Kohler KD-150, KD-160, KD-165, KD-60 User's Guide

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KD60 / 150 / 160 / 165 Button Pushing Users Guide:

1) GRAND PIANO button (bottom right of panel) – Defaults unit to Grand Piano.

• Helpful when exiting a style and return to Piano.

• Master Slide Controls, (on left side). Master Volume / Tone Control /

Accompaniment Vol. & Assign Slider. Assign Slider is used for

“Audio In” feature, or the Auto-Player Volume for the KD165.

2) DEMO MODE: – (on top left side) Press Style Play & Song Play together. The
demo will play all songs in order. Use Start/Stop button, to select other demos.

Highlights: Bold Piano, Nylon Guitar, Film Score, and Latin Live. (Push Style or
Song play to exit out of the demo).

3) HOW TO PLAY SOUNDS with Styles:

• There are over 100 Sounds & Styles under the Perform button (on far right side).

Follow these steps:

A. Select the “Perform button” – There are 8 sounds (1 page) for each sound

category.

B. Push the Style Change button (next to Perform). This allows you to

automatically select a pre-programmed rhythm and accompaniment style
for each sound.

C. Choose the Select button to the (left of the sound group), to highlight the

upper or lower row of sounds.

D. Select the sound you desire with the Vol./Value buttons on the side of

the screen, for that sound.

E. Select the Synchro/Start Button.
F. Choose either Intro 1 or Intro 2. (Intro 1 is the longer introduction, #2 is

short). As well, you can choose the Count-In button.

G. Begin by playing your left hand chord, to start the style.

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Chord Fingering: The KD Ensemble automatically defaults your chord to Fingered 1.
You can also change the chord fingering to another mode, by pressing chord fingering,
and selecting these other options:

A. Fingered 1 – A full Major chord will be recognized, even if only a single

finger note is played.

B. Fingered 2 – The full chord will be recognized, only with 3 or more notes.

If you play just one note, a unison will be played.

C. Fingered 3 – (default) You must always play 3 or more notes for a chord

to be recognized.

D. One Finger – Major chord with 1 note. Play the white note below the

root & you get a 7th. Play the black key below the root, and you get a
minor chord. Play both the black & white note below the root, and you
get a minor 7th.

o Choose Variations 1-4 (on bottom left). As you move from Variation 1 to

Variation 4, the style will build.

o Choose Fill-in 1 or 2 at any time. Fill-In 1 is the longer of the two.

o You can select the Break button at any time. This adds a 1 measure

break, or “stop”, to your pattern.

• Single Touch Settings: The STS “F” buttons, (labeled F1 – F4

(below the screen). These are pre-programmed sound registrations, to go
along with the style you’re playing. They can be changed at anytime,
along with any variation. Sometimes these sounds will be a solo voice, or
combined sounds. They can also choose a left hand sound.

• Note: Split: The unit will default to Middle C, split point. When starting

off with Piano, the unit will be in Full Keyboard mode, during a style.
You then play any 3 note chord, on all 88 keys. If you desire to change
the split point, simply hold down split, and choose the note to split the left
hand. However, if you pick one of the STS buttons, the unit will revert
back to it’s preprogrammed split.

• Tip! As an option you can choose Manual Bass, button (2nd row from top,

on left). This gives you a bass split for the left hand.

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TO FIND ALL OF THE KD SOUNDS

A. Select Program button (next to the Perform button).
B. Select the Sound group.
C. Push the Vol./Val. select buttons to select a sound.
D. Using the Page + or – button, (next to screen), you can toggle up or down

through many pages of sounds for each group. ( As opposed to the Perform
button setting, which only shows 1 page of sounds.)

• Note: The KD has up to 4 Sound Parts. You may hear these layered

sounds.

• Use the Exit button (next to the wheel), to toggle back to home page.

This allows you to see all your Sound parts).

• Note: You will notice the (keyboard icon), next to each sound.

• Using the (+/-) buttons, you can highlight or (turn on) each part.

This will give you the ability to layer or solo sounds. The top right 3
parts (in the screen) are for combining sounds on the right hand. The
bottom right part is for the left hand.

4) HOW TO PLAY STYLES AND ADD YOUR SOUNDS

A. Be sure Style Play Button (on top left) is lit.
B. Press “Single Touch” Button (to left of screen)
C. Select a Style. (Use select “led” to the left of style group for top or

bottom row)

D. Press buttons (Vol./Value) on side of screen to pick the style you want.
E. Press Syncro Start “Button” located to the right of the screen. (This will

allow you to start the style, playing your first chord).

F. Select an Intro (1 or 2)
G. PLAY!

• The intro will begin, (when led goes off, the style will play). Be sure to play your

left hand chords, below middle C.

• Use Variations 1 – 4 on bottom left side, to change variations of your style. As

you move from 1-4, the style will build.

• Note: If you do not want to split the keyboard, be sure to “push” the

button marked “Full Keyboard” in the upper right section of the panel.