Casio VA-10 User Manual

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Operations
Operations
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Getting Started
Use the following procedure for basic op-
eration of the keyboard.
1, Side the POWER/MODE selector
to PLAY. At this time. The power
indicator should light
2. Sot the MAIN VOLUME controller
to a low setting.
3. Press the keys on the keyboard,
andthe PIANO tone shouldsound.
Press the keys as you use the MAIN.
VOLUME controller to set the vol-
ume to the level you want.
Using the Tone Bank
‘The Tone Bank gives you 100 amazingly
realistic tones to choose from, including
wind and string instruments, synthesized
tones, percussion, and special effects. Use
the following procedure to select the tone
you want
1, Look at the Tone Bank list on the
keyboard’sconsole andnote that
‘each tone is identified by its own
two-digit number. Find the
number for the tone you want to
play.
Example: If we want to play the
VIOUN tone, we first 1ook up its
number, which is 32.
2. Press the TONE button.
3. Use the EFFECT/TONE SELECT but-
tons to input the number of the
tone you want to use.
Example: To play the VIOLINtone.
we would press 3 and 2.
4, Press the keyboard keys.
+ This keyboard features 6-note polyphony
(which means it can play six notes at the
same time) for most tones. Note, how-
ever, that only 3-note polyphony is avail-
able for the following tones: 02 HONKY
‘TONK: 03 HARPSICHORD; 04 TOY
PIANO; 1OBRASS 1; 11 HORN; 15 FAT
BRASS; 23 RECORDER; 31 ENSEM-
BLE 1; 35 HARP; 49 DIST GUITAR 2.
+ With some of the percussion tones, you
may not be able to distinguish the pitch
from one note to the next.
+ Selecting some tones automatically splits
the keyboard into wo or four sections,
with each section assigned a different
tone. Examples of such tones are 88
ROCK DRUM and 90 BASS/GUITAR,
Using Hand Percussion
Sounds
‘The pads that are built into the keyboard's
console let you play percussive and sound
effects with your fingers, Pressing the
HAND PERCUSSION A button sets the
pads to sound effects, while the HAND
PERCUSSION B button sets them to per-
cussion effects. ‘The following shows the
effects assigned to each of the pads.
A B
@| Boing | Hihat
@| Cheep | AGoGo (Low)
@| Frog | Bass Drum
@| Pee-wee | AGo Go (High)
e UFO Snare
Note that the pads are automatically set up
toplay the percussion effects (HAND PER-
CUSSION B) whenever you switch power
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Casio VA-10 Specifications

General

Brand	Casio
Model	VA-10
Category	Musical Instrument
Language	English