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PF-500

Table of contents

Introduction.......................................................... 2

PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................................ 3

About this Owner’s Manual and Reference Booklet..................................................................................................... 5

Table of contents ...................................................................................................................................6
Application Index................................................................................................................................... 9
Included Accessories ............................................................................................................................11
Features................................................................................................................................................ 12
Before Using the PF-500 ...................................................................................................................... 14

About the pedal unit..................................................................................................................................................... 14
About the music stand.................................................................................................................................................. 14
Turning the power on................................................................................................................................................... 15
Adjusting the display contrast...................................................................................................................................... 16
Setting the volume ........................................................................................................................................................16
Using headphones......................................................................................................................................................... 16

Basic Operation .................................................. 17

Part Names........................................................................................................................................... 18
Listening to the Demonstration Tunes................................................................................................ 20
Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs .....................................................................................................22

Playing the 50 piano preset songs ................................................................................................................................ 22
Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs....................................................................................................... 24

Selecting and Playing Voices ...............................................................................................................26

Selecting Voices............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Using the pedals ............................................................................................................................................................27
Adding variation to the sound
[BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS]..................................................................................................................... 28
Combining two voices (Dual mode)............................................................................................................................ 30
Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode) ............................................................32
Using the metronome................................................................................................................................................... 34

Recording Your Performance............................................................................................................... 35

Recording a New Song.................................................................................................................................................. 35
Recording to [TRACK 1]........................................................................................................................................ 35
Re-recording TRACK 1........................................................................................................................................... 37
Re-recording TRACK 1 partially............................................................................................................................ 38
Recording to [TRACK2]......................................................................................................................................... 39
Recording to the third or more tracks [EXTRA TRACKS] ..................................................................................40
Other recording techniques.......................................................................................................................................... 40
Adding data to or recording over an existing song ...............................................................................................40
Changing a voice or tempo after recording........................................................................................................... 41
Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance [SONG BALANCE] .........................42
Recording in Dual or Split mode ...........................................................................................................................42
Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]...................................................................... 43
PF-500 memory....................................................................................................................................................... 43
Basic file operation.................................................................................................................................................. 44
Saving recorded or other songs to PF-500 Storage memory...[SaveToMemory]...................................................... 45
Deleting a Memory song...[DeleteSong]...................................................................................................................... 46