Virtual Technician - Kawai ES8 Owner's Manual

Virtual Technician

An experienced piano technician is essential to fully realise the potential of a fine acoustic piano. In addition to
meticulously tuning each note, the technician also performs numerous regulation and voicing adjustments that
allow the instrument to truly sing.
The Virtual Technician settings of the ES8 digital piano simulate these refinements digitally, allowing performers to
shape various aspects of the instrument's character to suit their personal preferences.
 V irtual Technician
Page no. Setting
2-1 Touch Curve
2-2 Voicing
User Voicing
2-3 Damper Resonance
2-4 Damper Noise
2-5 String Resonance
2-6 Key-off Effect
2-7 Fall-back Noise
2-8 Hammer Delay
2-9 Topboard
2-10 Decay Time
2-11 Minimum Touch
2-12 Temperament
Stretch Tuning
Stretch Curve
User Tuning
Temperament Key
User Temperament
2-13 User Key Volume
2-14 Half-Pedal Adjust
2-15 Soft Pedal Depth
* Default settings will be shown in the first LCD display illustration (i.e. Step 1) for each setting explanation below.
Description
Adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard.
Adjust the tonal character of the instrument.
Adjust the individual voicing of each of the 88 keys.
Adjust the resonance that is heard when pressing the damper pedal.
Adjust the volume of the sound that is heard when pressing the damper pedal. 5
Adjust the resonance that is heard when notes are held.
Adjust the volume of the sound that is heard when keys are released.
Adjust the volume of the sound that is heard when the key action falls back.
Adjust the delay of the hammer striking strings when playing pianissimo.
Adjust the position of the grand piano topboard.
Adjust the decay time of the piano sound while the keys are pressed.
Adjust the minimum key velocity required to produce a sound.
Adjust the tuning system to suit Renaissance and Baroque periods etc.
Select how stretch tuning is applied to piano sounds and other sounds.
Adjust the level of stretch tuning for equal temperaments.
Adjust the individual tuning of each of the 88 keys.
Adjust the key of the selected tuning system.
Adjust the tuning of each note in the scale to a custom temperament.
Adjust the individual volume of each of the 88 keys.
Adjust the point at which the damper pedal begins to sustain the sounds.
Adjust the depth/effectiveness of the soft pedal.
Default setting
Normal
Normal
0
5
5
5
5
Off
Open 3
5
1
Equal Temp.
Piano Only
Normal
0
C
0
0
5
3
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