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ELECTRONIC
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Owner's Manual
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  • Page 1 ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD Owner's Manual...
  • Page 2 INFORMATION FOR YOUR SAFETY! THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA) PRECAUTIONS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Panel & Display Description Mixer...................25 Front Panel................ Rear Panel................5 Pedal Function Display.................6 Volume Pedal..............26 Foot Switch.................26 Setup Power Supply...............7 Setting a Music Stand............7 Other Functions Connecting a Footswitch............7 Tune..................27 Connecting a Volume Pedal..........7 Beat..................27 Split Point................28 Pedal Assign...............28 Connections Fade In................28 Connecting a pair of Headphones........8...
  • Page 4: Panel & Display Description

    Panel & Display Description Front Panel SONG MODE: 19. LEFT HAND BUTTON Choose the left hand in Lesson mode. 12. START/STOP BUTTON Start or stop playing the song. 20. RIGHT HAND BUTTON Choose the right hand in Lesson Mode. 13. PAUSE BUTTON CHORD DICTIONARY BUTTON Pause the playing song or Hold the button to enter the Chord Dictionary.
  • Page 5: Rear Panel

    Panel & Display Description 32. M1-M6 BUTTON 44. DUAL BUTTON Register the panel settings. Turn the Voice R2 on and ONE TOUCH SETTING off. Press the One Touch 45. LOWER BUTTON Button to instantly Turn the Voice L on and off. reconfigure all relevant settings.
  • Page 6: Display

    Panel & Display Description Display 29 30 1. TOUCH 14. USB DEVICE 27. NOTE INDICATION 2. CHORD DICT. 15. STRING 28. LESSON 3. SYNTH 16. MEASURE 29. LEFT HAND 4. IFX 17.BEAT 30 .RIGHT HAND 5. PERFORM.H 18. TEMPO 31. DUAL 6.FREE SOLO 19.
  • Page 7: Setup Power Supply

    This section contains information about setting up your instrument and preparing to play. Please go through this section carefully before turning the power on. First, please make sure that POWER ON/OFF switch of the instrument is set to OFF. Then turn the MASTER VOLUME control to the minimum volume level Connect the AC adaptor to the power supply jack.
  • Page 8: Connecting A Pair Of Headphones

    A standard pair of stereo headphones can be plugged in here for private practice or late-night playing. The internal stereo speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of headphones is plugged into the PHONES jack. Note: Do not listen with the headphones at high volume for long periods of time.Doing so may cause hearing loss.
  • Page 9: Connections

    Connections Connecting the MIDI IN /OUT to Computer via The MIDI/USB converter. A USB-MIDI interface Connecting to other device Connect the MIDI OUT of other Device to the MIDI IN jack on the rear panel, this instrument will as sound module. Connect the MIDI IN of other Device to the MIDI OUT jack on the rear panel.
  • Page 10: Playing The Demos

    Playing the Demos The instrument features 5 wonderful demos. Please refer to DEMO LIST. Press the [STYLE] and [VOICE] buttons simultaneously to start Playing the demo. D a n c e M 1 d Select a demo song. Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button to select a demo song.
  • Page 11: Playing Two Voices Simultaneously-Dual

    Playing the Voices Playing two Voices Simultaneously-DUAL Press the [DUAL] button. Play the voices. Two different voices are sounded simultaneously in a layer.The number of the dual voice will be displayed on the LCD. 1 9 7 0 P c O r Selecting a voice for VOICE R2.
  • Page 12: Sustain

    Playing the Voices Sus tain When the sustain is turned on, all notes will play with a longer sustain. S t G r d P n o Press the [SUSTAIN] button to turn the SUSTAIN effect ON or OFF. Note: When you step on the sustain pedal , the sustain effect is stronger "...
  • Page 13: Octave

    Playing the Voices Octave function determines the relative octave setting for the keyboard played voice R1,R2 and L. Press [OCTAVE +] or [OCTAVE -] to change the octave value. This function can change the keyboard from -1 to +1 octave. Press [OCTAVE +] and [OCTAVE -] or press [+/YES] and[-/NO] simultaneously will set value to default: 0.
  • Page 14: Freesolo

    Playing the Voices Freesolo Using the freesolo function, you can switch voice fast, accurately, seamlessly, and play a variety of real instrument special skills. Furthermore, you can play closer to the real sense of musical instruments by using real sound sampling techniques. Press [Freesolo] button to enter freesolo function, then auto bass chord, dual voice and lower voice function will be turned off.
  • Page 15: Playing Auto Accompaniment (All Tracks)

    Auto Accompaniment Press the [STYLE]button. Select a style. Turn on the A.B.C. . 8 B t P i a n o Press the [A.B.C.]button,the specified left-hand Section of the keyboard becomes the “Auto Accompaniment”section, and chords played in this section are automatically detected and used as a basis for fully automatic accompaniment with the selected style.
  • Page 16: Fade In/Out

    Auto Accompaniment Press the [INTRO/ENDING] button.Now the A flashes on LCD, the " " style is ready to play. As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the auto Accompaniment starts. When the playback of the intro1 is finished, it automatically leads into Main A section.
  • Page 17 Auto Accompaniment In the C major triad shown, the lowest note is the "root" of the chord (this is the chord's "root position" using other chord notes for the lowest note results in “inversion”). The root is the central sound of the chord, which supports and anchors the other chord notes.
  • Page 18: Tempo

    Auto Accompaniment Tempo Each style of the instrument has been with a default or standard tempo; however, this can be changed by using the [TEMPO+]/[TEMPO-]buttons. Change the tempo 8 B t P i a n o Use the [TEMPO+] or [TEMPO-] button to change the tempo. While the tempo data is flashing, use the Data Dial can also change the tempo.
  • Page 19: Harmony

    Harmony You can add a variety of harmony notes to the keys you played in the right-hand section. Turning on the Harmony effect Press the [HARMONY]button to turn on or off the harmony effect. In the main mode and harmony is off, press the [HARMONY] button, the LCD will display "off".
  • Page 20: Ifx

    There are 45 preset insert effects in all, including Chorus、Flanger、 Phaser、Tremolo、EQ、Distortion、Wah、Compressor and LowPass Filter. The insert effect is set to off when the keyboard is power on. Press [IFX] button to turn on the effect function, the insert effect flag will be S t G r d P n o lighted.
  • Page 21: Performance Assistant

    What's the performance assistant? Performance assistant is an easy-to-use function. With this function you will find playing will be more interesting.Even if you are not a keyboard player, the performance assistant will help you to play your familiar instrument voice on the keyboard. If you're a pianist, you can easier to achieve many hard perform skills on the keyboard with the help of this function.
  • Page 22: Playing In The Guitar Mode

    Play a chord in the chord part. A chord type will be displayed on the LCD and the guitar base will be sounded. Play a broken chord in the sub area 1. When the chord type displayed, press a white key in the sub area 1, a wonderful broken chord phrase will start.
  • Page 23: Piano Mode

    Piano Key Map In Piano Mode, you can easily to achieve many hard piano perform skills just like playing the acoustic one. In this mode you can use some perform skills like piano rhythm (5), broken chord (5) and also 3 endings. The piano key map is similar with the guitar key map.
  • Page 24: Synth

    Synth You can use the synth function to create yourself voice on the basis of the built-in voice samples. Enter the synth U s e r V o i c Press [SYNTH] button to enter synth function mode, lower, dual, auto accompaniment, piano, harmony and function will be turned off.
  • Page 25: Dsp Effect

    DSP Effect With the built in digital effects, you can add ambiance and depth to your music in a variety of ways such as adding reverb that makes you sound like you are playing in a concert hall or adding harmony notes for a full, rich sound.
  • Page 26: Pedal Function

    Pedal Function Volume Pedal You can step the volume pedal to control the volume. Foot Switch The keyboard can assign the pedal in function menu. (See FUNCTION) P e d S u s t Pedal Sustain If pedal assign is set as "Ped Sust", step on the sustain pedal, all notes played on the keyboard have a longer sustain.
  • Page 27: Other Functions

    Other Functions Press [FUNCTION] button to enter function menu. The default option of the menu is "Tune". When you enter the menu next time, you will find the option is the same as last time. Use [FUNCTION] button to select the option to set. Use [+/YES]/[-/NO] or Data Dial to set parameter.
  • Page 28: Split Point

    Other Functions Split Point This function sets the point that separates the entire keyboard to two sections. The LCD displays split point value. Use [+/YES]/[-/NO] or Data S p 1 i t P t Dial to change split point. The keyboard can also be used to change split point.
  • Page 29: Harmony

    Other Functions Harmony There are 9 harmony effects for you to select, including Duet, 1+5, Octave, CtryDuet, Trio, Block, 4 Close1 and 4 Close2, 4 Open. Use [+/YES]/[-/NO] or Data Dial to select. D u e t Reverb Level The LCD displays reverb level. Use [+/YES]/[-/NO] or Data Dial to change reverb level.The level ranges from 0 to 127.
  • Page 30: Registering The Panel Settings

    Register Memory The keyboard is an instrument with a variety of controls and functions, the Registration Memory feature can make your performance more easily and efficiently. It allows you to save virtually all panel settings to a Registration Memory setting, and you can instantly recall custom panel settings by pressing a single button. Registering the Panel Setting There are 8 memory banks, each bank has 6 memories (M1-M6).
  • Page 31: Song Recording

    Song Recording With the easy-to-use song recording features, you can record your own keyboard performances as a User song. 5 user songs can be recorded with 6 tracks (1 ACCOMP track, 5 MELODY tracks) each. Among them, the accompaniment track is used for recording style and this recorded track is users song's accomp;...
  • Page 32: Stop Recording

    Song Recording Stop Recording When recording is in process, you can press [RECORD] button to stop recording. R e c _ F u l l When recording is in process, if the memory is full, the recording will stop and save automatically, the LCD displayed Rec_Full "...
  • Page 33: Song

    Song The keyboard has 125 songs in all, including 5 user songs. Press the [SONG] button to enter the song mode and it will play all songs circularly. Use the Data Dial, [+/YES] or [-/NO] button to select a song. R e d R i v e r Once you start playing a song by pressing [START/STOP] button, it will play current song repeatedly.
  • Page 34 Lesson 1 - Practice timing R e d R i v e r Press the [LESSON] button to enter the lesson mode. Press [LESSON] button to enter the lesson mode, the lesson 1 icon is lightened on the LCD. In Lesson 1 mode, the keyboard only grade the time value of the playing, don't care the correction of the note.
  • Page 35: Chord Dictionary

    Chord dictionary is essentially a built-in chord book that help you to check the Chord notes. You can learn the chord " " and test in this features. DICT 1 (Chord Learning Mode) Press the [CHORD DICT.] button and hold it for longer than 2 seconds to enter the DICT 1 mode.
  • Page 36: Connecting A Usb Device

    Connecting a USB Device There is a standard USB Storage Device external interface which supports the USB Storage Device of 16M ~ 32G capability. It is compatible with the file system format of the FAT 16/32. It is better to use the USB Storage Device which is formatted by the keyboard.
  • Page 37: Load

    Connecting a USB Device Load L o a d S o n g Select the menu "Load" and press [ENTER]button, the Load sub menu are displayed on LCD, it includes "LoadSong", "LoadSty" , "LoadMem" and "LoadVoic". Use [+/YES],[-/NO]button or Data Dial to select one.
  • Page 38: Save

    Connecting a USB Device Load Voice: Select the menu "LoadVoic" and press [ENTER]button, the L o a d V o i c Voic files in the "VOICE" directory of USB Storage Device displayed on LCD, the main name of the file includes 8 characters, the postfix name is .voc You can select styles by using [+/YES],[-/NO]button or Data Dial.
  • Page 39: Keyboard And Ascii Character Relative Table

    Connecting a USB Device Keyboard and ASCII Character Relative Table NOTE SHIFT BACK NEXT LETTER NOTE LETTER NOTE LETTER NOTE & LETTER NOTE LETTER...
  • Page 40: What's Midi

    By using the MIDI functions you can expand your musical possibilities. This section explains what MIDI is, and what it can do, as well as how you can use MIDI on your instrument. What's MIDI? MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which allows electronic musical instruments to communicate with each other, by sending and receiving compatible Note, Control Change, Program Change and various...
  • Page 41: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution “ ” The speakers produce a sound This is normal and is no cause for alarm. whenever the power is turned ON or OFF. No sound when the keyboard is played. The R1/R2/L voice volume (Mixer) settings could be set too low.
  • Page 42: Voice List

    Voice List No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name Clavi (wide) 1 ClaviW1 Detuned Percussive Organ DePerOrg PIANO Clavi (wide) 2 ClaviW2 Stereo Rotary Organ StRotaOr Stereo Grand Piano StGrdPno Clavi Wah ClaviWa Acoustic Grand Piano (wide) GrandPnW Rock Organ RockOrgn...
  • Page 43 Voice List No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name Velocity Clean Guitar CleGtVel Power Slap Bass PowSlap Synth Strings 2 SynStrs2 Electric Guitar (detuned clean) DetClnGt Lash Thumb Bass LashThm Synth Strings 3 SynStrs3 Electric Guitar (muted velo-sw) MutVelGt Resonant Slap Bass ResonSlp...
  • Page 44 Voice List No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name Brass Section Brass Dark Pan Flute DarPanFu Pad 5 (bowed) BowedPad Brass Section 2 (octave mix) Brass2 Blown Bottle Bottle Pad 5 (bowed) 2 BowdPad2 Brass Section 3 Brass3 Shakuhachi Shakhchi...
  • Page 45 Voice List No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name E.Piano 2 & Strings Ep2&Str Guitar Fret Noise FretNoiz Harpsichord & Stereo Strings Harps&St Guitar Cutting Noise GtCtNoiz Music Box & Stereo Strings Mxb&Str Acoustic Bass String Slap BsStSlap Vibraphone & Stereo Strings Vib&Str Breath Noise BrthNoiz...
  • Page 46: Style List

    Style List No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name Soft Beat SoftBeat 8 BEAT DANCE 60’s Pop 60’sPop 8Beat Piano 8BtPiano Techno 1 Techno1 8Beat 1 8Beat1 Sting Latin StigLatn Hip Hop 1 HipHop1   8Beat Shuffle 8BtShufl BALLAD...
  • Page 47: Style List

    Style List No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name Musette Musette Guitar Swing 2 GtSwing2 French Musette FMusette Ragtime Ragtime Mazurke Mazurke Modern Jazz Ballad MdJzBald   WORLD Swing Ballad SwingBal Enka Ballad EnkaBald Orchestra Swing OrhSwing   COUNT RY Laendler Laendler Hawaiian...
  • Page 48: Song List

    Song List No. Name LCD Name No. Name LCD Name L'Arlesienne L'Arlesi FOLK & COUNTRY Uungarische Tanz Uungaris Red River Valley RedRiver Troika Troika Mazurka Mazurka Susanna Susanna Pizzicato Polka Polka Wave of Danube Danube Menuett Menuett Long Long Ago LongAgo Rigoletto Rigolett...
  • Page 49: Demo List

    Song List Demo List No. Name LCD Name Italian Polka ItaPolka Moseta Dance MosetaDn Name LCD Name Bulie Dance BulieDn DanceMld Fantasia Fantasia MystRivr Wild Rose WildRose Dream Away In A Manger AwayInAM Jazz Jack & Jill JackJill Fusion Angles We Have Heard On High Angles Waltz Waltz...
  • Page 50: Chord List

    Chord List...
  • Page 51: Midi Implementation Chart

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