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DIGIT AL PIANO OWNER'S MANUAL[...]
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– 2 – Thank you for choosing this Kawai ES1 Digital Piano. Y our new ES1 is a high-quality instrument offering the very latest in leading-edge music technology . This manual contains valuable information that will help you make full use of your ES1’ s many capabilities. Please read it carefully and keep it handy for further reference. T ABLE [...]
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– 3 – Important Safety Instructions When using the headphones, do not listen for long periods of time at high volume levels. Doing so may result in hearing problems. Do not insert or disconnect the power cord plug with wet hands. Doing so may cause electric shock. The product should be connected to an AC outlet of the specified voltage. ● Use[...]
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– 4 – Failure to do so may cause breakdown of this product and other devices. ● Doing so may cause the product to generate noise. ● If the product generates noise, move the product sufficiently away from the electrical appliance or connect it to another AC outlet. Failure to do so may damage them, resulting in fire, electric shock or short-[...]
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– 5 – ● Doing so may cause the product to become deformed or fall over, resulting in breakdown or injury. Do not stand on the product or exert excessive force. Notes on Repair Should an abnormality occur in the product, immediately turn the power OFF, disconnect the power cord plug, and then contact the shop from which the product was purchas[...]
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– 6 – P AR T NAMES Master Volume Slider (A) Move the volume slider to the right to increase the instrument’ s volume. Move the slider to the left to decrease the volume. Demo Button (B) The ES1 piano has 8 built in demonstration songs for your listening enjoyment. Press this button and the demo for Classic Grand will start. When the Classic G[...]
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– 7 – AC Adaptor Jack (I) Connect the enclosed AC adaptor to this jack. POWER Button (J) This button turns the instrument on and off. Be sure to turn of f the instrument when you are finished playing. MIDI Jacks (K) Use these jacks to connect the ES1 piano with external MIDI devices. COMPUTER Interface (L) This jack is used to connect with a pe[...]
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– 8 – GETTING ST AR TED 1. BASIC OPERA TIONS (1) T urn on the power . (2) Adjust the volume. Play a note on the keyboard and adjust the volume (Moving the slider to the right raises the volume while moving to the left lowers it.) (3) Choose a sound. Pressing a Sound button automatically changes the sound made by the ES1 piano. The LED indicator[...]
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– 9 – 2. TRANSPOSE (1) Press and hold down the T ranspose button. The LED indicator of the current key button (Sound button) will flash while holding down the T ranspose button. (2) While holding down the T ranspose button, press the key button (Sound button) for the key you would like to transpose to. T o select a key with a “sharp” or “[...]
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– 10 – DIGIT AL RECORDING FUNCTIONS 1. EASY RECORDING (1) Press the Rec button. The ES1 piano will be ready for recording. T o cancel the recording, press the Rec button again. (2) Begin playing some music on the piano. The ES1 piano will automatically start recording with the first note you play . Y ou can also start recording by pressing the [...]
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– 11 – 3. ADV ANCED RECORDING/PLA YBACK FUNCTIONS RECORDING MORE SONGS The ES1 piano can record and store a maximum of 3 songs. Please follow the steps below to save your songs: (1) While holding down the Rec button, press the Modern Piano (song 2) button. The LED will flash to show the current song number (while the Rec button is held down). T[...]
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– 12 – (6) Now play the right-hand part. Pressing any key will start play back of the recorded left-hand part (part 1) while you play (and record) the right-hand part. Y ou can also start recording by pressing the Play/Stop button. After pressing the Play/Stop button the left-hand part will begin playing back, you can then begin playing (record[...]
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– 13 – 4. DELETING A SONG/TRACK This function allows you to delete songs that were not recorded correctly or songs that you do not want to listen to any more. (1) Simultaneously hold down the Play/Stop and Rec buttons. (2) The LEDs will light to show you where songs have been recorded. While holding down both the Play/Stop and Rec buttons, pres[...]
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– 14 – FUNCTION MODE The Function Mode gives you access to many other useful features on your ES1 piano. T o enter the Function Mode, press the T ouch and T ranspose buttons simultaneously . The LED indicators for both buttons will start flashing. T o exit the Function Mode, press either T ouch or T ranspose button. The following functions can [...]
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– 15 – (2) Use the - / + keys to lower/raise the MIDI channel number . Or you can directly enter the MIDI channel number as a two digit number by using the number keys. EX: For CH 1 press the 0 key then the 1 key . For CH 12 press the 1 key then the 2 key . When the power is first turned on, the ES1 piano always selects channel 1. 3. MIDI LOCAL[...]
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– 16 – 5. TRANSMIT MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE ON/OFF Y ou can use 8 Sound buttons and V ariation button to transmit Program Change Numbers via MIDI. Please refer to the list on page 19 for assignment of sound and program number . (1) Press the “T rans prg” key while the LED indicators for T ouch and T ranspose buttons are flashing. (2) If you pres[...]
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– 17 – MIDI The term MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, an international standard for connecting synthesizers, sequencers (digital recorders) and other electronic instruments so that they can exchange performance data. The ES1 is equipped with two MIDI jacks for exchanging data: MIDI IN and MIDI OUT . Each uses a speci[...]
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– 18 – MIDI cable DRP-10 (2) Connection to an external sequencer and sound generator module When connected as shown in the illustration, you can record songs played on the ES1 with a sequencer , and use the ES1’ s sounds (such as piano, harpsichord and vibraphone, etc.) controlled by the ES1’ s MUL TI-TIMBRAL MODE function to create a multi[...]
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– 19 – Program Change Number Mapping Program Number Sound Button When Multi-Timbral mode is ON When Multi-T imbral mode is OFF Classic Grand 1 1 (V ariation) 4 9 Modern Piano 2 2 (V ariation) 3 10 Electric Piano 5 3 (V ariation) 6 11 Organ 20 4 (V ariation) 18 12 Harpsichord 7 5 (V ariation) 8 13 Vibraphone 12 6 (V ariation) 13 14 Strings 49 7 [...]
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– 20 – SPECIFICA TIONS Keyboard 88 W eighted Keys with Hammer Mechanism T ouch T ype 4 T ypes (Normal, Light, Heavy , Constant) Max Polyphony 32 Notes Sounds 16 Sounds Ef fects Chorus, Reverb (Room, Stage, Hall), EQ (1, 2) Digital Recorder 3-Song, 2-Part, 1,800-Notes Other Functions T ranspose, T uning, MIDI Functions, 8 Demo Songs Jacks Headph[...]
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– 21 – MIDI IMPLEMENT A TION CHAR T KA W AI DIGIT AL PIANO Date: June 2000 MODEL: ES1 V ersion: 1.0 FUNCTION TRANSMITTED RECEIVED REMARKS Basic Channel (Default) 1 1 (Changed) 1-16 1-16 Mode (Default) 3 1 (Message) x 1, 3* *Omni Off by setting (Altered) ✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻ MIDI channel Note Number 15-1 13* 0-127 *with T ranspose (T rue V o[...]
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ES1 Owner's Manual OM954E-L Printed in Japan[...]