Virtual Technician; Voicing - Kawai Concert Artis CA61 Owner's Manual

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8. Virtual Technician

A Piano technician is essential for an acoustic piano. He not only tunes the piano but also performs regulation
and voicing adjustments to make the piano sound and play better. Virtual technician simulates the work of a piano
technician electronically and allows you to customize the CA61 piano to your personal taste.
These are the functions of virtual technician.

1) Voicing

Voicing is a technique used by piano technicians to mold the character of a piano's sound. The voicing function
lets you adjust the CA61 piano's tone quality by choosing one of six types of voicings.
Step 1
Press the VIRTUAL TECHNICIAN button.
Voicing is the fi rst function in the virtual technician menu.
Step 2
Use the VALUE buttons to select the desired voicing type from Normal, Mellow 1, Mellow 2, Dynamic, Bright 1, and Bright 2.
The second line on the display shows the selected voicing type.
Normal
Mellow 1, 2
8 Dynamic
Bright 1, 2
Step 3
After selecting the desired voicing, you can exit the virtual technician function by pressing the VIRTUAL TECHNICIAN button.
You can also select other virtual technician functions at this point by using the MENU buttons.
1) Voicing
2) Damper resonance
3) String resonance
4) Key-off effect
5) Touch curve
: Produces the normal tone character of an acoustic piano throughout the entire dynamic range.
This is the default voicing.
: Produces a softer mellow tone character throughout the entire dynamic range. Mellow 2 is
softer than Mellow 1.
: The tone character will change dramatically from mellow to bright depending on how soft or
loud you play.
: Produces a brighter tone character throughout the entire dynamic range. Bright 2 is brighter
than bright 1.
The voicing setting defaults to "Normal" each time the power is turned off. You can use the user memory function (page
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), to save your selected voicing. This way your current voicing selection will remain even after the power is turned off.
6) Temperament
7) Key of Temperament
8) Stretch tuning (when equal temperament
(piano) or equal temperament is selected)
1 Voicing
= Normal