Yamaha CVP-85A Owner's Manual - Page 4

Introduction Thank you for choosing a Yamaha Clavinova. Your Clavinova is a fine musical instrument that employs ad- vanced Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, your Clavinova will give you many years of musical pleas- ure. floppy disk (Style Disk). q AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator system offers a range of 60 rich, realistic voices. q A maximum of 32-note polyphony permits use of sophisticated playing techniques. q Piano-like touch response provides extensive expressive control and outstanding playability. q Dual and split play modes allow 2 voices to be played simultaneously or individually with the left and right hands. q 24 exciting accompaniment styles can be used to provide rhythm-only accompaniment or fully-orchestrated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment. 40 additional accompaniment styles are provided on q Full-keyboard ABC (Auto Bass Chord) provides accompaniment as you play across the entire keyboard. q 24 Solo Styleplay variations make it simple to produce rich, complex harmonies. q 10-track performance memory records and plays back your keyboard performances. q Internal 3.5" floppy disk drive provides extended Performance Memory capacity and Disk Orchestra playback capability - one blank floppy disk for recording and one Disk Orchestra Collection disk with corresponding score are provided. q MIDI compatibility, GM voices, and a range of MIDI functions make the Clavinova useful in a range of advanced MIDI music systems. In order to make the most of your Clavinova's performance potential and features, we urge you to read this Owner's Manual thoroughly, and keep it in a safe place for later reference. Taking Care of Your Clavinova ......... 1 The Panel Controls 2 Preparation 4 The Volume Controls 5 Demonstration Playback 6 Voice Selection 7 s Selecting the 60 Voices 7 s Keyboard Percussion 8 Dual Mode 9 s Engaging the Dual Mode 9 s Dual-mode Voice Balance 9 Split Mode 10 s Engaging the Split Mode 10 s Changing the Split Voices 10 s Changing the Split Point 10 s Split Balance 11 s Damper Pedal Operation in the Split Mode 11 Digital Reverb Effects 12 s Selecting a Reverb Effect 12 s Reverb Depth Control 12 The Keyboard & Polyphony 13 The Pedals 14 s Right Pedal (Damper Pedal 14 s Center Pedal (Sostenuto Pedal, CVP-87A only 14 s Left Pedal (Multi-function 14 Pan 15 Transposition 15 Pitch Control 16 s The Pitch Display 16 Accompaniment 17 s Style Selection 17 s Tempo Control 17 s Starting the Accompaniment 18 s Fill-ins 19 s Stopping the Accompaniment 19 s Metronome 19 Auto Bass Chord (ABC 20 s Single-finger Accompaniment 20 s Fingered Accompaniment 21 s Full-keyboard ABC 22 s Volume Control 22 s Changing the ABC Split Point 22 s Special Modes 22 Disk Styles 23 s Selecting & Loading Disk Styles ........ 23 s Using a Loaded Disk Style 24 Solo Styleplay 25 s Using Solo Styleplay 25 s Harmonization Variations 25 s The Left Pedal & Solo Styleplay ........ 25 Disk Orchestra 26 s Automatic Performance 26 s Playing Back only Specific Parts ....... 27 s Volume Control 28 s Guided Right- and Left-hand Practice .. 28 s Repeat Functions 29 s Other Playback Controls 30 s DISK ORCHESTRA COLLECTION Disk Copy 30 s Playing Other Types of Music Data ... 30 Performance Memory 31 Easy One-pass Recording & Playback . 31 Multi-track Recording & Playback ..... 32 s Adding New Tracks 34 s Punch-in Recording 35 s Playback 36 The Chord Sequence Function .......... 37 Disk Control 38 s Formatting a New Disk 38 s Copying Songs 39 s Deleting a Song 40 s Error Messages 40 Utility Mode 1 41 U1: Touch Sensitivity 41 U2: Accompaniment Volume Mode ....... 42 U3: Individual Key Tuning 42 U4: Style Tempo Switching 42 U5: Auto Synchro Start Switching ......... 43 U6: Random All Song Repeat 43 U7: Octave Shift 43 U8: Mute 43 U9: Minor Harmonization 43 UA: Damper Pedal Mode (CVP-87A only) 43 Ub: Standard MIDI File Playback Mode 43 Utility Mode 2 44 u1: Clavinova Common Voice Conversion 44 u2: Save Panel Settings 45 u3: Load Panel Settings 45 u4: Save Individual Key Tuning 45 u5: Load Individual Key Tuning 46 u6: Quantize Song Data 46 MIDI Functions 47 s Send and Receive Channel Select .... 47 s Local Control ON/OFF 48 s Program Change ON/OFF 48 s Control Change ON/OFF 48 s The Multi-Timbre Mode 49 s The Split Send Mode 49 s MIDI Clock Select 50 s Panel Data Send 50 s MIDI Transpose Transmit 50 s The Clavinova Common Voice Mode 50 The Connectors 51 Troubleshooting 52 Options 52 Index 53 Assembly i MIDI Data Format vii Specifications xi Fingering Chart xii MIDI Implementation Chart xvii