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To the happy family of satisfied electronic musical instrument owners! To get the most out
of the many features and functions of the keyboard, please be sure to read carefully this
manual and keep it at hand for future reference.
Strong multifunctional LCD system with large-scream display, which makes selecting and
editing parameters much easier.
153 different kinds of voices, including 4 voices of Chinese folk instruments( Trichord,
Gu-Zheng, Erhu, Suona)
Almost including 100 popular accompaniment styles in the world. Each rhythm has its
own intro and main (A, B two types), variation and ending.
32 types of commonly-used voices and 32 types of commonly-used styles for rapid choice.
With 9 groups of percussion instrument and a special-effec-voice group, including a
group of Chinese traditional percussion instrument.
Song Recording function can record one accompaniment track and two melody tracks.
Soft LCD back light makes the piano more luxurious.
Be able to synthesize certain digital effects like the reverb chorus and 3 D stereo effect,
which could create various sound field effects.
Be able to record one user song..
Beautiful demo songs, making great contributions to lifting your performance level.
Memory Bank can reserve at most 8 panel parameter settings and each setting can be
recalled whenever you want.
Minus Channel Mode and Repeated Playback function are excellent for teaching and practising.
MIDI function makes his instrument able to connect to any other standard MIDI system.
WELCOME
MAIN FEATURES
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- Page 1 WELCOME To the happy family of satisfied electronic musical instrument owners! To get the most out of the many features and functions of the keyboard, please be sure to read carefully this manual and keep it at hand for future reference. MAIN FEATURES Strong multifunctional LCD system with large-scream display, which makes selecting and editing parameters much easier.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
CONTENT Safety Precautions P. 2 P.19 * Selecting Accompaniment Mode Control Panel & Terminals P. 3 P.19 * Single Finger Mode Preparations P. 5 P.20 * Fingered Mode P. 5 P.21 * Setting Up * Selecting the Style * Connections P.21 * Setting the Tempo P. -
Page 3: Safety Precautions
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Locations: Avoid exposure to sunlight. Do not place the item in or near overheated places like car or oven for a long time. Do not place the item in places of moisture, dirty and vibrated. Do not place the item near facilities with strong electromagnetic such as television and radio. Avoid strong crash and scratches with hard object. - Page 4 Dual Record Song NO Touch Grand Piano Harpsichord Church Organ Cello Registration 8 beat 1 Blues 1 Vienna Waltz Chacha1 Memory Bank Sync Stop Sync Start +/YES Honky-Tonk Elec.Piano1 Percussive Organ Violin 16 beat 2 Ball Jazz1 Swing Salsa Pause FUNCTION Demo Reverb...
- Page 5 Audio Out L ..............P. 7 Audio Out R..............P. 7 Foot Pedals Soft Pedal........P. 15 Sostenuto Pedal ......P. 15 Sustain Pedal ......P. 8. 15 NOTICE: In W8850, there is no complimentary pedal, however in W8850A and W8850B, all the pedals stated above will be there.
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Page 6: Preparations
PREPARATIONS Setting Up W8850 1. Fasten the left and right feet to the pedal rack with 2 bolts (M6x60). 2. Place the body onto the plank, and fix it with 4 zinc-gilded screws at each side as shows in the illustration. -
Page 7: Earphone And Audio Output
Power supply Please use external power supply. DC15V This instrument can use F J-E148 Adapter by connecting the output terminal of the adapter with DC 15V power input jack and the input terminal with alternating current power. FJ-EI48 AC Adapter Plug AC Adapter Plug POWER SUPPLY CONVERTOR Earphone and Audio output... - Page 8 ONLY FOR W8850B USB INTERFACE It is applied to USB 1.1, connecting to the PC could provide power supply. Compatible with XP, MAC SOX. Compatible with main pro audio and sequence softwares such as CAKEWALK and SONAR. AUDIO OUT This interface could input signal into external amplifier, and connect with external stereo amplification system, forming an amplification system to amplify the sound.
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Page 9: Midi Input/Output
SUSTAIN PEDAL SUSTAIN PEDAL The sustain pedal can connect to the sustain interface, press this pedal, when your finger release from the key, the very key will have a prolonged sound effect. There are three pedals with this item, sustain pedal, sostenuto pedal, and soft pedal. -
Page 10: Listening To The Demo Songs
LISTENING TO THE DEMO SONGS *. Listen to the Music of the Memory After installation, you may play this keyboard. Just experience its excellent performance. There are four demos. 1. Tune on the POWER POWER 2. Adjust the MASTER VOLUME dial to 1 / 4 circle. You can also adjust it during the playback MASTER VOLUME MASTER VOLUME... - Page 11 4.To Select other demos During the demo playback, you can use [+/YES] and [-/NO] or the number pad to select other demo songs. Press [PLAY/STOP] button, and this instrument will play from the beginning of the song you have selected. +/YES -/NO 5.Quit...
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Page 12: Playing The Piano
PLAYING THE PIANO Selecting and Playing a Voice This instrument comes with 163 built-in voices (01-163) and 10 percussion groups(01-10) for selection. 1.Selecting the normal mode 2.Selecting the Voice Play function +/YES +/YES FUNCTION -/NO -/NO You have to select the Voice Play Function before performance. The easiest way is to press [VOICE] button. - Page 13 3.Selecting a Voice You can use [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons or numeric buttons to select any of the 163 voices, which are printed on the panel. And the current voice name and voice number are displayed on the first line of the LCD. [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttonsl After entering the Voice Play function , the buttons can change the voice number in order, which could be accelerated by holding the button.
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Page 14: Percussion
4.Adjusting the Volume First try the keyboard and then adjust the volume to a suitable place. NOTICE In the Whole Function team, the keyboard volume and the accompaniment volume can be separately adjusted. Holding down the [VOICE] button can quickly select the keyboard volume function. -
Page 15: Touch Response
TOUCH RESPONSE *. Press the [TOUCH] button may open/close the keyboard touch function. While this function is on, the relative icon appears on the screen display, and the touch sensitivity (touchsns) can be adjusted in whole function group. While the function is closed, the keyboard will produce the same volume to simulate instruments without such touch response, such as the ORGAN &... -
Page 16: Harmony/Echo
HARMONY/ECHO Selecting Harmony/Echo function Press [FUNCTION] button until the arrow points to Harmony/Echo. Selecting the type of Harmony/Echo 10 kinds of harmony/echo can be selected with [+/YES], [-/NO] buttons or numeric buttons. TYPE EXPLANATION 01:Duet Double-voice Harmony, 2nd voice lower than the melody 02:Octave Add a bass octave to the melody 03:Tremolo 1/4... -
Page 17: Transpose
TRANSPOSE *.This function can transpose the note up/down one octave by every half note Select the parameters of transpose Use the CURSOR buttons to select the number at right side of the TRANSPOSE in the screen display, which makes the number flash. Set the parameter you need Use the [+/YES], [-/NO] buttons to select the parameter number(-12 to +12).0 stands for the standard pitch. -
Page 18: Number Effect
NUMBER EFFECT USING NUMBER EFFECT This instrument provides many Number Effects:8 Reverbs; 8 Chorus; sustain effect to make your performance more perfect. CHANGING THE REVERB EFFECT Selecting the Reverb Style Selecting the Reverb function Hold the [REVERB] button for 3 seconds till the reverb function styles appear on the LCD, then select one of the 8 reverb styles with [+/YES], [-/NO] buttons, the name of the current reverb style displayed on the first of the LCD. -
Page 19: Chorus Style
CHANGING THE CHORUS Selecting the Chorus Style Selecting the Chorus Function Press the FUNCTION button till the chorus styles appear on the LCD. Then select one of the 8 chorus styles with [+/YES], [-/NO] buttons. The name of the current chorus is displayed on the first line of LCD. -
Page 20: Using Auto Accompaniment
USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT This instrument comes with 100 built-in styles, providing a complete band or style accompaniment. The auto-played bass and chord could match your performance and personal style perfectly. (When using auto accompaniment, the maximum number of notes played at the same time will be reduced accordingly.) Selecting Chord Accompaniment Mode Keep pressing the [CHORD] button till SINGLE FINGER OR FINGERED appears on the LCD. -
Page 21: Fingered Mode
*. FINGERED MODE Under this mode, the left keyboard(In Style mode, the split point always lays at key no. 54) plays the accompaniment chord. The following chords listed are recognizable. (Take C chords for example, n otes in parentheses can be omitted. ABBREVIATION CHORD NAME... -
Page 22: Selecting The Style
Selecting the STYLE Function Press the [8 Beat 1 button to select this function. This function can also be selected by pressing [FUNCTION] button until the arrow points to STYLE. 8 beat 1 Blues 1 Vienna Waltz Chacha1 16 beat 2 Ball Jazz1 Swing Salsa... -
Page 23: Starting The Accompaniment
Start the Accompaniment *.Direct start: Press the [START/STOP] button, rhythm will start playing the current choice A or B without Bass or chord. Sync Stop Sync Start Pause Intro Start Chord Ending Stop A-B repeat Main Main Fill-in/REW Fill-in/FF *.Started from Intro, and then play the Main [A] Press the [INTRO] button, and then press the [A] to make the light on. - Page 24 Using Auto Accompaniment This instrument will automatically recognize the chord while you are playing the left part, and it can play the proper bass chord for the current style. Even if your left hand has released the keys, it will still automatically continue playing. The name of the chord displays in the screen.
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Page 25: Stopping The Accompaniment
Stopping the Auto Accompaniment Press [START/STOP] button to stop accompaniment. Or press [ENDING] button to stop it after the ending. The Ending will start from the beginning of next measure. Sync Stop Sync Start Pause Intro Start Ending Stop Main A Main B Fill-in/REW Fill-in/FF... -
Page 26: Registration Memory
REGISTRATION MEMORY REGISTER PANEL SETTING The memory of this instrument can record 8 parameters of panel setting. It could be recalled at your service. Setting the control buttons The following setting could be saved. *. Voice number *. Style number *. -
Page 27: Recalling The Registered Panel Setting
RECALLING THE REGISTERED SETTING *After select a Memory Bank, press the registration memory number button may recall the corresponding parameter setting. The register number will appear in the screen at the REGIST position. And the parameters will appear in the screen. Memory Bank... -
Page 28: Song Recording
SONG RECORDING * . S o n g r e c o r d i n g i s t o r e c o r d y o u r p e r f o r m a n c e ( 5 m e l o d y p a r t s ) a n d accompaniment(chord part), and save as a song, and replay the song whenever you want. -
Page 29: Recording A User Song
RECORDING A USER SONG The data that can be recorded to normal(melody) tracks *.Glide *. Note ON/OFF *.Touch ON/OFF and scope *.Sustain ON/OFF *.Tempo, time signature *. Voice number *. Reverb ON/OFF and scope (if it is not in the chord track) *. - Page 30 Recording to the Chord Track A special chord track is prepared for recording accompaniment data. This is automatically recorded to the Chord track(track A). Selecting the chord track will also automatically turns on the accompaniment. Press [Record] and [Chord] button at the same time, then play a chord in auto accompaniment area, the accompaniment will be on and you can play the song and the chord along with the style and go on with recording.
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Page 31: Practice Function
PRACTICE FUNCTION *. This instrument provides two functions to help you practice. VOICE STYLE MINUS CHANNEL MODE Under this mode, the left/right part of the keyboard of the demo could be closed. TO make you more convenient to follow the playing. MinusMod of the Whole Function has a parameter to control the Channel. -
Page 32: Repeated Playback
REPEATED PLAYBACK This function lets you repeat a certain part of the song. During playback, press the [ REPEAT] button at the beginning of your desired part(A shows in the screen) and press it again at its end( B shows in the screen). Then it can repeatedly play the part you desired until you press the [REPEAT] button again. -
Page 33: Whole Function
WHOLE FUNCTION Some of the operations in the WHOLE FUNCTION have been introduced before. But some have not. And we are going to introduce the new ones. What displays in the screen are the abbreviations of the Functions. The following list their full names and their parameter extensions. -
Page 34: Midi Functions
MIDI FUNCTIONS This instrument is MIDI-compatible, featuring MIDI IN and MIDI OUT terminals and providing a variety of MIDI-related controls. By using MIDI functions, you can expand your musical possibilities In this chapter, it mainly talks about what MIDI is, what it can do, and as well as how you apply MIDI to this instrument. -
Page 35: Midi Interface
MIDI FUNCTION MIDI is the abbreviation of musical instruments digital interface. It allows the digital instruments to communicate with each other, by sending and receiving compatible notes, control change and program change, and as well as other types of MIDI data and information. -
Page 36: Connect To A Personal Computer
When using a MIDI interface device installed in the personal computer, connect the MIDI terminals of the personal computer and this instrument. MIDI OUT MIDI IN WORLDE MIDI IN MIDI OUT Computer (Sequencer software) -
Page 37: Appendix
APPENDIX VOICE LIST This instrument has 64-note maximum polyphony. This means that it can play a maximum of up to 64 notes at once, regardless of what functions are used. Auto Accompaniment uses a number of the available notes, so when Auto Accompaniment is used the total number of available notes for playing on the keyboard is correspondingly reduced. -
Page 38: Voice List
VOICE LIST MIDI MIDI Voice Voice Name of Voice Name of Voice SYNTH REED SOUND EFFECT LEAD1(WOUARE) FRET NOSE LEAD2(SAWTIITH) BREATH NOISE LEAD3(CALLIOPE) SEASHORE LEAD4(CHIFF) BIRD TWEET LEAD5(CHARANG) TELEPHONE RING LEAD6(VOICE) HELICOPTER LEAD7(FIFTH) APPLAUSE LEAD8(BASS+LEAD) GUNSHOT SYNTH PAD FOLK PAD1(NEW AGE) YUNLUO PAD2(WARM) GUANMEILANG... -
Page 39: Style List
STYLE LIST Name Name COUNTRY-1 8/16BEAT 8/16 COUNTRY-2 8BEAT-1 COUNTRY DANCE 8BEAT-2 COUNTRY ROCK 8BEAT-3 COUNTRY WALTZ 16BEAT-1 16 1 CARIBBEAN 16BEAT-2 16 2 REGGAE-1 16BEAT-3 16 3 REGGAE-2 CARIBBEAN POOPROCK LATIN-1 FOLKROCK BOSSA-1 POPBOLERO BOSSA-2 POPWALTZ SAMBA-1 SOULBALLAD SAMBA-2 MOOTOWN RUMBA DANCE... -
Page 40: Drum Set Table
DRUM SET TABLE (MIDI CHANNEL 10) HQ STD SET1 CHINESE SET HQ ROOM SET HQ POWER SET HQ ELEC. SET 39 - D#2 42 - F#2 44 - G#2 46 - A#2 49 - C#3 51 - D#3 54 - F#3 Closed Hi Hat [EXC1] 56 - G#3 58 - A#3... - Page 41 DRUM SET TABLE (MIDI CHANNEL 10)
- Page 42 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Keyboard Accompaniment Mode ! W8850: standard touch response ! Normal Performance, single finger, fingered ! W8850A W8850B: hammer action Panel Parameter Memory Bank Voice ! 8 banks, accompaniment freeze ! 163 PCM voices Total Function ! Max polyphony note: 64 notes...
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