Yamaha PDP-300 Owner's Manual - Page 8

LISTEN TO THE DEMONSTRATION The PDP-300 is programmed to automatically play two demonstration tunes to give you a sample of their superb sound. 1. Impromptus Op. 142-3 (F. Schubert) 2. West Coast (Original) The demonstration tunes can be selected and played by pressing the C7 key (the highest key on the keyboard) while holding the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button. Hold [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] and press the C7 key once to hear the first demonstration tune, twice to hear the second tune. Pressing the C7 key more than twice in the PDP-300 causes all the demo tunes to be played in sequence and repeated until the demonstration is stopped by pressing the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button again. PLAYING THE PDP-300 After making sure that the PDP-300's AC plug is properly inserted into a convenient AC wall outlet: 1. Press the [POWER] switch located to the left of the keyboard to turn the power ON. When the power is turned ON, the [PIANO 1] voice selector LED will light (the PIANO 1 voice is automatically selected whenever the power is turned ON). 2. Initially set the [MASTER VOLUME] control about three quarters of the way towards the "MAX" setting. Then, when you start playing, adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] control for the most comfortable listening level. 3. Select the desired voice by pressing one of the voice selectors. 4. Play. All voices except CLAVINOVA TONE have 16- note polyphony. The CLAVINOVA TONE voice has 8-note polyphony. The PDP-300 also offers keyboard touch response, so the volume and timbre of notes played can be controlled according to how "hard" you play the keys. The amount of variation available depends on the selected voice. 5. You can also add REVERB effects as desired by using the [REVERB] button. (see "THE CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS" on page 4.) 6