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English Español ES USER'S GUIDE Please keep all information for future reference. Safety Precautions Before trying to use the keyboard, be sure to read the separate "Safety Precautions". GUÍA DEL USUARIO Guarde toda la información para futuras consultas. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar
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and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there the equipment. Declaration of Conformity Model Number: LK-270 Trade Name: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. Responsible party: CASIO AMERICA, INC. Address: 570 MT.
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using the optional AC Adaptor to power the unit, be sure to check the AC Adaptor for any damage first. Carefully check the power cord for breakage, of the contents of this manual without the consent of CASIO is prohibited under copyright laws. ● IN NO EVENT SHALL CASIO BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
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Play E-8 Preparing the Music Stand E-8 Power Supply E-8 Playing the Digital Keyboard ..... E-9 Turning on Power and Playing E-9 Using Headphones E-10 Changing Keyboard Response to Touch Pressure (Touch Response E-10 Adjusting Display Contrast E-11 Turning Off Keyboard Lighting E-11 Using the
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Digital Keyboard Memory Data E-61 Connecting to Audio Equipment E-62 Contents Reference E-63 Troubleshooting E-63 Specifications E-65 Operating Precautions E-67 Error Messages E-68 Song List E-69 Chord Chart E-70 MIDI Implementation Chart Included Accessories ● Music Stand ● Song Book
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General Guide • In this manual, the term "Digital Keyboard" refers to the LK-270. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. 1 4 5 2 6 7 3 8 9 bk bl bm bn bo bs bp bq br bt ck cl cm cn
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button ☞E-19, 20, 21, 22, 54 ct FUNCTION, KEY LIGHT button ☞E-6 dk CARD, SAVE/LOAD button ☞E-54, 55, 56, 57 dl Speakers dm Song Bank list dn Display do Music Preset list dp Rhythm list dq Tone list dr CHORD root names ☞E-39 ds Percussion instrument list ☞E-13 dt SD CARD SLOT ☞E-54 ek el em en eo
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General Guide Using the 10-key Pad (bs) Use the number buttons and the the FUNCTION button (ct) to adjust the reverb effect, to delete data, and to perform a wide range of other Digital Keyboard operations. To select a function 1. Press ct to display the function menu. 2. Use the bs (10-key) [4] (
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Note Guide Performance Evaluation Phrase Length 10 Other Settings Arpeggiator Hold Pedal Effect Accompaniment Scale LCD Contrast Power On Alert 11 MIDI Settings Keyboard Channel Navigate Channels Local Control Accomp Out 12 Delete Sampled Sound Delete User Song Delete All Data Delete Display Trans
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Ready to Play Preparing the Music Stand Using Batteries Music stand Power Supply Either an AC adaptor or batteries can be used to power this Digital Keyboard. Normally, use of AC adaptor power is recommended. • The AC adaptor does not come with this Digital Keyboard. Purchase it separately from
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automatically during a concert, etc. 1. While holding down bp, turn on power. Auto Power Off will be disabled. Power On Alert (Using the AC Adaptor) While you are using the AC adaptor for power, the keyboard keys will light to remind you that power is on if you do not perform any operation for about
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musical instrument lets you control note volume without striving to apply too much pressure with your fingertips. ■ The playability of an acoustic piano Your Digital Keyboard provides you with key touch that is the next best thing to an acoustic piano. Note volume changes automatically in accordance
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• The contrast setting range is 01 to 17. Turning Off Keyboard Lighting Keyboard Lighting causes keyboard keys to light when you press them, during built-in song playback, etc. You can use the following procedure to turn off Keyboard Lighting. 1. Hold down ct until "Keylight" appears on the display
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Playing the Digital Keyboard Using the Metronome The metronome lets you play and practice Pressing t and y at the same time will initialize the tempo setting in accordance with the currently selected song or rhythm. • Pressing bo causes the tempo value to flash on the display. While the tempo value
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Sounds bqbp bs cp cq ct Select from a variety of musical instrument sounds Your Digital Keyboard lets you select tones for a wide variety of musical instrument sounds, including violin, flute, orchestra, and more. Even the same song sound takes on a different feel by changing the instrument type
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use bs (10-key) to select the tone you want. Example: 021 ELEC.PIANO 1 E.Pi ano1 2. Press cq. Lights 3. Use bs (10-key) to select the second tone you want. Example: 175 STRINGS St r i ngs 4. Play something on the keyboard. Both tones sound at the same time. 5. Pressing cq again to unlayer the
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(so it plays only the tone you selected in step 1). • Each press of cp toggles between split (two tones) and unsplit (one tone). Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using Reverb Reverb adds reverberation to notes. You can change the duration of the reverb. 1. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key
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Sustains notes that are playing when the (SoS) pedal is depressed before the keyboard keys are released. Soft (SFt) Slightly softens notes played while the pedal is depressed. Rhythm (rHy) Pressing the pedal starts and stops Auto Accompaniment or song playback. Trans . 2. Use the bs (10-key
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notes in octave units. • The octave shift setting range is -2 to +2 octaves. • When using Split (page E-14), you can individually set the left and right keyboard ranges to the pitches you want. 1. Keep pressing cq until the screen shown below appears on the display. If you want to use Split, turn
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• Sampled sounds are recorded in monaural. MIC IN jack Stereo mini plug CD player, Cassette player, etc. Digital Keyboard AUDIO IN jack • You also could connect a commercially available microphone. • Connection of an external device requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you
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(Unit: Kbytes) Remaining memory capacity No Da t a No sampled sound stored Lights • In place of the above steps, you could press cs and bp at of a microphone, output the sound in the direction of the microphone. Sampling will start automatically. 5. Play something on the Digital Keyboard. •
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key. • Pressing the keyboard key quickly will increase sample sound volume, while pressing slowly will decrease volume. 3. After the sampled sound is at the volume level you want, release its button (bt to cn). Lights 3. Press the button (bt to cn) that corresponds to the melody sampling tone
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You can use the procedure to change the drum sounds that are assigned to each keyboard key. • You can store up to three drum sets and store them as tone set you want is located to assign the drum set sounds to the keyboard. 1. Press bq. bq lights. 2. Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the
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Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard 5. Output the sound from the external device. In the case of a microphone, output the sound in the direction of the microphone. Sampling will start automatically. Samp l i ng Lights 6. After the sound you want to sample is finished, press cs.
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its initial default built-in sound. Example: To delete the sound assigned to key D4 Other Sampling Functions Changing to a Manual Sampling Start Normally when the Digital Keyboard is in sampling standby, it will start sampling automatically whenever it detects sound input. You can use the following
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is no sound input from an external device, sampling will continue until you press and release cs or a keyboard key. • When manual sampling stop is enabled, sampling stops when you release cs or the keyboard key, not when you press it. Sampling does not stop if you hold down the button or key
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Device • SD memory card (page E-55) • Computer (page E-61) ■ Maintaining Sampled Sound Data in Memory After you save sampled sound data in memory, it will remain there as long as power is supplied to the keyboard. However, if you disconnect the AC adaptor when there are no batteries loaded, sampled
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bm and bn at the same time. This will start playback of the demo songs. • See page E-69 for information about song numbers and the song sequence. • Demo playback always starts from song number 001. 2. To change to another song while demo playback is in progress, use bs (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to
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10-key) to enter the number of the song you want. • See page E-69 for a complete list of available songs. 3. Press bm. This starts playback of the song. Keyboard keys will light as notes are played. Sustain pedal Tempo Note Beat Measure Playing Built-in Songs Pause, Skip Forward, Skip Back Use
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Playing Built-in Songs Repeating Playback of Specific Measures You can use the procedure in this section to repeat particular measures stop flashing if you do not perform any operation for a short while. • Changing the song number will return the song to its original default tempo. Lights E-28
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to adjust the balance between the volume of what you play on the keyboard and song playback volume. 1. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to display "Song Vol" (page E-6). Playing Built-in Songs Turning Off the Part of One Hand for Practice (Part Select) You can
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karaoke feature can be used with Song Bank songs 001 through 052. It lowers the volume of the melody part so you can sing along, just like a karaoke machine. • For information about how to connect a microphone, see "Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard" on page E-18. • Use 3 to
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comes with a Step Up Lesson feature that helps you to do just that. Phrases The built-in songs are pre-divided into phrases to help you master keyboard play. Song start Song end Phrase 1 Phrase 2 Phrase 3 . . . . Final Phrase Step Up Lesson Flow Step Up Lesson takes you through practice
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back one phrase. • Holding down bk or 9 scrolls through phrases at high speed. • The Digital Keyboard remembers the last phrase you practiced for up to 20 songs. To recall the last practice phrase for the current song (if it is available), hold down cm. Phrase number First measure of the
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with what it sounds like. 1. Press bt. This starts example play. Lights Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play 2. Play notes on the keyboard in accordance with the instructions provided on the display and by voice fingering guide. During this lesson, the display shows the key you need to
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2 as you play. 1. Press cl. This starts Lesson 3. Lights Lights 2. Play the song along with the song playback. Press the keyboard keys you learned in Lesson 2. 4 Song playback will wait for you to play the correct note. • Note guide sounds the correct note to be played. 4 If you
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when voice fingering guide is turned off. Turning Off Note Guide Use the following procedure to turn off note guide, which sounds the ) and [6] ( ) keys to display "Scoring". Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Changing the Phrase Length You can use the following procedure to change
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Auto Step Up Lesson, the Digital Keyboard advances through each lesson automatically. 1. Select the song and part you want to practice Lights 3. Auto Step Up Lesson stops automatically after you are able to get through all of the lessons successfully. • In Lesson 2 and Lesson 3, the Digital Keyboard
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your reaction speed as you press keys in response to keyboard keys that light and to on-screen fingering guide indications. 1. Press co. This causes a keyboard key to start flashing, and starts the Music Challenge song. M . CHAL . ! Number of remaining notes Fingering Displayed during a game
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have all three parts play at the same time. Playing the Rhythm Part Only The rhythm part is the foundation each Auto Accompaniment. Your Digital Keyboard comes with a variety of built-in rhythms, including 8-beat and waltz. Use the following procedure to play the basic rhythm part. Funk 8Bt Rhythm
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This enables chord input on the accompaniment keyboard. Accompaniment keyboard Lights Using Auto Accompaniment 5. Pressing bn again keyboard range (page E-15). Selecting a Chord Input Mode You can select from among the following five chord input modes. • FINGERED 1 • FINGERED 2 • FINGERED 3 • CASIO
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1, 6th input is not possible. m7 or m7b5 is input. ● FINGERED 3 Unlike FINGERED 1, allows input of fraction chords with the lowest keyboard note as the bass note. ■ CASIO CHORD With CASIO CHORD, you can use simplified fingerings to play the four types of chords described below. Accompaniment
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, press bk. This plays the fill-in for the variation pattern. • Variation pattern play will resume after the fill in pattern is complete. Lights ■ Auto Accompaniment Intro Use the following procedure to play an intro of a few measures. 1. Press 8. This starts the intro pattern. Normal pattern play
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of the Auto Accompaniment. 1. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to display "AcompVol" (page E-6). 2. Play a chord on the keyboard. This will start full part accompaniment (normal). Any of the following operations can be performed while in synchro standby to start a non
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, which adds rich depth to the melody of your performances. You can select from among 12 types of Auto Harmonize to suit the type of music you are playing. • Auto Harmonize is controlled using the same button cr as the Arpeggiator (page E-50). Because of this, these two functions cannot be
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starts as soon as you play something on the keyboard. • You can use Auto Accompaniment while playing. If you do, Auto Accompaniment also will be recorded. 6. To stop recording, press bm. Lights Lights 3. Press 5 again. This will enter record stnadby. Flashes Lights 7. To play back what you have
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memory to be deleted. • A new recording replaces (deletes) previously recorded contents. ■ Maintaining Data in Recorder Memory After you save data in recorder memory, it will remain there as long as power is supplied to the keyboard. However, if you disconnect the AC adaptor when there are no
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Recording Your Keyboard Play To record to Tracks 1 through 6 1. Record the first part to Track 1. To record to Track 1, perform steps 1 through 4 under "Recording and Playing Back Keyboard Play" (page E-44). Lights Lights 2. Press 5. This will enter record standby. Flashes 6. Repeat steps 2 through
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song number, pedal operation, tempo, reverb, chorus, layer/split settings • There can be only one recording of keyboard play with a built-in song in recorder memory. Making a new recording replaces (deletes) previously recorded data. 1. Press br. 2. Press 5. This will enter playback standby. Lights
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the Digital Keyboard onto an SD memory card or on your computer's hard disk. In the case of an SD memory card, you can save recorded song data as a standard MIDI file (SMF 0 format). ■ To save data to an SD memory card See page E-55. ■ To save data on your computer's hard disk See page E-61
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that you want to use as the root key (C to B). 4. After you are finished, press 4 to assign the scale to the keyboard. Using the Current Scale Notes for Auto Accompaniments You can use the following procedure to reflect the preset scale you selected in Auto Accompaniments. 1. Press
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of various genres/categories. The press of a button sets up the Digital Keyboard so those songs sound exactly the way you thought they should. • See the separate "Appendix" for a complete list of the 305 Music Presets that are available. 1. Hold down bp until the indicator shown below appears on
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. • Press cr again to turn off Arpeggiator. Lit when on St .GrPno Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions Deleting User Song Data You can use the following procedure to delete user song data stored as song numbers 153 through 162. 1. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys
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Memory Use the following procedure when you want to delete sampled sounds, user songs and all other data, except for recorded songs, currently in Digital Keyboard memory. 5. Press the bs (10-key) [+] (YES) key. After the delete procedure is complete, "Complete" will appear followed by the screen
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saved to an SD memory card). CM2 MID*2 Recorded songs (page E-44) Recorded song data SP7 SL7*3 All data Above data AL7 *1: Sampled drum set sounds *2: Standard MIDI file (format 0, 1) *3: Data recorded playing along with built-in song • Use only SD memory cards. Operation is not guaranteed
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using an SD Memory card, first be sure to format it on the Digital Keyboard. • Before performing the procedure below, check to make sure that the SD device. 1. Insert the SD memory card you want to format into the Digital Keyboard's card slot. • Make sure that the write-protect switch of the SD
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this screen "SAv" "SmplTone" "SAv" "Rec.Song" "SAv" "SMF 0" "SAv" "All Data" Saving a recording made while playing along with a built-in song in SMF 0 format will save only what was played on the keyboard. Rep l ace? • You can input the following characters in a file name. 012 345 6 78 9 ABCDEFGH
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Digital Keyboard's card slot. 3. Hold down dk until the button lights. • To cancel data load, press dk again. 4. Use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to display one of the settings shown below. • You also could use [-] and [+]. To load this data Sampled sound User song Recorded song All
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Keyboard's card slot. 3. Hold down dk until the button lights. • To cancel data delete, press dk again. 4. Use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to display one of the settings shown below. • You also could use [-] and [+]. To delete this type of data Sampled sound User song Recorded song
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data between them. You can send play data from the Digital Keyboard to music software running on your computer, or you can send MIDI data from your computer to the Digital Keyboard for playback. Minimum Computer System Requirements The following shows the minimum computer system requirements for
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your computer's music software. • Once you are able to connect successfully, there is no problem with leaving the USB cable connected when you turn off your computer and/or Digital Keyboard. • This Digital Keyboard conforms to General MIDI Level 1 (GM). • For detailed specifications and connections
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data with a computer when you may not want the Digital Keyboard to sound notes you play on its keyboard. The local control setting lets you do just that. 1. Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys to display "MIDI" (page E-6). 2. Press bs (10-key) [7] (ENTER) key. 3. Use the
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to and from the Digital Keyboard. Note, that recorded song data can be transferred to a computer in the Digital Keyboard's native format only. You cannot save recorded song data to a computer as a standard MIDI file (SMF format). Downloading Data Manager 1. Go to the CASIO WORLDWIDE site at the
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can be connected to commercially available stereo, amplifier, or recording equipment, to a portable audio player or other equipment. Outputting Keyboard Notes to Audio Equipment Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you. • Turn off the external device when making
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the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-8). On-screen keyboard keys or notes remain on the display. A Step Up Lesson is in progress and the Digital Keyboard is waiting for you to play the next note in the song. To stop this from happening, cancel the lesson (page
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List" in the separate "Appendix". The volume or tone setting I made has changed. • Adjust the main volume setting (page E-9). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-9). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page
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Recorder Keyboard Play Playing Along with a Built-in Songs Memory Capacity Other Functions Transpose Octave Shift Tuning Preset Scales Music Preset One Touch Preset Auto Harmonize Arpeggiator MIDI Musical Information Function SD Memory Cards Supported SD Memory Cards Functions LK-270 61 standard
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jack Power Jack Power Supply Batteries Battery Life AC Adaptor Auto Power Off Speakers Output Power Consumption × 5 1/8 inch) Approximately 5.0kg (11.0 lbs) (without batteries) • Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. * This data is stored in a shared memory area
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chemical agents to clean the product. • To clean the product or its keyboard, wipe with a soft cloth moistened in a weak solution of water and the plastic molding process. They are not cracks or scratches. ■ Musical Instrument Etiquette Always be aware of others around you whenever using this
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the following user data from save recorded song data to an SD memory card as an memory to make room for new data. SMF 0 format file. Sampled sounds (page E-18), user songs (page E-30) Err Exist A sampled drum set sound cannot be copied (page E-22) to a keyboard key because the key already has
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Song List SONG BANK LK-270's Song No. Song Name POPS 001 OVER THE RAINBOW 002 CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT ("LION KING" THEME) WORLD 003 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR 004 LIGHTLY ROW 005 LONG LONG AGO 006 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY 007 SAKURA SAKURA 008 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN 009
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Reference E-70 Chord Chart Root Chord C C#/(Db) D (D#)/Eb E Type M m dim aug sus4 sus2 7 m7 M7 m7b5 7b5 7sus4 add9 madd9 mM7 dim7 69 6 m6 F F#/(Gb) G (G#)/Ab A (A#)/Bb B
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Model: LK-270 MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1.0 *3 Recognized 1 - 16 1 - 16 Mode 3 X Remarks 0 - 127 0 - 127 *1 O 9nH v = 1 - 127 X 9nH v = 0, 8nH V =** **: no relation **: sin relación X O O O (MSB only) O O *2 O O O O Bank select Modulation Data entry Volume Pan Expression Hold 1 B
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Song Pos : Song Sel : Tune System Real Time : Clock : Commands O *3 O *3 X O X X O O 0 - 127 O *4 X X X O O O O O O O *2 O O O 0 - 127 O *5 *6 X X X X X Sostenuto Soft pedal details about footnotes 2, 4, 5, 6, see MIDI Implementation at http://world.casio.com/. *1: Depende del tono. *2: RPN
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This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. F MA0811-C Printed in China LK270ES1C