Basic Operations; Getting Ready - Kawai MP8 Owner's Manual

2. Basic Operations
2.1 Getting Ready
POWER
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Since the MP8 has no built-in speakers, you will need to connect a mixer
keyboard amplifier or headphones in order to listen.
Turn the MP8 on, using the POWER SWITCH on the rear panel.
It is recommended to turn the MP8 on before turning on any amplifiers in
order to avoid switching noise.
What you need to know.before starting:
Please read this part for a better understanding of the MP8 structure.
Basically there is no difference between SOUND and SETUP mode. The
main difference is that SETUP is used to recall your stored SETUPs.
You can edit and make changes in both modes freely The same parameters
are available in both modes.
If you edit in SOUND mode, your settings get lost, after power of, if you
don't store them as SETUP!
If you want to start from scratch use the SOUND mode and press PIANO
ONLY first.
If you want to modify a SETUP just select it and start editing and store later
it as SETUP.
If you notice when you select a sound that it sounds strange its' probably
because some of the parameters like knobs etc. were edited. To get back to
the default settings for any sound simply use the PIANO ONLY function
and reselect the sound.
2.2 Selecting a Sound
The MP8 always starts up in SOUND mode when the power is turned ON.
The SOUND button will be lit to indicate SOUND mode is active.
Operation 1
Select the sound category by pressing a sound select button in the top row
There are 3 rows of sound select buttons, the top row is for selecting a sound
category and the second and third rows are for.selecting a variation.
For example, to select "60's EP2", first press the E.PIANO in the top row
and the first sound in the E.PIANO category "Classic EP" is recalled. (1f any
other variation was selected before, the last selected sound is recalled as
Jong as the power is on.)
Operation 2
Select the first variation by pressing a sound select button in the second row
Press one of the 1-8 buttons in the second row. If you press 3, the variation
3 "60's EP" is recalled. (If any other variation was selected before, the last
selected sound is recalled as long as the power is on.) :
Operation 3
Select the second variation by pressing a sound select button in the third
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