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Thank you for purchasing the Korg Digital
Piano Concert C-6500. To ensure long, trouble-
free operation, please read this manual
carefully.
Main features ................................................................. 4
Parts of the C-6500 and their function ....................... 4
Switch and key functions ............................................. 6
1. Sound selector switches ...................................... 6
2. Recorder section ................................................... 6
3. Keyboard ............................................................... 6
Getting ready to play .................................................... 7
1. Before you start playing ..................................... 7
2. Using headphones with the C-6500 .................. 7
3. Using the music stand ......................................... 7
Listening to the demo songs ........................................ 8
1. To listen to all the demo songs .......................... 8
2. To listen to an individual demo song ............... 8
3. To pause the Demo playback ............................. 9
4. Practicing along with a demo song .................. 9
Playing the C-6500....................................................... 10
1. Selecting sounds ................................................ 10
2. Adding effects to the sound ............................. 12
3. Using the pedals ................................................ 12
4. Playing along with the metronome ................ 13
5. Selecting the Touch Response Curve .............. 14
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6. Changing the key (Transposing) ..................... 15
7. Making fine adjustments to the pitch ............. 15
8. Selecting a temperament .................................. 16
1. Recording your performance ........................... 17
2. Listening to a song you recorded .................... 18
3. Erasing parts ....................................................... 18
Connecting to other devices ...................................... 19
system ...................................................................... 19
2. Connections with MIDI devices ...................... 19
Troubleshooting ........................................................... 23
Specifications................................................................ 23
Assembling the stand (STD-3000) ............................ 24
Cautions for assembly ........................................... 24
Assembly procedure ............................................. 24
Other cautions ........................................................ 26
Removing the wire ...................................................... 26
MIDI Implementation Chart ...................................... 27
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Main features ..............4 6. Changing the key (Transposing) ..... 15 7. Making fine adjustments to the pitch ..... 15 Parts of the C-6500 and their function ....... 4 8. Selecting a temperament ........16 Switch and key functions ..........6 Recording and playing-back your performance .. - Page 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for U.S.A.) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits • Read these instructions. for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. • Keep these instructions. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 3: Conventions In This Manual
If the Touch switch indicator blinks when the power is turned on, the battery must be re- placed. Please contact a nearby Korg dealer or a Korg service center. When you press the Touch switch, it will stop blinking. -
Page 4: Main Features
Pedal effects ( p.12) The C-6500 provides the same three pedals as a grand piano, controlling the soft, sostenuto, and damper func- tions respectively. The damper pedal simulates the natural string resonances of an acoustic piano. Both the damper... - Page 5 10. Tempo slider While holding down the Transpose/Function switch, This slider adjusts the tempo of both the metronome these keys can be used to transpose the C-6500 into and the recorder ( p.13) another key ( p.15). 11. Metronome switch 18.
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Page 6: Switch And Key Functions
Switch and key functions This page lists the functions you can set from the switches and keys. 1. Sound selector switches MIDI settings Volume setting* Octave setting* ( p.20—22) ( p.10, 11) ( p.10, 11) Local Program change Control change Increase volume of Increase volume of Lower the octave... -
Page 7: Getting Ready To Play
Adjust the volume to an appropriate level for your playing. 2. Using headphones with the C-6500 Insert the plug (1/4" phone plug) of your stereo head- phones into the headphone jack located on the left side of the bottom panel. -
Page 8: Listening To The Demo Songs
1. To listen to all the demo songs Listening to the demo songs 1. Press the Demo switch. The C-6500 contains a total of 32 demo songs, with 8 The Demo switch indicator will light, and the C-6500 stored in each of the four banks (A–D). -
Page 9: To Pause The Demo Playback
To select a song from bank B 4. Practicing along with a demo song 1. Press the Demo switch twice. All of the sound selector indicators will blink simulta- To practice right and left hands neously. separately 2. Press a sound selector switch to choose a demo song. -
Page 10: Playing The C-6500
You can adjust the volume balance of the two sounds you selected. 1. Selecting sounds The C-6500 can remember this setting even when the power is turned off. • Press one of the sound selector switches to 1. Hold down the Transpose/Function switch, and select a sound. - Page 11 Using the Split function To adjust the volume balance of the two sounds You can adjust the volume balance of the two sounds You can select different sounds for the lower and upper you selected. ranges of the keyboard. This is called the Split function. 1.
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Page 12: Adding Effects To The Sound
3. Using the pedals the Piano 1/L, Piano 2/M, or Piano 3/H sound selector switch to select the desired depth of The C-6500 has three pedals: soft, sostenuto, and damper. reverb. You can use these pedals to add expression to your playing, as on a traditional piano. -
Page 13: Playing Along With The Metronome
Upper range and bass sound (upper range indicator will light) Upper range (upper range indicator will blink) To set the time signature When you first turn the C-6500 on, pressing the Metro- Bass sound (upper range indicator will be dark) nome switch will play straight quarter notes at the selected tempo. -
Page 14: Selecting The Touch Response Curve
Curve signature. The C-6500 offers three touch response curves, so you can select the way in which your keyboard playing strength will affect the loudness of the sound. When the power is turned on, the Normal touch setting will be selected. -
Page 15: Changing The Key (Transposing)
2. To return to the original (non-transposed) setting, hold down the Transpose/Function switch and press the C7 key. The C-6500 will also return to the original pitch when the power is turned back on. To return to the original pitch To raise the pitch of a song by one semitone •... -
Page 16: Selecting A Temperament
8. Selecting a temperament Many classical compositions were originally composed using various temperaments. So that you can reproduce the original sound of these compositions, the C-6500 lets you select two types of historical temperament, Kirnberger and Werckmeister, as well as the Equal Temperament that is used on most keyboard instruments today. -
Page 17: Recording And Playing-Back Your Performance
The built-in recorder of the C-6500 lets you record and play back your performance as easily as when using a ex: Part 1 contains recorded data, and part 2 is in tape recorder. -
Page 18: Listening To A Song You Recorded
If a larger amount of The C-6500 can remember this setting even when data has been recorded, more of the indicators will be the power is turned off. -
Page 19: Connecting To Other Devices
Commercially-available MIDI cables are used to transfer MIDI data. Connect these cables between the MIDI connec- 1. Connections with a synthesizer, tors of the C-6500 and the MIDI connectors of the other MIDI device. The C-6500 has two types of MIDI connector. or audio system... - Page 20 Receiving program changes When a program change is received from an external generator device, sounds of the C-6500 will change as shown in the The C-6500 can function as a 16-part multi-timbral tone following table. generator that can be controlled and played from an The C-6500 will switch sounds when it receives a MIDI external MIDI device.
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Page 21: Control Changes
Piano 3, Piano 1 messages, you can disable them. Piano 3, Piano 2 Piano 3, E.Piano 1 When the C-6500 is first turned on, program changes will Piano 3, E.Piano 2 automatically be enabled for all MIDI channels. Piano 3, Harpsi •... - Page 22 1. Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI IN of synchronized to the C-6500's recorder. the C-6500 to the MIDI OUT of your data filer. Since the C-6500 functions as the “master” device (the controlling device), the connected sequencer (or similar 2.
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Page 23: Troubleshooting
No sound Tone generator system Stereo Sampling (using Dynamic Switching Technology) • The C-6500's Volume slider may be set to “0”. ( p.7) • A plug may be inserted in the headphone jack. Maximum polyphony 64 notes • Have you made settings so that the selected part will... -
Page 24: Assembling The Stand (Std-3000)
Assembling the stand (STD-3000) Montage du support (STD-3000) Warning Avertissement Two or more people are required in order to assemble the stand. Le montage du support requiert au minimum deux personnes. Cautions for assembly In order to assemble the stand correctly, please note the following points. •... - Page 25 4. Insert the back panel into the grooves of the side panels. 4. Glissez le panneau arrière dans les rainures des panneaux latéraux. 5. Use screws (c) to fasten the back panel. 5. Fixez le panneau arrière avec les vis (c). First use screws to fasten the two top locations.
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Page 26: Other Cautions
10. Connect the pedal cable and power cable to the bottom panel 10. Branchez le câble des pédales et of the panel, and use the cable holders to fasten the cables. le cordon d'alimentation au bas du piano et fixez-les avec les Pay attention to the orientation of the connectors when you plug serre-câbles. -
Page 27: Midi Implementation Chart
*3: Half-pedal output value (0, 38, 74, 127) : Yes Mode 1: OMNI ON, POLY Mode 2: OMNI ON, MONO X: No Mode 3: OMNI OFF, POLY Mode 4: OMNI OFF, MONO Consult your lacal Korg distributor for more imformation on MIDI Implemantation. - Page 28 Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase otherwise your product may be disqualified from the manufacturer's or distributor's warranty. KORG INC. 15-12, Shimotakaido 1-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan 1405 EH Printed in Japan © 2002 KORG INC.