Casio PS-20 - Manual (Page 14)

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Using Tones
The following procedures describe everything you need to
know about selecting and using tones.
Selecting a Tone
This digital piano has a selection of 8 built-in tones.
❚ NOTE
• The eight tones that can be selected with the TONE buttons
are for normal keyboard play. The GRAND PIANO 1 tone was
recorded with stereo sampling.
To select a tone
1.
Press the POWER button to turn on the digital
piano power.
2.
Press one of the TONE buttons to select the tone
you want.
3.
Use the VOLUME knob to adjust the volume.
• It is a good idea to set the volume to a relatively low
level at first.
• Moving the knob towards MIN decreases volume,
while moving it towards MAX increases volume.
4.
Play something on the keyboard.
• Adjust volume to the level you want as you play.
5.
After you are finished playing, press the POWER
button to turn off power.
❚ NOTE
• The GRAND PIANO 1 tone is selected automatically whenever
you turn on the digital piano power.
TONE Buttons
GRAND
PIANO 1
GRAND
PIANO 2
BRIGHT
PIANO
MELLOW
PIANO
ELEC
PIANO 2
VIBRAPHONE ELEC
PIANO 1
HARPSI-
CHORD
More about tones
Polyphony
This digital piano can play up to 64 notes at the same time.
Also note that the tones below offer only 32-note polyphony.
GRAND PIANO 1, BRIGHT PIANO, MELLOW PIANO,
ELEC PIANO 2, HARPSICHORD
Touch Response
The touch response feature of this digital piano causes the
volume of the tones and the sound of the tones themselves to
change slightly in accordance with how much pressure you
apply to the keyboard, just like with an acoustic piano.
Touch response affects the HARPSICHORD tone only slightly,
because the original musical instrument normally produces
the same sound, no matter how much pressure is applied.
Digitally Sampled Tones
The tones of this digital piano are produced using digitally
recorded samples of actual musical instruments. Not all of
the instruments, however, can produce tones across the entire
range played by this digital piano (A
0 through C 8 ). In such a
case, digital recordings are used for the range that actually
can be produced by the original instrument, and synthesized
tones are used for notes that cannot be produced naturally.
Because of this, you may notice very slight differences
between natural notes and synthesized notes in sound quality
and in results produced when using effects. These differences
are normal and do not indicate malfunction.
Basic Operation
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