Casio Lk270 Instruction Manual

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Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard
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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 571 through 575. 
Simply select the tone number where the sound you want is 
located to assign the sound to the keyboard.
1.Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the 
tone number (571 to 575) where you want to 
store the sampled sound.
 In place of the above steps, you could press cs and bp at 
the same time and then select a tone number.
2.Press cs.
This enters sampling standby.
The allowable sampling time (in seconds) will appear on 
the display momentarily and then the display will change 
to the following.
3.Output the sound from the external device. In 
the case of a microphone, output the sound in 
the direction of the microphone.
Sampling will start automatically.
4.After the sound you want to sample is finished, 
press 
cs.
Sampling will stop when you release cs.
 Even if you do not press 
cs, sampling will stop 
automatically whenever there is no more sound being 
input from the external device or microphone. Sampling 
also will stop automatically 10 seconds after it is 
started.
5.Play something on the Digital Keyboard.
 You may not be able to get 10 seconds of sampling if 
Digital Keyboard memory is low due to storage of other 
data. If this happens, deleting other memory data you no 
longer need will free up memory space and you should be 
able to sample for 10 seconds. See “Deleting a Sampled 
Sound” on page E-24 for more information.
 Sampling sound and storing it will delete any sound 
data currently stored under the same tone number. To 
help ensure that you do not accidentally delete 
important data, be sure to read “Protecting Against 
Accidental Deletion of Sampled Sounds” on page E-25.
Sampling and Playing a Melody 
Sound (Melody Sampling)
To sample a sound
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■How sampled sounds are played
Pressing Middle C (C4) will play back the original sound. The 
keys to the left and right of C4 play the sound at different 
pitches.
You can use the following procedure to loop a sampled sound 
so it continues to repeat, as you play on the Digital Keyboard.
1.Press bq.
2.While holding down cs, press co.
This enters repeat standby.
3.Press the button (bt to cn) that corresponds to 
the melody sampling tone number you want to 
select.
This will start looped playback of the selected sound.
4.Press the same button again to stop playback.
5.Press co to return to the screen that was 
displayed before step 2 of this procedure.
You can use the following procedure to change the volume 
level of the looped playback of each sampled sound, if you 
want.
1.Press the button of the sampled sound whose 
volume you want to change (
bt to cn).
 This will cause the sounds loop to sound.
2.While the loop is sounding hold down the same 
sampled sound button (
bt to cn) as you press 
any keyboard key.
 Pressing the keyboard key quickly will increase sample 
sound volume, while pressing slowly will decrease 
volume.
3.After the sampled sound is at the volume level 
you want, release its button (
bt to cn).
Looping a Sampled Sound
To select this tone number:Press this button:
571
bt
572ck
573cl
574cm
575cn
C4
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You can apply various effects to sampled sounds.
1.Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the 
tone number (571 to 575) to which you want to 
apply effects.
2.Press bp to cycle thorough the available 
effects, described below.
 Avoid assigning the same sampled sound to the keyboard 
for play along and for looped play. Doing so will cause, the 
Loop 1 effect to be applied to the keyboard tone while 
looped play of the sampled sound is being performed.You can use the procedure to change the drum sounds that 
are assigned to each keyboard key.
 You can store up to three drum sets and store them as tone 
numbers 576, 577, and 578. Simply select the tone number 
where the drum set you want is located to assign the drum 
set sounds to the keyboard.
1.Press bq.
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2.Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the 
tone number (576, 577, or 578) for the drum set 
whose sounds you want to change.
 In place of the above steps, you could press cs and bq 
at the same times and then select a tone number.
3.Press cs.
4.Press the keyboard key to which you want to 
assign the drum sound you are about to 
sample.
This enters sampling standby.
The allowable sampling time (in seconds) will appear on 
the display momentarily and then the display will change 
to the following.
Applying Effects to a Sampled Sound
Effect Type
(Display)Description
Original (Orgnl)Normal sampled tone (no looping, no 
effect).
Loop 1 (Loop1) Loops the sampled sound.
Loop 2 (Loop2)Loops the sample sound and raises the 
pitch of the resonating sound when the 
keyboard key is released.
Loop 3 (Loop3)Loops the sample sound and lowers the 
pitch of the resonating sound when the 
keyboard key is released.
Pitch 1 (Ptch1)Changes the pitch from low to high, at an 
increasing rate.
Pitch 2 (Ptch2)Changes the pitch from high to low, at a 
decreasing rate.
Pitch 3 (Ptch3)Changes the pitch from high to low, at a 
decreasing rate, and then raises the pitch 
when the key is released.
Tremolo (Treml) Alternates volume between high and low.
Funny 1 (Funy1)Adds vibrato and changes the pitch by a 
gradually increasing amount.
Funny 2 (Funy2)Alternates between high pitch and low 
pitch.
Funny 3 (Funy3)Adds vibrato and changes the pitch from 
low to high.
Incorporating a Sampled Sound 
into a Drum Set (Drum Sampling)
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5.Output the sound from the external device. In 
the case of a microphone, output the sound in 
the direction of the microphone.
Sampling will start automatically.
6.After the sound you want to sample is finished, 
press 
cs.
Sampling will stop when you release cs.
 Even if you do not press 
cs, sampling will stop 
automatically whenever there is no more sound being 
input from the external device or microphone. Sampling 
also will stop automatically 10 seconds after it is 
started.
7.Press the keyboard key.
 You can repeat steps 3 through 6 to change other sounds 
that make up the currently selected drum set. There are 
eight sounds per drum set.
 You may not be able to get 10 seconds of sampling if 
Digital Keyboard memory is low due to storage of other 
data. If this happens, deleting other memory data you no 
longer need will free up memory space and you should be 
able to sample for 10 seconds. See “Deleting a Sampled 
Sound” on page E-24 for more information.
 Sampling a sound will delete any sound data currently 
assigned to the same keyboard key. To help ensure 
that you do not accidentally delete important data, be 
sure to read “Protecting Against Accidental Deletion of 
Sampled Sounds” on page E-25.You can use the procedures in this 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.
1.Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the 
tone number (576, 577, or 578) for the drum set 
you want.
2.Press cs.
3.Press ct.
This is the editing mode.
 While in the editing mode, you can copy a sound, 
change the pitch of a sound, or delete a sound (each of 
which is described below). Pressing 
ct again exits the 
editing mode and returns to step 2 of this procedure.
■To copy a sampled sound from one key to 
another
While holding down the keyboard key to which the sampled 
sound you want to copy is assigned, press the keyboard key 
to which you want to copy it.
Example:To copy sampled sound of key C4 to key D4
 A keyboard key that already has a sampled sound assigned 
cannot be selected as a copy destination.
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■To change the pitch of a sampled sound
While holding down the keyboard key of the sampled sound 
whose pitch you want to change, use the 
bs (10-key) [–] and 
[+] keys to change the pitch.
 You can change the pitch within a range of –64 to 63 
semitones.
■To delete a keyboard key’s sampled sound
While holding down the keyboard key whose sound you want 
to delete, press 
bq. In response to the “DelSure?” message 
that appears, press the 
bs (10-key) [+] button to delete, or [–] 
to cancel the delete operation.
 Deleting a sampled sound will return the key to its initial 
default built-in sound.
Example:To delete the sound assigned to key D4
Use the following procedure to change the rhythm part of an 
Auto Accompaniment pattern to a drum set sound that you 
sampled.
1.Press bq and then use bs (10-key) to enter the 
rhythm number of the Auto Accompaniment 
pattern you want.
2.Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the 
tone number of the sampling drum set that 
contains the sound you want to use.
3.Press bp.
This changes the rhythm part of the Auto Accompaniment 
pattern you selected in step 1 to the sampled sound you 
selected in step 2.
 To change the Auto Accompaniment rhythm part back 
to its original sound, press 
bp again.
 Some rhythm part drum sounds cannot be replaced by 
sampled sounds.Normally when the Digital Keyboard is in sampling standby, it 
will start sampling automatically whenever it detects sound 
input. You can use the following procedure to enable manual 
sampling start, which will cause sampling to wait until you 
press a button to start it. You can use this to insert silence 
before the sampled sound.
1.Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) 
and [6] ( ) keys to display “SAMPLING” (page 
E-6).
2.Press the bs (10-key) [7] (ENTER) key.
3.Press the bs (10-key) [–] key to turn off 
automatic sampling start.
This enables manual sampling start, which operates as 
described below.
 Melody sampling (page E-19):
Sampling starts when you release 
cs, which you press 
in step 2 of the sampling procedure.
 Drum sampling (page E-21):
Sampling starts when you release the Digital Keyboard 
key you press in step 4 of the sampling procedure.
 When manual sampling start is enabled, sampling 
starts when you release 
cs or the keyboard key, not 
when you press it. Sampling does not start if you hold 
down the button or key.
Using a Drum Sampling Tone in Auto 
Accompaniment (Drum Assign)
Disappears
Other Sampling Functions
Changing to a Manual Sampling Start
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Normally the Digital Keyboard will stop sampling automatically 
whenever it detects there is no sound input. You can use the 
following procedure to enable manual sampling stop, which 
will cause sampling to continue until you press a button to 
stop it. You can use this to insert silence after the sampled 
sound.
1.Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) 
and [6] ( ) keys to display “SAMPLING” (page 
E-6).
2.Press the bs (10-key) [7] (ENTER) key.
3.Press the bs (10-key) [6] ( ) key.
4.Press the bs (10-key) [–] key to turn off 
automatic sampling stop.
Even when there is no sound input from an external 
device, sampling will continue until you press and release 
cs or a keyboard key.
 When manual sampling stop is enabled, sampling 
stops when you release 
cs or the keyboard key, not 
when you press it. Sampling does not stop if you hold 
down the button or key.You can use the following procedure to specify a sampled 
tone number and delete its data.
1.Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) 
and [6] ( ) keys to display “DELETE” (page E-6).
2.Press the bs (10-key) [7] (ENTER) key.
3.Use the bs (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the 
tone number of the data you want to delete.
4.Press the bs (10-key) [7] (ENTER) key.
This displays a delete confirmation message.
5.Press the bs (10-key) [+] (YES) key to delete the 
data, or [–] (NO) or [9] (EXIT) to cancel the 
delete operation.
 After the delete procedure is complete, “Complete” will 
appear on the display followed by the screen in step 2 
of the above procedure.
 For information about deleting individual drum sounds 
in a drum sampling set, see “Editing Sampled Drum Set 
Sounds” on page E-22.
Changing to Manual Sampling Stop
Au t oS t op
Deleting a Sampled Sound
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You can use the following procedure to protect each sampled 
sound against accidental deletion.
1.Press bp and then use bs (10-key) to enter the 
tone number of the sampled tone you want to 
protect.
2.Press ct and then use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) 
and [6] ( ) keys to display “SAMPLING” (page 
E-6).
3.Press the bs (10-key) [7] (ENTER) key.
4.Use the bs (10-key) [4] ( ) and [6] ( ) keys 
to display “Protect”.
5.Press the bs (10-key) [+] key to turn on 
protection.
Once protected a tone cannot be deleted.
A protected tone is indicated as shown below.
■Saving Sample Data on an External Device
 SD memory card (page E-55)
 Computer (page E-61)
■Maintaining Sampled Sound Data in Memory
After you save sampled sound data in memory, it will remain 
there as long as power is supplied to the keyboard. However, 
if you disconnect the AC adaptor when there are no batteries 
loaded, sampled sound data will be deleted.
Tips for Maintaining Data
 Use both batteries and the AC adaptor together.
 Make sure that batteries with sufficient power are loaded 
whenever you disconnect the AC adaptor.
 Connect the AC adaptor to the keyboard and plug it into a 
power outlet before replacing batteries.
Before connecting or disconnecting the AC adaptor or 
replacing batteries, first press 
1 to turn off power.
Protecting Against Accidental Deletion of 
Sampled Sounds
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Playing Built-in Songs
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-31) for 
practice.
 You can increase the number of tunes using your SD 
memory cards (page E-56) or computer (page E-58).
Use the following procedure to play back built-in songs.
1.Press bm and bn at the same time.
This will start playback of the demo songs.
 See page E-69 for information about song numbers and 
the song sequence.
 Demo playback always starts from song number 001.
2.To change to another song while demo 
playback is in progress, use 
bs (10-key) [–] and 
[+] keys to enter the song number you want 
(page E-6).
This will cause demo playback to jump to the song whose 
number you entered.
 You cannot use 
bs (10-key) number buttons to select a 
song.
3.To stop demo playback, press bm.
Demo playback continues until you stop it by pressing bm.
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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 br.
2.Use bs (10-key) to enter the number of the song 
you want.
 See page E-69 for a complete list of available songs.
3.Press bm.
This starts playback of the song. Keyboard keys will light 
as notes are played.
4.Press bm again to stop playback.
Song playback will continue (repeat) until you press bm to 
stop it. You can cancel song repeat by pressing 
8 
(“REPEAT” indicator disappears from the display).Use the operations in this section to perform pause, skip 
forward, and skip back operations.
■Pause
1.Press bl.
This pauses song playback.
2.Press bl again to resume playback from the 
point where you paused it.
■Skip Forward
1.Press bk.
This skips song playback forward to the next measure. 
Each press of 
bk skips ahead one measure. Holding 
down 
bk skips forward at high speed until you release it.
 Pressing 
bk while song playback is stopped performs 
lesson function phrase skip forward (page E-32).
■Skip Back
1.Press 9.
This skips song playback back to the previous measure. 
Each press of 
9 skips back one measure. Holding down 
9 skips back at high speed until you release it.
 Pressing 
9 while song playback is stopped performs 
lesson function phrase skip back (page E-32).
Playing Back a Particular Song
Start/Stop
KeyNoteTempo
Beat
Measure
Fingering Sustain pedal
Pause, Skip Forward, Skip Back
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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.
1.Press 8 to temporarily turn off song repeat 
(“REPEAT” disappears from the display).
2.When song playback reaches the measure you 
want to specify as the start measure, press 
8.
This specifies the measure as the start measure.
3.When playback reaches the measure you want 
to select as the end measure, press 
8 again.
This specifies the measure as the end measure and starts 
repeat playback of the measures in the specified range.
 During repeat play you can use 
bl to pause playback, 
bk to skip forward, or 9 to skip back.
4.Pressing 8 again returns to normal playback.
Changing the song number clears the start measure and 
end measure of the repeat operation.
You can use the following procedure to change the speed 
(tempo) in order to slow down playback to practice difficult 
passages, etc.
1.Press bo.
Use y (slower) and t (faster) to change the tempo 
setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at 
high speed.
 Pressing y and t at the same time will return the 
current song to its original default tempo.
 Pressing 
bo causes the tempo value to flash on the 
display. While the tempo value is flashing, you can use 
bs (10-key) to change it. The tempo value will stop 
flashing if you do not perform any operation for a short 
while.
 Changing the song number will return the song to its 
original default tempo.
Repeating Playback of Specific Measures
Start End
These measures are repeated.
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Changing Playback Speed (Tempo)