Yamaha CLP-990M Owner's Manual - Page 7

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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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Handling the Floppy Disk Drive(FDD) and Floppy Disk

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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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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
Handling the Floppy Disk Drive(FDD) and Floppy Disk	13
Precautions	13
Compatible Disk Type	13
Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks	13
To eject a floppy disk:	13
Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head	13
About the Floppy Disks	14
Maintenance	14
Tuning	14
Transporting	14
Included Accessories	15
Features	16
Before Using the Clavinova	18
Key cover	18
Adjusting the music stand angle	18
Turning the power on	19
Adjusting the display contrast	20
Setting the volume	20
Using headphones	20
Part Names	22
Top panel	22
Connectors	23
Listening to the Demonstration Tunes	24
Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs	26
Playing the 50 piano preset songs	26
Adjusting the tempo	27
Fast forward and rewind	27
Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs	28
Selecting and Playing Voices	30
Selecting Voices	30
Using the pedals	31
Damper (right) pedal	31
Sostenuto (center) pedal	31
Soft pedal (left)	31
Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS]	32
Transposition ... [TRANSPOSE]	34
Combining two voices (Dual mode)	35
Dual mode using voices in different voice groups	35
Dual mode using voices in the same voice group	36
Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode)	37
Using the metronome	40
Adjusting the tempo	40
Recording Your Performance	41
Recording a New Song	41
Recording to [TRACK 1]	41
Re-recording TRACK 1	43
Re-recording TRACK 1 partially	44
Recording to [TRACK2]	45
Recording to the third or more tracks [EXTRA TRACKS]	46
Other recording techniques	46
Adding data to or recording over an existing song	46
Changing a voice or tempo after recording	47
Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance [SONG BALANCE]	48
Recording in Dual or Split mode	49
Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]	50
Clavinova memory	50
Basic file operation	51
Saving recorded or other songs to Clavinova Storage memory...[SaveToMemory]	52
Saving recorded or other songs to floppy disk...[SaveToDisk]	53
Deleting songs in Clavinova Storage memory or a floppy disk...[DeleteSong]	53
Renaming a song...[RenameSong]	54
Copying data from one floppy disk to another...[CopyDisk]	55
Formatting a floppy disk...[FormatDisk]	56
Changing the type of characters on screen...[CharacterCode]	56
Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data	57
Playing back a song	57
Turning track playback on and off	59
Supported song data type	59
Song data recorded on other instruments	60
Connections	61
Connectors	61
Connecting a personal computer	63
Detailed Settings	70
Parameter List	70
Making detailed settings	72
Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]	74
Correcting note timing [Quantize]	74
Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with the first voicing [QuickPlay]	75
Auditioning the channels [ChannelListen]	75
Deleting data from each channel [ChannelClear]	75
Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly [FromToRepeat]	75
Playing back the phrase specified by the phrase number [PhraseMark]	76
Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat]	76
Detailed settings for the metronome METRONOME [SETTING]	77
Setting the metronome time signature [TimeSignature]	77
Setting the metronome volume level [MetronomeVolume]	77
Selecting the metronome voice [MetronomeSound]	77
Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]	78
Setting the octave [Octave]*	78
Setting the volume level [Volume]*	78
Setting the position of right and left channels [Pan]*	79
Fine tuning the pitch (only in Dual mode) [Detune]	79
Selecting the reverb type [ReverbType]	79
Setting the reverb depth [ReverbSend]*	79
Selecting the chorus type [Chorus Type]	80
Setting the chorus depth [ChorusSend]*	80
Setting the chorus on/off [ChorusOnOff]	80
Selecting the variation effect type [VariationType]	80
Setting the variation effect depth [VariationSend]*	81
Setting the touch sensitivity [TouchSense]*	81
Setting the right pedal function [RPedal]	81
Setting the center pedal function [MPedal]	82
Setting the left pedal function [LPedal]	82
Setting the auxiliary pedal function [AuxPedal]	82
MIDI [MIDI SETTING]	83
About MIDI	83
Setting the MIDI transmit channel [MidiOutChannel]	84
Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port A) [MidiInAChannel]	84
Setting the MIDI receive channel (Port B) [MidiInAChannel]	85
Setting Local control on/off [LocalControl]	85
Selecting performance from the keyboard or song data for MIDI transmission [MidiOutSelect]	85
Selecting a type of data received via MIDI [ReceiveParameter]	85
Selecting a type of data transmitted via MIDI [TransmitParameter]	86
Executing song data bulk dump [SongBulkDump]	86
Transmitting the initial settings on the panel [InitialSetup]	86
Executing voice data bulk dump [VoiceBulkDump]	86
Other settings	87
Selecting a touch response [TouchResponse]	87
Fine tuning the pitch [Tune]	87
Selecting a tuning curve for a piano voice [PianoTuningCurve]	87
Selecting a scale [Scale]	88
Depth of string resonance [StringResonanceDepth]	88
Depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal [SustainSamplingDepth]	88
Setting the speed of vibraphone’s vibrato effect [VibraphoneRotorSpeed]	89
Selecting a pedal function for vibraphone [VibraphonePedalMode]	89
Assigning the START/PAUSE function to a pedal [PedalStart/ Pause]	89
Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal [AuxPedalType]	89
Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts to affect the sound [HalfPedalPoint]	90
Pitch bend range [PitchBendRange]	90
Replacing the XG voices with preset voices [XGAlternative]	90
Selecting items saved at shutdown [MemoryBackUp]	91
Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet]	91
Other method for restoring the normal settings	91
Message List	92
Questions about Operations and Functions	97
Troubleshooting	100
Data Compatibility	101
Basic Check Points	101
Disk format	101
Sequence Format	101
Voice Allocation Format	102
Preset Voice List	103
Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split)	105

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