Casio CTK-900 User Manual

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E-45Synthesizer ModeThe following hints provide helpful advice on making usertone creation a bit quicker and easier.Use a preset tone that is similar to the one you are trying tocreate.Whenever you already have a rough idea of the tone you aretrying to create, it is always a good idea to start with a presettone that is similar.z Experiment with various different settings.There are no real rules about what a tone should sound like.Let your imagination run free and experiment with differentcombinations. You may be surprised at what you can achieve.The following procedure shows how to store a user tone inmemory. Once a tone is stored, you can call it up just as youdo with a preset tone.1. Select a preset tone to use as the basis for theuser tone, press the SYNTH button to enter theSynthesizer Mode, and make the parametersettings you want.2. After making parameter settings to create the usertone, press the [ ] CURSOR button twice.3. Use [+] and [–] to change the user area tonenumber on the display until the one where youwant to store the tone is shown.• You can select any tone number from 700 to 799.4. After the tone name is the way you want, press the[ ] CURSOR button to store the tone.• Use the [+] and [–] buttons to scroll through letters atthe current cursor location.• Use the [ ] and [ ] CURSOR buttons to move thecursor left and right.• See “Inputting Characters” for information aboutinputting text.5. Press the [ ] CURSOR button to save the usertone.• This will display a confirmation message askingwhether you really want to save the data. Press theYES button to save the data.• The message “Complete” appears momentarily on thedisplay, followed by the tone or rhythm selectionscreen.• To abort the save operation at any time, press theSYNTH button or the EXIT button to exit theSynthesizer Mode. Pressing the SYNTH button again(before selecting another tone) returns to theSynthesizer Mode with all of your parameter settingsstill in place.The following are the types of characters you can input whensaving data to the user area.User Tone Creation HintsStoring a User Tone In MemoryTo name a user tone and store it in memoryInputting Characters707A-E-047A