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The Control Panel
6[REVERB] Button
The [REVERB] button selects a number of digital
reverb effects that you can use for extra depth and
expressive power. See page 14 for details.
7[EFFECT] Button
This button engages a chorus effect which can
give your sound greater depth and animation.
8[TOUCH] Button
The [TOUCH] button makes it easy to adjust the
touch response of the Clavinova to match your
playing style. See page 16 for details.
9Voice Selectors & [VARIATION] Button
The CLP-555 has nine voice selectors and a
[VARIATION] button. Simply press any of the voice
selectors to select the corresponding voice. The voice
selector LED will light to indicate which voice is
currently selected. Press the [VARIATION] button
so that its indicator lights to select a variation of the
currently selected voice.
There is also a dual mode in which two voices can
be played simultaneously across the full range of the
keyboard (see page 12 for details), and a split mode
which allows different voices to be played by the left
and right hands (see page 13 for details).
0[METRONOME] Button
Turns the metronome sound on and off. The
[TEMPO/SONG] buttons, below, are used to set the
tempo of the metronome sound, and the volume of
the metronome sound if used while the [METRO-
NOME] button is held — page 18.
![TEMPO/SONG] (–/NO, +/YES) Buttons
These buttons adjust the tempo of the metronome
function as well as the playback tempo of the re-
corder function. The tempo range is from 32 to 280
beats per minute — page 18. These same buttons are
also used to select a piano song number for playback
— page 9. The [TEMPO/SONG] buttons are also
used to adjust a range of other parameters (i.e. their
“–/NO” and “+/YES” functions).
@[DEMO/PIANO SONG] Button
Activates the demo playback mode in which you
can select playback of different demonstration
sequences for each of the Clavinova’s voices, and a
range of 30 piano songs. See page 9 for details.
#RECORDER [START/STOP] and [REC] But-
tons
These buttons control the Clavinova’s recorder,
letting you record and play back just about anything
you play on the keyboard — up to a maximum of
about 4,200 notes. See page 19 for details.
$RECORDER [1] and [2] Buttons
The CLP-555 has a 2-track recorder, and these
buttons are used to select the track(s) to be recorded
or played back. See page 19 for details.
%Pedals
The soft (left), sostenuto (center) and damper
(right) pedals provide a range of expressive control
capabilities similar to the pedal functions on an
acoustic piano. See page 15 for details.
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Soft pedal Damper pedal
Sostenuto pedal
D6 E6 F6 G6 A6 B6 C7
$ #
START
/
STOP REC
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RECORDER