayed. You can insert empty bars into a track between bars that have data, or at the
first blank bar at the end of the track.

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F7 Proceeds with the Insert.
F2 Undoes the Insert. This option is not always available.
F1 Takes you to the previous menu.

R 5

Use the Dial to choose the location.
where you want the empty bars inserted.

R3 Selects the location in the destination track

Chord or All.

R 4

R 3

going to be inserted. Choose 1-16, Tempo,

R2 Selects the track where the empty bars are

R 2

R 1

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

value.
going to be inserted. Use the Dial to change the

L3 Selects the time signature for the bars that are

insert. Use the Dial to change the value.

L 2

L 1

L2 Selects the number of empty bars you wish to

Erase

Erases data in the bars that you specify, and leaves them as empty bars.

L2 Selects the track that has the bars you want to

erase. Choose 1-16, Tempo or Chord.

L3 Selects the first bar to be erased. Use the Dial to

change the bar.

L4 Selects the last bar to be erased. Use the Dial to

change the bar.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F2 Undoes the Erase. This option is not always available.
F7 Proceeds with the Erase.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

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F7 Proceed with the Merge.
F2 Undoes the Merge. This option is not always available.
F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

merged to. Choose 1-16.

R2 Select the track where you want this data

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

data. Choose 1-16.

L 2

L 1

L2 Selects the track from where you want to copy

• Merge does not automatically erase the track from where you copied the data.

free up extra tracks for more recording.
or recording the right and left hand parts of a piano piece and combining them later on one track to
drum/ percussion parts using the same drum kit on several tracks for easy editing of each instrument,
instrument sound. Merge can be useful for making rhythm patterns by first recording different
assigned to each track, so the resulting merged track will play all the combined data using one
then combine them together on one track. Remember that there can only be one instrument sound
Merge combines data from two tracks. You can make complex musical phrases using several tracks,

Merge

Gate Time Modify

Gate time refers to the length of a note as a percentage. Whatever the length of a note is when it is
first recorded, this value is considered as its Gate time of 100%. By editing the length of the note,
you can shorten it to 10% or lengthen it to 300% of the original value.

L2 Selects the track in which you want to modify

Gate times. Use the Dial to choose the track.

L3 Selects the first bar of the data that you want to

modify Gate times for. Use the Dial to change
bars.

L4 Selects the last bar of the data that you want to

modify Gate times for. Use the Dial to change
bars.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F2 Undoes the Gate time adjustment. This option is not always

available.

F7 Proceeds with applying the Gate time adjustment.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R2 Adjusts the Gate time in 10% increments.

Use the Dial to select a value from 10%­300%.

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F7 Proceeds with adjusting the Velocity values.

available.

F2 Undoes the Velocity adjustment. This option is not always
F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

current values.

R2 Adjusts Velocity from -100 to +100 of their

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

ends.

L4 Selects the bar where the data you want to adjust

L 4

starts.

L 3

L 2

L 1

L3 Selects the bar where the data you want to adjust

Velocity.

L2 Selects the track in which you want to adjust

you can change them within a +/-100 range of their original values.
A note’s Velocity is a numerical value from 1-127. When editing the note Velocities in your recording,

produced sound is.
Velocity refers to how hard a key is struck, which translates into the dynamics of how loud the

Velocity Modify

Clock Move

In the Resolution section of this manual we learned that the CP Advanced recorder divides each
beat in a bar into 96 clock beats, also expressed as a quarter note. Therefore there are 48 clocks per
eighth note, and 24 clocks per sixteenth note and so on. This relationship holds true regardless of
the song’s tempo.

On the CP, you can shift the timing of all notes in a track by shifting the entire track ahead (negative
values) or behind (positive values) the beat by a certain clock value. Clock move is useful for
adjusting the overall timing of a track. For example, if a certain sound you recorded responds
slowly and sounds behind the beat, you could shift the timing of the notes ahead of the beat to
compensate for the sounds slow response and make its timing feel more natural.

L2 Selects the track that you wish to move. Choose

from 1-16.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F2 Undoes the clock move. This option is not always available.
F7 Proceeds with applying the clock move.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R2 Sets how many clocks you wish to move the

track. Choose from –999 to +999.

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F7 Proceeds with applying the transposition.
F2 Undoes the transposition. This option is not always available.
F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

increments from -24 to 24.

R2 Adjusts transposition amount in half-step

R 2

R 1

L 5

transpose end.

L4 Selects the bar where the notes you want to

L 4

transpose start.

L 3

L 2

L 1

L3 Selects the bar where the notes you want to

transpose. Choose from 1-16.

L2 Selects the track that has the notes you want to

This will transpose the notes within a specified bar(s) up or down in half-step increments.

Transpose

Event Edit

Event Edit enables you to examine and edit your performance note by note.

To use Event Edit:

1) Select Event Edit in the Advanced Recorder menu. The Event Edit screen will be displayed.

2) Choose the track that you want to edit using the TRACK buttons (F3, F4). Note that Style, Chord, and
Tempo track can be edited as well.

3) Use the L buttons to scroll up or down the event list until you find the specific event that you want to
edit. You can also use the Dial to scroll through the event list. You will hear the individual events
being played as you scroll over them.

4) Use the CURSOR buttons (F5, F6) buttons to determine how you want to scroll through the event list.
Selecting Bar scrolls through the event list bar by bar, selecting Beat scrolls through the event list
beat by beat and so on. The selection will become highlighted.

L2 Moves the cursor to the previous bar.

L3 Moves the cursor up the event list.

L4 Moves the cursor down the event list.

L5 Moves the cursor to the next bar.

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L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
F3, F4 Selects the track to work with.
F5, F6 Moves the cursor across the columns in the event list.
F7 Starts playing the Track.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R1 Removes the selected event.

R2 Creates a new event.

R3 Modifies the existing event.

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F5, F6 Moves the cursor across the columns in the event list.
F2 Cancel the edit.
FI Takes you to the Advanced Recorder Menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

7) Use the MENU button (F1) to return to the Advanced Recorder menu when you are done editing.

6) Press the EXEC (F7) button to proceed, or press CANCEL (F2). The CP will prompt you for confirmation.
event you want to edit. Use the Dial to change the value.
When Inserting or Replacing an event, use the CURSOR buttons to select the specific part of the
the existing event. Enter new values in the pop up Entry Box when you select INSERT or REPLACE.
the event, INSERT (R2) to create a new event at any specified location, or REPLACE (R3) to change

5) Select the function that you would like to apply to this event. You can select DELETE (R1) to remove

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your Easy Style edits to the PRESET STYLE.
unique arrangements. Once you are satisfied with your edits, you can save
mix and match the different phrases for each section to create your own
section for each of the four variations within the style. This means you can
Easy Edit lets you assign which of these four Phrases will be played by each
different musical phrases, one for each of the four variations within a Style.
composed for that type of instrument. Each section can play one of four
When you play a Style, each of these sections plays a musical Phrase
or Bass tracks.
Styles have two Accompaniment Tracks (Right and Left hand) and no Drum
Sections, Drum, Bass, And Two Accompaniment tracks. The Solo piano
Bass, and four Accompaniment tracks. The Intimate Styles have four
consists of six instrument tracks called Sections. These are the Drums,
three different types, Full, Intimate, and Solo Piano Styles. A Full Style

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Easy Style Edit This is an easy way to edit the Style data. The CP built-in styles are comprised

The Conductor is used to edit Preset data.

Conductor

an Existing Style, and Phrase Combination.
There are three ways of using this feature: Make a New Style, Edit
The Style Maker allows you to create Styles of your own.

to your taste.
The Conductor allows you to edit the Style data and personalize it

are the Conductor and the Style Maker.
tastes, or even create your own Style entirely from scratch! These
allow you to edit any of these Styles to better suit your musical
variety of musical genres. There are two powerful features that
The Concert Performer contains 182 built-in Styles covering a wide

Creating Your Own Styles

To use Easy Edit:

1) Select the Style and the Variation (1–4) that you would like to edit.

2) Press the EDIT button. The LCD screen will display the Easy Style Edit screen.

3) Use the F2–F7 buttons to select a Section to edit.

4) Use the L buttons to select the desired Phrase (1-4) for each Section. You can edit while the Style is
running to hear your changes.

5) To mute a Section, press the corresponding F button. Pressing the F button again will un-mute the
section.

6) If you would like to save your edits, press the SAVE TO PRESET (R1) button. The saved contents will
be written to the PRESET STYLE. If you don’t save your edits, they will be lost when you turn the
power OFF.

7) Press the EXIT button to leave the Easy Style Edit screen.

L2–L5 Selects a Phrase for the Section.

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L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F2–F7 Selects which Section is being changed. Pressing again will

mute the Section.

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R1 Saves the changes to the Preset Style.

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mute a certain Section, you need to consider what effect it will have on the overall Style.
Style will result in automatic muting of the same Section in the Intro, Ending and Fill-ins. If you
Easy Edit doesn’t allow you to edit the Intro, Ending and Fill-ins. However, muting a Section in the

Note:

Reset” on page 124.
the SAVE button, use reset Conductor on the Soft Reset screen. See the section titled “Soft

• If you would like to revert all Styles back to their original factory settings, after you have pressed

settings before saving your edits, simply press the RESET button in the Conductor.
The CP always remembers the original Preset Style settings. If you wish to restore those factory

Resetting the Style

• For Solo Piano Styles the Drum, Bass, and ACC 3/4 Sections are not used and cannot be edited.

• For Intimate Styles the ACC 3/4 Sections are not used and cannot be edited.

• Pressing the SAVE button will save all Styles at one time. You cannot save individually.

Making a Style with Get Phrase from Recorder

This is the most flexible way to create a new Style.
You can take music that you have recorded using the CP’s own Recorder and convert it into Style
data. Or, you can use an external MIDI device or a personal computer to create the musical phrases,
then load the data into the CP’s Recorder and convert those.

Configuration of a Style

A complete Style consists of the following patterns:

Basic pattern 4 patterns (Variation 1–4) Max 16 measures
Fill-in 4 patterns (Fill-In 1–4) 1 or 2 measures
Intro Major 2 pattern Max 16 measures
Intro Minor 2 pattern Max 16 measures
Ending Major 2 pattern Max 16 measures
Ending Minor 2 pattern Max 16 measures

• Each of these are made of six Sections—Drum, Bass, ACC1, ACC2, ACC3 and ACC4. However
you don’t necessarily have to have all of them to create a Style. For example, you may not need
to use some Variations or Sections to accomplish your musical idea. These unused sections may
be left blank, or filled with Section data copied from the initial source Style that you were asked
to choose at the beginning of the Style Maker process.

Creating Your Own Styles

• The different Sections can be of varying bar lengths as long as they stay within the limit. Having
them all the same length may make the Style easier to use in a song, but you may find that having
uneven bar lengths among the Sections can create interesting musical results.

• Before you can generate a Style from these phrases, you have to have them loaded into the
Recorder, keeping in mind which tracks in the Recorder are going hold data for which Sections
in the new Style.

• The source recording in the CP’s Recorder can be in any key. However, you need to know what
key that is, because you will have to specify that as part of generating a new Style. For simplicity’s
sake it is advisable to record in C if you are planing on using the recording with the Style Maker.

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F7 Enters the selected Style Maker menu.
F1 Go to the Advanced Recorder menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R5 Selects the Initial Style.

R3 Selects the Style you want to edit.

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

L5 Selects Phrase Combination.

L3 Selects Edit Existing Style.

L1 Selects Make New Style.

4) Press the ENTER button (F7). The Style Maker Get Phrase screen will be displayed.

press the Edit Existing Style button (L3) and use the Dial to select the style you want to edit.

3) To make a completely new Style, press the Make New Style button (L1). To edit an existing style,

first Style Maker screen.

2) In the Advanced Recorder menu, press the Style Maker button (R4). The LCD screen will display the

1) Press the ADVANCED RECORDER button. The LCD screen will display the Advanced Recorder menu.

To create a Style:

5) Use the F2–F7 buttons to select which track from the Recorder has the data that you want used for
each Section of the Style. You can switch off a Section by pressing its F button twice, and the Section
will not be created in your Style.

6) Use the L and R buttons to set up the options and select the proper data from the Recorder. You may
have different options for each track.

7) Press the MORE button (F1) for advanced settings.

8) Press the R4 button to generate the Style. You can listen to it by pressing the START/STOP button.

L1 Selects which pattern you are currently creating.

L2 Selects the first bar of the phrase in the recording

that you want to convert.

L3 Selects the bar length of the phrase in the

recording that you want to convert.

L4 Enter the key that the phrase was in.

L5 Selects the track where the phrase was recorded.

L 1

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the next menu for more options.
F2-F7 Selects which Section(s) you are working with. Pressing

twice deactivates the Section so that it will not be
incorporated into the new Style.

R 1

R 2

R2 Saves the new Style.

R 3

R4 Generates the new Style from your settings.

R 4

R 5

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F7 Saves the style to User Style.
F4, F5 Selects the characters.
F2, F3 Moves the cursor.
F1 Takes you to the previous menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

13) Press the SAVE button (F7).

buttons or the Dial to select the characters to name the style.

12) Press the NAME button (L4). Use the F2 and F3 buttons to move the cursor and use the F4 and F5

11) Press the SAVE TO button (L3) and use the Dial to select the location to save your new Style.

10) Press the PRESET TEMPO button (L1) and use the dial to set the default tempo for the style.

9) If you would like to save it, press SAVE (R2).

Auto-accompaniment System

The Concert Performer Auto-Accompaniment System (ACC) analyzes your playing and adjusts the
note data recorded in the different Phrases in a pattern to match the root key and chord type you
are playing. The ACC System also shifts the octave for each phrase to keep each section playing
within its musically useful range. To get the most out of this System, any new Style you create can
benefit from some fine tuning of these settings.

When you press the MORE button (F1) on the Style Maker Get Phrase screen, the Style Maker
Detail Settings screen will be displayed.

Accompaniment Type (ACC Type)

This setting determines how Phrases being played by a particular section in a pattern will be analyzed
by the Auto-accompaniment (ACC) System. There are Two Accompaniment Types: Chordal and
Scalic (melodic). Chordal Phrases usually consist of block chords or arppegiated chords. You
should set this kind Phrase to Chordal. Scalic Phrases usually play melodic phrases that serve to
add interest to the style as well as provide counter melodies and riffs. Melodic Phrases or Phrases
that contain chromatic passages should be set to Scalic. Scalic Phrases can also contain chords but
they will be analyzed differently than chords in a Chordal Phrase. The Bass section is automatically
set to Scalic since it will rarely if ever play chords.

The terms Open and Close apply to Chordal Phrases, and refer to how the CP will regulate the
voicing of a Chordal Phrase. Setting a Section to Open will allow for open-voiced chords, which
might be good for guitar and string sounds. Setting a Section to Close maintains closed voiced
chords, which are better suited to piano parts and other chording or comping instruments.

Creating Your Own Styles

Range

This determines the chord inversions that a Chordal Phrase will play.
The term “range” here has nothing to do with the span of actual chord notes. It selects which note
in the chord will serve as the basis of the chord inversion.
HI is the initial setting and is recommended as a starting point. MID plays an inversion based on the
next lower note in relation to HI, while LO plays an inversion based two-notes lower.

Crossover

This determines the point where a Scalic Phrase will be transposed to keep the notes in a musically
useful range. When notes in a Scalic Phrase fall below the Crossover point you select they will be
transposed up one octave by the Accompaniment System. For example if you set the Crossover

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F3-F7 Selects the Section.
F2 Plays the style.
F1 Takes you to the previous menu.

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

L5 Changes BASS LIMIT.

L4 Changes CROSS OVER.

L3 Changes RANGE.

L2 Changes ACC Type.

4) When done, press the BACK button (F1) to go back the previous menu. Then save the Style if necessary.

3) Use the Dial to select or change a value.

2) Use the F3-F7 buttons to select the Section.

1) Use the L2-L4 buttons to select the setting you wish to change.

To adjust the auto-accompaniment system:

note in a Bass Phrase falls below the limit, it will automatically be transposed up an octave.
This is an option for the Bass section and sets the limit for the lowest note the Bass will play. If a

Bass Limit

Phrase.
Experiment with the different Chordal and Scalic settings to find the one that works best with each

an E as the root.
point to E, the Phrase would begin to be transposed up one octave whenever you play a chord with

Making a Style with Phrase Combination

Phrase Combination is similar to Easy Style Edit in the Conductor. Phrase Combination however,
lets you not only combine Phrases from within the selected Style but you can also combine Phrases
from any of the Styles in the CP to create a new Style. Additionally you can edit Fill-ins and basic
patterns (Variations).

• You cannot change the Intro and Ending Phrases. These will remain the same as in your selected
Style.

To use Phrase Combination:

1) In the Advanced Recorder menu, press the Style Maker button (R4). The LCD screen will display the
first Style Maker screen.

2) Press the Phrase Combination button (L5) and use the dial to select the initial style.

3) Press the ENTER button (F7) to proceed to the next screen.

4) Use the L2 and R2 buttons to select which of the four Fill-ins and Variations you would like to change.

5) Use the L3 and L5 buttons to select the Section to change.

6) Use the F4 and F5 buttons to move the cursor between the Style and Phrase column.

7) Use the Dial to change the current Style or Phrase. You can jump to the desired Style category by
pressing the Style select buttons directly.

8) Press the PLAY button (F2) to listen to the new Style.

9) Press the SAVE button (F7) to save the new Style.

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13) Press the SAVE button (F7).

buttons or the Dial to select the characters to name the style.

12) Press the NAME button (L4). Use the F2 and F3 buttons to move the cursor and use the F4 and F5

11) Press the SAVE TO button (L3) and use the Dial to select the location to be saved.

10) Press the PRESET TEMPO button (L1) and use the dial to set the default tempo for the style.

F7 Saves the modified data as a new Style.
F4, F5 Moves the cursor between the Style and Phrase columns.
F2 Plays the new style.
F1 Takes you to the previous menu.

R 5

R 4

R 3

Variation 1–4 or Fill-in 1–4.

R2 Selects the pattern to change. Choose

R 2

R 1

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L3, L5 Selects the Section to be modified.

1–4 or Fill-in 1–4.

L 2

L 1

L2 Selects the pattern to change. Choose Variation

L1 Sets the default tempo for the style.

L 1

R 1

L3 Selects the location to be saved.

L4 Names the style.

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

F1 Takes you to the Style Maker Record screen.
F2, F3 Moves the cursor.
F4, F5 Selects the characters.
F7 Saves the style to User Style.

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

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4) When you are finished, press the SAVE button (F7) to save your settings.

3) Use the L and R buttons to select the different effect settings and use the Dial to change their value.

2) Press the L1 button and then turn the Dial to select which preset sound you wish to modify.

screen will be displayed.

1) Select the sound you want to edit and press the SOUND EDIT button (F7). The Preset Sound Settings

To adjust the settings:

for that Sound.
You can change these settings to suit your tastes and save them so they become the preset settings
whenever that sound is selected.
Each of the CP instrument Sounds has preset Chorus and Effect settings that are applied automatically

Editing the Preset Effect Settings

certain settings for individual sounds.
the tonal character that you have in mind. The CP allows you edit
would like to change some of the qualities of a sound to really get
instrument and drum sounds built-in, there may be times when you
Even though the Concert Performer has over 600 high quality

Editing Sounds

L1 Selects the preset sound to edit.

L 1

R 1

L2 Turns the Chorus on/off.

L3 Turns the Effect on/off.

L4 Selects an effect type.

L5 Adjusts the effect setting.

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R2 Adjusts the chorus level.

R4, R5 Adjusts the effect setting.

F1 Takes you to the previous menu.
F7 Saves the settings.

• Pressing the SAVE (F7) button will save all changes made in the Preset Effect Settings menu. If
you exit the Preset Effect Settings menu without saving your changes, the settings will remain
unchanged.

Editing Sounds

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commercially available MIDI files adhere to the General MIDI standard.
edit the song to assign the correct sounds to the various tracks. Fortunately, almost all
playing the song. If the song was not composed to the GM standard, you may find it necessary to
any additional work, because data in the files will inform the CP as to what sounds to use when

• Songs that have been composed with the General MIDI (GM) standard will sound fine without

written as format 0.

1. The CP can read the song data of both formats, however it will only display the lyrics of a song
file names ending with “.MID”. There are two types of Standard MIDI File formats, Format 0 and

• The CP recognizes song files written in the Standard MIDI File format as long as they have DOS

instruments.
density (1.4MB). These are the most commonly used disk formats in both computers and musical

• The CP reads only DOS formatted disks, either double-sided double-density (720KB) or high

you will need to remember a few simple points:
or publisher, play a disk given to you by someone else, or play songs downloaded from the Internet,
with the recorded tracks. However, if you wish to purchase a disk of songs from your music store
CP’s internal song format remembers everything about your song, including which sounds to use
there isn’t much to worry about. The CP can format the disk (if it isn’t already formatted), and the
If you will use a blank disk to store and play your own compositions made on the Concert Performer,

About songs on Floppy Disk

as a great tool for the professional musician or music educator.
source of entertainment for parties and other social events, as well
disk drive in this way makes the Concert Performer an enjoyable
Play function to load the song very quickly for playback. Using the
changes or additional recordings, you can use the CP’s Disk Song
If you wish to play a song without any intentions to make permanent

available for download.
musicians and hobbyists, and Internet sites that feature SMF songs
professional musicians and publishers, songs shared among
There are many sources of SMF songs, including disks for sale from
typically are ones that you have recorded on your own instrument.
Standard MIDI File (SMF) format. Songs in the CP’s internal format
way to playback songs recorded in the CP’s Internal Format or
The Concert Performer’s floppy disk drive provides a convenient

Playing Songs from a Floppy Disk

• The CP can also recognize most songs formatted for the PianoDisc player piano system and

songs formatted for Yamaha’s Disk Orchestra Collection. (Please check with your Kawai dealer
or distributor for further information).

Selecting a Song from Disk

A single floppy disk can store dozens of song files at one time, depending on the length of the songs.

To select a song:

1) Put the disk in the Floppy Disk Drive and press the DISK button. In the Disk menu, select Song Play
(R3). After the CP searches the disk it will display the first ten available songs. If there are more
than ten songs on the disk, use the SEARCH buttons (F2, F3) to list the additional songs.

2) Use the L and R buttons to select the song you want to hear. You can also select a song by using the
Dial.

3) Once your desired song is highlighted, press PLAY/STOP to have the CP load the song and automatically
start playing. You may also press SELECT (F7) to have the CP load the data and wait for you to start
it manually.

4) Press the SONG CHAIN (F4, F5) buttons to have the CP automatically play all songs, one after another.

5) When your selected song is ready to play, the Disk Song Play screen is displayed. Use the Recorder
control buttons on the left side of the panel to control the playback of the song.

Playing Songs From a Floppy Disk

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F7 Selects the song and takes you to the Disk Song Play screen.
F4, F5 Starts the Chain Play.
F2, F3 Lists the next or previous ten titles.
F1 Takes you to the Disk menu.

R 5

R 4

R 3

R 2

hear.
The L and R buttons select the song you want to

R 1

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

Controlling Playback of a Song

As the song plays, you can adjust the tempo, play or sing along with on the keyboard, and even turn
on/off the different instrument parts (tracks) in the song.
The status of the song parts is displayed at the bottom of the LCD screen. You will see the parts
referred to as the CP’s three Parts + Style if the song was created on the CP, or as Channels (ch 1-16)
if the song is a MIDI file. Displayed above each part is its current status:

PLAY The part will be heard when you play the song.
MUTE The part has data, but it won’t be heard when you play the song.
– – – – The part has no data to play.

• Transpose and Octave Shift are available when a song is playing. Octave Shift affects only the
notes you play “live” on the keyboard, not the music playing from the song file. Transpose can
be applied separately to the keyboard sound and the song sounds. This lets you play the keyboard
in your preferred key along with a song recorded in a different (or more difficult) key.
Use the front panel’s dedicated TRANSPOSE buttons to affect the keyboard sound. Use the
Song Transpose option (R4 and R5) in the Disk Song Play menu to affect the song data.

• The Song Transpose option is available only for the song data in Standard MIDI file.

To make adjustments to the song:

Playing Songs From a Floppy Disk

1) In the Disk Song Play screen, use the R1, R2, R3, and L3 buttons to highlight and assign sounds to
the CP’s four keyboard Parts. These will be the sounds that you can play live from the keyboard as
the song is playing. Once a Part is highlighted, press any of the Sound category buttons to select a
new sound.

2) Use the F buttons to play and mute any of the song’s instrument parts.

3) Press the L4 button to use the Mixer to make adjustments to the song’s instrument parts. (See page
49 for the Mixer function.)

4) Use the R4 and R5 buttons to transpose the song data.

5) Use the panel TRANSPOSE and OCTAVE SHIFT buttons to adjust the CP’s keyboard Parts.

6) Press the PLAY/STOP button to start the song.

7) To adjust the tempo, press the L2 button and use the Dial to change values.

8) Press the PLAY/STOP button again to stop the song.

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Ch9–12, Ch 13–16).

F6, F7 Displays the status of the next set of 4 song parts. (Ch 5–8,
F2-F5 Turns the song part on/off.
F1 Takes you to the Disk Song Select menu.

R 5

R4, R5 Transposes the song (but not the keyboard).

R3 Highlights the RIGHT2 Part.

R2 Highlights the RIGHT1 Part.

R 4

R 3

R 2

R 1

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

L5 Displays the song’s lyrics (if available in the data).

L4 Takes you to the Mixer screen.

L3 Highlights the LEFT Part.

L2 Adjusts the song’s tempo.

If the song you are playing has lyrics included in the data, the Show Lyrics (L5) button will appear
on the Song Play screen. If you press the Show Lyrics button, the song’s lyrics will then appear
inside a box. You can follow a ball moving over the lyrics as the song plays. Press the Full Screen
(R5) button to expand the lyrics display to the full screen. Press the Normal Screen (F1) button to
return to the normal lyrics screen.

In the normal lyrics screen, press the F1 button to return to the Song Play screen.

L2 Adjusts tempo.

L 1

R 1

R1, R2 Transposes the song.

L 2

L 3

L 4

L 5

F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R5 Displays the lyrics on the full screen.

F1 Returns to the Song Play screen.
F2-F5 Turns the song parts on/off.
F6, F7 Displays the status of the next set of 4 song parts (Ch 5–8, Ch9–

12, Ch 13–16).

• You cannot record or permanently edit the song while using the Disk Song Play function. If you
would like to record your live performance along with the song from the disk, or if you want to
make detailed and permanent edits to the song, you will need to load the song’s data into the
Recorder using the Disk Load function. See the chapter “Recording a Song” (page 42) for details
on how to record a song, and “Floppy Disk Operations” (page 130) for an explanation of how to
load a song into the Recorder.

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you are ready to perform!
title. Press the SELECT button (F7) to choose it. The Note Navigator screen will be displayed, and

3) When you have found the song that you want to play, use the L or R buttons to move the box over the

on disk.

• If you wish to play a CM song from floppy disk, press the DISK button (F6) to see the list of songs

after another.
all 176 song titles in alphabetical order. You may also use the Dial to scroll through all the titles one
(F1, F2). You can also search for a specific title by using SEARCH BY NAME (F3, F4), which will list
at the very top of the screen. If you want to go to another song category, press SEARCH BY CATEGORY

2) Ten song titles from the Children’s Songs category will be displayed. The category name is displayed

1) Press the CONCERT MAGIC button. The song selection menu will be displayed.

To select a song:

• In addition, you can create and play your own Concert Magic songs using the floppy disk drive.

and International songs.
Songs, American Classics, Patriotic Songs, Christmas Songs, Hymns, Classics, Special Occasions,
The 176 on-board Concert Magic songs are divided into eight groups by song category: Children’s

Selecting a Concert Magic Song

listen to groups of CM songs.
to play. There is also a Chain Play mode, giving you options to
Concert Magic songs. Listening to the song first can make it easier
The Concert Performer can also automatically play any of the

encouraging everyone around the instrument to sing along.
its way over the lyrics, following the player’s performance and
is being performed. As the song is played, a Bouncing Ball makes
Many of the CM songs have lyrics that can be displayed as the song

how the rhythm of the song should be tapped out on the keys.
keep track of where you are in the music, as well as suggesting
As you play a CM song, a handy Note Navigator display helps you

and individuality to the song that makes it real musical performance.
as well as their dynamics. This lets you add a level of expressiveness
makes this really exciting is that you control the timing of the notes,
are heard will be the correct ones for the song. However, what
on the keyboard. Regardless of what keys you play, the notes that
Concert Magic allows you to play a song by simply tapping any key

never touched a musical instrument in their life!
the joy of being a real performing musician… even if they have
absolutely anyone can sit at the Concert Performer and experience
Thanks to Kawai’s innovative CONCERT MAGIC (CM) feature,

Playing with Concert Magic