USER’S GUIDE Please keep all information for future reference. Safety Precautions Before trying to use the Digital 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 intentar usar el teclado digital, asegúrese de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad” separadas.
NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
General Guide .................................. E-2 bq Using the 10-key Pad ( )..................................... E-4 Using the FUNCTION Button ( ) ......................... E-4 3 Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ................... E-20 Phrases ................................................................ E-20 Step Up Lesson Flow ........................................... E-20 Selecting the Song, Phrase, and Part You Want to Practice ....................................
General Guide • In this manual, the term “Digital Keyboard” refers to the LK-160/LK-165/LK-240. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. • There is a button number reference at the back of this manual. You can tear it out and refer to the button numbers as required.
General Guide • The following explains the meaning of the $ symbol that appears on the product console and with the key names below. 1 POWER button ☞E-6 2 VOLUME slider ☞E-6 3 FUNCTION, $ KEY LIGHT button ☞E-4 4 SAMPLING button ☞E-13 5 METRONOME, $ BEAT button ☞E-9 6 TEMPO buttons ☞E-9, 18, 32 7 REPEAT, INTRO button ☞E-17, 31 8 REW, NORMAL/FILL-IN button ☞E-17, 31 9 FF, VAR.
General Guide Using the 10-key Pad ( bq) Use the number buttons and the [–] and [+] keys to change the settings of the parameters that appear in the upper left area of the display. 3 Using the FUNCTION Button ( ) Use the FUNCTION button (3) to access settings that let you select the reverb type, pedal effect, etc. 1. Press 3 (FUNCTION). Setting Setting Trans . Md e r nPn o Parameter Number Buttons 2. Next press 3 (FUNCTION) until the parameter whose setting you want to change is displayed.
Preparing the Music Stand Music stand English Getting Ready to Play Using Batteries • Be sure to turn off power before loading batteries. • It is up to you to prepare six commercially available AA-size batteries. Do not use oxyride batteries or any other nickel based batteries. 1. Open the battery cover on the bottom of the Digital Keyboard. Power Supply Either an AC adaptor or batteries can be used to power this Digital Keyboard. Normally, use of AC adaptor power is recommended.
Playing the Digital Keyboard 1 2 3 5 bnbo 6 bq br bs bt ck cl cm Turning on Power and Playing 1. Press 1. This turns on power. • To turn off the Digital Keyboard, press 1 again. 2. Try playing something on the keyboard. Use 2 to adjust volume. 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 six minutes.
Using Headphones Using headphones cuts off output from the built-in speakers, which means you can practice playing even late at night without disturbing others. • Be sure to turn down the volume level before connecting headphones. Changing Keyboard Response to Touch Pressure (Touch Response) (LK-240 only) Touch Response alters tone volume in accordance with keyboard pressure (speed). This provides you some of the same expressivity you get on an acoustic piano. Pressing fast produces louder notes.
Playing the Digital Keyboard Turning Off Keyboard Lighting 2. Press a pad (1 through 5, br through cl) to sound what is assigned to it. 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. There are four sets of voice pad sounds numbered 1 through 4 (see below). Each press of cycles through the sound sets 1 through 4. 1.
Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing the Metronome Tempo The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady beat to help keep you on tempo. Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the metronome. English Using the Metronome 1. Press 6. Start/Stop Use w (slower) and q (faster) to change the tempo setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds bnbo 3 4 bq br bs bt ck cl Select from a variety of musical instrument sounds 3. Try playing something on the keyboard. The tone of the instrument you selected will sound. 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. To select an instrument for playing 1. Press bn (TONE).
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using a Pedal Reverb adds reverberation to notes. You can change the duration of the reverb. 1. Press 3 (FUNCTION) a number of times until “Reverb” appears on the display (page E-4). A pedal can be used 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. Connecting a Pedal Unit Re v e r b Connect an optional pedal unit. 2.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning) Changing the Pitch in Semitone Steps (Transpose) 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 3 (FUNCTION).
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds This enters record standby. ■ Short Sampling With short sampling, you can sample up to three sounds, each one with a duration of approximately 0.3 seconds. You can sound the short sampled sounds using voice pads 1 through 3. Wa i t i n g 1. Connect a microphone to the Digital Keyboard. Refer to steps 1 through 2 under “Full Sampling” (page E-12). 2.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds 3. Output the sound in the direction of the microphone. Sampling starts automatically and stops after about 0.3 seconds. • Sampling will not start if the volume of the sound picked up by the microphone is too low. Turning off power clears sampled data! 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.
Applying Effects to a Sampled Sound You can use the following procedure to apply various settings to the sampled tone assigned to tone number 401. 1. Use bq (10-key) to select a tone number from 405 to 414. Tone numbers 405 to 414 actually represent effects assigned to tone number 401. Selecting a tone will play the sampled sound in a loop, along with the applicable effect, as described below. Tone No.
Playing Built-in Songs 3 bp 6 bq 7 8 9 bk bl bm 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-20) for practice. Playing Back a Particular Song Use the procedure below to play back one of the built-in songs. You can play along on the keyboard with song playback.
Playing Built-in Songs 3. Press bl. This skips song playback forward to the next measure. Each press of skips ahead one measure. Holding down skips forward at high speed until you release it. • Pressing while song playback is stopped performs lesson function phrase skip forward (page E-21). Sustain pedal Key Beat 1. Press 9. Note 9 9 9 Measure Tempo Fingering Measure number ■ Skip Back 4. Press bl again to stop playback. bl to Song playback will continue (repeat) until you press stop it.
Playing Built-in Songs 2. When song playback reaches the measure you want to specify as the start measure, press 7. This specifies the measure as the start measure. Changing Playback Speed (Tempo) You can use the following procedure to change the speed (tempo) in order to slow down playback to practice difficult passages, etc. 1. Press 6. 6 Flashes 3. When playback reaches the measure you want to select as the end measure, press 7 again.
Playing Built-in Songs Playing with the Tone as Song Playback English 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.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play bp 3 7 8 9 bl bm br bs bt ck cl 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 you master keyboard play.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play 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 certain phrases will cause “” to appear instead of “”. Appears when the lesson starts with an intro or fill-in phrase that is not included in the phrases to be practiced.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Lessons 1, 2, and 3 Now it is time to start the lessons. First, select the song and part you want to practice. Lesson 1: Listen to the song. 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 guide uses a simulate voice to announce which finger you should use.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Though song playback stands by waiting for you to press the correct keys as in Lesson 2, the Digital Keyboard does not provide any guidance about what note you need to play next. Remember everything you have learned up to Lesson 2 as you play. Playing a Particular Song All the Way Through After you successfully complete all of the phrases in Lessons 1, 2, and 3, it is time to try playing the entire song from beginning to end. 1.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Turning Off Note Guide Use the following procedure to turn off note guide, which sounds the note to be played next in Lesson 2 and Lesson 3. 1. Press 3 (FUNCTION) a number of times until “NoteGuid” appears on the display (page E-4). Using Auto Step Up Lesson With Auto Step Up Lesson, the Digital Keyboard advances through each lesson automatically. 1. Select the song and part you want to practice (page E-16). 2. Press cl. No t eGu i d 2.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ■ Auto Step Up Lesson Procedure English 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 using the same procedure 4 Final phrase Lesson 1 4 Lesson 2 4 Lesson 3 4 From Phrase 1 to the final phrase • Lesson 3* 4 Lesson complete * Auto Step Up Lesson advances to the next phrase, regardless of whether the “Brav
Music Challenge Keyboard Game bobp bnbo bn 1 bl Music Challenge is a game that measures your reaction speed as you press keys in response to keyboard keys that light and to on-screen fingering guide indications. 1. Press bp (SONG BANK). 2. Press cm. This causes a keyboard key to start flashing, and starts the Music Challenge song. cm 3. After the keyboard key changes from flashing to lit, press the key with the finger indicated on the screen as quickly as possible.
Music Challenge Keyboard Game 4. The game ends when you advance successfully through 20 notes. bn bo English • Your score and playing time appear on the display. After a short while, the playing time display changes to an evaluation result. To clear the evaluation result from the display, press (TONE), (RHYTHM), or (SONG BANK). • You can cancel a game at any time by pressing or . bp cm bl Score T i me 1 9 .
Using Auto Accompaniment 3 bo 6 bq 7 8 9 bk bl bm With Auto Accompaniment, simply select an accompaniment pattern. Each time you play a chord with your left hand the appropriate accompaniment will play automatically. It’s like having a personal backup group along with you wherever you go. Starting and Stopping the Rhythm Part only 1. Press bo (RHYTHM). Rhythm number • Auto Accompaniments are made up of the following three parts.
Using Auto Accompaniment 5. Pressing bm again returns to rhythm only Playing All Parts Auto Accompaniment with Chords Playing a chord with your left hand automatically adds bass and harmony accompaniment parts to the currently selected rhythm. It is just like having your own personal back up group on call. 1. Start play of the Auto Accompaniment rhythm part. 2. Press bm. This enables chord input on the accompaniment keyboard.
Using Auto Accompaniment ■ FINGERED 1, 2, and 3 With these three input modes, you play chords on the accompaniment keyboard using their normal chord fingerings. Some chord forms are abbreviated, and can be fingered with one or two keys. See page E-42 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. ● FINGERED 2 Unlike FINGERED 1, 6th input is not possible.
Using Auto Accompaniment Auto Accompaniment Pattern Variations Use the following procedures to play intro and ending patterns, to play fill-in patterns, and to play variations of basic Auto Accompaniment patterns. ■ Auto Accompaniment Variation Each Auto Accompaniment pattern has a basic “normal pattern” as well as a “variation pattern”. 1. Press 9. ■ Auto Accompaniment Fill-in Use the procedure below to play a fill-in pattern during a performance.
Using Auto Accompaniment ■ Using Synchro Start Use the following procedure to configure the Digital Keyboard to start Auto Accompaniment play as soon as you press a keyboard key. 1. Press bk. Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between what you are playing on the keyboard and the volume of the Auto Accompaniment. 1. Press 3 (FUNCTION) a number of times until This enters accompaniment start standby. “AcompVol” appears on the display (page E-4).
English Connecting External Devices bq 3 bm Connecting a Computer You can connect the Digital Keyboard to a computer and exchange MIDI 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 sending and receiving MIDI data.
Connecting External Devices 5. Configure the music software settings to select one of the following as the MIDI device. CASIO USB-MIDI: (For Windows 7, Windows Vista, Mac OS X) USB Audio Device: (For Windows XP) • For information about how to select the MIDI device, see the user documentation that comes with the music software you are using. MIDI Settings Keyboard Channel A keyboard channel is the channel used for sending Digital Keyboard data to a computer.
Connecting External Devices You can turn off the sound on one or both of the navigate channels and play the cancelled part on the keyboard yourself. 1. Press bm to select the channel setting you want to turn off. bm Each press of cycles through settings (1) through (4) described below. • If you turn off one channel, you can play the cancelled part on the keyboard using the same tone as the channel you turned off.
Connecting External Devices Connecting to Audio Equipment This Digital Keyboard can be connected to commercially available stereo, amplifier, or recording equipment, to a portable audio player or other equipment. Outputting Digital Keyboard Notes to Audio Equipment Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you. The connecting cords should have a stereo standard plug on one end and a plug that matches the configuration of the external device on the other end.
English Reference Troubleshooting Symptom Action Included Accessories I can’t find something that should be here. Carefully check inside all of the packing materials. Power Requirements Power will not turned on. • Check the AC adaptor or make sure that the batteries are facing correctly (page E-5). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-5). The Digital Keyboard outputs a loud sound and then suddenly powers down.
Reference Symptom Action Some notes are cut off while they are playing. Notes are cut off whenever the number of notes being sounded exceeds the maximum polyphony value of 48 (24 for some tones). This does not indicate malfunction. The volume or tone setting I made has changed. • Adjust the main volume setting (page E-6). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-6). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-5).
Reference Model LK-160/LK-165/LK-240 Keyboard 61 standard-size keys Touch Response (LK-240 only) English Specifications 2 types, Off Key Light System Up to 4 keys can be lit at the same time Maximum Polyphony 48 notes (24 for certain tones) Tones Built-in Tones 400 Sampling Tones 1 (Full Sampling) or 3 (Short Sampling) Sampling Time: 1 second (Full Sampling) or approximately 0.
Reference Dimensions 94.6 × 30.7 × 9.2 cm (37 1/4 × 12 1/16 × 3 5/8 inch) Weight LK-160/LK-165: Approximately 3.5kg (7.7 lbs) (without batteries) LK-240: Approximately 3.6kg (7.9 lbs) (without batteries) • Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. Operating Precautions Be sure to read and observe the following operating precautions. ■ Location Avoid the following locations for this product.
Reference SONG BANK 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 WORLD TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR LIGHTLY ROW LONG LONG AGO ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY SAKURA SAKURA WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN AMAZING GRACE AULD LANG SYNE COME BIRDS DID YOU EVER SEE A LASSIE? MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE DANNY BOY MY BONNIE HOME SWEET HOME AURA LEE HOME ON THE RANGE ALOHA OE SANTA LUCIA FURUS
Reference Fingering Guide Fingered 1, Fingered 2 Chords Fingered 3, Full Range Chords In addition to the chords that can be fingered with Fingered 1 and Fingered 2, the following chords also are recognized.
Root C C#/(Db) D (D#)/Eb E F F#/(Gb) • Since the chord input range is limited, this model may not support some of the chords shown above.
6 7 8 9 bk bl bm 1 2 3 4 5 LK-160/LK-165/LK-240 bq br bs bt ck cl cm bn bobp
Control Change Pitch Bender After Touch Velocity Key’s Ch’s 0, 32 1 6, 38 7 10 11 Note OFF Note ON True voice O (MSB only) O O *2 O O O O X O X X O O X X O X 9nH v = 0, 8nH v =** O 9nH v = 1 - 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 *1 X X O 9nH v = 100 (LK-160/165) 1-127 (LK-240) X 9nH v = 0 36 - 96 Mode 3 X Mode 3 X Default Messages Altered Mode Note Number 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 1 - 16 Recognized Default Changed Transmitted MIDI Implementation Chart Basic Channel Function Model: LK-160/LK-165/LK-240
:True # Aux Messages Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY O O X O O X X X X X X O *2 O 0 - 127 O O O O O *2 Hold 1 Sostenuto Soft pedal Reverb send RPN LSB, MSB Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO O : Yes X : No *1: Depende del tono. *1: Depends on tone. *2: For details about NRPN, RPN, and system exclusive *2: Para obtener información acerca de NRPN, RPN y messages, see MIDI Implementation at los mensajes exclusivos del sistema, consulte http://world.casio.com/.
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