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sortieing 10. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS “INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS" WARNING ~ When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following: Read all the instructions before using the product. Heed alf wakings. Fellow all Instructions.
i i 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 handful interference 1o radio communications.
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. A\ 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; . A\ caution This indication stipulates matters that have the ri
G e T SIS In the event a foreign object should happen to get inside the instrument, please take the following actions: 1. Turn off power. 2. Unplug the power cord from the % wall outlet, > 3. Consult with the dealer where you purchased the instrument or with an authorized CASIO service provider, Do not expose this pine to rain or moisture. To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do nét expose this piano to rain or moisture.
Do not place heave objects on the piano. Never place heavy abject on top of the piano. Doing so can cause the stand 1o tip over and the object to fall, creating the risk of personal injury. Volume setting Do not play at very loud volumes for a long dime. This precaution is especially important when using the headphones, Long-term exposure to very loud sound can damage your hearing. Assemble the stand properly.
[) [t Advanced Lesson System (pages £-40, 43) Choose from among 80 built-in alto accompaniment tunes for your listening pleasure, or turn off the melody or another part and practice by playing along. The lesson function lets you select one of three different arrangement levels to suit your abilities and need. Simply select the part you want fo practice, and then follow along on the keyboard as keys light using two different colors. First master the timing. Next, play along at your own pace.
Contents Introduction .. oo Safety Precautions E-2 Operational Consents ...ccorvmnsmsccssensmsscssnennane B 10 General Guide E-12 About the Display LE-16 Connecting to a Power Outset E-18 Po war On Aleut .. Bet lings and Memory Contents E-20 | Basic Operations Basic Operations E24 Getting Selecting a Tina Upper, Upper, Lower!, Lowery Using Using Using Layer and Split Together . E-26 “Turning the Key Light System On and Off .
General Guide + Key, bunion, and other names are indicated it text of this manual using bold lye. « 5o page E-97 for details o the stand. cation With the AL-T00R and AL-150R, ihe power cord is hard-wired fo the bottom uf the instrument, ~ Back Panel WIDE Terminals .1 LINE IN Jacks —-1 r LINE OUT Jacks Host safest switch {MIDI. PG-1, PC-2) TO HOST terminal MIC N {MIC VOLUME) Bottom = Headphone Jack .
e About the Display i s TOUCH RESPONSE | e onto | 1 Operation Indicators These indicators show what type of settings you are making and the type of information currently displayed in the message area. The applicable indicator appears while you are making tone {TONE), thence (RHYTHM), song (SONG}, part (U1, U2, L1, 12), mixer (MIXER), disk (DISK), or function (FUNCTION) settings.
e SR LT You can power this panic by plugging it nto 2 standard household power outlet, Be sure you tuw off power and unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet whenever the piano s not in use. To connect to a power outlet 7. Check'to make sure that the piano’s POWER button is in the OFF position. press the POWER bunion (o tyro it OFF. POWER button [ Power indicator o1 OFF .. Paar indicator of. Front Po war Indicator E18 2.
‘ Basic Operations " AN MR AVARICIOUS POWER l. MAIN VOLUME This section provides information on performing basic piano operations. Getting Started To play the Plano . Press the POWER button 1o tun on the piano, 2, Use the MAIN VOLUME slider W set the vol: e 1o a relatively low level. .
i Using Spit With split yo it con assign ewo different tones {a main phone and a split tore) To ether and of the keyboard, which lets you play one phone with your Left hand and anther tone with your right hand. S pain (P} Han tang Upper Spittoon showers) To spit the keyboard T, select the main tone. k. Press the SPLIT button. * This canes e indicator lmp above ihe button to tight * The current split tone name papers o the display. You can use the TONE buttons 10 change the split tone i you want. 3.
REVERT — (RHYTHM ELECT Lvy Lott This piano autocratically lags bass and chord parts in accordance with the chords you finger. The biz and chord parts are played using sounds and phones that are automatically selected to match the rhythm you are using, Al of this means that you gat full, realistic accompaniments for the melody notes you play with your sight Rand, creating the mood of an one-person ensemble. About the MODE Button Use the MODE bunion fo select the accompaniment mods you want ta use.
REVERB A < o8B besoms asses ose CHORUS } This piano provides you with a selection of effects Hat yon can apply to tons. Effect Blocks ‘The following shows bow the effects of this piano are organized. REVERB | " CHORUS oS8 DSP effects are applied to the connection betoken the sound source and output (PA), Yoi can select distortion and modulation effects.
PHRASE REFERENT L. Fr Ext L prey Fasting Forward To fast forward 1. While a nine is playing of passed, hold down the FEYNMAN button to skip forward at high speed. * The fast forward operation skips forward one mast aka time, * The measure and beat numbers on the display change while the fast forward operation s being performed. 2. Releasing the FE/NEXT bunion starts song play: back from the measure whose number is shown on the display.
Tune Types and Supported Parts Two-hand Accompaniment Tunes Piano Right Hand + Plano Left Hand L+ Obbligato Auto Accompaniment Tunes Melody {Right Land) + Auto Accompaniment (Left Hand) + Obbligato Key Lighting and Display Indicators During 3-Step Lesson Hike you are sing 3-step Lesson, ey Sighting i performed using twn colors, and the staff notation on the display shows note pitches and lengths, The display also provides advice about How to Anger dotes in order to play along with the builtin tune, Note tha
overnight $10p L stew 1 Changing the Lesson Part Tone You can select Tom among 271 built-in tames for the lesson part. You can lien change the Lesson part tong setting while lesson play is tn progress, Suw *Selecting a Tone™ on page 124 for more information. Note + Speeding the dune number for the semi toeing hats currently glaciate raters tha tone Lo tha default sting for that duns. Step 1 Master the timing. . Select the Music Library tune you want o use. 2. Cross the STEP 1 button 1o sitar Step 1 play.
BNl PG Such Like u el band, auto accompaniment patterns and patterns you create with the Sequencer are played using multiple “pacts,” such s chords, bass, and drum parts. The Mixer provides you with the weans to turn individual parts o {50 hey sound) and off {sa they can't, and ko change the tome, voucher, pan, effect, and other parameters of pate part Parts As mentioned above, the word “part” as used in relation to i piano has the same meaning as it does in an technocrat or and.
SUB MENU o IS MER EXIT Use the MAIN MENU buttons to select | the parameter whose setting you want o change. * Sex “Miner Parameters” for information about whites parameters can be changed. e Bart On/otj; Upper?= . Set the selected parameter for each of the parts. + Use the SUB MEN buttons [41/[b | to defect the part whose parameter settings you want 1o change. e 3. Use the and ] buttons 1o change the value.
UL R TR The Sequencer provides you with powerful rooks for record songs ity Plano memory. You dan record auto accompaniments and the notes you fay with thee, or you can Build your creation part-by-part using the Sequence's 17 tracks, How the Sequencer Works The Sequencer provides you with capabilities that are similar 10 tape recorder. You can record things you play om the keyboard and play them back.
SEQUENCER 5 1 RECORD. consomme e strategic -l . EXT . Sequencer Modes Teeth are thee Sequencer modes: Play, Record and Setting, Play Mode This I¢ fhe mode whose screen first appears whenever you enter the Sequencer Mode. Use this mode o play back Sequencer memory car tents.
Play something on the keyboard 1o start actual Using Punch In Recording : SEQUENCER wp | G recording. Note that you showed skip the fist to steps of the forgiving | « i you want fo start recording without playing approved when yau g0 into punch in recording to modify : thing on the keyboard, press fhe START/STOP sunbathing you lve just occurred. | ton. A blank space {a series of vests} is vectored unit : you play something, 1. Press the SEQUENCER button.
BECOME SEQUENCER my SUB MENU. MAIN MENU Changing Song Header Data You can use the following procedure to change the initial Mixer, temp and other sailings stored fn the song beaded. To change the sang header data 7. press the SEQUENCER bunion. 2. Select the song area that contains the song whose gender data you want fo change, * Use the buttons o select a Song arcs number in the range of 1 1019, 2. Sut the temps, Mixer, and either song header parameters you want. Press the RECORD button.
§ = sV exploiter d Lo Quantize Execute () This seeing determines the quantize value after recurring, After retarding, quantize adjusts the ting of notes input ty each track on fhe keyboard o match those selected by the setting you make here, The track that is perfected by the quantize operation is the ane that was selected whee you displayed the global sating screen. AT 1 Quantize Sy [ExelRes=4x F.
SUBMERSE — MAIN MERE Write Protection smut— IMPORTANT] mes + You can wilt portent & diskette 50 data on it cannot be delayed and no.new data can be stored on the diskette. Lags, & wits protected diskette cannot be Formatted. You can read data trim a diskette regardless of whether or not s writs protects.
DISK g e SUB MENU e MAIN MENU shortstop -l Playing Back an SMF SMF (standard MIDI file) & 2 data format that makes it possible 10 port MIDI diastase between sequencers and synthesize ers of different type and brand. These are actually three di ferment SMF formats, aimed 0, 1, and 2. This piano supports SME Format 6, which is the most common, Most synthesizers, sequencers, and commercially available pro-recorded software and MIDI gites use SME Format 0.
E ! i g"‘“ DIK wy ge S MEN Saving and Recalling Memory Data The built-in disk drive lets you save sequencer and other data from the pine's memory 10 diskette for Eater prevalence you need it. Savable Data “Che fallowing ie a list of panic data that can be saved to diskette. @ Music Library user song data “This data is saved in CASIO format, SMP dint can b saved to the Music Library suet etas and then recalled as song data.
DISK wy o SUB MENU r MAIN MENU USER EXECUTE toad Plano data from a diskette NOTE » The fallowing procedure describes how o goad 2 user tone as. an example of the Road operation, The procedures for locating other types of data is identical, extent whitey noted. ol o load bro the plan's disk drive, 2. Press the DISK button play the “Load:” screen. E-72 Insert the diskette that contains the data you want e Cross the MAIN MENU bunion [ twice to dis Letters and Numerals .
delete a file from a diskette DISK wy g SUB MENU " MAIN MEN To format a floppy diskette IMPORTANT! The file delete operation cannot be mundane. Make sure you na Ion gar naiad a e before you delete i, IMPORTANT! Formatting a diskette that contains data deletes the data.
Keyboard Settings TRANSFIGURATION my o SUB MENU Ex Cute This section provides details of all the insetting you can make an this piano. Using the Keyboard Settings Menu Betting Types “The table below shows e parameters whose settings you can sang.
‘ troubleshooting o v sound when pegboard keys 1. Pages ate pressed. 7. is connected correctly. 8,99 2. Fowler is not turned on, 2. Press the POWER button o tussock | Page B-18 s 3. MAIN VOLUME shier setting s | 3. Use the MAIN VOLUME snider ta | Page 524 tow low. 4. Playing in the accompaniment keyboard range while the accompaniment mode is CASIO CHORD or FINGERED. “Laval Control” is off, The melody past i off.
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Filter/AMP Envelope Decay Time RPN MSE = 011 WREN LS =t Data Entry M8 b um.. Filter/ AMP Envelope Decay Time « 004 o 41 Yo TEH 163) Recognition When the instrument receives his message, the preset Multilateral Envelope Decay Time value for the fame is changed to the value that corresponds t the data entry MBS of the received message.
Reset All Controller Omani Mode Off Format Fermat Byte 1 Byte 2 Brie d Byte ¥ Byte 2 Byte § Brie 754 T Enif 7CH il s Vole Chanel Number eves Vol Channel Bernese = G to FEELER fo Chi) Recognition, 1 Recognition Receipt of the Reset All Controller message cadres the | Receipt of an Ot Mode Off message dares not tune off following controllers to be reset, the instrument Cu mi Mode. Receipt of an O Mode Off message s tested o5 am All Note O message.
Universal System Exclusive Message GM System On Format FONDUE 7R UM DI F7H Send. This message cannot be sent, Reverb Parameters (Reverb Type Setting} Format 05.01 Reverb Type Roam = 1; Room 2: Road 3 Hall 4 Hall < Delay Fan Delay Stage Send This messenger is sent when a reverb switch operation or otter reverb type sating operatic is performed, Receive Receipt of this message sis the reverb type.
Receive Receipt of this message changes the DSP waver seed level setting, Mic/Line Chorus Send Level O 44 702 0 1040211 05 ) 100 01078 Send This message is sent when a Mixer or after Mic/Line churns level setting operation is performed.
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