User manual KAWAI CP119 QUICK GUIDE

[. . . ] Quick Start Guide USB USAGE RECORDER STYLES SOUNDS OVERVIEW OF CONTROLS 5 4 3 2 1 Page 3 WELCOME! Welcome to the KAWAI CP119 Quick Start Guide. This guide attempts to provide new CP users with a selection of step-by-step instructions to some of these instruments' most useful features. With so many buttons, menus, and functions, the CP119 can appear rather daunting at first, however by following a few basic steps we'll soon be learning how to select sounds and accompaniment styles, record our own songs, and even save pieces to USB memory. Below is a list of topics that we'll be covering in this guide: Overview of controls Selecting instrument sounds Selecting accompaniment styles Recording a song Deleting, saving, and loading a song Saving and loading a song to/from USB memory OVERVIEW OF CONTROLS SOUNDS STYLES RECORDER USB USAGE 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. OVERVIEW OF CONTROLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PANEL BUTTONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Step 3 Press the PLAY/STOP button. The selected song will start to play. Page 56 Save My Song Step 1 From the My Songs menu, select the Save option The display will show a virtual keyboard. Step 2 Touch the screen to enter a new name for the song, then touch the EXEC button. The recorder song will be stored to the CP's internal song memory. Delete My Song Step 1 From the My Songs menu, select the Delete option The display will show a list of the songs stored in the CP's internal song memory. Recording a Song Step 2 4 Touch the song that you want to delete, then touch the EXEC button. The selected song will be deleted from the CP's internal memory. Page 57 5. Using a Style The Concert Performer contains nearly 180 built-in Styles for you to play along with, covering a wide variety of musical genres. You can choose from a simple drum or percussion accompaniment or add in a fully orchestrated arrangement. In addition to the Full Styles which provide a full musical arrangement including Drums, Bass, and other accompanying instruments, there are Intimate Styles with Solo Piano Styles if you just want to play along with a piano accompaniment. If the on board variety of styles is not enough, or if you have creative ideas of your own, the CP contains other features such as Style Maker and Conductor to help you edit or create your own custom Styles. These features are explained in the section of this manual "Creating Your Own Styles", page 70. 1) Selecting and Playing a Style The Styles are organized into 14 categories, 6 of which are accessible directly using the dedicated STYLE SELECT button on the front panel, while the remaining 8 categories are accessible through a separate screen assigned to the OTHERS panel button. As with the SOUND category buttons, the FAVORITES button allows up to 20 of your favorite styles to be group together for easy access, without needing to remember in which category and on which page a particular style is stored. Using a Style To select a Style: Step 1 5 Press the STYLE button for the category of your choice. The LCD screen will display the first Style Selection page for that category. Step 2 Touch the name of the Style you wish to select. Tempo will be displayed in the top left corner of the LCD screen. Touch the screen to select your desired Style. PAGE : Select the different pages within a Style category. Step 3 Each Style category has several pages of styles. If you don't see your desired Style on the currently displayed page, you can touch the PAGE buttons to select the other page. Alternatively, press another STYLE button to jump to another category. Page 58 Step 4 If you wish to play the selected Style, press either the START/STOP button to start the Style playing immediately, or the INTRO/ENDING button to start the Style with an Intro pattern. You can also press the SYNC/FADE OUT button before starting a Style or pressing the INTRO/END buttons. When the SYNC/FADE OUT button is pressed, the Style will not start until you play a note or chord on the keyboard. Step 5 To adjust the tempo of the Style, use the Dial to change the Tempo. The tempo will be displayed in the top left corner of the LCD screen. You can also use the TAP TEMPO button. Tap the button three or more times at the desired tempo, and the CP will automatically translate your taps into an on-screen Tempo value. Step 6 To stop the Style, press either the START/STOP button to stop the Style immediately, or the INTRO/ENDING button to stop with an ending pattern, You can also press the SYNC/FADE OUT button and have the Style fade out gradually. Using a Style When this button is pressed before starting a Style or before pressing the INTRO/ENDING button, the Style will not start until you play a note or chord on the keyboard. When this button is pressed while the Style is running the Style will gradually fade out. When this button is pressed during a fade out 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 running to fade in or out of the Style. 5 Starts or stops the Style immediately. You can also select a Style when you are in the main play screen, simply by using the Dial. Touch the name of the style and it will become highlighted, then use the Dial to select another Style. The CP remembers the last Style selection that you made within each category while the power is on. When you press a STYLE button, the CP will automatically select the Style previously chosen in the same category. When you switch from one Style to another while it is running, the new Style will wait until the beginning of the next measure before it begins to play. Intro/Ending When one of the Intro/Ending buttons is pressed to start a Style the selected Intro pattern will be played before the selected Variation pattern plays. The Auto-accompaniment System will decide which Intro to use based upon the first Chord you play (major or minor). [. . . ] Gypsy Chorus from "Carmen" by Bizet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prelude In A by Chopin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pizzicato Polka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rondeau by Mouret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]