User manual KAWAI DX80

[. . . ] The Auto-Accompaniment Styles provide the enjoyment of playing rich, fully orchestrated music in hundreds of musical genres. Thanks to the Song Stylist feature, you will never have to worry about finding the best sounds and style to perform a particular song. The Concert Performer incorporates many professional features, such as a 16-track Recorder, Microphone Input, USB to Device functionality and MP3 recording/playback. For the non-player, KAWAI's unique Concert Magic feature creates the thrill of being a performing musician simply by tapping any key on the keyboard. [. . . ] The CP can store up to 20 User Styles on board at one time. However since you can also save your original Styles to USB memory, your library of Styles is virtually unlimited. Using a Style 5 Page 80 8) Conductor The Conductor is used to edit Preset or User Style data. There are two editing methods offered by the Conductor. Easy Style Edit This is an easy way to edit the Style data. The CP built-in styles are comprised three different types, Full, Intimate, and Solo Piano Styles. A Full Style consists of six instrument tracks called Sections. These are the Drums, Bass, and four Accompaniment tracks. The Intimate Styles have four Sections, Drum, Bass, And Two Accompaniment tracks. The Solo piano Styles have two Accompaniment Tracks (Right and Left hand) and no Drum or Bass tracks. When you play a Style, each of these sections plays a musical Phrase composed for that type of instrument. Each section can play one of four different musical phrases, one for each of the four variations within a Style. Touch the buttons on the side of the screen, then use the dial to adjust the settings. Page 82 Step 4 Alternatively, touch the fader that you wish to edit and make your edits via the zoomed interface. You can continue to make edits while the Style is playing to hear your changes. Step 5 Touch the BACK button to return to the Easy Style Edit screen. Step 6 If you would like to save your edits, touch the SAVE TO USER button. Your edits will be written to the USER CONDUCTOR. If you don't save your edits, they will be lost as soon as you exit the Advanced Style Edit screen. SAVE TO : Selects the memory location (1 through 40) where you wish to save your User Conductor Style. NAME : Names your Style (switches to virtual keyboard screen) Using a Style 5 BACK : Back to the Advanced Style Edit. SAVE : Proceeds with saving the Style. Step 7 Press the EXIT button to exit the Advanced Style Edit screen. Important Note: If you are using a User Style as the Source Style of your User Conductor, that User Style must always be kept at the same location in the CP, or else the User Conductor will not be able to locate it. Resetting the Style You can restore the original Style settings by touching the RESET button on either the Easy or Advanced Style Edit screens. This will completely clear the changes made to the Styles except any data already saved as a User Conductor Style. You can also instantly discard the current changes by pressing the EXIT button to leave the Advanced Edit screen. Page 83 User Conductor Styles Step 1 Touch the USER button. If there are any User Conductor Styles available, they will be displayed. Step 2 Touch the screen to select your desired User Conductor Style. Touch the screen to select your desired User Conductor Style. PAGE : Show User Conductor Styles on the other pages. DELETE : Deletes the selected User Conductor Style. Using a Style 5 Page 84 9) Making a Style with Get Phrase from Recorder This is the most flexible way to create a new Style. You can take music that you have recorded using the CP's own Recorder and convert it into Style data. Or, you can use an external MIDI device or a personal computer to create the musical phrases, then load the data into the CP's Recorder and convert those. [. . . ] March Militaire by Chopin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand March from "Aida" by Verdi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gymnopedie by Sati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gypsy Chorus from "Carmen" by Bizet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]