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Casio Privia PX-500L User Manual

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USER'S GUIDE
GUÍA DEL USUARIO
Please keep all information for future reference.
Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura.
PX500L-ES-1
Safety Precautions
Before trying to use the piano, be sure to
read the separate "Safety Precautions".
Precauciones de seguridad
Antes de intentar usar el piano, asegúrese
de leer las "Precauciones de seguridad"
separadas.
ES

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  • Page 1 USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO Please keep all information for future reference. Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. PX500L-ES-1 Safety Precautions Before trying to use the piano, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el piano, asegúrese...
  • Page 2 Never let children use an AC adaptor that is seriously damaged. • The product is not intended for children under 3 years. • Use only CASIO AD-12 adaptor. • The AC adaptor is not a toy. • Be sure to disconnect the AC adaptor before cleaning the product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents General Guide ... E-2 Attachment of the Score Stand ... E-2 Playing Back All the Music Library Tunes ... E-3 Power Supply ... E-4 Using the AC Adaptor ... E-4 Connections ... E-5 Connecting Headphones ... E-5 Connecting to a PEDAL Jack ... E-5 Playing with Different Tones ...

  • Page 4: General Guide

    General Guide Back Panel Left Side Panel 0 A B C D E NOTE • Each chapter of this manual starts with an illustration of the piano’s console, which shows the buttons and other controllers you need to operate. Attachment of the Score Stand Insert the score stand into the slot at the top of the digital piano as shown in the illustration.

  • Page 5: Playing Back All The Music Library Tunes

    PEDAL DAMPER jack PEDAL SOFT/SOSTENUTO jack POWER button DC 12V jack MIDI OUT/IN terminals PHONES jacks VOLUME knob CONTROL button REVERB CHORUS button EASY, INTRO/ENDING button NORMAL, SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button PLAY/STOP, START/STOP button NOTE • Key, button, and other names are indicated in the text of this manual using bold type. Playing Back All the Music Library Tunes The following procedure plays back the Music Library tunes in sequence.

  • Page 6: Power Supply

    Power Supply You can power this digital piano by plugging it into a standard household power outlet. Be sure you turn off power and unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet whenever the digital piano is not in use. Using the AC Adaptor Make sure that you use only the AC adaptor specified for this digital piano.

  • Page 7: Connections

    Connections IMPORTANT! • Whenever connecting external equipment, first set the VOLUME knob of the digital piano and the volume controller of the external equipment to relatively low volume settings. You can later adjust volume to the level you want after connections are complete. Connecting Headphones Connect commercially available headphones to the digital piano’s PHONES jacks.

  • Page 8: Playing With Different Tones

    Playing with Different Tones Selecting and Playing a Tone Your piano has the following types of tones built in. Main Tones Variation Tones 15 GM Tones Drum Sets Selecting Main Tones and Variation Tones Press the POWER button. POWER button Use the VOLUME knob to adjust the volume level.

  • Page 9: Using Tone Effects

    While holding down the CONTROL button, press the GM TONES button. Remember to keep the CONTROL button depressed. • This causes the tone number of the GM tone that is currently assigned to the GM TONES button to appear on the display. Example: 080 (GM SQUARE LEAD) While holding down the CONTROL...

  • Page 10: Layering Two Tones

    Playing with Different Tones Other Effect Settings You can select from among four reverb effects and four chorus effects by pressing the keyboard keys shown below. 1 Reverb Effect Keys 1: Room 2 0: Room 1 While holding down the CONTROL button, press one of the keyboard keys shown above.

  • Page 11: Assigning Different Tones To The Left And Right Sides Of The Keyboard

    Adjusting the Volume of Layered Tones While holding down the CONTROL button, use the keyboard keys shown below to adjust the volume of the layered tones. – + : Raises the volume (0 to 24) – : Lowers the volume (–24 to 0) Assigning Different Tones to the Left and Right Sides of the Keyboard You can assign different tones to keys on the left side...

  • Page 12: Using The Built-In Metronome

    Playing with Different Tones Pedal functions • Damper pedal Pressing this pedal causes notes to reverberate and to sustain longer. • Soft pedal Pressing this pedal dampens notes and slightly reduces their volume. Only notes played after the pedal is depressed are affected, and any notes played before the pedal is pressed sound at their normal volume.

  • Page 13: Playing Rhythms

    CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected as the accompaniment mode. With such rhythms, make sure that CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected before you try playing chords (see the next page). Press the RHYTHM button so the RHYTHM indicator lamp (below the button) is lit.

  • Page 14: Using Auto Accompaniment

    CASIO CHORD: Full-Range Chord: Normal: Fingered: • Here we will select the CASIO CHORD mode. • See page E-13 for information about how to use the chord modes. Press the SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button. • This configures the piano so rhythm and chord...
  • Page 15 Use a CASIO CHORD fingering to play the first chord within the accompaniment keyboard range. • See “How to Play Chords” on this page for information about how to finger chords with the various chord modes. • This will cause the intro pattern for the selected rhythm to play, followed by the auto accompaniment rhythm and chord pattern.
  • Page 16 Playing Rhythms Chord Types CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering. Chord Types Major chords Press one accompaniment key. Note that the chord produced when press accompaniment keyboard key does change octave, regardless of which key you use to play it.

  • Page 17: Adjusting Accompaniment Volume

    I FULL RANGE CHORD This accompaniment method makes it possible to play a total of 38 chord variations: the 15 available with FINGERED plus 23 additional variations. The keyboard interprets any input of three or more keys that matches a FULL RANGE CHORD pattern to be a chord.

  • Page 18: Learning To Play The Music Library Tunes

    Learning to Play the Music Library Tunes Playing a Music Library Tune Your piano comes with 80 Music Library tunes built in. See the Song List on page A-2 of this manual for more information. Press the MUSIC LIBRARY button so MUSIC LIBRARY indicator lamp (above the button) is lit.
  • Page 19 Keyboard Lighting During Lesson Play When using an auto-accompaniment tune with the Lesson System, the lights indicate not only the note you should play, but how long you should play it (how long you should keep the key depressed). The following describes what illumination of keys indicates.
  • Page 20 Learning to Play the Music Library Tunes Easy Lesson PREPARATION • Select the tune you want to practice and adjust the tempo. If you are playing a tune for the first time, a slow tempo is probably best. Use the LEFT/TRACK 1 RIGHT/TRACK 2 button to select the part you want to practice.

  • Page 21: Recording To And Playing Back From Song Memory

    • Turning off power while a record operation is in progress deletes anything recorded up to that point. • CASIO shall not be held responsible for any losses by you or any third party due to loss of data caused by malfunction or repair of this digital piano, or by battery replacement.

  • Page 22: Recording Your Keyboard Play

    Recording to and Playing Back from Song Memory Recording Your Keyboard Play You can record to either track with or without playback of the other track. To record to one track without playing back the other Press the SONG MEMORY button twice so the SONG MEMORY indicator lamp is flashing.

  • Page 23: Playing Back From Song Memory

    To record to a track while playing back from the other After you finish recording, you can play back Track 1 and Track 2 at the same time. Example: To record to Track 2 while playing back the contents of Track 1 Press the SONG MEMORY button once.

  • Page 24: Other Settings

    Other Settings Changing the Keyboard Touch 1 This setting changes the relative touch of the keyboard keys. Changing the Piano Key 2 Use this setting to raise or lower the overall key of the keyboard in semitone steps. Changing the Pitch of the Piano to Match Another Instrument 3 Use this setting to raise or lower the overall pitch of the piano.

  • Page 25: Turning Off Keyboard Lighting

    Using MIDI What is MIDI? The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which is the name of a worldwide standard for digital signals and connectors that makes it possible to exchange musical data between musical instruments and computers (machines) produced by different manufacturers.

  • Page 26: Expanding The Selections In The Music Library

    CASIO format before transferring it to the piano. You can obtain a copy of the special CASIO conversion software by downloading it at the Web page shown below. After downloading, install the software on your 4 Off computer.

  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    3. Local Control turned off. 4. Check accompaniment mode setting. Normally, the accompaniment keyboard will not produce any note while CASIO CHORD or FINGERED is selected as the accompaniment mode. Keyboard keys remain lit. The piano is standing by for keyboard play in Easy Lesson.

  • Page 28: Specifications

    • Number of Rhythms: 120 • Tempo Range: 30 to 255 • Controllers: START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING, SYNCHRO/FILL-IN • Modes: Normal; CASIO CHORD; FINGERED; FULL RANGE CHORD • Accompaniment Volume: Adjustable • Number of Tunes: 80 preset + 10 loaded song data •...

  • Page 29: Operational Precautions

    0 Pedal Function (Soft, Sostenuto) B Power on Alert (Off, On) 414A-E-029A • Note that CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. shall not be held liable for any damages or losses or any claims by third parties arising from corruption or loss of data caused by malfunction or repair of the unit, or from battery replacement.

  • Page 30: Appendix

    Appendix/Apéndice Tone List/Lista de sonidos Panel Tones/Sonidos de panel 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 GRAND PIANO 1 GRAND PIANO 2 HONKY TONK ELEC PIANO 1 ELEC PIANO 2 HARPSICHORD VIBRAPHONE ACOUSTIC GUITAR PIPE ORGAN PERC ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR TENOR SAX...

  • Page 31: Rhythm List

    CASIO CHORD, FINGERED o FULL RANGE CHORD sean seleccionados como el modo de acompañamiento. Con tales ritmos, asegúrese de que se selecciona CASIO CHORD, FINGERED o FULL RANGE CHORD, antes de tratar de ejecutar los acordes.
  • Page 32 Appendix/Apéndice 414A-E-060A...
  • Page 33 Appendix/Apéndice 414A-E-061A...
  • Page 34 Appendix/Apéndice 414A-E-062A...

  • Page 35: Midi Implementation Chart

    Model PX-500L Function ... Basic Default Channel Changed Default Mode Messages Altered Note Number: True voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Key’s Touch Ch’s Pitch Bender 0, 32 Control 6, 38 Change 100, 101 Program Change :True # System Exclusive System : Song Pos Common...
  • Page 36 This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD. 6-2, Hon-machi 1-chome MA0402-C Printed in China Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Japan...

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