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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 información para tener como referencia futura. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de
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with the instructions, may cause user's authority to operate the equipment. Declaration of Conformity Model Number: LK-230 Trade Name: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. Responsible party: CASIO note the following important information before using this product. • Before using the optional AD-5 Adaptor to power
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Guide E-2 Using the 10-key Pad (bo E-4 Using the Setting Button (4 E-4 Getting Ready to Play E-5 Preparing the Music Stand E-5 Power Supply E-5 Playing the Digital Keyboard ..... E-6 Turning on Power and Playing E-6 Using Headphones E-7 Changing Keyboard Response to Touch Pressure (Touch
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General Guide • In this manual, the term "Digital Keyboard" refers to the LK-230. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. 1 23 456 7 8 9 bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs co ct dk E-2
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Guide 1 POWER switch ☞E-6 2 MAIN VOLUME slider ☞E-6 3 MIC VOLUME slider ☞E-13 4 SETTING, KEY LIGHT button ☞E-4, 8 5 SAMPLING [+] buttons ☞E-4 bp SONG BANK button ☞E-17, 19, 22, 27 bq RHYTHM, ONE TOUCH PRESET button ☞E-9, 11, MUSIC CHALLENGE, SET SELECT button ☞E-9, 27 co Speakers cp Song Bank list
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Volume 3 Song Volume 4 Touch Response 5 Tuning 6 Reverb 7 Voice Fingering Guide 8 Note Guide 9 Performance Evaluation 10 Phrase 11 Sampling Start 12 Keyboard Channel 13 Navigate Channels 14 Local Control 15 Accomp Out 16 Pedal Effect 17 Power On Alert Display Trans. AcompVol Song Vol Touch Tune
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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 AD-5 AC adaptor does not come with this Digital Keyboard. Purchase it separately from
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bs bt ck cl cm cn Turning on Power and Playing 1. Turn on 1. This turns on power. 2. Try playing something on the keyboard. Use 2 to adjust volume. Keyboard keys light. Increase Decrease • Turning off the keyboard power causes all current settings and sampled sounds (page E-13) to be cleared
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mind as you play a keyboard 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
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playing speed. Select the setting that best matches your playing style. 1. Press 4 a number of times until "Touch" appears on the display (page E-4). Turning Off Keyboard Lighting Keyboard Lighting causes keyboard keys to light when you press them, during built-in song playback, etc. You can use
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bq. Lights 2. Press a pad (1 through 5, bs through cm) to sound what is assigned to it. There are four sets of voice pad sounds numbered 1 through 4 (see below). Each press of cn cycles thorough the sound sets 1 through 4. bs bt ck cl cm cn Playing the Digital Keyboard Sounding Sampled Sounds with
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the Digital Keyboard Changing the While the tempo value is flashing, you can use bo (10-key) to change it. Note that you must input leading zeros, so 89 is input as song volume, see page E-19. • You cannot adjust the balance between the metronome and note volume during Auto Accompaniment and built
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of the drum sets is selected (tone numbers 395 through 400), each keyboard key is assigned a different percussion sound. 3. Try playing something on the keyboard. The tone of the instrument you selected will sound. Playing with a Piano Tone (Piano Setup) 1. Press bq and br at the same time. This
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even if the pedal is not pressed. Sustains notes that are playing when the pedal is depressed before the keyboard keys are released. Slightly softens notes played while the pedal is depressed. Pressing the pedal starts and stops Auto Accompaniment or song playback. Using a Pedal A pedal can be use
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to adjust the tuning. Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Sampling a Sound and Playing It on the Keyboard (Sampling) You can use the Digital Keyboard to sample a sound from a microphone, and then play the sound with the keyboard keys or voice pads. For example, you could sample the bark of your dog and
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i ng 3. Output the sound from the microphone. Sampling starts automatically and stops after about 0.3 seconds. Lights Vo i .Pad3 4. Try playing something on the keyboard. You also can sound the sampled sound by pressing the voice pad you pressed in step 2. • Sampling will not start if the volume of
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1 413 Funny 2 414 Funny 3 Description Loops the sampled sound. Loops the sample sound and raises the pitch of the resonating sound when the keyboard key is released. Loops the sample sound and lowers the pitch of the resonating sound when the keyboard key is released. Changes the pitch from low to
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the Keyboard Sounds Using a Sampled Sound in a Rhythm (Drum Assign) Use the following procedure to replace a percussive instrument with a sampled sound you sampled with short sampling and play auto accompaniment rhythms (page E-29) with it. 1. Press 4 and 5 at the same time. Lights D r mA
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to play back one of the built-in songs. You can play along on the keyboard with song playback. Start/Stop 1. Press bp. Lights Song number Lights Tw i nk l e Tune name 2. Use bo (10-key) to enter the number of the song you want. • Song list are printed on the Digital Keyboard's console. E-17
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Playing Built-in Songs 3. Press bl. This starts playback of the song. Keyboard keys will light as notes are played. Sustain pedal Key Note Moon l i gh ■ Skip Forward 1. Press 9. This skips song playback forward to the next measure. Each press of 9 skips ahead one measure. Holding down 9 skips
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, 9 to skip forward, or 8 to skip back. Lights Playing Built-in Songs Adjusting the Song Volume Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between the volume of what you play on the keyboard and song playback volume. 1. Press 4 a number of times until "Song Vol" appears on the display (page
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Playing Built-in Songs Turning Off the Part of One Hand for Practice (Part Select) You can turn off the right hand part or the left hand part of a song during playback and practice playing playback with one part turned off, only the notes of the part that is turned off are shown on the display. E-20
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bs bt ck cl cm To master a song, it is best to break it up into shorter parts (phrases), master the phrases, and then put everything together. Your Digital Keyboard 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
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Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Messages that Appear during Lessons The following are the messages that appear on the display during Step Lessons. Message NextPhrs From Top Complete Description Appears when you select a phrase, when a lesson starts, etc. • Note that
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1. Press bs. 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 press next. Voice fingering
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This disables phrase repeat play. Disappears 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 are still unable
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Lesson, the Digital Keyboard advances through each lesson automatically. 1. Select the song and part you want to practice (page E-17). 2. Press cm. Listen to the first phrase in Lesson 1. • In Lesson 1, the sample phrase is played only once before advancing to Lesson 2. Flashes Lights 3. Auto Step
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Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ■ Auto Step Up Lesson Procedure Phrase 1 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 2 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 1, 2 • Lesson 3* 4 Phrase 3 Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 Phrase 1, 2, 3 • Lesson 3* 4 Next phrase practice
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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 bp. 2. Press cn. This causes a keyboard key to start flashing, and starts the Music Challenge song. 3. After the keyboard key changes from flashing to lit, press
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Music Challenge Keyboard Game 4. The game ends when you advance successfully through 20 notes. • Your score and A B C D Evaluation Ranges • Notes and fingering guide fingers are indicated randomly. • The tempo of the game songs cannot be changed. • All buttons except 1, bl, and
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Accompaniment. Your Digital Keyboard comes with a variety of built-in rhythms, including key) to select the rhythm number you want. • See the separate "Appendix" for information about individual rhythms. • You also can find out rhythm numbers using the rhythm groups printed on the Digital Keyboard
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the accompaniment keyboard. Accompaniment keyboard Lights 3. Use the accompaniment keyboard to play chords • FINGERED 1 • FINGERED 2 • FINGERED 3 • CASIO CHORD • FULL RANGE CHORD 1. Hold down bm until mode Cho r d 2. Use the bo (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to select the chord input mode you want. •
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keys. See the separate "Appendix" for information about chords that are supported and how they are fingered on the keyboard. Accompaniment keyboard ● FINGERED 1 Play the component notes of the chord on the keyboard with the lowest keyboard note as the bass note. ■ CASIO CHORD With CASIO CHORD, you
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is finished. • If you press 9 while an intro pattern is being played, the variation pattern will start when the intro pattern is finished. Lights ■ Auto Accompaniment Ending Use the following procedure to play an ending of a few measures. 1. While an Auto Accompaniment is playing, press bk. This
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to the screen displayed before you pressed bn. Ac ompVo l 2. Use the bo (10-key) [-] and [+] keys to adjust the accompaniment volume. Using One-Touch Preset With One-Touch Preset, the Digital Keyboard automatically configures optimal tone, tempo, and other settings in accordance with the rhythm
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Digital Keyboard to music software running on your computer, or you can send MIDI data from your computer to the Digital Keyboard • USB port • Never connect to a computer that does not conform to the above requirements. Doing so can cause problems with your computer. Connecting the Keyboard to
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MIDI device, see the user documentation that comes with the music software you are using. • Be sure to turn on the keyboard first before starting up your computer's music software. • USB send and receive is disabled during playback of a Song Bank song (page E-17), or while the keyboard is lighting
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(R) Channel On- On- Sound screen Sound screen Guide Guide { × × { × { { × × { × { { { { { Local Control There are times when exchanging 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
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other equipment. Outputting Keyboard Notes to Audio Equipment Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you. The Turn off the keyboard when making connections. After connecting, turn down the keyboard and external device volume levels whenever turning power on or off.
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batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-5). 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 E-23
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move it away from the speakers. microphone. Sounds I sampled were deleted. Sampled data is deleted whenever keyboard power is turned off (page E-15). Operation When I perform a skip forward or skip back operation, the skip operation moves multiple song measures instead of only a single measure
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One Touch Presets Other Functions Transpose Tuning MIDI Musical Information Function Inputs/Outputs USB port Sustain jack Phones/Output jack Audio In jack Mic In jack Power Jack Power Supply Batteries Battery Life AC Adaptor Auto Power Off Speakers Power Consumption LK-230 61 standard-size keys
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■ User Maintenance • Never use benzine, alcohol, thinner, or other chemical agents to clean the product. • To clean the product or its keyboard, wipe 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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aug sus4 sus2 7 m7 M7 m7b5 7b5 7sus4 add9 madd9 mM7 dim7 69 6 m6 • Since the chord input range is limited, this model may not support some of the chords shown above.
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LK-230 MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1.0 Function Basic Channel Default Changed Mode Default Messages Altered Note Number True voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Touch Key ón X O O O (MSB only) O O *2 O O O O Bank select Modulation Data entry Volume Pan Expression Hold 1
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notes OFF : Active Sense : Reset X O X X *1:Depends on tone. *2:RPN : Pitch Bend Sensitivity, Fine Tune, Coarse Tune *3:In accordance with pedal Tuning, Reverb Time • For details about footnotes 2, 4, 5, see MIDI Implementation at http://world.casio.com/. Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 3 : OMNI OFF
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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 MA0901-A Printed in China LK230ES1A