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Kawai Anytime X Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1

    - 1 - anytime piano owner's manual anytime 2005 05.4.21, 4:12 pm 1.

  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

    - 2 - read this section carefully before using this product. It contains important safety warnings and cautions, which must be followed. The following symbols are used on the product and their meanings are given below. Safety instructions please note that the product is heavy and must be carried by ...

  • Page 3: Caution

    - 3 - 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. Notes on repair should an abnormali...

  • Page 4: The Anytime Piano™

    - 4 - fcc information ( for u.S.A. ) note: this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. Thi...

  • Page 5: Contents

    - 5 - contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P age s etting u p y our a nytime p iano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 e njoy p laying i n p rivate w ith “a ny...

  • Page 6

    - 6 - setting up your anytime piano because it is an acoustic/electronic instrument, the anytime piano requires ac power to operate. Place the anytime piano in a location where electricity is available. You can find the dc in jack on the left side of your anytime grand piano and on the lower left, a...

  • Page 7

    - 7 - fig. 2 enjoy playing in private with “anytime” mode you’re now ready to activate the “anytime” capability. This function mutes the acoustic piano sound by stopping the piano hammers before they hit the strings. With “anytime” capability, you will never lose the “touch and feel” of an acoustic ...

  • Page 8

    - 8 - important information: ( please read ) • never leave the mute lever halfway between anytime and normal modes. • never move the mute lever while you are playing. Both of these conditions can cause serious damage to the action mechanism of your anytime piano. • normal mechanical sound in anytime...

  • Page 9

    - 9 - 4. Adjusting volume and reverb plug headphones into the headphone jacks on the front panel of the control box. Find the volume knob on the front panel of the control box and adjust the volume appropriately. Then adjust the reverb setting to suit your taste. Reverb adds a rich ambient effect to...

  • Page 10

    - 10 - 6. Transpose the transpose function lets you raise or lower the piano’s key in half steps. This is especially useful when you have learned a song in one key and have to play it in another key. The transpose feature allows you to play the song in the original key, but hear it in another key. H...

  • Page 11: Other Advanced Capabilities

    - 11 - record song 1 other advanced capabilities 1. Recording your performance the anytime piano is equipped with a digital recorder that records what you play on the piano and plays it back with digital sounds. This is very helpful and useful function to practice and check your playing by yourself....

  • Page 12

    - 12 - the total recording capacity is approximately 15,000 notes and the piano stores and plays the song you have recorded in memory up to 3 songs. You can start recording again but the song that was previously recorded would be erased. Playing back to listen to the music, start playback by pressin...

  • Page 13

    - 13 - volume = 5 volume of metronome press the metronome button and the virtual technician button at the same time to put the piano in volume setting mode. Let go of the metronome button and virtual technician button and press “value +” or “value - ” button to change the volume. The volume changes ...

  • Page 14: Virtual Technician

    - 14 - virtual technician virtual technician a piano technician is essential to an acoustic piano. He not only tunes the piano but also performs regulation and voicing adjustments to make the piano sound and play better. Virtual technician simulates the work of a piano technician electronically and ...

  • Page 15

    - 15 - 2 voicing = normal in the display, on the right side it shows the volume balance of the piano sound. On the second line’s left side, it shows the volume balance of sounds other than piano. You can select the volume of the balance from 9 - 1 to 1 - 9 by pressing “value +” or “value - ” button....

  • Page 16

    - 16 - mellow 1, 2 produces a mellower tone throughout the entire dynamic range. Mellow 2 is more mellow than mellow 1. Let go of the virtual technician button and press the “value +” or “value - ” button to change the voicing. If you have finished setting, press any button other than the rec, play/...

  • Page 17

    - 17 - “value - ” button to change the value. If you have finished setting, press any other than the rec, play/stop button to turn the setting mode off. 5. Touch curve touch lets you select different touch sensitivity for the keyboard from the standard touch of an acoustic piano. You can change the ...

  • Page 18

    - 18 - 6. Temperament the anytime piano offers not only equal temperament (the modern standard) but also immediate access to temperaments popular during the renaissance and baroque periods. It should be interesting and educational to try some of the different temperaments, although the equal tempera...

  • Page 19

    - 19 - werckmeister iii temperament kirnberger iii temperament these two temperaments are placed in between mean tone and pythagorean. For music with few accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful chords of the mean tone, but as accidentals increase, the temperament produces the characteri...

  • Page 20

    - 20 - 7. Key of temperament limitless modulation of the key became available only after the invention of equal temperament. When we use a temperament other than equal temperament, we must carefully choose the key signature to play in. For example, if the song you are going to play is written in d m...

  • Page 21

    - 21 - 9. User memory this function allows you to save the user-definable settings even when the power is turned off. Once written to the memory, the saved settings will be recalled every time you turn the power on. The following settings can be saved - starting sound, all of the virtual technician ...

  • Page 22: Setting Mode

    - 22 - setting mode in “setting mode”, you can select a sound, reverb, resonance, tuning or transpose type by using anytime’s pedal and keyboard. A. Hold down the left pedal and press the highest white key. B. Holding down the key, release your foot from the pedal. C. Release your finger from the ke...

  • Page 23

    - 23 - reverb type a. No reverb b. Room c. Stage d. Hall damper effect type a. Off b. Medium c. Strong selecting sounds in “setting mode” to select the sound you desire, press the corresponding white key after entering the setting mode. The assignment of the keys and sounds is shown in the following...

  • Page 24

    - 24 - selecting metronome in “setting mode” starting the metronome to activate the metronome, you must enter the "setting mode" (see page 22). The assignment of keys and types are shown in the figure above. Changing the tempo you can increase the tempo, in increments of 10 beats per minute, by pres...

  • Page 25

    - 25 - line in r l aux terminals rca pin plug home stereo fig. 4 using the anytime piano with your home audio system the kawai anytime piano is equipped with audio in and out jacks so that you can connect it to your home stereo, cd player, karaoke machine or other device. As an example, you might pl...

  • Page 26

    - 26 - connecting the anytime piano to a home stereo or receiver using headphones, the anytime piano allows you to listen to music played back on your stereo receiver, cd player or tape recorder along with digital sound of the anytime piano itself. You can play the digital piano sound along with you...

  • Page 27: Using Midi

    - 27 - using midi the term “midi” is an acronym which stands for the musical instrument digital interface. Midi is an international standard used for sending data back and forth between electronic musical instruments such as digital pianos, synthesizers and sequencers. Midi allows a performance on o...

  • Page 28

    - 28 - midi thru: data received through the midi in jack is routed “as is” from the midi in jack to the midi thru jack, allowing the data to be sent to another instrument. The midi thru jack is often used to connect three or more midi-compatible instruments. Midi channel midi allows you to select a ...

  • Page 29

    - 29 - anytime's piano sound layering & splitting sounds across the keyboard synthesizer's sound (electric bass, for example) synthesizer's sound (string sound, for example) synthesizer's sound (electric guitar, for example) fig. 7 fig. 8 since most synthesizers allow you to select from a wide array...

  • Page 30

    - 30 - local control on/off this function is used to control whether or not the sound from the anytime piano’s digital sound will be heard when you play the keyboard. When local control is set to “on” you will hear the anytime piano’s digital sound when you play. When local control is set to “off” y...

  • Page 31: General Information

    - 31 - general information 1. Parts and names control panel metronome button transpose buttons virtual technician button sound select buttons/ dual recording & playing mute lever control panel control box song select buttons value select buttons dc in jack reverb button anytime 2005 05.4.21, 4:13 pm...

  • Page 32

    - 32 - phones power volume min. Max. Rev erb assi gna ble piano on/o ff rec . Play/s top tem po fast slow dual recor der anda nte moder ato allegro metro nom mute lever control panel control box control panel virtual technician button recording & playing value select buttons song select buttons soun...

  • Page 33

    - 33 - control box volume knob headphone jacks power switch midi jacks aux out jacks aux in jacks anytime 2005 05.4.21, 4:13 pm 33.

  • Page 34

    - 34 - 2. Digital specifications number of polyphony max. 96 notes number of sounds 20 10 piano sounds (concert grand, concert grand 2, studio grand, studio grand 2, mellow grand, mellow grand 2, modern piano, rock piano, classic e. Piano, modern e. P.) 10 other sounds (jazz organ, drawbar organ, ch...

  • Page 35

    - 35 - function transmitted recognized remarks basic default 1 1 channel changes ✕ ✕ mode default 3 1 messages ✕ 1, 3 altered ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✕ note 21 - 108 0 - 127 number true voice ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ 15 - 113 velocity note on ❍ 9nh v=1 -127 ❍ note off ✕9nh v=0 ✕ after key ✕ ✕ touch channel ✕ ✕ pitch...

  • Page 36

    - 36 - anytime piano owner's manual ome011e-i 0505 printed in japan anytime 2005 05.4.21, 4:13 pm 36.