Introduction
Thank you for choosing a Yamaha PDP-400. Your PDP-400 is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced
Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, your PDP-400 will give you many years of musical pleasure.
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Full-keyboard ABC (Auto Bass Chord) provides ac-
companiment as you play across the entire
keyboard.
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24 Solo Styleplay variations make it simple to pro-
duce rich, complex harmonies.
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10-track performance memory records and plays
back your keyboard performances.
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Internal 3.5" floppy disk drive provides extended Per-
formance Memory capacity and Disk Orchestra play-
back capability – one blank floppy disk for recording
and one Disk Orchestra Collection disk with corre-
sponding score are provided.
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MIDI compatibility, GM voices, and a range of MIDI
functions make the PDP-400 useful in a range of ad-
vanced MIDI music systems.
Contents
Auto Bass Chord (ABC)
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Single-finger Accompaniment ........... 20
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Fingered Accompaniment ................. 21
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Full-keyboard ABC ............................ 22
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Volume Control .................................. 22
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Changing the ABC Split Point ........... 22
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Special Modes ................................... 22
Disk Styles
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Selecting & Loading Disk Styles ........ 23
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Using a Loaded Disk Style ................ 24
Solo Styleplay
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Using Solo Styleplay ......................... 25
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Harmonization Variations .................. 25
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The Foot Switch & Solo Styleplay ..... 25
Disk Orchestra
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Automatic Performance ..................... 26
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Playing Back only Specific Parts ....... 27
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Volume Control .................................. 28
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Guided Right- and Left-hand Practice .. 28
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Repeat Functions .............................. 29
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Other Playback Controls ................... 30
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DISK ORCHESTRA COLLECTION
Disk Copy .......................................... 30
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Playing Other Types of Music Data ... 30
Performance Memory
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Easy One-pass Recording & Playback . 31
Multi-track Recording & Playback ..... 32
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Adding New Tracks ........................... 34
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Punch-in Recording ........................... 35
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Playback ............................................ 36
The Chord Sequence Function .......... 37
Disk Control
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Formatting a New Disk ...................... 38
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Copying Songs .................................. 39
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Deleting a Song ................................. 40
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Error Messages ................................. 40
Utility Mode 1
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U1: Touch Sensitivity ............................ 41
U2: Accompaniment Volume Mode ....... 42
U3: Individual Key Tuning ..................... 42
U4: Style Tempo Switching ................... 42
U5: Auto Synchro Start Switching ......... 43
U6: Random All Song Repeat ............... 43
U7: Octave Shift .................................... 43
U8: Mute ................................................ 43
U9: Minor Harmonization ...................... 43
Ub: Standard MIDI File Playback Mode 43
Utility Mode 2
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u1: DOC Common Voice Conversion ........ 44
u2: Save Panel Settings ........................ 45
u3: Load Panel Settings ........................ 45
u4: Save Individual Key Tuning ............. 45
u5: Load Individual Key Tuning ............. 46
u6: Quantize Song Data ........................ 46
MIDI Functions
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Send and Receive Channel Select .... 47
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Local Control ON/OFF ....................... 48
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Program Change ON/OFF ................ 48
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Control Change ON/OFF ................... 48
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The Multi-Timbre Mode ..................... 49
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The Split Send Mode ......................... 49
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MIDI Clock Select .............................. 50
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Panel Data Send ............................... 50
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MIDI Transpose Transmit .................. 50
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The DOC Common Voice Mode ........ 50
The Connectors
................................... 51
Troubleshooting
.................................. 52
Options
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Index
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MIDI Data Format
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Specifications
......................................... v
Fingering Chart
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MIDI Implementation Chart
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Taking Care of Your PDP-400
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The Panel Controls
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Preparation
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The Volume Controls
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Demonstration Playback
..................... 6
Voice Selection
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Selecting the 60 Voices ....................... 7
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Keyboard Percussion .......................... 8
Dual Mode
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Engaging the Dual Mode ..................... 9
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Dual-mode Voice Balance ................... 9
Split Mode
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Engaging the Split Mode ................... 10
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Changing the Split Voices ................. 10
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Changing the Split Point .................... 10
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Split Balance ..................................... 11
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Damper Pedal Operation in the Split
Mode ................................................. 11
Digital Reverb Effects
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Selecting a Reverb Effect .................. 12
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Reverb Depth Control ........................ 12
The Keyboard & Polyphony
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Pitch Wheel
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Modulation Wheel
............................... 13
The Pedals
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Damper Pedal ................................... 14
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Foot Switch (Multi-function) ............... 14
Pan
........................................................... 15
Transposition
....................................... 15
Pitch Control
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The Pitch Display .............................. 16
Accompaniment
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Style Selection ................................... 17
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Tempo Control ................................... 17
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Starting the Accompaniment ............. 18
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Fill-ins ................................................ 19
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Stopping the Accompaniment ........... 19
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Metronome ........................................ 19
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AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator sys-
tem offers a range of 60 rich, realistic voices.
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A maximum of 32-note polyphony permits use of so-
phisticated playing techniques.
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Piano-like touch response provides extensive expres-
sive control and outstanding playability.
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Dual and split play modes allow 2 voices to be played
simultaneously or individually with the left and right
hands.
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24 exciting accompaniment styles can be used to
provide rhythm-only accompaniment or fully-orches-
trated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment. 50
additional accompaniment styles are provided on
floppy disk (Style Disk).
In order to make the most of your PDP-400’s performance potential and features, we urge you to read this Own-
er’s Manual thoroughly, and keep it in a safe place for later reference.
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