Casio Lk 280 User Guide

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Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital 
Keyboard
You can use the Digital Keyboard to sample a sound from a 
microphone, and then play the sound with keyboard keys. For 
example, you could sample the bark of your dog and then use 
the sound in a melody. The sampling feature is a great way to 
create new sounds that are highly creative.
 Turn off the microphone and the Digital Keyboard 
before connecting them.
1.Connect a microphone.
 You also could connect a commercially available 
microphone.
 You cannot sample sounds input from through the AUDIO 
IN jack.
2.Turn the volume levels of the Digital Keyboard 
down.
3.Turn on the microphone and then the Digital 
Keyboard.
4.Use el (MIC VOLUME) to adjust the volume 
level of microphone input.
 It will take a few seconds after you turn on the Digital 
Keyboard before you will be able to use the microphone.
 Sampled sounds are recorded in monaural.Use the procedures in this section to sample a sound and play 
it as the melody part on the Digital Keyboard.
 Up to five sampled sounds can be stored in Digital 
Keyboard memory as tone numbers 601 through 605. 
Simply select the tone number where the sound you want is 
located to assign the sound to the keyboard.
1.Press bn (TONE) and then use br (10-key) to 
enter the tone number (601 to 605) where you 
want to store the sampled sound.
bs bsbt
btck
ckcl
clcm
cmcn
cncr
crcs
csct
ct
bo
bobr
brbn
bn
Connection and Preparation
MIC IN/SAMPLING jack
Sampling and Playing a Melody 
Sound (Melody Sampling)
To sample a sound
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2.Press cr and cs at the same time.
This enters sampling standby.
The allowable sampling time (in seconds) will appear on 
the display momentarily and then the display will change 
to the following.
3.Output the sound in the direction of the 
microphone.
Sampling will start automatically.
 Sampling will not start if the volume of the sound picked 
up by the microphone is too low.
4.After the sound you want to sample is finished, 
press 
cr and cs at the same time.
Sampling will stop.
 Even if you do not press 
cr and cs, sampling will stop 
automatically whenever there is no more sound being 
input from the microphone. Sampling also will stop 
automatically 10 seconds after it is started.
5.Play something on the Digital Keyboard.
 You may not be able to get 10 seconds of sampling if 
Digital Keyboard memory is low due to storage of other 
data. If this happens, deleting other memory data you no 
longer need will free up memory space and you should be 
able to sample for 10 seconds. See “Deleting a Sampled 
Sound” on page E-25 for more information.
 Sampling sound and storing it will delete any sound 
data currently stored under the same tone number. To 
help ensure that you do not accidentally delete 
important data, be sure to read “Protecting Against 
Accidental Deletion of Sampled Sounds” on page E-25.
■How sampled sounds are played
Pressing Middle C (C4) will play back the original sound. The 
keys to the left and right of C4 play the sound at different 
pitches.
You can use the following procedure to loop a sampled sound 
so it continues to repeat, as you play on the Digital Keyboard.
1.Press bo (RHYTHM).
2.Press cr and ct (FUNCTION) at the same time.
This enters repeat standby.
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3.Press the button (bt to cn) that corresponds to 
the melody sampling tone number you want to 
select.
This will start looped playback of the selected sound.
4.Press the same button again to stop playback.
5.Press bs to return to the screen that was 
displayed before step 2 of this procedure.
You can use the following procedure to change the volume 
level of the looped playback of each sampled sound, if you 
want.
1.Press the button of the sampled sound whose 
volume you want to change (
bt to cn).
 This will cause the sounds loop to sound.
2.While the loop is sounding, hold down the same 
sampled sound button (
bt to cn) as you press 
any keyboard 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).
You can apply various effects to sampled sounds.
1.Press bn (TONE) and then use br (10-key) to 
enter the tone number (601 to 605) to which you 
want to apply effects.
2.Press bn (TONE) to cycle through the available 
effects, described below.
 Avoid assigning the same sampled sound to the keyboard 
for play along and for looped play. Doing so will cause, the 
Loop 1 effect to be applied to the keyboard tone while 
looped play of the sampled sound is being performed.
To select this tone number:Press this button:
601
bt
602ck
603cl
604cm
605cn
Changing the Volume of Sampled Sound 
Looped Playback
Applying Effects to a Sampled Sound
Effect Type
(Display)Description
Original (Orgnl)Normal sampled tone (no looping, no 
effect).
Loop 1 (Loop1) Loops the sampled sound.
Loop 2 (Loop2)Loops the sample sound and raises the 
pitch of the resonating sound when the 
keyboard key is released.
Loop 3 (Loop3)Loops the sample sound and lowers the 
pitch of the resonating sound when the 
keyboard key is released.
Pitch 1 (Ptch1)Changes the pitch from low to high, at an 
increasing rate.
Pitch 2 (Ptch2)Changes the pitch from high to low, at a 
decreasing rate.
Pitch 3 (Ptch3)Changes the pitch from high to low, at a 
decreasing rate, and then raises the pitch 
when the key is released.
Tremolo (Treml) Alternates volume between high and low.
Funny 1 (Funy1)Adds vibrato and changes the pitch by a 
gradually increasing amount.
Funny 2 (Funy2)Alternates between high pitch and low 
pitch.
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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 
numbers 606, 607, and 608. Simply select the tone number 
where the drum set you want is located to assign the drum 
set sounds to the keyboard.
1.Press bo (RHYTHM).
2.Press bn (TONE) and then use br (10-key) to 
enter the tone number (606, 607, or 608) for the 
drum set whose sounds you want to change.
3.Press cr and cs at the same time.
4.Press the keyboard key to which you want to 
assign the drum sound you are about to 
sample.
This enters sampling standby.
The allowable sampling time (in seconds) will appear on 
the display momentarily and then the display will change 
to the following.
5.Output the sound in the direction of the 
microphone.
Sampling will start automatically.
 Sampling will not start if the volume of the sound picked 
up by the microphone is too low.
6.After the sound you want to sample is finished, 
press 
cr and cs at the same time.
Sampling will stop.
 Even if you do not press 
cr and cs, sampling will stop 
automatically whenever there is no more sound being 
input from the microphone. Sampling also will stop 
automatically 10 seconds after it is started.
7.Press the keyboard key.
 You can repeat steps 3 through 6 to change other sounds 
that make up the currently selected drum set. There are 
eight sounds per drum set.
 You may not be able to get 10 seconds of sampling if 
Digital Keyboard memory is low due to storage of other 
data. If this happens, deleting other memory data you no 
longer need will free up memory space and you should be 
able to sample for 10 seconds. See “Deleting a Sampled 
Sound” on page E-25 for more information.
 Sampling a sound will delete any sound data currently 
assigned to the same keyboard key. To help ensure 
that you do not accidentally delete important data, be 
sure to read “Protecting Against Accidental Deletion of 
Sampled Sounds” on page E-25.
Incorporating a Sampled Sound 
into a Drum Set (Drum Sampling)
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You can use the procedures in this section to copy the drum 
sound assigned to one keyboard key to another key, to 
change the pitch of a sound, and to delete a sampled sound.
1.Press bn (TONE) and then use br (10-key) to 
enter the tone number (606, 607, or 608) for the 
drum set you want.
2.Press cr and cs at the same time.
3.Press ct (FUNCTION).
This is the editing mode.
 While in the editing mode, you can copy a sound, 
change the pitch of a sound, or delete a sound (each of 
which is described below). Pressing 
ct (FUNCTION) 
again exits the editing mode and returns to step 2 of 
this procedure.
■To copy a sampled sound from one key to 
another
While holding down the keyboard key to which the sampled 
sound you want to copy is assigned, press the keyboard key 
to which you want to copy it.
 A keyboard key that already has a sampled sound assigned 
cannot be selected as a copy destination.
■To change the pitch of a sampled sound
While holding down the keyboard key of the sampled sound 
whose pitch you want to change, use the 
br (10-key) [–] and 
[+] keys to change the pitch.
 You can change the pitch within a range of –64 to 63 
semitones.
■To delete a keyboard key’s sampled sound
While holding down the keyboard key whose sound you want 
to delete, press 
bo (RHYTHM). In response to the “DelSure?” 
message that appears, press the 
br (10-key) [+] (YES) key to 
delete, or [–] (NO) to cancel the delete operation.
 Deleting a sampled sound will return the key to its initial 
default built-in sound.
Use the following procedure to change the rhythm part of an 
Auto Accompaniment pattern to a drum set sound that you 
sampled.
1.Press bo (RHYTHM) and then use br (10-key) 
to enter the rhythm number of the Auto 
Accompaniment pattern you want.
2.Press bn (TONE) and then use br (10-key) to 
enter the tone number of the sampling drum set 
that contains the sound you want to use.
3.Press bn (TONE).
This changes the rhythm part of the Auto Accompaniment 
pattern you selected in step 1 to the sampled sound you 
selected in step 2.
 To change the Auto Accompaniment rhythm part back 
to its original sound, press 
bn (TONE) again.
 Some rhythm part drum sounds cannot be replaced by 
sampled sounds.
Editing Sampled Drum Set Sounds
Example:To copy sampled sound of key C4 to key D4
SmplDrm1
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Indicates keyboard keys that have sounds assigned.
Indicates the keyboard key whose sound was copied.
Example:To delete the sound assigned to key D4
Using a Drum Sampling Tone in Auto 
Accompaniment (Drum Assign)
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Normally when the Digital Keyboard is in sampling standby, it 
will start sampling automatically whenever it detects sound 
input. You can use the following procedure to enable manual 
sampling start, which will cause sampling to wait until you 
press a button to start it. You can use this to insert silence 
before the sampled sound.
1.Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br 
(10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display 
“SAMPLING” (page E-7).
2.Press the br (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key.
3.Press the br (10-key) [–] key to turn off 
automatic sampling start.
This enables manual sampling start, which operates as 
described below.
 Melody sampling (page E-19):
Sampling starts when you press 
cr and cs at the 
same time, which you press in step 2 of the sampling 
procedure.
 Drum sampling (page E-22):
Sampling starts when you release the Digital Keyboard 
key you press in step 4 of the sampling procedure.Normally the Digital Keyboard will stop sampling automatically 
whenever it detects there is no sound input. You can use the 
following procedure to enable manual sampling stop, which 
will cause sampling to continue until you press a button to 
stop it. You can use this to insert silence after the sampled 
sound.
1.Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br 
(10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display 
“SAMPLING” (page E-7).
2.Press the br (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key.
3.Press the br (10-key) [6] (p) key.
4.Press the br (10-key) [–] key to turn off 
automatic sampling stop.
Sampling continues until you perform one of the 
operations below, even if nothing is being input from the 
microphone.
 Melody sampling (page E-19) 
Press 
cr and cs at the same time.
 Drum sampling (page E-22) 
Press 
cr and cs at the same time, or press any 
keyboard key.
Other Sampling Functions
Changing to a Manual Sampling Start
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You can use the following procedure to specify a sampled 
tone number and delete its data.
1.Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br 
(10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display 
“DELETE” (page E-7).
2.Press the br (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key.
3.Use the br (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select 
the tone number of the data you want to delete.
4.Press the br (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key.
This displays a delete confirmation message.
5.Press the br (10-key) [+] (YES) key to delete the 
data, or [–] (NO) or [7] (EXIT) to cancel the 
delete operation.
 After the delete procedure is complete, “Complete” will 
appear on the display followed by the screen in step 1 
of the above procedure.
 For information about deleting individual drum sounds 
in a drum sampling set, see “Editing Sampled Drum Set 
Sounds” on page E-23.You can use the following procedure to protect each sampled 
sound against accidental deletion.
1.Press bn (TONE) and then use br (10-key) to 
enter the tone number of the sampled tone you 
want to protect.
2.Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br 
(10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display 
“SAMPLING” (page E-7).
3.Press the br (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key.
4.Use the br (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys 
to display “Protect”.
5.Press the br (10-key) [+] key to turn on 
protection.
Once protected a tone cannot be deleted.
A protected tone is indicated as shown below.
■Saving Sample Data on an External Device
 Memory card (page E-56)
 Computer (page E-62)
Deleting a Sampled Sound
DE L E T E
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memory capacity
Sure?
Protecting Against Accidental Deletion of 
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Playing Built-in Songs
With this Digital Keyboard, built-in tune data is referred to as 
“songs”. You can listen to the built-in songs for your own 
enjoyment, or you can play along with them for practice.
 In addition to simple listening enjoyment, the built-in songs 
can be used with the lesson system (page E-30) for 
practice.
 You can increase the number of tunes using your computer 
(page E-59).
Use the following procedure to play back built-in songs.
1.Press bk and bl at the same time.
This will start playback of the demo songs.
 See page E-68 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 
br (10-key) [–] and 
[+] keys to enter the song number you want 
(page E-7).
This will cause demo playback to jump to the song whose 
number you entered.
 You cannot use 
br (10-key) number buttons to select a 
song.
3.To stop demo playback, press bk.
Demo playback continues until you stop it by pressing bk.Use the procedure below to play back one of the built-in 
songs. You can play along on the keyboard with song 
playback.
1.Press bp (SONG BANK).
2.Use br (10-key) to enter the number of the song 
you want.
 See page E-68 for a complete list of available songs.
 Use the number buttons to enter the song number. 
Specify three digits for the song number.
3.Press bk.
This starts playback of the song.
6
67
78
89
9bk
bkbl
blct
ctbm
bm
br
br4
4bp
bp
Playing the Demo Songs
Ov e r T h eR
Tune name Song number Flashes
Playing Back a Particular Song
Start/Stop
Example:To select 001, enter 03 03 1.
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4.Press bk again to stop playback.
Song playback will continue (repeat) until you press bk to 
stop it. You can cancel song repeat by pressing 
6.
Use the operations in this section to perform pause, skip 
forward, and skip back operations.
■Pause
1.Press 9.
This pauses song playback.
2.Press 9 again to resume playback from the 
point where you paused it.
■Skip Forward
1.Press 8.
This skips song playback forward to the next measure. 
Each press of 
8 skips ahead one measure. Holding 
down 
8 skips forward at high speed until you release it.

8 while song playback is stopped performs 
lesson function phrase skip forward (page E-31).
■Skip Back
1.Press 7.
This skips song playback back to the previous measure. 
Each press of 
7 skips back one measure. Holding down 
7 skips back at high speed until you release it.

7 while song playback is stopped performs 
lesson function phrase skip back (page E-31).You can use the procedure in this section to repeat particular 
measures for practice playing along until you master it. You 
can specify the start measure and the end measure of the 
section you want to play and practice.
1.Press 6 to temporarily turn off song repeat.
2.When song playback reaches the measure you 
want to specify as the start measure, press 
6.
This specifies the measure as the start measure.
3.When playback reaches the measure you want 
to select as the end measure, press 
6 again.
This specifies the measure as the end measure and starts 
repeat playback of the measures in the specified range.
 During repeat play you can use 
9 to pause playback, 
8 to skip forward, or 7 to skip back.
Pause, Skip Forward, Skip Back
Indicator disappears when song repeat is turned off.
Measure number
Repeating Playback of Specific Measures
Start End
These measures are repeated.
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4.Pressing 6 again returns to normal playback.
Changing the song number clears the start measure and 
end measure of the repeat operation.
You can use the following procedure to change the speed 
(tempo) in order to slow down playback to practice difficult 
passages, etc.
1.Press bm.
Use y (slower) and t (faster) to change the tempo 
setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at 
high speed.
y and t at the same time will return the 
current song to its original default tempo.

bm causes the tempo value to flash on the 
display. While the tempo value is flashing, you can use 
br (10-key) to change it. The tempo value will 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.Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between 
the volume of what you play on the keyboard and song 
playback volume.
1.Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br 
(10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display 
“Song Vol” (page E-7).
2.Use the br (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to adjust 
the song volume.
The procedure below lets you select the same keyboard tone 
as the one being used in the song and play along with your 
favorite tunes.
1.After selecting a song, hold down bp (SONG 
BANK) for about two seconds until the 
displayed tone name changes to the tone name 
of the song.
 If your currently selected tone is the same as the song 
tone, the display contents will not change.
2.Play along with song playback.
 If you select a song that uses different tones for left and 
right hand play, the right hand part tone is assigned to the 
keyboard.
Changing Playback Speed (Tempo)
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Adjusting the Song Volume
Playing with the Tone as Song Playback
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