Yamaha CLP-480 Owner's Manual - Page 16

Using the pedals This instrument is equipped with three foot pedals: damper pedal (right), sostenuto pedal (center), and soft pedal (left). Damper pedal (right pedal) When you press the damper pedal, the notes you play have a longer sustain. When you select a Grand Piano Voice, pressing the damper pedal activates the instrument's special "Sustain Samples" to accurately recreate the unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano's soundboard and strings. You can set the depth of the Sustain Sampling (page 71). When you press the damper pedal here, the notes you play before you release the pedal have a longer sustain. Half-pedal function This instrument also has a Half-pedal function which allows you to use half-damper techniques, in which the damper is pressed somewhere between all the way down and all the way up. In this half-damper state (on a real piano), the damper felts only partially mute the strings. The Half-pedal function on the Clavinova lets you delicately and expressively control the damper muting, and create subtle nuances in your performance. It also lets you finely control the point at which pressure on the pedal affects the damper muting. (Refer to "Other settings - [FUNCTION]" on page 70.) GP Responsive Damper Pedal The damper pedal of this instrument is the GP Responsive Damper Pedal. This special pedal has been designed to provide enhanced tactile response and, when pressed, is much closer in feel to the pedal of an actual grand piano. It makes it easier to physically experience the half-pedal point and more easily apply the half-pedal effect than other pedals. Since the pressing sensation may vary depending on the situation, including the location where the instrument is installed, you should adjust the halfpedal point to the desired setting (page 70). Sostenuto pedal (center pedal) If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while holding the note(s), the notes will sustain as long as the pedal is held. All subsequent notes will not sustain. Soft pedal (left pedal) When you press the sostenuto pedal here while holding the note(s), the notes will sustain as long as you hold the pedal. The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played while the pedal is pressed. The soft pedal will not affect notes that are already playing when it is pressed. When you wish to apply this effect, play notes after pressing the pedal. Keep in mind that this pedal function will be changed from the Soft pedal depending on the selected Voice. When the Jazz Organ or Mellow Organ is selected, pressing and releasing this pedal switches between "fast" and "slow" of the Rotary Speaker speed ("RotarySpeed" on page 64). When the Vibraphone is selected, this pedal switches between on and off of the Vibrato ("VibeRotorOnOff " on page 64). NOTE For details about the Grand Piano Voices to which the Sustain Sampling can be applied, refer to Preset Voice List (detailed) on page 75. NOTE You can assign other functions to each pedal by using "RPedalFunc," "CPedalFunc" and "LPedalFunc" in Voice Setting (page 65). NOTE The pedals are covered with vinyl covers when shipped from the factory. For optimum use of the GP Responsive Damper Pedal, we recommend that you remove the cover from the damper pedal. NOTE While the sostenuto (center) pedal is held, the Voices in the [PIPE ORGAN], [JAZZ ORGAN], [STRINGS], [CHOIR] and some Voices in the [XG] may sound continuously without decay after the notes have been released. NOTE The center pedal or left pedal can be used as equivalent to the [PLAY/PAUSE] button on the panel by setting the "PedalPlay/Pause" parameter (page 70). 16 Introduction Getting Started - Playing the Clavinova as a Piano