Yamaha CP50 Owner's Manual - Page 6

Welcome Thank you for choosing the Yamaha CP5 or CP50 Stage Piano. This stage piano features a rich spectrum of piano voices, amplifier simulators, and effectors that faithfully reproduce the characteristics of classic instruments, and by combining these building blocks in whatever way you desire, you can easily create a vast range of piano sounds - from the standard to the truly original - with this one single instrument. Furthermore, your CP5 or CP50 also comes complete with many other voices, such as strings and guitars, and these can be combined with piano voices to produce original ensemble sounds. Whether put to use in a live or studio setting, your stage piano will open up a whole new world of sonic possibilities. In order that you can take full advantage of the advanced, highly-convenient functions that the CP5 and CP50 have to offer, we strongly recommend that you read this Owner's Manual carefully. In addition, please keep this booklet in a safe place so that you can refer back to it whenever needed. Package Contents • Power cord (CP5) / Power adaptor (CP50)*1 • FC3 foot pedal • Owner's Manual (this booklet) • Owner's Manual CD-ROM (containing the Reference Manual and Data List documents) • DVD-ROM (containing bundled DAW software)*2 *1: May not be included in your area. Please check with your Yamaha dealer. *2: For details regarding the above DVD-ROM, please refer to page 59. Reference Guides Your CP5 or CP50 stage piano comes with three different reference guides - the Owner's Manual (this document), the Reference Manual, and the Data List. While this Owner's Manual is packaged together with the stage piano as a hardcopy booklet, the Reference Manual and the Data List are provided as pdf documents on the bundled CD-ROM.  Owner's Manual (this booklet) This Owner's Manual describes how to set up your CP5 or CP50 and how to perform basic operations.  Reference Manual (pdf document) The Reference Manual describes the internal design of your CP5 or CP50 and the various parameters that can be adjusted and set.  Data List (pdf document) The Data List document provides a list of all CP5 or CP50 presets (referred to as Performances); a breakdown of the types of Modulation Effect and Power-Amplifier / Compressor blocks available for selection; a list of the parameters that can be set for each of these blocks; and MIDI-related reference material. Using PDF Manuals The Reference Manual and Data List are provided with your CP5 or CP50 in the form of pdf documents. As such, a computer and suitable software will be required in order to read them. We recommend that Adobe® Reader® be used for this purpose as it allows you to quickly and easily search for keywords, to print out specific sections, and to conveniently jump from page to page by clicking embedded links. Keyword searching and link-based navigation in particular are extremely useful functions available only with digital-type documents. The most-recent version of Adobe® Reader® can be downloaded from the following web page. http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/ About the latest Firmware Version Yamaha may from time to time update firmware of the product and the other associated software without notice for improvement. We recommend that you check our web site for later releases and upgrade your firmware of the CP5/50 or the associated software. http://www.yamahasynth.com/ Note that the explanations in this Owner's Manual apply to the version of firmware when this Owner's Manual was produced. For details about the additional functions due to later releases, refer to the above website. 6 CP5/CP50 Owner's Manual