The Keyboard And Pedals; The Keyboard; The Pedals; Sound Select - Kurzweil RE-210 Owner's Manual

The Keyboard and Pedals

The Keyboard

The keyboard of the RE-210 consists of 88 weighted keys with an action designed to simulate
the feel of an acoustic piano. Just as with an acoustic piano, the harder you press the keys of
the RE-210 (more precisely, the faster you strike them), the louder and brighter the resulting
sound is. In technical terms, this is called "velocity sensitivity". It makes the RE-210 a truly
expressive instrument. See page 35 for information on adjusting the velocity sensitivity to suit
your preference (NOTE: The organ and harpsichord sounds purposely aren't velocity-sensitive,
in order to be more realistic; real organ and harpsichords aren't velocity-sensitive.)

The Pedals

In addition to the expressiveness offered by the keyboard, there are three pedals
that provide you with further control over the sounds of the RE-210. These
pedals have the same function as those on a grand piano, which are, from left to
right:
S O F T
S O S T E N U T O Keys that are already held down at the time this pedal is
SOFT SOSTENUTO SUSTAIN
SUSTAIN
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Notes played while this pedal is down sound softer than those
played when the pedal is up.
pressed will sustain while any keys played after the pedal is
down will not.
Pressing this pedal causes all notes to sustain, or gradually fade
out, even when you lift your fingers from the keys.

Sound Select

The Sound Select portion of the front panel contains buttons used for selecting the individual
sounds available on the RE-210 Digital Piano. You select a sound by pressing the
corresponding button; the light in the button illuminates to show you which sound is selected.
There are 17 Sound Select buttons. On power-up, the Grand Piano is selected.

Variation

Each Sound Button actually can select two different sounds. To access the second sound, press
the Variation button; the light in the Variation button will illuminate, indicating that now the
second sound for the active sound button is selected. Pressing the Variation button again will
select the original sound.
Each of the Sound Select buttons "remembers" whether or not Variation was On the last time
that sound was selected; so if you select the variation for a particular sound, then select a
different sound button, then return to the first sound, the variation will automatically be
selected again (This variation memory is reset when you execute Hard Reset in the RE-210.)
1. Press the Pipe Organ button. Play a few notes on the keyboard.
2. Press the Variation button. Notice that the button illuminates. Play a few notes
again to hear the difference in the sound.
3. Press the Electric Organ button. Notice that the Variation button is no longer
illuminated. Play a few notes.
4. Press the Pipe Organ again. Notice that the Variation button re-illuminates. Play a
few notes to hear the sound.
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