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  • Page 1 DP-30 digital piano user manual...
  • Page 2 Musikhaus Thomann e.K. Treppendorf 30 96138 Burgebrach Germany Telephone: +49 (0) 9546 9223-0 E-mail: info@thomann.de Internet: www.thomann.de 17.08.2012...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    8.3.7 MIDI receive channel (Midi In)................30 8.3.8 MIDI send channel (Midi Out)................31 8.4 Mixer menu........................31 8.5 Memory..........................32 8.5.1 Memory banks......................32 8.5.2 Memory data....................... 32 8.5.3 Storing & loading parameters................33 8.5.4 Deleting memory data.................... 33 8.6 One Touch Setting......................33 DP-30...
  • Page 4 Table of contents 8.7 Recording and playback..................... 34 8.7.1 Recording standby....................34 8.7.2 Start recording......................34 8.7.3 Stop recording......................35 8.7.4 Recording playback....................35 8.8 Songs for practising..................... 36 Voice list............................ 37 Styles list........................... 40 Practice and demo songs....................42 Chord list..........................

  • Page 5: General Notes

    NOTICE! This combination of symbol and signal word indicates a possible dangerous sit‐ uation that can result in material and environmental damage if it is not avoided. Warning signs Type of danger Warning – high-voltage. Warning – danger zone. DP-30...

  • Page 6: Safety Notes

    Safety notes Safety notes Intended use This device is intended to be used for electronic sound generation using a piano key‐ board. Use the device only as described in this user manual. Any other use or use under other operating conditions is considered to be improper and may result in per‐ sonal injury or property damage.
  • Page 7 Failure to do so could result in damage to the device and possibly injure the user. Unplug the device before electrical storms occur and when it is unused for long periods of time to reduce the risk of electric shock or fire. DP-30...

  • Page 8: Features

    Features Features Special features of the digital piano: Keyboard: 88 weighted keys with hammer action, touch velocity in three steps. Multifunctional LCD. User friendly controls or [+/–] buttons to select styles, practise songs and voices. 210 voices. 16 voices can be selected directly. 120 styles.

  • Page 9: Setup Guide

    3. Left side panel 10. Screw 6 ´ 12 (2 pcs.) 4. Rear wall 11. Mains cable 5. Pedal box 12. Pedal cable 6. Handscrew (4 pcs.) 13. Plastic cap (4 pcs.) 7. Screws 6 ´ 30 (4 pcs.) DP-30...
  • Page 10 Setup guide Mechanical setup Assemble the piano near a wall power outlet. Proceed according to the illustrations and exclusively use the supplied screws. Using other screws could damage the housing of the digital piano or result in a reduced stability of the digital piano. (6) Handscrews (4 pcs.), (7) Screws 6 ´...
  • Page 11 Attach the cable to the cable holder. Move the digital piano to its desig‐ nated location. Mains connection Make sure the unit is switched off before connecting it to the power supply or disconnecting it. Turn the volume control down to the left stop. DP-30...
  • Page 12 Setup guide Connect the AC power cord to a properly wired AC 230 V mains wall outlet. Now you're ready to turn the device on. If the piano is not in use or when a thunder-storm threatens, disconnect the unit from the mains to ensure safety. digital piano...
  • Page 13 Setup guide Views From above 1. Control panel 3. Music stand 2. Headphones socket 4. Piano keyboard Rear side 5. Connection for the pedal cable 7. USB port 6. Mains cable 8. AUX stereo output DP-30...
  • Page 14 Setup guide Pedals 9. Soft pedal 11. Sustain pedal 10. Sostenuto pedal digital piano...

  • Page 15: Operating Panel And Connections

    7 [MIXER] button to adjust the volume of the various tracks. 8 [FUNCTION] button to call the function menu. 9 [METRO] button: metronome. 10 Display. 11 [STYLE] button. 12 [VOICE] buttons to select the instrument voice. Press the buttons ([STYLE] + [VOICE] simultaneously to activate the DEMO mode. DP-30...
  • Page 16 Operating panel and connections 13 [SONG] button to select the practise songs. 14 Selection field with jog dial and [+] and [– ] buttons. 15 Direct selection buttons [VOICE] to select the instrument voice. 16 [BANK] buttons to select the memory bank. 17 [STORE] button.

  • Page 17: Connection Options

    MIDI IN or MIDI OUT cable to the digital piano. After the driver has been installed and the installation is complete, you can select the USB audio device in Device menu of the software to transfer the MIDI data. DP-30...

  • Page 18: Switching On / Off And Basic Operation

    Switching on / off and basic operation Switching on / off and basic operation 7.1 Switching the digital piano on 7.1.1 Switching on, volume control Please check that the device is connected properly. Press the [POWER] button to switch the device on. The display is illuminated. Turn the volume control [VOLUME] to set the desired volume.

  • Page 19: Functions

    ‘VOICE R1’ voice. When the keyboard is split, the Dual mode affects only keys to the right of the keyboard split point. The area to the left of the split point is then meant for chord playing. DP-30...

  • Page 20: Split Mode

    Functions 8.1.3 Split mode With this function, you can assign different voices to separate keyboard areas. Press the button [SPLIT] to activate the Split mode and thus the left hand voice. The indicators ‘VOICE L’ and ‘SPLIT’ then appear simultaneously in the display. Press the buttons [+] or [–] or turn the jog dial to select the desired voice.

  • Page 21: Accompaniment Function

    With activated accompaniment, you can press the button [FILL A] or [FILL B] to insert a rhythm and accompaniment part. ENDING If you press the button [INTRO/ENDING] while accompaniment is activated, an ending section appropriate for the accompaniment is inserted that ends the performance. DP-30...

  • Page 22: Starting A Style

    Functions 8.2.3 Starting a style Instant start Press the [START/STOP] button to start the style. Chord mode (A.B.C.) Press the [A.B.C./MELODY OFF] button once to activate the Chord mode. The A.B.C. symbol appears in the display. The area to the left of the split point is now considered to be the chord area.

  • Page 23: Fill A/B

    You can exit the accompaniment function any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button. Ending Press the [INTRO/ENDING] button to finish the performance with an ending. The style stops after the ending. SYNC Press the [SYNC] button to stop the style. The synchronised start mode is acti‐ vated. DP-30...

  • Page 24: Accompaniment Volume

    Functions 8.2.6 Accompaniment volume You can adjust the volume of the styles via the volume of the accompaniment. Press the button [ACC. VOL +] or [ACC. VOL –] to set the volume. When pressing the [ACC. VOL +] and [ACC. VOL –] buttons simultaneously, the accompaniment track is muted.
  • Page 25 Press the keys to the left of the split point with the A.B.C. function activated. The chords are recognized as single-finger chords. 'Multi-fingered' chords Using this method, you can play chords with normal fingering within the possi‐ bilities of the accompaniment function. In the following we list 32 chords using C-chords as example. DP-30...
  • Page 26 Functions Chord basics A chord consists of three or more notes played together. The most common chord is the triad consisting of three notes: root, third and fifth of the corre‐ sponding scale. The C-major chord, for example, is formed from the notes C (root), E (the third note of the C major scale) and G (the fifth note of the C major scale).

  • Page 27: Metronome

    Press the [FUNCTION] button to call the function menu. The first function shown after starting the menu is always ‘Transpos’ . Press the button [FUNCTION] repeatedly to select the desired option. Then change the parameter using the jog dial or the but‐ tons [ +] or [–]: DP-30...

  • Page 28: Transposing

    Functions Option Display Value range Default value Transpose Transpos –12 to +12 Fine tuning Tune –50 to 50 Beat Beat 0, 2 to 9 Touch sensitivity Touch OFF, 1, 2, 3 Split point Split pt 1 to 88 34 (F3 Reverb level DSPlevel OFF, 1 to 7...

  • Page 29: Fine Tuning

    The display shows the current setting. Use the jog wheel or the buttons [ +] or [–] to change the touch sensitivity. When selecting ‘OFF’ , the ‘TOUCH’ indicator turns off and the function is deac‐ tivated. DP-30...

  • Page 30: Split Point

    Functions 8.3.5 Split point This function lets you set the point that separates the entire keyboard into two sec‐ tions. The display shows the current setting. Use the jog dial or the [+] / [–] buttons to change the split point. You can also just press the key you would like to set as split point.

  • Page 31: Midi Send Channel (Midi Out)

    000 to 031 Orchestra accompaniment UPPER1 volume Voice R1 000 to 031 Right hand voice UPPER2 volume Voice R2 000 to 031 Second right hand voice in dual mode LOWER volume Voice L 000 to 031 Left hand voice DP-30...

  • Page 32: Memory

    Functions 8.5 Memory You can store up to 16 complete control panel setups that you can recall whenever needed. 8.5.1 Memory banks There are four memory banks in total. Each bank contains four memory slots (M1 to M4). Press the [BANK] button repeatedly to select the desired memory bank. The dis‐ play shows ‘MEMORY 0X’...

  • Page 33: Storing & Loading Parameters

    With this function, four types of parameters can be loaded (M1 to M4). The standard parameter saved in the O.T.S. are: Right hand voice R1 Second right hand voice in dual mode R2 Left hand voice L R1 volume R2 volume DP-30...

  • Page 34: Recording And Playback

    Functions Orchestra accompaniment for R1 Orchestra accompaniment for R2. Select a style. Press the [O.T.S.] button to start this mode. ‘O.T.S.’ appears in the display. Press one of the buttons [M1] to [M4]. Then the device loads the respective param‐ eter types that suit to the current style.

  • Page 35: Stop Recording

    In this case, ‘Full’ appears in the display. 8.7.4 Recording playback Press the [PLAY/STOP] button to play the recorded data. Press the [PLAY/STOP] button again to stop playback. If you press the [PLAY/STOP] button, but no recording exists, ‘Empty’ briefly appears in the display. DP-30...

  • Page 36: Songs For Practising

    Functions 8.8 Songs for practising The digital piano offers 60 songs for practising in total, where you mute the right hand voice and play this part yourself. Playing and ending practising songs Press the [SONG] button to enter the playback mode for practising songs. ‘SONG’...

  • Page 37: Voice List

    Synth Strings 2 Sawtooth Harmonica Choir Aahs Calliope Tango Accordion Voice Oohs Chiff Nylon Guitar Synth Voice Charang Steel Guitar Orchestra Hit Voice Jazz Guitar Trumpet Fifths Clean Guitar Trombone Bass Lead Muted Guitar Tuba Fantasia Overdriven Guitar Muted Trumpet Warm DP-30...
  • Page 38 Voice list Voice Voice Voice Poly Synth Breath Noise Soft Accordion Choir Seashore Soft Accordion 2 Bowed Bird Tweet Harmonic GIT & BASS Metallic Telephone Ring Halo Helicopter N-Gthamm Sweep Applause 12Str Guitar Fx1 (rain) Gunshot Clean Guitar 2 KEYBOARD Fx2 (soundtrack) Solidwa Fx3 (crystal)
  • Page 39 Room Drum Sinepad YANG QIN Rock Drum Softpad ER HU Electric Drum Bellpad GAO HU Analog Drumset Synpad SUO NA Dance Drumset Hornpad LU SHEN Jazz Drum Newagpad QU DI Brush Drumset Bagpipe BANG DI Standard Drumset Chinese Percussion DP-30...

  • Page 40: Styles List

    Styles list Styles list Style Style Style 8 BEAT & 16 BEAT Easy Ballad Samba Funk 8 Beat Love Ballad Soul Guitar Pop 1 Natural Ballad Soul Beat 8 Beat Disco Piano Ballad Hip Hop Soul 8 Beat Dance EP Ballad British Soul Pop 60s 8 Beat New R&B Ballad...
  • Page 41 Dandut 2 Tango Polka Pop 2 Dangdu Swing Fox Slow Waltz Dangdut 1 Mambo Country Waltz Dangdut 2 Salsa Jazz Waltz Dangdut 3 Samba Musette Kercong 1 PIANO Pasodoble Kercong 2 Slow Bolero Pianist PopKcong Habanera Ballad Sdangdut Latin Rock DP-30...

  • Page 42: Practice And Demo Songs

    Practice and demo songs Practice and demo songs Title Title PIANO Edelweiss For Alice O Sole Mio Habanera Silent Night Four Little Swans Ave Maria Moseta Dance Five Hundred Miles Germanic Dance Happy New Year Turkish March It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas March Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair Away In A Manger...
  • Page 43 Practice and demo songs Title Title Carlos CHINESE South Mud Bay The Jazz Give You A Rose Flowing Rill Demo songs Name DEMO 1 DEMO 2 DEMO 3 DP-30...

  • Page 44: Chord List

    Chord list Chord list Chord description Normal chord construction Chord Display symbol Major [M] 1–3–5 Major sixth [6] 1–(3)–5–6 Major seventh [M7] 1–3–(5)–7 Major seventh with augmented eleventh [M7#11] 1–(2)–3–#4–(5)–7 CM7#11 CM7(#11) Major add ninth [Madd9] 1–2–3–5 CMadd9 CM(9) Major ninth [M9] 1–2–3–(5)–7 CM7(9) Major sixth and ninth [6 9]...
  • Page 45 Chord list Chord description Normal chord construction Chord Display symbol Suspended fourth [sus4] 1–4–5 Csus4 Csus4 Suspended second [1+2+5] 1–2–5 C1+2+5 DP-30...

  • Page 46: Midi Implementation Chart

    MIDI implementation chart MIDI implementation chart Function Transmitted Received Remarks Basic channel Default 1-16 Changed 1-16 1-16 Mode Default Mode 3 Messages Altered *********** Note number 9 – 120 0 – 127 True voice *********** 0 – 127 Velocity note Note ON Yes, 9nH, Yes, 9nH,...
  • Page 47 When the accompaniment stops, an FCH message is transmitted. When an FAH message is received, the accompaniment starts. When an FCH message is received, the accompaniment stops. MIDI channel mode POLY MONO ON OMNI ON Mode 1 Mode 2 OMNI OFF Mode 3 Mode 4 DP-30...

  • Page 48: Technical Specifications

    Technical specifications Technical specifications Keyboard 88 weighted keys with hammer action and adjustable touch velocity Instrument voices Styles Demo and practise songs 3 demo and 60 practise songs Polyphony 64-voiced (without DSP effect), 38-voiced (with DSP effect) Display Mulitfunctional LCD with blue backlight Switches and buttons [POWER], [VOLUME], [AUTO BASS CHORD], [MELODY OFF], [ACC.

  • Page 49: Protecting The Environment

    Dispose of this device through an approved waste disposal firm or through your local waste facility. When discarding the device, comply with the rules and regulations that apply in your country. If in doubt, consult your local waste disposal facility. DP-30...
  • Page 50 Notes digital piano...
  • Page 52 Musikhaus Thomann e.K. · Treppendorf 30 · 96138 Burgebrach · Germany · www.thomann.de...

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