User Manual

13
Advanced Operation
What is Piano Designer?
This piano allows you to personalize your
piano sound by adjusting various factors
that aect the sound, such as the piano’s
strings and the resonance produced
using the pedals.
This function is called “Piano Designer.”
* Piano Designer can be used to customize the sound only for tones of
the [Piano] button.
* Your settings are saved for each tone of the [Piano] button.
1. Press the [Piano Designer] button.
The Piano Designer screen appears.
2. Use the [K] [J] buttons to select the item that you want to
edit.
3. Use the [–] [+] buttons to edit the value of the setting.
4. When you’re nished using Piano Designer, press the
[Piano Designer] button or [u] (Exit) button.
A conrmation message appears.
If you decide to cancel, press the [u] (Exit) button.
5. Use the [J] (right) button to select “Yes,” and then press the
[s] (Enter) button.
The Piano Designer settings are saved.
If you decide to exit without saving the settings, use the [K] (left)
button to select “No” and then press the [s] (Enter) button.
MEMO
If you install the dedicated app on your iPad or other mobile
device, you can use the screen of your mobile device to edit the
“Piano Designer” settings in a more visual and intuitive way.
(Refer to “Using the Piano with an App” (p. 20).)
Items that you can edit in Piano Designer
Parameter Value Explanation
Lid 0–6
Adjusts the extent to which the lid of the grand
piano is open.
The sound becomres more mellow as you close
the lid of the piano in the screen. The sound
becomes brighter as you open the lid of the
piano in the screen.
String
Resonance
O, 1–10
This adjusts the string resonance of the acoustic
piano sound (the sympathetic vibrations of
strings for previously played notes that occur
when you play another note).
Higher settings make the sympathetic vibration
louder.
Damper
Resonance
O, 1–10
Adjusts the overall resonance of the acoustic
piano when its damper pedal is pressed (the
sound of other strings vibrating in sympathy
when you press the damper pedal, and the
resonance of the entire instrument).
Higher settings make the sympathetic vibration
louder.
Key O
Resonance
O, 1–10
Adjusts sympathetic vibrations such as an
acoustic piano’s key-o sound (the subtle sound
that occurs when you release a note).
Higher settings produce greater tonal change
during the decay.
Single Note
Tuning (*1)
-50–0–+50
Species a method of tuning (stretch tuning)
that is distinctive to the piano, in which the high
register is tuned slightly sharper and the low
register is tuned slightly atter.
Single Note
Volume (*1)
-50–0
Adjusts the volume of each key.
Lower settings decrease the volume.
Single Note
Character (*1)
-5–0–+5
Adjusts the tonal character of each key.
Higher settings produce a harder sound, and
lower settings produce a softer tone.
Reset Setting
Here’s how the Piano Designer settings of the selected sound can be
returned to their factory-set state.
1. Press the [s] (Enter) button.
If you decide to cancel, press the [u] (Exit) button.
2. Use the [J] (right) button to select “Yes,” and then
press the [s] (Enter) button.
The settings return to their factory-set state.
(*1) Single Note settings
1. Select a Single Note parameter, and press the [s] (Enter) button.
2. Play the key that you want to edit, and use the [–] [+] buttons to
adjust the settings for that key.
MEMO
You can use the [K] [J] buttons to move to a dierent Single Note
parameter.
3. Press the [u] (Exit) button to return to the previous screen.
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Creating Your Own Piano Tone (Piano Designer)