Casio Privia PX-100 manual

PX100-ES-1 ES USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO Please keep all information for future reference. Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. S afety Precautions Before trying to use the piano, be sure to read the separate “ Safety Precautions ” . Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el piano, aseg ú rese de leer las[...]

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 install[...]

E-1 Contents Company and product names used in this manual may be register ed trademarks of others. 412A-E-003A General Guide .......................... E-2 Playing Back All the Music Library T unes .. E-3 Power Supply ........................... E-4 Using the AC Adaptor ................................. E-4 Connections ............................[...]

E-2 General Guide Back Panel Attachment of the Score Stand Insert the score stand into the slot at the top of the digital piano as shown in the illustration. Left Side Panel 412A-E-004A 12 3 78 G 45 6 9 0 A B C D E F K H I J NOTE • Each chapter of this manual starts with an illustration of the piano ’ s console, which shows the buttons and othe[...]

E-3 1 PEDAL DAMPER jack 2 PEDAL SOFT/SOSTENUTO jack 3 POWER button 4 DC 12V jack 5 MIDI OUT/IN terminals 6 PHONES jacks 7 VOLUME knob 8 CONTROL button 9 REVERB CHORUS button 0 INTRO/ENDING button A SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button B PLA Y/STOP , ST ART/ST OP button C MUSIC LIBRARY , RHYTHM button General Guide D LEFT/TRACK 1 RIGHT/TRACK 2 button E SONG MEMOR[...]

E-4 Power Supply Y ou can power this digital piano by plugging it into a standar d household power outlet. Be sure you turn of f power and unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet whenever the digital piano is not in use. Using the AC Adaptor Make sure that you use only the AC adaptor specified for this digital piano. Specified AC Adaptor: [...]

E-5 Connections 412A-E-007A IMPORT ANT! • Whenever connecting external equipment, first set the VOLUME knob of the digital piano and the volume controller of the external equipment to r elatively low volume settings. Y ou can later adjust volume to the level you want after connections are complete. • Be sure also to r efer to the documentation [...]

E-6 Playing with Dif ferent T ones Selecting and Playing a T one The piano comes with eight built-in tones. 1 Press the POWER button. 2 Use the VOLUME knob to adjust the volume level. • Before playing, it is a good idea to set the volume to a relatively low level. 3 Press the TONE button of the tone you want to select . 4 Now try playing somethin[...]

E-7 Layering T wo T ones Use the following procedur e to layer to two tones, so they sound at the same time. 1 Simultaneously press the TONE buttons of the two tones that you want to layer . Example : Press GRAND PIANO 2 button and STRINGS button at the same time. • The tones are now layered. 2 After you are finished using the layered tones, pres[...]

E-8 Playing with Dif ferent Tones Specifying the Keyboard T one Split Point 1 While holding down the SPLIT button, press the keyboard key where you want the left limit of the high range (right) tone to be. • A note does not sound when you press a keyboard key at this time. NOTE • The split point setting also controls the point where the keyboar[...]

E-9 Playing with Dif ferent T ones Using the Built-in Metronome Y ou can use the metr onome to sound a count that helps keep you in pr oper time. 1 Press the METRONOME button. • This starts the metronome. 2 While holding down the CONTROL button, press the BEA T [ ] or [ ] button to specify how many beats there are per measure. • The first value[...]

E-10 Y ou can select fr om among 20 built-in rhythms. Rhythms 0 thr ough 9 include percussion instr ument sounds, but r hythms 10 through 19 do not. See the next page for information about how to use rhythms 10 thr ough 19. 1 Press the RHYTHM button so the RHYTHM indicator lamp (below the button) is lit. • Each press of the button toggles between[...]

E-11 Using Auto Accompaniment W ith auto accompaniment, the keyboard automatically plays r hythm, bass, and chord parts in accor dance with chords you select using simplified keyboard fingerings, or chor ds you play . Auto accompaniment makes it feel like you have your own private backup group with you all the time. NOTE • Rhythms 10 through 19 c[...]

E-12 Accompaniment keyboard Melody keyboard Chord T ypes Major chords Press one accompaniment key . Note that the chor d produced when you press an accompaniment keyboard key does not change octave, r egardless of which key you use to play it. Minor chords (m) T o play a minor chord, keep the major chord key depr essed and press any other accompani[...]

E-13 Playing Rhythms CC m Cdim Caug * 1 Csus4 C7 * 2 Cm7 * 2 Cmaj7 * 2 Cm7  5 C7  5 * 1 C7sus4 Cadd9 Cmadd9 CmM7 * 2 Cdim7 * 1 NOTE • See the “ Fingered Chord Chart ” on page A-2 for details on playing chords with other r oots. * 1: Inverted fingerings cannot be used. The lowest note is the root. * 2: The same chord can be played withou[...]

E-14 ▲ C 1 ▲ C 2 ▲ C 3 ▲ C 4 ▲ C 5 ▲ C 6 ▲ C 7 ▲ C 8 – + Playing Rhythms 412A-E-016A Adjusting Accompaniment V olume Perform the following operation to change the volume level of the rhythm and chor d accompaniment. 1 While holding down the CONTROL button, use the keyboard keys shown below to raise (+) or lower (–) the accompani[...]

E-15 Playing a Music Library T une Y our piano comes with 30 Music Library tunes built in. See the Song List on page A-1 of this manual for mor e information. 1 Press the MUSIC LIBRARY button so the MUSIC LIBRAR Y indicator lamp (above the button) is lit. • Each press of the button toggles between the upper indicator lamp and lower indicator lamp[...]

E-16 Y ou can stor e the notes you play in Song Memory for later playback. T racks The song memory of this piano r ecords and plays back notes much like a standard tape r ecorder . There ar e two tracks, each of which can be recor ded separately . Besides notes, each track can be assigned its own tone number . During playback you can adjust the tem[...]

E-17 Recording to and Playing Back from Song Memory Recording Y our Keyboard Play Y ou can r ecord to either track with or without playback of the other track. T o record to one track without playing back the other 1 Press the SONG MEMOR Y button twice so the SONG MEMOR Y indicator lamp is flashing. • At this time the LEFT/TRACK 1 indicator lamp [...]

E-18 Recording to and Playing Back from Song Memory T o record to a track while playing back from the other After you finish recor ding, you can play back T rack 1 and T rack 2 at the same time. Example : T o recor d to T rack 2 while playing back the contents of T rack 1 1 Press the SONG MEMORY button once. • This causes the SONG MEMOR Y indicat[...]

E-19 Other Settings Changing the Keyboard T ouch 1 This setting changes the relative touch of the keyboard keys. Changing the Piano Key 2 Use this setting to raise or lower the overall key of the keyboard in semitone steps. Changing the Pitch of the Piano to Match Another Instrument 3 Use this setting to raise or lower the overall pitch of the pian[...]

E-20 Using MIDI What is MIDI? The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which is the name of a worldwide standard for digital signals and connectors that makes it possible to exchange musical data between musical instruments and computers (machines) pr oduced by dif ferent manufactur ers. MIDI Connections Send Receive OUT IN [...]

E-21 Other Settings 412A-E-023B Expanding the Selections in the Music Library Y ou can transfer song data fr om your computer to the piano ’ s Music Library . Y ou can stor e up to 10 tunes (about 7,600 notes, about 47 kilobytes) as Music Library songs 30 through 39. For SMF data you purchase or cr eate, you need to use special CASIO conversion s[...]

E-22 T roubleshooting Symptom No sound produced when keyboard keys ar e pressed. Keyboard out of tune. No sound produced by demo tune play . Memory contents deleted. No sound produced by connected external MIDI sound source when the digital piano keys are pr essed. Possible Cause 1. VOLUME knob set to MIN. 2. Headphones connected to the digital pia[...]

E-23 Specifications Models: PX-100 Keyboard: 88 piano keys (with t ouch response) Polyphony: 32 notes, maximum T ones: 8; with layer and split Digital Effects: Reverb (4 types), Chorus (4 types) Metronome: • T ime Signatures: 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 • T empo Range: 30 to 255 Auto Accompaniment: • Number of Rhythms: 20 • T empo Range: 30 to 255 •[...]

E-24 Operational Precautions Locating the Unit A void the following locations. • Areas exposed to dir ect sunlight and high humidity • Areas subjected to very low temperatur es • Near a radio, TV , video deck, or tuner (unit can cause interference with audio or video signals) Care of the Unit • Never use benzene, alcohol, thinner or other s[...]

E-25 412A-E-027A Setting Control Key Chart While the CONTROL button is depressed, the keyboard keys can be used to perform a variety of dif ferent setting functions. T o help you understand which keyboar d keys you need to press, it is a good idea to r emember wher e the various C notes (C1 through C8) ar e on the keyboard. * A value next to a note[...]

A-1 412A-E-053B Appendix/Ap é ndice Rhythm List/Lista de ritmos Song List/Lista de canciones No./N º Rhythm Name/Nombre de ritmo 00 PIANO BALLAD 1 01 PIANO BALLAD 2 02 PIANO BALLAD 3 03 EP BALLAD 1 04 EP BALLAD 2 05 BLUES BALLAD 06 MELLOW JAZZ 07 JAZZ COMBO 08 RAGTIME 09 BOOGIE-WOOGIE 10 ARPEGGIO 1 1 1 ARPEGGIO 2 12 ARPEGGIO 3 13 PIANO BALLAD 4 1[...]

A-2 Appendix/Ap é ndice 412A-E-054A Fingered Chord Chart Cuadro de acordes digitados (Fingered) dim m7  5 M7 M m 7 m7 dim7 Chord Type Root C D E F G A B C /(D )   (D )/E   F /(G )   (G )/A   (A )/B   aug sus4 C D E F G A B C /(D )   (D )/E   F /(G )   (G )/A   (A )/B   m add9 7sus4 mM7[...]

Model PX-100 MIDI Implementation Chart Version: 1.0 Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO O : Yes Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO X : No Function ... Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed Default Mode Messages Altered Note Number True voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Key ’ s Touch Ch ’ s Pitch[...]

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 legislaci ó n de protecci ó n ambiental en Alemania. MA0311-B Printed in China PX100-ES-1 P CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD. 6-2, Hon-machi 1-chome Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Japa[...]