Keyboard ■ midi and other settings – Casio PX-A800BN User Manual

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E-24

Configuring Settings with the Keyboard

Keyboard

MIDI and Other Settings

Parameter

Settings

Operation Type

(page E-21)

Description

Remarks

3

Keyboard key
(Transpose)

–12 to 0 to 12
Default: 0

B

Raises or lowers the tuning of
the Digital Piano in semitone
steps.

• The transpose setting cannot be

configured while Music Library
playback is in progress or while in
the Duet Mode.

• Raising the key of the Digital Piano

can cause notes the highest part of
the range to become distorted.

4

Keyboard tuning
(Tuning)

415.5Hz to 440.0Hz
to 465.9Hz
Default: 440.0Hz

B

Raises or lowers the overall
pitch of the Digital Piano in
0.1Hz steps from the standard
pitch of A4 = 440.0Hz.

• The pitch setting cannot be changed

while playback of a Music Library
tune is in progress.

5

Octave shift

–2 to 0 to 2
Default: 0

B

Change the range of the
keyboard in octave units.

• You can configure octave shift

settings for the main tone part and
layered tone part.

• You cannot configure octave shift

settings for split tone parts.

1
6

Temperament
Temperament
select

Temperament:
00 to 16
Default: 00
(Equal Temperament)

B (+/–)
C (0 to 9)

You can change the scale
(tuning system) of the
keyboard from standard equal
temperament to another tuning
that is more suitable for
playing Indian music, Arabic
music, classical pieces, etc.

<Temperaments>
00: Equal / 01: Pure Major /
02: Pure Minor / 03: Pythagorean /
04: Kirnberger 3 / 05: Werckmeister /
06: Mean-Tone / 07: Rast / 08: Bayati /
09: Hijaz / 10: Saba / 11: Dashti /
12: Chahargah / 13: Segah /
14: Gurjari Todi / 15: Chandrakauns /
16: Charukeshi

2

6

Temperament
Base note
Temperament
Base note select

Base note:
–, +, 0 to 9 (C to B)
Default: C

A

Specifies the base note of the
currently selected
temperament.
• In the case of equal

temperament, changing the
base note will not affect the
scale.

<Base notes>
–: C / +: C# / 0: D / 1: Eb / 2: E / 3: F /
4: F# / 5: G / 6: Ab / 7: A / 8: Bb / 9: B

bl

Touch response
(TOUCH
RESPONSE)

Off (OFF), 1 to 3
Default: 2

A

Specifies the relative touch of
the keyboard keys.
Setting a smaller value causes
lighter touch to produce more
powerful sound.

Parameter

Settings

Operation

Type

(page E-21)

Description

Remarks

bp

USB device
mode

MIDI, Storage
Default: MIDI

The Digital Piano enters the MIDI
mode automatically when it is
connected to a computer by a USB
cable. Select storage when saving
Recorder memory song data to a
computer or when loading
computer song data to Digital
Piano memory. (page E-36)

• While Storage is selected for this setting, the

GRAND PIANO

(CONCERT, ROCK, and

JAZZ

) button lamps flash, and all other

lamps are unlit.

• All Digital Piano operations are disabled at

this time.

• Each press of the USB device mode

keyboard key toggles between the MIDI
and storage modes.

br

Send channel

01 to 16
Default: 01

B

Specifies one of the MIDI channels
(1 through 16) as the Send channel,
which is used for sending MIDI
messages to an external device.

bs

Local control

Off, On
Default: On

D

Selecting “Off” for Local control
cuts off the Digital Piano’s sound
source, so no sound is produced by
the Digital Piano when keys are
pressed.

• The local control setting cannot be changed

while playback of a Music Library tune is in
progress.

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