Yamaha CLP-990, CLP-990M Features

16

CLP-990

POWER

MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

EFFECT

BRILLIANCE

VOICE

SETTING

CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/

CHOIR

ORGAN

BASS

MALLET

ORGAN/

STRINGS

VOICE

E. PIANO/

BASS

PIANO

MAIN

LEFT

PIANO/

E. PIANO

SPLIT

POINT

HARPSI-

CHORD

HARPSI/

MALLET

TEMPO

METRONOME

UPDOWN

FILE

SONG

SETTING

SETTINGSTART/STOP

TRACK

1

SONG SELECTDEMO

TRANSPOSEMAX

MASTER VOLUME

MIN

CLP-970

SONG BALANCE

NEW SONG

TRACK

2EXTRA

TRACKS

STOP

SONG

SYNCHRO START

START/

PAUSE REC

CONTRASTB

D

YES

EXIT

NO

A

C

AUX PEDAL

MIDI

OUTIN THRU

L/L+RR

AUX IN

L/L+RR

AUX OUT

HOST SELECT

PC-1

PC-2 MacMIDI

TO HOST

A set of standard

stereo headphones

can be plugged in

here for private

practice. (page 20)

Connect an optional

pedal here and assign

one of the various

functions to the pedal.

(page 62)

These jacks allow you to connect an

external tone generator to reproduce

the sound via the Clavinova’s

internal sound system and speakers.

(page 62)

Connect a MIDI device here to

use various MIDI functions.

(page 63, 66)

(About MIDI—page 83)

Connect recording equipment

(such as a cassette tape

recorder) here to record your

performance. (page 61)

This jack and selector switch

allow direct connection to a

personal computer for

sequencing and other music

applications. (page 62-67)

PHONES

Features

The Yamaha Clavinova CLP-990 digital piano offers unmatched sonic realism and natural grand-piano type playabil-

ity as well as Yamaha’s original “

AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling

” tone generation technology for rich, musical

voices, and a special “

NL Keyboard (Natural Keyboard)

” that uses wooden keys with a new action mechanism for

improved continuous key response. The CLP-990 GrandPiano1 voice features totally new samples painstakingly

recorded from each key of a full concert grand piano. The CLP-990 GrandPiano1 voice features ﬁve velocity-

switched samples (

Dynamic Sampling

), a “

Soundboard Reverb

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

nance of a piano soundboard, “

String Resonance

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

Sus-

tain Sampling

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

when the damper pedal is pressed, and “

Key-off Samples

” that add the subtle sound produced when the keys are

released. The CLP-990 comes much closer to the sound of a true acoustic piano.

Contents

Main SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION CAUTION PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING WARNING CAUTION Page About this Owners Manual and Reference Booklet Reference Booklet: Appendix: Detailed Settings: Table of contents Introduction.......................................................... 2 Basic Operation .................................................. 21 Table of contents Detailed Settings ................................................69 Table of contents Page Application Index Application Index Settings Connecting the Clavinova to other devices Quick solution Handling the Floppy Disk Drive(FDD) and Floppy Disk Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head To eject a oppy disk: Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks Maintenance Tuning Transporting Included Accessories Features Features Before Using the Clavinova Adjusting the music stand angle Key cover 12 2. Turn on the power to the Clavinova. 1. Connect the power cable. Turning the power on Adjusting the display contrast Using headphones Setting the volume Page Part Names 3 5 C [] [+] / D [] [+]...............................P23 R Center C Page Listening to the Demonstration Tunes Demonstration tunes 1. Press the [DEMO] button to engage the demo mode. The MAIN voice group (upper row) button indicators light up in sequence. Page Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs Press the [START/PAUSE] button to start playback. Playing the 50 piano preset songs 1. 2. 3. Fast forward and rewind 4. Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs 1. 2. Press the [START/PAUSE] button to start playback. Play the part you just turned off. Starting playback automatically as you start playing the keyboard (Synchro Start) 3. Selecting and Playing Voices Selecting Voices Use the A []/[+] buttons to select a voice. 1. Press one of the MAIN voice group buttons (upper row). Using the pedals Damper (right) pedal .q Sostenuto (center) pedal Soft pedal (left) Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS] NOTE Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main screen. [BRILLIANCE] Press one of the BRILLIANCE [ ]/ [ ] buttons to select the desired tonality. [REVERB] Pressing the [REVERB] button repeatedly toggles the reverb on and off. [CHORUS] Pressing the [CHORUS] button repeatedly toggles the cho- rus on and off. Transposition ... [TRANSPOSE] 1. Press one of the TRANSPOSE [ ] and [ ] buttons. 2. Use the C [] and [+] buttons to select Manual or Song. Manual............... Your manual performance Song.................... Playback song 1. Press two MAIN voice group buttons (upper row) simulta- neously. Use the A []/[+] buttons and B []/[+] buttons to select a voice. 3. Press any MAIN voice group button. 1. 3. 4. CLP-990 37 Splitting the keyboard range and playing two differ- ent voices (Split mode) 1. Press one of the LEFT voice group buttons (bottom row). 2. Use the MAIN voice group buttons (upper row) and the A []/[+] buttons. 3. 4. and left-hand range). The normal setting of the split point is FI2. 5. Using the metronome 1. Press the METRONOME [START/STOP] button. When the metronome is sounding, the beat indicator ashes at the current tempo. Adjusting the tempo The default tempo is 120. (If a song has been selected, the song tempo is used.) Recording Your Performance 5 Recording a New Song Recording to [TRACK 1] 1. 3. Press and hold down the [REC] button and press the [TRACK 1] button. 4. Recording begins automatically as soon as you play a note on the keyboard. To stop recording, press the [STOP] button. The Clavinova locates the top of the song. 5. 1. 2. 3. 3-1 CLP-990 45 1. Select a voice (or voices) for recording. Repeat Step 2 on page 42. 2. Press and hold down the [REC] button and press the [TRACK 2] button. 21 1. 2. Other recording techniques 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. Recording in Dual or Split mode Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE] Clavinova memory Basic le operation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Saving recorded or other songs to Clavinova Storage memory...[SaveToMemory] 4-1 4-2 Saving recorded or other songs to oppy disk...[SaveToDisk] 4. inserted in the disk drive. Deleting songs in Clavinova Storage memory or a oppy disk...[DeleteSong] 4-1 Use the C []/[+] buttons to select a song. 4. CAUTION Copying data from one oppy disk to another...[CopyDisk] 4-1 4-2 4-3 Formatting a oppy disk...[FormatDisk] 4-1 the disk drive. 4-2 cute?. Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data Playing back a song To play back a song from a oppy disk, insert the disk into the disk drive. 1. Press either the SONG SELECT [ ]/[ ] buttons. 3. 4. 5. Press the [EXIT] button. Turning track playback on and off Supported song data type Song data recorded on other instruments Connections Connectors 1 2 3 4 5 6 Connecting a personal computer 1. Connection CLP-990 65 Type of serial cables and connection pin assignments mini DIN 8-pin D-sub 25-pin According to the type of computer you connect, use one of the following serial cables. Clavinova HOST SELECT switch setting Windows (with a serial port of D-sub 9-pin) 2. Connection Set the Clavinova HOST SELECT switch to MIDI. Use a MIDI interface device to connect a computer to the Clavinova using special MIDI cables. Clavinova HOST SELECT switch setting 3. HOST SELECT MIDI computer TO HOST Page Page Detailed Settings In Dual mode, parameters with the * mark are set for Voice 1 and Voice 2 individually. Parameter List The following parameters are available. Recording and playback [SONG SETTING] [OTHER SETTING] Making detailed settings 1. Press the [EXIT] button any time to close the setting menu. 2. Press the setting button, A []/[+], and/or C []/[+] but- tons repeatedly as required. 3. 4. If Execute? or Start? appears: If Set? appears: 5. 74 Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING] 3 3 3 Specifies the type of note. Select the desired song and press the [SONG SETTING] button to access the Song Setting menu. Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with the rst voicing [QuickPlay] Auditioning the channels [Chan- nelListen] Deleting data from each channel [ChannelClear] Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly [FromToRepeat] 76 Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING] Playing back the phrase specied by the phrase number [Phrase- Mark] Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat] CLP-990 77 Detailed settings for the metro- nome METRONOME [SETTING] To mute the beat count, select BellOff. You can set the time signature, volume level, and voice of the Clavinova metronome. Press the [METRONOME SETTING] button to access the Metro- nome Setting menu. Setting range for the numerator: Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING] Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2) 1. Voice Setting menu. 2. Setting the position of right and left channels [Pan]* Fine tuning the pitch (only in Dual mode) [Detune] Selecting the reverb type [ReverbType] Setting the reverb depth [ReverbSend]* 80 Selecting the chorus type [Chorus Type] Setting the chorus depth [Cho- rusSend]* Setting the chorus on/off [ChorusOnOff] Selecting the variation effect type [VariationType] Setting the variation effect depth [VariationSend]* Setting the touch sensitivity [TouchSense]* Setting the right pedal function [RPedal] 82 Setting the center pedal function [MPedal] Setting the left pedal function [LPedal] Setting the auxiliary pedal func- tion [AuxPedal] MIDI [MIDI SETTING] You can make detailed MIDI settings, such as setting up MIDI transmit/receive channels. About MIDI MIDI connectors [TO HOST] connector 84 Press the [MIDI SETTING] button to enter MIDI setting mode. Select a voice part. Specify the channel. On for all channels This parameter enables you to specify the channel on which the Clavinova transmits MIDI data. Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port B) [MidiInAChannel] Setting Local control on/off [LocalControl] Selecting performance from the keyboard or song data for MIDI transmission [MidiOutSelect] Selecting a type of data received via MIDI [ReceiveParameter] 86 Selecting a type of data transmit- ted via MIDI [TransmitParameter] Executing song data bulk dump [SongBulkDump] Transmitting the initial settings on the panel [InitialSetup] Executing voice data bulk dump [VoiceBulkDump] Other settings Press the [OTHER SETTING] button to enter Other Setting mode. Selecting a touch response [TouchResponse] Fine tuning the pitch [Tune] Selecting a tuning curve for a piano voice [PianoTuningCurve] 88 Selecting a scale [Scale] [StringResonanceDepth] Depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal [SustainSam- plingDepth] Page 90 Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts to affect the sound [HalfPedalPoint] Pitch bend range [PitchBendRange] Replacing the XG voices with pre- set voices [XGAlternative] Selecting items saved at shut- down [MemoryBackUp] Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet] B 6 C7 Other method for restoring the normal settings Message List Page Page Page Page Questions about Operations and Functions Questions about Operations and Functions Page Troubleshooting Data Compatibility Basic Check Points Disk format Sequence Format Data Compatibility Voice Allocation Format Preset Voice List Voice name Vibraphone ElectricClavichord Harpsichord8'+4' Preset Voice List Voice name Scat SlowChoir Choir Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split) Index Numerics A B C Index O P R S PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 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