Kawai CA1000 - Manual (Page 36)

32 KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO CA1200, CA1000
TUTORIAL Using MIDI
MULTI-TIMBRAL MODE
Multi-timbral On is a setup for 16-channel multi-timbral operation. You
can mute the channels separately. Each channel recognizes the program
change numbers as listed on page 75.
Multi-timbral Off turns off the multi-timbral capability. If you would
like to have the CA piano receive MIDI data on a single channel and ignore
all data on the other channels set multi-timbral to “Off”. Remember, if
you want the CA piano to receive MIDI information from an external
device, in this setup you must match the receiving channel with the
transmitting channel. Program change numbers are recognized as listed
on page 75.
To demonstrate the multi-timbral capability of the CA piano, let’s choose
Multi-timbral On.
Press the MENU buttons until you see “9. Multi Timbre”.
The LCD display will read “OFF”, which means Multi-
timbral Off is currently selected.
Use the VALUE buttons to select Multi-timbral On. The display
will read “ON”.
After choosing the multi-timbral setting, press any SOUND SELECT button
to exit from the function menu.
Let’s see how this works using an external MIDI device. If you have a
keyboard connected to the CA piano try playing some notes. You should
hear the CA piano as you play. If you have a MIDI song player or personal
computer with MIDI software connected try sending some MIDI song data
with one or more different musical parts to the CA. Again you should
hear the CA piano playing all the parts. In multi-timbral mode, if you
want to hear a particular sound for each part you transmit to the CA you
must send the correct Program/sound number from the transmitting MIDI
device to the CA piano. Please see page 75 for a list of the Program/
sound number assignments for the CA piano.
9 Multi Timbre
= Off