Kawai CE200 manual

Digital Piano CE200 Owner’s Manual[...]

CE200[...]

INTRODUCTION 3 Important Safety Instructions When using the headphones, do not listen for long periods of time at high volume levels. Doing so may result in hearing problems. Do not insert or disconnect the power cord plug with wet hands. Doing so may cause electric shock. The product should be connected to an AC outlet of the specified voltage. ?[...]

KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 4 Failure to do so may cause breakdown of this product and other devices. ● Doing so may cause the product to generate noise. ● If the product generates noise, move the product sufficiently away from the electrical appliance or connect it to another AC outlet. Entry of water, needles or hair pins may result in breakd[...]

INTRODUCTION 5 Notes on Repair Should an abnormality occur in the product, immediately turn the power OFF, disconnect the power cord plug, and then contact the shop from which the product was purchased. The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: ● The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged. ● Objects have fallen[...]

KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 6 FCC Information (U.S.A) N OTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital dev ice, p ursuant to Part 15 of the FC C R u les. These limits are designed to provide reason able pro tection against harmful i nterference i n a residential installati on. This equi pment generates[...]

INTRODUCTION 7 T HANK Y OU FOR P URCHASING A KA W AI D IGIT AL P IANO ! The Kawai digital piano is a revolutionary new keyboard instrument that combines the latest in electronic advances with traditional craftsmanship inherited from Kawai’ s many years of experience in building fine pianos. Its keyboard provides the touch response and full dynami[...]

8 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 CAUTION: T o prevent personal injury , do not handle the main unit from the ends. 4. Hold the Back Board (B) behind the Pedal Board (C) and in front of the fixing metal of the Side Panels (A). 5. Fasten the Side Panels (A) and Back Board (B) with two screws (E) on both side of the instrument (totalling four screws). 6.[...]

9 INTRODUCTION 10. Insert the pedal connection cord that comes from Pedal Board into the main unit’ s pedal jack and fix with the clamp of the Side Panel. 11. T urn the adjuster (installed on the bottom of the Pedal Unit) down until it makes firm contact with the floor . If the floor is carpeted, place a spiked furniture cup under the adjuster so[...]

10 1. Quick Start p. 12 2. Advanced Playing p. 15 3. Recorder p. 22 4. Piano Music p. 27 1.1 S ETTING U P THE P IANO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.2 P OWER S WITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.3 V OLUME S LIDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

11 5. Function Buttons p. 28 5.1 S ELECTING THE T OUCH S ENSITIVITY (TOUCH B UTTON ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5.2 T RANSPOSING THE P IANO (T RANSPOSE B UTTON ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 5.3 O THER F UNCTIONS (TOUCH & TRANSPOSE B UTTONS ) . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1. B RILLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

12 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Quick Start 1.1 S ETTING U P THE P IANO The first thing you’ll need to do before playing the piano is to set up the instrument. ASSEMBLING THE ST AND First, you need to assemble the stand unit. Assemble the stand following the instructions at the beginning of this manual. SUPPL YING A C PO WER The CE200 piano is equ[...]

13 QUICK ST ART Quick Start Press the DEMO button and the demo song for the Piano 1 category will start. After the Piano 1 demo songs are finished playing, the demo songs for another sound category will be selected at random. If you would like to listen to the demos for a particular category , just press the desired SOUND SELECT button while the de[...]

14 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Quick Start 1.8 P LA YING WITH M ORE S OUNDS Y ou have already heard the CE200’ s main piano sound. The CE200 has a total of 20 sounds, not only different types of piano sounds but different instruments as well. The different instrument sounds built into CE200 piano are called “ preset sounds ”. All of the prese[...]

15 ADV ANCED PLA YING Advanced Playing 2.1 V ALUE B UTT ONS These two buttons are used to change the value for certain functions. First select the function or option you would like to change the value for by pressing the appropriate button(s), then use the V ALUE buttons to change the value. “ ” button increases the value and “ ” decreases [...]

16 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Advanced Playing 2.3 S PLIT SELECTING SPLIT SOUNDS The split function divides the keyboard into two sections—upper and lower—and lets you play each part with a different sound. First press the desired SOUND SELECT button to select the upper sound. Then, while holding down the SPLIT button, press the desired SOUND [...]

17 ADV ANCED PLA YING Advanced Playing EXITING FOUR HANDS MODE T o exit Four Hands Mode, press the SPLIT button again. The LED indicator will be turned off. SELECTING SOUNDS IN FOUR HANDS MODE The method for selecting sounds is the same as in Split Mode. After you are in Four Hands Mode simply use the SOUND buttons to change the sound for the upper[...]

18 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Advanced Playing REVERB Reverb adds reverberation to the sound, simulating the acoustic environment of a recital room, stage, or concert hall. There are five types of reverb available. They are Room 1&2, Stage, and Hall 1&2. (listed in order of reverberation amount). CHORUS Chorus is an effect that simulates t[...]

19 ADV ANCED PLA YING Advanced Playing T o change the effect type, use the V ALUE buttons while holding down the EFFECTS button. T o turn off the reverb or effects, press the REVERB or EFFECTS button again. 2.7 V OICING V oicing is a technique used by piano technicians to mold the character of a piano’ s sound. The voicing function lets you adjus[...]

20 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Advanced Playing The voicing setting defaults to "Normal" each time the power is turned off. Y ou can use the user memory function (page 40 ), to save your selected voicing. This way your current voicing selection will remain even after the power is turned off. 2.8 M ETR ONOME Rhythm is one of the most impor[...]

21 ADV ANCED PLA YING Advanced Playing The selected Rhythm Style is displayed. T o stop the metronome, press the BEA T button again. Y ou can use either the TEMPO or BEA T button to turn the metronome on and off. Choose the appropriate button depending on whether you’re adjusting the tempo or changing the time signature. ADJUSTING THE METR ONOME [...]

22 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Recorder The CE200 piano’ s recorder records your playing much like a tape recorder , and it is just as easy to use. The CE200 piano records a song as digital data instead of audio data and stores the song inside the instrument. Because the song is stored as digital information you can modify the song when you play [...]

23 RECORDER Recorder RECORDING CAP A CITY The total recording capacity is about 15,000 notes. Pressing any buttons or pedals is counted as one note. When the recorder reaches it’ s maximum capacity , the CE200 piano will stop recording at that point. RECORDER AND METRONOME When playing back a song with the metronome turned on, the metronome alway[...]

24 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Recorder T o select the song number , use the SOUND SELECT buttons with the song numbers printed under them—PIANO 1, ELECTRIC PIANO and DRA WBAR. Press the ELECTRIC PIANO button to select Song 2 while holding down the REC button. The LED indicator of ELECTRIC PIANO will begin to flash when the REC button is pressed.[...]

25 RECORDER Recorder When you are finished recording, press the PLA Y/STOP button again. ST A TUS OF SONG AND P AR T Y ou have probably noticed that some of the LED indicators are flashing, some are turned on, and some are turned off. The LED indicates the status of recording and play back as shown below . The LED that is on indicates that the song[...]

26 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Recorder T o play back an individual part, use the Part buttons while holding down the PLA Y/STOP button to turn on/off each part. If the LED indicator is on, that part will play . If the LED indicator is off, that part will not play . USING THE PLA Y/ST OP BUTT ON T O ST ART RECORDING The PLA Y/STOP button can also b[...]

27 PIANO MUSIC Piano Music Pressing the PIANO MUSIC button lets you enter the Piano Music mode. The CE200 piano provides pre-recorded Classical piano music for your listening pleasure. All of the song titles are listed in "PIANO MUSIC LIST" on page 55. Press the PIANO MUSIC button. The LED indicator for the PIANO MUSIC button will be turn[...]

28 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Function Buttons 5.1 S ELECTING THE T OUCH S ENSITIVITY (T OUCH B UTT ON ) T ouch lets you select a different touch sensitivity for the keyboard from the standard touch of an acoustic piano. Y ou can change the sensitivity to one of five different settings: LIGHT 1, LIGHT 2, HEA VY 1, HEA VY 2, OFF or User . Light 1 F[...]

29 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons USER TOUCH Let’ s create your own custom touch curve which will fit your playing style. Use the V ALUE buttons to select “User” while holding down the TOUCH button. While still holding the TOUCH button, press the REC button. The display will show “Play”. Now start playing the CE200 piano dynamically fr[...]

30 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Function Buttons 5.3 O THER F UNCTIONS (T OUCH & TRANSPOSE B UTT ONS ) There are 17 other functions that control tuning, system, and MIDI functions. They are Brilliance, T uning, Damper Resonance, String Resonance,T emperament, Lower Octave Shift, MIDI T ransmit and Receive Channel, Program Change Number , Local O[...]

31 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons 1. BRILLIANCE Brilliance lets you adjust brightness of the sounds. Press the DEMO button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE buttons. The display alternatively shows “bri” (= brilliance) and a number that represents the value. Use the V ALUE buttons to select the value within the range of -10 to +[...]

32 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Function Buttons The display alternatively shows “dEF” (= Damper Effect) and a number that represents the value. Use the V ALUE buttons to set the volume within a range of "Off, 1 to 10 and 5 is the default setting. Damper resonance will not be active when "Off" is selected. The damper resonance vol[...]

33 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons When you play a key while holding down an adjacent key , an acoustic piano produces a sound as a result of string resonance. The CE200 simulates this phenomenon. The string resonance volume defaults to "5" each time the power is turned off. String resonance is not active when the sustain pedal is depre[...]

34 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Function Buttons MERSENNE PURE TEMPERAMENT (MAJOR) MERSENNE PURE TEMPERAMENT (MINOR) This temperament, which eliminates dissonance’ s for thirds and fifths is still popular for choral music because of its perfect harmony . Y ou need to be aware what key you are playing in with this temperament. Any key modulation wi[...]

35 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons the ears. This “Stretched” equal temperament is a practical variation of the “unstretched” equal temperament which was invented on a mathematical basis. ◆ NO TE After you have selected the desired temperament, please read the following section on selecting a key signature for the temperament before con[...]

36 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Function Buttons 7. MIDI CHANNEL This determines on which MIDI channel the CE200 piano will exchange MIDI information with an external MIDI instrument or a personal computer . Press the CHURCH ORGAN button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE buttons. The display alternatively shows “Chn” (= Channel) and[...]

37 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons 10. TRANSMIT PROGRAM CHANGE ON/OFF This determines whether or not the CE200 piano will transmit program change information when pressing the SOUND SELECT buttons. When this is turned on, pressing the SOUND SELECT buttons will send the program change numbers as listed in page 54. Press the CHOIR / P AD button whi[...]

38 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Function Buttons 12. CHANNEL MUTE This determines which MIDI channels are activated to receive MIDI information when the Multi-T imbral mode is set to on. Y ou can activate or deactivate each of the 16 channels individually . Press the EFFECTS button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE buttons. The display [...]

39 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons 14. LA YER OCT A VE SHIFT This allows the octave of the layered part to be be shifted up or down when you use the dual function. Press the SPLIT button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE buttons. The display alternatively shows “LAo” (= Layer Octave) and a number which represents how many octaves[...]

40 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Function Buttons 16. DAMPER HOLD This determines if the sound such as organ or strings should be held (on) or gradually decayed (off) when the damper pedal is depressed. Press the BEA T button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE buttons. The display alternatively shows “dMP” (= Damper) and on/off status[...]

41 FUNCTION BUTTONS Function Buttons Press the PLA Y/STOP button while holding down the TOUCH and the TRANSPOSE buttons. The display alternatively shows “MEM” and “rES”. Press the REC button to restore factory settings, and exit the menu. When the “User Memory” is saved, the display alternatively shows “MEM” and “rES” or “uSr?[...]

42 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Using MIDI In this chapter you will learn how you can create music by connecting the CE200 piano to an external MIDI device. The CE200 piano is compatible with MIDI devices from Kawai and other manufacturers. It can also be used with sequencing software on a personal computer . U NDERST ANDING MIDI WHA T IS MIDI? The [...]

43 USING MIDI Using MIDI tune in to the right channel. When a transmitting instrument uses channel 1, the receiving instrument must be set to use channel 1 also. The CE200 piano lets you set the same channel number for both T ransmit and receive. There are 16 MIDI channels available to choose from on the CE200 piano. In addition to channel-to-chann[...]

44 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Using MIDI EFFECTS REVERB REC RECORDER PLAY/STOP TEMPO METRONOME BEAT VOLUME Dual Balance left right DEMO DEMO CONCERT MAGIC max min MASTER VOLUME TOUCH TRANS- POSE PIANO 1 SONG 1 PART 1 2 2 3 4 5 PIANO 2 E.PIANO CHURCH ORGAN HARPSI- CHORD VIBRA- PHONE STRINGS CHOIR VALUE MIDI OUT LINE IN LINE OUT MIDI IN Instrument #[...]

45 USING MIDI Using MIDI AUDIO CONNECTION If your external MIDI device is not equipped with an amplifier or speakers, you can connect it directly to the CA piano using the LINE IN jacks or to an external sound system. Connect the LINE IN jacks of the CA piano and the LINE OUT (audio output) jacks of your external MIDI device with a pair of audio ca[...]

46 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Using MIDI depending on the setting for multi-timbral mode (explained later in this chapter). Program # CE200 General MIDI 1 Concert Grand Grand Piano 2 Studio Grand Bright Piano 3 Mellow Grand Electric Grand 4 Classic E. Piano Honky T onk Piano 5 Modern E. P Electric Piano 1 6 Jazz Organ Electric Piano 2 7 Drawbar Or[...]

47 USING MIDI Using MIDI EFFECTS REVERB REC RECORDER PLAY/STOP TEMPO METRONOME BEAT VOLUME Dual Balance left right DEMO DEMO CONCERT MAGIC max min MASTER VOLUME TOUCH TRANS- POSE PIANO 1 SONG 1 PART 1 2 2 3 4 5 PIANO 2 E.PIANO CHURCH ORGAN HARPSI- CHORD VIBRA- PHONE STRINGS CHOIR VALUE MIDI IN MIDI OUT T o change the sound from the CE200 piano, sel[...]

48 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Using MIDI MUL TI-TIMBRAL MODE Multi-timbral On is a setup for 16-channel multi-timbral operation. Y ou can mute the channels separately . Each channel recognizes the program change numbers as listed on page 54. There are two kinds of Multi-timbral On. On1 and On2 have different program change numbers assigned. Multi-[...]

49 USING MIDI Using MIDI MIDI may seem a little difficult to work with at first, but once mastered it offers many new and exciting ways to enjoy music. While this manual avoids going into too much detail regarding the technical aspects of MIDI such as “system exclusive data”, for those who are more familiar with MIDI or want to be, this manual [...]

50 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Jacks 7. J A CKS MIDI J A CKS These jacks are used to connect external MIDI devices with the CE200 piano. There are two terminals: MIDI IN and MIDI OUT . USB J AC K This jack is used to connect with a personal computer and exchange MIDI data. When the CE200 piano is connected to a computer via a commercially available[...]

51 JACKS Jacks computer , and make sure to install the driver . If you connect the unit to the computer without installing the driver , the USB-MIDI driver may not operate properly . If this occurs, use the driver update function of the OS to install the appropriate USB-MIDI driver , or delete the driver by using the driver delete function and then[...]

52 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Jacks *W indows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. *Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer . Inc. *Other company names and product names mentioned referenced herein may be registered trademarks or trademarks of re-spective owners. LINE OUT J A CKS These jacks provide stereo output of th[...]

53 JACKS Jacks[...]

54 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Appendices P ROGRAM C HANGE N UMBER M APPING 8. A PPENDICES Multi-Timbral mode Sound Button Sound Name Off, On 1 On 2 Prog # Bank MSB Bank LSB Prog # PIANO 1 Concert Grand 1 121 0 1 2 Studio Grand 2 121 1 1 3 Mellow Grand 3 121 2 1 ELECTRIC PIANO 1 Classic E.Piano 4 121 0 5 2 Modern E.P . 5 121 0 6 DRA WBAR 1 Jazz Org[...]

55 APPENDICES Appendices P IANO M USIC L IST T ambourin ............................................................................................................. J.P . Rameau The harmonious blacksmith ................................................................................... G.F . Händel Menuette BWV . Anh.114 ........................[...]

56 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Appendices P IANO M USIC B UTTON ( P . 27) D EMO B UTTON ( P . 13) S OUND S ELECT B UTTONS ( P . 14) V OLUME S LIDER ( P . 12) LED D ISPLA Y LED I NDICA TOR PIANO Concert Grand V alse Romantique / Debussy Studio Grand Original Mellow Grand La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin / Debussy ELECTRIC PIANO Classic E.Piano Original M[...]

57 APPENDICES Appendices V ALUE B UTTONS ( P . 15) E FFECT B UTTONS ( P . 17) D UAL /S PLIT B ALANCE S LIDER ( P .17 ) M ETRONOME B UTTONS ( P . 20) R ECORDER B UTTONS ( P . 23 ) S PLIT B UTTON ( P . 16) CE200 Keyboard 88 W ooden Keyboard Polyphony Maximum 96 Number of Sound 20 Sound Catrgories Piano, Electric Piano, Drawbar , Church Organ, Strings[...]

58 KA WAI DIGIT AL PIANO CE200 Appendices 1 1st byte 2 2nd byte 3 3rd byte 4 4th byte 5 5th byte 6 6th byte 7 7th byte 8 8th byte 9 9th byte 10 10th byte MIDI E XCLUSIVE D ATA F ORMA T 1 F0 . . . . . . . . . . Start code 2 40 . . . . . . . . . . Kawai's ID number 3 00 - 0F . . . . . . MIDI channel 4 10, 30 . . . . . . . Function code (30 when [...]

59 APPENDICES Appendices MIDI I MPLEMENT A TION C HART KA W AI DIGIT AL PIANO MODEL: CE200 D AT E : J ANUARY 2007 V ERSION 1.0 Mode 1: OMNI ON, POL Y Mode 2: OMNI ON, MONO ❍ : Y es Mode 3: OMNI OFF , POL Y Mode 4: OMNI OFF , MONO ✕ : No Function T ransmit Receive Remarks Basic Default 1 1 Channel Changes 1 – 16 1 – 16 Default 3 3 Mode Messa[...]

CE200 Owner ’ s Manual OW996E-C0701 Printed in Indonesia 815847 KPSZ-0181 Eng Copyright ©2006 Kawai Musical Instruments Mfg. Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.[...]