Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product WK225 Casio
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GUÍA DEL USUARIO USER’S GUIDE ES CTK4200/WK220-ES1B Guarde toda la información para futuras consultas. Please keep all information for future reference. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el teclado digital, asegúrese de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad” separadas.
NO TICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, p ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide re asonable protec tion against harmful interferen ce in a residential installation.
English Impor tant! Please note the follo wing impo r tant info rmation before using this product. • Before using the optiona l AC Adaptor to power the unit, be su re to check the AC Adaptor fo r any damage first. Carefully check the power cord for breakage, cuts, exposed wire and other serious damage.
E-2 Contents General Guide ........... .............. ......... E-4 Using the 10-key Pad ( br )......................... ........E-7 FUNCTION Button ( ct ) Functions . .............. .....E-7 Returning the Digita l Keyboard to Its Factory Default Settings .
English Contents E-3 Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions ................. .............. ......... E-55 Changing the Scale of the Keyboard ..... ...........E-55 Using Music Preset ........ .............. .............. ......E-56 Using the Arpeggiator .
E-4 General Guide • In this manual, the term “Digital Key board” refers to the CTK-4200/WK-220/WK-225. • Illustrations in this User’s Guide show the WK-220. • In this manual, buttons and othe r controllers are identified using the numbers shown below.
English General Guide E-5 • The following explains the meaning of the $ symbol that appears on the product console and with the key na mes below. $ : Indicates a function that is enabled by holding down the button for some time.
General Guide E-6 ds USB port ☞ E-59 dt SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK ☞ E-17 ek MIC VOLUME knob (WK-220 and WK-225) ☞ E-19 el MIC IN/SAMPLING jack (WK-220 and WK-225) ☞ E-19 em AUDIO IN jack ☞ E-19 en DC 9.
English General Guide E-7 Use the number buttons and the [–] and [+] keys to ch ange the settings of the parameters that appear in the upper left area of the display. Use the number buttons to enter numbers and values. • Enter the same number of digits as the currently displayed value.
General Guide E-8 • The tone and other parame ters revert to their initial defaults whenever you turn on power (page E-10). Perform the following procedure when you want to return the Digital Keyboard’s stored data and settings to their initial factory defaults.
English E-9 Getting Read y to Pla y Either an AC adaptor or batteries can be used to power this Digital Keyboard. Normally, use of AC adaptor power is recommended. • The AC adaptor does not come with this Digital Keyboard. Purchase it separately from your retailer.
E-10 Pla ying the Digital Ke yboar d 1. Press 1 . This turns on power. • To turn off the Digital Keyboard, press 1 again. 2. Try playing something on the keyboard. U se 2 to adjust volum e. • If you press 1 only lightly, the display will light up momentarily but power will not t urn on.
English Playing the Digital Keyboard E-11 Using headphones cuts off output from the built-in speakers, which means you can practice playing even late at n ight without disturbing others. • Be sure to turn down the volume level before connecting headphones.
Playing the Digital Keyboard E-12 Touch Response alters tone vo lume in accordance with keyboard pressure (speed). This provides you some of the same expressivity you get on an acoustic piano. Use the procedure below to control how much the volume of played notes change in accor dance with playing speed.
English Playing the Digital Keyboard E-13 The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady beat to help keep you on tempo. 1. Press 5 . This starts the metronome. 2. Press 5 again to stop the metronome. You can configure the metronom e to use a bell sound for the first beat of each measure of the song you are playing.
E-14 Contr olling the Ke yboar d Sounds Your Digital Keyboard lets you select tones for a wide variety of musical instrument sounds, in cluding violin, flute, orchestra, and more. Even the same song sound takes on a different feel by changing the instrument type.
English Controlling the Keyboard Sounds E-15 You can use the following proc edure to layer two different tones (such as piano and strings) so they sound simultaneously when you press a keybo ard key. 1. Select the first tone you want to use. Press bn (TONE) and then use br (10-key) to select the tone you want.
Controlling the Keyboard So unds E-16 5. Pressing co again to unsplit the keyboard (so it plays only the tone you selected in step 1). • Each press of co toggles between split (two tones) and unsplit (one tone). • If you turn on both layer and split, layering will be applied to the right side range of the keyboard only.
English Controlling the Keyboard Sounds E-17 A pedal can be used to change notes in various ways while playing. • A pedal unit does not come wi th the Digital Keyboard. Purchase one separately from your retailer. See page E-3 for information about options.
Controlling the Keyboard So unds E-18 Octave Shift lets you raise or lower the pitch of the keyboard notes in octave units. • The octave shift setting range is –2 to +2 octaves. • When using Split (page E-15), you can individually set the left and right keyboard ranges to the pitches you want.
English E-19 Sampling Sounds and Pla ying Them on the Digital Ke yboard You can sample a sound from a microphone, a portable audio player, or other device, and then play the sound on the keyboard. For example, you coul d sample the bark of your dog and then use the sound in a melody.
Sampling Sound s and Playing Them o n the Digital Keyboard E-20 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.
English Sampling Sounds and Pl aying Them on th e Digital Keyboard E-21 ■ How sampled sounds are play ed Pressing Middle C (C4) will play back the original sound.
Sampling Sound s and Playing Them o n the Digital Keyboard E-22 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 6 05) to which you want to apply ef fects. 2. Press bn (TONE) to cycle th rough the available effects, des cribed belo w.
English Sampling Sounds and Pl aying Them on th e Digital Keyboard E-23 4. Press the keyboard key * to wh ich you want to assign the drum sound you are about to sample. This enters sampling standby. The allowable sampling time (in seconds) w ill appear on the display momentarily and then the display will change to the following.
Sampling Sound s and Playing Them o n the Digital Keyboard E-24 You can use the procedures in th is 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.
English Sampling Sounds and Pl aying Them on th e Digital Keyboard E-25 Normally when the Digita l Key board is in sampling standby, it will start sampling automatical ly whenever it detects sound input. You can use the follow ing procedure to enable manual sampling start, which will caus e sampling to wait until you press a button to start it.
Sampling Sound s and Playing Them o n the Digital Keyboard E-26 You can use the following pr ocedure 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).
English E-27 Pla ying Built-in Songs With this Digital Keyboard, built -in tune data is referred to as “songs”. You can listen to the built-in son gs for your own enjoyment, or you can play al ong with them for practice.
Playing Built-in Songs E-28 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 th e number of the song you want. • See page E-69 for a complete list of ava ilable songs.
English Playing Built-in Songs E-29 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.
Playing Built-in Songs E-30 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).
English E-31 Using Built-in Songs to Master K eyboar d Pla y To master a song, it is best to break it up into shorter parts (phrases), master the phras es, and then put everything together. Your Digital Keyboard comes with a Step Up Lesson feature that helps you to do just that.
Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-32 The following are the messages that appear on the display during Step Lessons. First, select the song, phrase, and part you want to practice. 1. Select the song you want to practice (page E-28). This will select the first phrase of the song.
English Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-33 Now it is time to start the lessons. First, select the song and part you want to practice. First, listen to the example a few times to familiarize yourself with what it sounds like. 1. Press bs .
Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-34 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.
English Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-35 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 ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br (10-key) [4] ( o ) and [6] ( p ) keys to display “LESSON” (page E-7).
Using Built-in So ngs to Master Keyboard Play E-36 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-28). 2. Press cm . Listen to the first phrase in Lesson 1.
English E-37 Music Challenge Ke yboar d Game Music Challenge is a game that measures your reaction speed as you press keys in response to on- screen keyboard indicators and finger ing guide indications. 1. Press bp (SONG BANK). 2. Press cn . This causes a key on the on-screen keyboard to start to flash, and starts the Music Challenge song.
E-38 Using A uto Accompaniment 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 al ong with you wherever you go.
English Using Auto Accompaniment E-39 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 o f the Auto Ac companimen t rhythm part.
Using Auto Accompaniment E-40 ■ 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 abbrevia ted, and can be fingered with one or two keys. See page E-70 for information about chords that are supported and how they are fingered on the keyboard.
English Using Auto Accompaniment E-41 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”.
Using Auto Accompaniment E-42 ■ 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 9 . This enters accompaniment start standby. 2. Play a chor d on the keyboard.
English Using Auto Accompaniment E-43 Auto Harmonize automatically adds harmony to notes you play with your right hand, whic h adds rich depth to the melody of your performances. You can select from among 12 types of Auto Harmonize to suit the type o f music you are playing.
Using Auto Accompaniment E-44 You can use the Chord Book to look up chords that you do not know how to play. 1. Press cs . 2. On the chord keyboard, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the root note of the chor d you want to look up. 3. Use the br (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to s elect the type of chord you w ant.
English E-45 Editing A uto Accompaniment P a tterns You can use the procedure in this section to edit the Digital Keyboard’s built-in Auto Accompaniment rhythm patterns and create your own “user rhythms”. • You can store up to 10 user rhythms in Digital Keyboard memory, using rhythm numbers 181 through 190.
Editing Auto Accompaniment Patterns E-46 3. Press a button from 6 to 9 to sele ct the Accompaniment Pattern you want to edit. The name of the pattern will appear on the display. Pattern selected by each button 4. Press bl to select the instrument part y ou want to edit.
English Editing Auto Acco mpaniment Patterns E-47 11-1. Press the br (10-key) [–] key to exit without saving. This displays the delete confirmation message. Press the br (10-key) [+] key to exit the editing procedure. 11-2. Press the br (10-key) [+] key to save the data.
E-48 Sa ving K eyboar d Setups to Registration Memor y Registration memory lets you store Digital Keyboard setups (tone, rhythm, etc.) for instant recall whenever you need them. Registration memory simplifi es performance of complex pieces that require successive tone and rhythm changes.
English Saving Keyboard Setups to Registration Memory E-49 1. Press bo (RHYTHM). 2. Configure the tone, rhythm, an d other settings you can to includ e in the setup. 3. Press bs to select the bank you want. Each press of bs cycles through the bank numbers.
E-50 Recor ding Y our Ke yboar d Pla y The recorder feature lets you record your keyboard play. Use the following procedure to re cord everything you play on the keyboard. 1. Press bo (RHYTHM). 2. Press 3 . 3. Press 3 again. This will enter record standby.
English Recording Your Keyboard Play E-51 8. Press 3 twice to exit the recorder mode. • The flashing on the screen show n in step 3 becomes faster when remaining recorder memory capacity becomes less than 100 notes. • Total recorder memory capacity is approximately 12,000 notes.
Recording Your Keyboard Play E-52 1. Record the first part to Track 1. To record to Track 1, perform steps 1 through 4 under “Recording and Playing Ba ck Keyboard Play” (page E-50). 2. Press 3 . This will enter record standby. 3. Press a button from bt to cn to sele ct the track number of the next track to which you want to record.
English Recording Your Keyboard Play E-53 You can record up to five songs (numbered 1 through 5) in memory. After that, you can select a specific so ng for playback. 1. Press bo (RHYTHM). 2. Press 3 . A song number will appear in the upper left corner of the display for a few seconds.
Recording Your Keyboard Play E-54 5. Press bl to cycle through the parts in the sequence shown below. • Configure tone and tempo settings at this time as w ell. 6. Press bk to start built-in so ng playback and recorder recording. Play along with the playback.
English E-55 Other Useful Digital K e yboard Functions You can use the following procedure to select from among 17 preset scales, including the standard Equal Temperament. 1. Press bo (RHYTHM). 2. Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br (10-key) [4] ( o ) and [6] ( p ) keys to display “SCALE” (page E-7).
Other Useful Digital Keybo ard Functions E-56 You can use the following procedure to reflect the preset scale you selected in Auto Accompaniments. 1. Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br (10-key) [4] ( o ) and [6] ( p ) keys to display “OTHER” (page E-7).
English Other Usefu l Digital Keyb oard Functio ns E-57 The Arpeggiator makes it possibl e to play an arpeggio pattern automatically. There are 90 di fferent arpeggio patterns from which to choose in order to match the music you are playing. • The Arpeggiator is controlled using the same butt on cq as Auto Harmonize (page E-43).
Other Useful Digital Keybo ard Functions E-58 You can use the following procedu re to delete u ser song data stored as song numbers 153 through 162. 1. Press ct (FUNCTION) and then use the br (10-key) [4] ( o ) and [6] ( p ) keys to display “DELETE” (page E-7).
English E-59 Connecting External De vices 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.
Connectin g External De vices E-60 5. Configure th e music so ftw are settings to select one of the following as the MIDI device . • For information about how to select the MIDI device, see the user documentation that comes with the music software you are using.
English Connecting External Devices E-61 ■ Turning Of f the Navigate Channel Sound and Playing the Part on the Keyboard You can turn off the sound on one or both of the navigate channels and play the cancel led part on the ke yboard yourself. 1. Press bl to select the channe l setting you want to turn off.
Connectin g External De vices E-62 You can transfer sampled sound s, recorded songs, and other data in Digital Keyboard memory to a computer for storage.
English Connecting External Devices E-63 This Digital Keyboard can be co nnected to commercially available stereo, amplifier, or recording equipment, to a portable audio player or other equipment. Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you.
E-64 Reference T roubl eshooting Symptom Action Included Accessories I can’t find something that sho uld be here. Ca refully 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-9).
English Reference E-65 The metronome does not sound. • Check and adjust t he accompaniment volume sett ing (page E-42). • Check and adjust the song volume (page E-30). • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-10).
Reference E-66 Specifications Models CTK-4200/WK-220/WK-225 Keyboard CTK-4200: 61 standard size keys WK-220/WK-225: 76 standard size keys Touch Response 2 types, Off Maximum Polyphony 48 notes (24 for.
English Reference E-67 • Design and specifications are s ubject to change without no tice. * This data is stored in a shared memory area with a tota l capacity of approximately 320K bytes (1Kbyte = 1,024bytes). Be sure to read and observe t he following operating precau tions.
Reference E-68 Err or Messages Display Message Cause Action Err Exist A sampled drum set sound cannot be co pied (page E-24) to a keyboard key because the key already has a sampled sound assigned to it. • Delete the sampled sound th at is currently assigned to the key you are copying to (page E-26).
English Reference E-69 Song List SONG BANK WORLD 001 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITT LE STAR 002 LIGHTLY ROW 003 LONG LONG AGO 004 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY 005 SAKURA SAKURA 006 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN 007 AM.
Reference E-70 In addition to the chords that can be fingered w ith Fingered 1 and Fingered 2, the following chords also are recognized. • With Fingered 3, the lowest note fingered is interpreted as the base note.
CTK-4200 5 5 1 1 2 2 br br bn bn 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 bk bk bs bs bt bt ck ck cl cl cm cm bl bl 4 4 3 3 bp bp bq bq bo bo cn cn co co cp cp cr cr cs cs ct ct cq cq bm bm • Cut this page along the dashed line so you can have it on ha nd as you read the contents of the manual.
WK-220 / WK-225 5 5 2 2 1 1 br br bn bn 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 bk bk bs bs bt bt ck ck cl cl cm cm bl bl 4 4 3 3 bp bp bq bq bo bo ct ct cs cs cn cn co co cp cp cq cq cr cr bm bm.
Function T ransmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel 1 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 Def ault Changed Note Number 0 - 127 0 - 127 * 1 12 - 120 T r ue voice After T ouch Control Change X X X X O Pitch Bender .
Program Change O 0 - 127 O 0 - 127 :T r ue # System Exclusive O * 2 O System Common X X X X X X : Song Pos : Song Sel : T une A ux Messages Remarks X O X O X X O O X O O X : All sound off : Reset all .
MA1107-B Printed in China CTK4200/WK220-ES1B This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania.
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