Main
Introduction              
  SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION
CAUTION              
  PRECAUTIONS
                 Location
Assembly                
Do not open
              Connections
Maintenance                
Handling caution
Using the bench (If included)                
Saving data
               
About this Owners Manual and Data List              
  Accessories
                 Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and  Floppy Disk
Compatible Disk Type Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks                
 
              Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head
About the Floppy Disks              
  About the Display Messages
                 Transporting
Tuning                
CAUTION
                Table of Contents
                 Quick Guide........................... 20
Introduction............................ 2                
 
              Saving and Recalling Custom  Panel Setups   Registration Memory ........88
Editing Voices   Sound Creator................... 91                
Recording Your Performances  and Creating Songs   Song Creator .....................97
Creating Accompaniment Styles   Style Creator ...................113                
Adjust the Volume Balance and  Changing Voices   Mixing Console ................123
              Using Your Clavinova with  Other Devices ......................155
MIDI Data Compatibility...................................... 162              
Application Index
              Using a microphone 
Settings                
Connecting the Clavinova to other devices
Assembling                 
Quick solution
              What can you do with the Clavinova?
SONG                
Playback previously recorded  songs (page 21, 36, 77)
VOCAL HARMONY                 
Automatic backup singing  (page 131) 
              LCD
Call up the perfect accompaniment  style (page 33, 73)                
USB terminal
Make music with a computer   quickly and easily (page 157)                
PIANO
              Setting Up the Clavinova
To open the key cover:                
Sheet Music Braces
Music Rest                
To close
              1
2                
Setting the volume
Using the Headphone Hanger                
Turning the Power On  and Off
              Panel Controls and Terminals
57                
24
POWER                
METRONOME
              53
VOICE                
MUSIC FINDER
ONE TOUCH SETTING                
PIANO Setting
              Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Playing the Demos               
Song Playback
Playback of Songs            
Page
            Page
            Page
              Playing Voices
Playing a Voice              
Playing Two Voices Simultaneously
              Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands
              Playing Styles
Playing a style            
Page
              Style Sections
Embellish and enhance your melodies  with the automatic Harmony and Echo effects                
Quick Guide 31
              Accompaniment Structure
MAIN VARIATION                
INTRO (page 70)
ENDING (page 70)              
One Touch Setting
              Music Finder
Using the Music Finder                
Searching the Music Finder Records
              6
3                
4
5            
Page
Playing and Practicing with the Songs              
Playing and Practicing with the Songs
Playing Along with the Clavinova            
Page
Playing and Practicing with the Songs              
Mastering Your Favorite Songs
              Basic Operations  Organizing Your Data
Contents shown in the Main Display              
Open/Save Display
              Example  Open/Save display
               Files and Drives
               Features and Memory Drives
Features Current Memory                
*
**                
Save
              1
2                
3
Naming Files/Folders                
File/Folder-related Operations
              1
2                
ABCDE.S002.MID
Moving Files/Folders              
1
The CUT display appears.                
2
3                
4
              1
(page 40).                
Select the desired le/folder.
3                
4
              1
2                
Saving Files
Organizing Files by Creating a New Folder                
Entering Characters and Changing Icons
              1
Entering Characters              
1 2
3                
Changing the Icon
Adjusting values                
Selecting items
              Using the [DATA ENTRY] Dial
              Direct Access  Instant Selection of Displays
DIRECT ACCESS                
ACMP DIRECT ACCESS
              Direct Access Chart
              Help Messages
2                
Press this to return  to the previous  display.
EXIT                
RESET
              1 2
Press this to  close the  TEMPO display.                
Tap Tempo
There are three different tempo indications in the Main display, as shown below.                
Tempo Indications  MAIN Display
              1
accompaniment style  (page 63, 78). 2              
Reference
Playing the Demos                
different display pages. Press this to play back all Demo songs/items continuously, starting from 
ENTER                
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              4
Return to the MAIN screen.                
3
the Demo starts playing.              
Voices
2                
Selecting a Voice
1                
the  desired  voice  group.
              One-touch Piano Play
Layer  Layering Two Different Voices                
Layer/Left  Playing Several Sounds Simultaneously
VOICE PART ON OFF                
GLAYER
              1
turn the LAYER  function on. To  turn it off, press  the button again.                
2
Left  Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right Sections of the Keyboard                
This section of the panel lets you add a variety of effects to the voices you play on the keyboard.
              1
2                
Press this to  return to the  MAIN display.
Applying Voice Effects                
HARMONY/ECHO
              Using the Pedals
              Styles
2                
STYLE
ACMP AUTO FILLIN OTS LINK                
BREAK INTRO MAIN ENDING / rit. SYNC.STOP SYNC.STAR TSTART / STOP
            Page
Playing a Styles Rhythm Channels only                
Adjusting the Volume Balance/Channel Muting
              1
3              
Chord Fingerings
Display for root C                
1 - (2) - 3 -  4 - 5 - 7 or 1 - 2 - 3 -  4 - (5) - 7
1 - (2) - 3 -  4 - 5 -  7 or 1 - 2 - 3 -  4 - (5) -  7              
Chord Types Recognized in the Fingered Mode (Example for C chords)
Arranging the Style Pattern                
 
(SECTIONS: MAIN A/B/C/D, INTRO, ENDING, BREAK)              
1
2 2                
2
3                
Accompaniment section of the keyboard, and changes to the Main section.
              1
2                
3
Selecting Intro and Ending Types (INTRO/ENDING)                
Playing Fill-in patterns automatically when  changing accompaniment sections  Auto Fill In
              2
Appropriate Panel Setting for the Selected Style                
 
Touch Setting setups (page 72).                
Auto Accompaniment section
              1 2
LED is green  The One Touch  Setting is not selected. LED is off  No One Touch                 
Setting data. The button is not  available.
3                
chord with your left  hand, the auto  accompaniment starts.
              1   2 
1 Select a style.  2                
3
4              
3
Calling Up Ideal Setups for Your Music  Music Finder                
Add the selected record to Favorite (Bookmark) page
Searching the Ideal Setups  Music Finder Search                
[A] MUSIC
              1
2                
Editing Records  Music Finder Record Edit
[A] MUSIC                
[B] KEYWORD
              1
2            
Page
              Song Playback
ONE TOCTH SETTING                
MUSIC FINDER
ENTER                
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              3
              1 2 3 4
              Playing Back Songs on Disk
Insert the disk into the drive.                
Other Playback-related Operations
Repeat / Rewind / Fast forward                
Adjusting the Volume Balance / Muting Specic Channels
              1
Repeat Playback of a Specic Range                
4
3                
Practice Functions
              Using the Practice Functions  Guide
Practicing Music with the Guide Functions              
2
Stop the song.                
(page 81).
1                
FUNCTION display (page 140).
              1
desired song  (page 78, 80).              
Detailed Settings for Notation
[1] LEFT CH/[2] RIGHT CH                
[3], [4] KEY SIGNATURE
[5] QUANTIZE                
Note resolution: 
              [6] NOTE NAME
[7] COLOR NOTE                 
[8] OK
[8] CANCEL                
Displaying the Lyrics
              5
Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups  Registration Memory                
Press the desired number button for registering the settings.
Registering Panel Setups  Registration Memory              
1
Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups  Registration Memory                
Saving Your Registration Memory Setups
              2
Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups  Registration Memory                
Recalling the Registered Settings
Selecting the Freeze Settings                
Recalling a Registration Memory Setup
              3
4              
Editing Voices  Sound Creator
edited voice, and play the keyboard.                
(Flash ROM) as a USER voice (page 48).
1                
Part (MAIN, LAYER or LEFT) containing the  voice you wish to edit.
              SOUND CREATOR Parameters (Natural/Regular Voices)
              PIANO (Natural Piano Voice has been selected)
COMMON                
SOUND (Regular Voice only)
              FILTER
EG                 
VIBRATO
              EFFECT/EQ
HARMONY                
The parameters are the same as for HARMONY/ECHO display of FUNCTION. For details, see page 147.
NATURAL VOICE                
REGULAR VOICE
              Organ Flutes
Parameters               
Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs
   Song Creator                
About Song Recording
Realtime Recording                
Step Recording (page 101)
              1
                 Play back your new song
                 Quick Recording
              1
                 Multi Recording
2              
3
4                
5
6                
Operation
              1
3                
2 4
5                
Bar/Beat/Clock
              6
then enter the pitch by actually playing the note on the keyboard.                
Recording Melodies  Step Record (Note)
Play back the newly created melody              
2
4                
5
Recording Chord Changes for the Auto Accompaniment  Step  Record (Chord)                
Entering Chords and Sections (Chord Step)
              1
2                
Play back the newly created chord progression
              3
About Punch In/Out              
Select the Recording Options: Starting, Stopping,  Punching In/Out  Rec Mode
Editing Channel-related Parameters  Channel                
Quantize
About Quantize Size              
Editing a Recorded Song
              Delete
This lets you delete recorded data in the specied channel.                
Mix
              Channel Transpose
Set Up              
Editing Note Events  1 - 16
Note Events              
Editing Chord Events  CHD
Editing System Events  SYS/EX. (System Exclusive)                
Inputting and Editing Lyrics
Customizing the Event List  Filter              
1
3                
4
              Creating Accompaniment Styles  Style Creator
About Creating Accompaniment Styles                
Realtime Recording (page 115)
Step Recording (page 116)                
Assembling an Accompaniment Style (page 117)
              1
2 4                
3
5                
Realtime Recording  Basic
              2
3 4                
1
              Step Recording
Assembling an Accompaniment Style Assembly              
2
1                
3
Change the Rhythmic Feel  Groove and Dynamics                
Groove
              Edit the Created Accompaniment Style
              Dynamics
Dynamics parameters              
Editing the Channel Data
              Making Style File Format Settings  Parameter
Source Root/Chord                
NTR (Note Transposition Rule) and NTT (Note Transposition Table)
See the explanations below.                
When the Source Root is C:
              High Key/Note Limit
RTR (Retrigger Rule)              
Adjust the Volume Balance and Changing Voices
   Mixing Console                
About the parameters
2              
Setting the Level Balance and Voice  Volume/Voice
              Changing the Tone of the Voice  Filter
Changing Pitch-related Settings  Tune              
Adjusting the Effects
              Effect Block
              Adjusting the Sound to Match the Performance  Environment  EQ
              Effect Structure
              For Regular Voices (CVP-208)
For Natural Voices              
Using a Microphone  MIC.
VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC. SETTING                
ONE TOCTH SETTING
MUSIC FINDER                
ENTER
              Vocal Harmony Parameter List
Press the [EXIT] button to return to the previous  display.                
Operation
Adjusting the Vocal Harmony Settings and Microphone Effects   OVERALL SETTING                
3BAND EQ (3-BAND EQUALIZER)
              2
              COMPRESSOR
VOCAL HARMONY CONTROL                
MIC (MICROPHONE)
              Setting the Microphone Volume and Related Effects  TALK  SETTING
DSP/TYPE/DEPTH                
VOLUME/PAN/REVERB DEPTH/CHORUS DEPTH/TOTAL VOLUME ATTENUATOR
Making Global and Other Important Settings  Function                
ONE TOCTH SETTING
              3
              Making Settings for the Pedals and  Keyboard  Controller
Pedal (page 142)                
Keyboard / Panel (page 144)
Setting the Registration Sequence, Freeze,  and Voice Set                
Registration Sequence (page 145)
              Fine Tuning the Pitch/Selecting a Scale  Master Tune/Scale Tune
              Scale
Equal Temperament                
Pure Major/Pure Minor
Pythagorean                
Mean-Tone
              Setting Song-related Parameters  Song Settings
Setting Auto Accompaniment-related Parameters  Style Setting  and Split Point              
Setting Auto Accompaniment-related Parameters   Style Setting, Split Point, and Chord Fingering
Setting the Fingering Method  Chord Fingering                
Making Settings for the Pedals
              Making Settings for the Pedals and Keyboard  Controller
              Pedal-controllable Functions
* For best results, use the optional Yamaha FC7 Foot Controller.                
Changing the Touch Sensitivity and Transpose  Keyboard/Panel
Keyboard Touch                
Transpose Assign
              1 2
3                
Specifying the Order for Calling Up Registration Memory Presets   Registration Sequence
Maintaining Panel Settings  Freeze              
Setting the Registration Sequence, Freeze, and Voice Set
Execute the settings by pressing the [EXIT] button.                
Changing the Automatically Selected Voice Settings  Voice Set
              Setting Harmony and Echo
About the Harmony Types                
When a normal Harmony type (Standard Duet through Strum) is selected
When Multi Assign is selected                
When Echo is selected
              Showing the Clavinova Display on a TV  Video Out
Making Overall System Settings (Local Control, Clock, etc.)  System                
Local Control
Setting the MIDI Parameters              
1
2                
3
Clock, Transmit Clock, Receive Transpose, Start/Stop                
Clock
              Transmitting MIDI Data  Transmit
              Receiving MIDI Data  Receive
MIDI Receive Parts                
Setting Root Note Channels  Root
Setting Chord Channels  Chord Detect                
Making Settings for Fade In/Out, Metronome, Parameter Lock, and  Tap  CONFIG 1
              Other Settings  Utility
Parameter Lock                
Tap Count
This lets you change settings of the tap sound, used for the Tap Start function (page 55).              
Making Settings for the Display, Speaker System, and Voice Number  Indication  CONFIG 2
Copying and Formatting Disks  Disk                
1
2                
3
4              
Entering Your Name and Language Preference  Owner
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings of the CVP-210/208   System Reset                
Video Out settings (NTSC/PAL)
              Using Your Clavinova with Other Devices
1Using the Headphones  (PHONES jacks).                
2Connecting the Microphone  or Guitar (MIC./LINE IN jack).
1                
2
              345 Connecting Audio &  Video Devices
5Showing the display of the Clavinova on  a connected TV monitor (VIDEO OUT)              
6Using the Pedal (footswitch)  or Foot Controller (AUX  PEDAL jack)
7Connecting external MIDI  devices (MIDI terminals)                
8Connecting a computer (USB  terminal, MIDI terminal)
               Using the USB terminal
Using the MIDI terminals              
Whats MIDI?
              Example Keyboard Data
Channel Messages                
MIDI channels
System Messages              
What You Can Do With MIDI
              MIDI Data Compatibility
Disk format                
Sequence Format
SMF (Standard MIDI File)                
ESEQ
              Voice Allocation Format
GM System Level 1                
XG
DOC              
CVP-210/208: Keyboard Stand Assembly
        CAUTION                
Use the front legs as support to raise the unit.
on the bottom, lean the unit against the wall.                
in the correct direction. Please assemble in accordance with  the sequence given below.
              7
8                
9
Set the voltage selector and connect the power cord.                
        WARNING
                Troubleshooting
                 Problem Possible Cause and Solution
               Troubleshooting
Problem Possible Cause and Solution              
Specications
              Specifications
              Index
Numerics                
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C
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H                
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P
              Q
R                
S
T              
U
V                
W
X            
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