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Your DCP-12 is a high quality digital piano featuring an 88 note 

hammer action, touch sensitive keyboard and the most advanced 

PCM tone generation technology that combined will provide you with 

a rich performing and playing experience. You can also record your 

own performances or record your own accomp animen t to play along 

to. The DCP-12 is more than great te chnology, your digital piano is 

also a stylish piece of furniture that will look great anywhere in your 

home. To get the most out of your instrument, please read this manual 

thoroughly and try out the various functions as we take you through 

them. We hope your new instrument will continue to entertain you for 

many years to come.  

 

Thank you for choosing the DCP-12 Digital Piano

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Page 3: ...eriods fo time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been dam aged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been...

Page 4: ...formances or record your own accompaniment to play along to The DCP 12 is more than great technology your digital piano is also a stylish piece of furniture that will look great anywhere in your home...

Page 5: ...lit Mode Layer Mode Using Split and Layer Modes Together Transpose Button Octave Function 21 22 24 25 27 27 28 29 29 31 33 35 35 36 37 38 38 39 41 43 44 45 46 Song Recording Record a Track Local On Of...

Page 6: ...STER TUNE OCTAVE MIDI CHANNEL LOCAL TIME SIG Function TREBLE BASS MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME VIBES FM EP E PIANO 1 E PIANO 2 GRAND PIANO BRIGHT PIANO BANK RECORD TRACK 1 TRACK 2 PLAY DATA CONTROL CLEAR Voi...

Page 7: ...anel 13 Headphone Outputs 14 MIDI Output 15 USB Connector 16 Aux Line In 17 Line Out 18 Aux Input Level PEDAL AC120V 60HZ CAUTION 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rear Panel 19 Power Socket 20 Pedal Connector PEDAL...

Page 8: ...e plug of the foot pedal unit to the pedal jack on the rear panel PEDAL AC POWER CAUTION 3 Plug in the included power chord to the rear of the piano body as illustrated below Position the DCP 12 in th...

Page 9: ...ht hand side of the keyboard to turn on the power The panel LCD display will light and display the default sound The speaker system in the DCP 12 is very powerful and can be overpowering in some rooms...

Page 10: ...o allows you to sustain notes but it works a little different from the damper pedal Ifyou play a noteor chord on thekeyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while the notes are held those notes will be...

Page 11: ...voice selected For a more detailed explanation of the Piano Reset function please check the appendix CHORUS REVERB PIANO RESET Bass Treble With the Bass and Treble controls you can adjust the sound of...

Page 12: ...sh If the Bank button is not lit you will hear the BankA voices the top row of voices including Grand Piano E Piano 1 Vibes etc If you want to hear demo songs featuring the Bank B voices the bottom ro...

Page 13: ...9 Stop Playing Pressing the DEMO button at any point will stop playback and return DCP 12 to Performance Mode allowing you to play the piano normally again METRONOME DEMO...

Page 14: ...ht playing The internal speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of headphones is plugged into the 1 Headphone jack MIDI OUT MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface is a world standard c...

Page 15: ...MIDI based computer software Line OUT The DCP 12 s stereo RCAline output can be used to deliver the output of the piano to a keyboard amplifier stereo sound system mixingconsole or taperecorder The D...

Page 16: ...own on the LCD 12 Voice Select Press the sixth Voice Select button to select the Strings sound The button s blue LED will light up and Strings will appear on the LCD Play the keyboard to hear the Stri...

Page 17: ...e setting LAYER SPLIT NOTE In most cases the number in the lower right corner of the LCD represents the current value of the Data Control knob While in Split Mode the Data Control knob defaults to con...

Page 18: ...GHT PIANO ROCK ORGAN CHURCH ORGAN HARPSICHORD CLAV STRINGS CHOIR FANTASIA WARM PAD UPRIGHT BASS ELECTRIC BASS Change the Split left hand Point SPLIT SPLIT Turn the DATACONTROL knob to select a volume...

Page 19: ...Split Mode left hand SPLIT The default values for Split Mode are Default Split Point Eb3 Default Split Voice Upright Bass NOTE The Main Voice right hand voice will transmit on the selected Main MIDI T...

Page 20: ...e will show theMain Voice first and theLayer Voice second The bottom line will show the tempo and the Layer Voice volume LAYER NOTE That polyphony may be reduced while Layer Mode is in use Change the...

Page 21: ...volume LAYER DATA CONTROL Press the LAYER button again to turn layer mode back on LAYER NOTE The Main Voice will be transmitted on the selected Main MIDI Transmit Channel The Layer Voice will be playe...

Page 22: ...ll the voice information and the Data Control knob value which is the Layer Voice volume by default Main Voice Layer Voice Split Voice Layer Voice Volume For example the image on the left shows a setu...

Page 23: ...tons are used to increase or decrease the keyboard s transpose value up to 12 semi tones one octave up or down Use the Transpose Function Each time you press the Transpose Up button the pitch israised...

Page 24: ...ranspose setting are not remembered after a power cycle The setting will be back at its default value of zero at power up Octave Function Enabling the Octave function allows you to raise or lower the...

Page 25: ...r instrument that may be tuned slightly higher or lower than standard pitch Adjust the Master Tune Setting Press the CHORUS and TOUCH buttons at the same time The top line of the LCD will show MasterT...

Page 26: ...ike the keys harder High is a sensitivity setting that generates higher velocity values for the same force This setting is useful for playing more loudly even if you tend to strike the keys with less...

Page 27: ...ouch Select Mode will reset the Touch function back to its default value of Normal Change the Fixed Velocity Value With Touch Sensitivity turned off Touch button is not lit press and hold the TOUCH bu...

Page 28: ...n will go dark to indicate that Reverb is off REVERB Adjust the Reverb Depth While holding the REVERB button turn the DATACONTROL knob to adjust the Reverb Depth setting The LCD will show the current...

Page 29: ...e and Depth setting even after turning the Power switch off and on Chorus Effect The built in digital Chorus can be used for adding a rich swirling stereo effect to any of the 16 voices built into DCP...

Page 30: ...nd Depth setting even after turning the Power switch off and on C 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 C 7 C 8 CHORUS1 CHORUS2 CHORUS3 CHORUS4 FEEDBACK FLANGER SHTDELAY FBDELAY 26 Adjust the Chorus Depth While holdi...

Page 31: ...to increase volume or counterclockwise to decrease volume The LCD will show the current Metronome Volume level This can be adjusted between zero minimum and 127 maximum When you have set a comfortable...

Page 32: ...back to Performance Mode the basic play the piano setting and the LCD goes back to its main screen This three second Time Out function is common to most of the editing functions of DCP 12 While in Tim...

Page 33: ...utton to record on Track 1 Or Simultaneously press the RECORD button and the TRACK 2 button to record on Track 2 The Metronome will begin counting but recording will not start yet This is called Recor...

Page 34: ...tronome press the Metronome button Erase a Track Press the RECORD and PLAY buttons simultaneously NOTE That the button for any track onto which material has been recorded will light RECORD TRACK 1 TRA...

Page 35: ...o Step 2 NOTE That if there is nothing recorded on the track the Track button will not light up even if you press the button Press the PLAY button to begin playback Also note that during playback eith...

Page 36: ...proceed to Step 2 Simultaneously press the RECORD button and the TRACK button of the track you wish to record on This will start the Metronome RECORD TRACK 1 Start playing the keyboard Recording start...

Page 37: ...d If the Track button for the track you wish to hear is already lit you can skip the above step and proceed to Step 2 When you are finished playing pressthe RECORD button againto stop recording RECORD...

Page 38: ...Play LED will go out RECORD TRACK 1 Play the keyboard to record your new performance NOTE Once you have punched in the old data on the selected track will be cleared from the punch in point to the en...

Page 39: ...n to stop playing it and a host of other information The DCP 12 can send MIDI information to a computer or another MIDI capable instrument via its MIDI or USB output This enables the DCP 12 to act as...

Page 40: ...lay will begin flashing the current Main MIDI Transmit Channel LAYER SPLIT MIDI CHANNEL Use the DATACONTROL knob or the TRANSPOSE Up or Down buttons to change the Main MIDI Transmit Channel The new Ma...

Page 41: ...ents can be found in Appendix C Data ControlAssignments and MIDI CC List Change the Assignment of the Data Control Knob Press the TRANSPOSE Down and Tempo Down buttons at the same time TRANSPOSE Turn...

Page 42: ...essages Altered Note True voice Number Velocity ON Note OFF After Key s Touch Touch Channel Pitch Bend Control Change Program Change True System Exclusive System Song Position Pointer Common Song Sele...

Page 43: ...tion Wheel fine 34 Breath controller fine 36 Foot Pedal fine 37 Portamento Time fine 38 Data Entry fine 39 Volume fine 40 Balance fine 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 31 32 33 34...

Page 44: ...increment 97 Data Button decrement 98 Non registered Parameter fine 99 Non registered Parameter coarse 100 Registered Parameter fine 101 Registered Parameter coarse 120 All Sound Off 121 All Controlle...

Page 45: ...t Data Control Value per assignment and only CC not including PGM or Bank LSB MSB Velocity Curve Selected Voice Volume Metronome Volume Master Tune Tempo Reverb On Off Reverb Depth Reverb Type Chorus...

Page 46: ...Vibes FM EP Rock Organ Church Organ Harpsichord Clav Strings Choir Fantasia Warm Pad Upright Bass Electric Bass n a Metronome Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off 40 40...

Page 47: ...Voice to defaults 6 Set Pan to 64 for Main Voice Split Voice and Layer Voice 7 Turn off Layer Mode and Split Mode 8 Set Global Transmit Channel to 1 9 Set Transpose and Octave Shift both back to zero...

Page 48: ...all pixels and all LEDs on the device will light while these buttons are held down Once this has happened you can release the Reverb and Chorus buttons Once the reset has finished DCP 12 will return t...

Page 49: ...edals Soft Sostenuto Sustain Effect Reverb Chorus Demo Song 16 Song Recording Record two individual tracks Built in 1 song Midi Transmit Settings Local Control USB MIDI Connectors MIDI Out Pedal Line...

Page 50: ...0 Before moving the piano to a new location always remember to raise the level of the Pedal Board support so that it is not touching the floor Once the piano is in place you can adjust it so it is in...

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