owner's manual (PDF) - Kawai

Portamento for the Solo Part
The Solo Part is monophonic (only plays one note at a time) regardless of which sound is assigned
to it. You can use Portamento on this Part. Portamento is a gradual slide in pitch from one note to
the next, and is useful for adding very expressive qualities to many instruments.
To use Portamento:
1) Press the PORTAMENTO button. The PORTAMENTO button LED will light.
2) Press the button again to turn Portamento off.
You can adjust the Portamento Time, which determines how quickly the pitch will slide from one
note to the next. You can also set the note priority for Portamento. (See “Solo Settings” on page
131).
Selecting Sounds
The Concert Performer has over 900 instrument and drum sounds available from the front panel.
You can freely assign any of these sounds to the four Parts. Remember that there is always a sound
assigned to each of the Parts, even if some of the Parts are not currently active.
The sounds span a tremendous variety of instruments, ranging from traditional acoustic sounds to
modern electronic tones. To help you quickly find the sound that you want, the sounds have been
organized into 15 categories. Each category has a dedicated Sound Selection button on the front
panel.
To select a Sound:
1) In the main play screen, select the Part to which you wish to assign a new sound using the L3, or R1-
R3 buttons. The selected Part will become highlighted.
SOUND
PIANO FEATURE VOCAL DRAWBAR ORGAN STRING
HARPSI &
MALLET
GUITAR
BASS
PAD &
SYNTH
SPECIALTY
DRUM
WOOD-
WIND
SFX
BRASS
USER
The USER button lets you select any sounds
that may be stored in the User Sound category.
Basic Controls P. 11