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Thank you for purchasing the Korg Digital
Piano Concert C-4500. To ensure long,
trouble-free operation, please read this manual
Owner’s Manual
carefully.
Recording / playing back
Contents
your performance ------------------------ 17
About Recorder data ----------------------3
1. Recording your performance ----- 17
Conventions in this manual ------------- 3
2. Playing back your recorded
Main features------------------------------- 4
performance ------------------------- 18
Parts of the C-4500
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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magni- tude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servi
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About the backup battery This product contains a backup battery that prevents the contents of internal memory from being lost when the power is turned off. If the [TOUCH] switch indicator blinks when the power is turned on, the battery must be replaced. Please contact a nearby Korg dealer or a Korg service center. ❍ When you press the [TOUCH] switch, it will stop blinking. About Recorder data Since it is possible for the contents of memory to be accidentally lost, you should save important data
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Main features Parts of the C-4500 and their function A wide variety of sounds ( p.11) Six different expressive and high-quality sounds, including a concert grand piano, are produced by Korg's proprietary HI (Hyper Integrated) synthesis system. You can use the Layer or Split functions to play two sounds simultaneously. Effects ( p.11) The C-4500 provides built-in digital effects that can simulate the reverberation of a concert hall or add rich spaciousness. Pedal effects ( p.12) 1 The C-4500 h
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G C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 E F 89B 0 A 8 [Sound selector] switches C PHONES jack (located on the bottom panel) These switczhes are used to select sounds. You can also A set of stereo headphones can be connected to this play using two sounds simultaneously (Layer func- jack. ( p.7) tions). D Power indicator ( p.7) You can select from six different sounds: [PIANO 1], E MIDI channel keys [PIANO 2], [E.PIANO], [HARPSI], [ORGAN], and These keys are used to set the MIDI channel ( p.20). [STRINGS]. ( p.11
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Switch functions By pressing two switches simultaneously, you can access the following functions. ❍ [Sound selector] switches Program Control PC I/F frequency ( p.22) Local on/off Data dump + change change ( p.20) 38.4kBPS 31.25kBPS ( p.21) on/off on/off 6 beats Metronome click ( p.13) 2 beats 3 beats 4 beats + ( p.13) Accent note bell Kirnberger M L + H ( p.14) Werkmeister ( p.15) L M + H ( p.11) + L M H ( p.11) L M + H ( p.12) ❍ Recorder section Remaining Erase part 1 Erase part 2
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4. Adjust the volume. Preparations for playing Use the [MASTER VOLUME] slider to control the volume that is output from the built-in speakers, Before you begin playing the headphone jack, and the rear panel [OUTPUT] jacks. 1. Plug in the power cable. Plug the power cable into an outlet. Make sure that the AC outlet is the correct voltage for your piano. Raise the [MASTER VOLUME] slider to the 2. Open the keyboard cover. middle position. The volume will increase as you Lightly lift the center of
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Listening to the demo songs The C-4500 contains 18 demo songs. Press to select a song Listen to the demo songs to experience the C-4500's rich sounds and expressive potential. 2. Press the [DEMO] switch once again. 1. PIANO1 F.Chopin / Fantasy-Impromptu Op.66 All [Sound selector] switch indicators will blink in 2. PIANO2 KORG Original / Harmony of Love unison. 3. E.PIANO KORG Original / The Harp of Wind By pressing a [Sound selector] switch at this time, 4. HARPSI J.S.Bach / Italian Concert BWV9
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2. Adding effects to the sound Playing the C-4500 Adjusting the brightness 1. Selecting a sound The brightness can be adjusted independently for each ❍ Press a [Sound selector] switch to select the sound. This setting is remembered for each sound until desired sound. you change it. The indicator of the [Sound selector] switch you 1. Hold down the [BRILLIANCE] switch, and pressed will light. press either the [PIANO 1/L], [PIANO 2/M], or [E.PIANO/H] sound selector switch to select the brightness o
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Adding spaciousness 3. Using the pedals You can apply modulation to the sound currently This instrument has three pedals: damper, sostenuto, selected by the [Sound selector] switches, to create a and soft. They can be used to make your performance sense of spaciousness and richness. This is called the more expressive. Chorus effect. The Chorus effect can be set indepen- dently for each sound. This setting is remembered for each sound until you change it. 1. Hold down the [CHORUS] switch, and pre
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Adjusting the volume 4. Playing with the metronome If you wish to play at an accurate tempo, it is conve- 1. Press the [METRONOME] switch to start the nient to use the metronome. This metronome also sets metronome. the time signature and tempo used when you record a performance ( p.17). Sounding the metronome 1. Press the [METRONOME] switch, and the 2. To increase the volume, hold down the [MET- metronome will start. RONOME] switch and repeatedly press the [PART 2] switch. To decrease the volum
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Note loudness Note loudness Note loudness 5. Adjusting the keyboard touch 6. Changing keys (Transpose) You can adjust the way in which the dynamics respond By changing the key (transposing), you can play a to your playing strength. This is called the Touch song using easier fingering that uses fewer black keys, Control function. or use familiar fingering to play a song at a pitch that matches another instrument or vocalist. This is called 1. Hold down the [TOUCH] switch, and press the Transpose
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7. Adjusting the pitch 8. Selecting a temperament You can make fine adjustments to the pitch. There are numerous classical compositions that were This allows you to precisely match the pitch when composed using temperaments that differ from the playing with other instruments. “equal temperament” commonly used today.In order The pitch can be adjusted in 0.5 Hz steps over a range to reproduce the original sound of such compositions, of 427.5–452.5 Hz (Hertz). the C-4500 provides Kirnberger and Wer
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4. Recording will begin when you press either the Recording / playing back your [START/STOP] switch, a note, or a pedal, or when a MIDI message is received. performance When the [START/STOP] switch is pressed, recording will begin after a two-measure count. The C-4500 contains a built-in recorder that lets you During recording, the [START/STOP] switch record and playback your performance as easily as indicator will blink in time with the time signature, using a tape recorder. red on the first be
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2. Playing back your recorded 3. Erasing recorded data performance Erasing a part 1. While playback is stopped, hold down the To play back your recorded performance [TRANSPOSE/FUNCTION] switch, and press 1. If there is recorded data, the indicator(s) of the either the [PART 1] or [PART 2] switch. [PART 1] and/or [PART 2] switches will light The indicators of the [TRANSPOSE/FUNCTION] green. switch and either the [PART 1] or [PART 2] You can press the switch for a part that you do not switches wil
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2. Connecting MIDI equipment Connecting other devices What is MIDI? MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a 1. Connecting a synthesizer or audio system world-wide standard that allows a variety of musical You can connect another keyboard, module or CD data to be exchanged between electronic musical player into this instrument so that sound from the instruments and computers, etc. other device can be heard through the speakers/ By playing the C-4500, you can sound other instruments headp
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MIDI channel Program changes When you have finished making MIDI connections, Program change messages can be transmitted from the set the C-4500 and the connected MIDI device to the C-4500 to a connected MIDI device to select sounds, same MIDI channel. There are sixteen MIDI channels: or transmitted from a connected MIDI device to select 1–16. sounds on the C-4500. ❍ Hold down the [TRANSPOSE/FUNCTION] Transmitting program changes switch, and press a note in the range of C2–D#3 Program numbers on
