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MD-1800 76-Key MIDI Keyboard
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OWNER’S MANUAL —
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Please read before using this equipment.
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GUIDELINES LAID DOWN BY FCC RULES FOR USE OF THE UNIT IN THE U.S.A. (not applicable to other areas). 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,
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Safety Precautions Congratulations on your selection of the CASIO Symbol Examples electronic musical instrument. • Before using the instrument, be sure to carefully This triangle symbol ( ) means that the read through the instructions contained in this user should be careful. (The example at manual. left indicates electrical shock caution.) • Please keep all information for future reference. This circle with a line through it ( ) means that the indicated action must not be performed. Indications
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Safety Precautions Batteries DANGER Misuse of batteries can cause them to leak, resulting in damage to nearby objects, or to Alkaline Batteries explode, creating the risk of fire and Perform the following steps immediately if personal injury. Always make sure you fluid leaking from alkaline batteries ever observe the following precautions. gets into your eyes. • Never try to take batteries apart or allow 1. Do not rub your eyes! Rinse them with them to become shorted. water. • Never expose batt
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Safety Precautions Plastic Bags CAUTION Never place the plastic bag the product comes in over your head or in your mouth. AC Adaptor Doing so creates the risk of suffocation. Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk Particular care concerning this precaution of fire and electric shock. Always make sure is required where small children are you observe the following precautions. present. • Do not locate the electric cord near a stove or other sources of heat. Keep off of the product and stand.*
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Safety Precautions Location IMPORTANT! Avoid the following locations for this When using batteries, be sure to replace them or shift to product. Such locations create the risk of one of the alternate power sources whenever you notice fire and electric shock. any of the following symptoms. • Areas subject to high humidity or large • Dim power indicator amounts of dust • In food preparation areas or other areas • Instrument does not turn on • Display that is flickering, dim, or difficult to read s
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Introduction Congratulations upon your selection of this CASIO musical instrument. This keyboard provides you with the following features and functions. ❐ 516 Tones Include Rich Advanced Tones A total of 300 Advanced Tones are programmed with DSP tones to make them richer and more powerful. Advanced tones like Stereo Piano and Tremolo Electric Piano enhance the Piano and Electric Piano tones to create a totally new sound. ❐ 50 Drawbar Organ Tones In addition to the 516 standards tones, the keybo
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Introduction ❐ Mixer You can specify tone, volume, pan position, and other parameters for each built-in Auto Accompaniment part. You can also control the same parameters for each channel during MIDI input. ❐ Registration Memory Keyboard setups can be stored in memory for later recall and instant settings whenever you need them. Up to 32 setups (4 setups x 8 banks) can be stored in registration memory. ❐ Data download from your computer You can use your computer to download data from the CASIO M
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Contents Welcome... Using the Drawbar Organ Mode .....................................E-26 Safety Precautions ................E-1 To select a drawbar organ tone ..............E-28 To edit a drawbar organ tone .................E-28 Introduction ...........................E-5 Parameter Details ..................................E-29 To save an edited drawbar organ tone...E-30 Contents.................................E-7 Applying Effects to General Guide......................E-10 Tones .............
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Contents Using Auto Harmonize ........................... E-45 Correcting Mistakes While Step Recording...............................................E-69 Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume...E-46 Editing Memory Contents.......................E-70 Mixer Function.....................E-47 Editing a Song ........................................E-72 What you can do with the Mixer .............E-47 Keyboard Settings ..............E-74 Turning Channels On and Off ................E-47 Using Layer .....
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Contents Using External Storage Media ...............E-96 Saving Files ...........................................E-98 Loading a File ........................................E-99 Renaming a File ...................................E-100 Deleting a File ......................................E-101 Formatting External Storage Media .....E-102 Inputting Characters .............................E-103 SmartMedia Card Error Messages ......E-104 Disk Drive Error Messages (WK-3500 Only) ...................
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General Guide 1 23 4 5 6 7 DE F G H 8 9 0 A B C I J K L M N O P 1 Q 2 M * * *3 RS T U V W X a b c Y Z [ \ ] _ E-10 735A-E-012A WK3000_e_10-25.p65 10 03.4.8, 11:51
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General Guide • Illustrations in this User’s Guide shows the WK-3500. 1 POWER button M Speaker 2 Power indicator N Rhythm list 3 MODE button O Tone list 4 EFFECT button P Display 4 5 SYNTH button Q DEMO button* 6 MIXER button R WK-3500 PHONES terminal 7 TRANSPOSE/FUNCTION button WK-3000 8 VOLUME knob PHONES/OUTPUT terminal 9 ONE TOUCH PRESET button S CHORD root names 0 ACCOMP VOLUME button T Percussion instrument list A SONG MEMORY button U Chord types name B WK-3500 V SMF PLAYER button DISK/
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General Guide *2 a Number buttons • For input of numbers to change displayed settings. • Negative values can be changed only by using [+] and [–] to increment and decrement the displayed value. b [+]/[–] buttons (YES/NO) *3 • WK-3500 • WK-3000 c c d c PITCH BEND wheel MODULATION button d d MODULATION wheel MODULATION button lamp e PITCH BEND wheel c d e Playing a Demo Tune*4 Pressing the DEMO button starts demo tune play. There are 3 demo tunes, which continuously play in sequence. To stop demo
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General Guide Front Panel • WK-3500 only f Access lamp g Eject button g f Rear Panel • WK-3500 • WK-3000 h i j k l h i j k MIDI MIDI SUSTAIN/ R L/MONO SUSTAIN/ LINE OUT ASSIGNABLE JACK DC 12V OUT IN ASSIGNABLE JACK DC 12V OUT IN h h MIDI OUT terminal MIDI OUT terminal i MIDI IN terminal i MIDI IN terminal j j SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK terminal SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK terminal k k LINE OUT R, LINE OUT L/MONO terminal DC 12V terminal l DC 12V terminal Rear Panel m Card slot m 735A-E-015A E-13 WK3000
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General Guide About the display 1 2 3 4 5 Gr an dPn o 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 1. TONE/RHYTHM indicator TONE is shown during tone selection and display, while RHYTHM is shown during rhythm selection and display. 2. Tone/Rhythm number (number area) Number of currently selected tone or rhythm. The TONE/RHYTHM indicator shows whether the number is a tone or rhythm. This area also shows other information in other modes. 3. Chord name display Shows chord names while Auto Accompaniment is being used.
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General Guide 13. Level meter The numbers 1 through 16 correspond to Mixer channels. The level meter indicates which channels are on and off, and also indicates the volume level. Drawbar Organ Mode In the Drawbar Organ Editing Mode, the level meter shows the position of each drawbar and the status of each percussion parameter. 14. Graphic keyboard Notes you play on the keyboard, notes played back from song memory, and received MIDI data* are indicated on the graphic keyboard. 15. Mode indicators
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Power Supply This keyboard can be powered by current from a standard Important Battery Information household wall outlet (using the specified AC adaptor) or by The following shows the approximate battery life. batteries. Always make sure you turn the keyboard off Alkaline batteries ............................. 4 hours whenever you are not using it. The above value is standard battery life at normal temperature, with the keyboard volume at a medium Using batteries setting. Temperature extremes
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Power Supply CAUTION Using the AC Adaptor Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk of fire and electric Make sure that you use only the AC adaptor specified for shock. Always make sure you observe the following this keyboard. precautions. • Do not locate the electric cord near a stove or other Specified AC Adaptor: AD-12 sources of heat. • Never pull on the cord when unplugging from the AC adaptor AD-12 electrical outlet. Always grasp the AC adaptor when MIDI unplugging. SUSTAIN/ R L/MONO ASS
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Power Supply Settings Saving Setups and Memory Contents Tone, rhythm, and other “main keyboard settings” in effect About Flash memory when you turn off the keyboard manually by pressing Your keyboard comes with built-in Flash memory, which can POWER button or when Auto Power Off turns off power are continue to hold data even when electrical power is totally still in effect the next time you turn power back on. cut off. This means that even after batteries go completely dead, you can attach the A
