Making A User Sound - Kawai Concert Performer CP136 Owner's Manual

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 seven parameters of the sound
character: Vibrato Depth, Vibrato Delay, Brightness, Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release.
Vibrato Depth controls the depth of the Vibrato effect. Positive values produce a deeper Vibrato.
Negative values produce a shallower Vibrato. The actual speed of the vibrato is preset for each
sound.
Vibrato Delay determines how soon the vibrato effect will start after you press a key. Positive
values produce a longer delay time before the vibrato effect starts. Negative values produce a
shorter delay time before the vibrato effect starts. When this parameter is set to 0 the vibrato effect
starts as soon as you press a key.
Brightness controls the Strength of the high frequencies. Higher values produce a brighter sound,
lower values produce a darker sound.
Attack determines how quickly a sound reaches its maximum volume after you press a key. Positive
values produce a slower attack that is more gradual and smooth, while negative values produce a
faster attack that is more percussive in nature.
Decay determines how quickly the volume of the sound decreases after it reaches it maximum
volume while the key is still held down. Positive values produce a slower decay, while negative
values produce a faster decay.
Sustain determines the volume level of the sound after the decay portion of the sound is complete.
Positive values produce a louder volume, while negative values produce a softer volume.
Release determines how long it takes for the sound to fade away to silence after you release the
key. Positive values produce a slower fade, while negative values produce a faster fade.
Note:
For some sounds, changing the values for these parameters may have no effect. Each sound has a
pre-programmed setting for each of these parameters. When you change the values you are
increasing or decreasing the value from the pre-programmed setting. If the setting for a certain
sound parameter is 0 for example, then changing the value will have no effect.
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