Yamaha PDP-400 Owner's Manual - Page 32
Volume Control, Guided Right- and Left-hand Practice
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28 Disk Orchestra s Volume Control RHYTHM BASS CHORD 1 CHORD 2 Drum and Percussion parts (track 15). Bass part (track 3). Other backing parts except Bass (track 4-10). Main left- and right-hand parts (track 1 & 2). During DISK ORCHESTRA playback use the RHYTHM volume control to adjust the volume of the drum and percussion parts, the CHORD 2 volume control adjusts the volume of the main left- and right-hand parts, the CHORD 1 volume control adjusts the volume of all other parts except the bass, and the BASS control adjusts the volume of the bass part. NOTES • When a different song is selected the volume settings will correspond to those in the song data, regardless of the positions of the volume controls. s Guided Right- and Left-hand Practice After turning GUIDE on... RIGHT/1TR LEFT/2TR Left- and right-hand guide = or RIGHT/1TR LEFT/2TR Right-hand guide only = RIGHT/1TR LEFT/2TR Left-hand guide only = RIGHT/1TR LEFT/2TR With this feature, the PDP-400 waits for you to play the appropriate keys before playing ahead, so you can learn to play the piece at your own pace. Press the [GUIDE] button so that its indicator lights to turn the guide mode on. The settings of the [RIGHT/1TR] and [LEFT/2TR] buttons will then determine whether the guide function operates for the left-hand part only, the righthand part only, or both the right- and left-hand parts, as listed to the left. When you press the [START/STOP] button to begin playback, the introduction will play automatically but then the PDP-400 will stop and wait for you to play the next key(s). As you play the appropriate keys, the piece will continue, pausing until you play the right keys each time. As with automated performance, the song will stop automatically when the end is reached, or it can be stopped at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button. NOTES • Disk Orchestra playback tempo can be set to any desired value after a song has been selected by using the TEMPO [v] and [w] buttons. • The [PAUSE], [REW] and [FF] buttons will not operate when the guide function is in use. q Guide Modes ... The PDP-400 has two guide modes which can be selected as follows: q Normal Wait: A -1 GUIDE This mode is automatically selected when the power is turned on. It can also be selected by pressing the A-1 key (the lowest key) while holding the [GUIDE] button. In the normal wait mode the PDP-400 will wait until the appropriate key or chord is played before proceeding to the next note. q Delayed Wait: B -1 This mode can be selected by pressing the B-1 key (the second-to-lowest GUIDE white key) while holding the [GUIDE] button. In the delayed wait mode the PDP-400 will play ahead for 8 quarter-note beats (two measures in 4/4 time) and then wait until the appropriate key or chord is played.