Yamaha PF-500 Features

12

PF-500

DEMO TEMPO

SONG BALANCEMASTER VOLUME

SONG KEYBOARD VARIATION BRIGHTMELLOW

BRILLIANCE

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

E.PIANO

1

STRINGS

E.PIANO

2

CHOIR

SPLIT CHORUSREVERB

GRAND

PIANO 2

JAZZ

ORGAN

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

VIBRA-

PHONE

VOICE

SETTING

MIDI

SETTING

OTHER

SETTING

SONG

SETTING

FILE

C

A

D

B

UPDOWN E.BASS XG

GUITAR

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

WOOD

BASS

VOICE

TRACK

2

START

/

STOP

SONG SELECT

NEW SONG

TRACK

1

TOP

SYNCHRO START

EXTRA

TRACKS

REC

SONG

MAXMIN

SETTINGSTART/STOP

METRONOME

EXIT

CONTRAST

EFFECT

AUX PEDALAC INLET

AUX IN

R

L/L+R

MIDI

IN THRUOUT

PEDAL TO HOST USB

HOST SELECT

MIDIPC-2 USBMac

PHONES

ON OFF

POWER

RL R

L/L+R

AUX OUT

LEVEL FIXED

A set of standard

stereo headphones

can be plugged in

here for private prac-

tice. (page 16)

Connect a MIDI device

here to use various MIDI

functions. (page 52, 56)

(About MIDI—page 77)

Connect an optional pedal

here and assign one of

the various functions to

the pedal. (page 52)

This jack and selector switch allow di-

rect connection to a personal computer

for sequencing and other music appli-

cations. (page 53–58)

This connector can be

connected to your com-

puter, allowing you to

transfer MIDI data be-

tween the PF-500 and

the computer. (page 52)

These jacks allow you to

connect an external tone

generator to reproduce the

sound via the PF-500’s

internal sound system and

speakers. (page 51)

You can output the sound of

the PF-500 from an external

audio system, or connect it to

a cassette tape recorder etc.

and record your playing.

(page 52)

Features

The Yamaha PF-500 electronic piano features rich sounds produced by Yamaha’s proprietary

“AWM dynamic stereo

sampling”

tone generator system and a “

Graded Hammer”

keyboard that varies the key weight according to the key

range, giving these electronic pianos a “playing-feel” that is very close to the keyboard of a genuine grand piano. The

PF-500 GrandPiano1 voice features 3 velocity-switched samples (

Dynamic Sampling

), “

String Resonance

”

(page 83) that recreates resonance of piano strings, special “

Sustain Sampling

” (page 83)that samples the unique res-

onance of an acoustic grand piano’s soundboard and strings when the damper pedal is pressed, and “

Key-off Sam-

ples

” that add the subtle sound produced when the keys are released. The PF-500 comes much closer to the sound of

a true acoustic piano.

Contents

Main Owner's Manual DIC 338 SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION CAUTION Introduction PRECAUTIONS 1/2 Location Assembling the keyboard stand Do not open Saving and backing up your data 2/2 Connections Saving data About this Owners Manual and Reference Booklet Reference Booklet: Appendix: Detailed Settings: Table of contents Introduction.......................................................... 2 Basic Operation .................................................. 17 Table of contents Detailed Settings ................................................ 59 Table of contents Appendix ............................................................ 93 Application Index Page Page Features Features Before Using the PF-500 About the pedal unit Insert the plug of the pedal unit, with the arrow in the plug facing upward. About the music stand Before Using the PF-500 Turning the power on Press the [POWER] switch again to turn off the power to the PF-500. 1. Connect the power cable. 2. Turn on the power to the PF-500. 12 Adjusting the display contrast Setting the volume Using headphones Page Part Names Top panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B Page Listening to the Demonstration Tunes The indicators of the voice group buttons will blink in succession. Demonstration tunes 1. Press the [DEMO] button to engage the demo mode. 2. 3. 4. Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs the number of measures 23 4 Press the SONG [START/STOP] button to start playback. Playing the 50 piano preset songs 3. Fast forward and rewind 4. Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs You can turn parts on or off, even during playback. 1. 2. Press the SONG [START/STOP] button to start playback. Play the part you just turned off. Synchro: Synchronous;occurring at the same time Starting playback automatically as you start playing the keyboard (Synchro Start) 3. Selecting and Playing Voices Selecting Voices 1. Press a voice group button. Use VARIATION [][] or A [][+] to select a voice. If you select XG Using the pedals Damper (right) pedal Sostenuto (center) pedal Soft pedal (left) Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS] Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main screen. [BRILLIANCE] Press one of the BRILLIANCE [MELLOW]/ [BRIGHT] buttons to select the desired tonality. Normal...........Standard tone [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. Combining two voices (Dual mode) 1. Press two voice group buttons simultaneously. Use the A []/[+] buttons and B []/[+] buttons to select a voice. 3. Press any voice group button. 1. 3. 4. Splitting the keyboard range and playing two differ- ent voices (Split mode) 1. Press [SPLIT]. 2. Use the voice group buttons and VARIATION [][] to select the voice for the right-hand area. 3. 4. 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 4 54 Press the SONG SELECT [ ] [ ] buttons simultaneously. Recording a New Song Recording to [TRACK 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 [TOP] button. The PF-500 locates the top of the song. 5. 1. 2. 3. 3-1 PF-500 39 1. Select a voice (or voices) for recording. Repeat Step 2 on page 36. 2. Press and hold down the [REC] button and press the [TRACK 2] button. 1. 2. Other recording techniques 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. adjustments. Recording in Dual or Split mode Tracks assigned for recording Dual Split Split+Dual Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE] PF-500 memory Basic le operation 1. 54 Select a song you wish to save or rename. 2. Press the [FILE] button. To close the File menu, press the [EXIT] button once or twice. Saving recorded or other songs to PF-500 Storage memory...[SaveToMemory] 4-1 4-2 Deleting a Memory song...[DeleteSong] This deletes a song from memory. You cannot delete a preset song or the cur- rent song. See page 44 for basic operation information. The following is a detailed pro- cedure of Step 4. 4-1 Use the C []/[+] buttons to select a song. 4. section (page 45). Changing the type of characters on screen...[Char- acterCode] Playing Back Recorded Songs to select a song. Playing back a song 1. Press either the SONG SELECT [ ]/[ ] buttons. 3. 4. 5. Press the [EXIT] button. 50 Turning track playback on and off Supported song data type Connections Connectors 1 2 3 4 5 6 Connecting a personal computer 1. Connection PF-500 55 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. Windows (with a serial port of D-sub 9-pin) Macintosh 2. Connection MIDI OUT Set the PF-500 HOST SELECT switch to MIDI. Use a MIDI interface device to connect a computer to the PF-500 using special MIDI cables. 3. EFFECT SONG VOICE SONG BALANCEMASTER VOLUME Page Page Detailed Settings Parameter List Metronome METRONOME [SETTING] Recording and playback [SONG SETTING] Voices [VOICE SETTING] In Dual mode, parameters with the mark are set for Voice 1 and Voice 2 individually. * [OTHER SETTING] Making detailed settings 11 12 3 5 3 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. PF-500 65 Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING] 3 3 3 Specifies the type of note. D 66 Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING] Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with the rst voicing [QuickPlay] Auditioning the channels [ChannelListen] Deleting data from each chan- nel [ChannelClear] Playing back the phrase speci- ed by the phrase number [PhraseMark] Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat] 68 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 PF-500 metronome. Press the [METRONOME SETTING] button to access the Metronome Setting menu. Setting range for the numerator: Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING] [VOICE SETTING] 1. ting menu. 2. 70 Setting the octave [Octave]* Setting the volume level [Volume]* Setting the position of right and left channels [Pan]* Make ne adjustments to the pitch (only in Dual mode) [Detune] Selecting the reverb type [ReverbType] Setting the reverb depth [ReverbSend]* Selecting the chorus type [Chorus Type] Setting the chorus depth [ChorusSend]* 72 Setting the chorus on/off [ChorusOnOff] Selecting the DSP type* [DSP Type (DSP)] Setting the speed of the vibra- phone vibrato effect* [VibeRo- torSpeed] Page Page Setting the touch sensitivity [TouchSense]* Setting the right pedal func- tion [RPedal] Setting the center pedal func- tion [MPedal] 76 Setting the left pedal function [LPedal] Setting the auxiliary pedal function [AuxPedal] MIDI [MIDI SETTING] You can make detailed MIDI settings, such as setting up MIDI transmit/receive channels. Use this connector to connect the PF-500 and computer. About MIDI MIDI connectors 78 Press the [MIDI SETTING] button to enter MIDI setting mode. USB D C Setting Local control on/off [LocalControl] Selecting performance from the keyboard or song data for MIDI transmission [MidiOutSe- lect] Selecting a type of data received via MIDI [ReceivePa- rameter] Selecting a type of data trans- mitted via MIDI [TransmitPa- rameter] Page 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] 82 Selecting a scale [Scale] Changing the key [Transpose] Specifying the Split Point [SplitPoint] Page 84 Assign the SONG [START/ STOP] function to the pedal [PedalStart/Stop] Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal [AuxPedalType] Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts to affect the sound [HalfPedalPoint] Pitch bend range [PitchBendRange] Switch the speaker on/off [Speaker] Selecting items saved at shut- down [MemoryBackUp] Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet] Other method for restoring the normal settings Message List Page Page Page Questions about Operations and Functions Questions about Operations and Functions Page Page Troubleshooting Data Compatibility Basic Check Points Sequence Format Data Compatibility Voice Allocation Format Preset Voice List : YES, : No Preset Voice List Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split) Assembling the Keyboard Stand 1. Attaching the front legs to the stand. 2. 3. Assembling the Keyboard Stand 4. position. 6. 5. 7. 8. Index Numerics A B C Index R S T U Page IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING 1. 2. PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) CAUTION: ATTENTION: PF-500 107 CANADA NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA OCEANIA Owner's Manual DIC 338