User manual YAMAHA DISKLAVIER MARK III

[. . . ] This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA. [. . . ] The disk includes songs for listening enjoyment, piano study disks for the piano student, and accompaniment disks for vocal and instrumental practice. PianoSoft is sometimes used as a generic term for PianoSoft and PianoSoft. Plus. English Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Disklavier Floppy Disk The magnetic storage medium that the Disklavier uses for song playback. PianoSoft and PianoSoft. Plus are song disks specially for use with the Disklavier Series. PianoSoft. Plus disks contain prerecorded Ensemble songs featuring instrumental accompaniment that can be played back on the Disklavier. See your Disklavier dealer for a PianoSoft catalog. Song A "song" usually means a short piece of music with lyrics. However, in the Disklavier manuals the term "song" is used to refer to any piece of music. L/R Song In a L/R song, the left-hand piano part is stored on track 1 (L) and the right-hand piano part is stored on track 2 (R). During playback you can cancel either part, and practice that part yourself. When recording an L/R song, you can record the two parts simultaneously or separately. Tone Generator An electronic device that generates instrument voices. The Disklavier has an internal XG tone generator that can produce nearly 700 instrumental and percussion voices. Memory Disk The Disklavier has a total of 16 Mbytes of internal flash memory named Memory Disks that allow you to store song data without a floppy disk. Voice The sounds produced by a tone generator expressing various instruments. MIDI An acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI allows electronic musical instruments to communicate with each other. With greater polyphony, more voice, and effects, it improves song compatibility between MIDI devices. When a song in the Yamaha XG format is played on another XG compatible tone generator or synthesizer, it will play and sound as the original composer/creator intended. The PianoSoft Disk Collection is a library of prerecorded song disks made by Yamaha for use with the Disklavier Series. Many titles are available, and among the many musical styles 3 Chapter 2 Names of Parts and Their Functions This chapter describes the functions of the buttons and other parts of the Disklavier. Control Unit -- Front Panel 1 2 3 4 5 CONTROL UNIT DKC55 GENERAL INSTRUMENT PLAY/PAUSE STOP DRIVE SONG SELECT/REV · FWD ENTER PART STANDBY ON REPEAT FUNC. METRONOME VOLUME · · · ­10 ­8 ­6 ­4 ­2 0 TEMPO ­/NO +/YES TRANSPOSE BALANCE L R 6 7 89 0 q w er t y u i 1 [STANDBY / ON] button Turns on the Disklavier or puts it in Standby mode. Press once to turn it on, and once again to put it in Standby mode. Note: In Standby mode, the Control Unit is in effect turned off. However, electrically it is in a state in which a very small quantity of power is being consumed, as the MAINS switch is still on and the Disklavier is still connected to the AC power receptacle. 5 Floppy disk eject button Used to eject the disk from the floppy disk drive. 9 [SONG SELECT/REV·FWD] buttons In Stop mode: Used to select songs. 0 PART [L] [R] buttons For L/R and Ensemble songs, these buttons allow you to choose which part to play back: L (lefthand) part, R (right-hand) part, or both. Press both buttons together to turn pedal playback on or off so that you can play the pedals yourself. 2 Remote control sensor When using the remote control, point it toward this sensor. 4 Floppy disk drive Insert a floppy disk such as a PianoSoft or PianoSoft. Plus song disk here. 4 q [ENTER] button Used to select and execute functions. w [REPEAT] button Used to select one of the Repeat functions: ALL, RPT or RND. e [<] [>] cursor buttons Used to move the cursor in the display. r [FUNC. ] button Used to access various Disklavier utility functions. t [METRONOME] button Used to access the metronome. y Selector button Used to select the feature you want to adjust from among Volume, Tempo, Tranpose, and Balance. [. . . ] This is similar to Segment A~B Repeat except that only point A is specified. Like Segment A~B Repeat, this function is useful for practicing. Note: This function can be set with the remote control only. In this case, playback stops, the song returns to point A, and Pause mode is engaged. Point A SONG 1 Start Pause Press the [REV] button SONG 2 SONG 3 English 3 Press [PLAY] to start playback from point A. PLAY Chapter 8: Repeat Playback 1 To set point A, play back a song and press [A-B] on the remote control when the desired point is reached. PLAY A-B Remote Control 4 Remote Control To cancel Segment A~ Repeat, return to point A, and in Pause mode press [A-B] so that "OFF" flashes on the display. A-B Remote Control Point A is memorized and the "B" of "A-B" flashes on the display. Remote Control Flashes Flashes 2 When you want to return to point A, press [SONG SELECT ]. SONG SELECT Note: Segment A~ Repeat cannot be canceled during playback. Remote Control Alternatively, you may press [PAUSE] followed by [SONG SELECT ] to return to point A. PAUSE SONG SELECT Remote Control Remote Control 31 Starting Playback from a Specified Point (Search) Playback can be started from a specified point in a song. Instead of using fast forward or preview, you can use this function to go directly to a desired point within a song. If the current song uses the minutes and seconds time format, you specify the point in minutes and seconds. [. . . ]