Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto CA-X del fabbricante Kawai
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Digital Piano CA-X Owner’s Manual.
KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Important Safety Instructions When using the headphones, do not listen for long periods of time at high volume levels. Doing so may result in hearing problems. Do not insert or disconnect the power cord plug with wet hands. Doing so may cause electric shock.
INTRODUCTION Failure to do so may cause breakdown of this product and other devices. ● Doing so may cause the product to generate noise. ● If the product generates noise, move the product sufficiently away from the electrical appliance or connect it to another AC outlet.
KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Notes on Repair Should an abnormality occur in the product, immediately turn the power OFF, disconnect the power cord plug, and then contact the shop from which the product was purchased. The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: ● The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged.
INTRODUCTION 1 T HANK Y OU FOR P URCHASING A KA W AI D IGIT AL P IANO ! The Kawai digital piano is a revolutionary new keyboard instrument that combines the latest in electronic advances with traditional craftsmanship inherited from Kawai’ s many years of experience in building fine pianos.
1. Quick Start p. 4 2. Advanced Playing p. 7 3. Recorder p. 12 4. Playing with Concert Magic p. 17 1.1 S ETTING U P THE P IANO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2 P OWER S WITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Function Buttons p. 22 6. Using MIDI p. 32 5.1 S ELECTING THE T OUCH S ENSITIVITY (TOUCH B UTTON ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5.2 T RANSPOSING THE P IANO (T RANSPOSE B UTTON ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5.3 O THER F UNCTIONS (TOUCH & TRANSPOSE B UTTONS ) .
4 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Quick Start 1.1 S ETTING U P THE P IANO The first thing you’ll need to do before playing the piano is to set up the instrument. SUPPL YING A C PO WER Connect the enclosed AC adaptor to the piano’ s DC IN jack and the other end of the AC adaptor to the AC outlet on the wall.
5 QUICK ST ART Quick Start 1.2 P O WER S WITCH Press this button to turn on the power . Pressing it again will turn off the power . Pressing this button while holding down the REC and PLA Y/STOP buttons will erase all the songs currently stored in the Recorder .
6 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Quick Start Now try playing the keyboard. Y ou will hear the CA ’ s main piano sound. The CA piano responds just like a real acoustic piano when you play it. It produces a louder sound when you play hard and a softer sound when you play soft.
7 ADV ANCED PLA YING Advanced Playing 2.1 V ALUE B UTT ONS 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 V ALUE buttons to change the value.
8 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Advanced Playing 2.3 S PLIT SELECTING SPLIT SOUNDS The split function divides the keyboard into two sections—upper and lower—and lets you play each part with a different sound. First press the desired SOUND SELECT button to select the upper sound.
9 ADV ANCED PLA YING Advanced Playing REVERB Reverb adds reverberation to the sound, simulating the acoustic environment of a recital room, stage, or concert hall. There are five types of reverb available. They are Room 1&2, Stage, and Hall 1&2.
10 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Advanced Playing TO ADD O THER EFFECTS Press the EFFECTS button. The LED indicator will be turned on to indicate that the effect is in use. Press and hold the EFFECTS button and the currently selected effect will be shown in the display .
11 ADV ANCED PLAYING Advanced Playing Y ou can select a different time signature, if you want to. There are seven different time signatures available on the CA piano—1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 3/8 and 6/8. T o change the time signature, use the BEA T button.
12 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Recorder The CA piano’ s recorder records your playing much like a tape recorder , and it is just as easy to use. The CA piano records a song as digital data instead of audio data and stores the song inside the instrument.
13 RECORDER Recorder RECORDING CAP A CITY The total recording capacity is about 15,000 notes. Pressing any buttons or pedals is counted as one note. When the recorder reaches it’ s maximum capacity , the CA piano will stop recording at that point.
14 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Recorder T o select the song number , use the SOUND SELECT buttons with the song numbers printed under them—PIANO 1, PIANO 2, ELECTRIC PIANO, DRA WBAR and CHURCH ORGAN. Press the PIANO 2 button to select Song 2 while holding down the REC button.
15 RECORDER Recorder When you are finished recording, press the PLA Y/STOP button again. ST A TUS OF SONG AND P AR T Y ou have probably noticed that some of the LED indicators are flashing, some are turned on, and some are turned off. The LED indicates the status of recording and play back as shown below .
16 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Recorder T o play back an individual part, use the Part buttons while holding down the PLA Y/STOP button to turn on/off each part. If the LED indicator is on, that part will play . If the LED indicator is off, that part will not play .
17 PLA YING WITH CONCERT MAGIC Playing with Concert Magic The great German composer Johann Sebastian Bach once said, “Playing the keyboard is simple. Just strike the right keys at the right time.” Many people wish it were that simple. The reality is very different of course.
18 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Playing with Concert Magic 4.3 P ERFORMING A S ONG Now you’re ready to play yourself. T ap out the rhythm of the selected song on any one of the 88 black or white keys on the piano’ s keyboard. As you tap harder , the notes will get louder; as you tap softer , the notes will get quieter .
19 PLA YING WITH CONCERT MAGIC Playing with Concert Magic MELOD Y PLA Y These songs are also quite easy to play , especially if they are familiar to you. T o perform them, tap out the rhythm of the melody on any key on the keyboard. Singing along as you tap the rhythm can be helpful.
20 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Playing with Concert Magic ◆ NO TE In the song list on page 43, the arrangement type is marked next to each song title as “ EB ” for Easy Beat, “ MP ” for Melody Play and “ SK ” for Skillful.
21 PLA YING WITH CONCERT MAGIC Playing with Concert Magic 4.8 A DJUSTING THE P LA YB ACK S PEED FOR THE C ONCER T M A GIC S ONGS 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.
22 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Function Buttons 5.1 S ELECTING THE T OUCH S ENSITIVITY (T OUCH B UTT ON ) T ouch lets you select a different touch sensitivity for the keyboard from the standard touch of an acoustic piano. Y ou can change the sensitivity to one of five different settings: LIGHT 1, LIGHT 2, HEA VY 1, HEA VY 2, OFF or User .
23 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons USER TOUCH Let’ s create your own custom touch curve which will fit your playing style. Use the V ALUE buttons to select “User” while holding down the TOUCH button. While still holding the TOUCH button, press the REC button.
24 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Function Buttons 5.3 O THER F UNCTIONS (T OUCH & TRANSPOSE B UTT ONS ) There are 13 other functions that control tuning, system, and MIDI functions.
25 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons The display alternatively shows “tun” (= T uning) and a number that represents the pitch for “A” in Hz (Hertz). The range of adjustment is from 427.0 to 453.0 Hz (displayed as 27.0–53.0). The factory preset value is set to the modern standard A = 440.
26 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Function Buttons PYTHA GOREAN TEMPERAMENT This temperament, which uses mathematical ratios to eliminate dissonance for fifths, is very limited for use with chords, but it produces very characteristic melodic lines.
27 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons KEY SIGNA TURE OF TEMPERAMENT Limitless modulation of the key became available only after the invention of Equal temperament. When we use a temperament other than Equal temperament, we must carefully choose the key signature to play in.
28 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Function Buttons 5. LOCAL CONTROL ON/OFF This determines whether the CA piano’ s sound will be played from the piano’ s keyboard (“ON”) or only from an external MIDI instrument (“OFF”).
29 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons 7. CHANNEL MUTE This determines which MIDI channels are activated to receive MIDI information when the Multi-T imbral mode is set to on. Y ou can activate or deactivate each of the 16 channels individually . Press the STRINGS button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE buttons.
30 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Function Buttons 9. LO WER OCT A VE SHIFT This allows the octave of the lower part to be be shifted up one, two, or three octaves higher when you use the split function. Press the P AD button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE buttons.
31 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons 12. LA YER DYNAMICS In Dual mode sometimes simply adjusting the volume balance between the two layered sounds is not enough to create the desired sound character if both sounds are very dynamic. T wo equally dynamic sounds can be difficult to control and play comfortably .
32 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Using MIDI In this chapter you will learn how you can create music by connecting the CA piano to an external MIDI device. The CA piano is compatible with MIDI devices from Kawai and other manufacturers. It can also be used with sequencing software on a personal computer .
33 USING MIDI Using MIDI There are two aspects of channels, one for receiving and one for sending. The MIDI channel of the receiving instrument must be matched with the MIDI channel of the transmitting instrument. The idea is just like television or radio.
34 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Using MIDI Next you must match the MIDI channel. The transmitting channel of the CA piano and receiving channel of your external MIDI device must be the same.
35 USING MIDI Using MIDI PR OGRAM CHANGE Press a SOUND SELECT button on the CA. Y ou will hear the sound on your external MIDI device also changes. Pressing a SOUND SELECT button lets the CA piano transmit a “ program change ” number .
36 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Using MIDI That is how to layer the CA piano’ s sound with a desired sound from an external MIDI device. LOCAL CONTR OL Y ou may want to play and only hear your external MIDI device’ s sound, without the CA piano’ s sound.
37 USING MIDI Using MIDI Connect the CA piano’ s MIDI IN jack and your external MIDI device’ s MIDI OUT jack with a MIDI cable. Please note that the MIDI information is now being transmitted the opposite of our earlier setup. The CA piano is now receiving MIDI data from your external MIDI device.
38 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Using MIDI Use the V ALUE buttons to select Multi-timbral On. The display will read “On1” or “On2”. Let’ s see how this works using an external MIDI device. If you have a keyboard connected to the CA piano try playing some notes.
39 USING MIDI Using MIDI.
40 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Jacks MIDI J A CKS These jacks are used to connect external MIDI devices with the CA piano. There are three terminals: MIDI IN, MIDI OUT , and MIDI THRU. USB J AC K This jack is used to connect with a personal computer and exchange MIDI data.
41 JACKS Jacks N O TES ABOUT USB The CA piano can be connected with a personal computer with a USB cable for exchanging MIDI data. Y ou need a USB driver installed in your computer . [For W indows XP/Me users] A standard USB driver is already installed in your computer .
42 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Appendices P ROGRAM C HANGE N UMBER M APPING Multi-Timbral mode Sound Button Sound Name Off, On 1 On 2 Prog # Bank MSB Bank LSB Prog # PIANO 1 1 Concert Grand 1 121 0 1 2.
43 APPENDICES Appendices Title Note# T ype CHILDREN’S SONGS Bingo G#1 EB Frère Jacques F#1 MP Good Morning T o Y ou F1 MP Hickory Dickor y Dock D#1 EB I’m A Little T eapot A#0 MP Itsy , Bitsy Spi.
44 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Appendices D EMO B UTTON ( P . 5) C ONCERT M AGIC B UTTON ( P . 17) S OUND S ELECT B UTTONS ( P . 6) V OLUME S LIDER ( P .
45 APPENDICES Appendices V ALUE B UTTONS ( P . 7) E FFECT B UTTONS ( P . 8) D UAL /S PLIT B ALANCE S LIDER ( P . 8) M ETRONOME B UTTONS ( P . 10) R ECORDER B UTTONS ( P .
46 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CA-X Appendices 1 1st byte 2 2nd byte 3 3rd byte 4 4th byte 5 5th byte 6 6th byte 7 7th byte 8 8th byte 9 9th byte 10 10th byte MIDI E XCLUSIVE D ATA F ORMA T 1 F0 . . . . . . . . . . Start code 2 40 . . . . . . . . . . Kawai's ID number 3 00 - 0F .
47 APPENDICES Appendices MIDI I MPLEMENT A TION C HAR T KA W AI DIGIT AL PIANO MODEL: CA-X D AT E : J UNE 2005 V ERSION 1.0 Mode 1: OMNI ON, POL Y Mode 2: OMNI ON, MONO ❍ : Y es Mode 3: OMNI OFF , P.
CA-X Owner ’ s Manual OW986E-C0508 815121 Printed in Indonesia Eng.
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In una situazione in cui hai già il Kawai CA-X, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Kawai CA-X.
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