Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto AP-6 del fabbricante Casio
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AP620/6ES1A ES USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO Please keep all information for future reference. Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. Safety Precautions Bef ore tr ying to use the piano , be sure to read the separate “Saf ety Precautions”.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation ope nings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’s instructions.
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E-1 English Contents General Guide .. ............................. E-2 Saving Settings and Using Panel Lock ............. ..................... E-4 Returning the Digital Piano to Its Factory Default Settings .... E-4 Power Supply ... ................
E-2 General Guide 2 do 3 4 5 6 bm bn bo bp 7 bk 8 9 bl ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr dm dn br bs cs ct dk dl bt bq 1 dp ds dq * dt ek el dr Bottom * With the AP-620BK and AP-6BP, the power co rd is hard-wired to the Digital Piano.
General Guide E-3 English • This manual uses the number s and names below to refer to buttons an d controllers. POWER button INTRO/REPEAT button NORMAL/FILL-IN, s REW button VARIATIO.
E-4 General Guide Your Digital Piano lets you save it s current settings, and lock its buttons to protect against operation errors. For details, see “Setting Backup” (page E-42) and “Panel Lock” (page E-42) .
E-5 English Power Supply Your Digital Piano runs on standard household power. IMPORT ANT! • Be sure to turn of f power whenever you are not using the Digital Piano. Placing the c over on the Digit al Piano while power is on can cause internal circuitry to over heat and lead to the risk of fire.
E-6 Connections IMPORT ANT! • Before conne cting headphones, b e sure to use the Digital Pian o’s VOLUME controller to turn the volume down to a low leve l.
English Connections E-7 Connecting to Audio Equipment Use commercially availa ble cables to connect the external audio equipment to the piano’s LINE OUT jacks as shown in Fi gure . LINE O UT R jack output is right channel sound, while LINE OUT L/MONO jack output is left channel sound.
E-8 Using Built-in Tones 1. Press the ( POWER ) button. This turns on power. • To turn off the Digital Piano, press the button again. 2. After a short while, the display screen sho uld appear as shown below, which indicates that the Digital Piano is ready to be played.
English Using Bu ilt-in To nes E-9 3. Use the to (tone g roups) buttons to select the group you want. Example: To select the ORGAN group 4.
E-10 Using Built-in Tones You can split the keyboard so the left side (lower range) plays one tone and the right side (upper range) plays a different tone. Example: To split the keyboard between the GM SLAP BASS 1 tone on the left (lower range) and the GRAND PIANO t one on th e right (upper range).
English Using Bu ilt-in To nes E-11 After you split the keyboard (page E-10) , you may find out that the lower range notes on the left are too low or that the upper range notes on the right are too high. You can use octave shift to shift the octaves of the upper range and lower range upwar ds or downwards in octave units.
E-12 Using Built-in Tones 1. Press the ( REVERB ) button to toggle reverb on and off. Selecting the Reverb Type You can select from among the following four types of reverb. 1: Room 2: Hall 3: Large Hal l 4: Stadium 1. Hold down the ( REVERB ) button until the reverb type selection s creen shown below appears on the display.
English Using Bu ilt-in To nes E-13 Your Dig ital Pian o comes e q uipped with three pedals: damper, soft, an d sostenuto. Pedal Functions Damper Pedal Pressing the damper pedal wh ile playing will cause the notes you play to reverberate for a very long time.
E-14 Using Built-in Tones Changing the Tempo Setting There are two different methods you can use to change the tempo settin g: by pressing q (faster) and w (slower) buttons or by tapp ing a beat with a button. ■ To adjust the tempo using q and w buttons 1.
English Using Bu ilt-in To nes E-15 Configuring the Digital Piano for Duet Play 1. Press the ( MUSIC LIBRARY ) button so its lower lamp is lit. • To practice with songs s tored on a memory card, press the ( CARD/INTERNAL ) button so its lamp is lit in place o f the ( MUSIC LIBRARY ) button.
E-16 Using Auto Accompaniment With Auto Accompaniment, simply select the accompaniment rhythm you want and the matching accompaniment (drums, gu itar, etc.) will play automatically when you play a chord with you r left hand. It’s like having your own personal backup group along with you wherever you go.
English Using Auto Accompaniment E-17 6. Press the ( ACCOMP ON/OFF ) button so its lamp is lit. This turns ACCOMP on, so all accompaniment parts sound. • Turning ACCOMP off so th e ACCOMP lamp is unlit causes only the percussion instrument parts to sound.
E-18 Using Auto Accompaniment Selecting a Chor d Fingering Mode You can select from among the following five chord fingering modes. 1: Fingered 1 2: Fingered 2 3: Fingered 3 4: CASIO Chord 5: Full Range 1. Hold down the ( ACCOMP ON/OFF ) button until the chord type selection screen appears on the display.
English Using Auto Accompaniment E-19 Modifying Auto Ac companiment Patterns There are s ix different Auto Accompani ment patterns , shown below. You can switch between patterns during accompaniment play and even modify patterns. Use buttons through to select the pattern you want.
E-20 Using Auto Accompaniment 3. Use the ( w , q ) buttons to select the Auto Harmonize type you want. 4. Press the ( TONE ) button. This will exit the auto harmonize screen. 5. While playing chords, play the melo dy on the keyboard. Harmony will be added to your melody notes based on the chords you play.
English Using Auto Accompaniment E-21 4. Use the instrument part buttons ( through ) to select the part (drums, bass etc.) you want to edit. The name of the part you sele ct will appear on the display. Rhythm patterns are ma de up of the eight parts shown below.
E-22 Using Auto Accompaniment 6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 to edit all of the accompaniment patterns and parts you want. 7. After editing is complete, adjust the tempo of the rhythm as desired. • The tempo you set here becomes the initial de fault tempo of the rhythm.
E-23 English Playing Back Built-in Songs Your Digital Piano comes with a total of 68 built-in songs: eight demo songs that are arranged to highlight the characteristic s of the tones in each of the tone groups, and 60 classics in the Music Library. You can configure the Digital Piano to play back these songs in sequence.
E-24 Playing Back Built-in Songs You can use the procedure below to s elect a Music Library song for listeni ng or practice. The Music Library has a total of 60 songs, divided into three groups (A, B, C).
English Playing Back Built-in Songs E-25 Adjusting the Song Volume You can use the following procedure to adjust the volume level of the song’s Au to Accompaniment, without affecting the volume of keyboard tone output. For details, see “Song Vol ume” (page E-41) .
E-26 Music Presets Music Presets provide you with one-touch tone , rhythm, chord, and other settings that are optimized for specific musical genres and songs. In addition to built-in pres ets, you can create your own original Music Pres ets (use r presets).
English Music Presets E-27 3. Press the ( START/STOP ) button to start Auto Accompaniment with the chord progression of the Music Preset. Play the melody on the keyboard. • The preset chord progression repeats until you stop it by pressing the ( START/STOP ) b utton again.
E-28 Music Presets 4. Edit the Music Preset parameters. 5. After editing everything you want, press the ( EXIT ) button. • This will display a message as king if you want to save the user preset. 6. Press the ( YES ) button. This displays a screen for selecting the Music Pres et number and name for storing the edited data.
English Music Presets E-29 ■ To edit the chord progression 1. On the editing operation selection screen (page E-27), select “CHORD” and then press the ( ENTER ) button to display the chord progression editing screen shown below.
E-30 Music Presets 4. Repeat the above steps to edit all of the ste ps you want. • You can playback the Music Preset you are currently editing by pressing the ( START/STOP ) button. • The table below describes ot her Music Preset editing operations you can perform.
Music Presets E-31 English ■ To edit Auto Accompaniment param eters 1. On the editing operation selection screen (p age E-27), select “Parameter” and then press the ( ENTER ) button to display the Auto Accompaniment parameter editing scre en shown below.
E-32 Registering Tone and Rhythm Setups Registra tions let you save Digital Piano s etups (tone, rhythm, tempo, etc.) and for quick and easy recall when you need them. Registrations are stored usin g eight banks of 12 areas each as shown in the illustra tion below, for a total of 96 setups.
English Registering Tone and Rhythm Setups E-33 1. Configure the Digital Piano with the tone, rhythm, and other settings you wa nt to save. 2. While holding down the ( STORE ) bu tton, use the ( w , q ) buttons to select the ban k where you want to save the registration.
E-34 Recording Your Keyboard Play You can record your music as you play and store up to five songs in Digital Piano memor y for later play back. You can divide a song into pa rts (by instrument, by left hand and right hand, etc.) and record each part separately.
English Recording Your Keyboard Play E-35 NO TE • Recorder memory capacity is approximately 10,000 notes per song. When remaini ng capacity is 100 notes or less, the ( RECORDER ) button lamp will flash at high speed. Recording will stop automatically when memory becomes full.
E-36 Recording Your Keyboard Play ■ Supported Track Data The following describes the data that can be recorde d to each type of track. System Track, Track s 01 through 16 Keyboard notes, keyboard to.
English Recording Your Keyboard Play E-37 You can use the procedures below to delete an entire recorder song or to delete a specific track of a recorder song. Deleting a Recorder Song 1. Use the ( RECORDER ) button to cycle through the recorder mod es until the RECORDER lamp is lit (playback mode).
E-38 Recording Your Keyboard Play 3. Press the ( START/STOP ) button. This will start playback of the s elected track. 4. When playback reaches the point you want to re-record, play the notes and perform the other operations you want. This automatically starts punch-in record ing, which will continue unti l step 5, belo w.
English Recording Your Keyboard Play E-39 ■ Performing Punch-in Re cording for Areas Smaller than One Measure Use the procedure below to specify a punch-in recording area that includes a part of a measure. Example: To re-record from beat 3 o f measure 2 up to beat 1 of measure 4 1.
E-40 Other Settings You can use the settings in this section to adjust the tuning and touch of the ke yboard, to configure pedal and MIDI settings, and to configure other parameters in order to tailor Digital Piano operation to your particular needs. 1.
Other Settings E-41 English No. Parameter Displa y Name Description Settings Shortcut Button * 1 Keyboard Key (Transpose) Transpose Adjusts keyboard tuning by semitone units. –12 to 00 to 12 semitones 2 Keyboard Fine Tunin g (Tuning) Tune Adjusts keyboard tuning by cent (1 semitone = 100 cents) units.
E-42 Other Settings 6 Song Playback/Card Group Play/ CARD 6-1 Pre-count PreCount Turn on this setting for an audible count before starting playback of a song. Off, On – 6-2 Song Repeat SongRepeat Turn on this setting to repeat play a song. Off, On – 6-3 Card Folder CARD Folder S ee page E-53.
E-43 English Using a Memory Card You can use the procedures in this section to transfer edited Auto Accompaniment data, recorder data, and other data from the Digital Piano to a commercially available SD memory card for storage.
E-44 Using a Memory Card Card and Card Slot Precautions IMPORT ANT! • Be sure to observe t he precaution s provided in the documentation that comes with the memory card. • Memory cards have a writ e-protect switch. Use it when you want to prot ect the data on the ca rd from accident al deletion.
English Using a Memory Card E-45 IMPORT ANT! • Format a memory card bef ore using it for the first time. • Before formatt ing a memory card, ma ke sure it does not have any valuab le data stored on it. • The memory card f ormat operatio n performed by t his Digital Pian o is a “quick format”.
E-46 Using a Memory Card 5. Use the ( w , q ) buttons to select the file number (01 to 99) you want to assign to th e data when it is saved to the memory card. • The file number is the final two characters of the file name * that appears on the display.
English Using a Memory Card E-47 Use the following proce dure to delete memory car d data (files). 1. Insert the memory ca rd into the Digital Piano’s memory card slot. 2. While holding down the ( FUNCTION ) button, press the ( CARD/INTERNAL ) button.
E-48 Using a Memory Card You can use the procedure below to play back a user song (page E-24) stored on a memory card without loading the song into Dig ital Piano memory. ■ Memory Card Folders Formatting a memory card on the Digital Piano will automatically create the four folders shown below .
English Using a Memory Card E-49 Even when you do not have a memory card loaded in the Digital Piano’s memory card slot, you can save up to about 16MB of data in the Digital Piano’s internal memory ar ea. You also can loa d and delete internal memory area data usi ng the same procedures th at you use with a memory card.
E-50 Using a Memory Card One of the error messages be low appears on the display when a problem occurs. • All mentions of “memory card” in the following table refer to an SD memory card.
E-51 English Connecting to a Computer You can connect the Digital Piano to a computer and exchange MIDI data between them. You can se nd play data from the Digital Piano to music software running on your computer, or you can send MIDI data from your computer to the Digital Piano for playback.
E-52 Connecting to a Co mputer NO TE • Once you are able to connect successfully, there is no problem with leaving the U SB cable connected when you turn off your computer and/or Digital Piano. • This Digital Piano conforms to General MIDI Level 1 (GM).
English Connecting to a Computer E-53 3. While holding down the ( FUNCTION ) button, press the ( USB DEVICE MODE ) button. This will enter the storage mode, which enables data transfer with the connected computer. The ( FUNCTION ) button lamp will flash and the display will appear as s hown below.
E-54 Connecting to a Co mputer 7. File name extensions (.MID, .CM2, etc.) are not displayed under initial default Windows settings. Perform the procedure below to turn on display of file name extensions. 8. After opening a data folde r, perform either of the following operations to tr ansfer data.
English Connecting to a Computer E-55 Playing Back User S ong Data by Copying It to the PIANO Drive You can use the procedure below at any time to copy user song data to the PIANO drive (without putting it in the MUSICLIB folder) for si mplified playback on the Digital Piano.
E-56 Assembling the Stand PREP ARA TION • This stand does not include any of the tools required for assembly. It is up to you to prepare a large Philips head (+) screwdriver for assembly. IMPORT ANT! • If anything is missing or d amaged, contact your local CASIO service provider.
English Assembling the Stand E-57 3. Slide the back panel into the grooves of the side panels. IMPORT ANT! • Be sure to check that the back pa nel bracket engages correctly wit h the side panel brac ket as shown in the nearby illustration marked “ O ”.
E-58 Assembling the Stand 6. Place the piano onto the stand. IMPORT ANT! • In order to ensure you do not get your finge rs pinched between the piano and the st and, grasp the piano on its sides (not its ends) at the locati ons marked wit h stars ( ) in the illustration.
English Assembling the Stand E-59 9. Next, secure the bottom of the back pan el with the six screws . 10. Adjust the height adjustment screw to provide support so the crosspiece does not bow downwards wh en the pedals are pressed.
E-60 Assembling the Stand 4. Plug the power cord into a household power outlet. * CAUTION • The screws of the stand can work loose due to the effects of temperature and humidity ch anges, vibration, etc. Because of this, you need to periodically check the screws for pr oper tightness.
E-61 English Reference Troubleshooting Problem Cause Action See Page No sound is produced whe n I press a keyboard key. 1. The VOLUME controller is set to “MIN”. 1. Ro tate the VOLUME controller more towards “MAX”. E-8 2. Headphones or an adapto r plug is plugged into one of the PHONES jacks.
E-62 Reference All of the items in these specifications apply to th e AP-620BK, AP-620BKV, AP-6BP, and AP-6BPV, unless specifically noted otherwise. * Based on 1KB = 1024bytes, 1MB = 1024 2 bytes • Specifications and designs are su bject to change without notice.
English Reference E-63 Be sure to read and observe the following operating precautio ns. ■ Location Avoid the following locations for this product. • Areas exposed to direct su nlight and high hum.
A-1 Appendix/Apéndice Tone List/Lista de tonos Group Name/ Nombre del grupo Group Number/ Número de grupo Sequential Number/ Número secuencia l Tone Name/ Nombre del tono Program Change/ Cambio de .
A-2 Appendix/Apéndice NO TE • Acoustic resonance (page E-41) is applied only to tones indicated by “ O ”. • While sequential numbered tone 065 (STEEL STR.GUITAR 2) or 066 (STEEL STR.GUITAR 3) is selected, pressing multiple keys on the far left side of the keyboard will produce a guitar strumming sound.
Appendix/Apéndice A-3 Drum Assignment List/Lista de sonidos de batería E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C6 D6 E6 F6 2 8 29 31 33 35 .
A-4 Appendix/Apéndice Rhythm List/Lista de ritmos Group Name / Nombre del grupo Group Number/ Número de grupo Sequential Number/ Número secuencial Rhythm name/ Nombre del ritmo POPS/JAZZ POPS 001 0.
Appendix/Apéndice A-5 NO TE • Sequential number rhythms 171 through 180 do not sound unless a chord is being played. • Los ritmos secuenciales números 171 al 180 no suenan a menos que se ejecute un acorde.
A-6 Appendix/Apéndice Tone Demo Songs/ Canciones de demostración de tonos Music Library/Biblioteca musical Song List/Lista de canciones Tone Group Name/ Nombre del grupo de tonos Number/ Número Son.
Appendix/Apéndice A-7 Music Preset List/Lista de preajustes musicales Group Name/ Nombre del grupo Group Number/ Número de grupo Sequential Number/ Número secuencial Preset Name/ Nombre de preajust.
A-8 Appendix/Apéndice 30 150 Nutcracker 31 151 L iebestraume 32 152 Gymnopedies 33 153 J upiter 34 154 Entertai ner 35 155 M apleLeafRag TRAD 36 156 Michael Row 37 157 Gr ndpasClock 38 158 Troika 39 .
Appendix/Apéndice A-9 Fingered 1, Fingered 2 Chords/ Acordes Fingered 1, Fingered 2 Fingered 3, Ful l Range Chords/ Acordes Fingered 3, Full Range In addition to the chords that can be fingered with Fingered 1 and Fingered 2, the following chords also are recognized.
A-10 Appendix/Apéndice Chord Example List/Lista de ejemplos de acordes Root Chord Type M m dim aug sus4 sus2 7 m7 M7 m7 b 5 7 b 5 7sus4 add9 madd9 mM7 dim7 69 6 m6 ( A # ) /B b B F # / ( G b ) G ( G # ) /A b A F CC # / ( D b ) D ( D # ) /E b E • Since the chord input range is limited, this model may not support some of the chords shown above.
Function T ransmitted Recogniz ed Remarks Basic Channel 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 Def ault Changed Note Number 0 - 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 * 1 T r ue voice Program Change OO 0 - 127 :T r ue # After To u.
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