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Kawai CN4 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 Digital Piano featuring Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Doing so may cause the chair to fall over or your fingers to be trapped, resulting in injury. Doing so may result in hearing problems. Doing so may cause the product to fall over, resulting in injury. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN3...
  • Page 3 Do not disassemble, repair or modify the product. When disconnecting the AC power cord' s plug, always hold the plug and pull it to remove it. The product is not completely disconnected from the power supply even when the power switch is turned off.
  • Page 4 Do not plug either terminal of the power cord to the ground of the AC outlet on the wall. Declaration of Conformity according to FCC Part 15 Responsible Party: Kawai America Corporation Address: 2055 East University Drive, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220...
  • Page 5 OU FOR URCHASING A IRST Before beginning the assembly of your CN4 read and become familiar with the assembly instructions that follow. Then, carefully unpack the piano and check your unit against the parts list. PARTS PROVIDED Side Panel (A)
  • Page 6 7. Fasten the main unit and the stand with four screws (D). CAUTION: Be sure to secure the main unit to the stand with the screws. If you fail to do so, the unit could fall from the stand causing damage or personal injury. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN3...
  • Page 7 Bottom View CAUTION: Before moving your piano, turn the adjuster up so that it clears the floor. TTACHING EADPHONE 1. Fix the headphone hook to the bottom of the piano with two screws packed in the same plastic bag. Headphone Hook Headphone Jacks Screws M4 x 12...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    1. Quick Start 2. Advanced Playing 3. Lesson Function 4. Playing with the Concert Magic 5. Recorder 1.1 S ........6 ETTING P THE IANO...
  • Page 9 6. Disk Operations 7. Touch, Transpose and Menu Functions 8. Using MIDI 9. Jacks 10. Appendices 6.1 D ........28 ECORDER 6.2 D .

  • Page 10: Quick Start

    CN piano will only be heard through the headphones. The CN piano has two headphones jacks. 1.5 D ONGS The CN4 has 30 built-in sound demo songs. Each of the demo songs presents a musical piece to introduce the different preset sounds. TART IANO...

  • Page 11: Playing The Piano

    The volume level changes in relation to how fast the keys are pressed. This system is called “touch sensitivity” on an electronic musical instrument. The initial touch sensitivity setting has been adjusted to the standard of an acoustic piano. You can however, select a different type of touch sensitivity on the CN piano if you are not comfortable with the standard setting.

  • Page 12: Pedals

    Soft 1.8 P LAYING WITH You have already heard the CN’s main piano sound. The CN4 has a total of 305 sounds + 9 drum sets, not only different types of piano sounds but different instruments as well. The different instrument sounds built into CN piano are called “preset sounds”.

  • Page 13: Advanced Playing

    2. A DVANCED 2.1 V ALUE UTTONS These two buttons are used to change the value for certain functions. First select the function or option you would like to change the value for by pressing the appropriate button(s), then use the VALUE buttons to change the value.

  • Page 14: Changing The Split Point

    They are Room 1&2, Stage, Hall 1&2 and Plate. The LCD Display shows you which sounds are selected for the upper and lower sections. The LCD Display shows you which key you pressed KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 15 CHORUS Chorus is an effect that simulates the rich character of a vocal choir or string ensemble, by layering a slightly detuned version of the sound over the original to enrich it. There are five types of chorus available. They are Chorus 1-4 and Feedback Chorus.

  • Page 16: Changing The Time Signature

    CN piano—1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 3/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8 and 12/8. You can also select one of the 100 built-in rhythm styles instead of a simple metronome click. Tempo is displayed in number of beats per minute. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 17: Adjusting The Metronome Volume

    To change the time signature, use the BEAT button. Press the BEAT button. You will see the LED indicator turn on and hear the metronome begin counting. The LCD display shows the time signature and a visual indicator of beats per measure. Use the VALUE buttons to select your desired time signature.

  • Page 18: Lesson Function

    3. L ESSON The CN4’s Lesson function helps you practice the piano with the popular Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, lesson books level 1A, 1B and Adult. You can listen to any song from the books and practice along with them. You may practice each hand separately at various tempos, and even record your practice for self-evaluation.

  • Page 19: Recording Your Practice

    A-B LOOP You can play back a specific part of a song repeatedly. While playing back a song, press the LOOP button at the point you want to begin the playback from (point A) and press the LOOP button again at the point you want the playback to end (point B).

  • Page 20: Selecting A Song

    You probably noticed that the circles in the LCD display turn into smaller plus signs as the song is played back. This is called the Note Navigator. ONCERT The LCD display shows you the song number and abbreviated song title. AGIC KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 21: Performing A Song

    These circles and plus signs provide a visual guide that shows you when to press the next key. The space between the circles and position of the circles in the LCD shows you the approximate timing between each key press. The key to performing using Concert Magic is to know the rhythm of the song.

  • Page 22: Alance For 4.5 Concert Magic Songa

    œ œ # œ œ œ n œ Œ œ œ œ ∑ ∑ AGIC x x x x x x ≈ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ # ≈ ‰ ≈ ‰ œ KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 23 Key on & & When performing fast songs with Concert Magic, it is sometimes easier to tap two different keys with two fingers alternating. This allows you to play twice as fast as you can using only one finger on one key. SKILLFUL These songs range in difficulty from moderately difficult to difficult.

  • Page 24: Steady Beat

    CN piano will play back the selected song and, then play the rest of the songs in the same song category one after another. To stop the demo, press the PLAY/STOP button. The current mode is NORMAL. The mode is changed to STEADY BEAT. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 25: Adjusting The Playback Speed For The Concert Magic Songs

    4.8 A DJUSTING THE LAYBACK The TEMPO button is also used to adjust the playback speed for the Concert Magic songs. After selecting a Concert Magic song to play back, hold down the TEMPO button. The LCD display will show the tempo value. While holding down the TEMPO button, use the VALUE buttons to change the tempo.

  • Page 26: Basics Of The Recorder

    The balance setting and the balance changes made during the recording will be recorded. transpose function, the CN piano will record the actual transposed notes you hear, not the notes as you play with the keyboard. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 27: Recording Capacity

    RECORDING CAPACITY The total recording capacity is about 30,000 notes per song, 90,000 notes total. Pressing any buttons or pedals is counted as one note. When the recorder reaches its maximum capacity, the CN piano will stop recording at that point. RECORDER AND METRONOME When playing back a song with the metronome turned on, the metronome always restarts with the down beat.

  • Page 28: Recording A Second Part

    The LCD display shows the song number 2 is selected to be recorded. The LCD display shows the song number 3 is selected to be recorded. The LCD display shows the part number 2 is selected to be recorded. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 29: Playing Back A Song (Play/Stop Button )

    STATUS OF SONG AND PART In the LCD display an asterisk (*) after the part number means that the part has been already recorded. 5.2 P LAYING ACK A The PLAY/STOP button is used to select a song and part to play, and to start and stop play back of the recorded songs.

  • Page 30: Recording

    If you are sure you want to erase the song and part, press the REC button again. If you want to cancel the erase procedure, press the PLAY/STOP button. Select the song and the part to erase. Confirmation to erase the song. The data is being erased (deleted). KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 31 ERASING ALL THE SONGS To erase all the songs at once, first turn off the power then turn it back on again while holding down both the REC and PLAY/STOP buttons. RECORDER...

  • Page 32: Disk Recorder

    6. D PERATIONS The CN4’s floppy disk drive provides a convenient way to playback songs recorded in Standard MIDI File (SMF) format. There are many sources of SMF songs, including disks for sale from professional musicians and publishers, songs shared among musicians and hobbyists, and Internet sites that feature SMF songs available for download.

  • Page 33: Recording A Song

    MUTING A PART You can mute each part separately. Press one of the VALUE buttons. The LCD display will show the part mute screen. Move the cursor by using the MENU buttons and use the VALUE buttons to switch between play and mute. : The part is played.
  • Page 34 Press the REC button to save the recorded song to the disk. The LCD display will show the Song Name screen. To name the song, move the cursor by using the MENU buttons and choose a character by using the VALUE buttons. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 35: Disk Menu

    After you have named the song, press the REC button again to save the song. The LCD display will show “Executing...” and then “Complete!”. If you do not want to save the song, press the STOP button and the recorded song data will be erased. 6.2 D To access the Disk Menu, make sure you have a floppy disk in the drive then press the DISK button.

  • Page 36: Song Delete

    If you want to copy the song to another disk, simply remove the floppy Disk from the drive and insert the new floppy disk you want The song is renamed as “Song2”. Song1 is selected. Song1 is selected. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 37: Disk Format

    Dos/V format (Windows format). If you want to use a floppy disk that does not conform to this format with the CN4 you must first format the disk. Formatting a disk will erase all of the data on the disk.

  • Page 38: Touch, Transpose And Menu Functions

    A constant volume is produced regardless of how hard the keys are struck. This setting is suitable for sounds that have a fixed dynamic range such as Organ and Harpsichord. The LCD display shows the touch type currently selected. UNCTIONS KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 39: Menu

    Press and hold the TRANSPOSE button. While still holding the TRANSPOSE button, use the VALUE buttons or the keyboard from C3 to C5 to specify the transposition amount. The piano can be transposed up to 12 half steps higher or 12 half steps lower.

  • Page 40: Common Operation

    After selecting the “Lower Octave Shift” function by pressing the MENU buttons, use the VALUE buttons to select your desired shift range. The LCD display shows the brilliance setting with a number. “0” indicates the standard setting. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 41: Lower Pedal On/Off

    Lower Octave Shift can be set between 0 to 3. 3. LOWER PEDAL ON/OFF This determines if the sustain pedal will be active for lower sound when in SPLIT mode. The default setting is Off which means the sustain pedal is not active for the lower sound.

  • Page 42: Damper Hold

    The LCD display shows the dynamics of the layered sound is 10 (dynamics of the layered sound are unchanged). The LCD display shows the damper hold is off. The LCD display shows the current pitch setting. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 43: Brief Explanation Of Temperaments

    After Selecting the “Temperament” function by pressing the MENU buttons, use the VALUE buttons to select your desired temperament. BRIEF EXPLANATION OF TEMPERAMENTS EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (PIANO ONLY) This is the default temperament. If a piano sound is selected the tuning is stretched like an acoustic piano (EQUAL TEMPERAMENT).

  • Page 44: Equal Temperament

    VALUE buttons to set the desired key. Please note that changing the key of the temperament will only change the “balance” of the tuning, the pitch of the keyboard remains unchanged. The LCD display shows the currently selected key signature . KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 45: Midi Channel

    Use the TUNING or TRANSPOSE functions to change the pitch of the whole keyboard. N NOTE This function is not displayed when Equal temperament is selected. 10. MIDI CHANNEL This determines on which MIDI channel the CN piano will exchange MIDI information with an external MIDI instrument or a personal computer.

  • Page 46: Sending Program Change Numbers

    Select the “Channel Mute” function by pressing the MENU buttons. Keep pressing the MENU buttons to select each of the sixteen channels The LCD display shows the program change number. The LCD display shows the selected Multi-timbral mode. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 47: Midi Clcok

    Use the VALUE buttons to switch between PLAY and MUTE. N NOTE When the Multi-timbral mode is set to off, the “Channel Mute” function will not be displayed in the function menu. 16. MIDI CLOCK MIDI Clock is a data code that a MIDI instrument uses as the reference for its Tempo setting.

  • Page 48: Factory Reset

    Select the “Factory Reset” function by pressing the MENU buttons. Press the REC button to reset the CN piano. N NOTE SONG data in RECORDER, User Touch and User Temperament will not be reset by this function. KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 49: Using Midi

    (2) Connection to an external sequencer When connected as shown in the illustration, you can record songs played on the CN4 with a MIDI recorder, and use the CN4 ’s tones (such as piano, harpsichord and vibraphone, etc.) controlled by the CN4’s MULTI- TIMBRAL MODE function to create a multi-layer MIDI recording.

  • Page 50: Jacks

    There are two jacks for headphones provided at the left end on the bottom of the piano. You can hear the piano’s sound as well as any audio signal that is coming through the LINE IN. BOTTOM VIEW KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 51: Notes About Usb

    A standard USB driver is already installed in your computer. You don’t need to install a new driver. [For Windows 2000/98SE users] You need to install the designated driver in your computer. Visit the KAWAI web site at http://www.kawai.co.jp/ english/Download1.html and download the program.

  • Page 52: Appendices

    Itopia Wood Bass Electric Bass Fretless Bass W. Bass & Ride New Age Piano 2 New Age Piano 3 Piano Octaves Electric Grand APPING Multi-Timbral mode On 2 Prog # Bank MSB Bank LSB Prog # KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 53 Sound Off, On 1 Bank LSB Electric Grand 2 Wide Honky Tonk Dolce E.P. Crystal E.P. Tremolo E.P. Classic E.P. 2 Classic E.P. 3 New Age E.P. Modern E.P. 3 Legend E.P. Phase E.P. Harpsichord 2 Wide Harpsichord Synth Clavi Celesta Glockenspiel Music Box...
  • Page 54 Guitar Feedback Wood Bass 2 Fingerslap Bass Pick Bass Slap Bass Slap Bass 2 Synth Bass Synth Bass 2 Synth Bass 3 Synth Bass 4 Multi-Timbral mode On 2 Prog # Bank MSB Bank LSB Prog # KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 55 Sound Off, On 1 Bank LSB Warm Synth Bass Clavi Bass Hammer Bass Rubber Bass Attack Bass Violin Slow Violin Viola Cello Contrabass Tremolo Strings Strings & Brass 60’s Strings String Ensemble 2 Synth Strings Synth Strings 3 Synth Strings 2 Pizzicato Harp Celtic Harp...
  • Page 56 Blown Bottle Shakuhachi Whistle Ocarina Square Square 2 Sine Classic Synth Classic Synth 2 Lead Classic Synth 3 Sequenced Analog Caliope Chiff Charang Wire Lead Multi-Timbral mode On 2 Prog # Bank MSB Bank LSB Prog # KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 57 Sound Off, On 1 Bank LSB Voice Fifth Bass & Lead Soft Wire Lead New Age 2 New Age 3 New Age 4 Warm Pad Sine Pad Polysynth Choir Bowed Metallic Halo Sweep Rain Pad Soundtrack Crystal Synth Mallet Brightness Goblin Echoes Echo Bell...
  • Page 58 Car Stopping Car Passing Car Crash Siren Train Jet Plane Starship Burst Noise Applause Laughing Screaming Punch Heartbeat Foot Step Gunshot Machine Gun Laser Gun Multi-Timbral mode On 2 Prog # Bank MSB Bank LSB Prog # KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 59 Sound Off, On 1 Bank LSB Explosion Standard Set Room Set Power Set Electronic Set Analog Set Jazz Set Brush Set Orchestra Set SFX Set APPENDICES Multi-Timbral mode On 2 Prog # Bank MSB Bank LSB Prog #...

  • Page 60: Drum Sound Mapping

    Analog Maracas Short Whistle Long Whistle Short Guiro Long Guiro Analog Claves Hi Wood Block Low Wood Block Mute Cuica Open Cuica Mute Triangle Open Triangle Shaker Jingle Bell Bar Chimes Castanets Mute Surdo Open Surdo KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 61 Jazz Set Brush Set High Q High Q Slap Slap Scratch Push Scratch Push Scratch Pull Scratch Pull Sticks Sticks Square Click Square Click Metronome Click Metronome Click Metronome Bell Metronome Bell Jazz Kick 2 Jazz Kick 2 Jazz Kick 1 Jazz Kick 1 Side Stick Side Stick...

  • Page 62: Rhythm Style List

    94 Merenge 70 Triplet Ballad 2 95 Reggae 71 Triplet Ballad 3 96 Tango 72 Motown 1 97 Habanera 73 Motown 2 98 Waltz 74 Ride Swing 99 Ragtime 75 H.H. Swing 100 Country & Western KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 63 ’ LFRED ESSON LEVEL 1A 1. Right & Left 2. Left & Right 3. Merrily We Roll Along/ O’er the Deep Blue Sea 4. Hand-Bells 5. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 6. Old MacDonald 7. Batter Up! 8. My Clever Pup 9.
  • Page 64 51. Chiapanecas 52. O Sole Mio! 53. Jericho 54. Greensleeves 55. Go Down, Moses 56. Scarborough Fair 57. Raisins And Almonds 58. He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands 59. The Entertainer 60. Amazing Grace KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 65 APPENDICES...
  • Page 66 Für Elise ... L.v. Beethoven Rondo favori ... J.N. Hummel Impromptu op.90-4 ... F.P. Schubert Moments musicaux op.94-3 ... F.P. Schubert Entr’ acte ... F.P. Schubert Impromptu op.142-3 ... F.P. Schubert Auf Flügeln des Gesanges ... F. Mendelssohn KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 67 Frühlingslied ... F. Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso ... F. Mendelssohn Chanson de l’adieu ... F.F. Chopin Raindrop ... F.F. Chopin Petit chien ... F.F. Chopin Nocturne No.2 ... F.F. Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu ... F.F. Chopin Polonaise No.3 “Militaire” ... F.F. Chopin Polonaise No.6 “Héroïque” ... F.F. Chopin APPENDICES...

  • Page 68: Sound Demo Song List

    Original Prelude in A / Bach Original Original Le quattro stagioni la primavera / Vivaldi Original Original Original Original Original Original Zwei Rapsodien Op.79 Nr.2 / J. Brahms Piano Concerto a moll Op.16 / E. Grieg KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...
  • Page 69 ONCERT AGIC Title CHILDREN’S SONGS Bingo Frère Jacques Good Morning To You Hickory Dickory Dock I’m A Little Teapot Itsy, Bitsy Spider London Bridges Mary Had A Little Lamb Pop Goes The Weasel Row, Row, Row Your Boat The Farmer In The Dell This Old Man Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star CHRISTMAS SONGS...

  • Page 70: Front Panel

    Front Panel LCD D . 10) LED I ISPLAY OLUME LIDER ESSON UTTON NDICATOR . 11) . 28) . 13) .41) ONCERT AGIC UTTON OUND ELECT UTTONS UTTONS KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN4...

  • Page 71: Specifications

    ALANCE . 15) . 14) ALUE UTTONS LIDER . 16) FFECT UTTONS Specifications Keyboard Polyphony Number of Sound Sound Categories Effects Temperaments Internal Recorder Disk Recorder Other Features Pedals Jacks Output Power Speakers Power Consumption Finish Dimensions (WxDxH) (without Music Rack) Weight (without bench) APPENDICES ETRONOME...

  • Page 72: Midi Exclusive Data Format

    10, 30 ..Function code (30 when setting MULTI TIMBRE ON/OFF) 04 ..Indicates that the instrument is Electronic Piano 08 ..Indicates that the piano is “CN4” data 1 data 2 .

  • Page 73: Midi Implementation Chart

    MIDI I MPLEMENTATION KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO MODEL: CN4 Function Basic Default Channel Changes Default Mode Messages Altered Note Number True voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Key’s Touch Ch’s Pitch Bend 0, 32 6, 38 Control Change 98, 99...
  • Page 74 CN4 Owner’s Manual OW979E1-C0502 814806 Printed in Indonesia...

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