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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 la información para futuras consultas. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el teclado digital, asegúrese de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad”...
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Declaration of Conformity Model Number: LK-280 Trade Name: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. Responsible party: CASIO AMERICA, INC. Address: 570 MT. PLEASANT AVENUE, DOVER, NEW JERSEY 07801 Telephone number: 973-361-5400...
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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.
Contents General Guide ........E-4 Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ....E-30 Using the 10-key Pad ( ).........E-7 FUNCTION Button ( ) Functions ....E-7 Phrases............E-30 Returning the Digital Keyboard to Its Step Up Lesson Flow........E-30 Factory Default Settings ........E-8 Selecting the Song, Phrase, and Part You Want to Practice........
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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 LK-280. • In this manual, buttons and other controllers are identified using the numbers shown below. • There is a button number reference at the back of this manual. You can tear it out and refer to the button numbers as required.
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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. For example, METRONOME, $ BEAT means that the BEAT function is enabled by holding down the button for some time.
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General Guide ■ Back SD CARD SLOT ☞E-53 MIC IN/SAMPLING jack ☞E-19 USB port ☞E-59 AUDIO IN jack ☞E-19 SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK ☞E-17 DC 9.5V terminal ☞E-9 MIC VOLUME knob ☞E-19, 29 PHONES/OUTPUT jack ☞E-11...
General Guide Using the 10-key Pad ( FUNCTION Button ( ) Functions Use the number buttons and the [–] and [+] keys to change You can use the FUNCTION button ( ) to adjust the reverb the settings of the parameters that appear in the upper left effect, to delete data, and to perform a wide range of other area of the display.
General Guide Returning the Digital Keyboard to Function Display Page Its Factory Default Settings Transpose Trans. E-17 Accompaniment Volume AcompVol E-41 Perform the following procedure when you want to return the Song Volume Song Vol E-28 Digital Keyboard’s stored data and settings to their initial factory defaults.
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 br br bn bn bm bm ct ct Auto Power Off Turning on Power and Playing If you do not perform any operation on the Digital Keyboard Press for one of the trigger times noted below, Auto Power Off will This turns on power.
Playing the Digital Keyboard Use the (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to Changing Keyboard Response to display “Demo2”. Touch Pressure (Touch Response) D e m o 2 Touch Response alters tone volume in accordance with keyboard pressure (speed). This provides you some of the same expressivity you get on an acoustic piano.
Playing the Digital Keyboard Adjusting Display Contrast Using the Metronome The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady Press (FUNCTION) and then use the beat to help keep you on tempo. (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display “OTHER”...
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Playing the Digital Keyboard Changing the Metronome Tempo Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the metronome. Press Use y (slower) and t (faster) to change the tempo setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed. •...
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds br br bn bn co co cp cp cr cr ct ct 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 Layering Two Tones Splitting the Keyboard between Two Different Tones You can use the following procedure to layer two different tones (such as piano and strings) so they sound You can use the procedure below to assign different tones to simultaneously when you press a keyboard key.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Pressing again to unsplit the keyboard (so it Using Chorus plays only the tone you selected in step 1). • Each press of toggles between split (two tones) and Chorus is a function that adds depth and breadth to notes. It unsplit (one tone).
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Use the (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select Using a Pedal the pedal effect you want. A pedal can be used to change notes in various ways while • The following shows the available pedal effects. playing.
Controlling the Keyboard Sounds Fine Tuning (Tuning) Octave Shift Use the tuning feature when you need to adjust the pitch Octave Shift lets you raise or lower the pitch of the keyboard slightly to play along with another musical instrument. Also, notes in octave units.
Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard bo bo bn bn br br bs bs bt bt ck ck cl cl cm cm cn cn cr cr cs cs ct ct You can use the Digital Keyboard to sample a sound from a Sampling and Playing a Melody microphone, and then play the sound with keyboard keys.
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Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard Press at the same time. Play something on the Digital Keyboard. This enters sampling standby. The allowable sampling time (in seconds) will appear on the display momentarily and then the display will change •...
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Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard Press the button ( ) that corresponds to Applying Effects to a Sampled Sound the melody sampling tone number you want to You can apply various effects to sampled sounds. select. This will start looped playback of the selected sound.
Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard Output the sound in the direction of the Incorporating a Sampled Sound microphone. into a Drum Set (Drum Sampling) Sampling will start automatically. • Sampling will not start if the volume of the sound picked You can use the procedure to change the drum sounds that up by the microphone is too low.
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Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard ■ To change the pitch of a sampled sound Editing Sampled Drum Set Sounds While holding down the keyboard key of the sampled sound You can use the procedures in this section to copy the drum whose pitch you want to change, use the (10-key) [–] and sound assigned to one keyboard key to another key, to...
Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard Changing to Manual Sampling Stop Other Sampling Functions Normally the Digital Keyboard will stop sampling automatically whenever it detects there is no sound input. You can use the Changing to a Manual Sampling Start following procedure to enable manual sampling stop, which will cause sampling to continue until you press a button to Normally when the Digital Keyboard is in sampling standby, it...
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Sampling Sounds and Playing Them on the Digital Keyboard Deleting a Sampled Sound Protecting Against Accidental Deletion of Sampled Sounds You can use the following procedure to specify a sampled tone number and delete its data. You can use the following procedure to protect each sampled sound against accidental deletion.
Playing Built-in Songs br br bp bp 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 bk bk bl bl bm bm ct ct 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 again to stop playback. Repeating Playback of Specific Measures Song playback will continue (repeat) until you press You can use the procedure in this section to repeat particular stop it. You can cancel song repeat by pressing measures for practice playing along until you master it.
Playing Built-in Songs Pressing again returns to normal playback. Adjusting the Song Volume Changing the song number clears the start measure and Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between end measure of the repeat operation. the volume of what you play on the keyboard and song Disappears playback volume.
Playing Built-in Songs Turning Off the Part of One Hand for Practice Using the Karaoke Feature (Part Select) The karaoke feature can be used with Song Bank songs 001 You can turn off the right hand part or the left hand part of a through 052.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play br br bp bp 6 6 7 7 8 8 bk bk bl bl bs bs bt bt ck ck cl cl cm cm ct ct 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 Press ) to move forward one phrase, Messages that Appear during Lessons to move back one phrase. The following are the messages that appear on the display • Holding down scrolls through phrases at high during Step Lessons.
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 Now it is time to start the lessons. First, select the song and voice fingering guide.
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Lesson 3: Remember what you learned as Lesson Settings you play. Though song playback stands by waiting for you to press the Playing without Phrase Repeat correct keys as in Lesson 2, the Digital Keyboard does not provide any guidance about what note you need to play next.
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Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play Turning Off Note Guide Changing the Phrase Length Use the following procedure to turn off note guide, which You can use the following procedure to change the length of sounds the note to be played next in Lesson 2 and Lesson 3. lesson phrases, or to configure the lesson feature so the song is played all the way through, without being divided into Press...
Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play ■ Auto Step Up Lesson Procedure Using Auto Step Up Lesson Phrase 1 With Auto Step Up Lesson, the Digital Keyboard advances Lesson 1 through each lesson automatically. Lesson 2 Select the song and part you want to practice (page E-26).
Music Challenge Keyboard Game bp bpbo bo bn bn bk bk cn cn Music Challenge is a game that measures your reaction The game ends when you advance successfully speed as you press keys in response to keyboard keys that through 20 notes.
Using Auto Accompaniment bq bq bo bo bp bp bn bn br br 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 bk bk bl bl bm bm cq cq cs cs ct ct With Auto Accompaniment, simply select an accompaniment Starting and Stopping the Rhythm Part only pattern.
This enables chord input on the accompaniment • FINGERED 1 keyboard. • FINGERED 2 • FINGERED 3 Accompaniment keyboard • CASIO CHORD • FULL RANGE CHORD Hold down until the chord input mode selection screen appears on the display. Chord input mode...
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Pressing a single supported and how they are fingered on the keyboard. accompaniment area key in the CASIO CHORD mode will play the Accompaniment keyboard major chord whose name is marked above the key. All of the...
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.
Using Auto Accompaniment Type Using Auto Harmonize Type Name Description number Auto Harmonize automatically adds harmony to notes you Duet 1 Adds close (separated by 2 to 4 play with your right hand, which adds rich depth to the melody degrees) 1-note harmony below of your performances.
Using Auto Accompaniment Use the (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select Looking Up the Notes of Chords the type of chord you want. (Chord Book) Selecting a chord type sounds the chord. The chord type and chord notes appear on the display, and the notes that You can use the Chord Book to look up chords that you do not form the chord light on the keyboard.
Recording Your Keyboard Play br br bp bpbo bo bn bn bk bk bl bl bs bs bt bt ck ck cl cl cm cm cn cn The recorder feature lets you record your keyboard play. Configure the tone, rhythm, and other settings you want to use.
Recording Your Keyboard Play Press twice to exit the recorder mode. Using Tracks to Record and Mix Disappears Parts You can divide a song according to various types of parts (instrument, left and right hand, etc.), and record each part to a specific track.
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Recording Your Keyboard Play To stop recording, press To record to Tracks 1 through 6 • To play back what you have recorded, press again. Record the first part to Track 1. Each press of starts and stops playback. To record to Track 1, perform steps 1 through 4 under “Recording and Playing Back Keyboard Play”...
Recording Your Keyboard Play Recording Two or More Songs, Recording while Playing Along and Selecting One for Playback with a Built-in Song You can record up to five songs (numbered 1 through 5) in This section explains how to play along and record along with memory.
Recording Your Keyboard Play Press to cycle through the parts in the Saving Recorded Data on an sequence shown below. External Device You can save data you record with the Digital Keyboard onto a memory card or on your computer’s hard disk. In the case of Right-hand Recording a memory card, you can save recorded song data as a standard MIDI file (SMF 0 format).
Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions bp bpbo bo bn bn br br cq cq ct ct Press (RHYTHM). Changing the Scale of the Keyboard Press (FUNCTION) and then use the (10-key) [4] (o) and [6] (p) keys to display You can use the following procedure to select from among 17 “SCALE”...
Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions Using the Current Scale Notes for Auto Using Music Preset Accompaniments Selecting a Music Preset instantly changes the Digital You can use the following procedure to reflect the preset Keyboard to a preset setup (tone, rhythm, tempo, etc.) for play scale you selected in Auto Accompaniments.
Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions Press to turn on Arpeggiator. Using the Arpeggiator Playing a chord on the keyboard will start arpeggio play. • Press again to turn off Arpeggiator. The Arpeggiator makes it possible to play an arpeggio pattern automatically.
Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions Deleting User Song Data Deleting All Data in Digital Keyboard Memory You can use the following procedure to delete user song data stored as song numbers 153 through 162. Use the following procedure when you want to delete sampled sounds, user songs and all other data, except for recorded Press (FUNCTION) and then use the...
Using a Memory Card bq bq br br bk bk ct ct You can save Digital Keyboard user area data to a memory Memory Card and Card Slot card and load data from a memory card to Digital Keyboard Precautions memory.
Using a Memory Card Inserting and Removing a Formatting a Memory Card Memory Card • Before using a memory card, first be sure to format it on the Digital Keyboard. • Note that the memory card must be oriented correctly •...
Using a Memory Card Press the (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key. Saving Digital Keyboard Data to a Memory Card Use the following procedure to save Digital Keyboard data to U S E R N A M E a memory card. On the Digital Keyboard, select the data you Flashes want to save as described below.
Using a Memory Card ■ Memory Card Data (File) Storage Locations Press the (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key. The above procedure stores Digital Keyboard data in a folder named “MUSICDAT” on the memory card. • The “MUSICDAT” folder is created automatically when you * * * * * * * * format the memory card on the Digital Keyboard (page E-54).
Using a Memory Card Press the (10-key) [9] (ENTER) key. Deleting Data from a Memory Card Use the following procedure to delete data saved on a * * * * * * * * memory card. On the Digital Keyboard, select the data you Flashes want to delete as described below.
Using a Memory Card Playing Back Data from a Memory Card You can use the following procedure to play back user song data (page E-53) directly from a memory card. • Whenever you copy a file to the memory card that you plan to play on the Digital Keyboard, be sure to store the file in the memory card’s “MUSICDAT”...
Connecting External Devices bq bq br br bk bk ct ct 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 •...
Navigate Channels one of the following as the MIDI device. The navigate channels can be used to display only the notes CASIO USB-MIDI : (For Windows 7, Windows Vista, of a particular channel (part) as on-screen guide information Mac OS X)
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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.
Downloading Data Manager the external device. • If Digital Keyboard notes sound distorted when they are sounded from external audio equipment, lower the Go to the CASIO WORLDWIDE site at the Digital Keyboard’s volume setting. following URL. http://world.casio.com/ Stereo standard plug At the site, select a geographic area or country.
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 E-9).
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Reference Symptom Action Notes keep sounding, without stopping. • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page E-10). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page E-9). Some notes are cut off while they are playing.
Reference Specifications Model LK-280 Keyboard 61 standard-size keys Touch Response 2 types, Off Key Light System Up to 10 keys can be lit at the same time Maximum Polyphony 48 notes (24 for certain tones) Tones Built-in Tones Sampling Tones...
Reference Inputs/Outputs USB port TYPE B Sustain/Assignable jack Standard jack (sustain, sostenuto, soft, rhythm) Phones/Output jack Stereo standard jack Output Impedance: 140Ω, Output Voltage: 4.5V (RMS) MAX Audio In jack Stereo mini jack Input Impedance: 9kΩ, Input Sensitivity: 200mV Mic In/Sampling jack Standard jack (connect a dynamic microphone only) Input Impedance: 3kΩ, Input Sensitivity: 10mV Power Jack...
Reference Error Messages Display Cause Action Message Err CardFull There is not enough room available on the memory card. • Delete some of the files on the memory card to make room for new data (page E-57). • Use a different memory card. Err Card R/W The memory card is damaged.
Reference Song List SONG BANK Score Book Score Book LK-280’s LK-280’s Song Name Song Name Song No. Song No. Type Type POPS PIANO/CLASSICS OVER THE RAINBOW — — MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB Song Book CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT LE CYGNE FROM “LE CARNAVAL DES...
Reference Fingered 3, Full Range Chords Fingering Guide In addition to the chords that can be fingered with Fingered 1 and Fingered 2, the following chords also are recognized. Fingered 1, Fingered 2 Chords 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. MA1105-A Printed in China LK280-ES-1A...
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