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- Page 1 AG-41 DIGITAL GRAND PIANO Owner's Manual irgin usical nstruments...
- Page 3 Artesia Deluxe Upright Digital Piano. With proper care, this piano will provide you with years of musical enjoyment. Artesia's advanced state of the art electronics are combined with an elegant cabinet that adds beauty and sophistication to any home environment. Some of the features include: •...
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Page 6: General Precautions
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY The lightning symbol inside a triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated or “dangerous voltage”... - Page 7 CARE OF YOUR PIANO This digital piano will supply you with years of musical enjoyment if you follow these simple rules. SAFETY WARNING When using electrical products, basic safety precautions should always be followed, including the following: SERVICE AND MODIFICATION LOCATION This product should be serviced by qualified service •...
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Page 8: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ASSEMBLY ................9 PANEL CONTROLS..............10 CONNECTOR PANEL ............19 PEDALS................... 20 DEMO ..................21 KEYBOARD VOICES.............. 22 Voice Selection ............... 22 Layer (dual)................24 Lower (split) ................24 RHYTHM SECTION..............25 Rhythm Style Select ............... 25 Adjusting the Tempo ............... -
Page 9: Assembly
ASSEMBLY Remove the piano body from the packing carton. Listed below is the installation hardware located in the accessory tray Remove the pedal assembly and piano legs from the packing carton. 1. Bolt M12X45 8 2. Tapped Screw 4X10 (Brass) 8 3.Washer Φ... -
Page 10: Panel Controls
PANEL CONTROLS The elegant control panel is divided into several distinct sections. The following is a brief description of all the features located on the control panel. – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER MASTER VOLUME POWER SYNC START INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN ACCOMP VOLUME START/STOP 1 MASTER VOLUME Use this sliding control button to adjust the overall volume of the keyboard. -
Page 11: Sync Start
PANEL CONTROLS SINGLE FINGERED – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER PIANO SYNC START INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN VARIATION START/STOP ACCOMP 5 LAYER Pressing the LAYER button will put the keyboard in the layer, or dual, mode. Layer refers to an additional voice that is tone mixed with the selected keyboard voice. The assigned layer voice will be heard with the original voice. - Page 12 PANEL CONTROLS SINGLE FINGERED – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER PIANO SYNC START INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN VARIATION START/STOP ACCOMP 9 INTRO/ENDING All of the 100 rhythm styles can be started or finished with a unique introduction or ending pattern. When introduction is selected before starting the accompaniment, an introduction of the style will start followed by the main style pattern.
- Page 13 PANEL CONTROLS PIANO E. PIANO HARPSICHORD ORGAN USER 1 GUITAR TRUMPET FLUTE USER 2 STRINGS BOSSA NOVA ROCK BALLAD USER 1 LOUNGE JAZZ GOSPEL USER 2 METRONOME BLUES 13 A/B BUTTON The five quick select voice and five quick select style buttons are each assigned to a line A and line B.
- Page 14 PANEL CONTROLS VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG PAGE▲ FUNCTION PAGE▼ USER REG 17 INSTRUMENT VOICE There are 128 GM (General MIDI) instrument voices, plus ten Asian folk instrument voices available on this piano. You can instantly select an instrument voice by pressing one of the voice select buttons.
- Page 15 PANEL CONTROLS +/YES VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG PAGE▲ FUNCTION PAGE▼ USER REG –/NO 20 FUNCTION The FUNCTION button is used to access the function menu. The function menu can be used to adjust or change the parameters of a number of settings. Equalization, Reverb Type, Reverb Level, Chorus Type, Chorus Level, Touch, Split Point, Auto A.
- Page 16 PANEL CONTROLS EFFECTS SONG REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT –TRANSPOSE + PLAY ALL UTILITY LOAD SAVE PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD 24 TRANSPOSE The transpose feature can shift the pitch of the keyboard up or down in semitone intervals up to a maximum of 24 semitones.
- Page 17 PANEL CONTROLS EFFECTS SONG REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT –TRANSPOSE + PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD 27 SONG LEFT , SONG RIGHT These buttons are used in conjunction with the SONG button. It allows the user to play along with the prerecorded songs contained within this piano.
- Page 18 PANEL CONTROLS EFFECTS SONG REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT –TRANSPOSE + PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD 31 REC/UTILITY This is a dual function button for the record and SD Card modes. In the record mode, to record, press and hold down the RECORD button then press the track button(s) you want to record on.
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Page 19: Connector Panel
CONNECTOR PANEL This connector panel, with its various jacks, is located on the bottom left of the piano, under the key bed. AUDIO MIDI PHONES 1 MICROPHONE Plug in a microphone to talk or sing through your piano speakers. 2 PHONE 1 / PHONE 2 When headphones are plugged into either of these jacks the main speaker system is turned off. -
Page 20: Pedals
PIANO PEDALS 1 SOFT PEDAL When the left pedal is engaged the piano volume is reduced and the timbre slightly altered on the notes that are played. 2 SOSTENUTO PEDAL When the center pedal is engaged, the keys that are pressed and already sounding will continue to sustain and the notes will decay gradually after they are released. -
Page 21: Demo
DEMO PLAYING THE DEMO SONGS This piano has 13 different demonstration songs that are designed to showcase the different sampled voices that are available. The display will show the song number with a “d” prefix. When playing all the songs, “ALL” will appear on the display initially, and will change to the demo song number as it plays. After exiting the demonstration mode the display will revert to the currently selected main voice. -
Page 22: Keyboard Voices
KEYBOARD VOICES VOICE SELECTION There are 128 GM (general MIDI) voices and 10 Asian ethnic folk instrument voices on this piano. Please see the complete list of all 138 voices in the back of the manual. VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼... -
Page 23: Quick Select
KEYBOARD VOICES QUICK SELECT There are ten voices that can be selected quickly by pressing one of the five voice select buttons. These voices are assigned to Instrument Line A and Instrument Line B. Each line consists of five voices. The voice name in Line A is printed above the voice select button and the voice name in Line B is beneath the button. -
Page 24: Layer (Dual)
KEYBOARD VOICES SINGLE FINGERED – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER PIANO SYNC START INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN VARIATION ACCOMP START/STOP LAYER (DUAL) VOICE Layer, or dual, refers to an additional voice that is tone mixed with the selected keyboard voice. The assigned layer voice will be heard with the original voice when the layer feature is engaged. Press the LAYER button, the currently assigned layer voice will show on the display, and the indicator will light up. -
Page 25: Rhythm Section
RHYTHM SECTION RHYTHM STYLE SELECTION - This piano offers 100 rhythm styles and a variation of each style to choose from. There is a complete list of all 100 styles in the back of the manual VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼... -
Page 26: Adjusting The Tempo
RHYTHM SECTION PIANO E. PIANO HARPSICHORD ORGAN USER 1 GUITAR STRINGS TRUMPET FLUTE USER 2 BOSSA NOVA BALLAD USER 1 ROCK LOUNGE BLUES JAZZ GOSPEL USER 2 METRONOME USER DEFINED QUICK SELECTION BUTTON You can assign a favorite rhythm style to the USER quick select style button in the following manner. -
Page 27: Starting And Stopping The Rhythm Style
RHYTHM SECTION STARTING AND STOPPING THE RHYTHM STYLE There are several ways to start and stop the rhythm style. SINGLE FINGERED – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER PIANO SYNC START INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN VARIATION ACCOMP START/STOP STRAIGHT START The START/STOP button starts the selected rhythm style immediately. Press the START/STOP button again to stop the accompaniment. -
Page 28: Variation
RHYTHM SECTION SINGLE FINGERED – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER PIANO SYNC START INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN VARIATION ACCOMP START/STOP VARIATION Each pattern has a variation of that pattern. To select the variation of the main patterns, press the VARIATION button. The indicator will light up. -
Page 29: Auto Accompaniment (Auto Base Chord)
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT (AUTO BASS CHORD) Each of the percussive rhythm styles have their own auto accompaniment dedicated to that style. These auto accompaniment patterns create fully orchestrated rhythm, bass and chord progressions based on the chords that you play with your left hand. The selected rhythm style determines the characteristics of the auto accompaniment. -
Page 30: Fingered Mode
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT AUTO BASS CHORD FINGERING MODES SINGLE (INTELLIGENT) MODE Single fingering mode makes it simple to produce four types of orchestrated accompa- niment chords using a minimum of fingers, (one, two, or three fingers at the most), while playing in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard. In this mode, keys in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard are used to produce major, seventh, minor, and minor-seventh chords. -
Page 31: Auto Harmony
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT SINGLE FINGERED – TEMPO + HARMONY LAYER LOWER PIANO SYNC START INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN VARIATION ACCOMP START/STOP AUTO HARMONY With the harmony feature engaged, a single note on the right-hand section of the keyboard will sound with additional auto harmony notes. The note played in the right-hand section of the keyboard de- termines the root key of the harmony. -
Page 32: Function
FUNCTION The Function menu is used to set up or to adjust various parameters related to the operation of this key- board. With the FUNCTION button engaged you may access the sub-menus for the following: • Equalization • Split Point (Voice) •... -
Page 33: Equalization
FUNCTION VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG PAGE▲ FUNCTION PAGE▼ USER REG EQUALIZATION Equalization (EQ) is the process commonly used to alter the frequency response of an audio system using linear filters. In effect, this menu adjusts the level of particular frequencies. The Equalization function will adjust the global “tone”... -
Page 34: Reverb
FUNCTION REVERB TYPE Reverb is an effect whereby the sound produced by the piano is made to reverberate slightly. It simulates 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. You can switch the reverb feature on and off by pressing the REVERB button. -
Page 35: Chorus
FUNCTION VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼ PAGE▲ USER REG CHORUS TYPE 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. The Chorus effect en- riches your selected instrument voice by adding depth and texture. -
Page 36: Touch Response
FUNCTION VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼ PAGE▲ USER REG TOUCH The piano offers four types of keyboard touch sensitivity settings. These are also known as veloc- ity settings and are designed to suit your style of playing. The normal setting is selected automati- cally when the piano is turned on. -
Page 37: Split Point For Lower Voice
FUNCTION VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼ PAGE▲ USER REG SPLIT POINT (FOR LOWER VOICE) When the lower mode is engaged the keyboard is divided into two parts at the split point. In the left hand section a different instrument voice can be assigned, the lower voice. The default split point of C3 for the lower section can be changed in the Function menu. -
Page 38: Master Tune
FUNCTION MASTER TUNE The pitch of this piano is very accurate and stable, it is automatically set to standard A440 pitch when the piano is turned on. The tuning feature makes it possible to tune the pitch of the instru- ment in fine intervals. -
Page 39: Auto Harmony Type Selecting
FUNCTION AUTO HARMONY TYPE SELECTING When harmony is selected, a single note on the right-hand section of the keyboard will sound with additional auto harmony notes, while the auto accompaniment is playing. There are four types of harmony that can be selected from the Function menu. Press the FUNCTION button. -
Page 40: Vocal Grading
FUNCTION VOICE STYLE DEMO/SONG FUNCTION PAGE▼ PAGE▲ USER REG VOCAL GRADING The Play Along Songs music teacher has an optional vocal grading of your performance. Turn the Vocal Grade on and off in the Function menu. Press the FUNCTION button. Press the PAGE ▼... -
Page 41: Registration Memory
REGISTRATION MEMORY Registration Memory can recall particular settings of style, voice, chord and other parameters or features you have engaged. This piano has nine registration memories to hold your favorite settings so that they can be recalled quickly by pressing a button. The unit is equipped with a backup battery and your registra- tion memories will not be lost when the power is turned off. -
Page 42: Record
RECORD This piano is equipped with a real time recorder, able to store four songs, each with a 3- track sequencer. It will record all note events and the accompaniment as they are performed. This recorded information will not be lost when the power is turned off. All the tracks can playback separately, in any combination or together as a complete song. -
Page 43: Recording
RECORD EFFECTS SONG REVERB –TRANSPOSE + CHORUS LEFT RIGHT PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD RECORDING Prepare to record by setting the parameters as desired. Press the USER SONG button, and use the +/ YES, –/NO buttons to select a user song, the indicator will be lit and the display will show the song number selected. -
Page 44: Playback
RECORD EFFECTS SONG REVERB –TRANSPOSE + CHORUS LEFT RIGHT PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD PLAYBACK To listen to the recorded passage: Press the USER SONG button and select the song you want to play back, using the +/YES, –/ NO buttons. -
Page 45: Sd Card
CARD This piano is equipped with a mass storage device using a SD card drive. The piano can read and play MIDI files in format 0 or format 1; delete or save recorded music into the SD card drive as a MIDI file in format 1. -
Page 46: Save
CARD EFFECTS SONG REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT –TRANSPOSE + PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD SAVE This feature will save the User songs recorded in the piano to a SD card. Press the SAVE button, the indicator lights up. -
Page 47: Play All Files
CARD EFFECTS SONG REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT –TRANSPOSE + PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD PLAY ALL The PLAY ALL button will play all the MIDI files on a SD card one by one. Press the PLAY ALL button and its indicator will light. -
Page 48: Load
CARD EFFECTS SONG REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT –TRANSPOSE + PLAY ALL LOAD SAVE UTILITY PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD LOAD AND PLAY A FILE Before playing a single file, or using the solo or mute feature use this feature to load a file into the piano. -
Page 49: Solo
CARD EFFECTS SONG REVERB CHORUS LEFT RIGHT –TRANSPOSE + PLAY ALL UTILITY LOAD SAVE PLAY/STOP USER SONG ACCOMP MELODY 1 MELODY 2 PLAY/STOP CARD UTILITY MIDI files usually contain several channels, each channel delivers a musical instrument sound. The channels can play back simultaneously as an entire song, or each can play independently. There are three utilities that can be selected. -
Page 50: Mute
CARD MUTE A CHANNEL You can choose a channel to mute, or silence the channel, in the utility menu. Load a file into the piano's sequencer. Please refer to Loan and Play a File in this section of the manual. Press the UTILITY button after loading a file, the indicator light turns on. -
Page 51: 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 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 You will hear a vocal grading as soon as you finish the performance. - Page 52 PLAY ALONG SONGS RIGHT HAND PLAY ALONG Press the DEMO/SONG button twice enter the play along song music teacher. Use the +/YES, –/NO buttons or the number pads to select a song +/YES DEMO/SONG 001: Mary Lamb –/NO Press the RIGHT button. Then press the PLAY/STOP button, after the metronome sound count in, the auto accompani- ment will playback, and you can play the right hand melody notes with the rhythm accompani- ment track.
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Page 53: Ipod Dock
iPOD DOCK The iPod docking station is located on the right hand side of the piano underneath the key- board. Pull out the iPod docking station from under the keyboard. Turn the Piano’s Master Volume to mid level to ensure that the initial iPod volume will not damage the Piano’s sound delivery system. -
Page 54: Midi
MIDI MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is a worldwide standard communication in- terface that enables electronic musical instruments and computers (of all brands) to communicate with each other so that instructions and other data can pass between them. This exchange of information makes it possible to create a system of MIDI instruments and devices that offers far greater versatility and control than is available with isolated instruments. -
Page 55: Midi Implementation Chart
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Function Transmitted Recognized Remark Basic Channel 1 CH 1 – 16 CH Channel changed 1 – 16 CH 1 – 16 CH Default mode Note number 11 – 118 0 – 127 Velocity Note On 9N,V=1–127 9N,V=0–127 Note Off... - Page 56 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT FINGERING GUIDE FINGERING GUIDE Chord Mark Fingering Major 1-3-5 Major sixth 1-3-5-6 Major seventh 1-3-(5)-7 Major seventh sharp eleventh M7 #11 1-(2)-3-#4-(5)-7 Major add ninth Madd9 1-2-3-5 Major seventh ninth 1-2-3-(5)-7 Major sixth add ninth 1-2-3-(5)-6 Augmented 1-3-#5 Minor 1-b3-5 Minor sixth...
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Page 57: Voice List
VOICE LIST PIANO ENSEMBLE SYNTH EFFECT 001 Acoustic Grand Piano 049 String Ensemble 1 097 FX 1 (Rain 002 Bright Acoustic Piano 050 String Ensemble 2 098 FX 2 (Sound Track 003 Electric Grand Piano 051 Synth Strings 1 099 FX 3 (Crystal 004 Honky-Tonk Piano 052 Synth Strings 2 100 FX 4 Atmosphere... -
Page 58: Style List
STYLE LIST SWING DISCO OLDIES Swing 34 Disco 67 Hawaiian Swing Organ 35 Disco Dance 1 68 Hula Swing Trio 36 Disco Dance 2 69 Boogie Slow Swing 37 Disco Shuffle 70 Fox Trot Dixie 38 Disco Groove 71 Ragtime Jazz 39 House 72 Waltz 1... -
Page 59: Drum Kit List
DRUM KIT LIST NO refers to the MIDI number, and Key refers to the key on the keyboard. No-Key Standard (0) P-1 Room (8) P-2 Power (16) P-3 Electronic (24) P-4 TR-808 (25) P-5 27-Eb0 High Q High Q High Q High Q High Q 28-E0... - Page 60 DRUM KIT LIST NO refers to the MIDI number, and Key refers to the key on the keyboard. 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 Close Hi-Hat High Q 28-E0 Slap...
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Page 62: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS KEYBOARD AUTO BASS CHORD MODE EXTERNAL MEMORY 88-note, Single SD Card Graded hammer-action keys Fingered Piano CONNECTIONS MAX. POLYPHONY WITH iPod Docking Station SOUND EFFECTS: 64 Headphone x2 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Line Out/Line In VOICES STYLE Power In 138 Voices 100 Rhythm styles w/ MIDI In/Out (10 Asian folk voices) - Page 63 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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