Kawai CA1000 - Manual (Page 15)

11 TUTORIAL: BASIC OPERATIONS
TUTORIAL Basic Operations
The CA piano responds just like a real acoustic piano when you play it. It
produces a louder sound when you play hard and a softer sound when
you play soft. The volume level changes in relation to how fast the keys
are pressed. This system is called “touch sensitivity” on an electronic
musical instrument. The initial touch sensitivity setting has been adjusted
to the standard of an acoustic piano. You can however, select a different
type of touch sensitivity on the CA piano if you are not comfortable with
the standard setting. For more detail, please read “3. Touch” on page 67.
USING THE PEDALS
The CA piano has three pedals—just like a grand piano. They are Sustain,
Soft and Sostenuto.
The sustain pedal is capable of responding to half pedaling, which provides
even finer control of the dampening effect.
P
LAYING WITH
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ORE
S
OUNDS
You have already heard the CA’s main piano sound. The CA1200 has a
total of forty sounds (thirty for the CA1000), not only different types of
piano sounds but different instruments as well.
The different instrument sounds built into CA piano are called “preset
sounds ”.
All of the preset sounds have been created through advanced digital
sampling technology achieving as natural and realistic sound as possible.
Let’s try some of the preset sounds.
SELECTING ANOTHER PRESET SOUND
Press the SOUND SELECT button under the name of the
instrument you would like to listen to. When the button is pressed,
the LED indicator will be turned on to indicate that this sound is selected.
Soft
Sostenuto
Sustain