Casio PX-400R - Manual (Page 23)

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Using a Microphone for Sing Along
5 Press the button to start playback.
• If the song you selected includes lyric data, the lyrics
appear on the digital piano’s display.
• Use the microphone to sing along with the playback.
• When you pressing the SING ALONG button and enter
the Sing Along mode, the digital piano will automatically
reduce the volume of the melody part of the tune. It will
also change the tone setting to make sing along easier.
6 You can use the TRANSPOSE/KEY CONTROL and
buttons to change the key of the song.
7 When you want to stop playback, press the STOP> button again.
• The same tune plays repeatedly until you stop it.
• To exit the Sing Along mode, press the SING ALONG
button so its indicator lamp goes out.
NOTE
• To return the tune to its default key “00”, press both of the
TRANSPOSE/KEY CONTROL buttons ( and ) at the
same time in step 6 of the above procedure.
Using Microphone Echo
You can turn microphone echo on or off as required.
1 Press the ECHO button.
• This turns on microphone echo and causes the ECHO
button indicator lamp to light.
2 To turn off microphone echo, press the ECHO button
again.
To do this: Press this button:
Raises the key by one semitone.
Lower the key by one semitone.
K e y 0 C o n t r o l : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
[ - 1 2 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Using Transpose
The transpose feature lets you transpose the overall pitch of the
keyboard in semitone steps. This means you can adjust digital piano
tuning to make it easier to sing to a particular tune.
1 Press the RHYTHM button to enter the rhythm mode.
• Note that you cannot use the transpose feature in the song
mode and piano mode.
2 Use the TRANSPOSE/KEY CONTROL and buttons
to change the key of the digital piano.
To do this: Press this button:
Raises the pitch by one semitone.
Lower the pitch by one semitone.
Example: When the digital piano pitch is raised by five
semitones
• You can also change the setting by rotating the dial.
NOTE
• The transpose setting range is –12 (1 octave down) to +12 (1
octave up).
• The power on default setting is “00”.
• The transpose screen disappears from the display
automatically if you do not perform any button operation
for about five seconds.
• The transpose setting is also reflected in memory tune and
Auto Accompaniment play.
• To return the digital piano to its default pitch “00”, press both
of the TRANSPOSE/KEY CONTROL buttons ( and ) at
the same time in step 2 of the above procedure.
T r a n s p o s e :
[ + 0 5 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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