Yamaha CLP-611, CLP-811

Selecting and Playing Voices

Your Clavinova offers you an excellent selection of great-sounding voices (11 voices on

model CLP-611, 12 voices on model CLP-811). You can use the VARIATION, BRIL-

LIANCE, REVERB, and EFFECT features to vary the sound and feel of each voice.

The Clavinova also allows you to mix any two voices together (“DUAL mode”), and to

select different voices for the right and left ranges of the keyboard (“SPLIT mode”). A

built-in metronome is also provided.

Selecting a Voice

CLP-811/611 Selecting and Playing Voices

Procedure

To select a voice, press the corre-

sponding voice selector.

The voice indicator lights up.

Try playing the voice. Adjust the volume as necessary by moving the [MASTER

VOLUME] slider.

BRILLIANCE

REVERB EFFECT TOUCH

TRANSPOSE

MELLOW

NORMAL

BRIGHT

ROOM

HALL 1

HALL 2

STAGE

CHORUS

SYMPHONIC

TREMOLO

ECHO

HARD

MEDIUM

SOFT

FIXED

SONG

MEASURE

TEMPO

SPLIT

FUNCTION

MASTER VOLUME

TRANSPOSE SPLIT

BRILLIANCEREVERB EFFECT TOUCH

VARIATIONPIANO 1 PIANO 2 CLAVI.TONEE.PIANO1 E.PIANO2

VIBES STRINGS CHOIR BASS

HARPSI-

CHORD

PIPE

ORGAN ORGAN

COMBINATION

METRONOME

TEMPO

–

YES

SONG

SELECT START

STOP REC

RECORDER

DEMO

PIANO SONG

MAX

MIN

Voice selector

BRILLIANCE

REVERB EFFECT TOUCH

NORMALROOM MEDIUM

TEMPO

Name of voice

Instrument icon

To familiarize yourself with the

features of each voice...

You can get a good feel for each

voice by listening to its built-in

demo (see page 46 of this

manual).

About the EFFECT settings...

Each voice is set to its standard

(default) effect at time of

shipping. For information about

effects settings and how to

change them, see page 15.

The ORGAN COMBINATION

voice...

...can be set to any of eight built-

in organ types. You can edit each

of these types to produce your

own customized sounds. You use

function F6 to set the voice up;

see page 30 for details.