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PF-1000

Direct Access Chart

Operation: [DIRECT ACCESS] button listed below

Corresponding LCD display and function

See pages

STYLE

[POP & ROCK]

FUNCTION

STYLE SETTING/SPLIT
POINT

SPLIT POINT (ACMP) setting

127

[POP BALLADS]

[DANCE]

[SWING & JAZZ]

[R & B]

[COUNTRY]

[LATIN]

[MARCH & WORLD]

[WALTZ]

[BALLROOM]

[PIANIST]

[USER]

STYLE CONTROL

[ACMP]

FUNCTION

CHORD FINGERING

FINGERING TYPE selection

128

[BREAK]

MIXING CONSOLE (STYLE
PART)

VOLUME/VOICE

VOICE settings

117

[INTRO]

PANPOT settings

MAIN [A]

VOLUME settings

MAIN [B]

FILTER

HARMONIC CONTENT settings

118

MAIN [C]

BRIGHTNESS settings

MAIN [D]

EFFECT

REVERB settings

119

[ENDING]

CHORUS settings

[AUTO FILL IN]

DSP settings

[OTS LINK]

FUNCTION

STYLE SETTING/SPLIT
POINT

127

[SYNC. STOP]

SYNC. STOP WINDOW setting

[SYNC. START]

—

[START/STOP]

—

SONG

[TRACK1]

FUNCTION

SONG SETTING

TRACK1 CHANNEL selection

126

[TRACK2]

TRACK2 CHANNEL selection

[EXTRA TRACKS]

[REPEAT]

[REC]

—

[TOP]

—

[START/STOP]

—

[REW]

—

[FF]

—

METRONOME

[START/STOP]

FUNCTION

UTILITY

METRONOME settings

137

[FADE IN/OUT]

FADE IN/OUT settings

TEMPO

[TAP TEMPO]

TAP settings

[–]

MIDI

MIDI CLOCK setting

135

[+]

TRANSPOSE

[–]

CONTROLLER

TRANSPOSE settings

130

[+]

MIXING CONSOLE

TUNE

118

[DEMO]

FUNCTION

UTILITY

LANGUAGE selection

140

[HELP]

LCD BRIGHTNESS settings

138

[FUNCTION]

MIDI

MIDI settings

134

DIGITAL STUDIO

[SOUND CREATOR]

MASTER TUNE/SCALE
TUNE

MASTER TUNING setting

124

[DIGITAL RECORDING]

SCALE TUNING setting

[MIXING CONSOLE]

—

[BALANCE]

MIXING CONSOLE (SONG
PART)

VOLUME/VOICE

VOLUME settings

117

[CHANNEL ON/OFF]

VOICE settings

[DIRECT ACCESS]

Exit from the Direct Access mode

[NEXT]

—

[BACK]

—

[ENTER]

—

[MUSIC FINDER]

MUSIC FINDER

MUSIC FINDER SEARCH1 (Searching the records)

[EXIT]

Return to the MAIN display

VOICE PART

[LAYER]

MIXING CONSOLE

TUNE

OCTAVE settings

118

[LEFT]

VOICE EFFECT

[REVERB]

EFFECT

REVERB settings

119

[DSP]

DSP settings

[VARIATION]

EFFECT TYPE selection

[HARMONY/ECHO]

FUNCTION

HARMONY/ECHO 132

[MONO]

MIXING CONSOLE

TUNE

PORTAMENTO TIME settings

118

[LEFT HOLD]

FUNCTION

STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT SPLIT POINT (LEFT) setting

127

VOICE

[PIANO & HARPSI]

VOICE SET

132

[E.PIANO]

[ORGAN & ACCORDION]

[PERCUSSION]

[GUITAR]

[BASS]

[BRASS]

[WOODWIND]

[STRINGS]

[CHOIR & PAD]

[SYNTH.]

[XG]

[USER]

ONE TOUCH SETTING

[1]–[4]

—

[PIANO]

FUNCTION

CONTROLLER

KEYBOARD TOUCH selection

130

REGISTRATION MEMORY

[FREEZE]

FREEZE

131

[1]–[8]

REGISTRATION BANK

REGISTRATION EDIT (Editing the REGISTRATION)

[MEMORY]

FUNCTION

REGISTRATION SEQUENCE (Creating the REGISTRATION SEQUENCE)

131

PEDAL

RIGHT

CONTROLLER

RIGHT PEDAL function assignment

128

CENTER

CENTER PEDAL function assignment

LEFT

LEFT PEDAL function assignment

AUX

AUX PEDAL function assignment

Summary of Contents for PF-1000

Page 1: ... sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel In some areas a voltage selector may be provided on the bottom panel of the main keyboard unit Make sure that the voltage selector is set for the voltage in your area The voltage selector is set at 240V when the unit is initially shipped To change the setting use a minus screwdriver to rotate...

Page 2: ...dly 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 the following Battery Notice This product MAY contain a small non rechargable battery which if applicable is soldered in place The average life span of this type of battery is approximately five years When r...

Page 3: ...itch disconnect the electric plug 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 or others or damage to the instrument or other property These precautions include but are not limited to the following When removing the electric plug from the instrumen...

Page 4: ...cian Do not place the bench in an unstable position where it might accidentally fall over Do not play carelessly with or stand on the bench Using it as a tool or step ladder or for any other purpose might result in acci dent or injury Only one person should sit on the bench at a time in order to prevent the possibility of accident or injury If the bench screws become loose due to extensive long te...

Page 5: ...ctional purposes only and may appear somewhat different from those on your instrument The example Operation Guide displays shown in this Manual are in English The bitmap fonts used in this instrument have been provided by and are the property of Ricoh co Ltd Copying of the commercially available software is strictly prohibited except for your personal use Trademarks Apple and Macintosh are tradema...

Page 6: ...ully insert the disk into the slot slowly pushing it all the way in until it clicks into place and the eject button pops out To eject a floppy disk Before ejecting the disk be sure to confirm that data is not being written to the floppy disk If data is currently being written to the floppy disk in the following operations the messages Now executing Now copying and Now formatting appears in the dis...

Page 7: ...ecommends 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 anything but floppy disks into the disk drive Other objects may cause damage to the disk drive or floppy disks To handle floppy disks with care Do not place heavy objects on a disk or bend or apply ...

Page 8: ...es appears on the screen to facilitate operation When such messages appear simply follow the instructions as shown by pressing the corresponding button You can select the desired language from the Help dis play page 49 J I H G F For this example press the G YES button to execute formatting ...

Page 9: ...ganizing Files by Creating a New Folder 44 Displaying Upper Level pages 44 Entering Characters and Changing Icons 44 Using the DATA ENTRY Dial 46 Direct Access Instant Selection of Displays 47 Help Messages 49 Using the Metronome 50 Adjusting the Tempo 50 Tap Tempo 51 Reference Playing the Demos 52 Voices 54 Selecting a Voice 54 One touch Piano Play 55 Layer Left Playing Several Sounds Simultaneou...

Page 10: ...mpaniment Styles 106 Style File Format 107 Operation 107 Realtime Recording Basic 108 Step Recording 109 Assembling an Accompaniment Style Assembly 110 Edit the Created Accompaniment Style 111 Change the Rhythmic Feel Groove and Dynamics 111 Editing the Channel Data 113 Making Style File Format Settings Parameter 114 Adjust the Volume Balance and Changing Voices Mixing Console 116 Operation 116 Se...

Page 11: ...ting Chord Channels Chord Detect 136 Other Settings Utility 137 Making Settings for Fade In Out Metronome Parameter Lock and Tap CONFIG 1 137 Making Settings for the Display Speaker System and Voice Number Indication CONFIG 2 138 Copying and Formatting Disks Disk 139 Entering Your Name and Language Preference Owner 140 Restoring the Factory programmed Settings of the PF 1000 System Reset 140 Using...

Page 12: ...ections of the Keyboard on page 57 Changing the sound Enhancing the sound with reverb and other effects Applying Voice Effects on page 57 Adjusting the Effects on page 119 Adjusting the Level Balance page 117 Combining two voices Layer Layering Two Different Voices on page 56 Playing separate voices with the right and left hands Left Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right Sections of the K...

Page 13: ...e sounds of the PF 1000 through an external audio system and recording the sounds to an external recorder AUX OUT jacks on page 142 Raising the volume Playing the sounds of the PF 1000 through an external audio system and recording the sounds to an external recorder AUX OUT jacks on page 142 Outputting another instrument s sound from the PF 1000 Outputting the sound of an external device through t...

Page 14: ...21 36 73 Enjoy a wide variety of preset songs as well as songs on commercially available disks DEMO Explore the Demos page 20 52 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 experience using the PF 1000 STYLE Back up your performance with Auto Accompaniment page 28 59 Playing a chord with you...

Page 15: ...tomatically calls up the most appropriate style and voice TO HOST terminal Make music with a computer quickly and easily page 143 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 different instrument sounds all from a single PF 1000 PIANO Set up the piano instantly page 55 Yo...

Page 16: ...unit to the wrong AC supply can cause serious damage to the internal circuitry and may even pose a shock hazard Use only the AC power cord supplied with the PF 1000 If the supplied cord is lost or damaged and needs to be replaced contact your Yamaha dealer The use of an inappropriate replacement can pose a fire and shock hazard The type of AC power cord provided with the PF 1000 may be different d...

Page 17: ...t a pair of headphones to one of the PHONES jacks on the left side panel Two PHONES jacks are provided Two sets of standard stereo headphones can be plugged in If you are using only one pair of headphones you can plug them into either of these jacks CAUTION Do not use headphones at a high volume for an extended period of time Doing so may cause hearing loss PEDAL AUX PEDAL AC INLET VIDEO OUT AUX I...

Page 18: ...N OFF LAYER button P 56 LEFT button P 56 MUSIC FINDER MUSIC FINDER button P 69 Floppy disk drive 3 5 P 6 VOICE EFFECT REVERB button P 57 DSP button P 57 VARIATION button P 57 HARMONY ECHO button P 58 MONO button P 58 LEFT HOLD button P 58 MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX METRONOME STYLE CONTROL START STOP FADE IN OUT POP ROCK BREAK INTRO ENDING rit SYNC STOP SYNC START TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START EXTRA TRACK...

Page 19: ...ility with GM By using the PF 1000 s XG voices it is possible to record XG compatible song files XF Format The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF Standard MIDI File standard with greater functionality and open ended expandability for the future The PF 1000 is capable of displaying lyrics when an XF file containing lyric data is played SMF is the most common format used for MIDI sequence files The P...

Page 20: ... Song Book playback page 21 Disk Song Playback page 21 Short demo playback of the selected voice in the Voice Open display page 26 Reference on page 52 Demo button DEMO HELP FUNCTION MENU 2 Press the BACK NEXT button to select the Demo categories BACK NEXT Voice Demos showcase the voices of the PF 1000 Style Demos introduce you to the rhythms and accompaniment styles of the PF 1000 page 52 For thi...

Page 21: ...e on page 73 Song related buttons Floppy disk drive BALANCE and CHANNEL buttons Make sure that the Lan guage setting for the instru ment page 140 is the same as that of the file name of the song that you are playing back Disks bearing this logo contain song data for voices defined in the GM standard Disks bearing this logo contain song data using the XG format an extension of the GM standard that ...

Page 22: ...IRECT ACCESS button followed by the EXIT button 3 PRESET only Press the A button to select the preset songs Song Book folder E D C B A Press the BACK NEXT button to select the drive PRESET FLOPPY DISK From the MAIN display the display shown when the power is turned on you can select songs voices accom paniment styles etc E D C B A ...

Page 23: ...L ON OFF button 2 Press the 1 8 button corresponding to the channel you wish to turn on or off TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START START STOP To rewind or fast forward to the playback point of the song press the REW or FF button With song data software Standard MIDI format 0 that includes lyrics you can view the lyr ics on the display during playback You can also view the score See pages 78 and 81 for det...

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 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 You can call up a full set of mixing controls by pressing the MIXING CONSOLE button page 116 TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START START STOP The FADE IN OUT but ton page 65 can be used to produce smooth fade ins and fade outs when starting and st...

Page 25: ... displayed press the DIRECT ACCESS button followed by the EXIT button 2 Select a voice group Reference on page 54 Voice related buttons J I H G F ON OFF LAYER LEFT VOICE PART The voice you re selecting here belongs to the MAIN part and is called the MAIN voice See page 56 for more information You ll want to hear the MAIN voice all by itself so make sure that the LAYER and LEFT parts are turned off...

Page 26: ...lected here And that s just the beginning Check out these other voice related features Instant setup of the PF 1000 for piano play with the press of a single button page 55 Create your own original voices quickly and easily by changing the settings of existing voices page 85 Set up your favorite panel settings including voices styles and more and call them up whenever you need them page 82 E D C B...

Page 27: ...cular key 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 127 6 Play the voices The notes you play with your left hand sound one voice while the notes you play with your right sound a different voice or voices MAIN and LAYER voices are meant to be playe...

Page 28: ...n and chords played in this section are automatically detected and used as a basis for fully automatic accompaniment with the selected style 3 Turn SYNC START on Reference on page 59 Style related buttons E D C B A POP ROCK POP BALLADS DANCE SWING JAZZ R B COUNTRY LATIN STYLE Press the BACK NEXT button to select the memory location of the style For this example PRESET is selected For this example ...

Page 29: ... 82 Embellish and enhance your melodies with the automatic Harmony and Echo effects This powerful performance feature lets you automatically add harmony notes to the melodies you play with your right hand based on the chords you play with your left Tremolo 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 i...

Page 30: ...8 Press the AUTO FILL IN button to add a fill in if necessary Fill in patterns play automatically between each change in the Main sections 9 Press the ENDING button This switches to the ending section When the ending is finished the style automatically stops INTRO This is used for the beginning of the song When the intro finishes playing accompaniment shifts to the main section MAIN This is used f...

Page 31: ...G button again while the ending is playing back MAIN VARIATION A MAIN VARIATION C MAIN VARIATION B MAIN VARIATION D via BREAK via BREAK via BREAK via BREAK max four patterns max four patterns INTRO page 66 ENDING page 66 An Intro doesn t necessarily have to be at the beginning If you want you can play an Intro section in the middle of your performance by simply pressing the INTRO button at the des...

Page 32: ... page 67 it also automatically turns on ACMP and SYNC START so that you can immediately start playing the style 3 As soon as you play a chord with your left hand the auto accompaniment starts 4 Play melodies with your right hand and play various chords with your left hand 5 Try out other One Touch Setting setups You can also create your own One Touch Setting setups For details refer to page 68 Her...

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 69 MUSIC FINDER button MUSIC FINDER 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Select the desired record Press the BACK NEXT button to select the desired page of records For this example ALL is selected Split Point Auto Accompanim...

Page 34: ...arch 1 and 2 appear in the correspond ingly numbered SEARCH 1 2 displays E D C B A J I H G F E D C B A J I H G F 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 6 Press the 8 START SEARCH button The search function calls up all records that contain the entered word or words 3 Press the F G and H to clear the previous conditions if necessary 4 For this example press the A button to call up the display for inputting the song title...

Page 35: ...all the saved data execute the appropriate operation from the MUSIC FINDER s Open Save window Records can be replaced or added page 71 In the instructions above all Music Finder data is handled together Besides this when you save or load style files the Music Finder data that uses the relevant style file s is stored or added automatically When you copy or move a style file on a floppy disk to the ...

Page 36: ...IT 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 73 Song related buttons TRACK1 R To cancel the left hand part press the TRACK 2 button E D C B A If the selected song does not contain lyric data lyrics are not displayed If you want to start the song right away without an intro use the Sync Start function To set Syn...

Page 37: ...s 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 beginning by using the TOP button and press the SONG START STOP button 9 Save the recorded data as required pages 38 44 TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START START STOP REW FF REPEAT SONG REC EXTRA TRACKS TRACK...

Page 38: ...le types as well Song Voice 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 called up from the MAIN display the display shown when the power is turned on by pressing the appropriate A J button E D C B A J I H G F The following Open Save display types are...

Page 39: ...ercially 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 your own original are stored as files Current Memory Current Memory is the area where the voice is called up when you select a voice Also it is the area where you edit your voice using the SOUND CRE...

Page 40: ...e available files folders Highlight the desired file or folder voice files are shown in the example above and press the ENTER button to call up the selected item Double clicking the appropriate A J button calls up the corresponding file and returns to the MAIN display Highlighting the desired file and double clicking the ENTER button calls up the corresponding file and returns to the MAIN display ...

Page 41: ...1 NAME button page 38 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 of the A J buttons A file folder name can con tain up to 50 half size letters or 25 Hiragana and kanji let ters including the Icon ID see the note below and the extension The file name will appear on ...

Page 42: ...7 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 folder from the first floppy disk to the USER page then change disks and paste it to the FLOPPY DISK page All files folders in a floppy disk can be copied to another disk in one batch page 139 4 Cal...

Page 43: ...e 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 Press the 4 PASTE button The file folder you copied is now pasted at the destination Please note that the copy functions are intended for your personal use only END 1 Press the 5 DELETE button page 38 Th...

Page 44: ... 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 800 but this may differ depending on the length of the file names The maximum number of files which can be stored in a folder will be 250 Enter a name for the new file page 45 Press the 8 OK button To stop the operation...

Page 45: ... 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 7 DELETE button The reversed area can be cleared at once by the 8 CANCEL button To actually enter the change press the 8 OK button or enter the next character To enter the hiragana itself without co...

Page 46: ...otating 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 by pressing the button corresponding to the part then rotate the DATA ENTRY dial Selecting items You can select the desired item or function in the display by rotating the DATA ENTRY dial The selected item...

Page 47: ... SYNC STOP SYNC START TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START EXTRA TRACKS TRACK2 STYLE L TRACK1 R START STOP START STOP REW FF REPEAT DEMO HELP FUNCTION E D C B A J I H G F SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING DIRECT ACCESS BALANCE CHANNEL ON OFF PART PART MIXING CONSOLE LCD CONTRAST A ACMP AUTO FILL IN OTS LINK B MAIN C TAP TEMPO EXIT DATA ENTRY ENTER ON OFF LAYER BACK LEFT NEXT MUSIC FINDER RESET RESET POP BALL...

Page 48: ... LANGUAGE selection 140 HELP LCD BRIGHTNESS settings 138 FUNCTION MIDI MIDI settings 134 DIGITAL STUDIO SOUND CREATOR MASTER TUNE SCALE TUNE MASTER TUNING setting 124 DIGITAL RECORDING SCALE TUNING setting MIXING CONSOLE BALANCE MIXING CONSOLE SONG PART VOLUME VOICE VOLUME settings 117 CHANNEL ON OFF VOICE settings DIRECT ACCESS Exit from the Direct Access mode NEXT BACK ENTER MUSIC FINDER MUSIC F...

Page 49: ...elp topic 2 2 Call up the topic Select the Language if necessary The language selected here are also used for various Messages shown during operations Help messages can be displayed in any one of the following languages ENGLISH JAPANESE GERMAN FRENCH SPANISH ITALIAN Use this to select different pages Help messages also feature links to the detailed explanation or actual setting display of the sele...

Page 50: ...nome can all be changed page 137 Adjusting the Tempo MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX METRONOME STYLE CONTROL START STOP FADE IN OUT POP ROCK BREAK INTRO ENDING rit SYNC STOP SYNC START TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START EXTRA TRACKS TRACK2 STYLE L TRACK1 R START STOP START STOP REW FF REPEAT DEMO HELP FUNCTION E D C B A J I H G F SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING DIRECT ACCESS BALANCE CHANNEL ON OFF PART PART MIXING...

Page 51: ... page 60 74 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 TAP TEMPO RESET TEMPO Tap the TAP TEMPO button twice to change the tempo 1 Playback the song or the accompaniment style page 59 74 2 Indicates the default initial tempo setting for the currently selecte...

Page 52: ...E PIANO ACCORDION 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 MARCH WORLD TEMPO TRANSPOSE STYLE SONG MENU DIGITAL STUDIO 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 VOICE PART PIANO VOICE REGISTRATION MEMORY VOICE EFFECT ONE TOUCH SETTING D DEMO HELP FUNCTION MENU E D C B A J I H G F BACK NEXT 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 DEMO HELP FUNCTION MENU 2 3 Press one of these buttons twice once to select the desired demo and once again to start it 2 2 Use these to select di...

Page 53: ...n 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 the BACK NEXT buttons in the introduction screen to call up the previ ous or next page n Press the SONG START STOP button to stop the Demo song To start the Demo again from the point at which it was stopped press t...

Page 54: ... GUITAR PERCUSSION HARPSI E PIANO ACCORDION VOICE E D C B A J I H G F BACK NEXT 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 END EXIT 1 Select the desired voice group 2 3 Select the voice 2 1 Select the memory location of the voice PRESET USER FLOPPY DISK Press this to start the demo of the selected voice To stop the demo at any time press this button again Press this to call up the display for selecting the voice group Indic...

Page 55: ...re a sound so finely detailed and natural you ll swear you re playing the real thing Drum Various drum and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys letting you play the sounds from the keyboard SFX Various special effect sounds are assigned to individual keys letting you play the sounds from the keyboard Keyboard Percussion When one of the drum of SFX kits is selected in the PERCUSSION vo...

Page 56: ...UNTRY LATIN WALTZ BALLROOM PIANIST USER 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 FREEZE USER XG SYNTH CHOIR PAD BRASS WOODWIND STRINGS LEFT HOLD MONO ECHO HARMONY REVERB PIANO ORGAN DSP VARIATION BASS GUITAR PERCUSSION HARPSI E PIANO ACCORDION 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 MARCH WORLD TEMPO TRANSPOSE STYLE SONG MENU DIGITAL STUDIO 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 VOICE PART PIANO VOICE REGISTRATION MEMORY VOICE EFFECT ONE TOUCH SETTING D ON OFF LAYER LE...

Page 57: ...ections of the keyboard as indicated and set up a layer of two different voices on the right J I H G F 1 Set the LEFT to ON Press this button again to set it to OFF ON OFF LAYER LEFT VOICE PART 2 Select LEFT with the H button Press the same button to call up the VOICE display from which you can select the specific voice you want to play in a left How to select the voice is the same as the way of V...

Page 58: ... 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 of any chords sounds monophonically Try this using the following voices MAIN voice Brass Section polyphonic LAYER voice Sweet Trump monophonic The Portamento effect creates a smooth pitch glide between successively played n...

Page 59: ...DER RESET RESET POP BALLADS DANCE SWING JAZZ R B COUNTRY LATIN WALTZ BALLROOM PIANIST USER 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 FREEZE USER XG SYNTH CHOIR PAD BRASS WOODWIND STRINGS LEFT HOLD MONO ECHO HARMONY REVERB PIANO ORGAN DSP VARIATION BASS GUITAR PERCUSSION HARPSI E PIANO ACCORDION 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 MARCH WORLD TEMPO TRANSPOSE STYLE SONG MENU DIGITAL STUDIO 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 VOICE PART PIANO VOICE REGISTRATION MEMO...

Page 60: ...6 Sync Start 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 page 62 Accompaniment Style Characteristics The defining characteristics of some of the accompaniment styles are indicated above the relevant style names in the Open Save display Session These...

Page 61: ...LE CONTROL 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 CHANNEL ON OFF PART BALANCE display Adjust the output level of the Part Parts played from the keyboard MAIN LAYER LEFT STYLE part Auto Accompaniment section SONG part MIC part CHANNEL ON OFF display C...

Page 62: ...ample 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 FINGERED with the exception that less than three notes can be played to indicate the chords based on the previously played chord etc AI FULL KEYBOARD When this advanced auto accompaniment mode is engaged...

Page 63: ... 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 1 3 5 7 C7 5 Seventh augmented 7aug 1 3 5 7 C7aug Seventh suspended fourth 7sus4 1 4 5 7 C7sus4 Suspended second sus2 1 2 5 Csus2 Chord Types Recognized in the Fingered Mode Example for C chords C Cm...

Page 64: ...d breaks If 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 keys in the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard page 127 If you press the SYNC START button while an accompaniment is play ing the accompaniment will stop and the PF 1000 will enter Syn...

Page 65: ...op 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 maintained even if you select a differ ent style When STOP ACMP is set to on and the accompani ment is not playing you can play both chords and bass in the Auto Accom paniment section in the keyboard page ...

Page 66: ...t phrase used to add variation to the style STYLE CONTROL BREAK INTRO ENDING rit SYNC STOP SYNC START START STOP A ACMP AUTO FILL IN OTS LINK B MAIN C D 1 2 Play the style and switch among the accompaniment sections as they play page 30 31 Fill in patterns play automatically between each change in the Main sections You can also add a fill in by pressing the selected MAIN button again To cancel the...

Page 67: ...RGAN DSP VARIATION BASS GUITAR PERCUSSION HARPSI E PIANO ACCORDION 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 MARCH WORLD TEMPO TRANSPOSE STYLE SONG MENU DIGITAL STUDIO 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 VOICE PART PIANO VOICE REGISTRATION MEMORY VOICE EFFECT ONE TOUCH SETTING D 4 3 2 1 ONE TOUCH SETTING STYLE CONTROL BREAK INTRO ENDING rit SYNC STOP SYNC START START STOP A ACMP AUTO FILL IN OTS LINK B MAIN C D 4 3 2 1 ONE TOUCH SETTING 1 Sele...

Page 68: ...ettings 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 127 Immediately when you press a section button At the next measure in an accompaniment style after you press a section button To cancel the OTS Link function press the OTS LINK button again END MEMORY 4 3 2 1 ONE TOUCH SETTING 1 Select a style 2 Set up the panel cont...

Page 69: ...ANSPOSE STYLE SONG MENU DIGITAL STUDIO 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 VOICE PART PIANO VOICE REGISTRATION MEMORY VOICE EFFECT ONE TOUCH SETTING D MUSIC FINDER J I H G F 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 MUSIC FINDER Select a record For example select the top record by pressing the 1 button to call up the recommended setups The setting data shown here is referred to as a record All Show all records FAVORITE Show the records that h...

Page 70: ...pecific 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 specifying a tempo range This lets you set the minimum tempo for the search Press the buttons simultaneously to instantly reset the tempo value to the minimum 2 TEMPO TO You can also narrow your searc...

Page 71: ...ord The deleted record number becomes empty When you press this button a message appears prompting you to execute abort or cancel the operation YES Press this to clear the record and close the display NO Press this to close the display without clearing the record CANCEL Press this to close the message box and return to the previous display You can also change clear a preset record To avoid chang i...

Page 72: ...ximum of 200 genre names can be stored The genre name you input becomes effective when the current record is edited overwritten by pressing the 8 OK button or when a new record 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 editing and changes to the ...

Page 73: ...l MIDI file format Songs you recorded page 90 and stored to the PF 1000 or disk MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX METRONOME STYLE CONTROL START STOP FADE IN OUT POP ROCK BREAK INTRO ENDING rit SYNC STOP SYNC START TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START EXTRA TRACKS TRACK2 STYLE L TRACK1 R START STOP START STOP REW FF REPEAT DEMO HELP FUNCTION E D C B A J I H G F SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING DIRECT ACCESS BALANCE CHAN...

Page 74: ...ade in the song and press it again at the end of the song to fade out Adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO buttons page 50 or the TAP TEMPO button You can even change the playback speed by tapping out the tempo simply tap the TAP TEMPO button twice 1 2 3 The song starts To stop the song immediately press the button again Press the button in order to go back to the previous screen START STOP EXIT If...

Page 75: ...OP button 2 Select the desired accompaniment style 3 Start the style by pressing the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button 4 While the song is playing insert a break or change sections with the STYLE section buttons Fill in patterns play when you switch sections The style automatically stops when the song finishes or is stopped The accompaniment stops when you stop the song If the accompaniment style is...

Page 76: ...e 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 song Insert the disk shutter side first and label face up TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START START STOP REW FF REPEAT SONG During playback you can have the song return to the top and play back again from the begi...

Page 77: ...fy which parts are muted when pressing the TRACK 1 TRACK 2 EXTRA TRACKS buttons Repeat Playback of a Specific Range TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START START STOP REW FF REPEAT SONG START STOP 2 1 Play back the song page 74 76 You can also specify Points A and B when the song is stopped Set Point A by pressing the REPEAT but ton then use the FF but ton to move to the desired end location then set Point B ...

Page 78: ... displayed notation is generated by the PF 1000 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 notation of complicated pas sages or many short notes n Some song data for the PF 1000 has been recorded with special free tempo settings For such song data the tempo beat mea sure and music notation wil...

Page 79: ...low 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 to select the smallest note value which is used in the song Note resolution 1 4 note 1 8 note 1 16 note 1 32 note 1 4 note triplet 1 8 note triplet 1 16 note triplet 1 32 note triplet When LEFT and RI...

Page 80: ... the scale intervals and as such are relative to the key The root note 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 8 OK This closes the detailed setting display and starts generating the notation You can also execute this by pressing the ENTER button on the panel 8 CANC...

Page 81: ...turn to the previous page press the button EXIT END The lyrics can be changed page 105 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 LYRICS LANGUAGE setting from the SONG SETTING dis play page 122 Start the song 4 2 TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START START STOP REW FF REPEAT SONG TOP REC NEW SONG SYN...

Page 82: ... disk cannot registered to Registration Memory If you want to register a disk based song or style copy the relevant data to USER in the SONG STYLE display page 38 and register the data separately END J I H G F 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 4 3 2 1 FREEZE 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 REGISTRATION MEMORY 4 3 2 1 FREEZE 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 REGISTRATION MEMORY 1 Set up the panel controls as desired For a list of the settings that can...

Page 83: ... is the same as that in Naming Files and Folders page 41 in Basic Operations Organizing Your Data Delete This operation is the same as that in Deleting Files Folders page 43 in Basic Operations Organizing Your Data Keep in mind that the size of the Registration bank files and the memory space they occupy depends on the amount of functions set in each BANK 01 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 All settings registered...

Page 84: ...esets 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 131 4 3 2 1 FREEZE 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 REGISTRATION MEMORY DEMO HELP FUNCTION MENU 4 3 2 1 FREEZE 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 REGISTRATION MEMORY 4 3 2 1 FREEZE 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 REGISTRATION MEMORY 1 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Select the Freeze settings Enters a check...

Page 85: ...R PERCUSSION HARPSI E PIANO ACCORDION 8 MEMORY 7 6 5 MARCH WORLD TEMPO TRANSPOSE STYLE SONG MENU DIGITAL STUDIO 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 VOICE PART PIANO VOICE REGISTRATION MEMORY VOICE EFFECT ONE TOUCH SETTING D SOUND CREATOR Operation J I H G F SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING PART MIXING CONSOLE DIGITAL STUDIO 1 Press the F G or H button to select the Part MAIN LAYER or LEFT containing the voice you wish...

Page 86: ... PF 1000 are two different tone generation sources Natural and XG The Natural tone generation source and its voices feature a huge amount of wave memory giving you enormous and finely detailed expressive power over the sound The XG source which powers the Regular voices provide maximum compatibility with a wide variety of devices and song data The maximum amount of polyphony for each tone generati...

Page 87: ...er the entire keyboard range Determines the depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal The available parameters differ depending on the selected voice 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Set the volume of the current edited voice Set the portamento time of each part MAIN LAYER VOICE Regular Voice only page 118 Determines the touch sensitivity or how greatly the volume responds to your playing strength 0 Produces ...

Page 88: ...fect 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 a key and the start of the Vibrato effect see diagram Higher settings increase the delay of theVibrato onset In addition to making the sound either brighter or more mellow Filter can be used to prod...

Page 89: ... page 87 when a piano voice is selected Metallic Sharp metallic tone Bright Bright tone Normal Standard tone Mellow Soft and mellow tone Dark Dark tone The same as the Mixing Console on page 119 If you select Bright or Metallic as the type of brilliance the volume level will increase slightly In this case raising the MASTER VOLUME may result in distortion If this happens lower the vol ume accordin...

Page 90: ...ecording and Step Recording methods MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX METRONOME STYLE CONTROL START STOP FADE IN OUT POP ROCK BREAK INTRO ENDING rit SYNC STOP SYNC START TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START EXTRA TRACKS TRACK2 STYLE L TRACK1 R START STOP START STOP REW FF REPEAT DEMO HELP FUNCTION E D C B A J I H G F SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING DIRECT ACCESS BALANCE CHANNEL ON OFF PART PART MIXING CONSOLE LCD CONT...

Page 91: ...mance 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 on before pressing the REC button the corre sponding Layer and Left parts are automatically recorded to different channels The performance of track 1 2 is recorded to the channel specified in the SONG...

Page 92: ...e 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 RHYTHM 2 Accompaniment style BASS Accompaniment style CHORD1 Accompaniment style CHORD2 Accompaniment style PAD Accompaniment style PHRASE1 Accompaniment style PHRASE2 MIDI 2 Voice MAIN 10 Accompaniment s...

Page 93: ... out function is set to the pedal page 99 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 assigned to the pedal page 99 To pause press the SONG START STOP button To resume recording press the SONG START STOP but ton again You can also use the metro nome click as a guide while recording The s...

Page 94: ...tton 3 Press the A button to call up the Song Creator display E D C B A 2 Press the DIGITAL RECORDING button 4 Using the BACK NEXT buttons select the 1 16 tab for recording melodies and other parts or select the CHD Chord tab for recording chords and after selecting the 1 16 tab select a record channel with the F CH button J I H G F BACK NEXT 5 Call up the Step Record display by pressing the G but...

Page 95: ... 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 dotted and triplet This is available only when recording the melody Deletes the event at the cursor Use these to move the selected event in units of measures BAR beat and clocks For information on mea...

Page 96: ...T button The entered data can be edited from the SONG CREATOR 1 16 display page 103 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 dotted notes 3 2 Select this note 3 3 4 4 1 Call up the normal notes by pressing this button 4 3 4 2 Select this note The notation display on the instrument...

Page 97: ...d Sections Chord Step For example you can input the following chord progression by the procedure described below C F G F G7 C MAIN A BREAK MAIN B Enter the chords by using the currently selected chord fingering method in the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard 1 Press the MAIN A button to specify the section and enter the chords as shown at right C F G MAIN A A B MAIN C D C F G Select this ...

Page 98: ...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 A B MAIN C D C 003 1 000 Select this note value and play the chords indicated at right To enter a fill in press the AUTO FILL IN button and press one of the MAIN A D buttons END Mark An END mark is shown in the display indicating the end of the song data The actual position of the End m...

Page 99: ...sure after which song playback continues normally Determines the Punch Out measure the measure at which Punch In overwrite recording stops when PUNCH OUT AT is selected 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 When this is set to ON you can use the sostenut...

Page 100: ...antized 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 specified quantization beats only by the specified amount Applying less than 100 quantization lets you preserve some of the human feel in the recording Executes the Quantize operation After the operation i...

Page 101: ...ne Calls up the SONG display from which you can save the edited data These select the channel to be deleted E D C B A J I H G F 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Use these to select the desired edit operation Executes the Mix operation After the operation is completed this button changes to UNDO letting you restore the original data if you re not satisfied with the Mix results The Undo function only has one level o...

Page 102: ... 7 8 4 Use these to select the desired edit operation Executes the SET UP operation 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 will be automatically called up along with the selected song All events with the exception of KEYBOARD VOICE can be recorded on...

Page 103: ...ilter display page 105 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 A and B buttons lets you select multiple events For fine adjustment of the event value Cuts deletes all selected events The cut events are copied and can be pasted to another location Adds a new even...

Page 104: ...hythm 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 Description ScBar Score initial measure This determines the number of the top measure The measure number is indicated in the MAIN display or in the music notation Only one value can be specified at the b...

Page 105: ...ics and displays the next set of lyrics E D C B A J I H G F 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 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 input lyrics From the Lyric display page 45 enter the new word your name 4 Press this button to save the newly changed lyric data 2 Move the cursor to the word star To actually enter an edited value ...

Page 106: ...t are difficult to play Assembling an Accompaniment Style page 110 This convenient feature lets you create composite styles by combining various patterns from the internal preset accompaniment styles For example if you want to create your own original 8 beat style you could take rhythm patterns from the 8 Beat 1 style use the bass pattern from 8 Beat 2 and import the chord patterns from the 60 s 8...

Page 107: ...ble range 7 RTR Retrigger Rule how the pitches of the chord change Output These are the patterns recorded to the accompaniment styles page 114 This data is created by chords played in the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard page 62 These settings are edited from the PARAMETER display These parameters determine how the pitch of the source pattern is converted when you play chords in the Auto...

Page 108: ...CONTROL START STOP button The selected section of the 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 percussion instruments assigned to the keys 3 Stop recording by pressing the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button again With the REC CHANNEL display shown c...

Page 109: ... the 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 chord When recording the Main and Fill In sections for a source chord of CM7 keep the following points in mind When recording to the Bass or Phrase channels try to use only the recommended notes this...

Page 110: ...hannels Any channels set to ON in the REC CHANNEL display page 108 are played back simultaneously OFF Mutes the selected channel If the selected channel is set to ON in the REC CHANNEL display page 108 OFF does not appear and is not available 1 These let you select the accompaniment style that will be used for each channel of your original style Select the desired channel by pressing the A D F I b...

Page 111: ...t 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 subtle and E being the most pronounced Fine Selects a variety of Groove templates to be applied to the selected section The PUSH settings cause certain beats to be played early while HEAVY settings delay ...

Page 112: ... while values below 100 reduce it E D C B A J I H G F 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Use these to select the desired edit operation Calls up the Style display and lets you store the edited accompaniment style data Executes the Dynamics operation After the operation is completed this button changes to UNDO letting you restore the original data if you re not satisfied with the Dynamics results The Undo function on...

Page 113: ...pied 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 DEST button to specify the first measure of the destination location to which the data is to be copied Bar Clear This function clears all data from the specified range of measures within the selected...

Page 114: ...attern 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 F3 A3 and C4 when they are transposed to F Use this setting for channels that contain melody lines Root Fixed The note is kept as close as possible to the previous note range For example the notes C...

Page 115: ...it 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 when the NTR parameter page 114 is set to Root Trans Note Limit This sets the note range highest and lowest notes for voices recorded to the style channels By judicious setting of this range you can...

Page 116: ...LCD CONTRAST A AUTO FILL IN OTS LINK B MAIN C TAP TEMPO EXIT DATA ENTRY ENTER ON OFF LAYER BACK LEFT NEXT MUSIC FINDER RESET RESET POP BALLADS DANCE SWING JAZZ R B COUNTRY LATIN WALTZ BALLROOM PIANIST USER 3 2 1 2 1 FREEZE USER XG SYNTH CHOIR PAD BRASS WOODWIND STRINGS LEFT HOLD MONO ECHO HARMONY REVERB PIANO ORGAN DSP VARIATION BASS GUITAR PERCUSSION HARPSI E PIANO ACCORDION MARCH WORLD TEMPO TRA...

Page 117: ...ings and closes the Auto Revoice Setup 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 parameter rows Allows you to select the specific voice to be replaced PIANO and BASIC can be called up simultaneously ALL REVOICE Replaces all of the replaceable XG v...

Page 118: ...Be careful with these con trols Depending on the selected voice extreme set tings may result in noise or distortion E D C B A J I H G F SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING BALANCE CHANNEL ON OFF PART PART MIXING CONSOLE DIGITAL STUDIO 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Switches between the HARMONIC and BRIGHTNESS parameters HARMONIC Allows you to adjust the resonance effect see Harmonic Content on page 88 BRIGHTNESS Det...

Page 119: ...n page 120 Press this to edit and store the effect page 119 120 These determine the effect block and let you assign the effect 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 the block is set to DSP1 and the CONNECTION parameter is set to Insertion page 120 CATEGORY The various effect ...

Page 120: ...storing 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 BLOCK is set to DSP1 PARAMETER is set to CONNECTION and VALUE is set to Insertion Determines the value of the selected parameter Calls up the display for naming the User Effect page 45 J I H G F 2 3 1 ...

Page 121: ... type and it can be turned ON OFF by the VARIATION button on the panel When the Natural voice is selected the VARIATION button does not work The illustration below shows how the various effect blocks are set up and traces the signal flow for the send return controls set on the PF 1000 For Natural Voices REVERB2 CHORUS2 DSP2 For Regular Voices REVERB1 CHORUS1 DSP1 OUT Rev Send MAIN VOICE Dry Cho Se...

Page 122: ...en using the auto accompaniment features You can even check how to play the chord since the individual notes are indicated in the display MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX METRONOME STYLE CONTROL START STOP FADE IN OUT POP ROCK BREAK INTRO ENDING rit SYNC STOP SYNC START TOP REC NEW SONG SYNC START EXTRA TRACKS TRACK2 STYLE L TRACK1 R START STOP START STOP REW FF REPEAT DEMO HELP FUNCTION E D C B A J I H G F ...

Page 123: ...VIDEO OUT terminal You can set the size and color of the displayed characters as well as the color of the display background Making MIDI Settings System page 134 These determine various system messages settings such as Clock Start Stop System Exclusive as well as Local Control on off Transmit page 135 This determines how playback data is sent to connected MIDI devices i e which parts are assigned ...

Page 124: ...s 1 semitone n You can register your original scale tunings to a REGIS TRATION MEMORY button To do this checkmark SCALE in the REGISTRA TION MEMORY display page 82 Selects which parts should be affected by the scale setting Select the part to be set by pressing 6 or 7 and set the function ON or OFF by pressing 8 Determines the Scale page 125 Determines the base note for each scale When the base no...

Page 125: ...ger 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 its own unique character The scale was used extensively during the time of Bach and Beethoven and even now it is often used when performing period music on the harpsichord Arabic Use these tunings wh...

Page 126: ...ase Mark This data specifies a certain location in the song data E D C B A J I H G F 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Turns Quick Start on off see note Allows you to play back all songs from the same folder continuously Determines the MIDI channel assigned to the TRACK2 button Determines the MIDI channel assigned to the TRACK1 button When set to ON this automatically sets the proper Track 1 and Track 2 channels No...

Page 127: ...the 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 keyboard Determines the default section that is automatically called up when selecting different accompaniment styles when accompaniment is stopped Determines the split points for the auto accompani...

Page 128: ...method 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 chords Simply specify the desired chord via the 6 8 buttons and the fingerings for the Fingered method are indicated in the display Making Settings for the Pedals and Keyboard Controller E D C B A J I H G...

Page 129: ...on STYLE START STOP Same as the STYLE CONTROL 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 INTRO Same as the INTRO button MAIN A Same as the MAIN A button MAIN B Same as the MAIN B button MAIN C Same as the MAIN C button MAIN D Same as the MAIN D button FILL DOWN A fill in plays automatically followed b...

Page 130: ...uch page 87 Determines the fixed volume level when Touch is set to OFF 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 KEYBOARD For this setting Transpose affects the pitch of the keyboard played voices Main Layer and Left and the accompaniment styles SONG For this setting Transpose affects only the pitch of the songs MASTER For this setting Transpose affects the pitch of the entire instrument keyboard voices accompaniment style...

Page 131: ...stopped 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 selected Registration Memory bank Indicates the Registration Memory preset numbers in the order of the current Registration Sequence These move the cursor position in the sequence Replaces the numbe...

Page 132: ... 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 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Determines the Harmony type For details see page 133 Determines the lowest velocity value at which the harmony note will sound This allows you to selectively apply the harmony by your playing ...

Page 133: ...ed The explanations here apply to step 3 of the procedure on page 122 Split point Chords 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 Showing the PF 1000 Display on a TV Video Out Occasionally some flashing parallel lines may appear in the television or v...

Page 134: ...isplays see the following pages Preset MIDI Templates Factory Set All Parts Transmit all parts including Main Layer and Left Master KBD The PF 1000 functions as a master keyboard for controlling external tone generators or other devices KBD Style Transmit Upper and Lower keyboard play instead of the individual parts Main Layer Left Song All Transmit channels are set to correspond to the Song chann...

Page 135: ...DI 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 Transmitting MIDI Data Transmit Data Types in the MIDI TRANSMIT RECEIVE Display Available in RECEIVE display only page 136 Note Messages which are generated when the keyboard is played Each message incl...

Page 136: ...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 received notes are used as the accompaniment PHRASE 1 and PHRASE 2 notes EXTRA PART1 5 There are five parts specially reserved for receiving and playing MIDI data Normally these parts are not used by the i...

Page 137: ...e 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 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Determines the level of the metronome sound Determines which sound is used for the metronome Bell Off Conventional metronome sound with no bell Bell On Conventional metronome sound with bell English Voi...

Page 138: ...ines whether the selected parameter is locked checkmarked or unlocked empty 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Determines the level of the tap sound Determines the particular sound used for the Tap Start function Any drum or percussion sound in the Standard Kit page 55 can be selected 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 Determines the brightness of the backlit display Determines whether or not the voice bank and number are shown in the...

Page 139: ... 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 operation is finished or when prompted eject the destination disk Commercially available music data is subject to protection by copyright laws Copying commer cially available data is strictly prohibited...

Page 140: ... G F 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 4 These call up the corresponding Open Save displays These let you store the corresponding data as files to disk for future recall Pressing each of these buttons calls up the corresponding Open Save display from which you can select the corresponding PRESET page From this PRESET page you can save the relevant data Restores the System Setup parameters to the original factory sett...

Page 141: ...N jack standard 1 4 phone jack 2 Set the MIC LINE switch 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 Before connecting the PF 1000 to other electronic components turn off the power to all the components Before turning the power on or off to all components set all volume levels to minimum 0 Ot...

Page 142: ... equipment Such connections could result in a feedback loop that will make normal performance impossible and may even damage the PF 1000 CAUTION R L R L L R AUX OUT LEVEL FIXED Audio cable To powered speaker RCA pin plug RCA pin plug AUX IN Cassette tape recorder stereo system Phone plug standard When these are connected with RCA pin plug LEVEL FIXED the sound is output to the external device at a...

Page 143: ...editing music The PF 1000 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 or disconnect the pedal only when the power is turned off CAUTION Never use MIDI cables longer than 15 meters Note for Windows users regarding MIDI driver To transfer data via the computer s seria...

Page 144: ...rminal 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 MIDI interface then connect the MIDI OUT terminal on the MIDI interface to the MIDI IN terminal of the PF 1000 as shown in the diagram below Set the HOST SELECT switch to MIDI When the HOST SELECT switch is set to MIDI t...

Page 145: ...ing 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 MIDI data In the above example the actual acoustic sounds of the pianist s performance are captured in the recording as audio data and this is recorded to CD When you play back that CD on your audio system ...

Page 146: ...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 with each other by sending and receiving compatible Note Control Change Program Change and various other types of MIDI data or messages The PF 1000 can control a MIDI device by transmitting note related ...

Page 147: ...DI device The messages transmitted received by the PF 1000 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 can be made on the PF 1000 MIDI templates preset MIDI setups for various applications page 134 Transmit page 135 Receive page 136 Local Control page 134 Clock page 135 Record performance data 1 16 ...

Page 148: ...ta 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 which records song data is called sequence format Playback is only possible when the sequence format of the disk matches that of the MIDI device The PF 1000 is compatible with the following formats S...

Page 149: ...l1 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 greater expressive control over voices and effects and to ensure compatibility of data well into the future Song data recorded on the PF 1000 using voices in the XG category is XG compatible DOC This voi...

Page 150: ...gs to the stand 3 Attaching the plate Use the included wrench Plate Stand Front left leg Front right leg Rear left leg Rear right leg Pedal unit AC power cord Long screws 6x65mm x 8 Short screws 6x20mm x 8 Cap bolts x 4 Cord holders x 2 Wrench x 1 2 3 1 Place the stand on the floor so that the bottom side with smaller holes faces up 4 Attach the front left leg in the same way 2 Use a short screw t...

Page 151: ...t any errors Is the PF 1000 clear of doors and other movable fix tures Move the PF 1000 to an appropriate location Does the PF 1000 make a rattling noise when you shake it Tighten all screws Are the pedal and power cords inserted securely into the sockets Check the connections If the keyboard stand creaks or is otherwise unsteady when you play the keyboard refer to the assembly diagrams and retigh...

Page 152: ...ol function is set to ON page 134 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 properly assigned to SUSTAIN SOSTENUTO and SOFT page 128 The damper pedal has no effect or the sound continuously sustains even when the damper pedal is not pressed The pedal cable plug may not be properly co...

Page 153: ...is is normal and is a result of the PF 1000 s sampling system Some voices will jump an octave in pitch when played in the upper or lower registers This is normal Some voices have a pitch limit which when reached causes this type of pitch shift Even though a Registration Memory setting containing a User voice is selected the Open Save display shows a Preset voice This is normal even with the Preset...

Page 154: ...ce 5 Accompaniment Style Accompaniment Styles 194 Session Styles 12 Pianist Styles 36 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 Accompaniment Style OTS link Music Finder Approximately 2500 records Edit Song Format SMF Format 0 1 ESEQ Preset Songs Lyrics Score Recording Quick Re...

Page 155: ...etch Natural Piano Voice only Scale Equal Temperament Pure Major Pure Minor Pythagorean Mean Tone Werckmeister Kirnberger Arabic 1 2 Touch Response 5 level Jacks Connectors PHONES 2 MIDI THRU OUT IN TO HOST HOST SELECT AUX PEDAL AUX IN L L R AUX OUT LEVEL FIXED L R AUX OUT L L R MIC INPUT VOLUME MIC LINE IN VIDEO OUT Pedals Number of Pedals 3 Pedal Functions VOLUME SUSTAIN SOSTENUTO SOFT GLIDE POR...

Page 156: ...ngs 132 Changing the Icon 46 Changing the Tone of the Voice 118 Changing the Touch Sensitivity and Transpose 130 Channel 61 76 100 113 126 Channel Messages 146 Channel Muting 61 CHANNEL ON OFF button 18 61 76 Channel Transpose 102 CHD 104 Chord 92 Chord Detect 136 Chord Events 104 Chord Fingering 62 128 Chord Tutor 128 Chord Types Recognized in the Fingered Mode 63 Chorus 121 Clock 135 COMMON 87 C...

Page 157: ...ARD 62 FUNCTION button 18 122 G Gate Time 95 GENRE 70 72 GENRE NAME 72 GM System Level 1 19 149 Groove 111 Groove parameters 111 H Handling the Floppy Disk Drive FDD and Floppy Disk 6 Harmonic Content 88 HARMONY 58 89 132 Harmony Assignments 133 Harmony Types 133 HARMONY ECHO button 18 58 Headphones 17 141 Help messages can be displayed in any one of the following languages 49 HELP button 18 49 Hi...

Page 158: ... Pedal 128 Pedal Center 58 Pedal Left 58 Pedal Right 58 PEDAL jack 19 Pedal unit 16 Pedal controllable Functions 129 PHONES jacks 19 141 Phrase 92 Phrase Mark 76 126 PIANO button 15 19 55 PIANO SOUND CREATOR 87 Piano Lock function 55 PITCH BEND RANGE 118 Pitch settings for each scale 125 Playback of Songs 21 Playing a style 28 59 Playing a Style s Rhythm Channels only 61 Playing Along with the PF ...

Page 159: ...gistration Sequence Freeze and Voice Set 131 Setting the volume 17 SFX 55 Showing the PF 1000 Display on a TV 133 142 Simultaneously Playing a Song and an Accompaniment Style 75 SINGLE FINGER 62 SMF Standard MIDI File 148 Song 14 73 SONG START STOP button 18 74 SONG AUTO REVOICE 117 Song Book 22 73 Song Creator 90 Song Playback 21 73 74 Song Recording 90 Song Settings 126 Sostenuto pedal 19 58 SOU...

Page 160: ... jack 19 133 142 Voice Allocation Format 149 VOICE buttons 15 19 54 Voice Characteristics 55 Voice Effects 57 VOICE PART ON OFF LAYER button 18 56 VOICE PART ON OFF LEFT button 18 56 Voice Set 132 Volume Voice 117 W Werckmeister 125 What You Can Do With MIDI 147 What s MIDI 145 X XF 19 148 XG 19 149 ...

Page 161: ...ed in locations 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 be avoided 8 This product was NOT designed for use in wet damp loca tions and should not be used near water or exposed to rain Examples of wet damp locations are near a swimming pool spa tub s...

Page 162: ...erence 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 the interference Utilize power outlets that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate reorient the ant...

Page 163: ...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 Kluuvikatu 6 P O Box 260 SF 00101 Helsinki Finland Tel 09 618511 NORWAY Norsk filial av Yamaha Scandinavia AB Grini Næringspark 1 N 1345 Østerås Norway Tel 67 16 77 70 ICELAND Skifan HF Skeifan 17 P O Box 8120 IS 128 Reykjavik Iceland Tel 525 5000 OTHER E...

Page 164: ... sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel In some areas a voltage selector may be provided on the bottom panel of the main keyboard unit Make sure that the voltage selector is set for the voltage in your area The voltage selector is set at 240V when the unit is initially shipped To change the setting use a minus screwdriver to rotate...

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