Casio LK-270 manual

ES LK270ES1C GUÍA DEL USUARIO USER’S GUIDE Guarde toda la información para futuras consultas. Please keep all information for future reference. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el teclado, asegúrese de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad” separadas. Safety Precautions Bef ore tr ying to use the ke yboard, be sure to read th[...]

NO TICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, p ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide re asonable protec tion against harmful interferen ce in a residential installation. This equipment generate s, uses and can radiat e radio frequency energy and, if not [...]

English E-1 Impor tant! Please note the follo wing impo r tant info rmation before using this product. • Before using the optiona l AC Adaptor to power the unit, be su re to check the AC Adaptor fo r any damage first. Carefully check the power cord for breakage, cuts, exposed wire and other serious damage. Never let children use an AC adaptor tha[...]

E-2 Contents General Guide ............................. E-4 Using the 10-key Pad ( bs ) .................... ........... .. E-6 FUNCTION Button ( ct ) Functions ........ .............E-6 Getting Ready to Play ................ E-8 Preparing the Music Stand .............. .............. .....E-8 Power Supply ......... ............................ ..[...]

English Contents E-3 Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions .................................. E-49 Changing the Scale of the Keyboard ..... ...........E-49 Using Music Preset ........ .............. .............. ......E-50 Using the Arpeggiator ........ .............. ........... ......E-50 Deleting User Song Data ....................... ......[...]

E-4 General Guide • In this manual, the term “Digital Keyboard” refers to the LK-270. • In this manual, buttons and othe r controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. 2 1 3 4 5 6 bp bq br 7 8 bt ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct dk 9b kb l b m b n dl dl dm do dp dn dq dr ds dt bo bs[...]

English General Guide E-5 1 POWER button ☞ E-9, 25, 45, 61 2 VOLUME knob ☞ E-9 3 MIC VOLUME knob ☞ E-30 4 PRESET SCALE button ☞ E-49 5 RECORDER b utton ☞ E-30, 44, 4 5, 46, 47, 48 6 SING ALONG button ☞ E-30 7 METRONOME, BEAT button ☞ E-12 8 REPEAT, INTRO button ☞ E-28, 34 , 41 9 REW, NORMAL/FILL-IN button ☞ E-27, 32, 38, 41 bk FF,[...]

General Guide E-6 Use the number buttons and the [–] and [+] buttons to change the settings of the parameters that appear in the upper left area of the display. Use the number buttons to enter numbers and values. • Enter the same number of digits as the currently displayed value. Example: To enter tone number 001, input 0 3 0 3 1. • Negative [...]

English General Guide E-7 • The tone and other parame ters revert to their initial defaults whenever you turn on power (pag e E-9). Function Display See Page 1 Transpose Trans. E-16 2 Accompaniment Volume AcompVol E-42 3 Song Volume Song Vol E-29 4 Touch Respo nse Touch E-10 5 Tuning Tune E-16 6 Reverb Reverb E-15 7 Chorus Chorus E-15 8 Sampling [...]

E-8 Getting Read y to Pla y Either an AC adaptor or batteries can be used to power this Digital Keyboard. Normally, use of AC adaptor power is recommended. • The AC adaptor does not come with this Digital Keyboard. Purchase it separately from your retailer. See page E-3 for information about options. Use the AC adaptor when you want to power the [...]

English E-9 Pla ying the Digital Ke yboar d 1. Press 1 . This turns on power. 2. Try playing something on the keyboard. Use 2 to adjust volum e. • Turning off the keyboard causes mo st current settings to be cleared. The keybo ard will revert to initial settings the next time you tu rn it on. • This is true for all settings except for sample so[...]

Playing the Digital Keyboard E-10 3. Use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to display “Demo 2”. 4. Press the bs (10-key) [–] key to select the OFF setting. Using headphones cuts off output from the built-in speakers, which means you can practice playing even late at n ight without disturbing others. • Be sure to turn down the volume [...]

English Playing the Digital Keyboard E-11 Use the procedure below to control how much the volume of played notes change in accor dance with playing speed. Select the setting that best matches your playing style. 1. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to display “Touch” (p age E-6). 2. Use bs (10-key) [–] and [+] key[...]

Playing the Digital Keyboard E-12 The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady beat to help keep you on tempo. 1. Press 7 . This starts the metronome. 2. Press 7 again to stop the metronome. You can configure the metronom e to use a bell sound for the first beat of each measure of the song you are playing. • You can specify 0, or [...]

English E-13 Contr olling the Ke yboar d Sounds Your Digital Keyboard lets you select tones for a wide variety of musical instrument sounds, in cluding violin, flute, orchestra, and more. Even the same song sound takes on a different feel by changing the instrument type. 1. Press bp . 2. Use bs (10-key) to sele ct the tone number you want. The corr[...]

Controlling the Keyboard So unds E-14 You can use the following proc edure to layer two different tones (such as piano and strings) so they sound simultaneously when you press a keybo ard key. 1. Select the first tone you want to use. Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to select the tone you want. Example: 021 ELEC.PIANO 1 2. Press cq . 3. Use bs (1[...]

English Controlling the Keyboard Sounds E-15 5. Pressing cp again to unsplit the keyboard (so it plays only the tone you selected in step 1). • Each press of cp toggles between split (two tones) and unsplit (one tone). • If you turn on both layer and split, layering will be applied to the right side range of the keyboard only. 1. While holding [...]

Controlling the Keyboard So unds E-16 A pedal can be used to change notes in various ways while playing. • A pedal unit does not come wi th the Digital Keyboard. Purchase one separately from your retailer. See page E-3 for information about options. Connect an optional pedal unit. 1. Press ct and then u se the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys[...]

English Controlling the Keyboard Sounds E-17 Octave Shift lets you raise or lower the pitch of the keyboard notes in octave units. • The octave shift setting range is –2 to +2 octaves. • When using Split (page E-14), you can individually set the left and right keyboard ranges to the pitches you want. 1. Keep pressing cq until the screen shown[...]

E-18 Sampling Sounds and Pla ying Them on the Digital Ke yboard You can sample a sound from a microphone, a portable audio player, or other device, and t hen p lay the sound with keyboard keys. For example, you could sample the bark of your dog and then use the sound in a melody. You also can sample and use passages from a CD. The sampling feature [...]

English Sampling Sounds and Pl aying Them on th e Digital Keyboard E-19 Use the procedures in this section to sample a sound and play it as the melody part on the Digital Keyboard. • Up to five sampled sounds can be stored in Digital Keyboard memory as tone numbers 571 through 575. Simply select the tone number where the sound you want is located[...]

Sampling Sound s and Playing Them o n the Digital Keyboard E-20 ■ How sampled sounds are play ed Pressing Middle C (C4) will play back the original sound. The keys to the left and right of C4 play the sound at diffe rent pitches. You can use the following pr ocedure to loop a sampled sound so it continues to repeat, as you play on the Digital Key[...]

English Sampling Sounds and Pl aying Them on th e Digital Keyboard E-21 You can apply various effects to sampled sounds. 1. Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the tone number (571 to 575 ) to which you want to apply effec ts. 2. Press bp to cycle thorough the available effects, des cribed belo w. • Avoid assigning the same sampled sound t[...]

Sampling Sound s and Playing Them o n the Digital Keyboard E-22 5. Output the sound from th e external device. In the case of a microphone , output the sound i n the direction o f the microphone. Sampling will start automatically. 6. After the sound you want to sample is finished, press cs . Sampling will stop when you release cs . • Even if you [...]

English Sampling Sounds and Pl aying Them on th e Digital Keyboard E-23 ■ To change the pitch of a sampled sound While holding down the keyboard key of the sample d sound whose pitch you want to change, use the bs (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to change the pitch. • You can change the pitch within a range of –64 to 63 semitones. ■ To delete a[...]

Sampling Sound s and Playing Them o n the Digital Keyboard E-24 Normally the Digital Keyboard wi ll stop sampling automatically whenever it detects there is no soun d input. You can use the following procedure to enable manual sampling stop, which will cause sampling to conti nue until you press a button to stop it. You can use this to insert silen[...]

English Sampling Sounds and Pl aying Them on th e Digital Keyboard E-25 You can use the following proc edure to protect each sampled sound against accidental deletion. 1. Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the tone number of the sampled tone you want to protect. 2. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to disp lay ?[...]

E-26 Pla ying Built-in Songs With this Digital Keyboard, built -in tune data is referred to as “songs”. You can listen to the built-in son gs for your own enjoyment, or you can play al ong with them for practice. • In addition to simple listening enjoyment, the built-in song s can be used with the lesson system (page E-31) for practice. • Y[...]

English Playing Built-in Songs E-27 Use the procedure below to play back one of the built-in songs. You can play along on the keyboard with song playback. 1. Press br . 2. Use bs (10-key) to enter the number of the song you want. • See page E-69 for a complete list of ava ilable songs. 3. Press bm . This starts playback of the s ong. Keyboard key[...]

Playing Built-in Songs E-28 You can use the procedure in this section to repeat particular measures for practice playing along until you master it. You can specify the start measure and the end measure of the section you want to play and practice. 1. Press 8 to temporarily turn off song repeat (“REPEAT” disappears from the display). 2. When son[...]

English Playing Built-in Songs E-29 Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between the volume of what you play on the keyboard and song playback volume. 1. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) key s to display “Song Vol” (page E-6). 2. Use the bs (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to adjust the song vol ume. The procedu[...]

Playing Built-in Songs E-30 The karaoke feature can be us ed with Song Bank songs 001 through 052. It lowers the volume of the melody part so you can sing along, just like a karaoke machine. • For information about how to connect a microphone, see “Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard” on page E-18. •U s e 3 to adjust th[...]

English E-31 Using Built-in Songs to Master K eyboar d Pla y To master a song, it is best to break it up into shorter parts (phrases), master the phras es, and then put everything together. Your Digital Keyboard comes with a Step Up Lesson feature that helps you to do just that. The built-in songs are pre-divi ded into phrases to help you master ke[...]

Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-32 The following are the messages that appear on the display during Step Lessons. First, select the song, phrase, and part you want to practice. 1. Select the song you want to practice (page E-27). This will select the first phrase of the song. 2. Press cm (or bk ) to move forward one phrase, or 9 to [...]

English Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-33 Now it is time to start the lessons. First, select the song and part you want to practice. First, listen to the example a few times to familiarize yourself with what it sounds like. 1. Press bt . This starts example play. 2. To stop Lesson 1, press bt or bm . Play the song on the keyboard. [...]

Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-34 Though song playback stands by waiting for you to press the correct keys as in Lesson 2, the Digital Keyboard does not provide any guidance about what note you need to play next. Remember everything you have learned up to Lesson 2 as you play. 1. Press cl . This starts Lesson 3. 2. Play the song al[...]

English Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-35 3. Press the bs (10-key) [–] key to select the OFF setting. Use the following procedure to turn off note guide, which sounds the note to be played next in Lesson 2 and Lesson 3. 1. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to di splay “LESSON” (page E-6). 2. Press[...]

Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-36 With Auto Step Up Lesson, the Digital Keyboard advances through each lesson automatically. 1. Select the song and part you want to practice (page E-27). 2. Press cn . Listen to the first phrase in Lesson 1. • In Lesson 1, the sample phrase is played o nly once before advancing to Lesson 2. 3. Aut[...]

English E-37 Music Challenge Ke yboar d Game Music Challenge is a game that measures your reaction speed as you press keys in res ponse to keyboard keys that light and to on-screen fi ngering guide indications. 1. Press co . This causes a keyboard key to start flashing, and starts the Music Challenge song. 2. After the keyboard key changes from fla[...]

E-38 Using A uto Accompaniment With Auto Accompaniment, simply select an accompaniment pattern. Each time you play a chord with your left hand the appropriate accompaniment will play automatically. It’s like having a personal backup group al ong with you wherever you go. • Auto Accompaniments are made up of the following three parts. (1) Rhythm[...]

English Using Auto Accompaniment E-39 Playing a chord with your left hand automatically adds bass and harmony accompaniment parts to the currently selected rhythm. It is just like having your own personal back up group on call. 1. Start play o f the Auto Ac companimen t rhythm part. 2. Press bn . This enables chord input on the accompaniment keyboa[...]

Using Auto Accompaniment E-40 ■ FINGERED 1, 2, and 3 With these three input modes, you finger 3-note or 4-note chords on the accompaniment keyboard. Note that with some chords, even if you do not finger the third or fifth note, they will be played anyway. ● FINGERED 1 Play the component notes of the chord on the keyboard. ● FINGERED 2 Unlike [...]

English Using Auto Accompaniment E-41 Use the following procedures to play intro and ending patterns, to play fill-in patterns, and to play variations of basic Auto Accompaniment patterns. ■ Auto Accompaniment Variation Each Auto Accompaniment pattern has a basic “normal pattern” as well as a “variation pattern”. 1. Press bk . This starts[...]

Using Auto Accompaniment E-42 ■ Using Synchro Start Use the following procedure to configure the Digital Keyboard to start Auto Accompaniment play as soon as you press a keyboard key. 1. Press bl . This enters accompaniment start standby. 2. Play a chor d on the keyboard. This will start full par t accompaniment (normal). Any of the following ope[...]

English Using Auto Accompaniment E-43 Auto Harmonize automatically adds harmony to notes you play with your right hand, whic h adds rich depth to the melody of your performances. You can select from among 12 types of Auto Harmonize to suit the type o f music you are playing. • Auto Harmonize is controlled using the same button cr as the Arpeggiat[...]

E-44 Recor ding Y our K e yboar d Pla y The recorder feature lets you record your keyboard play. Use the following procedure to re cord everything you play on the keyboard. 1. Press bq . 2. Press 5 . 3. Press 5 again. This will enter record stnadby. 4. Configure the tone, rhythm, and oth er settings you want to use. 5. Start playing. Recording star[...]

English Recording Your Keyboard Play E-45 8. Press 5 twice to exit the recorde r mode. • The flashing on the screen show n in step 3 becomes faster when remaining recorder memory capacity becomes less than 100 notes. • Total recorder memory capacity is approximately 12,000 notes. Recording will stop automatically when there is no more unused re[...]

Recording Your Keyboard Play E-46 1. Record the first part to Track 1. To record to Track 1, perform steps 1 through 4 under “Recording and Playing Ba ck Keyboard Play” (page E-44). 2. Press 5 . This will enter record standby. 3. Press a button from ck to co to sele ct the track number of the next track to which you want to record. This will en[...]

English Recording Your Keyboard Play E-47 You can record up to five songs (numbered 1 through 5) in memory. After that, you can select a specific so ng for playback. 1. Press bq . 2. Press 5 . A song number will appear in the upper left corner of the display for a few seconds. While it is, use bs (10-key) to specify the number of the song yo u want[...]

Recording Your Keyboard Play E-48 5. Press bn to cycle through the parts in the sequence shown below. Example: Left-hand part recording • Configure tone and tempo settings at this time as w ell. 6. Press bm to start built-in song playback and recorder recording. Play along with the playback. • To stop recording part way through, press bm . 7. R[...]

English E-49 Other Useful Digital K e yboard Functions You can use the following procedure to select from among 17 preset scales, including the standard Equal Temperament. 1. Press bq . 2. Press 4 . 3. Use the bs (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the preset scale you want. After selecting a scale, press the key on the keyboard that you want to [...]

Other Useful Digital Keybo ard Functions E-50 Selecting a Music Preset instantly changes the Dig ital Keyboard to a preset setup (tone, rhyth m, tempo, etc.) for play of songs of various genres/categories. The press of a button sets up the Digital Keyboard so those songs sound exactly the way you thought they should. • See the separate “Appendi[...]

English Other Usefu l Digital Keyb oard Functio ns E-51 3. Press cr to turn on Arpe ggiator. Playing a chord on the keyboar d will start arpeggio play. •P r e s s cr again to turn off Arpeggiator. • The tempo setting of the Arpeggiator is the same as that set for the metronome (page E-12). Use the following procedure when you want an arpeggio p[...]

Other Useful Digital Keybo ard Functions E-52 Use the following procedure when you want to delete sampled sounds, user songs and all other data, except for recorded songs, currently in Digital Keyb oard memory. • Performing this procedu re also will delete protected sampled sound data (page E-25). It is recommended that you save important d ata t[...]

English E-53 Using a Memory Car d Your Digital Keyboard’ s SD memory card slot makes it possible for you to store record memory and other data on a commercially available SD memory card. ● Supported SD Memory Cards Your Digital Keyboard supports the use of memory cards up to 2 GB. Use of any SD memory card with greater capacity is not supported[...]

Using a Memory Card E-54 • Note that the SD memory card must be oriented correctly when you insert it into the SD memory card slot. Trying to force the memory card into the slot can damage the card an d the slot. 1. With the top of the SD memory card facing upwards (so you can see i t), carefully insert the card into the keyboard’s SD memory ca[...]

English Using a Memory Card E-55 Use the following procedure to save Digital Keyboard data to an SD memory card. 1. On the Digita l Keyboard, select the da ta you want to save as described below. • You cannot save a user song (song data loaded from an external device) to an SD memory card. • See page E-53 for information about data types. 2. In[...]

Using a Memory Card E-56 ■ SD Memory Card Data (File) Storage Locatio ns The above procedure stores Digita l Keyboard data in a folder named “MUSICDAT” on the SD memory card . • The “MUSICDAT” folder is created automatically when you format the SD memory card on the Digital Keyboard (page E-54). • If you store a file in any location o[...]

English Using a Memory Card E-57 Use the following procedure to delete data saved on an SD memory card. 1. On the Digita l Keyboard, select the da ta you want to delete as described below. 2. Insert a SD memory card into the Digital Keyboard’s card slot. 3. Hold down dk until the button lights. • To cancel data delete, press dk again . 4. Use t[...]

E-58 Connecting External De vices You can connect the Digital Keyboard to a computer and exchange MIDI data between them. You can send play data from the Digital Keyboard to music software running on your computer, or you can send MIDI data from your computer to the Digital Keyboard for playback. The following shows the minimum computer system requ[...]

English Connecting External Devices E-59 5. Configure th e music so ftw are settings to select one of the following as the MIDI device . • For information about how to select the MIDI device, see the user documentation that comes with the music software you are using. • Be sure to turn on the Digital Keyboard first before starting up your compu[...]

Connectin g External De vices E-60 ■ Turning Of f the Navigate Channel Sound and Playing the Part on the Keyboard You can turn off the sound on one or both of the navigate channels and play the cancel led part on the ke yboard yourself. 1. Press bn to select the channel s etting you want to turn off. Each press of bn cycles through settings (1) t[...]

English Connecting External Devices E-61 You can transfer sampled sound s, recorded songs, and other data in Digital Keyboard memory to a computer for storage. You also can load standard MIDI file (SMF) data to the Digital Keyboard, which greatly ex pands the Song Bank songs available to you. A special Data Manager applicat ion is required in order[...]

Connectin g External De vices E-62 This Digital Keyboard can be co nnected to commercially available stereo, amplifier, or recording equipment, to a portable audio player or other equipment. Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you. • Turn off the external device when making connections. After connecting, turn [...]

English E-63 Reference T roubl eshooting Symptom Action Included Accessories I can’t find something that sho uld be here. Ca refully check inside all of the packing materials. Power Requirements Power will not turned on. • Check the AC adaptor or make sure that the batteries are facing correctly (page E-8). • Replace the batteries with new on[...]

Reference E-64 The metronome does not sound. • Check and adjust t he accompaniment volume sett ing (page E-42). • Check and adjust the song volume (page E-29). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-9). Notes keep sounding, without stopping. • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all D[...]

English Reference E-65 Specifications Model LK-270 Keyboard 61 standard-size keys Touch Response 2 types, Off Key Light System Up to 10 keys can be lit at the same time Maximum Polyphony 48 notes (24 for certain tones) Tones Built-in Tones 570 Sampling Tones Up to 8 (Melody Sampling: 5, Drum Sampling: 3) * Up to 10 seconds Functions Layer, Split Re[...]

Reference E-66 • Design and specifications are s ubject to change without no tice. * This data is stored in a shared memory area with a tota l capacity of approximately 320K bytes (1Kbyte = 1,024bytes). Inputs/O utputs USB port TYPE B Sustain/Assignable jack Standar d jack (sustain, sostenuto, soft, rhythm start/stop) Phones/Output jack Stereo st[...]

English Reference E-67 Be sure to read and observe t he following operating precau tions. ■ Locatio n Avoid the following loca tions for this product. • Areas exposed to direct sunlight and high humidity • Areas subjected to temperature extremes • Near a radio, TV, video deck, or tuner The above devices will not cause ma lfunc tion of the p[...]

Reference E-68 Err or Messages Display Message Cause Action Err CardFull There is not enough room available on the SD memory card. • Delete some of the files on the SD memory card to make room for new data (page E-57). • Use a different SD memory card. Err Card R/W The SD memory card is damaged. Use a different SD memory card. Err Convert There[...]

English Reference E-69 Song List SONG BANK LK-270’s Song No. Song Name Score Book Type No. POPS 001 OVER THE RAINBOW — — 002 CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT (“LION KING” THEME) —— WORLD 003 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR Song Book 1 004 LIGHTLY ROW Song Book 2 005 LONG LONG AGO Song Book 3 006 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY Song Book 4 007 SAKURA SA[...]

Reference E-70 Chor d Chart Root Chord Type M m dim aug sus4 sus2 7 m7 M7 m7 b 5 7 b 5 7sus4 add9 madd9 mM7 dim7 69 6 m6 ( A # ) /B b B F # / ( G b ) G ( G # ) /A b A F CC # / ( D b ) D ( D # ) /E b E[...]

Function T ransmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel 1 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 Def ault Changed Note Number 0 - 127 0 - 127 * 1 12 - 120 T r ue voice After T ouch Control Change X X X O Pitch Bender O K ey’s Ch’s V elocity O 9nH v = 1 - 127 X 9nH v = 0, 8nH V = ** O 9nH v = 1 - 127 X 9nH v = 0 Note ON Note OFF Mode Mode 3 X Mode 3 X Def ault Mes[...]

Program Change O 0 - 127 O 0 - 127 :T r ue # System Exclusive O * 4 O System Common X X X X X X : Song Pos : Song Sel : T une A ux Messages Remarks X O X X X O O X : Local ON/OFF : All notes OFF : Active Sense : Reset System Real Time O O X X : Clock : Commands 66 67 91 93 100, 101 120 121 Sostenuto Soft pedal Re verb send Chorus send RPN LSB, MSB [...]

MA0811-C Printed in China LK270ES1C F This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania.[...]