Yamaha 503, Reference Manual

Page 1: ...01 Reference Manual This Reference Manual explains advanced features of the CVP 509 505 503 501 that are not explained in the Owner s Manual Please read the Owner s Manual first before reading this Re...

Page 2: ...OL VOICE Parameters 69 Editing FILTER Parameters 70 Editing TUNE Parameters 71 Editing EFFECT Parameters 72 Editing EQ Parameters 74 9 Internet Direct Connection Connecting the CVP 509 505 503 501 Dir...

Page 3: ...and its defining characteristics are indicated above the Voice name in the Voice Selection display Voice Characteristics S Articulation2 CVP 509 S Articulation CVP 509 505 MegaVoice CVP 509 505 503 Se...

Page 4: ...els 6 Select the desired Voice Sweet These acoustic instrument sounds also benefit fromYamaha s sophisti cated technology and feature a sound so finely detailed and natural you ll swear you re playing...

Page 5: ...d in the chord section of the keyboard shown below Selecting the Harmony Echo type Harmony Types These types apply the harmony effect to notes played in the right hand sec tion of the keyboard accordi...

Page 6: ...mony Echo type 4 VOLUME This parameter is available for all types with the exception of Multi Assign It determines the level of the harmony echo notes generated by the Harmony Echo effect 5 SPEED This...

Page 7: ...uning in music today PURE MAJOR PURE MINOR These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale espe cially for triad chords root third fifth You can hear this best in actual vocal har...

Page 8: ...e is changed the pitch of the keyboard is transposed yet maintains the original pitch relationship between the notes 3 5 TUNE Select the desired note to be tuned by using the 3 buttons and tune it in...

Page 9: ...2 Press the 6 VOICE SET button to call up the VOICE SET display 3 Use the TAB E F buttons to call up the relevant setting display For information on the available parameters in each display see the Ed...

Page 10: ...03 Adjusts the depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal 7 8 STRING RESONANCE CVP 509 Adjusts the depth of string resonance 1 VOLUME Adjusts the volume of the current edited Voice 2 3 TOUCH SENSE...

Page 11: ...the edited Voice is set to MONO above NOTE The Portamento Time determines the pitch transition time Portamento is a function that creates a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on th...

Page 12: ...result in a brighter sound 2 HARMO Harmonic con tent Determines the emphasis given to the cutoff frequency resonance set in BRIGHT above see dia gram Higher values result in a more pronounced effect...

Page 13: ...plained below 7 VIBE ROTOR This will be displayed only if VIBE VIBRATE is selected for the DSP Type parameter explained below Determines whether VIBE VIBRATE should be set to on or off when selecting...

Page 14: ...le this feature by the operation in the relevant display as explained below For example if you want to change the Voice yet keep the same Harmony effect set the HARMONY ECHO parameter to OFF in the di...

Page 15: ...nd increasing or decreasing the response time of the initial swell and release based on the FOOTAGE controls The higher the value the slower the swell and release 3 VIBRATO SPEED Determines the speed...

Page 16: ...lled by the chords you play in the chord section of the keyboard There are seven types of fingering 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION C STYLE SETTING SPLIT POINT CHORD FINGERING TAB E F CHORD F...

Page 17: ...cts chords in the entire key range Chords are detected in a way similar to Fingered even if you split the notes between your left and right hands for example playing a bass note with your left hand an...

Page 18: ...type are shown in the display Here you can determine whether the chord played in the chord section will sound or not in the Stop Accompaniment status OFF The chord played in the chord section will not...

Page 19: ...e time set here the Synchro Stop func tion works 4 STYLE TOUCH Turns touch response for the Style playback on off When this is set to ON the Style volume changes in response to your playing strength i...

Page 20: ...LIT POINT 2 Set the Split Point Split Point Settings F Split Point S L Sets the Split Point S and Split Point L to the same note Press the F button and rotate the DATA ENTRY dial G Split Point S Sets...

Page 21: ...esired 3 Press the MEMORY button 4 Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING 1 4 buttons A message appears in the display prompting you to save the panel settings 5 Press F YES button to call up the Style Se...

Page 22: ...al preset Styles or Styles you have already created See page 26 Call up the operation display FUNCTION F DIGITAL REC MENU B STYLE CREATOR NOTE The Style files created on the CVP 509 505 503 501 can on...

Page 23: ...sections directly via the panel operation Realtime Recording Characteristics Loop Recording and Overdub Recording Loop Recording Style playback repeats the rhythm patterns of several measures in a lo...

Page 24: ...nnels Press the EXIT button to close the Voice Selection display 8 If necessary delete a channel by simultaneously holding down the J DELETE button and pressing the appropriate numbered button 1 8 You...

Page 25: ...s in the rhythm channel When you are recording the rhythm channel RHY1 or RHY2 you can delete a specific instrument sound by simultaneously holding down the E RHY CLEAR button and pressing the appropr...

Page 26: ...Style Creator the channel data can be entered and System Exclusive data can be edited delete copy or move You can switch between the two by pressing the F button However Chord Lyrics and System Exclus...

Page 27: ...ace the patterns of other channels 7 Press the J SAVE button to execute the Save operation CAUTION The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn the power to the instrument off...

Page 28: ...8th note triplet timing The 16A and 16B Beat Converter which appear when ORIGINAL BEAT is set to 12 Beat are variations on a basic 16th note setting 5 6 SWING Produces a swing feel by shifting the tim...

Page 29: ...Save operation CAUTION The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn the power to the instrument off without executing the Save operation 1 2 CHANNEL Selects the desired channe...

Page 30: ...elected channel 2 Use the 1 2 CHANNEL buttons to select the channel to be edited The selected channel is shown at the upper left of the display 3 Use the 4 8 buttons to edit the data 4 Press the D EXE...

Page 31: ...PARAMETER Page use the A B buttons to select the edit menu For details of the edit menu see page 32 Source Pattern settings SOURCE PLAY ROOT CHORD page 32 The Style data is appropriately converted dep...

Page 32: ...Chord from the default CM7 to another chord the chord notes and recommended notes will also change depending on the newly selected chord type NOTE When NTR is set to Root Fixed NTT is set to Bypass a...

Page 33: ...te the chords played with natural guitar fingering BYPASS When NTR is set to ROOT FIXED the transposition table used does not do any note conversion When NTR is set to ROOT TRANS the table used only c...

Page 34: ...Major minor chord such as Intros and Endings DORIAN 5th In addition to the Dorian transposition above augmented and diminished chords affect the 5th note of the Source pattern ALL PURPOSE This table c...

Page 35: ...CH SHIFT The pitch of the note will bend without a new attack to match the type of the new chord PITCH SHIFT TO ROOT The pitch of the note will bend without a new attack to match the root of the new c...

Page 36: ...ents Notes System Exclusive Events and Lyrics 58 To view the music notation of the selected Song press the SCORE button You can change the notation display as desired to suit your personal preferences...

Page 37: ...ote names 6 COLOR ON OFF CVP 509 505 When this is set to ON the notes in the display appear in color C red D yel low E green F orange G blue A purple and B gray 7 SIZE Determines the display resolutio...

Page 38: ...rameter above is set to ON A B C Note names are indicated as letters C D E F G A B FIXED DO Note names are indicated in solfeggio and differ depending on the selected lan guage MOVABLE DO Note names a...

Page 39: ...CLEAR Clears the text from the screen the text data itself is not erased 3 4 Text display only F 16 P 28 CVP 509 F 11 P 16 CVP 505 503 Determines the text type fixed or proportional and font size Fixe...

Page 40: ...rn on the Auto Accompaniment function 4 Press the STYLE CONTROL SYNC START button to enable standby letting you simultaneously start the accompaniment as soon as you start playing 5 While holding down...

Page 41: ...elected Song repeatedly ALL Continues playback through all the Songs in the specified folder repeat edly RANDOM Continues playback at random through all the Songs in the specified folder repeatedly NO...

Page 42: ...lable Song data Normally this should be set to ON 5 6 LYRICS LAN GUAGE Determines the language of the displayed lyrics AUTO When the language is specified in the Song data the lyrics are displayed acc...

Page 43: ...isplay by pressing the SCORE button 6 Press the SONG PLAY PAUSE button to start playback Practice playing the keyboard or singing along with the Guide type selected in step 3 NOTE The guide lamps ligh...

Page 44: ...n display FUNCTION B SONG SETTING 3 Press the 8 button to turn the P A T performance assistant technology on 4 Press the SONG PLAY PAUSE button to start playback 5 Play the keyboard The instrument aut...

Page 45: ...ODE Re records the Song See page 52 CHANNEL Edits the Channel events See page 54 CHORD Records the Chords and Sections with timing page 49 or edits them page 58 1 16 Records the melodies Step Recordin...

Page 46: ...r the velocity value the louder the sound becomes KBD VEL Actual resulting velocity fff 127 ff 111 f 95 mf 79 mp 63 p 47 pp 31 ppp 15 H Determines the gate time note length of the note to be entered N...

Page 47: ...he dotted quarter note by using the 6 buttons 1 5 Play the C3 key The first note is entered 1 6 Press the I button to select the normal note type 1 7 Press the 7 button to select the eight note length...

Page 48: ...elease the G3 and C4 keys yet Keep holding the notes while executing the following step 4 5 While holding the keys G3 and C4 press the 5 button After pressing the button release the keys 5 Press the S...

Page 49: ...changes using the Step Record function 1 Press the SONG REC and SONG STOP buttons simultaneously A blank Song New Song is called up for recording NOTE Selecting a blank Song initializes the panel set...

Page 50: ...rd 2 Enter the chords for the Break section 2 1 Press the STYLE CONTROL BREAK button 2 2 Press the 6 button to select the quarter note length 2 3 Play the chords F and G7 in the chord section of the k...

Page 51: ...NG STOP button or press the C button to return to the top of the Song then hear the newly entered Song by pressing the PLAY PAUSE button 5 Press the EXIT button to exit from the Step Recording display...

Page 52: ...ou play the keyboard in the Synchro Standby mode FIRST KEY ON The Song plays back normally then starts overwrite recording as soon as you play the keyboard PUNCH IN AT The Song plays back normally up...

Page 53: ...ON NOTE Pedal Punch In Out operation may be reversed depending on the particular pedal you ve connected to the instrument If necessary change the pedal polarity to reverse the control page 86 1 2 3 4...

Page 54: ...xecute the operation for the current display After the operation with the exception of the SETUP menu is completed this button changes to UNDO letting you restore the original data if you are not sati...

Page 55: ...e two different note values at the same time For example when the straight eighth notes and eighth notes triplet are contained in the same channel if you quantize by the straight eighth notes all note...

Page 56: ...rum kits are assigned to these channels If you transpose the channels of Drum kits the instruments assigned to each key will be changed 2 3 SOURCE 1 Determines the MIDI channel 1 16 to be mixed All MI...

Page 57: ...to the top position of the Song except for the KEYBOARD VOICE SONG Records the tempo setting and all settings made from the Mixing Con sole KEYBOARD VOICE Records the panel settings including the Voic...

Page 58: ...g of the Song D E Moves the cursor left right and select the desired parameter of the high lighted event H FILTER Calls up the Filter display page 60 letting you select only the events you wish to be...

Page 59: ...ging the pitch of a Voice continuously A T Aftertouch This event is generated when pressure is applied to a key after the note is played ScBar Score Start Bar Determines the top measure of a Song Temp...

Page 60: ...3 Press the EXIT button to execute the settings C MAIN Displays all main types of events D CTRL CHG Displays all specific Control Change message events E STYLE Displays all types of Style playback rel...

Page 61: ...may want to create a custom folder of your favorite records so you can quickly call up the panel settings and song data you use frequently 1 Select the desired record from the MUSIC FINDER display 2...

Page 62: ...desired Style press the EXIT button to return back to the Edit display For SONG or AUDIO records this field cannot be edited D BEAT Changes the beat time signature of the record for search purposes Fo...

Page 63: ...handled as separate files 1 Call up the Save display MUSIC FINDER 7 FILES 2 Press the TAB E F buttons to select the location for saving USER USB 3 Press the 6 SAVE button to save the file All records...

Page 64: ...the Internet and press the MUSIC FINDER button to call up the MUSIC FINDER display 2 Select the record whose information you want to view by using the 1 5 buttons or the DATA ENTRY dial 3 Press the J...

Page 65: ...tings while keeping the same accompaniment Style This is where the Freeze function comes in handy It lets you maintain the settings of certain items and leave them unchanged even when selecting other...

Page 66: ...settings specify here how the pedal will be used to advance or to reverse through the sequence Use the C REGIST PEDAL button to select the pedal for advancing through the sequence Use the D REGIST PE...

Page 67: ...TION SEQUENCE display are automatically saved to the instrument when you exit from this display However if you turn the power off without exiting from this display the settings will be lost 1 4 CURSOR...

Page 68: ...cted by pressing one of the TAB E F buttons or by pressing the pedal NOTE The pedal can be used for Registration Sequence no matter which display is called up except for the display in step 3 on page...

Page 69: ...e lets you use the high quality sounds of the instrument to full advantage with XG compatible song data When you play back any commercially available XG song data or that created on other instruments...

Page 70: ...used to replace the XG Voices when SONG AUTO REVOICE is set to ON F ALL REVOICE Replaces all of the replaceable XG Voices with the rich and authentic Voices of the instrument G PIANO REVOICE Replaces...

Page 71: ...ffect This parameter is available when the selected keyboard part is set to Mono C H PITCH BEND RANGE Determines the range of the PITCH BEND for each keyboard part when a pedal is assigned to this fun...

Page 72: ...P1 4 Use the 5 6 buttons to select the effect CATEGORY Editing EFFECT Parameters Effect Block Effect applicable parts Effect characteristics REVERB All parts Reproduces the warm ambience of playing in...

Page 73: ...ameters press the B button To select its variation parameter press the E button NOTE Variation parameter is the one which can be turned on off by pressing the VOICE EFFECT 5 DSP VARIATION 3 Select one...

Page 74: ...requency spectrum into multiple bands that can be boosted or cut as required to tailor the overall frequency response Usually an equalizer is used to correct the sound from speakers to match the speci...

Page 75: ...pe The set parameters of the selected EQ type are automatically shown at the bottom of the display 3 Use the 3 7 buttons to boost or cut each of the five bands Use the 8 buttons to boost or cut all th...

Page 76: ...Pages 77 Editing Bookmarks 78 You can change the home page and delete cookies in the Browser setting display 1 Call up the operation display INTERNET 5 SETTING D BROWSER SETTINGS 2 Press the 7 OK but...

Page 77: ...kmarks NOTE For information on Bookmark display see page 78 2 Call up the display for registering bookmarks by pressing the 3 ADD button 3 Select the position of the new bookmark by pressing the 1 but...

Page 78: ...when saving a bookmark page 77 4 MOVE Changes the order of the bookmarks 1 Select the bookmark you wish to move then press the 4 MOVE button The lower part of the display changes letting you select th...

Page 79: ...ck via MIDI Receive 94 Setting the Chord Type for Style Playback via MIDI Receive 94 Microphone Overall Settings 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION G MIC SETTING VOCAL HARMONY I MIC SETTING TAB...

Page 80: ...parameters determine how the Vocal Harmony is controlled 1 3 5 Hz Adjusts the center frequency of the corresponding band 2 4 6 dB Boosts or cuts the level of the corresponding band by up to 12 dB 1 SW...

Page 81: ...HORDAL In all other cases the mode is set to VOCODER VOCOD Vocoder The harmony notes are determined by the notes you play on the keyboard and or Song data You can specify whether the Vocoder effect is...

Page 82: ...System Setup file FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB E F SYSTEM RESET See page 101 1 Talk Setting Parameters 2 DSP Parameters 1 VOLUME This determines the output volume of the microphone sound 2 PAN This sets the...

Page 83: ...ists the detailed parameters for editing Up to ten Vocal Harmony types can be created and saved 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION G MIC SETTING VOCAL HARMONY 2 Press the H VOCAL HARMONY TYPE bu...

Page 84: ...1 is set to VOCODER CHORDAL TYPE Determines how the harmony notes are applied to the microphone sound when the Harmony mode page 81 is set to CHORDAL HARMONY GEN DER TYPE Determines whether the gender...

Page 85: ...e masculine the voice VIBRATO DEPTH Sets the depth of vibrato applied to the harmony sound Also affects the lead vocal sound when the LEAD GENDER TYPE on page 84 is set to other than Off VIBRATO RATE...

Page 86: ...g Registration Sequence Functions assigned here 4 Use the 2 8 buttons to set the details of the selected functions the part for which the function is applied etc The available parameters differ depend...

Page 87: ...PEDAL POINT parameter allows you to specify how far down you should press on the pedal until the soft effect starts working GLIDE When the pedal is pressed the pitch changes and then returns to normal...

Page 88: ...stopped you can turn to the next previous score page one page at a time LYRICS PAGE While the Song is stopped you can turn to the next previous lyrics page one page at a time TEXT PAGE CVP 509 505 50...

Page 89: ...an also select the template from the USER Page 3 Press the 8 EDIT button to call up the MIDI display to edit the selected template 4 Use the TAB E F buttons to call up the relevant setting display SYS...

Page 90: ...tone generator and to record Song data to an external sequencer Clock Ext Playback or recording Song Style etc synchronizes with an external MIDI clock instead of the instrument s internal clock This...

Page 91: ...ment with an external sequencer MIDI computer or other MIDI device and you want to synchronize it to that device set this parameter to the appropriate setting MIDI USB 1 or USB 2 In this case make sur...

Page 92: ...eyboard from the Split Point for the Voices This is not affected by the on off status of the ACMP ON OFF button 2 Use the 3 buttons to select a channel via which the selected part will be transmitted...

Page 93: ...l the instrument s keyboard performance EXTRA PART 1 5 There are five parts specially reserved for receiving and playing MIDI data Normally these parts are not used by the instrument itself The instru...

Page 94: ...ons to select the channel 2 Use the 1 8 buttons to set the desired channel to ON or OFF You can also set all channels to OFF by pressing the I ALL OFF button Setting the Chord Type for Style Playback...

Page 95: ...These parameters determine the behavior when the Style or Song playback is faded in out CONFIG1 3 FADE IN TIME Determines the time it takes for the volume to fade in or go from mini mum to maximum ran...

Page 96: ...RK ON button 4 Tap This allows you to set the drum sound and the velocity which will sound when the Tap function is used 2 VOLUME Determines the level of the metronome sound 3 5 SOUND Determines which...

Page 97: ...Voice when one of the VOICE buttons is pressed 3 4 DISPLAY VOICE NUM BER Determines whether or not the Voice bank and number are shown in the Voice Selection display This is useful when you want to ch...

Page 98: ...the media see the Owner s Manual F PROPERTY Opens the Property display of the media selected by A B buttons You can check the amount of remaining memory on the media NOTE The displayed remaining memor...

Page 99: ...rom among various pictures provided on the Preset Page After selecting press the EXIT button to close the Selection display You can also use your original picture in the USB storage device Make sure t...

Page 100: ...Refer to the Data List for details about which parameters belong to the System Setup MIDI SETUP Restores the MIDI settings including the MIDI templates on the USER tab dis play to the original factory...

Page 101: ...ss the desired F I buttons in the SYSTEM RESET display then select the desired file F SYSTEM SETUP FILES Parameters set on the various displays such as the FUNCTION J UTILITY and microphone setting di...

Page 102: ...ce Set 13 CLOCK 91 COMMON 10 COMPARE 9 COMPRESSOR 80 CONFIG1 95 CONFIG2 97 CONTROLLER 8 86 CONTROLLER Voice Set 11 COOKIE 76 Cool 3 Custom Reset 101 D DECAY 12 DELETE Song Creator 56 DELETE Style Crea...

Page 103: ...E 80 Note Events 59 NOTE LIMIT 34 NOTE NAME 38 Note Transposition 33 NTR 33 NTT 33 O OCTAVE 71 ON BASS 17 One Touch Setting 21 Organ Flutes 15 Organ Flutes 4 ORIGINAL BEAT 28 OTS LINK TIMING 19 OVERAL...

Page 104: ...TAIN SAMPLE 10 Sweet 4 SWING 28 SYNCHRO STOP WINDOW 19 SYS EX MIDI 91 SYS EX Song Creator 45 SYSTEM 89 91 System Exclusive Events 59 SYSTEM RESET 100 SYSTEM SETUP FILES 101 T TALK SETTING 82 Tap 96 TE...