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Kawai CA-X User Manual

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USING MIDI

Using MIDI

PROGRAM CHANGE

Press a SOUND SELECT button on the CA. You will hear the sound on

your external MIDI device also changes. Pressing a SOUND SELECT

button lets the CA piano transmit a “program change” number. A program

change is the type of MIDI command that tells the receiving instrument

what sound or instrument to play your notes with.

Actual program change information is just a number, from 1 to 128, not an

instrument name. You select the desired instrument with a specific number.

Not all MIDI instruments assign the same sound to the same program change

number. MIDI instruments that conform to the General MIDI (GM) standard

however “DO” assign the same sound to the same program change number.

For example program change #1 will always be an acoustic piano sound on

a “GM” compatible synth, and program change #33 will always be an acoustic

bass sound. Because of this, when connecting two “GM” instruments

together, selecting the right sound is not a problem. The CA piano is not a

General MIDI instrument and its internal sounds do not conform to the

General MIDI standard. This means when you select a sound on the CA

piano such as Classic E. Piano you will probably hear a different sound

playing from your external MIDI device. What sound you hear will depend

on the sound assignments on your external MIDI device. Below is a chart

of the Program Change number/sound assignment mapping for the first

twelve CA piano sounds and the first twelve “GM” sounds. Please see page

44 for more detail. The CA piano can have different mappings depending

on the setting for multi-timbral mode (explained later in this chapter).

Program #

CA-X

General MIDI

1

Concert Grand

Grand Piano

2

Studio Grand

Bright Piano

3

Mellow Grand

Electric Grand

4

Jazz Grand

Honky Tonk Piano

5

Modern Piano

Electric Piano 1

6

Honky Tonk

Electric Piano 2

7

New Age Piano

Harpsichord

8

New Age Piano 2

Clavi

9

Classic E. Piano

Celesta

10

Modern E.P.

Glockenspiel

11

60’s E.P.

Music Box

12

Modern E.P. 2

Vibraphone

In order for your external MIDI device to play the sound you want, you

need to know what program change number to transmit to it. Please read

your external MIDI device’s manual for a list of its program change number/

sound assignments. Then read “Sending Program Change Numbers” on

page 29 for the procedure to send a desired program change number from

the CA piano.