Casio Lk230 Instruction Manual

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Playing the Digital Keyboard
E-9
You can use the voice pads to sound various sound effects or 
even sounds you have sampled (“Sampling”, page E-13). Use 
the voice pads to add something extra to your performances.
1.Press bq.
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.
Example:When Set 2 is selected
 While a sound set number is...

Playing the Digital Keyboard
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Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the 
metronome.
1.Press bn.
Use y (slower) and t (faster) to change the tempo 
setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at 
high speed.
Pressing y and t at the same time will initialize the 
tempo setting in accordance with the currently selected 
song or rhythm.
Pressing 
bn causes the tempo value to flash on the 
display. While the tempo value is flashing, you can use 
bo (10-key) to change it.
Note...

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Controlling the Keyboard 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.
1.Press br.
2.Use bo (10-key) to select the tone number you 
want.
The corresponding tone number and tone name will 
appear on the screen.
 See the separate “Appendix” for a complete list of available 
tones.
 You also can find out...

Controlling the Keyboard Sounds
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Reverb adds reverberation to notes. You can change the 
duration of the reverb.
1.Press 4 a number of times until “Reverb” 
appears on the display (page E-4).
2.Use the bo (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the 
reverb setting you want.
A pedal can be use to change notes in various ways while 
playing.
 A pedal unit does not come with the Digital Keyboard. 
Purchase one separately from your retailer. See page E-1 
for information about options.
Connect an optional...

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Controlling the Keyboard Sounds
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The transpose feature lets you change the pitch, in semitone 
steps. A simple operation lets you instantly change the pitch 
to match that of a singer.
 The transpose setting range is –12 to +12 semitones.
1.Press 4.
2.Use the bo (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the 
transpose setting you want.
Use the tuning feature when you need to adjust the pitch 
slightly to play along with another musical instrument. Also, 
some artists perform their music with...

Controlling the Keyboard Sounds
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5.Output the sound from the microphone.
The Digital Keyboard will start sampling automatically, 
and stop after one second.
What you sample is stored as tone number 401.
6.Try playing something on the keyboard.
 You can press pad 4 or 5 (cl or cm) to sound the 
sampled sound (page E-9).
 Sampling will not start if the volume of the sound picked up 
by the microphone is too low.
 A new sample replaces sample data currently assigned to 
tone number 401. All of the...

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Controlling the Keyboard Sounds
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Turning off power will causes all sampled sound data to be 
deleted.
■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.
Set 1 of voice pads 1 through 4 (
bs through cl) produce 
sampled sounds without modification.
1.Press 4 a number of times until “SmplAuto” 
appears on the display (page E-4).
2.Press the bo (10-key) [–] key to select the OFF...

Controlling the Keyboard Sounds
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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.
The display will return to the previous screen if you do not 
perform the next step for some time.
2.Use the bo (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the 
drum assign type you want.
3.Start rhythm play (page E-29).
The rhythm sounds in accordance with the drum...

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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-21) for 
practice.
Use the following procedure to play back built-in songs (001 to 
090).
1.Press bl and bm at the same time.
This will start playback of the demo songs. Demo...

Playing Built-in Songs
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3.Press bl.
This starts playback of the song. Keyboard keys will light 
as notes are played.
4.Press bl again to stop playback.
Song playback will continue (repeat) until you press bl to 
stop it. You can cancel song repeat by pressing 
7 
(“REPEAT” indicator disappears from the display).
Use the operations in this section to perform pause, skip 
forward, and skip back operations.
■Pause
1.Press bk.
This pauses song playback.
2.Press bk again to resume playback from the 
point...