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C VP-609 / CVP-605

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This manual explains about the functions called up by touching each icon shown in the Menu display. 
Please read the Owner’s Manual first for basic operations, before reading this Reference Manual.

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Summary of Contents for Clavinova CVP-609

Page 1: ...pics of interest click on the desired items in the Bookmarks index to the left of the main display window Click the Bookmarks tab to open the index if it is not displayed Click the page numbers that a...

Page 2: ...ual 2 Contents Each chapter in this Reference Manual corresponds to each icons on the Menu display Clicking one of the icons in the illustration below automatically jumps to the corresponding instruct...

Page 3: ...Styles Style Creator 47 Creating Editing MIDI Songs Song Creator 59 Voice Settings 71 Style Playback Related Settings 76 Song Settings Related to Playback Recording 79 Fine Tuning the Pitch 84 Setting...

Page 4: ...MIDI Song 2 Indicates the tempo value of the current Style The Style will be started at this tempo 3 Indicates the tempo value of the current MIDI Song The Song will be started at this tempo 4 These a...

Page 5: ...adjusted via the Pitch Shift function Refer to the Owner s Manual NOTE Transpose is not applied to the Drum Kits and SFX Kits Voice Master Transposes the overall pitch of the instrument except for th...

Page 6: ...erence Manual 6 Changing the Split Point and Fingering Type For information about Split Point refer to the Owner s Manual For information about Fingering Types refer to the Owner s Manual Split Point...

Page 7: ...hord Tutor If you know the name of a chord but don t know how to play it this function indicates you the notes you should press NOTE Depending on the chord some notes may be omitted Root Lets you sele...

Page 8: ...CVP 609 605 Reference Manual 8 Adjusting the Volume Balance For information about this display refer to the Owner s Manual...

Page 9: ...ignal flow and configuration of the Mixer refer to the Block Diagram on page 15 This function modifies the tonal characteristics brightness etc of the sound by cutting the output of a specific frequen...

Page 10: ...cted Master EQ when the Master tab is selected This instrument possesses a high grade five band digital EQ With this function a final effect tone control can be applied to the output of your instrumen...

Page 11: ...l be lost if you turn the power to the instrument off without executing the Save operation NOTE If you want to save the Master EQ settings to the USB flash memory save as a User Effect file To do this...

Page 12: ...kup page 2 2 touch Backup of User Effect to execute the Save operation page 96 Insertion Effect Lets you assign the desired Insertion Effect Type for each part by touching the area above each knob You...

Page 13: ...sound and Volume for each Part This display is not available when the Master tab is selected at the top of the Mixer display Chorus Reverb Chorus Touch the Chorus type name at the top right of this r...

Page 14: ...n Audio Song or the Metronome sound 1 Set the Compressor to On 2 Select the Master Compressor type to be edited 3 Edit the parameters related to the Master Compressor The indication GR shows the Gain...

Page 15: ...onal Balance Mixer CVP 609 605 Reference Manual 15 CVP 609 MIC EFFECT 3 Band EQ Noise Gate Compressor VH Vocal Harmony VE Vocal Harmony Effect CVP 605 MIC EFFECT 3 Band EQ Noise Gate Compressor VH Voc...

Page 16: ...Song For details refer to Play Setting page 16 3 Lets you set the notation indication parameters including notation size chord display etc For details refer to View Setting page 17 4 Lets you set mor...

Page 17: ...isplay Color When this is checked the notes in the display appear in identifying colors C red D yellow E green F orange G blue A purple and B gray Detail Setting Right Ch Determines which MIDI channel...

Page 18: ...mber is shown at the right end If you want to change the Song touch the Song name here to call up the Song Selection display 2 Lets you set the parameters related to playback Parts of the MIDI Song Fo...

Page 19: ...memory 2 Clears the text from the display This operation does not delete the text file itself but simply leaves the display empty of any text file 3 Lets you set the parameters related to playback Par...

Page 20: ...tes played in the right hand section of the keyboard according to the chord specified in the left hand section of the keyboard Note that the 1 5 and Octave settings are not affected by the chord If yo...

Page 21: ...determines the speed of the Echo Tremolo and Trill effects Assign This parameter is available for all types with the exception of Multi Assign This lets you determine the keyboard part via which the h...

Page 22: ...hat divides the frequency spectrum into multiple bands which can be boosted or cut as required to tailor the overall frequency response The instrument features a three band Low Mid and High digital eq...

Page 23: ...voices This setting is also appropriate for singing close to the microphone Full Setting for vocalists having a wide range from low to high Speed Adjusts the response speed of the Vocal Harmony effec...

Page 24: ...ttings refer to page 25 for the CVP 609 and refer to page 28 for the CVP 605 NOTE The settings here are equivalent to those in the Microphone Setting display page 22 Basic Parameters 1 Microphone On O...

Page 25: ...ng three chord types chords played in the chord section of the keyboard with ACMP ON OFF turned on chords played in the left hand section of the keyboard with the Left part turned on and chords contai...

Page 26: ...er Notes played to the right of the Split Point control the harmony Lower Notes played to the left of the Split Point control the harmony 5 Balance Lets you set the balance between the lead vocal the...

Page 27: ...ting PITCH CORRECT MODE Corrects the pitch of the Lead note microphone sound Off does not correct while Hard corrects the pitch most accurately LEAD PITCH DETECT SPEED HARM PITCH DETECT SPEED Determin...

Page 28: ...the keyboard or via the Song playback notes Chordal The harmony notes are determined by the following three chord types chords played in the chord section of the keyboard with the ACMP ON OFF turned...

Page 29: ...he Mode is set to Vocoder Song Ch Mute Play When set to Mute the channel selected above 4 is muted turned off during Song playback Keyboard Off Keyboard control over harmony is turned off Upper Notes...

Page 30: ...the voice LEAD PITCH CORRECT This parameter is only effective when LEAD GENDER TYPE above is set to something other than Off When Smooth or Hard is selected here the pitch of the lead vocal is shifte...

Page 31: ...create a new Record from scratch 2 Call up the operation display If you want to create a new Record from scratch touch Create If you want to edit an existing Record touch Edit 3 Create a new Record o...

Page 32: ...2 Call up the operation display via Menu Utility Factory Reset Backup page 2 2 3 Touch Backup of Music Finder to call up the File Selection display 4 Select the location to which you want to save the...

Page 33: ...rnal User memory or USB flash memory The confirmation dialog appears as follows Append The Records in the selected file will be added to the existing Records Replace The existing Records will be repla...

Page 34: ...ou assign multiple functions to the pedal the priority is Punch In Out of Song Registration Sequence the function set in the Assignable display If you intend to use the ASSIGNABLE button to switch the...

Page 35: ...t Registration Memory Bank in the same folder 6 Set the Registration Sequence to On The Registration Sequence programmed here is shown in the Registration area of the Home display Press the pedal or t...

Page 36: ...items to remain the same even when switching Registration Memory setups For example you may want to switch Voice settings while keeping the same Style This is where the Freeze function comes in handy...

Page 37: ...n make the detailed settings of the selected functions For each Part you can turn on or off the selected function and adjust the degree to which the selected function is applied Depending on the funct...

Page 38: ...uld press on the pedal until the soft effect starts working This can be set for all pedals on the CVP 609 as well as the right pedal and the foot controller connected to the AUX PEDAL jack on the CVP...

Page 39: ...Same as the SYNC STOP button Intro 1 3 Same as the INTRO I III buttons Main A D Same as the MAIN VARIATION A D buttons Fill Down Plays a fill in which is automatically followed by the Main section of...

Page 40: ...u want no function to be assigned select No Assign 2 If necessary touch Setting then make the detailed settings You can turn on or off the specified function for each Part Depending on the selected fu...

Page 41: ...e Edit select the desired parameter then edit the value For information about the editable parameters refer to page 42 By touching Compare repeatedly you can compare the sound of the edited Voice with...

Page 42: ...e Left part the Left parameter is available Left Mono Mono Poly Determines whether the edited Voice is played monophonically or polyphonically Portamento Time Sets the portamento time pitch transition...

Page 43: ...ue the quicker the attack Decay Determines how quickly the sound reaches its sustain level a slightly lower level than maximum The lower the value the quicker the decay Release Determines how quickly...

Page 44: ...38 Modulation Amplitude Determines the degree to which the pedal modulates the amplitude volume LFO Pitch Determines the degree to which the pedal modulates the pitch or the vibrato effect LFO Filter...

Page 45: ...Produces the sound of the transistor electronic organ equipped with the electronic tremolo 3 Volume Adjusts the overall volume of the Organ Flutes 4 Rotary Speaker Turns on or off the Rotary Speaker...

Page 46: ...o save the created Organ Flutes Voice NOTICE The settings will be lost if you select another Voice or turn the power to the instrument off without executing the Save operation NOTE If you want to edit...

Page 47: ...channel or by importing pattern data from other existing Styles Basic Procedure for creating a Style The detailed instructions are described on the reference page of each step 1 Select the desired Sty...

Page 48: ...channels 6 Repeat steps 3 5 as desired 7 Touch Save at the top of the display to save the created Style The explanations here apply to step 3 on page 47 This display lets you set the basic parameters...

Page 49: ...a loop and Style recording is also done using loops For example if you start recording with a two measure Main section the two measures are repeatedly recorded Notes that you record will play back fro...

Page 50: ...e notes press the R J START STOP button again to continue recording 6 Touch and hold the Recording channel for a while until the button changes color to exit from the Recording mode Recording Bass Cho...

Page 51: ...can change this to your favorite one which lets you play easily Call up the SFF Edit display set the Source Root and Chord to the favorite or desired Root and Chord type Keep in mind that when you ch...

Page 52: ...ur measures length the End mark position is automatically set to the end of fourth measure and cannot be changed in the Style Edit display Recording channels can be changed in the Song Creator s Edit...

Page 53: ...riplets Beat Converter Actually changes the timing of the beats specified in the Original Beat parameter above to the selected value For example when Original Beat is set to 8 Beat and Beat Converter...

Page 54: ...will be applied to all the channels of the current Section When set to Off the settings in this display will be applied to the channel specified at the Target Ch in the Channel Edit display Quantize S...

Page 55: ...hown above can be set in the SFF Edit display SFF Edit Making Style File Format Settings Source Pattern settings Source Root Source Chord Determines what key and what chord type are used for playing N...

Page 56: ...verted according to the chord changes during your keyboard performance NTR Selects the Note Transposition Rule which determines how the notes in the Source Pattern are transposed according to the Chor...

Page 57: ...he minor third and flatted sixth intervals are raised by a semitone Other notes are not changed Use this for chord channels of Sections which respond only to major minor chords such as Intros and Endi...

Page 58: ...next lowest octave This setting is available only when the NTR parameter page 56 is set to Root Trans Note Limit Low These set the note range highest and lowest notes for Voices recorded to the Style...

Page 59: ...ctions of Step Recording MIDI Song Data Structure A MIDI Song consists of 16 MIDI channels You can create data of a MIDI Song by recording your performance to a specific channel or channels in realtim...

Page 60: ...step 4 execute the Step Recording or data edits When one of Ch1 Ch16 is selected For instructions on editing already recorded data refer to page 66 For instructions on inputting melodies via Step Reco...

Page 61: ...e You can change the current position by touching U or D below the Measure Beat and Clock respectively Clock Smallest unit for the Song position and note length A quarter note consists of 1920 clocks...

Page 62: ...select 99 Tenuto 1 3 Touch Note Type once or twice to call up the dotted note type 1 4 Touch the dotted quarter note length to turn it on 1 5 Press the C3 key With the operations above the first note...

Page 63: ...ter the next notes and apply a tie 4 1 Touch Velocity to select 4 2 Touch Length to select 80 Normal 4 3 While holding G3 key on the keyboard touch quarter note Do not release the G3 key yet Keep hold...

Page 64: ...age 67 2 Song Position Measure Beat Clock Indicates the current Song position Events such as Chord and Section change you have input are recorded at the position indicated here You can change the curr...

Page 65: ...1 1 Press the MAIN VARIATION A button 1 2 Touch the half note length to turn it on 1 3 Play the chord C F and G in the chord section of the keyboard 2 Enter the chords for the Break section 2 1 Press...

Page 66: ...convert the Chord Section change events to the Song data With the operations above steps 1 3 only the events of Chord change and Section change are recorded meaning that the actual Song data has not...

Page 67: ...g Includes the note number which corresponds to the key which was played plus a velocity value based on how hard the key is played and the gate time value the length of a note Ctrl Control Change Sett...

Page 68: ...nel Volume Volume for each part channel of the Style S Vol Style volume Overall volume of the Style 4 Song Position Measure Beat Clock Indicates the current Song position The events you input are reco...

Page 69: ...d of or behind the precise timing Quantize is a convenient way of correcting for this Size Selects the quantize size resolution For optimum results you should set the Quantize size to the shortest not...

Page 70: ...there is a Copy setting that allows you to copy the data from Source 1 to the destination channel Destination Ch Determines the channel into which the mix or copy results will be placed Transpose Thi...

Page 71: ...ates a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to the next The Portamento Time determines the pitch transition time Higher values result in a longer pitch change time Set...

Page 72: ...ellow Piano Pop Grand 1 Rock Piano Grand 1 octave Grand 2 octave Bright Piano Ballad Grand 1 Ballad Grand 2 Piano Strings Grand Pad Layer Piano EP1 CVP 609 Piano Choir CVP 609 Piano EP2 CVP 609 Piano...

Page 73: ...mosphere and ambience Cool These Voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of electric instruments thanks to a huge amount of memory and sophisticated programming Sweet These acoustic ins...

Page 74: ...en you want to avoid using several different Voices just for a single instrument part Actual sound maps for the MegaVoices are given in the separate Data List booklet NOTE MegaVoices are not compatibl...

Page 75: ...of the desired part to call up the Voice Selection display 2 Touch the tab of the Others category 3 Touch Upward several times to call up the root directory of Others 4 Touch the desired category such...

Page 76: ...board will not be recognized as chords Off The chord played in the chord section will not sound Style The chord played in the chord section will sound via the Voices for the Pad part and the Bass chan...

Page 77: ...s selected When any of the MAIN A D sections is not included in the Style data the nearest Section is automatically selected For example when MAIN D is not contained in the selected Style MAIN C will...

Page 78: ...ain sections These have been programmed to add spice and a professional touch to your performances of certain songs and in certain genres Keep in mind however that the Styles may not necessarily be ap...

Page 79: ...Song playback continues Any Key With this function you can play the melody of a Song just by pressing a single key any key is OK in time with the rhythm Song playback pauses and waits for you to play...

Page 80: ...repeatedly Random Continues playback at random through all the Songs in the specified folder repeatedly NOTE The preset Songs in the Follow Lights folder contain the Guide settings These Songs are in...

Page 81: ...worry and play any keys as desired Only the harmonically correct notes matching the current chord are sounded regardless of the notes you actually play 6 Press the SONG CONTROL J STOP button to stop...

Page 82: ...recording is stopped is regarded as the Punch Out point This setting maintains all data after the point at which recording is stopped Punch Out At Actual overwrite recording continues until the begin...

Page 83: ...5 7 Recording Start setting Recording Stop setting Normal Replace All Normal Punch Out Normal Punch Out at 006 First Key On Replace All First Key On Punch Out First Key On Punch Out at 006 Punch In a...

Page 84: ...ong with other instruments or CD music Please note that the Tune function does not affect the Drum Kit or SFX Kit Voices and Audio Songs To restore the default initial setting 440 0 Hz touch and hold...

Page 85: ...ctave The 3rd in this tuning are slightly unstable but the 4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some leads Mean Tone This scale was created as an improvement on the Pythagorean scale by making t...

Page 86: ...Sensitivity of the Keyboard You can adjust the touch response of the instrument how the sound responds to the way you play the keys This setting does not change the weight of the keyboard For informat...

Page 87: ...metronome sound with bell English Voice Count in English German Voice Count in German Japanese Voice Count in Japanese French Voice Count in French Spanish Voice Count in Spanish Time Signature Determ...

Page 88: ...eive Lets you set the MIDI Reception related parameters page 91 On Bass Note Lets you select the MIDI channels of which the MIDI data coming from the external MIDI device will be used for detecting th...

Page 89: ...d root in Style playback with a MIDI pedal unit MIDI Pedal2 This template lets you play the bass part for Style playback by using a MIDI pedal unit MIDI OFF No MIDI signals are sent or received System...

Page 90: ...off When Local Control is set to On the keyboard of the instrument controls its own local internal tone generator allowing the internal Voices to be played directly from the keyboard If you set Local...

Page 91: ...I data of 32 channels 16 channels x 2 Ports can be handled by this instrument With the exception of the two parts below the configuration of the parts is the same as those already explained elsewhere...

Page 92: ...ted from merged MIDI data received over the channels Touch the desired channel number to enter the checkmark Touch the same location again to remove the checkmark MIDI transmission reception via the U...

Page 93: ...on are recognized as the notes for detecting chords in Style playback The chords to be detected depend on the fingering type The chord types will be detected regardless of the ACMP ON OFF or split po...

Page 94: ...usts the IAC depth AUX In Noise Gate Turns on or off the Noise Gate which minimizes noise of the sound input via the AUX IN jack Screen Out Monitor Type Selects the desired output monitor type NTSC or...

Page 95: ...pear when you press buttons TEMPO TRANSPOSE SONG CONTROL LL REW RR FF or REGISTRATION BANK When Hold is selected here the pop up window is shown until you touch X Transition Effect Turns on or off the...

Page 96: ...is selected although all the Bank files are maintained In this status you can create Registration Memory setups from the current panel settings The same operation can be done by turning the power on w...

Page 97: ...display and the icon shown below appears according to the signal strength If you do not find the desired network on the display or you want to execute the detailed settings execute the following opera...

Page 98: ...3 Guide 16 79 Guitar 56 H Harmonic Cont 43 Harmonic Content 9 43 Harmonic Minor 57 Harmony Assign 27 Harmony Type 20 High Key 58 I IAC Intelligent Acoustic Control 94 Insertion Effect 11 12 K Karao Ke...

Page 99: ...9 Song Position 61 64 68 Sostenuto 38 Source Patterns 47 Source Root Chord 56 Speaker 94 Split Point 6 Step Recording 52 59 Stop ACMP 76 String Resonance 71 Stroke 57 Style 76 Style Creator 47 Style F...

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