USER’S GUIDE Please keep all information for future reference. English ES GUÍA DEL USUARIO Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el teclado, asegúrese de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad” separadas. CTK2100ES1A Español Safety Precautions Before trying to use the keyboard, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”.
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.
General Guide ............................. E-2 Using the 10-key Pad (bn) ..................................... E-4 Using the Setting Button (3) ................................. E-4 Getting Ready to Play ................ E-5 Music Challenge Keyboard Game ........................ E-25 Using Auto Accompaniment..... E-27 Playing the Rhythm Part Only .............................. E-27 Playing All Parts ................................................... E-28 Using Auto Accompaniment Effectively.............
General Guide • In this manual, the term “Digital Keyboard” refers to the CTK-2100. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below.
General Guide ☞E-15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 27 bl ACCOMP ON/OFF, CHORDS, PART SELECT button ☞E-15, 18, 20, 22, 28, 34 bm TEMPO buttons ☞E-8, 17, 31 bn Number buttons, [–]/[+] buttons ☞E-4 bo SONG BANK button ☞E-15, 17, 20, 25 dk dk USB port ☞E-32 bp RHYTHM, ONE TOUCH PRESET button ☞E-7, 9, 27, 31 English 1 POWER switch ☞E-6 2 VOLUME slider ☞E-6 3 SETTING button ☞E-4 4 SAMPLING button ☞E-11, 12, 14 5 METRONOME, BEAT button ☞E-7 6 INTRO, REPEAT button ☞E-16, 17, 22, 30 7 NORMAL/FILL-IN, REW button ☞E-16, 20,
General Guide Using the 10-key Pad (bn) Use the number buttons and the [–] and [+] buttons to change the settings of the parameters that appear in the upper left area of the display. Using the Setting Button (3) Use the Setting button (3) to access settings that let you select the reverb type, pedal effect, etc. 1. Press 3. Setting Trans . Setting Parameter Md e r nPn o 2. Next press 3 until the parameter whose setting you want to change is displayed.
Preparing the Music Stand Music stand English Getting Ready to Play Using Batteries • Be sure to turn off power before loading batteries. • It is up to you to prepare six commercially available AA-size batteries. Do not use oxyride batteries or any other nickel based batteries. 1. Open the battery cover on the bottom of the Digital Keyboard. Power Supply Either an AC adaptor or batteries can be used to power this Digital Keyboard. Normally, use of AC adaptor power is recommended.
Playing the Digital Keyboard 12 bn 5 bm Turning on Power and Playing 1. Turn on 1. This turns on power. 2. Try playing something on the keyboard. Use 2 to adjust volume. Increase bp bq br bs bt ck cl cm Using Headphones Using headphones cuts off output from the built-in speakers, which means you can practice playing even late at night without disturbing others. • Be sure to turn down the volume level before connecting headphones.
Playing the Digital Keyboard You can use the voice pads to sound various sound effects or even sounds you have sampled (“Sampling”, page E-11). Use the voice pads to add something extra to your performances. Sounding Sampled Sounds with the Voice Pads Sampling sounds will change the tones assigned to sets 1 through 3 to the sampled sounds. For more information, see page E-11. 1. Press bp.
Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing the Metronome Tempo Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the metronome. 1. Press bm. Use y (slower) and t (faster) to change the tempo setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed. • Pressing y and t at the same time will initialize the tempo setting in accordance with the currently selected song or rhythm. • Pressing bm causes the tempo value to flash on the display.
bn 34 bp bq Select from a variety of musical instrument sounds English Controlling the Keyboard Sounds br bs bt ck cl 3. Try playing something on the keyboard. The tone of the instrument you selected will sound. Your Digital Keyboard lets you select tones for a wide variety of musical instrument sounds, including violin, flute, orchestra, and more. Even the same song sound takes on a different feel by changing the instrument type. To select an instrument for playing 1. Press bq.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using Reverb Reverb adds reverberation to notes. You can change the duration of the reverb. 1. Press 3 a number of times until “Reverb” appears on the display (page E-4). Using a Pedal A pedal can be used to change notes in various ways while playing. • A pedal unit does not come with the Digital Keyboard. Purchase one separately from your retailer. See page E-1 for information about options. Connecting a Pedal Unit Connect an optional pedal unit.
Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning) Changing the Pitch in Semitone Steps (Transpose) The transpose feature lets you change the pitch, in semitone steps. A simple operation lets you instantly change the pitch to match that of a singer. • The transpose setting range is –12 to +12 semitones. 1. Press 3.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds 4. Output the sound from the external device. The Digital Keyboard will start sampling automatically, and stop after one second. What you sample is stored as tone number 401. Flashes Sam l i n p g Lights Or i g i na l 5. Try playing something on the keyboard. • You can press pad 4 or 5 (ck or cl) to sound the sampled sound (page E-7). • Sampling will not start if the volume level of the external device is too low.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Applying Effects to a Sampled Sound Turning off power will causes all sampled sound data to be deleted. You can use the following procedure to apply various settings to the sampled tone assigned to tone number 401. ■ How sampled sounds are played 1. Use bn (10-key) to select a tone number from Pressing Middle C (C4) will play back the original sound. The keys to the left and right of C4 play the sound at different pitches.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using a Sampled Sound in a Rhythm (Drum Assign) Use the following procedure to replace a percussive instrument with a sampled sound you sampled with short sampling and play auto accompaniment rhythms (page E-27) with it. 1. Press 3 and 4 at the same time. Lights D r mA s i g n The display will return to the previous screen if you do not perform the next step for some time. 2. Use the bn (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the drum assign type you want.
bn 3 6 7 8 9 bk bl With this Digital Keyboard, built-in tune data is referred to as “songs”. You can listen to the built-in songs for your own enjoyment, or you can play along with them for practice. • In addition to simple listening enjoyment, the built-in songs can be used with the lesson system (page E-19) for practice. Playing the Demo Songs English Playing Built-in Songs bm bo Playing Back a Particular Song Use the procedure below to play back one of the built-in songs.
Playing Built-in Songs 3. Press bk. ■ Skip Forward This starts playback of the song. 1. Press 8. Sustain pedal Key Mo o n l i g Note h This skips song playback forward to the next measure. Each press of 8 skips ahead one measure. Holding down 8 skips forward at high speed until you release it. • Pressing 8 while song playback is stopped performs lesson function phrase skip forward (page E-20). Tempo Fingering Measure Beat 4. Press bk again to stop playback.
Playing Built-in Songs This specifies the measure as the end measure and starts repeat playback of the measures in the specified range. • During repeat play you can use 9 to pause playback, 8 to skip forward, or 7 to skip back. Lights Tw i n k l e 4. Pressing 6 again returns to normal playback. Changing the song number clears the start measure and end measure of the repeat operation.
Playing Built-in Songs Turning Off the Part of One Hand for Practice (Part Select) You can turn off the right hand part or the left hand part of a song during playback and practice playing the along with the remaining part. 1. Press bl to select the part you want to turn off. Each press of bl cycles through the settings shown below. Right hand part off Left hand part off Both hand parts off Both hand parts on 2. Press bk. This starts playback in accordance with the setting you selected in step 1.
bn 3 678 bk bl To master a song, it is best to break it up into shorter parts (phrases), master the phrases, and then put everything together. Your Digital Keyboard comes with a Step Up Lesson feature that helps you to do just that. Phrases The built-in songs are pre-divided into phrases to help you master keyboard play. Song start Phrase 1 Song end Phrase 2 Phrase 3 . . . .
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Messages that Appear during Lessons The following are the messages that appear on the display during Step Lessons. Message Description Appears when you select a phrase, when a lesson starts, etc. • Note that certain phrases will cause “Wait” to appear instead of “Phrase”. Appears when the lesson starts with an intro or fill-in phrase that is not included in the phrases to be practiced.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Now it is time to start the lessons. First, select the song and part you want to practice. Lesson 1: Listen to the song. the instructions provided on the display and by voice fingering guide. During this lesson, the display shows the key you need to press next. Voice fingering guide uses a simulate voice to announce which finger you should use. First, listen to the example a few times to familiarize yourself with what it sounds like. 1. Press br.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Lesson 3: Remember what you learned as you play. Though song playback stands by waiting for you to press the correct keys as in Lesson 2, the Digital Keyboard does not provide any guidance about what note you need to play next. Remember everything you have learned up to Lesson 2 as you play. 1. Press bt.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Turning Off Note Guide 1. Press 3 a number of times until “NoteGuid” appears on the display (page E-4). With Auto Step Up Lesson, the Digital Keyboard advances through each lesson automatically. 1. Select the song and part you want to practice (page E-15). 2. Press cl. No t eGu i d Listen to the first phrase in Lesson 1. • In Lesson 1, the sample phrase is played only once before advancing to Lesson 2. Flashes 2.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ■ Auto Step Up Lesson Procedure Phrase 1 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 2 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 1, 2 • Lesson 3* 4 Phrase 3 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 1, 2, 3 • Lesson 3* 4 Next phrase practice using the same procedure 4 Final phrase Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 From Phrase 1 to the final phrase • Lesson 3* 4 Lesson complete * Auto Step Up Lesson advances to the next phrase, regardless of whether the “Bravo!” resul
English Music Challenge Keyboard Game 1 bk Music Challenge is a game that measures your reaction speed as you press keys in response to on-screen keyboard indicators and fingering guide indications. 1. Press bo. 2. Press cm. This causes a key on the on-screen keyboard to start to flash, and starts the Music Challenge song. cm bo bp bq 3. After the on-screen keyboard indicator changes from flashing to lit, press the indicated key with the indicated finger as quickly as possible.
Music Challenge Keyboard Game 4. The game ends when you advance successfully through 20 notes. • Your score and playing time appear on the display. After a short while, the playing time display changes to an evaluation result. To clear the evaluation result from the display, press bo, bp, or bq. • You can cancel a game at any time by pressing cm or bk. Score T i me 1 9 .
bn 3 6 7 8 9 bk bl With Auto Accompaniment, simply select an accompaniment pattern. Each time you play a chord with your left hand the appropriate accompaniment will play automatically. It’s like having a personal backup group along with you wherever you go. bm bp Starting and Stopping the Rhythm Part Only 1. Press bp. Rhythm number • Auto Accompaniments are made up of the following three parts.
Using Auto Accompaniment 5. Pressing bl again returns to rhythm only Playing All Parts accompaniment. Auto Accompaniment with Chords Playing a chord with your left hand automatically adds bass and harmony accompaniment parts to the currently selected rhythm. It is just like having your own personal back up group on call. 1. Start play of the Auto Accompaniment rhythm part. 2. Press bl. This enables chord input on the accompaniment keyboard.
Using Auto Accompaniment With these three input modes, you play chords on the accompaniment keyboard using their normal chord fingerings. Some chord forms are abbreviated, and can be fingered with one or two keys. See the separate “Appendix” for information about chords that are supported and how they are fingered on the keyboard. Accompaniment keyboard ● FINGERED 1 Play the component notes of the chord on the keyboard. ● FINGERED 2 Unlike FINGERED 1, 6th input is not possible. m7 or m7b5 is input.
Using Auto Accompaniment Using Auto Accompaniment Effectively Auto Accompaniment Pattern Variations Use the following procedures to play intro and ending patterns, to play fill-in patterns, and to play variations of basic Auto Accompaniment patterns. ■ Auto Accompaniment Variation Each Auto Accompaniment pattern has a basic “normal pattern” as well as a “variation pattern”. 1. Press 8. ■ Auto Accompaniment Fill-in Use the procedure below to play a fill-in pattern during a performance.
Using Auto Accompaniment Use the following procedure to configure the Digital Keyboard to start Auto Accompaniment play as soon as you press a keyboard key. 1. Press 9. This enters accompaniment start standby. Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between what you are playing on the keyboard and the volume of the Auto Accompaniment. 1. Press 3 a number of times until “AcompVol” appears on the display (page E-4). Flashes A c ompVo l 2.
Connecting External Devices bn 3 bl Connecting a Computer You can connect the Digital Keyboard to a computer and exchange MIDI data between them. You can send play data from the Digital Keyboard to music software running on your computer, or you can send MIDI data from your computer to the Digital Keyboard for playback. Minimum Computer System Requirements The following shows the minimum computer system requirements for sending and receiving MIDI data.
5. Configure the music software settings to select one of the following as the MIDI device. MIDI Settings CASIO USB-MIDI: (For Windows Vista, Mac OS X) USB Audio Device: (For Windows XP) Keyboard Channel • For information about how to select the MIDI device, see the user documentation that comes with the music software you are using. • Be sure to turn on the keyboard first before starting up your computer’s music software.
Connecting External Devices ■ Turning Off the Navigate Channel Sound and Playing the Part on the Keyboard You can turn off the sound on one or both of the navigate channels and play the cancelled part on the keyboard yourself. 1. Press bl to select the channel setting you want to turn off. Each press of bl cycles through settings (1) thorough (4) described below. • If you turn off one channel, you can play the cancelled part on the keyboard using the same tone as the channel you turned off.
Connecting External Devices Connecting to Audio Equipment English This keyboard can be connected to commercially available stereo, amplifier, or recording equipment, to a portable audio player or other equipment. Outputting Keyboard Notes to Audio Equipment Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you. The connecting cords should have a stereo standard plug on one end and a plug that matches the configuration of the external device on the other end.
Reference Troubleshooting Symptom Action Included Accessories I can’t find something that should be here. Carefully check inside all of the packing materials. Power Requirements Power will not turned on. • Check the AC adaptor or make sure that the batteries are facing correctly (page E-5). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-5). The Digital Keyboard outputs a loud sound and then suddenly powers down.
Symptom Action Some notes are cut off while they are playing. Notes are cut off whenever the number of notes being sounded exceeds the maximum polyphony value of 48 (24 for some tones). This does not indicate malfunction. See “Maximum Polyphony” in the “Tone List” in the separate “Appendix”. The volume or tone setting I made has changed. • Adjust the main volume setting (page E-6). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all keyboard settings (page E-6).
Reference Specifications Model CTK-2100 Keyboard 61 standard-size keys Maximum Polyphony 48 notes (24 for certain tones) Tones Built-in Tones 400 Sampling Tones 1 (Full Sampling) or 3 (Short Sampling) Sampling Time: 1 second (Full Sampling) or approximately 0.
Reference Operating Precautions English Be sure to read and observe the following operating precautions. ■ Location Avoid the following locations for this product. • Areas exposed to direct sunlight and high humidity • Areas subjected to temperature extremes • Near a radio, TV, video deck, or tuner The above devices will not cause malfunction of the product, but interference from the product can cause audio or video interference of a nearby device.
Reference Song List SONG BANK 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 WORLD TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR LIGHTLY ROW LONG LONG AGO ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY SAKURA SAKURA WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN AMAZING GRACE AULD LANG SYNE COME BIRDS DID YOU EVER SEE A LASSIE? MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE DANNY BOY MY BONNIE HOME SWEET HOME AURA LEE HOME ON THE RANGE ALOHA OE SANTA L
Root C C#/(Db) D (D#)/Eb E F F#/(Gb) • Since the chord input range is limited, this model may not support some of the chords shown above.
Key’s Ch’s After Touch Control Change Pitch Bender Note ON Note OFF Velocity True voice 0, 32 1 6, 38 7 10 11 64 O X X O O X O *3 X X X O 9nH v = 100 X 9nH v = 0 36 - 96 Mode 3 X Default Messages Altered Mode Note Number 1 1 - 16 Default Changed Transmitted O (MSB only) O O *2 O O O O O X O O 9nH v = 1 - 127 X 9nH v = 0, 8nH V =** 0 - 127 0 - 127 *1 Mode 3 X 1 - 16 1 - 16 Recognized MIDI Implementation Chart Basic Channel Function Model: CTK-2100 Bank select Modulation Data e
:True # : Clock : Commands : Local ON/OFF : All notes OFF : Active Sense : Reset System Real Time Aux Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY Remarks Messages : Song Pos : Song Sel : Tune System Common System Exclusive Program Change 66 67 91 100, 101 120 121 Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO O O O O *2 O O Sostenuto Soft pedal Reverb send RPN LSB, MSB All sound off Reset all controller O : Yes X : No *1: Depende del tono.
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