Page 1 Concert Performer Series Digital Piano Owner’s Manual Model: CP117...
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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
Important Safety Instructions INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN AVIS : RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
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Page 5 Do not stand on the product or exert excessive force. Doing so may cause the product to become deformed or fall over, resulting in breakdown or injury. Do not wipe the product with benzene or thinner. Doing so may result in discoloration or deformation of the product.
Page 6: Table Of Contents
Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Recording Recording song Groups System Accompaniment Variation Style Playing Shift Octave Guidelines keyboard. Play Contents Paste Style Settings Loop Settings Track Mixer Real-time your with spend Advanced Erasing song Saving incredible this Status Part...
Page 7 Punch-In Recording ..... . . 54 Song Edit ....... . 57 Bar Editing .
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Page 9 16. Fill-in (page 28) These buttons are used to select one of the four short fill-in sections that embellish the style and lead into the different variation sections of the Style. 17. Variation (page 28) These buttons are used to select one of the four variation sections within the chosen Style.
Page 10: System
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Page 11 Rear Terminals 43. Sustain Pedal Sustains the sound after lifting your hands from the keyboard. 44. Headphone Jacks There are two jacks for headphones provided at the left end on the bottom of the piano. These jacks are used to connect up to two headphones to the CP piano. 45.
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Page 13 To keep things simple, this manual will refer to the five SELECT buttons along the left side of the LCD screen as L1-L5. Likewise, the five SELECT buttons along the right side of the screen will be referred to as R1-R5. The seven SELECT buttons along the bottom of the screen, which are also known as function buttons, will be referred to as F1-F7.
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Page 15: Basic Controls
Basic Controls This chapter discusses the basic operations that are used to play the Concert Performer, such as sound selection, Part configuration and effect settings. Selecting a Part to Play When the CP’s main play screen is displayed (For example, when the CP is first turned on), you are presented with three sound Parts that can be played from the keyboard.
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Page 17: Selecting Sounds
Selecting Sounds The Concert Performer has over 600 instrument and drum sounds available from the front panel. You can freely assign any of these sounds to the three Parts. Remember that there is always a sound assigned to each of the Parts, even if some of the Parts are not currently active. The sounds span a tremendous variety of instruments, ranging from traditional acoustic sounds to modern electronic tones.
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Page 19: Mixer
Mixer This Mixer screen allows you to change the volume, panning, reverb and chorus levels, as well as turn the effect on/off for each Part. To use the Mixer: 1) Press the MIXER button (F1) while on the main play screen. 2) Use the F2–F5 and F7 buttons to select which Part you wish to adjust.
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Page 21 Effects You might have noticed that when you select some of the sounds, the LED indicator for the REVERB, CHORUS, or EFFECTS button is turned on. The reason for this is some of the sounds are set up with one or more of these effects on as part of their initial setting. Adding an effect to the sound enhances tonal quality and improves acoustical realism.
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Page 23 5) Turn the Dial to change the value. 6) Press the EXIT button to leave the Chorus Settings menu. 7) If you wish to turn the chorus off, press the CHORUS button again. Selects the Chorus type. Use the Dial to choose one of the 4 Chorus types.
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Page 25: Types Effect
Effect Types Chorus Flanger Celeste Ensemble Delay 1-3 Auto Pan Tremolo Tremulant Phaser Rotary 1-2 Auto Wah Enhancer Distortion Basic Controls Simulates the rich character of a vocal choir or string ensemble, by layering a slightly detuned version of the sound over the original to enrich it. Creates a shifting comb-filter, which adds motion and a “hollow”...
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Page 27 • The LED Indicator on the EFFECT and CHORUS buttons will be on only when the active Priority Part has these effects turned on. Example Assume that your CP is set up according to the following chart: If you then select a different sound for RIGHT2, the Effect setting for the RIGHT1, LEFT will be turned off automatically.
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Page 29 Selects the LEFT Part to be Transposed or Octave Shifted. • The Octave Shift has a range of four octaves in each direction. However, some on board sounds may have a limited range in which they play properly. If you shift too far out of this range, the instrument may sound strange or may not play at all.
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Page 31: Piano Only
Piano Only The Piano Only button provides a way to quickly set the Concert Performer up to play the Concert Grand piano sound. Pressing the Piano Only button immediately turns off all Parts except the Right 1 part and sets the Right 1 sound to Concert Grand. The Piano Only button also turns off all auto-accompaniment functions and stops the Easy/Advanced Recorder.
Page 32: Style
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Page 33 • When you are in the main play screen, you can select a Style by just using the Dial. Press the L1 button or F2–F3 (STYLE) and “Style” will become highlighted. Use the Dial or press the F2–F3 button to select another Style. Basic Controls F1, F2 Select the different pages within a Style category.
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Page 35: Bass Inversion
Fingered One Finger Full Keyboard Bass Inversion When Bass Inversion is on, the Bass Section of the Style will follow the lowest note of the chord voicing played on the keyboard. With Bass Inversion on it is possible to specify a chord over a certain bass note by the chord voicing you play.
Page 36: Play
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Page 37 • Among the settings contained in the 1-2 Play setting are the Sounds assigned to the keyboard Parts (Right 1/2, Left), Tempo, and Mixer settings. Registration A Registration is a setup that remembers the panel settings along with many other performance functions so that you can recall them at the touch of a button.
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Page 39 To create your own Registration: 1) Set up the panel and functions in the way that you’d like to save them. 2) Press the SAVE REGIST button. Use the R1 – R5 buttons to select the Registration Group in which to save your setup.
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Page 41: Style Lock
Style Lock Pressing the STYLE LOCK button keeps the current Style, even if another Registration is selected. This allows you to change Sounds and settings by the Registration button while keeping the Style as-is. As long as the STYLE LOCK button is on, changing registrations will not change the style. However, you can always manually change the style, even if the Style Lock is on.
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Page 43 Basic Controls F1,F2 Jumps to the Song Stylist Category menu. Search for a title from a floppy disk. F1, F2 Shows the other categories. F3, F4 Shows the song list in alphabetical order. Searches for a title from a floppy disk. Use the L, R buttons to search for a title listed in alphabetical order.
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Page 45 Highlights the Style. Adjusts the Tempo. Highlights the LEFT Part. Changes the split point. • You may use different Sounds, Styles, Tempo and other settings to customize to your taste. • When choosing a Song Stylist created by you (or someone else) and saved to floppy disk, there may be a recorded melody and chord track available.
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Page 47 To use Harmony: 1) Press the HARMONY button. The button will be lit to show that it is active. The Harmony symbol will also appear in the Main Screen. 2) To change the Harmony type, hold down the Harmony button for a moment until the Harmony Select menu is displayed.
Page 48: Recording
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Page 49 The current bar number is displayed. • You may resume recording from the bar where you stopped by repeating these steps. You can also change sounds, tempo, and make other changes to the panel settings before you continue recording. • To Re-record or make other changes to a previously recorded section of a song, please read the section titled “Re-recording or adding another Part”...
Page 50: Status
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Page 51: Saving The Song
2) Press the REC button. 3) Press the appropriate F button(s) below the LCD screen to set the desired Part(s) to REC. 4) Begin recording by following step 2 in the “To Record” section on page 42. Remember Re-Recording a Part completely erases the previously recorded performance for that Part.
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Page 53 Advanced Recording The Advanced Recorder is a full featured sixteen track MIDI recorder that includes many of the same professional features found on dedicated MIDI sequencing (recording) devices. In addition to sixteen MIDI tracks the CP Advanced recorder provides a separate Style, chord, and tempo track for even more flexibility.
Page 54: Settings Track
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Page 55 4) Start recording by pressing the PLAY/STOP button while the REC button LED is blinking. There is an automatic two bar count in before the CP begins recording. If you are recording on the Style track you must press the START/STOP or INTRO buttons instead of the PLAY/STOP button. When recording a Style there is no two bar count in, recording begins immediately.
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Page 57 Track Settings The Track Settings screen shows you the Play, Record, and Mute status for each track. In addition it shows you what sound is assigned for the sixteen instrument tracks. You can change the track status or select a different sound for each track. The Track Status screen will show the following Status messages.
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Page 59 5) Press the L4 button to specify the bar where you want the Loop to end. 6) Press the MENU button (F1) to return to the Advanced Recorder menu when you are finished. Turns the Loop ON/OFF. Specifies the starting bar. Specifies the ending bar.
Page 60: Punch-In Recording
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Page 61 To use Punch-in recording: 1) Select Punch In/Out in the Advanced Recorder menu. 2) Use the L and R buttons to select the options and change their values using the Dial. Select AUTO with the R5 button to have the CP automatically handle the punching in/out while you play. 3) Press the REHEARSAL button (F4, F5) to listen to the song for rehearsal.
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Page 63: Song Edit
Song Edit Song Edit lets you name, transpose, and change initial tempo settings for your song. To edit the song: 1) Select Song Edit from the Advanced Recorder menu. The Song Edit screen is displayed. 2) Use the L and R buttons to select the setting that you wish to change, then use the Dial to change the value.
Page 64: Bar Editing
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Page 65 Quantize Quantize automatically shifts the timing of a note. This can be used to correct imperfect timing in a performance by shifting notes that were played either too early or too late so they will fall exactly on the correct beat. For example, you can accurately align any out of time notes to the nearest 8th- or 16th-note beat depending on the type of song you are quantizing.
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Page 67 Copy The Copy function allows you to copy a section or all of the data on a track to another location. The destination may be on the same track, or it can be on another track. • The destination of the copied data must either be: 1) A location that already has data in it.
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Page 69 Insert The Insert function duplicates data from specified bars and copies it to a certain location. However, the current data at the destination is not erased, but instead is pushed back to make room for the copied data. Selects the track that contains the data you wish to duplicate.
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Page 71 Erase Erases data in the bars that you specify, and leaves them as empty bars. Selects the track that has the bars you want to erase. Choose 1-16, Tempo or Chord. Selects the first bar to be erased. Use the Dial to change the bar.
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Page 73 Gate Time Modify Gate time refers to the length of a note as a percentage. Whatever the length of a note is when it is first recorded, this value is considered as its Gate time of 100%. By editing the length of the note, you can shorten it to 10% or lengthen it to 300% of the original value.
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Page 75 Clock Move In the Resolution section of this manual we learned that the CP Advanced recorder divides each beat in a bar into 96 clock beats, also expressed as a quarter note. Therefore there are 48 clocks per eighth note, and 24 clocks per sixteenth note and so on. This relationship holds true regardless of the song’s tempo.
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Page 77: Event Edit
Event Edit Event Edit enables you to examine and edit your performance note by note. To use Event Edit: 1) Select Event Edit in the Advanced Recorder menu. The Event Edit screen will be displayed. 2) Choose the track that you want to edit using the TRACK buttons (F3, F4). Note that Style, Chord, and Tempo track can be edited as well.
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Page 79 P. 73 Recording a Song...
Page 80: Conductor
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Page 81 To use Easy Edit: 1) Select the Style and the Variation (1–4) that you would like to edit. 2) Press the EDIT button. The LCD screen will display the Easy Style Edit screen. 3) Use the F2–F7 buttons to select a Section to edit. 4) Use the L buttons to select the desired Phrase (1-4) for each Section.
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Page 83: Making A Style With Get Phrase From Recorder
Making a Style with Get Phrase from Recorder This is the most flexible way to create a new Style. You can take music that you have recorded using the CP’s own Recorder and convert it into Style data. Or, you can use an external MIDI device or a personal computer to create the musical phrases, then load the data into the CP’s Recorder and convert those.
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Page 85 5) Use the F2–F7 buttons to select which track from the Recorder has the data that you want used for each Section of the Style. You can switch off a Section by pressing its F button twice, and the Section will not be created in your Style.
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Page 87: Auto-Accompaniment System
Auto-accompaniment System The Concert Performer Auto-Accompaniment System (ACC) analyzes your playing and adjusts the note data recorded in the different Phrases in a pattern to match the root key and chord type you are playing. The ACC System also shifts the octave for each phrase to keep each section playing within its musically useful range.
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Page 89: Making A Style With Phrase Combination
Making a Style with Phrase Combination Phrase Combination is similar to Easy Style Edit in the Conductor. Phrase Combination however, lets you not only combine Phrases from within the selected Style but you can also combine Phrases from any of the Styles in the CP to create a new Style. Additionally you can edit Fill-ins and basic patterns (Variations).
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Page 91 Sets the default tempo for the style. Selects the location to be saved. Names the style. Creating Your Own Styles Takes you to the Style Maker Record screen. F2, F3 Moves the cursor. F4, F5 Selects the characters. Saves the style to User Style. P.
Page 92: Editing The Preset Effect Settings
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Page 93: Editing Sounds
Selects the preset sound to edit. Turns the Chorus on/off. Turns the Effect on/off. Selects an effect type. Adjusts the effect setting. • Pressing the SAVE (F7) button will save all changes made in the Preset Effect Settings menu. If you exit the Preset Effect Settings menu without saving your changes, the settings will remain unchanged.
Page 94: Playing Songs From A Floppy Disk
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Page 95: Selecting A Song From Disk
• The CP can also recognize most songs formatted for the PianoDisc player piano system and songs formatted for Yamaha’s Disk Orchestra Collection. (Please check with your Kawai dealer or distributor for further information). Selecting a Song from Disk A single floppy disk can store dozens of song files at one time, depending on the length of the songs.
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Page 97: Controlling Playback Of A Song
Controlling Playback of a Song As the song plays, you can adjust the tempo, play or sing along with on the keyboard, and even turn on/off the different instrument parts (tracks) in the song. The status of the song parts is displayed at the bottom of the LCD screen. You will see the parts referred to as the CP’s three Parts + Style if the song was created on the CP, or as Channels (ch 1-16) if the song is a MIDI file.
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Page 99 If the song you are playing has lyrics included in the data, the Show Lyrics (L5) button will appear on the Song Play screen. If you press the Show Lyrics button, the song’s lyrics will then appear inside a box. You can follow a ball moving over the lyrics as the song plays. Press the Full Screen (R5) button to expand the lyrics display to the full screen.
Page 100: Playing With Concert Magic
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Page 101: Performing A Concert Magic Song
Performing a Concert Magic Song Playing the Concert Magic song you’ve selected is very easy. Just begin tapping any key on the keyboard and the song will play. Concert Magic plays the correct notes of the song, but you must provide the rhythm.
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Page 103 • When you reach the end of the song, press any key one more time. This will not produce sound, but instead resets the song to the beginning for another performance. • The Bouncing Ball only works with song files that are specifically designed for Concert Magic to take advantage of this feature.
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Page 105: Concert Magic Song Arrangements
Concert Magic Song Arrangements Concert Magic songs are specially arranged so that they will work well with your key tapping. Each of the 176 CM songs falls into one of three categories of musical arrangements of varying difficulty. EASY BEAT These are the easiest songs to play.
Page 106: Creating A Concert Magic Song
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Page 108: System Menu
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Page 109 Selects the overall tuning of the CP. Selects the Touch Curve (Key velocity sensitivity). Selects the Voicing settings. Selects the Resonance effect for the sustain pedal. Selects the Concert Magic Sound mode. Selects the Power up mode settings. Restores the initial factory settings. System Menu F1, F2 Selects the different System Menu pages.
Page 110: Tuning
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Page 111: Touch Curve
Touch Curve When playing a piano, the volume of the sound produced increases in direct relation to how hard a key is struck. The CP’s Normal Touch curve offers the standard feel of an acoustic piano for practicing music. The CP offers five other touch curves ranging from light to heavy. Normal Light 1, 2 Heavy 1, 2...
Page 112: Virtual Voicing
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Page 113: Resonance
Resonance When the sustain pedal is depressed on an acoustic piano, all the dampers are lifted up allowing the strings to vibrate freely. In this condition, when you play a note not only will the strings for the note you played vibrate but other strings will vibrate due to sympathetic resonance. The Resonance function simulates this phenomenon.
Page 114: Concert Magic Sound
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Page 115: Pedal Assign
Pedal Assign The Soft and Sostenuto pedals on the Concert Performer function as much more than just traditional piano pedals. These pedals can be assigned to control various other functions on the CP piano. Damper Pedal (Right) Pedal assignment options for Soft Pedal (Left) and Sostenuto Pedal (Center) System Menu Sustain only Can be activated or deactivated separately for each Part.
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Page 117 2) Use the L and R buttons to select the setting and use the Dial to change its value. Selects a function to assign to the pedal. System Menu Back to the Pedal Assign menu. F4-F6 Selects the different pedals. Use the other L and R buttons to adjust parameters.
Page 118: Fill-In Mode
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Page 119: Effect For Sound
Effect for Sound This function determines whether or not the Preet Effects settings assigned to each Sound will be used or not. Preset Panel System Menu The Preset Effect settings for each Sound will be used. This is the default setting. The preset Effect settings for each Sound will not be used.
Page 120: Temperament
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Page 121 Brief explanation of temperaments Temperament Keys Limitless modulation of the key became available only after the invention of Equal temperament. When you use a temperament other than Equal temperament, you must carefully choose the key to play in. For example, if the song you are going to play is written in D major, choose “D” to set the temperament key.
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Page 123 • The User Temperament alters the tuning for each octave equally. In other words, you cannot alter the tuning of different sections of the CP’s keyboard range separately. System Menu Takes you to the Temperament menu. F3, F4 Selects the note to edit. Saves the User Temperament.
Page 124: Midi Menu
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Page 125 Clock Clock is a data code that a MIDI instrument uses as the reference for its Tempo settings as well as Style Start/Stop commands. When it is set to INTERNAL, the CP uses its own built-in clock to control tempo settings. When set to EXTERNAL, the CP reads the clock data that it receives via MIDI and uses this data to control the Tempo.
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Page 127 On page three of the MIDI Settings menu, you can determine which MIDI channels the CP will receive MIDI data on. The CP can receive MIDI data on all 16 MIDI channels at once or only certain MIDI channels. Channel Receive On/Off Each of the 16 MIDI channels can be set separately to On or Off.
Page 128 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai 1-16. Choose part. (Right2) Bass channel receive Selects 1-16. Choose part. (Right1) Melody channel receive Selects Accordion. MIDI from played configure pages. Settings MIDI other Selects F1-F4 Menu Settings MIDI four page Accordion MIDI 1-16.
Page 129: Power Up Settings
Power Up Settings This determines whether the CP stores your preferred panel and system settings as the default settings and applies them automatically when the instrument is turned on. Select Save Current Settings (L2) in the Power Up Setting menu to save the current panel settings automatically as the default settings when the CP is turned on.
Page 130: Soft Reset
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Page 131: Software Version
Software Version This function is used to show what system software version is currently installed in the CP. To show the software version: 1) Press the Software Version button (R2) on page two in the System menu. 2) The software version will appear in the LCD screen. System Menu Takes you to the System menu.
Page 132: Screen Hold
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Page 134: Floppy Disk Operations
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Page 135: Saving Data To A Floppy Disk
Loads data from a floppy disk. Saves data onto a floppy disk. Erases data from a floppy disk. Saving Data to a Floppy Disk This important function stores your custom data to disk so that you can retrieve it at a later time. You can save the following data: Song User Style...
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Page 137 Example: Saving a Style Selects which file you would like to save, or if all files are to be save as a single “all” file. Names the data file. Example: Saving a Song Names the data file. Selects which format the data should be saved Floppy Disk Operations Takes you to the previous menu.
Page 138: Loading Data From A Floppy Disk
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Page 139 4) When loading User Style or Registration data, you can choose whether to load data that was stored individually or to load all the data that was saved as an “All” file. Press ALL (F4) to load data that was saved as an “All” file. Press EACH (F5) if data files were saved individually. 5) Use the L and R buttons to select the data to load.
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Page 141: Erasing Data From A Floppy Disk
Erasing Data from a Floppy Disk This lets you erase unnecessary data from the floppy disk. You can erase Song, User Style, Registrations, User Temperament and ALL. To erase the data from a disk: 1) In the Disk menu press DELETE (L4). The Disk Delete menu will be displayed. 2) Insert the floppy disk into the drive.
Page 142: Formatting A Floppy Disk
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Page 143 Formats a 2HD disk. Formats a 2DD disk. Floppy Disk Operations Cancels formatting and takes you to the Disk menu. Starts formatting the disk. P. 137...
Page 144: Getting Assistance: Using Help And Demo Using The Help
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Page 145 Getting Assisted—Help and Demo F1, F2 Searches for more Help topics on the other pages. Takes you to the Help menu. F3, F4 Selects the language. Use the L and R buttons to selct a Help topic. P. 139...
Page 146: Using The Demonstrations
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Page 147 • When a selected Demo song ends, another song of the same type will be randomly chosen from another category and played. You can select another demo song at any time by pressing the appropriate button. Getting Assisted—Help and Demo The SOUND category buttons are used to select the demo for that sound category.
Page 148: Appendices
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Page 149 STRING PAGE 1 PAGE 2 Beautiful Strings String Quartet String Ensemble Strings & Brass String Ensemble 2 Warm Strings Synth Strings Synth Strings 3 Synth Strings 2 60’s Strings Violin Slow Violin Viola Tremolo Strings Cello Pizzicato Contrabass Orchestra Hit Harp String &...
Page 150 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Overdrive Noise Cutting Guitar Muted Steel Pedal Strg Steel Mellow Elec Delayed Guitar Jazz PAGE Handbells Harpsichord Pipes & Harpsi Strings & Harpsi Vibraphone Pipes & Harpsi Strings & Harpsi PAGE Brightness Halo PAGE...
Page 151 BASS PAGE 1 PAGE 2 Acoustic Bass Acoustic Bass 2 Electric Bass Finger Slap Bass Finger Bass Warm Synth Bass Pick Bass Clavi Bass Fretless Bass Hammer Bass Ac Bass & Ride Elec Bass & Ride Slap Bass Slap Bass 2 Synth Bass Synth Bass 3 Synth Bass 2...
Page 152 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Bubble Whistle Down Whistle Bell Trolley Scratch Laser Heartbeat Punch Starship PAGE4 Mute Cymbal Crash Clap Hand Drum Bass Tambourine Snap Finger Drum & Cymbal Orch Castanet Roll Timpani Soft Timpani Soft PAGE Plane...
Page 153: Preset Styles
Preset Styles SWING & BIG BAND 50’S & 60’S PAGE 1 PAGE 1 Fast Big Band 50’s Rock Fast Big Band 2 50’s Rock 2 Medium Big Band 50’s Rockabilly Slow Big Band 50’s Folk Night Club Rock Rhumba Medium Swing Surf Rock Medium Swing 2 60’s Pop...
Page 154 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Ballroom Beat Dixieland Torchlight Polka Shoe Foxtrot PAGE2 TRADITIONAL March March Tango Waltz Holiday Waltz Holiday Waltz Holiday Waltz Holiday Rock Holiday Shuffle Polka Shuffle Holiday Soft Beat Holiday Holiday PAGE1 PAGE2 HOLIDAY Show...
Page 155: Song Stylists
Song Stylists Blue Bayou Blue Bossa Achy Breaky Heart Blue Moon Ain't Misbehavin' Blue Suede Shoes Ain't No Woman Blue Velvet Ain't Too Proud Blueberry Hill All I Wanna Do Body And Soul All Of Me Boogie Bugle Boy All Shook Up Boot Scootin' Alley Cat Boy From NY City...
Page 156 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Eyes Lyin Lucille Texas Luchenbach Theme Love's Rock Like Loves Tender Love Blue Love Many Love Degree First Love Boat, Love Love Look Road Winding Long Lollipop Loco-Motion, Fire Light Togethr Stay Let's Lets...
Page 157 Macho Man Ode To Joy Mack The Knife Oh What A Beautifl Mammas Don't Let Oklahoma Mandy Old Cape Cod Maniac Old Rugged Cross Margaritaville Old Time R & R Marianne Old Time Religion Me And Bobby McGee On Street Where U Memory On The Road Again Mercy Mercy Me...
Page 158 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Love Upon Wish Saints Gets Sunny Eyes Irish Love Fall Loves Think Would Wrld Wondrful Love Friend Begun Only Tonight That Lost You've Love This Friend You've World Vain You're Family You're Song Your...
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Page 160: Concert Magic Songs
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Page 161 Song Title Washington Post March ......SK You’re A Grand Old Flag ......EB Stars And Stripes Forever .
Page 162 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Dvorák Symphony Bizet “Carmen” from Sati Verdi “Aida” Chopin Overture Grieg Strauss Bizet “Carmen” from Flowers Gossec Waltz Waltz Bach J.S. Wolf Debussy Joy) (Ode Beethoven Haydn Symphony Selections Desiring Man’s ✔ Glory ✔...
Page 163 Song Title Prelude In A by Chopin ......MP Pizzicato Polka ........SK Rondeau by Mouret .
Page 164: Table Of Chord Types
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Page 165 Cm add9 C7 #9 C7 b9 11 C7 #11 C9 13 C9 11 13 C7 b9 11 13 C7 #9 13 C7 #9 b13 C7 b9 b13 Cm7 b5 Cm7 b5 11 Cm7 b13 C ∆7 #5 C ∆7 b5 C ∆9 C ∆7 13 C dim...
Page 166: Example Of Connection
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Page 167 D. Using the Concert Performer with an External MIDI Instrument MIDI lets you expand the creative possibilities of the CP by connecting it to an external MIDI device or personal computer. Use a MIDI cable to connect the CP’s MIDI Out jack to the other device’s MIDI In.
Page 168: Usb
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Page 170: Program Change Numbers
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Page 171 Bank Category Sound Name Prog STRING Beautiful Strings String Ensemble String Ensemble 2 Synth Strings Synth Strings 2 Violin Viola Cello Contrabass Harp String Quartet Strings & Brass Warm Strings Synth Strings 3 60’s Strings Slow Violin Tremolo Strings Pizzicato Orchestra Hit String &...
Page 172 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Noise Cutting Guitar Muted Steel Pedal Strg Steel Mellow Elec Delayed Guitar Jazz Noise Fret Rhythm Dist Feedback Dist Overdrive Dynamic Feedback Guitar Guitar Strings & Guitar Electric Nylon Guitar Jazz Acoustic Nylon Harmonics...
Page 173 Bank Category Sound Name Prog BASS Acoustic Bass Electric Bass Finger Bass Pick Bass Fretless Bass Ac Bass & Ride Slap Bass Synth Bass Synth Bass 2 Attack Bass Acoustic Bass 2 Finger Slap Bass Warm Synth Bass Clavi Bass Hammer Bass Elec Bass &...
Page 174 Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai kk=KIT Exclusive* Bank Bubble Whistle Down Whistle Bell Trolley Scratch Laser Heartbeat Punch Starship Plane Train Crash Engine Creak Door Gallop Horse Noise Breath Stopping Passing Chime Wind Telephone Barking Slam Door Step Foot...
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Page 176: Drum/Sfx Kit Mapping
Piano Digital Series Performer Concert Kawai Standard Same Mapping Drum/SFX...
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Page 179: Specifications
Specifications Keyboard Polyphony Preset Sounds Styles Style Controls Start/Stop, Intro/Ending (2 per Style), Fill-in (4 per Style), Fade Out, Sync Start, Tap Tempo Metronome Auto-Accompaniment Song Stylist Conductor Effects Temperaments Other Features Recorder Pedals Jacks Data Media Output Power Speakers Power Consumption Finish Dimensions (W x D x H)
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Kawai Concert Performer Series Digital Piano CP117 Owner's Manual

Creating Your Own Styles

Editing Sounds

Playing Songs from a Floppy Disk

Playing with Concert Magic

System Menu

Floppy Disk Operations

Getting Assistance: Using Help and Demo Using the Help

Appendices

Quick Links

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