Casio Lk55 Instruction Manual

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1Press the SETTING button until the TOUCH
RESPONSE SELECT screen appears.
2Use the [+] and [–] or [0] and [1] buttons to change
the setting.
Example: To select touch response 2.
•Touch response is on when touch response indicator
is on.
•Touch response is off when touch response indicator
is off.
NOTE
•Touch response not only affects the keyboard’s internal
sound source, it also is output as MIDI data.
•Song memory playback, accompaniment, and external
MIDI note data does not affect the touch...

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Tuning the Keyboard
Use the following procedure to fine tune the keyboard to
match the tuning of another musical instrument.
To tune the keyboard
1Press the SETTING button three times to display
the tuning screen.
2Use the [+], [–], and the number buttons to adjust
the tuning value.
Example: To lower tuning by 20
NOTE
•The keyboard can be tuned within a range of –50 cents
to +50 cents.
*100 cents is equivalent to one semitone.
•The default tuning setting is “00” when keyboard power
is turned on.
•If...

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MIDI
What is MIDI?
The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital
Interface, which is the name of a worldwide standard for
digital signals and connectors that makes it possible to
exchange musical data between musical instruments and
computers (machines) produced by different manufacturers.
MIDI compatible equipment can exchange keyboard key
press, key release, tone change, and other data as messages.
Though you do not need any special knowledge about MIDI
to use this keyboard as a...

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MIDI
General MIDI
As we have already seen, MIDI makes it possible to exchange
musical data between devices produced by different
manufacturers. This musical data does not consist of the notes
themselves, but rather information on whether a keyboard
key is pressed or released, and the tone number.
If tone number 1 on a keyboard produced by Company A is
PIANO while tone number 1 on a Company Bs keyboard is
BASS, for example, sending data from Company As keyboard
to Company Bs keyboard produces a...

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NAVIGATE CHANNEL (Default: 4)
When MIDI messages are received from an external device
for play on this keyboard, the navigate channel is the channel
whose note data appears on the display. You can select one
channel from 1 to 8 as the navigate channel. Since this setting
lets you use the data on any channel of commercially available
MIDI software to light on the on-screen keyboard guide, you
can analyze how different parts of an arrangement are played.
1Press the SETTING button until the NAVIGATE...

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To turn off specific sounds before playing back MIDI data
that is being received

While playing MIDI data, press the TRACK 2 button.
•This cuts the sound of the navigate channel, but on-screen
keyboard guide keys continue to light in accordance with
the channel’s data as it is received. Press TRACK 2 button
again to turn the channel back on.

While playing MIDI data, press the TRACK 1 button.
•This cuts the sound of the channel whose number is one
less than the navigate channel, but on-screen...

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MIDI
MIDI OUT
Sound Source
MIDI OUT MIDI IN
MIDI THRU
MIDI INMIDI OUT
Sound Source
LOCAL CONTROL On
Notes played on the keyboard
are sounded by the internal
sound source and output as
MIDI messages from the MIDI
OUT terminal.LOCAL CONTROL Off
Notes played on the keyboard
are output as MIDI messages
from the MIDI OUT terminal, but
not sounded directly by the
internal sound source. The MIDI
THRU terminal of the connected
device can be used to return the
MIDI message and sound it on
this keyboard’s...

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MIDI
Pedal depressed
Pedal released  When SUS is set
 When SoS is set
= Keyboard depressed.
= Sustained notes
Pedal depressedPedal released
SOUND RANGE SHIFT (Default: On)
on:Shifts low range tones one octave lower and 020
GLOCKENSPIEL/095 PICCOLO one octave higher.
oFF:Plays low range tones and 020 GLOCKENSPIEL/095
PICCOLO at their normal levels.
1Press the SETTING button until the SOUND RANGE
SHIFT screen appears.
2Use the [+] and [–] or [0] and [1] buttons to change
the setting.
Example:To turn...

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MIDI
*1 The BANK SELECT setting of PROGRAM CHANGE can be used
to access any of this keyboard’s 255 tones when selecting tones on
this keyboard from an external machine.
Bank 0: 128 General MIDI tones (PROGRAM CHANGE 0 to 127)
Bank 1: 118 panel tones (PROGRAM CHANGE 0 to 117)
Bank 120: 9 drum sets
(PROGRAM CHANGE 0, 8, 16, 24, 25, 32, 40, 48 and 62)
Immediately prior to sending the PROGRAM CHANGE message,
send two successive CONTROL CHANGE messages containing
the following data.
CONTROL NUMBER= 0,...

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ALL SOUND OFF
This message forces all sound being produced over the
current channel to turn off, regardless of how the sound is
being produced.
ALL NOTES OFF
This message turns off all note data sent from an external
device and currently being  sounded on the channel.
•Any notes being sustained using a sustain pedal or
sostenuto pedal continue to sound until the next pedal off.
RESET ALL CONTROLLERS
This messages initializes pitch bend and all other control
changes.
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE*
This message is...