User Manual DP-32 B, DP-32 WH Digital Piano
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Table of contents Table of contents 1 General information.............................................................................................................. 1.1 Further information........................................................................................................ 1.2 Notational conventions................................................................................................. 1.3 Symbols and signal words..............................................................
Table of contents 4 DP-32 B, DP-32 WH Digital Piano 11 MIDI implementation chart............................................................................................. 36 12 Troubleshooting................................................................................................................... 38 13 Technical specifications.................................................................................................... 39 14 Plug and connection assignment........................
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General information 1 General information This user manual contains important information on the safe operation of the device. Read and follow all safety notes and all instructions. Save this manual for future refer‐ ence. Make sure that it is available to all persons using this device. If you sell the device to another user, be sure that they also receive this manual. Our products and user manuals are subject to a process of continuous development.
General information Cross-references References to other locations in this manual are identified by an arrow and the speci‐ fied page number. In the electronic version of the manual, you can click the crossreference to jump to the specified location. Example: See Ä ‘Cross-references’ on page 7. 1.3 Symbols and signal words In this section you will find an overview of the meaning of symbols and signal words that are used in this manual.
Safety instructions 2 Safety instructions Intended use This device is intended to be used for electronic sound generation using a piano key‐ board. Use the device only as described in this user manual. Any other use or use under other operating conditions is considered to be improper and may result in per‐ sonal injury or property damage. No liability will be assumed for damages resulting from improper use.
Features 3 Features The digital piano is characterized by the following features: n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Keyboard: 88 weighted keys with hammer action and adjustable touch response. 16 sounds 128-voice polyphony Reverb Chorus Split mode Metronome Transpose function Music Library with 60 rehearsal songs Speaker: 2 × 10 W 3 pedals Connections: 2 × headphones out, stereo AUX IN/OUT, USB MIDI 2.
Assembly instructions 4 Assembly instructions ö # $ & % ( ) ' * + , - You need a Phillips screwdriver (not supplied) for the assembly of the digital piano. Open the package and make sure before assembling that the entire scope of delivery is present, as posted here. 10 DP-32 B, DP-32 WH Digital Piano 1 Digital piano housing 7 Back panel 2 Power cord 8 Phillips-head screws M6 ´ 18 (2 pcs.) 3 Pedal cable 9 Hand screws (4 pcs.) 4 Left side panel 10 Phillips-head screws 6 ´ 50 (4 pcs.
Assembly instructions Mechanical assembly Proceed according to the illustrations and only use the supplied screws. Using other screws could damage the piano housing or result in a reduced stability of the piano. n n n n n Hand screws (4 pcs.) Phillips-head screws M6 ´ 18 (2 pcs.) Phillips-head screws 6 ´ 50 (4 pcs.) Phillips-head screws 4 ´ 15 (4 pcs.) Plastic caps (4 pcs.
Assembly instructions * Put the digital piano housing on the stand and affix it using four hand screws. ) # Connect the DIN plug of the pedal cable to the provided socket on the bottom side of the digital piano housing. Fix the cable to the base and move the digital piano to the desired position.
Assembly instructions Connecting the power supply Make sure that the device is turned off before you connect it to the power supply or disconnect it. Turn the volume knob counter-clockwise to minimum before connecting the digital piano to the power supply or to other devices. This is to protect the speakers from damage. Connect the cable from the power adapter outlet to the input socket [DC IN] on the rear panel of the digital piano. Plug the AC power cord into a properly wired mains wall outlet.
Connections and operating elements 5 Connections and operating elements Control panel left and right ö # $ % & ' ( 1 [METRO] Button to turn the metronome on and off Press [METRO] and [PLAY] simultaneously to enable the recording mode. 2 [PLAY] Button to start and stop user song playback Press [METRO] and [PLAY] simultaneously to enable the recording mode.
Connections and operating elements Pedals 10 Soft pedal Using the Soft pedal makes the piano sound smoother and the overall volume is attenuated. 11 Sostenuto pedal When stepping on the Sostenuto pedal, the currently played notes linger until you release the pedal. 12 Sustain pedal With the sustain pedal all played notes sound longer. This effect simulates the lifting of the damper in an analogue keyboard instrument.
DP-32 B, DP-32 WH Digital Piano Tempo Metro Beat Setting Record Beep D.A.S. 4 C7 -1 TAP Right hand 9 8 6 4 2 1 Duet -1 +1 Left hand 7 5 3 0 Duet +1 Pedal Resonance Twinova Lower C3 5 3 1 Voice Select 2 Setting +1 Octave C6 Setting -1 MIDI Out Lower Volume Dual Volume Metro Volume Duet On/Off Split Point Voice Demo Dual Soprano Sax C2 Upper Volume Chorus Type Reverb Type Touch Transpose 5 C5 Tune 6 3 Pipe Organ Jazz Organ Clavi E.
Connection options 6 Connection options Headphones To the left beneath the keyboard you find the headphones outlets 1 and 2 (designed as 1/4" phone socket). If you connect headphones (not supplied) to output 1, speaker playback will be retained. Using outlet 2 mutes the speakers. External audio devices via the AUX OUT socket AUX OUT AUX IN Use the AUX OUT socket to connect the digital piano to an amplifier, stereo device, mixing console or recording device.
Turning the digital piano on / off, setup 7 Turning the digital piano on / off, setup 7.1 Switching the digital piano on Press the power button on the right of the claviature to turn the digital piano on or off. If you hear nothing coming from the speakers, the volume may be set to ‘minimum’. 7.2 Automatic shutoff When the digital piano is not being used for 30 minutes, it switches off automatically. To turn it on again, press the power button on the unit.
Turning the digital piano on / off, setup 7.4 Touch sensitivity With this function you can adjust the touch response of the keyboard at six different levels. Parameter Meaning [OFF] Touch sensitivity is off. This can be very recom‐ mendable when playing the organ voice. [1] Hard 2 In this setting, the volume is lower than usual even when playing with a hard touch. [2] Hard 1 In this setting, the volume is slightly lower than usual even when playing with a hard touch.
Turning the digital piano on / off, setup 7.5 Transposing With this function you can adjust the pitch of the keyboard in 12 semitone steps up or down. C#6 1. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [C#6]. 2. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [C7] or [C#7] to trans‐ pose the keyboard pitch in 12 semitone steps up or down. C#7 – – C6 Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [C7] and [C#7] simultaneously to restore the preset value ‘00’ .
Turning the digital piano on / off, setup 7.7 Metronome The digital piano metronome has six preset time signatures. 1. Turning the metronome on / off Press the [METRO] button to turn the Metronome on or off. 2. Setting the time signature Press the buttons / to set one of the preset time signatures ‘0’ , ‘2’ , ‘3’ , ‘4’ , ‘5’ or ‘6’ . Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press one of the piano keys [F#5] … [B5] to set the time signature directly. 3.
Turning the digital piano on / off, setup 7.8 Tempo All preprogrammed pieces and voices as well as the metronome function are stored with certain tempo information. These presets can be adjusted at any time in various ways. 1. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [F4] or [F#4] to adjust the tempo in steps of 1. 2. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press the / buttons to adjust the tempo in steps of 10. 3.
Turning the digital piano on / off, setup 7.9 Button sound With this function, you can turn the Key Tone on or off. By default, the Key Tone is turned on. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press the piano key [B7] to turn the button sound on or off. – C7 7.10 When you turn on the button sound, you will hear a sound each time you press a function button. B7 C8 Pedal resonance This function mimics the sustain effect of a piano. Press and hold the [FUNCTION] button.
Operating 8 Operating 8.1 Demo song The built-in demo song shows the sound and the pitch range of the instrument. 1. Simultaneously press the buttons [SONG/RVB] and /[CHO] to start the play‐ back of the demo song. The demo song is playing in an endless loop. 2. Press the /[CHO] button again to stop the playback. During playback, the piano keys are muted. 8.2 Practising songs 8.2.
Operating 8.2.2 Practising left and / or right hand In [SONG] mode, you can set whether to play both tracks of the practise song or only the left or right track so that hands can practice individually or together. 1. To mute the left track of the practice song, hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [C#4]. To deactivate the setting, hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [C#4] again. 2.
Operating 8.3.2 Split mode This feature allows you to select a point that splits the entire keyboard into two sec‐ tions and to assign different voices to those sections. The preset split point is on piano key [F#3]. C2 A2 1. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [A2]. Select the desired piano key that you want to be the split point. Usually, the split point lies within the piano keys [C3] … [C6]. 2. Release the [FUNCTION] button to apply the setting. 3.
Operating 8.3.4 Demo mode The digital piano offers 16 demos for the individual voices. 1. First, select the first voice as described in section Ä Chapter 8.3.1 ‘Selecting voices’ on page 25. 2. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [G2] to start the demo for the selected voice. 3. Press piano key [G2] again or press the mode. /[CHO] button to exit the demo During playback, the piano keys are muted. C1 C2 G2 8.3.5 Duet mode 8.3.5.
Operating 8.3.5.2 Setting duet split point In duet mode, to play the chords in the chord section with your left hand and the melody with your right hand, you can select a point that splits the entire keyboard into two sections. C2 A2 1. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [A2]. Select the desired piano key that you want to be the split point. 2. Release the [FUNCTION] button to apply the setting. C3 8.3.
Operating 8.4 Digital effects 8.4.1 Chorus effect The Chorus function lets you simulate the acoustic effects under different environ‐ mental conditions. C#7 C6 F6 1. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press the Chorus effect on or off. 2. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [F6] to call up the con‐ figuration mode of the Chorus effect. 3. Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano key [C7] or [C#7] to set the desired effect between ‘1’ … ‘5’ . 4.
Operating Hold down the [FUNCTION] button and press piano keys [C7] and [C#7] simultaneously to restore the preset value ‘3’ . 8.4.3 Dynamic Acoustic System (DAS) With this function you can adjust the tone at low volumes to the characteristic of human hearing. The level of extremely high and low frequencies is dynamically increased when reducing the volume. The Dynamic Acoustic System (DAS) is activated automatically when powering up the digital piano.
Operating 8.5.2 Stopping recording You can cancel or stop recording at any time. During recording, press the [METRO] and [PLAY] buttons simultaneously to stop recording. ð The recording is stopped and saved to the selected memory location. The [METRO] and [PLAY] button LEDs turn off. – – The recording previously saved in the selected memory location is over‐ written. When the full memory capacity has been reached, the recording is ter‐ minated automatically and the recorded data is saved. 8.5.
Operating Deleting all recordings 1. Turn off the digital piano. 2. Simultaneously press the [METRO] and [PLAY] buttons and turn the digital piano back on. ð All user recordings are deleted. 8.6 MIDI functions 8.6.1 USB connection to a computer AUX OUT AUX IN 1. Turn on the computer. 2. Connect the USB port on the rear panel of the digital piano using a standard USB cable (not included) to the USB port on your computer.
Practise and demo songs 9 Practise and demo songs Practising songs No. Name No. Name 1 The Entertainer 31 Robot Doll 2 Rialto Ripples (Rag) 32 Consolation 3 Neapolitan Song 33 2-Part Invention #13 In A Minor.B.W. III 4 Waltzes 34 Minuet In G Major (BWV Anh. 114) 5 Turkish March 35 Barcarolle 6 Schos Doll's Dance No. 2 36 Norwegian Dance No.
Practise and demo songs Demo song No.
Voice list 10 Voice list No. Name No. Name 1 Grand Piano 9 Drawbar Organ 2 Grand Piano 2 10 Jazz Organ 3 Chorus Piano 11 Rock Organ 4 E.Piano 1 12 Pipe Organ 5 E.
MIDI implementation chart 11 MIDI implementation chart Function Basic Channel Mode Sent Received Default 1 ALL Changed 1-16 1-16 Default No Mode 3 Messages No Mode 3 Altered *********** No 0 – 127 0 – 127 True voice *********** 0 – 127 Note ON Yes, 9nH, Yes, 9nH, v = 1 – 127 v = 1 – 127 No, 9nH, Yes, 9nH, v=0 v = 0 or 8nH, v = 0 – 127 Keys No No Channels No No No Yes 0 Yes Yes Bank Select 1 No Yes Modulation 5 No Yes Portamento Time 6 Yes Yes Data E
MIDI implementation chart Function System Real Time Aux Messages Notes: Sent Received Song Select No No Tune Request No No Clock Yes No Commands No *1 No *1 Local ON/OFF No No Active Sensing No Yes System Reset No Yes Notes *1 When the accompaniment starts, an FAH message is transmitted. When the accompaniment stops, an FCH message is transmitted.
Troubleshooting 12 Troubleshooting Problem Possible causes and solutions You hear a 'pop' sound from the speakers when switching the digital piano on and off. This is normal. No need to worry. No sound can be heard when playing the piano. Make sure that the volume control is set appropriately. Check if headphones are plugged into the headphone output 2. Connecting headphones will mute the speakers of the dig‐ ital piano. Malfunction occurs when using a mobile phone.
Technical specifications 13 Technical specifications Input connections Output connections Keyboard Power supply DC connection for power adapter USB port USB-to-Host AUX in 1 × 1/4" jack socket Headphones 2 × 1/4" jack socket AUX out 1 × 1/4" jack socket 88 weighted keys with hammer action Touch sensitivity adjustable Polyphony 128-voice polyphony Sounds 16 Effects Hall, Chorus, Reverb, DAS Pedals Soft, Sostenuto, Sustain Pitch adjustment Transposing –12 … +12 Tuning –50 … +50 M
Plug and connection assignment 14 Plug and connection assignment Introduction This chapter will help you select the right cables and plugs to connect your valuable equipment in such a way that a perfect sound experience is ensured.
Protecting the environment 15 Protecting the environment Disposal of the packaging material For the transport and protective packaging, environmentally friendly materials have been chosen that can be supplied to normal recycling. Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of. Do not just dispose of these materials with your normal household waste, but make sure that they are collected for recycling. Please follow the notes and markings on the packaging.
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