Yamaha CLP-990M, CLP-990 User Manual

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IMPORTANT

Check your power supply

Make sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel. In some areas a voltage selector may be provided on the bottom panel of the main keyboard unit near the power cord. Make sure that the voltage selector is set for the voltage in your area. The voltage selector is set at 240V when the unit is initially shipped. To change the setting use a “minus” screwdriver to rotate the selector dial so that the correct voltage appears next to the pointer on the panel.

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SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION

PRODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS:

Y amaha electronic products may have either labels similar to the graphics shown below or molded/stamped facsimiles of these graphics on the enclosure. The explanation of these graphics appears on this page. Please observe all cautions indicated on this page and those indicated in the safety instruction section.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

See bottom of Keyboard enclosure for graphic symbol markings

The exclamation point within the equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.

The lightning ﬂash with arrowhead symbol, within the equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufﬁcient magnitude to constitute a risk of electrical shock.

Battery Notice:

This product MAY contain a small nonrechargable battery which (if applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of battery is approximately ﬁve years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualiﬁed service representative to perform the replacement.

Warning:

Do not attempt to recharge, disassemble, or incinerate this type of battery. Keep all batteries away from children. Dispose of used batteries promptly and as regulated by applicable laws. Note: In some areas, the servicer is required by law to return the defective parts. However, you do have the option of having the servicer dispose of these parts for you.

Disposal Notice:

Should this product become damaged beyond repair, or for some reason its useful life is considered to be at an end, please observe all local, state, and federal regulations that relate to the disposal of products that contain lead, batteries, plastics, etc.

NOTICE:

Service charges incurred due to lack of knowledge relating to how a function or effect w orks (when the unit is operating as designed) are not covered by the manufacturer’ s warranty, and are therefore the owners responsibility. Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requesting service.

NAME PLATE LOCATION:

The graphic below indicates the location of the name plate. The model number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are located on this plate. You should record the model number, serial number, and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

All Yamaha electronic products are tested and approved by an independent safety testing laboratory in order that you may be sure that when it is properly installed and used in its normal and customary manner, all foreseeable risks have been eliminated. DO NOT modify this unit or commission others to do so unless speciﬁcally authorized by Yamaha. Product perfor mance and/or safety standards may be diminished. Claims ﬁled under the expressed warranty may be denied if the unit is/has been modiﬁed. Implied warranties may also be affected.

SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. Howev er , Yamaha reserves the right to change or modify any of the speciﬁcations without notice or obligation to update existing units.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

Yamaha strives to produce products that are both user safe and environmentally friendly. We sincerely believe that our products and the production methods used to produce them, meet these goals. In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law, we want you to be aware of the following:

CLP-990/990M

Model

Serial No.

Purchase Date

92-469

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PRECAUTIONS

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

* Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference.

WARNING

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, ﬁre or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or modify them in any way. The instrument contains no user-serviceable parts. If it should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not expose the instrument to rain, use it near water or in damp or wet conditions, or place containers on it containing liquids which might spill into any openings.

• If the power cord or plug becomes frayed or damaged, or if there is a sudden loss of sound during use of the instrument, or if any unusual smells or smoke should appear to be caused by it, immediately turn off the power switch, disconnect the electric plug from the outlet, and have the instrument inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

• Only use the voltage speciﬁed as correct for the instrument. The required voltage is printed on the name plate of the instrument.

• Before cleaning the instrument, always remove the electric plug from the outlet. Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands.

• Check the electric plug periodically and remove any dirt or dust which may have accumulated on it.

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PRECAUTIONS

CAUTION

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Do not place the power cord near heat sources such as heaters or radiators, and do not excessively bend or otherwise damage the cord, place heavy objects on it, or place it in a position where anyone could walk on, trip over, or roll anything over it.

• When removing the electric plug from the instrument or an outlet, always hold the plug itself and not the cord. Pulling by the cord can damage it.

• Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a multiple-connector. Doing so can result in lo wer sound quality, or possibly cause overheating in the outlet.

• Remove the electric plug from the outlet when the instrument is not to be used for e xtended periods of time, or during electrical storms.

• Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all components , set all volume levels to minim um. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all components at their minimum lev els and gr adually raise the volume controls while pla ying the instrument to set the desired listening level.

• Do not expose the instrument to excessiv e dust or vibrations , or e xtreme cold or heat (such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in a car during the day) to prevent the possibility of panel disﬁguration or damage to the internal components.

• Do not use the instrument near other electrical products such as televisions, radios, or speakers , since this might cause interference which can affect proper operation of the other products.

• Do not place the instrument in an unstable position where it might accidentally fall over.

• Before moving the instrument, remove all connected cables.

• When cleaning the instrument, use a soft, dry or slightly damp cloth. Do not use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning ﬂuids, or chemical-impregnated wiping cloths. Also, do not place vin yl, plastic or rubber objects on the instrument, since this might discolor the panel or keyboard.

• Do not rest your weight on, or place heavy objects on the instrument, and do not use excessiv e f orce on the buttons, switches or connectors.

• Take care that the key cover does not pinch y our ﬁngers , and do not insert a ﬁnger or hand in the key co v er gap.

• Never insert or drop paper or metallic or other objects between the slits of the key cover and the keyboard. If this happens, immediately turn off the power and remove the electric plug from the outlet and have the instrument inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not place the instrument against a wall (allow at least 3 cm/one-inch from the wall), since this can cause inadequate air circulation, and possibly result in the instrument overheating.

• Read carefully the attached documentation explaining the assembly process. Failure to assemble the instrument in the proper sequence might result in damage to the instrument or even injury.

• Do not operate the instrument for a long period of time at a high or uncomfortable volume level, since this can cause permanent hearing loss. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, consult a physician.

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PRECAUTIONS

USING THE BENCH (If included)

• Do not play carelessly with or stand on the bench. Using it as a tool or step-ladder or for any other purpose

might result in accident or injury.

• Only one person should sit on the bench at a time, in order to prevent the possibility of accident or injury.

• If the bench screws become loose due to extensive long-term use, tighten them periodically using the

included tool.

SAVING USER DATA

• Always save data to a ﬂoppy disk or an external device such as the Yamaha MIDI Data Filer MDF3 fre-

quently, in order to help prevent the loss of important data due to a malfunction or user operating error.

Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modiﬁcations to the instrument, or data that is lost or destroyed.

Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use.

When moving the instrument after assembly, always hold the bottom of the instrument and the handles located on the rear.

Do not hold the keyboard cover or speaker box. Improper handling can result in damage to the instrument or personal injury.

Key cover

Speaker box

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Thank you for choosing the Yamaha Clavinova CLP-990/990M. In order to make the most of

your Clavinova’s performance potential and features, please read this Owner’s Manual

thoroughly, and keep it in a safe place for later reference.

About this Owner’s Manual and Reference Booklet

This manual consists of four main sections: “Introduction,” “Basic Operation,” “Detailed Settings,” and “Appendix.” Also, a separate “Reference Booklet” is provided.

Introduction:

Basic Operation:

Detailed Settings:

Appendix:

Reference Booklet:

* The models CLP-990M will be referred to as the CLP-990 in this Owner’s Manual.

• The illustrations and LCD screens as shown in this Owner’ s Man ual are for instructional purposes only , and may appear somewhat different from those on your instrument.

• Unauthorized copying of copyrighted software for purposes other than the purchaser’s personal use is prohibited.

Please read this section ﬁrst. In the “Application Index” section on page 11 and “Features” on page 16, you can learn how to use the Clavinova and its functions in particular situations.

This main section explains how to use the basic functions. Refer to this section while you play the Clavinova. If you have questions or come across the words you do not know, refer to the section entitled “Questions about Operations and Functions” on page 97, or the “Index” on page 106.

This section explains how to make detailed settings for the Clavinova’s various functions. Refer to this section as necessary.

This section introduces troubleshooting, a description of preset voices, and other reference material.

XG Voice List, MIDI Data Format, etc.

Trademarks

• Apple and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

• IBM-PC/AT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

• Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft® Corporation.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

“The Clavinova-Computer Connection” is a supplementar y guidebook that describes, for beginners, what you can do with your Clavinova and a personal computer and how to set up a Clavinova-Computer system (the manual is not written for any speciﬁc models). The document is available as a PDF ﬁle (in English) at the following Internet address:

Clavinova W eb site:

http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/cl/

Yamaha Manual Library (Electronic Musical Instruments)

http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/

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Introduction.......................................................... 2

PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................................ 3

About this Owner’s Manual and Reference Booklet..................................................................................................... 6

Table of contents ................................................................................................................................... 7

Application Index

Use this index to find reference pages that may be helpful for your application and situation. .............................. 11

Handling the Floppy Disk Drive(FDD) and Floppy Disk ...................................................................... 13

Maintenance ........................................................................................................................................ 14

Included Accessories ............................................................................................................................ 15

Features ................................................................................................................................................ 16

Before Using the Clavinova.................................................................................................................. 18

Key cover ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Music stand ................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Turning the power on................................................................................................................................................... 19

Adjusting the display contrast...................................................................................................................................... 20

Setting the volume ........................................................................................................................................................ 20

Using headphones......................................................................................................................................................... 20

Basic Operation .................................................. 21

Part Names........................................................................................................................................... 22

Listening to the Demonstration Tunes................................................................................................ 24

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs ..................................................................................................... 26

Playing the 50 piano preset songs ................................................................................................................................ 26

Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs....................................................................................................... 28

Selecting and Playing Voices ...............................................................................................................30

Selecting Voices............................................................................................................................................................. 30

Using the pedals ............................................................................................................................................................31

Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS].................................................................. 32

Transposition ... [TRANSPOSE].................................................................................................................................. 34

Combining two voices (Dual mode)............................................................................................................................ 35

Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode) ............................................................ 37

Using the metronome................................................................................................................................................... 40

Recording Your Performance............................................................................................................... 41

Recording a New Song.................................................................................................................................................. 41

Recording to [TRACK 1]........................................................................................................................................ 41

Re-recording TRACK 1........................................................................................................................................... 43

Re-recording TRACK 1 partially............................................................................................................................ 44

Recording to [TRACK2]......................................................................................................................................... 45

Recording to the third or more tracks [EXTRA TRACKS] .................................................................................. 46

Other recording techniques.......................................................................................................................................... 46

Adding data to or recording over an existing song ............................................................................................... 46

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Changing a voice or tempo after recording........................................................................................................... 47

Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance [SONG BALANCE] ......................... 48

Recording in Dual or Split mode ........................................................................................................................... 49

Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]...................................................................... 50

Clavinova memory.................................................................................................................................................. 50

Basic file operation.................................................................................................................................................. 51

Saving recorded or other songs to Clavinova Storage memory...[SaveToMemory]................................................. 52

Saving recorded or other songs to floppy disk...[SaveToDisk] .................................................................................. 53

Deleting songs in Clavinova Storage memory or a floppy disk...[DeleteSong]......................................................... 53

Renaming a song...[RenameSong]............................................................................................................................... 54

Copying data from one floppy disk to another...[CopyDisk] .................................................................................... 55

Formatting a floppy disk...[FormatDisk] .................................................................................................................... 56

Changing the type of characters on screen...[CharacterCode]................................................................................... 56

Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data............................................. 57

Playing back a song ....................................................................................................................................................... 57

Turning track playback on and off............................................................................................................................... 59

Supported song data type ............................................................................................................................................. 59

Connections ......................................................................................................................................... 61

Connectors .................................................................................................................................................................... 61

Connecting a personal computer................................................................................................................................. 63

Detailed Settings ................................................ 69

Detailed Settings.................................................................................................................................. 70

Parameter List ............................................................................................................................................................... 70

Making detailed settings ...............................................................................................................................................72

Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING] ........................................................ 74

Correcting note timing [Quantize].............................................................................................................................. 74

Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with the first voicing [QuickPlay]...................................... 75

Auditioning the channels [ChannelListen] ................................................................................................................. 75

Deleting data from each channel [ChannelClear]....................................................................................................... 75

Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly [FromToRepeat] ......................................................................... 75

Playing back the phrase specified by the phrase number [PhraseMark] ................................................................... 76

Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat] .............................................................................................................76

Detailed settings for the metronome METRONOME [SETTING]........................................................ 77

Setting the metronome time signature [TimeSignature]............................................................................................ 77

Setting the metronome volume level [MetronomeVolume]...................................................................................... 77

Selecting the metronome voice [MetronomeSound] ................................................................................................. 77

Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING].............................................................................. 78

Setting the octave [Octave]*......................................................................................................................................... 78

Setting the volume level [Volume]*............................................................................................................................. 78

Setting the position of right and left channels [Pan]* ................................................................................................ 79

Fine tuning the pitch (only in Dual mode) [Detune]................................................................................................. 79

Selecting the reverb type [ReverbType]....................................................................................................................... 79

Setting the reverb depth [ReverbSend]*...................................................................................................................... 79

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Selecting the chorus type [Chorus Type]..................................................................................................................... 80

Setting the chorus depth [ChorusSend]*..................................................................................................................... 80

Setting the chorus on/off [ChorusOnOff]................................................................................................................... 80

Selecting the variation effect type [VariationType] .................................................................................................... 80

Setting the variation effect depth [VariationSend]* ................................................................................................... 81

Setting the touch sensitivity [TouchSense]*................................................................................................................ 81

Setting the right pedal function [RPedal].................................................................................................................... 81

Setting the center pedal function [MPedal] ................................................................................................................ 82

Setting the left pedal function [LPedal]....................................................................................................................... 82

Setting the auxiliary pedal function [AuxPedal] ......................................................................................................... 82

MIDI [MIDI SETTING]........................................................................................................................... 83

About MIDI................................................................................................................................................................... 83

Setting the MIDI transmit channel [MidiOutChannel] ............................................................................................. 84

Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port A) [MidiInAChannel] ................................................................................. 84

Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port B) [MidiInAChannel] ................................................................................. 85

Setting Local control on/off [LocalControl]................................................................................................................ 85

Selecting performance from the keyboard or song data for MIDI transmission [MidiOutSelect].......................... 85

Selecting a type of data received via MIDI [ReceiveParameter]................................................................................. 85

Selecting a type of data transmitted via MIDI [TransmitParameter] ........................................................................ 86

Executing song data bulk dump [SongBulkDump].................................................................................................... 86

Transmitting the initial settings on the panel [InitialSetup]...................................................................................... 86

Executing voice data bulk dump [VoiceBulkDump].................................................................................................. 86

Other settings ...................................................................................................................................... 87

Selecting a touch response [TouchResponse] ............................................................................................................. 87

Fine tuning the pitch [Tune]........................................................................................................................................ 87

Selecting a tuning curve for a piano voice [PianoTuningCurve]............................................................................... 87

Selecting a scale [Scale]................................................................................................................................................. 88

Depth of string resonance [StringResonanceDepth] .................................................................................................. 88

Depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal [SustainSamplingDepth].............................................................. 88

Setting the speed of vibraphone’s vibrato effect [VibraphoneRotorSpeed] ..............................................................89

Selecting a pedal function for vibraphone

[VibraphonePedalMode].............................................................................................................................................. 89

Assigning the START/PAUSE function to a pedal [PedalStart/Pause]...................................................................... 89

Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal [AuxPedalType].................................................................................................... 89

Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts to affect the sound [HalfPedalPoint] ....................................... 90

Pitch bend range [PitchBendRange]............................................................................................................................ 90

Replacing the XG voices with preset voices [XGAlternative]..................................................................................... 90

Selecting items saved at shutdown [MemoryBackUp] ............................................................................................... 91

Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet] ................................................................................................. 91

Other method for restoring the normal settings......................................................................................................... 91

Message List ......................................................................................................................................... 92

Questions about Operations and Functions........................................................................................97

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Table of contents

Appendix ............................................................ 99

Troubleshooting................................................................................................................................. 100

Data Compatibility............................................................................................................................. 101

Preset Voice List ................................................................................................................................. 103

Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split) ................................................................................. 105

Index................................................................................................................................................... 106

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Application Index

Use this index to ﬁnd reference pages that may be helpful for your application and situation.

Listening

Listening to demo songs...............................................“Listening to the Demonstration Tunes” on page 24

“Playing the 50 piano preset songs” on page 26

Listening to demo songs with different voices............“Listening to the Demonstration Tunes” on page 24

Listening to songs from “50 greats for the Clavinova” .......“Playing the 50 piano preset songs” on page 26

Listening to my recorded performance ............................................ “Recording to [TRACK 1]” on page 41

“Playing back a song” on page 57

Listening to songs in a ﬂoppy disk............................................................. “Playing back a song” on page 57

Playing

Using three pedals.............................................................................................“Using the pedals” on page 31

Playing an accompaniment that matches pitch ................... “Transposition ... [TRANSPOSE]” on page 34

Changing tonal color

Viewing the list of voices................................................................................ “Preset Voice List” on page 103

Simulating a concert hall........................................................................................... “[REVERB]” on page 33

Combining two voices..................................................... “Combining two voices (Dual mode)” on page 35

Playing different sounds with left and right hands

...........................“Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode)” on page 37

Making a voice brighter and sharper, or softer and smoother........................“[BRILLIANCE]” on page 32

Adding spread to the sound.................................................................................... “[CHORUS]” on page 33

Practicing

Muting the right- or left-hand part ........... “Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs” on page 28

Practicing with an accurate and steady tempo.......................................“Using the metronome” on page 40

Practicing using your recorded song ..........................................“Recording Your Performance” on page 41

“Turning track playback on and off” on page 59

Recording

Recording your performance...................................................... “Recording Your Performance” on page 41

Saving recorded songs to ﬂoppy disks or memory

...........................................................“Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]” on page 50

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Application Index

Use this index to ﬁnd reference pages that may be helpful for your application and situation.

Settings

Making detailed settings for recording and playback

............................................“Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]” on page 74

Making detailed settings for the metronome

......................................... “Detailed settings for the metronome METRONOME [SETTING]” on page 77

Making detailed settings for the voices

................................................................. “Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]” on page 78

Making detailed settings for MIDI ....................................................“MIDI [MIDI SETTING]” on page 83

Making detailed settings for the Clavinova.........................................................“Other settings” on page 87

Connecting the Clavinova to other devices

What is MIDI?.....................................................................................“MIDI [MIDI SETTING]” on page 83

Recording your performance..................................................... “AUX OUT [R], [L/L+R] jacks” on page 61

Raising the volume .....................................................................“AUX OUT [R], [L/L+R] jacks” on page 61

Outputting other instruments’ sound from the Clavinova.......... “AUX IN [R], [L/L+R] jacks” on page 62

Connecting a computer........................................................ “Connecting a personal computer” on page 63

Quick solution

What the Clavinova offers............................................................................. “Application Index” on page 11

“Features” on page 16

Returning to the main screen..............................................................................“[EXIT] button” on page 23

Resetting the Clavinova to the default setting

................................................................“Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet]” on page 91

Meaning of the messages........................................................................................ “Message List” on page 92

If you have questions about operations and functions

..............................................................................“Questions about Operations and Functions” on page 97

Troubleshooting............................................................................................. “Troubleshooting” on page 100

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Handling the Floppy Disk Drive(FDD) and Floppy Disk

Precautions

Be sure to handle ﬂoppy disks and treat the disk drive with care. Follow the important precautions below.

Compatible Disk Type

3.5" 2DD and 2HD type ﬂoppy disks can be used.

Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks

To insert a ﬂoppy disk into the disk drive: Hold the disk so that the label of the disk is facing upward and the sliding shutter is facing forward, towards the disk slot. Carefully insert the disk into the slot, slowly pushing it all the way in until it clicks into place and the eject button pops out.

To eject a ﬂoppy disk:

Before ejecting the disk, be sure to conﬁrm that the ﬂoppy disk drive is stopped. If the disk drive is operating (during the [SaveToDisk] (P53), [DeleteSong] (P53), [RenameSong] (P54), [CopyDisk] (P55), or [FormatDisk] (P56) operation), the Clavinova displays [Executing]. Never attempt to remove the disk or turn the power off when the disk drive is operating. Doing so can damage the disk and possibly the disk drive. Press the eject button slowly as far as it will go; the disk will automatically pop out. When the disk is fully ejected, carefully remove it by hand.

Eject button

If the eject button is pressed too quickly, or if it is not pressed in as far as it will go, the disk may not eject properly. The eject button may become stuck in a half-pressed position with the disk extending from the drive slot by only a few millimeters. If this happens, do not attempt to pull out the partially ejected disk, since using force in this situation can damage the disk drive mechanism or the ﬂoppy disk. To remove a partially ejected disk, try pressing the eject button once again, or push the disk back into the slot and then repeat the eject procedure. Be sure to remove the ﬂoppy disk from the disk drive before turning off the power. A ﬂoppy disk left in the drive for extended periods can easily pick up dust and dirt that can cause data read and write errors.

Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head

• Clean the read/write head regularly. This instrument employs a precision magnetic read/write head which, after an extended period of use, will pick up a layer of magnetic particles from the disks used that will eventually cause read and write errors.

• To maintain the disk drive in optimum working order Yamaha recommends that you use a commercially-available dry-type head cleaning disk to clean the head about once a month. Ask your Yamaha dealer about the availability of proper head-cleaning disks.

• Never insert anything but ﬂoppy disks into the disk drive. Other objects may cause damage to the disk drive or ﬂoppy disks.

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Handling the Floppy Disk Drive(FDD) and Floppy Disk

write-protect tab open (protect position)

About the Floppy Disks

• To handle ﬂoppy disks with care:

• Do not place heavy objects on a disk or bend or apply pressure to the disk in any way. Always keep ﬂoppy disks in their protective cases when they are not in use.

• Do not expose the disk to direct sunlight, extremely high or low temperatures, or excessive humidity, dust or liquids.

• Do not open the sliding shutter and touch the exposed surface of the ﬂoppy disk inside.

• Do not expose the disk to magnetic ﬁelds, such as those produced by televisions, speakers, motors, etc., since magnetic ﬁelds can partially or completely erase data on the disk, rendering it unreadable.

• Never use a ﬂoppy disk with a deformed shutter or housing.

• Do not attach anything other than the provided labels to a ﬂoppy disk. Also make sure that labels are attached in the proper location.

• To protect your data (Write-protect Tab):

• To prevent accidental erasure of important data, slide the disk’s write-protect tab to the “protect” position (tab open).

• Data backup

• For maximum data security Yamaha recommends that you keep two copies of important data on separate ﬂoppy disks. This gives you a backup if one disk is lost or damaged. To make a backup disk use the Copy Disk function on page 55.

Maintenance

Clean the instrument using a dry, soft cloth or slightly damp, soft cloth (wring well).

Do not use benzine, thinner, detergent, or chemical cloth for cleaning. Do not place vinyl, plastic, or rubber products on the instrument. Otherwise, the panel or keys may be discolored or degraded. Before using the Clavinova, be sure to read “Precautions” on pages 3-5.

Tuning

Unlike an acoustic piano, the Clavinova does not need to be tuned. It always stays perfectly in tune.

Transporting

If you move to another location, you can transport the Clavinova along with other stuff. You can move the unit as it is (assembled) or you can disassemble the unit down to the condition when you ﬁrst open the package. Transport the keyboard horizontally. Do not lean it to the wall and the like.

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Included Accessories

“50 greats for the Clavinova” Score Collection

Owner’s Manual

Recording disk

Save your recorded performance to this disk. (page 53)

Bench (included or optional depending on locale)

Reference Booklet

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Features

The Yamaha Clavinova CLP-990 digital piano offers unmatched sonic realism and natural grand-piano type playability as well as Yamaha’s original “ AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling ” tone generation technology for rich, musical voices, and a special “ NL Keyboard (Natural Keyboard) ” that uses wooden keys with a new action mechanism for improved continuous key response. The CLP-990 GrandPiano1 voice features totally new samples painstakingly recorded from each key of a full concert grand piano. The CLP-990 GrandPiano1 voice features ﬁve velocityswitched samples ( nance of a piano soundboard, “

tain Sampling

when the damper pedal is pressed, and “ released. The CLP-990 comes much closer to the sound of a true acoustic piano.

Dynamic Sampling

String Resonance

), a “

Soundboard Reverb

” (page 88) that recreates resonance of piano strings, special “

” (page 33) effect that accurately simulates the reso-

Sus-

” (page 88)that samples the unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano’s soundboard and strings

Key-off Samples

” that add the subtle sound produced when the keys are

PHONES

A set of standard stereo headphones can be plugged in here for private practice. (page 20)

EXTRA

TRACK1SONG SELECTDEMO

FILE

TRACK

CLP-970

MIN

MASTER VOLUME

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSEMAX

METRONOME

SETTINGSTART/STOP

TRACKS

SONG

UPDOWN

REC

STOP

START/

SETTING

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

TEMPO

Connect an optional pedal here and assign one of the various functions to the pedal. (page 62)

OUTIN THRU

PC-2

PC-1

MacMIDI

MIDI

HOST SELECT

TO HOST

This jack and selector switch allow direct connection to a personal computer for sequencing and other music applications. (page 62-67)

CONTRASTB

YES

EXIT

AUX PEDAL

HARPSI-

BASS

CHORD

MAIN

SPLIT

ORGAN/

PIANO/

HARPSI/

POINT

STRINGS

E. PIANO

MALLET

LEFT

VOICE

CHOIR

VOICE

BRILLIANCE

BASS

SETTING

EFFECT

L/L+RR

SETTING

OTHER SETTING

AUX IN

POWER

L/L+RR

AUX OUT

MIDI

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

ORGAN

MALLET

E. PIANO/

PIANO

Connect recording equipment (such as a cassette tape recorder) here to record your performance. (page 61)

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Connect a MIDI device here to use various MIDI functions. (page 63, 66) (About MIDI—page 83)

These jacks allow you to connect an external tone generator to reproduce the sound via the Clavinova’s internal sound system and speakers. (page 62)

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Features

The Clavinova includes 50 preset songs.

This section enables you to listen to these songs, practice using a convenient practice function, play back Clavinova music data (sold in music stores), and record and play back your performance. (page 26, 41, 57)

[FILE]

Save recorded songs and manage song files. (page 50)

[METRONOME]

[DEMO]

Demonstration playback is available for each voice. (page 24)

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MIN

MASTER VOLUME

SONG SELECTDEMO

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSEMAX

TRACK

STOP

SYNCHRO START

TRACK

START/ PAUSE

SONG

Use the metronome functions. (page 40)

EXTRA

FILE

SETTING

METRONOME

SONG

TRACKS

REC

The display allows accurate control and operation. (page 23)

SETTINGSTART/STOP

UPDOWN

TEMPO

[MIDI SETTING]

Make detailed MIDI settings, such as MIDI receive/transmit channels. (page 83)

MAIN voice gruop buttons

Select voices from 25 internal sounds including Grand Piano 1. (page 30)

You can also combine two voices at a time. (page 35)

[CONTRAST]

Adjust the brightness of the display using this control. (page 20)

CONTRASTB

YES

EXIT

[REVERB]/ [CHORUS]

Add reverb (reverberation) and spread (chorus) to the sound. (page 33)

ORGAN

MALLET

E. PIANO/

PIANO

HARPSI-

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

SPLIT

POINT

E. PIANO

ORGAN/

PIANO/

HARPSI/

STRINGS

MALLET

VOICE

BASS

MIDI

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

OTHER SETTING

EFFECT

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

[MASTER VOLUME]

Adjust the volume level using this slider. (page 20)

TRANSPOSE [ ] [ ]

You can shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down so that the pitch will match that of another instrument or singer, while you play the same keys. (page 34)

[SONG SETTING]

Make detailed settings for song recording and playback. (page 74)

TEMPO [DOWN] [UP]

You can change the song tempo (speed). (page 27, 40, 42, 58)

LEFT voice group buttons/ [SPLIT POINT]

You can play different voices on the left- and right-hand sections of the keyboard. (page 37)

[EXIT]

The screen returns to its main display when you press this button. (page 23)

[VOICE SETTING]

You can make detailed settings for tone and effects. (page 78)

[OTHER SETTING]

Fine-tune the touch response and pitch, etc. (page 87)

BRILLIANCE [ ] [ ]

Adjust the brightness of the tone using these buttons. (page 32)

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Before Using the Clavinova

Key cover

To open the key cover:

Lift the cover slightly, then push and slide it open.

To close the key cover:

Slide the cover toward you and gently lower the cover over the keys.

Be careful to avoid catching your fingers when opening or closing the cover.

CAUTION

Hold the cover with both hands when opening or closing it. Do not release it until it is fully opened or closed. Be careful to avoid catching ﬁngers (yours or others, especially children’s between the cover and the unit. Do not place objects such as a piece of metal or paper on top of the key cover. Small objects placed on the key cover may fall inside the unit when the cover is opened and may be nearly impossible to remove. This could cause electric shock, short circuit, ﬁre or other serious damage to the instrument.

Adjusting the music stand angle

Changing the angle

Grasp the bottom of the stand and lift the stand while pulling it toward you. The stand locks at various angles when you hear a click .

Be careful not to pinch your fngers!

Replacing the stand to its original position

Raise the bottom of the stand until the stand becomes horizontal. Then lower the stand while supporting the bottom.

• When you adjust the music stand angle, be sure to hold the bottom part, not the upper part or the sides. Use caution not to pinch anyone’s ﬁngers, especially those of young children, between the stand and the unit.

• Do not adjust the angle with sheet music or other objects resting on the stand. Otherwise, the objects may fall and cause injury.

• Do not place heavy objects on the music stand. Doing so may damage the music stand, or may cause injury.

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Before Using the Clavinova

Turning the power on

1. Connect the power cable.

First insert the plug of the power cable into the AC connector on the Clavinova, then plug the other end of the cable into the proper AC outlet on the wall. In some areas a plug adaptor may be provided to match the pin conﬁguration of the AC wall outlets in your area.

The power connector is located on the lower part of the rear panel.

(The shape of plug differs depending on locale.)

WARNING!

Make sure your CLP-990 is rated for the AC voltage supplied in the area in which it is to be used (voltage rating appears on the name plate on the bottom panel). In some areas, a voltage selector may be provided on the bottom panel of the main keyboard unit near the power cord. Make sure that the v oltage selector is set f or the v oltage in y our area. Connecting the unit to the wrong AC supply can cause serious damage to the internal circuitry and may even pose a shock hazard!

Use only the AC power cord supplied with the CLP-990. If the supplied cord is lost or damaged and needs to be replaced, contact your Yamaha dealer. The use of an inappropriate replacement can pose a ﬁre and shock hazard!

The type of AC power cord provided with the CLP-990 may be different depending on the country in which it is purchased. (In some areas a plug adaptor may be provided to match the pin conﬁguration of the AC w all outlets in your area.) Do NOT modify the plug provided with the CLP-990. If the plug will not ﬁt the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualiﬁed electrician.

2. Turn on the power to the Clavinova.

Press the [POWER] switch located on the right of the keyboard to turn the power on.

• The screen located in the center of the front panel and the power indicator located below the left end of the keyboard lights up.

[POWER] switch

Power indicator

If you close the key cover without turning the power off, the power indicator remains lit, indicating that the power is still on.

TIP

A B

NO YES

C D

When you turn on the power to the Clavinova, a voice name appears on the screen.

Press the [POWER] switch again to turn off the power to the Clavinova.

• The screen and the power indicator turn off.

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PHONES

standard stereo phone plug

bottom surface

Optional headphones

HPE-160 Y amaha headphones.

Before Using the Clavinova

Adjusting the display contrast

You can adjust the contrast of the display by turning the [CONTRAST] knob located to the right of the LCD.

A B

NO YES

C D

Use this knob.

CONTRAST

EXIT

TERMINOLOGY

CONTRAST:

difference between brightness and darkness

Setting the volume

While playing the keyboard, adjust the volume level by moving the [MASTER VOLUME] slider on the left of the front panel to the left or right.

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

The level decreases. The level increases.

Do not use the Clavinova at a high volume level for a long period of time, or your hearing may be damaged.

TERMINOLOGY

MASTER VOLUME:

The volume level of the entire keyboard sound

TIP

You can also adjust the [PHONES] output level and the AUX IN input level using the [MASTER VOLUME] slider.

Using headphones

Connect a pair of headphones to one of the [PHONES] jacks. When the headphones are plugged into either of the [PHONES] jacks, the internal speaker system is automatically shut off. Two [PHONES] jacks are provided. Two sets of standard stereo headphones can be plugged in. (If you are using only one pair of headphones, you can plug them into either of these jacks.)

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Basic Operation

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Part Names

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MIN

MASTER VOLUME

3 5

TRANSPOSEMAX

SONG SELECTDEMO

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

4 6 0 A

CLP-970

MIN

MASTER VOLUME

C0 D0 E0 F0 G0 A0 B0 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4

B-1A-1

CONTRASTB

YES

MAIN

EXIT

LEFT

SPLIT POINT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

BASS

PIANO/

E. PIANO

G I J K N P

7 B

TRACK

STOP

START/ PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS

REC

FILE

SONG

SETTING

9 C

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSEMAX

UPDOWN

REC

STOP

START/

SETTING

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

TEMPO

EXTRA

TRACK

FILE

TRACK1SONG SELECTDEMO

METRONOME

SETTINGSTART/STOP

TRACKS

NEW SONG

SONG

CONTRASTB

PIANO

MAIN

YES

SPLIT POINT

EXIT

LEFT

ORGAN

MALLET

HARPSI-

CHORD

BASS

ORGAN/

HARPSI/

STRINGS

MALLET

VOICE

METRONOME

SETTINGSTART/STOP

UPDOWN

TEMPO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

BASS

CHORD

HARPSI/

PIANO/

MALLET

E. PIANO

MIDI

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

ORGAN

MALLET

SETTING

CHOIR

]

VOICE

OTHER

BASS

ORGAN/

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

STRINGS

EFFECT

VOICE

C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C6 D6 E6 F6 G6 A6 B6 C7

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

L M O

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

SETTING

BRILLIANCE

EFFECT

POWER

OTHER

SETTING

MIDI

Center “C”

PHONES

Top panel

[POWER]..............................................P19

2 [MASTER VOLUME].............................P20

3 [DEMO] ...............................................P24

4 TRANSPOSE [ ] [ ] ..........................P34

5 SONG SELECT [ ] [ ]..........P26, 41, 57

6 SONG BALANCE [ ] [ ]....................P48

7 [TRACK1] [TRACK2] /

[EXTRA TRACKS] ............... P28, 41–46, 59

8 [FILE] ...................................................P50

9 SONG [STOP] /

[START/PAUSE] .......................P26, 42, 58

0 [REC]....................................................P42

A [SONG SETTING] ................................P74

B METRONOME [START/STOP] /

[SETTING]......................................P40, 77

C TEMPO [DOWN] [UP] .......P27, 40, 42, 58

D LCD buttons A [–] [+] / B [– (NO)] [+ (YES)] /

C [–] [+] / D [–] [+]...............................P23

E LCD screen ..........................................P23

F [CONTRAST] knob...............................P20

G [EXIT]...................................................P23

H Voice group buttons for the MAIN

section.................................................P30

I [SPLIT POINT] .....................................P38

J Voice group buttons for the LEFT

section.................................................P37

K [VOICE SETTING] ................................P78

L [REVERB]..............................................P33

M [CHORUS] ............................................P33

N BRILLIANCE [ ] [ ] ...........................P32

O [MIDI SETTING]...................................P83

P [OTHER SETTING] ...............................P87

Q [PHONES] ............................................P20

R Soft pedal ............................................P31

S Sostenuto pedal ..................................P31

T Damper pedal .....................................P31

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Connectors

\ ]

Part Names

U AUX OUT [R] [L/L+R]..........................P61

V AUX IN [R] [L/L+R] .............................P62

W [AUX PEDAL] ......................................P62

X [TO HOST] ..........................................P62

Floppy disk drive................................. P13

Panel logos

GM System Level 1

“GM System Level 1” is an addition to the MIDI standard which guarantees that any data conforming to the standard will play accurately on any GM-compatible tone generator or synthesizer from any manufacturer.

OUTIN THRU

MIDI

Y HOST SELECT ..................................... P62

Z MIDI [IN] [OUT] [THRU] .................... P63

PC-2

PC-1

HOST SELECT

MacMIDI

AUX PEDAL

TO HOST

L/L+RR

AUX IN

uppee left on the front board

L/L+RR

AUX OUT

XG Format

XG is a new Yamaha MIDI speciﬁcation which signiﬁcantly expands and improves on the “GM System Level 1” standard with greater voice handling capacity, expressive control, and effect capability while retaining full compatibility with GM.

D LCD buttons E LCD

Use the LCD button A, B, C, or D to select the contents displayed on the LCD. Check the screen located in the center of the top panel after every operation. A voice name appears on the screen when you turn on the power to the unit.

A B

NO YES

C D

G[EXIT] button

When you press this button, the unit returns to the default screen (the screen that indicates a voice name(s) and is displayed when the power is turned on).

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Listening to the Demonstration Tunes

The Clavinova provides demonstration tunes that effectively demonstrate each of the MAIN voice groups. Refer to the table below for voice names and corresponding demo songs.

Demonstration tunes

Voice group Tunes Composer

PIANO E.PIANO/BASS HARPSICHORD MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/CHOIR

1 4

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MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

Chanson de l’adieu Original Le Coucou Original Organ Concerto Op.4 No.2 Original

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

STOP

SYNCHRO START

FILE METRONOME

TRACKS

START/ PAUSE

SONG

START/ STOP SETTING

REC

SONG

SETTING

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

A B

UPDOWN

C D

F.F. Chopin – L.C. Daguin – G.F. Händel –

CONTRAST

NO YES

MAIN voice

2 3

group buttons

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

EXIT

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

BASS

SPLIT

E. PIANO

POINT

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

Procedure

1. Engage the demo mode.

Press the [DEMO] button to engage the demo mode.

The MAIN voice group (upper row) button indicators light up in sequence.

A B

C D

2. Select a tune and start playback.

Press the voice group button (upper row) of the desired demonstration tune.

The corresponding voice button indicator lights up and playback starts. Until you stop playback, the selected tune will be played repeatedly using different voices (in the following order: PIANO E. PIANO/BASS → HARPSICHORD → MALLET → ORGAN → STRINGS/CHOIR).

TERMINOLOGY

Mode:

A mode is a status under which you can execute a certain function. In demo mode, you can play back demonstration tunes.

NO YES

NOTE

To adjust the volume level of the demo songs, use the [MASTER VOLUME] slider.

→

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3. Stop the playback.

Press the button of the voice group being played or the [STOP] button.

4. Exit from demo mode.

Press the [DEMO] or [EXIT] button to exit from demo mode.

Listening to the Demonstration Tunes

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Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

The Clavinova provides performance data of 50 piano songs. You can just listen to these songs (page 26) or use them for practice (page 28). You can also refer to the included “50 greats for the Clavinova” that contains the scores for 50 piano preset songs.

Playing the 50 piano preset songs

METRONOME [START/STOP]

CLP-990

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

Procedure

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

STOP

SYNCHRO START

START/ PAUSE

SONG

FILE METRONOME

TRACKS

START/ STOP SETTING

REC

SONG

SETTING

UPDOWN

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

TEMPO [DOWN] [UP]

A B

NO YES

C D

CONTRAST

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

EXIT

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

SPLIT

E. PIANO

MALLET

POINT

ORGAN/ STRINGS

CHOIR

BASS

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

1. Select a song.

Press one of the [SONG SELECT] buttons repeatedly to select the desired piano song from P-001 to P-050.

Song select screen

A B

C D

The song number appears on the display.

2. Play a preset song.

Press the [START/PAUSE] button to start playback.

A B

C D

NO YES

the number of measures

NO YES

TERMINOLOGY

Song:

On the Clavinova, performance data is called a “Song.” This includes demonstration tunes and piano preset tunes.

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• You can also use the C [–]/[+] buttons to select a song after pressing the [SONG SELECT] button.

• [P-000: NewSong] is a blank song provided for you to record your performance. (See page 41.)

• Use the SongRepeat parameter in the “SONG SETTING” menu to select repeat playback of all songs or repeat playback of a single song. (See page 76.)

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You can play the keyboard along with the preset song playback. You can change the voice playing on the k eyboard.

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Adjusting the tempo

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

You can use the TEMPO [DOWN]/[UP] buttons to adjust the playback tempo as required. The default tempo (the song’s original tempo) is set when you press the [DOWN] and [UP] buttons simultaneously. Press either of the SONG SELECT [ ]/[ ] buttons to return to the song select screen.

A B

NO YES

C D

3. Stop the song playback.

When playback is complete, it automatically stops and the Clavinova locates the top of the song. To stop playback in the middle of a song, press the [STOP] button. You can also pause playback by pressing the [START/PAUSE] button. Playback stops when you press the button.

Fast forward and rewind

You can perform the following operations in the song select screen:

• Use the B [–]/[+] buttons to move back and forth (rewind and fast forward) through the song while the song is played or stopped.

• Press the SONG SELECT [ ] or the C [–] button during playback to restart playback from the top of the song.

• Press the SONG SELECT [ ] or the C [+] button during playback to start playback from the next song.

• Press the SONG SELECT [ ] or the C [–] button while playback is stopped in the middle of the song to locate the top of the song.

TIP

You can also use the D[–]/[+] buttons to change the tempo.

NOTE

Resetting the tempo

Whenever you select a new preset song, the tempo is automatically reset to the song’s original value.

4. Return to the default screen.

Press the [EXIT] button.

TERMINOLOGY

Default screen:

The default screen is a voice select screen (page 30) that appears when you turn on the power to the Clavinova.

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Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs

The 50 preset songs have separate left- and right-hand parts on individual tracks. You can turn the left- and right-hand parts on or off as required so you can practice the corresponding part (the part that is turned off) on the keyboard. The right-hand part is played by [TRACK 1] and the left-hand part is played by [TRACK 2].

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MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

procedure

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

TRACKS

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

E. PIANO

MALLET

ORGAN/ STRINGS

SPLIT POINT

CHORUS MIDI

REVERB

CHOIR

BASS

VOICE

SETTING

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

1. Turn off the playback part you wish to practice.

After you select a song to practice, press the [TRACK1] or [TRACK2] button to turn off the corresponding part.

When you ﬁrst select a song, both [TRACK1] and [TRACK2] indicators light up, indicating that you can play back both parts. When you press one of the buttons to turn off playback, the corresponding button indicator turns off and the corresponding part playback is muted. Pressing the buttons repeatedly toggles between playback on and off.

2. Start playback and playing.

Press the [START/PAUSE] button to start playback. Play the part you just turned off.

Starting playback automatically as you start playing the keyboard (Synchro Start)

You can start playback as soon as you start playing the keyboard. This is called the “Synchro Start” function. To enter Synchro Start standby mode, press and hold down the [STOP] button and press the [START/PAUSE] button. The [START/ PAUSE] indicator ﬂashes. Now play the keyboard. Playback starts simultaneously. To cancel the Synchro Start function, press the [STOP] button while the Clavinova is in Synchro Start standby mode.

TIP

You can turn parts on or off, even during playback.

TERMINOLOGY

Synchro:

Synchronous;occurring at the same time

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3. Stop playback.

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

When playback is complete, it automatically stops and the Clavinova locates the top of the song. If you wish to stop playback in the middle of a song, press the [STOP] button. You can also pause playback by pressing the [START/PAUSE] button. Playback stops when you press the button.

You can also assign a phrase in a song to repeatedly practice that part. Refer to the [FromToRepeat] option in the “SONG SETTING” menu on page 75.

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Resetting the part playback

Both parts are automatically turned ON whenever you select a new song.

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Selecting and Playing Voices

Selecting Voices

MAIN voice

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MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

Procedure

DEMO SONG SELECT

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

SETTING

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

CONTRAST

NO YES

PIANO

MAIN

SPLIT POINT

EXIT

LEFT

E. PIANO/

BASS

PIANO/

E. PIANO

group buttons

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

CHORD

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

BASS

MALLET

STRINGS

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

1. Select a voice group.

Press one of the MAIN voice group buttons (upper row).

2. Select a voice.

Use the A [–]/[+] buttons to select a voice.

V oice group Voice name V oice group Voice name

PIANO

E.PIANO/ BASS

HARPSICHORD

GrandPiano1 GrandPiano2 Marimba

MALLET E.Piano1 Celesta E.Piano2 SynthPiano PipeOrganFlute1 WoodBass PipeOrganFlute2

ORGAN ElectricBass PipeOrganTutti Bass&Cymbal JazzOrgan Harpsichord8' Harpsichord8'+4' SynthStrings ElectricClavichord SlowStrings

STRINGS/

CHOIR

Vibraphone

PipeOrganPrincipal

Strings

Choir SlowChoir Scat

TIP

To learn characteristics of the voices, listen to demo songs for each voice group (page 24). Refer to “Preset V oice List” on page 103 for more information on characteristics of each preset voice.

TERMINOLOGY

Voice

On the Clavinova, a voice means “tone” or “tonal color.”

TIP

You can control the loudness of a voice by how hard y ou play the keyboard, although different playing styles (touch sensitivities) have little or no effect with the sound of certain musical instruments. Refer to “Preset Voice List” on page 103.

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Using the pedals

The Clavinova has three foot pedals: damper pedal (right), sostenuto pedal (center), and soft pedal (left) that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano.

Selecting and Playing Voices

Damper (right) pedal

When you press the damper pedal, the notes you play have a longer sustain. When you select Grand Piano 1, pressing the damper pedal activates the instrument’s special “Sustain Samples” to accurately recreate the unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano’s soundboard and strings.

Sostenuto (center) pedal

If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while holding the note(s), the notes will sustain as long as the pedal is held. All subsequent notes will not sustain.

When you press the damper pedal here, the notes you play before you release the pedal have a longer sustain.

When you press the sostenuto pedal here while holding the note(s), the notes will sustain as long as you hold the pedal.

TIP

If the damper pedal doesn’t work, or notes are sustained even when the pedal is not pressed, make sure that the RPedal parameter in the “VOICE SETTING” menu is set to ON (see page 81).

TIP

You can adjust the depth of the resonance produced by the “Sustain Samples” using the Sustain Sampling Depth parameter in the “OTHER SETTING” menu. (See page

88.)

Soft pedal (left)

The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played while the pedal is pressed. (The soft pedal will not affect notes that are already playing when it is pressed. Press the pedal immediately before you play the target notes.)

With the Vibraphone and Jazz Organ voices, this pedal turns vibrato on and off or toggles the speed of vibrato. (See page 82.)

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You can assign a function to each pedal via the “R Pedal”, “M Pedal”, and “L Pedal” parameters in the “VOICE SETTING” menu. (See page 81, 82.)

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The center and left pedals can also be assigned to song start/stop operation (ST ART/P A USE function) via the “PedalStart/Pause” parameter in the “OTHER SETTING” menu (on page

89).

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Selecting and Playing Voices

Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS]

The Effect function enables you to add expression to the sound. The Clavinova effects include Brilliance, Reverb, and Chorus.

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MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

[BRILLIANCE]

DEMO SONG SELECT

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

TRACKS

REC

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

SETTING

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

E. PIANO

MALLET

ORGAN/ STRINGS

SPLIT

POINT

BRILLIANCE [ ] [ ]

[REVERB] [CHORUS]

CHORUS MIDI

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

CHOIR

BASS

VOICE

SETTING

You can use this control to adjust the brilliance of the tone and change the tonality to suit your preference.

Procedure

Press one of the BRILLIANCE [ ]/ [ ] buttons to select the desired tonality.

A B

NO YES

C D

Dark.................... Dark tone

Mellow ................ Soft and mellow tone

Normal ............... Standard tone

Bright ................. Bright tone

Metallic............... Sharp metallic tone

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main screen.

You can also use the D [–]/ [+] buttons after you press one of the [BRILLIANCE] buttons to select the desired option.

Normal setting = Normal

Normal setting:

The “Normal setting” refers to the default setting (factory setting) obtained when you ﬁrst turn on the power to the Clavinova.

If you select [Bright] or [Metallic] as the type of brilliance, the volume level will increase slightly. Under this condition, if you raise the [MASTER VOLUME] slider setting, the sound may become distorted. In this case, lower the volume accordingly.

TIP

TERMINOLOGY

NOTE

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[REVERB]

This control adds reverberation to the sound by simulating the natural reverberation of a concert hall.

Procedure

Pressing the [REVERB] button repeatedly toggles the reverb on and off.

Even if the reverb effect is turned off, a “soundboard reverb” effect will be applied when the GrandPiano1 or GrandPiano2 voice is selected.

[CHORUS]

This control adds spread and spaciousness to the sound.

Procedure

Pressing the [CHORUS] button repeatedly toggles the chorus on and off.

You can turn the chorus effect on and off by pressing the [CHORUS] ON/OFF buttons on the panel and by setting the Chorus On Off parameter in the VOICE SETTING menu (see page 80). The [CHORUS] ON/OFF button setting on the panel is temporary. That is, if you select another voice, the chorus setting for the previous voice is cancelled. The Chorus On Off parameter setting is saved for each voice. That is, if you select a given voice, the chorus setting is automatically turned on or off according to the saved chorus setting.

TIP

You can select a reverb type via the Reverb Type parameter in the “VOICE SETTING” menu, and adjust the reverb depth f or the selected voice via the Reverb Send parameter. (See page 79.)

TIP

Normal setting = ON

TIP

You can select a chorus type via the Chorus Type parameter in the “VOICE SETTING” menu, and adjust the chorus depth for the selected voice via the Reverb Send parameter . You can also turn chorus on or off via the Chorus On Off parameter. (See page 80.)

TIP

Normal Setting

The normal chorus on/off setting is different for each voice.

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Transposition ... [TRANSPOSE]

The Clavinova’s Transpose function makes it possible to shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down in semitone intervals to facilitate playing in difﬁcult key signatures, and to let you easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other instruments. For example, if you set the transposition amount to “5,” playing key C produces pitch F. In this way, you can play the song as if it were in C major, and the Clavinova will transpose it to the key of F. You can also change the key signature of playback songs, in addition to your own performance.

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MIN MAX

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

MASTER VOLUME

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

SETTING

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

21 3 3

CONTRAST

NO YES

EXIT

Procedure

1. Display the Transpose screen.

Press one of the TRANSPOSE [ ] and [ ] buttons.

A B

NO YES

C D

2. Select a type of transposition from Manual or Song.

Use the C [–] and [+] buttons to select Manual or Song.

Manual ............... Your manual performance

Song .................... Playback song

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

BASS

SPLIT

E. PIANO

POINT

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

TERMINOLOGY

Transpose:

Changing the key signature of a song. On the Cla vinov a, transposing shifts the pitch of the entire keyboard.

3. Set the transposition amount.

4. Return to the main screen.

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Use the D [–] and [+] or TRANSPOSE [ ] and [ ] buttons to set the transposition amount.

To set the amount of transposition to “0,” press the D [–] and [+] buttons or the TRANSPOSE [ ] and [ ] buttons simultaneously.

Press the [EXIT] button.

TIP

The transposition range is from “–12 semitones” (down one octave) through “0” (normal pitch) to “12 semitones” (up one octave).

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Combining two voices (Dual mode)

You can play two voices simultaneously across the entire range of the keyboard. In this way, you can simulate a melody duet or combine two similar voices to create a thicker sound. Refer to “Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split)” on page 105 for examples of effective voice combinations.

The numbers on the upper row indicate the steps in Dual mode using voices from different groups.

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MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

The numbers on the bottom row indicate the steps in Dual mode using voices from the same group.

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

2 3 1 4

Dual mode using voices in different voice groups

Procedure

1. Enter Dual mode.

Press two MAIN voice group buttons (upper row) simultaneously.

A B

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

MAIN voice group buttons

1 32

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

BASS

SPLIT

E. PIANO

POINT

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

MAIN voice group buttons

C D

1st voice 2nd voice

2. Select a voice.

Use the A [–]/[+] buttons and B [–]/[+] buttons to select a voice.

The voices listed in the upper row in “Preset Voice List” on page 103 are called 1st voices, and those listed in the bottom row are called 2nd voices.

3. Exit Dual mode and return to normal play mode.

Press any MAIN voice group button.

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Dual mode using voices in the same voice group

Procedure

1. Select a voice group.

In normal play mode, press the desired MAIN voice group button.

2. Select a voice.

Use the A [–]/[+] buttons to select a voice.

3. Select another voice.

Use the B [–]/[+] buttons to select another voice in the same voice group.

To use the identical voices, press the B [–]/[+] buttons once. To use different voices within the same voice group, press the B [–]/[+] buttons repeatedly.

A B

NO YES

C D

4. Exit Dual mode and return to normal play mode.

Press any MAIN voice group button.

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Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode)

Split mode enables you to play two different voices on the keyboard — one with the left hand and another with the right hand. For example, you can play a bass part using the Wood Bass or Electric Bass voice with the left hand, and a melody with the right hand. Refer to “Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split)” on page 105 for examples of effective voice combinations.

CLP-990

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

E. PIANO/

BASS

PIANO/

E. PIANO

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

CHORD

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

1 3 5

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

MAIN

SPLIT POINT

LEFT

3 44

MAIN voice group buttons

CHORUS MIDI

REVERB

CHOIR

BASS

VOICE

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

LEFT voice group buttons

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

Procedure

1. Enter Split mode.

Press one of the LEFT voice group buttons (bottom row).

A B

C D

2. Select a voice for the right hand.

Use the MAIN voice group buttons (upper row) and the A [–]/[+] buttons.

3. Select a voice for the left hand.

Use the LEFT voice group buttons (bottom row) and the C [–]/[+] buttons.

NO YES

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Voice group

MAIN LEFT

PIANO PIANO/E.PIANO GrandPiano1

E.PIANO/BASS E.Piano1

BASS WoodBass

HARPSICHORD HARPSICHORD/MALLET Harpsichord8'

MALLET Vibraphone

ORGAN ORGAN/STRINGS PipeOrganPrincipal

STRINGS/CHOIR Strings

Voice name

GrandPiano2

E.Piano2 SynthPiano

ElectricBass Bass&Cymbal

Harpsichord8'+4' EcelctricClavichord

Marimba Celesta

PipeOrganFlute1 PipeOrganFlute2 PipeOrganTutti JazzOrgan

SynthStrings SlowStrings Choir SlowChoir Scat

4. Specify the split point (the border between the right-

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and left-hand range).

The normal setting of the split point is “FI2.”

F 2

Center “C”

TIP

A speciﬁed “split point” key is included in the left-hand range.

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To change the split point setting:

Press the [SPLIT POINT] button, then use the D [–]/[+] buttons to specify the split point.

(Optional) Press and hold down the [SPLIT POINT] button and play the key you wish to assign as the split point.

A B

NO YES

C D

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main screen.

5. Exit Split mode and return to normal play mode.

Press the voice group button that you pressed for the lefthand range.

Selecting and Playing Voices

In Split mode, you can use Dual mode (see page 35) for the MAIN and LEFT ranges respectively.

A B

NO YES

C D

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Using the metronome

The Clavinova is built-in metronome (a device that keeps an accurate tempo) is a convenient feature for practice.

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MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

Procedure

DEMO SONG SELECT

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

1 2

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

REC

SONG

SETTING

TEMPO [DOWN] [UP]

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

BASS

SPLIT

E. PIANO

POINT

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

1. Start the metronome.

Press the METRONOME [START/STOP] button.

When the metronome is sounding, the beat indicator ﬂashes at the current tempo.

Adjusting the tempo

Press the TEMPO [DOWN] or [UP] button.

A B

NO YES

C D

To adjust the tempo (number of beats per minute: 10–400), use the TEMPO [DOWN]/[UP] or the D [–]/[+] buttons. To reset the tempo to the normal (default) setting, press the [DOWN] and [UP] keys or the D [–] and [+] keys simultaneously. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the normal screen.

TIP

The default tempo is 120. (If a song has been selected, the song tempo is used.)

TIP

You can set the time signature, metronome volume, and metronome tone using the METRONOME [SETTING] button. (See page 77.)

2. Stop the metronome.

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Press the METRONOME [START/STOP] button.

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Recording Your Performance

This chapter explains how to record your performance using the Clavinova recording function. You can, for example, play back what you have played on the Clavinova keyboard for an effective practice aid. You can also record just the left-hand part, then practice the right-hand part while playing back the recorded left-hand part.

You can record your performance (audio data) to a cassette tape recorder or other recording devices via the AUX OUT connector. (see page 61.)

TIP

Since you can record up to sixteen tracks separately, you could record the leftand right-hand parts separately, or record each part of a four-handed performance or ensemble song one by one to build a song.

TERMINOLOGY

The format of performance data recorded on a cassette tape differs from that of data recorded on the Clavinova. A cassette tape records audio signals. On the other hand, the Clavino v a “sa v es” inf ormation regarding note timing, voices , and a tempo value, but not audio signals. When you play back recorded songs, the Clavinova produces sound based on the saved information. Therefore, recording on the Clavinova may be more accurately called “saving information.” However, this book often uses the word “recording” because it seems to make more sense.

Recording vs. Saving:

A message (information or conﬁrmation dialog) sometimes appears on the screen to facilitate operation. Refer to the “Message List” on page 92 for an explanation of each message, appropriate actions to take, and troubleshooting information.

Recording a New Song

Recording to [TRACK 1]

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MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

TRACKS

REC

3 5

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

SETTING

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

4 6

Procedure

1. Select “NewSong” for recording.

Press the SONG SELECT [ ] [ ] buttons simultaneously.

New Song screen

A B

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

BASS

SPLIT

E. PIANO

POINT

If you select a song other than “P-000: NewSong” and record on a track that already has data, the existing data on the track will be lost.

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

NOTE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

NO YES

C D

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2. Select a voice.

Select a voice (or voices) for recording (see page 30).

Set the other parameters, such as reverb and chorus. Adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] slider to set the volume level to suit your preference. You can also use the slider to adjust the level during playback. After you set the tempo or if the record standby screen does not appear, press one of the SONG SELECT [ ] [ ] buttons once to return to the New Song screen.

3. Enter record mode and select a recording track.

Press and hold down the [REC] button and press the [TRACK 1] button.

The [TRACK 1] indicator ﬂashes in red. (To cancel recording, press the [REC] or [STOP] button.)

Record standby screen

A B

NO YES

NOTE

Set the tempo in Step 3.

NOTE

See page 49 for more information on recording in Dual/ Split mode.

C D

Set the tempo, if necessary. If this record standby screen does not appear, press one of the SONG SELECT [ ] [ ] buttons once.

4. Start and stop recording.

Recording begins automatically as soon as you play a note on the keyboard.

(Optional) Press the [START/PAUSE] button to start recording. The recording screen displays the current measure number.

Record screen

A B

C D

To stop recording, press the [STOP] button. The Clavinova locates the top of the song.

The [TRACK 1] indicator lights up in green. (Record mode is automatically cancelled.)

NO YES

Measure number in recording

TIP

You can record data while using the metronome. The metronome is not recorded.

TIP

When you press the [START/PAUSE] button during recording, recording is paused. To resume recording, press the [START/ PAUSE] button again or play a note on the keyboard.

TIP

When you press the [REC] button, recording pauses.

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5. Play back the recorded performance.

Press the [START/PAUSE] button to play back the recorded performance.

When you turn off the power to the Clavinova, the recorded performance data will be lost. If you wish to keep the recording, save the data using the SaveToMemory parameter (page 52) or SaveToDisk parameter (page 53) in the File menu.

Re-recording TRACK 1

This section explains how to record again in case your performance was not satisfactory.

Procedure

To erase recorded data from a track, use the Channel Clear parameter in the “SONG SETTING” menu. (See page 75.)

NOTE

1. Select a voice or voices for recording, if necessary.

Repeat Step 2 on page 42 if you wish to change the previous settings.

Follow the procedure from Step 3 on page 42 to re-record.

The original performance data will be overwritten by new performance data.

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Re-recording TRACK 1 partially

This section explains how to record part of a song again.

Procedure

1. Pause the song at the beginning of the part you wish

to re-record.

Use the B [–]/[+] buttons while the playback screen is displayed to move through the measures or play back the recording and press the [START/PAUSE] button to locate a point slightly prior to the beginning of the part you wish to re-record.

Playback screen

A B

NO YES

C D

2. Select a voice or voices for recording, if necessary.

Repeat Step 2 on page 42 if you wish to change the previous settings.

3. Select the recording method and enter record mode.

NOTE

If the playback screen is not displayed, press one of the

SONG SELECT buttons once.

[] []

3-1 Press and hold down the [REC] button, and press the

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C [–]/[+] buttons repeatedly to specify how the recording should start and press the D [–]/[+] buttons repeatedly to specify how the recording should end.

While you are holding down the [REC] button, the following recording method select screen appears.

A B

NO YES

C D

Starting methods:

Norm (Normal) — The existing data will be erased after re-recording starts. Key On — Data that exists prior to the point where you start playing a note will not be erased.

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Ending methods:

Replace – The data after the point you stop recording will also be erased. Punch Out — The data after the point you stop recording will remain.

3-2 Keep holding down the [REC] button and press the

[TRACK 1] button.

The [TRACK 1] indicator ﬂashes in red. (To stop recording, press the [REC] button again or press the [STOP] button.)

Follow the procedure beginning with Step 4 on page 42.

Recording to [TRACK2]

This section explains how to record another part on the second track.

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MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

CONTRAST

NO YES

EXIT

Procedure

TIP

If you cancel recording by pressing the [REC] button, recording stops when you press the button. If you cancel recording by pressing the [STOP] button, the Cla vinova locates the top of the song.

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

BASS

SPLIT

E. PIANO

POINT

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

1. Select a voice.

Select a voice (or voices) for recording. Repeat Step 2 on page 42.

2. Enter record mode and select a recording track.

Press and hold down the [REC] button and press the [TRACK 2] button.

The [TRACK 2] indicator ﬂashes in red. (To cancel recording, press the [REC] or [STOP] button.)

Make the recording by following the procedure beginning with Step 4 on page 42.

You can record a new part while listening to playback of the recorded [TRACK 1] data.

TIP

Pressing the [TRACK 1] button repeatedly toggles between playback on (the indicator lights up in green) and off (the indicator turns off).

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Recording to the third or more tracks [EXTRA TRACKS]

You can continue recording other parts into tracks 3–16 [EXTRA TRACKS] one by one.

Procedure

1. Hold down the [REC] button in step 2 in the “Record-

ing to [TRACK2]” on page 45 and use the B [–]/[+] buttons to select a recording track (3–16).

A B

select a recording track (3-16)

NO YES

C D

2. While holding down the [REC] key, press the [EXTRA

TRACKS] button.

Then, follow the procedure beginning with Step 4 on page 42.

Other recording techniques

Adding data to or recording over an existing song

The previous section explains how to record your performance from the beginning by selecting a blank “P000: NewSong.” You can also add your performance to or overwrite existing songs (such as 50 preset songs [P-001—P-050], commercially-available music data [see page 60], or your old recorded performances [see page 50]).

Procedure

1. Select a song for recording (P-001 – P-050).

Select one of the preset songs (P-001–P-050) instead of “P-000: NewSong” as described in Step 1 of “Recording to [TRACK1]” on page 41. To select a song from commercial music data sold in stores or from already-recorded data, see Steps 1 and 2 on page 57.

If you record on a track that already has data, the existing data on the track will be lost.

NOTE

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To continue recording, follow the procedure described in “Recording a New Song” from page 41 to 46.

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Changing a voice or tempo after recording

You can change the voice and tempo after recording to change a song’s feel or to set a more suitable tempo. You can also change these elements in the middle of a song.

Procedure

1. Select a song you wish to change by using the SONG

SELECT [ ] [ ] buttons.

2. To change the voice or tempo in the middle of the

song, specify the measure to change using the B [–]/ [+] buttons.

3. Change the settings (voice, reverb, etc.).

For example, if you wish to change the recorded E.Piano1 voice to E. Piano2, use the MAIN voice group buttons and the A [–]/[+] buttons to select E.Piano2. When the setting is complete, press one of the SONG SELECT [ ] [ ] buttons once to return to the song select screen.

4. Press and hold down the [REC] button and select the

track to change.

The indicator for the selected track lights up in red. Change the tempo setting now, if necessary.

At this point, do not play the keyboard or press the [START/PAUSE] button. Otherwise, recording will start, erasing the recorded data.

TIP

Refer to “Questions about Operations and Functions” on page 97 for information on the settings that can be changed here.

TIP

Change the tempo in Step 4.

CAUTION

The edited settings (except for the tempo setting) will be saved in memory and you will not be able to restore the previous settings. Proceed with caution.

5. Press the [STOP] or [REC] button to exit record mode.

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Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance [SONG BALANCE]

While recording multiple parts into tracks one by one, you can adjust the volume balance between the playback of the recorded parts and your current performance.

Procedure

1. Press one of the SONG BALANCE [ ] [ ] buttons.

A B

NO YES

C D

2. Adjust the song balance using the SONG BALANCE

[ ] [ ] or D [–]/[+] buttons.

To lower the volume of the playback sound, press the SONG BALANCE [ ] or D [–] button. To lower the volume of the performance sound, press the SONG BALANCE [ ] or D [+] button.

Setting range:

127:127 – 1:127 (Lowering the volume of the playback sound) 127:127 – 127:1 (Lowering the volume of the performance sound) Normal setting: 127:127

TIP

Commercially-available song data contains a large amount of data. If you are using such songs, be sure to adjust the song balance.

TIP

The song balance setting is also used during playback. (See page 57.)

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Recording in Dual or Split mode

When you record in Dual or Split mode, the Clavinova records each voice onto a separate track. The following table shows how tracks are assigned to each voice.

CAUTION

When you record multiple parts into tracks one by one, or when you record new data over an existing song (see page 46), the existing data will be erased. Proceed with caution.

In the following example, Tracks 1, 2, and EXTRA TRACKn have been selected for recording.

Tracks assigned for

Dual Split Split+Dual

recording

TRACK1 TRACK2

EXTRA TRACKn

TRACK1 TRACK2

↓↓↓ ↓↓↓ ↓↓↓

MAIN (1st voice)

Tracks used for recording

Note: TRACKn = TRACK 3 – TRACK 16

If “n+1,” “n+2,” and “n+3” exceed 16, TRACKs 1, 2, and 3 are used.

LEFT (1st voice)

MAIN (2nd voice)

LEFT (2nd voice)

TIP

Switching between Dual and Split mode in a song is not recorded.

TRACK1 TRACK2 TRACKn TRACK1 TRACKn TRACK1 TRACKn

–

TRACK3 TRACK4

––

TRACKn +2

–

EXTRA TRACKn

TRACK2 TRACKn+1 TRACK2 TRACKn +1

TRACK1 TRACK2

TRACK3 TRACKn +2

TRACK4 TRACKn +3

EXTRA TRACKn

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Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]

File screens (accessed via the [FILE] button) enables you to handle song ﬁles (e.g., save, delete, and rename recorded songs), copy and format disks, and change the characters on the screen.

The following parameters are provided for these operations:

Settings

Parameter

name

Saves recorded and other songs in Clavino v a memory SaveToMemory 52 Saves recorded and other songs on ﬂoppy disks SaveToDisk 53 Deletes song data from Clavinova memory or ﬂoppy disk

DeleteSong 53 Changes the title of songs RenameSongs 54 Copies data from ﬂoppy disk to ﬂoppy disk CopyDisk 55 Formats a ﬂoppy disk FormatDisk 56 Change the type of characters on the screen CharacterCode 56

Reference

page

Clavinova memory

The Clavinova has the following three types of memory:

• Current memory: This is a temporary memory area where you can temporarily place and edit the currently-selected song before playback or recording.

• Preset song memory: This read-only memory area saves 50 piano preset songs.

• Storage memory: This memory area enables you to save recorded songs or song data loaded from ﬂoppy disk.

TERMINOLOGY

File

A ﬁle contains a group of data. On the Clavinova, a song ﬁle includes song data and a song number.

Memory

Memory is a location inside the Clavinova in which you can save and edit data.

Formatting (Initializing)

Floppy disks are a convenient media that allow you to save various data for personal computers and other devices. There are many ways (formats) to save data on ﬂoppy disks, depending on the device. Therefore, you need to prepare a ﬂoppy disk by assigning a format before you can use it on a particular type of device. This operation is called “formatting.”

Character code

Type of characters

When you select a song in the song select screen, it is loaded from Preset song memory, Storage memory, or ﬂoppy disk, into Current memory. You will use Current memory to play back and record songs. When you turn off the power to the Clavinova, songs saved in Preset song memory and Storage memory are not erased. On the other hand, songs in Current memory are lost. If you wish to keep a song in Current memory, you must save it in Storage memory or on a ﬂoppy disk (see page 52, 53). In this manual, a song located in a song recorded in Current memory, is referred to as a “Current song,” a song in Storage memory is a “Memory song,” and a song on a ﬂoppy disk is a “Disk song.”

Clavinova

Preset song memory

CLP-970

MIN

MASTER VOLUME

Current memory

EXTRA

FILE

TRACK1SONG SELECTDEMO

TRACK

METRONOME

SETTINGSTART/STOP

TRACKS

NEW SONG

SONG

SONG BALANCE

UPDOWN

REC

TRANSPOSEMAX

STOP

START/

SETTING

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

TEMPO

SONG

Storage memory

CONTRASTB

PIANO

MAIN

YES

SPLIT

POINT

EXIT

LEFT

MIDI

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

ORGAN

MALLET

SETTING

BASS

CHORD

CHOIR

VOICE

OTHER

PIANO/

BRILLIANCE

BASS

ORGAN/

HARPSI/

SETTING

E. PIANO

STRINGS

MALLET

EFFECT

VOICE

Floppy disk

POWER

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Basic ﬁle operation

[FILE]

CLP-990

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

Procedure

1. Select a song, or have a ﬂoppy disk ready.

Select a song you wish to save or rename. (Optional) Insert a ﬂoppy disk for copying or formatting into the disk drive.

2. Access the File menu.

Press the [FILE] button.

A B

NO YES

C D

To close the File menu, press the [EXIT] button once or twice.

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

BASS

SPLIT

E. PIANO

POINT

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

3. Select the desired parameter.

Press the [FILE] or A [–]/[+] buttons repeatedly to display the desired item from the following: “SaveToMemory”, “SaveToDisk,” “DeleteSong”, “RenameSong”, “CopyDisk”, “FormatDisk”, “CharacterCode”.

4. Set the parameter or execute the command.

Use the B [– (NO)]/[+ (YES)], C [–]/[+], D [–]/[+] buttons. For more information regarding this procedure, refer to the corresponding section below.

5. Close the File menu.

Press the [EXIT] button.

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Saving recorded or other songs to Clavinova Storage memory...[SaveToMemory]

If you record a song, then turn off the power to the Clavinova, the song will be erased. To save the recorded song, you must save it into the Clavinova Storage memory or to a ﬂoppy disk. (To save a song to a ﬂoppy disk, refer to the next section [SaveToDisk].) You can also save the preset songs, disk songs, and additional or overwriting recordings (page 46) to Storage memory.

A B

C D

NO YES

Procedure

See page 51 the basic operation information. The following is a detailed procedure of Step 4.

4-1 Name the song.

To move the cursor (a small underline), use the C [–]/[+] buttons. To insert a space, press the C [–]/[+] buttons simultaneously. To select a character on the cursor, use the D [–]/[+] buttons. To delete a character, press the D [–]/[+] buttons simultaneously.

You can use up to 58 characters for a song name. If the name is longer than the screen, use the C [–]/[+] buttons to move the cursor and scroll the name.

4-2 Execute the operation.

Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Execute?→” “Sure?

→.” appears on the screen. Press the B [+ (YES)] button again

to conﬁrm the operation. (To cancel the operation, press the B [– (NO)] button.) The Clavinova displays “Executing” on the screen during the operation. When the operation is complete, “Completed” appears. The song is automatically numbered as “Mxx,” where “M” means “Memory” and “xx” is a number.

TIP

• Y ou can change the type of characters on the screen using the CharacterCode parameter.

• When you select a saved song later, the name with an extension “.MID” will appear.

TERMINOLOGY

“Execute?→”: Do you wish to execute the operation?

“Sure?→”: Are you sure? “Executing”: The Clavinova

is executing the operation. “Completed”: The operation

is complete.

If Storage memory contains one or more songs, and you save a new song, the Clavinova automatically sorts the songs alphabetically and renumbers them.

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TIP

CAUTION

Do not turn off the power while the screen displays “Executing.”

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Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]

Saving recorded or other songs to ﬂoppy disk...[SaveToDisk]

You can save recorded songs, preset songs, Memory songs, and additional or overwriting recordings (page 46) songs onto a ﬂoppy disk.

A B

NO YES

C D

Procedure

See page 51 for basic operation information. The following is a detailed procedure of Step 4.

4. Make sure that a formatted ﬂoppy disk (page 56) is

inserted in the disk drive.

Follow the steps for the [SaveToMemory] operation (see page 52) to name and save the song. The song is automatically numbered as “Dxx,” where “D” means “Disk” and “xx” is a number.

The song data is saved in the SMF format (format 0). Therefore, you can play the disk on instruments that support the SMF format.

Do not turn off the power or eject the ﬂoppy disk while the screen displays “Executing.”

TIP

CAUTION

Deleting songs in Clavinova Storage memory or a ﬂoppy disk...[DeleteSong]

You can delete Memory songs and Disk songs, but not Preset songs or Current songs.

A B

NO YES

C D

Procedure

See page 51 for basic operation information. The following is a detailed procedure of Step 4.

To delete a Current song, select “ALL” for the ChannelClear parameter in the “SONG SETTING” menu (page 75). Alternatively,

press the SONG SELECT

[ ]/[ ]

taneously to display “Song Changed Save?”. This means “A song has been edited. Do you wish to save the change?” Press the B [– (NO)] button. The Current song is deleted and a blank “NewSong” is selected.

TIP

buttons simul-

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4-1 Select a song to delete.

Use the C [–]/[+] buttons to select a song.

4-2 Execute the operation.

Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Execute?→.” Follow the instructions on screen.

Renaming a song...[RenameSong]

TIP

If you select a Memory song or Disk song, deleting the song does not erase song data from Current memory. Howev er, if you return to the song select screen, song information other than the song name is replaced by “--------------”.

TIP

After you delete a song, the Clavinova automatically updates the song numbers.

CAUTION

Do not turn off the power or eject the ﬂoppy disk while the screen displays “Executing.”

You can change a song’s title (except for the preset songs and [P-000: NewSong].

A B

NO YES

C D

Procedure

See page 51 for basic operation information. The following is a detailed procedure for Step 4.

4. Name the song as described in the [SaveToMemory]

section (page 52).

CAUTION

Do not turn off the power or eject the ﬂoppy disk while the screen displays “Executing.”

TIP

After you rename a song, the Clavinova sorts songs alphabetically and renumbers them.

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Copying data from one ﬂoppy disk to another...[CopyDisk]

You can copy the entire contents of one ﬂoppy disk to another ﬂoppy disk.

A B

NO YES

C D

Procedure

See page 51 for basic operation information. The following is a detailed procedure for Step 4.

4-1 Make sure that a formatted ﬂoppy disk is inserted in

the disk drive.

4-2 Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Exe-

cute?→.”

4-3 When the screen indicates “Insrt Target Disk”, eject

the source disk and insert the destination disk.

When the copy operation is complete, the Clavinova displays “Completed.”

TIP

Use the same type of disk (2DD or 2HD) for the destination disk as the source disk.

TERMINOLOGY

Insrt Tar get Disk:

Insert the destination (target) disk.

CAUTION

Do not turn off the power or eject the ﬂoppy disk while the screen displays “Executing.”

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Formatting a ﬂoppy disk...[FormatDisk]

You can format a ﬂoppy disk so that it can be used with the Clavinova.

A B

NO YES

C D

Procedure

See page 51 for basic operation information. The following is a detailed procedure for Step 4.

4-1 Make sure that the formatted ﬂoppy disk is inserted in

the disk drive.

4-2 Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Exe-

cute?→.”

Follow the instructions on screen.

Do not turn off the power or eject the ﬂoppy disk while the screen displays “Executing.”

CAUTION

Changing the type of characters on screen...[CharacterCode]

You can change the type of characters that appear on screen. The default setting is “International.” To input katakana, change this setting to “Japanese.”

A B

NO YES

C D

Options: International, Japanese

Character list [International]

[Japanese]

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Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data

You can play back songs recorded using the Record function (page 41) as well as commercially-available music data. You can also play the keyboard along with the playback.

Playing back a song

To play back a song from a ﬂoppy disk, insert the disk into the disk drive.

1 2-2 2-1

CLP-990

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

SONG BALANCE [ ] [ ]

Procedure

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

FILE METRONOME

TRACKS

START/ STOP SETTING

REC

SONG

SETTING

UPDOWN

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

2-2

TEMPO [DOWN] [UP]

A B

C D

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

MAIN

LEFT

See page 59 for information on the types of song data that can be played on the Clavinova.

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

SPLIT

E. PIANO

MALLET

POINT

ORGAN/ STRINGS

CHOIR

BASS

VOICE

SETTING

TIP

REVERB

CHORUS MIDI

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

1. Display the song select screen.

Press either the SONG SELECT [ ]/[ ] buttons.

Song select screen

A B

NO YES

C D

2. Select the desired song.

2-1 Use the A [–]/[+] buttons to select the song type: “Pre-

setSong,” “MemorySong,” or “DiskSong.”

If the internal Storage memory contains one or more songs, the Clavinova displays “MemorySong.” If a ﬂoppy disk that contains song data is inserted in the drive, the Clavinova displays “DiskSong.”

2-2 Use the C [–]/[+] or SONG SELECT [ ]/[ ] buttons

to select a song.

TIP

You can enjoy ensemble performance by yourself. Record the parts for a fourhanded song or a piano duet, then play the recorded part while playing the other part on the keyboard.

TIP

Use the SongRepeat parameter in the “SONG SETTING” menu (page 76) to select repeat playback of all songs or repeat playback of a single song.

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3. Start playback.

Press the [START/PAUSE] button.

Starting playback automatically as you start playing the keyboard (Synchro Start)

You can start playback as soon as you start playing the keyboard. This is called the “Synchro Start” function. To enter Synchro Start standby mode, press and hold down the [STOP] button and press the [START/PAUSE] button. The [START/PAUSE] indicator ﬂashes. Now play the keyboard. Playback starts simultaneously. To cancel the Synchro Start function, press the [STOP] button while the Clavinova is in Synchro Start standby mode.

You can move back and forth (rewind and fast forward) through the bars by using the B [–]/[+] buttons in the song select screen while the Clavinova is playing or stopped.

The bar number in playback

A B

NO YES

C D

You can play the keyboard while the Clavinova is playing back a song. You can also play the notes in a voice different from the playback voice by selecting the voice from the panel, and adjusting the volume balance between the playback parts and your current performance using the SONG BALANCE [ ] [ ] buttons. (See page 48.)

Press either of the SONG SELECT [ ]/[ ] buttons to return to the song select screen.

Adjusting the tempo

You can use the TEMPO [DOWN]/[UP] buttons to adjust the playback tempo as required before or during playback. The default tempo (the song’s original tempo) is set when you press the [DOWN] and [UP] buttons simultaneously.

TERMINOLOGY

Bar: measure

TIP

You can play the metronome along with the song playback. When you stop playback, the metronome is also stopped.

TIP

In the song select screen:

• Press the SONG SELECT [ ] or the C[–] button while playback is

stopped in the middle of the song to locate the top of the song.

• Press the SONG SELECT [ ] or the C[–] button during playback

to restart playback from the top of the song.

• Press the SONG SELECT [ ] or the C[+] button during play-

back to start playback from the next song.

Press either of the SONG SELECT [ ]/[ ] buttons to return to the song select screen.

4. Stop playback.

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When playback is complete, the Clavinova automatically stops and locates the top of the song. To stop playback in the middle of a song, press the [STOP] button. You can also pause playback by pressing the [START/PAUSE] button. Playback stops when you press the button.

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5. Return to the main screen.

Press the [EXIT] button.

Eject the ﬂoppy disk from the disk drive if you have been playing a disk song.

Turning track playback on and off

When you select a song on the Clavinova, the indicators for tracks that contain data ([TRACK 1], [TRACK 2], [EXTRA TRACKS]) are lit in green. While the Clavinova is playing or stopped, pressing these track buttons turn off the indicators, and the data on those tracks will not be played. Pressing the track buttons toggles track playback on and off. You can play the part that is turned off.

Supported song data type

Data formats that can be played on the CLP-990

The Clavinova CLP-990 plays song data in the following formats:

TIP

When the Clavinova plays back commercially-available music data or recordings from other instruments, all track indicators may light up green regardless of whether or not all tracks contains data.

TIP

You can practice a part or phrase using the FromToRepeat (page 75) and PhraseMark parameters (page 76) in the “SONG SETTING” menu.

Floppy disk format

3.5-inch 2DD disks in the MS-DOS 720KB format

3.5-inch 2HD disks in the MS-DOS 1.44MB format

Sequence format

SMF (Standard MIDI File) formats 0 and 1 ESEQ Performance data recorded on the CLP-990 is saved in the SMF format 0 in a ﬂoppy disk.

TERMINOLOGY

Disk format:

A structured method for writing data to disk.

TERMINOLOGY

Sequence format:

A structured method for recording performance data.

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Voice arrangement format

XG voice arrangement GM system level 1 voice arrangement DOC voice arrangement

Performance data recorded with preset voices on the CLP-990 can be played on other XG-compatible instruments. The CLP-990 provides XG voices for song playback, as well as preset voices. See page 6 of the separate “Reference Booklet” for the XG voice list. Refer to “Data compatibility” on page 101 for more information on formats.

Song data recorded on other instruments

When you play on the CLP-990 song data recorded on the Clavinova CVP109, 107, 105, 103, 98, 96, 94, 92, or CLP-870, you may notice a slight difference in volume balance, although the voices sound almost identical. You can also play back song data from the Yamaha Disklavier player piano.

TERMINOLOGY

Voice arrangement format:

A structured method for numbering the voices for assignment.

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Connections

Connectors

CAUTION

Before connecting the Clavinova to other electronic components, turn off the power to all the components. Before turning the power on or off to all components, set all volume levels to minimum (0). Otherwise, electrical shock or damage to the components may occur.

OUTIN THRU

MIDI

PC-2

PC-1

MacMIDI

HOST SELECT

TO HOST

5 4 3

AUX PEDAL

L/L+RR

AUX IN

L/L+RR

AUX OUT

1 AUX OUT [R], [L/L+R] jacks

You can connect these jacks to a stereo system to amplify the Clavinova or to a cassette tape recorder to record your performance. Refer to the diagram below and use audio cables for connection. Adjust the volume level on the stereo system or cassette tape recorder, not using the Clavinova’s [MASTER VOLUME] slider.

CAUTION

When the Clavinova’s AUX OUT jacks are connected to an external audio system, ﬁrst turn on the power to the Clavinova, then to the external audio system. Reverse this order when you turn the power off.

Clavinova

phone plug

(standard)

L/L+RR

AUX OUT

alternatively

RCA phono →phone adapter plug

RCA phono plug

audio cable

cassette tape recorder

stereo system

AUX IN

RCA phono plug

CAUTION

Do not route the output from the AUX OUT jacks to the AUX IN jacks. That is, when you connect an external audio device to the AUX OUT jacks, do not connect the audio device to the Clavinova’s AUX IN jacks. If you make this connection, the signal input at the AUX IN jacks is output from the AUX OUT. This creates an audio loop, causing audio oscillation and abnormal playback, leading to malfunction of both pieces of equipment.

TIP

Use audio cables and adapter plugs with no resistance.

TIP

The Clavinova’s [MASTER VOLUME] slider setting does not affect the signal output from the AUX OUT jacks.

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Connections

2 AUX IN [R], [L/L+R] jacks

The stereo outputs from another instrument can be connected to these jacks, allowing the sound of an external instrument to be reproduced via the Clavinova’s speakers. Refer to the diagram below and use audio cables for connection.

CAUTION

When the Clavinova’s AUX IN jacks are connected to an external device, ﬁrst turn on the power to the external divice, then to the Clavinova. Reverse this order when you turn the power off.

Clavinova

L/L+RR

Plug shape depends on the divece.

AUX OUT (OUTPUT)

phone plug

(standard)

AUX IN

Tone Generator

audio cable

TIP

The Clavinova’s [MASTER VOLUME] slider setting affects the input signal from the AUX IN jacks, but the [REVERB], [CHORUS], and [BRILLIANCE] (page 32) settings do not.

TIP

If you connect the Clavinova to a monaural device, use only the AUX IN [L/L+R] jack or AUX OUT [L/L+R] jack.

3 AUX PEDAL jack

Connect an optional foot controller FC7 or foot switch FC4 or FC5 here. Using the FC7 enables you to add expression to your performance by controlling the volume level of the notes you play. Using the FC4 or FC5 enables you to turn the assigned function on and off. Use the AuxPedal parameter in the “VOICE SETTING” menu. You can also assign the [START/PAUSE] button function to this foot switch. (See page 89.)

4 TO HOST jack

This jack allows direct connection to a personal computer. (Refer to “Connecting a personal computer” on page 63 for more information.)

5 HOST SELECT switch

This switch should be set according to the type of connected MIDI device or personal computer. (Refer to “Connecting a personal computer” on page 63 for more information.)

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Connections

MIDI [IN], [OUT], [THRU] connectors

Use MIDI cables to connect external MIDI devices to these connectors. Make sure you set the HOST SELECT switch (described on the privious page) to MIDI when you use these connectors.

Connecting a personal computer

You can enjoy computer music data on the Clavinova by connecting a computer to the TO HOST (or MIDI) jack.

“The Clavinova-Computer Connection” is a supplementary guidebook that describes, for beginners, what you can do with your Clavinova and a personal computer and how to set up a Clavinova-Computer system (the manual is not written for any speciﬁc models). The document is available as a PDF ﬁle (in English) at the following Internet address:

Clavinova Web site: http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/cl/ Yamaha Manual Library (Electronic Musical Instruments): http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/ (You need to register ﬁrst. Check the Clavinova web page.)

There are the three methods by which to connect the Clavinova to a personal computer:

1. Connecting the serial port on the computer to the Clavinova’s TO HOST jack (page 64)

2. Using a MIDI interface and the Clavinova’s MIDI connectors (page 66)

3. Using the USB port on the computer and the UX256, a USB interface (page 67)

For more information, refer to the following pages.

TIP

When connecting the Clavinova to a personal computer, ﬁrst turn off the power to both the Clavinova and the computer before connecting any cables and setting the HOST SELECT switch. After making connections and switch settings, turn on the power to the computer ﬁrst, then to the Clavinova.

TIP

If you do not use the TO HOST jack of the Clavinova, make sure you disconnect the cable from the jac k. If the cable is left connected, the Clavinova may not function properly.

TIP

When the HOST SELECT switch is set to “PC-1,” PC-2,” or “Mac,” you can use the TO HOST jack, but the MIDI connectors are disabled since no data transfer occurs via the MIDI connectors. On the other hand, when the HOST SELECT switch is set to “MIDI,” you can use the MIDI connectors, but not the TO HOST jack since no data is transferred via the T O HOST jack.

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Connections

1. Connecting the serial port on the computer to the Clavinova’s TO HOST jack

Connection

Use a special serial cable (page 65) to connect the computer’s serial port (RS-232C or RS-422) to the Clavinova’s TO HOST jack.

Connect the computer’s serial port (RS-232C or RS-422) to the Clavinova’s TO HOST jack. In this connection, the Clavinova functions as a MIDI interface. Therefore, you do not need a special MIDI interface.

Clavinova

PC-2

PC-1

MacMIDI

HOST SELECT

RS-232C (D-sub 9-pin) RS-232C (D-sub 25-pin)

Windows Windows Macintosh

TO HOST

modem port

Note for Windows 95/98 users (regarding MIDI driver)

To transfer data via the computer’s serial port and the Clavinova’s TO HOST jack, you need to install a speciﬁed MIDI driver (Yamaha CBX driver for Windows 95/98). You can download this driver from the following XG Library on the Yamaha Web site: http://www.yamaha-xg.com

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Type of serial cables and connection pin assignments

According to the type of computer you connect, use one of the following serial cables.

Connections

• Windows (with a serial port of D-sub 9-pin)

8-pin mini DIN plug → D-sub 9-pin plug (Yamaha CCJ-PC2 or equivalent)

mini DIN 8-pin

1 2 3 4 8 5

8 (CTS) 7 (RTS) 2 (RxD) 5 (GND)

3 (TxD)

D-sub 9-pin

• Windows (with a serial port of D-sub 25-pin)

8-pin mini DIN plug → D-sub 25-pin plug (Yamaha CCJ-PC1NF or equivalent)

mini DIN 8-pin

1 2 3 4 8 5

5 (CTS) 4 (RTS) 3 (RxD) 7 (GND)

2 (TxD)

D-sub 25-pin

Clavinova HOST SELECT switch setting

• Macintosh

System peripheral plug → 8-pin plug (Yamaha CCJ-MAC or equivalent)

mini DIN 8-pin

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2 (HSK i) 1 (HSK O) 5 (RxD-) 4 (GND) 3 (TxD-) 8 (RxD+) 7 (GP-) 6 (TxD+)

• Pin assignment

The following diagram shows the pin assignments for each cable.

Pin numbers (view from front)

mini DIN 8-pin D-sub 25-pin

1234567891011

14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

12 13

mini DIN 8-pin

D-sub 9-pin

45321

9876

Set the Clavinova HOST SELECT switch properly according to the type of connected computer.

• Macintosh: “Mac” (data transfer rate: 31,250bps, 1MHz clock)

• Windows: “PC-2” (data transfer rate: 38,400bps)

TIP

If your system does not work properly with the connections and settings listed above, y our software ma y require different settings. Check y our softw are operation manual and set the HOST SELECT s witch to the proper data tr ansf er rate . (Data transfer rate of “PC-1” is 31,250bps.)

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2. Using a MIDI interface and the Clavinova’s MIDI connectors

Connection

Use a MIDI interface device to connect a computer to the Clavinova using special MIDI cables.

Clavinova

OUTIN THRU

MIDI

PC-2

PC-1

HOST SELECT

MacMIDI

MIDI

MIDI OUT

MIDI IN

MIDI interface

Windows Macintosh

MIDI OUT

Clavinova HOST SELECT switch setting

Set the Clavinova HOST SELECT switch to “MIDI.”

MIDI IN

MIDI interface

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Connections

3. Using the USB port on the computer and the UX256, a USB interface

Connect the USB port of the computer to the UX256 using a USB cable, install the driver (that came with the UX256) on the computer, and connect the UX256 to the Clavinova using a serial cable or MIDI cables. For more information, refer to the instruction manual for the UX256.

UX256 Yamaha USB-MIDI interface.

Connecting the UX256 to the Clavinova using a serial cable

USB cable

Standard Machintosh 8-pin system peripheral cable

computer

UX256

Connecting the UX256 to the Clavinova using MIDI cables

PC-1

HOST SELECT

CLP-970

TRANSPOSEMAX

MIN

MASTER VOLUME

Mac

TO HOST

Clavinova

CONTRASTB

EXTRA

FILE

TRACK1SONG SELECTDEMO

TRACK

METRONOME

SETTINGSTART/STOP

TRACKS

NEW SONG

SONG

SONG BALANCE

UPDOWN

REC

STOP

START/

SETTING

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

TEMPO

SONG

OUTIN

MIDI

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

ORGAN

MALLET

E. PIANO/

PIANO

HARPSI-

SETTING

CHOIR

BASS

CHORD

MAIN

YES

VOICE

SPLIT

OTHER

BASS

ORGAN/

HARPSI/

BRILLIANCE

PIANO/

SETTING

POINT

SETTING

STRINGS

MALLET

E. PIANO

EXIT

LEFT

EFFECT

VOICE

POWER

MIDI

computer

USB cable

UX256

MIDI

MIDI cables

EXTRA

TRACK1SONG SELECTDEMO

TRACK

CLP-970

TRACKS

NEW SONG SONG BALANCE

REC

TRANSPOSEMAX

MIN

STOP

START/

SETTING

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

MASTER VOLUME

SONG

HOST SELECT

Clavinova

CONTRASTB

FILE

METRONOME

SETTINGSTART/STOP

SONG

UPDOWN

TEMPO

MIDI

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

ORGAN

MALLET

E. PIANO/

PIANO

HARPSI-

SETTING

CHOIR

BASS

CHORD

MAIN

YES

VOICE

SPLIT

OTHER

BRILLIANCE

BASS

ORGAN/

HARPSI/

PIANO/

SETTING

POINT

SETTING

STRINGS

MALLET

E. PIANO

EXIT

LEFT

EFFECT

VOICE

POWER

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Detailed Settings

You can set various parameters to make the best use of Clavinova functions, such as ﬁne tuning the pitch, selecting a voice for the metronome, repeating playback, etc. See page 72 for the normal (default) setting for each parameter.

Parameter List

The following parameters are available.

Recording and playback [SONG SETTING]

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Correcting note timing Quantize 74 Specifying whether playback starts immediately

along with the ﬁrst voicing Auditioning the channels ChannelListen 75 Deleting data by each channel ChannelClear 75 Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly FromToRepeat 75 Playing back the phrase speciﬁed by the phrase

number Playing back a song repeatedly SongRepeat 76

QuickPlay 75

PhraseMark 76

Metronome METRONOME [SETTING]

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Metronome time signature TimeSignature 77 Metronome volume level MetronomeVolume 77 Metronome voice MetronomeSound 77

Voices [VOICE SETTING]

In Dual mode, parameters with the “*” mark are set for Voice 1 and Voice 2 individually.

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Octave* Octave 78 Volume level* Volume 78 Position of right and left channels* Pan 79 Fine pitch adjustment (only in Dual mode) Detune 79 Reverb type ReverbType 79 Reverb depth* ReverbSend 79 Chorus type ChorusType 80 Chorus depth* ChorusSend 80 Chorus on/off ChorusOnOff 80 Variation effect type VariationType 80 Variation effect depth* VariationSend 81 Touch sensitivity* TouchSense 81

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Right pedal function RPedal 81 Center pedal function MPedal 82 Left pedal function LPedal 82 Auxiliary pedal function AuxPedal 82

MIDI [MIDI SETTING]

Settings Parameter name Reference page

MIDI transmit channel MidiOutChannel 84 MIDI receive channel (Port A) MidiInAChannel 84 MIDI receive channel (Port B) MidiInBChannel 85 Local control on/off LocalControl 85 Selecting performance from the keyboard or song

data for MIDI transmission Type of data received via MIDI ReceiveParameter 85 Type of data transmitted via MIDI TransmitParameter 86 Song data bulk dump SongBulkDump 86 Transmitting the initial settings InitialSetup 86 Voice data bulk dump VoiceBulkDump 86

MidiOutSelect 85

[OTHER SETTING]

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Selecting a touch response TouchResponse 87 Fine tuning of the pitch Tune 87 Selecting a tuning curve for a piano voice PianoTuningCurve 87 Selecting a scale Scale 88 Depth of string resonance StringResonanceDepth 88 Depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal SustainSamplingDepth 88 Setting the speed of vibraphone’s vibrato effect VivraphoneRotorSpeed 89 Selecting a pedal function for vibraphone VibraphonePedalMode 89 Assigning the START/PAUSE function to a pedal PedalStart/Pause 89 Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal AuxPedalType 89 Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts

to affect the sound Pitch bend range PitchBendRange 90 Replacing the preset voices with XG voices XGAlternative 90 Selecting the items saved at the time of shutdown MemoryBackUp 91 Restoring the normal (default) settings FactorySet 91

HalfPedalPoint 90

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Making detailed settings

METRONOME [SETTING]

A [–] [+] B [– (NO) ] [+ (YES) ]

[MIDI SETTING]

CLP-990

MIN MAX

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

MASTER VOLUME

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

STOP

SYNCHRO START

FILE METRONOME

TRACKS

REC

START/

SONG

PAUSE

SETTING

SONG

[SONG SETTING]

START/ STOP SETTING

A B

UPDOWN

C D

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

C [–] [+] D [–] [+]

Procedure

1. Access a setting menu.

Press the desired setting button ([SONG SETTING], METRONOME [SETTING], [VOICE SETTING], [MIDI SETTING], or [OTHER SETTING]) to access the corresponding setting menu.

Press the [EXIT] button any time to close the setting menu.

2. Select the desired parameter or part.

Press the setting button, A [–]/[+], and/or C [–]/[+] buttons repeatedly as required.

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

BASS

SPLIT

E. PIANO

POINT

CHORUS MIDI

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

OTHER

CHOIR

VOICE

SETTING

[VOICE SETTING]

[OTHER SETTING]

3. Set the parameter or part.

Some parameters or parts lead you to more options. Use the B [– (NO)]/[+ (YES)], C [–]/[+], and D [–]/[+] buttons to select or set the option.

To restore the normal parameter value, press the [–] and [+] buttons simultaneously.

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4. Write, execute, or save the data.

There are two ways to respond to the messages.

If “Execute?→” or “Start?→” appears:

Press the B [+(YES)] button to display conﬁrmation ([Sure?→]). To proceed, press the B [+(YES)] button again. The Clavinova displays “Executing” and writes the data. When the operation is complete, it displays “Completed” for three seconds, then returns to the previous screen. To cancel the operation, press the B [–(NO)] button instead of the B [+(YES)] button.

A B

Detailed Settings

NO YES

C D

If “Set?→” appears:

Press the B [+(YES)] button to execute the setting. The Clavinova displays “Executing” and saves the data. When the operation is complete, it displays “Completed” for three seconds, then returns to the previous screen.

A B

C D

5. Close the setting menu.

Press the [EXIT] button.

NO YES

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Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]

You can make detailed settings for the selected song. First, select the desired song from preset songs (“PresetSong”), memory songs (“MemorySong”), or disk songs (“DiskSong”) (see page 57).

Procedure

Select the desired song and press the [SONG SETTING] button to access the “Song Setting” menu.

CLP-990

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

A B

UPDOWN

C D

[SONG SETTING]

Correcting note timing [Quantize]

You can correct the timing of notes. For example, you can adjust recorded notes to precise eighth or sixteenth notes, or make the entire feel of a song more lively (with a swing type of rhythm).

• Changes are made by song.

• You can also listen to the sound while changing the setting. To change the data, you need to respond to “Execute?

See the procedure on page 72.

→.”

Stores the changed value.

A B

NO YES

C D

Specifies the type of note.

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

SPLIT

E. PIANO

MALLET

POINT

ORGAN/ STRINGS

CHOIR

BASS

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

If you select “1/8” for correction:

Performance data

Swing rate = 50% : not swinging

Swing rate = 75% (51% or higher) :

The timing of even beat notes is slightly delayed.

Swing rate = 25% (49% or lower) :

The timing of even beat notes is slightly early.

Swing rate = 67% :

The timing of the even beat notes is moved to the third beat of the triplets.

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

3 3

Notes for which you can adjust the timing:

[OFF]

[1/4] [1/8]

[1/16]

[1/12]

[1/24]

quarter note eighth note sixteenth note eighth note triplets sixteenth note triplets

If you select “1/8” or “1/16” for correction, the Clavinova displays “SwingRate=xx%”, which enables you to make the entire feel of a song more lively and swinging.

Setting range:

0% - 100%

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Save the edited song data to memory or a disk. (See page 50.)

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Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]

Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with the ﬁrst voicing [QuickPlay]

This parameter enables you to specify whether a song that starts from the middle of a bar, or a song with a silence prior to the ﬁrst note, should be played from the ﬁrst note or from the top of the bar (rest or blank). See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

[On] Playing from the ﬁrst note [Off] Playing from the top of the bar (including a rest

or blank)

Auditioning the channels [ChannelListen]

You can select a single channel to listen to its contents. Playback starts from the ﬁrst note. See the procedure on page 72.

Playback continues as long as you press and hold down this button.

A B

C D

Use these buttons to select the desired channel for playback.

Setting range:

Ch1 - Ch16



NO YES

Deleting data from each channel [ChannelClear]

You can delete data from each of 16 channels. See the procedure on page 72.

Press this button to delete data.



A B

NO YES

C D

Use these buttons to select the desired channel for deletion.

Setting range:

Ch1 - Ch16, ALL (all channels)

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• Channels that do not contain any data are not displayed. However, for some songs, all channels (including the channels that contain no data) may be displayed.

• Save the edited song data to memory or disk. (See page 50.)

Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly [FromToRepeat]

You can specify a range (in steps of beats) in a song to play back repeatedly.

• Playback repeats after it reaches just prior to the beat speciﬁed as the end point.

• If you start playing back a song with “Repeat On” selected, the count down starts, followed by the repeated playback of the speciﬁed part until you press the [STOP] button.

• If you select “Repeat Off,” normal playback starts.

See the procedure on page 72.

Use these buttons to select “Repeat On.”

A B

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Usually, channels that do not contain any data are not displayed. However, for some songs, all channels (including the channels that contain no data) may be displayed.

NO YES

C D

Use these buttons to specify the start point of the repeated range.

NOTE

When you select another song, the speciﬁed range is automatically cancelled and the Repeat function is turned off.

Use these buttons to specify the end point of the repeated range.

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Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]

Playing back the phrase speciﬁed by the phrase number [PhraseMark]

If you select a song from an ensemble collection disk, such as the “Disk Orchestra Collection” or one of the “XG for Piano” disks, you can specify phrase numbers in the score to play back from the score from the mark point, or to play back the phrase repeatedly.

• If you start playing back a song with “Repeat On” selected, the count down starts, followed by the repeated playback of the speciﬁed phrase until you press the [STOP] button.

• If you select “Repeat Off,” normal playback starts from the speciﬁed phrase.

See the procedure on page 72.

Use these buttons to select “Repeat On.”

A B

NO YES

C D

Use these buttons to specify the phrase number.

Setting range of the phrase number:

Off (not speciﬁed) 1 - the last phrase number of the song If you select any song other than those from the “Disk Orchestra Collection” or one of the “XG for Piano” disks, you can select only “Off.”

Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat]

You can repeatedly play back all songs or a single song selected from the 50 preset songs or from the ﬂoppy disks.

• When you start playback, the Clavinova plays the song you selected using the front panel, then starts repeat playback of the speciﬁed songs until you press the [STOP] button.

See the procedure on page 72.

Use these buttons to select “On.”

A B

NO YES

C D

Use these buttons to specify the repeated songs.

Setting range:

[DiskSongs] All songs in the ﬂoppy disk inserted

in the disk drive [MemorySongs] All songs in the Clavinova’s memory [Disk+Memory] All songs from “DiskSongs” and

“MemorySongs” [PresetSongs] All 50 preset songs [ALL] All songs from “DiskSongs,” “Mem-

orySongs,” and “PresetSongs” [OneSong] One song selected from the front

panel

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Detailed settings for the metronome METRONOME [SETTING]

You can set the time signature, volume level, and voice of the Clavinova metronome.

Procedure

Press the [METRONOME SETTING] button to access the Metronome Setting menu.

METRONOME [SETTING]

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

PIANO/

E. PIANO

BASS

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

CHORD

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

CHOIR

BASS

VOICE

SETTING

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

CHORUS MIDI

REVERB

CLP-990

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

A B

UPDOWN

C D

CONTRAST

NO YES

PIANO

MAIN

SPLIT POINT

EXIT

LEFT

Setting the metronome time signature [TimeSignature]

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Use these buttons to set the numerator of the time signature.

Use these buttons to set the denominator of the time signature.

For example, to specify “3/4,” use the C [–]/[+] buttons to select “3” and the D [–]/[+] buttons to select “4.”

Setting range for the numerator:

1 - 16

Setting options for the denominator:

2, 4, and 8

Setting the metronome volume level [MetronomeVolume]

Selecting the metronome voice [MetronomeSound]

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

[BellOff] Click (standard metronome sound) [EnglishVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in English [GermanVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in German [JapaneseVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in Japanese [FrenchVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in French [SpanishVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in Spanish [BellOn] Click and bell

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To mute the beat count, select “BellOff.”

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

C D

Setting range:

0-127

NO YES

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Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

This menu enables you to make various detailed settings for the voices in Dual or Split mode and the effects. You can make these settings for each voice (or each combination of voices) individually. You can listen to the notes you play on the keyboard while changing the settings.

Procedure

1. Select a voice and press the [VOICE SETTING] button to access the

“Voice Setting” menu.

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

CLP-990

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

DEMO SONG SELECT

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRANSPOSE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

A B

UPDOWN

C D

CONTRAST

NO YES

PIANO

MAIN

SPLIT POINT

EXIT

LEFT

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

PIANO/

E. PIANO

CHORD

HARPSI/ MALLET

ORGAN/

STRINGS

CHOIR

BASS

SETTING

[VOICE SETTING]

CHORUS MIDI

REVERB

VOICE

BRILLIANCE

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

2. Press the A [–]/[+] buttons to select the part for which you wish to

change the voice.

The range of the displayed part varies depending on the selected voice. [Main] MAIN voices (displayed with a single voice or in Split mode)

× Layer] MAIN Voice 1 and Voice 2 (displayed when the MAIN side is in Dual

[Main

mode) [Left] LEFT voice (displayed in Split mode) [Left

× Layer] LEFT Voice 1 and Voice 2 (displayed when the LEFT side is in Dual mode)

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In Dual mode, parameters with the “*” mark are set for Voice 1 and Voice 2 individually.

Setting the octave [Octave]*

You can shift the pitch up and down in octave steps. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting the volume level [Volume]*

You can set the volume level for each voice part. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

In Dual mode:

A B

C D

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

Setting range:

–2 (two octaves lower - 0 (no pitch shift) - +2 (two octaves higher)

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Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

In Dual mode:

A B

NO YES

C D

Voice for editing (Voice 1 and Voice 2)

Setting range:

0 - 127

Setting the position of right and left channels [Pan]*

You can specify the position in the stereo image from which you hear the sound. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

In Dual mode:

A B

NO YES

C D

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

Setting range:

–20 - +20 (With positive values, the pitch of Voice 1 is raised and the pitch of Voice 2 is lowered. With negative values, the pitch of Voice 1 is lowered and the pitch of Voice 2 is raised.)

Selecting the reverb type [ReverbType]

TIP

You cannot set this parameter for the voice parts “Left” and “LeftXLayer.”

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

Room Simulates reverberation in a room. Hall Simulates reverberation in a concert hall. Hall2 Reverberation is slightly longer than that of

“Hall1.”

Stage Reverberation suitable for a solo instrument

sound.

Plate Reverberation from the vibration of a metal

plate.

Setting range:

L64 (hard left) - C (center) - R63 (hard right)

Fine tuning the pitch (only in Dual mode) [Detune]

You can slightly shift the pitch of two voices selected for Dual mode. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting the reverb depth [ReverbSend]*

TIP

The reverb eff ect is not applied if the ReverbSend parameter is set to “0.”

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

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Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

In Dual mode:

A B

NO YES

C D

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

Setting range:

0 - 127

Selecting the chorus type [Chorus Type]

TIP

You cannot set this parameter for the voice parts “Left” and “Left

× Layer.”

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

In Dual mode:

A B

NO YES

C D

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

Setting range:

0 - 127

Setting the chorus on/off [ChorusOnOff]

You can set the [CHORUS] button on or off for each voice. When you select a voice, the chorus on/off setting for the voice automatically changes according to this parameter.

TIP

Even if this parameter is turned on, the chorus effect is disabled if the ChorusSend parameter is set to 0.

C D

Setting range:

Chorus Adds a rich, spacious sound. Celeste Adds swell and a spacious sound. Flanger Adds swell effects of an ascending or

descending jet plane.

Setting the chorus depth [ChorusSend]*

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

On/Off

Selecting the variation effect type [VariationType]

You can select other effects (than reverb and chorus). See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

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Setting range:

DelayLCR Delay applied at left, center, and right

positions.

DelayLR Delay applied at left and right posi-

tions. Echo Echo-like delay CrossDelay Left and right delays are crossed. Symphonic Adds a rich and deep acoustic effect. RotarySpeaker Adds the vibrato effect of a rotary

speaker. Tremolo The volume level changes in rapid

cycles. VibeRotor The vibrato effect of a vibraphone. AutoPan The sound pans left to right and back

and forth. Phaser The phase changes periodically,

swelling the sound. AutoWah The center frequency of the wah ﬁlter

changes periodically. SoundBoardRev Simulates the reverberation of a

piano soundboard. Off No effect.

Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

Setting the touch sensitivity [TouchSense]*

This parameter enables determines the manner and degree to which the volume level changes in response to your touch on the keyboard (how hard you play). Since the volume level of the harpsichords and pipe organs do not change regardless of how you play the keyboard, the normal setting for these voices is 127. (See the setting range below.) See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

In Dual mode:

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting the variation effect depth [VariationSend]*

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

In Dual mode:

A B

NO YES

C D

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

Setting range:

0 - 127

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

Setting range:

0 (softest) - 64 (largest changes in the level) - 127 (loudest and ﬁxed)

Setting the right pedal function [RPedal]

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

SustainCont Damper function that sustains the

sound longer as you press the pedal

deeper. Sustain On/Off switch type damper function. PitchBend Changes the pitch continuously. Off No function.

Normal setting:

SustainCount

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Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

Setting the center pedal function [MPedal]

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

Sostenuto Sostenuto pedal function. (See page 31.) RotarySpeed Changes the number of rotations of the

rotary speaker effect in the JazzOrgan voice. (Pressing the pedal repeatedly toggles between fast and slow rotation speeds.)

VibeRotor Turns vibrato of the Vibraphone voice

on and off. (Pressing the pedal repeatedly toggles between on and off.)

Off No function.

Normal Setting:

Sostenuto

Setting the left pedal function [LPedal]

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting the auxiliary pedal function [AuxPedal]

You can assign a function to the pedal connected to the Clavinova’s AUX PEDAL jack. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

Expression Makes the sound softer or louder. Sustain On/Off switch type damper function.

(See page 31.)

SustainCont Damper function that sustains the

sound longer as you press the pedal

deeper. (See page 31.) PitchBend Changes the pitch continuously. Sostenuto Sostenuto pedal function. (See page 31.) Soft Soft pedal function. (See page 31.) RotarySpeed Changes the number of rotations of the

rotary speaker effect in the JazzOrgan

voice. (Pressing the pedal repeatedly toggles

between fast and slow rotation speeds.) VibeRotor Turns the vibrato of the Vibraphone

voice on and off. (Pressing the pedal

repeatedly toggles between on and off.) Off No function.

Normal setting:

Expression

Setting range:

Soft Soft pedal function. (See page 31.) RotarySpeed Changes the number of rotations of the

rotary speaker effect in the JazzOrgan voice. (Pressing the pedal repeatedly toggles between fast and slow rotation speeds.)

VibeRotor Turns the vibrato of the Vibraphone

voice on and off. (Pressing the pedal repeatedly toggles between on and off.)

Off No function.

Normal Setting:

Soft (for all voices other than JazzOrgan and VibraPhone) Rotary Speed (JazzOrgan), Vibraphone (VibeRotor)

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Optional pedals

• Yamaha FC7 foot controller

This foot controller is suitable for controlling Expression, SustainCont, and PitchBend.

• Yamaha FC4 foot controller

Yamaha FC5 foot controller These foot switches are suitable for controlling Sustain, Sostenuto, Soft, RotarySpeed, and VibeRotor.

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MIDI [MIDI SETTING]

You can make detailed MIDI settings, such as setting up MIDI transmit/receive channels.

About MIDI

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard format for data transmission/reception. It enables the transfer of performance data and commands between MIDI devices and personal computers. Using MIDI, you can control a connected MIDI device from the Clavinova, or control the Clavinova from a connected MIDI device or computer.

TIP

MIDI connectors

OUTIN THRU

PC-2

PC-1

MacMIDI

MIDI

HOST SELECT

MIDI [IN]: Receives MIDI data. MIDI [OUT]: Transmits MIDI data. MIDI [THRU]: Transmits data received at the MIDI [IN] connector as it is.

TIP

Prepare dedicated MIDI cables.

MIDI performance data and commands are transferred in the form of numeric values.

Since MIDI data that can be transmitted or received varies depending on the type of MIDI device, check the “MIDI Implementation Chart” to ﬁnd out what MIDI data and commands your devices can transmit or receive. The Clavinova’ s MIDI Implementation Chart is listed on pages 31 and 32 in the “Reference Booklet” for the CLP-990.

[TO HOST] connector

Use this connector to connect the Clavinova to a computer.

PC-2

PC-1

MacMIDI

HOST SELECT

TIP

The type connecting cable varies depending on the computer. Refer to “Connecting a Personal Computer” on page 63 for more information.

TO HOST

When you are using the MIDI connectors, set the [HOST SELECT] switch to “MIDI.” (See page 63.)

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When you are using the [TO HOST] connector, set the [HOST SELECT] switch correctly, according to the type of computer you are using. (See page 63.)

You can also obtain detailed information about MIDI from various music magazines and books.

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MIDI [MIDI SETTING]

Procedure

Press the [MIDI SETTING] button to enter MIDI setting mode.

[MIDI SETTING]

CLP-990

MIN MAX

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

MASTER VOLUME

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

A B

UPDOWN

C D

Setting the MIDI transmit channel [MidiOutChannel]

This parameter enables you to specify the channel on which the Clavinova transmits MIDI data. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select a voice part. Specify the channel.

Setting for:

Main, Left, Layer, Left Layer

Setting range:

Ch1 - Ch16, Off (Not transmitted.)

Normal setting:

Main — Ch1 Left — Ch2 Layer — Ch3 Left Layer— Ch4

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

PIANO

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

BASS

MAIN

LEFT

CHORD

PIANO/

HARPSI/

SPLIT

E. PIANO

MALLET

POINT

ORGAN/

STRINGS

CHOIR

BASS

VOICE

SETTING

REVERB

BRILLIANCE

CHORUS MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

TIP

The received data is played back using the XG voices (page 6 in the “Reference Booklet” for the CLP-990). You can also assign the Clavinova’s preset voices to part of the data. (See “XG Alternative” on page 90.)

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select a channel. Select On or Off.

Setting for:

Ch1 - Ch16

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

On for all channels

MIDI data

Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port A) [MidiInAChannel]

This parameter enables you to specify for each channel whether the Clavinova receives data at the MIDI [IN] connector or the [TO HOST] port A (CBX driver’s port A).

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MIDI IN

Port A Port B

Sound source A

Channels 1-16

Used for song playback

TO HOST

Sound source B

Channels 1-16

Used for performance

and playback

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Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port B) [MidiInAChannel]

This parameter enables you to specify for each channel whether the Clavinova receives data at the MIDI [IN] connector or the [TO HOST] port B (CBX driver’s port B).

MIDI [MIDI SETTING]

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

Selecting performance from the keyboard or song data for MIDI

TIP

The received data is played back using the preset voices (page 103).

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select a channel. Select On or Off.

Setting for:

Ch1 - Ch16

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

On for all channels

Setting Local control on/off [LocalControl]

“Local Control On” is a state in which the Clavinova produces the sound from its tone generator when you play the keyboard. In “Local Control Off” state, the keyboard and the tone generator are cut off from each other. This means that even if you play the keyboard, the Clavinova will not produce the sound. Instead, the keyboard data can be transmitted via MIDI to a connected MIDI device, which can produce the sound. The “Local Control Off” setting is useful when you wish to play an external sound source while playing the keys on the Clavinova. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

transmission [MidiOutSelect]

You can select whether your performance data or song playback data (including demo songs) is sent via MIDI. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

Keyboard (performance data played on the keyboard) Song (song playback data)

Normal setting:

Keyboard

Selecting a type of data received via MIDI [ReceiveParameter]

This parameter enables you to specify which MIDI data the Clavinova can receive. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select a type of data. Select On or Off.

Type of data:

Note, Control, Program, Pitch Bend, SysEx (System Exclusive)

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

On for all types of data

C D

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MIDI [MIDI SETTING]

Selecting a type of data transmitted via MIDI [TransmitParameter]

This parameter enables you to specify which MIDI data the Clavinova can transmit. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select a type of data. Select On or Off.

Type of data:

Note, Control, Program, Pitch Bend, SystemRealTime, SysEx (System Exclusive)

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

On for all types of data

Executing song data bulk dump [SongBulkDump]

You can save current song data on the Clavinova as MIDI bulk data by transferring it to a connected MIDI data ﬁler (such as an MDF3) or a sequencer. To play back the saved song data, send the bulk data back from the storage device to the Clavinova and follow the usual playback procedure. You can interrupt song data bulk dump transmission by pressing the B [– (NO)] button. See the procedure on page 72.

Transmitting the initial settings on the panel [InitialSetup]

You can transmit the panel data, such as voice selection, to a connected sequencer. Before you record performance data to a connected MDF3 or sequencer, it is useful if you ﬁrst send and record (at the beginning of the performance data) the panel setup data for your performance during playback. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Executing voice data bulk dump [VoiceBulkDump]

You can transmit the voice data speciﬁed in the “Voice Setting” menu (page 78) as MIDI bulk data. You can interrupt voice data bulk dump transmission by pressing the B [– (NO)] button. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

A B

C D

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Other settings

You can make detailed settings for touch, tuning, scale, etc.

Procedure

Press the [OTHER SETTING] button to enter Other Setting mode.

CLP-990

MIN MAX

DEMO SONG SELECT

TRANSPOSE

MASTER VOLUME

NEW SONG

SONG BALANCE

TRACK1TRACK2EXTRA

TRACKS

START/

STOP

PAUSE

SYNCHRO START

SONG

REC

SETTING

FILE METRONOME

START/ STOP SETTING

SONG

TEMPO VOICE EFFECT

A B

UPDOWN

C D

NO YES

CONTRAST

EXIT

E. PIANO/

HARPSI-

PIANO/

E. PIANO

BASS

MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/

CHORD

HARPSI/

ORGAN/

MALLET

STRINGS

CHOIR

BASS

PIANO

MAIN

SPLIT POINT

LEFT

[OTHER SETTING]

VOICE

SETTING

CHORUS MIDI

REVERB



BRILLIANCE

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

Selecting a touch response [TouchResponse]

You can specify a touch response (how the sound responds to the way you play the keys). See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

Light With a soft touch, the Clavinova produces a

loud sound. The volume level of tones tends

to be consistent. Medium Standard touch response. Heavy You must hit the key very hard to generate a

loud volume. This allows for versatile expres-

sion, from pianissimo to fortissimo tones. Fixed No touch response. The volume level will be

the same regardless of how hard you play the

keys. Use the B [–]/[+] buttons to set the vol-

ume level.

Setting range of the “Fixed” volume level:

1 - 127

Fine tuning the pitch [Tune]

You can ﬁne tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play the Clavinova along with other instruments or CD music. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

A3=427.0Hz - 453.0Hz (0.1Hz steps)

Selecting a tuning curve for a piano voice [PianoTuningCurve]

You can select a tuning curve from “GrandPiano1” and “GrandPiano2.” Select “Flat” if you feel the tuning curve of the piano voice does not quite match that of other instruments voices. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

Stretch Tuning curve particularly for pianos Flat Tuning curve in which the frequency is

octave doubled over the entire keyboard range

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Other settings

Selecting a scale [Scale]

You can select various scales. Equal Temperament is the most common contemporary piano tuning scale. However, history has known numerous other scales, many of which serve as the basis for certain genres of music. You can experience the tunings of these genres. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

Equal One octave is divided into twelve equal inter-

vals. Currently most popular piano tuning scale.

PureMajor/PureMinor

Based on natural overtones, three major chords using these scales produce a beautiful, pure sound. They are sometimes used for chorus parts.

Pythagorean

This scale, designed by Pythagoras, a Greek philosopher, is composed of only ﬁve pitches. The 3rd produces swells, but the 4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some leads.

MeanTone

This scale is an improvement of the Pythagorean in that the swell of the 3rd has been eliminated. It spread during the late 16th century through the late 18th century. Handel used this scale.

WerckMeister/KirnBerger

These scales combine Mean Tone and Pythagorean in different ways. With these scales, modulation changes the impression and feel of the songs. They were often used in the era of Bach and Beethoven. They are also often used now to reproduce the music of that era on harpsichords.

Normal setting:

Equal

If you select a scale other than Equal, you need to specify the root note using the B [–]/[+] buttons.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

C, CI, D, Eb, E, F, FI, G, Ab, A, Bb, B

Depth of string resonance [StringResonanceDepth]

This parameter is effective only on “GrandPiano1.” See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

1 - 10, Off

Depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal [SustainSamplingDepth]

This parameter is effective only on “GrandPiano1.” See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

1 - 10, Off

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Other settings

Setting the speed of vibraphone’s vibrato effect [VibraphoneRotorSpeed]

This parameter enables you to set the speed of vibrato when you select the Vibraphone voice and use a vibe rotor pedal. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

1 - 10, Off

Selecting a pedal function for vibraphone [VibraphonePedalMode]

This parameter enables you to select whether the sound is sustained while you press the keys on the keyboard (“PianoLike”) or the sound is sustained only while you press and hold down the sustain pedal, like playing a real vibraphone (“Normal”). See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

PianoLike, Normal

Normal setting:

PianoLike

Assigning the START/PAUSE function to a pedal [PedalStart/ Pause]

TIP

If you assign the START/PA USE function to a pedal and turn the function On, the pedal function assigned to the pedal in the Voice Setting menu (pages 81 and 82) is disabled.

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select a pedal to assign the function. Set to On or Off.

Setting for:

Left, Middle, AUX

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

Off for all pedals

Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal [AuxPedalType]

A pedal connected to the [AUX PEDAL] connector may switch on and off differently. For example, some pedals turn on the effects and others turn them off when you press them. Use this parameter to reverse this mechanism. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

Make, Break

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Other settings

Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts to affect the sound [HalfPedalPoint]

You can specify how far down you should press on the right pedal until the damper effect (page 31) starts working. This setting is effective when the right pedal function (page 81) is set to either SustainCont or Sustain. See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

–2 (effective with the shallowest press) - 0 - +2 (effective with the deepest press)

Pitch bend range [PitchBendRange]

This parameter enables you to set the range of continuous pitch change made by the Pitch Bend function.

• This parameter is effective only on the keyboard

performance sound.

• You can set the range in semitone steps. See the procedure on page 72.

Replacing the XG voices with preset voices [XGAlternative]

The CLP-990 provides the XG tone generator for the purpose of playing GM, XG, or DOC music data (page 60). You can replace some XG voices with the preset voices on the panel for playback. This parameter enables you to select “Native” (using the preset voices) or “XG” (using the XG voices). See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select the desired item. Select on or off.

Setting for:

All preset voices on the panel

Setting range:

Native Using the preset voices XG Using the XG voices

Normal setting:

GrandPiano1 Native (using the preset voices) Other voices XG (using the XG voices)

A B

NO YES

C D

Setting range:

–12 (Pitch is lowered by 12 semitones [one octave] when you press the pedal.) - +12 (Pitch is raised by 12 semitones [one octave] when you press the pedal.)

Normal setting:

–2

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Other settings

Selecting items saved at shutdown [MemoryBackUp]

You can back up some settings, such as voice selection and metronome setting, so that they will not be lost after you turn off the power to the Clavinova.

• Memory songs (saved in the Clavinova’s memory),

the backup on/off setting (this parameter setting), and the “CharacterCode” parameter setting (page 56) are always backed up.

See the procedure on page 72.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select the desired item. Select on or off.

Setting for:

Transpose, Brilliance, ReverbOnOff, SplitPoint, Main/ LeftVoice, MetronomeSetting, SongSetting, SongBalance, MidiSetting, and OtherSetting

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

The Transpose, Main/LeftVoice, and MetronomeSetting parameters are set to Off. Other parameters are set to On.

Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet]

You can reset the Clavinova to its normal (factory default) settings.

• The CharacterCode parameter setting in the File menu does not change.

• The MemoryBackUp parameter setting (On/Off) (left column) is reset to the normal setting.

• You can specify whether the memory songs are erased or kept.

See the procedure on page 72.

Reset the Clavinova.

A B

NO YES

C D

Select a value for memory songs.

Selecting for “MemorySong”:

MemorySongExcluded Memory songs are kept. MemorySongIncluded Memory songs are erased.

Other method for restoring the normal settings

Press and hold down the white key on the right end (C7) and press the [POWER] switch to turn on the power to the Clavinova. In this case, the Memory songs saved in the storage memory are not erased. If you wish to erase Memory songs at this time, press and hold down the right-most white key (C7) and black key (B on the power to the Clavinova.

6) and press the [POWER] switch to turn

CONTRASTB

YES

EXIT

ORGAN

MALLET

E. PIANO/

PIANO

HARPSI-

BASS

CHORD

MAIN

SPLIT

PIANO/

ORGAN/

HARPSI/

POINT

E. PIANO

STRINGS

MALLET

LEFT

VOICE

MIDI

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

SETTING

CHOIR

VOICE

OTHER

BRILLIANCE

BASS

SETTING

EFFECT

B 6

POWER

[POWER]

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Message List

The messages are listed in alphabetical order.

Message Meaning

This message is displayed following the message “BulkDataReceiving Song/ Voice.” Receiving bulk data is complete. After this message appears, you can proceed to the next step.

Receiving bulk data has failed. Check the parameter settings and try again.

The Clavinova is receiving the song bulk data while this message is displayed. Wait until the message disappears, then proceed to the next step.

The Clavinova is receiving the voice setting bulk data while this message is displayed. Wait until the message disappears, then proceed to the next step.

You have cancelled the “SongBulkDump” (page 86) or “VoiceBulkDump” (page 86) transmission by pressing the B [–(NO)] button.

This message is displayed following the message “Executing.” The Clavinova’s internal processing is complete. You may proceed to the next step.

Writing or reading data from the disk has failed. Try again. If you still see this message, the disk may be damaged or the disk drive may have malfunction. If you see this message while using a brand new disk, it is more likely that the disk drive is malfunctioning. Ask your Yamaha dealer for repair.

The ﬂoppy disk space is full and can no longer record data. Use a new disk (page 53) or delete unnecessary ﬁles from the disk (page 53) to make room for new data.

You attempted to eject a ﬂoppy disk from the disk drive while the drive was writing or reading. The writing or reading operation is not complete yet. Try it again.

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Message Meaning

You tried to save a song by changing its title (using the “RenameSong” (page

54), “SaveToMemory” (page 52), or “SaveToDisk” (page 53) parameter), but a song with the same name already exists in memory or on the ﬂoppy disk. Three seconds after this message appears, the previous screen is restored. Rename the song.

This message prompts you to execute a ﬁle-related operation. Press the B [+ (YES)] button to proceed, or press the [EXIT] button to cancel.

The Clavinova is processing the data internally. Wait until the message disappears, then proceed to the next step.

Message List

The normal (factory default) settings (except for the memory song setting) (“FactorySet” on page 91) have been restored. This message also appears if you press and hold down the C7 key and turn on the power to the Clavinova (page 91).

The normal (factory default) settings (including the memory song setting) (“FactorySet” on page 91) have been restored. This message also appears if you press and hold down the C7 and B

6 keys and turn on the power to the

Clavinova (page 91).

The Clavinova’s ﬂash memory (storage memory) has expired. Consult your Yamaha dealer. If this message appears, the Clavinova will not back up the songs and settings in memory. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the previous screen.

In the CopyDisk operation (page 55), the copy source disk has not been inserted to the disk drive. Insert the disk.

In the CopyDisk operation (page 55), the copy destination disk has not been inserted into the disk drive. Insert the disk.

You turned off the power to the Clavinova while it was writing a song to storage memory. This message appears next time you turn on the power. The Clavinova checks if the contents of storage memory can be recovered.

This message appears following the message “LastPowerOffIllegalMemorySongChecking,” indicating that the Clavinova recovered data in the storage memory as much as possible.

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Message List

Message Meaning

This message appears following the message “LastPowerOffIllegalMemorySongChecking,” indicating that the Clavinova could not recover data in the storage memory and that all memory songs were deleted.

There is not enough memory space left and you cannot save any more songs. Save songs to a ﬂoppy disk (page 53) or delete some songs in the storage memory, then save new data to memory.

A ﬂoppy disk has not been inserted into the disk drive for a disk-related operation. Insert the disk and continue.

You tried to delete a song that does not exist in the storage memory or on disk. You cannot delete the song.

This message prompts you to select whether you wish to overwrite the existing data with new data when you add recordings to a song. Press the B [+ (YES)] button to allow overwriting. Press the B [– (NO)] button to cancel.

You tried to start playing a song or perform another operation right after you select the song. Wait until the message disappears.

1. You tried to write, copy, or delete data on a disk that has its “write protect” tab on, or a disk that is internally protected against writing. Set the protect tab to off (unprotected) (page 14) and try again. If you still see this message, the disk is internally protected (such as commercially available music data). You cannot write or copy to such a disk.

2. This message also appears when you try to copy data on an internallyprotected disk onto another disk using the CopyDisk function (page 55). You cannot duplicate such a disk.

You tried to copy or delete data in internally-protected ﬁles (such as commercially available music data). You cannot write to, copy, or delete such ﬁles.

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Message Meaning

1. After you load an internally-protected song into the Clavinova’s Current memory or storage memory, you tried to save the song to a ﬂoppy disk. You cannot save such a song to another disk. You cannot write or copy to such a disk.

2. This message also appears if you try to transmit bulk data (page 86) of an internally-protected song (such as commercially available music data). You cannot transmit bulk data of such songs.

This message prompts you to select whether you wish to save the edited settings. Press the B [+ (YES)] button to save the settings. Press the [EXIT] button to cancel.

Message List

You tried to perform another operation before saving the recorded song to storage memory or a ﬂoppy disk. If you continue the operation, the recorded song will be lost. To delete the new recording, press the B [– (NO)] button. To keep the recording, press the B [+ (YES)] button. The Clavinova displays the “SaveToMemory” (page 52) or “SaveToDisk” (page 53) parameter screen. If necessary, select “SaveToMemory” or “SaveToDisk” accordingly and save the recorded song, then proceed to another operation.

The Clavinova has found some defects in the selected (or playing) song. Select the song and play it again. If you still see this message, the song data may be damaged.

The Current memory space is full during recording. Recording stops automatically. The data recorded up to that point remains. This message also appears when you try to enter recording mode to make an additional recording but the song data already ﬁlls the Current memory. In this case, you cannot make an additional recording. Use the “ChannelClear” parameter (page 75) to delete unnecessary tracks (if any) to make more room in memory.

The size of the selected song is larger than the Current memory (page 97). The CLP-990 cannot read the song. Select another song.

This message prompts you to start the operation. To start, press the B [+ (YES)] button. Press the [EXIT] button to cancel the operation.

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Message List

Message Meaning

This message prompts you to conﬁrm the execution. Press the B [+ (YES)] button to continue. Press the B [– (NO)] button to cancel.

There is a malfunction with the TO HOST connector.

When you are using the CLP-990 with a connected computer:

The power to the computer is turned off, the cables are connected incorrectly, the [HOST SELECT] switch is set incorrectly, or the driver or MIDI application on the computer works incorrectly. Turn off the power to the CLP-990 and the computer, then check the cable connections and the [HOST SELECT] switch setting. Then, turn on the power to the computer and the CLP-990 in this order and check to see if the driver and MIDI application on the computer work properly.

When you are using only the CLP-990:

This message appears if a cable is connected to the TO HOST connector on the CLP-990. In this case, turn off the power to the CLP-990, remove the cable from the TO HOST connector, then turn on the power to the CLP-990. If the cable is left connected to the TO HOST connector, the CLP-990 may not work correctly.

You tried to perform a ﬁle- or disk-related operation using an unformatted disk. Eject the disk, format it using the “FormatDisk” parameter (page 56), and try again.

You tried to perform a ﬁle- or disk-related operation using an unformatted disk. To cancel the operation, press the B [– (NO)] button. To format the disk and try again, press the B [+ (YES)] button to display the “FormatDisk” parameter (page 56).

You tried to copy data to a different type of disk (e.x.: 2DD 2HD

→2DD) during the CopyDisk operation (page 55). Eject the disk and

insert an appropriate disk.

You used a period or space at the beginning of a song name or you tried to change a song name that includes a character (or characters) not supported by the CLP-990, and the CLP-990 could not process the name. The Clavinova displays the previous screen in three seconds. Rename the song correctly.

→2HD,

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Questions about Operations and Functions

■ The buttons do not respond.

While you are using a function, some buttons not used for the function are disabled. If the song is playing, stop the playback. Otherwise, press the [EXIT] button to return to the main screen. Then, perform the desired operation.

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The sound sustains and does not decay when I press the sostenuto pedal.

With the voices in the ORGAN or STRINGS/ CHOIR group, the sound continues sustaining while you are holding down the sostenuto pedal.

Higher or lower notes does not sound correctly

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when the transpose or octave setting is made.

The setting range for the transposition and octave setting is C2 - G8. (With the normal setting, the Clavinova’s 88 keys covers the range of A1 - C7.) If the lowest key is set to a note lower than C2, it will produce a sound one octave higher. If the highest key is set to a note higher than G8, it will produce a sound one octave lower.

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How can I return to the recording or song select screen during song recording or playback?

Press one of the SONG SELECT [ ] and [ ] buttons once.

The tempo does not change even though I

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recorded with tempo changes.

Depending on the timing of tempo changes, the changed tempo may not be recorded. In this case, the recording will be played back at the original tempo. Make tempo changes when the recording track is selected and a red track indicator is ﬂashing. The same trick applies to editing the tempo after recording.

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Performance in Dual or Split mode is not recorded. Track data is lost unexpectedly.

For Dual or Split mode recording, the recording track for the second voice (that is, the voice for the left-hand part) is automatically assigned (page 48). Therefore, if the track already has data, the data will be overwritten during recording. Also, switching to Dual mode or Split mode in the middle of the song is not recorded. Therefore, the notes you played with the second voice (or the notes lower than the Split point) are not recorded.

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What type of data is recorded?

Data recorded in the tracks:

• Note data (notes you play)

• Voice selection

• Clavinova pedals and external pedals on/off

• Reverb depth “ReverbSend”

• Chorus depth “ChorusSend”

• Variation effect depth “VariationSend”

• Voice octave setting “Octave”

• Voice volume level “Volume”

• Stereo image of each voice “Pan”

• Fine tuning of two voice pitch (Dual mode) “Detune”

• Volume level changes for each voice with response to the way you play “TouchSense”

Data recorded globally in all tracks:

•Tempo

• Time signature

•Reverb type

• Chorus type

• Variation effect type

You can change all data except for note data after recording. You can change the time signature at the beginning of the song, or at a position in the song to which you move, by using the B [–]/[+] buttons while the song is stopped.

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Questions about Operations and Functions

■ I cannot change the key signature in the song

after recording.

Press the [STOP] button to locate the top of the song, use the B [–]/[+] buttons to locate the measure in which you wish to change the key signature, then change it.

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How much data can I record?

• Current memory (page 50): About 600KB

• Storage memory (page 50): About 750KB

• 2DD ﬂoppy disk (page 13): about 720KB

• 2HD ﬂoppy disk (page 13): about 1.4MB

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The on/off setting of the pedal connected to the AUX PEDAL jack is reversed.

Some types of pedals may turn on and off in opposite fashion. Use the “AuxPedalType” parameter (page 89) in the “OTHER SETTING” menu to change the external pedal setting.

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The song title is not correct.

The “CharacterCode” setting may be different than that used when you named the song. Also, if the song was recorded on another instrument, the title might be displayed incorrectly. Use the “CharacterCode” parameter (page 56) in the FILE menu to change the setting. However, if the song was recorded on another instrument, changing the “CharacterCode” parameter setting may not resolve the problem.

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What is the difference between “TouchSense” and “TouchResponse” MIDI data?

“TouchSense” determines the manner and degree to which the volume level changes in response to your touch on the keyboard. It causes MIDI exclusive data (that controls the tone generator) to be output. “TouchResponse” determines the touch sensitivity as an instrument and causes MIDI note-on velocity data to be output.

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Appendix

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Troubleshooting

Problem Cause Solution

The Clavinova does not turn on.

A click or pop is heard when the power is turned on or off.

Noise is heard from the Clavinova’s speakers.

The overall volume is low, or no sound is heard.

The pitch and/or tone of the piano voices in certain ranges do not sound right.

Mechanical noise is heard during performance.

The Clavinova has not been plugged in properly.

Electrical current is being applied to the instrument.

The noise may be due to interference caused by the use of a mobile phone in close proximity to the Clavinova.

The [MASTER VOLUME] is set too low.

Headphones are connected. The Local Control function is turned

off. The Clavinova’s piano voices

attempt to precisely simulate actual piano sounds. However, as a result of sampling algorithms, overtones in some ranges may sound exaggerated, producing a somewhat different pitch or tone.

The Clavinova’s keyboard mechanism simulates the keyboard mechanism of a piano. Mechanical noise is also heard on a piano.

Securely insert the female plug into the socket on the Clavinova, and the male plug into a proper AC outlet. (See page 19.)

This is normal, and is no cause for concern.

Turn off the mobile phone, or use it further away from the Clavinova.

Raise the [MASTER VOLUME] level. (See page 20.)

Unplug the headphones. (See page

20.) Turn the Local Control function on.

(See page 85.)

This is normal.

100 CLP-990

Yamaha CLP-990M, CLP-990 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

PRECAUTIONS

About this Owner’s Manual and Reference Booklet

Table of contents

Handling the Floppy Disk Drive(FDD) and Floppy Disk

Precautions

Compatible Disk Type

Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks

Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head

About the Floppy Disks

Maintenance

Tuning

Transporting

Included Accessories

Features

Before Using the Clavinova

Key cover

Adjusting the music stand angle

Turning the power on

Adjusting the display contrast

Setting the volume

Using headphones

Part Names

Top panel

Connectors

Listening to the Demonstration Tunes

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

Playing the 50 piano preset songs

Adjusting the tempo

Fast forward and rewind

Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs

Selecting and Playing Voices

Selecting Voices

Using the pedals

Damper (right) pedal

Sostenuto (center) pedal

Soft pedal (left)

Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS]

Transposition ... [TRANSPOSE]

Combining two voices (Dual mode)

Dual mode using voices in different voice groups

Dual mode using voices in the same voice group

Using the metronome

Adjusting the tempo

Recording Your Performance

Recording a New Song

Recording to [TRACK 1]

Re-recording TRACK 1

Re-recording TRACK 1 partially

Recording to [TRACK2]

Recording to the third or more tracks [EXTRA TRACKS]

Other recording techniques

Adding data to or recording over an existing song

Changing a voice or tempo after recording

Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance [SONG BALANCE]

Recording in Dual or Split mode

Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]

Clavinova memory

Saving recorded or other songs to Clavinova Storage memory...[SaveToMemory]

Renaming a song...[RenameSong]

Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data

Playing back a song

Turning track playback on and off

Supported song data type

Song data recorded on other instruments

Connections

Connectors

Connecting a personal computer

Detailed Settings

Parameter List

Making detailed settings

Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]

Correcting note timing [Quantize]

Deleting data from each channel [ChannelClear]

Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly [FromToRepeat]

Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat]

Setting the metronome volume level [MetronomeVolume]