Yamaha CLP-990, CLP-990M Features

CLP-990 17

Features

[OTHER SETTING]

Fine-tune the touch response

and pitch, etc. (page 87)

The Clavinova includes 50 preset

songs.

This section enables you to listen to

these songs, practice using a

convenient practice function, play back

Clavinova music data (sold in music

stores), and record and play back your

performance. (page 26, 41, 57)

The display allows

accurate control

and operation.

(page 23)

[MIDI SETTING]

Make detailed MIDI

settings, such as MIDI

receive/transmit

channels. (page 83)

[FILE]

Save recorded songs and

manage song files. (page 50)

MAIN voice gruop buttons

Select voices from 25 internal sounds

including Grand Piano 1. (page 30)

You can also combine two voices at a

time. (page 35)

[DEMO]

Demonstration playback

is available for each

voice. (page 24)

[METRONOME]

Use the

metronome

functions.

(page 40)

[CONTRAST]

Adjust the

brightness of

the display

using this

control.

(page 20)

[REVERB]/

[CHORUS]

Add reverb

(reverberation) and

spread (chorus) to

the sound.

(page 33)

[MASTER

VOLUME]

Adjust the

volume level

using this

slider.

(page 20)

[SONG SETTING]

Make detailed

settings for song

recording and

playback. (page 74)

[EXIT]

The screen returns to

its main display when

you press this button.

(page 23)

TRANSPOSE [ ] [ ]

You can shift the pitch

of the entire keyboard

up or down so that the

pitch will match that of

another instrument or

singer, while you play

the same keys.

(page 34)

TEMPO [DOWN]

[UP]

You can change the

song tempo

(speed).

(page 27, 40, 42, 58)

[VOICE

SETTING]

You can make

detailed settings

for tone and

effects.

(page 78)

BRILLIANCE

[ ] [ ]

Adjust the

brightness of

the tone using

these buttons.

(page 32)

LEFT voice group buttons/

[SPLIT POINT]

You can play different voices on

the left- and right-hand sections of

the keyboard. (page 37)

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

CONTRASTB

D

YES

EXIT

NO

A

C

TEMPO

METRONOME

UPDOWN

FILE

SONG

SETTING

SETTINGSTART/STOP

TRACK

1

SONG SELECTDEMO

TRANSPOSEMAX

MASTER VOLUME

MIN

CLP-990

SONG BALANCE

NEW SONG

TRACK

2EXTRA

TRACKS

STOP

SONG

SYNCHRO START

START/

PAUSE REC

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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