User manual YAMAHA CVP-205 1

[. . . ] CVP-205/205M/203 OWNER'S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION PRODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS: Yamaha electronic products may have either labels similar to the graphics shown below or molded/stamped facsimiles of these graphics on the enclosure. Please observe all cautions indicated on this page and those indicated in the safety instruction section. 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. [. . . ] If you want to create a new song, simultaneously press the [RECORD] button and the [TOP] button. 3 Press the [A] button to call up the Song Creator display. 2 Press the [DIGITAL RECORDING] button. DIGITAL STUDIO SOUND CREATOR DIGITAL RECORDING MIXING CONSOLE PART 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. BACK NEXT 5 Call up the Step Record display by pressing the [G] button. Any voice, effect and other settings you make in the Mixing Console are automatically cancelled when you call up the CHD (Chord) page. The voices in the USER and FLOPPY DISK pages cannot be selected for Step recording. You can select voices from the PRESET page; however, these may sound slightly different from the original voice. CVP-205/203 97 Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs-- Song Creator 6 First, select the desired voice. To enter the note, first specify the length and loudness in this display, then enter the pitch by actually playing the note on the keyboard. Moves the cursor position up and down. Returns the cursor to the beginning of the song (the first note of the first measure). Determines the velocity (loudness) of the note to be entered (only when recording the melody). Determines the length of the note (as a percentage) from the position at which it is to be entered. (This 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 measure/beat/clock settings, see below. Specifies the type of note to be input next. (Sixteenth notes are available only when recording the melody. ) This also determines the position to which the pointer will advance after a note has been entered. END To close the STEP RECORD display, press the [EXIT] button. Make sure to store the recorded data by pressing the [I] (SAVE) button (page 45). I Measure/Beat/Clock Measure 1 Beat Clock 1 2 3 4 000- 000- 000- 0001919 1919 1919 1919 2 1 2 3 4 000- 000- 000- 0001919 1919 1919 1919 I Velocity The table below shows the available settings and the corresponding velocity values. Kbd. Vel Actual playing strength fff 127 ff 111 f 95 mf 79 mp 63 p 47 pp 31 ppp 15 I Gate Time The following settings are available: Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The gate time (note length) can be specified as a percentage by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial. 98 CVP-205/203 Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs-- Song Creator Recording Melodies -- Step Record (Note) In this section, we'll show you how to use Step Recording by guiding you through this actual music example, shown at right. The operations here apply to step 6 on page 98. 1 1-1 1-2 While holding down this note. . . Select this note. 1-3 . . . press this (to input a tie). The notation display on the instrument (CVP-205) may not be accurate, especially for tied notes or longer notes. To have the notation displayed accurately, set the gate time to tenuto by using the [H] button, and input the notes as desired. 2 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-1 Select this note. 3 3-1 Press this button to display the dotted notes. 3-3 3-2 Select this note. 4 4-1 4-3 Call up the normal notes by pressing this button. 4-2 Select this note. To input rests, simply move the measure/beat/clock location for the desired rest time, then input the next note. I Play back the newly created melody Use the [C] ( L ) button to move the cursor to the beginning of the song, and press the SONG [START/STOP] button to hear the newly entered notes. The entered data can be edited from the SONG CREATOR (1 - 16) display (page 106). CVP-205/203 99 Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs-- Song Creator Recording Chord Changes for the Auto Accompaniment -- Step Record (Chord) The Chord Step recording feature makes it possible to record auto accompaniment chord changes one at a time with precise timing. Since the changes don't have to be played in real time, you can easily create complex, tight chord changes -- over which you can record the melody in normal fashion. The operations here apply to step 6 on page 98. Entering Chords and Sections (Chord Step) For example, you can input the following chord progression by the procedure described below. MAIN A BREAK MAIN B C F G F G7 C 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. MAIN A MAIN C F G C 001:1:000 F 001:3:000 Select this note value and play the chords indicated at right. G 002:1:000 2 Press the [BREAK] button to specify the Break section, and enter the chords as shown at right. MAIN A BREAK C F G F G7 F BREAK INTRO 002:3:000 G7 002:4:000 Select this note value and play the chords indicated at right. 100 CVP-205/203 Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs-- Song Creator 3 Press the MAIN [B] button to specify the section and enter the chord indicated at right. MAIN A BREAK MAIN B MAIN C F G F G7 C C 003:1:000 Select this note value and play the chords indicated at right. I Play back the newly created chord progression Use the [C] ( L ) button to move the cursor to the beginning of the song, and press the SONG [START/STOP] button to hear the newly entered notes. The entered data can be edited from the SONG CREATOR (CHD) display (page 107). Finally, press the [F] (EXPAND) button from the SONG CREATOR (CHD) display in order to convert the input data into song data. 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 mark differs depending on the section that is input at the end of the song. [. . . ] 11/F. , Silvercord Tower 1, 30 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: 2737-7688 ITALY Yamaha Musica Italia S. P. A. Viale Italia 88, 20020 Lainate (Milano), Italy Tel: 02-935-771 U. S. A. Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Ave. , Buena Park, Calif. 4, Jakarta 12930, Indonesia Tel: 21-520-2577 SPAIN/PORTUGAL Yamaha-Hazen Electronica Musical, S. A. 17, 200, 28230 Las Rozas (Madrid) Spain Tel: 91-201-0700 CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA MEXICO Yamaha de Mexico S. A. [. . . ]