Williams Rhapsody manual

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    3 IMPOR T ANT SAFET Y INSTR UCTIONS Do not use near water . Clean only with a soft, dr y cloth. Do not block an y ventilation openings. Do not place near an y heat sourc es such as radiators, heat registers, sto ves, or any other apparatus (including amplifiers) that pr oduces heat. Pr otect the DC power adapt or from being walk e d on or pinched.[...]

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    4 Piano Body Slide back brackets over buttons Check P ackage Conte nts: Please follow these instructions to safely assemble y our piano in just a few short moments. T ool required: Phillips scr ewdriv er . ASSEMBL Y Plug in P edal Cable Plug in the DC P ow er A daptor N ow that the piano is fully assembled, make sur e to read the f ollowing user’[...]

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    5 INTR ODUCTION Congratulations! Y ou hav e just purc hased a state of the ar t dig ital piano that pro vides remarkable acoustic sound and feel. W e r ecommend that y ou read through this owner's manual carefully , so y ou can get the most enjoyment from y our new piano . Featur es include: •88weighted, hammer -a ction, velocity[...]

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    6 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .................... 3 ASSEMBL Y ..................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 5 BEFORE Y OU GET ST AR TED ...................................... 5 INITIAL OPERA TION / QUICKST AR T ....................... 5 T AKING CAR[...]

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    7 T AKING CARE OF Y OUR DIGIT AL PIANO This W illiams Rhapsody digital piano w ill provide years of musical enjoyment when the follow the suggestions are follo wed. Product Servicing This product should be serv iced by qualified service personnel when: • The power s upply cor d or the plug has been damaged. • Liquid has been spilled into[...]

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    8 CONNECT OR P ANEL The connector jacks ar e located on the r ear panel of the piano. USB-MIDI This jack allows the transfer of MIDI information ov er USB to a c omputer . Because y our R hapsody is USB Class Compliant, there is no need to install a driver t o enable it to w ork with OSX, Windo ws XP , V istaor W indows7. J ustplug?[...]

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    9 Though the [D A T A CONTROL] knob ma y be used to edit a variety of functions on the Rhapsody , it will alwa ys rev ert to its default function of controlling metronome te mpo if left inactive for 10 sec onds. V oices The Rhapsody piano has 12 built-in voic es, w hich include seve ral pianos as well as other instruments. These digitally-sampled m[...]

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    10 11 Harpsichor d HAR 12 Choir CHR T o stop the demo song. Pr ess the [SONG] butt on again. T o replay the current so ng from the beginning, press the flashing v oice select butt on. Demo List Piano 1 • Chopin V alseOp. 69, no2 • Impr ovisation • La Campanella (Etude N o. 3) by Franz Liszt Piano 2 • Impr ovisati[...]

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    11 Layer M ode In La yer mode tw o vo ices ma y be play ed simultaneously , each at selected v olumes. T o enter Lay er mode, press and hold the button t o select the Main sound, then press the button fo r Lay er sound, and release. The buttons will lig ht, the two voic es will sound simultaneously and the LED w ill indicate: LY R . T o adjust the [...]

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    12 Change the Split P oint Pr ess and hold the [SPLIT] button f or 1 second, then press the appr opr iate piano k ey . Change the Split (left hand) v oice Pr ess and hold the [SPLIT] button while dep ressing thedesired V oiceSelectbutton. Change the Main (right hand) voice Exit Split M ode by pr essing the [SPLIT] butto n again, select [...]

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    13 C2 C # 2 D2 D # 2 E2 F2 F # 2 G2 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 G # 2 A2 A # 2 B2 C3 C # 3 D3 D # 3 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 E3 F3 F # 3 G3 G # 3 A3 A # 3 B3 C4 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11 +12 NO TE: The ( T ranspose/Octave) Button will remain lit while active. T o deactivate ( T ranspose/Octave), simply press the button and the R haps ody wil l retu[...]

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    14 SONG RECORDING The Song Rec or der built into the piano can r ecor d two individual tracks, allowing you t o reco rd one part and then rec ord a sec ond, complementar y part w hile the first part is being played back. To Record a Track Pr ess the [SONG] button and the [METR ONOME] button sim ultaneously to ent er R ecor d W ait Mode. The Song b[...]

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    15 W hen the LED display sho ws the t rack you wish to rec ord t o, you ma y begin playing whenever you ar e ready , and reco rding will automatically begin as soon as you pla y the first note. To Cancel Recording While in Record Wait Mode: T urn the [D A T A CONTROL] knob until the LED display sho ws: CAN . Pr ess the [SONG] button. R ecor d W ai[...]

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    16 T urn the [D A T A CONTROL] knob until the LED displays: CLR . Begin playing the keyboard. A ll previously recor ded data on tracks 1 and 2 w ill be cleared, and the notes you ar e now pla y ing w ill be recor ded on track 1. T o clear all data on tr acks 1 and 2 without rec ording an y thing new , after st ep 2, press the Song button twice. Y o[...]

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    17 EDIT FUNCTIONS In Edit M o de, the function of the [D A T A CONTROL] knob is changed to specify a number of different values. The [D A T A CONTR OL] knob will "t ime out" after 10 sec onds and return to default metr onome te m p o. K ey board contr ol keys ar e used to select the function upon which the [D A T A CONTROL] knob will have[...]

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    18 K ey lo cations are illustrated in a larger format in Appendix B: Ad vanced F unctions K e yboard Chart (pg . 29) MIDI FUNCTIONS The M usical Instrument Dig ital Interface (MIDI) is an industr y-standard prot ocol that enables electro nic musical instruments such as k eyboards, comput ers, drum machines, etc. T o communicat e, contr ol, and sync[...]

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    19 Turn Local On/Off to Off • Pr ess the [FUNCTION] key t o enter Edit M ode • Pr ess the Local On/Off key (C#3). The LED display will show: OFF . Turn Local On/Off to On R epeat the above pr o cedure. The LED display will show: ON . Main MIDI T r ansmit Channel (C # 2) The main MIDI transmit channel number may be changed as necessary by [...]

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    20 Enter K e y (C7) W hen entering data in Edit M ode, pressing the Enter key will cause the selected data to be sent to this piano as a MIDI command. Aft er pressing the Ent er key , the Rhapsody will return to P erformance M ode. Cancel K e y (B  6) Pr essing the Cancel k e y at any time while in Edit M ode will exit Edit Mode and r eturn the [...]

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    21 NO TE: The Piano Reset procedure describ ed under P anel Controls also se nds out “Reset A ll Controllers” and “ All N otes Off ” MIDI messages, b ut on MIDI Channel 1 only . Default K ey (F5) The Default K ey w ill reset any one of the following Edit M ode parameters to its default value: • Pr ogram (F # 5) • Bank LSB (A  5[...]

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    22 T o assig n the [D A T A CONTROL] knob t o send MIDI Pr ogram Changes: Pr ess the [FUNCTION] button t o enter Edit M ode. Pr ess the Pr ogram Number [D A T A CONTROL] K ey (F#1) The LED display will momentarily show: PGN . The Rhapsody is back in P erformance Mode, and the [D A T A CONTROL] knob has been assigned so that a MIDI Pr ogram Change w[...]

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    23 The Rhapsody is now back in P erformance M ode and the [D A T A CONTROL] knob has been assigned to send Bank MSB values. NO TE: this is diffe rent than the Bank MSB K e y (B  5) that you used to input a single Bank MSB value. A MIDI Bank MSB change will be sent out each time the [D A T A CONTROL] knob is turned. (S ee the section on MIDI Func[...]

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    24 F unction T r ansmitted Rec og nized Remarks Basic Channel Default Changed 1 1 - 16* 1 1 - 9 *U p to 3 channels simultaneously Mo d e Default M essages Altered Mo d e 3 Ye s ******* Mo d e 3 No No N ote N umber T rue V oice 0~127 ******* 0~127 V e locity N ote ON N ote OFF Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s After T ouch Ke y s Channels No No No No Pitch Ben[...]

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    25 CC no. Controller N ame Display N ame Default V alue Te m p o 20~280 120 Octave T ranspose V oiceSelect(sameasCTRL7below) Laye r V olume Split V olume Metr onome V olume Time Signature Program Change Bank Change LSB Bank Change MSB MIDI T ransmit Channel V oiceSelect Master T une 0 0 Bank Select (coarse) 000 0 1 1 M[...]

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    26 41 041 0 42 42 P an position (fine) 042 0 CC no. Controller N ame Display N ame Default V alue 43 43 Expression (fine) 043 127 44 44 Effect Control 1 (fine) 044 0 45 45 Effect Control 2 (fine) 045 0 46-63 046,047,048...063 0 64 64 Hold P edal (on/off ) 064 0 65 65 Po rtamento (on/off ) 065 0 66 66 Sostenut o P edal (on/off ) 066 0 67 67 Soft[...]

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    27 APPENDIX A Default Settings The table below sho ws the piano factory default setting s and whether or not user changes to these settings are retained after a po wer -cycle (turning the dev ice off and on). At po wer -on, the follo wing MIDI data w ill be sent to the sound engine, the USB MIDI and the MIDI Out: 1. Bank Change MSB=0, LSB=0, PGM=0 [...]

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    28 Additional Default Information Effects Defaults Other Defaults NO TE: 1 tone = 100 c ents, therefore -50 t o +50 cents, or -1 semi-tone to +1 semi-t one equals one full tone. This is repr esented in MIDI steps -64 t o 63. PGM Sound N ame Rev erb On/Off Rev erb Depth Chorus On/Off Chorus Depth 0 Grand Piano On 30 Off 90 1 Elec tric Piano 1 On 30 [...]

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    29 APPENDIX B Advance Functions Keyboard Chart[...]

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    30 Piano R eset A ctivating the Piano R eset function (pressing the[TRANSPOSE]and[OCT A VE]buttons simultaneously), w ill p erform the following functions: • T urn Local On • Send “ Al l N otes Off ” command on MIDI Channel 1 - external and t o the internal sound engine • Send “R eset All C ontrollers ” command[...]

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    31 APPENDIX D Specifications Specification V alue Ke y b o a r d 88weighted, hammer -action,v elocity-sensitivek eys Display LED V oices 12 P olyphony 64 V oiceControl Lay er , T ouch, T rans, Split, M etro P edals 1 – Sustain Demo Songs 12 Song Rec ording T wo track, 10,000 notes per track MIDI T ransmit Settings, Local Contr[...]

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    32 W ARRANT Y W illiams provides the follo wing limited warr anty , to the original purchaser: this piano is warranted to be free fr om electronic and/or structural defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date o f original purchase. I f this W illiams piano is defective, at its option during the war ranty period, [...]

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