Concert Performer Series Digital Piano Owner’s Manual Model: CP205/CP185
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Parts and Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Thank you for purchasing the Kawai Concert Performer (CP) Series Ensemble Digital Piano. Table of Contents Introduction Overview The CP Series piano has been designed to provide you with the ultimate musical experience, no matter your skill level.
Loop Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Style Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Punch-In Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Step Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Song Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Bar Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parts and Names 2 3 VOLUME MASTER SPECIAL ACCOMP/SONG 4 DEMO CONCERT MAGIC 8 CONDUCTOR EDIT RESET SWING & BIG BAND CLASSIC PIANO 50’S & 60’S INTIMATE PIANO 5 POP & ROCK SOLO PIANO 9 STYLE BALLAD COUNTRY TRADITIONAL KIDS & HOLIDAY BLUES & JAZZ & GOSPEL CONTEMP WALTZ BROADWAY 22 LATIN & ISLAND USER ACCOMPANIMENT USER 1 ACC ON/OFF FULL KBD BASS INVER FINGERED ONE FINGER 1-2 PLAY 11 SONG STYLIST 6 METRONOME 12 PIANO MUSIC TAP TEMPO FILL IN BEAT 10 SYNC / FADE OUT 3 2
42 22 29 25 DISPLAY CONTROL SOUND PIANO FEATURE VOCAL DRAWBAR ORGAN STRING WOODWIND REVERB BRASS 33 26 TEMPO / VALUE HARPSI & MALLET GUITAR PAD & SYNTH BASS SPECIALTY DRUM SFX USER CHORUS 34 21 PART LEFT/ SPLIT 2 RIGHT 1 SOLO EFFECT PIANO ONLY PORTAMENTO 35 HARMONY 27 SAVE REGIST 30 TRANSPOSE REGIST GROUPS 37 38 28 2 3 4 5 40 MEDIA DISK CD 36 31 REGISTRATION 1 39 MIC ADVANCED HARMONY EFFECT RECORDER SYSTEM RECORDER 6 7 8 RESET REC PLAY/STOP RWD FWD
Pedals 43 44 Front Terminals 45 46 47 48 38. Advanced Recorder (page 47) This button is used to access the Advanced Recorder functions. 32. Registrations (page 31) These buttons are used to recall one of the eight panel settings available in the currently selected Registration group. 37. MIC Harmony/Effect (page 148) This button turns on/off the MIC Harmony/Effect for the Microphone jack. Press and hold the button to select the MIC Harmony/Effect settings menu. 31.
Rear Terminals 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 44. Sostenuto Pedal Depressing this pedal after playing the keyboard and before releasing the keys sustains the sound of only the keys just played. This pedal can also be assigned to control other functions. (See page 128) 51. Line Out Jacks These jacks are used to provide stereo output of the CP’s sound to amplifiers, tape recorders or similar equipment. The audio signal coming through the LINE IN jacks is also routed to these jacks. 45.
Overview This manual provides you with all the information you will need in order to take full advantage of the Concert Performer’s potential. Before you begin learning how to use the specific features, it is important to understand some of the basic ideas behind the instrument’s design. The Concert Performer has been designed to have an easy and intuitive user interface. However, the instrument has so many features that it is simply impractical to have a dedicated button for every single one.
To keep things simple, this manual will refer to the five SELECT buttons along the left side of the LCD screen as L1-L5. Likewise, the five SELECT buttons along the right side of the screen will be referred to as R1-R5. The seven SELECT buttons along the bottom of the screen, which are also known as function buttons, will be referred to as F1-F7.
TEMPO / VALUE Dial The Dial is used to change data values and scroll through options that are displayed on the LCD screen. When you turn the Dial, you will notice that whatever item on the LCD screen is currently selected (highlighted) will be affected. Or in some cases when the screen presents you with a list of choices, turning the Dial will allow you to quickly scroll through the list until you arrive at your choice.
Basic Controls This chapter discusses the basic operations that are used to play the Concert Performer, such as sound selection, Part configuration and effect settings. Selecting a Part to Play When the CP’s main play screen is displayed (For example, when the CP is first turned on), you are presented with four sound Parts that can be played from the keyboard. These four Parts are named LEFT/SPLIT, RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, and SOLO, and each one has an instrument sound assigned to it.
L4 Lowers the split point. Splitting the keyboard. When the LEFT/SPLIT Part is activated, the CP automatically splits the keyboard and only the sound assigned to the LEFT/SPLIT Part will be heard when you play below a specified key (split point) on the keyboard. The default split point is between F2 and F#2 but you can freely change the split point to any key on the keyboard. To change the split point: 1) Press the LEFT/SPLIT button to activate the LEFT/SPLIT Part.
Portamento for the Solo Part The Solo Part is monophonic (only plays one note at a time) regardless of which sound is assigned to it. You can use Portamento on this Part. Portamento is a gradual slide in pitch from one note to the next, and is useful for adding very expressive qualities to many instruments. To use Portamento: 1) Press the PORTAMENTO button. The PORTAMENTO button LED will light. 2) Press the button again to turn Portamento off.
2) Press the SOUND button for the sound category that your are interested in. The first page of sounds in that category will be displayed. There are at least three pages of sounds in each category (except User). Use the F1-6 buttons to view the other pages in a category. 3) Select a sound by pressing the L or R button that is next to the displayed name. 4) Press the F1-F6 buttons to show the Sounds on the other pages for the same category.
Mixer This Mixer screen allows you to change the volume, panning, reverb and chorus levels, as well as turn the effect on/off for each Part. To use the Mixer: 1) 2) 3) 4) Press the MIXER button (F1) while on the main play screen. Use the F2–F7 buttons to select which Part you wish to adjust. Use the L and R buttons to select a setting to change. Use the Dial to change the value. L1 Selects the Effect On and Off. L1 R1 L2 Selects reverb level. L2 R2 L3 Selects chorus level.
The Mixer not only lets you set the overall volume level for the Style, but set individual volume levels for the 6 Sections within a Style. To adjust the individual Section level: 1) On the Mixer screen, press the STYLE MIXER button (F1). The Style Mixer screen will be selected. 2) Use the F2–F7 buttons to choose a Section, then use the Dial to change the volume. 3) Press the BACK button (F1) to go back the previous Mixer screen, or press the EXIT button to go back to the main play screen.
Effects REVERB You might have noticed that when you select some of the sounds, the LED indicator for the REVERB, CHORUS, or EFFECTS button is turned on. The reason for this is some of the sounds are set up with one or more of these effects on as part of their initial setting. CHORUS EFFECT Adding an effect to the sound enhances tonal quality and improves acoustical realism. The CP piano is provided with three separate groups of effects.
Selects Reverb depth. Use the Dial to change the Reverb depth for the selected Part. L4 Selects Reverb on/off. Use the Dial to turn the Reverb on/off for the selected Part. L3 Selects the Reverb type. Use the Dial to choose one of the 7 Reverb types. L2 R2 L2 R1 L1 L3 L4 L5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R3 R4 R5 F7 F3–F6 Selects the Part you want to change. Repeatedly pressing the appropriate button also turns the Reverb on/off for that Part.
5) Turn the Dial to change the value. 6) Press the EXIT button to leave the Chorus Settings menu. 7) If you wish to turn the chorus off, press the CHORUS button again. L2 Selects the Chorus type. Use the Dial to choose one of the 4 Chorus types. L3 Selects Chorus on/off. Use the Dial to turn the Chorus on/off for the selected Part. L4 Selects Chorus depth. Use the Dial to change the Chorus depth for the selected Part.
To add an Effect: 1) Press the EFFECT button. The EFFECT button LED will light. 2) If you wish to edit the settings, hold down the button for a moment until the Effect Settings screen is displayed. Use the F3–F6 button to turn ON/OFF the Effect for each part. Use the L2–L5, R3 buttons to select the specific setting that you wish to change. Turn the Dial to change the value. Press the EXIT button to leave the Effect Settings screen. If you wish to turn the Effect off, push the EFFECTS button again.
Effect Types Basic Controls Chorus Simulates the rich character of a vocal choir or string ensemble, by layering a slightly detuned version of the sound over the original to enrich it. Flanger Creates a shifting comb-filter, which adds motion and a “hollow” tone to the sound. Celeste A three-phase chorus without modulation. Ensemble A three-phase chorus with a slight modulation to each phase. Delay 1-3 Adds echoes to the sound. The three types differ in the length of time between the echoes.
Effect Priority Guidelines Reverb and Chorus are global effects. In other words, all of the Parts and the Accompaniment Style must share the same Reverb and Chorus type. However each of these Parts can have a different amount of Reverb and Chorus applied to them. In addition Reverb and Chorus can be independently turned on/off for each part.
• The LED Indicator on the EFFECT and CHORUS buttons will be on only when the active Priority Part has these effects turned on. Example Assume that your CP is set up according to the following chart: Part Effect SOLO Inactive On RIGHT1 Active On RIGHT 2 Inactive Off LEFT Active On INDICATOR On If you then select a different sound for RIGHT1, the Effect setting for the SOLO, RIGHT2, LEFT will be turned off automatically.
TRANSPOSE OCTAVE SHIFT Transpose and Octave Shift Transpose raises or lowers the CP’s pitch in half- step increments. Octave Shift does the same but in octave increments. Transpose can be especially useful when you have learned a song in one key and have to play it in another key. The transpose feature allows you to play the song in the original key, but hear it in another key.
L3 Selects the LEFT Part to be Transposed or Octave Shifted. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 R1 Selects the SOLO Part to be Transposed or Octave Shifted. R2 Selects the RIGHT1 Part to be Transposed or Octave Shifted. R3 Selects the RIGHT2 Part to be Transposed or Octave Shifted. The number of octaves shifted is represented by the number of triangles shown above the sound name for each Part. Transpose amount is shown at the bottom of the screen.
Metronome Rhythm is one of the most important elements when learning music. It is important to practice playing the piano at the correct tempo and with a steady rhythm. The CP piano’s metronome is a tool that helps you to achieve this by providing a steady beat for you play along with. To use the Metronome: METRONOME TAP TEMPO 1) Press the METRONOME button. The CP piano will start counting with an audible steady beat.
Piano Only The Piano Only button provides a way to quickly set the Concert Performer up to play the Concert Grand piano sound. Pressing the Piano Only button immediately turns off all Parts except the Right 1 part and sets the Right 1 sound to Concert Grand. PIANO ONLY The Piano Only button also turns off all auto-accompaniment functions and stops the Easy/Advanced Recorder.
Using a Style The Concert Performer contains 220 built-in Styles for you to play along with covering a wide variety of musical genres. You can choose from a simple drum or percussion accompaniment or add in a fully orchestrated arrangement. In addition to the Full Styles which provide a full musical arrangement including Drums, Bass, and other accompanying instruments there are Intimate Styles with simpler more “Intimate” arrangements.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the L or R buttons to select your desired Style. F7 F1, F2 Select the different pages within a Style category. SYNC / FADE OUT START/ STOP When this button is pressed before starting a Style or before pressing the INTRO/ENDING button, the Style will not start until you play a note or chord on the keyboard. When this button is pressed while the Style is running the Style will gradually fade out.
1 FILL IN 3 2 4 VARIATION 1 3 2 4 • The CP remembers the last Style selection that you made within each category while the power is on. When you press a STYLE button, the CP will automatically select the Style previously chosen in the same category. • When you switch from one Style to another while it is running, the new Style will wait until the beginning of the next measure before it begins to play. Fill-In and Variation Each Style is made of four Variation patterns and four Fill-in patterns.
Fingered The player must play at least three notes of a chord below the split point (LEFT/ SPLIT Part) before the ACC System will recognize the chord type. (See page 196 for chord table.) One Finger Uses a simplified chord method that allows beginners to specify a chord type by playing only one or two notes below the split point. The types of chords that can be recognized in this manner are limited to Major, Minor, 7th and Major 7th.
1-2 PLAY • When you play along with the Auto-accompaniment using the Fingered or Full Keyboard modes, you may hear two sounds playing the chords: one is selected by the front panel and the other is pre programmed for the Style. This is because the sounds used by the Auto-accompaniment Style are independent of the Left and Right Part sound settings. Therefore you will hear the instrument sounds played by your hand as well as those generated by the accompaniment.
• Among the settings contained in the 1-2 Play setting are the Sounds assigned to the keyboard Parts (Solo, Right 1/2, Left), Tempo, and Mixer settings. Registration A Registration is a setup that remembers the panel settings along with many other performance functions so that you can recall them at the touch of a button. This lets you begin to play quickly instead of spending a lot of time programming all the settings and values manually.
R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F1, F2 F6, F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the L and R buttons to select the Group. Then press one of eight REGISTRATION buttons to call the desired setup. F7 Searches for the Registration Groups on the other pages. Takes you to the Registration Group Name screen. • The CP remembers how the front panel was setup before you chose a Registration so that after exiting the Registration, the prior settings will be restored.
To create your own Registration: 1) Set up the panel and functions in the way that you’d like to save them. 2) Press the SAVE REGIST button. Use the R1 – R4 buttons to select the Registration Group in which to save your setup. Use the F1 – F4 buttons to view the 20 Registration Groups in sets of five. 3) Press one of the 8 REGISTRATION buttons to specify which location you’d like to save your Registration to.
To rename the Registration Group: 1) Press the REGIST GROUPS button. 2) Use the F1, F2, L and R buttons to select the Group to rename. 3) Press the NAME (F6, F7) button. R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Use the F1, F2, L and R buttons to select the Group to rename. 4) In the Registration Group Name screen, use the CURSOR (F2, F3) buttons and the CHARACTER (F4, F5) buttons to change the name. You can also use the Dial to change the characters.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F2, F3 F4, F5 F6, F7 STYLE LOCK F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the previous menu. Moves the cursor over the characters in the name. Selects a character. Saves the name. Style Lock Pressing the STYLE LOCK button keeps the current Style, even if another Registration is selected. This allows you to change Sounds and settings by the Registration button while keeping the Style as-is.
SONG STYLIST Song Stylist With over 900 Sounds and 220 Styles, it can sometimes be difficult to decide the best settings with which to play a song. Even if you are very familiar with the Concert Performer, you may want a quick way to change the CP’s setup to play another song. The Song Stylist feature was created to handle this situation for you. You simply pick the name of the song you want to play and the Concert Performer sets up everything for you.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 Use the L, R buttons to select your desired category. F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F1, F2 Shows the other categories. F3, F4 Shows the song list in alphabetical order. F6 Searches for a title from a floppy disk.
Selecting a song from a floppy disk. 3) Use the PAGE buttons (F1, F2) to display the Song Titles on the other pages in the same category. 4) Use the L and R buttons to select one of the ten songs displayed in the screen. The CP automatically returns to the Main Screen ready with all of the settings for that song. 5) You may start and play the song in your usual manner. You can operate the CP normally and make any changes to the Song Stylist setup that you wish.
L1 Highlights the Style. L1 R1 L2 Adjusts the Tempo. L2 L3 Highlights the LEFT Part. L4 Changes the split point. R1 Highlights the SOLO Part. R2 R2 Highlights the RIGHT 1 Part. L3 R3 R3 Highlights the RIGHT 2 Part. L4 R4 R4 Changes the split point. L5 R5 F1 F1, F2 F3, F4 F5, F6 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Turns on the Auto Chord Progression (if available). Turns on the Melody part (if available). Adjusts the volume level for the sound. Takes you back to the Song Stylist menu.
HARMONY Harmony When the Auto-Accompaniment is on, you can use Harmony function. The Harmony function automatically adds notes to your right hand (melody) part to help you sound more professional. This function analyzes the notes you play and automatically adds notes from the Accompaniment chord (shown in the Main Screen when the Accompaniment is on), creating a “harmony” part (even if you are only playing single notes in the left and right hands). There are 10 types of Harmony.
To use Harmony: 1) Press the HARMONY button. The button will be lit to show that it is active. The Harmony symbol will also appear in the Main Screen. 2) To change the Harmony type, hold down the Harmony button for a moment until the Harmony Select menu is displayed. 3) Choose the Harmony type using the L and R buttons. 4) Press the EXIT button to leave the Harmony Select menu. 5) To turn off the Harmony, press the HARMONY button again.
Recording a Song Song data created on other instruments in the Standard MIDI File format (SMF) can also be loaded into the CP’s recorder to be played or edited. The CP’s recorder can read both Type 1 and 0 SMF files. Easy Recorder records your playing much like a tape recorder and is just as easy to use. The CP will record all of your playing as well as any changes you make to the front panel settings during the recording. up to 16 independent tracks separately.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 The current bar number is displayed. F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 You can make changes to the panel settings before and during recording using the L and R buttons. F7 F1 Takes you to the Mixer menu. F2 Deletes the recorded song data F3-F7 Changes the part status. • You may resume recording from the bar where you stopped by repeating these steps. You can also change sounds, tempo, and make other changes to the panel settings before you continue recording.
Part Status The playback and record status for the RIGHT/ LEFT Parts and the Style are displayed at the bottom of the LCD screen. Whether you are in the process of recording or playing back your song it is helpful to know the status for each of these Parts. The LCD screen will show the following Part status messages at the bottom of the screen: REC PLAY MUTE ––– This Part is ready to be recorded. This message is only displayed after the REC button has been pressed.
2) Press the REC button. 3) Press the appropriate F button(s) below the LCD screen to set the desired Part(s) to REC. 4) Begin recording by following step 2 in the “To Record” section on page 42. Remember Re-Recording a Part completely erases the previously recorded performance for that Part. You can Re-record or add any of the RIGHT/LEFT Parts as many times as you like but you can only have one performance/sound for each RIGHT/LEFT Part.
R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F1 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Cancels erasing the song. Proceeds with erasing the song. • DELETE erases all of the performance data for all Parts and the Style in the song. The panel setup, such as Style, Tempo, and Sound settings are not erased by the DELETE function. P.
Advanced Recording ADVANCED RECORDER The Advanced Recorder is a full featured sixteen track MIDI recorder that includes many of the same professional features found on dedicated MIDI sequencing (recording) devices. In addition to sixteen MIDI tracks the CP Advanced recorder provides a separate Style, chord, and tempo track for even more flexibility.
Selects the starting bar for the Loop feature. This function is a available only when Loop is turned ON. L4 Shows the current bar and beat number. L3 Selects the sound or Style that you want to record with. L2 Selects the track on which you want to record. There are 16 Instrument tracks, 1 Tempo track, and 1 Style track. L1 Real-time Recording With Real-time record, the CP records your performance as you are playing it, in real-time.
4) Start recording by pressing the PLAY/STOP button while the REC button LED is blinking. There is an automatic two bar count in before the CP begins recording. If you are recording on the Style track you must press the START/STOP or INTRO buttons instead of the PLAY/STOP button. When recording a Style there is no two bar count in, recording begins immediately. You can cancel recording at anytime by pressing the REC button again or by pressing the F1 button to return to the Advanced Recorder menu.
L1, L5 Used to select the track setting you want to change. Use the Dial to change the value. 4) At this point, you can start recording or go to another menu to continue setting up. • You can make changes on the Mixer screen at any time except while the CP is busy recording. The Mixer screen is accessible from the Advanced Recorder menu, Track Settings screen and Real-time Rec screen. • You can save any changes you have made to the settings on the Mixer screen at any bar or beat in your song.
Track Settings The Track Settings screen shows you the Play, Record, and Mute status for each track. In addition it shows you what sound is assigned for the sixteen instrument tracks. You can change the track status or select a different sound for each track. The Track Status screen will show the following Status messages. Rec Play MIDI Rec Mute Empty This track is ready to be recorded. This track has been recorded and will be heard both on playback and while recording.
L2 Jumps to tracks 1-9. L3, L4 Selects the tracks one at a time. L5 Jumps to tracks 10-16, Tempo, and Style. R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F1 F2 F3 F5, F6 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R1 Changes the tempo. Use the Dial to change the value. F7 Returns you to the Advanced Recorder menu. Takes you to the Mixer. Changes the track’s status. Selects a different sound for the track. Saves the Track settings as part of the song.
5) Press the L4 button to specify the bar where you want the Loop to end. 6) Press the MENU button (F1) to return to the Advanced Recorder menu when you are finished. L1 R1 L2 Turns the Loop ON/OFF. L2 R2 L3 Specifies the starting bar. L3 R3 L4 Specifies the ending bar. L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you back to the Advanced Recorder menu. • You can turn looping on and off in the Mixer menu.
• Before you use Style Paste, you need to make sure Tracks 9-16 are empty or don’t contain important data. When the Style is pasted, the data from the Style track will be pasted into these tracks and will replace any existing data. To use Style Paste: 1) Press the STYLE PASTE button (F1) while you are in the Advanced Recorder menu. The LCD screen will prompt you for confirmation. 2) If you would like to proceed, press the YES button (F7), or press the NO button (F1) to cancel.
To use Punch-in recording: 1) Select Punch In/Out in the Advanced Recorder menu. 2) Use the L and R buttons to select the options and change their values using the Dial. Select AUTO with the R5 button to have the CP automatically handle the punching in/out while you play. 3) Press the REHEARSAL button (F4, F5) to listen to the song for rehearsal. If you need to adjust mixing or if you would like to loop the song, use the MIXER (F2) or LOOP ON/OFF (F6) button.
Selects the measure in the song from where you want the CP to start playing. L3 Selects the track to Punch in. L1 • If you set the CP to Punch-In at the very first measure of the song, the metronome will automatically play a two-measure intro to assist you with the timing. These “ticks” will not be recorded as part of the track. Punch-In recording using the pedal Instead of specifically setting an automatic Punch-In and Punch-Out Bar, you can use the center pedal to manually Punch In and Out.
Step Recording Step Recording is a method of recording a song by manually entering notes one after another as data, instead of playing the keyboard in real-time. This method may be useful when trying to create a phrase with a precise rhythm, or when recording a phrase that is beyond your playing skill level. To set up Step recording: 1) In the Advanced Recorder menu select Step Rec (L4). The Step Record menu will be displayed. 2) Use the L and R buttons and the Dial to set up recording options.
L2, L3 Moves the cursor up and down the list of entered notes in OVERDUB mode. 2) To enter a note event, play the note using the keyboard. The note data will be displayed on the screen. Continue entering as many notes as you wish; notice how previously entered notes continue to be displayed as a list, screen room permitting. The graphic navigator near the bottom of the screen gives you feedback as to what bar you are in. 3) If you enter a wrong note and wish to delete it, press the L2 button.
4) If you would like to enter a rest, press the REST button (F5). This moves the cursor to the next beat without entering any data. The rest value is same as the note value selected for the F1 button. If you would like to enter a rest for the remainder of the measure, press the NEXT BAR button (F6). This will bring the cursor to the top of the next measure. 5) When you like to tie notes, press the TIE button (F4) while holding down the key. This doubles the length of the note.
Sets the initial tempo of the song. L4 Adjusts transposition. L3 Names the song. L2 Song Edit Song Edit lets you name, transpose, and change initial tempo settings for your song. To edit the song: 1) Select Song Edit from the Advanced Recorder menu. The Song Edit screen is displayed. 2) Use the L and R buttons to select the setting that you wish to change, then use the Dial to change the value.
Bar Editing Bar Edit contains many useful editing functions. You can edit your song one bar or any number of bars at a time. To use Bar Edit: 1) In the Advanced Recorder menu select Bar Edit (R3). The Bar Edit screen will be displayed. 2) Use the L and R buttons to select the desired editing function. The editing screen for that function will be displayed. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 Recording a Song F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the L and R buttons to select the desired edit function.
Quantize Quantize automatically shifts the timing of a note. This can be used to correct imperfect timing in a performance by shifting notes that were played either too early or too late so they will fall exactly on the correct beat. For example, you can accurately align any out of time notes to the nearest 8thor 16th-note beat depending on the type of song you are quantizing. Sometimes quantizing all of your notes to exactly the same beat can make your playing sound too stiff.
• Range sets up timing “borders” around the Resolution value you specify. Notes within these borders will not be quantized and notes outside the borders will be moved to the nearest beat specified by the resolution value (Quarter note, Eighth note, etc.). The negative value represents the placement of the “border” before the beat, and the positive value represents the placement the “border” after the beat. Together, these two “borders” form a timing “range” around the specified beat.
Copy The Copy function allows you to copy a section or all of the data on a track to another location. The destination may be on the same track, or it can be on another track. • The destination of the copied data must either be: 1) A location that already has data in it. 2) The first blank bar after the end of a track (Bar 1 if the destination track is empty). For example, if a track only has 10 bars in it, you cannot copy data onto bar 20. You can, however, copy data to bars 1 through 11.
Delete Delete completely erases and removes the bars that you specify. L2 Selects the track to be deleted. Use the Dial to choose 1-16, Tempo, Chord or All. L3 Selects the first bar that has the data you want to delete. Use the Dial to change bars. L4 Selects the last bar that contains the data that you want to delete. Use the Dial to change bars. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F2 F7 Recording a Song F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Returns you to the Advanced Recorder menu.
Insert The Insert function duplicates data from specified bars and copies it to a certain location. However, the current data at the destination is not erased, but instead is pushed back to make room for the copied data. Selects the last bar that has the data you want to duplicate. L4 Selects the first bar that has the data you want to duplicate. L3 Selects the track that contains the data you wish to duplicate. Choose from 1-16, Tempo, Chord or All.
L2 Selects the number of empty bars you wish to insert. Use the Dial to change the value. L3 Selects the time signature for the bars that are going to be inserted. Use the Dial to change the value. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F2 F7 Recording a Song F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R2 Selects the track where the empty bars are going to be inserted. Choose 1-16, Tempo, Chord or All. R3 Selects the location in the destination track where you want the empty bars inserted.
Erase Erases data in the bars that you specify, and leaves them as empty bars. Selects the last bar to be erased. Use the Dial to change the bar. L4 Selects the first bar to be erased. Use the Dial to change the bar. L3 Selects the track that has the bars you want to erase. Choose 1-16, Tempo or Chord. L2 R2 L2 R1 L1 L3 L4 L5 F1 F1 F2 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R3 R4 R5 F7 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu. Undoes the Erase. This option is not always available. Proceeds with the Erase.
Merge Merge combines data from two tracks. You can make complex musical phrases using several tracks, then combine them together on one track. Remember that there can only be one instrument sound assigned to each track, so the resulting merged track will play all the combined data using one instrument sound.
Gate Time Modify Gate time refers to the length of a note as a percentage. Whatever the length of a note is when it is first recorded, this value is considered as its Gate time of 100%. By editing the length of the note, you can shorten it to 10% or lengthen it to 300% of the original value. Selects the last bar of the data that you want to modify Gate times for. Use the Dial to change bars. L4 Selects the first bar of the data that you want to modify Gate times for. Use the Dial to change bars.
Velocity Modify Velocity refers to how hard a key is struck, which translates into the dynamics of how loud the produced sound is. A note’s Velocity is a numerical value from 1-127. When editing the note Velocities in your recording, you can change them within a +/-100 range of their original values. L2 Selects the track in which you want to adjust Velocity. L3 Selects the bar where the data you want to adjust starts. L4 Selects the bar where the data you want to adjust ends.
L2 Selects the track that you wish to move. Choose from 1-16. Clock Move In the Resolution section of this manual we learned that the CP Advanced recorder divides each beat in a bar into 96 clock beats, also expressed as a quarter note. Therefore there are 48 clocks per eighth note, and 24 clocks per sixteenth note and so on. This relationship holds true regardless of the song’s tempo.
Transpose This will transpose the notes within a specified bar(s) up or down in half-step increments. L2 Selects the track that has the notes you want to transpose. Choose from 1-16. L3 Selects the bar where the notes you want to transpose start. L4 Selects the bar where the notes you want to transpose end. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F2 F7 Recording a Song F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R2 Adjusts transposition amount in half-step increments from -24 to 24.
Moves the cursor to the next bar. L5 Moves the cursor down the event list. L4 Moves the cursor up the event list. L3 Moves the cursor to the previous bar. L2 Event Edit Event Edit enables you to examine and edit your performance note by note. To use Event Edit: 1) 2) 3) 4) Select Event Edit in the Advanced Recorder menu. The Event Edit screen will be displayed. Choose the track that you want to edit using the TRACK buttons (F3, F4). Note that Style, Chord, and Tempo track can be edited as well.
5) Select the function that you would like to apply to this event. You can select DELETE (R1) to remove the event, INSERT (R2) to create a new event at any specified location, or REPLACE (R3) to change the existing event. Enter new values in the pop up Entry Box when you select INSERT or REPLACE. When Inserting or Replacing an event, use the CURSOR buttons to select the specific part of the event you want to edit. Use the Dial to change the value.
Creating Your Own Styles The Concert Performer contains 220 built-in Styles covering a wide variety of musical genres. There are two powerful features that allow you to edit any of these Styles to better suit your musical tastes, or even create your own Style entirely from scratch! These are the Conductor and the Style Maker. The Conductor allows you to edit the Style data and personalize it to your taste. The Conductor offers two ways to edit: Easy Edit and Advanced Edit.
Advanced Style Edit This allows you to edit the finer details within a Style. You have control over each Section’s Sound Assignment, volume level, panning, chorus, and reverb settings. Once you are satisfied with your edits, you can save your Advanced Style edits to the USER CONDUCTOR. To use Easy Edit: CONDUCTOR EDIT RESET USER 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) L2–L5 Selects a Phrase for the Section. Select the Style and the Variation (1–4) that you would like to edit. Press the EDIT button.
P. 78 • Pressing the SAVE button will save all Styles at one time. You cannot save individually. • For Intimate Styles the ACC 3/4 Sections are not used and cannot be edited. • For Solo Piano Styles the Drum, Bass, and ACC 3/4 Sections are not used and cannot be edited. Resetting the Style The CP always remembers the original Preset Style settings. If you wish to restore those factory settings before saving your edits, simply press the RESET button in the Conductor.
To use Advanced Edit: 1) Select the Style and the Variation (1–4) that you would like to edit. 2) In the EASY STYLE EDIT screen, press the MORE button (F1). The Advanced Style Edit screen will be displayed. 3) Use the F2–F7 buttons to select a Section to edit. L1 Selects a sound for the Section. L1 R1 L2 Adjiusts the Reverb level. L2 R2 L3 Adjiusts the Chorus level. L3 R3 L4 Adjusts panning. L4 R4 L5 Adjusts the volume level.
Names your Style. L4 Selects the memory location (1 through 40) where you wish to save your User Conductor Style. L3 6) If you would like to save your edits, press the SAVE TO USER (R1) button. Your edits will be written to the USER CONDUCTOR. If you don't save your edits, they will be lost as soon as you exit the Advanced Style Edit screen. 7) Press the EXIT button to exit the Advanced Style Edit screen.
RESET Resetting the Style You can restore the original Style settings by pressing the RESET button. This will completely clear the changes made to the Styles except any data already saved as a User Conductor Style. You can also instantly discard the current changes by pressing the EXIT button to leave the Advanced Edit screen. To use a saved User Conductor Style: 1) Press the USER CONDUCTOR button. If there are any User Conductor Styles available, they will be displayed.
Making a New Style This is the most flexible way to create a new Style. You can make a completely new style from scratch or edit an existing style. First, read the explanation below about the configuration of a style and understand how a style is made.
4) Press the ENTER button (F7). The Style Maker Record screen will be displayed. L1 L3 L5 Selects Make New Style. Selects Edit Existing Style. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 R1 Changes the Time Signature. R3 Selects the Style you want to edit. R5 Selects the Initial Style. Selects Phrase Combination. F1 F1 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Go to the Advanced Recorder menu. Enters the selected Style Maker menu. 5) Use the L and R buttons to select which pattern to record.
Takes you to the Detail Setting menu. L5 Sets the recording tempo. L2 Selects the Part to be recorded. L1 8) Use the L, R and F buttons to select the different record functions. Use the Dial to change the values. 9) Press the REC START button (R4) to start recording. There will be an automatic 2-bar count in. 10) Start playing on the keyboard. The recording is looping, which means when it comes to the end of the last bar, it automatically goes back to the beginning of the first bar.
11) To erase any unnecessary or incorrect notes, use the ERASE (F1) button. While the pattern is still recording the notes will be erased as long as you press and hold the button. 12) When finished recording, press the REC STOP button (R4). 13) Follow the above procedure to record any other desired patterns as needed. 14) To save the recorded Style, press the SAVE button (R5). The Style Save screen will be displayed.
Names the style. L4 Selects the location to be saved. L3 Sets the default tempo for the style. L1 15) Press the PRESET TEMPO button (L1) and use the dial to set the default tempo for the style. 16) Press the SAVE TO button (L3) and use the Dial to select the location to save your new Style. 17) Press the NAME button (L4). Use the F2 and F3 buttons to move the cursor and use the F4 and F5 buttons or the Dial to select the characters to name the style. 18) Press the SAVE button (F7).
Auto-accompaniment System The Concert Performer Auto-Accompaniment System (ACC) analyzes your playing and adjusts the note data recorded in the different Phrases in a pattern to match the root key and chord type you are playing. The ACC System also shifts the octave for each phrase to keep each section playing within its musically useful range. To get the most out of this System, any new Style you create can benefit from some fine tuning of these settings.
Changes BASS LIMIT. L5 Changes CROSS OVER. L4 Changes RANGE. L3 Changes ACC Type. L2 point to E, the Phrase would begin to be transposed up one octave whenever you play a chord with an E as the root. Experiment with the different Chordal and Scalic settings to find the one that works best with each Phrase. Bass Limit This is an option for the Bass section and sets the limit for the lowest note the Bass will play.
Making a Style with Phrase Combination Phrase Combination is similar to Easy Style Edit in the Conductor. Phrase Combination however, lets you not only combine Phrases from within the selected Style but you can also combine Phrases from any of the Styles in the CP to create a new Style. Additionally you can edit Fill-ins and basic patterns (Variations). • You cannot change the Intro and Ending Phrases. These will remain the same as in your selected Style.
L2 Selects the pattern to change. Choose Variation 1–4 or Fill-in 1–4. L3, L5 Selects the Section to be modified. R2 L2 R1 L1 L3 R4 L4 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R2 Selects the pattern to change. Choose Variation 1–4 or Fill-in 1–4. R3 R5 L5 F1 F1 F2 F4, F5 F7 F7 Takes you to the previous menu. Plays the new style. Moves the cursor between the Style and Phrase columns. Saves the modified data as a new Style.
L1 Sets the default tempo for the style. L3 Selects the location to be saved. L4 Names the style. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F2, F3 F4, F5 F7 Creating Your Own Styles F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the Style Maker Record screen. Moves the cursor. Selects the characters. Saves the style to User Style. P.
Style Convert Style Convert is a technology originally developed for personal computers by EMC Software. Kawai is proud to have licensed it for use in our musical instruments. This software reads many of the commercially available Style data disks made by several popular keyboard manufacturers and converts them for use with the Concert Performer. This conversion process is extremely easy, and once converted the Style can be re saved in The CP’s own Style format.
5) After the CP reads the program, it will display a list of the manufacturers Style formats that can be converted. Use the L2 and L4 buttons to select the format you would like to convert. Press the F7 button to continue. L2, L4 Selects a Style format. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F7 Creating Your Own Styles F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the previous screen. Proceeds with the conversion. P.
L2, L4 Selects the desired Style from the disk. 6) Insert the appropriate manufacturers Style disk when you are asked to do so. Press the EXEC button to proceed. 7) Select the desired Style to convert and press EXEC button. The CP will begin converting that Style. R2 L2 R1 L1 R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 F1 F1 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the previous menu. Proceeds with the conversion. 8) When the conversion is complete, the SAVE USER STYLE screen will be displayed.
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Editing Sounds Even though the Concert Performer has over 900 high quality instrument and drum sounds built-in, there may be times when you would like to change some of the qualities of a sound to really get the tonal character that you have in mind. The CP allows you edit certain settings for individual sounds.
3) Press the L1 button and then turn the Dial to select which preset sound you wish to modify. 4) Use the L and R buttons to select the different effect settings and use the Dial to change their value. 5) When you are finished, press the SAVE button (F7) to save your settings. L1 Selects the preset sound to edit. L1 R1 L2 Turns the Chorus on/off. L2 R2 L3 Turns the Effect on/off. L3 R3 L4 Selects an effect type. L4 R4 L5 Adjusts the effect setting.
Making a User Sound There are two steps to making a User Sound: Editing the effect settings—same as described in the previous section—and editing the sound’s character. You can adjust six parameters of the sound character: Vibrato Depth, Brightness, Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release. Brightness controls the Strength of the high frequencies. Higher values produce a brighter sound, lower values produce a darker sound. Vibrato Depth controls the depth of the Vibrato effect.
To make a User Sound: 1) Select the sound you want to edit and press the SOUND EDIT button (F7). The LCD screen will display the Sound Edit Menu. 2) In the Sound Edit menu, select Make User Sound (L3). The User Sound Settings screen will be displayed. 3) You can edit the settings for Vibrato, Brightness, Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release. 4) Use the F3 and F4 buttons to select a setting and use the Dial to change its value.
R2 L2 R1 L1 L4 Names the Sound L4 L3 Selects the location where the sound will be saved. L3 L5 F1 F1 F2, F3 F4, F5 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R3 R4 R5 F7 Takes you to the previous menu. Moves the cursor. Selects the character. Saves the editted sound to User Sound. • To select and play your new User Sound, press the USER SOUND button located in the SOUND section of the front panel, then select the desired User Sound. P.
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Playing Songs from a Floppy Disk The Concert Performer’s floppy disk drive provides a convenient way to playback songs recorded in the CP’s Internal Format or Standard MIDI File (SMF) format. Songs in the CP’s internal format typically are ones that you have recorded on your own instrument. There are many sources of SMF songs, including disks for sale from professional musicians and publishers, songs shared among musicians and hobbyists, and Internet sites that feature SMF songs available for download.
• The CP can also recognize most songs formatted for the PianoDisc player piano system and songs formatted for Yamaha’s Disk Orchestra Collection. (Please check with your Kawai dealer or distributor for further information). Selecting a Song from Disk A single floppy disk can store dozens of song files at one time, depending on the length of the songs. To select a song: MEDIA DISK Playing Songs From a Floppy Disk CD 1) Put the disk in the Floppy Disk Drive and press the DISK button.
R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F1 F2, F3 F4, F5 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 The L and R buttons select the song you want to hear. F7 Takes you to the Disk menu. Lists the next or previous ten titles. Starts the Chain Play. Selects the song and takes you to the Disk Song Play screen. P.
Controlling Playback of a Song As the song plays, you can adjust the tempo, play or sing along with on the keyboard, and even turn on/off the different instrument parts (tracks) in the song. The status of the song parts is displayed at the bottom of the LCD screen. You will see the parts referred to as the CP’s four Parts + Style if the song was created on the CP, or as Channels (ch 1-16) if the song is a MIDI file.
Displays the song’s lyrics (if available in the data). L5 Takes you to the Mixer screen. L4 Highlights the LEFT Part. L3 Adjusts the song’s tempo. L2 Highlights the RIGHT1 Part. R2 R2 L2 Highlights the SOLO Part. R1 R1 L1 L3 R3 R5 L5 R4 L4 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R3 Highlights the RIGHT2 Part. R4, R5 Transposes the song (but not the keyboard). F7 F1 Takes you to the Disk Song Select menu. F2-F5 Turns the song part on/off. F6, F7 Displays the status of the next set of 4 song parts.
If the song you are playing has lyrics included in the data, the Show Lyrics (L5) button will appear on the Song Play screen. If you press the Show Lyrics button, the song’s lyrics will then appear inside a box. You can follow a ball moving over the lyrics as the song plays. Press the Full Screen (R5) button to expand the lyrics display to the full screen. Press the Normal Screen (F1) button to return to the normal lyrics screen.
Playing with Concert Magic Thanks to Kawai’s innovative CONCERT MAGIC (CM) feature, absolutely anyone can sit at the Concert Performer and experience the joy of being a real performing musician… even if they have never touched a musical instrument in their life! Concert Magic allows you to play a song by simply tapping any key on the keyboard. Regardless of what keys you play, the notes that are heard will be the correct ones for the song.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1, F2 F3, F4 F5 F6 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 The L and R buttons select the desired song. F7 Searches by song category. Searches by song name. Enters the Chain Play mode of the Concert Magic. Searches for a song on floppy disk. Can also select the song. Performing a Concert Magic Song Playing the Concert Magic song you’ve selected is very easy. Just begin tapping any key on the keyboard and the song will play.
To play a selected CM song: 1) In the Note Navigator screen press START (F4) if you want to first listen to the song. The CP will play the song. Press the STOP (F4) button to stop. Notice how the Note Navigator displays the rhythm as the song is playing. 2) If you wish to play the CM song yourself, start tapping any of 88 keys while the song is stopped, and the song will play. 3) Press the RESET (F4) button at any time to start at the beginning of the song again.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F1, F2 Returns to the Note Navigator screen. F3 Allows you to play any song by steady beat tapping. F4 Starts and stops the song. Also used to reset the song when performing. F5 Saves the changed Sounds. F6, F7 Selects another song. • When you reach the end of the song, press any key one more time. This will not produce sound, but instead resets the song to the beginning for another performance.
Selects Sound mode. L4 Selects Play mode. L2 • You can also activate the RIGHT2 Part to use as a layer (additional sound) for the melody. In addition, if you know the melody to a Concert Magic song you can play along by activating the SOLO Part. Remember, you must play the notes of the melody when the SOLO sound is active. You can also select any new sound for the RIGHT2 and SOLO parts. Turn off all Parts except the one you wish to change, and then select the new sound.
Concert Magic Song Arrangements Concert Magic songs are specially arranged so that they will work well with your key tapping. Each of the 176 CM songs falls into one of three categories of musical arrangements of varying difficulty. EASY BEAT These are the easiest songs to play. To perform them, simply tap any key with a constant beat. You can easily see which songs are Easy Beat songs when you look at the Note Navigator.
Creating a Concert Magic Song You can also use Concert Magic to play a song that isn’t one of the 176 built-in titles. You can record a new song using the Concert Performer’s Recorder and then save on a floppy disk as a Standard MIDI File (SMF). The song can now be selected by pressing the DISK button when you are in the Concert Magic song selection screen. • You can also record a song for Concert Magic by using an external sequencer. Remember to save it to a floppy disk as a Standard MIDI File.
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System Menu The System Menu contains all of the functions that affect the overall performance of the CP piano. This includes functions such as the System settings, tuning, and MIDI Setup. By adjusting these settings you can tailor the CP’s performance to your taste. To use the System menu: SYSTEM 1) Press the SYSTEM button. The SYSTEM button LED will light and the System menu is displayed. 2) Use the F1 and F2 buttons to access the System Menu pages.
L1 Selects the overall tuning of the CP. L1 R1 R1 Selects the Concert Magic Sound mode. L2 Selects the Touch Curve (Key velocity sensitivity). L2 R2 R2 Selects the Pedal functions. L3 Selects the Equalizer settings for the CP. R3 L3 R3 Selects the Fill-in mode for the Accompaniment Styles. L4 Selects the Voicing settings. L4 R4 R4 Selects the SOLO part settings. L5 Selects the Resonance effect for the sustain pedal.
Selects the pitch for the SOLO Part. L4 Selects the pitch for the LEFT Part. L3 Selects the master pitch. L2 Tuning Tuning allows you to adjust the CP’s pitch. You may need to adjust the tuning when you play with other instruments. The master pitch is displayed in Hertz. The range of adjustment is from 427.0 to 453.0 Hz. The factory preset value is set to the modern standard A = 440.0 Hz. • You can also adjust the tuning for each Part separately.
Touch Curve When playing a piano, the volume of the sound produced increases in direct relation to how hard a key is struck. The CP’s Normal Touch curve offers the standard feel of an acoustic piano for practicing music. The CP offers six other touch curves ranging from light to heavy. You can also create your own touch curves tailored to your personal playing style. This is the standard touch of an acoustic piano.
User Touch Curve You can create your own custom touch curve to fit your playing style. Two User Touch curves can be saved. To create a User Touch Curve: 1) Press the EDIT button (F7) in the Touch Curve screen. The LCD screen will display the User Touch screen. 2) Now start playing dynamically from soft to loud in order to let the CP analyze your playing style. While you are playing, a musical note e will blink in the right corner of the LCD display. 3) Press the CREATE button (F7) when you finish playing.
4) Use the Dial to select either User 1 or User 2 as the location for your new touch curve. 5) Press the EXEC button (F7) to save your new touch curve. 6) The CP will ask for your confirmation. Press YES (F7) to confirm. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F7 • System Menu F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the Dial to select either User 1 or User 2 as the location for your new touch curve. F7 Cancels the saving procedure. Proceeds with saving procedure.
System EQ The System EQ allows you to adjust the tone character of the CP piano to your taste. In addition to a Flat EQ setting (no EQ), there are four special EQ settings optimized for each of the CP models and four general purpose EQ settings. There is also a User EQ, that allows you to edit the existing EQ settings or create your own EQ settings. The Flat EQ setting is the default.
To create a User EQ: 1) Select one the ten EQ settings to edit and press the EDIT button (F7). The LCD screen will display the User System EQ screen. 2) Use the F2, F3 buttons to move the cursor and use the Dial to change the value. 3) Press the SAVE button (F7) to save the edited EQ settings to the User EQ. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F1 Takes you to the System EQ menu. F2, F3 Moves the cursor. F7 Saves the edited EQ settings to User EQ. System Menu P.
Selects Mellow. L3 Selects Normal. L2 Virtual Voicing Voicing is a technique used by piano technicians to mold the character of a piano’s sound. The Voicing function lets you change the CP piano’s tone quality by choosing one of four types of voicings. Normal Bright Mellow Dynamic Produces the normal timbre of an acoustic piano throughout the entire dynamic range. This is the default setting. Produces a brighter tone throughout the entire dynamic range.
Resonance When the sustain pedal is depressed on an acoustic piano, all the dampers are lifted up allowing the strings to vibrate freely. In this condition, when you play a note not only will the strings for the note you played vibrate but other strings will vibrate due to sympathetic resonance. The Resonance function simulates this phenomenon. You can select from three levels of Resonance. No resonance. Simulates the natural resonance characteristics of an acoustic piano. Produces a more intense resonance.
Selects Piano sound. L3 Selects Preset sounds. L2 Concert Magic Sound This function determines which sounds the Concert Magic songs will be played with. Preset Piano Plays all the Concert Magic songs with the Preset Sounds assigned to each song. Plays all the Concert Magic songs with the Concert Grand piano. R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the System menu. P.
Pedal Assign The Soft and Sostenuto pedals on the Concert Performer function as much more than just traditional piano pedals. These pedals can be assigned to control various other functions on the CP piano. With an optional expression pedal connected to the EXP pedal jack, you can also control the volume for each Part. Damper Pedal (Right) Sustain only Can be activated or deactivated separately for each Part.
Selects the Expression pedal. L4 Selects the Left pedal (Soft). L3 Selects the Center pedal (Sostenuto). L2 Selects the Right pedal (Damper). L1 EXP Pedal (Optional) Expression • The Expression pedal controls the volume of Parts. Expression can be activated or deactivated separately for each Part. The pedal assignments made to the Left pedal will be saved as part of a Registration. The pedal assignments made to the Center pedal are global and are not saved as part of a Registration.
2) Use the L and R buttons to select the setting and use the Dial to change its value. L2 Selects a function to assign to the pedal. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the other L and R buttons to adjust parameters. F7 F1 Back to the pedal Assign menu. F3-F6 Selects the different pedals. System Menu P.
Selects Auto mode. L3 Selects Normal mode. L2 Fill-in Mode This determines whether or not a Fill-in will be automatically played each time a VARIATION button is pressed. There are two options. A Fill-in will be played each time a VARIATION button is pressed. The Fill-in that is played will be the one that accompanies the Variation that you are leaving. For example, if Variation 1 is currently active, and you select Variation 2, the Fill-in for Variation 1 will be played.
Solo Settings This configures the special settings for the Solo part. Since the Solo part allows you to play only one note at a time (monophonic), it is important to select which note will be played by the SOLO Part when more than one key is played at a time. There are three options. The SOLO Part plays only the highest note among the notes played at one time. The SOLO Part plays only the last key played among the notes played at one time.
Selects OFF. L4 Selects PAL. L3 Selects NTSC. L2 Video Out This function is used select the type of video signal that will be output by the Video Out Jack. R2 L2 R1 L1 The TV video signal system mainly used in North American countries and Japan. The TV video signal system mainly used in the European countries. The video signals are not output. NTSC PAL OFF R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 F1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the System menu. P.
Effect for Sound This function determines whether or not the Preset Effects settings assigned to each Sound will be used or not. The Preset Effect settings for each Sound will be used. This is the default setting. The Preset Effect settings for each Sound will not be used. In other words, changing the Sounds will not change the Effect types and other settings for the Effects.
Selects Pythagorean. L5 Selects Pure minor. L4 Selects Pure Major. L3 Selects Meantone. L2 Selects Equal. L1 Temperament The CP offers not only equal temperament (the modern standard) but also immediate access to temperaments popular during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. You can also create your own User tuning Temperament as well. 1) 2) 3) 4) Select Temperament form the System Menu. The LCD screen will display the Temperament screen.
Brief explanation of temperaments Temperament Keys Limitless modulation of the key became available only after the invention of Equal temperament. When you use a temperament other than Equal temperament, you must carefully choose the key to play in. For example, if the song you are going to play is written in D major, choose “D” to set the temperament key. Equal Temperament (Flat) This is an “unstretched” equal temperament that divides the scale into twelve equal semitones.
Werckmeister III, Kirnberger III Temperament These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean. For music with few accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful chords of the mean tone, but as accidentals increase, the temperament produces the characteristic melodies of the Pythagorean temperament. It is used primarily for classical music written in the Baroque era to revive the original characteristics.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F1 Takes you to the Temperament menu. F3, F4 Selects the note to edit. F7 Saves the User Temperament. • The User Temperament alters the tuning for each octave equally. In other words, you cannot alter the tuning of different sections of the CP’s keyboard range separately. System Menu P.
MIDI Menu The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, an international standard for connecting MIDI equipped synthesizers, drum machines, and other electronic instruments so that they can exchange data. Personal computers can also be equipped for MIDI communication. Electronic instruments equipped with MIDI can transmit and receive performance data such as, notes, what sound to play, pedal information, volume, etc. through the MIDI In/Out/Thru Jacks.
Clock Clock is a data code that a MIDI instrument uses as the reference for its Tempo settings as well as Style Start/Stop commands. When it is set to INTERNAL, the CP uses its own built-in clock to control tempo settings. When set to EXTERNAL, the CP reads the clock data that it receives via MIDI and uses this data to control the Tempo. To configure the MIDI Settings: 1) On page 2 in the System menu, press the MIDI (L3) button. The LCD screen will display the first MIDI page.
Transmit MIDI Data On page two of the MIDI Setting menu you can determine what MIDI data will be transmitted from the CP. “Keyboard = On/Off” Determines whether or not note data that is generated by the keys being played will be transmitted. “Program = On/Off” Determines whether or not the CA piano will transmit program change information when a Sound is selected on the CP. “Control = On/Off” Determines whether or not changes in controllers (such as the pedals being depressed) will be transmitted.
On page three of the MIDI Settings menu, you can determine which MIDI channels the CP will receive MIDI data on. The CP can receive MIDI data on all 16 MIDI channels at once or only certain MIDI channels. Channel Receive On/Off Each of the 16 MIDI channels can be set separately to On or Off. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the L2, R2, L4 and R4 buttons to select the channel and use the Dial to change the setting, On and Off.
MIDI Accordion On page four of the MIDI Settings Menu you can configure the CP to be played from a MIDI Accordion. Selects receive channel for the Melody (Right1) part. Choose 1-16. L3 Selects receive channel for the Solo (Solo) part. Choose 1-16. L2 R2 L2 R1 L1 L3 R3 R5 L5 R4 L4 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 R2 R3 Selects receive channel for the Bass (Right2) part. Choose 1-16. Selects receive channel for the Chord (Left) part. Choose 1-16. F7 F1-F4 Selects the other MIDI Settings pages. P.
Power Up Settings This determines whether the CP stores your preferred panel and system settings as the default settings and applies them automatically when the instrument is turned on. Select Save Current Settings (L2) in the Power Up Setting menu to save the current panel settings automatically as the default settings when the CP is turned on. Select Restore Factory Settings (L3) to return the CP to the factory default settings.
Selects System Settings. L5 Selects Concert Magic. L4 Selects Sound Settings. L3 Selects Conductor. L2 Selects Regist Groups. L1 Soft Reset The Soft Reset function allows you to return all of the User Settings back to the original Factory Settings. You can instantly reset all of the user settings or only the ones you want to Reset at the touch of a button. To perform a Soft Reset: 1) Press SOFT RESET button (R2) on Page two in the System menu. The Soft Reset screen will be displayed.
Software Version This function is used to show what system software version is currently installed in the CP. To show the software version: 1) Press the Software Version button (R3) on page two in the System menu. 2) The software version will appear in the LCD screen. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 System Menu F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the System menu. P.
Display Control This function controls the background screen design, brightness and Screen Hold of the display. Screen Hold Most of the on-screen menus that you work with on the Concert Performer will remain displayed until you select something or press a particular button. However, some screens may be displayed only temporarily, switching back to a main screen if you allow the CP to sit idle without pressing any buttons.
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Mic Harmony and Effect The Concert Performer has a microphone input jack. You can plug in a microphone and sing while playing on the CP. You can also “mic” other instruments or plug other electric instruments into the microphone input. The Mic Harmony and Effect buttons add various harmonies and effects to your mic input. Mic Harmony This function adds many types of harmony to your mic input coming into the microphone input of the CP.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the L and R buttons to choose a Harmony type. F7 F1-F4 Searches for a Harmony type on the other pages. F7 Enters the detailed settings. L1 R1 L2 Adjusts the Harmony level. L2 R2 L3 Selects the source of chord recognition if the Vocoder harmony is selected. L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 Mic Harmony and Effect F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Back to Mic Harmony menu. P.
About Mic Harmonies Many of the microphone harmonies rely upon chord information generated by the AutoAccompaniment style system. For these harmonies to operate, the ACC button music be ON. Other harmonies do not rely on the Auto-Accompaniment stystem for chordal information. These harmonies will operate whether or not the ACC is ON. Non-Chordal Harmonies These harmonies do not rely on chordal information from the ACC system. They include the Vocodor, Gender, Octave, Double, and Lead Substitution harmonies.
Duet Harmonies create one harmony note in addition to the lead note. Trio harmonies create two harmony notes in addition to the lead note. Quartet harmonies create three harmony notes in addition to the lead note. Octave Duet harmonies create one harmony note and one octave note in addition to the lead note. The lead note will be your own voice, unless the harmony name contains the word (Sub). In this case, your voice will be substituted with one that is pitch-corrected.
Mic Effect There are six different Mic Effects available to enhance the audio signal (Voice or instrument sound) coming from the microphone jack. All effects, except the Echo/Vibrato, operate independently of one another. The Mic Effect function is separate from the Effects assigned to the keyboard Parts. Therefore, you can use different effects on the keyboard sounds and on Vocal/instrument sounds from the microphone.
Note: The suggestions given for the Gate and Compressor should be considered starting points. By experimenting you will find the settings that work best for you. Remember often times it is not necessary to use any Gating or Compression at all. Echo Adds delay or echoes to the sound. Time - Determines the delay time between each echo. Higher values add longer delays. Level - Determines the volume of the first echo. Each echo will become softer after that. Higher values create louder echoes.
Adjusts the Gate time. L4 Turns the EQ On and Off. L3 Adjusts the Mic level. L2 MIC HARMONY EFFECT Mic Effect Parameters Low Mid High MIC LEVEL EQ GATE THRESHOLD RATIO COMPRESSOR ECHO TIME LEVEL FEED BACK ECHO/VIBRATO VIBRATO REVERB RATE DEPTH To add Mic Effect: 1) 2) 3) 4) Press the MIC EFFECT button. The button’s indicator light will show that it has been activated. Any effect that is active in the Mic Effect menu will be turned on.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F2, F3 F4, F5 F6, F7 Mic Harmony and Effect F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Back to Mic Effect menu. Selects Low Range. Selects Mid Range. Selects High Range P.
Floppy Disk Operations The CP comes with a special program called Style Converter on a floppy disk. This allows you to convert Styles that were made for a number of other manufacturers’ machines, and use them as if they were designed for the CP. See the separate instructions that came with the Style Converter disk for additional information. There are many companies who specialize in just making MIDI song files of popular and traditional tunes that can be purchase on floppy disk.
L1 R1 L2 Loads data from a floppy disk. L2 R2 R2 Formats a floppy disk. L3 Saves data onto a floppy disk. L3 R3 R3 Plays the song data from a floppy disk. (See page 106.) L4 Erases data from a floppy disk. L4 R4 R4 Converts other manufacturers’ Style data for use in the CP. (See page 89.) L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Saving Data to a Floppy Disk This important function stores your custom data to disk so that you can retrieve it at a later time.
To save your data: 1) In the Disk menu, select SAVE (L3). The Disk Save menu will be displayed. 2) Use the L and R buttons to select the type of data to save. Then the particular sub-menu for that data type will be displayed. R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the L and R buttons to select the type of data to save. F7 Takes you to the Disk menu. 3) Use the appropriate L button, CURSOR buttons (F2, F3) and CHARACTER buttons (F4, F5) to give the data file a name.
Example: Saving a Style L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 Selects which file you would like to save, or if all files are to be save as a single “all” file. L3 R3 L4 Names the data file. L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F2, F3 F4, F5 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the previous menu. Moves the cursor over the characters in the name. Selects a character to use in the name. Saves the data file to floppy disk. Example: Saving a Song L1 R1 L2 Names the data file.
Loading Data from a Floppy Disk This function allows you to retrieve the stored data from disk. Song User Style User Conductor User Sound Regist Group User Touch User System EQ Temperament All Settings One Song can be loaded into the Recorder from disk. Up to 20 Styles can be loaded from disk. This number varies depending on the size of the data contained in the Styles. Up to 40 User Conductor setups can be loaded from disk. Up to 20 User Sounds can be loaded from disk.
4) When loading User Style, User Conductor, User Sound or Registration data, you can choose whether to load data that was stored individually or to load all the data that was saved as an “All” file. Press ALL (F4) to load data that was saved as an “All” file. Press EACH (F5) if data files were saved individually. 5) Use the L and R buttons to select the data to load. Use the PAGE (F1, F2) buttons to display more data, if available. 6) Press the EXEC (F7) button to proceed.
L3 Selects the destination to load individually a Style, Conductor, Sound or Registration. 7) When loading an individual data file, use the L3 button and the Dial to select the preferred destination. 8) Then press the EXEC button to load the selected data into the CP. Press BACK (F1) to cancel loading. R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 R5 L5 R4 L4 F1 F1 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Takes you to the previous menu. Loads the data. P.
Erasing Data from a Floppy Disk This lets you erase unnecessary data from the floppy disk. You can erase Song, User Style, User Conductor, User Sound, Registrations, User Temperament and ALL. To erase the data from a disk: 1) In the Disk menu press DELETE (L4). The Disk Delete menu will be displayed. 2) Insert the floppy disk into the drive. 3) Use the L and R buttons to select the type of data to erase. A sub-menu of file names will be displayed.
Formatting a Floppy Disk Before a floppy disk can be used to save data for the first time, it will need to be formatted. This simply means that the disk must be “prepared” to hold data. The Concert Performer can read and write to MS-DOS formatted disks. You can purchase preformatted floppy disks from any computer or office supply store. Floppy disks may also be formatted on a PC computer, or the CP can format them itself. There are two types of 3.
L2 Formats a 2HD disk. L3 Formats a 2DD disk. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F1 F7 Floppy Disk Operations F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Cancels formatting and takes you to the Disk menu. Starts formatting the disk. P.
CD-R Operations (CP205 only) With the Concert Performer’s built-in CD-R drive, you can record your performances to CD-R and CD-RW discs. You can record a “live” keyboard performance, a pre-recorded song from the Recorder, or both. Even your live vocal performance can be recorded to CD. Your finished CD can be played in any audio CD player. The Concert Performer can also playback CD-R and CD-RW discs, along with any regular audio CD, including commercial CD’s.
Playing an audio CD The operation of the Concert Performer’s CD is similar to a regular CD player. 1) Insert an audio CD in the CD drive and press the CD button on the panel. If the CD is closed (finalized), then the LCD screen will jump to the CD Play screen. If the CD is open (not finalized), then press the Play (L2) button in the menu to go to the Play screen. 2) Press the F3 button to start the CD. 3) Use the L, R and F buttons to select the various CD songs and functions.
Use the F7 button and the Dial to program. To program the playing order: 1) Press the R1 button in the menu and use the Dial to change the play mode to Program. 2) Press the L2 button and use the Dial to select the first playing track. 3) Press the F7 button to move the cursor to the next position and use the Dial to select the second track. 4) Repeat step #3 to program up to ten tracks. R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Select “Program” with the Dial. F7 P.
Recording onto a CD You can record any performance on the Concert Performer directly onto a CD-R or CD-RW disc. Your performance can be “live” playing with or without auto-accompaniment styles. It can also be a previously recorded song playing from the Easy or Advanced Recorder, and even a voice or instrument from the Mic input. Any, and all, of these performances can be recorded onto the CD. You must record vocals, or any instrument using the Mic Input, directly to the CD.
Recording Tips and Suggestions • Anyone can have fun making CD recordings and sharing them with family and friends. You do not have to be a professional musician to record your own CD. If you are not a great player, you can first record your song using the Concert Performer’s Easy Recorder. You can record the song slowly and speed it up later. You can even re-record it if you make a mistake. Advanced users can edit mistakes and add extra tracks in the Advanced Recorder.
Closing (Finalizing) Your CD To listen to your recorded CD in a regular (audio) CD player, you must first Close (finalize) the CD. Until you close the CD, you can listen to it only with the CD drive on the Concert Performer. Once you close the CD, you cannot record on it any more. 1) Press the Close CD button (R2) in the CD menu. 2) Press the EXEC button (F7) to close the CD. Press the MENU button (F1) to cancel and go back to the CD menu.
Getting Assistance: Using Help and Demo The first time you sit at the Concert Performer, you may feel overwhelmed by the wealth of features and options that it offers. You will find, though, that if you keep this Owner’s Manual handy you can learn to use the different functions as you need them, at your own pace. And, there is certainly nothing wrong with only using a few basic features, and thoroughly enjoying them.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 Use the L and R buttons to selct a Help topic. F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F1, F2 Searches for more Help topics on the other pages. L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F1 Takes you to the Help menu. F3, F4 Selects the language. Getting Assisted—Help and Demo P.
DEMO Using the Demonstrations There are five types of Demonstrations programmed in the CP piano. Main Demo An exciting and entertaining long song that shows off the CP’s musical potential as a whole. Function Demos Songs, Text, and Graphics that help explain the most important features and functions of the Concert Performer. Sound Category Demos Each Sound category has a song, or songs, that demonstrate the sound choices and capabilities found in the category.
L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 L5 R5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F2, F3 Plays the Main Demo. F5, F6 Enters the Function Demo menu. SOUND PIANO FEATURE VOCAL DRAWBAR ORGAN STRING WOODWIND BRASS HARPSI & MALLET GUITAR BASS PAD & SYNTH SPECIALTY DRUM SFX USER The SOUND category buttons are used to select the demo for that sound category.
To listen to a Function Demo: 1) Press the DEMO button. The Demonstration menu will be displayed. 2) Enter the Function Demo menu by pressing the Function Demo button (F4 or F5). 3) Use the L and R buttons to select the topic you want to see. The selected topic’s text and graphics are displayed in the LCD screen. 4) To exit, press the EXIT, PLAY/STOP or the DEMO button. R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the L and R buttons to select the topic you like to see.
Playing Piano Music The Concert Performer has over five hours of prerecorded Piano Music available for your listening pleasure. The Piano Music is divided into three sections: Classical, Contemporary, and Holiday music. You can listen to all selections in a category, or you can program a list of your favorite ten selections from each category. To listen to the Piano Music: 1) Press the PIANO MUSIC button. The Piano Music menu will be displayed.
R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F1, F2 F3, F4 F5, F6 F7 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Use the L and R buttons to select the song you like to listen. F7 Searches more songs on the other pages. Takes you to the category selection menu. Enters the Favorites menu. Plays the selected song. R5 L5 R4 L4 R3 L3 R2 L2 R1 L1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F5,F6 Displays the song list. F7 Pauses the playback. P.
Making your Favorites list You can make your Favorites list for each Piano Music category. Ten songs can be programmed in the order of playback. NOTE: You cannot select between songs in different categories. To make your Favorites list: 1) Select one of the three Piano Music categories. Press the FAVORITES button (F5 or F6) in the Category song screen. A default list is displayed in the LCD screen. 2) Use the L and R buttons to highlight one of the ten locations.
Appendices Preset Sounds PIANO PAGE 1 Concert Grand Studio Grand Modern Piano Electric Grand Piano Octaves Classic EP Modern EP Modern EP 2 60’s EP Tremolo EP PAGE 2 Mellow Grand Rock Grand Hony Tonk Electric Grand 2 Piano Octaves 2 Classic EP 2 Classic EP 3 Modern EP 3 EP Legend EP Phase PAGE 3 Jazz Grand Crystal EP Piano & Guitar Mono Grand Wide Honky Tonk Piano & EP Piano & EP 2 Piano & EP 3 Piano & Organ Piano & Organ 2 PAGE 4 New Age Piano New Age Piano 2 New Age Piano 3 New Age EP New Age EP 2 New
DRAWBAR PAGE 1 Be 3 Jazzer Hi-Lo Full Organ Mellow Drawbar Percussive Organ Percussive Organ 2 4’ percussion 2 2/3’ percussion PAGE 2 Be More Be Nice Odd Man Screamin’ Hollow Drawbar 2 Percussive Organ 3 Drawbar 3 Soft Solo Key Click PAGE 3 Drawbar Bass 16’ Drawbar 8’ Drawbar 5 1/3’ Drawbar 4’ Drawbar 2 2/3’ Drawbar 2’ Drawbar 1 3/5’ Drawbar 1 1/3’ Drawbar 1’ Drawbar PAGE 4 Jazz Organ Jazz Organ 2 Rock Organ Pedal Percussion Pedal Percussion 2 PAGE 2 Baroque Mix 8’ Diapason Church Organ 3 Puff Organ Ele
WOODWIND PAGE 1 Ballad Tenor Exp Alto Baritone Sax Soprano Sax Big Band Winds Exp Flute Flute Clarinet Oboe Orchestral Winds PAGE 2 Alto Sax Tenor Sax Soft Alto Sax Soft Tenor sax Breathy Tenor Sax Jazz Flute Jazz Clarinet Recorder English Horn Bassoon PAGE 3 Flute & Mute Tpt Flute & Strings Octave Saxes Big Band Winds 2 Orchestral Flute Orch Clarinet Orchestral Winds 2 Reeds Ensemble Reeds Ensemble 2 Sax Section PAGE 4 Classic Alto Sax Alto Sax 2 Alto Sax Bend Tenor Sax 2 Tenor Sax 3 Piccolo Clarinet 2
GUITAR PAGE 1 Exp Guitar Exp Nylon Guitar Nylon Acoustic Nylon Acoustic 2 Steel Guitar Pedal Steel Country Lead Jazz Guitar Electric Guitar Muted Electric PAGE 2 Nylon Acoustic 3 Steel String 2 12 String Electric Guitar 2 Electric Guitar 3 Hawaiian Guitar Rhythm Guitar Ukulele Cutting Guitar Elec Gtr Harmonics PAGE 3 Mellow Steel Strg Lazz Guitar 2 Nylon Electric Guitar & Strings Guitar Pad Guitar Feedback Dynamic Overdrive Dist Feedback Dist Rhythm Gtr Fret Noise PAGE 2 Acoustic Bass 2 Finger Slap Bass
SPECIALTY PAGE 1 Strumming Ac Gtr Strumming Ac Gtr 2 Picking Ac Gtr Picking Ac Gtr 2 Mandolin Banjo Picking Banjo Harmonica Fiddle Strumming Elec Gtr PAGE 2 Picking Elec Gtr Pick/Strum Gtr Pick/Strum Gtr 2 Strumming Mandolin Strumming Banjo Blues Harmonica Wah Harmonica Wah Harmonica 2 Dulcimer Slow Fiddle PAGE 3 Accordion French Accordion Tango Accordion French Accordion 2 Accordion 2 Celtic Harp Mellow Mandolin Hammer Dulcimer Banjo 2 Whistle PAGE 4 Shakuhachi Sitar Blown Bottle Koto Kalimba Ocarina Sh
List of Styles SWING & BIG BAND 50’S & 60’S PAGE 1 Fast Big Band Fast Big Band 2 Medium Big Band Sing It Jump Swing Medium Swing Nice and Easy Slow Swing PAGE 2 Night Club Jitterbug Big Band Samba Big Band Cha Cha Big Band Foxtrot Slow Big Band Medium Swing 2 Slow Swing 2 PAGE 1 50’s Rock 50’s Rock 2 50’s Rockabilly 50’s Folk Rock Rhumba 60’s Beach Surf Rock 60’s Pop Motown Motown 2 PAGE 2 Modern Ballad 2 Modern Ballad 3 Pop Ballad 2 R&B Ballad 2 70’s Rock Ballad Country Ballad Rock Ballad Folk Rock Ba
INTIMATE PIANO PAGE 2 Rock Blues Pop SOLO PIANO PAGE 1 Kids March Kids 6/8 March Kids 2 Beat Kids 2 Beat Shuffle Kids 3/4 Kids Folk 2 Beat 3/4 Lullaby 4/4 Lullaby PAGE 1 Swing Two Beat Two Beat Shuffle Bossa Boogie Pop Pop Ballad 3/4 Standard Dixieland New Age PAGE 1 Pop Ballad Rock Ballad Country Ballad Swing Ballad Pop / Rock Shuffle Pop 3/4 Bossa Medium Swing PAGE 2 Foxtrot 2 Polka 2 Polka 3 Cha Cha 2 Tango 2 Dixieland 2 March 3 Alps March PAGE 2 Fast Show Swing Standard Standard Ballad Pop Waltz J
List of Song Stylists 16 Tons 3 Coins In A Fount 76 Trombones A A Summer Place A Whole New World Achy Breaky Heart Across the Alley After The Love Has Ain’t Misbehavin’ Ain’t No Woman Ain’t Too Proud All I Have To Do All I Wanna Do All Of Me All Shook Up Alley Cat Aloha Oe Always A Woman Always On My Mind Amapola Amazing Grace American Pie Annie’s Song Anniversary Waltz Anything Goes April Showers Around The World Arrivederci Roma Arthur’s Theme As Long As He Need As Tears Go By As Time Goes By At The Hop
E Earth Angel Ebony & Ivory Edelweiss Elvira End Of The Road Endless Love Evergreen Every Breath You Every Rose Has Its Everybody Plays Everything I Do Everything Is Beau Evil Ways Exodus Song, The Eyes Of Love F Falling In Love Farmer In The Dell Fascinating Rhythm Fascination Fast Car Feelings Feels So Good Feels So Right Ferry Cross Mersey Fever Fields Of Gold Fire & Rain First Time Ever I Flashdance Fly Me To The Moon Foggy Day, A Folsom Prison For All We Know Forever And Ever Free Bird Free Ride Freew
Islands In Stream Isn’t It Romantic Isn’t She Lovely It Had To Be You It’s A Grand Night It’s A Small World It’s All In Game It’s Beginning To Its Matter Of Time It’s My Party It’s Not For Me It’s Not Unusual It’s Now Or Never It’s Too Late It’s Unusual Day Itsy Bitsy Spider I’ve Been Working J Jailhouse Rock Jambalaya Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Jive Talkin John Jacob Jingle Johnny B. Goode Joy To The World Juke Box Sat.
Our Day Will Come Over The Rainbow P Paper Roses Party’s Over, The Peace in Valley Peaceful Easy Feel Peanuts’ Theme Peg Penn. 6-5000 People People Will Say Physical Piano Man Pink Panther ☞ The Pink Panther Please Mr.
The Rose The Way We Were The Way You Do Then Came You There Must Be Way There’ll Be Sad These Dreams They Call The Wind Things Things We Did Last Think Third Man Theme This Masquerade This Ole Man Those Were The Days Three Times A Lady Through The Years Tico Tico Time After Time Time In A Bottle Tiny Bubbles To All The Girls Tom Dooley Tomorrow Tonight Top Of The World Total Eclipse Trouble True Love Try To Remember Turn Turn Turn Tutti Frutti Tuxedo Junction Twinkle Twinkle Twist & Shout Twist, The U Unch
Concert Magic Songs The words in bold type are the title displayed in the LCD screen. Song Title Type Lyrics Children’s Songs Song Title Type Jingle Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP Deck The Halls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP O Come All Ye Faithful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP Joy To The World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Song Title Type You’re A Grand Old Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EB Lyrics ✔ Stars And Stripes Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SK Anchors Aweigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SK Song Title Type Beautiful Dreamer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EB Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP ✔ Under The Double Eagle . . . . . .
Concert Magic Songs Song Title Type Lyrics Song Title Type Savior Like A Shepherd Lead Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP Favorite Hymns Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP Fairest Lord Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP Amazing Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP Doxology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Song Title Type Lyrics Largo from Symphony No. 9 by Dvorák . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SK Prelude In A by Chopin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MP Pizzicato Polka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SK Rondeau by Mouret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SK Voice Of Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EB Allegro Moderato from Symphony Nr. 8 by Schubert . . . . . .
Table of Chord Types This table describes the fingering of 61 types of chords, including inversions, that the CP piano recognizes. All these are represented here in the key of C, but of course any transposition of these chords to other keys apply. Entries on the chart with an asterisk (*) are easy fingerings that can be recognized in the OneFinger mode. * * * C Maj * C7 C ∆7 * C6 C sus4 C aug C6 9 C b5 C add9 C9 C11 C13 C7 #5 C7 sus4 C7 b5 C7 b9 * Cm Cm7 Cm#5 Cm6 Cm6 9 P.
Cm9 Cm add9 Cm9 11 Cm7 11 C7 #9 C7 b9 11 C7 #11 C9 13 C9 11 13 C9 #11 13 C7 b9 13 C7 b9 11 13 C7 #9 13 C7 b13 C9 b13 C7 #9 b13 C7 b9 b13 Cm7 b5 9 Cm7 b5 Cm7 b5 11 C7 #9 #11 C7 b9 #11 Cm7 b5 b9 Cm7 11 b13 Cm7 b13 C ∆7 #5 C ∆9 13 C ∆7 b5 C ∆9 #11 C ∆9 C ∆7 13 C∆7 #11 13 C∆ 9 #11 13 C∆9 #11 13 Cm9 C dim∆7 C dim C dim 9 Appendice C dim b13 C dim 11 P.
Connection Examples A. Using External Speakers The Concert Performer has an amplifier and built-in speakers and together, they produce a powerful sound. However, for larger venues or outdoor performances, you may need to use additional amplification and speaker systems. Standard 1/4-inch audio cables can be plugged into the CP’s stereo Line Out jacks for this purpose. The CP’s Master Volume will affect the signals levels output from the Line Out Jacks. Amplifier B.
D. Using the Concert Performer with an External MIDI Instrument Personal Computer MIDI lets you expand the creative possibilities of the CP by connecting it to an external MIDI device or personal computer. Use a MIDI cable to connect the CP’s MIDI Out jack to the other device’s MIDI In. Likewise, connect the MIDI Out jack of the other device to the CP’s MIDI In. Sound Module D E E. Using The Concert Performer with Your Personal Computer Your personal computer can be used as a MIDI device as well.
USB The Concert Performer can be connected with a personal computer with a USB cable for exchanging MIDI data. You need a USB driver installed in your computer. [For Windows XP/Me users] A standard USB driver is already installed in your computer. You don’t need to install a new driver. [For Windows 2000/98SE users] You need to install the designated driver in your computer. Visit the KAWAI web site at http://www.kawai.co.jp/english/Download1.html and download the program.
MIDI Data Format 3. Exclusive data 3.1 UNIVERSAL REALTIME SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE MESSAGE 3.1.1 Master Volume Format: F0 7f 7f 04 01 F7 : VALUE LSB (*round up numbers of five and above and drop anything under five) : VALUE MSB 00 00 - 7f 7f (- ∞ ~ 0dB) Default = 7fH/7fH 3.1.2 Master Fine Tune Format: F0 7f 7f 04 03 F7 : VALUE LSB : VALUE MSB 00 00 - 40 00 - 7f 7f (-100cent ~ 0 ~ +100cent) Default = 40H/00H *transmitting by Tuning setting: 1e/62 - 40/00 - 60/21 (427.0Hz - 440.
3.1.5 Controller Destination Setting 3.1.5.1: Channel Pressure (After Touch) Format: F0 7f 7f 09 01 [pp vv] ••• F7 : 0H-fH (ch.1 - ch.
3.1.6 Key-Based Instrument Controllers Format: F0 7f 7f 0a 01 [nn vv] ••• F7 : 0H-fH (ch.1 - ch.16) : key number (00H - 7fH) [nn vv]: nn vv a:Volume 07H b:Panpot 0aH c:Reverb Send level 5bH d:Chorus Send level 5dH 0 - 64 - 127 (-100% ~ 0 ~ +100%) *absolute 0 - 64 - 127 (left - Center - right) *absolute 0 - 127 (0 ~ Max) *absolute 0 - 127 (0 ~ Max) Default = 40H Default = (Preset value) Default = (Preset value) Default = (Preset value) 3.
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3.3.5.Accompaniment Control *SMF save only Format: F0 40 7F 33 gg mm 40 bb cc vv F7 : Beat Bank No. 0-7FH : Music Style No. 0-7FH : MSB4bit: VariationNo. / LSB 4bit: PatternNo. PatternNo. 0 Intro Start 1 Ending Start 2 Basic Start 3 Fill Start 4 Stop / Parameter Off 5 Parameter On VariationNo. PatternNo.0-3 0-7 Variation 1-8 On/Off Parameter 0 Stop 1 Long Bass 2 Fade (ON = FadeIn / OFF = FadeOut) 3 Acc. SW 4 DrumOnly SW 5 Break SW 6-7 Undefine 3.3.7.
MIDI Implementation Chart MODEL: Kawai Digital Piano CP205/CP185 Function Basic Default Channel Changed Mode Default Messagees Altered Note Number True voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Key's Touch Ch's Pitch Bend 0, 32 1 5 Control 6, 38 Change 7 10 11 64 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 84 91 93 0-95*5 98, 99 100, 101 Program Change True # System Exclusive : Song pos Common : Song sel : Tune System : Clock Real Time : Commands : All Sound OFF : Reset All Controller Aux : Local ON/OFF Messages : A
Specifications Keyboard Polyphony Preset Sounds Styles Style Controls Metronome Auto-Accompaniment Song Stylist Conductor Effects Temperaments Other Features Recorder Pedals Jacks Data Media Output Power Speakers Power Consumption Finish Dimensions (W x D x H) Weight (without bench) CP205 / CP185 88 Wooden Keys, AWA PRO (CP205) / 88 Weighted Key, Advanced Hammer Action III (CP185) Maximum 128 Over 900 including Drum kits, 20 User Sounds 220 Styles (4 Variations per Style) Maximum 20 User Styles Start/St
Concert Performer Series Digital Piano OW969E-T 0305 Printed in Japan
