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CVP-900

166

Specifications

: available

Sound Source

AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling

Display

640

 ✕

 480 dots backlit graphic LCD

Keyboard

88 keys (A-1 - C7)

Voice

Polyphony (max)

256

Voice Selection

390 480 XG 26 Drum Kits

 

Regular Voice

343

   Sweet Voice

10

   Cool Voice

6

   Live Voice

17

Natural Voice

37

Organ Flutes

10 (9 Footages)

Sound creator

Effects

Effect Blocks

Reverb

2

Chorus

2

DSP

7

Brilliance

1

Microphone

1

Effect Types

REVERB1

29 3 User

REVERB2

5

CHORUS1

25 3 User

CHORUS2

3

DSP1

164 3 User

DSP2

12

DSP3,4,5,6

164 10 User

DSP7

88 10 User

Brilliance

5

Master EQ

5 2 User

Part EQ

27 Parts

Vocal Harmony

59 10 User

Accompaniment 
Style

Number of Accompaniment Styles

231

Number of Session Styles

28

Number of Pianist Styles

36

Number of Piano Combo Styles

17

Fingering

Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered, 

Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard

Style Creator

OTS (One Touch Setting)

4/Accompaniment Style

OTS link

Music Finder

Approximately 2500 records

Edit

Song

Format

SMF (Format 0,1), ESEQ

Preset Songs

Guide

Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Vocal CueTIME

Guide Lamp

88 Red

Lyrics

Score

Recording

Quick Recording, Multi Recording, Step Recording, Song Editing

Record Channels

16

Summary of Contents for Clavinova CVP-900

Page 1: ...2002 Yamaha Corporation V954900 AP 0 A0 Printed in Indonesia Clavinova Web site English only http www yamahaclavinova com Yamaha Manual Library http www2 yamaha co jp manual english OWNER S MANUAL OWN...

Page 2: ...friendly We sincerely believe that our products and the production methods used to produce them meet these goals In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law we want you to be aware of t...

Page 3: ...g from the outlet and have the instrument inspected by quali fied Yamaha service personnel CAUTION Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you o...

Page 4: ...sed on the adjustment mechanism possibly resulting in damage to the mechanism or even injury If the bench screws become loose due to extensive long term use tighten them periodically using the include...

Page 5: ...nd Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc IBM PC AT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other tradema...

Page 6: ...pward and the sliding shutter is facing forward towards the disk slot Carefully insert the disk into the slot slowly pushing it all the way in until it clicks into place and the eject button pops out...

Page 7: ...commends that you use a commercially available dry type head cleaning disk to clean the head about once a month Ask your Yamaha dealer about the availability of proper head cleaning disks Never insert...

Page 8: ...e unit as it is assembled or you can disassemble the unit down to the condition it was in when you first took it out of the box Transport the keyboard horizontally Do not lean it up against a wall or...

Page 9: ...51 Adjusting the Tempo 51 Tap Tempo 52 Reference Playing the Demos 53 Voices 55 Selecting a Voice 55 One touch Piano Play 56 Layer Left Playing Several Sounds Simultaneously 57 Layer Layering Two Dif...

Page 10: ...Adjust the Volume Balance and Changing Voices Mixing Console 120 Operation 120 Setting the Level Balance and Voice Volume Voice 121 Changing the Tone of the Voice Filter 122 Changing Pitch related Se...

Page 11: ...ting Chord Channels Chord Detect 147 Other Settings Utility 148 Making Settings for Fade In Out Metronome Parameter Lock and Tap CONFIG 1 148 Making Settings for the Display Speaker System and Voice N...

Page 12: ...r the Left and Right Sections of the Keyboard on page 58 Changing the sound Enhancing the sound with reverb and other effects Applying Voice Effects on page 58 Adjusting the Effects on page 123 Adjust...

Page 13: ...m and recording the sounds to an external recorder AUX OUT jacks on page 153 Raising the volume Playing the sounds of the Clavinova through an external audio system and recording the sounds to an exte...

Page 14: ...ur singing DEMO Explore the Demos page 20 53 These not only showcase the stunning voices and styles of the instrument they introduce you to the various functions and features and give you hands on exp...

Page 15: ...ckly and easily page 154 Dive in and take advantage of the wide world of computer music software Connections and setup are exceptionally easy and you can play back your computer recorded parts with di...

Page 16: ...so that it rests on the metal supports To lower the music rest 1 Pull the music rest toward yourself as far as it will go 2 Raise the two metal supports at the rear of the music rest 3 Gently lower th...

Page 17: ...n configuration of the AC wall outlets in your area The shape of plug differs depending on locale 2 Press the POWER switch The main display appears in the LCD display The drive lamp below the lower ri...

Page 18: ...BACK button P 41 47 NEXT button P 41 47 VOICE PART ON OFF LAYER button P 57 VOICE PART ON OFF LEFT button P 57 1 8 buttons P 39 46 ENTER button P 47 DATA ENTRY dial P 47 EXIT button P 41 VOICE EFFECT...

Page 19: ...DI File standard with greater functionality and open ended expandability for the future The Clavinova is capable of displaying lyrics when an XF file containing lyric data is played SMF is the most co...

Page 20: ...ayback page 21 Disk Song Playback page 21 Short demo playback of the selected voice in the Voice Open display page 26 Reference on page 53 Demo button MENU DEMO HELP FUNCTION 2 Press the BACK NEXT but...

Page 21: ...Song related buttons Floppy disk drive BALANCE and CHANNEL buttons Make sure that the Lan guage setting for the instru ment page 151 is the same as that of the file name of the song that you are playi...

Page 22: ...the DIRECT ACCESS button followed by the EXIT button 3 Press the A button to select the preset songs Song Book folder A E D C B Press the BACK NEXT button to select the drive PRESET FLOPPY DISK From t...

Page 23: ...ON OFF button 2 Press the 1 8 button corresponding to the channel you wish to turn on or off REC TOP START STOP NEW SONG SYNC START To rewind or fast forward to the playback point of the song press t...

Page 24: ...Press the 1 8 button corresponding to the part of which the volume you wish to adjust 8 Press the SONG START STOP button to stop playback BALANCE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 You can call up a full set of mixing c...

Page 25: ...ayed press the DIRECT ACCESS button followed by the EXIT button 2 Select a voice group Reference on page 55 Voice related buttons F J I VOICE PART ON OFF H G LAYER LEFT The voice you re selecting here...

Page 26: ...e And that s just the beginning Check out these other voice related features Instant setup of the Clavinova for piano play with the press of a single button page 56 Create your own original voices qui...

Page 27: ...on the keyboard that separates the two voices called the Split Point To do this simultaneously hold down the F or G button and press the desired key on the keyboard For more information see page 138 6...

Page 28: ...r orchestra Playing a style 1 Press the D button to call up the style group If the MAIN screen is not displayed press the DIRECT ACCESS button followed by the EXIT button 2 Select a style group and a...

Page 29: ...e TEMPO display 7 Try playing other chords with your left hand For information on how to enter chords see Chord Fingerings on page 63 8 Press the STYLE START STOP button to stop the style And there s...

Page 30: ...olo Echo and other effects are available too 1 Turn HARMONY ECHO on 2 Turn ACMP on page 28 3 Play a chord with your left hand and play some notes in the right hand range of the keyboard The CVP 900 ha...

Page 31: ...TION D via BREAK via BREAK via BREAK via BREAK max four patterns max four patterns INTRO page 67 ENDING page 67 An Intro doesn t necessarily have to be at the beginning If you want you can play an Int...

Page 32: ...ouch Setting setups You can also create your own One Touch Setting setups For details refer to page 69 Here s another way to further automate musical changes and spice up your performance Use the conv...

Page 33: ...2 Select a record For this example press the 1 3 button to select a record by song title 3 Play along with the style playback Press the EXIT button to return to the MAIN display Reference on page 70...

Page 34: ...f Search 1 and 2 appear in the correspond ingly numbered SEARCH 1 2 displays F J I H G A E D C B F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H G 6 Press the 8 START SEARCH button The search function calls up all records th...

Page 35: ...Music Finder data call up the MUSIC FINDER Open Save window from the SYSTEM RESET page page 151 of the UTILITY display and follow the same procedure as that in the Open Save window for Voice page 39 4...

Page 36: ...n is not displayed press the DIRECT ACCESS button followed by the EXIT button 7 Press the SONG START STOP button and play the part 8 Press the SONG START STOP button to stop playback Reference on page...

Page 37: ...the TRACK1 button 6 Recording starts as soon as you start playing the keyboard 7 When you ve finished recording press the REC button 8 To hear your newly recorded performance return the song to the b...

Page 38: ...phrase you want to work on and repeat it until you ve got it down 1 While the song is playing back press the GUIDE button once to turn the GUIDE function off 2 Just before the desired phrase comes ar...

Page 39: ...ice Style etc Moreover you can organize your data efficiently by putting various files of the same type into a single folder The Open Save displays for Song Voice Style and Registration Bank can be ca...

Page 40: ...rcially available disk software can also be called up here Naturally these files are available only when the appropriate disk is inserted in the floppy disk drive File All data both pre programmed and...

Page 41: ...lder you wish to call up In the example display shown above the voice files are shown Use the DATA ENTRY dial and the ENTER button When you turn the DATA ENTRY dial the highlight moves among the avail...

Page 42: ...NAME button page 39 The NAME display appears 2 Select the appropriate file folder and press the 7 OK button The currently selected file folder is highlighted To select another file folder press one o...

Page 43: ...OK button To stop the operation press the 8 CANCEL button This operation cannot be used to directly move a file folder from one floppy disk to another If you want to do this cut and paste the file or...

Page 44: ...first floppy disk to the User page then change disks and paste it to the Floppy Disk page 4 Call up the destination display Only the USER and FLOPPY DISK pages can be selected as the destination Pres...

Page 45: ...in the USER page but cannot be copied to another floppy disk Folder directories can con tain up to four levels The maximum total number of files and folders which can be stored is 3 200 but this may...

Page 46: ...ENTER button one or several times to convert the characters into the appropriate kanji The reversed area can be changed by the DATA ENTRY dial The converted area can be changed back to hiragana by the...

Page 47: ...by rotating the DATA ENTRY dial In the example BALANCE display turning the dial adjusts the volume of the part in reverse display highlight To adjust the volume of another part first select the part...

Page 48: ...RO MAIN START STOP ON MIN MAX OFF ENDING rit TAP TEMPO REW REPEAT TOP FF REC MIC SIGNAL OVER FADE IN OUT TAP TEMPO DEMO HELP FUNCTION SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING MIXING CONSOLE BALANCE CHANNEL ON...

Page 49: ...ING CONSOLE SONG PART VOLUME VOICE VOLUME settings 121 CHANNEL ON OFF VOICE settings DIRECT ACCESS Exit from the Direct Access mode NEXT BACK ENTER EXIT Return to the MAIN display VOICE PART LAYER MIX...

Page 50: ...TTING REVERB DSP VARIATION HELP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BACK NEXT DATA ENTRY ENTER EXIT MENU DEMO HELP FUNCTION 2 1 Select the desired Help topic 2 2 Call up the topic Select the Language if necessary The lan...

Page 51: ...ome can all be changed page 148 Adjusting the Tempo POWER METRONOME MASTER VOLUME STYLE ACMP AUTO FILL IN OTS LINK BREAK INTRO MAIN START STOP ON MIN MAX OFF ENDING rit TAP TEMPO REW REPEAT TOP FF REC...

Page 52: ...page 61 75 tapping the TAP TEMPO button starts the song playback in the same manner For songs and styles in 2 4 and 4 4 time tap four times for 3 4 time tap three times for 5 4 time tap five times TEM...

Page 53: ...INGS LEFT DATA ENTRY FREEZE MEMORY 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 7 5 8 6 2 ENTER VOICE EFFECT VOICE MUSIC FINDER ONE TOCTH SETTING REVERB DSP VARIATION MENU DEMO HELP FUNCTION A E D C B F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BACK NEX...

Page 54: ...oduction screen appears in the display and the Demo starts playing Select the desired word or item by using the DATA ENTRY dial then press the ENTER button or number buttons 1 2 etc to call it up Use...

Page 55: ...PAD SYNTH XG USER STRINGS VOICE A E D C B F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BACK NEXT H G END EXIT 1 Select the desired voice group 2 3 Select the voice 2 1 Select the memory location of the voice PRESET USER FL...

Page 56: ...ds are assigned to individual keys letting you play the sounds from the keyboard Live Drums These are high quality drum sounds taking full advantage of Stereo Sampling and Dynamic Sampling Organ Flute...

Page 57: ...T GUIDE MENU BACK NEXT VOICE PART PIANO ON OFF HARMONY ECHO LEFT HOLD MONO DIGITAL STUDIO H G LAYER PIANO HARPSI E PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTES ORGAN ACCORDION BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR PAD SY...

Page 58: ...POINT button in the MAIN display The operation steps are the same as in the STYLE SETTING SPLIT POINT display of the FUNC TION page page 138 n Each part MAIN LAYER and LEFT can have its own volume set...

Page 59: ...using the Layer function with a mono phonic voice Set the Main voice to play polyphonically and set the Layer voice to play monophonically MONO In this case the melody you play including the top notes...

Page 60: ...A TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK 1 VOCAL HARMONY TALK EFFECT VH TYPE SELECT MIC SETTING STYLE L R SYNC START RESET RESET GUIDE MENU BACK NEXT VOICE PART PIANO ON OFF HARMONY ECHO LEFT HOLD MONO DIGITAL STUDIO H...

Page 61: ...rt Enabling this lets you start the style simply by playing the keyboard As soon as you play a chord with the auto accompaniment section the style starts For details about chord fingerings refer to pa...

Page 62: ...START STOP button again to stop the rhythm playback END You can also start the rhythm simply by playing a key on the keyboard if Sync Start is enabled turn on the SYNC START button BALANCE PART CHANN...

Page 63: ...mple playing a bass note with your left hand and a chord with your right or by playing a chord with your left hand and a melody note with your right AI FINGERED This mode is basically the same as FING...

Page 64: ...3 5 7 or 3 7 2 C79 Seventh add sharp eleventh 7 11 1 2 3 4 5 7 or 1 2 3 4 5 7 C7 11 Seventh add thirteenth 713 1 3 5 6 7 or 3 6 7 C713 Seventh sharp ninth 7 9 1 2 3 5 7 C7 9 Seventh flatted fifth 7 5...

Page 65: ...f you press the INTRO button you can play back an Intro section while an accompaniment is play ing You can dynamically con trol the level of the accompaniment by how softly or strongly you play the ke...

Page 66: ...t stop when the ending is finished If you select a different style while the style is not playing the default tempo for that style is also selected If the accompa niment is playing the same tempo is m...

Page 67: ...short phrase used to add variation to the style STYLE ACMP AUTO FILLIN OTS LINK BREAK INTRO MAIN ENDING rit A B C D SYNC STOP SYNC START START STOP 1 2 Play the style and switch among the accompanimen...

Page 68: ...ORGAN FLUTES ORGAN ACCORDION BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR PAD SYNTH XG USER STRINGS LEFT DATA ENTRY FREEZE MEMORY 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 7 5 8 6 2 ENTER VOICE EFFECT VOICE MUSIC FINDER ONE TOCTH SETTING REVERB DSP VAR...

Page 69: ...ttings 1 2 3 and 4 respectively The One Touch Settings can be set to change with the sections in one of two different timings page 138 Immediately when you press a section button At the next measure i...

Page 70: ...EZE MEMORY 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 7 5 8 6 2 ENTER VOICE EFFECT VOICE MUSIC FINDER ONE TOCTH SETTING REVERB DSP VARIATION MUSIC FINDER F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H G MUSIC FINDER Select a record For example select t...

Page 71: ...ecific location for searching You can further narrow down your search by using the SEARCH 1 and 2 selections F H CLEAR Clears the entered item at left 1 TEMPO FROM You can also narrow your search by s...

Page 72: ...ithout clearing the record CANCEL Press this to close the message box and return to the previous display J NEW RECORD Registers a new record The smallest available empty record number is used for regi...

Page 73: ...cord is registered by pressing the J NEW RECORD button If you exit from the MUSIC FINDER EDIT display without actually editing or registering a record the input genre name is deleted 8 OK Executes all...

Page 74: ...tra Collection format Disks having this logo mark feature song data compatible with Yamaha s original MIDI file format Songs you recorded page 94 and stored to the CVP 900 or disk POWER METRONOME MAST...

Page 75: ...press it again at the end of the song to fade out Adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO buttons page 51 or the TAP TEMPO button You can even change the playback speed by tapping out the tempo simply tap...

Page 76: ...STOP button 2 Select the desired accompaniment style 3 Start the style by pressing the STYLE START STOP button 4 While the song is playing insert a break or change sections with the STYLE section but...

Page 77: ...ot be able to be read properly by the instrument and as such you may not be able to select them The maximum capacity is about 200 300KB however this may differ depending on the data contents of each s...

Page 78: ...specify which parts are muted when pressing the TRACK 1 TRACK 2 EXTRA TRACKS buttons Repeat Playback of a Specific Range REC TOP START STOP REW FF REPEAT NEW SONG SYNC START START STOP 2 1 Play back t...

Page 79: ...u play the key in time with the music the melody flows smoothly with the song For sing along performance Karao Key This convenient function lets you control the song and accompaniment playback with ju...

Page 80: ...RT Start the song and try playing the part you ve muted Adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO buttons page 51 Stop the song For details on the SONG SET TING display see page 137 n The guide lamps light...

Page 81: ...displayed notation is generated by the Clavinova based on the song data As a result it may not be exactly the same as com mercially available sheet music of the same song especially when displaying no...

Page 82: ...ow 5 QUANTIZE This gives you control over the note resolution in the notation letting you shift or correct the timing of all displayed notes so that they line up to a particular note value Make sure t...

Page 83: ...e is indicated as Do For example in the key of G major the root note of Sol would be indicated as Do As with Fixed Do the indication differs depending on the selected language 7 COLOR NOTE When this i...

Page 84: ...t contain lyric data lyrics are not displayed The language used for lyr ics display depends on the particular lyric data If the lyrics are garbled or unread able you can remedy this by changing the LY...

Page 85: ...gistration Memory If you want to register a disk based song or style copy the relevant data to USER in the SONG STYLE display page 39 and register the data separately REGISTRATION MEMORY FREEZE MEMORY...

Page 86: ...eration is the same as that in Naming Files and Folders page 42 in Basic Operations Organizing Your Data Delete This operation is the same as that in Deleting Files Folders page 44 in Basic Operations...

Page 87: ...sets to be called up in sequence in any order you desire Once programmed the presets 1 8 can be selected in sequence with the BACK NEXT buttons or the pedal page 142 REGISTRATION MEMORY FREEZE MEMORY...

Page 88: ...USER STRINGS LEFT DATA ENTRY FREEZE MEMORY 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 7 5 8 6 2 ENTER VOICE EFFECT VOICE MUSIC FINDER ONE TOCTH SETTING REVERB DSP VARIATION SOUND CREATOR Operation NATURAL VOICE REGULAR VOICE ORGA...

Page 89: ...e 143 Natural Voices and Regular Voices Built into the CVP 900 are two different tone generation sources Natural and XG The Natural tone generation source and its voices feature a huge amount of wave...

Page 90: ...board range Determines the depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal Determines the depth of string resonance The available parameters differ depending on the selected voice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Set t...

Page 91: ...ect see diagram Higher settings result in a more pronounced Vibrato SPEED Determines the speed of the Vibrato effect see diagram DELAY Determines the amount of time that elapses between the playing of...

Page 92: ...e Normal Standard tone Mellow Soft and mellow tone Dark Dark tone The same as the Mixing Console on page 123 If you select Bright or Metallic as the type of brilliance the volume level will increase s...

Page 93: ...swell and release Vibrato Speed Determines the speed of the vibrato effect controlled by the Vibrato On Off and Vibrato Depth above Mode The MODE control selects between two modes FIRST and EACH In t...

Page 94: ...the Quick Recording Multi Recording and Step Recording methods POWER METRONOME MASTER VOLUME STYLE ACMP AUTO FILL IN OTS LINK BREAK INTRO MAIN START STOP ON MIN MAX OFF ENDING rit TAP TEMPO REW REPEA...

Page 95: ...ance Press either the TRACK 1 or TRACK 2 button To record the auto accompaniment performance Press the EXTRA TRACKS button To stop recording press the REC button again If the LAYER or LEFT button is o...

Page 96: ...le CHORD2 Accompaniment style PAD Accompaniment style PHRASE1 Accompaniment style PHRASE2 MIDI 9 Accompaniment style RHYTHM 1 Voice MAIN LAYER LEFT Accompaniment style RHYTHM 1 Accompaniment style RHY...

Page 97: ...unction is set to the pedal page 103 5 To stop recording press the REC button again You can also use the pedal to stop recording by releasing it if the recording punch in out function has been assigne...

Page 98: ...ton 3 Press the A button to call up the Song Creator display A E D C B 2 Press the DIGITAL RECORDING button 4 Using the BACK NEXT buttons select the 1 16 tab for recording melodies and other parts or...

Page 99: ...is available only when recording the melody For information on gate time settings see below Each press of this button toggles among the three basic note selectors at the bottom of the display normal d...

Page 100: ...SONG CREATOR 1 16 display page 107 1 1 1 Select this note 1 3 press this to input a tie 1 2 While holding down this note 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 1 Select this note 3 3 1 Press this button to display the dott...

Page 101: ...and Sections Chord Step For example you can input the following chord progression by the procedure described below Enter the chords by using the currently selected chord fingering method in the Auto...

Page 102: ...ess the MAIN B button to specify the section and enter the chord indicated at right C F G F G7 C MAIN A BREAK MAIN B MAIN C 003 1 000 Select this note value and play the chords indicated at right To e...

Page 103: ...lease the pedal Calls up the SONG display from which you can save the edited data When the Pedal Punch In Out function is set to ON the current function assignment of the sostenuto pedal is cancelled...

Page 104: ...ntized Selects the quantize size resolution See the below for the details Determines how strongly the notes will be quantized If a value less than 100 is selected notes will be moved toward the specif...

Page 105: ...e Calls up the SONG display from which you can save the edited data These select the channel to be deleted A E D C B F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H G Use these to select the desired edit operation Executes t...

Page 106: ...peration Once SET UP has been executed the operation cannot be cancelled or undone Calls up the SONG display from which you can save the edited data Determines which playback features and functions wi...

Page 107: ...lter display page 109 letting you select only the events you wish to shown in the Event List Calls up the SONG display from which you can save the edited data Holding this button down while using the...

Page 108: ...ythm bass etc are turned on off CH Vol Channel volume Determines the level of specific channels rhythm bass etc S Vol Style volume Determines the level of the entire accompaniment style Parameter Desc...

Page 109: ...cs and displays the next set of lyrics A E D C B F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H G 1 Move the cursor to the event containing the lyric star 3 Use these buttons to call up the Lyric display from which you can...

Page 110: ...dings or for recording parts that are difficult to play Assembling an Accompaniment Style page 114 This convenient feature lets you create composite styles by combining various patterns from the inter...

Page 111: ...le range 7 RTR Retrigger Rule how the pitches of the chord change Output These are the patterns recorded to the accompaniment styles page 118 This data is created by chords played in the Auto Accompan...

Page 112: ...he style starts playing back Since the rhythm pattern loops repeatedly you can record new sounds and notes on each pass while listening to the pattern Icons above the keys conveniently indicate the pe...

Page 113: ...e Pattern Length change Recording Precautions The basic chord used for the accompaniment style is called the source chord All chords that play and the pitches that sound are derived from the source ch...

Page 114: ...nnels Any channels set to ON in the REC CHANNEL display page 112 are played back simultaneously OFF Mutes the selected channel If the selected channel is set to ON in the REC CHANNEL display page 112...

Page 115: ...the Swing parameter will selectively delay the 2nd 4th 6th and 8th beats of each measure to create a swing feel The settings A through E produce different degrees of swing with A being the most subtl...

Page 116: ...while values below 100 reduce it A E D C B F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H G Use these to select the desired edit operation Calls up the Style display and lets you store the edited accompaniment style data Ex...

Page 117: ...ied from one measure or group of measures to another location within the specified channel Use the 4 TOP and 5 LAST buttons to specify the first and last measures in the region to be copied Use the 6...

Page 118: ...ttern Two settings are available Root Trans Root Transpose When the root note is transposed the pitch relationship between notes is maintained For example the notes C3 E3 and G3 in the key of C become...

Page 119: ...t of the note transposition for the chord root change Any notes calculated to be higher than the highest key are transposed down to the octave just below the highest key This setting is effective only...

Page 120: ...OR DIGITAL RECORDING MIXING CONSOLE BALANCE CHANNEL ON OFF TRANSPOSE TEMPO SYNC STOP START STOP PART PART A E D C B F J I DIRECT ACCESS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EXIT START STOP SONG EXTRA TRACKS TRACK 2 TRACK...

Page 121: ...p display Closes the Auto Revoice Setup screen without executing the settings 1 2 Each press of this button switches among the various parts channels Use these to select the VOICE PANPOT or VOLUME par...

Page 122: ...n Be careful with these con trols Depending on the selected voice extreme set tings may result in noise or distortion SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING MIXING CONSOLE BALANCE CHANNEL ON OFF PART A E D C...

Page 123: ...ect BLOCK Determines the effect block group of similar or related effects PART Determines the part to which the Insertion effect is applied It is effective only when BLOCK is set to DSP1 PARAMETER is...

Page 124: ...oring the effect Determines the effect category Determines the effect type Determines the effect parameter to be adjusted Determines the level of the effect return level This is not available when BLO...

Page 125: ...H G A E D C B SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING MIXING CONSOLE PART DIGITAL STUDIO F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H G A E D C B Gain Q FREQ FREQ Select this to call up the MASTER EQ display Use the 1 8 buttons t...

Page 126: ...DSP 1 effect on the other hand can be configured for either System or Insertion routing The illustration below shows how the various effect blocks are set up and traces the signal flow for the send r...

Page 127: ...atural Voices OUT Rev Send MAIN VOICE Dry Cho Send DSP Send Rev Send LAYER VOICE Dry Cho Send DSP Send Rev Send LEFT VOICE Dry Cho Send DSP Send Rev Send MIC Dry Cho Send DSP Send Rev Send Dry Cho Sen...

Page 128: ...T GUIDE MENU BACK NEXT VOICE PART PIANO ON OFF HARMONY ECHO LEFT HOLD MONO DIGITAL STUDIO H G LAYER PIANO HARPSI E PIANO PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS ORGAN FLUTES ORGAN ACCORDION BRASS WOODWIND CHOIR PAD SY...

Page 129: ...Gender Threshold Vibrato Depth Sets the depth of vibrato applied to the harmony sound Also affects the lead vocal sound if a Lead Gender Type is selected Vibrato Rate Sets the speed of the vibrato eff...

Page 130: ...n the input from the microphone falls below a specified level This effectively cuts off extraneous noise allowing the desired signal vocal etc to pass SW SW is the abbreviation of Switch This turns No...

Page 131: ...he balance between the lead vocal your own voice and Vocal Harmony Raising this value increases the volume of the Vocal Harmony and decreases that of the lead vocal When this is set to L H63 L Lead Vo...

Page 132: ...the volume of the microphone sound These set the depth of the reverb and chorus effects applied to the microphone sound This determines the amount of attenuation to be applied to the overall sound exc...

Page 133: ...es the method for playing indicating chords when using the auto accompaniment features You can even check how to play the chord since the individual notes are indicated in the display POWER METRONOME...

Page 134: ...V monitor connected to the VIDEO OUT terminal Making MIDI Settings System page 145 These determine various system messages settings such as Clock Start Stop System Exclusive as well as Local Control o...

Page 135: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Determines the Scale page 136 Determines the note to be tuned and the amount of tuning The tuning range is from 64 through 0 to 63 Each increment equals one cent one cent is one hundre...

Page 136: ...This composite scale combines the Werckmeister and Kirnberger systems which were themselves improvements on the mean tone and Pythagorean scales The main feature of this scale is that each key has it...

Page 137: ...s n Phrase Mark This data specifies a certain location in the song data A E D C B F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H G Determines the Guide method Turns guide lamps ON or OFF Determines the timing for the guide...

Page 138: ...he key hold time Turns touch response for the accompaniment on off When this is set to ON the accompaniment volume changes in response to your playing strength in the Auto Accompaniment section of the...

Page 139: ...ethod is actually selected Chord Tutor The Chord Tutor feature is essentially an electronic chord book that shows you appropriate fingerings for chords it is useful when you want to play certain chord...

Page 140: ...e SONG START STOP button STYLE START STOP Same as the STYLE START STOP button TAP TEMPO Same as the TAP TEMPO button SYNCRO START Same as the SYNC START button SYNCRO STOP Same as the SYNC STOP button...

Page 141: ...y you can set this so that the voice is not affected by touch page 90 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 KEYBOARD For this setting Transpose affects the pitch of the keyboard played voices Main Layer and Left and the ac...

Page 142: ...topped Top The sequence starts again at the beginning Next Bank The sequence automatically moves to the beginning of the next Registration Memory bank in the same folder Indicates the file name of the...

Page 143: ...turned on or off independently for each part Normally these should all be set to ON Harmony echo and Left pedal assignment cannot be set for the Layer and Left parts Setting Harmony and Echo 1 2 3 4...

Page 144: ...ords played to the left of the split point control the harmony Harmony notes based on the chord and the selected type are automatically added to the melody played to the right of the split point Showi...

Page 145: ...ays see the following pages Preset MIDI Templates Factory Set All Parts Transmit all parts including Main Layer and Left Master KBD The Clavinova functions as a master keyboard for controlling externa...

Page 146: ...transmission of MIDI chord exclusive data chord detect root and type ON or OFF CHORD SYS EX Rx RECEIVE Turns MIDI reception of MIDI chord exclusive data generated by external equipment ON or OFF Tran...

Page 147: ...animent BASS notes ACMP CHORD1 2 The received notes are used as the accompaniment CHORD 1 and CHORD 2 notes ACMP PAD The received notes are used as the accompaniment PAD notes ACMP PHRASE1 2 The recei...

Page 148: ...it takes for the volume to fade out or go from maximum to minimum range of 0 20 0 seconds Determines the time the volume is held at 0 following the fade out range of 0 5 0 seconds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Det...

Page 149: ...cted parameter is locked checkmarked or unlocked empty 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Determines the level of the tap sound Determines the particular sound used for the Tap Start function Any drum or percussion soun...

Page 150: ...At the Please insert a destination disk and press the OK button prompt eject the source disk and replace it with a blank formatted disk then press OK To abort the operation press CANCEL 4 When the op...

Page 151: ...olves the above problems Reading the files on the computer with a different language system may cause similar problems to those above A E D C B F J I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H G These call up the correspondin...

Page 152: ...itch located next to the MIC LINE IN jack to the MIC position 3 Use the INPUT VOLUME knob located next to the MIC LINE IN jack to set the microphone volume The volume should be set high enough that th...

Page 153: ...ould result in a feedback loop that will make normal performance impossible and may even damage the Clavinova CAUTION LEVEL FIXED L R AUX OUT L L R R Audio cable To powered speaker RCA pin plug RCA pi...

Page 154: ...ng music The CVP 900 can be connected in three ways Using the TO HOST terminal Using the MIDI terminals Connecting to a USB terminal by using an optional USB interface UX series Make sure to connect o...

Page 155: ...ter to the MIDI IN terminal Set the HOST SELECT switch to MIDI When using a MIDI interface with a Macintosh series computer connect the RS 422 terminal of the computer modem or printer terminal to the...

Page 156: ...ecording When you playback a music CD for example a solo piano recording you re hearing the actual sound vibrations in air of the acoustic instrument This is called audio data to distinguish it from M...

Page 157: ...a The auto accompaniment styles and songs also consist of MIDI data MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface which allows electronic musical instruments to communicate w...

Page 158: ...vice The messages transmitted received by the CVP 900 are shown in the MIDI Data Format and MIDI Implementation Chart in the separate Data List What You Can Do With MIDI The following MIDI settings ca...

Page 159: ...a memory capacity They are also used to indicate the format type of disk Playback is only possible when the MIDI device to be used is compatible with the format of the disk Sequence Format The system...

Page 160: ...1 as is most commercially available software XG XG is a major enhancement of the GM System Level 1 format and was developed by Yamaha specifically to provide more voices and variations as well as grea...

Page 161: ...the unit will not fall or slip Place a soft cloth against the wall to protect the instrument and the wall from scratches 2 Attach two front legs and a rear leg Refer to the diagram below to verify th...

Page 162: ...d the key cover Left of the rear leg on the bottom of the main unit when viewed from front Are there any parts left over Review the assembly procedure and correct any errors Is the Clavinova clear of...

Page 163: ...al Control function is set to ON page 145 The damper sostenuto and soft functions do not work for the relevant pedals Each pedal has been assigned to a different function Make sure that each pedal is...

Page 164: ...fingering modes Select an appropriate fingering mode page 63 The microphone input signal and Vocal Harmony sound cannot be recorded This is normal recording the audio input of the microphone is not p...

Page 165: ...tom Voice Creator display page 91 can result in distorted sound Adjust these settings if necessary Is the gain of the Low band set too high in the Master Equalizer display Mixing Console page 125 A st...

Page 166: ...12 DSP3 4 5 6 164 Preset 10 User DSP7 88 Preset 10 User Brilliance 5 Master EQ 5 Preset 2 User Part EQ 27 Parts Vocal Harmony 59 Preset 10 User Accompaniment Style Number of Accompaniment Styles 231 N...

Page 167: ...se German French Spanish Italian Help Direct Access Piano setting button including Piano Lock Master Volume Fade In Out Transpose Keyboard Song Master Tuning Tuning Curve Flat Stretch Natural Piano Vo...

Page 168: ...d Settings 122 Changing the Automatically Selected Voice Settings 143 Changing the Icon 47 Changing the Tone of the Voice 122 Changing the Touch Sensitivity and Transpose 141 Channel 62 77 104 117 137...

Page 169: ...isk 43 Fill 67 Filter 91 109 122 FINGERED 63 FINGERED ON BASS 63 First Key On 103 FLOPPY DISK drive 40 Floppy disk drive 19 6 Follow Lights 79 Foot Controller 59 154 FOOTAGE Organ Flutes 93 Footswitch...

Page 170: ...TE NAME 83 NTR Note Transposition Rule 118 NTT Note Transposition Table 119 O OCTAVE 122 One Touch Setting 32 ONE TOUCH SETTING 1 4 buttons 19 68 69 One touch Piano Play 56 ON OFF button POWER 18 17 O...

Page 171: ...Selecting the Freeze Settings 87 Sequence Format 159 sequencer 157 Set Up 106 Setting Auto Accompaniment related Parameters 138 Setting Chord Channels 147 Setting Harmony and Echo 143 Setting Root Not...

Page 172: ...ter with a USB MIDI interface UX256 etc 156 Using Your Clavinova with Other Devices 152 Utility 148 V VARIATION button 18 58 Velocity 99 116 Velocity Change 117 VH TYPE SELECT button 18 128 VIBRATO 91...

Page 173: ...ocations that do not significantly contribute to their operating temperature Placement of this product close to heat sources such as radiators heat registers and other devices that produce heat should...

Page 174: ...e which can be determined by turning the unit OFF and ON please try to eliminate the problem by using one of the following measures Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by...

Page 175: ...ndinavia AB J A Wettergrens Gata 1 Box 30053 S 400 43 G teborg Sweden Tel 031 89 34 00 DENMARK YS Copenhagen Liaison Office Generatorvej 8B DK 2730 Herlev Denmark Tel 44 92 49 00 FINLAND F Musiikki Oy...

Page 176: ...2002 Yamaha Corporation V954900 AP 0 A0 Printed in Indonesia Clavinova Web site English only http www yamahaclavinova com Yamaha Manual Library http www2 yamaha co jp manual english OWNER S MANUAL OWN...

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