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Included Accessories Pedal Unit Keyboard Stand Music Stand Bench (included or optional depending on locale) Dust Cover (included or optional depending on locale) Owner's Manual Reference Booklet PF-500 11

Section	Page
Introduction	2
PRECAUTIONS	3
About this Owner’s Manual and Reference Booklet	5
Table of contents	6
Application Index	9
Included Accessories	11
Features	12
Before Using the PF-500	14
About the pedal unit	14
About the music stand	14
Turning the power on	15
Adjusting the display contrast	16
Setting the volume	16
Using headphones	16
Basic Operation	17
Part Names	18
Top panel	18
Connectors (Left side panel)	19
Listening to the Demonstration Tunes	20
Demonstration tunes	20
Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs	22
Playing the 50 piano preset songs	22
Adjusting the tempo	23
Fast forward and rewind	23
Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs	24
Selecting and Playing Voices	26
Selecting Voices	26
If you select XG	26
Using the pedals	27
Damper (right) pedal	27
Sostenuto (center) pedal	27
Soft pedal (left)	27
Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS]	28
[BRILLIANCE]	28
[REVERB]	29
[CHORUS]	29
Combining two voices (Dual mode)	30
Dual mode using voices in different voice groups	30
Dual mode using voices in the same voice group	31
Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode)	32
Using the metronome	34
Adjusting the tempo	34
Recording Your Performance	35
Recording a New Song	35
Recording to [TRACK 1]	35
Re-recording TRACK 1	37
Re-recording TRACK 1 partially	38
Recording to [TRACK2]	39
Recording to the third or more tracks [EXTRA TRACKS]	40
Other recording techniques	40
Adding data to or recording over an existing song	40
Changing a voice or tempo after recording	41
Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance [SONG BALANCE]	42
Recording in Dual or Split mode	42
Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]	43
PF-500 memory	43
Basic file operation	44
Saving recorded or other songs to PF-500 Storage memory...[SaveToMemory]	45
Deleting a Memory song...[DeleteSong]	46
Renaming a song...[RenameSong]	47
Changing the type of characters on screen...[CharacterCode]	47
Playing Back Recorded Songs	48
Playing back a song	48
Turning track playback on and off	50
Supported song data type	50
Connections	51
Connectors	51
Connecting a personal computer	53
Connection	54
Type of serial cables and connection pin assignments	55
PF-500 HOST SELECT switch setting	55
Connection	56
PF-500 HOST SELECT switch setting	56
PF-500 HOST SELECT switch setting	57
Detailed Settings	59
Detailed Settings	60
Parameter List	60
Making detailed settings	63
Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING]	65
Correcting note timing [Quantize]	65
Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with the first voicing [QuickPlay]	66
Auditioning the channels [ChannelListen]	66
Deleting data from each channel [ChannelClear]	66
Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly [FromToRepeat]	66
Playing back the phrase specified by the phrase number [PhraseMark]	67
Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat]	67
Detailed settings for the metronome METRONOME [SETTING]	68
Setting the metronome time signature [TimeSignature]	68
Setting the metronome volume level [MetronomeVolume]	68
Selecting the metronome voice [MetronomeSound]	68
Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]	69
Setting the octave [Octave]*	70
Setting the volume level [Volume]*	70
Setting the position of right and left channels [Pan]*	70
Make fine adjustments to the pitch (only in Dual mode) [Detune]	70
Selecting the reverb type [ReverbType]	71
Setting the reverb depth [ReverbSend]*	71
Selecting the chorus type [Chorus Type]	71
Setting the chorus depth [ChorusSend]*	71
Setting the chorus on/off [ChorusOnOff]	72
Selecting the DSP type* [DSP Type (DSP)]	72
Setting the speed of the vibraphone vibrato effect* [VibeRotorSpeed]	72
Turning the vibraphone vibrato effect on/off* [VibeRotorOnOff (RotorOnOff)]	73
Setting the rotation speed of the rotary speaker* [RotarySpeed (Rot.Speed)]	73
Adjusting the depth of the DSP effect* [DSPDepth]	73
Adjusting the brightness of the sound* [Brightness]	73
Adjusting the resonance effect* [HarmonicContent (Harmonic)]	73
Adjusting the low-range frequency of the equalizer* [EQLowFreq. (EQ L.Freq)]	74
Adjusting the low-range gain (amount of boost/cut) of the equalizer* [EQLowGain]	74
Adjusting the high-range frequency of the equalizer* [EQHighFreq. (EQ H.Freq)]	74
Adjusting the high-range gain (amount of boost/cut) of the equalizer* [EQHighGain]	74
Setting the touch sensitivity [TouchSense]*	75
Setting the right pedal function [RPedal]	75
Setting the center pedal function [MPedal]	75
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 [MidiInChannel]	78
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]	79
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
Specifying the Split Point [SplitPoint]	82
Changing the key [Transpose]	82
Adjusting the depth of the Soft pedal [SoftPedalDepth]	83
Depth of string resonance [StringResonanceDepth]	83
Depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal [SustainSamplingDepth]	83
Specify the volume of the key- off sound [KeyOffSamplingDepth]	83
Selecting a pedal function for vibraphone [VibraphonePedalMode]	83
Assign the SONG [START/ STOP] function to the pedal [PedalStart/Stop]	84
Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal [AuxPedalType]	84
Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts to affect the sound [HalfPedalPoint]	84
Pitch bend range [PitchBendRange]	84
Switch the speaker on/off [Speaker]	85
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
Message Meaning	86
Message Meaning	87
Message Meaning	88
Message Meaning	89
Questions about Operations and Functions	90
The buttons do not respond.	90
The sound sustains and does not decay when I press the sostenuto pedal.	90
Higher or lower notes does not sound correctly when the transpose or octave setting is made.	90
How can I return to the recording or song select screen during song recording or playback?	90
The tempo does not change even though I recorded with tempo changes.	90
Performance in Dual or Split mode is not recorded. Track data is lost unexpectedly.	90
What type of data is recorded?	90
I cannot change the key signature in the song after recording.	91
How much data can I record?	91
The on/off setting of the pedal connected to the AUX PEDAL jack is reversed.	91
The song title is not correct.	91
What is the difference between “TouchSense” and “TouchResponse” MIDI data?	91
Appendix	93
Troubleshooting	94
Data Compatibility	95
Basic Check Points	95
Sequence Format	95
SMF (Standard MIDI File)	95
ESEQ	95
Voice Allocation Format	96
GM System Level 1	96
XG	96
DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection)	96
Preset Voice List	97
Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split)	99
Assembling the Keyboard Stand	100
Index	102
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS	105
INFORMATION RELATING TO PERSONAL INJURY, ELECTRICAL SHOCK,	105
AND FIRE HAZARD POSSIBILITIES HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS LIST.	105