Kawai CN39 - Virtual Technician Settings

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Settings
Virtual Technician Settings
The Virtual Technician settings of the CN39 digital piano allow the player to adjust advanced parameters such as
hammer hardness, action regulation, cabinet size, and a variety of other acoustic characteristics, in order to suit
their personal preferences. Virtual Technician settings are adjusted and stored independently for each sound,
variation, allowing exible control over the characteristics of each piano voice.
* The table below indicates which Virtual Technician settings aect to all sounds, or acoustic piano and electric piano sounds only.
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Virtual Technician Settings
No. Setting Description All AP EP Default
1 Touch Curve Adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard.
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Normal
2 Voicing Adjust the tonal character of the instrument.
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Normal
User Voicing Adjust the individual voicing of each of the 88 keys.

–
3 Damper Resonance Adjust the resonance that is heard when pressing the damper pedal.
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5
4 Damper Noise Adjust the sound that is heard when pressing the damper pedal.

5
5 String Resonance Adjust the resonance that is heard when notes are held.
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5
6 Undamped Str. Res. Adjust the resonance produced by the topmost undamped strings.
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5
7 Cabinet Resonance Adjust the resonance produced by the piano cabinet itself.
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1
8 Key-o Eect Adjust the sound that is heard when keys are released.
 
5
9 Fall-back Noise Adjust the sound that is heard when the key action falls back.
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5
10 Hammer Delay Adjust the delay of the hammer striking strings when playing pianissimo.
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O
11 Topboard Simulation Adjust the position of the grand piano topboard.
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Open 3
12 Decay Time Adjust the decay time of the piano sound while the keys are pressed.

5
13 Minimum Touch Adjust the minimum key velocity required to produce a sound.
 
1
14 Stretch Tuning Adjust the level of stretch tuning for equal temperaments.

Normal
User Tuning Adjust the individual tuning of each of the 88 keys.
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–
15 Temperament Adjust the tuning system to suit Renaissance and Baroque periods etc.
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Equal Temp.
User Temperament Adjust the tuning of each note in the scale to a custom temperament.
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–
16 Temperament Key Adjust the key of the selected tuning system.

C
17 Key Volume Adjust the volume balance of the keyboard.

Normal
User Key Volume Adjust the individual volume of each of the 88 keys.
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–
18 Half-Pedal Adjust Adjust the point at which the damper pedal begins to sustain the sounds.

5
19 Soft Pedal Depth Adjust the depth/eectiveness of the soft pedal.

3
* Default settings will be shown in the rst LCD display illustration (i.e. Step 1) for each setting explanation below.
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Entering the Virtual Technician menu
While the normal playing mode screen is shown in the LCD display:
Press the
FUNCTION button (MENU).
The Function menus will be shown in the LCD display.
Press the

or

buttons to select the Virtual Technician menu.
Press the FUNCTION button (ENTER) again to enter the Virtual
Technician menu.


buttons:
Move selection cursor.
* It is also possible to enter the Virtual Technician menu by pressing and
holding the FUNCTION button (VT) on the normal playing screen.