Main Features; Parts Of The C-6500 And Their Function - Korg C-6500 Owner's Manual

Main features

Expressive piano sounds
Dynamic Switching technology selects different sound
waveforms in response to variations in your keyboard
touch, producing the richly expressive piano sounds that
you expect from Korg.
Weighted Hammer Action
The C-6500 features the RH (Real Weighted Hammer
Action ) keyboard, which varies the resistance of the
keyboard in four stages, just as on a grand piano.
Rich array of sounds
Choose from eight high-quality sounds developed by
Korg, including a superb concert grand piano. There is
also an additional Bass sound. You can use the Layer or
Split functions to play two sounds at the same time. The
stereo sampling tone generator provides a concert grand
piano that not only sounds rich, but also reproduces a
spacious ambience.
Effects
The built-in digital effects provide both Reverb, which can
recreate the ambience of a concert hall, and Chorus to add
fullness and enhance the stereo imaging of the sound.
Pedal effects
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
pedal and the soft pedal let you vary the amount of the
effect by how far you press down on the pedal (half-pedal
function).
Metronome
The built-in metronome provides a steady beat for
practice. You can set the time signature, tempo, and
volume, and can even select a different sound for the
downbeat.
Recorder
You can record, overdub and play back your own perfor-
mance using the built-in recorder. The functions are easier
to use than a traditional tape recorder.
Touch control
Three touch curves allow you to tailor the keyboard
response to your own playing style.
Temperaments
In addition to the traditional equal temperament, you can
also select one of the two classical temperaments
(Kirnberger or Werckmeister) for historically authentic
performances.
Adjustable pitch
You can use Transpose to transpose the pitch in semitone
steps, and Pitch Control to make fine adjustments to the
pitch.
MIDI
"MIDI" is a world-wide standard that allows performance
data to be transferred between electronic musical instru-
ments and computers. Via the C-6500's MIDI connectors,
it can control (or be controlled by) another MIDI device,
and can even be used as a 16-part multi-timbral tone
generator.
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Parts of the C-6500 and their function

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1. Power switch
This switch turns the power on and off ( p.7).
( p.17)
2. Volume slider
This slider controls the volume level of the speakers,
headphone jacks, and output jacks ( p.7).
3. Split switch
( p.14)
This switch splits the keyboard into two areas (Upper
and Lower) and allows a separate sound to be as-
signed to each one. By default, the Bass sound is
( p.16)
assigned to the Lower area, but any sound can be
selected. ( p.11).
4. Transpose/Function switch
Holding down this switch while pressing other
switches or keys will allow you to access the Trans-
( p.15) pose feature ( p.15) , make MIDI-related settings
( p.19) and various other settings.
5. Touch switch
This switch selects the touch response curve of the
keyboard ( p.14).
( p.19)
6. Brilliance switch
This controls the the overall brightness of the tone
( p.12).
7. Reverb switch
This switch turns the reverb effect on and off ( p.12).
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