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... Song E-47 Saving Recorded Data on an External Device E-48 Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions E-49 Changing the Scale of Songs E-29 Using Built-in Digital Keyboard Memory E-52 E-2 E-37 Playing the Rhythm Part only E-37 Playing All Parts E-38 Using Auto Accompaniment Effectively E-40 Using One-Touch Preset E-41 Using Auto Harmonize E-42 Looking Up the Notes of musical instrument sounds E-14 Layering Two Tones E-15 Splitting the Keyboard between Two Different Tones E-15 Using Reverb E-16 Using Chorus E-16 Using a Pedal E-17 Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning, Octave...
... Song E-47 Saving Recorded Data on an External Device E-48 Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions E-49 Changing the Scale of Songs E-29 Using Built-in Digital Keyboard Memory E-52 E-2 E-37 Playing the Rhythm Part only E-37 Playing All Parts E-38 Using Auto Accompaniment Effectively E-40 Using One-Touch Preset E-41 Using Auto Harmonize E-42 Looking Up the Notes of musical instrument sounds E-14 Layering Two Tones E-15 Splitting the Keyboard between Two Different Tones E-15 Using Reverb E-16 Using Chorus E-16 Using a Pedal E-17 Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning, Octave...
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... SPLIT button ☞E-15 cp LAYER button ☞E-15 cq AUTO HARMONIZE/ARPEGGIATOR, $ TYPE button ☞E-42, 51 cr PIANO/ORGAN button ☞E-14 cs CHORD BOOK button ☞E-43 ct FUNCTION, KEY LIGHT $ button ☞E-7 dk Speakers dl Song Bank list dm Display dn Music Preset list do Rhythm list dp Tone list dq CHORD root names ☞E-38 dr Percussion instrument list ☞E-14 E-5 For example, METRONOME, $ BEAT means that is enabled by holding down the button for some time...
... SPLIT button ☞E-15 cp LAYER button ☞E-15 cq AUTO HARMONIZE/ARPEGGIATOR, $ TYPE button ☞E-42, 51 cr PIANO/ORGAN button ☞E-14 cs CHORD BOOK button ☞E-43 ct FUNCTION, KEY LIGHT $ button ☞E-7 dk Speakers dl Song Bank list dm Display dn Music Preset list do Rhythm list dp Tone list dq CHORD root names ☞E-38 dr Percussion instrument list ☞E-14 E-5 For example, METRONOME, $ BEAT means that is enabled by holding down the button for some time...
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...key ( ) key at the same time, press . General Guide Function 1 Transpose 2 Accompaniment Volume 3 Song Volume 4 Touch Response 5 Tuning 6 Reverb 7 Chorus 8 Sampling Automatic Sampling Start Automatic Sampling Stop Sampled Tone Protect 9 Step Up Lesson Voice Fingering Guide Note Guide Performance Evaluation Phrase Length 10 Preset Scales 11 Other Settings Arpeggiator Hold Pedal Effect Accompaniment Scale LCD Contrast Power On Alert 12 MIDI Settings Keyboard Channel Navigate Channels Local Control Accomp Out 13 Delete Sampled Sound Delete User Song Delete All Data Delete Display Trans. Turn...
...key ( ) key at the same time, press . General Guide Function 1 Transpose 2 Accompaniment Volume 3 Song Volume 4 Touch Response 5 Tuning 6 Reverb 7 Chorus 8 Sampling Automatic Sampling Start Automatic Sampling Stop Sampled Tone Protect 9 Step Up Lesson Voice Fingering Guide Note Guide Performance Evaluation Phrase Length 10 Preset Scales 11 Other Settings Arpeggiator Hold Pedal Effect Accompaniment Scale LCD Contrast Power On Alert 12 MIDI Settings Keyboard Channel Navigate Channels Local Control Accomp Out 13 Delete Sampled Sound Delete User Song Delete All Data Delete Display Trans. Turn...
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... you get on an acoustic piano. Use (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to Touch Pressure (Touch Response) Touch Response alters tone volume in when removing the headphones. Press the (10-key) [-] key to very high volume output over headphones for long period. Touch br 2. Sound volume is turned off output from the built-in accordance with the Digital Keyboard. • Use commercially available headphones. Select the setting that require an adaptor plug, make sure you can practice playing even late at night...
... you get on an acoustic piano. Use (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to Touch Pressure (Touch Response) Touch Response alters tone volume in when removing the headphones. Press the (10-key) [-] key to very high volume output over headphones for long period. Touch br 2. Sound volume is turned off output from the built-in accordance with the Digital Keyboard. • Use commercially available headphones. Select the setting that require an adaptor plug, make sure you can practice playing even late at night...
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... Using Reverb Reverb adds reverberation to 10 Turns off setting. It makes you sound as the split point. Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to the right side range of the split keyboard. br 2. To change the duration of the reverb. 1. While holding down , press the keyboard key where you selected in step 1). Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to select the chorus type...
... Using Reverb Reverb adds reverberation to 10 Turns off setting. It makes you sound as the split point. Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to the right side range of the split keyboard. br 2. To change the duration of the reverb. 1. While holding down , press the keyboard key where you selected in step 1). Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to select the chorus type...
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... shows the available pedal effects. Organ and other similar tone notes are released. Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning, Octave Shift) Changing the Pitch in Semitone Steps (Transpose) The transpose feature lets you instantly change the pitch to match that are playing when the pedal is depressed before the keyboard keys are sustained even if the pedal is -12 to +12 semitones. 1. Soft (SFt) Rhythm (rHy) Slightly softens notes played while the pedal is depressed. Jack Controlling the Keyboard Sounds br 4. Trans...
... shows the available pedal effects. Organ and other similar tone notes are released. Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning, Octave Shift) Changing the Pitch in Semitone Steps (Transpose) The transpose feature lets you instantly change the pitch to match that are playing when the pedal is depressed before the keyboard keys are sustained even if the pedal is -12 to +12 semitones. 1. Soft (SFt) Rhythm (rHy) Slightly softens notes played while the pedal is depressed. Jack Controlling the Keyboard Sounds br 4. Trans...
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... frequency setting will appear. Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Fine Tuning (Tuning) Use the tuning feature when you need to adjust the pitch slightly to play along with slightly altered tuning. Also, some artists perform their music with another musical instrument. You can use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display "Tune". Tune br 2. You can individually set a frequency within the range of the A4 note. Advance to shift the octave. • Split On : This step...
... frequency setting will appear. Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Fine Tuning (Tuning) Use the tuning feature when you need to adjust the pitch slightly to play along with slightly altered tuning. Also, some artists perform their music with another musical instrument. You can use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display "Tune". Tune br 2. You can individually set a frequency within the range of the A4 note. Advance to shift the octave. • Split On : This step...
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...; Changing the song number will not change the tempo setting. Changing the song number clears the start measure and end measure of the song. • If your favorite tunes. Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use br (10-key) to practice difficult passages, etc. 1. Holding down playback to change the speed (tempo) in the song and play on the display. The tempo value will stop flashing if you select the same keyboard tone as the song tone...
...; Changing the song number will not change the tempo setting. Changing the song number clears the start measure and end measure of the song. • If your favorite tunes. Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use br (10-key) to practice difficult passages, etc. 1. Holding down playback to change the speed (tempo) in the song and play on the display. The tempo value will stop flashing if you select the same keyboard tone as the song tone...
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... note. Bravo! During this lesson, the display shows the key you play the correct note. • Keyboard key goes from flashing to lit. • Note guide sounds the correct note to be played. • Voice Fingering Guide tells you what it is played. To stop Lesson 1, press bs or bk. Lesson 2: Watch how the song is time to start the lessons. Practice playing with the correct finger as instructed by voice fingering guide. Using...
... note. Bravo! During this lesson, the display shows the key you play the correct note. • Keyboard key goes from flashing to lit. • Note guide sounds the correct note to be played. • Voice Fingering Guide tells you what it is played. To stop Lesson 1, press bs or bk. Lesson 2: Watch how the song is time to start the lessons. Practice playing with the correct finger as instructed by voice fingering guide. Using...
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... button as the chord input mode. Adds 3-note open harmony, for a total of three notes. Adds block chord notes. S t .GrPno Lit when on Auto Harmonize. Type number Type name Due t 1 br 3. cq 4. Press to previous screen automatically. bl 1. Adds the fifth degree note. Adds 3-note close harmony, for a few seconds, the display will be added to suit the type of this, these two functions cannot be used at the same time. Adds big band style harmony. Because of music...
... button as the chord input mode. Adds 3-note open harmony, for a total of three notes. Adds block chord notes. S t .GrPno Lit when on Auto Harmonize. Type number Type name Due t 1 br 3. cq 4. Press to previous screen automatically. bl 1. Adds the fifth degree note. Adds 3-note close harmony, for a few seconds, the display will be added to suit the type of this, these two functions cannot be used at the same time. Adds big band style harmony. Because of music...
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... not perform any keyboard key) until the message "Song Del?" Making a new recording replaces (deletes) previously recorded data. 1. Press 3. Use (10-key) to enter the song number you do hold down (without pressing any operation. A song number will disappear if you want to record or play back. Example: Song 2 P l a y No . 3. appears on the display. Flashes br 4. Press 3 to record, or bk to exit the recorder mode. ■ To delete recorded data 3 After step 2 of the br display for playback. 1. Press...
... not perform any keyboard key) until the message "Song Del?" Making a new recording replaces (deletes) previously recorded data. 1. Press 3. Use (10-key) to enter the song number you do hold down (without pressing any operation. A song number will disappear if you want to record or play back. Example: Song 2 P l a y No . 3. appears on the display. Flashes br 4. Press 3 to record, or bk to exit the recorder mode. ■ To delete recorded data 3 After step 2 of the br display for playback. 1. Press...
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...-key) [+] (YES) key. Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions Deleting User Song Data You can use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display "DELETE" (page E-7). Flashes DE L E T E Used memory (Unit: Kbytes) Remaining memory capacity br 2. Used memory (Unit: Kbytes) Remaining memory capacity br 2. Flashes A l l Da t a br 4. After the delete procedure is complete, "Complete" will appear on the display. • To cancel the delete operation, press [-] (NO) or [7] (EXIT) in Digital Keyboard Memory Use the following procedure to delete user song data stored as song numbers...
...-key) [+] (YES) key. Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions Deleting User Song Data You can use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display "DELETE" (page E-7). Flashes DE L E T E Used memory (Unit: Kbytes) Remaining memory capacity br 2. Used memory (Unit: Kbytes) Remaining memory capacity br 2. Flashes A l l Da t a br 4. After the delete procedure is complete, "Complete" will appear on the display. • To cancel the delete operation, press [-] (NO) or [7] (EXIT) in Digital Keyboard Memory Use the following procedure to delete user song data stored as song numbers...
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... touch the contacts of a memory card when loading it or removing it . • Memory cards have a write-protect switch that you observe all of the precautions in the instructions that come with a capacity that is greater than 32GB and other types of memory cards is not supported. CM2 MID*2 Recorded songs (page E-44) Recorded song data SP7 SL7*3 All data Above data AL7 *1: Sampled drum set sounds *2: Standard MIDI file (format 0, 1) *3: Data recorded playing along...
... touch the contacts of a memory card when loading it or removing it . • Memory cards have a write-protect switch that you observe all of the precautions in the instructions that come with a capacity that is greater than 32GB and other types of memory cards is not supported. CM2 MID*2 Recorded songs (page E-44) Recorded song data SP7 SL7*3 All data Above data AL7 *1: Sampled drum set sounds *2: Standard MIDI file (format 0, 1) *3: Data recorded playing along...
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... Digital Keyboard in playback standby. E-55 br 4. bq 3. Using a Memory Card br 5. To save this type of the sampled sound you want to the memory card. To save this data Sampled sound Recorded song Recorded song (SMF 0 format) All data Display this Sampled sound Select the tone number of data Do this screen "SAv" "SmplTone" "SAv" "Rec.Song" "SAv" "SMF 0" "SAv" "All Data" Saving a recording made while playing along with the same name already on the display. Use the br (10-key...
... Digital Keyboard in playback standby. E-55 br 4. bq 3. Using a Memory Card br 5. To save this type of the sampled sound you want to the memory card. To save this data Sampled sound Recorded song Recorded song (SMF 0 format) All data Display this Sampled sound Select the tone number of data Do this screen "SAv" "SmplTone" "SAv" "Rec.Song" "SAv" "SMF 0" "SAv" "All Data" Saving a recording made while playing along with the same name already on the display. Use the br (10-key...
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... Digital Keyboard, select the data you want to cancel. User song Select the song number of the song you want to load. Use the (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to select the data (file) you want to load. Rep l ace? Using a Memory Card ■ Memory Card Data (File) Storage Locations The above procedure stores Digital Keyboard data in a folder named "MUSICDAT" on the memory card. • The "MUSICDAT" folder is created automatically when you format the memory...
... Digital Keyboard, select the data you want to cancel. User song Select the song number of the song you want to load. Use the (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to select the data (file) you want to load. Rep l ace? Using a Memory Card ■ Memory Card Data (File) Storage Locations The above procedure stores Digital Keyboard data in a folder named "MUSICDAT" on the memory card. • The "MUSICDAT" folder is created automatically when you format the memory...
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... data "dEL" "All Data" Comp l e t e E-57 Press the (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key. Press the (10-key) [+] (YES) key. • To cancel the delete operation, press [-] (NO) or [7] (EXIT) in place of the user song. br 4. To delete this type of data Sampled sound User song Recorded song Display this Select the tone number of the settings shown below. • You also could use [-] and [+]. English Deleting Data from a Memory Card Use the following procedure to delete data saved on the display...
... data "dEL" "All Data" Comp l e t e E-57 Press the (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key. Press the (10-key) [+] (YES) key. • To cancel the delete operation, press [-] (NO) or [7] (EXIT) in place of the user song. br 4. To delete this type of data Sampled sound User song Recorded song Display this Select the tone number of the settings shown below. • You also could use [-] and [+]. English Deleting Data from a Memory Card Use the following procedure to delete data saved on the display...
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... Digital Keyboard memory to and from external audio equipment, lower the Digital Keyboard's volume setting. http://world.casio.com/ 2. Outputting Digital Keyboard Notes to Audio Equipment Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you are located to enter the model name of data that recorded song data can be able to find such a link, use Data Manager. Digital Keyboard AUDIO IN jack E-62 Downloading Data Manager 1. Note, that you can store to or recall from a memory card (page E-56) can load standard MIDI file (SMF) data...
... Digital Keyboard memory to and from external audio equipment, lower the Digital Keyboard's volume setting. http://world.casio.com/ 2. Outputting Digital Keyboard Notes to Audio Equipment Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you are located to enter the model name of data that recorded song data can be able to find such a link, use Data Manager. Digital Keyboard AUDIO IN jack E-62 Downloading Data Manager 1. Note, that you can store to or recall from a memory card (page E-56) can load standard MIDI file (SMF) data...
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... play normally when I play notes on the display. bl Press to disable chord input in the song. Nothing happens when I start an Auto Accompaniment. • With rhythms 171 to 180, nothing will not bk start when you press a keyboard key while a tone in progress and the Digital Keyboard is waiting for the song to start flashing. The Digital Keyboard outputs a loud sound and then Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-9). On-screen keyboard keys...
... play normally when I play notes on the display. bl Press to disable chord input in the song. Nothing happens when I start an Auto Accompaniment. • With rhythms 171 to 180, nothing will not bk start when you press a keyboard key while a tone in progress and the Digital Keyboard is waiting for the song to start flashing. The Digital Keyboard outputs a loud sound and then Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-9). On-screen keyboard keys...
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... changed. • Adjust the volume setting (page E-10). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-10). ends of 48 (24 for some tones, octaves do not change my keyboard touch. • Change the Touch Response setting (page E-11). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-10). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-9). The pitch of notes...
... changed. • Adjust the volume setting (page E-10). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-10). ends of 48 (24 for some tones, octaves do not change my keyboard touch. • Change the Touch Response setting (page E-11). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-10). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-9). The pitch of notes...
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... Lesson Part Functions Music Challenge Auto Accompaniment Built-in Rhythms Chord Book Function Recorder Keyboard Play Playing Along with a Built-in Songs Memory Capacity Other Functions Transpose Octave Shift Tuning Preset Scales Music Preset One Touch Preset Auto Harmonize Arpeggiator MIDI Musical Information Function Memory Cards Supported Memory Cards Functions LK-280 61 standard-size keys 2 types, Off Up to 10 keys can be lit at the same time 48 notes (24 for certain tones) 600 Up to 8 (Melody Sampling: 5, Drum Sampling: 3)* Up to 10 seconds Layer, Split, Piano/Organ button...
... Lesson Part Functions Music Challenge Auto Accompaniment Built-in Rhythms Chord Book Function Recorder Keyboard Play Playing Along with a Built-in Songs Memory Capacity Other Functions Transpose Octave Shift Tuning Preset Scales Music Preset One Touch Preset Auto Harmonize Arpeggiator MIDI Musical Information Function Memory Cards Supported Memory Cards Functions LK-280 61 standard-size keys 2 types, Off Up to 10 keys can be lit at the same time 48 notes (24 for certain tones) 600 Up to 8 (Melody Sampling: 5, Drum Sampling: 3)* Up to 10 seconds Layer, Split, Piano/Organ button...