Behringer EUROGRAND EG2080, User Manual

Page 1: ...Version 1 0 April 2006 User s manual K1800FX EUROGRAND EG2080 RW BK ...

Page 2: ...urpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or ...

Page 3: ...ic sound rich with presence and power V New stereo sampling RSM Real Sound Memory tone generation for the ultimate in instrument realism V 14 high quality voices Grand Piano Acoustic Piano E Piano Strings Harpsichord Organ etc with max 64 note polyphony V Layer mode for playing 2 sounds together V High quality reverb modulation and brilliance effects to add even more depth and richness V Real time...

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Page 5: ...Metronome volume 16 6 5 Music sequencer 16 6 5 1 Recording pieces of music 16 6 5 2 Editing pieces of music 17 6 5 3 Playing back pieces of music 17 6 5 4 Repeating musical passages for practicing 18 6 5 5 Setting the volume of muted tracks 18 6 5 6 Editing the music sequencer settings 19 6 5 7 Sync start 19 6 5 8 Starting the music sequencer with the foot pedal 19 6 6 System settings 19 6 6 1 Key...

Page 6: ... unit or of the AC power cord The EG2080 is an electronic piano Unlike an acoustic piano this instrument does not need to be tuned 1 1 3 Online registration Please do remember to register your new BEHRINGER equipment right after your purchase by visiting www behringer com alternatively www behringer de and kindly read the terms and conditions of our warranty carefully Should your BEHRINGER product...

Page 7: ...y inclined on the feet of the two side panels then tilt the upper part of the rear panel towards the metal brackets on the two side panels 5 Secure the rear panel with four S2 screws top to the metal brackets on the side panels and with the six S3 screws to the pedal unit 6 Carefully lift the playing console onto the frame This should be done by two persons First place the front side of the playin...

Page 8: ...nd rating 1 Connect the power cable supplied with the unit to the connector provided on the underside of the instrument and to a wall socket 2 Press the POWER switch to the left of the keyboard to switch the instrument on or off The LED on the front panel lights up when the EG2080 is ready for operation After playing switch off the unit with the POWER switch The POWER LED on the front panel will g...

Page 9: ...lso select two sounds at the same time 3 3 Demo playback The EG2080 offers you 14 sound and 15 piano music demos These music pieces give you an impression of the instrument s versatility and range of sounds 3 3 1 Playing back the sound demos This section describes how to play back the 14 sound demos These demos are specially designed to highlight the various sounds and their features and show you ...

Page 10: ...ata TRACK 2 Selects track 2 for playback or recording The REC LED lights up when the track has been activated for recording The PLAY LED lights up when the track has been set for playback and already contains musical data START STOP Is used to start stop playback or recording of the music sequencer REC Activates record mode SELECT Selects the TEMPO parameter and menu pages for EDIT mode The EDIT M...

Page 11: ...le you to connect external MIDI devices such as synthesizers sequencers etc to the EG2080 V MIDI data controlling the sound generator of the EG2080 are received at the IN jack V MIDI data generated by the keyboard pedals and some control elements of the EG2080 are sent from the OUT jack V Use the THRU jack to route MIDI data received at the MIDI IN to the MIDI OUT without changing them This jack c...

Page 12: ...lways select any other effect The following reverb room simulations are available ROOM Simulates a small room HALL 1 Simulates a small concert hall HALL 2 Simulates a large concert hall STAGE Simulates a typical stage ambience 1 Keep pressing the REVERB button until the effect of your choice has been selected The active effect is shown by an LED lighting up next to the effect name If none of the f...

Page 13: ... using the pedal while all subsequent tones will be played in a staccato detached manner When you sustain single notes on an acoustic piano using the sostenuto pedal the damper felts of the notes already played do not dampen the strings when you release the keys but are held in their position 1 Play the notes to be sustained 2 Press the pedal to sustain the tones you just played 3 Play the next no...

Page 14: ...e flats accidentals In this key you would have to play a lot of black keys However if you transpose the sounds up by one half tone you can easily play the piece on the white keys C major It can be helpful to transpose the keyboard by an octave 12 half tones for example to play low notes in the middle register where they can be played more comfortably 1 Press and hold the TRANSPOSE button and use t...

Page 15: ...pter 6 1 and select the following function Function E3 3 voice 1 transposed by an octave E3 4 voice 2 transposed by an octave Value 1 1 Description 0 No transposition 1 Transposition down by one octave 1 Transposition up by one octave 6 3 4 Effect intensity This function allows you to edit the effect intensity of the modulation effect for the selected sounds Please enter EDIT mode see chapter 6 1 ...

Page 16: ...tton lights up The dots in the display start flashing in the adjusted metronome tempo thus indicating the beat Now the EG2080 is set to record mode The memory of the music sequencer can store up to 10 000 notes However this number can decrease depending on how much pedaling information is stored You can quit record mode by pressing the REC button again 2 If necessary adjust the metronome tempo and...

Page 17: ...cating the beat Now the EG2080 is set to record mode The memory of the music sequencer can store up to 10 000 notes However this number can decrease depending on how much pedaling information is stored You can quit record mode by pressing the REC button again 3 Press the TRACK button of the track you want to record until the REC LED above the button lights up red Now the selected track is record r...

Page 18: ...function is ideal for practicing a specific difficult passage recorded by your piano teacher To make the best use of this function the left and right hand parts should be recorded separately on tracks 1 and 2 In this case you can play back one part only with the music sequencer while you practice the other part 1 Select the track to be played back so that the PLAY LED above the corresponding TRACK...

Page 19: ...play back the music piece the new settings will be effective All previous settings are deleted 6 5 7 Sync start You can set the music sequencer playback ready so that it will start playback as soon as you play a key on the keyboard This function can be very helpful when the music sequencer is used as an accompanist The function is also available in DEMO mode 1 Make sure that the playback tracks ar...

Page 20: ...ncer see chapter 6 5 8 6 6 3 Fine tuning The EG2080 can be detuned slightly to adapt it to other instruments or tunings The setting made here affects the pitch of all keys The following section describes how to adjust the fine tuning of the EG2080 The tuning shown in the display is referenced to the concert pitch A in Hertz Hz Please enter EDIT mode see chapter 6 1 and select the following functio...

Page 21: ...t be marked by a basic note Here s how to set the basic note Function E2 2 Value C B Description Altered notes are marked by dashes above or below the note name A dash above the note name raises a note a dash below the note lowers it The display shows c c sharp C e e flat Eb 6 6 5 Saving parameter settings The EG2080 allows you to save the changes made to the instrument s settings so that they won...

Page 22: ...instrument and your hearing 7 1 Connecting external sound sources The EG2080 is equipped with a stereo LINE IN connector for connecting external sound sources to your digital piano These signals are reproduced through the internal loudspeakers and connected headphones If you wish to practise with musical accompaniment you can use this input to connect a CD player or drum computer In the same way y...

Page 23: ... EG2080 V The MIDI THRU jacks passes on the MIDI data received via the MIDI IN jack without modification In combination with a music computer you can thus integrate another keyboard or sound module into the MIDI chain comprising EG2080 and music computer 7 3 1 MIDI connection to other sound modules You can use the EG2080 to control external sound modules via MIDI This allows you to use the keyboar...

Page 24: ...r Function E7 2 Value All 1 2 1 16 Description All Simultaneous multi timbral reception of MIDI data on all 16 MIDI channels Default setting 1 2 Reception of MIDI data on channels 1 and 2 1 16 Reception of MIDI data on the specified MIDI channel The multi timbral reception of MIDI data allows you to use the EG2080 in combination with a sequencing program as a sound generator for multi track record...

Page 25: ...e Description 1 Connect the EG2080 to a computer or hardware sequencer as described in chapter 7 3 2 2 Set the MIDI sequencer to reception ready mode 3 Select the function E7 7 in EDIT mode 4 Press the YES button to execute the transmission When the transmission is complete the display shows End You can send the data back to the EG2080 at a later date To do this use the MIDI IN jack to connect the...

Page 26: ...ter see chapters 7 3 2 and 7 3 3 before you start a new recording The music piece recorded on the music sequencer plays back too slow fast V The playback tempo of the music sequencer follows the current tempo setting Press the SELECT button until the TEMPO LED lights up then simultaneously press the two buttons to play back the recording at its original tempo The tuning of the instrument does not ...

Page 27: ...evel 7 dBu PHONES Connectors 1 4 TRS jack Max output level 13 dBu 120mW 100 Ω load MIDI IN OUT THRU AMPLIFIER Output power 2 x 40 W POWER SUPPLY Mains voltages USA Canada 120 V 60 Hz China Korea 220 V 50 Hz Europe U K Australia 230 V 50 Hz Japan 100 V 50 60 Hz Export model 120 230 V 50 60 Hz Power consumption approx 135 W Fuse 100 120 V T 2 5 A H 250V 220 240 V T 1 25 A H 250 V DIMENSIONS WEIGHT D...

Page 28: ...eo systems You will need this type of cable to connect the EG2080 to hi fi recording equipment Usually these cables are supplied in pairs to form one stereo cable The plugs are in most cases red right and white left Make sure that the wiring between recording device and EG2080 follows this color code so as not to mix up the left right signals Fig 10 2 Hi fi RCA cable 10 1 3 1 4 to RCA cable 1 4 to...

Page 29: ...al octave harpsichord sound 0 123 6 VIBRAPHONE Extremely dynamic vibraphone sound 0 122 11 PIPE ORGAN Soft wooden pipe sound of a small baroque organ 0 123 19 CHURCH ORGAN Sound of full size church organ with all registers 0 122 19 JAZZ ORGAN Sound of a typical jazz organ with percussive attack 0 122 16 STRINGS Natural sound of a big string orchestra 0 122 48 SOFT STRINGS Soft sound of a string en...

Page 30: ...Franz Schubert 6 Frühlingslied Spring Song op 62 no 6 A major Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 7 Fantasie Impromptu op 66 c sharp minor Frédéric Chopin 8 Prelude op 28 no 15 Raindrop D flat major Frédéric Chopin 9 Etude op 10 no 12 Revolution c minor Frédéric Chopin 10 Waltz op 64 no 1 Minute Waltz Petit chien D flat major Frédéric Chopin 11 Waltz op 64 no 2 c sharp minor Frédéric Chopin 12 Liebestraum...

Page 31: ...e Volume Volume of metronome click E5 1 20 10 Sequencer Dimmed volume Volume of the muted track in music sequencer mode E6 0 20 5 MIDI Transmit channel MIDI channel on which MIDI data are transmitted E7 1 1 16 OFF 1 Receive channel MIDI channel on which MIDI data are received E7 2 All 1 2 1 16 All Sound generator Local on off Enables disables the built in sound generator for keyboard data E7 3 On ...

Page 32: ...X Control Change 0 32 O O Bank select 7 O O Volume 11 O O Expression 64 O O Damper 66 O O Sostenuto 67 O O Soft pedal 91 O O Reverb depth 94 O O Effect depth Program Change O O System Exclusive O O System Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune X X X X X X System Real Time Clock Commands O O O O Aux Messages Local ON OFF All notes OFF Active Sense Reset All sound off Reset all ctrl X O O X O O O 122 O 123 1...

Page 33: ...33 EUROGRAND EG2080 RW BK 10 6 Blank note sheet 10 APPENDIX ...

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