Casio PX-400R manuel d'utilisation

PX400R-ES-1 ES USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO Please keep all information for future reference. Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. S afety Precautions Before trying to use the digital piano, be sure to read the separate “ Safety Precautions ” . Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el piano digital, aseg ú[...]

CASIO Europe GmbH Bornbarch 10, 22848 Norderstedt, Germany Important! Please note the following important information before using this pr oduct. • Before using the AD-12 Adaptor to power the unit, be sure to check the AC Adaptor for any damage first. Car efully check the power cord for br eakage, cuts, exposed wire and other serious damage. Neve[...]

E-1 Contents Company and product names used in this manual may be register ed trademarks of others. 419A-E-003A General Guide .......................................... E-2 Attachment of the Score Stand ..................................... E-2 Power Supply .......................................... E-4 Using the AC Adaptor ........................[...]

E-2 General Guide Back Panel * Attachment of the Score Stand Insert the score stand into the slot at the top of the digital piano as shown in the illustration. Left Side Panel 419A-E-004A b g D 9 j J T V W X Y [ _ a L M K R S U Z N O P Q h 0 C AB i E F G H I f e d c ] * 2 13 5 6 7 8 4 PX400R_e_01-16.p65 04.8.24, 4:34 PM 2[...]

E-3 General Guide 419A-E-005B 1 ECHO button 2 MIC VOLUME knob 3 SING ALONG button 4 TRANSPOSE/KEY CONTROL buttons 5 <PLA Y/STOP> button 6 SETTING button 7 REVERB CHORUS button 8 ACCOMP/SONG VOLUME button 9 Display screen 0 PITCH BEND wheel A CHORD root name B Percussion instrument list C MAIN VOLUME knob D Dial E SONG MEMORY button F TRACK 1/[...]

E-4 Power Supply Y ou can power this digital piano by plugging it into a standard household power outlet. Be sure you turn off power and unplug the power cor d from the electrical outlet whenever the digital piano is not in use. Using the AC Adaptor Make sure that you use only the AC adaptor specified for this digital piano. Specified AC Adaptor: A[...]

E-5 Connections 419A-E-007B IMPORT ANT! • Whenever connecting external equipment, first set the MAIN VOLUME knob of the digital piano and the volume controller of the external equipment to relatively low volume settings. Y ou can later adjust volume to the level you want after connections are complete. Connecting Headphones Connect commercially a[...]

E-6 Selecting and Using Built-in T ones T one T ype Y our digital piano has the following types of tones built in. Panel T ones 120 GM T ones 128 Drum Sets 10 • See the T one List on page A-1 for more information. Selecting a T one Panel tones are divided into 12 gr oups. Y ou can select a group by pressing its TONE button on the digital piano co[...]

E-7 Using T one Effects Reverb: Makes your notes resonate Chorus: Adds more breadth to your notes 1 Press the REVERB CHORUS button to cycle through the effect settings as shown below . • Y ou can find out the current effect setting by looking at the REVERB and CHORUS indicator lamps. 2 After turning on the effect you want, use the dial to select [...]

E-8 Selecting and Using Built-in T ones 419A-E-010B Using Layer and Split T ogether Y ou can use the following procedure to layer two tones on the left side of the keyboard (left main tone + left layer ed tone), and two other tones on the right side (right main tone + right layered tone). 1 Use the procedure under “Selecting a T one” to select [...]

E-9 Selecting and Using Built-in T ones 419A-E-01 1B Using the PITCH BEND Wheel Rotating the PITCH BEND wheel causes the pitch of notes to bend. This lets you add realistic ef fects to saxophone, electric guitar, and other tones. 1 While playing a note on the keyboard, rotate the PITCH BEND wheel on the left of the keyboard upwards or downwards. ?[...]

E-10 Playing a Rhythm 419A-E-012B A UT O HARMONIZE Dial ONE T OUCH PRESET TEMPO ST ART/ST OP SYNCHRO/ENDING V ARIA TION/FILL-IN MODE INTRO RHYTHM ACCOMP/ SONG V OLUME Playing a Rhythm Y ou can select from among 120 built-in rhythms. See the Rhythm List on page A-3 for more information. NOTE • FOR PIANO group r hythms 10 through 19 consist of chor[...]

E-11 Playing a Rhythm 419A-E-013B Using Auto Accompaniment W ith Auto Accompaniment, the digital piano automatically plays rhythm, bass, and chor d parts in accordance with chor ds you select using simplified keyboard fingerings, or chor ds you play . Auto Accompaniment makes it feel like you have your own private backup group with you all the time[...]

E-12 Playing a Rhythm 419A-E-014A Chord T ype Major Chords Pressing a single accompaniment area key in the CASIO CHORD mode will play the major chord whose name is marked above the key . All of the accompaniment area keys that ar e marked with the same chor d name play exactly the same chord. Minor Chords T o play a minor chord, press the accompani[...]

E-13 Playing a Rhythm 419A-E-015B ■ FULL RANGE CHORD The FULL RANGE CHORD mode lets you play a total of 38 differ ent types of chords (the same chords available in the FINGERED mode plus 23 more). FULL RANGE CHORD recognizes the pr essing of three or more keyboar d keys anywhere on the keyboard as a chor d fingering. Anything else (pressing one o[...]

E-14 Playing a Rhythm 419A-E-016A NOTE • Auto Harmonize is available in the FINGERED and CASIO CHORD accompaniment modes only . • Auto Harmonize is disabled and cannot be used while playing back a tune from the Music Library or a memory car d. Auto Harmonize T ypes Auto Harmonize lets you select from among the following 12 Auto Harmonize types.[...]

E-15 Using Registration Memory What is registration memory? Registration memory lets you save up to 16 (4 areas × 4 banks) digital piano setups (tone, rhythm, tempo, etc.) for instant r ecall whenever you need them. Registration Memory Setup Data The following are the settings that can be saved for each r egistration memory setup. • T one • Rh[...]

E-16 T o store a setup in registration memory 1 On the digital piano, configure the tone, rhythm, and other settings you want to save as your setup. • See “ Registration Memory Setup Data ” (page E-15) for more information. 2 Use the BANK button to select the registration memory bank where you want to save the setup. • This causes the numbe[...]

E-17 Playing Back Built-in T unes Dial CARD TEMPO TRACK 1/L TRACK 2/R P AUSE FF REW PLA Y/STOP REPEA T SONG/USER PIANO TO N E 419A-E-019B Y our digital piano comes with a total of 80 tunes built in. Y ou can play back built-in tunes for your own listening pleasure, or you can use them for practice and even sing-along. Built-in tunes are divided bet[...]

E-18 419A-E-020B NOTE • Y ou can also use the dial to change the tempo setting while the current setting is indicated by a value in brackets ([ ]) on the display . Example : [T :120] • The value indicates the number of beats per minutes. • T o return the tempo to its initial default setting, press the TEMPO and buttons at the same time. • A[...]

E-19 Playing Back Built-in T unes 419A-E-021B Playing All of the Built-in T unes Y ou can use the following procedure to play thr ough all of the digital piano ’ s 80 built-in tunes in tune number sequence. 1 Press the PIANO button and SONG/USER button at the same time. • This starts playback of the built-in tunes in tune number sequence, start[...]

E-20 Using a Microphone for Sing Along 419A-E-022B Y ou can connect a microphone to the digital piano to sing along with built-in tunes, or with playback of SMF data from a memory card. Using the Microphone Jack Y ou can connect a commercially available microphone to the digital piano ’ s microphone jack. Befor e connecting a microphone, set the [...]

E-21 419A-E-023A Using a Microphone for Sing Along 5 Press the <PLA Y/STOP> 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 di[...]

E-22 Recording Y our Keyboard Play 419A-E-024A Y ou can record your practice sessions while playing along with a Song Memory tune (Song Recording), or you can r ecord your keyboard play along with the Auto Accompaniment you ar e using (Free Recor ding). Recordable Data, Parts, and T racks The type of data that is recor ded into Song Memory depends [...]

E-23 Recording Y our Keyboard Play 419A-E-025B Recording Y our Practice (Song Recording) Y ou can use the procedure below to r ecord your play during practice with one of the digital piano ’ s built-in tunes. Y ou can specify which parts you want to practice, and the keyboard plays the remaining parts as accompaniment. Getting Ready • Press the[...]

E-24 Recording Y our Keyboard Play Free Recording T rack 1 Data In addition to notes played on the keyboard and chor d accompaniments, the following data is also stored in T rack 1 during performance recor ding. • T one number • Rhythm number • Rhythm controller operations • Pedal operations • Layer and split settings • Split point • [...]

E-25 Deleting a Specific Part/T rack Y ou can use the following procedure to delete a specific part/track from a song r ecording or free r ecording. Getting Ready <When deleting a song recor ding part> • Press the SONG/USER button or PIANO button. <When deleting a free r ecording part> • Press the RHYTHM button. 1 Press the SONG MEM[...]

E-26 Other Settings Use the procedur e provided below to change the following settings. Keyboard T ouch This setting changes the relative touch of the keyboar d keys. off : Off Light : W eak (Strong sound is produced even when relatively light pr essure is applied.) Normal : Normal Heavy : Strong (Normal sound is produced even when relatively str o[...]

E-27 Other Settings Using MIDI What is MIDI? MIDI is a standard for digital signals and connectors that allows musical instruments, computers, and other devices, r egardless of manufacturer , to exchange data with each other . MIDI Connections Connecting your computer or other external MIDI device to the digital piano ’ s MIDI IN/OUT terminals ma[...]

E-28 Other Settings Expanding the Number of Built-in T unes Y ou can transfer song data for up to 10 tunes (approximately 132 kilobytes) to digital piano memory and store it as Song Gr oup tunes number 30 through 39. Y ou can obtain a copy of the special CASIO conversion software by downloading it at the W eb page shown below . After downloading, i[...]

E-29 Using a Memory Card The digital piano has a card slot that accepts SmartMedia TM memory cards. This pr ovides you with the means to store virtually unlimited amounts of user song and other data from digital piano memory . SmartMedia memory cards ar e available in capacities ranging from 8MB up to 128MB. The cost of a card varies according to i[...]

E-30 Using a Memory Card 419A-E-032A Loading a Memory Card into the Card Slot W ith the label side of the memory card facing downwards, car efully insert it into the card slot. Car efully slide the memory card straight into the slot, as far as it will go. NOTE • When inserting a SmartMedia card into the car d slot, make sur e you carefully orient[...]

E-31 Using a Memory Card 419A-E-033A Loading a File from a Memory Use the procedur e below to load data from a memory card into the digital piano memory . IMPORT ANT! • Before you can use a SmartMedia car d with this digital piano, you need to perform the procedure below to format it. After formatting the card, transfer SMF data from your compute[...]

E-32 Using a Memory Card 419A-E-034A Renaming a Memory Card File Y ou can use the procedure below to change the name of a file that you previously saved to a memory car d. Getting Ready • Insert the memory card that contains the file you want to rename into the card slot. Make sur e that the sticker is removed from the card ’ s write pr otect a[...]

E-33 419A-E-035B Formatting a Memory Card Use the procedure below to format a memory car d. IMPORT ANT! • Note that formatting a memory card that already contains data causes all of that data to be deleted. Data deleted by the format operation cannot be recover ed. Before performing the procedur e below , check to make sure that the memory card d[...]

E-34 419A-E-036A Using a Memory Card Display Message Err Card R/W Err CardFull Err No Card Err FileName Err ReadOnly Err Format Err Mem Full Err Not SMF0 Err No File Err Protect Err WrongDat Err SizeOver Cause There is something wr ong with the memory card. The memory card is full. 1. The memory card is not set correctly in the card slot. 2. There [...]

E-35 419A-E-037B T roubleshooting Problem No sound is produced when I pr ess a digital piano key . The pitch of the digital piano is off. Demo play seems to start, but I can ’ t hear anything. Digital piano memory contents seem to disappear . When I play something on the digital piano, my connected external MIDI sound source does not sound. Auto [...]

E-36 Troubleshooting 419A-E-038A I can ’ t store data on a memory car d. I can ’ t load data from a memory car d. 1. The card is write-protected. 2. The card is not inserted corr ectly into the card slot. 3. There is not enough room available on the card. 4. The card has voltage specifications or a capacity that is not supported by this digital[...]

E-37 419A-E-039B Specifications Model: PX-400R Keyboard: 88 piano keys (with t ouch response) Polyphony: 32 notes, maximum T ones: 120 panel tones + 128 GM tones + 10 dr um sets; with layer and split Digital Effects: Reverb (4 types), Chorus (4 types) Metronome: • T ime Signatures: 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 • T empo Range: 20 to 255 Auto Accompaniment: [...]

A-1 419A-E-079A Appendix/Ap é ndice T one List/Lista de sonidos 1 1 1 1 1 T one Group Name/Nombre de grupo de sonido 2 2 2 2 2 No./N º 3 3 3 3 3 T one Name/Nombre de sonidos 4 4 4 4 4 Program Change/Cambio de programa PIANO 000 STEREO PIANO 0 2 16 001 GRAND PIANO 0 1 32 002 MELLOW PIANO 0 3 16 003 ROCK PIANO 1 2 16 004 DANCE PIANO 1 1 16 005 HONK[...]

A-2 Appendix/Ap é ndice 419A-E-080A GM TONES 006 GM HARPSICHORD 6 0 32 007 GM CLA VI 7 0 32 008 GM CELEST A 8 0 32 009 GM GLOCKENSPIEL 9 0 32 010 GM MUSIC BOX 10 0 1 6 01 1 GM VIBRAPHONE 1 1 0 32 012 GM MARIMBA 12 0 32 013 GM XYLOPHONE 13 0 3 2 014 GM TUBULAR BELL 14 0 3 2 015 GM DULCIMER 15 0 16 016 GM ORGAN 1 16 0 16 017 GM ORGAN 2 17 0 16 018 G[...]

A-3 Appendix/Ap é ndice Rhythm List/Lista de ritmos 1 1 1 1 1 Rhythm Group Name/Nombre de grupo de ritmo 2 2 2 2 2 No./N º 3 3 3 3 3 Rhythm Name/Nombre de ritmo NOTE • FOR PIANO group r hythms 10 through 19 consist of chord accompaniments only , without any drums or other percussion instruments. These rhythms do not sound unless CASIO CHORD, FI[...]

A-4 Appendix/Ap é ndice Song List/Lista de canciones No./N º 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Song name/Nombre de canciones Winter Games Someday My Prince Will Come Hills Frosted Glass Hot Feel Let It Be Over The Rainbow The Entert[...]

A-5 Appendix/Ap é ndice Drum Assignment List/Lista de sonidos de bater í a ST ANDARD SET 1 Ke y/Note Number ST ANDARD SET 2 ROOM SET POWER SET ELECTRONIC SET SYNTH SET 1 SYNTH SET 2 JAZZ SET BR USH SET ORCHESTRA SET E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C6 D6 E6 28 29 31 33 35 36 38 40 [...]

A-6 Appendix/Ap é ndice Fingered Chord Chart/Cuadro de acordes digitados (Fingered) dim m7  5 M7 M m 7 m7 dim7 Chord Type Root C D E F G A B C /(D )   (D )/E   F /(G )   (G )/A   (A )/B   aug sus4 C D E F G A B C /(D )   (D )/E   F /(G )   (G )/A   (A )/B   m add9 7sus4 mM7 7  5 add[...]

A-7 419A-E-085B Operational Precautions Locating the Unit A void the following locations. • Areas exposed to dir ect sunlight and high humidity • Areas subjected to very low temperatur es • Near a radio, TV , video deck, or tuner (unit can cause interference with audio or video signals) Care of the Unit • Never use benzene, alcohol, thinner[...]

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Model PX-400R MIDI Implementation Chart Version: 1.0 419A-E-087A Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO O : Yes Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO X : No Function ... Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed Default Mode Messages Altered Note Number True voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Key ’ s Touch C[...]

This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislaci ó n de protecci ó n ambiental en Alemania. MA0408-B Printed in China PX400R-ES-1 P CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD. 6-2, Hon-machi 1-chome Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Jap[...]