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- Page 1 Artesia AP-8 Deluxe Upright Digital Piano Owner’s Manual irgin usical nstruments...
- Page 2 Upright Digital Piano. With proper care, this piano will provide you with years of musical enjoyment. and USB ports congratulate you for purchasing this mini grand Artesia's advanced state of the art electronics are digital piano. This piano has been designed to • Never Needs Tuning combined with an elegant cabinet that adds beauty provide you with years of musical enjoyment.
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Page 3: General Precautions
Page GENERAL PRECAUTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS When using electrical products, basic safety precautions should always be followed, including the following. • The product should always be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS instructions or as marked on the product. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
General Precautions TABLE OF CONTENTS TAKING CARE OF YOUR DIGITAL PIANO ..8 FUNCTION ............35 PANEL CONTROLS ..........9 ..........36 EQUALIZATION CONNECTOR PANEL ........17 ..........37 REVERB TYPE CAUTION PEDALS .............18 ..........38 REVERB LEVEL RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DEMO ..............19 ..........39 CHORUS TYPE DO NOT OPEN KEYBOARD VOICES .........21 ..........40... -
Page 5: Taking Care Of Your Digital Piano
TAKING CARE OF YOUR DIGITAL PIANO PANEL CONTROLS The elegant control panel is divided into several distinct sections. The following is a brief description of all the This digital piano will supply you with years of musical enjoyment if you follow the simple rules listed below. features located on the control panel. -
Page 6: Panel Controls
PANEL CONTROLS PANEL CONTROLS SINGLE SINGLE FINGERED FINGERED – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER PIANO PIANO SYNC START START/STOP INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN VARIATION ACCOMP SYNC START INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN VARIATION ACCOMP START/STOP 6 LAYER: 10 INTRO/ENDING: Pressing the LAYER button will put the keyboard in the layer, or dual, mode. - Page 7 PANEL CONTROLS PANEL CONTROLS PIANO E. PIANO HARPSICHORD ORGAN USER 1 VOICE STYLE GUITAR STRINGS TRUMPET FLUTE USER 2 BOSSA NOVA ROCK BALLAD USER 1 DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼ PAGE▲ USER REG LOUNGE BLUES JAZZ GOSPEL USER 2 METRONOME 14 QUICK SELECT VOICE: 18 INSTRUMENT VOICE: There are ten instrument voices that can be selected quickly by press- There are 128 GM (General MIDI) instrument voices, plus ten Asian folk...
- Page 8 PANEL CONTROLS PANEL CONTROLS +/YES EFFECTS SONG EFFECTS REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT –TRANSPOSE + REVERB –TRANSPOSE + CHORUS LEFT PLAY ALL UTILITY LOAD SAVE PLAY/STOP UTILITY –/NO PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2...
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Page 9: Connector Panel
PANEL CONTROLS CONNECTOR PANEL This connector panel, with its various jacks, is located on the bottom left of the piano, under the key bed. EFFECTS SONG AUDIO MIDI PHONES –TRANSPOSE + REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP... -
Page 10: Pedals
PEDALS DEMO This piano is complete with three function pedals. This piano has various demonstration, or demo, songs that are designed to showcase the different sampled voices that are available. VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼ PAGE▲ USER REG PLAY ALL DEMO SONGS Press the SONG/DEMO button, the indicator light will turn on and the first demo song will play mo- mentarily. -
Page 11: Keyboard Voices
DEMO KEYBOARD VOICES This piano offers 128 GM (General MIDI) authentic acoustic instrument voices offering unmatched realism and ten Asian ethnic folk instrument voices plus digital effects to further enhance the sound. Please see the complete list of all 138 voices in the Voice List at the back of this manual. VOICE SELECT VOICE STYLE... -
Page 12: Layer Voice
KEYBOARD VOICES KEYBOARD VOICES LAYER VOICE QUICK SELECT VOICE BUTTONS Layer, or dual, refers to an additional voice that is tone mixed with the selected keyboard voice. The There are ten voices that can be selected quickly by pressing one of the five voice select buttons. assigned layer voice will be heard with the original voice when the layer feature is engaged. -
Page 13: Lower Voice
KEYBOARD VOICES RHYTHM LOWER VOICE RHYTHM STYLES In the lower, or split, mode the keyboard is divided into two sections. To the right of the split point the This piano offers 100 rhythm styles and a variation of each of those style patterns to choose from. The rhythm currently selected main voice or layered voices, will sound. - Page 14 RHYTHM RHYTHM USING THE RHYTHM STYLE QUICK SELECT RHYTHM STYLE BUTTONS There are three ways to start the rhythm style; straight start, synchronized start, or starting with an introduc- There are ten styles that can be selected quickly by pressing one of the five style select buttons. These tion.
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Page 15: Fill-In
RHYTHM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Each percussive rhythm style has its own auto accompaniment, dedicated to that style. These auto accompa- niment patterns create fully orchestrated rhythm, bass and chord progressions based on the chords that you – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER... -
Page 16: Using The Auto Accompaniment
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT USING THE AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT The rhythm style and corresponding auto accompaniment can be started as a straight start or set for a syn- SINGLE chronized start. An introduction can be added to either of these start options and an ending pattern can be used when stopping. -
Page 17: Fill-In
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT VARIATION Press the VARIATION button at any time to select the variation of any of the auto accompaniments. The SINGLE indicator will light up and the variation pattern will be selected. If the auto accompaniment is playing the varia- tion will start at the beginning of the next measure. -
Page 18: Metronome
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT FUNCTION The Function menu is used to set up or to adjust various parameters related to the operation of this keyboard. METRONOME With the FUNCTION button engaged you may access the sub-menus for the following: The built in metronome is a timing device. It is used as reference to aid with practice or performance. Press the METRONOME button to engage the metronome feature. - Page 19 FUNCTION FUNCTION REVERB TYPE Equalization Reverb is an effect whereby the sound produced by the piano is made to reverberate slightly. It simu- lates the effect of playing in a big room or hall where the sound reverberates off the walls and ceiling. The reverb effect is engaged automatically when the piano is turned on.
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Page 20: Reverb Level
FUNCTION FUNCTION REVERB LEVEL CHORUS TYPE Reverb is an effect whereby the sound produced by the piano is made to reverberate slightly. It simu- In music, a chorus effect occurs when individual sounds with roughly the same timbre and nearly (but never exactly) the same pitch converge and are perceived as one. -
Page 21: Chorus Level
FUNCTION FUNCTION CHORUS LEVEL TOUCH In music, a chorus effect occurs when individual sounds with roughly the same timbre and nearly (but The piano offers four types of keyboard touch sensitivity settings. These are also known as velocity set- never exactly) the same pitch converge and are perceived as one. The Chorus effect enriches your se- tings and are designed to suit your style of playing. -
Page 22: Auto A. Split Point
FUNCTION FUNCTION SPLIT POINT (FOR LOWER VOICE) MASTER TUNE When the lower mode is engaged the keyboard is divided into two parts at the split point. In the left The pitch of this piano is very accurate and stable; it is automatically set to standard A440 pitch when hand section a different instrument voice can be assigned, the lower voice. -
Page 23: Drum Kit Selection
FUNCTION FUNCTION DRUM KIT (KEYBOARD PERCUSSION SELECTION) HARMONY TYPE In the Keyboard Percussion mode, the entire keyboard will play the percussion voices from the selected When harmony is selected, a single note on the right-hand section of the keyboard will sound with Drum Kit. -
Page 24: Local
FUNCTION FUNCTION RESET LOCAL You can Reset your piano to the initial factory settings. Please be aware that this will erase all saved Local is the MIDI Channel message that sets whether your keyboard is going to trigger its internal data from the User buttons, the Registration memory banks and the User song banks and all the sounds (Local ON) or not (Local OFF). -
Page 25: Registration Memory
REGISTRATION MEMORY RECORD Registration Memory can recall particular settings of style, voice, chord and other parameters or features you This piano is equipped with a real time recorder, able to store four songs. Each song bank has a 3-track se- have engaged. -
Page 26: Record
RECORD RECORD PLAYBACK Listen to a recorded passage in the User song bank. 1:User Song EFFECTS SONG REVERB –TRANSPOSE + CHORUS LEFT RIGHT ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP USER SONG PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP Begin recording, you can record your performance in the following ways: USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1... -
Page 27: Play Along Songs
PLAY ALONG SONGS PLAY ALONG SONGS There are 50 songs, of varying difficulty, built into the piano for you to practice and learn how to play. These PRACTICING THE RIGHT HAND MELODY OF THE SONG songs have separate left hand, or accompaniment, and right hand, or melody, parts that can be turned on and off independently, so you can learn right, left and both hand portions as you progress in skill. - Page 28 PLAY ALONG SONGS PLAY ALONG SONGS PRACTICING BOTH HANDS OF THE SONG PRACTICING THE LEFT HAND ACCOMPANIMENT OF THE SONG 01:Mary Lamb 01:Mary Lamb VOICE STYLE VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼ PAGE▲ USER REG DEMO/SONG PAGE▲ FUNCTION PAGE▼ USER REG Press the DEMO/SONG button twice, the indicator will turn blue and the first play along song will Press the DEMO/SONG button twice, the indicator will turn blue and the first play along song will appear on the display.
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Page 29: Card
CARD CARD The card feature allows you to load, save and delete your song files on a SD card. LOAD SONG INSERT THE CARD If you would like to listen to a specific song from the SD card you must first load it into the music se- quencer. - Page 30 CARD CARD SAVE SONG UTILITY The Save song function lets you save the musical performance data that you recorded in the 3 track Selecting the UTILITY button on the control panel will access the following options; Solo, Mute or De- music recorder (sequencer) onto a SD card.
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Page 31: Midi
MIDI CARD PLAY/STOP MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is a worldwide standard communication interface Selecting the PLAY/STOP Button on the control panel will start and /or stop the song that is loaded in that enables electronic musical instruments and computers (of all brands) to communicate with each other the music sequencer. -
Page 32: Midi Implementation Chart
AUTO BASS CHORD FINGERING GUIDE MIDI FINGERING GUIDE MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART CHORD DISPLAY INTERVALS Major 1-3-5 Function Transmitted Recognized Remark Major sixth 1-3-5-6 Basic Channel 1 CH 1-16 CH Major seventh 1-3-(5)-7 Channel changed 1-16 CH 1-16 CH Major seventh sharp eleventh M7 #11 1-(2)-3-#4-(5)-7 Default Mode... -
Page 33: Voice List
VOICE LIST VOICE LIST NO. NAME DISPLAY NO NAME DISPLAY PIANO Slap Bass 2 SlapBass2 NO NAME DISPLAY NO NAME DISPLAY Acoustic Grand Piano Grand Piano Synth Bass 1 Synth Bass1 Recorder Recorder 102 FX 6 (goblins) Goblins Bright Acoustic Piano Bright Piano Synth Bass 2 Synth Bass2 Pan Flute... -
Page 34: Style List
ASIAN FOLK INSTRUMENTS STYLE LIST Asian Folk Instruments Style List NAME DISPLAY CHANGE BANK Yangqin Yangqin NAME & DISPLAY NAME & DISPLAY NAME & DISPLAY Sanxian Pipa Swing Funky Hawaiian Zheng Zheng Swing' Organ Disco Hula Erhu Erhu 1 Swing Trio DiscoDance 1 Boogie Banhu... -
Page 35: Drum Kit List 1
DRUM KIT LIST 1 DRUM KIT LIST 2 No-Key Standard (0) P-1 Room (8) P-2 Power (16) P-3 Electronic (24) P-4 TR-808 (25) P-5 No-Key Jazz (32) P-6 Brush (40) P-7 Orchestra (48) P-8 Chinese (58) P-9 Effects (56) P-10 27-Eb0 High Q High Q High Q... -
Page 36: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS DRUM KIT LIST 3 ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL Synchronized start Start/Stop SPECIFICATIONS Introduction/Ending Fill-In KEYBOARD KIT 9 COMPLEMENT Variation 88-note, hammer-actioned keyboard KEY SOUND Metronome Auto harmony (four types) MAX. POLYPHONY 88-E5 64 Note Polyphony 89-F5 Pai gu Low PLAY ALONG SONGS: 50 Songs 90-F#5 Xiao cha 2... -
Page 37: Warranty
1. For a period of one year from the date of purchase, Virgin Musical Instrument Company (parent company of Artesia pianos) will pay the labor charges to repair the defective product. After this one year period, you must pay all labor charges. - Page 38 Artesia Virgin Musical Instrument Company INC P O Box 2908 La Mesa, CA 91943 PH: 619 244-0006 E-mail: info@virginmusicalinstruments.com Virginmusicalinstrumentscompany.com...
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