Summary of ES1
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Digital piano owner's manual.
Page 2: Table of Contents
– 2 – thank you for choosing this kawai es1 digital piano. Your new es1 is a high-quality instrument offering the very latest in leading-edge music technology. This manual contains valuable information that will help you make full use of your es1’s many capabilities. Please read it carefully and kee...
Page 3: Warning
– 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 ...
Page 4: Caution
– 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. Failure to do so may damage them, r...
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– 5 – ● doing so may cause the product to become deformed or fall over, resulting in breakdown or injury. Do not stand on the product or exert excessive force. Notes on repair should an abnormality occur in the product, immediately turn the power off, disconnect the power cord plug, and then contact...
Page 6: Part Names
– 6 – part names master volume slider (a) move the volume slider to the right to increase the instrument’s volume. Move the slider to the left to decrease the volume. Demo button (b) the es1 piano has 8 built in demonstration songs for your listening enjoyment. Press this button and the demo for cla...
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– 7 – ac adaptor jack (i) connect the enclosed ac adaptor to this jack. Power button (j) this button turns the instrument on and off. Be sure to turn off the instrument when you are finished playing. Midi jacks (k) use these jacks to connect the es1 piano with external midi devices. Computer interfa...
Page 8: Getting Started
– 8 – getting started 1. Basic operations (1) turn on the power. (2) adjust the volume. Play a note on the keyboard and adjust the volume (moving the slider to the right raises the volume while moving to the left lowers it.) (3) choose a sound. Pressing a sound button automatically changes the sound...
Page 9: 2. Transpose
– 9 – 2. Transpose (1) press and hold down the transpose button. The led indicator of the current key button (sound button) will flash while holding down the transpose button. (2) while holding down the transpose button, press the key button (sound button) for the key you would like to transpose to....
Page 10: Digital Recording Functions
– 10 – digital recording functions 1. Easy recording (1) press the rec button. The es1 piano will be ready for recording. To cancel the recording, press the rec button again. (2) begin playing some music on the piano. The es1 piano will automatically start recording with the first note you play. You...
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– 11 – 3. Advanced recording/playback functions recording more songs the es1 piano can record and store a maximum of 3 songs. Please follow the steps below to save your songs: (1) while holding down the rec button, press the modern piano (song 2) button. The led will flash to show the current song n...
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– 12 – (6) now play the right-hand part. Pressing any key will start play back of the recorded left-hand part (part 1) while you play (and record) the right-hand part. You can also start recording by pressing the play/stop button. After pressing the play/stop button the left-hand part will begin pla...
Page 13: 4. Deleting A Song/track
– 13 – 4. Deleting a song/track this function allows you to delete songs that were not recorded correctly or songs that you do not want to listen to any more. (1) simultaneously hold down the play/stop and rec buttons. (2) the leds will light to show you where songs have been recorded. While holding...
Page 14: Function Mode
– 14 – function mode the function mode gives you access to many other useful features on your es1 piano. To enter the function mode, press the touch and transpose buttons simultaneously. The led indicators for both buttons will start flashing. To exit the function mode, press either touch or transpo...
Page 15: 3. Midi Local Control On/off
– 15 – (2) use the -/+ keys to lower/raise the midi channel number. Or you can directly enter the midi channel number as a two digit number by using the number keys. Ex: for ch 1 press the 0 key then the 1 key. For ch 12 press the 1 key then the 2 key. When the power is first turned on, the es1 pian...
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– 16 – 5. Transmit midi program change on/off you can use 8 sound buttons and variation button to transmit program change numbers via midi. Please refer to the list on page 19 for assignment of sound and program number. (1) press the “trans prg” key while the led indicators for touch and transpose b...
Page 17: Midi
– 17 – midi the term midi is an acronym for musical instrument digital interface, an international standard for connecting synthesizers, sequencers (digital recorders) and other electronic instruments so that they can exchange performance data. The es1 is equipped with two midi jacks for exchanging ...
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– 18 – midi cable drp-10 (2) connection to an external sequencer and sound generator module when connected as shown in the illustration, you can record songs played on the es1 with a sequencer, and use the es1’s sounds (such as piano, harpsichord and vibraphone, etc.) controlled by the es1’s multi-t...
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– 19 – program change number mapping program number sound button when multi-timbral mode is on when multi-timbral mode is off classic grand 1 1 (variation) 4 9 modern piano 2 2 (variation) 3 10 electric piano 5 3 (variation) 6 11 organ 20 4 (variation) 18 12 harpsichord 7 5 (variation) 8 13 vibrapho...
Page 20: Specifications
– 20 – specifications keyboard 88 weighted keys with hammer mechanism touch type 4 types (normal, light, heavy, constant) max polyphony 32 notes sounds 16 sounds effects chorus, reverb (room, stage, hall), eq (1, 2) digital recorder 3-song, 2-part, 1,800-notes other functions transpose, tuning, midi...
Page 21: Midi Implementation Chart
– 21 – midi implementation chart kawai digital piano date: june 2000 model: es1 version: 1.0 function transmitted received remarks basic channel (default) 1 1 (changed) 1-16 1-16 mode (default) 3 1 (message) x 1, 3* *omni off by setting (altered) ✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻ midi channel note number 15-113* 0-127 *with...
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Es1 owner's manual om954e-l printed in japan.