Yamaha CLP-970A Owner's Manual - Page 7

CLP-970A

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Table of contents

Introduction

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PRECAUTIONS

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About this Owner’s Manual and Reference Booklet

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Table of contents

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Application Index

Use this index to find reference pages that may be helpful for your application and situation

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Maintenance

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Included Accessories

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Features

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Before Using the Clavinova

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Key cover

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Music stand

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Turning the power on

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Adjusting the display contrast

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Setting the volume

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Using headphones

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Basic Operation

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Part Names

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Listening to the Demonstration Tunes

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Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

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Playing the 50 piano preset songs

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Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs

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Selecting and Playing Voices

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Selecting Voices

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Using the pedals

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Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS]

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Transposition ... [TRANSPOSE]

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Combining two voices (Dual mode)

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Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode)

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Using the metronome

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Recording Your Performance

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Recording a New Song

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Recording to [TRACK 1]

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Re-recording TRACK 1

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Re-recording TRACK 1 partially

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Recording to [TRACK2]

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Recording to the third or more tracks [EXTRA TRACKS]

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Other recording techniques

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Adding data to or recording over an existing song

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Changing a voice or tempo after recording

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Section	Page
PRECAUTIONS	3
About this Owner’s Manual and Reference Booklet	6
Table of contents	7
Application Index Use this index to find reference pages that may be helpful for your application...	11
Maintenance	13
Tuning	13
Transporting	13
Included Accessories	13
Features	14
Before Using the Clavinova	16
Key cover	16
Music stand	16
Turning the power on	17
Adjusting the display contrast	18
Setting the volume	18
Using headphones	18
Part Names	20
Top panel	20
Connectors	21
Listening to the Demonstration Tunes	22
Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs	24
Playing the 50 piano preset songs	24
Adjusting the tempo	25
Using the metronome	25
Fast forward and rewind	25
Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs	26
Selecting and Playing Voices	28
Selecting Voices	28
Using the pedals	29
Damper (right) pedal	29
Sostenuto (center) pedal	29
Soft pedal (left)	29
Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS]	30
Transposition ... [TRANSPOSE]	32
Combining two voices (Dual mode)	33
Dual mode using voices in different voice groups	33
Dual mode using voices in the same voice group	34
Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode)	35
Using the metronome	38
Adjusting the tempo	38
Recording Your Performance	39
Recording a New Song	39
Recording to [TRACK 1]	39
Re-recording TRACK 1	41
Re-recording TRACK 1 partially	42
Recording to [TRACK2]	43
Recording to the third or more tracks [EXTRA TRACKS]	44
Other recording techniques	44
Adding data to or recording over an existing song	44
Changing a voice or tempo after recording	45
Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance [SONG BALANCE]	46
Recording in Dual or Split mode	47
Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]	48
Clavinova memory	48
Basic file operation	49
Saving recorded or other songs to Clavinova Storage memory...[SaveToMemory]	50
Deleting songs in Clavinova Storage memory... [DeleteSong]	51
Renaming a song...[RenameSong]	52
Changing the type of characters on screen...[CharacterCode]	52
Playing Back Recorded Songs	53
Playing back a song	53
Turning track playback on and off	55
Connections	56
Connectors	56
Connecting a personal computer	58
Detailed Settings	64
Parameter List	64
Making detailed settings	66
Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]	68
Correcting note timing [Quantize]	68
Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with the first voicing [QuickPlay]	69
Auditioning the channels [ChannelListen]	69
Deleting data from each channel [ChannelClear]	69
Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly [FromToRepeat]	69
Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat]	70
Detailed settings for the metronome METRONOME [SETTING]	71
Setting the metronome time signature [TimeSignature]	71
Setting the metronome volume level [MetronomeVolume]	71
Selecting the metronome voice [MetronomeSound]	71
Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]	72
Setting the octave [Octave]*	72
Setting the volume level [Volume]*	72
Setting the position of right and left channels [Pan]*	73
Fine tuning the pitch (only in Dual mode) [Detune]	73
Selecting the reverb type [ReverbType]	73
Setting the reverb depth [ReverbSend]*	73
Selecting the chorus type [Chorus Type]	74
Setting the chorus depth [ChorusSend]*	74
Setting the chorus on/off [ChorusOnOff]	74
Selecting the variation effect type [VariationType]	74
Setting the variation effect depth [VariationSend]*	75
Setting the touch sensitivity [TouchSense]*	75
Setting the right pedal function [RPedal]	75
Setting the center pedal function [MPedal]	76
Setting the left pedal function [LPedal]	76
Setting the auxiliary pedal function [AuxPedal]	76
MIDI [MIDI SETTING]	77
About MIDI	77
Setting the MIDI transmit channel [MidiOutChannel]	78
Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port A) [MidiInAChannel]	78
Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port B) [MidiInAChannel]	79
Setting Local control on/off [LocalControl]	79
Selecting performance from the keyboard or song data for MIDI transmission [MidiOutSelect]	79
Selecting a type of data received via MIDI [ReceiveParameter]	79
Selecting a type of data transmitted via MIDI [TransmitParameter]	80
Executing song data bulk dump [SongBulkDump]	80
Transmitting the initial settings on the panel [InitialSetup]	80
Executing voice data bulk dump [VoiceBulkDump]	80
Other settings	81
Selecting a touch response [TouchResponse]	81
Fine tuning the pitch [Tune]	81
Selecting a tuning curve for a piano voice [PianoTuningCurve]	81
Selecting a scale [Scale]	82
Depth of string resonance [StringResonanceDepth]	82
Depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal [SustainSamplingDepth]	82
Setting the speed of vibraphone’s vibrato effect [VibraphoneRotorSpeed]	83
Selecting a pedal function for vibraphone [VibraphonePedalMode]	83
Assigning the START/PAUSE function to a pedal [PedalStart/ Pause]	83
Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal [AuxPedalType]	83
Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts to affect the sound [HalfPedalPoint]	84
Pitch bend range [PitchBendRange]	84
Replacing the XG voices with preset voices [XGAlternative]	84
Selecting items saved at shutdown [MemoryBackUp]	85
Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet]	85
Other method for restoring the normal settings	85
Message List	86
Questions about Operations and Functions	89
Troubleshooting	92
Preset Voice List	93
Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split)	95
CLP-970A/970AM/970AC: Keyboard Stand Assembly	96

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