Kurzweil KA-120, User Manual

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Page 2: ...the designated AC adaptor to an AC outlet of the correct voltage Do not connect it to an AC outlet of voltage other than that for which your instrument is intended Unplug the AC power adaptor when no...

Page 3: ...ct 20 Performance Assistant What s the Performance Assistant 20 Enter the Performance Assistant 20 Guitar Mode 21 Playing in Guitar Mode 21 Piano Mode 22 Playing in Piano Mode 22 Exit the Performance...

Page 4: ...utton Choose the chord mode 19 TEMPO TEMPO Button Adjust the current Tempo value When the SHIFT button is pressed 4 5 MIXER MIXER Button Enter the Mixer menu 6 7 Function Function Button Enter the Fun...

Page 5: ...Turn the lower function on or off 29 TOUCH Button Set an appropriate touch sensitivity level 30 DSP Button Turn the DSP function on or off 31 SUSTAIN Button Turn the sustain function on or off 32 DIC...

Page 6: ...the power cable to the AC outlet 3 Plug the AC adapter into the AC outlet 4 Press the POWER switch the LCD will display Loading which indicates the piano has been powered on 5 Press the POWER switch...

Page 7: ...a MP3 CD Player Connect the audio output of an MP3 CD player or other audio source to the stereo AUX IN jack on the rear panel The input signal is mixed with the piano signal so as to play along Conne...

Page 8: ...pedal to sustain the sound It also supports the half pedal operation Performing with the sustain pedal will achieve a smoothly effect Sostenuto Pedal This pedal sustains only the sounds of the keys th...

Page 9: ...h different characters Please refer to the Demo List for details 1 Press the DEMO button Enter the main interface of demo playing back the LCD displays current demo number and name meanwhile all demo...

Page 10: ...ES NO button to select the song you want 3 Press the START STOP button it will stop playing Press the button again it will play the selected song in circle 4 When the song stops press either STYLE or...

Page 11: ...and press the DUAL button to turn the dual function on The LCD displays DUAL and VOICE 2 will light up which indicates the name and number of DUAL 2 Use the data dial or the YES NO button to select t...

Page 12: ...touch setting using the YES NO button or data dial or while hold down the SHIFT button press the TOUCH button to change touch type Pressing the YES and NO buttons simultaneously will restore the touc...

Page 13: ...E TRANSPOSE simultaneously to restore the transpose value to its default setting 000Transpos Notes 1 Playing in G key set the transpose to 05 or 007 and then you can play the G scale using C scale key...

Page 14: ...To set the split point of Twinova please refer to Split Point Setting part for details 3 Octave is invalid unless in the Twinova mode After adjusting the octave some highest range or the lowest part...

Page 15: ...animent of all tracks The accompaniment automatically changes followed by the change of the chord Press the START STOP button to start the auto accompaniment of the rhythm track then play a chord in c...

Page 16: ...animent as soon as you start playing in Chord section When the playback of the intro is finished it automatically leads into Main A section 7 Press the FILL B button plays an appropriate fill in patte...

Page 17: ...the root position then it forms Inversion we call this chord Inversion Chord See the following major triad and its inverted chord Chord Name The chord name contains two parts content Chord root and C...

Page 18: ...ights up and then keeps flashing with style playing 3 Fade In Out time The default time is 10 seconds Metronome The Metronome function provides a steady beat to help practicing the piano at a consiste...

Page 19: ...lume value option is Rhythm_s for the first time it will keep the last option when you enter the mixer menu again 2 Holding down the SHIFT button and press the MIXER MIXER button repeatedly to select...

Page 20: ...mony types are available only when the A B C is open 2 The harmony types cannot be recorded in user songs There are 2 voices you can select to perform in performance assistant mode Guitar Piano What s...

Page 21: ...note will be sounded Play a broken chord in the sub area 1 When the chord type displayed press a white key in the sub area 1 a wonderful broken chord phrase will start Try to change the white key and...

Page 22: ...In this mode you can use some perform skills like piano rhythm 5 broken chord 5 and also 3 endings The piano key map is similar with the guitar key map Press A6 to C7 white keys to start an ending All...

Page 23: ...r pedal on an acoustic piano letting you sustain the sound of voices even after releasing the keys Step and press on the pedal to turn the sustain effect on Release the pedal to turn the sustain effec...

Page 24: ...f 1 Holding down the SHIFT button and press the FUNCTION FUNCTION button repeatedly to select split point menu the LCD displays Split Pt Use the YES NO button or data dial to change the split point Ad...

Page 25: ...SPd Sust 3 Follow the operation in Step 1 to assign functions to the soft pedal of a unit pedal except that the LCD displays 00X UPd xxxx All pedal types are shown below EQ Type Equalizer is a sound p...

Page 26: ...t setting 070 Chorus Type 1 Holding down the SHIFT button and press the FUNCTION or FUNCTION button repeatedly to select chorus type menu The LCD displays 004 GM Chorus2 Use the YES NO button or data...

Page 27: ...a dial to change harmony type 2 Press the YES and NO buttons simultaneously to restore the harmony type to its default setting 001 Duet The harmony types are shown below Function Menu 27 No 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 28: ...the YES NO button or data dial to adjust MIDI Out channel 1 16 2 Press the YES and NO buttons simultaneously to restore the MIDI out channel to its default setting 001 Auto Power Off This function is...

Page 29: ...ings Press one of the registration memory buttons M1 M6 If you choose bank 1 and then press M1 button the panel settings stored in the memory 1 of bank 1 are recalled Meanwhile the LCD displays 1 1 No...

Page 30: ...ODY tracks simultaneously 4 Press the START STOP button or play the keyboard to start record ing When choosing the ACCOMP track and A B C is open play an effective chord in left hand section or press...

Page 31: ...T STOP button this user song will be played in circle automatically Notes 1 We have programmed power off protection all data of user songs will not be erased even the instrument is powered off 2 To mu...

Page 32: ...exit the song mode Song Control 1 Introductory Beat Before the prelude of the song starts to playback it has the introducto ry beat The measure starts from the negative value And the melody starts to...

Page 33: ...lody of left hand and the melody of right hand will be muted 2 Press the START STOP SONG button to start practice Your performance will be evaluated by system Lesson 2 1 Holding down the SHIFT button...

Page 34: ...e Chord Type and Chord Root are confirmed the LCD will display the chord and its keyboard position A prompt sound will be heard when you play it correctly in the chord section of the keyboard DICT 2 C...

Page 35: ...mode a directory includes 512 files at most The LCD displays DIR for directory FILE for files Press the USB Device STYLE SONG button to exit USB Device mode 7 When playing the MIDI files press the MIX...

Page 36: ...isplayed on LCD press the YES button to load the file or press the NO button to cancel Save 1 Press the USB DEVICE button to enter USB Storage mode use data dial to choose SAVE 2 Press the YES button...

Page 37: ...age mode use data dial to Choose Format Press YES to format the USB Storage Device the LCD displays Sure Press YES to format the USB Storage press NO to cancel Note Formatting will delete all user dat...

Page 38: ...volume vibrato audio panning and program change information to change the voice selections 2 The instrument can output the real time playback information via MIDI messages and control external MIDI d...

Page 39: ...ressed Certain notes sound at wrong pitch The Harmony function does not operate The instrument cannot be recognized after connecting with PC via USB cable Possible Cause and Solution This is normal pl...

Page 40: ...Input Output Power Supply Power Power Off Protection Amplifiers Speakers Amplifiers Speakers Dimensions Weight Dimensions LWH mm Weight kg 88 Hammer Action Keys 3 Types Off Multi functional LCD 128 6...

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Page 46: ...Trombones Loose 3 Muted Trumpets Loose Club Brass Brass Woodwinds Woodwinds Strings Section Woods Small Pan Flute Strings Pad Koto Shamisen Flute Clarinet Flute Oboe Flute Bassoon Flute Oboe Clarinet...

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