Kohler KD-60 User manual

Instructions pertaining to a risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING
— When using electrical products,basic precau-
tions should be followed,including the following:
1.
Read all the instructions before using the product.
2.
Do not use this product near water — for example,
near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet base-
ment,or near a swimming pool,or the like.
3.
This product, either alone or in combination with an
amplifier and headphones or speakers, may be capable
of producing sound levels that could cause permanent
hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at
a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If
you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears,
you should consult an audiologist.
4. The product should be located so that its location or
position does not interfere with its proper ventilation.
5.
The product should be located away from heat sources
such as radiators, heat registers, or other products that
produce heat.
6.
The product should be connected to a power outlet of
the type described in the operating instructions or as
marked on the product.
7. The power cord of the product should be unplugged
from the outlet when left unused for a long period of
time.
8.
Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liq-
uids are not spilled into the piano through openings.
9.
The product should be serviced by qualified personnel
only when:
A.The power cord or the plug has been damaged; or
B.Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the
product; or
C.The product has been exposed to rain; or
D. The product does not appear to operate normally or
exhibits a marked change in performance; or
E.The product has been dropped,or the enclosure dam-
aged.
10.
Do not attempt to service the product beyond that
described in the user-maintenance instructions. All
other servicing should be referred to qualified service
personnel.
KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS
AND CLEAN ONLY WITH A
DRY CLOTH
The lightning flash with the arrowhead sym-
bol within an equilateral triangle, is intended
to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated
“dangerous voltage” within the product’s
enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude
toconstitutea risk of electric shockto persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral
triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and mainte-
nance (servicing) instructions in the literature
accompanying the product.
GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS
This product must be grounded (earthed). If it should mal-
function or breakdown, grounding provides a path of least
resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric
shock.This product is equipped with a cord having an equip-
ment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug
must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly
installed and grounded in accordance with the local codes
and ordinances.
DANGER – Improper connection of the equipment-ground-
ing conductor can result in a risk of electric shock. Check
with a qualified electrician or serviceman if you are in doubt
as to whether the product is properly grounded. Do not
modify the plug provided with the product – if it will not fit
the outlet,have a proper outlet installed by a qualified electri-
cian.

THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (FOR THE
U.S.A. AND CANADA ONLY)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with
the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15
of the FCC Rules.These limits are designed to provide rea-
sonable protection against harmful interference in a resi-
dential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harm-
ful interference to radio or television reception,which can
be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one
or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and
receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif-
ferent from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV techni-
cian for help.
CANADA
THISAPPARATUS DOESNOT EXCEED THE“CLASSB”
LIMITS FOR RADIO NOISE EMISSIONS FROM DIGI-
TAL APPARATUS SET OUT IN THE RADIO INTERFER-
ENCE REGULATION OF THE CANADIAN
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
LE PRESENT APPAREIL NUMERIQUE N’EMET PAS DE
BRUITS RADIOELECTRIQUES DEPASSANT LES LIM-
ITES APPLICABLES AUX APPAREILS NUMERIQUES
DE LA “CLASSE B” PRESCRITES DANS LE REGLE-
MENT SUR LE BROUILLAGE RADIOELECTRIQUE
EDICTE PAR LE MINISTERE DES COMMUNICA-
TIONS DU CANADA.
CE MARK FOR EUROPEAN HARMONIZED
STANDARDS
CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of
AC mains operated apparatus until December 31, 1996
means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and
CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC).
And, CE mark which is attached after January 1, 1997
means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC), CE
mark Directive (93/68/EEC) and Low Voltage Directive
(73/23/EEC).
Also, CE mark which is attached to our company’s prod-
ucts of Battery operated apparatus means it conforms to
EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/
68/EEC).
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED
KINGDOM
Warning-THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED
As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appa-
ratus may not correspond with the coloured markings
identifying the terminals in your plug,proceed as follows:
• the wire which is coloured green and yellow must be
connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked
with the letter E or by the earth symbol ,or coloured
green or green and yellow.
• the wire which is coloured blue must be connected to
the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured
black.
• the wire which is coloured brown must be connected
to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or
coloured red.
DATA HANDLING
Data in memory may sometimes be lost due to incorrect user
action. Be sure to save important data to floppy disk. SMC will
notberesponsiblefor damagescausedbydata loss.
LCD DISPLAY
Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along with an
explanation of functions and operations. All sound names,
parameter names, and values are merely examples and may
not always match the actual display you are working on.
TRADEMARKS
Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. All trademarks or registered trade-
marks are the property of their respective holders.
DISCLAIMER
The information contained in this manual have been care-
fully revised and checked through. Due to our constant
efforts to improve our products,the specifications might dif-
fer to those in the manual. SMC is not responsible for any
eventual differences found between the specifications and the
contents of the instruction manual - the specifications being
subject to change without prior notice
LIABILITY
Kohler products are manufactured under strict specifications
and voltages required by each country. These products are
warranted by the Kohler distributor only in each country.
Any Kohler product not sold with a warranty card or carry-
ing a serial number disqualifies the product sold from the
manufacturer's/distributor's warranty and liability. This
requirement is for your own protection and safety.

SERVICE AND USER’S ASSISTANCE
For service, please contact your nearest Authorized Kohler
Service Center. For more information on Kohler products,
andtofindsoftwareand accessoriesfor yourkeyboard,please
contact your local Authorized Kohler distributor.
KD ON THE WEB
For up-to-date information, please, point your web browser
to http://www.SMC.com.
Copyright © 2004Kohler KD50/150/160/165
THE BALANCE SLIDER
When turning the instrument on, please be assured the BALANCE slider is set to the
center. This sets both Sequencer 1 (SONG1) and Sequencer 2 (SONG2) to their max-
imum level.
SONG1
SONG2

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HOW TO…
Keyboard
…select a Sound Program 6-3
…select a Performance 6-2
…play a Sound Program across the
whole keyboard, as with a piano 6-1
…split the keyboard in two 6-1
…add sounds to the right hand 6-1
…mute/unmute sounds 6-1
Style Play mode
…select a Style 6-4
…start/stop the Style 7-2
…select a Fill or a Break 7-2
…select a Style Variation 7-3
…see the Style tracks 9-3
…create a new Style 10-1
Song Play mode
…play a Song (Standard MIDI File) 6-5
…see the Lyrics 11-5
…see the Song tracks 11-4
…start both Sequencers at the same time 3-2, 11-11
Backing Sequence mode
…record a new Backing Sequence (Song) 12-1
Song mode
…record a new Song 13-4
…edit a Standard MIDI File 13-1
In general
…turn the speakers off 15-2
…change the Damper polarity 15-3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Live PerformANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Making a backup copy of system files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Loading the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Reloading the Factory Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Connecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Turning the instrument on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Controlling the Volume (Master & Acc / Seq)
and Tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
The BALANCE slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
MIDI connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Damper Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Display and User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Display controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Interface structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Message windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Symbols and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Grayed-out non-available parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Basic Guide
Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Playing on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Selecting, muting/unmuting and soloing a track . . . . . . . 6-1
Selecting a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Selecting a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Selecting and using the Digital Drawbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Selecting a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Selecting a Single Touch Setting (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Changing all keyboard tracks at once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Playing a Song from Floppy disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Shortcut to see the original bank for a Style,
Performance or Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
2 - Playing a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
3 - Playing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
4 - Recording a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
5 - Editing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
What is MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Midifiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
The General MIDI standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
The Global channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2
The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2
MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2
Connecting KD to a Master keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2
Connecting the KD to a MIDI accordion . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-3
Connecting the KD to an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . .8-3
Playing another instrument with the KD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-4
Reference Guide
Style Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
What’s a Style? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
Styles and Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
Changing and resetting the Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
The DIRECT HD bank (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
The DIRECT FD bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-2
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-3
Style tracks page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-3
How to select Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-3
The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4
Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-5
Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-5
Page 3 - Mixer: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-5
Page 4 - Tuning: Detune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-6
Page 5 - Tuning: Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-6
Page 6 - Tuning: PitchBend Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7
Page 7 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7
Page 8 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7
Page 9 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7
Page 10 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7
Page 11 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8
Page 12 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8
Page 13 - Track: Easy edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8
Page 14 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9
Page 15 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9
Page 16 - R.T. controls: Damper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10
Page 17 - R.T. controls: MOD WHEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10
Page 18 - R.T. controls: Dynamic range . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10
Page 19 - R.T. controls: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10
Page 20 - Style controls: Drum/Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-11
Page 21 - Style controls: Wrap Around / Keyboard
range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-12
Page 22 - Input/Pad: Input Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-12
Page 23 - Input/Pad: Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-12
Page 24 - Preferences: Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-13
Page 25 - Preferences: controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-13
Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
The Style’s structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1

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Style Import/Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
Entering the Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
Listening to the Style while in Record/Edit mode . . . . . .10-2
Exit and Save/Abort Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3
List of recorded events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3
Fast Delete using the control panel buttons . . . . . . . . . . .10-3
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-4
Style Tracks page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-6
Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-6
Style Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-7
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11
Page 1 - Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-12
Page 2 - Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-13
Page 3 - Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-13
Page 4 - Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-14
Page 5 - Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-15
Event Edit procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-15
Page 6 - Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-17
Page 7 - Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-17
Page 8 - Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-18
Page 9 - Style Element Controls: Programs . . . . . . . . . .10-18
Page 10 - Style Element Controls: Expression . . . . . . . .10-19
Page 11 - Style Element Controls: Keyboard Range . . .10-19
Page 12 - Style Element Controls: Chord Variation
Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-19
Page 13 - Style Controls: Mode/Tension . . . . . . . . . . . .10-19
Page 14 - Import GRV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-20
Song Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format . . . . . . . .11-1
Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
Switching between sequencers during editing . . . . . . . . .11-1
Selecting a Song composing its progressive number . . . .11-1
Realtime and sequencer tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
Master Volume, Sequencer Volume, BALANCE . . . . . . .11-2
Effects in Song Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-2
Groove Quantize window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-2
The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-3
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-3
Tracks 1-8 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-4
Tracks 9-16 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-4
Song Select page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-4
The Lyrics page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-5
Playing a Jukebox file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-6
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-6
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-6
Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-7
Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-7
Page 3 - Mixer: FX send A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-8
Page 3 - Mixer: FX send C/D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-8
Page 4 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-8
Page 4 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-9
Page 5 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-9
Page 6 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-9
Page 5 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Page 6 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Page 7 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Page 8 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Page 9 - Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
Page 10 - Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
Saving a list of Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
Backing Sequence operating mode . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
The Backing Sequence, Song and Song Play modes . . . . 12-1
How to play a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Realtime Recording mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Chord/Acc Step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Main Page (Backing Sequence Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Load Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
Save Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
Chord/Acc Step Recording page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
How to delete a whole Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7
Song operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Master Volume and Sequencer Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format . . . . . . . . 13-1
Fast track delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
How to delete a whole Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Tracks 1-8 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2
Tracks 9-16 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2
Song Select page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
Save Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
Realtime Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Step Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Song Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-9
Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-9
Page 3 - Mixer: FX Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10
Page 4 - Mixer: FX Send A/B (or C/D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10
Page 5 - Tuning: Detune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
Page 6 - Tuning: Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
Page 7 - Tuning: PitchBend/Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Page 8 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Page 9 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Page 10 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Page 11 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Page 12 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Page 13 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Page 14 - Track: Easy edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Page 15 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Page 16 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Page 17 - Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Page 18 - Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
Page 19 - Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16

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Page 20 - Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
Page 21 - Edit: Cut Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
Page 22 - Edit: Insert Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
Page 23 - Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
Page 24 - Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Page 25 - Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
Event Edit procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-20
Program operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Digital Drawbars page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Sound Programs and Drum Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
The Compare function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
How to select oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
Erase Program/Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
The ‘Write’ window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
Page 1 - Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
Page 2 - Sample (Sound Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4
Page 2 - DK Samples (Drum Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
Page 3 - Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
Page 4 - Pitch LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7
Page 5 - Pitch LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8
Page 6 - Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8
Page 7 - Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-10
Page 8 - Filter Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-10
Page 9 - Filter LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-12
Page 10 - Filter LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-12
Page 11 - Filter EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13
Page 12 - Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14
Page 13 - Amp Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15
Page 14 - Amp LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16
Page 15 - Amp LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16
Page 16 - Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16
Page 17 - LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18
Page 18 - LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19
Page 19 - Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19
Page 20 - FX1 editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-20
Page 21 - FX2 editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-20
AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) list . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21
Global edit environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Page 1 - General controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2
Page 2 - Master Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2
Page 3 - Video Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
Page 4 - Assignable Pedal/Footswitch, Assignable
Slider, EC5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
Page 5 - MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
Page 6 - MIDI Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4
Page 7 - MIDI IN Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4
Page 8 - MIDI IN Controls (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5
Page 9 - MIDI IN Controls (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5
Page 10 - MIDI IN Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5
Page 11 - MIDI OUT Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6
Page 12 - MIDI OUT Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-6
Page 13 - Audio Output Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-6
Page 14 - Audio Input Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-7
Page 15 - Inputs / Internal FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-8
Page 16 - Internal FX controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-8
Page 17 - Vocal/Guitar Mode (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . .15-9
Page 18 - Vocal Setup 1 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-11
Page 19 - Vocal Setup 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-11
Page 20 - Vocal Setup 3 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-12
Page 18 - Guitar Setup 1 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-12
Page 19 - Guitar Setup 2 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-13
Page 20 - Guitar Setup 3 (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-13
Disk edit environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
The WRITE/DISK IN USE LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-1
Floppy disk handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-1
Hard disk partition size (KD160/165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-2
Flash Card handling (FOR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-2
Loading older i-Series data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-3
Disk structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-4
File types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-4
File and folder size display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-5
Page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-5
Navigation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-5
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-5
Page 1 - Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-6
Page 2 - Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-9
Page 3 - Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-13
Page 4 - Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-14
Page 5 - Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-15
Page 6 - New Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-15
Page 7 - Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-16
Page 8 - Utilities 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-16
Page 9 - Utilities 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17
Page 10 - Card Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-18
Page 11 - Card Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-19
Appendix
Factory Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-1
Style Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-3
Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-4
Programs (bank order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-5
Programs (Program Change order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-12
Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-19
Drum Kit instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-20
Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-32
MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-33
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1
Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-1
Dynamic Modulation sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-1
Filter/Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-1
Pitch/Phase Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-13
Mod./P.Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-24

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ER/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-31
Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-38
Mono – Mono Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-40
Assignable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1
List of functions assignable to the Footswitch or
pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-1
List of functions assignable to the Pedal or
Assignable Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-2
List of sounds assignable to the Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-2
List of functions assignable to the Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-3
Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-3
MIDI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-2
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1
Recognized chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-1
Error messages & Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . 23-1
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-1
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-5
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-1
Alphabetical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-1

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INTRODUCTION

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Welcome!
Live PerformANCE
1. WELCOME!
Welcome to the world of Kohler KD Digital Pianos! (Named
KD in this manual). KD is the most powerful Ensamble
Piano available today, both for professional and home enter-
tainment use.
Here are some of the features of your new instrument:
• Award winning powerful HI (Hyper Integrated) Korg
sound generation system, used by many professional
musicians.
• OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) multi-
tasking operating system, to let you load data while
playing your instrument.
• Operating System updates, to load new features from
disk.Don’t let your instrument get old!
• Vocal harmony, a video out, an internal hard disk are
standard on the KD160/165 models.
• Solid State Disk (SSD), for any system update–a smart
way to replace the usual ROM memory.
• Direct Style access from floppy disk and hard disk.
• General MIDI Level 2 Sounds-compatible.
• More than 660 Sound Programs.
• 4 multieffect processors,each with 90 effect types.
• 160 Performances and 1,216 Single Touch Settings
(STS),for fast keyboard sounds and effect changes.
• 304 Styles.
• XDS Double Sequencer with Crossfader.
• Style Record and Edit.
• Full-featured sequencer (Song Record and Edit).
• Wide Custom Display.
• Wide Pitchbend and Modulation wheels.
• 88-note hammer weighted keyboard with aftertouch.
• Auto Play Function (moving keys) on KD165.
LIVE PERFORMANCE
KD has been designed for ease of use. Performances allow
instant selection of all the tracks on the keyboard and a Style.
STSs allow instant selection of the keyboard tracks; and
Styles are the realtime musical arrangements to accompany
your solos.
Useful links:
Your Kohler dealer can provide you with useful information
and support. Just give them a call for additional services.
A place to find operating system updates and various system
files (for example, a full backup of the factory data) is at the
following link: www.samickmusicusa.com
ABOUT THIS MANUAL
This manual is divided in three sections:
•A Basic Guide
: containing an overview of the instru-
ment, as well as a series of practical guides (named
“Tutorials”).
•A Reference Guide : where each feature and parameter
described in great detail.
•An Appendix : with a list of data and useful information
for the advanced user.
Within the manual,you will find the following abbreviations:
This parameter can be saved onto a Perfor-
mance by pressing the WRITE button.
This parameter can be saved onto the current
Style Performance by pressing the WRITE but-
ton.
This parameter can be saved onto a Single
Touch Setting by pressing the WRITE button.
This parameter can be saved onto the Global,
by going to the Global environment (see “Glo-
bal edit environment” on page 15-1) and
pressing theWRITE button.
MAKING A BACKUP COPY OF SYSTEM FILES
Before you start playing your new KD, we suggest that you
make a back-up copy of all the system data, including Pro-
grams, Performances and Styles, in case the internal data is
changed.
To backup the Operating System, please see “Save OS” on
page 16-16.
To backup the Factory Data (Styles, Programs…), see
“Backup Data”on page 16-17.
LOADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM
YourKD canbe updatedas newversionsof the operatingsys-
tem are released by SMC. You can download the operating
system at www.samickmusicusa.com. Please, read the
Readme file included with the operating system itself.
You can see which operating systems version is installed in
your KD by keeping the SHIFT button pressed, and pressing
the ENTER and EXIT buttons together. The operating system
version number will appear on the display. Press EXIT to
close the message window.
To load a new system,follow these instructions:
1.
Copy the three operating system’s files to an empty, MS-
DOS® formatted, HD-type floppy disk. The files needed
are:
• OSPa.LZX
• BPa.SYS
• NBPa.SYS

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Welcome!
Reloading the Factory Data
2. Turn off the instrument, and insert the operating system
disk into the disk drive.
3.
Turn on the instrument. A message appears on the dis-
play, asking if you want to load the operating system.
4.
Press ENTER to load,or EXIT to cancel the loading pro-
cess. If you press ENTER, wait until the loading is com-
pleted.
When the operating system loading is complete, a mes-
sage appears, asking you to remove the floppy disk and
press any button.
5. Remove the floppy disk,and press any button.
RELOADING THE FACTORY DATA
Should the internal memory get damaged,you can reload the
original Factory Data from the backup disks. See “Restore
Data”on page 16-17.

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Start up
Connecting the power cord
2. START UP
CONNECTING THE POWER CORD
Connect the supplied power
cord to the dedicated connec-
tor on the rear of the instru-
ment. Then, plug it into a
wall outlet. You don’t need to
worry about the local volt-
age, the KD has universal
power supply.
TURNING THE INSTRUMENT ON AND OFF
• Press the POWER switch on the front panel to turn on
the instrument. The display will light up,showing a wel-
come message.
• Press again the POWER switch on the front panel to
turn the instrument off.
Warning: When turning the instrument off, all data con-
tained in RAM (a volatile memory, used for Song editing)
will be lost. On the contrary, data contained in the SSD
disk (a non-volatile memory, used for Factory and User
data) will be preserved (see “Memory Mode” on page 9-
14).
CONTROLLING THE VOLUME (MASTER & ACC /
SEQ) AND TONE
• Use the MASTER VOLUME slider
to control the overall volume of the
instrument. This slider controls the
volume of the sound going to the
internal speakers, the main (L/
MONO & RIGHT) OUTPUTS,
and the HEADPHONES connector.
The 1 & 2 OUTPUT connectors are
not affected by this slider. So, use
the mixer’s or speaker’s level controls to adjust the vol-
ume.
Note: Begin with a moderate level, then raise the MAS-
TER VOLUME slider. •Use the ACC/SEQ VOLUME slider
to control the Style tracks (drums, percussions, bass…)
volume. This slider also controls both Sequencers tracks,
excluding the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.
The TONE control adjusts the desired tone, from the center-
position upward boosting and downward cutting the
high frequencies.
THE BALANCE SLIDER
The BALANCE slider sets the relative volume of the two
onboard sequencers (Sequencer1 and Sequencer 2).
• Move it fully up to set SONG 1 to the maximum level
and Sequencer 2 to zero.
• Move it fully down to set Sequencer 1 to zero and SONG
2 to the maximum level.
• Move it to the center to set both Sequencers to the same
level.
Note: When turning the instrument on, move this slider to the
center, to avoid starting a Song at the minimum level.
HEADPHONES
Connect a pair of headphones to one of the HEADPHONE
output,under the left side of the keyboard.You can use head-
phones with an impedance of 16-200 Ω (50 Ω suggested).
Plugging a headphone into the left output will automatically
turn off the speaker system.The right headphone output will
not turn off the speakers.
AUDIO OUTPUTS
You can send the sound to an external amplification system,
instead of the internal speakers. This is useful when record-
ing, or when higher volume is needed.
Stereo. Connect two mono cables to the main (L/MONO,
RIGHT) OUTPUTS. Connect the other end of the cables to a
stereo channel of your mixer, two mono channels, two pow-
ered monitors,or the TAPE/AUX input of your audio system.
Don’t use the PHONO inputs of your audio system!
Mono. Connect a mono cable to the L/MONO OUTPUT.
Connectthe otherendof the cabletoa monochannel of your
mixer, a powered monitor, or a channel of your TAPE/AUX
inputof ahi-fi system (youwill hearthat channelonly,unless
you can set the amplifier to Mono mode).
Separate outputs. You can connect your KD to four sepa-
rate channels.This is useful when recording,or if you want to
send a sequencer’s or backing track to a separate channel.For
example, by using the separate outputs, you can send the
Drum or Bass track to an external compressor or reverb unit.
Connect four mono cables to each of the main (L/MONO,
RIGHT) and 1, 2 OUTPUTS. To feed the sub-outputs (1, 2)
you must program the track(s) you wish to send them (see
“Physical output”on page 15-7).
Note: When a track is sent to the 1 or 2 OUTPUT, it is removed
from the main mix going to the internal speakers and the L/
MONO & RIGHT OUTPUTS.
Adjust the volume of the L/MONO & RIGHT OUTPUTS
with the MASTER VOLUME slider.Adjust the volume of the
1 & 2 OUTPUTS with the mixer’s or external speaker’s level
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Audio Inputs
AUDIO INPUTS
Connect your microphone to the MIC input next to the
Headphone connectors under the piano keyboard.Connect a
guitar, or any other musical instrument, to INPUT 2 on the
back of the instrument. Input 2 on the KD165 model is
reserved for theAUTO PLAYER’s CD audio track.
Note: When the Vocal/Guitar Processing Board is installed,
(KD150 and 165) the audio signal entering the INPUTS is
automatically sent to the Board’s effect processors. You can later
change this setting (see “Input 1/2” on page 15-7).
1.
Lower the MASTER VOLUME input to minimum, and
connect the microphone or guitar.
Note: When the “Input 1/2” parameter is set to Direct (see
page 15-7), the MASTER VOLUME slider has no effect on
the INPUTS.
2.
Sing into the microphone, or play your guitar, and look
at the SIGNAL LED:
• if it is always green ,you should increase the input level
by routing the corresponding GAIN knob next to the
INPUT.
• if it is mostly orange,it is still low, but it’s ok.
• if it is rarely red, you have found the optimal level.
• if it turns to red too often, you should lower the gain
until the LED turns to red only during signal peaks.
3. Raise the MASTER VOLUME again, and keep it at a
comfortable level.
4. Adjust the INPUT’s volume using the “In1 Vol(ume)”
and “In2Vol(ume)” parameters of the Global mode (see
page 15-8). Set the other parameters in the correspond-
ing Global pages. (See “Page 14 - Audio Input Configu-
ration”on page 15-7, and following).
5. Youcanfurther adjust theinput volumeusing theAudio
In parameter on the main page of the Style Play (see “D
(Audio In)” on page 9-3) and Song Play (see “D (Audio
In)”on page 11-4) modes.
MIDI CONNECTIONS
You can play the internal sounds of your KD with an external
controller, i.e. a keyboard, a MIDI guitar, a wind controller, a
MIDI accordion,or another digital piano.
1. Connect a standard MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT of
your controller to the MIDI IN connector on the KD.
2. Select a transmission MIDI channel on your controller.
Some controllers,like the MIDI accordions, transmit on
more than one channel (see more information in the
MIDI chapter).
3. On the KD, select the MIDI Setup that matches the con-
trollers type (see “Page 5 - MIDI Setup”on page 15-3).
DAMPER PEDAL
The pedals will function as on an acoustic piano. To switch
the Damper polarity, see “Damper Pol. (Damper Polarity)”
on page 15-3
DEMO
Listen to the built-in Demo Songs to hear the power of the
KD. There are 16 Demo Songs to choose from.
1. Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons
together. Their LEDs start blinking.
At this point, if you don’t press any other button, all the
Demo Songs will be played.
2. Choose a page using the PAGE buttons. There are two
different pages in the Demo mode.
3. Select a Demo Song by pressing the corresponding
VOLUME/VALUE button around the display. The
Demo will automatically start.
4. Stop the Demo by pressing START/STOP.
5. Exit the Demo mode by pressing one of the MODE but-
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3. FRONT PANEL
1TWEETER GRILLE
2PITCH BEND
3MODULATION
4MASTER VOLUME
This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument,
both of the internal speakers,the L/MONO and RIGHT out-
puts, and the HEADPHONES output.It does not control the
volume of the 1 and 2 sub-outputs.
This slider also controls the volume of the signal entering the
INPUT 1-2 connectors, unless they are set in Direct mode
(see “Input 1/2”on page 15-7).
Warning: At the maximum level, with rich-sounding Songs,
Styles or Programs, the internal speakers could distort during
signal peaks. Should this happen, lower the Master Volume a
little.
5TONE CONTROL
6ACC/SEQ VOLUME
This slider controls the accompaniment tracks volume (Style
Play mode) or the Song tracks volume, excluding the Real-
time tracks (Song and Song Play modes). This is a relative
control,whose effective maximum value is determined by the
MASTERVOLUME slider position.
7ASSIGN.SLIDER
This is a freely Programmable slider (see “Sld (Slider)” on
page 15-3).By default, it acts as theAudio In volume control.
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Note: When using high-gain effects, and the Audio Inputs are
sent to the Internal or Vocal/Guitar Board Effects, a residual
noise could be heard, amplified by the drive effect. When the
Audio Inputs are not in use, keep this slider at the minimum
level, or mute the Audio In track in the main page of the Style
Play (“Main page” on page 9-3) and Song Play (“Main page”
on page 11-3) operating modes.
8BALANCE slider
In Song Play mode,this slider balances the volume of the two
on-board sequencers. When fully on the left, only the
Sequencer 1 can be heard. When fully on the right, only the
Sequencer 2 can be heard. When in the middle, both
sequencers play at full volume.
9SEQUENCER TRANSPORT CONTROLS - SEQ1 and
SEQ2
The instrument is equipped with two sequencers (Sequencer
1 and Sequencer 2), each with its own set of transport con-
trols.
<< and >> Rewind and Fast Forward commands. If you
use them while the Song is in play, they make it
scroll back or forward.
When pressed once, these buttons move the
Song to the previous or following measure.
When kept pressed, they make the Song scroll-
ing continuously,until you release them.
In Jukebox mode (Sequencer 1), keep
the SHIFT button pressed,and press these but-
tons to scroll to the previous or next Song in
the Jukebox list (see “Page 9 - Jukebox” on
page 11-11).
PAUSE Pauses the Song at the current position. Press
PAUSE or PLAY/STOP to start the Song play-
ing again.
PLAY/STOP Starts or stops the current Song. When you
stop the Song, the Song Position goes back to
measure 1.
In Song Play mode, pressed while
keeping SHIFT pressed, starts both sequencers
at the same time.
0MODE section
Each of these buttons recalls one of the operating modes of
the instrument. Each mode excludes the others.
STYLE PLAY Style Play mode, where you can play Styles
(automatic accompaniments) and/or play up
to four Realtime tracks on the keyboard.
In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks
are shown on the right half of the display. You
can reach the main page by pressing EXIT
from any of the Style Play edit pages.If you are
in a different operating mode, press STYLE
PLAY to recall the Style Play mode. If the
TRACK SELECT LED is on, press TRACK
SELECT to turn it off and see the Realtime
tracks.
This operating mode is automatically selected
when turning the instrument on.
SONG PLAY Song Play mode, where you can playback 16-
track Songs in Standard Midi File (SMF) for-
mat directly from disk. You can play “.MID”
and “.KAR” files directly from the floppy disk
or hard disk. Since the Pa80 is equipped with
two sequencers,you can even play two Songs at
the same time, and mix them with the BAL-
ANCE slider.
In addition to the Song tracks, you can play
one to four Realtime (Keyboard) tracks, along
with the Song(s). In the main page, Realtime
(Keyboard) tracks are shown on the right half
of the display. You can reach the main page by
pressing EXIT from any of the Song Play edit
pages.If you are in a different operating mode,
press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play
mode. If the TRACK SELECT LED is on or
flashing, press TRACK SELECT one or two
times to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks.
B.SEQ Backing Sequence mode,where you can record
a new Song based on the Realtime and Style
tracks, and save it as a new Standard MIDI File.
SONG Song mode, where you can play, record or edit
a Song.
PROGRAM Program mode, to play single Sound Programs
on the keyboard,or edit them.
DEMO Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY but-
tons together to select the Demo mode. This
mode lets you listen to some Demo Songs, to
let you hear the sound power of the Pa80.
AGLOBAL
This button recalls the Global edit environment, where you
can execute various global settings. This edit environment
overlaps any operating mode, that still remains active in the
background.Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operat-
ing mode.
BDISK
This button recalls the Disk edit environment,where you can
execute various operations on files and disks (Load, Save,
Format, etc…). This edit environment overlaps any operat-
ing mode, that still remains active in the background. Press
EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.
CMEMORY (TIE)
This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions
on or off. Go to the “Page 25 - Preferences: controls” edit
page (Style Play mode, see page 9-13) to decide if this button
should be a Chord Memory only, or a Lower/Chord Memory
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ON Thesoundon theleft of thesplit point,andthe
chord for the automatic accompaniment, are
kept in memory even when you raise your
hand from the keyboard.
OFF The sound and chords are released as soon as
you raise your hand from the keyboard.
This button doubles as a TIE function for the Song mode
(see chapter 13).
DBASS INVERSION (REST)
This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off.
ON The lowest note of a chord played in inverted
form will always be detected as the root note of
the chord. Thus, you can specify to the
arranger composite chords such as Am7/G or
“F/C”.
OFF The lowest note is scanned together with the
other chord notes, and is not always consid-
ered as the root note.
This button doubles as a REST function for the Song mode
(see chapter 13).
EMANUAL BASS
This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.
Note: When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass
track volume is automatically set to its maximum value. The
volume is automatically set back to the original value when the
MANUAL BASS button is deactivated.
ON The automatic accompaniment stops playing
(apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks),
and you can manually play the Bass track on
the Lower part of the keyboard. You can start
the automatic accompaniment again by press-
ing one of the CHORD SCANNING buttons.
OFF The bass track is automatically played by the
Style.
FSPLIT POINT (<)
Keep this button pressed to open the Split Point window.
While this window is open,you can set the split point,simply
by playing the split point note on the keyboard.Then, release
the SPLIT POINT button.
To memorize the selected split point note,press the GLOBAL
button,then press WRITE to save the Global in memory (see
“The Write window”on page 15-1).
This button doubles as a PREVIOUS EVENT function for
the Song mode (see chapter 13).
GCHORD/FINGERING
Opens the Chord/Fingering window.
HTEMPO (= LOCK)
This button turns the Tempo Lock function on or off.
ON When you select a different Style or Perfor-
mance, the tempo doesn’t change.You can still
change it using the DIAL or the TEMPO but-
tons.
OFF When you select a different Style or Perfor-
mance, the memorized tempo value is auto-
matically selected.
ISINGLE TOUCH
This button turns the Single Touch function on or off.
ON When a different Style (or the same again) is
selected,a Single Touch Setting (STS1) is auto-
matically selected, meaning that the Realtime
tracks and effects will change, together with
the Style tracks and effects.
OFF When you select a different Style (or the same
again),the Style tracks and effects are changed,
while the Realtime tracks are not changed.
JTRANSPOSE
These buttons transpose the whole instrument in semitone
steps (Master Transpose). The transposition value is shown
(as a note name) on the top right of the display.
Press both buttons together, to reset the Master Transpose to
zero.
Note: The Master Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum
mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and
Percussion tracks). See “Page 14 - Track: Mode” on page 9-9,
and “Page 7 - Track: Mode” on page 11-10.
Lowers the Master Transpose a semitone.
Raises the Master Transpose a semitone.
KOCTAVE
These buttons transpose the selected track in steps of a whole
octave (12 semitones; max ±2 octaves). The transposition
value is shown (in octaves) on the top right area of the dis-
play.
Press both buttons together, to reset the Octave Transpose to
zero.
Note: The Octave Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum
mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and
Percussion tracks).
–Lowers the selected track an octave.
+Raises the selected track an octave.
LSTYLE section (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
Use these buttons to open the Style Select window and select
a Style. See “Selecting a Style”on page 6-4.