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REFERENCE SECTION

Reference Section

S

USTAIN

 P

EDAL

Depressing this pedal sustains the sound even after removing your hands

from the keyboard.

S

OSTENUTO

 P

EDAL

Depressing this pedal after pressing the keyboard and before releasing

the keys, sustains the sound of only the keys just played.

S

OFT

 P

EDAL

Depressing this pedal softens the sound and also reduces its volume.

When the Rotary Speaker effect is turned on, this pedal works as a switch

to change effect speed.

SUSTAIN PEDAL

SOFT PEDAL

SOSTENUTO PEDAL

13. P

EDALS

Summary of Contents for CN390

Page 1: ...Digital Piano CN390 Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...2 KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CN390...

Page 3: ...n operation that should be carried out The example instructs the user to remove the power cord plug from the AC outlet Examples of Picture Symbols 120V 240V 230V Indicates a potential hazard that coul...

Page 4: ...mely humid areas Areas where a large amount of sand or dust is present Areas where the product is exposed to excessive vibrations When you close the keyboard cover close it gently Indicates a potentia...

Page 5: ...is digital piano is for household use and is not intended for commercial use FCC Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to...

Page 6: ...D Side Panel A 2 pcs Back Panel B 1 pc Pedal Board C 1 pc Screw D 2 pcs Screw E 4 pcs Bolt F 8 pcs Adjuster G 1 pc 1 Insert the Adjuster G on the bottom of Pedal Board C Fasten A and C with four bolts...

Page 7: ...hat your hand or fingers are not caught between the stand and piano Fasten the piano and the stand with four bolts F CAUTION Be sure to secure the piano to the stand with the screws If you fail to do...

Page 8: ...Digital Interface jacks are included which allow you to play other electronic instruments at the same time opening a whole new world of musical possibilities This Owner s Manual contains valuable inf...

Page 9: ...u how to use the Recorder Recording and playing back a song recording multiple songs and recording on two separate tracks Using MIDI p 23 This is an introduction for the beginner to the world of MIDI...

Page 10: ...rivate performances you may want to use the headphones The speakers will be turned off automatically when the headphones are plugged in and the CN piano will only be heard through the headphones The C...

Page 11: ...well The different instrument sounds built into CN piano are called preset sounds All of the preset sounds have been created through advanced digital sampling technology achieving as natural and real...

Page 12: ...d as part of a layer the dots in the LED display will indicate which sounds are variation sounds If the left dot is turned on the leftmost sound is a variation sound If the right dot is turned on the...

Page 13: ...You might have noticed that when you select some of the preset sounds the LED indicator for the EFFECTS is turned on The reason for this is some of the preset sounds are set up with an effect on as t...

Page 14: ...ding down the REVERB button The LED display shows an abbreviation TO ADD OTHER EFFECTS Press the EFFECTS button The LED indicator will be turned on to indicate that the effect is in use To change the...

Page 15: ...beat to indicate the beginning of the measure You are now hearing a 4 beat or 4 4 time signature You can select different a time signature if you want to out of the six available with the CN piano 1 4...

Page 16: ...pters you are interested in If you would like to learn more about the recorder go to chapter 2 Using the Recorder page 17 If you are interested in MIDI and how to use your piano with other digital mus...

Page 17: ...no is ready to record Now play some music on the piano The recorder will automatically start recording with the first note you play Press the PLAY STOP button when you re finished recording The CN pia...

Page 18: ...hen recording both parts separately after recording the first part be sure to select the second part to record otherwise you will end up recording over the first part of the song RECORDED INFORMATION...

Page 19: ...REC button is pressed When you are ready to record just start playing the keyboard The CN piano will start recording automatically with the first note you play When you are finished recording press t...

Page 20: ...ed track part to record After recording the first part select the other track and record your second part Remember the LED indicators tell you whether a song or part is recorded or not To select a par...

Page 21: ...indicating that you have successfully recorded two tracks Press the PLAY STOP button to listen to what you have recorded You should hear both parts Both parts will automatically be set to play back I...

Page 22: ...u have chosen The LED indicator for the erased song or Part will be turned off indicating there is no longer anything recorded there ERASING ALL DATA To erase everything all songs and parts at once fi...

Page 23: ...I instrument without processing Depending on how they are connected instruments are grouped as those which receive data producing sound when data is received from a connected instrument those which se...

Page 24: ...nel 1 the chords on 2 the bass on 3 and assign a different instrument to each channel Piano for channel 1 strings for 2 electric bass for 3 In this way the CN piano can play up to 16 different parts e...

Page 25: ...k with a MIDI cable Next you must match the MIDI channel The transmitting channel of the CN piano and receiving channel of your external MIDI device must be the same CHANGING TRANSMITTING CHANNEL To c...

Page 26: ...notes with Actual program change information is just a number from 1 to 128 not an instrument name You select the desired instrument with a specific number Not all MIDI instruments assign the same sou...

Page 27: ...m change number from the CN piano That is how to layer the CN piano s sound with a desired sound from an external MIDI device LOCAL CONTROL You may want to play and only hear your external MIDI device...

Page 28: ...ING THE CN PIANO AS A MULTI TIMBRAL SOUND MODULE The CN piano can be also used as a 16 part multi timbral sound module Your CN piano is capable of playing back for example a four part song with two pi...

Page 29: ...y Each channel recognizes the program change numbers as listed on page 63 Multi timbral Off turns off multi timbral capability If you would like to have the CN piano receive MIDI data on a single chan...

Page 30: ...tting MIDI device to the CN piano Please see page 63 for a list of the Program sound number assignments for the CN piano If you own a GM sound module you ll probably want to use it as your multi timbr...

Page 31: ...e CN piano Now let s see how CONCERT MAGIC works SELECTING A SONG The 88 Concert Magic songs are assigned to each of the 88 piano keys classified in eight groups by song category such as Children s So...

Page 32: ...ally to develop a sense of rhythm For older people who may think it is too late to learn the keyboard Concert Magic is a good first step for them to begin with With Concert Magic your CN piano can be...

Page 33: ...ay Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for example Follow the melody s rhythm as shown When performing fast songs with Concert Magic it is sometimes easier to tap two different keys with two fingers alternati...

Page 34: ...l STEADY BEAT Regardless of which arrangement type a Concert Magic song is with Steady Beat you can play any Concert Magic song by simply tapping any key with a constant steady beat Press and hold the...

Page 35: ...uch as Program Change Number Assignment and Implementation 1 CONCERT MAGIC BUTTON 36 2 DEMO BUTTON 39 3 SOUND SELECT BUTTONS 40 4 VALUE BUTTONS 41 5 EFFECT BUTTONS 42 SELECTING AN EFFECT EFFECTS BUTTO...

Page 36: ...ERT MAGIC button The LED display gives the song number All the song titles are listed on page 68 in this section To make it easier to find which song is assigned to which key there is also a key strip...

Page 37: ...change the mode press and hold the CONCERT MAGIC button The LED display will show the current mode Use the VALUE buttons to change the mode NORMAL C 1 Each of the 88 Concert Magic songs is arranged i...

Page 38: ...DIGITAL PIANO CN390 Reference Section STEADY BEAT C 2 With Steady Beat you can play any Concert Magic song by just tapping any key with a steady beat regardless of which arrangement type the song is...

Page 39: ...om until the DEMO button is pressed again to stop To select the demos for a particular sound category press the desired SOUND SELECT button while the demo is playing The demo songs for that category w...

Page 40: ...ame SOUND SELECT button hold down the SOUND SELECT button and press either of the VALUE buttons SELECTING A SONG OR A PART The built in recorder has the capability to record and play back up to five d...

Page 41: ...e one of the ten buttons to select a desired preset sound to demonstrate after pressing the DEMO button CHANGING VALUE These two buttons are used to change the value for certain functions First select...

Page 42: ...utton REVERB REVERB BUTTON Use REVERB button to add reverberation to the sound There are five types of reverb built in ROOM STAGE HALL 3D ROOM and 3D HALL OPERATION To add reverb to the sound press th...

Page 43: ...e volume balance between the two sounds Use the DUAL SPLIT BALANCE slider to adjust the balance Move the slider to the right to increase the volume of the upper sound and decrease the volume of the lo...

Page 44: ...n the SPLIT button press the desired SOUND SELECT button to select the lower sound The LED Indicator for a lower sound will start flashing To adjust the volume balance of the two sounds use the DUAL S...

Page 45: ...the VALUE buttons to increase or decrease the value within the range of 30 300 60 600 when in 6 8 rhythm The initial value is 120 Press the TEMPO button again to stop the metronome CONTROLING THE PLAY...

Page 46: ...the VALUE buttons to select the desired time signature Press the BEAT button again to stop the metronome CHANGING THE METRONOME VOLUME TEMPO BEAT BUTTONS The volume of the metronome can be adjusted t...

Page 47: ...ou can start recording by pressing the PLAY STOP button instead of pressing a key In this way you can insert a blank bar at the beginning of the song RECORDING ANOTHER SONG The CN390 can record and st...

Page 48: ...t part playing back while you record the new part If you would like to play back the first part and then start recording the second part from a certain point later in the song instead of playing the k...

Page 49: ...p play back of the recorded songs OPERATION Press the PLAY STOP button and the recorded song will start playing Press the PLAY STOP button again to stop playback To select a specific song and part you...

Page 50: ...e holding down both the REC and PLAY STOP button press the SOUND SELECT button labeled with the song number and the part number you wish to erase Releasing the buttons will erase the desired song data...

Page 51: ...s are struck This setting is suitable for sounds that have a fixed dynamic range such as Organ and Harpsichord OPERATION To change from the standard touch press the TOUCH button The LED indicator abov...

Page 52: ...e TRANSPOSE button again to return to the standard key The transpose value will be reset to 0 after turning the power off OTHER FUNCTIONS TOUCH TRANSPOSE BUTTONS There are ten other functions that con...

Page 53: ...n standard A 440 0 Hz displayed as 40 0 UseVALUE buttons to raise or lower the pitch while in tuning mode To exit press any of the SOUND SELECT buttons or the TOUCH or the TRANSPOSE button 2 TEMPERAME...

Page 54: ...OUCH or the TRANSPOSE button BRIEF EXPLANATION OF TEMPERAMENTS EQUAL TEMPERAMENT PIANO ONLY This is the default temperament If a piano sound is selected the tuning is stretched like an acoustic piano...

Page 55: ...erament produces the characteristic melodies of the Pythagorean temperament It is used primarily for classical music written in the Baroque era to revive the original characteristics EQUAL TEMPERAMENT...

Page 56: ...s To exit press any of the SOUND SELECT buttons or the TOUCH or the TRANSPOSE button 4 TRANSMIT PROGRAM CHANGE ON OFF This determines whether or not the CN piano will transmit program change informati...

Page 57: ...play different musical parts with different sounds for each part Multi Timbral On This is a flexible 16 part multi timbral setup You can turn individual MIDI channels on and off and assign any program...

Page 58: ...he sound select buttons Using this function you can send any number from 1 to 128 OPERATION Press the STRINGS button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE and the piano will show a number in...

Page 59: ...PLIT mode The default setting is Off which means the sustain pedal is not active the lower sound OPERATION Press the BASS button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE and the piano will show...

Page 60: ...ding down the REC and PLAY STOP buttons will erase all the songs currently stored in memory CONTROLLING OVERALL VOLUME This slider controls the master volume level of the piano s sound Move this slide...

Page 61: ...AL Depressing this pedal after pressing the keyboard and before releasing the keys sustains the sound of only the keys just played SOFT PEDAL Depressing this pedal softens the sound and also reduces i...

Page 62: ...t the volume level use the output control of the external device MIDI JACKS These jacks are used to connect external MIDI devices with the CN piano There are three terminals MIDI IN MIDI OUT and MIDI...

Page 63: ...am Bank MSB CLASSIC GRAND 1 0 1 VARIATION 1 16 2 MODERN PIANO 2 0 3 VARIATION 2 8 4 ELECTRIC PIANO 5 0 5 VARIATION 6 0 6 DRAWBAR 18 0 7 VARIATION 17 0 8 CHURCH ORGAN 20 0 9 VARIATION 20 96 10 HARPSICH...

Page 64: ...ta 3 10 F7 End code data 1 data 2 data 3 Function 00 00 Multi Timbre Off 02 00 Multi Timbre On 0D 00 07 00 Effect Off 01 Chorus 02 Delay1 03 Delay2 04 Delay3 05 Tremolo 06 Rotary 1 07 Rotary 2 0E 00 0...

Page 65: ...After Key s Touch Ch s Pitch Bend 0 32 Bank Select 7 Volume 11 Expression pedal 64 Right pedal Sustain pedal Control 66 Center pedal Sostenuto pedal Change 67 Left pedal Soft pedal Program 0 127 Chan...

Page 66: ...ano Only Mersenne pure Major Mersenne pure minor Pythagorean Meantone Werckmeister III Kirnberger III Equal Flat Equal Other Features Concert Magic 88 Preset Songs Volume Dual Split Dual Split Balance...

Page 67: ...Rock Piano Original Electric Piano Classic E Piano Original Modern E P 1 Original Drawbars Jazz Organ Original Drawbar Organ 1 Original Church Organ Church Organ Toccata Eugene Gigout Diapason Wohl m...

Page 68: ...et Home D 3 EB In The Good Old Summertime F3 EB Let Me Call You Sweetheart D3 EB Michael Row The Boat Ashore D4 MP Jesus Loves The Little Children B5 MP Just As I Am A 5 MP O Worship The King D 5 MP R...

Page 69: ...69 REFERENCE SECTION Reference Section...

Page 70: ...CN390 Owner s Manual OW965 L0212 Printed in Japan...

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