Decay Time; Minimum Touch - Kawai CP 1 Owner's Manual

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11) Decay Time

When playing an acoustic grand piano, the length of the instrument inﬂuences the speed at which held notes decay,

with longer grand pianos (i.e. longer strings) characterised by longer decay times. The Decay Time setting allows

the length of decay while keys are pressed to be adjusted. You can select the amount of delay from 1 to 10. The

default setting is 5, with higher values extending the decay length.

DECAY TIME : Sets the amount of decay.

The Minimum Touch setting allows the minimum key velocity required to produce a sound to be adjusted. By default,

this setting attempts to recreate the extremely ﬁne touch sensitivity of a concert grand piano, allowing a very soft

sound to be produced with the slightest of key touches. However, it may be desirable to reduce this sensitivity,

when wishing to recreate the sensitivity of a small grand piano or an upright piano. The Minimum Touch setting

allows the sensitivity of the minimum touch to keys are pressed to be adjusted. You can set the Minimum Touch

amount from 1 to 10. The default setting is 1, with higher values requiring greater force to produce a sound.

MINIMUM TOUCH : Sets the Minimum Touch

level.

MENU : Takes you to the Virtual Technician menu.

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