Yamaha CVP-900, CVP-900E1 User Manual

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CVP-900

OWNER’S MANUAL

CVP-900

OWNER’S MANUAL

Introduction

PRODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS:

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SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION

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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.

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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:

rechargable 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.

War ning:

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:

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:

edge relating to how a function or effect works (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:

cates 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.

This product MAY contain a small non-

Do not attempt to recharge, disassemble, or

Should this product become damaged

Service charges incurred due to lack of knowl-

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IMPORTANT NOTICE:

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 performance 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:

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

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duce 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:

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Purchase Date

92-469 1 (bottom)

PRECAUTIONS

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

* Please keep this manual 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:

Power supply/Power cord

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

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

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Use only the supplied power cord/plug.

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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.

Do not open

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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.

Water warning

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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.

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Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands.

Fire warning

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Do not put burning items, such as candles, on the unit. A burning item may fall over and cause a ﬁre.

If you notice any abnormality

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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.

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:

Power supply/Power cord

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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.

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

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

Assembly

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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.

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Location

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Do not expose the instrument to excessive dust or vibrations, or extreme 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.

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Do not use the instrument in the vicinity of a TV, radio, stereo equipment, mobile phone, or other electric devices. Otherwise, the instrument, TV, or radio may generate noise.

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

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Before moving the instrument, remove all connected cables. Also check that all screws are tight and have not been loosened by moving the instrument.

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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.

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Connections

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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 minimum. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradually raise the volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level.

Maintenance

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Gently remove dust and dirt with a soft cloth. Do not wipe too hard since small particles of dirt can scratch the instrument's ﬁnish.

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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.

Handling caution

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Ta ke care that the key cover does not pinch your ﬁngers, and do not insert a ﬁnger or hand in any gaps on the key cover or instrument.

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Never insert or drop paper, metallic, or other objects into the gaps on the key cover, panel or keyboard. If this happens, turn off the power immediately and unplug the power cord from the AC outlet. Then have the instrument inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

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Do not place vinyl, plastic or rubber objects on the instrument, since this might discolor the panel or keyboard.

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Bumping the surface of the instrument with metal, porcelain, or other hard objects can cause the ﬁnish to crack or peel. Use caution.

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Do not rest your weight on, or place heavy objects on the instrument, and do not use excessive force on the buttons, switches or connectors.

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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.

Using the bench (If included)

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

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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.

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

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Do not attempt to adjust the bench height while sitting on the bench, since this can cause excessive force to be imposed on the adjustment mechanism, possibly resulting in damage to the mechanism or even injury.

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

Saving data

Saving and backing up your data

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Current memory data (see page 40) is lost when you turn off the power to the instrument. Save the data to a ﬂoppy disk/the User Drive (see page 40). Saved data may be lost due to malfunction or incorrect operation. Save important data to a ﬂoppy disk.

When you change settings in a display page and then exit from that page, System Setup data (listed in the Parameter Chart of the separate Data List booklet) is automatically stored. However, this edited data is lost if you turn off the power without properly exiting from the relevant display.

Backing up the ﬂoppy disk

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To protect against data loss through media damage, we recom-

mend that you save your important data onto two ﬂoppy disks.

Caution for data operations

Make sure NEVER to turn the CVP-900’s power off during any kind of data operation involving the USER/FLOPPY DISK drives — such as saving, deleting, or copying/pasting — until the operation is completely ﬁnished. (Make sure to wait until the alert message disappears.) Tu r ning the power off during the operation results in the loss of the data being saved or pasted to the respective drive.

Keeping the power on during such operations is particularly important in regard to the USER drive. Turning off the power while performing a save/delete/paste operation with the USER drive may result in loss of ALL data on the USER drive (upon the next power on) — and not just the data in question. In other words, if you are performing a save/delete/paste operation on only the song data of the USER drive and you turn off the power before the operation is completed, you risk losing ALL your USER drive data — including all voices, styles, and Registration Memory presets you’ve saved to the USER drive. This caution also applies to creating a new folder on the USER drive or using the factory reset operation (page 151).

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.

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Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha Clavinova!

We recommend that you read this manual carefully

so that you can fully take advantage of the advanced

and convenient functions of the Clavinova.

We also recommend that you keep this manual

in a safe and handy place for future reference.

About this Owner’s Manual and Data List

This manual consists of four main sections: Introduction, Quick Guide, Basic Operation, and Reference. Also, a separate Data List is provided.

Introduction (page 2): Please read this section ﬁrst. Quick Guide (page 20): This section explains how to use the basic functions. Basic Operation (page 39): This section explains how to use the basic operations including display-based controls. Reference (page 53): This section explains how to make detailed settings for the Clavinova’s various functions.

Data List : Voice List, MIDI Data Format, etc.

* The model CVP-900 will be referred to as the CVP/Clavinova in this Owner’s Manual. * The illustrations and LCD screens as shown in this owner’s manual are for instructional purposes only, and may appear

somewhat different from those on your instrument. * The example Operation Guide displays shown in this Manual are in English. * Copying of the commercially available software is strictly prohibited except for your personal use.

This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with respect to which it has license to use others’ copyrights. Such copyrighted materials include, without limitation, all computer software, styles ﬁles, MIDI ﬁles, WAVE data and sound recordings. Any unauthorized use of such programs and contents outside of personal use is not permitted under relevant laws. Any violation of copyright has legal consequences. DON’T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES.

Tr ademarks:

• Apple and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

• 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 photos of the harpsichord, bandoneon, hackbrett, music box, dulcimer and cimbalom, shown in the displays of the CVP-

900, are courtesy of the Gakkigaku Shiryokan (Collection for Organolgy), Kunitachi College of Music. * The following instruments, shown in the displays of the CVP-900, are on display at the Hamamatsu Museum of Musical

Instruments: balafon, gender, kalimba, kanoon, santur, gamelan gong, harp, hand bell, bagpipe, banjo, carillon, mandolin, oud,

pan ﬂute, pungi, rabab. shanai, sitar, steel drum, tambra. * This product is manufactured under license of U.S. Patents No.5231671, No.5301259, No.5428708, and No.5567901 from IVL

Technologies Ltd. * The bitmap fonts used in this instrument have been provided by and are the property of Ricoh Co., Ltd.

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Accessories

“50 greats for the Piano” Disk (and Music Book)

Recording disk

Use this blank disk to save your performance.

Owner’s Manual

This manual contains complete instructions for operating your Clavinova.

Data List

This manual contains lists of voices, styles and parameters, etc.

Bench

A bench may be included or optional, depending on your locale.

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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 data is not being written to the ﬂoppy disk. If data is currently being written to the ﬂoppy disk in the following operations, the messages “Now executing,” “Now copying,” and “Now formatting” appears in the display.

•Moving, copying, pasting, saving, or deleting data (page 43 - 45).

• Naming ﬁles and folders (page 42); creating a new folder (page 45).

• Copying a disk to an another disk (page 150); formatting the disk (page 150).

Eject button

Drive lamp

When the power is turned on, the drive lamp (at the bottom left of the drive) lights to indicate the drive can be used.

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• Never attempt to remove the disk or turn the power off when the data is being written to the ﬂoppy disk. 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.

• 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 halfpressed 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 commerciallyavailable 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.

• 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).

write-protect tab open (protect position)

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 Disk to Disk function on page 150.

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.

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About the Display Messages

A message (information or conﬁrmation dialog) sometimes appears on the screen to facilitate operation. When such messages appear, simply follow the instructions as shown by pressing the corresponding button.

For this example, press the [G] (YES) button to execute formatting.

You can select the desired language from the Help display (page 50).

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“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 Home Page .......................... http://www.yamahaclavinova.com/

Yamaha Manual Library

(Electronic Musical Instruments) ......... http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/

Maintenance

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

CAUTION

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.

CAUTION

Before using the Clavinova, be sure to read “Precautions” on pages 3 - 4.

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 belongings. You can move the unit as it is (assembled) or you can disassemble the unit down to the condition it was in when you ﬁrst took it out of the box. Transport the keyboard horizontally. Do not lean it up against a wall or stand it up on its side. Do not subject the instrument to excessive vibration or shock. When transporting the assembled Clavinova, make sure all screws are properly tightened and have not been loosened by moving the instrument.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION ................................... 2

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

About this Owner’s Manual and Data List .............. 5

Accessories ............................................................... 6

Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)

and Floppy Disk..................................................... 6

About the Display Messages.................................... 8

Maintenance ............................................................ 8

Application Index................................................... 12

What can you do with the Clavinova?................... 14

Setting Up the Clavinova....................................... 16

Panel Controls and Terminals................................ 18

Quick Guide ........................... 20

Playing the Demos ................................................. 20

Song Playback ........................................................ 21

Playback of Songs ....................................................21

Playing Voices ........................................................ 25

Playing a Voice ........................................................25

Playing Two Voices Simultaneously ..........................26

Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands .....27

Playing Styles ......................................................... 28

Playing a style..........................................................28

Style Sections...........................................................30

One Touch Setting...................................................32

Music Finder........................................................... 33

Using the Music Finder ............................................33

Searching the Music Finder Records.........................34

Playing and Practicing with the Songs.................. 36

Playing Along with the Clavinova.............................36

Recording ................................................................37

Mastering Your Favorite Songs.................................38

Basic Operations

— Organizing Your Data ....... 39

Reference

Playing the Demos.................53

Voices.....................................55

Selecting a Voice .................................................... 55

One-touch Piano Play.............................................. 56

Layer/Left — Playing Several Sounds

Simultaneously .................................................... 57

Layer — Layering Two Different Voices ................... 57

Left — Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right

Sections of the Keyboard ..................................... 58

Applying Voice Effects ........................................... 58

Using the Pedals..................................................... 59

Styles......................................60

Playing a style ........................................................ 60

Adjusting the Volume Balance/Channel Muting ...... 62

Chord Fingerings.................................................... 63

Arranging the Style Pattern (SECTIONS:

MAIN A/B/C/D, INTRO, ENDING, BREAK) ......... 65

Stopping the Style Playback While Releasing Keys

(SYNC. STOP) ...................................................... 66

Selecting Intro and Ending Types

(INTRO/ENDING) ................................................ 67

Playing Fill-in patterns automatically when changing

accompaniment sections — Auto Fill In................ 67

Appropriate Panel Setting for the Selected Style

(ONE TOUCH SETTING) ...................................... 68

Automatically Changing One Touch Settings with the

Sections — OTS Link............................................ 69

Registering the Panel Controls in One Touch Setting

(ONE TOUCH SETTING) ...................................... 69

Calling Up Ideal Setups for Your Music

— Music Finder.................................................... 70

Searching the Ideal Setups — Music Finder Search.. 71

Editing Records — Music Finder Record Edit ........... 72

Selecting Files and Folders..................................... 41

File/Folder-related Operations .............................. 42

Naming Files/Folders ...............................................42

Moving Files/Folders ................................................43

Copying Files/Folders...............................................44

Deleting Files/Folders...............................................44

Saving Files ..............................................................45

Organizing Files by Creating a New Folder ..............45

Displaying Upper Level pages ..................................45

Entering Characters and Changing Icons .................45

Using the [DATA ENTRY] Dial................................ 47

Direct Access — Instant Selection of Displays....... 48

Help Messages ....................................................... 50

Using the Metronome............................................ 51

Adjusting the Tempo ............................................. 51

Tap Tempo ..............................................................52

Song Playback........................74

Compatible Song Types ......................................... 74

Song Playback ........................................................ 75

Playing the Internal Songs....................................... 75

Playing Back Songs on Disk..................................... 77

Other Playback-related Operations.......................... 77

Muting Specific Parts

— Track1/Track2/Extra Tracks............................ 78

Repeat Playback of a Specific Range ..................... 78

Using the Practice Functions —Guide ................... 79

Practice Functions ................................................... 79

Practicing Music with the Guide Functions.............. 80

Displaying Music Notation — Score ...................... 81

Displaying the Lyrics .............................................. 84

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Saving and Recalling Custom

Adjust the Volume Balance and

Panel Setups

— Registration Memory ........ 85

Registering Panel Setups

— Registration Memory...................................... 85

Saving Your Registration Memory Setups.................86

Recalling a Registration Memory Setup ................ 87

Editing Voices

— Sound Creator ................... 88

Operation ............................................................... 88

SOUND CREATOR Parameters

(Natural/Regular Voices) .................................... 89

Organ Flutes........................................................... 93

Operation ............................................................... 93

Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs

— Song Creator ..................... 94

Changing Voices

— Mixing Console ................120

Operation ............................................................. 120

Setting the Level Balance and Voice

— Volume/Voice ............................................... 121

Changing the Tone of the Voice — Filter............ 122

Changing Pitch-related Settings — Tune ............ 122

Adjusting the Effects ............................................ 123

Adjusting the Sound to Match the Performance

Environment — EQ............................................ 125

Effect Structure ..................................................... 126

Using a Microphone — MIC. 128

Selecting a Vocal Harmony Type ......................... 128

Adjusting the Vocal Harmony Settings and Microphone

Effects — OVERALL SETTING.............................. 130

Making Settings for the Vocal Harmony and

Microphone — MICROPHONE SETTING .......... 130

Setting the Microphone Volume and Related Effects

— TALK SETTING............................................... 132

About Song Recording........................................... 94

Quick Recording..................................................... 95

Multi Recording ..................................................... 96

Recording Individual Notes — Step Record .......... 98

Operation ................................................................98

Recording Melodies — Step Record (Note) ............100

Recording Chord Changes for the Auto

Accompaniment — Step Record (Chord)............101

Select the Recording Options: Starting,

Stopping, Punching In/Out — Rec Mode......... 103

Editing a Recorded Song ..................................... 104

Editing Channel-related Parameters — Channel.....104

Editing Note Events — 1 - 16.................................107

Editing Chord Events — CHD.................................108

Editing System Events — SYS/EX.

(System Exclusive) ..............................................108

Inputting and Editing Lyrics ...................................109

Customizing the Event List — Filter........................109

Creating Accompaniment Styles

— Style Creator ................... 110

About Creating Accompaniment Styles .............. 110

Style File Format .................................................. 111

Operation ............................................................. 111

Realtime Recording — Basic ................................ 112

Step Recording..................................................... 113

Assembling an Accompaniment Style

—Assembly........................................................ 114

Edit the Created Accompaniment Style .............. 115

Change the Rhythmic Feel

— Groove and Dynamics....................................115

Editing the Channel Data.......................................117

Making Style File Format Settings —Parameter ......118

Making Global and Other Important Settings

— Function...........................133

Operation ............................................................. 133

Fine Tuning the Pitch/Selecting a Scale

— Master Tune/Scale Tune............................... 135

Tuning the Overall Pitch — Master Tune............... 135

Selecting a Scale — Scale Tune ............................. 135

Setting Song-related Parameters

— Song Settings................................................ 137

Setting Auto Accompaniment-related Parameters

— Style Setting, Split Point,

and Chord Fingering......................................... 138

Setting Auto Accompaniment-related Parameters

— Style Setting and Split Point .......................... 138

Setting the Fingering Method

— Chord Fingering ............................................ 139

Making Settings for the Pedals and Keyboard

— Controller...................................................... 139

Making Settings for the Pedals .............................. 139

Changing the Touch Sensitivity and Transpose — Key-

board/Panel ....................................................... 141

Setting the Registration Sequence, Freeze, and

Voice Set............................................................ 142

Specifying the Order for Calling Up Registration Mem-

ory Presets — Registration Sequence.................. 142

Maintaining Panel Settings — Freeze .................... 142

Changing the Automatically Selected Voice Settings —

Voice Set............................................................ 143

Setting Harmony and Echo.................................. 143

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Showing the Clavinova Display on a TV

— Video Out...................................................... 144

Setting the MIDI Parameters............................... 145

Making Overall System Settings

(Local Control, Clock, etc.) — System.................145

Transmitting MIDI Data — Transmit ......................146

Receiving MIDI Data — Receive .............................147

Setting Root Note Channels — Root ......................147

Setting Chord Channels — Chord Detect ..............147

Other Settings — Utility ...................................... 148

Making Settings for Fade In/Out, Metronome,

Parameter Lock, and Tap — CONFIG 1...............148

Making Settings for the Display, Speaker System,

and Voice Number Indication — CONFIG 2........149

Copying and Formatting Disks — Disk...................150

Entering Your Name and Language Preference

— Owner............................................................151

Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings of the

CVP-900 — System Reset....................................151

Introduction

Quick Guide

Basic Operations - Organizing Your Data

Playing the Demos

Using Your Clavinova

with Other Devices.............. 152

Using the Headphones (PHONES jacks)..................152

Connecting the Microphone or Guitar

(MIC./LINE IN jack).............................................152

Connecting Audio & Video Devices .......................153

Using the Pedal (footswitch) or Foot Controller

(AUX PEDAL jack) ...............................................154

Connecting external MIDI devices

(MIDI terminals) .................................................154

Connecting to a Computer

(MIDI terminals/TO HOST terminal)....................154

What’s MIDI?.........................................................156

What You Can Do With MIDI.................................158

Data Compatibility............................................... 159

Disk format ............................................................159

Sequence Format...................................................159

Voice Allocation Format .........................................160

Keyboard

Stand Assembly ................... 161

Troubleshooting.................. 163

Voices

Styles

Song Playback

Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups - Registration Memory

Editing Voices - Sound Creator

Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs - Song Creator

Creating Accompaniment Styles

- Style Creator

Adjust the Volume Balance and Changing Voices - Mixing Console

Specifications ...................... 166

Index ................................... 168

Using a Microphone - MIC.

Making Global and Other Important Settings - Function

Using Your Clavinova with Other Devices

Appendix

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Application Index

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

Listening

Listening to the internal songs................................................................................................................ page 75

Listening to disk songs .......................................................................“Playing Back Songs on Disk” on page 77

Listening to demo songs.........................................................................................................................page 53

Listening to the demo of the selected voices ..........................................................................................page 55

Listening to songs with the special voices of the Clavinova .................................................................. page 121

Playing

Calling up the piano setting ...................................................................................................................page 56

Using the three performance control pedals...........................................................................................page 59

Playing an accompaniment that matches pitch.............................................................“Transpose ”on page 141

Combining two voices ...................................................... “Layer — Layering Two Different Voices” on page 57

Playing separate voices with the right and left hands

...........................“Left — Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right Sections of the Keyboard” on page 58

Changing the sound

Enhancing the sound with reverb and other effects .....................................“Applying Voice Effects” on page 58

“Adjusting the Effects” on page 123

Adjusting the Level Balance................................................................................................................. page 121

Combining two voices ...................................................... “Layer — Layering Two Different Voices” on page 57

Playing separate voices with the right and left hands

...........................“Left — Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right Sections of the Keyboard” on page 58

Creating voices ...................................................................................................................................... page 88

Playing the auto accompaniment

Playing the accompaniment automatically.............................................................................................page 60

Calling up ideal panel settings for your music........................................................................................ page 70

Practicing

Muting the right- or left-hand part.......................................................................................................... page 80

Practicing with an accurate and steady tempo.............................................“Using the Metronome” on page 51

Recording

Recording your performance...........................................................................................................pages 95, 96

Creating a song by entering notes ..........................................................................................................page 98

Creating your original settings

Creating voices ...................................................................................................................................... page 88

Creating accompaniment styles............................................................................................................ page 110

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Using a microphone

Connecting the microphone.............. ”Connecting the Microphone or Guitar (MIC./LINE IN jack)” on page 152

Adding automatic harmonies to your singing ....................................................................................... page 128

Settings

Registering Panel Setups......................................................................................................................... page 85

Tuning the pitch/Selecting a scale ........................................................................................................ page 135

Making detailed settings for playing back songs................................................................................... page 137

Making detailed settings for the auto accompaniment..........................................................................page 138

Making settings for the pedals.......................................................“Making Settings for the Pedals” on page 139

Making detailed settings for the keyboard voices .................................................................................page 141

Showing the display on a TV .................... “Showing the Clavinova Display on a TV — Video Out” on page 144

Making detailed settings for MIDI ........................................................................................................page 145

Connecting the Clavinova to other devices

Basic information on MIDI.....................................................................................“What’s MIDI?” on page 156

Recording your performance................ ”Playing the sounds of the Clavinova through an external audio system,

and recording the sounds to an external recorder (AUX OUT jacks)” on page 153

Raising the volume .............................. ”Playing the sounds of the Clavinova through an external audio system,

and recording the sounds to an external recorder (AUX OUT jacks)” on page 153

Outputting another instrument’s sound from the Clavinova ............ ”Outputting the sound of an external device

through the built in speakers of the Clavinova (AUX IN jacks)” on page 153

Connecting a computer........... .”Connecting to a Computer (MIDI terminals/TO HOST terminals)” on page 154

Assembling

Assembling and disassembling the Clavinova......................................“Keyboard Stand Assembly” on page 161

Quick solution

Basic functions of the Clavinova and how you can best use it .........................................................pages 12, 14

Resetting the Clavinova to the default setting

........................... “Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings of the CVP-900 — System Reset” on page 151

Displaying the Messages......................................................................“About the Display Messages” on page 8

Adjusting the contrast/brightness.......................................... .”Making Settings for the Display, Speaker System,

and Voice Number Indication – CONFIG 2” on page 149

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................... page 163

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What can you do with the Clavinova?

SONG

Playback previously recorded songs (page 21, 36, 74)

Enjoy a wide variety of preset songs as well as songs on commercially available disks.

POWER

OFF

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

METRONOME

START STOP

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

MIC.

SIGNAL OVER

SONG

STYLE L

SYNC. STARTNEW SONG

VOCAL HARMONY

Automatic backup singing (page 128)

This sophisticated function automatically adds appropriate vocal harmonies to your singing.

START STOP

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

TRANSPOSETEMPO

RESETRESET

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

GUIDE

DEMO

Explore the Demos (page 20, 53)

These not only showcase the stunning voices and styles of the instrument, they introduce you to the various functions and features — and give you hands-on experience using the Clavinova!

DEMO

HELP

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

CONSOLE

PART

BALANCE

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

STYLE

Back up your performance with Auto Accompaniment (page 28, 60)

Playing a chord with your left hand automatically plays the auto accompaniment backing. Select an accompaniment style — such as pop, jazz, Latin, etc. — and let the Clavinova be your backing band!

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GUIDE

Learn and practice with the Guide functions (page 38, 79)

Play back the preset songs or the appropriate disk software, and let the display and guide lamps show you when and where to play the proper notes. It’s never been easier or more fun to learn new music!

DIRECT ACCESS

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DIGITAL RECORDING

Record your performances (page 94, 110)

With the powerful and easy-touse song recording features, you can record your own keyboard performances, and create your own complete, fully orchestrated compositions — which you can then save to the USER drive or a ﬂoppy disk for future recall.

LCD

The large LCD (together with the various panel buttons) provides comprehensive and easyto-understand control of the Clavinova’s operations.

MUSIC FINDER

Call up the perfect accompaniment style (page 33, 70)

If you know what song you want to play, but you don’t know which style or voice would be right for it, let the Music Finder help you. Just select the song title, and the Clavinova automatically calls up the most appropriate style and voice.

VOICE

Enjoy a huge variety of realistic voices (page 25, 55)

The Clavinova features a wealth of exceptionally authentic and dynamic voices (more than 800) — including piano, strings, woodwinds, and more!

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PIANO

Set up the piano — instantly (page 56)

You can call up all the optimum piano settings for the Clavinova with just a single button press — then play the extraordinarily realistic grand piano voice.

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

EXIT

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

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DATA ENTRY

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

FREEZE MEMORY

ONE TOCTH SETTING

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REGISTRATION MEMORY

TO HOST terminal

Make music with a computer — quickly and easily (page 154)

Dive in and take advantage of the wide world of computer music software. Connections and setup are exceptionally easy, and you can play back your computer recorded parts with different instrument sounds — all from a single Clavinova!

AUX PEDAL

TO HOST

HOST SELECT

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MIDIMac

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MIDI

OUTTHRU

Organ Flutes

Craft your own organ voices (page 93)

This special function not only gives you a full set of rich and luscious organ sounds, it also lets you create your own original organ voices, just as on a traditional organ, by increasing and decreasing the ﬂute footages, and adding percussive sounds.

VIDEO OUT

L L+R R L L+R R

AUX IN AUX OUT

(

)

LEVEL FIXED

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Setting Up 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.

CAUTION

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

Do not try to use the music rest in a half-raised position. Also, when lowering the music rest, let the music rest all the way down before releasing it.

These braces are for holding the pages of music books in place.

Gently lower the music rest backward until it is all the way down.

CAUTION

Sheet Music Braces

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.

CAUTION

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.

Music Rest

■ To raise the music rest:

Pull the music rest up and toward yourself as far as it

will go.

Flip down the two metal supports at the left and right

on the rear of the music rest.

Lower the music rest so that it rests on the metal

supports.

■ To open

■ To close

Lid

One long stay and one short stay are provided on the lid. Use one of them to open the lid to the desired angle.

For the longer stay, use the inner recess, and for the shorter stay, use the outer recess to support the lid.

■ To lower the music rest:

Pull the music rest toward yourself as far as it will go.

Raise the two metal supports (at the rear of the music

rest).

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Longer stay

■ To open the lid:

Raise the music rest as described in “Music Rest” on

page 16.

Raise and hold the right side of the lid (viewed from

the keyboard end of the instrument).

Raise the lid stay and carefully lower the lid so that

the end of the stay ﬁts into the recess in the lid.

Shorter stay

Press the [POWER] switch.

→ The main display appears in the LCD display. The

drive lamp below the lower right end of the keyboard also lights.

■ To close the lid:

Hold the lid stay and carefully raise the lid.

Hold the lid in its raised position and lower the lid stay.

Carefully lower the lid.

Lower the music rest as described in “Music Rest” on

page 16.

CAUTION

•Make sure that the end of the stay ﬁts securely in the lid recess. If the stay is not properly seated in the recess, the lid may fall, causing damage or injury.

• Be careful that you or others do not bump the stay while the lid is raised. The stay may be bumped out of the lid recess causing the lid to fall.

• Be careful to avoid catching ﬁngers (yours or others, especially children’s) when raising or lowering the lid.

Turning the Power On

POWER

OFF

The drive lamp lights.

BALANCE

CHANNEL ON ⁄OFF

PART

BACK

When you’re ready to turn off the power, press the [POWER] switch again.

→ Both the display and the drive lamp below the

right end of the keyboard will turn off.

Setting the volume

Use the [MASTER VOLUME] dial to adjust the volume to an appropriate level.

MASTER VOLUME

FADE IN / OUT

MIN

CAUTION

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

MAX

and Off

Connect the power cord.

Insert the plugs at the ends of the cord, one into the

AC INLET on the Clavinova, and the other into a

standard AC outlet. In some areas, a plug adapter may be provided to match the pin conﬁguration of the AC wall outlets in your area.

(The shape of plug differs depending on locale.)

Using headphones

Connect a pair of headphones to one of the [PHONES] jacks. 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.)

MIC.

INPUT

MIC.LINE PHONES

VOLUME

LINE IN

MIN MAX

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Panel Controls and Terminals

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MIC.

INPUT

VOLUME

LINE IN

MIN MAX

POWER

OFF

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

MIC. LINE PHONES

METRONOME

START STOP

FADE IN OUT

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

3 4

BREAK INTRO MAIN

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

AUX PEDAL

SIGNAL OVER

MIC.

SONG

STYLE L

10 11 12

START STOP

13 14

SYNC. STARTNEW SONG

20 21 22

POWER

[ON / OFF] button (POWER)................................................ P. 17

METRONOME

[START / STOP] button (METRONOME)............................. P. 51

MASTER VOLUME

[MASTER VOLUME] dial...................................................... P. 17

[FADE IN / OUT] button........................................................ P. 66

MIC.

[VOCAL HARMONY] button............................................... P. 128

[TALK] button...................................................................... P. 128

[EFFECT] button ................................................................ P. 128

[VH TYPE SELECT] button................................................ P. 128

[MIC. SETTING] button ...................................................... P. 128

SONG

[EXTRA TRACKS (STYLE)] button ...................................... P. 78

[TRACK 2 (L)] button............................................................ P. 78

[TRACK 1 (R)] button........................................................... P. 78

[REC] button ........................................................................ P. 94

[TOP] button......................................................................... P. 77

[START / STOP] button (SONG) .......................................... P. 75

[REW] button........................................................................ P. 77

[FF] button............................................................................ P. 77

[REPEAT] button .................................................................. P. 78

[GUIDE] button..................................................................... P. 79

TEMPO

[E] [F] buttons (TEMPO)............................................... P. 51

[TAP TEMPO] button............................................................ P. 52

TRANSPOSE

[E] [F] buttons (TRANSPOSE) ................................... P. 141

STYLE

[ACMP] button...................................................................... P. 61

[AUTO FILLIN] button........................................................... P. 67

[OTS LINK] button................................................................ P. 69

[BREAK] button.................................................................... P. 65

TO HOST

L L+R R L L+R R

VIDEO OUT

HOST SELECT

MIDIMac

PC-1 PC-2

AUX IN AUX OUT

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MIDI

OUTTHRU

(

LEVEL FIXED

77 78 79 80

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

15 16 17

TAP TEMPO

8 9

ENDING rit.

SYNC.STOP START STOP

18 19

TRANSPOSETEMPO

SYNC.START

[INTRO] button............................................................... P. 31, 67

MAIN [A] button.................................................................... P. 65

MAIN [B] button.................................................................... P. 65

MAIN [C] button ................................................................... P. 65

MAIN [D] button ................................................................... P. 65

[ENDING / rit.] button ..................................................... P. 31, 67

[SYNC.STOP] button............................................................ P. 66

[SYNC.START] button.......................................................... P. 61

[START / STOP] button (STYLE) ......................................... P. 61

[DEMO] button ..................................................................... P. 53

[HELP] button....................................................................... P. 50

[FUNCTION] button ........................................................... P. 133

DIGITAL STUDIO

[SOUND CREATOR] button ................................................. P. 88

[DIGITAL RECORDING] button ................................... P. 94, 110

[MIXING CONSOLE] button............................................... P. 120

DISPLAY CONTROL

[A] - [J] buttons..................................................................... P. 41

[BALANCE] button ............................................................... P. 62

[CHANNEL ON / OFF] button ........................................ P. 62, 77

[DIRECT ACCESS] button................................................... P. 48

[BACK] button ................................................................ P. 41, 47

[NEXT] button ................................................................ P. 41, 47

VOICE PART ON / OFF [LAYER] button.............................. P. 57

VOICE PART ON / OFF [LEFT] button................................. P. 57

[1▲▼] - [8▲▼] buttons ................................................. P. 39 - 46

[ENTER] button.................................................................... P. 47

[DATA ENTRY] dial............................................................... P. 47

[EXIT] button ........................................................................ P. 41

VOICE EFFECT

[REVERB] button ................................................................. P. 58

[DSP] button......................................................................... P. 58

[VARIATION] button ............................................................. P. 58

[HARMONY / ECHO] button ................................................ P. 59

[MONO] button..................................................................... P. 59

[LEFT HOLD] button ............................................................ P. 59

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DEMO

GUIDE

RESETRESET

39 40

HELP

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

CONSOLE

DIRECT ACCESS

BALANCE

PART

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

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BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

EXIT

48 49

ENTER

DATA ENTRY

VOICE

VOICE buttons ..................................................................... P. 55

MUSIC FINDER

[MUSIC FINDER] button ...................................................... P. 70

ONE TOUCH SETTING

[1] - [4] buttons (ONE TOUCH SETTING) ............................ P. 68

PIANO Setting

[PIANO] button..................................................................... P. 56

REGISTRATION MEMORY

[FREEZE] button.................................................................. P. 87

[1] – [8] buttons (REGISTRATION MEMORY) ..................... P. 85

[MEMORY] button................................................................ P. 85

Floppy disk drive (3.5”)........................................................... P. 6

Keyboard guide lamps ......................................................... P. 79

Microphone and Headphone Connectors

[INPUT VOLUME] knob...................................................... P. 152

[MIC. LINE IN] jack............................................................. P. 152

[MIC. LINE] switch.............................................................. P. 152

[PHONES] jacks................................................................. P. 152

Connectors

MIDI [THRU] [OUT] [IN] terminals...................................... P. 154

[HOST SELECT] switch ..................................................... P. 154

[TO HOST] terminal ...........................................................P. 155

[AUX PEDAL] jack.............................................................. P. 154

[VIDEO OUT] jack.............................................................. P. 153

AUX IN [L / L+R] [R] jacks.................................................. P. 153

AUX OUT [L / L+R] [R] jacks.............................................. P. 153

AUX OUT (LEVEL FIXED) [L] [R] jacks ............................. P. 153

Pedals

Left pedal .............................................................................P. 59

Sostenuto pedal ................................................................... P. 59

Damper pedal ...................................................................... P. 59

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

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VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

ONE TOCTH SETTING

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REGISTRATION MEMORY

FREEZE MEMORY

The Panel Logos

The logos printed on the Clavinova panel indicate standards/formats it supports and special features it includes.

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.

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. By using the Clavinova’s XG voices, it is possible to record XG-compatible song ﬁles.

XF Format

The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with greater functionality and open-ended expandability for the future. The Clavinova is capable of displaying lyrics when an XF ﬁle containing lyric data is played. (SMF is the most common format used for MIDI sequence ﬁles. The Clavinova is compatible with SMF Formats 0 and 1, and records “song” data using SMF Format 0.)

Vocal Harmony employs state-of-the-art digital signal processing technology to automatically add appropriate vocal harmony to a lead vocal line sung by the user. Vocal Harmony can even change the character and gender of the lead voice as well as the added voices to produce a wide range of vocal harmony effects.

The DOC voice allocation format provides data playback compatibility with a wide range of Yamaha instruments and MIDI devices.

Style File Format

The Style File Format (SFF) is Yamaha’s original style ﬁle format, which uses a unique conversion system to provide high-quality automatic accompaniment based on a wide range of chord types. The Clavinova uses the SFF internally, reads optional SFF style disks, and creates SFF styles using the Style Creator feature.

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Vocal Harmony

Disk Orchestra Collection

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Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Playing the Demos

The Clavinova features an extensive variety of Demo songs, that showcase its rich, authentic voices and its dynamic rhythms and styles.

What’s more, there’s a special selection of Demo functions. These take you through a hands-on journey of all the important features and functions of the instrument — letting you see ﬁrsthand how to effectively use the Clavinova in your own music.

1 Pressing the [DEMO] button

automatically plays back the Demo songs at random.

DEMO

HELP

FUNCTION

For this example, FUNCTION is selected. Function Demos demonstrate many of the different functions on the CVP-900.

2 Press the [BACK]/[NEXT] button to select the Demo

Reference on page 53

Demo button

categories.

BACK NEXT

Voice Demos showcase the voices of the CVP-900. Style Demos introduce you to the rhythms and accompaniment styles of the CVP-900 (page 53).

Press any of the [A] to [J] buttons or [8▼] (AUTO) button (FUNCTION page only) to select the Demo songs.

For this example, press the [8▼] (AUTO) button. All of the function demos are played back in sequence.

For details about the Demos,

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VOICE PART

ON ⁄OFF

LAYER

LEFT

refer to page 53.

Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the demo mode and return to the MAIN display when you’ve ﬁnished playing the demo songs.

When you’re done with the Demos, you can get to know your Clavinova even better with these functions:

• Preset Song (Song Book) playback (page 21)

• Disk Song Playback (page 21)

• Short demo playback of the selected voice (in the Voice Open display; page 26).

Quick Guide

Song Playback

Reference

on page 74

Here’s where all of the amazing voices, effects, rhythms, styles and other sophisticated features of the Clavinova come together — in songs!

As you heard in the Demos, the Clavinova contains many built-in recordings. But there’s more. Call up the Song Open (PRESET) display. And there’s an even greater wealth of song material you can enjoy with your Clavinova — in commercially available software.

Make sure that the Lan-

Song related buttons

BALANCE and

CHANNEL buttons

Floppy disk drive

guage setting for the instrument (page 151) is the same as that of the ﬁle name of the song that you are playing back.

The following songs are compatible for playback on the CVP-900. Refer to pages 74, 159 for more details on the logos.

Disks bearing this logo contain song data for voices deﬁned in the GM standard.

Disks bearing this logo contain song data using the XG format, an extension of the GM standard that provides a wider variety of voices and more comprehensive sonic control.

Disks bearing this logo contain song data for voices deﬁned in Yamaha’s DOC format.

Songs containing a large amount of data may not be able to be read properly by the instrument, and as such you may not be able to select them. The maximum capacity is about 200– 300KB, however this may differ depending on the data contents of each song.

Playback of Songs

1 If you want to play back a disk song, insert an appropriate disk containing song data into the disk drive.

CAUTION

• Make sure to read the section “Using the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disks” on page 6.

Quick Guide

Song Playback

2 Press the [A] button to call up the Song Open display.

If the MAIN screen is not displayed, press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button.

PRESET FLOPPY DISK

From the MAIN display (the display shown when the power is turned on), you can select songs, voices, accompaniment styles, etc.

Press the [BACK]/[NEXT] button to select the drive.

3 Press the [A] button to select the preset songs (Song Book) folder.

Quick Guide

4 Press one of the [A] to [J] buttons to select a song ﬁle. 5 Press the SONG [START/STOP] button to start playback.

Song Playback

REC TOP START / STOP

•To rewind or fast forward to the playback point of the song, press the [REW] or [FF] button.

•With song data software (Standard MIDI format 0) that includes lyrics, you can view the lyr-

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

ics on the display during playback. You can also view the score. See pages 81 and 84 for details.

6 While the song is playing, try using the Mute function to turn certain instrument channels off or on —

letting you craft dynamic arrangements on the ﬂy!

1) Press the [CHANNEL ON/OFF] button.

2) Press the [1 - 8▲▼] button corresponding to the channel you wish to turn on or off.

CHANNEL

ON / OFF

PART

If the STYLE tab is selected, press this button again.

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Quick Guide

Song Playback

7 Finally, take the producer’s seat and try your hand at mixing. These Balance controls let you adjust the levels

of the individual parts — the song, the style, your singing, and your playing.

1) Press the [BALANCE] button.

2) Press the [1 - 8▲▼] button corresponding to the part of which the volume you wish to adjust.

BALANCE

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8 Press the SONG [START/STOP] button to stop playback.

REC TOP START / STOP

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

You can call up a full set of mixing controls by pressing the [MIXING CONSOLE] button (page 120).

• The [FADE IN/OUT] button (page 66) can be used to produce smooth fadeins and fade-outs when starting and stopping the song, as well as the accompaniment.

Quick Guide

Playing Voices

The Clavinova features a stunning variety of over 800 dynamic, rich and realistic voices. Try playing

Reference

on page 55

some of these voices now and hear what they can do for your music. Here, you’ll learn how to select individual voices, combine two voices in a layer, and split two voices between your left and right hands.

Voice related buttons

Playing a Voice

1 Press the [F] button to call up the menu for selecting the MAIN voice.

If the MAIN screen is not displayed, press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button.

The voice you’re selecting here belongs to the MAIN

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

part, and is called the MAIN voice. (See page 57 for more information.)

2 Select a voice group.

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

For this example, STRINGS is selected.

You’ll want to hear the MAIN voice all by itself — so make sure that the LAYER and LEFT parts are turned off.

Press the [BACK]/[NEXT] button to select the memory location of the voice. For this example, PRESET is selected.

Quick Guide

Playing Voices

3 Select a voice.

For this example, ”Orchestra” is selected.

4 Play the voices.

Naturally, you can play the voice yourself from the keyboard, but you can also have the Clavinova demonstrate the voice for you. Simply press the [8▲] button from the display above, and a Demo of the voice plays automatically.

Press the corresponding buttons to select the other pages — and discover even more voices.

You can instantly jump back to the Main display by “double-clicking” on one of the [A]

- [J] buttons.

Press the [8▲] button to start the Demo for the selected voice. To stop the Demo, press this button again. There’s more to the Demo features than just voices, though–for more information, see page 53.

Playing Two Voices Simultaneously

1 Press the VOICE PART ON/OFF [LAYER] button to

turn the LAYER part on.

2 Press the [G] button to select the LAYER part. 3 Select a voice group.

Here, we’ll select a lush pad to ﬁll out the sound. Call up the “CHOIR & PAD” group.

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

4 Select a voice.

For example, select “Hah Choir.”

5 Play the voices.

Now, you can play two different voices together in a rich sounding layer — the MAIN voice you selected in the previous section, plus the new LAYER voice you’ve selected here.

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

And that’s just the beginning. Check out these other voice-related features:

• Instant setup of the Clavinova for piano play — with the press of a single button (page 56).

• Create your own original voices — quickly and easily — by changing the settings of existing voices (page 88).

• Set up your favorite panel settings — including voices, styles, and more — and call them up whenever you need them (page 85).

Quick Guide

Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands

Playing Voices

1 Press the VOICE PART ON/OFF [LEFT] button to turn the

LEFT part on.

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

2 Press the [H] button to select the LEFT part. 3 Select a voice group.

Here, we’ll select the “STRINGS” group — so that you can play rich, orchestral chords with your left hand.

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

4 Select a voice, then press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

For example, select “Symphon. Str.”

5 Press the [I] button to call up the SPLIT POINT display. From here, you can set the particular key on the

keyboard that separates the two voices — called the Split Point. To do this, simultaneously hold down the [F] or [G] button and press the desired key on the keyboard. (For more information, see page 138.)

6 Play the voices.

The notes you play with your left hand sound one voice, while the notes you play with your right sound a different voice (or voices).

Split Point

LEFT

MAIN/LAYER

MAIN and LAYER voices are meant to be played with the right hand. The LEFT voice is played with the left hand.

7 Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

EXIT

Quick Guide

Playing Styles

The Clavinova has a huge variety of musical “styles” that you can call upon to back up your own performance. They give you anything from a simple, yet effective piano backing or percussion accompaniment to a full band or orchestra.

Style related buttons

Playing a style

1 Press the [D] button to call up the style group.

If the MAIN screen is not displayed, press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button.

Reference

on page 60

Press the [BACK]/[NEXT] button to select the memory location of the style. For this example, PRESET is selected.

2 Select a style group and a style.

For this example, Dance is selected.

For this example, EuroTrance is selected.

Quick Guide

Playing Styles

3 Turn ACMP on.

The speciﬁed left-hand section of the keyboard becomes the “Auto Accompaniment” section, and chords played in this section are automatically detected and used as a basis for fully automatic accompaniment with the selected style.

Split Point

ACMP

Auto Accompaniment

section

4 Turn SYNC.START on.

SYNC.START

5 As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the style starts.

For this example, play a C major chord (as shown below).

Split Point

• The point on the keyboard that separates the auto accompaniment section and the right-hand section of the keyboard is called the “split point.” Refer to page 138 for instructions on setting the split point.

Auto Accompaniment

section

6 Change the tempo by using the TEMPO[ ] [ ] buttons if necessary.

Simultaneously press the TEMPO [ ] [ ] buttons to return the tempo to its original setting. Press the [EXIT] button to leave the TEMPO display.

The Tempo can also be adjusted by using the [TAP TEMPO] button (page 52).

7 Try playing other chords with your left hand.

For information on how to enter chords, see “Chord Fingerings” on page 63.

8 Press the STYLE [START/STOP] button to stop the style.

And there’s much more. Check out these other style-related features:

• Easily create your own original styles (page 110).

• Set up your favorite panel settings — including styles, voices, and more — and call them up whenever you need

them (page 85).

Quick Guide

Playing Styles

For details about Harmony/ Echo types, refer to the separate Data List.

Embellish and enhance your melodies — with the automatic Harmony and Echo effects

This powerful performance feature lets you automatically add harmony notes to the melodies you play with your right hand — based on the chords you play with your left. Tremolo, Echo, and other effects are available, too.

1Turn HARMONY/ECHO on.

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VA RIATION HARMONY / ECHO MONO LEFT HOLD

2Turn ACMP on (page 28).

3 Play a chord with your left hand and play some notes in the right-hand range of the

keyboard.

The CVP-900 has various Harmony/Echo types (page 143). The Harmony/Echo type may change according to the selected MAIN voice.

• Harmony/Echo is just one of the many Voice Effects you can use. Try out some of the other effects and see how they can enhance your performance (page 58).

Style Sections

Each style in the auto accompaniment is made up of “sections.” Since each section is a rhythmic variation of the basic style, you can use them to add spice to your performance and mix up the beats — while you’re playing. Intros, Endings, Main patterns, and Breaks — they’re all here, giving you the dynamic elements you need to create professionalsounding arrangements.

INTRO This is used for the beginning of the song. When the intro ﬁnishes playing, accompaniment shifts to the

MAIN This is used for playing the main part of the song. It plays an accompaniment pattern of several measures,

BREAK This lets you add dynamic variations and breaks in the rhythm of the accompaniment, to make your

ENDING This is used for the ending of the song. When the ending is ﬁnished, the auto accompaniment stops

main section.

and repeats indeﬁnitely until another section’s button is pressed.

performance sound even more professional.

automatically.

1 - 4 Use the same operations as in “Playing a style” on pages 28 and 29.

5 Press the [INTRO] button.

6 As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the Intro starts.

BREAK

For this example, play a C major chord (as shown below).

Split Point

Auto Accompaniment

section

When the playback of the intro is ﬁnished, it automatically leads into main section.

7 Press any of the MAIN [A] to [D] buttons or [BREAK] button

BREAK

as desired. (See the Accompaniment Structure on the next page.)

INTRO

ABCD

INTRO

ABCD

MAIN

ENDING / rit.

Quick Guide

Playing Styles

8 Press the [AUTO FILL IN] button to add a ﬁll-in, if

necessary.

Fill-in patterns play automatically between each change in the Main sections.

9 Press the [ENDING] button.

This switches to the ending section. When the ending is ﬁnished, the style automatically stops.

■ Accompaniment Structure

INTRO (page 67)

INTRO (page xx)

MAIN VARIATION

INTRO A INTRO B INTRO C

(max. four patterns)

via BREAK

AUTO FILLIN

BREAK

INTRO D

INTRO

MAIN

ABCD

ENDING / rit.

via BREAK

ENDING (page xx)

ENDING (page 67)

MAIN

VARIATION

MAIN

VARIATION

MAIN

VARIATION

via BREAK

ENDING A ENDING B ENDING C

(max. four patterns)

MAIN

VARIATION

Press the [ENDING] button.

ENDING D

via BREAK

You can have the ending gradually slow down (ritardando) by pressing the [ENDING] button again while the ending is playing back.

• An Intro doesn’t necessarily have to be at the beginning! If you want, you can play an Intro section in the middle of your performance by simply pressing the INTRO] button at the desired point.

•Watch your timing with the Break sections. If you press a [BREAK] button too close to the end of the measure (i.e., after the ﬁnal eighth note), the Break section starts playing from the next measure. This also applies to the Auto Fill-in.

•Mix up your intros and use any of the other sections to start the style, if you want.

• If you want to come back into the style right away after an Ending, simply press the [INTRO] button while the Ending section is playing.

• If you press the [BREAK] button while the ending is playing, the break will immediately start playing, continuing with the main section.

Quick Guide

Playing Styles

Other Controls

FADE IN/OUT The [FADE IN/OUT] button can be used to produce smooth fade-ins and fade-outs (page 66)when starting and stopping

FADE IN / OUT

TAP TEMPO The style can be started at any tempo you desire by “tapping” out the tempo with the [TAP/TEMPO] button. For details,

TAP TEMPO

SYNC.STOP When Synchro Stop is on, you can stop and start the style anytime you want by simply releasing or playing the keys (in

SYNC.STOP

the style.

see page 52.

the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard). This is a great way to add dramatic breaks and accents to your performance. For details, see page 66.

ONE TOUCH SETTING buttons

One Touch Setting

One Touch Setting is a powerful and convenient feature that automatically calls up the most appropriate panel settings (voice number, etc.) for the currently selected style, with the touch of a single button. This is a wonderful way to instantly reconﬁgure all the settings on the Clavinova to match the style you want to play.

1 Select a style (page 28).

2 Press one of the [ONE TOUCH SETTING]

buttons.

ONE TOUCH SETTING

Not only does this instantly call up all the settings (voices, effects, etc.) that match the current style (see page 68) — it also automatically turns on ACMP and SYNC. START, so that you can immediately start playing the style.

3 As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the auto

accompaniment starts.

4 Play melodies with your right hand and play various chords

with your left hand.

5 Try out other One Touch Setting setups.

ONE TOUCH SETTING

You can also create your own One Touch Setting setups. For details, refer to page 69.

1234

Split Point

Auto Accompaniment

section

1234

• Here’s another way to further automate musical changes and spice up your performance: Use the convenient OTS (One Touch Setting) Link function to automatically change One Touch Settings when you select a different Main section (page 69).

Quick Guide

Music Finder

Reference

on page 70

MUSIC FINDER button

If you want to play in a certain song but don’t know which style and voice settings would be appropriate, the convenient Music Finder can help you out. Simply select the song name from the Music Finder and the CVP-900 automatically makes all appropriate panel settings to let you play in that music style!

Using the Music Finder

1 Press the [MUSIC FINDER] button.

MUSIC FINDER

2 Select a record.

Select the desired record.

12345678

For this example, press the [1 - 3▲▼] button to select a record by song title.

3 Play along with the style playback.

Split Point

Press the [BACK]/[NEXT] button to select the desired page of records. For this example, ALL is selected.

You can also have the voice and other important settings change automatically with the style changes. To do this, turn on OTS LINK (page 69) and set the OTS LINK TIMING (page 138) to “REAL TIME.”

Auto Accompaniment

section

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

Quick Guide

Music Finder

The results of Search 1 and 2 appear in the correspondingly numbered SEARCH 1/ 2 displays.

Searching the Music Finder Records

The Music Finder is also equipped with a convenient search function that lets you enter a song title or keyword — and instantly call up all the records that match your search criteria.

1Press the [MUSIC FINDER] button.

MUSIC FINDER

2 Press the [I] button to call up the MUSIC FINDER SEARCH 1 display.

For this example,

press the [A] button to call up the display for inputting the song title.

For this example, ANY is selected.

12345678

Refer to page 46 for instruc-

tions on entering characters.

Press the [F], [G]

and [H] to clear the previous conditions, if necessary.

Enter the song title,

then press the [8▲] (OK) button.

Quick Guide

For this example, ALL is selected.

Press the [8▲] (START SEARCH)

button.

The search function calls up all records that contain the entered word or words.

7 Select a record (see step #2 on page 33) and play along with the style playback.

Music Finder data is compatible for both the CVP-900 and the CVP-900.

Split Point

Auto Accompaniment

section

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

You can also create your own Music Finder setups and save them to ﬂoppy disk (pages 39 and 45). In this way, you can expand your Music Finder collection by exchanging them with other Clavinova users.

Saving and Recalling Music Finder Data

To save your Music Finder data, call up the MUSIC FINDER Open/Save window from the SYSTEM RESET page (page 151) of the UTILITY display, and follow the same procedure as that in the Open/Save window for Voice (page 39, 45). To recall the saved data, execute the appropriate operation from the MUSIC FINDER’s Open/Save window. Records can be replaced or added (page 72).

Music Finder

In the instructions above, all Music Finder data is handled together. Besides this, when you save or load style ﬁles, the Music Finder data that uses the relevant style ﬁle(s) is stored or added automatically. When you copy or move a style ﬁle on a ﬂoppy disk to the USER drive (page 43, 44), the record which was recorded when storing the relevant style is automatically added to the CVP-900.

• In the example above, you speciﬁed a song title, but you can also look for relevant records by keyword or music

genre — for example, Latin, 8-beat, etc. (page 71).

Quick Guide

Playing and Practicing with the Songs

• If you want to start the song right away without an intro, use the Sync Start function. To set Sync Start to standby, simultaneously hold down the [TOP] button and press the SONG [START/STOP] button. Song playback starts automatically the moment you start playing the melody.

• If you can hear the Clavinova playing the melody part as well, check the channel setting for the melody part in the song data, and change the channel assigned to Track 1 (page 137). You can also change the song channel itself permanently (page 105).

Playing and Practicing with the Songs

Reference

on page 74

Song related buttons

Playing Along with the Clavinova

In this section, try using the Clavinova’s song playback features to cancel or mute the right-hand melody while you play the part yourself. It’s like having a very talented and versatile playing partner accompany you while you perform. If you haven't yet mastered the melody part, take a look at the section “Mastering Your Favorite Songs” on page 38, and practice it a while.

1 - 4 Use the same operations as in “Song Playback” on pages 21 - 23. 5 Press the [TRACK 1] button to cancel the right hand melody part.

TRACK 1

(R)

To cancel the left hand part, press the [TRACK 2] button.

6 If you want to have the notation displayed as you play, press the [C] button. If you want to see the lyrics,

press the [B] button.

If the MAIN screen is not displayed, press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button.

If the selected song does not

contain lyric data, lyrics are not displayed.

7 Press the SONG [START/STOP] button and play the part.

REC TOP START / STOP

NEW SONG

8 Press the SONG [START/STOP] button to stop playback.

REC TOP START / STOP

NEW SONG

Quick Guide

SYNC.START

Playing and Practicing with the Songs

The recorded data will be lost if you turn off the power. To keep your important recordings, you’ll need to save them to the User drive or ﬂoppy disk.

CAUTION

Recording

The Clavinova lets you record, too — quickly and easily. Try out the Quick Recording feature now and capture your keyboard performance.

1 - 3 Select a voice for recording. Use the same operations as in “Playing a Voice” on pages 25, 26. 4 Press the [REC] and [TOP] buttons simultaneously to select “New Song“ for recording.

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

5 Simultaneously hold down the [REC] button and press the [TRACK1] button.

REC

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS

(STYLE)

TRACK 2

(L)

TRACK 1

(R)

6 Recording starts as soon as you start playing the keyboard.

7 When you’ve ﬁnished recording, press the [REC] button.

REC

8 To hear your newly recorded performance, return the song to the beginning by

using the [TOP] button and press the SONG [START/STOP] button.

REC TOP START / STOP

NEW SONG

9 Save the recorded data as required (pages 39, 45).

SYNC.START

Quick Guide

Playing and Practicing with the Songs

Before Practicing

Before starting a practice session, play back the entire song (without canceling any parts) and listen to it carefully. This will give you a clear idea of how the song should be played, and will make your practice sessions progress more smoothly. If you want to hear only the melody part, turn the [TRACK 2] and [EXTRA TRACKS] buttons off.

See pages 79 and 137 for more information on the Guide function.

Mastering Your Favorite Songs

The Clavinova has several very useful practice features that help learn and master recorded songs. Here, you’ll try out the Follow Lights function, and use the special guide lamps to help you play the right notes.

1 - 6 Use the same operations as in “Playing Along with the Clavinova” on

page 36.

For this example, you practice the right hand part of “Playing Along with the Clavinova.”

7 Press the [GUIDE] button.

GUIDE

8 Press the SONG [START/STOP] button and practice the missing (muted) part, according to the key guide

lamps.

If you want, you can adjust the tempo by pressing the TEMPO[ ] [ ] buttons.

REC TOP START / STOP

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

TEMPO

RESET

9 You can use the powerful Repeat function to practice and master difﬁcult parts. Simply specify a short

phrase you want to work on and repeat it until you’ve got it down.

1) While the song is playing back, press the [GUIDE] button once to turn the GUIDE function off.

2) Just before the desired phrase comes around, press the [REPEAT] button to designate the beginning point for Repeat.

3) Just after the phrase ﬁnishes, press the [REPEAT] button again to designate the end point.

4) Turn the GUIDE function on again.

Press the SONG [START/STOP] button to stop playback.

REC TOP START / STOP

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

Quick Guide

Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

The CVP-900 utilizes a variety of data types — including voices, accompaniment styles, songs and registration memory settings. Much of this data is already programmed and contained in the CVP-900; you can also create and edit your own data with some of the functions on the instrument. All this data is stored in separate ﬁles — just as is done on a computer. Here, we’ll show you how to use the basic operations of the display controls in handling and organizing the data of the CVP-900 in ﬁles and folders. Files can be opened, saved, named, moved, or deleted in their respective Open/Save displays. You can select these displays according to their respective ﬁle types, as well: Song, Voice, Style, etc. Moreover, you can organize your data efﬁciently by putting various ﬁles of the same type into a single folder. The Open/Save displays for Song, Voice, Style, and Registration Bank can be called up from the MAIN display (the display shown when the power is turned on) by pressing the appropriate [A] - [J] button.

Open/Save display for Song (page 75)

handles the Song ﬁles.

Open/Save display for Voice (page 55)

handles the Voice ﬁles.

The following Open/Save display types are also available; however, these are selected from displays

other than the MAIN display (page 151

• SYSTEM SETUP

• MIDI SETUP

• USER EFFECT

• MUSIC FINDER

• MAIN PICTURE

•LYRICS BACKGROUND PICTURE (page 84)

Open/Save display for Style (page 60)

handles the Style ﬁles.

If the MAIN screen is not displayed, press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button.

Open/Save display for Registration Bank (page 86)

handles the Registration Bank ﬁles.

CVP-900

Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

Example — Open/Save display for Voice

Each Open/Save display consists of PRESET, USER, and FLOPPY DISK drive pages.

PRESET drive

The ﬁles that are preprogrammed and installed internally to the CVP-900 are kept here. Preset ﬁles can be loaded but cannot be re-written. However, you can use a preset ﬁle as a basis for creating your own original ﬁle (which can be saved in the USER or FLOPPY DISK drive).

USER drive

Files kept here are those containing your own original data, created or edited using the various functions of the CVP-

900. They are stored internally to the CVP-900.

FLOPPY DISK drive

You can also store your original data to ﬂoppy disk. Commercially available disk software can also be called up here. Naturally, these ﬁles are available only when the appropriate disk is inserted in the ﬂoppy disk drive.

BACK NEXT

Changes drives among

PRESET, USER and FLOPPY DISK.

File

All data, both preprogrammed and your own original, are stored as “ﬁles.”

Calls up the upper level directory page. In this example, the voice folder selection page can be called up.

Current Memory

“Current Memory” is the area where the voice is called up when you select a voice. Also it is the area where you edit your voice using the SOUND CREATOR function. Your edited voice should then be saved as a ﬁle in the USER or FLOPPY DISK drive. Recording songs (page 94) and creating accompaniment styles (page 110) are done within the current memory. Please make sure to properly save this data to the USER/FLOPPY DISK drive as a ﬁle or ﬁles. The data will be lost if you turn off the power without saving.

CVP-900

Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

Selecting Files and Folders

Select a ﬁle shown in the display. In this example, we’ll select a voice ﬁle.

First, press the VOICE [PIANO & HARPSI] button to call up the display containing the ﬁles. This display (“Open/Save” display) is typical of those used to call up and store ﬁles (voice ﬁles). The CVP-900 already contains a variety of voices in the PRESET section. You can store your own original voices created with the Sound Creator function to the USER or FLOPPY DISK section.

Select “PRESET,” “USER,” or

“FLOPPY DISK” by using the [BACK][NEXT] button.

Selecting a different language here may cause the following problems.

• Some characters of the ﬁle names you entered may be garbled.

• Files may not be accessible.

Restoring the original language solves the above problems. Reading the ﬁles on the computer with a different language system may cause similar problems to those above.

Double-clicking the appropriate [A] -[J] button calls up the corresponding ﬁle and returns to the MAIN display.

12345678

Use the [1▲] ~ [7▲] buttons to

turn the pages.

When the amount of pages exceeds six, the bottom of the display changes as shown below.

Press Prev.(previous)

Press Next

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

Select the ﬁle/folder.

There are two ways to select the ﬁle/ folder:

• Press the [A] - [J] button.

Press the letter button corresponding to the ﬁle/folder you wish to call up. (In the example display shown above, the voice ﬁles are shown.)

• Use the [DATA ENTRY] dial and

the [ENTER] button.

When you turn the [DATA ENTRY] dial, the highlight moves among the available ﬁles/folders. Highlight the desired ﬁle or folder (voice ﬁles are shown in the example above) and press the [ENTER] button to call up the selected item.

ENTER

DATA ENTRY

Press the [EXIT] button to go back to the MAIN display.

END

You can go back to the previous display by pressing the [EXIT] button.

Exiting from small pop-up windows

You can also exit from small pop-up windows (such as in the illustration below) by pressing the [EXIT] button.

Highlighting the desired ﬁle and double-clicking the [ENTER] button calls up the corresponding ﬁle and returns to the MAIN display.

CVP-900

Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

File/Folder-related Operations

Naming Files/Folders

You can assign names to ﬁles and folders. Any ﬁle/folder in the USER and FLOPPY DISK sections can be named or renamed. Execute the following steps when there is data in the User drive. If there are Preset ﬁles/folders you wish to rename, copy them beforehand (page 44) and use them as User ﬁles/folders.

Press the [1▼] (NAME) button (page 39).

The NAME display appears.

Select the appropriate ﬁle/folder and press the [7▼](OK) button.

The currently selected ﬁle/folder is highlighted. To select another ﬁle/folder, press one of the [A] - [J] buttons.

A ﬁle/folder name can contain up to 50 half size letters (or 25 Hiragana and kanji letters), including the Icon ID (see the note below) and the extension.

The ﬁle name will appear on your computer as follows. If you change the Icon ID or the extension, the icon may change or the ﬁle may not be properly recognized.

ABCDE.S002.MID

File ID Icon ID

Extension

END

12345678

Input the new name (page 46).

Press the [8▲] (OK) button. To cancel, press the [8▼] (CANCEL) button.

CVP-900

Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

Moving Files/Folders

You can move ﬁles and folders as desired, for organizing your data. Any ﬁle/folder in the USER and FLOPPY DISK sections can be moved, using the cut-and-paste operation described below.

Press the [2▼] (CUT) button (page 39).

The CUT display appears.

Select the desired ﬁle/folder for moving.

Select the appropriate ﬁle/folder and press the [7▼](OK) button. The currently selected ﬁle/folder is highlighted. To select another ﬁle/folder, press one of the [A] [J] buttons. Several ﬁles/folders can be selected together, even those from other pages. To release or cancel the selection, press the button of the selected ﬁle/folder again. Press the [6▼] (ALL) button to select all the ﬁles/folders in the displayed page (USER/FLOPPY DISK). When the [6▼] (ALL) button is pressed the [6▼] button changes to “ALL OFF” button to release or cancel the selection.

Press the [7▼] (OK) button.

To stop the operation, press the [8▼] (CANCEL) button.

Call up the destination display.

Only the USER and FLOPPY DISK pages can be selected as the destination.

Press the [4▼] (PASTE) button.

END

The ﬁle/folder you cut is now pasted at the destination.

This operation cannot be used to directly move a ﬁle/ folder from one ﬂoppy disk to another. If you want to do this, cut and paste the ﬁle or folder from the ﬁrst ﬂoppy disk to the USER page, then change disks and paste it to the FLOPPY DISK page.

All ﬁles/folders in a ﬂoppy disk can be copied to another disk in one batch (page 150).

After being pasted, the ﬁles are automatically re-ordered in alphabetical order and displayed.

About ﬁles/folders in a ﬂoppy disk

In the FLOPPY DISK page of the Open/Save display, only the ﬁles which can be handled in that Open/Save display will appear — even though a folder in a ﬂoppy disk can contain different kinds of ﬁles. In the case of a folder cutand-paste operation (for ﬂoppy disk), an entire folder can be cut; however, only the speciﬁc ﬁles which can be handled in the current Open/ Save display will be pasted.

CVP-900

Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

Copying Files/Folders

You can also copy ﬁles and folders as desired, for organizing your data. Any ﬁle/folder in the PRESET, USER and FLOPPY DISK sections can be copied, using the copy-and-paste operation described below.

Press the [3▼] (COPY) button

(page 39).

The COPY display appears.

Press the [7▼] (OK) button.

To stop the operation, press the [8▼] (CANCEL) button.

Call up the destination display.

Only the USER and FLOPPY DISK pages can be selected as the destination.

Select the desired ﬁle/folder.

Select the appropriate ﬁle/folder and press the [7▼](OK) button. The currently selected ﬁle/folder is highlighted. To select another ﬁle/ folder, press one of the [A] - [J] buttons. Several ﬁles/folders can be selected together, even those from other pages. To release or cancel the selection, press the button of the selected ﬁle/folder again. Press the [6▼] (ALL) button to select all the ﬁles/folders in the displayed page (PRESET/USER/ FLOPPY DISK). When the [6▼] (ALL) button is pressed, the [6▼] button changes to “ALL OFF,” letting you release or cancel the selection.

Press the [4▼] (PASTE) button.

END

The ﬁle/folder you copied is now pasted at the destination.

Please note that the copy functions are intended for your personal use only.

This operation cannot be used to directly copy a ﬁle/ folder from one ﬂoppy disk to another. If you want to do this, copy and paste the ﬁle or folder from the ﬁrst ﬂoppy disk to the User page, then change disks and paste it to the Floppy Disk page.

Deleting Files/Folders

You can also delete ﬁles and folders as desired, for organizing your data. Any ﬁle/folder in the USER and FLOPPY DISK sections can be deleted, using the operation described below.

Press the [5▼] (DELETE) button (page 39).

The DELETE display appears.

Select the desired ﬁle/folder.

Select the appropriate ﬁle/folder and press the [7▼](OK)

button. The currently selected ﬁle/folder is highlighted. To select another ﬁle/folder, press one of the [A] - [J] buttons. Several ﬁles/folders can be selected together, even those from other pages. To release or cancel the selection, press the button of the selected ﬁle/folder again. Press the [6▼] (ALL) button to select all the ﬁles/folders in the displayed page (USER/FLOPPY DISK). When the [6▼] (ALL) button is pressed, the [6▼] button changes to “ALL OFF,” letting you release or cancel the selection.

END

Press the [7▼] (OK) button.

To cancel the operation, press the [8▼] (CANCEL) button.

The message “Are you sure you want to delete the

“******” ﬁle (or data/folder)? YES/NO” appears.

YES ..........Deletes the highlighted item.

NO............Exits from the prompt without deleting.

When several ﬁles have been selected, the message

“Are you sure you want to delete the “******” ﬁle (or data/folder)? YES/YES ALL/NO/CANCEL” appears.

YES/NO...... Deletes the highlighted item (YES), or

skips the highlighted item without deleting

(NO).

YES ALL .... Deletes all selected items at once.

CANCEL ....Exits from the prompt without deleting.

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The internal memory capacity of the Clavinova is about

3.3MB. Memory capacity for 2DD and 2HD ﬂoppy disks is about 720KB and 1.44MB, respectively. When you store data to these locations, all ﬁle types of the Clavinova (Voice, Style, Song, Registration, etc.) are stored together.

The ﬁles of commercially available DOC software and Yamaha Disklavier software, and their edited ﬁles on the CVP-900, can be stored in the USER page, but cannot be copied to another ﬂoppy disk.

Folder directories can contain up to four levels. The maximum total number of ﬁles and folders which can be stored is 3,200, but this may differ depending on the length of the ﬁle names. The maximum number of ﬁles which can be stored in a folder will be 250.

Saving Files

This operation lets you save the data (such as song and voice) you created in current memory (page 40) to ﬁles. The ﬁles can be saved only to the USER and FLOPPY DISK drives. If the Open/Save display for the type of data you wish to save is not shown, ﬁrst return to the MAIN display by pressing the [DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button. Then, press the appropriate button [A]–[J] from the MAIN display to call up the respective Open/Save display. Finally, call up the USER or FLOPPY DISK page (pages 39, 40).

Press the [6▼]

(SAVE) button.

Enter a name for the new ﬁle (page 46).

Press the [8▲] (OK) button.

To stop the operation, press the [8▼] (CANCEL) button.

Organizing Files by Creating a New Folder

This operation lets you easily organize your various ﬁles into categories by creating a new folder for each category. Folders can only be created in the USER and FLOPPY DISK sections.

Call up the page to

which you wish to create a new folder and press the [7▼] (NEW) button (page 39).

Enter the name of the new folder (page 46).

Press the [8▲](OK) button.

To cancel the operation, press the [8▼] (CANCEL) button.

Displaying Upper Level pages

Press the [8▼] (UP) button to call up the upper level pages. For example, you can call up the folder level pages from the ﬁle level pages.

Entering Characters and Changing Icons

Press the [1▼]

(NAME), [6▼] (SAVE), or [7▼] (NEW) button (page 39).

Change the type of character by using the [1▲] button. If you select Japanese as the Language in the

FUNCTION display (page 151), the following different types of characters and sizes can be entered:

(kana-kan)

Hiragana and kanji, marks (full size)

(kana)

Katakana (normal size), marks (full size)

(kana)

Katakana (half size), marks (half size)

A B C — Alphabet (capital and small letters, full size), numbers (full size), marks (full size) ABC — Alphabet (capital and small letters, half size), numbers (half size), marks (half size)

If you’ve selected a language other than Japanese in the FUNCTION display (page 151), the following types of characters are available:

CASE — Alphabet (capital letters, half size), numbers (half size), marks (half size) case — Alphabet (lowercase letters, half size), numbers (half size), marks (half size)

Call up the ICON SELECT display by pressing the [1▼] button. This lets you change the icon at the left of the ﬁle name.

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The following half-size marks cannot be used in naming ﬁles and folders: ¥ \ / : * ? “ < > |

In the case of characters which are not accompanied by special character marks (with the exception of kanakan and half-size katakana), you can call up the mark list by pressing the [6▼] button after selecting a character (before actual entry of a character).

Entering Characters

The instructions that follow show you how to enter characters in naming your ﬁles and folders. The method is much the same as inputting names and numbers to your cell phone.

Move the cursor to the desired position by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial.

Press the appropriate button, [2▲] - [7▲] and [2▼]- [6▼], corresponding to the character you wish to enter.

Several different characters are assigned to each button, and the characters change each time you press the button. To actually enter the selected character, move the cursor or press another letter-input button. If you’ve entered a character by mistake, move the cursor to the character letter you wish to erase and press the

[7▼] (DELETE) button. If you want to delete all of the characters on the line at once, press and hold down the [7▼] (DELETE) button for a while, or press the [8▼] (CANCEL) button. When the cursor appears in reverse display

(highlight), only the reversed area is deleted.

To actually enter the new name, press the [8▲] (OK) button.

To cancel the operation, press the [8▼] (CANCEL) button.

■ Converting into Kanji (Japanese language)

This applies only if you are using the “ (kana-kan)” button (in Japanese). When the input “hiragana” characters are shown in reverse display (highlighted), press the [ENTER] button one or several times to convert the characters into the appropriate kanji. The reversed area can be changed by the [DATA ENTRY] dial. The converted area can be changed back to “hiragana” by the [7▼] (DELETE) button. The reversed area can be cleared at once by the [8▼] (CANCEL) button. To actually enter the change, press the [8▲] (OK) button or enter the next character. To enter the “hiragana” itself (without converting it), press the [8▲] (OK) button.

■ Entering special character marks (umlaut, accent, Japanese “ ” and “ ”)

Select a character to which a character mark is to be added and press the [6▼] button (before actual entry of the character.)

■ Entering miscellaneous characters (marks)

You can call up the mark list by pressing the [6▼] button, after actually entering a character by moving the cursor.

Move the cursor to the desired mark by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial, then press the [8▲] (OK) or [ENTER] button.

■ Entering numbers

First, select one of the following: “A B C” (full-size alphabet), “ABC” ”CASE“ (half-size capital alphabet) and “case” (half-size lowercase alphabet). Then, press and hold down the appropriate button, [2▲] - [7▲] and [2▼] - [5▼], for a while, or press it repeatedly until the desired number is selected.

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Changing the Icon

You can also change the icon that appears at the left of the ﬁle name. Call up the ICON SELECT display by pressing the [1▼] (ICON) button from the character input display (page 46).

Select the desired icon by using the [A] - [J] buttons, or by using the [3▲▼] - [5▲▼] buttons, then enter the selected icon by pressing the [8▲] (OK) button.

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BACK NEXT

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Cancels the icon selection operation.

Tu r ns pages for icon

selection.

Enters the selected icon.

Using the [DATA ENTRY] Dial

This convenient control lets you easily select items in the display or quickly change parameter values. The actual function of the [DATA ENTRY] dial differs depending on the selected display.

■ Adjusting values

You can change parameter values by rotating the [DATA ENTRY] dial. In the example [BALANCE] display, turning the dial adjusts the volume of the part in reverse display (highlight). To adjust the volume of another part, ﬁrst select the part by pressing the [▲▼] button corresponding to the part, then rotate the [DATA ENTRY] dial.

■ Selecting items

You can select the desired item or function in the display by rotating the [DATA ENTRY] dial. The selected item can then be called up or executed by using the [ENTER] button. In the example VOICE display, you can select the desired voice ﬁle with the [DATA ENTRY] dial, and call up the selected item by pressing the [ENTER] button on the panel.

ENTER

DATA ENTRY

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Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

Here’s a convenient way to return to the MAIN display from any other display: Simply press the [DIRECT

ACCESS] button, then the [EXIT] button.

Direct Access — Instant Selection of Displays

DIRECT ACCESS

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

METRONOME

START STOP

OFF

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

SIGNAL OVER

MIC.

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

START STOP

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

TRANSPOSETEMPO

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

RESETRESET

FUNCTION

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

CONSOLE

DEMO

HELP

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

MIXING

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

BALANCE

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

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BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

EXIT

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

HARMONY ECHO LEFT HOLDMONO

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With the convenient Direct Access function, you can instantly call up the desired display — with just a single additional button press. Press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button and a message appears in the display prompting you to press the appropriate button. Then, simply press the button corresponding to the desired setting display to instantly call up that display. In the example below, Direct Access is used to call up the display for selecting the Chord Fingering (page 139).

ACMP

DIRECT ACCESS

Refer to the Direct Access Chart (page 49) for a list of the displays that can be called up with the Direct Access function.

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EEE

Direct Access Chart

Operation: [DIRECT ACCESS] button + button listed below Corresponding LCD display and function

STYLE [ACMP] FUNCTION CHORD FINGERING FINGERING TYPE selection 139

SONG [TRACK1]

METRONOME [START/STOP]

TEMPO [TAP TEMPO] TAP settings

TRANSPOSE [ ] CONTROLLER TRANSPOSE assignment 141

MENU [DEMO]

DIGITAL STUDIO [SOUND CREATOR]

[BALANCE]

[CHANNEL ON/OFF] VOICE settings

[DIRECT ACCESS] Exit from the Direct Access mode

[NEXT] —

[BACK] —

[ENTER] —

[EXIT] Return to the MAIN display

VOIC E PART [LAYER]

VOICE EFFECT [REVERB]

VOICE [PIANO & HARPSI]

[MUSIC FINDER] MUSIC FINDER MUSIC FINDER SEARCH1 (Searching the records) 71

ONE TOUCH SETTING [1] —

MIC. [VOCAL HARMONY] MIXING CONSOLE EFFECT MIC. REVERB setting 123

[PIANO]

REGISTRATION MEMORY [FREEZE] FREEZE 142

PEDAL RIGHT

[BREAK]

MAIN [A] VOLUME settings

MAIN [B]

MAIN [C] BRIGHTNESS settings

MAIN [D]

[AUTO FILL IN] DSP settings

[OTS LINK]

[SYNC. STOP] SYNC. STOP WINDOW setting

[SYNC. START] —

[START/STOP] —

[TRACK2] TRACK2 CHANNEL selection

[EXTRA TRACKS]

[REPEAT]

[GUIDE] GUIDE MODE selection

[REC] —

[TOP] —

[START/STOP] —

[REW] —

[FF] —

[]

[] MIXING CONSOLE TUNE TRANSPOSE settings 122

[HELP] LCD BRIGHTNESS settings 149

[FUNCTION] MIDI MIDI settings 145

[DIGITAL RECORDING] SCALE TUNING setting

[MIXING CONSOLE] MIXING CONSOLE EQ settings 125

[LEFT]

[VARIATION] EFFECT TYPE selection

[HARMONY/ECHO] FUNCTION HARMONY/ECHO 143

[MONO] MIXING CONSOLE TUNE PORTAMENTO TIME settings 122

[LEFT HOLD]

[E.PIANO]

[ORGAN & ACCORDION]

[PERCUSSION]

[GUITAR]

[BASS]

[BRASS]

[WOODWIND]

[STRINGS]

[CHOIR & PAD]

[SYNTH.]

[XG]

[USER]

ORGAN FLUTES MIXING CONSOLE EQ settings 125

[2] —

[3] —

[4] —

[TALK] MIC. SETTING TALK SETTING 132

[EFFECT] MIXING CONSOLE EFFECT MIC. DSP setting 123

[VH TYPE SELECT] VOCAL HARMONY VOCAL HARMONY EDIT (Editing the VOCAL HARMONY parameters) 128

[MIC. SETTING] MIXING CONSOLE EFFECT MIC. EFFECT TYPE selection 123

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[MEMORY]

CENTER CENTER PEDAL function assignment

LEFT LEFT PEDAL function assignment

AUX AUX PEDAL function assignment

MIXING CONSOLE (STYLE PAR T)

FUNCTION STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT 138

FUNCTION SONG SETTING

FUNCTION

MIXING CONSOLE (SONG PAR T)

MIXING CONSOLE

FUNCTION

REGISTRATION BANK REGISTRATION EDIT (Editing the REGISTRATION) 86

FUNCTION

VOLUME/VOICE

FILTER

EFFECT

UTILITY

MIDI MIDI CLOCK setting 146

UTILITY

MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE

VOLUME/VOICE

TUNE OCTAVE settings 122

EFFECT

STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT

VOIC E SET 143

CONTROLLER

REGISTRATION SEQUENCE (Creating the REGISTRATION SEQUENCE) 142

CONTROLLER

VOICE settings

HARMONIC CONTENT settings

REVERB settings

TRACK1 CHANNEL selection

METRONOME settings

LANGUAGE selection 151

MASTER TUNING setting

VOLUME settings

REVERB settings

SPLIT POINT (LEFT) setting 138

KEYBOARD TOUCH selection

RIGHT PEDAL function assignment

See pages

121[INTRO] PANPOT settings

122

123[ENDING] CHORUS settings

137

148[FADE IN/OUT] FADE IN/OUT settings

135

121

123[DSP] DSP settings

141

139

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Help Messages

The Help messages give you explanations and descriptions of all the main functions and features of the CVP-900.

HELP

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

FUNCTION

METRONOME

START STOP

OFF

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

DEMO

HELP

MIC.

SIGNAL OVER

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

START STOP

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

TRANSPOSETEMPO

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

TAP TEMPO

RESETRESET

2-1 Select the desired

Help topic.

Select the Language, if necessary. The language selected here are also used for various “Messages” shown during operations.

DEMO

HELP

GUIDE

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

BALANCE

CONSOLE

PART

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

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BACK NEXT

2-2 Call up the topic.

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

FREEZE MEMORY

ONE TOCTH SETTING

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Help messages can be displayed in any one of the following languages:

ENGLISH JAPANESE GERMAN FRENCH SPANISH ITALIAN

The language can also be selected in the FUNCTION “LANGUAGE” (page 151) display.

Selecting a different language here may cause the following problems.

• Some characters of the ﬁle names you entered may be garbled.

• Files may not be accessible.

Restoring the original language solves the above problems. Reading the ﬁles on the computer with a different language system may cause similar problems to those above.

BACK NEXT

Use this to select different pages.

Help messages also feature links to the detailed explanation or actual setting display of the selected topic. Simply select the underlined word (using the [DATA ENTRY] dial), and press the [ENTER] button to jump to the detailed explanation or actual setting display of the selected topic.

CVP-900

ENTER

DATA ENTRY

END

Press this to return to the previous display.

EXIT

Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

Songs and accompaniment styles have been given default (initial) tempo settings, designed to best suit the song/style.

Using the Metronome

The metronome provides a click sound, giving you an accurate tempo guide when you practice, or letting you hear and check how a speciﬁc tempo sounds.

METRONOME

START STOP

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

METRONOME

START STOP

OFF

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

MIC.

SIGNAL OVER

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

START STOP

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

TRANSPOSETEMPO

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

TAP TEMPO

RESETRESET

DEMO

HELP

FUNCTION

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

CONSOLE

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

MIXING

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

BALANCE

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

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GUIDE

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

EXIT

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

HARMONY ECHO LEFT HOLDMONO

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The metronome starts by pressing the METRONOME [START/STOP] button. Adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO[ ] [ ] buttons (see below). To stop the metronome, press the [START/STOP] button again.

The sound, volume level, and the beat (time signature) of the metronome can all be changed (page 148).

Adjusting the Tempo

This section shows you to adjust the playback tempo — which not only affects the metronome, but also the playback of a song or an accompaniment style.

TEMPO

RESET

TAP TEMPO

POWER

OFF

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

1 2

TEMPO

Press either the TEMPO [ ] button or the [] button.

Press this to

END

close the TEMPO display.

METRONOME

MIC.

SIGNAL OVER

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

START STOP

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

START STOP

RESET

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

TRANSPOSETEMPO

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

TAP TEMPO

EXIT

VOICE EFFECT

DEMO

HELP

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

RESETRESET

FUNCTION

CREATOR

RECORDING

CONSOLE

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

DIGITAL

MIXING

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

BALANCE

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

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BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

EXIT

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

FREEZE MEMORY

ONE TOCTH SETTING

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Adjust the tempo by using either the TEMPO [ ] [] buttons or the [DATA ENTRY] dial. The number in the display indicates how many quarter-note beats there are in one minute. The range is between 5 and 500. The higher the value, the faster the tempo.

When you change the tempo, both tempos of the current song and style will be changed to the same tempo. To restore their respective default (initial) tempo settings, press both the TEMPO [ ] [ ] buttons simultaneously. Also refer to the “Tempo Indications — MAIN display” (page 52) for more about tempo.

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Hitting the [TAP TEMPO] button produces a tapping sound. You can change this sound, if desired (page 149).

You can also use Tap Tempo to automatically start the song or accompaniment style at the desired tempo. While both the song and accompaniment style are stopped, tap the [TAP TEMPO] button several times, and the selected accompaniment style starts automatically at the tempo you tapped. While a song is set to Sync. Start stand-by (page 61, 75), tapping the [TAP TEMPO] button starts the song playback in the same manner. For songs and styles in 2/4 and 4/4 time, tap four times; for 3/4 time, tap three times; for 5/4 time, tap ﬁve times.

Tap Tempo

This useful feature lets you tap out the tempo for a song or an accompaniment style. Simply tap the [TAP TEMPO] button at the desired speed, and the tempo of the song or the accompaniment style changes to match your tapping.

Playback the song or the

accompaniment style (page 60, 75).

TEMPO

RESET

Tap the [TAP TEMPO] button twice to change the tempo.

■ Tempo Indications — MAIN Display

There are three different tempo indications in the Main display, as shown below.

Indicates the default (initial) tempo setting for song (unless the tempo has been changed manually).

Indicates the current tempo for the selected song, accompaniment style or the metronome which is now playing back. When nothing is playing back (stopped), this indicates the tempo for the selected style. When the song and style are played back simultaneously, the tempo of the style is automatically changed to match song, and is displayed here. This tempo is used for recording when recording a song or accompaniment style.

he currently selected

the tempo of the

TAP TEMPO

Indicates the default (initial) tempo setting for the currently selected accompaniment style (unless the tempo has been changed manually).

CVP-900

Playing the Demos

The CVP-900 is an extraordinarily versatile and sophisticated instrument, featuring a wide variety of dynamic voices

Reference

and rhythms, plus a wealth of advanced functions. Three different types of Demo songs have been specially prepared showcasing the stunning sound and features of the CVP-900.

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

METRONOME

START ⁄ STOP

OFF

FADE IN ⁄ OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

START ⁄ STOP

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

FUNCTION

TAP TEMPO

ENDING ⁄ rit.

DEMO

HELP

TRANSPOSETEMPO

RESETRESET

SYNC.STOP START ⁄ STOP

SYNC.START

TAP TEMPO

SIGNAL OVER

MIC.

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

VOICE EFFECT

DEMO

HELP

FUNCTION

CREATOR

RECORDING

CONSOLE

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

DIGITAL

MIXING

BALANCE

PART

CHANNEL

ON ⁄OFF

PART

GUIDE

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

ON ⁄OFF

LAYER

LEFT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

HARMONY ⁄ECHO LEFT HOLDMONO

ONE TOCTH SETTING

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Pressing the [DEMO]

button automatically plays back the Demo songs at random.

DEMO

HELP

-1 Use the [BACK][NEXT] buttons to select the desired Demo category.

FUNCTION

Function Demos ....... These demonstrate each of the different functions on the CVP-900.

Voice Demos ............. These showcase the voices of the CVP-900.

Style Demos .............. These introduce you to the rhythms and accompaniment styles of the CVP-900.

BACK NEXT

-2 Use these to select different display pages.

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Press this to play back all Demo songs/items continuously, starting from the ﬁrst item at the top left of the display. This is available only from the FUNCTION page.

All of the available demos are played back in sequence, starting from the one at top left. The VOICE and STYLE pages do not have the [AUTO] button; however, all demo songs are played back in sequence. Pressing this button cancels the interactive features of the Function Demos (otherwise available in step 3 below).

-3 Press one of these buttons

twice — once to select the desired demo, and once again to start it.

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Playing the Demos

For the Function demos, an introduction screen appears in the display and

the Demo starts playing.

This example shows the Voices in the FUNCTION demo.

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

12345678

] ,

]

ENTER

DATA ENTRY

Select the desired word or item by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial, then press the

[ENTER] button or number buttons ( [1

▼

,etc.) to call it up.

▼

Use the [BACK][NEXT] buttons in the introduction screen to call up the previous or next page.

Press the SONG [START/

STOP] button to stop the

Demo song. To start the Demo again from the point at which it was stopped, press the SONG [START/

STOP] button again.

Rewind and fast-forward can also be used with the Demo songs (page 77).

Relevant explanations are shown in the display.

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END

EXIT

Return to the MAIN screen.

CVP-900

Voices

The CVP-900 gives you an enormous selection of authentic voices, including various keyboard instruments, strings and brass — and many, many more.

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

METRONOME

SIGNAL OVER

OFF

BREAK INTRO MAIN

OTS LINK

START STOP

FADE IN OUT

MIC.

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

Selecting a Voice

Select

the desired voice group.

Indicates that the display

is for selecting the MAIN voice (page 25).

-2 Select the

various pages in the current voice group.

Play the keyboard to hear the

selected voice.

VOICE

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Press this to call up the display for selecting the voice group.

START STOP

REW REPEATTO P FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

TAP TEMPO

TRANSPOSETEMPO

RESETRESET

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

VOICE EFFECT

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

ENTER

DATA ENTRY

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DEMO

HELP

GUIDE

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

BALANCE

CONSOLE

PART

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

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When you select a voice group, the last selected voice will automatically be selected.

Selecting a voice automatically selects the best-suited effect and other settings for that particular voice. You can

-1 Select the memory location of the voice (PRESET/USER/FLOPPY DISK).

BACK NEXT

disable this so that settings are not automatically selected (page 143).

You can set how much the volume of the voice changes

according to your playing strength (page 141).

For a list of the available voices, refer to the separate Data List.

You can set whether the voice bank and program change numbers (“MSBLSB-Program Change number” at the right above the voice name) are displayed or not (page 149).

is a major enhancement of the GM System level 1 format, and was developed by Ya maha specially to provide more voices and variations, as well as greater expressive control over voices and effects, and to ensure compatibility of data well into the future.

END

-3 Select the voice.

Press this to start the demo of the selected voice. To stop the demo at any time, press this button again.

Press this to return to the MAIN display.

EXIT

CVP-900

Voices

Voice Characteristics

The voice type and its deﬁning characteristics are indicated above the voice name.

Natural!

These rich and luscious voices are comprised mostly of keyboard instrument sounds and are especially intended for playing piano and other keyboard parts. Since they use a completely independent sound source, you can play full, sustained chords — even along with the accompaniment style — and not have to worry about notes cutting off. They also take full advantage of Yamaha’s advanced sampling technology such as Stereo Sampling, Dynamic Sampling, Sustain Sampling, and Key-off Sampling.

Live!

These acoustic instrument sounds were sampled in stereo, to produce a truly authentic, rich sound — full of atmosphere and ambience.

Cool!

These voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of electric instruments — thanks to a huge amount of memory and some very sophisticated programming.

Sweet!

These acoustic instrument sounds also beneﬁt from Yamaha’s sophisticated technology — and feature a sound so ﬁnely detailed and natural, you’ll swear you’re playing the real thing!

Drum

Various drum and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard.

SFX

Various special effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard.

Live!Drums

These are high-quality drum sounds taking full advantage of Stereo Sampling and Dynamic Sampling.

Organ Flutes!

This authentic organ voice lets you use the Sound Creator to adjust the various footages and craft your own original organ sounds.

Live! SFX

These are high-quality Latin percussion sounds taking full advantage of Stereo Sampling and Dynamic sampling. They give you a broader and more versatile range of Latin percussion than the normal drum voices.

Keyboard Percussion

When one of the drum of SFX kits is selected in the PERCUSSION voice group, various drum, percussion, and special effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard.The various drums and percussion instruments of the Standard Kit are indicated by symbols above the assigned keys. Keep in mind that even though different kits feature different sounds, some same-named sounds in different kits are identical. Refer to the separate Data List (Drum/key Assignment List) for a listing of the sounds in each drum/SFX kit.

One-touch Piano Play

This convenient, easy-to-use feature completely and automatically reconﬁgures the entire CVP-900 for optimum piano performance. No matter what settings you’ve made from the panel, you can instantly call up the piano settings by a single button press.

PIANO

PIANO button

This reconﬁgures all of the panel settings for playing the CVP-900 as a piano.

Piano Lock function

The convenient Piano Lock function lets you “lock” the piano so that you don’t inadvertently change the settings by pressing another button on the panel. Once locked, the CVP-900 stays in the piano mode, even if other buttons are pressed — preventing you from accidently starting a song or accompaniment style during a piano concert.

Hold down the [PIANO] button for a short time, until a message appears prompting you to enable Piano Lock.

To enable Piano Lock, select “OK.” To turn Piano Lock off, hold down the [PIANO] button again for a short time.

You can also use the metronome with this function (page 51).

Even if you turn Piano Lock off, the piano settings are still active.

CVP-900

Voices

Layer/Left — Playing Several Sounds Simultaneously

The CVP-900 lets you set three voices for simultaneous play: MAIN, LAYER, and LEFT. By effectively combining these three, you can create richly textured, multi-instrument setups for your performance.

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

METRONOME

SIGNAL OVER

OFF

OTS LINK

START STOP

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

MIC.

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

REW REPEATTO P FFREC

START STOP

TRANSPOSETEMPO

TAP TEMPO

RESETRESET

ENDING rit.

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

Playing a layer of two voices

Playing two voices separately — on the left and right sections of the keyboard

Playing three different voices — one on the left section of the keyboard, plus a layer of two on the right

DEMO

HELP

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

CONSOLE

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

LAYER part

LEFT part

BALANCE

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

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VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

VOICE PART

ON OFF

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

LAYER

LEFT

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

EXIT

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Split point

Left range Right range

Split point

Left range Right range

MAIN part

LAYER part

MAIN part

Layer — Layering Two Different Voices

Press this to

turn the LAYER function on. To

turn it off, press the button again.

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

Select LAYER with the [G]

button. Press the same button to call up the VOICE display, from which you can select the speciﬁc voice you want to play in a layer with the Main voice.

The method of selecting a voice here is the same as that in VOICE (MAIN) display (page 55).

Press this to return to

EXIT

END

the MAIN display.

There is an alternate way for quickly selecting both the MAIN and LAYER voices from the panel: While holding down one panel voice button, press a second voice button. The ﬁrst selected voice becomes the MAIN voice, and the second becomes the LAYER.

CVP-900

Voices

The DSP and VARIATION effect types and the their depth can be selected and adjusted in the MIXING CON- SOLE display (page 123).

Left — Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right Sections of the Keyboard

Set the LEFT to

ON. Press this button again to set it to OFF.

END

EXIT

Press this to return to the MAIN display.

LAYER

LEFT

Select LEFT with the [H] button. Press the same

button to call up the VOICE display, from which you can select the speciﬁc voice you want to play in a left. How to select the voice is the same as the way of VOICE (MAIN) screen (page 55).

The split point can be freely set to any key on the keyboard. To set it, call up the SPLIT POINT display by pressing the [I] (SPLIT POINT) button in the MAIN display. The operation steps are the same as in the

STYLE SETTING/SPLIT

POINT display of the FUNCTION page (page 138).

Each part (MAIN, LAYER, and LEFT) can have its own volume setting (page 62).

You can also use the LAYER and LEFT functions together, to create a combination layer/split. To do this, set separate voices for the left and right sections of the keyboard (as indicated), and set up a layer of two different voices on the right.

Applying Voice Effects

This section of the panel lets you add a variety of effects to the voices you play on the keyboard.

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

METRONOME

MIC.

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OFF

OTS LINK

SIGNAL OVER

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

START STOP

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

START STOP

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

REW REPEATTO P FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

SYNC.STOP START STOP

DEMO

HELP

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

TRANSPOSETEMPO

RESETRESET

SYNC.START

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

BALANCE

CONSOLE

PART

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

Press one of the effect buttons to turn the corresponding effects on. Press it again to turn the effect off. For explanations on each of the effects, see below.

■ REVERB

Reverb is an effect that recreates the acoustic ambiance of a performance space — anything from a small jazz club to a concert hall.

■ DSP

The CVP-900 features a variety of dynamic built-in digital effects, letting you process the sound in various ways. You can use DSP to enhance the voices in subtle ways — such as by applying chorus to add animation and depth, or using a symphonic effect to give the sound warmth and richness. DSP also has effects such as distortion that can completely change the character of the sound. DSP is set for the currently selected part (MAIN/ LAYER/LEFT).

HARMONY ECHO LEFT HOLDMONO

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VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

VOICE PART

ON OFF

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

LAYER

LEFT

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

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■ VARIATION (Not available for the Natural voices; page 89)

This control changes the Variation effect settings, letting you alter some aspect of the effect, depending on the selected type. For example, when the Rotary Speaker effect is selected (page 123), this lets you switch the rotor speed between slow and fast.

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■ HARMONY/ECHO

You can add special emphasis to melody lines you play over chords by using the Layer function with a monophonic voice. Set the Main voice to play polyphonically and set the Layer voice to play monophonically (MONO). In this case, the melody you play — including the top notes of any chords — sounds monophonically. Tr y this using the following voices.

MAIN voice

: Brass Section

(polyphonic) +

LAYER voice

Sweet Trump (monophonic)

The Portamento effect creates a smooth pitch glide between successively played notes.

You can also assign one of many other functions to these pedals (as well as the optional foot controller or footswitch). For example, you can use it to start/stop the accompaniment style, or use it to play Fill-ins (page 139).

• Some voices may sound continuously or have a long decay after the notes have been released while the damper pedal is held.

• Certain voices in the [PER- CUSSION] and [XG] groups may not be affected by use of the damper pedal.

• Certain voices, such as [STRINGS] or [BRASS], sustain continuously when the sostenuto pedal is pressed.

• Certain voices in the [PERCUSSION] and [XG] groups may not be affected by use of the sostenuto pedal.

The depth of the left pedal effect can be adjusted (

page 139

This control adds Harmony or Echo effects to the voices played on the right hand section of the keyboard (page 143).

■ MONO

This control determines whether the voice is played monophonically (only one note at a time) or polyphonically for each part (MAIN/LAYER/LEFT). This is set to MONO when the lamp is lit, and set to polyphonic when the lamp is off. When set to MONO, only the last note played will sound. This lets you play wind instrument voices more realistically. Depending on the selected voice, the MONO setting also lets you effectively use the Portamento effect, when playing in legato.

■ LEFT HOLD

This function causes the left part voice to be held even when the keys are released — the same effect as when the damper (sustain) pedal is pressed. This function is especially effective when used with the auto accompaniment. For example, if you play and release a chord in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard (with the left part on and the Left voice set to Strings), the strings part sustains, adding a natural richness to the overall accompaniment sound.

Voices

Using the Pedals

The CVP-900 features three pedals.

■ Damper Pedal (Right)

The damper pedal performs the same function as the damper pedal on an actual acoustic piano, letting you sustain the sound of the voices even after releasing the keys.

■ Sostenuto Pedal (Center)

If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes will be sustained as long as the pedal is held, but all subsequently played notes will not be sustained.

Left Pedal

Damper Pedal

Sostenuto Pedal

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

■ Left Pedal

When the Piano voice is selected, pressing this pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of the notes you play. The settings assigned to this pedal may differ depending on the selected voice.

■ Foot Controller/Footswitch

An optional Yamaha foot controller (FC7) or footswitch (FC4 or FC5) can be connected to the AUX PEDAL jack and used to control various functions assigned in the FUNCTION page (page 139).

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

CVP-900

Styles

The CVP-900 features styles (accompaniment patterns) in a variety of different musical genres including pops, jazz, Latin and dance. To use it, all you have to do is play the chords with your left hand as you perform and the selected Accompaniment Style (style) matching your music will automatically play along, instantly following the chords you play. Try selecting some of the different styles (refer to separate Data List (Style List) ) and play them.

METRONOME

POWER

START STOP

OFF

MASTER VOLUME

FADE IN OUT

MIN MAX

STYLE

BREAK INTRO MAIN

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

STYLE

ACMP

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

Playing a style

SIGNAL OVER

MIC.

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

REW REPEATTO P FFREC

START STOP

TRANSPOSETEMPO

TAP TEMPO

RESETRESET

ENDING rit.

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

BREAK

VOICE EFFECT

DEMO

HELP

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

FUNCTION

DIGITAL

STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

BALANCE

CONSOLE

PART

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

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INTRO

MAIN

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

EXIT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

ON OFF

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

LAYER

LEFT

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

ENDING / rit. SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

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ABCD

To call up the [MAIN] display, ﬁrst press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button, then press the [EXIT] button.

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2-1 Select a location

(Preset, User, Floppy Disk) for saving the style.

2-2 Select a Style.

When you’ve opened a lower directory’s display, this button (UP) lets you call up the next higher directory, from which you can select Style groups.

For a list of the available accompaniment styles, refer to the separate Data List (Style List).

Styles

ACMP

When the [ACMP] button is set to on, you can play/indicate chords from the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard. (Depending on the settings, this may be the range of the Left voice, or the entire keyboard.)

STYLE

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

BREAK

STYLE

ACMP

The Tempo can be adjusted using the TEMPO [ ][ ] or [TAP TEMPO] button. If you tap the [TAP TEMPO] button, the tempo will adjust to the same speed that you tapped.

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

As soon as you play a chord with the auto accompaniment section, the style starts. For details about chord ﬁngerings, refer to page 63.

BREAK

INTRO

ABCD

Turn SYNC. (SYNCHRONIZED) START on.

ABCD

MAIN

Auto Accompaniment section

ENDING / rit.

SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

ENDING / rit. SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

Split point

You can set the key range for auto accompaniment (page 138).

Sync. Start

Enabling this lets you start the style simply by playing the keyboard.

•You can begin the rhythm channels (tracks) of the Style by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

• The rhythm channels of the style can also be started by tapping the [TAP TEMPO] button. With the style stopped, tap the [TAP TEMPO] button three, four or ﬁve times (three for 3/4 time, four for 2/4 or 4/4 time, ﬁve for 5/4 time).

SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

Accompaniment Style Characteristics

The deﬁning characteristics of some of the accompaniment styles are indicated above the relevant style names in the Open/Save display.

Session!

These styles provide even greater realism and authentic backing by mixing in original chord types and changes, as well as special riffs with chord changes, with the Main sections. These have been programmed to add “spice” and a professional touch to your performances of certain songs and in certain genres. As a result, the styles may not necessarily be appropriate — or even harmonically correct — for all songs and for all chord playing. In some cases for example, playing a simple major triad may result in a seventh chord, or playing an onbass chord may result in incorrect or unexpected accompaniment.

Piano Combo!

These accompaniment styles feature a basic piano trio (piano, bass, and drums), augmented in some cases with other instruments. Since this is a small combo sound, the accompaniment backing is appropriately sparse, making it useful and effective for a wide variety of songs.

Pianist!

These special styles provide piano-only accompaniment — effectively recreating the left-hand performance of an accomplished pianist. Just by playing the proper chords with your left hand, you can automatically add complicated arpeggios and bass/chord patterns — such as difﬁcult-to-play stride piano parts.

Stop the style.

END

STYLE

ACMP

Turn ACMP off.

When you simultaneously play back accompaniment styles with a song, the accompaniment parts recorded to the song (channels 9 - 16) are temporarily replaced by the selected accompaniment style — letting you try out and use different accompaniment with the song (page 76).

CVP-900

Styles

Playing a Style’s Rhythm Channels only.

Select a style (page 60).

STYLE

ACMP

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

Set to off.

BREAK

Play along with the rhythm playback. The Tempo can be adjusted using the TEMPO [ ][ ] or [TAP TEMPO] buttons.

INTRO

ABCD

MAIN

ENDING / rit. SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

Rhythm starts.

If you tap the [TAP TEMPO] button, the tempo will adjust to the same speed that you tapped.

The Rhythm channels are part of the styles. Each style has different rhythm patterns.

You can also start the rhythm simply by playing a key on the keyboard, if Sync Start is enabled (turn on the [SYNC.START] button).

Press the STYLE [START/STOP] button

END

again to stop the rhythm playback.

Adjusting the Volume Balance/Channel Muting

BALANCE display

MIC part

STYLE part (Auto

Call up the BALANCE display.

BALANCE

CHANNEL

ON / OFF

PAR T

Call up the

Channel ON/ OFF display.

Accompaniment section)

SONG part

Adjust the output level of the Part.

CHANNEL ON/OFF display

Call up the STYLE display by pressing the [CHANNEL ON/OFF] button, then turn the instrument you want to cancel off. To listen to only one instrument by itself, hold down the appropriate button for the channel to set the channel to SOLO. To cancel SOLO, simply press the appropriate channel button again.

When selecting the style group “PIANIST,” the rhythm doesn’t sound. When you want to use any of the styles, always make sure that ACMP is turned on.

Par ts played from the keyboard (MAIN/LAYER/ LEFT)

Channel

Refers to the MIDI channel in the song data (page 158). The channels are assigned as shown below.

Song

1 - 16

Accompaniment Style

9 - 16

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Styles

Chord detection in the AI Full Keyboard mode occurs at approximately 8th-note intervals. Extremely short chords — less than an 8th note in length — may not be detected.

In Full Keyboard mode, chords are detected based on the lowest and second lowest notes you play. If the two lowest notes fall within a single octave, those two notes determine the chord. If the lowest note and the second lowest note are separated by more than one octave, the lowest note becomes the bass and the chord is determined from the second lowest note and the other notes played in the same octave.

Artiﬁcial Intelligence

Chord Fingerings

The style playback can be controlled by the chords you play in the keys to the left of the split point. There are 7 types of ﬁngerings as described below. Go to the CHORD FINGERING page (page 139), and select the Chord Fingerings. The page shows how to play chords with your left hand.

SINGLE FINGER

Single Finger accompaniment makes it simple to produce beautifully orchestrated accompaniment using major, seventh, minor and minor-seventh chords by pressing a minimum number of keys on the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard. The abbreviated chord ﬁngerings described below are used.

For a major chord, press the root key only. For a minor chord, simultaneously press the root key

and a black key to its left.

For a seventh chord, simultaneously press the root key and a white key to its left.

MULTI FINGER

The Multi Finger mode automatically detects Single Finger or Fingered chord ﬁngerings, so you can use either type of ﬁngering without having to switch ﬁngering modes. If you want to play minor, seventh, or minor-seventh chords using the SINGLE FINGER operation in the MULTI FINGER Mode, always press the closest white/black key(s) to the root of the chord.

FINGERED

This mode lets you produce accompaniment by playing full chords on the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard. The Fingered mode recognizes the various chord types listed on the next page.

FINGERED ON BASS

This mode accepts the same ﬁngerings as the FINGERED mode, but the lowest note played in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard is used as the bass note, allowing you to play “on bass” chords. For example, to indicate a C-on-E chord, play a C major chord with E as the lowest note (E, G, C).

FULL KEYBOARD

This method detects chords in the entire key range. Chords are detected in a way similar to Fingered, even if you split the notes between your left and right hands — for example, playing a bass note with your left hand and a chord with your right, or by playing a chord with your left hand and a melody note with your right.

AI FINGERED

This mode is basically the same as FINGERED, with the exception that less than three notes can be played to indicate the chords (based on the previously played chord, etc.).

AI FULL KEYBOARD

When this advanced auto accompaniment mode is engaged, the CVP-900 will automatically create appropriate accompaniment while you play just about anything, anywhere on the keyboard using both hands. You don’t have to worry about specifying the accompaniment chords. Although the AI Full Keyboard mode is designed to work with many songs, some arrangements may not be suitable for use with this feature. This mode is similarto FULL KEYBOARD, with the exception that less than three notes can be played to indicate the chords (based on the previously played chord, etc.). 9th and 11th chords cannot be played.

For a minor-seventh chord, simultaneously press the root key and both a white and black key to its left.

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Styles

• Notes in parentheses can be omitted.

•For FINGERED, FINGERED ON BASS, and AI FINGERED, if you play any three adjacent keys (including black keys), the chord sound will be canceled and only the rhythm instruments will continue playing (Chord Cancel function). This let you play back only the rhythm.

• Playing two same root keys in the adjacent octaves produces accompaniment based only on the root.

•A perfect ﬁfth (1 + 5) produces accompaniment based on the root and the ﬁfth.

• The auto accompaniment Style will sometimes not change when related chords are played in sequence (e.g. some minor chords followed by the minor seventh).

•You can also have the CVP-900 “teach” you how to play Fingered chords. From the CHORD FINGERING display (page 139), specify the chord you want to learn, and the notes you should press are indicated in the display.

Chord Types Recognized in the Fingered Mode (Example for “C” chords)

Csus4

CmM7

( )

Chord Name [Abbreviation] Normal Voicing

Major [M] 1 - 3 - 5 C

Ninth [9] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 C9

Sixth [6] 1 - (3) - 5 - 6 C6

Sixth ninth [69] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 6 or 3 - 6 - 2* C6

Major seventh [M7] 1 - 3 - (5) - 7 CM7

Major seventh ninth [M79] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5)j - 7 CM7

Major seventh add sharp eleventh [M711]

Flatted ﬁfth [ 5] 1 - 3 - 5 C 5

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Major seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [M75] 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 CM7

Suspended fourth [sus4] 1 - 4 - 5 Csus4

Augmented [aug] 1 - 3 - 5 Caug

Major seventh augmented [M7aug] 1 - (3) - 5 - 7 CM7aug

Minor [m] 1 - 3 - 5 Cm

Minor ninth [m9] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 Cm9

Minor sixth [m6] 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 Cm6

Minor seventh [m7] 1 - 3 - (5) - 7 Cm7

Minor seventh ninth [m79] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 7 or 3 - 7 - 2 Cm7

Minor seventh eleventh [m711] 1 - (2) - 3 - 4 - 5 - ( 7) Cm7

Minor major seventh [mM7] 1 - 3 - (5) - 7 CmM7

Minor major seventh ninth [mM79] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 7 CmM7

Minor seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [m75] 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 Cm7 5

Minor major seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [mM75] 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 CmM7

Diminished [dim] 1 - 3 - 5 Cdim

Diminished seventh [dim7] 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 Cdim7

Seventh [7] 1 - 3 - (5) - 7 or 1 - (3) - 5 - 7 C7

Seventh ﬂatted ninth [79] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 7 C7

Seventh add ﬂatted thirteenth [713] 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 7 C7

Seventh ninth [79] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 7 or 3 - 7 - 2* C7

Seventh add sharp eleventh [711]

Seventh add thirteenth [713] 1 - 3 - (5) - 6 - 7 or 3 - 6 - 7 C7

Seventh sharp ninth [79] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 7 C7

Seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [75] 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 C7

Seventh augmented [7aug] 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 C7aug

Seventh suspended fourth [7sus4] 1 - 4 - 5 - 7 C7sus4

Suspended second [sus2] 1 - 2 - 5 Csus2

* Only this voicing (inversion) is recognized. Other chords not marked with an asterisk can be played in any inversion.

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Caug

CmM7



( )

CM7aug

( )

Cm7



( )

CmM7





CM7

Cm9

Cdim

( )



( )

CM7

Cm6

Cdim7

C7aug

( )

CM7



( )

Cm7

( )

C7sus4 Csus2

Display for root “C”

 

1 - (2) - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7 or 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - (5) - 7

 

CM7













 

 



 





1 - (2) - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7 or 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - (5) - 7







 













Cm7

CM7

Cm7



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

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Styles

You can also use this function to play only rhythms (page 62).

Arranging the Style Pattern

(SECTIONS: MAIN A/B/C/D, INTRO, ENDING, BREAK)

The CVP-900 features various types of Auto Accompaniment Sections that allow you to vary the arrangement of the Style. They are: Intro, Main, Break and Ending. By switching among them as you play, you can easily produce the dynamic elements of a professionalsounding arrangement in your performance.

Select a style (page 60).

STYLE

ACMP

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

BREAK

2-1 Turn the ACMP function on.

INTRO

MAIN

ABCD

ENDING / rit. SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

2-3 Turn the SYNC. START function on.

2-2 Press the [INTRO] button. To cancel the INTRO section

before starting the style, press the [INTRO] button again.

The Intro section starts as soon as you play a key in the Auto

Accompaniment section of the keyboard, and changes to the Main section.

Split point

Auto Accompaniment section

Main sections can be shifted.

MAIN

ABCD

ENDING / rit.

SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

ACMP

STYLE

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

BREAK

INTRO

Press this button to add breaks.

• If you press the [INTRO] button, you can play back an Intro section while an accompaniment is playing.

• Section button indications — [BREAK], [INTRO], [MAIN], [ENDING] buttons LED is green

— The section is not selected.

LED is red

— The section is currently selected.

LED is off

— No section data; the section cannot be played.

•You can dynamically control the level of the accompaniment by how softly or strongly you play the keys in the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard (page 138).

• If you press the [SYNC. START] button while an accompaniment is playing, the accompaniment will stop and the CVP900 will enter Synchronized Start standby status.

•You can also change style sections by using the pedal (page 139).

• The Break section lets you add dynamic variations and breaks in the rhythm of the accompaniment, to make your performance sound even more professional. If you press the [BREAK] button while an accompaniment is playing, the ﬁll-in will play back for one measure.

• The indicator of the destination section (MAIN A/ B/C/D) will ﬂash while the Break is playing.

•When the [AUTO FILLIN] button is set to on and the MAIN [A][B][C][D] button is pressed after the ﬁnal half beat (eighth note) of the measure, the ﬁll-in will begin from the next measure.

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• Styles can also be started by pressing the STYLE [START/STOP] button.

•You can select the Intro and Ending type by pressing the [E] button in the MAIN window (page 67).

• If you press the [INTRO] button while the ending is playing, the Intro section will begin playing after the ending is ﬁnished.

•When the [AUTO FILLIN] button is set to on and you press a MAIN button while the ending is playing, ﬁll-in accompaniment will immediately start playing, continuing with the Main section.

•You can begin the accompaniment by using the Ending instead of the Intro section. In this case, the auto accompaniment doesn’t stop when the ending is ﬁnished.

• If you select a different style while the style is not playing, the “default” tempo for that style is also selected. If the accompaniment is playing, the same tempo is maintained even if you select a different style.

•When STOP ACMP is set to on and the accompaniment is not playing, you can play both chords and bass in the Auto Accompaniment section in the keyboard (page 138).

This switches to the ending section. When the ending is ﬁnished, the Style stops

END

ACMP

STYLE

AUTO FILLIN

automatically. You can have the ending gradually slow down (ritardando) by pressing the same [ENDING/rit.] button again while the ending is playing back.

OTS LINK

BREAK

INTRO

MAIN

ABCD

ENDING / rit.

SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

Fade-in/Fade-out

The accompaniment style also include a convenient Fade-in/Fade-out function that gradually fades in and fades out the accompaniment. To start the style with a fade-in, press the [FADE IN/OUT] button, then turn SYNC. START on. To cancel the fade-in before starting the style, press the button again. To fade out and stop the Style, press this button while the style is playing. The time of the fade-in/fade-out can also be set (page 148).

Stopping the Style Playback While Releasing Keys (SYNC. STOP)

When the Synchro Stop function is engaged, accompaniment playback will stop completely when all keys in the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard are released. Accompaniment playback will start again as soon as the key in the Auto Accompaniment section is played.

Turn ACMP (Accompaniment) on.

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Turn SYNC. STOP on. SYNC. START is also automatically set to on when

SYNC. STOP is turned on.

STYLE

ACMP

As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the auto accompaniment

starts.

The auto accompaniment stops when you release your left hand from the keys.

Playing a chord with your left

hand automatically restarts the auto accompaniment.

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

BREAK

INTRO

ABCD

Auto Accompaniment section

MAIN

Split point

END

ENDING / rit. SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

Press the [SYNC. STOP]/ [SYNC. START] button again to stop the accompaniment.

You can also use the SYNC. STOP function by pressing the auto accompaniment section/left-hand range brieﬂy (page 138).

Synchro Stop cannot be set to on when the ﬁngering mode is set to Full Keyboard/AI Keyboard or the auto accompaniment on the panel is set to off.

Selecting Intro and Ending Types (INTRO/ENDING)

Fill

A short phrase used to add variation to the style.

Styles

Select a Intro

To call up the [MAIN] display, ﬁrst press the [DIRECT

ACCESS] button, then press the [EXIT] button.

Play the style using the Intro or Ending section (page 30, 31).

Select a Ending

Playing Fill-in patterns automatically when changing accompaniment sections — Auto Fill In

STYLE

ACMP

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

BREAK

INTRO

MAIN

ABCD

ENDING / rit.

SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

Play the style and switch among the accompaniment sections as they play (page 30, 31).

Fill-in patterns play automatically between each change in the Main sections.

END

To cancel the Auto Fill, press the [AUTO FILLIN] button again.

You can also add a ﬁll-in by pressing the selected MAIN button again.

You can temporarily disable Auto Fill In during a performance by pressing the next Main section’s button twice quickly.

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Styles

Appropriate Panel Setting for the Selected Style

(ONE TOUCH SETTING)

The convenient One Touch Setting function makes it easy for you to select voices and effects that are appropriate to the style you’re playing. Each preset style has four pre-programmed panel setups that you can select by pressing a single button.

METRONOME

SIGNAL OVER

OFF

OTS LINK

START STOP

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

MIC.

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

REW REPEATTO P FFREC

START STOP

TRANSPOSETEMPO

TAP TEMPO

RESETRESET

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

ENDING rit.

DEMO

HELP

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

BALANCE

CONSOLE

PART

CHANNEL ON OFF

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

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POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

ONE TOUCH SETTING

1234

Select a style (page 60).

Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING buttons ([1] - [4]).

LED is red — The One Touch Setting is currently selected.

ONE TOUCH SETTING

1234

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

ON OFF

EXIT

LAYER

LEFT

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

FREEZE MEMORY

ONE TOCTH SETTING

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As soon as you play a

chord with your left hand, the auto accompaniment starts.

LED is green — The One Touch Setting is not selected.

LED is off — No One Touch Setting data. The button is not available.

Various settings (such as voices, effects, etc.) that match the selected style can be instantly recalled. When the style is not playing, Auto Accompaniment and Sync. Start will automatically be turned on. For details about the One Touch Setting parameters, refer to the separate Data List (Parameter Chart).

Stop the Auto Accompaniment.

STYLE

ACMP

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

BREAK

INTRO

ABCD

MAIN

ENDING / rit.

SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START / STOP

Split point

Auto Accompaniment section

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Try out other One Touch Setting setups. You can also create your own One Touch Setting setups (page 69).

ONE TOUCH SETTING

1234

Styles

Automatically Changing One Touch Settings with the Sections — OTS Link

The convenient OTS (One Touch Setting) Link function lets you automatically have One Touch Settings change when you select a different Main section (A - D).

END

AUTO FILLIN

OTS LINK

To cancel the OTS Link function, press the [OTS LINK] button again.

When you switch among the Main sections (A

- D), the corresponding One Touch Setting will be called up automatically.

The Main sections A, B, C, and D correspond to One Touch Settings 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.

The One Touch Settings can be set to change with the sections in one of two different timings (page 138):

•Immediately when you press a section button.

• At the next measure (in an accompaniment style), after you press a section button.

Registering the Panel Controls in One Touch Setting (ONE TOUCH SETTING)

This section covers how to create your own One Touch Setting setups (four setups per style). For a list of One Touch Setting setup parameters, refer to the separate Data List (Parameter Chart).

Select a style.

Set up the panel controls

such as selecting a voice as required.

Press the [MEMORY]

button.

MEMORY

Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING buttons:[1] through [4].

END

ONE TOUCH SETTING

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The items you can register in a One Touch Setting are Voice, Harmony and Pedal settings.

A message prompting you to save the current style will appear. Select “YES” to call up the STYLE display, then save the panel settings (page 39, 45).

Unless you store the panel settings here, the registered settings will be deleted when you select a different accompaniment style.

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Styles

The MUSIC FINDER records and its contents is just one example of the recommended panel setups. You can also create your own Music Finder settings for your favorite songs and genres.

Keep in mind that Music Finder is a performance aid in that it automatically ﬁnds appropriate accompaniment styles and voices for your playing. Even though you can specify song titles, it does not actually contain song data.

Calling Up Ideal Setups for Your Music — Music Finder

The Music Finder feature lets you instantly call up the appropriate settings for the instrument — including voice, style, and One Touch Settings — simply by selecting the desired song title. If you want to play a certain song but don’t know which style and voice settings would be appropriate, the convenient Music Finder function will help you out. The recommended settings, which together make up a “record,” can also be edited and stored. This lets you create and save your own Music Finder records for future recall.

POWER

OFF

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

Select a record by song title. When sorting records by song title, use the [1▲▼] button to skip up or down through the songs alphabetically. Simultaneously press the [▲▼] buttons to move the cursor to the ﬁrst record.

Select a record. For example, select the top record by pressing the [1▲▼] button to call up the recommended setups. The setting data shown here is referred to as a “record.”

METRONOME

MIC.

SIGNAL OVER

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

START STOP

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

REW REPEATTO P FFREC

START STOP

FADE IN OUT

TAP TEMPO

BREAK INTRO MAIN

MUSIC FINDER

ENDING rit.

SYNC.STOP START STOP

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DEMO

HELP

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

TRANSPOSETEMPO

RESETRESET

SYNC.START

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

BALANCE

CONSOLE

PART

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

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Select a record by style name. When sorting the records by style name, press these buttons to move the cursor to the next /previous style. Simultaneously press the [▲▼] buttons to move the cursor to the ﬁrst record.

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

EXIT

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

MUSIC FINDER

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All...........................Show all records.

FAVORITE..............Show the records that have added to the “Favorite” page.

SEARCH1,2 ...........Show the results by SEARCH function (page 71).

Sorting the records

MUSIC ...... The record is sorted by song title.

STYLE....... The record is sorted by style name.

BEAT ........ The record is sorted by beat.

TEMPO ..... The record is sorted by tempo.

Change the order of the records (ascending or descending).

Add the selected record to “Favorite (Bookmark)” page

When you press the [H] button, the “Add selected data to the favorite list? YES/NO” message will be

displayed. Select [YES] to add the selected page to

Show the number of records of each page.

“FAVORITE” page.

Search record(s). Enter the condition of the search in the MUSIC FINDER SEARCH display (page 71). The results of SEARCH 1 or 2 appear in the “SEARCH 1” or “SEARCH 2” page respectively.

Call up the MUSIC FINDER RECORD EDIT (page 72) display (for editing the selected record).

Turn TEMPO LOCK on/off. TEMPO LOCK function lets you avoid changing

the Tempo during style playback when selecting another record. The on/off setting affects all pages (ALL/FAVORITE/SEARCH 1/SEARCH 2).

Play the style (page 61).

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Records can be selected by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial and pressing the [ENTER] button.

Searching the Ideal Setups — Music Finder Search

The STYLE FILE SELECT display can only be used to select the style name for searching; it cannot be used to call up the actual accompaniment style.

You can search the record by music title or keywords. The results appears in the display.

Styles

Press the [I]

(SEARCH 1) button or [J] (SEARCH 2)

button in the MUSIC FINDER display.

Enter the

conditions for the search (see below), then start search by using [START SEARCH] button.

Start searching the record. The results that satisfy all the conditions appear in the SEARCH page. For details about the search settings in this display, see below.

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■ [A] MUSIC

Searches by music or song title. Press this button to call up the display for inputting the song title. When you enter the song title (page 46), the search function calls up all records that contain the entered word or words.

■ [B] KEYWORD

Searches by keyboard. Press this button to call up the display for inputting the keyword. When you enter the keyword (page 46), the search function calls up all

records that contain the entered word or words. You can search several different keywords simultaneously by inserting a separator (comma) between each. The search function ﬁnds and displays all records that contain at least one match in the keywords.

■ [C] STYLE

Searches by style name. Press this button to call up the STYLE FILE SELECT display. Press the [A] through [J] button in the display to select the desired accompaniment style. This convenient function lets you ﬁnd all songs that use a certain accompaniment style.

■ [D] BEAT

Searches by beat or rhythmic feel.

■ [E] SEARCH AREA

Selects a speciﬁc location for searching. You can further narrow down your search by using the SEARCH 1 and 2 selections.

■ [F]~[H] CLEAR

Clears the entered item at left.

■ [1▲▼] TEMPO FROM

You can also narrow your search by specifying a tempo range. This lets you set the minimum tempo for the search. Press the [▲▼] buttons simultaneously to instantly reset the tempo value to the minimum.

■ [2▲▼]TEMPO TO

You can also narrow your search by specifying a tempo range. This lets you set the maximum tempo for the search. Press the [▲▼] buttons simultaneously to instantly reset the tempo value to the maximum.

■ [3▲▼]~[5▲▼] GENRE

Selects the speciﬁc music genre for searching. The available range includes all genres (ANY), the preset genres, and any genres you’ve entered yourself (page 70).

■ [8▼] CANCEL

Press this to cancel the operation and return to the previous display.

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Styles

You can also change/clear a preset record. To avoid changing/clearing the record, register the record as a new record after editing.

The STYLE FILE SELECT display can only be used to select the style name for record editing; it cannot be used to call up the actual accompaniment style.

Keep in mind that the Beat setting made here is only for the Music Finder search function; this does not affect the actual Beat setting of the accompaniment style itself.

The maximum number of records is 2500, including internal records.

Editing Records — Music Finder Record Edit

From this display, you can call up existing records and edit them to suit your preferences. You can even use this to create your own Music Finder records.

Press the [8▲▼] (RECORD

Change/clear the record data. You can also

settings and operations, see below. EDIT) button in the MUSIC FINDER display.

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■ [A] MUSIC

Selects the music or song title for editing. Press the button to call up the display for inputting the music or song title, then edit the name as desired.

■ [B] KEYWORD

Selects the keyword for editing. Press the button to call up the display for inputting the keyword, then edit it as desired. You can enter several different keywords by inserting a separator (comma) between each.

All Music Finder records can be stored together as a single ﬁle

(page 151). When calling up a stored ﬁle, a message appears

prompting you to replace or

append the records as desired.

• Replace:

All Music Finder records cur-

rently in the instrument are deleted and replaced with the records of the selected ﬁle.

• Append: The records called up are added to the vacant record numbers.

■ [C] STYLE

Selects the style name for editing. Always enter the name when a new record is registered. Press the button to call up the STYLE FILE SELECT display. Press the [A] through [J] button in the display to select the desired style you want to change/clear/register.

■ [D] BEAT

Selects the beat (time signature) for editing. When another ﬁle is selected by pressing the [C] button, the current beat setting is replaced with the beat setting of the selected ﬁle.

■ [E] FAVORITE

Adds the selected record to the FAVORITE page (page 70).

■ [F]~[H] CLEAR

Clears the entered item at left.

■ [I] DELETE RECORD

Clears the selected record. The deleted record number becomes empty. When you press this button, a message appears prompting you to execute, abort or cancel the operation.

YES .................. Press this to clear the record and close the display.

NO .................. Press this to close the display without clearing the record.

CANCEL........... Press this to close the message box and return to the previous display.

■ [J] NEW RECORD

Registers a new record. The smallest available empty record number is used for registering. When you press this button, a message appears prompting you to execute, abort or cancel the operation.

YES .................. Press this to register the record and close the display.

NO .................. Press this to close the display without registering the record.

CANCEL........... Press this to close the message box and return to the previous display.

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■ [1▼▲] TEMPO

Determines the tempo for the selected style. When changing the style with the [C] button, the tempo is automatically changed to that of the changed style.

■ [3▼▲]~[5▼▲] GENRE

Indicates and changes the genre to which the selected record is assigned. The available range includes all preset genres as well as any you’ve entered yourself.

■ [6▼▲] GENRE NAME

For entering a genre name. Press the button to call up the display for inputting the genre name, then edit the name as desired. A maximum of 200 genre names can be stored. The genre name you input becomes effective when the current record is edited (overwritten) by pressing the [8 button, or when a new record is registered by pressing the [J] (NEW RECORD) button. If you exit from the MUSIC FINDER EDIT display without actually editing or registering a record, the input genre name is deleted.

■ [8▲] OK

Executes all editing and changes to the record. When you press this button, a message appears prompting you to execute, abort or cancel the operation.

YES .................. Press this to replace the record and close the display.

NO .................. Press this to close the display without replacing the record.

CANCEL........... Press this to close the message box and return to the previous display.

▲] (OK)

■ [8▼] CANCEL

Press this to cancel the operation and return to the MUSIC FINDER display.

To maintain the edited and registered data, make sure to save all Music Finder records as a ﬁle (page 151). If no saved, the data will be lost when another Music Finder ﬁle is called up or the factory-programmed settings are restored (page 151).

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Song Playback

Commercially available music data is subject to copyright restrictions, and is intended only for your own personal use.

For more information on the song ﬁle types compatible with the Clavinova, see page 159.

Here you’ll learn how to play back songs. Songs include the internal songs of the instrument, performances you’ve recorded yourself using the recording functions (page 94), and commercially available song data. You can use this highly versatile feature in a variety of ways — playing along on the keyboard with the recorded song, as well as practicing and learning new music with the Guide (page 79) and Repeat (page 78) functions. You can also display the music notation and lyrics in the LCD. If you connect a microphone to the CVP-900, you can sing along with the song and have vocal harmony parts added automatically (page 128).

METRONOME

MIC.

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

START STOP

OFF

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

SIGNAL OVER

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS

(STYLE)

START STOP

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

SYNC.STOP START STOP

TRACK 2

DEMO

HELP

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

TRANSPOSETEMPO

RESETRESET

SYNC.START

(L)

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

CONSOLE

TRACK 1

(R)

DIRECT ACCESS

BALANCE

PART

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

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REC TOP START / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

Compatible Song Types

• Internal songs (Song Book)

• Song data on included disk (50 greats for the Piano)

• Commercially available song data

Disks having this logo mark feature song data compatible with GM (General MIDI).

BACK NEXT

VOICE PART

ON OFF

EXIT

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

ENTER

DATA ENTRY

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

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LEFT

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Disks having this logo mark feature song data compatible with Yamaha’s XG format. XG is a signiﬁcant enhancement of the “GM system level 1” standard, providing more voices, greater editing control, and support for multiple effect sections and effect types.

Disks having this logo mark feature song data compatible with Yamaha’s DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection) format.

Disks having this logo mark feature song data compatible with Yamaha’s original MIDI ﬁle format.

• Songs you recorded (page 94) and stored to the CVP-900 or disk.

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Song Playback

Playing the Internal Songs

Song Playback

2-2 Open a folder and

select a song to be played back.

BACK

If the MAIN screen (at left) is not displayed, press the

[DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button.

You can also make a variety of other settings (such as tempo, voice selection, settings for the practice functions, etc.) and have them automatically called up when you play back the song (page 106).

You can enable the Synchro

2-1 Select the PRESET tab with the [BACK]

button.

BACK

Start for the song by simultaneously pressing the

[TOP] button and the SONG [START/STOP] but-

ton. The song starts as soon as you play the key-

board. You can also use this function along with the Style’s Synchro Start function (page 61).

You can have the volume automatically fade in and fade out at the beginning and end of the song. Simply press the [FADEIN/OUT] button at the start of song playback to fade in the song, and press it again at the end of the song to fade out.

The song starts.

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

Adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO [ ][ ] buttons (page 51) or the [TAP TEMPO] button. You can even change the playback speed by tapping out the tempo — simply tap the [TAP TEMPO] button twice.

Songs can also be played back continuously. Set SONG CHAIN PLAY to ON from the SONG SETTING display (page 137).

END

START / STOP

To stop the song immediately, press the button again.

Press the button in order to go back to the previous screen.

EXIT

Make sure that the Language setting for the instrument (page 151) is the same as that of the ﬁle name of the song that you are playing back.

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Song Playback

The accompaniment stops when you stop the song. If the accompaniment style is playing and you start the song, the accompaniment automatically stops. However, for internal songs that use accompaniment styles, the accompaniment style is not stopped.

Simultaneously Playing a Song and an Accompaniment Style

When playing back a song and an accompaniment style at the same time, channels 9 16 of the song data are replaced with accompaniment style channels — allowing you to use the auto accompaniment styles and features in place of the accompaniment parts of the song. Make the settings below and play your own chord substitutions in place of the song’s chord data.

• [ACMP] button .................. ...ON

• [AUTO FILL IN] button ........ON

Select the song and start playback by pressing the SONG [START/STOP] button.

Select the desired accompaniment style.

Start the style by pressing the STYLE [START/STOP] button.

While the song is playing, insert a break or change sections (with the STYLE

section buttons.) Fill-in patterns play when you switch sections.

END

The style automatically stops when the song ﬁnishes or is stopped.

Some of the internal songs have been created using the accompaniment styles. For these songs, the accompaniment styles are automatically started when starting song playback.

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Playing Back Songs on Disk

Before proceeding, make sure to read the section “Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disk” (page 6).

You can set whether or not the Clavinova automatically calls up the ﬁrst disk song when a disk is inserted (page 150).

Some song data for the Clavinova has been recorded with special “free tempo” settings. During playback of such song data, the measure numbers shown in the display will not correspond to the actual measure; this only serves as a reference as to how much of the song has been played back.

Channel

Refers to the MIDI channel in the song data. The channels are assigned as shown below for the CVP-900.

Song

1 - 16

Accompaniment Style

9 - 16

Insert the disk into the drive.

Insert the disk shutter side ﬁrst and label face up.

The method for playing back is the same as in the “Playing the Internal Songs” instructions (page 75), except that you should select FLOPPY DISK page in the SONG display.

Other Playback-related Operations

■ Repeat / Rewind / Fast forward

During playback, you can have the song return to the top and play back again from the beginning by pressing this button. When playback is stopped, pressing this button returns the song to the beginning.

Song Playback

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT

SONG POSITION display

When “BAR” is selected, you can specify a measure number (counted from the beginning of the song) by using the [REW] and [FF] buttons. When “PHRASE MARK” is selected, specify the phrase mark number by using the [REW] and [FF] buttons.

■ Adjusting the Volume Balance / Muting Speciﬁc Channels

CHANNEL ON/OFF display

Select the [SONG] tab with the [CHANNEL ON/OFF] button, and mute the desired channel by setting it to [OFF]. To solo a channel (only that channel will sound), hold down the appropriate button corresponding to the channel. To release the solo for the channel, press that channel’s button again.

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

Press this button to call up the SONG POSITION display (see below). To return to the SONG display, press the [EXIT] button.

“PHRASE MARK” is shown only when the song contains phrase marks. Press the [J] button to toggle between “BAR” and “PHRASE MARK,” then use the [REW] and [FF] buttons to select the desired measure or phrase mark.

BALANCE

CHANNEL

ON / OFF

PAR T

Press this button to call up the BALANCE display (page 62).

Press this button to call up the CHANNEL ON/OFF display (see below).

Phrase Mark

This data speciﬁes a certain location in the song data.

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Song Playback

Muting Speciﬁc Parts — Track1/Track2/Extra Tracks

This feature lets you mute certain parts of the song (Track1, Track2, Extra Tracks), and play back only those parts you want to hear. For example, if you want to practice the melody of a song, you can mute just the right-hand part and play that part yourself.

Select the song to be played back (page 74).

Use this button to turn on/off the additional performance parts (all but the right hand/left hand).

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS

(STYLE)

TRACK 2

(L)

TRACK 1

(R)

Use this button to turn on/off the right-hand part.

Use this button to turn on/off the left-hand part.

You can change the channel assignments for Track 1 and Tr ack 2 (page 137), letting you specify which parts are muted when pressing the

[TRACK 1]/[TRACK 2]/ [EXTRA TRACKS] buttons.

All tracks are automatically set to on when selecting a different song.

Start the song.

Adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO [ ][ ] buttons (page 51).

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

END

To stop the song, press the

START / STOP

button again.

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

Repeat Playback of a Speciﬁc Range

This feature allows you to specify a certain range of the song (between Point A and Point B), and play it back repeatedly.

Play back the song (page 75, 77).

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

After an automatic lead-in (to help guide you into the phrase), the range from point A to point B is played back repeatedly.

Press this button at the point you want the repeating phrase to start (Point A). Press this button at the point you want the repeating phrase to end (Point B).

Regardless of whether the song is playing back or is stopped, pressing the [TOP] button returns to point A.

You can also specify Points A and B when the song is stopped. Set Point A by pressing the [REPEAT] but- ton, then use the [FF] button to move to the desired end location, then set Point B by pressing the [REPEAT] button again.

Point B cannot be selected unless Point A has been selected ﬁrst.

Specifying only Point A results in repeat playback between Point A and the end of the song.

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Stop the song.

START / STOP

END

REPEAT

To cancel the Repeat function, press the button again.

The speciﬁed A and B points will be erased when selecting a different song number, cancelling the Repeat function, or selecting a different repeat mode — such as Phrase Repeat or repeat in Song Chain Play (page 137).

Using the Practice Functions —Guide

You can turn the key guide lamps on/off from the SONG SETTING display (page 137).

You can also determine the timing by which the key guide lamps light to ﬁt your playing preference (Guide Lamp Timing; page 137).

If you want to learn how to play certain chords, use the Chord Tutor function (page 139).

The Accompaniment Guide function cannot be used if the chord ﬁngering method is set to Single Finger, Full

keyboard or AI Full Keyboard.

These fun features make it easy to learn new music. The key guide lamps indicate the notes you should play, when you should play them, and how long you should hold them down. Also, when you sing and play along with a song using a connected microphone, the Clavinova automatically adjusts the timing of the song to match your vocal performance.

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

Song Playback

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

Key guide lamp

Practice Functions

For keyboard performance

■ Follow Lights

When this is selected, you can see which notes you should play by watching the key guide lamps. They light up in time with music, showing you when to play a note. You can also practice at your own pace — since the accompaniment waits for you to play the notes correctly.

• Accompaniment Guide If the song data you’re using contains chord data and the [ACMP] button is turned on, you can use the guide lamps (page 137) to help you play chords as well. Watch the guide lamps and try playing the appropriate chords.

■ Any Key

With this function, you can play the melody of a song simply by pressing a single key (any key is OK) in time with the rhythm. As long as you play the key in time with the music, the melody ﬂows smoothly with the song.

For sing-along performance

■ Karao-Key

This convenient function lets you control the song and accompaniment playback with just one ﬁnger, while you sing along. Simply play a key on the keyboard in time with the music — any key is ﬁne — and the accompaniment parts of the song follow your playing. This lets you control the timing and tempo of the song and accompaniment to perfectly match your singing performance.

■ Vocal CueTIME

Similar to Follow Lights above, you can see which notes to sing by watching the key guide lamps. The Clavinova follows your singing and automatically adjusts the timing and tempo of the song to match your vocal performance.

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Song Playback

Practicing Music with the Guide Functions

Select the desired practice function from the SONG SETTING page in the

FUNCTION display (page 137).

Selects the speciﬁc practice function.

Tu r ns the key guide lamps on/off.

Determines the timing by which the key guide lamps light.

JUST .....The guide lamp lights in time

NEXT.....The guide lamps light slightly

Determines the channel for playing back the harmony sound of the Vocoder.

with the music, at the same time you should play the appropriate notes.

ahead of the music, indicating the notes you should play next. The guide lamp ﬂashes if you do not play the key with the correct timing.

Determines whether phrase mark sections in the song will be repeatedly played back or not. When this is set to ON, the speciﬁed measures of the phrase play back repeatedly. pressing either the [REW] button or the [FF] button, and select “PHRASE MARK” by pressing the [J] button. Set the desired phrase mark number by using the [REW] and [FF] buttons.

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Call up the SONG POSITION display by

For details on the SONG SET- TING display, see page 137.

The guide lamps light according to song channel recorded to Tracks 1 and 2 and the chord data in the song (when such data is included). Normally, you can leave the AUTO SET CH function set to ON, and the song channel will automatically be set. If the results aren't satisfactory, you'll need to match the Channel Setting “TRK1 CH” and “TRK2 CH” parameters to the appropriate right- and left-hand parts.

Vocoder

This lets you indicate or “play” the harmony notes from the keyboard.

Phrase Mark

This data speciﬁes a certain location in the song data.

Select the desired song (page 75, 77) and mute the track you wish to practice

(page 78).

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

NEW SONG

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

SYNC.START

NEW SONG

Start the song and try playing the part you’ve muted. Adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO [ ][ ] buttons (page 51).

SYNC.START

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

Stop the song.

END

To turn the practice function, press the button again.

Tr ack 1 or Tracks 1 & 2 are automatically selected for practicing when calling the practice function — as long as you haven’t muted the track to be practiced.

The key guide lamps sometimes light an octave or two lower/higher than the actual pitch. Any notes outside of the 88-key range cannot be indicated by the key guide lamps.

If the right- and left-hand parts recorded to the song data have not been properly separated, the practice functions may not work as expected.

GUIDE

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Song Playback

Displaying Music Notation — Score

With this feature, you can have the notation automatically shown on the display as the song plays. This can be used with your own recordings as well as the internal Demo songs.

Select the

desired song (page 75, 77).

Enables/disables display of the left-hand key range. Depending on other settings, this parameter may be unavailable and may appear grayed out. If this is the case, go to the detailed setting display (shown below; use the [8▲▼] buttons) and set the LEFT CH. parameter to any channel except “AUTO.” Or, go to the SONG SETTING display in the Function menu (page 137) and set the TRACK 2 parameter to any channel except “OFF.”

Enables/disables display of the right-hand key range. Channel 1 is automatically selected when [TRACK1] is set to [OFF] from the SONG SETTING display (page 137).

Enables/disables display of the lyrics. If the selected song does not contain lyric data, lyrics are not displayed.

Enables/disables display of the chords. If the selected song does not contain chord data, chords are not displayed.

Enables/disables display of the note name (pitch).

Determines the display resolution (or zoom level) of the notation. The resolutions are selected in order: X-LARGE (Extra Large), LARGE, MEDIUM, and SMALL.

This calls up the detailed setting display for notation. For details, see the next page.

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If the MAIN screen (at left) is not displayed, press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button.

The displayed notation is generated by the Clavinova based on the song data. As a result, it may not be exactly the same as commercially available sheet music of the same song — especially when displaying notation of complicated passages or many short notes.

Some song data for the Clavinova has been recorded with special “free tempo” settings. For such song data, the tempo, beat, measure and music notation will not be displayed correctly.

[RIGHT] and [LEFT] cannot be turned off at the same time.

The note name is indicated at the left of the note. When the space between the notes is too small, the indication may be moved to the top left of the note.

You can increase the number of measures that will be displayed by decreasing the other items to be displayed (parts, lyrics, chords, etc.).

When accidentals (sharp and ﬂats) and notes cannot be displayed on one line, they are displayed in the next line from the middle of the measure.

The notation functions cannot be used to create song data by inputting notes. For information on creating song data, see page 98.

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Song Playback

When “LEFT” and “RIGHT” are set to the same channel, the notation of the right-hand notes and left-hand notes are displayed in piano format (two connected staves).

Short notes and ornamented notes (such as trills and grace notes) which are shorter than the Note resolution will not be displayed in the notation.

Detailed Settings for Notation

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■ [1▲▼] LEFT CH/[2▲▼] RIGHT CH

This determines the Left channel (channel for the left-hand part) and Right channel (channel for the right-hand part). This setting returns to AUTO when a different song is selected.

AUTO .........................The channels for the right- and left-hand parts are assigned automatically — setting the parts

to the same channel as the channel which is speciﬁed in the SONG SETTING display of the

Function menu (page 137).

1-16............................Assigns the part to the speciﬁed channel, 1- 16.

OFF (LEFT CH only)....No channel assignment.

■ [3▲▼], [4▲▼] KEY SIGNATURE

This lets you enter key signature changes in the middle of a song, at the stopped position, allowing you to transpose key at any point within a song. For a list of the key signatures, with their relative minor keys and accidentals, see the chart below.

Key Signatures and Accidentals

C Maj (A min) G Maj (E min) D Maj (B min) A Maj (F min) E Maj (C min) B Maj (G min) F Maj (D min) C Maj (A min)

C Maj (A min) G Maj (E min) D Maj (B min) A Maj (F min) E Maj (C min) B Maj (G min) F Maj (D min)

The note indicates the root note of the major key, and the note indicates the root of the relative minor.

■ [5▲▼] QUANTIZE

This gives you control over the note resolution in the notation, letting you shift or correct the timing of all displayed notes so that they line up to a particular note value. Make sure to select the smallest note value which is used in the song.

Note resolution:

1/4 note, 1/8 note, 1/16 note, 1/32 note, 1/4 note triplet, 1/8 note triplet, 1/16 note triplet, 1/32 note triplet

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Song Playback

You can select the display pages (one before and after) by the using the [BACK]/ [NEXT] buttons or the pedal (page 139).

■ [6▲▼] NOTE NAME

Select the Note Name type when “NOTE” (page 81) is set to ON.

ABC ................. Note names are indicated as letters (C, D, E, F, G, A, B).

Fixed Do .......... Note names are indicated in solfeggio and differ depending on the selected language (page 50).

English.............. Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti

French.............. Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La Si

Italian............... Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si

German............Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si

Spanish............. Do re Mi Fa Sol La Si

Japanese...........

Movable Do..... Note names are indicated in solfeggio according to the scale intervals, and as such are relative to

the key. The root note is indicated as Do. For example, in the key of G major the root note of Sol would be indicated as Do. As with “Fixed Do,” the indication differs depending on the selected language.

■ [7▲▼] COLOR NOTE

When this is set to ON, the notes in the display appear in color (C: red, D: yellow, E: green, F: orange, G: blue, A: purple, and B: white).

■ [8▲] OK

This closes the detailed setting display and starts generating the notation. You can also execute this by pressing the [ENTER] button on the panel.

■ [8▼] CANCEL

This closes the detailed setting display without changing the settings. You can also execute this by pressing the [EXIT] button or [RECORD] button on the panel.

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Song Playback

Displaying the Lyrics

This function lets you display the lyrics while the song is playing back — making it easy to sing along with your performance or song playback.

Select the

desired song (page 75, 77).

The language used for lyr-

Select the BACK GROUND setting.

ics display depends on the particular lyric data. If the lyrics are garbled or unreadable, you can remedy this by changing the “LYRICS LANGUAGE” setting from the SONG SETTING display (page 137).

When the back ground color is speciﬁed in the song data, the BACK GROUND setting cannot be changed.

If the selected song does not contain lyric data, lyrics are not displayed.

The color of

the lyrics changes as the song plays.

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

Start the song.

END

REC TO PSTART / STOP REW FF REPEAT GUIDE

NEW SONG

Stop the song. To return to the previous page, press the button.

SYNC.START

If the selected song contains chord data, chord names are displayed with the lyrics.

The lyrics can also be shown on a connected TV (page 144, 153).

The lyrics can be changed (page 109).

EXIT

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Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups — Registration Memory

Keep in mind that songs or styles on disk cannot registered to Registration Memory. If you want to register a disk-based song or style, copy the relevant data to “USER” in the SONG/STYLE display (page 39) and register the data separately.

Registration Memory is a powerful feature that lets you set up the Clavinova just as you want — selecting speciﬁc voices, styles, effect settings etc. — and save your custom panel setup for future recall. Then, when you need those settings, simply press the appropriate REGISTRATION MEMORY button.

METRONOME

SIGNAL OVER

MIC.

POWER

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

START STOP

SONG

OFF

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

MASTER VOLUME

REGISTRATION MEMORY

FREEZE

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MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OTS LINK

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

TAP TEMPO

GUIDE

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

START STOP

TRANSPOSETEMPO

TAP TEMPO

RESETRESET

ENDING rit.

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

DEMO

HELP

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

BALANCE

CONSOLE

PART

CHANNEL ON OFF

PART

DIRECT ACCESS

BACK NEXT

MEMORY

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VOICE EFFECT

HARMONY ECHO LEFT HOLDMONO

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

VOICE PART

ON OFF

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

LAYER

LEFT

ENTER

ONE TOCTH SETTING

MUSIC FINDER

DATA ENTRY

EXIT

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Registering Panel Setups — Registration Memory

This shows you how to register your custom panel settings to the REGISTRATION MEMORY buttons. Make all the settings you want with the panel controls, and Registration Memory will “remember” them for you.

Set up the panel controls as desired.

For a list of the settings that can be registered, refer to the separate Data List (Parameter Chart).

REGISTRATION MEMORY

FREEZE

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MEMORY

Select the desired parameter groups for the settings you want to register. You can also use the [DATA ENTRY] dial to navigate in this display. To

register a parameter group, checkmark the corresponding box. Groups left without checkmarks will not be included in the Registration Memory setting. This allows you to maintain certain settings, even when switching among Registration Memory presets. You can also use the Freeze function (page 87) to override the Registration Memory changes — letting you prevent certain panel settings from being changed.

Press the desired number button for registering the settings.

END

Indicator is green ..... The panel setting is registered, but not selected.

Indicator is red......... The panel setting is registered and is currently selected.

Indicator is off.......... The panel setting is not registered.

The registrations registered here will be lost when the power is turned off, unless you perform the Save operation explained on the next page.

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REGISTRATION MEMORY

FREEZE

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MEMORY

Cancels the registration and returns to the MAIN display. You can also use the [EXIT] button.

Enters a checkmark to the selected box. You can also use the [ENTER] button.

Removes the checkmark from the selected box. You can also

use the [ENTER] button.

Any data that was previously registered to the selected REGISTRATION MEMORY button (indicator is green or red) will be erased and replaced by the new settings.

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Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups — Registration Memory

Keep in mind that the size of the Registration bank ﬁles and the memory space they occupy depends on the amount of functions set in each.

Saving Your Registration Memory Setups

The settings registered to the REGISTRATION MEMORY [1]-[8] buttons are saved as a single ﬁle.

All settings registered to buttons [1][8] are referred to as a “bank.” The

BANK 01

banks can be saved to “USER” or “FLOPPY DISK” as Registration

bank ﬁles.

Press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button and [EXIT] button to call up the MAIN display.

Save the settings you’ve made to the Registration Memory

buttons as a single Registration bank ﬁle (page 45).

The REGISTRATION EDIT display appears. For details on this display, see below.

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REGISTRATION EDIT display

The contents of the current Registration Memory bank (REGIST.) are listed in the REGISTRATION EDIT screen. The names of the stored Registration Memory presets are shown in the display and the indicators of the relevant REGISTRATION MEMORY buttons are lit in green. From this screen, you can select, name, or delete the Registration Memory presets.

Select ...............Press the [A] - [J] buttons. The REGIST. display is linked to the REGISTRATION MEMORY [1] - [8]

Name ...............This operation is the same as that in “Naming Files and Folders” (page 42) in “Basic Operations

Delete ..............This operation is the same as that in “Deleting Files/Folders” (page 44) in “Basic Operations —

The result of the Name/Delete operation will be lost when the power is turned off unless you return to the REGISTRATION BANK display by pressing the [8▼] (UP) button and save the data (page 45).

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buttons. When you select the Registration Memory preset in the display, the related button turns on (indicator is red).

— Organizing Your Data.”

Organizing Your Data.”

Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups — Registration Memory

You can program your Registration Memory presets to be called up in sequence, in any order you desire. Once programmed, the presets 1 - 8 can be selected in sequence with the [BACK][NEXT] buttons or the pedal (page 142).

Recalling a Registration Memory Setup

You can recall all of the panel settings you’ve made — or only those you speciﬁcally want or need. For example, if you de-select “STYLE” in the REGISTRATION MEMORY display, you can keep the currently selected style even when you change the Registration Memory preset.

Recalling the Registered Settings

Select the desired bank in the REGISTRATION BANK display (page 86). Press the appropriate REGISTRATION MEMORY button (any whose indicators are green) to recall the desired settings.

REGISTRATION MEMORY

FREEZE

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Selecting the Freeze Settings

MEMORY

DEMO

HELP

FUNCTION

Call up the “FREEZE” page from the REGIST.SEQUENCE/ FREEZE/VOICE SET

Enters a checkmark to the selected box.

screen (page 142).

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Select the Freeze settings.

Press the [FREEZE] button. When Freeze is active (lamp is lit), the settings you speciﬁed in the Freeze

page will be maintained or left unchanged, even when changing Registration Memory presets.

REGISTRATION MEMORY

FREEZE

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MEMORY

Removes the checkmark from the selected box.

Press the appropriate REGISTRATION MEMORY button (any whose indicators are green) to recall the

desired settings.

REGISTRATION MEMORY

FREEZE

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Editing Voices — Sound Creator

• The Voice can be edited in realtime while playing back a song/style.

•Keep in mind that adjustments made to the parameters may not make much change in the actual sound depending on the original settings of the voice.

The CVP-900 has a Sound Creator feature that allows you to create your own voices by editing some parameters of the existing voices. Once you’ve created a voice, you can save it as a USER voice for future recall.

METRONOME

MIC.

POWER

MASTER VOLUME

MIN MAX

STYLE

ACMP AUTO FILL IN

OFF

OTS LINK

SIGNAL OVER

VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING

START STOP

SONG

EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1

STYLE L

START STOP

FADE IN OUT

BREAK INTRO MAIN

REW REPEATTOP FFREC

TAP TEMPO

ENDING rit.

TAP TEMPO

TRANSPOSETEMPO

RESETRESET

SYNC.STOP START STOP

SYNC.START

GUIDE

CREATOR

DEMO

HELP

FUNCTION

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

CONSOLE

SOUND

DIRECT ACCESS

BALANCE

PART

CHANNEL

ON OFF

PART

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Operation

Press the [F], [G] or [H] button to select the

Part (MAIN, LAYER or LEFT) containing the voice you wish to edit.

BACK NEXT

VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DSP VARIATION

VOICE

VOICE PART

ON OFF

LAYER

LEFT

PIANO & HARPSI. E. PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTESORGAN & ACCORDION

BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USERSTRINGS

ENTER

MUSIC FINDER

PIANO

DATA ENTRY

EXIT

HARMONY ECHO LEFT HOLDMONO

ONE TOCTH SETTING

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Press the

[SOUND CREATOR]

The voice can also be selected in the SOUND CREATOR display.

button.

DIGITAL STUDIO

SOUND

CREATOR

DIGITAL

RECORDING

MIXING

CONSOLE

PAR T

CAUTION

The settings are lost if the edited part’s voice is switched to another voice. Important data should be saved to User Drive or ﬂoppy disk.

Edit the voice parameters.

The operations for each function selected in this step are covered in detail, starting on page 90 (Natural/ Regular Voice) and page 93 (Organ Flutes).

NATURAL VOICE

Indicates the parameters available for editing in this display. These correspond to the parameters/values shown at the bottom of the display.

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Save the edited voice to the USER drive

(Flash ROM) as a USER voice (page 45).

Select the desired menu by pressing the [NEXT]/[BACK] button.

REGULAR VOICE ORGAN FLUTES

Select the desired menu. The selected menu is highlighted.

Can be used during editing to compare the sound of the original voice with the edited voice.

Opens the Save (Voice) display for saving the edited voice as a User voice (page 45).

Press the [USER] button to select the edited voice, and play the keyboard.

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