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Concert Performer Series Digital Piano

Owner’s Manual

Model: CP205/CP185

Summary of Contents for Concert Performer CP205

Page 1: ...Concert Performer Series Digital Piano Owner s Manual Model CP205 CP185...

Page 2: ...II All descriptions and specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice...

Page 3: ...fingers to be trapped denotes a prohibited operation The example instructs that disassembly of the product is prohibited denotes an operation that should be carried out The example instructs the user...

Page 4: ...power to this product and other devices is turned OFF Failure to do so may cause breakdown of this product and other devices When connecting the AC power cord and other cords take care not to get the...

Page 5: ...nte de la prise et pousser jusqu au fond Instruction for AC power cord U K Do not plug either terminal of the power cord to the ground of the AC outlet on the wall FCC Information This equipment has b...

Page 6: ...s seventy plus years experience in making acoustic pianos along with cutting edge digital music technologies With over 900 different instrument and drum sounds at your disposal you will have the flexi...

Page 7: ...esonance 125 Concert Magic Sound 126 Pedal Assign 127 Fill in Mode 130 Solo Settings 131 Video Out 132 Effect for Sound 133 Temperament 134 MIDI Menu 138 Power Up Settings 143 Soft Reset 144 Software...

Page 8: ...el of the Auto Accompaniment Styles Also used to adjust the volume level of a song played from the CP Recorder or directly from a floppy disk This slider does not affect the Master Volume Slider setti...

Page 9: ...s used to select one of the 20 groups of preset and user sound registrations 25 Display Control page 146 This button is used to access and adjust settings for the LCD screen 26 Tempo Value Dial page 8...

Page 10: ...e 40 This button turns on off the Harmony for the instrument sounds Press and hold the button to select the Harmony settings menu 37 MIC Harmony Effect page 148 This button turns on off the MIC Harmon...

Page 11: ...used to connect the CP to a TV set or external monitor display 51 Line Out Jacks These jacks are used to provide stereo output of the CP s sound to amplifiers tape recorders or similar equipment The a...

Page 12: ...rt Performer communicates with you The large display size allows many items to be clearly displayed at the same time allowing for not only words but graphics to be shown as well Select Buttons Most of...

Page 13: ...ed R1 Selects the SOLO Part Use the F6 F7 buttons Sound buttons or the Dial to change the Sound R2 Selects the RIGHT1 Part Use the F6 F7 buttons Sound buttons or the Dial to change the Sound R3 Select...

Page 14: ...that whatever item on the LCD screen is currently selected highlighted will be affected Or in some cases when the screen presents you with a list of choices turning the Dial will allow you to quickly...

Page 15: ...re active at the same time Activating the LEFT SPLIT Part automatically splits the keyboard so that only the sound that is assigned to the LEFT SPLIT Part is heard when you play in the lower octave ke...

Page 16: ...ton again and while holding it down press the desired key on the keyboard that you want to serve as the split point The key you press will become the lowest note the Right hand Parts will play RIGHT1...

Page 17: ...ment and drum sounds available from the front panel You can freely assign any of these sounds to the four Parts Remember that there is always a sound assigned to each of the Parts even if some of the...

Page 18: ...gory 3 Select a sound by pressing the L or R button that is next to the displayed name 4 Press the F1 F6 buttons to show the Sounds on the other pages for the same category 5 You can also use the Dial...

Page 19: ...t a setting to change 4 Use the Dial to change the value Volume level can be also adjusted from the main play screen using the VOLUME buttons F4 F5 L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1...

Page 20: ...reen press the STYLE MIXER button F1 The Style Mixer screen will be selected 2 Use the F2 F7 buttons to choose a Section then use the Dial to change the volume 3 Press the BACK button F1 to go back th...

Page 21: ...t suits that particular type of instrument For example a moderate Delay effect is used on the Church Organ to recreate the sense of being in a large church and a Rotary speaker effect is used on the D...

Page 22: ...add Chorus 1 Press the CHORUS button The CHORUS button LED will light 2 If you wish to edit the settings hold down the CHORUS button for a moment until the Chorus Settings screen is displayed 3 Use th...

Page 23: ...active if so desired 5 Turn the Dial to change the value 6 Press the EXIT button to leave the Chorus Settings menu 7 If you wish to turn the chorus off press the CHORUS button again L2 Selects the Cho...

Page 24: ...urn the Dial to change the value 6 Press the EXIT button to leave the Effect Settings screen 7 If you wish to turn the Effect off push the EFFECTS button again L2 Selects Effect type Use the Dial to c...

Page 25: ...riable rate Tremolo Modulates the volume of the sound This is a vibrato type effect Tremulant A combination of Tremolo and Vibrato It simulates the tremulant pipes of a church organ Phaser Creates a p...

Page 26: ...l be used If you have two or more Parts active then the CP will treat one of them as the Priority Part and ignore the settings of the other s If the the Effect For Sound is set to Panel in the System...

Page 27: ...IGHT 2 LEFT INDICATOR Part Inactive Active Inactive Active Effect Off On Off Off On Even if you now assign a new sound to the SOLO Part the Effect settings for the other Parts won t change because SOL...

Page 28: ...n the proper pitch range or to set one sound in a layer to play in a different octave so that it mixes well with other sounds in the layer Octave shift is only available for the four Parts LEFT SPLIT...

Page 29: ...d is represented by the number of triangles shown above the sound name for each Part Transpose amount is shown at the bottom of the screen The Octave Shift has a range of four octaves in each directio...

Page 30: ...he LCD screen next to the Tempo value 2 Use the BEAT VOLUME or TEMPO buttons F2 F7 to select the setting you wish to change 3 Use the F buttons F2 F7 or the Dial to change the values You can also adju...

Page 31: ...o Only button will cause the CP to exit any function or editing screen except for Concert Magic and immediately return to the Main Screen We you are using Concert Magic pressing the Piano Only button...

Page 32: ...tyle Selection page for that category 2 Press the L or R button next to the on screen name of the Style you wish to select 3 Each Style category has two pages of styles If you don t see your desired S...

Page 33: ...ut the Style will gradually fade back in and you may resume playing the Style You can press the SYNC FADE OUT button at any time while any of the patterns Intro Variation Ending in the Style are runni...

Page 34: ...oard to start the style After the Fill in plays the selected Variation will play To select a Variation press one of the four VARIATION buttons to select the desired Variation The Selected VARIATION bu...

Page 35: ...will follow the lowest note of the chord voicing played on the keyboard With Bass Inversion on it is possible to specify a chord over a certain bass note by the chord voicing you play For example a C...

Page 36: ...be useful when you play a musical piece that is not played with drums The accompaniment sounds are pre programmed to best suit the different Styles and you cannot alter them When playing in One Finge...

Page 37: ...n buttons on the panel Each group represents a family of settings for the CP The sound and performance capability of the Concert Performer is remarkable and each registration group is designed to take...

Page 38: ...ns will activate a setup from that group The CP will remember the Registration Group last chosen as long as the power remains on You cannot use the 1 2 Play function and Registrations at the same time...

Page 39: ...and functions in the way that you d like to save them 2 Press the SAVE REGIST button Use the R1 R4 buttons to select the Registration Group in which to save your setup Use the F1 F4 buttons to view t...

Page 40: ...tton L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 Use the F1 F2 L and R buttons to select the Group to rename 4 In the Registration Group Name screen use the CURSOR F2 F3 button...

Page 41: ...ing the STYLE LOCK button keeps the current Style even if another Registration is selected This allows you to change Sounds and settings by the Registration button while keeping the Style as is As lon...

Page 42: ...hose songs You may search for your favorite title either alphabetically by song name or by category of musical genre Once you ve found the song you want to play simply press one button and the CP is i...

Page 43: ...1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 F1 F2 Shows the other categories F3 F4 Shows the song list in alphabetical order F6 Searches for a title from a floppy disk Use the L R buttons to select...

Page 44: ...ong press the Songlist F7 button To exit press the SONG STYLIST button again or press the EXIT button Use the L or R buttons to select your desired song L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7...

Page 45: ...the L or R buttons to take you to the first letter of the name of the song For example if your song title starts with G press the L4 button 3 Use the PAGE F1 F2 to search for the name of your song Whe...

Page 46: ...ny notes may extend over one octave below the lowest right hand note Jazz Adds three or four notes based on the chord Rockn Adds a note at a fifth or fourth interval to the lowest note played in the R...

Page 47: ...ONY button again The additional notes created by Harmony are added to the RIGHT 1 Part if that part is on If the RIGHT 1 Part is off the additional notes are added to the RIGHT 2 Part If both parts ar...

Page 48: ...lex recordings Advanced Recorder gives you the ability to record on Easy Recording The Easy Recorder will record all of your playing as well as any settings you have made on the front panel or in the...

Page 49: ...ront panel to return to the first bar of the song 2 Press the PLAY STOP button to play back the song 3 Press the PLAY STOP button again to stop at any time 4 Pressing the PLAY STOP button again resume...

Page 50: ...ut before you begin recording During recording you can however set any Part to PLAY or MUTE by pressing the appropriate F button You can record all RIGHT LEFT Parts as well as the Style simultaneously...

Page 51: ...data will be lost See the section titled Saving Data to a Floppy Disk on page 157 If you press the EXIT button to get out of the Easy Recorder the CP will automatically prompt you to save your work E...

Page 52: ...rformance data for all Parts and the Style in the song The panel setup such as Style Tempo and Sound settings are not erased by the DELETE function L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1...

Page 53: ...he Advanced Recorder by simply pressing the ADVANCED RECORDER button To go to the Advanced Recorder Menu Press the ADVANCED RECORDER button The recording options will be displayed on the screen R1 Edi...

Page 54: ...dit Use the Dial to change the values 3 If necessary you can go to the Mixer and Track Settings screens by pressing the appropriate F buttons F1 Cancels the real time recording setup and returns you t...

Page 55: ...ing on the Style track only the Style will be recorded The style track will record any chords to the chord track you play but the actual notes you are playing will not be recorded When the recording i...

Page 56: ...press the SAVE button F7 You can do this as many times and in as many places within your song as you wish Note Saving here only means any changes you made on the Mixer screen were saved as part of th...

Page 57: ...ge the status for a track by pressing the STATUS button F3 below the LCD screen Pressing the STATUS button during playback will select Play or Mute Pressing the STATUS button after entering Real time...

Page 58: ...ped equally You cannot have different loop settings for each track To set the Loop 1 Go to the Loop Settings screen by pressing the R1 button in the Advanced Recorder menu 2 Use the L2 L4 buttons to s...

Page 59: ...recorded on the Style track This data is unique to the CP and cannot be used with any other musical instruments Additionally the instrument tracks that are part of the Style cannot be edited individua...

Page 60: ...or press the NO button F1 to cancel Punch In Recording Punching In means being able to automatically start recording right in the middle of a track that is playing back continue recording new data on...

Page 61: ...he STOP button You can repeat the punch in out section by turning the looping on with the F6 button 5 Listen to what you have recorded and re record if necessary F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder...

Page 62: ...n press the center pedal and play the keyboard 5 When you reach the bar where you wish to punch out press the pedal again to stop recording Notice that the song keeps playing to the end it s just no l...

Page 63: ...elocity and use the Dial to change its value The value will be displayed above the buttons at the bottom of the screen Velocity value can be entered by actually hitting a key on the keyboard To enable...

Page 64: ...that event is erased immediately Therefore if you scroll back to the first beat of bar 5 of a 10 bar list of notes everything from bar 5 on will be erased In OVERDUB mode however you can delete only...

Page 65: ...any data The rest value is same as the note value selected for the F1 button If you would like to enter a rest for the remainder of the measure press the NEXT BAR button F6 This will bring the cursor...

Page 66: ...s to move the cursor over the characters in the name then use the Dial to select characters 4 Press the L3 button to set the transpose amount You can transpose your song 24 in half step increments 5 P...

Page 67: ...Advanced Recorder menu select Bar Edit R3 The Bar Edit screen will be displayed 2 Use the L and R buttons to select the desired editing function The editing screen for that function will be displayed...

Page 68: ...beat For example you can accurately align any out of time notes to the nearest 8th or 16th note beat depending on the type of song you are quantizing Sometimes quantizing all of your notes to exactly...

Page 69: ...er after the beat Together these two borders form a timing range around the specified beat The notes that fall inside the Range are not shifted at all The notes that fall beyond the Range are moved to...

Page 70: ...pied data replaces any current data that may be at the destination R2 Selects the destination track Use the Dial to select the track number 1 16 Tempo or Chord R3 Selects the bar in the destination tr...

Page 71: ...ays available F7 Proceed with the deletion L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L2 Selects the track to be deleted Use the Dial to choose 1 16 Tempo Chord or All L3 Sele...

Page 72: ...at the end of the track R2 Selects the destination track where you want this data inserted Choose from 1 16 Tempo Chord or All R3 Selects the bar in the destination track where you want this data inse...

Page 73: ...the Dial to choose the location F1 Takes you to the previous menu F2 Undoes the Insert This option is not always available F7 Proceeds with the Insert L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R...

Page 74: ...2 Undoes the Erase This option is not always available F7 Proceeds with the Erase L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L2 Selects the track that has the bars you want to...

Page 75: ...s using the same drum kit on several tracks for easy editing of each instrument or recording the right and left hand parts of a piano piece and combining them later on one track to free up extra track...

Page 76: ...Use the Dial to select a value from 10 300 F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu F2 Undoes the Gate time adjustment This option is not always available F7 Proceeds with applying the Gate time ad...

Page 77: ...of their original values R2 Adjusts Velocity from 100 to 100 of their current values F1 Takes you to the Advanced Recorder menu F2 Undoes the Velocity adjustment This option is not always available F...

Page 78: ...d positive values the beat by a certain clock value Clock move is useful for adjusting the overall timing of a track For example if a certain sound you recorded responds slowly and sounds behind the b...

Page 79: ...the Advanced Recorder menu F2 Undoes the transposition This option is not always available F7 Proceeds with applying the transposition L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4...

Page 80: ...nts being played as you scroll over them 4 Use the CURSOR buttons F5 F6 buttons to determine how you want to scroll through the event list Selecting Bar scrolls through the event list bar by bar selec...

Page 81: ...ting or Replacing an event use the CURSOR buttons to select the specific part of the event you want to edit Use the Dial to change the value 6 Press the EXEC F7 button to proceed or press CANCEL F2 Th...

Page 82: ...s of using this feature Make a New Style Edit an Existing Style and Phrase Combination Conductor The Conductor is used to edit Preset or User Style data There are two editing methods offered by the Co...

Page 83: ...ction You can edit while the Style is running to hear your changes 5 To mute a Section press the corresponding F button Pressing the F button again will un mute the section 6 If you would like to save...

Page 84: ...et screen See the section titled Soft Reset on page 144 Note Easy Edit doesn t allow you to edit the Intro Ending and Fill ins However muting a Section in the Style will result in automatic muting of...

Page 85: ...Dial to change its value You can make your edits while the Style is playing to hear your changes 5 Press the BACK F1 button to return to the Easy Style Edit screen L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4...

Page 86: ...itten to the USER CONDUCTOR If you don t save your edits they will be lost as soon as you exit the Advanced Style Edit screen 7 Press the EXIT button to exit the Advanced Style Edit screen L 1 L 2 L 3...

Page 87: ...en To use a saved User Conductor Style 1 Press the USER CONDUCTOR button If there are any User Conductor Styles available they will be displayed 2 Use the F1 F4 buttons to select the page that contain...

Page 88: ...n t necessarily have to use all of the sections to create a Style For example just like the Intimate and Solo Piano Styles you may not need to use some Variations or Sections to accomplish your musica...

Page 89: ...Existing Style L5 Selects Phrase Combination F1 Go to the Advanced Recorder menu F7 Enters the selected Style Maker menu L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 R1 Changes...

Page 90: ...style will play L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L1 Selects the Part to be recorded L2 Sets the recording tempo L5 Takes you to the Detail Setting menu R1 Selects th...

Page 91: ...u press and hold the button 12 When finished recording press the REC STOP button R4 13 Follow the above procedure to record any other desired patterns as needed 14 To save the recorded Style press the...

Page 92: ...on L4 Use the F2 and F3 buttons to move the cursor and use the F4 and F5 buttons or the Dial to select the characters to name the style 18 Press the SAVE button F7 F1 Takes you to the Style Maker Reco...

Page 93: ...tain chromatic passages should be set to Scalic Scalic Phrases can also contain chords but they will be analyzed differently than chords in a Chordal Phrase The Bass section is automatically set to Sc...

Page 94: ...Phrase falls below the limit it will automatically be transposed up an octave To adjust the auto accompaniment system 1 Use the L2 L4 buttons to select the setting you wish to change 2 Use the F3 F7 b...

Page 95: ...menu press the Style Maker button R5 The LCD screen will display the first Style Maker screen 2 Press the Phrase Combination button L5 and use the dial to select the initial style 3 Press the ENTER b...

Page 96: ...e F4 and F5 buttons or the Dial to select the characters to name the style 13 Press the SAVE button F7 L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 R2 Selects the pattern to cha...

Page 97: ...F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L1 Sets the default tempo for the style L3 Selects the location to be saved L4 Names the style F1 Takes you to the Style Maker Record screen F2 F3 Moves the cursor...

Page 98: ...yle Convert Program 1 Make sure that there is an empty location in the User Style area to hold the converted Style The Style Convert program will automatically save the converted Style there 2 Press t...

Page 99: ...Style formats that can be converted Use the L2 and L4 buttons to select the format you would like to convert Press the F7 button to continue L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R...

Page 100: ...n on the Style Convert program read the instruction sheet that comes with the software There you will find a list of which manufacturers formats are supported For technical information contact EMC Sof...

Page 101: ...Creating Your Own Styles P 95...

Page 102: ...save up to 20 User Sounds in the User Sound Category or a virtually unlimited number onto floppy disks Editing the Preset Effect Settings Each of the CP instrument Sounds has preset Chorus and Effect...

Page 103: ...F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L1 Selects the preset sound to edit L2 Turns the Chorus on off L3 Turns the Effect on off L4 Selects an effect type L5 Adjusts the effect setting R2 Ad...

Page 104: ...ile negative values produce a faster attack that is more percussive in nature Decay determines how quickly the volume of the sound decreases after it reaches it maximum volume while the key is still h...

Page 105: ...sound which is the same screen as described in the previous section 6 If you would like to save the changes you have made press SAVE F7 Otherwise press BACK F1 to return to the previous menu or use t...

Page 106: ...OUND section of the front panel then select the desired User Sound L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L3 Selects the location where the sound will be saved L4 Names th...

Page 107: ...Editing Sounds P 101...

Page 108: ...eady formatted and the CP s internal song format remembers everything about your song including which sounds to use with the recorded tracks However if you wish to purchase a disk of songs from your m...

Page 109: ...ay the first ten available songs If there are more than ten songs on the disk use the SEARCH buttons F2 F3 to list the additional songs 2 Use the L and R buttons to select the song you want to hear Yo...

Page 110: ...ns select the song you want to hear F1 Takes you to the Disk menu F2 F3 Lists the next or previous ten titles F4 F5 Starts the Chain Play F7 Selects the song and takes you to the Disk Song Play screen...

Page 111: ...a song recorded in a different or more difficult key Use the front panel s dedicated TRANSPOSE buttons to affect the keyboard sound Use the Song Transpose option R4 and R5 in the Disk Song Play menu...

Page 112: ...lable in the data R1 Highlights the SOLO Part R2 Highlights the RIGHT1 Part R3 Highlights the RIGHT2 Part R4 R5 Transposes the song but not the keyboard F1 Takes you to the Disk Song Select menu F2 F5...

Page 113: ...s included in the data the Show Lyrics L5 button will appear on the Song Play screen If you press the Show Lyrics button the song s lyrics will then appear inside a box You can follow a ball moving ov...

Page 114: ...ly exciting is that you control the timing of the notes as well as their dynamics This lets you add a level of expressiveness and individuality to the song that makes it real musical performance Selec...

Page 115: ...ythm of the notes Notes that are closer together are played faster notes that are farther apart are played longer Notes that are evenly spaced are played evenly and so on Up to four lines of music are...

Page 116: ...he song again 4 To play another song press the SONG LIST buttons F6 F7 to display the list 5 If you have selected a song that has lyrics you may view them by pressing the LYRICS button F1 F2 6 If you...

Page 117: ...ch part separately The RIGHT1 Part plays the melody To change its sound press any Sound category button and select a new sound The LEFT Part handles the accompaniment To change its sound first turn of...

Page 118: ...al settings see page 144 You can transpose the song by pressing the TRANSPOSE buttons To enter the Chain Play mode of the Concert Magic 1 Press the CONCERT MAGIC button The song selection menu will be...

Page 119: ...interval in the screen indicating a constant beat MELODY PLAY These songs are also quite easy to play especially if you are familiar with them To perform them tap the keys to the rhythm of the melody...

Page 120: ...you to tap the next key If there are complex rhythm patterns that have many notes per beat the song may become overly difficult to play Here are some suggestions for creating a Concert Magic song 1 R...

Page 121: ...Playing with the Concert Magic P 115...

Page 122: ...System menu is displayed 2 Use the F1 and F2 buttons to access the System Menu pages 3 Use the L R and F buttons to select the function you wish to change A sub menu with further options for that func...

Page 123: ...sitivity L3 Selects the Equalizer settings for the CP L4 Selects the Voicing settings L5 Selects the Resonance effect for the sustain pedal L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3...

Page 124: ...n also adjust the tuning for each Part separately This can be used to simulate a chorus like effect by layering the same sound in RIGHT1 and RIGHT2 and slightly detuning them Each Part can be raised o...

Page 125: ...ouch to produce a loud volume Heavy 2 is heavier than Heavy 1 Off A constant volume is produced regardless of how hard the keys are struck This setting is suitable for sounds that have a fixed dynamic...

Page 126: ...rt playing dynamically from soft to loud in order to let the CP analyze your playing style While you are playing a musical note e will blink in the right corner of the LCD display 3 Press the CREATE b...

Page 127: ...ter the power is turned off However You must re select the user touch curve each time the power is turned on unless you make your User touch curve the default by selecting Save Current Settings from t...

Page 128: ...speakers and the Line Out Jacks The CD R Drive is not affected by the System EQ The special CP EQ s are optimized for the speaker systems on different CP models When connecting the Line Out Jacks to...

Page 129: ...er System EQ screen 2 Use the F2 F3 buttons to move the cursor and use the Dial to change the value 3 Press the SAVE button F7 to save the edited EQ settings to the User EQ L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2...

Page 130: ...out the entire dynamic range Mellow Produces a mellower tone throughout the entire dynamic range Dynamic The tone will change dramatically from mellow to bright according to your playing The current v...

Page 131: ...r strings will vibrate due to sympathetic resonance The Resonance function simulates this phenomenon You can select from three levels of Resonance Off No resonance Normal Simulates the natural resonan...

Page 132: ...ongs will be played with Preset Plays all the Concert Magic songs with the Preset Sounds assigned to each song Piano Plays all the Concert Magic songs with the Concert Grand piano F1 Takes you to the...

Page 133: ...order 1 to 8 or 8 to 1 Style Variation Switches from one Style Variation to another You may choose the order 1 to 4 or 4 to 1 Intro Ending Plays the Intro or Ending Fill In Plays the Fill in currentl...

Page 134: ...s made to the Center pedal are global and are not saved as part of a Registration 1 Select the Pedal Assign R2 option in the System menu page 1 The LCD screen will display the Pedal Assign screen Use...

Page 135: ...nd use the Dial to change its value L2 Selects a function to assign to the pedal Use the other L and R buttons to adjust parameters L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5...

Page 136: ...d Fill ins will only be played if a FILL button is pressed Auto A Fill in will be played each time a VARIATION button is pressed The Fill in that is played will be the one that accompanies the Variati...

Page 137: ...t one time Last Note The SOLO Part plays only the last key played among the notes played at one time When the last key is released the SOLO Part will play the last previous key played and so on No Ret...

Page 138: ...eo Out Jack NTSC The TV video signal system mainly used in North American countries and Japan PAL The TV video signal system mainly used in the European countries OFF The video signals are not output...

Page 139: ...he Sounds will not change the Effect types and other settings for the Effects This allows you to set each Effect section REVERB CHORUS and EFFECTS to your own taste and use your Effect settings for al...

Page 140: ...see page 135 Stretch On Applies the Stretched Tuning to all instrument Sounds Stretch Off Stretched Tuning is turned Off for all the instrument Sounds Off Stretch Piano only Applies the Stretched Tuni...

Page 141: ...ange This temperament s tuning is stretched to compensate for this so the sound will be heard naturally to the ears This Stretched equal temperament is a practical variation of the unstretched equal t...

Page 142: ...which is half of a half tone 50 cents This makes the music sound very different from traditional western music The CP Piano provides two of the most popular Arabic scales although you can create more...

Page 143: ...ually In other words you cannot alter the tuning of different sections of the CP s keyboard range separately F1 Takes you to the Temperament menu F3 F4 Selects the note to edit F7 Saves the User Tempe...

Page 144: ...IDI Transmit Channel for the RIGHT hand Parts You can select MIDI Channels 1 16 Left Transmit Channel Sets the MIDI Transmit Channel for the LEFT SPLIT Part You can select MIDI Channels 1 16 Chord Tra...

Page 145: ...ystem menu press the MIDI L3 button The LCD screen will display the first MIDI page 2 Use the L and R buttons to select the setting and use the Dial to change the values F1 F4 Selects the other MIDI S...

Page 146: ...Accompaniment System or both should be transmitted System Exclusive On Off Determines whether or not all of the CP s settings will be transmitted in a special format that is understood by another CP C...

Page 147: ...all 16 MIDI channels at once or only certain MIDI channels Channel Receive On Off Each of the 16 MIDI channels can be set separately to On or Off Use the L2 R2 L4 and R4 buttons to select the channel...

Page 148: ...2 Selects receive channel for the Solo Solo part Choose 1 16 L3 Selects receive channel for the Melody Right1 part Choose 1 16 R2 Selects receive channel for the Bass Right2 part Choose 1 16 R3 Select...

Page 149: ...e CP is turned on Select Restore Factory Settings L3 to return the CP to the factory default settings The original factory settings will now be used by the CP when it is turned on The CP never automat...

Page 150: ...System menu The Soft Reset screen will be displayed 2 Use the L and R buttons to choose type of data you want to reset 3 Press EXEC button F7 4 Press YES F7 to proceed or NO F1 to back out F1 Takes y...

Page 151: ...sion is currently installed in the CP To show the software version 1 Press the Software Version button R3 on page two in the System menu 2 The software version will appear in the LCD screen F1 Takes y...

Page 152: ...t switching This adjustable time function is effective with the following menus Sound Select menu Style Select menu Solo Settings menu called up by holding down the PORTAMENTO button Effect Settings m...

Page 153: ...Display Control P 147...

Page 154: ...tave Duet Up Lead Substitution To add Mic Harmony 1 Press the MIC HARMONY button The button s indicator light will show that it has been activated 2 If you wish to change the Harmony type hold down th...

Page 155: ...L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 F1 Back to Mic Harmony menu Use the L and R buttons to choose a Harmony type L2 Adjusts the Harmony level L3 Selects the source of chor...

Page 156: ...he harmony source The Gender Male to Female and Gender Female to Male harmonies actually change the pitch and quality of your voice as indicated by the harmony names The various Octave harmonies add a...

Page 157: ...e one you have actually chosen Tips and Suggestions Don t be afraid to experiment with different harmony types After a little trial and error you will begin to learn which harmony type will be most ap...

Page 158: ...t level volume falls below a specified setting This is useful for cutting out softer extraneous background noise cars air conditioners etc while still allowing the desired louder signal Vocal instrume...

Page 159: ...st echo Each echo will become softer after that Higher values create louder echoes Feedback Determines how many echoes will be heard after the first echo Higher settings produce more echoes Vibrato Ad...

Page 160: ...ECHO VIBRATO TIME LEVEL FEED BACK RATE DEPTH THRESHOLD RATIO To add Mic Effect 1 Press the MIC EFFECT button The button s indicator light will show that it has been activated Any effect that is activ...

Page 161: ...Mic Harmony and Effect P 155 F1 Back to Mic Effect menu F2 F3 Selects Low Range F4 F5 Selects Mid Range F6 F7 Selects High Range L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5...

Page 162: ...oncert Performer has a built in 3 5 floppy disk drive that can read and write to double density 720KB or high density 1 4MB disks These are the exact same disks that are used with your personal comput...

Page 163: ...ata currently in the Recorder You can save it as the CP s own unique format Internal or as Standard MIDI File format SMF or Stylist format Internal format plus Registration setting User Style Each Use...

Page 164: ...he appropriate L button CURSOR buttons F2 F3 and CHARACTER buttons F4 F5 to give the data file a name When saving a Song use the L3 button and the Dial to select whether the song data file will be in...

Page 165: ...oves the cursor over the characters in the name F4 F5 Selects a character to use in the name F7 Saves the data file to floppy disk Example Saving a Style L3 Selects which file you would like to save o...

Page 166: ...or Up to 40 User Conductor setups can be loaded from disk User Sound Up to 20 User Sounds can be loaded from disk Regist Group Up to 20 Groups containing 8 Registrations each can be loaded from disk U...

Page 167: ...to the next screen 4 When loading User Style User Conductor User Sound or Registration data you can choose whether to load data that was stored individually or to load all the data that was saved as...

Page 168: ...e destination to load individually a Style Conductor Sound or Registration F1 Takes you to the previous menu F7 Loads the data 7 When loading an individual data file use the L3 button and the Dial to...

Page 169: ...r Conductor User Sound Registrations User Temperament and ALL To erase the data from a disk 1 In the Disk menu press DELETE L4 The Disk Delete menu will be displayed 2 Insert the floppy disk into the...

Page 170: ...rt Performer You can always re format a disk at any time Keep in mind though that every time you format a disk all data that is currently on it will be erased Re formatting is a good way to completely...

Page 171: ...Operations P 165 L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L2 Formats a 2HD disk L3 Formats a 2DD disk F1 Cancels formatting and takes you to the Disk menu F7 Starts formatti...

Page 172: ...g all options will be available When a Closed finalized audio CD is in the CD drive pressing the CD button will automatically jump to the CD Play menu in the LCD screen You can return to the CD menu b...

Page 173: ...functions Use the Dial to change the value Some of the copy protected CD s may not play in the CD drive of the Concert Performer L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L1...

Page 174: ...m 2 Press the L2 button and use the Dial to select the first playing track 3 Press the F7 button to move the cursor to the next position and use the Dial to select the second track 4 Repeat step 3 to...

Page 175: ...CD drive and press the Record button R3 in the CD menu The CD Record screen will be displayed in the LCD screen 2 The Concert Performer will check the CD and automatically set the recording track numb...

Page 176: ...lay up to a 16 part sequence from the Easy Advanced Recorder play along with the sequence on the keyboard and sing into the microphone at the same time All of this will be recorded to the CD The Style...

Page 177: ...ters You can give your CD to friends family or anyone If you have a personal computer with the appropriate CD drive and software you can save your CD recordings to computer You can then make duplicate...

Page 178: ...rmance or accessing a floppy disk To use the Help 1 Press the HELP button The Help text will be displayd in the LCD screen 2 If the text is not what you are looking for press the INDEX F1 button to li...

Page 179: ...elct a Help topic F1 F2 Searches for more Help topics on the other pages F1 Takes you to the Help menu F3 F4 Selects the language L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 L...

Page 180: ...Auto Accompaniment Styles can be used Piano Music The initial DEMO menu screen will play Classical and Contemporary piano music as long as you remain in that screen The songs are randomly selected fr...

Page 181: ...L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4 L 5 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 SOUND PIANO DRAWBAR STRING ORGAN BASS BRASS GUITAR HARPSI MALLET WOOD WIND PAD SYNTH SFX SPECIALTY USER FEATURE VOCAL DRUM F2 F3 Pl...

Page 182: ...or F5 3 Use the L and R buttons to select the topic you want to see The selected topic s text and graphics are displayed in the LCD screen 4 To exit press the EXIT PLAY STOP or the DEMO button L 1 L...

Page 183: ...AL F1 F2 CONTEMPORARY F3 F4 or HOLIDAY F5 F6 3 Use the L and R buttons to select the song you like to listen 4 Use the F1 and F2 buttons to search more songs on the other pages 5 Press the PLAY button...

Page 184: ...L and R buttons to select the song you like to listen F1 F2 Searches more songs on the other pages F3 F4 Takes you to the category selection menu F5 F6 Enters the Favorites menu F7 Plays the selected...

Page 185: ...ng screen A default list is displayed in the LCD screen 2 Use the L and R buttons to highlight one of the ten locations Use the Dial or the SELECT SONG buttons F2 F3 to select a new song for that loca...

Page 186: ...inger Nylon Gtr Soft Tpt Bone Violin Downbow Exp Nylon Guitar Ballad Trombone Closed Mute Bone Ac Gtr Harmonics Medium Tpt Alto Exp Brass Exp Flute Lead Soprano Ballad Flute Classical Violin Soft Teno...

Page 187: ...Ensemble 2 Post Horn Pedal 4 Electronic Organ 60 s Organ 8 2 Flute Reed Pipes Vox Celeste 8 Theater Organ 5 Mixer Reed Organ 4 2 Flute Posaune Chiffy Tibia Theatre Full Theater Organ Theater Organ 3...

Page 188: ...rnet Brass Section 3 Lead Trombone Muted Trumpet 2 Trumpet Ensemble Classic Trumpet Brass Section 4 Solo Trumpet Cup Mute Trombone Trumpet Alto Dixieland Trumpet Synth Brass 3 Muted Trumpet Bright Tro...

Page 189: ...lap Bass Poly Synth Bass Finger Bass Warm Synth Bass Clavi Bass 2 Pick Bass Clavi Bass Electric Bass 2 Fretless Bass Hammer Bass Finger Bass 2 Ac Bass Ride Elec Bass Ride Ac Bass Piano Slap Bass Slap...

Page 190: ...pani Talking Drum Brush kit Taiko Drums Repeating Castanet Soft Timpani Slit Drum Room Kit Melodic Toms Cym Bass Drum Soft Timpani Roll Room Tom Power Kit Concert Bass Drum Snare Roll Orch Cymbal BD B...

Page 191: ...y Shuffle Bluegrass KC Blues Modern Ballad Modern Ballad 3 Country Stomp Texas Swing Slow R B Pop Ballad Pop Ballad 2 Boot Scootin Country Pop Fast R B R B Ballad R B Ballad 2 Train Beat Country Two B...

Page 192: ...Kids Folk 2 Beat Holiday Waltz 2 Bossa Pop Ballad Country Waltz 3 4 Lullaby Holiday Waltz 3 Medium Swing 3 4 Standard New Age 2 4 4 Lullaby Holiday Waltz 4 Dixieland New Age 3 New Age 6 8 Pop Rock TR...

Page 193: ...utton Up Overcoat By The Time I Get Bye Bye Love C Cabaret California Dreamin California Girls Can You Feel Love Canadian Sunset Candle In The Wind Candy Can t Get Enough Can t Get Started Can t Help...

Page 194: ...nd How Deep Is Love How Great Thou Art How High The Moon How Insensitive How Sweet It Is Hurts So Good Hustle The Hustle I I Believe I Could Have Dance I Could Write Book I Don t Know How I Don t Want...

Page 195: ...at The Love Boat Love First Degree Love Is A Many Love In Blue Love Me Tender Love Will Keep Us Loves Me Rock Love s Theme Lovin Feeling Luchenbach Texas Lucille Lyin Eyes M Macho Man Mack The Knife M...

Page 196: ...es You She ll Be Coming She s In Love She s Like Wind Shoo Fly Pie Shop Around Show Business Signed Sealed Del Silent Night Silly Love Songs Silver Bells Singing In Rain Sleigh Ride Smile Smoke Gets I...

Page 197: ...Wind The We Are Family We Are The World We Built This City We Didn t Start We Wish You We re In This Love We ve Got Tonight Rock Ballad We ve Got Tonight Modern Country We ve Only Begun What A Friend...

Page 198: ...Mountain EB Whistler And His Dog SK Polly Wolly Doodle MP Christmas Songs Hark The Herald Angels Sing MP Jingle Bells MP Deck The Halls MP O Come All Ye Faithful MP Joy To The World MP The First Noel...

Page 199: ...o EB The Camptown Races MP The Band Played On EB When Johnny Comes Marching Home MP When The Saints Go Marching In EB Beautiful Dreamer EB Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay MP Turkey In The Straw SK Blue Bells Of S...

Page 200: ...d Rock MP Standing On The Promises MP I Need Thee Every Hour MP Savior Like A Shepherd Lead Us MP Stand Up Stand Up For Jesus MP Onward Christian Soldiers MP All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name MP To God...

Page 201: ...from Lohengrin by Wagner MP Wedding March from Midsummer Night s Dream by Mendelssoh SK Pomp And Circumstance SK Mazel Tov EB International Songs When Irish Eyes Are Smiling EB Hatikvah MP My Wild Ir...

Page 202: ...m 5 Table of Chord Types This table describes the fingering of 61 types of chords including inversions that the CP piano recognizes All these are represented here in the key of C but of course any tra...

Page 203: ...b5 9 C 7 5 C 7 b5 C 9 13 C 9 11 C 9 C 7 13 C 7 11 13 C 9 11 13 C 9 11 13 Cm9 C dim C dim 7 C dim b13 C dim 9 C dim 11 C7 9 C7 11 C7 b9 11 C7 b9 11 C7 9 11 C9 13 C9 11 13 Cm add9 Cm9 Cm7 11 Cm9 11 C7 9...

Page 204: ...n jacks The sound of your stereo playing a tape CD or even radio will be heard through the CP s speaker system and mixed in with any sounds from the CP itself enabling you to play along with your favo...

Page 205: ...cted to your Concert Performer you can think of it as a powerful extension of the CP s own music processing abilities There are hundreds of software programs available that you can use to do everythin...

Page 206: ...d USB jack are connected USB has priority When connecting USB cable to the Concert Performer first connect the USB cable and then turn the power of the Concert Performer on It may take some time to st...

Page 207: ...transmitting by Transpose setting 34H 40H 4CH 12 0 12 3 1 4 Grobal Parameter Contorl 3 1 4 1 Reverb Format F0 7f 7f 04 05 01 01 01 01 01 pp vv F7 pp vv pp vv a Reverb Type Default 4 00H 0 Small Room...

Page 208: ...0 cent 600 cent Default 00H e Growl Depth 04H 0 127 0 cent 1200 cent Default 00H f Tremolo Depth 05H 0 127 0 100 Default 00H 3 1 5 2 Controller Control Change Format F0 7f 7f 09 03 ch cc pp vv F7 ch 0...

Page 209: ...8 to 14 hh bits 0 to 6 channel 1 to 7 s1 value of key C 0 64 127 64 cent 0 63 cent Default 40H s2 value of key C 0 64 127 64 cent 0 63 cent Default 40H s3 value of key D 0 64 127 64 cent 0 63 cent De...

Page 210: ...T Select for Rhythm Channel Format F0 40 7F 33 gg mm 10 ch tp kk F7 ch 0H fH ch 1 ch 16 tp MACHINE TYPE No 7F ignore not use kk Drum KIT No 3 3 3 Effect Settings 3 3 3 1 Panel Effects Settings Format...

Page 211: ...B 7FH Bass Off minor Chord Type No Chord Type No 0 Major 32 7 1 sus4 33 7 b5 2 add9 34 7 5 3 b5 35 7sus4 4 aug 36 9 5 M omit3rd 37 11 6 minor 38 13 7 madd9 39 9 13 8 m 5 40 9 11 13 9 m omit3rd 41 7 b...

Page 212: ...O Sustain Level 71 X O Resonance 72 O O Release Time 73 O O Attack Time 74 O O Cutoff 75 O O Decay Time 76 X O Vibrato Speed 77 O O Vibrato Depth 78 X O Vibrato Delay 84 O O Portamento Control 91 O O...

Page 213: ...2 Solo Left 3 Part Layer Split Selectable Split Point Mixer Master Volume Accompaniment Volume Transpose Octave Shift Tune Sympathetic Resonance Virtual Voicing Portamento Metronome Touch Curve Selec...

Page 214: ...Concert Performer Series Digital Piano OW969E T 0305 Printed in Japan...

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