User's Manual

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MENU Options (Advanced Section)
CC# Explanation
11
Expression
64
Hold
65
Portamento
66
Sostenuto
67
Soft
71
Resonance
72
Release time
73
Attack time
74
Cuto
75
Decay time
76
Vibrato rate
77
Vibrato dept
78
Vibrato delay
84
Portamento control
91
General purpose 1
93
General purpose 2
TUNING
[MENU] button TUNING
GLOBAL MEMORY
 MASTER TUNE
Setting Explanation
415.30 Hz~ 440.00 Hz~ 466.10 Hz Select the desiderate tuning
"440.00 Hz" Function button Use the "440.00 Hz" and "442.00
Hz" Function buttons to tuning the
instrument at those values.
"442.00 Hz" Function button
Some Information About the Master Tune
Pianos are generally tuned to an A 440 pitch standard
that was adopted during the early 1900s in response to
widely varying standards. Previously the pitch standards
had gradually risen from about A 415 during the late
1700s and early 1800s to A 435 during the late 1800s.
Though A 440 is generally the standard, some orchestras,
particularly in Europe, use a higher pitch standard, such
as A 444.
 TEMPERAMENT
The modern pianos are tuning in Equal Stretch temperament,
in which every pair of adjacent pitches is separated by the same
interval.
There are other scale used in dierent music style. Modern musical
scale in western culture are dierent in one other way from older
classic music. At the time of Bach the scales were based on the note
A being about 415 Hz. In the Handel's time the frequency A was
422.5 Hz and today it is 440.0 Hz.
Setting Explanation
Equal Flat,
Equal Stretch (default),
Vallotti,
Just Major,
Pythagorean,
Mean-Tone,
Werckmeister III,
Kimberger III,
User 1, User 2, User 3
Equal Flat: This tuning divides each
octave into 12 equal steps (intervals).
Equal Stretch: This tuning is a correc-
tion of Equal Flat. A benet of stretching
octaves is the correction of dissonance
that equal temperament imparts to the
perfect fth.
Vallotti: This tuning is the default for
many of today's Baroque musicians.
Just Major: This is a just scale for pieces
in mayor keys.
Pythagorean: This system was
invented in ancient Greece. It resolves
the ambiguity of fourths and fths.
Though thirds are somewhat imperfect,
melodies sound clearer.
Mean-Tone: A temperament that adds
some compromises to the just tempera-
ment and facilitates transposition.
Werckmeister III: A combination
of the Mean Tone and Pythagorean
temperaments, this tuning allows for
playing in any key.
Kimberger III: As a result of improve-
ments made to the Mean Tone and Just
temperaments, this tuning system is
relatively tolerant towards transposition
and can be used to play in all keys.
User 1, User 2, User 3: These
settings refer to the tuning systems
programmed by yourself (or someone
else).
1. Select your favorite temperament scale .
2. Press the "RECALL" Function button to load the scale.
The temperament scale is recalled.
Editing the Equal Flat, Equal Stretch or Vivo Stretch scale
If you selected the Equal Flat, Equal Stretch or Vivo Stretch scale:
The "EDIT" Function button appears.
1. Press the "EDIT" Function button to program your scale.
In the example above we select the Equal Stretch scale.
2. To select a note, use the [][] or play a note on the keyboard.
3. Use the [][] buttons or the SONG LEVEL knob to modify the tuning of
the selected note.
4. Press [FINE] Function button to change the tuning in steps of 1/100 of cent.