Kawai CN290 - Manual

– 8 – PART NAMES VOLUME SLIDER (A) Move the volume slider to the right to increase the instrument’s volume. Move the slider to the leftto decrease the volume. DEMO BUTTON (B) To listen to all the demos, simply press this button. The CN piano will start the demo. Eightmusical pieces will be played ba...

– 10 – 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 volumewhile moving to the left lowers it.) (3) Choose a tone. Pressing a TONE button automatically changes the sound ...

– 11 – 2. TRANSPOSE (1) Press the TRANSPOSE button and the LED aboveit will be lit. The LED above the current key button(TONE button) will also be lit. If the key of “C” isselected the TRANSPOSE button will not light. (Whenpower is first turned “on”, the key is set to C.) Whenany key other than “C” ...

– 12 – DIGITAL RECORDING FUNCTIONS 1. EASY RECORDING (1) Press the REC button. The CN piano will be ready for recording. To cancel therecording, press the REC button again. (2) Begin playing some music on the piano. The CN piano will automatically startrecording with the first note you play. You can...

– 16 – PROGRAMMING MODE The Programming Mode gives you access to many other useful features on your CN piano. To usethe Programming Mode functions, press a key on the keyboard while holding down the TOUCHand TRANSPOSE buttons. To exit the Programming Mode, release the TOUCH and TRANSPOSEbuttons.The ...

– 17 – (1) To select the “LIGHT”, “CONSTANT” or “HEAVY” Touch Type, press one of the followingkeys on the keyboard while holding down the TOUCH and TRANSPOSE buttons.Any C key: Selects the “LIGHT” Touch TypeAny D key: Selects the “HEAVY” Touch TypeAny E key: Selects the “CONSTANT” Touch Type (2) Rel...

– 20 – MIDI The term MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, an international standardfor connecting synthesizers, sequencers (digital recorders) and other electronic instruments so thatthey can exchange performance data.The CN290 is equipped with two MIDI jacks for exchanging d...

– 22 – SPECIFICATIONS Keyboard 88 Weighted Keys with Advanced Hammer Action III Touch Type 4 Types (Normal, Light, Heavy, Constant) Max Polyphony 32 Notes Tones 8 Tones (CLASSIC GRAND, MODERN PIANO, E.PIANO, CHURCHORGAN, HARPSICHORD, VIBRAPHONE, STRINGS, CHOIR) Effects Reverb (Room, Stage, Hall), Ch...

– 23 – MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO Date: December 2002 MODEL: CN290 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...