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Williams Sonata 88 User Manual

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  • Page 2 Using the Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing this Digital Piano. The use of high technology and the most advanced sampling technique brings you high quality sound and enjoyment. The combination of digital piano and electronic keyboard features let you perform perfectly. We hope this skilfully built digital piano will able to explore your creativity, and brings you unlimited happiness and music enjoyment.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Digital Piano Set-up Guide General Guide The Connectors - Using the AC power jack - Using headphones - Using AUX.OUT jack - Using the foot pedals - Using the MIDI IN/OUT jacks Basic Operation 1. Power switch & volume 2.

  • Page 4: Digital Piano Set-Up Guide

    Digital Piano Set-up Guide 1. Open the package, and check whether the following parts are available: 1. Piano body 2. Music stand 3. Right leg component 4. Left leg component 5. Center supporting board 6. Foot pedal unit 7. Hand screw (4 pcs.) 8.
  • Page 5 Digital Piano Set-up Guide...Continued 2. Follow the illustration below and finish off the set-up procedures. Caution: When setting up the piano, please use the screws supplied and avoid using the unspecified screws which may damage the piano body or causing the lost of stability.

  • Page 6: Digital Piano Set-Up Guide

    Digital Piano Set-up Guide...Continued B. Use 4 pieces of screws (2 on each side) to stable the center supporting board (5) onto the assembly finished in Part A on the previous page. C. Put the piano body(1) on the top of the assembly finished in part B, use 4 pieces of hand screws to stable afterward.

  • Page 7: General Guide

    General Guide Control Panel Pedal Jack MIDI IN/OUT Jack AUX. OUT Jack AC Power Jack Top View Rear View Front View Headphones Jack Soft Pedal Sustain Pedal Music Stand Piano Keyboard...
  • Page 8 General Guide...Continued NORMAL FINGERED S. FINGER SPLIT POWER SWITCH MASTER VOLUME MIXER CONTROL - LOWER - UPPER - OC1, OC2, OC3 - BASS - RHYTHM METRONOME JAM TRACK LCD DISPLAY - NORMAL - FINGERED - S.FINGER - SPLIT - TEMPO - METRONOME - VOLUME - CHORD...

  • Page 9: The Connectors

    The Connectors Using the AC power jack 1. Connect the power cable to the AC power jack on the underside of the piano body. 3. Turn the volume switch anti-clockwise to reach the minimum volume level. 5. If you have done the above procedures you are now safe to turn on the piano.

  • Page 10: Using The Foot Pedals

    The Connectors...Continued Using the Foot Pedals Connect the plug of the foot pedal unit to the pedal jack on the rear panel. You will experience the sustain effect. Using the MIDI IN/OUT Jack MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is a world wide standard that makes it possible for various electronic musical instruments and other devices.

  • Page 11: Basic Operation

    Basic Operation 1. Power Switch & Volume 1. Turn the POWER switch on. The LCD display light up. Note: If the LCD display has not light up after you turned on the piano, please check the power supply. If the piano is silent, the volume may be adjusted to its minimum level. 2.

  • Page 12: Dual Voice

    Voices and Effects...Continued 2. Dual Voice This digital piano features dual voice option which allow you to hear two different sounds for every note played. 1. When VOICE 1 is showing on the display, press the DUAL button, a word VOICE 2 appears in the display.

  • Page 13: Drum Kit

    Voices and Effects...Continued 4. Drum Kit This digital piano features 7 percussion sounds. Voices 141-147 are the featuring drum set of this digital piano. To select a drum set, please refer to the section "Select a Voice" on page 10. 5.

  • Page 14: Voice And Effects

    Voices and Effects...Continued 6. Instant select Piano voice You can select the piano voices immediately by pressing the When you press the Normal status automatically, at this time Dual voice function is unable to start. Press the PIANO button again to exit the PIANO mode and return to the previously selected voice.

  • Page 15: Split Keyboard

    Split Keyboard To play on a split keyboard with one or two voices on the right section (Upper keyboard) and one voice on the left (Lower keyboard), press the until the arrowhead points to the SPLIT function. Select a Split Point 1.

  • Page 16: The Chord Recognition Modes

    Playing the Styles...Continued 2. The Chord Recognition Modes The digital piano allows you to choose between two different Chord modes: Fingered and Single Finger. Single Finger mode 1. Choose a style that you desired (01-99). 2. Press the MODE button until the arrowhead points to S.Finger.

  • Page 17: Playing The Styles

    Playing the Styles...Continued 3. Accompaniment Control This digital piano provides a wide variety of automatic functions that make itself very easy to play. The functions are found in the Accompaniment Control section. START/STOP Press the START/STOP the style. SYNC 1. The SYNC function allows you to synchronize the start of your Style with a note or chord pressed on the keyboard without using the START/STOP...

  • Page 18: Metronome

    Playing the Styles...Continued ENDING You can stop your Style automatically with a well-executed ending pattern without using START/STOP button. While the Style is playing, simply press the The Style auto-accompaniment stops automatically with an Ending phrase. Metronome At any time, you can activate the METRONOME for practising purposes. 1.

  • Page 19: One Touch Setting

    One Touch Setting The One Touch Setting is a quick and easy way of reconfiguring voices of Upper and Lower sections of a style by pressing only one button while you are playing. Selecting the One Touch Setting 1.Select a Style using the methods already described. 2.Press the button.

  • Page 20: The Sequencer

    The Sequencer The digital piano has a 3 tracks recording function, you can record in Voice mode or Style mode with one or two melody tracks. In the playback, you can play along with the recorded sequence using different voices to those used in the Melody tracks. 1.

  • Page 21: Mixer Volume Control

    Mixer Volume Control If you are playing in Normal mode with Voices on a Split keyboard, you may at some stage want to adjust the volume of one section with respect to the other. Using the MIXER Volume controls, you can balance your Upper and Lower voices to the levels requires easily. The mixer consist of 7 twin buttons organized in 2 rows.

  • Page 22: Pan

    Utility Functions...Contiuned The Pan function allows you to change the stereo pan position of the overall sound, moving the sound at the speakers either to the left or to the right. If you press either the INCREASE normal setting corresponding to Pan at the center (00). Press the INCREASE DECREASE PAN...

  • Page 23: Midi

    MIDI The MIDI section consists of two functions, TRANSMIT or RECEIVE, which allows you to set the Transmission and Reception channels independently for the keyboard as a whole. Both Reception and Transmission channels also feature a Control Change filter (on/off). MIDI channel selection You can set the MIDI Transmission and Reception channels to any value from 1-16, or off.

  • Page 24: Specifications

    Specifications Keyboard Voice Style Demo Song Max, Polyphony Display Switch and Buttons Accompaniment Control Sequencer Panel Memory MIDI Connectors Voltage Speaker Dimension Weight Troubleshooting PROBLEM No keyboard sound and 1. Power supply problem LCD display has not 2. Power is not turned on. light up.

  • Page 25: Appendix

    Appendix 1A - Single Finger Chord Chart Chord Name [Abbreviation] Major[M] Major sixth [6] Major seventh [M7] Major seventh sharp Eleventh [M7#11] Major add ninth [Madd9] Major ninth [M9] Major sixth add ninth [6 9] augmented [aug] Minor [m] Minor sixth [m6] Minor seventh [m7] Minor seventh flatted fifth [m7b5] Minor add ninth [madd9]...

  • Page 26: Appendix 1B - Fingered Chord Chart

    Appendix 1B - Fingered Chord Chart Appendix 2 - Style List Appendix 3 - Voice List HARMONICA TG ACCORDION MUTED GT MALLET OVERDRIVEN VIBRAPH AC BASS PK BASS TUBE BELLS SYNBASS 1 SYNBASS 2 EUROBEAT 1 EUROBEAT 2 JAZZ BLD JAZZ BLD EN HORN STRINGS 1...

  • Page 27: Appendix 4 - Demo Song List

    Appendix 4 - Demo Song List 1. Piano Concerto (by P. T. Tschaikowsky) 2. Yellow River 3. Rock 'N' Roll 4. Jasmine 5. Seashore Appendix 5 - Digital Effect List REVERB TYPE ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 HALL 1 HALL 2 PLATE DELAY...

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