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General information Instructions The individual steps of an instruction are numbered consecutively. The result of a step is indented and highlighted by an arrow. Example: Switch on the device. Press [Auto]. ð Automatic operation is started. Switch off the device. Cross-references References to other locations in this manual are identified by an arrow and the speci‐...
Do not operate the device permanently at a high volume level. Decrease the volume level immediately if you experience ringing in your ears or hearing impairment. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Safety instructions CAUTION! Risk of injury due to heavy weight Due to the heavy weight of the device, at least two persons are required for transport and installation. NOTICE! Operating conditions This device has been designed for indoor use only. To prevent damage, never expose the device to any liquid or moisture.
Song album with 120 songs. Two demo songs. Sequencer function. Single and multi-finger chord detection. Recording function. Eight memory banks, each with four memory locations. Mixer function. Connections: USB, 2 × headphones, AUX, MIDI, pedal box. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Assembly instructions Assembly instructions You need a Phillips screwdriver (not supplied) for the assembly of the digital piano. Open the package and please make sure before assembling that the entire scope of delivery is present, as posted here. Digital piano housing with music stand Left side panel Right side panel Pedal box...
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M6 ´ 40 on each side to affix both side panels to the pedal box. Attach the back panel with eight screws M4 ´ 15 to the pedal box and to the rear sides of the side panels. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Assembly instructions Place the digital piano case on the frame and secure it with two screws M6 ´ 18 and the two thumbscrews. Fasten the cables to the stand. Insert the DIN plug of the pedal cable into the provided socket on the bottom side of the digital piano. Move the digital piano to its designated location.
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Plug the power cord into a 230 V AC outlet. Now you can turn on the device. If the piano is not in use or when a thunderstorm with danger of lightning threatens, disconnect the device from its mains power for safety. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Assembly instructions Assembly overview Top view Operating panel Main switch Music stand Claviature Rear panel Connection for pedal cable Power cord AUX input, AUX output MIDI input, MIDI output USB port digital piano...
Control panel and connections Control panel and connections 1 [VOLUME] Rotary volume control. 2 [BRILLIANCE] Rotary brilliance control. 3 [STYLES] Single button function: direct Style selection. Button function with pressed [SHIFT] button in ‘MIXER’ mode: [ACCOMP] Setting the accompaniment track volume. [RYTHM] Setting the rhythm section volume.
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15 [VOICE] | [PERFORM] Single button function: Calling Voice mode. Button function with pressed [SHIFT] button: Calling Performance-Assistant mode 16 Jog dial for selecting functions, parameters and values. 17 [YES/+]. Increases the displayed value by one. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Control panel and connections 18 [VOICES] Single button function: direct Voice selection. Button function with pressed [SHIFT] button: [PIANO] Calling Piano mode. [METRONOME] Turning the metronome on and off. [DUAL] Enabling / disabling right hand voice (R2). [LOWER] Enabling / disabling left hand voice (L). [TOUCH] Enabling default setting.
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Output socket for connecting the digital piano to an amplifier, stereo system, mixer or recording device. 31 [MIDI IN] MIDI in for connecting an external MIDI device. 32 [MIDI OUT] MIDI out for connecting an external MIDI device. 33 [USB] USB interface to connect a computer. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Control panel and connections Display Accompaniment track / Melody track 1 … 5 Operating mode TWINOVA, PERFORM, PER‐ FORM.H, ALBUM, SCALE Operating mode VOICE, STYLE, DEMO, SONG, Operating mode DSP, DUAL, LOWER, HAR‐ ALBUM MONY, TOUCH Chord detection, Full Range, Accompaniment track Lesson mode, left / right hand active section Chord...
– MIDI IN: The device receives MIDI data from other devices through this port. – MIDI OUT: MIDI data generated by the digital piano is sent to other MIDI devices through this port. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Connectivity options External audio devices Via the socket [AUX OUT] you can connect the digital piano to an amplifier, stereo device, mixing console or recording device. Plug one end of the audio cable into the [AUX OUT] socket on the rear panel of the digital piano, and the other end into the input of the respective audio device.
Switching on / off, basic operation Option Control range Default value Chorus volume ChorusVol 0 … 127 Depending on the selected voice Selection Harmony xxxx Duet, Standard Duet setting Trio, Full Chord, Rock Duet, Country Duet, Country Trio, Block, 4 Close 1, 4 Close 2, 4 Open, 1+5, Octave, Strum, Echo,...
Adjust the volume using the buttons [YES / +] or [NO / –] or the jog dial. Simultaneously press [YES / +] and [NO / –] to reset the volume to the default value (090). DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Switching on / off, basic operation 7.2.5 Pedal function selection With this function you can assign the pedal function. Use [FUNCTION + | –] to switch to ‘Pedal’ menu. The current setting appears on the display. Use the buttons [YES / +] or [NO / –] or the jog dial to select the desired pedal function: ‘Sust’...
Simultaneously press [YES / +] and [NO / –] to load the default setting (Duet). For the harmony settings Echo, Tremolo and Trill and you can also set the effects depth as described in the following section. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Switching on / off, basic operation 7.2.9 Effects depth in Harmony mode With this function you can determine the effects depth for the Harmony settings Echo, Tremolo and Trill. Use [FUNCTION + | –] to switch to ‘HarmonySpeed’ menu. The current setting appears on the display.
(4–4). 7.3 Adjusting the volume Use the rotary control [VOLUME] to set a comfortable volume for playing and prac‐ tising. Turn this control clockwise to increase the volume. Turn it counter-clockwise to reduce the volume. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Switching on / off, basic operation 7.4 Setting the Brilliance Use the rotary control [BRILLIANCE] to adjust the Brilliance of the digital piano. The sound of the entire keyboard range gets softer and darker when you turn the knob to the left, and brighter and more brilliant when you turn the knob to the right.
When turning back on, keep the buttons [YES / +] and [NO / –] pressed. ð All user songs and settings are reset or deleted without further confirma‐ tion prompt. The display shows ‘Wait …!’ . DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Operating Operating 8.1 Demo songs The digital piano offers a total of two demo songs. Simultaneously press the buttons [SHIFT] and [DEMO] to enter the DEMO mode. The first demo song is displayed and the both demo songs will be played in a endless loop.
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As long as you are in time, you will hear the left hand voice. Are both ‘L’ and ‘R’ selected the voices for both hands are muted. You then have to play in time with both hands. After completing the exercise, you will learn the result. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Operating Lesson 2 - hitting the right notes Press the button [LESSON] to call the lesson mode 2. ‘LESSON 2’ appears on the dis‐ play. In this mode, it is only rated whether you hit the right notes, but not whether you play them at the right time.
Press the buttons [+/YES] or [–/NO] or turn the jog dial to select a desired voice for the left hand. Simultaneously press the buttons [SHIFT] and [LOWER] to exit Split mode. The indicators ‘VOICE L’ and ‘LOWER’ turn off. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Operating The right hand voice is not affected by the selection for the left hand voice. 8.7 TWINOVA In TWINOVA mode, the keyboard is divided into two areas with the same voice and the same pitch. Voice selection First, select the desired voice (see Ä...
If you play a chord with one finger, bass and chord sound simulta‐ neously. Press the button [CHORD MODE] twice to enable the FULL RANGE mode. The ‘FULL RANGE’ LED lights. The chord area now covers the entire claviature. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Operating SYNC START Press the button [SYNC START] to enable the Sync Start mode. When you now press one of the piano keys in the chord area, Style accompaniment starts syn‐ chronously. Accompaniment is being automatically adjusted on chord changes. 8.10.3 Tempo All preprogrammed Styles contain certain Tempo information.
Press the buttons [YES / +] and [NO / –] simultaneously again to unmute the accompaniment track. 8.13 Performance Assistant The ‘Performance Assistant’ is a playing aid, which allows you to simulate different instruments on the claviature. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Operating Simultaneously press the buttons [SHIFT] and [PERFORM] to enable the playing aid. GUITAR mode is enabled by default. Use the buttons [YES / +] and [NO / –] or the jog dial to select a voice. Adjust the Tempo using the buttons [TEMPO +] and [Tempo –] to adapt the values).
As the A.B.C. chord detection is based on the root note of the chord, some chords that could be played according to the chord dictionary can not be detected by A.B.C., such as B6, B 6, B 6(9), B6(9), Baug, B aug, B m6, Bm6, Adim7, B dim7, Bdim. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Operating Two ways to detect a chord: Single If the chord is played on base of the illustration for multi-finger chords below, it will and multi-finger mode. be detected as a 'multi-fingered' chord. If not, it will be detected as a 'single-finger' chord.
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The basic characteristic of the triad remains even if we change the order of the notes to create different inversions. Consecutive chords can be softly connected in a chord progression, e.g. by choosing suitable chord inversions (also called ‘voicings’). DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Operating Chord names Chord names will tell you everything you need to know about a chord. Through the chord name, you know the root, whether it is a major, minor, or diminished chord, whether a large or flatted seventh is needed and what changes or ten‐ sions are used - all at a glance.
Chorus level voice R1, R2, L Reverb level voice R1, R2, L 8.17 Record, playback, delete The digital piano lets you record three user songs that can contain six tracks each (one accompaniment track and five melody tracks). DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Operating 8.17.1 Song recording Simultaneously press the buttons [SHIFT] and [RECORD] to select a song. The display shows ‘RecSong1’ and the current memory location. Use the buttons [+/YES] or [–/NO] or the jog wheel to select a free memory location for the recording. Record stand-by Press again the buttons [SHIFT] and [RECORD] to enable the Recording mode.
You can store 32 control panel configurations in the memory of the digital piano and recall the data any time, if required. 8.18.1 Memory banks A total of eight memory banks are available, each with four memory locations (M1 to M4). DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Operating Press the button [BANK]. ‘Mem Bank’ appears on the display. Use the jog dial or the buttons [+/YES] or [–/NO] to select the desired memory bank. 8.18.2 Load / save parameters Keep the button [STORE] pressed and simultaneously press one of the buttons [M1] to [M4].
Operating Key names Chord type Key names Chord type M(9) 7(9) 7(13) m(9) dim7 m7(9) 7aug 7sus4 sus4 8.21 MIDI functions MIDI stands for ‘Musical Instrument Digital Interface’ and represents the standard interface between a computer and electronic instruments. You can exchange MIDI data with other MIDI devices via the MIDI and USB interfaces of the digital piano.
Malfunction occurs when using a mobile phone. Using a mobile phone near the digital piano can cause inter‐ ference. To prevent this, turn off the mobile phone or use it only at a safe distance. DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
Voice list Voice list Name Name Piano Velocity Crossfade Electric Piano VeCrosEP Stereo Grand Piano StGrdPno Layered Electric Piano 1 LayerEp1 Acoustic Grand Piano (wide) 1 GrandPnW Layered Electric Piano 2 LayerEp2 Acoustic Grand Piano (dark) GrandPnD Nylon Electric Piano NylonEP Octave Piano 1 OctPno1...
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Acoustic Guitar (nylon + key off) NylGtrOf Detuned Drawbar Organ 1 DeDraOrg Ukulele Ukulele Detuned Drawbar Organ 2 DeDraOr2 Velocity Nylon Guitar NylnGtVe Italian 60's Organ 60'sOrgn Chorus Nylon Guitar ChoNyGt 1970 Percussive Organ 1970PcOr Bright Nylon Guitar BrNyGt DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Voice list Name Name Acoustic Guitar (steel) 1 SteelGtr Stereo Muted Guitar StMuGt Acoustic Guitar (steel) 2 SteelGt2 Guitar Pinch GtPinch Steel Guitar with Body Sound SteelBdy Overdriven Guitar Ovrdrive Tremolo Steel Guitar TremGt Distortion Guitar 1 DistGtr Mandolin Mandolin Distortion Guitar 2 DistGt2 12-Strings Guitar...
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Voice list Name Name Stereo Choir Aahs StChoir Stereo French Horn StFrHorn Strings & Choir StrChoir Horn Orchestra 5thHornO Humming Humming Brass Section 1 Brass Voice Oohs VoiceOoh Brass Section 2 (octave mix) Brass2 Analog Voice AnaVoice Brass Section 3 Brass3 Synth Voice SynVoice...
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Shakhchi Horn Pad HornPad Whistle 1 Whistle Pad 3 (polysynth) 1 PolySyPd Whistle 2 Whistle2 Click Pad ClickPd Ocarina Ocarina Analog Pad AnaloPad Synth Lead Poly Pad PolyPad Lead 1 (square) SquareLd Pad 4 (choir) ChoirPad DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Voice list Name Name Pad 4a (itopia) ItopiaPd Shamisen Shamisen Pad 5 (bowed) 1 BowedPad Koto Koto Pad 6 (metallic) 1 MetalPad Taisho Koto TaishoKt Pan Pad PanPad Kalimba Kalimba Pad 7 (halo) 1 HaloPad Bag Pipe Bagpipe Pad 7 (halo) 2 HaloPad2 Fiddle Fiddle...
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Laughing Laughing Stereo Organ & Piano StOr&Pno Screaming Scream Rock Organ & Strings RoOr&Str Punch Punch Church Organ & Choir ChuOr&Ch Heart Beat HeartBet Church Organ & Strings ChuOr&St Footsteps Footstep Acoustic Guitar & Flute Gt&Fl DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Voice list Name Name Acoustic Guitar & Clav Gt&Cl Arabic Instruments 24 String Guitar 24Gt Kanoun Kanoun Steel Guitar & Warm Pad StGt&Pad Aoud Aoud Stereo Strings & Horn StStr&Hn Bouzouk Bouzouk Orchestra Orchest Full Strings 1 FullStr1 Mizmar Mizmar Drum Set Full Strings 2 FullStr2...
16Beat Funk 2 16BtFuk2 Ballad Rcok BalladRk 16Beat Dance 16BDanc Piano Pop PianoPop 16Beat 2 16Beat2 Soft Ballad SoftBald Pop 16Beat 3 Pop16Bt3 Natural Ballad NatuBld Modern 16Beat Modrn16B Love Ballad LoveBld 16Beat Hot 16BtHot Easy Ballad EasyBld DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Styles list Name Name Slow Ballad SlowBald Cha Cha 2 ChaCha2 Folk Ballad FolkBld Beguine 1 Beguine1 Pop Ballad 1 PopBld1 Beguine 2 Beguine2 Pop Ballad 2 PopBld2 Rumba 1 Rumba1 EP Ballad EPBallad Samba 1 Samba1 ROCK Samba 2 Samba2 Rock Rock...
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Pop Cha Cha 2 PChaCha2 Ragtime Ragtime Salsa 2 Salsa2 Modern Jazz Ballad MdJzBald WALTZ & TRADITIONAL Swing Ballad SwingBal Waltz Waltz Orchestra Swing OrhSwing Old Waltz OldWaltz COUNTRY English Waltz EngWaltz Country Pop 1 CntyPop1 German Waltz GemWaltz DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Styles list Name Name ViennaWaltz VinaWtz Dangdut Dangdut Slow Waltz 2 SlwWltz2 6/8 Flipper 6/8Flipp Jazz Waltz JzWaltz New Age NewAge Polka Polka Tarantella Tarantel 6/8 March 6/8March Scottish Scottish German Polka GerPolka Norteno Norteno Arab Party Polka PtyPolka Army March ArmMarch Zarb 6/8 Zarb 6/8...
2-Part Invention #13 In A Minor.B.W. Invntion Swan Swan Minuet In G MinuetG Prelude To Act 2 (Swan Lake) SwanLak1 Turkish March TurkishM Valse (Swan lake) SwanLak2 Hey Diddle Diddle HeDiddle The Happy Farmer HpFarmer Italian Polka ItaPolka DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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Practise and demo songs Name Name The Sleeping Beauty SleepBty Moseta Dance MosetaDn La Traviata LaTravia Bulie Dance BulieDn Wiegenlied Wiegenli Waltz in A Flat Op.39 No.15 Waltz in A Name Name Wild Rose WildRose Angles We Have Heard On High Angles Away In A Manger AwayInAM...
Yes, 9nH, v = 1 – 127 v = 1 – 127 Note OFF No, 9nH, Yes, 9nH, v = 0 v = 0 or 8nH, v = 0 – 127 After Touch Keys Channels Pitch Bend DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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MIDI implementation chart Function Sent Received Notes Control Change Bank Select Modulation Portamento Time Data Entry Volume Expression Sustain Pedal Portamento ON/OFF Sostenuto Pedal Soft Pedal Reverb Program Chorus Program Reverb Level Chorus Level All Sound Off Reset All Controllers All Notes Off Program Change True #...
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MIDI implementation chart MIDI channel modes POLY MONO ON OMNI ON Mode 1 Mode 2 OMNI OFF Mode 3 Mode 4 DP-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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-95 B, DP-95 WH...
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