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AP400_e.book 5 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Connections IMPORTANT! Audio amplifier AUX IN jack, etc. Pin plug Whenever connecting something to the digital piano, first RIGHT use the VOLUME controller to set the volume to a low (Red) Stereo standard plug level. After connecting, you can adjust the volume to the LEFT (White) level you want. To digital Pin jack piano’s PHONES Guitar amplifier Pin plug jack Keyboard amplifier, etc. (red) Connecting Headphones INPUT 1 INPUT 2 PHONES jack P
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AP400_e.book 6 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Playing with Different Tones VOLUME TONE/SETTING SONG / POWER METRONOME GRAND PIANO NOTE Selecting and Playing a Tone Grand Piano Tones (MODERN, CLASSIC) This digital piano has 11 built-in tones. Your digital piano has a total of 11 built-in tones. The MODERN and CLASSIC tones are stereo sampled tones * You can select these tones using keyboard keys. The that can be selected using the GRAND PIANO buttons. name of the tones assigned to each ke
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AP400_e.book 7 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Playing with Different Tones Selecting a Tone Using the Keyboard Keys MODERN CLASSIC VARIATION 1 2 VI BRAPHONE STRINGS 1 2 GRAND PIA NO ELEC PIANO B ASS (LOWER) HARPSICHORD PIPE ORGAN TONE/SETTING button Tone Setting Keys While holding down the TONE/SETTING 1. button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the tone you want to select. Example: Pipe Organ ■ Bass Tones (BASS 1, BASS 2) Selecting either of the two bass tones (BASS 1, BASS
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AP400_e.book 8 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Playing with Different Tones Adjusting the Brilliance of a Layering Two Tones Tone Use the following procedure to layer two tones, so they sound at the same time. While holding down the TONE/SETTING 1. button, use the BRILLIANCE keys to specify While holding down the TONE/SETTING 1. a brilliance value in the range of –3 to 3. button, simultaneously press the keyboard keys that correspond to the two tones that you want to layer. Example: To layer
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AP400_e.book 9 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Playing with Different Tones Using Effects Using the Digital Piano’s Pedals Reverb. . . .Makes your notes resonate. Chorus . . .Adds more breadth to your notes. Your digital piano comes equipped with three pedals: damper, soft, and sostenuto To configure reverb and chorus effect settings While holding down the TONE/SETTING 1. button, press the REVERB or CHORUS keyboard key. Soft pedal Damper pedal Sostenuto pedal Pedal Functions OFF 1 2 3 4 Damp
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AP400_e.book 10 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Playing with Different Tones Press the METRONOME button or SONG 4. Using the Metronome / button to turn off the metronome. Press the METRONOME button. 1. NOTE This starts the metronome. To return the tempo setting to the default tempo of the The lamp above the SONG / button flash in time currently selected Music Library tune, press the + and – with the metronome beat. keys at the same time in step 3. Pressing + and – while recording wi
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AP400_e.book 11 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Playing with Different Tones Changing the Octaves of the Keyboards Playing a Piano Duet You can change the ranges of the left and right You can use the Duet Mode to split the piano’s keyboards in octave units from their initial default keyboard in the center so two people can play a duet. settings. This comes in handy, for example, if the initial The left and right side keyboards have virtually the default range is not enough when one person is
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AP400_e.book 12 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Playing Back Built-in Songs TONE/SETTING SONG / LR IMPORTANT! Playing Back a Specific Music After you select a built-in song, it can take a number of Library Song seconds for the song data to be loaded. While the data is being loaded, the keyboard keys and button operations Find the song number of the song you want to will be disabled. Selecting a song while playing 1. something on the keyboard will cause sound output of play in the song
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AP400_e.book 13 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Playing Back Built-in Songs Press the SONG / button. 3. This starts the playback of the song. To stop playback, press the SONG / 4. button again. Playback will stop automatically when the end of the song is reached. NOTE Pressing the + and – keys at the same time will select song number 01. You also can adjust the playback tempo and volume of the song. See “Configuring Settings with the Keyboard” on page E-18 for more information.
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AP400_e.book 14 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Recording and Play Back SONG / LR RECORDER METRONOME You can store the notes you play in digital piano ■ Recorded Data Storage memory for later playback. Starting a new recording deletes any data that was previously recorded in memory. Should power fail during recording, all of the data in the track you are recording will be deleted. Tracks IMPORTANT! A track is a container of recorded data, and a song CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. takes no r
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AP400_e.book 15 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Recording and Play Back Start playing something on the keyboard. 4. Recording Your Keyboard Play Recording will start automatically. After recording to either of the tracks of a song, you can To stop recording, press the SONG / 5. record to the other track while listening to playback button again. what you recorded in the first track. This will cause the RECORDER button and LR button lamps to change from flashing to lit. To record to a spec
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AP400_e.book 16 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Recording and Play Back To record to one track of a song while To play back from digital piano listening to the playback of the other memory track Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is 1. Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is 1. lit. lit. NOTE Press the LR button until the lamp of only the 2. When a song has something recorded in both tracks, you track to which you want to play back is lit. can turn off one track and play back just the
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AP400_es_Cover1-4.fm 2 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時２５分 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Model AP-400 Version : 1.0 MIDI Implementation Chart 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. Basic Default 1 - 16 1 - 16 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Channel Changed 1
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AP400_e.book 3 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communicatio
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AP400_e.book 4 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Company and product names used in this manual may be registered trademarks of others. This mark applies in EU countries only. Manufacturer: CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD. 6-2, Hon-machi 1-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Japan Responsible within the European Union: CASIO EUROPE GmbH Bornbarch 10, 22848 Norderstedt, Germany This mark applies to the AP-400V only. Please keep all information for future reference.
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AP400_e.book 1 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Contents Assembling the Stand.............................................................................................. E-24 Unpacking................................................................. E-24 To install the music stand..........................................E-27 To assemble the stand ............................................. E-24 To install the headphones hook ................................ E-27 To connect cables..............
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AP400_e.book 2 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 General Guide Bottom 1 Front Rear * 2 3 4 5 * The power cord of the AP-400 is hard-wired to the digital piano. Front 6 7 bo 8 9 bk bp bl bm bn E-2
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AP400_e.book 3 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 General Guide CAUTION • Make sure that the cover is fully open whenever you are playing on the keyboard. A partially open cover can suddenly close unexpectedly and pinch your fingers. NOTE The names shown here are always indicated in bold when they appear within the text of this manual. 1 PHONES jack 9 LR button 2 AC power jack bk RECORDER button 3 MIDI IN terminal bl METRONOME button 4 MIDI OUT terminal bm GRAND PIANO (CLASSIC) button 5 Pedal conn
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AP400_e.book 4 ページ ２００８年４月１５日 火曜日 午後１２時３０分 Power Supply Your digital piano runs on standard household power. Be sure to turn off power whenever you are not using the digital piano. Make sure that the POWER button is in the 1. OFF position (raised). POWER button ON (Power lamp on) OFF (Power lamp off) Front Power lamp Connect the power cord that comes with the 2. digital piano to the AC power jack on the bottom of the digital piano.* * AP-400V only Plug the power cord into a household powe
