User manual CASIO CTK-431

[. . . ] These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. [. . . ] Use the following procedure to select the tone you want to use. Example: 90 BASS/PIANO This tone splits the keyboard so one range is assigned a bass tone and another range is assigned a piano tone. BASS PIANO To select a tone 1. 2. Find the tone you want to use in the keyboard's tone list and note its tone number. Press the TONE button. Appears when TONE button is pressed Percussion sounds Example: 99 PERCUSSION This tone assigns various percussion sounds to the keyboard. See the Percussion Assignment List on page A-4 for full details. TONE RHYTHM SONG BANK Sound Effect Tones With sound effect tones 77 through 79, the type of sound produced depends on the octave where the key you press is located. When 78 PHONE is selected available sound types are PUSH TONE 1, PUSH TONE 2, RING 1, RING 2, and BUSY SIGNAL. 3. Use the number buttons to input the two digit tone number for the tone you want to select. Example: To select "26 WOOD BASS", input 2 and then 6 . TONE RHYTHM SONG BANK · Now notes played on the keyboard will be played using an acoustical wood bass sound. E-16 622A-E-018A Page 16 01. 7. 26, 10:40 AM Polyphony The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes you can play at the same time. The keyboard has 12-note polyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as the rhythms and auto-accompaniment patterns that are played by the keyboard. This means that when a rhythm or auto-accompaniment pattern is being played by the keyboard, the number of notes (polyphony) available for keyboard play is reduced. · When rhythm or auto accompaniment is playing, the number of sounds simultaneously played is reduced. Digital Sampling A number of the tones that are available with this keyboard have been recorded and processed using a technique called digital sampling. To ensure a high level of tonal quality, samples are taken in the low, mid, and high ranges and then combined to provide you with sounds that are amazingly close to the originals. You may notice very slight differences in volume or sound quality for some tones when you play them at different positions on the keyboard. This is an unavoidable result of multiple sampling, and it is not a sign of malfunction. 622A-E-019A E-17 Page 17 01. 7. 26, 10:40 AM Auto Accompaniment POWER/MODE TEMPO RHYTHM START/STOP Number buttons This keyboard automatically plays bass and chord parts in accordance with the chords you finger. · Except for the chords specified in note*1 above, inverted fingerings (i. e. playing E-G-C or G-C-E instead of C-E-G) will produce the same chords as the standard fingering. · Except for the exception specified in note*2 above, all of the keys that make up a chord must be pressed. Failure to press even a single key will not play the desired FINGERED chord. E-20 622A-E-022A Page 20 01. 7. 26, 10:40 AM ACCOMP VOLUME [+]/[­] SYNCHRO/FILL-IN START/STOP Number buttons Using a Fill-in Pattern Fill-in patterns let you momentarily change the rhythm pattern to add some interesting variation to your performances. The following procedure describes how to use the Fill-in feature. Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume You can adjust the volume of the accompaniment parts as a value in the range of 0 (minimum) to 9. 1. Press the ACCOMP VOLUME button. Current accompaniment volume setting To insert a fill-in 1. Press the SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button to insert a fill-in pattern for the rhythm you are using. TONE RHYTHM SONG BANK Synchro Starting Accompaniment with Rhythm Play You can set up the keyboard to start rhythm play at the same time you play the accompaniment on the keyboard. Before starting, you should first select the rhythm you want to use, set the tempo, and use the POWER/MODE switch to select the chord play method you want to use (CASIO CHORD, FINGERED). 2. Use the number buttons or the [+]/[­] buttons to change the current volume setting value. Example: 5 TONE RHYTHM SONG BANK NOTES · The current accompaniment volume value that appears in Step 1 automatically clears from the display if you do not input anything within about five seconds. · Pressing [+] and [­] buttons at the same time automatically sets an accompaniment volume of 7. · You can make independent accompaniment volume settings for autoaccompaniment and Song Bank tune accompaniment parts. To use synchro start 1. Press the SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button to put the keyboard into synchro start standby. STATUS TEMPO MAIN VOLUME 2. Play a chord on the accompaniment keyboard and the rhythm pattern starts to play automatically. NOTES · If the POWER/MODE switch is set to NORMAL, only the rhythm plays (without a chord) when you play on the accompaniment keyboard. · To cancel synchro start standby, press the SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button one more time. 622A-E-023A E-21 Page 21 01. 7. 26, 10:40 AM Using the Song Bank SONG BANK POWER/MODE TEMPO REW STOP FF Number buttons PLAY/PAUSE A selection of 100 Song Bank tunes come built-in for your listening enjoyment of play along fun. You can turn off the left-hand or righthand part to practice with the remaining part, and the display even shows you what keys to press and which fingers you should use. 5. Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to start play of the tune. Appears when PLAY/PAUSE button is pressed Fingers used To play back a Song Bank tune TONE RHYTHM 1. [. . . ] Left-hand or right-hand part is turned off. Use the ACCOMP VOLUME button to increase the volume. Check the display to see if the indicator for one of the parts is not displayed. If so, press the part's button (LEFT ON/OFF, RIGHT ON/ OFF) to turn it on. Adjust accompaniment volume. Page E-21 Page E-29 Page E-24 2. [. . . ]