Table Of Contents - Kawai CA91 Owner's Manual

Please read this Owner's Manual before using CA91 / CA71 / CA51.
Important Safety Instructions ..............4
1. Part Names and Functions .................8
Panel ............................................................................ 8
Using the pedals .......................................................... 8
Headphone .................................................................. 9
2. Listening to the Piano .......................10
1) Basic Operation .............................................................. 10
2) Demo Songs ................................................................... 11
3) Piano Music .................................................................... 12
3. Playing the Piano ..............................12
1) Selecting a Sound .......................................................... 13
2) Dual Mode ...................................................................... 15
3) Split Mode....................................................................... 16
4) Four Hands Mode ........................................................... 18
5) Reverb / Effects / Tone Control ....................................... 19
Using REVERB .......................................................... 19
Using EFFECTS ........................................................ 20
Editing the settings for the Chorus / Delay / Tremolo /
Rotary effect .............................................................. 21
Using TONE CONTROL
User tone control settings
6) Transpose ....................................................................... 24
7) Using the Registration Function
Selecting a registration .............................................. 25
Memorizing a registration ........................................... 26
Resetting the registration settings .............................. 26
8) Using Metronome / Rhythm ............................................ 27
Starting the metronome and setting the tempo .......... 27
Changing the metronome time signature and rhythm ........ 27
Setting the sound volume for the metronome / rhythm ....... 28
Rhythm list ................................................................. 29
4. Using the Recorder ...........................30
1) Recording a Song (REC Button) .................................... 30
Selecting a song and part to be recorded .................. 30
2) Playing Back a Song (PLAY/STOP Button) .................... 32
3) Deleting a Song or Part .................................................. 33
5. Using the Lesson Function ...............35
1) Using the Etudes or Alfred Lesson Books
Selecting a Etude category or Alfred book and an etude
or song ....................................................................... 35
Listening to an etude or song ..................................... 36
Playing an etude or song from a specifi c bar ............. 37
Practicing the right / left-hand part while listening to the
other part ................................................................... 38
Repeating and practicing specifi c sections of an etude
or song ....................................................................... 39
Playing along with an etude or song and recording your
own performance ....................................................... 40
Exiting the lesson function ......................................... 40
2) Using the Finger Exercises ............................................. 41
Selecting an exercise ................................................. 41
Listening to an exercise ............................................. 42

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*CA91/CA71 Only
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*CA91/CA71 Only
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*CA91/CA71 Only
.. 35
(USA, Canada, UK, AU only)
Playing along with an exercise, recording your own per-
formance, and checking the evaluation result ............ 43
Exiting the lesson function ......................................... 44
6. Playing with Concert Magic ..............45
1) Selecting a Song ............................................................ 45
2) Listening to the Song ...................................................... 46
3) Performing a Song .......................................................... 47
4) Part Volume Balance for Concert Magic ......................... 47
5) Concert Magic Song Arrangement Types ....................... 48
6) Steady Beat .................................................................... 49
7) Concert Magic Song Demo ............................................ 50
8) Adjusting the Playback Speed for the Concert Magic
Songs ............................................................................. 50
7. Using the Virtual Technician Functions ...51
1) Voicing ............................................................................ 51
2) Damper Resonance........................................................ 52
3) String Resonance ........................................................... 53
4) Key-off Effect .................................................................. 54
5) Touch Curve.................................................................... 55
Using the user touch curve function ........................... 56
6) Temperament Setting ...................................................... 57
Creating a user temperament .................................... 58
7) Key of Temperament ....................................................... 59
8) Stretch Tuning ................................................................. 60
8. Menu Functions ................................61
1) Wall EQ (CA91 Only) ...................................................... 61
1) Brilliance (CA51 Only) .................................................... 62
2) Lower Octave Shift ......................................................... 63
3) Lower Pedal On / Off ...................................................... 63
4) Layer Octave Shift .......................................................... 64
5) Layer Dynamics .............................................................. 65
6) Damper Hold On / Off ..................................................... 66
7) Tuning ............................................................................. 67
About MIDI ................................................................. 68
8) MIDI Transmit / Receive Channel ................................... 70
9) Sending Program (Sound Type) Change Numbers ..............71
10) Local Control ................................................................ 72
11) Transmit Program Change (Sound Type) Numbers On / Off ... 73
Transmitting a program change number using the
SOUND SELECT buttons .......................................... 73
12) Multi-timbral Mode ........................................................ 75
13) Channel Mute ............................................................... 76
14) User Memory ................................................................ 76
15) Factory Reset ............................................................... 77
9. Appendix ...........................................78
Connecting to other devices ....................................... 78
CA91 stand assembly instructions ............................. 80
CA71 stand assembly instructions ............................. 82
CA51 stand assembly instructions ............................. 84
Specifi cations ............................................................. 86
MIDI exclusive data format ......................................... 87
KAWAI [Model CA91 / CA71 / CA51]
MIDI implementation chart ......................................... 88
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