ES USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO AP24-ES-1
420A-E-002A
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
NOTICE 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.
Introduction Congratulations on your selection of the CASIO Digital Piano. This digital piano is a sophisticated musical instrument that blends the very best of traditional piano feel and sound quality with the latest that modern electronics technology has to offer. Before using the instrument, be sure to carefully read through the instructions contained in this manual. Please keep all information for future reference.
Safety Precautions Symbols Various symbols are used in this user’s guide and on the product itself to ensure that the product is used safely and correctly, and to prevent injury to the user and other persons as well as damage to property. Those symbols along with their meanings are shown below. WARNING This indication stipulates matters that have the risk of causing death or serious injury if the product is operated incorrectly while ignoring this indication.
Safety Precautions WARNING Power Cord ● Improper use of the power cord can create the risk of fire and electric shock. Always be sure to observe the following precautions. • Use only the power cord specified for this digital piano. • Make sure that the power source you are using matches the rating marked on the instrument itself. • Do not use an extension cord to plug multiple devices into the same power outlet.
Safety Precautions Precautions concerning smoke, abnormal odor, and other abnormalities Continued use of the digital piano while it is emitting smoke or abnormal odor, or while it is displaying other abnormalities creates the risk of fire and electric shock. Immediately perform the following steps whenever you notice any abnormality. 1. Turn off the digital piano power. 2. Unplug the digital piano from its power outlet. 3. Contact your original retailer or an authorized CASIO service provider.
Safety Precautions Never climb onto the digital piano or stand. Doing so can cause the digital piano to fall over, creating the risk of personal injury. Special care concerning this item is required in households where there are small children. Connector Connect only the specified devices to the digital piano's connectors. Connecting nonspecified items creates the risk of fire and electric shock. Location Avoid locating the digital piano in the following types of areas.
Operational Precautions Locating the Unit Avoid the following locations. • Areas exposed to direct sunlight and high humidity. • Areas subjected to very low temperatures. • Near a radio, TV, video deck, or tuner (unit can cause interference with audio or video signals) Care of the Unit • Never use benzene, alcohol, thinner or other such chemicals to clean the exterior of the unit. • To clean the keyboard, use a soft cloth dampened with a weak solution of a mild neutral detergent and water.
Main Features ❐ 8 versatile tones • Eight instrument tones including piano and pipe organ provide plenty of performance versatility. • Two tones can be layered and played simultaneously, and the keyboard can be split to assign different tones to the left and right sides. • Other features include digital effects that control the acoustical characteristic of tones, as well as three pedal effects for all the nuances of an acoustic piano.
Contents IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Keyboard Settings .............. E-19 Using the Touch Select .......................... E-19 Using Transpose .................................... E-19 Introduction ........................... E-1 Adjusting the Tuning of the Digital Piano .. E-20 Safety Precautions ................ E-2 MIDI ....................................... E-21 Operational Precautions ....... E-6 Main Features ........................ E-7 Contents .................................
General Guide Back Panel POWER ON / OFF 1 POWER button MIDI OUT IN CONTROL 2 CONTROL button METRONOME 8 USER SONG 3 METRONOME button PART 4 RECORD button RECORD 8 MIDI Terminals START/STOP DEMO 5 START/STOP button SPLIT 6 SPLIT button VOLUME 7 VOLUME knob MIN MAX • See page E-24 for details on the stand. A value next to a note name indicates the relative position of the note on the keyboard as shown below.
General Guide Front IMPORTANT! • Make sure the power indicator is completely turned off before unplugging the power cord from the power outlet. Be sure to read and observe all of the safety precautions concerning power supply on page E-2. 9 9 Power Indicator Bottom Headphones IMPORTANT! • Whenever connecting headphone, first set the VOLUME knob of the digital piano and the volume controller of the external equipment to relatively low volume settings.
Basic Operation Selecting a Tone Layering Two Tones Your digital piano has a selection of 8 built-in tones. There are also two tones that are exclusively for use as lowrange split tones. See “Built-in Bass Tones” (page E-12) for more information. Use the following procedure to layer to two tones, so they sound at the same time. 1 * The names of the tones are marked above the keyboard keys to which they are assigned.
Basic Operation Adjusting the Volume of Layered Tones 1 While holding down the CONTROL button, use the keyboard keys shown below to adjust the volume of the layered tones. ■ Built-in Bass Tones Your digital piano comes with two built-in bass tones. • Pressing the SPLIT button in step 2 of the above procedure selects “ACOUSTIC BASS” for the lower range of the keyboard.
Basic Operation Power on effect settings Using Digital Effects Your digital piano provides you with a selection of digital effects that you can apply to tones. The table below shows the effect settings that are assigned to each tone whenever you turn on the digital piano. Tone Name Digital Effect Types REVERB : 4 Types The REVERB effect gives you a choice of the four variations listed below. Each one simulates the acoustics of different environments. ROOM 1 ....... ROOM 2 ....... HALL 1 .........
Basic Operation Using the Pedals Using the Metronome The digital piano is equipped with the two pedals shown in the illustration below. The left pedal normally functions as a soft pedal. The metronome provides a reference beat that you can use during your performances or practice sessions. You can change the beat and the tempo of the metronome. * The names of the settings are marked above the keyboard keys to which they are assigned.
Basic Operation 3 Change the tempo setting as described below. • A note does not sound when you press a keyboard key while holding down the CONTROL button (Figure d). • While holding down the CONTROL button, press keyboard key A2 (–) to decrease tempo or B 2 (+) to increase it. Holding down either keyboard key changes the setting at high speed. Pressing keyboard key A2 (–) and B 2 (+) at the same time changes the tempo setting to 120.
Using the Memory This section describes how to record keyboard play to memory and playback data from memory. Recording About the Memory In addition to recording notes as they are played on the keyboard, you can also record to one track while playing back from the other track. The following procedures cover each of these operations. Memory Capacity • There are two song memory tracks named Track A and Track B. The two tracks can store a combined total of approximately 5,200 notes.
Using the Memory To record to one track while playing back from the other track 2 • You can toggle the playback metronome sound on and off by pressing the METRONOME button. • Playback stop automatically when the end of the tune is reached. • To stop part way through, press the START/STOP button. • To stop the metronome, press the METRONOME button. This procedure is basically the same as that under “To record notes from the keyboard” on page E-16.
Using Demo Tunes Your digital piano comes with eight built-in demo tunes, each of which features one of the eight built-in tones. To stop demo tune play 1 To play the demo tunes in sequence 1 While holding down the CONTROL button, press the START/STOP button. NOTE • All the demo tunes play in sequence, starting from the Tune 1. To start playback from a specific tune 1 Press the START/STOP button to stop demo tune play.
Keyboard Settings Using the Touch Select Using Transpose This setting lets you adjust the touch of the keyboard to suit your own playing style. This means you can select a stronger touch for those with powerful hands, and a lighter touch for beginners and anyone else with less strength. Transpose lets you adjust the pitch of your digital piano in semitone steps.
Keyboard Settings Adjusting the Tuning of the Digital Piano You can adjust the overall tuning of the digital piano for play along with another instrument. You can adjust tuning within a range of ±50 cents from A4 = 440.0Hz. Use the keyboard keys noted below to adjust the tuning of the piano. Setting Range C4 E 6: – (lowers the pitch) E6: + (raises the pitch) To adjust the tuning of the piano Adjust the tuning as described below.
MIDI What is MIDI? MIDI Settings The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which is the name of a worldwide standard for digital signals and connectors that makes it possible to exchange musical data between musical instruments and computers (machines) produced by different manufacturers. 1 Send Channel Use this setting to specify one of the MIDI channels (1 through 16) as the Send Channel for sending MIDI messages to an external device.
MIDI Expanding Tunes in Digital Piano Memory You can transfer song data from your computer to the digital piano’s user area. You can store up to 10 tunes* (about 7,600 notes, about 47 kilobytes) as User songs 0 through 9. * You may not be able to store 10 tunes if fewer tunes cause memory to become full. For SMF data you purchase or create, you need to use special CASIO conversion software to convert it to CASIO format before transferring it to the piano.
Troubleshooting Symptom No sound produced when keyboard keys are pressed. Possible Cause 1. VOLUME knob set to MIN. 2. Headphones connected to the piano. 3. Local Control turned off. Keyboard out of tune. 1. Transpose is set to a value other than 0. 2. Incorrect tuning setting Action Reference 1. Move VOLUME knob more towards the MAX side. 2. Disconnect the headphones from the digital piano. 3. Turn on Local control. Page E-11 1.
Assembly Instructions CAUTION • Take particular care to avoid injury when installing legs and pedals, and when mounting the keyboard onto the stand. • When assembling, make sure that the sliding keyboard cover of the digital piano body is completely closed. If the cover is left open during assembly, it may close suddenly causing the fingers to be pinched between the digital piano body and cover.
Assembly Instructions Figure 4 Figure 5 F (Back) B G A C I 5 G 7 3. Rotate height adjustment screw 7 until it supports crosspiece D, preventing the crosspiece from bending when you press the pedals (Figure 5). F 4 I I Important! • Be sure to rotate adjustment screw 7 and perform the adjustment procedure described above before depressing the pedals. Failure to do so can result in damage to crosspiece D. 6 2. Attach back panel C to the 4 brackets and crosspiece D.
Assembly Instructions 2 Installing the Keyboard onto 3 Connecting the Pedal the Stand Figure 8 CAUTION Take care that you do not pinch your fingers between the keyboard and stand! Clip Figure 6 Pedal plug 8 8 H H Position the pedal plug as shown in Figure 8 and insert it into the pedal connector on the bottom of the digital piano. Secure the pedal cable to the upright of the stand using the clips (Figure 8).
Assembly Instructions 4 Connecting to a Power Supply Attachment of the Score Stand Install the music stand by inserting its pegs into the holes in the top of the piano. Figure 9 Power cord Household wall outlet 1. Check to make sure that the digital piano’s POWER button is in the OFF position. If it is ON, press the button to switch it OFF. 2. Attach the power cord that comes with the digital piano to the bottom of the digital piano.* 3.
Specifications All of the items in these specifications apply to the AP-24 and AP-24V, unless specifically noted otherwise.
Appendix/Apéndice Initial Power On Settings The table below shows the initial settings of the digital piano whenever power is turned on. Item Setting Item Setting Tone GRAND PIANO 1 Transpose C Reverb HALL 1 (GRAND PIANO 1) Tuning A4 = 440.0Hz Chorus Off (GRAND PIANO 1) Send Channel Channel 1 Touch Select NORMAL Local Control On Ajustes iniciales al activarse la alimentación La tabla siguiente muestra los ajustes iniciales del piano digital siempre que se activa la alimentación.
420A-E-062A Control Change 0, 32 1 6, 38 7 10 11 64 66 67 91 93 100, 101 120 121 Key’s Ch’s After Touch Pitch Bender Note ON Note OFF Velocity True voice O O O O*1 O O O O O O O O O O O O X O*1 X X X O O*2 O*2 O O O X O X O O 9nH V = 1-127 X 9nH V = 0, 8nH V = ** 0-127 0-127 X X X O 9nH V = 1-127 X 8nH V = 64 21-108 ❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊ Mode 3 X Mode 3 X ❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊ Default Messages Altered Mode Note Number 1-16 1-16 1 1-16 Default Changed Recognized Transmitted MIDI Implementation
420A-E-063A : Local ON/OFF : All notes OFF : Active Sense : Reset Aux X O X X X O O X X X X X X O*3 O 0-7, 32 ❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊ Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO *3 • Tipo de reverberación [F0][7F][7F][04][05][01][01][01][01][01][00][vv][F7] vv=00: Room1, 01: Room2, 02: Hall1, 03: Hall2 • Tipo de chorus [F0][7F][7F][04][05][01][01][01][01][02][00][vv][F7] vv=00: Chorus1, 01: Chorus2, 02: Chorus3, 03: Chorus4 *3 • Reverb type [F0][7F][7F][04][05][01][01][01][01][01][00][vv][F7] vv=00: Roo
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