Yamaha CLP-156 Owner's Manual - Page 12

Touch Sensitivity Four different types of keyboard touch sensitivity - HARD, MEDIUM, SOFT or FIXED - can be selected to match different playing styles and preferences. The different touch sensitivity settings are selected by using the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] and [REVERB] buttons. HARD (ROOM indicator The HARD setting requires the keys to be played quite hard to produce maximum loudness. MEDIUM (HALL 1 indicator) ...... The MEDIUM setting produces a fairly "standard" keyboard response. This is the initial factory default setting. SOFT (HALL 2 indicator The SOFT setting allows maximum loudness to be produced with relatively light key pressure. FIXED (No indicator lit All notes are produced at the same volume no matter how hard the keyboard is REVERB ROOM HALL 1 HALL 2 COSMIC MIDI/ TRANSPOSE played. This is an ideal setting for voices which normally have no keyboard sensitivity (i.e. harpsichord and organ). To select a touch sensitivity setting press the [REVERB] button a few times while holding the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button until the indicator correspond- ing to the desired setting lights. q Memorizing the Touch Sensitivity Setting REVERB C7 ROOM HALL 1 HALL 2 COSMIC MIDI/ TRANSPOSE Press the C7 key while holding the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] and [REVERB] button to memorize the current touch sensitivity setting. The memorized setting will be retained in memory for about one week after the power is turned off, then the default setting (MEDIUM) will be restored. To keep the memorized setting for longer periods, turn the power on briefly at least once a week. If this setting is not memorized as described above, it is retained in memory only until the Clavinova is turned off. The Pedals The CLP-156 has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano. q Soft (Left) Pedal q Sostenuto (Center) Pedal q Damper (Right) Pedal 12 Pressing the soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played. If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes will be sustained as long as the pedal is held (as if the damper pedal had been pressed) but all subsequently played notes will not be sustained. This makes it possible to sustain a chord, for example, while other notes are played "staccato." The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano. When the damper pedal is pressed notes played have a long sustain. When no REVERB effect is selected and a piano voice is selected, the damper pedal also produces a special "resonance" that simulates the ring of the strings and the sound board of an acoustic piano. Releasing the pedal immediately stops (damps) any sustained notes. The CLP-156 damper pedal additionally features continuous damping. This allows you to create shorter effects by pressing the damper pedal down only part of the way.