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Today’s Digital Pianos

 QUICKGUIDE: 

KD-30, KD-50, KD-140

Summary of Contents for KD-140

Page 1: ...Today s Digital Pianos QUICKGUIDE KD 30 KD 50 KD 140 ...

Page 2: ...s KD 30 50 KD 140 Grand Length KD 30 50 140 88 Note Hammer TP30 6 velocity curves Al Synthesis System 64 Note 332 ROM 64 RAM 14 ROM 2 RAM 128 13 Reverb 24 Others 8 Track Split Layer GM 3x5 Floppy LCD Touch Screen 9 per Rhythm 10 per Sound 14 per Piano sound On Off Tempo Beat Volume Damper Soft Sostenuto capability HPx2 Line In Out Midi In Out Mic 120V 60Hz 40 Watts x 2 10 x 2 2 1 2 x 2 45 w x 23 3...

Page 3: ...hey are pressed with excessive force they may fail to respond or the screen may malfunction If a displayed object is shown in gray it is not possible to select that object The main screen This is the page that is displayed when the power is turned on Most of the time you will be playing the KD 140 KD 50 KD 30 in this main screen 1 ...

Page 4: ...mo songs Listen to these demo performances to get an introduction to the rich sounds of the KD 140 KD 50 KD 30 and their expressive potential DEMO SONGS 2 To listen to the demo songs 1 Press the DEMO switch The DEMO switch indicator will light and the Demo page will appear Composer Name Song Name ...

Page 5: ...ss the program group that contains the sound you wish to play Select a program 1 Selecting sounds This piano contains 346 sounds organized into 10 groups Each of the sounds stored in these groups is called a Program PLAYING Name of the current program 3 ...

Page 6: ...two sounds together This allows you to combine two programs to be played together when you play a single note COMBINING PROGRAMS 1 Press the LAYER switch The DEMO switch indicator will light and the Demo page will appear 4 ...

Page 7: ... you to select different sounds for the lower and upper ranges of the keyboard 1 Press the SPLIT switch 2 Select each sound Use the A cell to select the Uppl upper range and the B cell to select the Low lower range 5 Split point ...

Page 8: ...t to a selected sound will create the illusion that you are playing in various acoustical spaces such as a concert hall This is called Reverb 1 Press the REVERB switch The REVERB switch indicator will light and reverb will be applied to the sound 6 ...

Page 9: ...styles are provided including PIANIST and styles such as pops rock jazz and dance music These rhythm styles consist of six musical tracks Drum Percussion Bass and Acc1 3 accompaniment instruments AUTOMATIC ACCOMPANIMENT Using automatic accompaniment 1 Press the ACC switch The ACC switch indicator will light and the Accompaniment page will appear 7 ...

Page 10: ...rd shown in the LCD screen Now you can play along with the automatic accompaniment Changing how you specify the chords There are several different ways to use the keyboard to specify chords as appropriate for your preferences and abilities 1 Press the START STOP switch The ACC switch indicator will light and the Accompaniment page will appear 2 Select the method of specifying chords 8 ...

Page 11: ...nce use the MASTER VOLUME slider Syncro start stop You can use Syncro Start to start automatic accompaniment at the moment you press a key and Syncro Stop to stop automatic accompaniment at the moment you take your hand off the keyboard Adjusting the tempo 1 Press the TEMPO DOWN UP switches The tempo display in the main screen will change and so will the playback tempo 9 Tempo display ...

Page 12: ...will appear 2 Select the part whose volume you wish to adjust Press the Vol cell for the part whose volume you wish to adjust Upp1 Volume of the Upper1 if LAYER switch or SPLIT switch are on or volume of the keyboard if LAYER switch and SPLIT switch are off Upp2 Volume of layered sound if LAYER switch is on Low Volume of the sound to the left of the spIit point when SPLIT switch is on Drum Perc Ba...

Page 13: ... 2 Press the SONG button to access the Song Play 1 3 page 3 Select the song you want to play using the dial 4 Press the PLAY STOP button 5 Use PLAY STOP or PAUSE button to stop playback NOTE The KD 140 50 30 will play SMF Standard MIFI File 0 1 format and recognize GM Genetral MIDI specifications 11 ...

Page 14: ...nd the volume of the keyboard performance To adjust the overall volume use the MASTER VOLUME slider Adjusting the volume of individual parts To adjust the volume of each part and volume the keyboard make settings in the Mixer screen 1 Press the MIXER switch The MIXER switch indicator will light and the Mixer page will appear 12 ...

Page 15: ...r will light and the Mixer page will appear 2 Select the part for which you wish to make settings 3 Select the item that you wish to change Using a mic 1 Set the MIC VOLUME slider to 0 2 Connect a mic to the mic jack 3 Adjust volume Using mic effects 1 Press the VOCAL switch 2 Select the desired type of effect 3 Adjust the effect depth using VOCAL EFFECT LEVEL 13 ...

Page 16: ...le button and select a rhythm style Press PLAY STOP after a 2 measure countdown start the recording When finished press PLAY STOP Press EXIT and the Save Recording page will appear Select an option and proceed Basic recording Realtime Recording If you wish to use automatic accompaniment press the ACC switch to turn it on before you continue with the following procedure p 50 1 Press the SONG CONTRO...

Page 17: ...d the previously saved song data From a floppy disk load the song data file that you saved in Basic Recording or Step Recording p 88 2 Access the Rec 2 3 page Press the PAGE to access the Rec 2 3 page 3 Select the track that you wish to record Press the Track button for the track that you wish to record it should say Rec 4 Select a sound program Press the Program cell and select a program for the ...

Page 18: ... 16 CONNECTING OTHER EQUIPMENT Rear Panel ...

Page 19: ...tting chords and panel operations one by one By using this you can easily input music from a chord chart even if you are not a skilled pianist Touch Control Playing touch is a vital aspect of a piano s response and you can choose from six different touch settings This allows the KD 30 50 140 to be played by anyone from children who tend to have a lighter touch to expe rienced pianists You can also...

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