AP470-E-3A
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USER’S GUIDE (Full)
Before using this Digital Piano for the first time, be sure to read the separate USER’S GUIDE to familiarize yourself with basic operations.
AP-470
Page 1: ...AP470 E 3A EN USER S GUIDE Full Before using this Digital Piano for the first time be sure to read the separate USER S GUIDE to familiarize yourself with basic operations AP 470 ...
Page 2: ...List EN 28 Hall simulator EN 28 Tone selection EN 28 Chorus EN 28 Brilliance EN 28 Layer balance EN 28 Lower Pedal EN 28 Damper noise EN 28 Hammer response EN 28 String resonance EN 28 Lid simulator EN 28 Key on action noise EN 28 Key off action noise EN 28 Select layer tone EN 29 Duet mode EN 29 Music Library song select MUSIC LIBRARY SELECT EN 30 Tempo TEMPO EN 30 Beat BEAT EN 30 METRONOME TEMPO...
Page 3: ...a from a USB Flash Drive into Digital Piano Memory EN 40 Deleting Data from a USB Flash Drive EN 41 Simple Play Back of a Song on a USB Flash Drive EN 42 Error Indicators EN 43 Connecting to a Computer EN 45 Minimum Computer System Requirements EN 45 Connecting the Digital Piano to Your Computer EN 45 Using MIDI EN 46 Transferring Song Data with a Computer EN 46 Reference EN 56 Troubleshooting EN ...
Page 4: ...EN 3 General Guide 1 3 4 7 8 9 6 5 2 bk bn bl bm bo bp Front Bottom Rear ...
Page 5: ...details about operations and settings see Configuring Settings with the Keyboard on page EN 25 Your Digital Piano can be configured to save its current settings when power is turned off and restore them when turned back on again Auto Resume You can also lock its buttons to protect against operation errors Operation Lock For details see Parameter List on pages EN 28 EN 33 You can use a computer to ...
Page 6: ... to temporarily suspend Auto Power Off To disable Auto Power Off 1 While the Digital Piano is turned on press the P POWER button to turn it off 2 While holding down the FUNCTION button press the P POWER button to turn on the Digital Piano Auto Power Off will be disabled at this time NOTE Turning off the Digital Piano after performing the above steps will re enable Auto Power Off Perform the follow...
Page 7: ...ant to select 2 Use the VOLUME controller to adjust the volume NOTE Some keys may have more than one tone assigned In this case each press of the key cycles to the next assigned tone Which tone is selected by the key press is indicated by beeps Example Cycling through MODERN ROCK and JAZZ settings MODERN 1 beep ROCK 2 beeps JAZZ 3 beeps Of the Digital Piano s 22 built in tones the first six are gr...
Page 8: ...OTE Opening or closing the Digital Piano s lid does not affect the Lid Simulator setting 1 Hold down the FUNCTION button and press the desired tone key Each press of the keyboard key cycles to the next option for that setting The Digital Piano emits a beep pattern that indicates the currently selected option One beep Option 1 3 Two beeps Option 2 3 Three beeps Option 3 3 Four beeps Option 4 3 One ...
Page 9: ...old down the FUNCTION button and press the Select Layer Tone key For details about using the keyboard keys for settings see Keyboard Keys Used for Configuring Settings page EN 26 Each press of the keyboard key toggles between on and off 2 Hold down the FUNCTION button and press key of the tone to be layered 3 To return to the original tone hold down the FUNCTION button and press the Select Layer T...
Page 10: ...ough the available settings Each press of the Chorus keyboard key causes the Digital Piano to beep according to which setting is selected as shown in the table below Chorus About DSP DSP makes it possible to digitally produce complex acoustic effects The DSP is assigned to each tone whenever you turn on Digital Piano power C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 Center Volume of the main tone First tone you selec...
Page 11: ...could mean that the pedal cord is not connected properly Refer to step 1 under To connect the cable page EN 52 Disabling Damper Noise Output Damper noise is a slight metallic ringing sound that is generated as the damper of an acoustic piano separates from the wires pedal when the damper pedal is pressed The damper resonance of your Digital Piano normally includes damper noise but you can perform ...
Page 12: ...s per minute Each press of the or key raises or lowers the tempo value by 1 You can also use the tempo value input keys 0 to 9 to enter a specific tempo value Input three digits as the tempo value Example To set a tempo of 20 press keys 0 2 and then 0 6 Press the METRONOME button to turn off the metronome NOTE If you used the numeric input 0 to 9 keyboard keys to input beat and or tempo values and...
Page 13: ...dal while the right outer pedal is the right side damper pedal NOTE Only the damper pedal for the right side keyboard supports half pedal operations 1 Select the piano tone you want to use for the duet Example GRAND PIANO 1 BRIGHT 2 To cycle between the Duet Mode settings below hold down the FUNCTION button and press the Duet Mode key Off On Pan Outputs left side keyboard tone from the left speake...
Page 14: ...RAND PIANO 1 buttons depressed as you advance to step 2 below This will sound the note assigned to C4 and change the octave of the left keyboard Example Press the keyboard key of the leftmost C C4 will assign the range shown below 2 While still holding down the FUNCTION and GRAND PIANO 1 buttons press the keyboard C key that you want located at C4 middle C of the right keyboard This will sound the...
Page 15: ...button again to stop built in song play NOTE Pressing the METRONOME button while holding down the FUNCTION button during Concert Play jumps to the first Music Library song Performing the same operation during Music Library play jumps to the first Concert Play song The tune selection and playback stop operations described above are the only operations that are possible during demo tune play Concert...
Page 16: ...e tempo of the playback if you want See Configuring Settings with the Keyboard page EN 25 for more information NOTE Some Concert Play tunes incorporate tempo changes in their arrangements Because of this the playback tempo may at times be faster or slower than the tempo setting 1 While holding down the FUNCTION button press the LESSON keyboard key This enters the Lesson Mode which allows simple pl...
Page 17: ...rom the Internet and then transfer it from your computer to Digital Piano memory See Transferring Song Data with a Computer on page EN 46 for more information 1 Find the song number of the song you want to play in the Music Library List on page A 1 2 To change to another song hold down the FUNCTION button as you use the MUSIC LIBRARY SELECT 0 to 9 keys to specify a song number Each press of the or...
Page 18: ... information Linear PCM 16bit 44 1 kHz Stereo PREPARATION Prepare a USB flash drive that contains data recorded to it using the Digital Piano s Audio Recorder See Recording to a USB Flash Drive Audio Recorder on page EN 21 for more information You can also use a computer to save audio data WAV file to the USB Flash Drive for playback See Storing Standard Audio Data WAV Files to a USB Flash Drive o...
Page 19: ...rack 1 only Brilliance Track 1 only Hall Simulator setting Track 1 only Acoustic Simulator Track 1 only Recording Data Storage Starting a new recording deletes any data that was previously recorded in memory Should power fail during recording all of the data in the track you are recording will be deleted IMPORTANT CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD takes no responsibility for any damages lost profits or claims...
Page 20: ...g back press the MIDI REC button so its lamp goes out Recording to One Track while Listening to Playback of the Other Track 1 Press the MIDI REC button so its lamp is lit 2 While holding down the FUNCTION button press the a button to select the track you want to play back while recording 3 Press the MIDI REC button so its lamp is flashing This will cause the L lamp to flash 4 While holding down th...
Page 21: ...ly do not need the data in Digital Piano memory before you perform the following steps 1 Press the MIDI REC button once or twice so the MIDI REC lamp is flashing 2 While holding down the FUNCTION button press the a button to select the track you want to delete 3 Press the MIDI REC button until its lamp is lit This will cause the lamp of the track you selected in step 2 of this procedure to flash E...
Page 22: ...ed while a USB flash drive mounting sequence is being performed The Digital Piano s L R lamps flash while the mounting process is in progress It may take up to 10 or 20 seconds or even longer for a USB flash drive to be mounted Do not attempt to perform any operation on the Digital Piano while a mounting sequence is in progress while L R lamps are flashing A USB flash drive needs to be mounted eac...
Page 23: ...aying Back Data Recorded on a USB Flash Drive page EN 22 To exit the audio record playback operation press the AUDIO REC button so its lamp becomes unlit Playing Back Data Recorded on a USB Flash Drive 1 Press the AUDIO REC button once or twice so the AUDIO REC lamp is lit 2 Select the song you want to play back If you want to play back the last file you recorded jump directly to step 3 To select ...
Page 24: ...cannot be undone Check to make sure you really do not need the data in Digital Piano memory before you perform the following steps 1 Press the AUDIO REC button once or twice so the AUDIO REC lamp is lit 2 Select the song you want to delete If you want to delete the last file you recorded jump directly to step 3 To select the previous song Hold down the FUNCTION button and press the Select Music Li...
Page 25: ... cancel the delete operation at any time press the AUDIO REC button so its lamp is unlit NOTE When you record a new file it is always automatically assigned the next new file number in the sequence of files currently on the USB flash drive even if a previous number is unused because a file was deleted ...
Page 26: ... four types of operations that you can perform while configuring settings with the keyboard keys Type A Type B Type C and Type D Example Pressing the GRAND PIANO 1 BRIGHT keyboard key to select the GRAND PIANO 1 BRIGHT tone Holding down a key raises or lowers the setting at high speed To return to the initial default setting press both keys at the same time To input a two digit value press 0 and t...
Page 27: ...lect Tempo Beat Temperament select Local Control Send Channel USB Flash Drive Mode Format Save Load Delete USB Flash Drive Mode Hall Simulator Off String Resonance Lid Simulator Key on Action Noise CONCERT PLAY a Song LISTEN LESSON PLAY CONCERT PLAY SELECT Song Damper Noise CONCERT PLAY VOLUME Speaker Out Chorus Head Phone Mode Volume Sync Equalizer Lower Pedal Hammer Response Key off Action Noise...
Page 28: ...d Temperament METRONOME BEAT Tone Select Layer Tone METRONOME TEMPO Base Note Touch Response Brilliance Transpose Layer Balance A tuning Octave Shift Keyboard Volume Music Library Song Volume Metronome Volume Audio Recorder Volume Duet Mode Auto Resume Operation Tone Panel Lock Middle Right Keyboard ...
Page 29: ...urned on and the BASS LOWER tone is selected pressing the damper pedal or sostenuto pedal will apply sustained reverberation to the BASS LOWER tone page EN 7 Damper noise Off On Default On D Enables disables damper noise output page EN 10 Hammer response Off 1 to 4 Default Depends on tone D Specifies the time lag between when a key is pressed and the note actually sounds A greater value specifies ...
Page 30: ...t be layered with another tone Configuring of layering settings is not supported for recording function Track 2 recording Duet mode Off On Pan Default Off D Enables or disables the Duet Mode page EN 12 When Pan is specified Hall Simulator and Chorus effects cannot be applied Parameter Settings Operation Type page EN 25 Description Remarks ...
Page 31: ...RONOME BEAT Enters a setting mode for specifying the metronome beat with keyboard keys Use the BEAT keyboard keys to input a beat value page EN 11 CONCERT PLAY a Play Stop D Toggles a Concert Play song between play and stop page EN 14 This setting cannot be changed while recording LISTEN A Enters the Concert Play Listen Mode page EN 14 This setting cannot be changed while recording LESSON A Enters...
Page 32: ...d setting For details about temperament refer to a book that covers music theory Temperaments 0 Equal 1 Pure Major 2 Pure Minor 3 Pythagorean 4 Kirnberger 3 5 Werckmeister 6 Mean Tone 7 Rast 8 Bayati 9 Hijaz 10 Saba 11 Dashti 12 Chahargah 13 Segah 14 Gurjari Todi 15 Chandrakauns 16 Charukeshi Touch response Off 1 to 3 Default 2 D Specifies the relative touch of the keyboard keys Setting a smaller ...
Page 33: ...ntrol cuts off the Digital Piano s sound source so no sound is produced by the Digital Piano when keys are pressed Send channel 1 to 16 Default 1 B Specifies one of the MIDI channels 1 through 16 as the Send channel which is used for sending MIDI messages to an external device Audio Recorder Volume 00 to 42 Default 42 B You can adjust the volume level of audio data recorded to a USB flash drive Th...
Page 34: ...eadphones Volume Sync Equalizer Off Weak Normal Strong Default Normal D Automatically performs timbre compensation in accordance with the volume level This feature ensures that low range and or high range sounds are easier to hear even at low volume levels Off No equalization Weak Weak equalization Normal Normal equalization Strong Strong equalization Auto Resume Off On Default Off D When On is se...
Page 35: ...et or other smart device A special app is available to display music scores and a piano roll display to support your practice Downloading the Special App Go to the website below to download the app and install it on your smart device http web casio com app en Linking with an Application APP Function ...
Page 36: ...andard Audio Data WAV Files to a USB Flash Drive page EN 36 and Playing Back Audio Data Stored on a USB Flash Drive page EN 17 Using the Song Recorder to save recorded song MID data to a USB flash drive See Saving a Recorded Song to a USB Flash Drive page EN 38 Loading of song MID CM2 data stored on a USB flash drive to a Digital Piano user song number See Loading Song Data from a USB Flash Drive ...
Page 37: ...to or loaded from it Doing so can corrupt the data on the USB flash drive and damage the USB flash drive port Never insert anything besides a USB flash drive into the USB flash drive port Doing so creates the risk of malfunction A USB flash drive can become warm after very long use This is normal and does not indicate malfunction Static electricity conducted to the USB flash drive port from your h...
Page 38: ...rm that there is no data exchange operation being performed and then pull the USB flash drive straight out IMPORTANT Be sure to format a USB flash drive on the Digital Piano before using it for the first time Before formatting a USB flash drive make sure it does not have any valuable data stored on it The format operation performed by this Digital Piano is a quick format If you want to completely ...
Page 39: ...r formatting is complete the L R lamps will go out and the Digital Piano will exit the formatting operation NOTE Formatting a large capacity USB flash drive can take several minutes Use the procedure below to save data you recorded on the Digital Piano to a USB flash drive as a MIDI file SMF format 0 1 Insert the USB flash drive into the Digital Piano s USB flash drive port 2 While holding down th...
Page 40: ...utton This starts the data save operation When saving is complete the L R lamps will go out to indicate that the USB flash drive mode has been exited USB Flash Drive Data File Storage Locations The above procedure stores piano data in a folder named MUSICLIB on the USB flash drive The MUSICLIB folder is created automatically when you format the USB flash drive on the Digital Piano page EN 37 Note ...
Page 41: ...ugh 70 inside the MUSICLIB folder on the USB flash drive The number names of the sub folders correspond to the Digital Piano s user song numbers 61 to 70 2 Insert the USB flash drive into the Digital Piano s USB flash drive port 3 While holding down the FUNCTION button press the keyboard key that corresponds to the USB flash drive mode This will cause the L R lamps to flash 4 While holding down th...
Page 42: ...eration To play back loaded song data exit turn off the USB flash drive mode and then press the a button You can use the procedure below to delete song data stored in the MUSICLIB folder on a USB flash drive 1 Insert the USB flash drive into the Digital Piano s USB flash drive port 2 While holding down the FUNCTION button press the keyboard key that corresponds to the USB flash drive mode This wil...
Page 43: ...f the first 00 to 99 songs sorted in file name sequence for playback 2 Insert the USB flash drive into the Digital Piano s USB flash drive port 3 While holding down the FUNCTION button press the keyboard key that corresponds to the USB flash drive mode This will cause the L R lamps to flash 4 Press the a button This will start playback of the song data Press the a button again to stop playback 5 T...
Page 44: ...e you are trying to use is already stored on USB flash drive Change the name and then save the new data Remove the read only attribute from the existing USB flash drive file and overwrite it with the new data Use a different USB flash drive Media Full There is not enough space available on the USB flash drive Delete some of the files on the USB flash drive to make room for new data page EN 41 or u...
Page 45: ...not compatible with this Digital Piano 1 Format the USB flash drive on the Digital Piano 2 The USB flash drive is corrupted 2 Use a different USB flash drive Media R W The USB flash drive is corrupted Use a different USB flash drive Lamps Error Type Cause Action ...
Page 46: ... to the Digital Piano Use a USB 2 0 or 1 1 A B connector type USB cable 3 Turn on the Digital Piano If this is the first time you are connecting the Digital Piano to your computer the driver software required to send and receive data will be installed on your computer automatically 4 Start up commercially available music software on your computer 5 Configure the music software settings to select C...
Page 47: ...a save and load operations If data is deleted it will take longer than normal for the Digital Piano to power up the next time you turn it on page EN 5 1 Perform steps 1 through 3 of the procedure under Connecting the Digital Piano to Your Computer on page EN 45 2 Change the Digital Piano s USB device mode to storage While holding down the FUNCTION button press the keyboard key that corresponds to ...
Page 48: ... Perform one of the following operations on your computer to show file name extensions To show file name extensions under Windows Vista or Windows 7 To show file name extensions under Windows 8 1 or Windows 10 To load a song into user song memory Music Library 61 to 70 Data Type Folder Name File Name and Extension User songs MUSICLIB MID SMF format data format 0 1 CM2 CASIO original format data Re...
Page 49: ...B device mode to MIDI will load the contents of MUSICLIB into user song memory and the contents of RECORDER into Recorder memory IMPORTANT A data conversion error is indicated when the GRAND PIANO 1 GRAND PIANO 2 L R lamps are all lit and all other lamps are unlit Copyrights The rights of creators and copyright holders of music images computer programs databases and other data are protected by cop...
Page 50: ... your local CASIO service provider CAUTION To assemble the stand at least two persons should work together on a flat surface Take care that you do not pinch your fingers between parts when assembling them Spread felt or some other type of cloth under the bench to avoid direct contact between the rubber at the tips of the legs and the floor surface Direct contact between the rubber and flooring can...
Page 51: ...l is positioned correctly as described below when installing it Before sliding back panel into place make sure that the widely spaced screw holes along the bottom of the panel are on the left when viewed from the front of the stand and the narrowly spaced holes are on the right At location slip the clip onto to the screw before installing the screw 3 Next secure the bottom of the back panel with t...
Page 52: ...The sides of the piano will overhang the left and right side panels slightly Adjust the piano position so the left and right overhang is the same 6 Use the four screws to secure the piano to the stand IMPORTANT The screws keep the piano from slipping off the stand Never use the piano without the screws installed Bracket slot Back of piano Stand side panel Piano Side panels H ...
Page 53: ...le to side panel 2 Plug the AC adaptor that comes with the digital piano 24 VDC into the AC adaptor terminal Plug the power cord of the AC adaptor that comes with the Digital Piano into a household power outlet as shown in the illustration below Secure the AC adaptor cord by hooking it onto the hook next to the AC adaptor terminal To connect the cable J a b AC adaptor plug AC adaptor unit Househol...
Page 54: ...tive tape is affixed to the front edges of the keyboard keys to protect them during shipment Remove the protective tape before using the Digital Piano Peel off the tape by pulling carefully towards you as shown in the illustration If some keys seem to be raised up after you remove the tape press down to return them to their normal positions To install the music stand Install the Headphones Hook K ...
Page 55: ...ct commercially available headphones to the PHONES OUTPUT jacks Connecting headphones to either of the PHONES OUTPUT jack cuts off output to the speakers which means you can practice even late at night without bothering others To protect your hearing make sure that you do not set the volume level too high when using headphones NOTE Be sure to push the headphones plug into the PHONES OUTPUT jacks a...
Page 56: ... s VOLUME controller Connecting a Music Amplifier Figure Connect the connecting cord to one of the types of amplifiers shown in Figure Adjust volume using the Digital Piano s VOLUME controller NOTE Change the Head Phone Mode setting to OFF whenever the Digital Piano is connected to an audio system or amplifier Use only accessories that are specified for use with this Digital Piano Use of unauthori...
Page 57: ... USB flash drive See Error Indicators EN 43 It takes a long time before I can use the Digital Piano after I turn it on It takes about 20 seconds after you turn on power to perform the memory format operation Wait until the format operation is complete Note that you should take care to avoid turning off the Digital Piano while a data transfer operation with a computer is in progress EN 46 A tone s ...
Page 58: ...pproximately 5 000 notes total Recording storage Built in flash memory Audio Recorder USB flash drive real time recording and playback Linear PCM 16bit 44 1 kHz stereo WAV format Songs 99 files Approximately 25 minutes maximum recording per file Audio file volume Adjustable Pedals Damper seamless half pedal support sostenuto soft Other Functions Touch Response 3 levels Off Transpose 2 octaves 12 t...
Page 59: ...r Ohne Worte Heft 5 14 Fröhlicher Landmann Album für die Jugend 15 Von fremden Ländern und Menschen Kinderszenen 16 Träumerei Kinderszenen 17 Tambourin 18 Menuet BWV Anh 114 Clavierbüchlein der Anna Magdalena Bach 19 Inventio 1 BWV 772 20 Inventio 8 BWV 779 21 Inventio 13 BWV 784 22 Praeludium 1 BWV 846 Das Wohltemperierte Klavier 1 23 Le Coucou 24 Gavotte 25 Sonatina Op 36 1 1st Mov 26 Sonatine O...
Page 60: ... v 0 O 8nH v 0 127 Note ON Note OFF Mode Mode 3 X Mode 3 X Default Messages Altered 0 32 1 5 6 38 7 10 11 16 17 18 19 64 65 66 67 Bank select Modulation Portamento Time Data entry LSB MSB 2 Volume Pan Expression DSP Parameter0 2 DSP Parameter1 2 DSP Parameter2 2 DSP Parameter3 2 Damper Portamento Switch Sostenuto Soft pedal O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O X X X O X X X X X X O X O O Model AP 470 V...
Page 61: ...epth Vibrato delay DSP Parameter4 2 DSP Parameter5 2 DSP Parameter6 2 DSP Parameter7 2 Portamento Control High resolution velocity prefix 3 Reverb send 4 Chorus send RPN LSB MSB 2 All sound off Reset all controller Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO O Yes X No O O O O O O O O O O O O O O X X X X X X X X O X O X X O 2 2 For details see MIDI Implementat...
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