Casio XW-P1 User Manual

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Learning to Play by Playing (For Synthesizer Novices)E-16If you have read all of the information in this introductory partof the manual, you are finally ready to start using thePerformance function. In the Tone Mode, you saw how youcan select a single tone and play it on the keyboard. In thePerformance Mode, you can perform with up to four tonessimultaneously. You also can use the Performance Mode toregister tone, Step Sequencer, and other settings as setupcalled a “Performance”. A Performance can be recalled at anytime, even while you are playing, to instantly change thesequencer’s setup.Press 7 PERFORM to enter the Performance Mode.The Performance Mode keyboard uses the four tonesselected as Zone Part 1 through 4. For more informationabout zone parts and their tones, see “Selecting and CreatingTones” on page E-18.• As shown in the illustration below, the tones of the threecategories on the left can be assigned to Zone Part 1 only.Always configure Zone Part 1 first. Press bl PCM PIANO toenter the Quick Tone Mode, which you can use for simplePerformance editing.If the pointer (e) on the display is not under 1, use the 9PART minus (–) and plus (+) buttons to move it to 1.After ensuring that the pointer (e) is located at 1, use bl bobp bq to select the tone for Zone Part 1.Next, use the 9 PART minus (–) and plus (+) buttons tomove the display pointer (e) to 2 and then use the sameprocedure as above to select a tone for Zone Part 2. Repeatthe above step for Zone Parts 3 and 4.After selecting tones for each of the zone parts, bq EXIT toreturn to the Performance Mode screen. Next, play somethingon the keyboard to see what it sounds like. All four of thetones that you selected above should sound.The exclamation point ( ! ) indicator on the display indicatesthat there are pending edits that have not been saved yet.Press 7 WRITE to enter the save mode. Next, perform thesame procedure that you used when saving a user tone tosave your user Performance data.Using the Performance Function7blLitPerformance Mode Bank-Performance numberPresetPerformance nameCan be assigned toZone Part 1 onlyCan be assigned toZone Parts 1 through 4blQuick Tone ModeZone part tone being editedZone part being editedEdits pending indicator