Kawai CN2 - Manuals

– 8 – PART NAMES CONCERT MAGIC BUTTON (A) Absolutely anyone can play a real music with Concert Magic... even if you’ve never taken a pianolesson in your life. All you have to do is to select a favorite song and tap any of the 88 keys. Formore details, see page 11. DEMO BUTTON (B) To listen to all th...

– 9 – JACKS K I J MIDI JACKS (I) Use these jacks to connect the CN2 piano with external MIDI devices. PEDAL JACK (J) Connect the pedal cord from the pedal board to this jack. HEADPHONES JACKS (K) Used to connect up to two headphones to this digital piano. SOFT PEDAL (L) Depressing this pedal softens...

– 10 – GETTING STARTED 1. BASIC OPERATIONS (1) Press the POWER button to turn the power on. (2) Adjust the volume. Play a note on the keyboard and adjust the volume. (Moving the sliderupward raises the volume while moving downward lowers it.) (3) Choose a sound. Method 1 Pressing the SOUND SELECT bu...

– 11 – 3. METRONOME The CN2 piano’s metronome function can help you practice the piano orrecording a song by providing a steady beat for you to play along with. (1) To start the metronome, press the METRONOME button. (2) To turn off the metronome, press the METRONOME button again. Changing the Beat ...

– 16 – 5. DEMONSTRATION SONG The CN2 piano has 15 built-in demonstration songs for your listeningenjoyment. (1) Press the DEMO button and the song for Concert Grand will start.When the Concert Grand demo song is finished, the CN2 piano will playall the other demo songs one at a time in random order....

– 17 – 6. USING THE RECORDER The CN piano’s recorder records your playing much like a tape recorder,and it is just as easy to use. The CN piano records a song as digital datainstead of audio data and stores the song inside the instrument. Becausethe song is stored as digital information you can modi...

– 18 – FUNCTION MODE The Function Mode gives you access to many other useful features onyour CN2 piano.The following functions can be selected in the Function Mode bypressing the appropriate key: Function Default TOUCH Normal TRANSPOSE 0 TUNING A4=440.0Hz REVERB On CONCERT MAGIC MODE Mode 1 MIDI CHA...

– 19 – TOUCHTRANSPOSETUNINGREVERBCONCERT MAGIC MODEMIDI CHANNEL SELECTMIDI LOCAL CONTROL ON/OFFMULTI TIMBRAL MODE ON/OFFTRANSMIT MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE 1. SELECTING A TOUCH TYPE When playing a piano, the volume of the sound produced increases indirect relation to how hard a key is struck. Your CN2 pian...

– 21 – 4. REVERB Reverb adds reverberation to the sound simulating the acousticenviroment of a recital room, stage, or concert hall. There are three types of Reverb in the CN2. They are Room, Stageand Hall. (1) Press the “REVERB” key while holding down the METRONOMEand SOUND SELECT buttons. (2) Whil...

– 22 – If you press the “-” key, the Concert Magic mode returns to Mode 1. 6. MIDI CHANNEL SELECT In order to exchange MIDI information with another MIDI instrument,you must first set the two connected instruments to the same channel. (1) Press the “MIDI CH” key while holding down the METRONOMEand S...

– 23 – The term “Multi-Timbral” is derived from the ability to play multipletimbres simultaneously. NOTE: You can assign any sound of the CN2 piano to any channel in the wayyou like by sending the correct Program Change Number to the CN2piano from an external MIDI device. See page 26 for assignment ...

– 24 – MIDI The term MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, an international standardfor connecting synthesizers, sequencers (MIDI recorders) and other electronic instruments so thatthey can exchange performance data.The CN2 is equipped with two MIDI jacks for exchanging data: ...

– 25 – CONCERT MAGIC SONG LIST Category # Song Title Arrangement Type Children’s Songs 1 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star MP 2 I’m A Little Teapot MP 3 Mary Had A Little Lamb MP 4 London Bridge MP 5 Row, Row, Row Your Boat MP 6 Frère Jaques MP 7 Old MacDonald Had A Farm MP Christmas Songs 8 Hark The He...

– 26 – SPECIFICATIONS Keyboard 88 Weighted Keys with Advanced Hammer Action IV Touch Type 4 Types (Normal, Light, Heavy, Constant) Max Polyphony 72 Notes Tones 15 Tones Reverb Room, Stage, Hall Metronome Beat: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 3/8, 6/8 Tempo: 30-300 BPM Recorder 1 song, 1 track Other Functio...

– 27 – MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO Date: November 2004 MODEL: CN2 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 *...