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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 con-
trolled according to how “hard” you play the keys.
The amount of variation available depends on the se-
lected voice.
5. You can also add REVERB effects as desired by using
the [REVERB] button. (see “THE CONTROLS AND
CONNECTORS” on page 4.)
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 se-
quence and repeated until the demonstration is stopped
by pressing the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button again.
