This combination of symbol and signal word indicates a possible dangerous sit‐ uation that can result in material and environmental damage if it is not avoided. Warning signs Type of danger Warning – high-voltage. Warning – danger zone. DP-85 Arranger...
Safety instructions Safety instructions Intended use This device is intended to be used for electronic sound generation using a piano key‐ board. Use the device only as described in this user manual. Any other use or use under other operating conditions is considered to be improper and may result in per‐ sonal injury or property damage.
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Failure to do so could result in damage to the device and possibly injure the user. Unplug the device before electrical storms occur and when it is unused for long periods of time to reduce the risk of electric shock or fire. DP-85 Arranger...
Features Features Special features of the digital piano: Keyboard: 88 weighted keys with hammer action and adjustable touch response. Operation: user friendly controls and [+/–] buttons for parameter and menu selection. Voices: 559 voices in total. 28 voices can be selected directly. Styles: 203 styles in total, including three user styles.
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Setup guide Mechanical setup Assemble the piano near a wall power outlet. Proceed according to the illustrations and exclusively use the supplied screws. Using other screws could damage the piano housing or result in a reduced sta‐ bility of the piano. (6) Handscrews (4 pcs.) (7) Screws 6 ´...
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Attach the two adhesive cable holder as shown here on the base. Connect the DIN plug of the pedal cable to the PEDAL jack on the rear panel of digital piano. Attach the cable to the cable holder. Move the digital piano to its desig‐ nated location. DP-85 Arranger...
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Setup guide Connecting voltage supply Make sure the unit is switched off before connecting it to the power supply or disconnecting it. Turn the volume knob counter-clockwise to minimum before connecting the digital piano to the power supply or to other devices. This is to protect the speakers from damage.
5 [ACCOMP +]/[ACCOMP –] buttons to adjust the volume of the accompani‐ ment. 6 [TRANSPOSE +]/[TRANSPOSE –] buttons to transpose the note values. 7 LED FINGERED lights up when the single-finger chord mode is activated. 8 LED FULL RANGE lights up when the full-finger chord mode is activated. DP-85 Arranger...
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Operating elements and connections 9 Buttons for operating mode STYLES Buttons for operating mode SONG START/STOP START/STOP SYNC/STOP PAUSE SYNC/START REPEAT A/B INTRO/ENDING FILL A FILL B FADE CHORD MODE 10 LCD. 11 [L] button for left hand selection. 12 [R] button for right hand selection. 13 [CHORD DICT.] button to call the chord dictionary function.
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Connection for the MIDI IN of another MIDI device. AUX. OUT: Outlet for external audio devices like active speakers or amplifiers. L – R Keyboard In the manual, the keys of the keyboard are named according to the following figure. DP-85 Arranger...
Connection options Connection options Headphones To the left beneath the keyboard you find the headphones outlets 1 and 2. Connecting headphones (not supplied) to outlet 2 mutes the speakers. Using outlet 1 maintains the sound output through the speakers. Computer USB/MIDI interface Midi data will be sent and received via the USB/MIDI interface.
To reset all memory data to the factory defaults, keep the [STORE] and [M1] buttons pressed while switching the unit on. To reset all settings including memory data, recordings and recorded style data to the factory defaults, keep the [+/YES] and [–/NO] buttons pressed while switching the unit on. DP-85 Arranger...
Switching on / off and basic operation 7.2 Setting the volume Use the rotary control VOLUME to adjust a comfortable volume for playback and practising. Turn the knob clockwise to increase the volume, turn it counter-clockwise to decrease the volume. 7.3 Setting the sound brightness Use the rotary control BRILLIANCE to adjust the sound brightness of the digital piano.
Press the [STYLE] and [VOICE] buttons again or press the [ START/STOP] button to stop playback and to exit the current mode. Use the [+/YES] and [ –/NO] buttons or the jog dial to select the desired song during playback. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions Functions 8.1 Voices and effects 8.1.1 Selecting voices The digital piano offers 559 voices in total. 28 voices can be called by direct select keys. Each direct VOICES select key gives access to 2 different voices. Press once to select the voice that is specified above the key, press twice to select the voice that is specified below the key.
This function lets you adjust the touch response of the keyboard in four steps. Parameter Description ‘OFF’ Touch sensitivity is off, very recommendable when playing the organ voice. ‘001’ Soft In this setting, the volume is higher than usual even when playing with a soft touch. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions Parameter Description ‘002’ Normal This setting corresponds to the usual touch response of a keyboard. ‘003’ Hard In this setting, the volume is lower than usual even when playing with a hard touch. Press the [TOUCH] button. The display shows ‘Touch’ and the setting ‘002’ is briefly indicated.
– Press the same button twice to toggle between upper and lower style. – If you press another direct select button, the style is activated depending on whether an upper or lower style was selected before. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions 8.2.2 Accompaniment function The accompaniment function is controlled by five parameters: INTRO, NORMAL, VAR‐ IATION, FILL (A-A, A-B, B-A, B-B) and ENDING. INTRO To add an intro, press the [INTRO/ENDING] button before starting to play. Depending on the selected style, the rhythm starts with two to four bars, fol‐ lowed by the main section.
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ð ‘A’ or ‘B’ is flashing in the display. This shows, the intro is ready to play. The length of the intro varies in different styles. Press the [START/STOP] button, then the intro is started followed by the main section. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions 8.2.4 Fill A/B Use this function to add fill bars. In NORMAL mode, press the [A] button to insert one fill bar. ‘A’ is flashing in the display. When the bar has ended the piano returns to NORMAL mode. In NORMAL mode, press the [B] button to insert one fill bar.
Press the [FADE] button again during the FADE OUT and the piano will change to FADE IN. Then the volume will be increased from the current level to max‐ imum. Subsequently, the style will be played normally. The FADE LED turns off. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions 8.2.7 Tempo Press the buttons [TEMPO+]/[TEMPO–], [+/YES ]/[–/NO] or turn the jog dial to adjust the tempo within a range of 30 to 280 bpm. Press the buttons [TEMPO+]/[TEMPO–] simultaneously to reset the tempo to the preset default value. –...
As the A.B.C. chord detection is based on the root note of the chord, some chords that could be played according to the chord dictionary may not be recognised by A.B.C., such as B6, B 6, B 6(9), B6(9), Baug, B aug, B m6, Bm6, Adim7, B dim7, Bdim. DP-85 Arranger...
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Functions Two ways to detect the chord: 'single If the chord played is based on the illustration for multi-finger chords below, it will be finger detect' and 'multi-finger detect' detected as a 'multi-fingered' chord. If not, it will be detected as a 'single-finger' chord.
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The basic characteristic of the triad is obtained, even if we change the order of notes to create different inversions. Successive chords can be linked together in a soft chord progression, e.g. by selecting appropriate chord inversions (also called 'voicings'). DP-85 Arranger...
Functions Chord names Chord names tell you just about everything you need to know about a chord. The chord name tells you the root note, whether it is major, minor or diminished chord, whether it requires a major or flatted seventh and what alterations or ten‐ sion are used - everything at a glance.
You can also just press the key you would like to set as split point. The keys right to the split point are considered to be the right hand area, the opposite side is the left hand area (chord area). DP-85 Arranger...
Functions 8.3.4 Pedal assignment Use this option to set the function of the multifunctional pedal: soft, memory select or start/stop. Soft function is preset. The display shows the current setting. Use the jog wheel or the buttons [ +/YES] or [–/NO] to assign the desired func‐ tion to the multifunctional pedal.
Functions Option Display Value range Standard Description Phrase 2 Volume 026 Phrase2 000 to 031 Intermezzo 2 Voice R1 Volume 026 Voice R1 000 to 031 Right hand voice Voice R2 Volume 010 Voice R2 000 to 031 Second right hand voice in dual mode Voice L Volume 010 Voice L...
Press one of the buttons [M1] to [M6]. The data is then loaded from the corre‐ sponding memory slot replacing the current settings. If you keep the buttons [STORE] and [M1] pressed during powering up, the current memory data will be saved as the default values. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions 8.6 One touch setting One Touch Setting is a convenient feature that allows you to immediately recon‐ figure all the settings with just one single keystroke. These are rhythm-based combi‐ nations of instrument voices. With this function, four types of parameters can be loaded (M1 to M4).
You can only record one melody track at a time. However, you can record the accompaniment track along with one of the melody tracks. – You can only record a style if it is activated via the [ACCOMP] button. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions Stop recording Press the [RECORD] button a third time to stop the recording. If you're recording an accompaniment track press the [INTRO/ENDING] button to finish the recording after the ending section. The recording stops automatically when the memory is full. In this case, ‘Full’ appears in the display. 8.7.2 Recording playback First, press the [PLAY/STOP] button to be able to select a recording.
Chord 3 (polyphonic melody 3) Ending _ M (major) Phrase 1 (intermezzo 1) Ending _ m (minor) Phrase 2 (intermezzo 1) If you turn the digital piano off while recording the style, the recorded data will be lost. DP-85 Arranger...
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Functions 8.7.4.1 Starting style recording Press the [STYLE RECORD] button. The display shows the current user style. Use the jog wheel or the buttons [+/YES] or [–/NO] to select another user style. Press the [FUNCTION/NEXT] button to activate the next menu. First, the ‘Record’ menu appears in the display.
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Press the [START/STOP] button again to end the recording and return to the synchronised recording standby mode. Press the [STYLE RECORD] button to exit the current mode. You can also repeat the described operating steps by pressing the [FUNCTION/BACK] button and return to the previous menu to select other options. DP-85 Arranger...
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Functions 8.7.4.3 Style copy Select the user style memory slot, on which the new style should be stored. Press the [FUNCTION/NEXT] button to open the selection menu. Use the jog dial or the buttons [+/YES] or [–/NO] to select the ‘Copy’ option. Press the [FUNCTION/NEXT] button to open the menu for style selection.
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Timing and note length of the original recording can not be restored after quantisation! Press [+/YES] to confirm or press the [–/NO] button to return to the previous menu. The display shows ‘Complete’ . The recorded style is played with the selected quantisation setting. DP-85 Arranger...
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Functions 8.7.4.5 Style editing Select the style you want to edit. Press the [FUNCTION/NEXT] button to open the selection menu. Use the jog dial or the buttons [+/YES] or [–/NO] to select the option ‘Edit’ . Press the [FUNCTION/NEXT] button to open the menu for tempo change. Use the jog wheel or the buttons [+/YES] or [–/NO] to change the tempo.
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If you select here ‘All’ the style is deleted. Press the [FUNCTION/NEXT] button to call the next menu. The display now shows ‘Sure?’ . Press [+/YES] to confirm or press [–/NO] to return to the previous menu. Press the [+/YES] button to finish the deleting. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions 8.8 Songs for practising The digital piano offers 100 songs for practising in total. For more information, see Ä Chapter 11 ‘Practice and demo songs’ on page 70. Playing and ending practising songs Press the [SONG] button to enter the playback mode for practising songs. ‘SONG’...
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If you have selected ‘L’ , the left hand voice is muted and you have to play the left hand yourself. If ‘L’ and ‘R’ are selected, the voices for both hands are muted. In this case, you have to play in time with both hands. After the practise is finished you're told the result. DP-85 Arranger...
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Functions Lesson 2 - hitting the right notes Press the [LESSON] button again to call lesson mode 2. ‘LESSON 2’ appears in the dis‐ play. In this mode, it is only graded whether you play the right note, not whether you play the note at the right time.
Press the [CHORD DICT.] button a third time to exit the chord dictionary. The 12 root notes and 24 chord types are shown in the chord dictionary like this: Key name Root note Key name Root note Key name Chord type Key name Chord type M(9) 7(9) DP-85 Arranger...
Functions Key name Chord type Key name Chord type 7(13) m(9) dim7 m7(9) 7aug 7sus4 sus4 8.10 SD memory card The digital piano offers a card slot for SD memory cards with a capacity of 16 MB to 2 GB, formatted with FAT 16/32 file system format Press the [MENU] button to call the SD card menu.
Press the [START/STOP] button to stop the playback. You can also press the [MENU] button to return to the playback menu. Or keep the [MENU] button pressed for two seconds to exit the SC card mode. File playback will end then. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions 8.10.2 Loading Select the menu option ‘Load’ and press the [EXECUTE] button. The display shows the options ‘LoadSong’ , ‘LoadSty’ and ‘LoadMem’ that you can select with the [+/YES] or [–/NO] buttons or the jog dial. LoadSong Select ‘LoadSong’ and press the button [EXECUTE]. The display shows the files saved by you or the directories in the root directory of the SD card.
Press the [EXECUTE] button. Now you can enter the file name of the style using the piano keyboard (see Ä Chapter 8.10.6 ‘Entering file name’ on page 56). Press the [EXECUTE] button. The display shows ‘Sure?’ . Press the [EXECUTE] button to save the file. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions SaveMem Select ‘SaveMem’ and press the button [EXECUTE]. Then you can press the [+/YES] or [–/NO] buttons or turn the jog dial to select the directory in which the file should be saved. Press the [EXECUTE] button. Now you can enter the file name of the style using the piano keyboard (see Ä...
You can use the tone generator of the piano to play MIDI files from computers or other USB devices. Note – You can not use the MIDI IN function during playback of a style recording. Otherwise the double assignment would cause playback errors. DP-85 Arranger...
Functions 8.11.2 USB connection System requirements CPU: 300 MHz, Pentium or higher RAM: 64 MB or more 2 MB free disc space Operating system: Windows® 2000/XP, Vista, Windows 7 Setup connections Connect the USB port on the rear panel of the digital piano to the USB port of your computer using a standard USB cable (not supplied).
2, which would mute the speakers of the digital piano. Malfunction occurs when using a mobile phone. Using a mobile phone near the digital piano can cause inter‐ ference. To prevent this, turn off the mobile phone or use it only at a safe distance. DP-85 Arranger...
Voice list Voice list Name Name Name Piano Detuned E .P.1 Clavichord 2 Stereo Grand Piano 1 Detuned E .P.2 Clavichord 1 / W Stereo Grand Piano 2 E Piano 1 Clavichord 2 / W Stereo Grand Piano / W E Piano 2 Clavichord Wah Grand Piano / W...
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Steel G.T. 2 5th Distortion Stereo Rotary Organ Detuned Steel G.T. Distortion G.T. Octave Rock Organ Velocity Steel G.T. Stereo Distorted G.T. Rotary Organ Velocity Steel G.T. (Fx) G.T. Harmonics 1 Slow Rotary Organ Pedal Steel G.T. G.T. Harmonics 2 DP-85 Arranger...
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Voice list Name Name Name Bass Slap Bass 1 Viola 3 Acoustic Bass 1 Slap Bass 2 Dark Viola Acoustic Bass 2 Slap Bass 3 Cello 1 Acoustic Bass Detuned Slap Bass 4 Cello 2 Acoustic Bass Filter Power Slap Bass Cello 3 Jazz Style Lash Thumb Bass...
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Baritone Sax & Breath Orchestra Hit Stereo Brass Swell Oboe 1 6th Orchestra Hit Brass band Oboe 2 Brass Bright Brass Section Sweet Oboe Trumpet 1 Dark Brass English Horn 1 Trumpet 2 Mute Brass Ensemble English Horn 2 DP-85 Arranger...
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Voice list Name Name Name Analog Horns Sawtooth Lead 1 Click Pad Woodwinds Sawtooth Lead 2 Analog Pad Bassoon 1 Wavy Sawtooth Poly Pad Bassoon 2 Lead 2 (sawtooth) Poly Synth Pad Clarinet 1 Slow Saw Pad 4 (choir) Clarinet 2 Super Analog Choir Pad 2 Pipe...
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Stereo Organ & Piano Guitar Fret Noise ScratchCut Accordian 2 Breath Noise 1 Fight 1 Power Distorted Guitar Stream Shot Dynamic Bass Helicopter 2 Fight 2 X Fade Bass Seashore1 Applause 1 Stereo Strings & Piano Telephone Ring 2 Firework Orchestra DP-85 Arranger...
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Voice list Name Name Name Full Strings 1 Woodwinds & Strings Electronic Kit Full Strings 2 Pan Flute & Strings Pad Analog Kit Drum Set Symphonic Jazz Kit Stereo Choir & Strings Standard Kit Brush Kit Trombone & Stereo Strings Room Kit Orchestra Kit Club Brass...
Folk Rock Quick Step DANCE Pop Shfl Soft Rock Guitar Funk Pop Rock Down Beat 16 Beat Funk 1 Old Rock Techno Easy Rock Progressive 6/8 Pop New Shuffle Rap 1 Brit. Pop 1 Rock Hip Hop Rap 2 DP-85 Arranger...
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Styles list Name Name Name Disco SWING & JAZZ Bossa Nova 1 Soft Disco Swing 1 Latin Disco Party Swing 2 Bossa Nova 2 70's Disco Jazz Brush New Reggae 70's Disco Funk Latin Jazz Dance Reggae Clubdance Fusion Pasodoble Euro Dance Acid Jazz Lite Bossa...
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Dangdut 5 Italian Mazurka Polka 2 Dangdut 6 USER STYLE Mariachi Waltz US March Vienna Waltz 1 Musette Style 1 Slow Waltz 2 French Musette Style 2 Vienna Waltz 2 Mazurke Style 3 Slow Waltz 1 1-Mar Jazz Waltz DP-85 Arranger...
Practice and demo songs Practice and demo songs Name Name PIANO The Happy Farmer Moseta Dance The Sleeping Beauty Brave Cavalier La Traviata Four Little Swans Wiegenlied Habanera Mov. 2 Adagio Non Troppo Piano Sonata No. 9 In D Turkish March Mov.
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Song Of The Pearlfisher Carlos Summer Palace The StageCoach The Jazz Entertainer ORIENTAL Annie Laurie South Mud Bay Killing Me Softly With His Song Give You A Rose Love Is Blue Flowing Rill Demo songs Name Jazz Dream Of Freedom DP-85 Arranger...
Chord list Chord list Chord description Normal chord construction Chord Display symbol Major [M] 1–3–5 Major sixth [6] 1–(3)–5–6 Major seventh [M7] 1–3–(5)–7 Major seventh with augmented eleventh [M7#11] 1–(2)–3–#4–(5)–7 CM7#11 CM7(#11) Major add ninth [Madd9] 1–2–3–5 CMadd9 CM(9) Major ninth [M9] 1–2–3–(5)–7 CM7(9) Major sixth and ninth [6 9]...
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Chord list Chord description Normal chord construction Chord Display symbol Seventh augmented [7aug] (1)–3–#5–b7 C7aug C7aug Suspended fourth [sus4] 1–4–5 Csus4 Csus4 Suspended second [1+2+5] 1–2–5 C1+2+5 DP-85 Arranger...
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All notes off Program change True # ******** 0 – 127 System exclusive System common Song position pointer Song select Tune request System real time Clock Commands No *1 No *1 Aux messages Local ON/OFF ALL notes OFF Active sensing DP-85 Arranger...
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MIDI implementation chart Function Transmitted Received Remarks System reset Notes: When the accompaniment is started, an FAH message is transmitted. When accompaniment is stopped, an FCH message is transmitted. When an FAH message is received, accompaniment is started. When an FCH message is received, accompaniment is stopped. MIDI channel modes POLY MONO ON...
, 2 × headphones (1/4" phone socket), AUX OUT (L/R), USB, MIDI IN, MIDI OUT Speakers 2 × 25 W, 8 Ω Operating voltage supply AC 230 V Dimensions (W × D × H) 1410 mm × 530 mm × 850 mm Weight 59 kg DP-85 Arranger...
Protecting the environment Protecting the environment Disposal of the packaging material For the transport and protective packaging, environmentally friendly materials have been chosen that can be supplied to normal recycling. Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of. Do not just dispose of these materials with your normal household waste, but make sure that they are collected for recycling.
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