7.20.3 Practise function right / left hand..............26 7.21 Recording function....................26 7.21.1 Recording preparation..................26 7.21.2 Recording........................27 7.21.3 Stopping recording....................27 7.21.4 Playing a recording....................27 7.21.5 Deleting single recordings.................. 27 7.21.6 Deleting all recordings..................28 DP-26 Digital Piano...
Page 4
7.23.3 MIDI connection...................... 29 7.23.4 Controller settings....................29 7.24 Factory defaults......................30 Practise and demo songs....................31 Styles list........................... 33 Voice list............................ 34 MIDI implementation chart..................... 35 Technical specifications....................37 Plug and connection assignment................. 39 Protecting the environment................... 40 DP-26 Digital Piano...
Our products and documentation are subject to a process of continuous develop‐ ment. They are therefore subject to change. Please refer to the latest version of the documentation, which is ready for download under www.thomann.de. 1.1 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 document.
The plasticiser contained in the rubber feet of this product may react with the coating of the floor and cause permanent dark stains after some time. If necessary, use a suitable mat or felt slide to prevent direct contact between the device’s rubber feet and the floor. DP-26 Digital Piano...
Connections: 2 × headphone output, MIDI out, USB-MIDI, sustain pedal, Aux IN, Aux OUT Operating system: Windows® 8 and later, Mac OS X® 10.8 and later Automatic shutoff, deactivatable 12 V power adapter, sustain pedal and music stand included DP-26 Digital Piano...
Connect the cable from the power supply outlet to the input socket [12V] on the rear panel of the piano. Plug the plug of the power cord into a properly wired and earthed mains wall outlet. DP-26 Digital Piano...
Tab. 1: Controls and function buttons with single assignment 7 Button for turning the piano on and off. 8 [VOLUME] | Rotary control to adjust the volume 17 Display 21 [DUET] | Button for activating/deactivating the duet function DP-26 Digital Piano...
Page 11
Enables/disables dual mode. [SONG]/[LOWER] Enables/disables song mode. Enables/disables split mode. [–/NO]/[TWINOVA] Decreases the displayed value. Enables/disables TWINOVA mode. [+/YES]/[SCALE] Increases the displayed value. Enables/disables the selection of historic tunings. [TRANSPOSE]/[HARMONY] Enables/disables the transpose function. Enables/disables harmony mode. DP-26 Digital Piano...
Page 12
39 [HARMONY] | Buttons for selecting a preset in harmony mode 40 [MELODY OFF] | Buttons for enabling/disabling practice mode and muting the right or left hand voice 41 [METRONOME] | Buttons for selecting the metronome sound 42 [ACCOMP] | Buttons for increasing/decreasing the accompaniment track volume DP-26 Digital Piano...
Page 13
50 [AUX IN] | Input socket for connecting an external audio device (e.g. MP3 or CD player, 6.35-mm jack). 51 [AUX OUT] | Output socket for connecting the digital piano to an amplifier, stereo system, mixer or recording device (6.35-mm jack) 52 [12 V] | Connection for the power supply DP-26 Digital Piano...
Use a current operating system still supported by the provider to avoid tech‐ nical difficulties. MIDI device via MIDI OUT Use the MIDI interface to send MIDI data to an external MIDI device. MIDI IN MIDI OUT DP-26 Digital Piano...
Page 15
Use the [SUSTAIN] connection socket to connect a sustain pedal to the digital piano. Pedal box You can connect a triple pedal (sustain, sostenuto and soft) of the optional Thomann original stand (item no. 352262) via the connection socket on the bottom of the dig‐...
Hard | In this setting, the volume is lower than usual even when playing with a hard touch. Keep the [SHIFT] button pressed and press one of the piano keys in the [TOUCH] area to adjust the touch sensitivity. DP-26 Digital Piano...
Keep the [SHIFT] button pressed and set the desired time signature ( ‘0’ … ‘9’ ) with the piano keys [METRONOME]. Setting the metronome sound Keep the [SHIFT] button pressed and use the piano key [VOCAL] to toggle between the settings ‘normal sound’ and ‘human voice’ . DP-26 Digital Piano...
This effect simulates the lifting of the damper in an analogue keyboard instrument. When pressing the keys, the played notes decay more slowly. Press [SHIFT] and [PEDAL RESONANCE] simultaneously to enable the resonance effect. Press [SHIFT] and [PEDAL RESONANCE] simultaneously to disable the resonance effect again. DP-26 Digital Piano...
[SHIFT] button pressed and select the desired tone colour with the piano keys [EQ]. Display Equalizer setting ‘1’ Standard ‘2’ Modern ‘3’ Rock ‘4’ Classic ‘5’ Jazz When you turn on the digital piano, the effects are disabled by default and the EQ preset is “Standard”. DP-26 Digital Piano...
20. Press [SHIFT] and [VOICE DEMO] simultaneously to enter the demo mode. Start/stop playing the demo song with [START/STOP]. Press [VOICE] again to exit demo mode. In demo mode, the piano keys cannot be played. DP-26 Digital Piano...
Play a chord with your left hand in the chord area of the keyboard (see Ä Chapter 7.5 ‘Setting the split point’ on page 17). The melody accompaniment starts automatically. Exiting duet mode Press the [DUET] button again to exit duet mode. The various duet types change with the pre-programmed voices. DP-26 Digital Piano...
Selecting a voice First, select the desired voice (see Ä Chapter 7.11 ‘Selecting voices ’ on page 20). Enabling TWINOVA Press [SHIFT] and [TWINOVA] simultaneously to enter the TWINOVA mode. ð The display shows ‘on’ . DP-26 Digital Piano...
The area set for the left hand becomes the accompaniment area. Chords played in this area are recognised automatically and used as a base for the accompaniment with the selected style. Stop playing the style with [START/STOP]. Chord mode (A.B.C.) is automatically disabled. DP-26 Digital Piano...
ð The display returns to the set volume level of the accompaniment track, e.g. ‘100’ . 7.20 Practise songs The digital piano offers 60 practise songs, where you can mute the right or left hand voice and play this part yourself. DP-26 Digital Piano...
Ä Chapter 8 ‘Practise and demo songs’ on page 31) via the piano keys in the [SONG] area. Example: To set song 08 you have to press the keys [0] and [8] in the [SONG] area successively. DP-26 Digital Piano...
If desired, select an accompaniment (style Ä Chapter 7.19.1 ‘Selecting a style’ on page 23 or voice Ä Chapter 7.11 ‘Selecting voices ’ on page 20) and set the recording tempo ( Ä Chapter 7.7 ‘Tempo’ on page 18). DP-26 Digital Piano...
Use [PLAY/STOP] to switch to the playback mode for user songs. Use [NO] and [YES] to select a recording you want to delete. Press [RECORD]. ð The confirmation prompt ‘dEL’ appears on the display. Confirm with [YES] to delete the recording. Press [NO] to cancel the process. DP-26 Digital Piano...
USB connection Connect the USB port of the digital piano using a standard USB cable (not included) to the USB port on your computer. Use a current operating system still supported by the provider to avoid technical difficulties. DP-26 Digital Piano...
Use the piano keys [0] … [9] in the [MIDI] area to enter the number of the MIDI command you want to assign to the active controller: Number Display MIDI command 000 … 127 ‘0.00’ … ‘1.27’ Standard MIDI command ‘.Cn’ Programme change ‘.dn’ Aftertouch ‘.En’ Pitch bend wheel DP-26 Digital Piano...
Turn off the digital piano. When turning it back on again, keep the buttons [YES] and [NO] pressed. ð All user songs and settings are reset or deleted without further confirma‐ tion prompt. The display shows ‘---’ . DP-26 Digital Piano...
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town From a Story Book Music Box Dancer Comin' 'Round the Mountain Symphony No.9 In E Minor Large From „The New Song of the Brook World“ Larghetto Puck French Suites Cotton-pickin' Fingers DP-26 Digital Piano...
Page 32
Practise and demo songs Tab. 4: Demos Name Fantasia Chpn_op25_no1 DP-26 Digital Piano...
March 1 ChaCha Ballad 1 March 2 Beguine Ballad 2 Polka Salas Ballad 3 Italian Polka Pop Bossa Ballad 4 Jazz Pub Blues 1 6/8 Ballad Jazz 1 Blues 2 6/8 Ballad 2 Jazz 2 Blues 3 DP-26 Digital Piano...
Electric Guitar (clean) Ele. Piano Drawbar Organ Bass Ele. Piano 2 Church Organ Electric Bass (finger) Strings & Orchestral Instruments Ele. Piano 3 Reed Organ Harpsichord Rock Organ String Ensembles Chromatic Percussion Accordion Synth Strings Clavi Harmonica DP-26 Digital Piano...
Portamento ON/OFF Sostenuto Pedal Soft Pedal Reverb Program Chorus Program Reverb Level Chorus Level All Sound Off Reset All Controllers All Notes Off Program Change True # *********** 0 - 127 System Exclusive System Common Song Position Pointer DP-26 Digital Piano...
Page 36
System Real Time Clock Commands No *1 No *1 Aux Messages Local ON/OFF ALL Notes OFF Active Sensing System Reset MIDI channel modes POLY MONO OMNI ON Mode 1 Mode 2 OMNI OFF Mode 3 Mode 4 DP-26 Digital Piano...
Windows® 8 and later, Mac OS X® 10.8 and later Dimensions (W × H × D) 1,510 mm × 230 mm × 480 mm Weight 12.1 kg Ambient conditions Temperature range 0 °C…40 °C Relative humidity 20%…80% (non-condensing) DP-26 Digital Piano...
Page 38
Technical specifications Further information Colour black Surface Matt Matching bag optionally available (item no. 394939 and item no. 146377) Protective cover Matching protective cover optionally available (item no. 497390) Sequencer Modulation wheel Pitch bend Layer function DP-26 Digital Piano...
Since the interference affects both cores equally, by subtracting the phase-shifted signals, the interfering signal is completely neutralized. The result is a pure signal without any noise interference. 1/4" TRS phone plug (stereo, unbal‐ anced) Signal (left) Signal (right) Ground DP-26 Digital Piano...
You can also return your old device to Tho‐ mann GmbH at no charge. Check the current conditions on www.thomann.de. Proper disposal protects the environment as well as the health of your fellow human beings.
Need help?
Do you have a question about the DP-26 and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers