Creating Tones - Casio XW-G1 User Manual

Learning to Play by Playing (For Synthesizer Novices)
Play something on the keyboard to hear what the tone sounds
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like. Use VOLUME to adjust the volume.
• Note that the Solo Synthesizer tones are monophonic. If
you press multiple keys, only the note of the last key
pressed will sound.
Solo Synthesizer actually is a category that contains 100
built-in (preset*) tones. What we played here is just one of
them. Now let's play some more of the preset tones in this
category.
* There are also "user tones" which are those that you create
and store for later recall. The terms "preset" and "user" are
also used for other types of data, such as Step Sequencer
data, performance data, etc.
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Press the plus (+) button. Each press increases the
preset tone number and changes the tone setting.
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Tone name
You can use the same operations to select the tones in the
other categories besides Solo Synthesizer, so experiment for
yourself to find out what tones are available.
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Tone creation is actually what using a synthesizer is all about.
Starting from a preset tone, you can change various
parameters to create a tone that is your own original sound.
With this setting, pressing the
with a collection of powerful editing capabilities (page E-20).
In addition, you also can use the
tones without using the
simplified look at editing a Solo Synthesizer tone. This
process is covered in greater detail later in this manual.
Press
number.
Play some notes on the keyboard. As you do, rotate the
ASSIGNABLE KNOBS. This will change the characteristics
of the tone that is sounding. Make adjustments until the tone
sounds the way you want.
Tone number
After you are finished, you can save the result as a user tone.
P: Preset
U: User
Press
destination will appear on the display screen.
Use the
specify the tone number where you want to save your user
tone.

Creating Tones

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TONE and then rotate the
Example: Rotating K1 while P:000 is selected as the tone
• Rotate right to make the tone brighter.
• Rotate left to make the tone darker.
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WRITE to enter the save mode. The save
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dial or minus (–) and plus (+) buttons to
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EDIT button provides you
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sliders to easily alter
EDIT button. Here we will take a
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dial to select a tone
Save destination
U: User number
000: Tone Number 000
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