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CTK - 2090 EN/ES CTK -2400 USER’S GUIDE Please keep all information for future reference. Safety Precautions Before trying to use the Digital Keyboard, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”. GUÍA DEL USUARIO Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el teclado digital, asegúrese de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad”...
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● Any reproduction of the contents of this manual, either in part or its entirety, is prohibited. Except for your own, personal use, any other use of the contents of this manual without the consent of CASIO is prohibited under copyright laws.
Separately Available Accessories ● Music Stand • You can get information about accessories that ● Song Book are separately for this product from the CASIO ● Leaflets catalog available from your retailer, and from the • Safety Precautions CASIO website at the following URL.
General Guide • In this manual, the term “Digital Keyboard” refers to the CTK-2090/CTK-2400. • Illustrations in this User’s Guide show the CTK-2400. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. bnbo EN-2...
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General Guide • The following explains the meaning of the $ symbol that appears on the product console and with the key names below. $ : Indicates a function that is enabled by holding down the button for some time. P(POWER) button ☞EN-6 SAMPLED TONES/EFFECTS 2, WATCH button ☞EN-14, 23...
General Guide Next press (FUNCTION) until the parameter Using the 10-key Pad ( whose setting you want to change is displayed. Use the number buttons and the [–] and [+] keys to change • Each press of (FUNCTION) cycles through the the settings of the parameters that appear in the upper left available parameters.
Getting Ready to Play Using Batteries Preparing the Music Stand • Be sure to turn off power before loading batteries. Music stand • It is up to you to prepare six commercially available AA-size batteries. Do not use oxyride batteries or any other nickel based batteries.
Playing the Digital Keyboard bp bp 1 1 2 2 bm bm Turning on Power and Playing Using Headphones Using headphones cuts off output from the built-in speakers, Press which means you can practice playing even late at night This turns on power. without disturbing others.
Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing the Metronome Tempo Using the Metronome Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady metronome. beat to help keep you on tempo. Press Start/Stop Use w (slower) and q (faster) to change the tempo...
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds bn bn bp bp bm bm Try playing something on the keyboard. Select from a variety of musical The tone of the instrument you selected will sound. instrument sounds Your Digital Keyboard lets you select tones for a wide variety of musical instrument sounds, including violin, flute, orchestra, and more.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Using Reverb Using a Pedal Reverb adds reverberation to notes. You can change the A pedal can be used to change notes in various ways while duration of the reverb. playing. • A pedal unit does not come with the Digital Keyboard. Press (FUNCTION) a number of times until Purchase one separately from your retailer.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Changing the Pitch (Transpose, Tuning) Changing the Pitch in Semitone Steps (Transpose) The transpose feature lets you change the pitch, in semitone steps. A simple operation lets you instantly change the pitch to match that of a singer. •...
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) cq cq bm bm bn bn bo bo bp bp bk bk bq bq br br bs bs bt bt ck ck cl cl You can use the digital keyboard’s built-in microphone to Sampling a Sound and Playing It record a sound and then play it with the keyboard keys.
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Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) Produce the desired sound in the direction of Press (SAMPLING) and release it. the built-in microphone. This enters sampling standby. • At this time tone number 412 (which is short sampling 1 Sampling will start automatically.
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) Press (SAMPLING). Sounding Sampled Sounds • At this time tone number 415 (which is short sampling 2 tone) is selected. ■ Long Sample • Each subsequent short sampling operation is In the Song Bank Mode, the five SAMPLED TONES/ automatically assigned to the next sequential tone EFFECTS buttons have the functions described below.
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) Applying an Effect to a Sound Sample Use the procedure below to apply effects to a sample that was recorded using either long sampling or short sampling. Press one of the five (SAMPLED TONES/EFFECTS) buttons to cycle through available effects.
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) Using a Sampled Sound in a Deleting Sampled Data Rhythm (VOICE PERCUSSION) To delete all sampled data Use the following procedure to replace a percussive Press to turn off power. instrument with a sampled sound you sampled with short sampling and play auto accompaniment rhythms (page While holding down...
Sampling a Sound and Playing it on the Keyboard (Sampling) Enabling or Disabling the Sampling Play Back Use the procedure below to enable or disable the auto playback routine (song or rhythm using sampled sound) that is performed after sampling is complete. Keep pressing (FUNCTION) until “SampPB”...
Playing Built-in Songs bo bo bp bp 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 bk bk bl bl With this Digital Keyboard, built-in tune data is referred to as Playing Back a Particular Song “songs”. You can listen to the built-in songs for your own enjoyment, or you can play along with them for practice.
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Playing Built-in Songs Press ■ Skip Forward This starts playback of the song. Press Sustain pedal This skips song playback forward to the next measure. Note Each press of skips ahead one measure. Holding down skips forward at high speed until you release it. •...
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Playing Built-in Songs When song playback reaches the measure you Changing Playback Speed (Tempo) want to specify as the start measure, press You can use the following procedure to change the speed This specifies the measure as the start measure. (tempo) in order to slow down playback to practice difficult passages, etc.
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Playing Built-in Songs Playing with the Tone as Song Playback The procedure below lets you select the same keyboard tone as the one being used in the song and play along with your favorite tunes. After selecting a song, hold down (SONG BANK) for about two seconds until the displayed tone name changes to the tone name...
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play bo bo bp bp 6 6 7 7 8 8 bk bk bl bl bq bq br br bs bs bt bt ck ck cl cl To master a song, it is best to break it up into shorter parts Step Up Lesson Flow (phrases), master the phrases, and then put everything together.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Messages that Appear during Lessons Selecting the Song, Phrase, and Part You Want to Practice The following are the messages that appear on the display during Step Lessons. First, select the song, phrase, and part you want to practice. Message Description Select the song you want to practice (page...
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Play notes on the keyboard in accordance with Lessons 1, 2, and 3 the instructions provided on the display and by voice fingering guide. Now it is time to start the lessons. First, select the song and part you want to practice.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Lesson 3: Remember what you learned as Playing a Particular Song All the Way you play. Through Though song playback stands by waiting for you to press the After you successfully complete all of the phrases in Lessons correct keys as in Lesson 2, the Digital Keyboard does not 1, 2, and 3, it is time to try playing the entire song from provide any guidance about what note you need to play next.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Turning Off Note Guide Using Auto Step Up Lesson Use the following procedure to turn off note guide, which With Auto Step Up Lesson, the Digital Keyboard advances sounds the note to be played next in Lesson 2 and Lesson 3. through each lesson automatically.
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Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ■ Auto Step Up Lesson Procedure Phrase 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Phrase 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Phrase 1, 2 • Lesson 3* Phrase 3 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Phrase 1, 2, 3 •...
Using Auto Accompaniment bn bn bp bp 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 bk bk bl bl With Auto Accompaniment, simply select an accompaniment Starting and Stopping the Rhythm Part only pattern. Each time you play a chord with your left hand the appropriate accompaniment will play automatically.
• FINGERED 1 Press • FINGERED 2 This enables chord input on the accompaniment • FINGERED 3 keyboard. • CASIO CHORD • FULL RANGE CHORD Accompaniment keyboard Hold down until the chord input mode selection screen appears on the display.
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Pressing a single supported and how they are fingered on the keyboard. accompaniment area key in the Accompaniment keyboard CASIO CHORD mode will play the major chord whose name is marked above the key. All of the accompaniment area keys that are marked with the same chord name play exactly the same chord.
Using Auto Accompaniment ■ Auto Accompaniment Fill-in Using Auto Accompaniment Use the procedure below to play a fill-in pattern during a Effectively performance. • A “fill-in” is a short phrase played where you want to change the mood of a piece. A fill-in pattern can be used to create a Auto Accompaniment Pattern Variations link between two melodies or an accent.
Using Auto Accompaniment ■ Using Synchro Start Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume Use the following procedure to configure the Digital Keyboard Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between to start Auto Accompaniment play as soon as you press a what you are playing on the keyboard and the volume of the keyboard key.
Connecting External Devices bp bp bl bl Connecting the Digital Keyboard to Your Connecting a Computer Computer You can connect the Digital Keyboard to a computer and exchange MIDI data between them. You can send play data from the Digital Keyboard to music software running on your •...
Connecting External Devices Configure the music software settings to select MIDI Settings one of the following as the MIDI device. CASIO USB-MIDI: For Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Keyboard Channel Windows 7, Windows Vista, Mac OS X A keyboard channel is the channel used for sending Digital USB Audio Device: For Windows XP Keyboard data to a computer.
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Connecting External Devices ■ Turning Off the Navigate Channel Sound and Local Control Playing the Part on the Keyboard There are times when exchanging data with a computer when You can turn off the sound on one or both of the navigate you may not want the Digital Keyboard to sound notes you channels and play the cancelled part on the keyboard play on its keyboard.
Connecting External Devices Connecting to Audio Equipment This Digital Keyboard can be connected to commercially available stereo, amplifier, or recording equipment, to a portable audio player or other equipment. Outputting Digital Keyboard Notes to Audio Equipment Connection requires commercially available connecting cords, supplied by you.
Reference Troubleshooting Symptom Action Included Accessories I can’t find something that should be here. Carefully check inside all of the packing materials. Power Requirements Power will not turned on. • Check the AC adaptor or make sure that the batteries are facing correctly (page EN-5).
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Reference Symptom Action Some notes are cut off while they are playing. Notes are cut off whenever the number of notes being sounded exceeds the maximum polyphony value of 48 (24 for some tones). This does not indicate malfunction. The volume or tone setting I made has changed. •...
Reference Specifications Model CTK-2090/CTK-2400 Keyboard 61 standard-size keys Maximum Polyphony 48 notes (24 for certain tones) Tones Built-in Tones Sampling Tones 1 (Long Sampling) or 5 (Short Sampling) Sampling Time: 2 second (Long Sampling) or approximately 0.4 seconds each (Short...
Reference Operating Precautions Be sure to read and observe the following operating precautions. ■ Location Avoid the following locations for this product. • Areas exposed to direct sunlight and high humidity • Areas subjected to temperature extremes • Near a radio, TV, video deck, or tuner The above devices will not cause malfunction of the product, but interference from the product can cause audio or video interference of a nearby device.
Reference Song List SONG BANK WORLD EVENT TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR SILENT NIGHT LIGHTLY ROW WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS LONG LONG AGO JINGLE BELLS ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY JOY TO THE WORLD SAKURA SAKURA O CHRISTMAS TREE WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN PIANO/CLASSICS AMAZING GRACE...
Reference Fingered 3, Full Range Chords Fingering Guide In addition to the chords that can be fingered with Fingered 1 Fingered 1, Fingered 2 Chords and Fingered 2, the following chords also are recognized. Ddim add9 Cdim • With Fingered 3, the lowest note fingered is interpreted as Caug the base note.
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This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. MA1402-A Printed in China...
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