Virtual Technician - Kawai ES7 Owner's Manual

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Virtual Technician

An experienced piano technician is essential to fully realise the potential of a fine acoustic piano. In addition to
meticulously tuning each note, the technician also performs numerous regulation and voicing adjustments that
allow the instrument to truly sing.
The Virtual Technician settings of the ES7 digital piano simulate these refinements digitally, allowing performers to
shape various aspects of the instrument's character to suit their personal preferences.
Virtual Technician
Page no. Setting
2-1 Touch Curve
2-2 Voicing
2-3 Damper Resonance
2-4 Damper Noise
2-5 String Resonance
2-6 Key-off Effect
2-7 Fall-back Noise
2-8 Hammer Delay
2-9 Temperament
Stretch Tuning
Temperament Key
* Default settings will be shown in the first LCD display illustration (i.e. Step 1) for each setting explanation below.
Entering the Virtual Technician menu
While the normal playing mode screen is shown in the LCD display:
Press the or MENU buttons to select the Virtual Technician
menu.
2 Virtual Tech.
Press the VALUE button to enter the Virtual Technician menu.
The first page of the Virtual Technician menu will be shown in
the LCD display
Selecting the desired setting
After entering the Virtual Technician menu:
Press the or MENU buttons to cycle through the different
settings pages.
Settings page no.
2-1 Touch Curve
= Normal
84
Description
Adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard.
Adjust the tonal character of the instrument.
Adjust the resonance that is heard when pressing the damper pedal.
Adjust the volume of the sound that is heard when pressing the damper pedal. 5
Adjust the resonance that is heard when notes are held.
Adjust the volume of the sound that is heard when keys are released.
Adjust the volume of the sound that is heard when the key action falls back.
Adjust the delay of the hammer striking strings when playing pianissimo.
Adjust the tuning system to suit Renaissance and Baroque periods etc.
Adjust the level of stretch tuning for equal temperaments.
Adjust the key of the selected tuning system.
Default setting
Normal
Normal
5
5
5
5
Off
Equal Temp.
Normal
C