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Read these operating instructions before use and observe the

safety information!

Keep the instruction manual for future reference.

Bedienungsanleitung | Owners manual | Mode d’emploi | Manual de instrucciones

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USER MANUAL

GEWA Digital Piano

UP400

Summary of Contents for UP400

Page 1: ...uctions before use and observe the safety information Keep the instruction manual for future reference Bedienungsanleitung Owners manual Mode d emploi Manual de instrucciones www gewakeys com USER MANUAL GEWA Digital Piano UP400 ...

Page 2: ...Manufacturer GEWA music GmbH Werkstraße 1 08626 Adorf GERMANY www gewamusic com Version 1 0 Last update 21 07 2020 ...

Page 3: ... Sound selection 18 5 4 Effects 19 5 4 1 Effect Settings 19 5 4 2 Reverb 20 5 4 3 Modulation effects 20 5 5 Sound Adjustment EQ 21 5 5 1 Combinations 22 5 6 Music 24 5 6 1 USB 24 5 6 2 Lessons 25 5 6 3 Demos 27 5 6 4 Recordings 27 5 6 5 Recorder 28 5 7 Metronome Rhythms 29 5 8 Settings 30 6 CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES 34 6 1 Connecting headphones 34 6 2 Connecting a playback device 34 6 3 Connecti...

Page 4: ...osing a digital piano from GEWA music You have chosen a high quality digital piano that will give you an impressive sound experience and lots of fun Additional functions extend the capabilities of your digital piano far beyond piano playing Your safety is very important to us Please read the safety information carefully and pay close attention to it Retain this manual and hand it over to the respe...

Page 5: ...he digital piano must be placed on securely fastened and weight suitable stable and level floors or platforms 1 3 IMPROPER USE EXAMPLES Use outdoors or in rain Use in damp rooms Connection to incorrect supply voltage or improperly installed electrical power supplies Use in close proximity to electrical or electronic equipment such as stereos televisions radios or mobile phones These devices may ca...

Page 6: ...ano Never pour water or liquids on to the digital piano or keyboard Never clean the digital piano with a wet cloth Never plug in or pull out the mains plug with wet hands Never pull on the cable it can cause damage If liquid accidentally gets into the digital piano immediately unplug the power Then have your digital piano checked by your GEWA service representative WARNING Unusual circumstances Tu...

Page 7: ...l unplug the appliance from the mains 1 5 CE MARK CE MARK This device complies with EU directive requirements Directive 2014 53 EU EN55020 2007 A11 2011 EN55024 2010 EN55032 2012 EN61000 3 2 2014 EN61000 3 3 2013 EN301489 17 V2 2 1 EN301489 17 V3 2 0 EN62479 2010 EN300328 V2 1 1 The conformity with the regulations listed above is confirmed by the CE sign on the device The declaration of conformity...

Page 8: ...8 ITEMS SUPPLIED 2 PARTS SUPPLIED WITH THE PIANO Check the content of the package for completeness before starting with the assembly 1a 1 1b 2 3 4 6 5 ...

Page 9: ... pin 1 13 Headphone hanger phillips screw M6 x 16 1 14 Quick Start Guide 1 not shown Cable clips 2 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS In this section we will show you how to easily set up your GEWA digital piano For the assembly you need size 2 Phillips screws second assisting person Do not firmly tighten the recessed head screws until all parts of your digital piano are aligned Make sure you assemble your dig...

Page 10: ...e panels are guided into the millings of the keyboard 5 Secure the keyboard with 2 screws M6x16 8A and 2 screws M6 x 30 8B 3 Then attach the rear panel with phillips screws 9A and 9B at the angle brackets of the side panels and the pedalboard subwoofer housing 6 Now plug the cables for pedal and subwoofer 11 and 12 into the connectors on the pedalboard and keyboard ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS ...

Page 11: ...ard 3 until it touches the floor 8 Now screw the headphone hanger onto the left underside of the keyboard by using a phillips screw 13 9 Plug the enclosed power cord 7 into the back of the piano and secure it with the supplied cable clips 7 Attach the subwoofer cover 6 Guide it past the front strips 4 and 5 There are no screws provided for the cover It is magnetic ...

Page 12: ...Y INSTRUCTIONS OPENING THE KEYBOARD LID Please make sure to always use both hands to open or close the lid To open the lid please follow below drawing In the opposite way the lid can then be closed again CAUTION ...

Page 13: ... THE CONTROLS OF YOUR DIGITAL PIANO Your GEWA digital piano features the following controls Music desk Pedals View B 4 Volume switch Power On Off View A LED Indicator Speakers Touch Panel View A Headphone sockets USB port Headphone hanger bottom of the keyboard GETTING STARTED FUNCTION KEYS ...

Page 14: ...s of the piano 2 Favorites Displays an editable selection of four most used sounds 3 Sounds Gives you access to all the available sounds of the piano 4 Player Recorder Displays all the player and recording functions of the piano 5 Metronome Enters the metronome menu 6 Settings Displays all available settings 7 on off switch With this switch you can turn your piano either on or off To turn the pian...

Page 15: ...sustaining notes are decaying faster than with the pedal fully depressed Piano Pedal left side When the Piano or Una Corda Pedal is being operated the Gewa Piano simulates shifting the keyboard action slightly to the right The altered striking line of the imaginary piano hammers results in a differently colored tone and a slightly softer volume Sostenuto Pedal middle position The Sostenuto Pedal r...

Page 16: ...via a 3 5mm jack socket C2 LINE OUT L R This connection is split into the stereo channels L eft and R ight Using 6 3mm jack cables you can connect these out puts to a receiver e g an amplifier or a recorder C3 MIDI IN OUT Connect MIDI devices here to use the MIDI functionality of your digital piano C4 USB B Connection Connect your digital piano with your PC using a USB cable C5 Power Supply Connec...

Page 17: ...equence is complete the home screen appears On this page you see four buttons with diffrent sounds You can easily select them by tapping their names The selection of these four sounds is freely editable and intended to provide instant access to the most commonly used sounds To change the sound of a button simpley keep it pressed down approx 1 second Now another page appears where you can select an...

Page 18: ... mode The sounds are organized in different categories such as Piano E Piano Strings and so on SOUND SELECTION To select a sound first select a category in the upper section using the arrow keys In the bottom section you can see the corresponding sounds By tapping on a sound it is immediately playable and the button is highlighted in blue to show your selection ...

Page 19: ... the buttons activates or deactivates the assigned effect If the effect is active the button is highlighted in blue If the effect is inactive the button is grey The EQ button is always active since the EQ is global This means the EQ is independent of the current sound selection For each sound of the piano there are separate settings stored for both effect blocks When you select a new sound you can...

Page 20: ...ngs 5 4 3 MODULATION EFFECTS The Fx effect block provides the following modulation effects Chorus The chorus effect adds doublings to the original sound which are periodically slightly out ot tune This provides a fuller sound when using a synthetic sample but can seem unnatural for the sound of acoustic instruments such as piano Tremolo The tremolo effect is a periodic change in the volume of the ...

Page 21: ...ss sharp sound the trebles are damped User This setting can be freely defined and is automatically being saved Parameters for the user settings Treble Controls the volume of the highest sound components in a range of 12 dB Move the slider to the right to increase the trebles the sound becomes sharper Mode the slider to the left to decrease the trebles the sound becomes duller Hi Mid Controls the v...

Page 22: ...t one of the presets here that you want to use as a basis for the new creation Keep the button pressed now you should see the following screen An individual sound layer can be assigned to each of these three buttons By holding one of the buttons you can access the sound selection page There you can select a sound and preview how the combination will sound Once you have decided on a sound confirm w...

Page 23: ...n in the highest key line If this is highlighted in blue the piano waits for your input Now play the highed note on the keyboard that should trigger this sound The piano recognizes the tone played and automatically enters the key name Now press the learn button the lowest key line and set the lowest tone in the same way The keyboard range of the selected layer is shown above the keyboard with a bl...

Page 24: ...ed 5 6 MUSIC By selecting the note icon in the toolbar you can access the Music section This is used to play and record pieces of music At the top of the screen there are five icons for selecting the modes USB Lessons Demos Recordings Recorder The icon for the page you are currently viewing is highlighted in blue 5 6 1 USB If you have inserted a USB stick with music tracks into the piano you selec...

Page 25: ...al lessons included in the selected lesson book are listed below Tap the lesson to load it into player play it and use all the different functions the player provides To load a new lesson book carry out the following procedure Save the desired Lesson Book this is a file with the extension GWL from your computer to a formatted USB stick and connect the stick to the piano In lesson mode tap the top ...

Page 26: ...count of the metronome before each repeat 3 Hand Selection The slider between the two hand icons controls the volume balance between left and right hand If you tap on one of the hand icons only this hand will be played and the other one is muted To hear both hands in normal proportion again just set the slider back to the centre 4 Volume The middle slider controls the volume of the piece of music ...

Page 27: ...tions as the lessons mode So you can also play your recordings in a different tempo loop it or play left and right hand separately See page 28 recorder mode and page 25 lesson mode 5 6 3 DEMOS In the Demos mode pieces of music are stored to demontrate the essential sounds of the UP400 The functions are identical to those of the USB mode see page 24 ...

Page 28: ...higher 5 Record Playback and track selection Use the recording icon to activate the recording The piano now waits for your input and starts the recording with the first note played or by using a pedal After you have finished your performance press the record key again to stop the recording Now the recording can be played back by using the play button The two hand icons are used to select two separ...

Page 29: ...e numerical tempo value in beats per minute BPM You can change the value by pressing the number and then swiping up or down This will also adjust the classical tempo indication if necessary 4 Time Signature By repeatedly tapping on the time signature 4 4 by default you can select all available time signatures When the metronome is activated you can see what speed it is currently counting at on the...

Page 30: ... interface Display Brightness Controls the brightness of the display Screensaver after After the defined time in seconds the display will turn off to not distract from playing or disturb the appearance of the piano When the screen saver is active simply tap the display to resume operation To deactivate the screen saver move the slider all the way to the left Calibration Starts the display calibrat...

Page 31: ...will be sent Local Control When set to off the values played on the piano will be sent via the MIDI output but not to the internal sound processing engine This is useful if you want to play another instrument or a computer based recording program with the keyboard of your digial piano without actually hearing the sound of your piano In the standard setting on the keyboard is directly connected to ...

Page 32: ...y Action Dynamic Curve With the dynamic curve you can change the dynamic hehaviour of the keyboard Using the curves Light 1 and2 you need less power when playing the key to produce a louder sound With the curves Hard 1 and 2 you need more power Hammer Tip The condition of the hammer tip for an acoustic piano is crucial for the overtones of the sound A hard hammer tip provives a more brilliant soun...

Page 33: ...s cycle The well tempered piano Kirnb III another well tempered tuning system often used for baroque orangs Root Note In the menu item root note the Root Note of the tuning temperament is defined If for example you choose a pure major tuning and the musical piece is in E major you should move the root note to E Piano Noises String Resonances On an acoustic piano the strings of some notes resonate ...

Page 34: ... the volume control 6 3 CONNECTING AN AMPLIFIER If you need your digital piano to play louder than with the built in speakers you can easily connect it to an amplification system using the LINE OUT outputs under the keyboard 6 4 CONNECTING A PC You can link your digital piano with your PC with the USB B connection under the keyboard This is how you can link your PC with your digital piano 1 Switch...

Page 35: ...r GEWA Piano is visible as a bluetooth device It should now be listed within the device list of your mobile device You can now connect to your GEWA piano Use the PIN Code 4392 GEWA After the connection has been established you can stream audio data via the digital piano You can adjust the input volume via the input volume controller settings volume control 6 5 BLUETOOTH AUDIO You can connect an ex...

Page 36: ...n the computer Moreover they can be transformed into musical notation on screen if there is an appropriate program GM General MIDI abbrev GM standardises significantly more than the universal MIDI standard The latter is both a hardware and protocol specification General MIDI also specifies content GM sets a minimum standard for the allocation of instruments on the 128 program slots According to GM...

Page 37: ...als If you suspect a warranty claim with your device contact your dealer during normal business hours USEFUL INFORMATION TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIR 8 TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIR If malfunctions occur you can use the tips listed here to find and solve the issue yourself If you are unsuccessful please contact your dealer Possible cause and solution Problem Possible cause s Possible solution s The pia...

Page 38: ...s Damper Sostenuto and Piano Pedal Sound source GEWA music samples with 4 stereo layers Polyphony 256 Amount of internal sounds 40 Amplifier output RMS 2x 30 Watt 2x 30 Watt 2x 15 Watt Speakers 2x treble speakers 2x midtone speakers 2x bass speakers Recording function integrated recorder with 8 tracks per storage space Recording format Standard MIDI file Format 0 SMF Connections power socket MIDI ...

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Page 40: ...Manufacturer GEWA music GmbH Werkstraße 1 08626 Adorf GERMANY www gewamusic com Version 1 0 Errors and omissions excepted ...

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