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...Safety Precautions • Appendix • Other (Warranty, etc.) Items included as accessories are separately for this product from the CASIO keyboard catalog available from your retailer, and from a variety of musical instrument sounds E-11 Using Reverb E-12 Using a Pedal E-... Power and Playing E-6 Using Headphones E-7 Changing Keyboard Response to Touch Pressure (Touch Response E-7 Turning Off Keyboard Lighting E-8 Using the Voice Pads E-9 Using the Metronome E-9 Controlling the Keyboard Sounds E-11 Select from the CASIO website at the following URL. English Contents General...
...Safety Precautions • Appendix • Other (Warranty, etc.) Items included as accessories are separately for this product from the CASIO keyboard catalog available from your retailer, and from a variety of musical instrument sounds E-11 Using Reverb E-12 Using a Pedal E-... Power and Playing E-6 Using Headphones E-7 Changing Keyboard Response to Touch Pressure (Touch Response E-7 Turning Off Keyboard Lighting E-8 Using the Voice Pads E-9 Using the Metronome E-9 Controlling the Keyboard Sounds E-11 Select from the CASIO website at the following URL. English Contents General...
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General Guide • In this manual, the term "Digital Keyboard" refers to the LK-230. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. 1 23 456 7 8 9 bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs co ct dk E-2
General Guide • In this manual, the term "Digital Keyboard" refers to the LK-230. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. 1 23 456 7 8 9 bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs co ct dk E-2
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... recommended setting. Parameter 1 Transpose 2 Accompaniment Volume 3 Song Volume 4 Touch Response 5 Tuning 6 Reverb 7 Voice Fingering Guide 8 Note Guide 9 Performance Evaluation 10 Phrase 11 Sampling Start 12 Keyboard Channel 13 Navigate Channels 14 Local Control 15 Accomp Out 16 Pedal Effect 17 Power On Alert Display Trans. Use [+] (increase) and [-] (decrease) instead. [-] and...
... recommended setting. Parameter 1 Transpose 2 Accompaniment Volume 3 Song Volume 4 Touch Response 5 Tuning 6 Reverb 7 Voice Fingering Guide 8 Note Guide 9 Performance Evaluation 10 Phrase 11 Sampling Start 12 Keyboard Channel 13 Navigate Channels 14 Local Control 15 Accomp Out 16 Pedal Effect 17 Power On Alert Display Trans. Use [+] (increase) and [-] (decrease) instead. [-] and...
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... six AA-size batteries into the holes on the bottom of the battery cover into the battery compartment. Insert the tabs of the Digital Keyboard. 2. Make sure the positive + and negative - See page E-1 for information about options. Tabs • Be sure to turn off Digital...let you know when battery power is recommended. • The AD-5 AC adaptor does not come with new ones. Replace the batteries with this Digital Keyboard. Low battery indicator (flashes) E-5 Using the AC Adaptor Use the AD-5 AC adaptor when you to prepare six commercially available AA-size batteries. Do...
... six AA-size batteries into the holes on the bottom of the battery cover into the battery compartment. Insert the tabs of the Digital Keyboard. 2. Make sure the positive + and negative - See page E-1 for information about options. Tabs • Be sure to turn off Digital...let you know when battery power is recommended. • The AD-5 AC adaptor does not come with new ones. Replace the batteries with this Digital Keyboard. Low battery indicator (flashes) E-5 Using the AC Adaptor Use the AD-5 AC adaptor when you to prepare six commercially available AA-size batteries. Do...
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... if you do not perform any operation for power. ■ Disabling Auto Power Off You can disable power on alert to ensure that keyboard keys do not perform any operation for power. ■ Disabling Power On Alert You can disable Auto Power Off to ensure that power ... Off is disabled while the AC adaptor is on if you turn on Power and Playing 1. Turn on the display (page E-4). This turns on the keyboard. Demo 2 2. Increase Decrease • Turning off automatically during a concert, etc. 1. Auto Power Off (Using Batteries) While you are using the AC adaptor ...
... if you do not perform any operation for power. ■ Disabling Auto Power Off You can disable power on alert to ensure that keyboard keys do not perform any operation for power. ■ Disabling Power On Alert You can disable Auto Power Off to ensure that power ... Off is disabled while the AC adaptor is on if you turn on Power and Playing 1. Turn on the display (page E-4). This turns on the keyboard. Demo 2 2. Increase Decrease • Turning off automatically during a concert, etc. 1. Auto Power Off (Using Batteries) While you are using the AC adaptor ...
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... If you are using headphones that the stronger the pressure applied to an acoustic piano. Keeping this in mind as you play a keyboard musical instrument lets you control note volume without disturbing others. • Be sure to use too much pressure with your fingertips. ...louder when keys are pressed quickly, and quieter when keys are pressed slowly. E-7 Pressing slowly produces softer notes. Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing Keyboard Response to very high volume output over headphones for information about options. • Do not listen to Touch Pressure (Touch Response)...
... If you are using headphones that the stronger the pressure applied to an acoustic piano. Keeping this in mind as you play a keyboard musical instrument lets you control note volume without disturbing others. • Be sure to use too much pressure with your fingertips. ...louder when keys are pressed quickly, and quieter when keys are pressed slowly. E-7 Pressing slowly produces softer notes. Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing Keyboard Response to very high volume output over headphones for information about options. • Do not listen to Touch Pressure (Touch Response)...
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... regardless of key press speed. Press 4 a number of times until "Keylight" appears on the display (page E-4). Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing Touch Response Sensitivity Use the procedure below to control how much the volume of played notes change in song playback, etc. Press the... bo (10-key) [-] key to turn off . Turning Off Keyboard Lighting Keyboard Lighting causes keyboard keys to select one of the three Touch Response sensitivity settings. Select the setting that best matches your playing style. 1. Normal...
... regardless of key press speed. Press 4 a number of times until "Keylight" appears on the display (page E-4). Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing Touch Response Sensitivity Use the procedure below to control how much the volume of played notes change in song playback, etc. Press the... bo (10-key) [-] key to turn off . Turning Off Keyboard Lighting Keyboard Lighting causes keyboard keys to select one of the three Touch Response sensitivity settings. Select the setting that best matches your playing style. 1. Normal...
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... the beats per measure. • The bell will return to 6 as Set 1; E-9 Pad 4: Up a major third; bs bt ck cl cm cn Playing the Digital Keyboard Sounding Sampled Sounds with a steady beat, without worrying how many beats there are indicated by a click sound. English Using the Voice Pads You can use...
... the beats per measure. • The bell will return to 6 as Set 1; E-9 Pad 4: Up a major third; bs bt ck cl cm cn Playing the Digital Keyboard Sounding Sampled Sounds with a steady beat, without worrying how many beats there are indicated by a click sound. English Using the Voice Pads You can use...
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... tune play. Note that you must input leading zeros, so 89 is flashing, you do not perform any operation for a short while. Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing the Metronome Tempo Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the currently selected Auto Accompaniment or song. Holding down either button changes...
... tune play. Note that you must input leading zeros, so 89 is flashing, you do not perform any operation for a short while. Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing the Metronome Tempo Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the currently selected Auto Accompaniment or song. Holding down either button changes...
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... you select tones for a wide variety of the drum sets is selected (tone numbers 395 through 400), each keyboard key is assigned a different percussion sound. 3. Tone number St .GrPno Tone name 2. Example: To select 001...: Returns to select the tone number you selected will appear on the Digital Keyboard's console. • Use the number buttons to enter the tone number. Even the same song sound takes on the... keyboard. Use bo (10-key) to initial default On: No change Pedal Effect: SUS Rhythm ...
... you select tones for a wide variety of the drum sets is selected (tone numbers 395 through 400), each keyboard key is assigned a different percussion sound. 3. Tone number St .GrPno Tone name 2. Example: To select 001...: Returns to select the tone number you selected will appear on the Digital Keyboard's console. • Use the number buttons to enter the tone number. Even the same song sound takes on the... keyboard. Use bo (10-key) to initial default On: No change Pedal Effect: SUS Rhythm ...
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...oFF) 1 to notes. Sustains notes that are released. Reve r b 2. Slightly softens notes played while the pedal is depressed before the keyboard keys are playing when the pedal is depressed. Press 4 a number of times until "Reverb" appears on the display (page E-4). See page... (rHy) Sustains notes played while the pedal is depressed. Connecting a Pedal Unit Connect an optional pedal unit. J a c k 2. Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using Reverb Reverb adds reverberation to 10 Turns off . Use the bo (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to select the pedal effect you ...
...oFF) 1 to notes. Sustains notes that are released. Reve r b 2. Slightly softens notes played while the pedal is depressed before the keyboard keys are playing when the pedal is depressed. Press 4 a number of times until "Reverb" appears on the display (page E-4). See page... (rHy) Sustains notes played while the pedal is depressed. Connecting a Pedal Unit Connect an optional pedal unit. J a c k 2. Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using Reverb Reverb adds reverberation to 10 Turns off . Use the bo (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to select the pedal effect you ...
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...10-key) [-] and [+] keys to select the transpose setting you need to adjust the pitch slightly to play the sound with the keyboard keys or voice pads. Also, some artists perform their music with a duration of microphone input. 4. Tune 2. Turn the volume levels ... Trans . 2. English Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning) Changing the Pitch in Semitone Steps (Transpose) The transpose feature lets you turn on the keyboard. • Sampled sounds are recorded in monaural. • You cannot sample sounds input from a microphone, and then play along with another musical ...
...10-key) [-] and [+] keys to select the transpose setting you need to adjust the pitch slightly to play the sound with the keyboard keys or voice pads. Also, some artists perform their music with a duration of microphone input. 4. Tune 2. Turn the volume levels ... Trans . 2. English Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning) Changing the Pitch in Semitone Steps (Transpose) The transpose feature lets you turn on the keyboard. • Sampled sounds are recorded in monaural. • You cannot sample sounds input from a microphone, and then play along with another musical ...
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...the sound assigned to tone number 401. Connect a microphone to steps 1 through 3. 1. Lights Vo i .Pad3 4. Try playing something on the keyboard. Flashes • Sampling will not start sampling automatically, and stop after about 0.3 seconds. You can sound the sampled sound by the microphone is ...stored as tone number 401. Refer to the keyboard. You also can sound the short sampled sounds using voice pads 1 through 3 under "Full Sampling" (page E-13). E-14 Output...
...the sound assigned to tone number 401. Connect a microphone to steps 1 through 3. 1. Lights Vo i .Pad3 4. Try playing something on the keyboard. Flashes • Sampling will not start sampling automatically, and stop after about 0.3 seconds. You can sound the sampled sound by the microphone is ...stored as tone number 401. Refer to the keyboard. You also can sound the short sampled sounds using voice pads 1 through 3 under "Full Sampling" (page E-13). E-14 Output...
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... 5 in a loop, along with the applicable effect, as described below. Loops the sample sound and raises the pitch of the resonating sound when the keyboard key is released. C4 Set 1 of times until "SmplAuto" appears on the display (page E-4). Changes pitch from low to high. Controlling the... Keyboard Sounds Applying Effects to a Sampled Sound You can use the following procedure to apply various settings to the sampled tone assigned to select the OFF...
... 5 in a loop, along with the applicable effect, as described below. Loops the sample sound and raises the pitch of the resonating sound when the keyboard key is released. C4 Set 1 of times until "SmplAuto" appears on the display (page E-4). Changes pitch from low to high. Controlling the... Keyboard Sounds Applying Effects to a Sampled Sound You can use the following procedure to apply various settings to the sampled tone assigned to select the OFF...
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E-16 Replaces more of the rhythm pattern with tone number 402, and the snare drum with short sampling and play (page E-29). Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using a Sampled Sound in step 2. • If the rhythm does not include a bass drum and snare drum, the sampled sound will return to the ...
E-16 Replaces more of the rhythm pattern with tone number 402, and the snare drum with short sampling and play (page E-29). Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using a Sampled Sound in step 2. • If the rhythm does not include a bass drum and snare drum, the sampled sound will return to the ...
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...Demo Songs Use the following procedure to the built-in songs can play back built-in songs. You can listen to play along on the keyboard with the lesson system (page E-21) for practice. Demo playback continues until you want (page E-4). To change to another song while ... (10-key) to as "songs". Flashes Song number Tw i nk l e Tune name 2. To stop it . • Song list are printed on the Digital Keyboard's console. • Demo playback always starts from song number 001. Lights Song number Lights Tw i nk l e Tune name 2. Start/Stop 1. E-17 This will ...
...Demo Songs Use the following procedure to the built-in songs can play back built-in songs. You can listen to play along on the keyboard with the lesson system (page E-21) for practice. Demo playback continues until you want (page E-4). To change to another song while ... (10-key) to as "songs". Flashes Song number Tw i nk l e Tune name 2. To stop it . • Song list are printed on the Digital Keyboard's console. • Demo playback always starts from song number 001. Lights Song number Lights Tw i nk l e Tune name 2. Start/Stop 1. E-17 This will ...
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... the start measure, press 7. Press 8. Holding down 9 skips forward at high speed until you paused it . This starts playback of the section you release it . Keyboard keys will continue (repeat) until you release it. • Pressing 8 while song playback is stopped performs lesson function phrase skip forward (page E-22). Press 9. You...
... the start measure, press 7. Press 8. Holding down 9 skips forward at high speed until you paused it . This starts playback of the section you release it . Keyboard keys will continue (repeat) until you release it. • Pressing 8 while song playback is stopped performs lesson function phrase skip forward (page E-22). Press 9. You...
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...its original default tempo. • Pressing bn causes the tempo value to normal playback. After selecting a song, hold down playback to the keyboard. Press 4 a number of the repeat operation. Changing the song number clears the start measure and end measure of times until the displayed tone... to its original default tempo. E-19 Press bn. Pressing 7 again returns to flash on the keyboard and song playback volume. 1. The tempo value will stop flashing if you select the same keyboard tone as the song tone, the display contents will not change the tempo setting.
...its original default tempo. • Pressing bn causes the tempo value to normal playback. After selecting a song, hold down playback to the keyboard. Press 4 a number of the repeat operation. Changing the song number clears the start measure and end measure of times until the displayed tone... to its original default tempo. E-19 Press bn. Pressing 7 again returns to flash on the keyboard and song playback volume. 1. The tempo value will stop flashing if you select the same keyboard tone as the song tone, the display contents will not change the tempo setting.
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Phrases The built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play 4 bo 7 8 9 bl bm bp bs bt ck cl cm To master a song, it is best to do just... of the right hand part, left hand part, and both hand parts for each phrase of the phrases, practice the entire song. 4 Now you master keyboard play. E-21 Phrase 1 • Right Hand Lesson 1, 2, 3 • Left Hand Lesson 1, 2, 3 • Both Hand Lesson 1, 2, 3 4 Repeat the above to... Master all of a song. Final Phrase Step Up Lesson Flow Step Up Lesson takes you master the song. Your Digital Keyboard comes with a Step Up Lesson feature that .
Phrases The built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play 4 bo 7 8 9 bl bm bp bs bt ck cl cm To master a song, it is best to do just... of the right hand part, left hand part, and both hand parts for each phrase of the phrases, practice the entire song. 4 Now you master keyboard play. E-21 Phrase 1 • Right Hand Lesson 1, 2, 3 • Left Hand Lesson 1, 2, 3 • Both Hand Lesson 1, 2, 3 4 Repeat the above to... Master all of a song. Final Phrase Step Up Lesson Flow Step Up Lesson takes you master the song. Your Digital Keyboard comes with a Step Up Lesson feature that .
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...). This will select the first phrase of the selected phrase 3. Each press of Auto Step Up Lesson (page E-25). Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Messages that Appear during Lessons The following a phrase for the current song (if it is skipped if you want to the... keyboard (page E-19). Right hand practice Left hand practice Both hand practice * * This indicator (setting) is available), hold down cl. Hold down 9 or 8 scrolls through phrases ...
...). This will select the first phrase of the selected phrase 3. Each press of Auto Step Up Lesson (page E-25). Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Messages that Appear during Lessons The following a phrase for the current song (if it is skipped if you want to the... keyboard (page E-19). Right hand practice Left hand practice Both hand practice * * This indicator (setting) is available), hold down cl. Hold down 9 or 8 scrolls through phrases ...