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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
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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
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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
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Part Names
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C [] [+] / D [] [+]...............................P23
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Center C
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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.
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Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs
Press the [START/PAUSE] button to start playback.
Playing the 50 piano preset songs
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Fast forward and rewind
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Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs
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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)
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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
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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.
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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.
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4.
and left-hand range).
The normal setting of the split point is FI2.
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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
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Recording a New Song
Recording to [TRACK 1]
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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.
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3.
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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.
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Other recording techniques
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2.
Recording in Dual or Split mode
Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]
Clavinova memory
Basic le operation
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Saving recorded or other songs to Clavinova Storage memory...[SaveToMemory]
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Saving recorded or other songs to oppy disk...[SaveToDisk]
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inserted in the disk drive.
Deleting songs in Clavinova Storage memory or a oppy disk...[DeleteSong]
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Use the C []/[+] buttons to select a song.
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CAUTION
Copying data from one oppy disk to another...[CopyDisk]
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Formatting a oppy disk...[FormatDisk]
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the disk drive.
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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.
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Press the [EXIT] button.
Turning track playback on and off
Supported song data type
Song data recorded on other instruments
Connections
Connectors
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2
3
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Connecting a personal computer
1.
Connection
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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
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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.
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4.
If Execute? or Start? appears:
If Set? appears:
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Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]
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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]
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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]
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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]*
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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]
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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
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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]
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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]
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Selecting a scale [Scale]
[StringResonanceDepth]
Depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal [SustainSam- plingDepth]
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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]
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C7
Other method for restoring the normal settings
Message List
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Questions about Operations and Functions
Questions about Operations and Functions
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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
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